25 Teachers Refuse to Quit in Johnstown District
In Johnstown Pa 25 married professional employees including 26 teachers and one nurse refuse resignations as the school board deadline passes Amid a pending 1938 legislative bill aiming to bar married women from teaching the board cites concerns over professionalism and urges dismissal power for boards The measure would add marriage as a grounds for dismissal based on tenure rules and affect teachers statewide.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Kathleen (Miller) Wonder
Cochran
Ellinor (Furry) Kennedy
Dale McMaster
L. H. Alexander
Belleville
Mifflin County
House of Representatives
State to Advertise Ten Proposed Amendments
Proposed amendments seek county consolidation rules, separate county criminal courts, and debt limits for municipalities. Woodward bills discuss limits on state debt for buildings and public works unless revenue covers costs and interest.
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General Assembly
Philadelphia
Four States Pick Nominees for Congress Today
Four states vote on House nominations with few clear tests of New Deal policy. Missouri Senator Bennett Clark faces opposition from two New Deal backers, while Kansas Senator George McGill runs largely unopposed. Virginia and West Virginia also see House contests, with focus on Roosevelt issues and local party strategies.
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Congress
New Deal
Washington
Roosevelt
Bennett Clark
Missouri
George McGill
Kansas
Clark
White House
Memphis
St. Louis
McGill
Gerald B. Winrod
John Hamilton
Winrod
Virginia
West Virginia
H. W. Smith
Rules Committee
William 2. Dodd, Jr
Germany
Dodd
Smith
Bennett Champ Clark
Willis H. Meredith
Joseph T. Davis
Henry S. Caulfield
Ray E. White
Civil service merit rule and tax exemption amendment
The text notes that appointments and promotions in state government civil service must be on merit and fitness, proven by competitive examinations where practicable, and mentions an amendment to Article XIX Section 1 proposing tax exemption for public property by the General Assembly.
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General Assembly
June Relief Grants Record Largest Since 1933
Relief grants for June totaled a large figure with the average daily reach of about 1,747,000 persons statewide or federally assisted. The report notes this is the biggest June grant level since July 1933, reflecting broadwided impact across agencies and programs.
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Sion
State relief costs rise with unemployment benefit drop
The month saw a net increase of 547 000 in relief needs since October 1937 as more claims shifted from the State unemployment compensation bureau to direct relief. Total spending reached 10,260,000 with 6,286,288 for general assistance, 1,952,867 for old age aid, 611,147 for aid to dependent children, 34,972 for blind pensions, and 1,026,259 for combined administrative expenses.
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Lief
State Unemployment Compensation Bureau
Indiana Obituaries Continue for Woodburn and Beers
Obituary notice lists Charles Woodburn of Indiana with six grandchildren and relatives in New York City and Brooklyn. Also reports Mrs. Cora Elkin Beers of Smicksburg dying at Indiana Hospital, with funeral plans pending at Bowser Funeral Home Plumville. Oliver Person, 49, a miner from Lucerne Mines, dies of a heart attack. surviving family listed and services set for Thursday in Lare cere Hall with burial at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Charles Woodburn
Indiana
Ruth Auline
Forrest Robert Hamilton
Charles
John
Frances
Joan Woodburn
Miss Margaret McGuire
William McGuire
New York City
Viola McGuire MelInernity
Brooklyn
N. Y
Woodburn
Cora (Elkin) Beers
Smicksburg
R. D
Indiana Hospital
Bowser Funeral Home
Plumville
Oliver Person
Lucerne
Alabama
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
Lillie B. Person
Van
Grant
Arey Person
Pauline Ruguley
Magnolia Person
Levonia Person
Lillie Belle Collins
Chicago
Person
Company D
506Th Engineers
Lare Cere Hall
Silas Williams
Greenwood Cemetery
No Decision In Kentucky Relates To Wagner Act Trial
London Kentucky August 2 The federal government and the defense in the eleven weeks long Harlan anti-labor conspiracy mistrial spent about 350000 dollars without a decision whether a conviction is possible under the Wagner Labor Act. Judge H Church Ford discharged a hopelessly deadlocked jury after 9 hours 53 minutes of deliberation. Thirty four percent of the worlds copper resources lie in Chile while the United States holds about 20 percent.
