War era air drills marred by crashes and protests
Britain’s air defense drills saw crashes as observers tested invader detection while a massive blackout loomed over London. King George VI reviewed 133 reserved warships at Weymouth as 14,000 reserves sailed for summer maneuvers. Anti American protests spread in Japanese controlled China with demonstrations at Honan and Hopeh, and Japanese demands followed a Swatow consular incident.
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Associated Prose
China
Britain
Air Ministry
England
Germany
London
George VI
Weymouth
Danzig
Albert Forster
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Free City
Forster
Hitler
Sin- Yang
Kilungshan
Honan
Hwohsien
Shansi
Shihchiangwang
Hopeh
South China
Swatow
4-H Clubs Hold Rousing Picnic in Indiana County
Indiana County 4-H members gathered at Indiana Springs Park for the annual picnic. About 183 registered for swimming. courts for volleyball and activity games were busy. After supper a program by agricultural and home economics clubs featured community singing and short film reels. Next week 13 members attend 4-H club week at Penn State August 18 19. August 23 an auto tour departs Court House Indiana at 7:00 AM to Penn State including the Home Economics building Old Main dormitories and agricultural plots.
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Indiana County
Indiana Springs Park
Warner
Penn State
Court House
Indiana
Old Main
Sheriff Feud Flare Follows Erie County Sheriff Sale
The article describes a confrontation between Sheriff Kuppler and an attorney named Wilson during a sheriff sale. Wilson alleges foul language and a blow to the nose, while Kuppler mentions planning to cite Wilson before the Erie County Bar Association. Coroner Dr Strable is drawn into serving a summons, with Kuppler and Strable as political rivals in the prior election.
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Berry
Kuppler
Wilson
Dispatch-Herald
Erie County Bar Association
Strable
Sheriff Kuppler
Stroble
Blue Laws Referenda Timing Spurs County and County Officials
The 1987 liquor control law prompts a dispute over whether referenda may be held only if municipal elections follow the primaries by 60 days. This year the interval is 57 days, creating a conflict between the Allegheny County Court which says referenda can be held and the Lackawanna commissioners who say they cannot.
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Allegheny
Lackawana
Film stars map their plans for labor war
Hollywood and New York entertainers travel to Newark and Atlantic City to meet AFL executive council over union conflicts. The hearing will be closed to the public as actor and stage unions seek to assert control amid a jurisdictional split involving the AFA, AAAA, and IATSE. Delegations include Ralph Morgan leading Guild members with Talulah Bankhead, Lawrence Tibbett, Jascha Heifetz among those traveling east to press their case.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Hollywood
New York
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Wiliam Green
AFL
Green
American Federation of Actors
Stage Hands
AFA
Associated Actors and Artists of America
Screen Actors Guild
AAAA
Guild
Ralph Morgan
Newark
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Harry Richman
Actors Equity Association
Sophie Tucker
Association
Supreme Court
Miriam Mopkins
Morgan
Jean Muir
Lucille Gleason
Binnie Barnes
Edward Arnold
Mischa Auer
Henry Hull
Wayne Morris
Larry Steers
Extra Players’council
Tallulah Bankhead
Frederick Match
Lawrence Tibbett
Jascha Heifetz
Thousands of miners under compensation rules in October
State officials announced that thousands of coal miners will gain protection under workmen's compensation and occupational disease laws starting next October. The change follows delays due to the new disease act and faces lower rates, with insurers reporting near thirty million dollars in non coal- mining premium writings for 1938.
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Kourts
Department of Labor and Industry
Pennsylvania
Gregory Kelly
Pensylvania Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau
Philadelphia
Denver Eye-Graft Trial of Tear Gas Injury
An employed worker attempted to restore sight of a Denver attorney blinded by a tear gas blast. A cornea graft was taken from Avery Davis’s eye and transplanted into William E Lewis’s left eye after he suffered a severe eye injury. Outcome to be determined in days.
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Denver
Gaye
Avery Davis
William E Lewi
County ballot decisions linger as court ruling awaited
Lycoming County commissioners advertised ballots despite no vote this year, hoping for possible Supreme Court reversal. Cumberland County litigants agreed to defer arguments pending the high court decision. Centre County commissioners sent the matter to Judge Ivan Walker for further action.
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Lycoming
Supreme Court
Cumberland County
Centre County
Tvan Walker
Senate funding debate echoes January job promise
Senator King of Utah opposed the lending bill and argued that Congress was already allocating nearly 13 billion dollars for the next year. He said spending is the answer and questioned how lending funds aligns with that approach amid ongoing WPA financing.
