Compromise on Justices and Legislative Lineup
Washington reports show debate over a two or six justice Supreme Court proposal as Senator Logan and others signal openness to compromise while hearings on major bills including court reorganization, retirement amendments, and neutrality reach late stages. The record notes opposition concerns that key constitutional provisions would be affected and outlines status of ten nonappropriation items under review.
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Washington
Logan
D-Ky
Senate Judiciary
Roosevelt Court
Pill
Dean L. J. Teppel
Creighton
Omaha
Morrow
Wek
Teppel
Congress
Senate
House
Roosevilt
House Appropriations Committee
Vem
Administration Favors Farm Reforms in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania General Assembly was briefed on a broad farm reform program led by Secretary of Agriculture J Hansell French. The package includes Twenty measures on cattle indemnities tobacco control soil conservation food laws licensing and consumer protections with allocations for dairy indemnities and enforcement of the Fresh Egg Law and milk industry regulations.
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Pennsylvania General Assembly
J. Hansell
French
Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Bang
Earle
State Agricultural Adjustment Committee
Federal Agricultural Adjustment Administration
State Soil Conservation Board
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Cooperative Association
Bills Pending As Legislature Deliberates Major Measures
Administration program not yet formed as housing senate committee holds hearings on a billion dollar measure. Farm tenancy bill approved. economy campaign may curb all farm legislation. Crop insurance passed senate. house committee studying. Pure Food and Drugs passed senate, House silent. Anti lynching passed house. Senate expected delay. Appropriation bills progress varies. some completed, some awaiting conference, others stalled in committees. Obituaries list several local figures with service details and funeral plans.
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Senate
House
Lawmakers advance uniform township system to governor
Senate approved a bill creating a uniform township system with minor House changes and a May 1 effective date. An amendment shifts registration deadline to 30 days before September primaries. The bill aims to ease summer registration and avoid winter hardship for voters.
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Senate
House
Friends of the
Earle Signs Four New Laws in Harrisburg
Governor Earle signed four bills in Harrisburg on April 22. The first allows tax collectors to deduct delinquent taxes from public employees’ pay, excluding Philadelphia and large city school districts. Other measures cover National Guard disaster pay, armory costs, rifle practice funding, exemption of unions from certain bonuses, and issuing service medals to veterans not previously awarded through the National Guard.
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Harrisburg
Earle
Philadelphia
National Guard
Ciictit
Department of Military Affairs
Coal Worker Certification Bill and State Police Merger News
The coal bill would create three districts and charge a $2 certificate fee enabling only experienced miners over 21 with two years of work to obtain a certificate. Those uncertified would face examinations after April 1, 1936. A separate hearing addressed merging the state police and highway patrol to form a Pennsylvania motor police, with opponents urging restraint on motor funds. proponents to testify next week. Senator James Hamilton Lewis toured with Governor Earle, praising a 193? ticket of Earle for president and Paul McNutt for vice president in the Midwest offer.
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John J. Huiluska
Cambria Democrat
State Police
Highway Patrol
Pennsylvania
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Earle
Paul ¥. McNutt
Philippines
Middle-West
Oshawa strike talks shift toward wage settlement
In Oshawa Ontario General Motors talks aimed at a quick settlement proceed with no firm CIO recognition. Harry J Carmichael and J H Highfield meet strike representatives as Premier Hepburn guides plans. Lewis lieutenants Martin and Thompson remain in dispute over enter Canada negotiations.
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Oshawaz
Toronto
John L. Lewis
Oshawa
General Motors
Harry J. Carmichael
General Motors of Canada
Tat
J. H. Highfield
Committee For Industrial Organization
Mitchel Hepburn
United Automobile Workers of America
Queen Park
P. m
S. T
Lewis
Canada
Hugh Thompson
U. A. W. A. Organiiger
Washington, D. C
Homer Martin
Hepburn, Kitter
Martin
Thompson Lewis
Thompson
Hepburn Ward
New York
Brooklyn Jewish Hospital
Hospital Workers’ Union
Lot
Saltsburg to Host 15th Indiana County Track Meet
By unanimous vote at the Indiana County Principals Association meeting at Rustic Lodge Saltsburg was chosen to host the 15th Indiana County High School Track and Field Meet on Saturday May 15 with a weather backup the following Saturday. The meeting also decided the 120 yard high hurdle would be dropped as not a high school event and kept the short relays counted for points. Participants will be allowed to enter any three events under PIAA rules. The mile relay trophy will be discarded. Class A cups awarded until nine legs are earned. Several schools will not enter next month including Pine Township Heilwood Green Township and Marion Center plus Montgomery Township Armagh. Represented schools include Class A Indiana Clymer Blairsville and Homer City likely to reenter. Class B Elder's Ridge Saltsburg Plumville Cherry Tree Canoe Township and Glen Campbell likely. The Athletics Committee will appoint officials prepare the meet present awards and invitations.
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Indiana County Principals Association
Rustic Lodge
Saltsburg
Elder’s Ridge
Pine Township
Heilwood
Virgil Grumbling
Green Township
Commodore
Salisbury
Marion Center
Montgomery Township
Arcadia
Armagh
Indiana
Clymer
Blairsville
Homer City
Reeter
Elder's Ridge
Saltsbury
Plumville
Cherry Tree
Canoe Township
Rossiter
Glen Campbell
John Gramley
Virgil Grumbling Heilwood
Calvin* Shauks
William Floto
J. S. Byers
New Officers For Amaranth
ALLENTOWN April 22 The 7th annual Pennsylvania grand court elected new Amaranth officers. Florence G. Quereau of Philadelphia and Sampson Wright of Allentown will be installed as grand royal patron and grand royal patron. Quereau succeeds Ruth Palmer and Wright succeeds Clayton Follette who was reappointed grand trustee. Follette and Palmer are succeeded by Fred C. Boyer and others. The 1938 convention will be held in Philadelphia.