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London
H. Church Ford
Chile
The
United States
Gas Tax Refund to Indiana County Reported
Harrisburg reports the State Treasury issued 3,197,215.24 dollars to counties from the Liquid Fuels Fund. Each county gets its share of a half cent per gallon gasoline tax collected in the last six months. Indiana County will receive 25,216.35 dollars.
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Harrisburg
Indiana
Local all star teams drawn for Indiana Lions benefit
Indiana County League players from Indiana Kerr Diamondville Hellwood Clymer Luciusboro Brassefield Kirker and more are listed as participants in a benefit attraction on August 27. Names include D Groskles Mgr Paul Cramer Zip Zenvier and Frank Marken with several others noted across multiple towns. A note mentions Frank Marken as Yatesboro’s top pro prospect receiving minor league interest yet remaining home.
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Indiana Lions Club
D. Groskles
Indiana
Kerr
Diamondville
F. Salley
Hellwood
Cox
Clymer
G. Sisak
Graceton
Cicero
Luciusboro
Brassfield
Kirker
Q. Nicodemus
C. Bence
Smatana
U. Int. Greene
Paul Cramer
Mgr
Indiana High
Frank “Whitey
Marken
Yatesboro
Whitey
R. & P, Coal Company
Schoolmams Eat in Snake on Colorado River Voyage
Two Michigan schoolmams aged 40 and 25 completed a 666 mile river trek from Green River Utah to Boulder Dam ending with rattlesnake steak. The botanist and her assistant Lois Jotter were the only women to finish the perilous journey alongside five male companions.
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Boulder City
Michigan
Colorado River
Green River
Utah
Boulder Dam
Elizada Clover
University of Michigan
Lois Jotter
Pane Fite
Piitsburg area sports notes and local club updates
Fragmented sports blur with mentions of Kittanning Highs floor, Pirates football hubbub, forbes field fall games, and local club activity. Names like Art Rooney, W. Pial, and Bill Laney appear amid scattered notes on baseball, golf, and football prep across Indiana and Pittsburgh areas.
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Tuly 21
Plowcha
Shedlock
G-3
Kittanning High
Pians
Indiana
Pirates
Art Rooney
Pirate Ries
Dead Ole Smoky City
Apollo
Ton Earl E. Hewitt, Jr
W. Pial
Indiana Lions
The
Gazette
Forbes Field
Bill Laney
Charles Fink
Ernest
Neenie Campbell
Ford City
Russ Leech
Indians
Pittsburgh
Zer White
Colorado
Detroit
Fittsburgh
Soviet Opened General Attack In Manchoukuo Frontier
Soviet warplanes attacked across the Manchoukuo Siberia frontier as Japan faced a crisis in Cabinet. Tokyo warned of possible major conflict with Russia while Kwantung forces remained ready. Premier Konoye reported to the emperor as Japan prepared for worst emergency.
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Choukuo
Yuki
Osaka
Fukuoaka
Japan
Seishiro Itagaki
Kazushige Ugaki
Fumimaro Konoye
Prince Konoye
Hayama
Manchaukuo- Siberia
China
Russia
Kwantung
Domei
Foreign Office
Kiwanis Fight Club Clodbusters Clash At Lydick Field
Eugene Ferrell of the Kiwanis Fighters challenges Delos Campbell’s Clodbusters to a mushball game at Lydick field next Monday evening followed by the weekly supper at Rustic Lodge. The annual affair promises novelty amid the clubs’ strong trim and rivalry. At Country Club Past Presidents Night featured eight ex-presidents in a talk program titled Voices of Experience with Elmer W. Allison Gardner Hill Beryl Seanor Earl Steele Joseph Abler Walter Jackson Harry Fharach and Wilbur Black. Pharaoh presided. Kiwanis Boosters song parodied by an octet number. Rotary Club heard William Ruddock speak on the national defense act and the National Guard in Pennsylvania with notes on emergencies.