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King
Dutah
Congress
Precautions To Guard Against More Deaths On Somerset Pike
Harrisburg August 9 The state acts to prevent repeats of the Laurel Hill tunnel rock fall that killed four men on the South Penn expressway. Labor Secretary Hines halts work if safety disagreements persist and orders timbering with heavier steel where needed. An inspector will review safety measures at all tunnels and materials decisions will rest with the state if agencies fail to agree.
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Somerset
Harrisburg
Laurel Hill
South Penn Express
Department of Labor and Industry
H. A. McMurray
Westmoreland County
Lewis G. Hines
Labor and Industry
Laurel Hill Tunnel
Pittsburgh
Hines
Turnpike Commission
Highways Department
Public Works Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Temple Paper at Bond Trial
Harrisburg Aug 9 Temple former chief engineer of the State Highways Department told contractors to obtain bonds from certain insurance men when doing business with the Commonwealth The witness said the request was an order and his testimony before the grand jury was like a confession The case involves conspiracy to control highway bond contract business and includes figures James P Kirk Victor Skok and Warren Van Dyke with Temple planning to become a Commonwealth witness.
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Harrisburg
H. H. Temple
State Highways Department
Commonwealth
Temple
William Neely
James McGee
James P. Kirk
Pittsburgh
Victor Skok
Kirk
Warren van Dyke
Mississippi governor runoff race narrows to Johnson and Conner
In the Mississippi Democratic primary Johnson leads Conner with 19,037 to 14,943 votes from 573 of 1660 precincts. Bailey trails in third with 10,378 as the Aug 29 runoff determines the next governor, a result seen as pivotal for President Roosevelt’s third term chances.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Paul B. Johnson
Martin Conner
Johnson
Conner
Thomas L. Bailey
Fire damages girls dormitory at Coopersburg
A $20,000 blaze at the Sacred Heart Home for Orphans in Coopersburg damaged the girls dormitory. Several children were inside but unharmed. T. S. Cooper, former owner, assessed the damage and said the fire started from blow...
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Allentown
Sacred Heart Home For Orphans
Coopersburg
T. S. Cooper
Senator McCarran Doubts Arms Embargo Repeal
The President urged repealing the arms embargo under the neutrality law, but Senate action stalled as five Republicans, five Democrats, a Progressive and a Farmer-Laborite deferred, while 11 Democrats favored immediate action. McCarran argued Congress must not appear to profit munition makers, insisting the nation stay neutral and avoid favoritism in foreign conflicts.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Farmer-Laborite
McCarran
D-Nev
Congress
Farley Denies Debt Paid to Lewis at Convention
Pittsburgh August reports Oliver A. Quayle Jr, treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, declared no financial obligation to John L. Lewis or his United Mine Workers. He said the only payment from Lewis was a $50,000 loan repaid in two installments, and he denied an $800,000 contribution. Lewis criticized both labor and management in a radio address, while Perkins discussed political funding with CIO and General Motors officials as delegates gathered for the Young Democrats convention.
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Pittsburgh
Oliver A. Quayle, Jr
Democratic National Committee
John L. Lewis
CIO
Democratic Party
Lewis
Focal
Quayle
National Committee
Lewis United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Labor
Perkins
General Motors
National Convention of
Young Democrats
Woman flier Cochran makes first blind instrument landing
Jacqueline Cochran, the leading American woman aviator, becomes the first female pilot to perform a blind instrument landing. With no field view, she relied on radio instruments to guide several flawless landings at Municipal Airport under observer supervision. A separate item notes Alfred Lutz paying $992 in fishing law fines including 43 trout in closed season and creel limit violations.
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Pittsburgh
Jacqueline Cochran
Miss Cochran
Justices of the Peace
William B. Nunemacher
Fire damages three story home operated by Missionary Sisters
Firefighters from Allentown Coop lersburg and Quakerstown battled a blaze at a three story frame home used by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. Torch use by workmen to clean paint sparked the fire.
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Allentown
Cooplersburg
Quakerstown
The
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart
Produce and livestock market report from Pittsburgh and Chicago
Market notes show slow demand for produce in Pittsburgh with apples and potatoes trading in limited ranges. Livestock prices steady to lower with hogs and cattle pulling mixed bids, while Chicago wheat and corn opened lower before holding.
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Pittsburgh
Aug
Bushcal Baskets
Virginia Wealthies
Ramos
Pennsylvania
Wealthies
Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
Chicago
Liverpool
Civil Register For Germans Brings Wide Population Survey
Berlin reports a national civilian talents survey to ready Germany for emergencies. All non military Germans aged five to seventy are to complete green or orange identity cards between August 13 and 19, with Jews registered separately later. The aim is a post of universal service with rapid access to skilled civilians.
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Berlin
Germany
Reich
Poland
Siegfried Line
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