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Allentown
Florence G. Quereau
Philadelphia
Sampson Wright
Order of the Amaranth
Grand Court of Pennsylvania
Quereau
Ruth Palmer
Swissvale
Wright
Clayton Follette
Pittsburgh
Follette
Fred C. Boyer
Daisy V. Cummings
Alfred D. Scharr
Pittstburgh
Sara W. Starkey
Bertha F. Kidig
Clara Hammond
Mary E. Waterman
Hope Faces for Slayer in State Psychiatry Report
State psychiatrists found Yacos sane after examining him in his cell though the full report remained private. District Attorney Clark of Indiana County called the murder revolting and labeled Yacos a vicious character. Mack noted Yacos surrendered soon after the killings and aided the investigation, claiming he would end the Spelocks if they supplied more liquor. The passage also recalls the Boston News Letter’s 1704 founding by John Campbell and the Wright brothers’ brief 1903 power fight.
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Yacos
Clark
Indiana County
May Send Boy to Keystone Camp
Indiana County Voiture No. 798 held its monthly meeting in Memorial Hall and discussed sponsoring a boy to the Keystone Boys Camp at Indiantown Gap from July 1. The total cost, including transportation, is $15. Eligible boys aged 13 to 18 who pass a medical exam may apply. Information available from Major C C McLain. Attendees included Charles J. Spicer Jr Blairsville J E Peterman Cherry Tree W E Oakes John Lukash and Cherubino Sgriccia Clymer.
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Indiana County
Hommes Et Chevaux
Memorial Hall
Keystone
American Legion
Indiantown Gap
C.C. McLain
Out of Town
Charles J. Spicer, Jr
Blairsville
J. E. Peterman
Cherry Trea
W. E. Oakes
John Lukash
Cherubino Sgriccia
Clymer
Robbery at Pitt lot hurts Rabbi's daughter
Pittsburgh detectives hunted a robber who broke into a bedroom and slugged Ruth Horowitz a 20 year old University of Pittsburgh senior and daughter of Rabbi Louis Horowicz. The assailant used a possible roller skate and forced a rear window. The victim was found unconscious and said my head hurts. Medical staff reported possible ear drum rupture.
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Pittsburgh
Ruth Horowitz
University of Pittsburgh
Louis Horowicz
James O'Kane
Maryland jailbreak fugitives flee by freight from jail
Four of five men who broke from Fayette County jail escaped into Maryland aboard a Baltimore and Ohio freight train toward Baltimore. Suspects include John and Joe Duboy, Mike Matanin, John Gombar, and Hamilton Leftwich. one man surrendered. Jail turnkeys Frank Tutt and Daniel Croft appointed after suspensions.
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Uniontown
Fayette County
Maryland
B. J. Newmyer
Conneliaville
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore
John
Joe Duboy
Mike Matanin
John Gombar
Robsbery
Hamilton Leftwich
John Matta
Melvin McCormick
Poultry Claims Rise From Uncontrolled Dog Attacks
Killing of livestock and poultry by uncontrolled dogs during March resulted in 98 damage claims totaling 1076.19 dollars, per the Dog Law Enforcement Division of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
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Dog Law Enforcement
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Gideons Hold 82nd State Convention in Johnstown
Arrangements completed for the 82nd annual State Convention of the Gideons International Commercial Mission Association of America opening tomorrow night at the Bert Stanwix Hotel Johnstown Pennsylvania. The event includes prayer services, cabinet meetings, sessions led by Harry L. Weigel and Paul A. Westburg, and a Saturday dinner with Bible classroom demonstrations and an address on What a Bible Will Do.
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Gideona
Chaidetian Commercial Mews Assorciation of America
Bert Stanwix
Johnstown
Cummings
Abington
Gideons
First Presbyterian Church
Walnut
Lincoln
Lloyd B. Hers [Shey
Lancaster
State Cabinet
Fort Stanwix
Harry L. Weigel
Shamokin
T. R. Ross
Erie
Pfo
John L. Weaver
E. C. Young
Pittsburgh
Paul A. Westburg
Chicago
Fort Stanwix Hotel
Westburg
Gideon Organization
John H. Nicholson
Janesville
Wis
B. Hill
Beloit
United States
Pennsylva
NEW Charter
Philadelphia
Market reports from Pittsburgh list varied pricing across produce and livestock
Produce demand fair with apples and potatoes priced by quality and origin. Livestock auctions show hogs at 10.50 to 10.80 per 100 pounds for 170 to 230 pound ranges, cattle and calves steady to good, sheep and lambs priced with down-clipped notes. Edinboro to hold second annual rural school conference at the state college. Clarion reports automobile accident killing Mrs Hazugard and injuring her husband, Apollo High School coach.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Baldwin
Starks
Virginia
Florida
Nowa
Clarion
C.¢ Fiugazard
Apollo High School
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Levi Smith, Jr
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Lawrence Lockerd
Salisburg
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