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Kiwanis
Eugene
Babe
Ferrell
Kiwanis Club
Delos
Campbell
Clodbusters
Lydick Field
Rustic Lodge
Geography Student Tour Reveals Broad Itinerary Plans
The Davis party plans an about three week trip with an itinerary that includes yacht excursions, docks and factory visits, deep sea fishing, and explorations of caves and covert areas. The Musicians Union lifted a ban on Pittsburgh area hotel and club broadcasts previously imposed to push for local band employment, with secretary Charles Graffolder confirming the removal.
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Pittsburgh
The
Musicians Union
Charles Graffelder
Stamford Professor Urges More Effective Farm Research
CHICAGO Aug. 2 Joseph S Davie of Stanford University told the Republican Program Committee that more effective research on agricultural policy and planning is needed and urged a special staff like the War Department to study emergency programs. He warned against hasty improvisation when emergencies arise and called current drafting procedures for permanent legislation woefully inadequate.
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Chicago
Joseph S. Davie
Stanford Uniersity
Republican Program Committee
War Department
Davis
Stanford
Food Research Institute
Glenn Frank
Kwantung Army Seen as Standalone Force in Manchoukuo
Military observers say the Kwantung army, the guardian force of Manchoukuo, could sustain operations for a year as an independent unit. Japan already fields armaments, warehouses, ammunition dumps, and 250000 troops in fortified hills and barracks, near the Uralike area where Siberia, Manchoukuo and Japanese Korea meet.
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Japan
Kwantung Army
Manchoukuo
Kwantung Leased
Chief closes bingo game in controversy shocks town
Citizens criticized the Police Chief action as unduly harsh. Comments condemned the move while some defended bingo as harmless entertainment. A Legion convention was mentioned as a contrasting event affected by the police stance.
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Legion
Indiana
Grand jury inquiry blocks witnesses before legislative panel
Judge Schaeffer impounds all grand jury materials and bars witnesses including former Attorney General Margiotti from testifying before the House committee until the grand jury finishes its inquiry. Governor Earle and legislative leaders defend separate probes, while Shelley subpoenas Margiotti and Senator Guffey as Davis Wile is added to witness list.
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Shelley
Schaeffer
Supreme Court
Foremer
Charles J.margiotti
Legislative Committee
Grand Jury
Margiotti
Earle
Carl B. Shelley
Dauphin County
Charles J. Margiotti
House Committee
Guy K. Bard
Legislature
Scheeffer
Court tightens limits on testimony before House committee
Judge Schaeffer defined state powers and proclaimed the Constitution as the supreme law. He said no legislature or branch can compel disclosure of testimony held by the district attorney and to be presented to the grand jury. Margiotti’s former assistant Edward Freidman was barred from appearing before the House committee.
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Margiotti
Edward Freidman
House Committee
Gas drillers near Corbet No. 2 farm in Parkwood scene
Parkwood residents mingle with Indiana visitors as gas drillers near Corbet No. 2 farm prepare to drill. Local social mentions include Francis Hamilton, Radio Pete of Saltsbury, Grant Rowe of Vandergrift, and several Coutts and Craig family visits. Indiana shoppers and business callers frequent the town through the week with multiple calls and relatives gathering at homes.
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E. L. Kunkle
Espy
Corbet No. 2
Francis Hamilton
Indiana
Radio Pete
Saltsbury
Laney
Licring
Ethel Mull
Grant Rowe
Vandergr
Mrs. Millar
Mrs. Couch
Woman broker in Pennsylvania surrenders securities registration
Miss Jane Zacharias of Pittsburgh trading as Zacharias Co the only woman broker in Pennsylvania today surrendered her registration as a dealer in securities to the State Securities Commission After four protracted hearings chaired by Colleye Baker, the commission began in February to investigate the company operations.
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Harrisburg
Jane Zacharias
Pittsburgh
Zacharias & Co
Pennsylvania
State Securities Commission
Colleye. Baker
Dr Heizer Outlines Modern Holstein Breeding Program
Dr Heizer of Wisconsin spoke at the Indiana County Home Field Day on a Modern Breeding Program stressing health testing and record keeping. He urged tuberculosis Bangs and mastitis control, continuous herd testing, use of proven sires and families, and careful record evaluation. He warned bull selection is crucial and noted the Hogng-Ho flood of 1887 caused massive loss of life.
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Indiana
Heizer
University of Wisconsin
Europe
Bull Association
Indiana County
Weizer
America
Two Plead and Are Sentenced in Allegheny Court
Cecil V. House age 35 of Gadsden Ata pleaded guilty to operating a gambling device at Clyde Shows carnival on city edge. Judge E. Creps fined $25 plus costs and $10 reimbursement. Walter Albright of Dilltown pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and battery on wife Anna Albright and felonious shooting at son William. He was sentenced to costs and one to two years at Allegheny Workhouse. On his wife’s request he was paroled on sentence day, to live lawfully and pay costs.
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Cecil V. House
Gadsden
Ata
Clyde
Lmit
E. Creps
Walter Albright
Dilltown
Anna Alebright
William Albright
Allegheny
Albright
Stock market overview of major firms and percentage figures
A historical list catalogs prominent companies from Edison to West Union and others, with a row of percentage figures and stock codes like 27% 10% 6B 3334 TM and 50 12814 177 27. It reflects a market summary of diverse industries from auto to oil, rail, and steel.
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Cons Edison
Consol
Olt Corn
Crane Co
del Lack & West Douglas
Alcraft du Pont de N
Eastman Kodak
el Auto Lite
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors Gen
Harb Walker
Hudson Motor Int
Harv Int
Nickel Can Int
Tel Te Tel
Kennecott Cop Kresge
SS Air Reduction al Chem & Dye Am
Pow Am
Rad & St Am Smelt & R Am
Tel & Tel Am
Anaconda Atch
T & SP
Balt Loco
Balt & Ohio
Penn RR
Phila Read
Phillips Pet Pub
Pure Oil Radio Corp of
Am Reading Co
Repub Step Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck
Socony-Vae
Southern Pac Southern By
Sperry Corp Ltd
Brands Ltd
Gas
Oil Calit Ltd
Texas Corp
Timken Roll
Transamerica
United Aircraft United Corp
United Gas Imp U
Rubber US Smelt
M US Steel Vanadium Corp
West Union Tel West el and
Nig Wo
Markets Report From Pittsburgh Dated August Second
Market deliverables show slow demand for produce with apples and potatoes steady to firmer in various pack sizes. Livestock prices mixed with hogs mostly steady, cattle down, calves and lambs varied. grain futures in Chicago edged higher after an uncertain start with wheat and corn futures modest gains and losses around the opening.
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Pittsburgh
Bas
Duchess
W. Va
Lowells
N. J. Cobblers
Long Island Cobblers
Chicago
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Gordon Browning
Crump
Browning
Alben W. Barkley
A. B. Chandler
Barkley
George MrGill
Walter A. Haxman
Gerald B. Windrop
Clyde Reed
Dallas Knapp
J. C. Fisher
W. P. Lambertson
House
Ars
Virginite
Democratic
Howard W. Smith
New Dealer
William E. Dodd, Jr
Norman R. Hamilton
Colgate Darden
W. Bruce Shafer
L. Ramsey
Andrew Edmiston
George W. Johnson
Cal
Manila
Pina
Palm Beach
Moorhead
Eqston
Shirley Temple
Paul Revere
George Temple
Mrs. Temple
ISCO
Merle Agnello
Pipchock
J. Washie
Steve Swanlek
King
Calvetti
McIntyre
Rytkowski
Iselin
Shandick
Frank Marken
Yotesboro
Zip Zenvier
Patsy Magas
Dixonville
Dubis
M. Fincavich
U. Out
Mel King
Schoolmam
Rotary
William Ruddock
Rotary Club
Hotel
Stamford
Hairman
Brookings Institute
Uily
Russian
Siberia
Japanese
Korea
Parkwood
Dr. Heizer
Ching
Hogng-Ho
Carnival
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