Willkie Rejects Commitments on Foreign Policy
Willkie declares an unhampered right of public discussion and rejects entering commitments with the Roosevelt administration on foreign policy. He says Congress and the Chief Executive must bear responsibilities while he reserves the right to comment only on suitable occasions. He plans to meet Hoover and Landon as part of a busy campaign schedule with a Pennsylvania delegation set for Elwood, Indiana.
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Colorado Springs
Calo
Wendell L. Willkie
Congress
United States
Winlkie
Willkie
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
West Yellowstone
Mont
Alf M. Landon
Blairsville Votes on Sunday Movies in November
Blairsville considers Sunday movies alongside Indiana and Homer City in the upcoming November elections. Petitions gained 328 signatures, enough for certification, showing voter interest despite historic church opposition. In 1925 the measure failed by under 400 votes with 1279 against and 921 for.
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Indiana
Homer City
Blairsville
Harry H. Wilson
College Weather Forecast Bright and Mild Ahead
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions today, partly cloudy and cooler tomorrow, with showers expected at night. Temperatures range from a minimum 64 to a maximum 84 degrees, humidity at 15 percent, and pressure rising from 30.70 to 30.78 inches. An item notes the iconoscope will enable rapid subject movement filming.
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College
Air mail pickup starts Monday announced for multi-state routes
All American Aviation announced ceremonies to inaugurate permanent air mail pickup on three routes serving 58 Pennsylvania towns, 21 in West Virginia, four in Delaware, and two in New York with additional Pittsburgh links planned. Officials from the Post Office and Civil Aeronautics Board will attend, with ceremonies at Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Huntingdon, and Jamestown.
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Wilmington
Del
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Delaware
All American Aviation, Inc
Pennnsylvania
Pittsburgh
Williamsport
Huntingdon
W. Va
Ohio River Valley
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Jamestown
N. Y
Post Office Department
Civil Aeronautics Board
S. A. Bodkin
Edward Warner
Smith W. Purdum
Joseph F. Gallagher
Leo A. Warner
J. W. Dingess
Richard C. du Pont
All-American Aviation, Inc
Postal and Aeronautics Board
Camille Vinet
Aeronautics
Farley Hints on Yankee Purchase and Coca Cola Role
Farley, amid Coca Cola ties, says he will decide about the baseball team himself and notes negotiations to buy the New York Yankees may close next week. A friend says Farley’s private life will hinge on Coca Cola duties and the Yankee deal could be completed soon.
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Farley
New York
Cocos Cola Corporation
New York Yankee
Yankees
Yankee
Coca-Cola Company
Senate debates Burke-Wadsworth bill after recess
The Senate resumes discussion on the Burke-Wadsworth measure after a weekend recess. Senators Holman and Wheeler clash over threats to U S peace, with Holman citing a potential Alaska invasion risk and Wheeler challenging war declarations. In Williams Grove Pa local event previews set for tomorrow as the Jallopy race attracts older cars.
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Japan
Alaska
United States
Wheeler
Dmont
Germany
Williams Grove
Funds appeal opens over insurance fund investments
Harrisburg August 10 Groundwork for an appeal from a Dauphin County Court decision voiding an Insurance Department ruling on investment of funds was drawn today by Commonwealth attorneys Deputy Attorney General Orville C Brown said he is compiling for Col Matthew H Taggart insurance commissioner a list of exceptions to the decision Judge William M Hargest set aside the ruling in favor of the Fire Association of Philadelphia The appeal would go to the State Supreme Court if the exceptions are dismissed The Fire Association attacked the September 19 1939 ruling claiming reinvestment would reduce income by earning less than current securities The judge called the ruling an overreach of executive power and granted an injunction for the Association
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Harrisburg
Dauphn
Insurance Department
Commonwealth
Orville C. Brown
Matthew H. Taggart
William M. Hargest
Dauphin Court
State Supreme Court
Brown
Fire Association of Philadelphia
Insurance Commissioner
Philadelphia Association
Cudahy Faces Censure and Possible Return to Europe
The diplomat Cudahy faces a reprimand from the State Department and is expected to report home. He left by flying boat from a seadrome in England, planning quick Lisbon connections for an Atlantic flight. An embassy note says his departure follows his original London visit for personal business, with relief work in Europe a likely next step.
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United States
Europe
London
Washington
State Department
Cudahy
Guardsmen Joining Northern New York Summer Maneuvers
Philadelphia August 10 officials of Baldwin Locomotive Works expect to begin production within six months of 5,689,735 worth of giant tanks for the U S Army. The 70 to 80 ton land battleships were ordered 30 machines with price about 113,794 each. Engineering details to be cleared in six months before rapid production begins.
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Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
U. S. Army
National Defense Commission
Washington
William H. Harman
Baldwin Works
Therr
Germany
Belgium
France
Defense Commission
Amerian Car and Foundry
Berwick
Pennsylvania crops show favorable progress despite heat
State reports general crop progress across Pennsylvania with July temperatures above normal and scarce rainfall. Corn tasseling appears late in many northern counties while wheat, rye, oats and barley yields vary. potatoes and fruit crops show mixed results, with moisture needs and heat affecting timothy and alfalfa only in some areas. The Erie grape crop lags by about ten days amid ongoing warm conditions.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Federal-State Service
Erie
German war food aims and occupied lands outlook
Berlin papers say Germany can protect its food supply while occupying lands and exposing other countries to the British blockade. Reports cite Romanian wheat and barley losses, with Germany prioritizing its people and declining concern for populations that harmed their farms. Red Cross official Richard Allen revisits camps in Vichy France noting shortages and disease and hope for limited aid.
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Germany
Rumanian Institute of Business Research
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Low Countries
France
United States
CBS
New York
Okay
Britain
Noel Coward
DNB
Adolf Hitler
England
Richard Allen
American Red Cross
Vichy
Allen
Brotherly aid ends in injured kin clash in Albion
In Albion, John Prombach, 23, stopped to help another driver after a collision and discovered the other driver was his brother, Frank, 21, who had sustained several broken ribs.
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Albion, Pa
John Prombach
Frank
NYA to Aid in Defense Work in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Aug 10 Walter Cowing state administrator said NYA will start defense aligned projects in Pennsylvania secondary schools this fall. A Washington conference will outline the 1940 41 program with educators east of the Mississippi. NYA allocates 975 427 for PA high schools and 845 505 for college and graduate students. About 34 000 students in 1100+ schools will benefit.
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Harrisburg
Walter 8. Cowing
National Youth Administration
Pennsylvania
Washington
NYA
Mississippi
John H. Tygon
Upper Darby High School
Cowing
President Roosevelt Begins New England Defense Tour
President Roosevelt and Secretary Knox visited Portsmouth Navy Yard to view five submarines under construction valued at 27.5 million dollars and reviewed plans for more. The trip includes a Boston Navy Yard cruise, a Nahant stop, Watertown arsenal production boosts, and visits to Newport and Groton as part of a broad defense inspection schedule.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Roosevelt
New England
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Navy
Frank Knox
Hyde Park
N. Y
Francis P
Haven
John
Watertown
Mass
Col
William Donovan
Europe
Navy Knox
Upstate
New York
Washington
White House
Potomac
Boston
Newport
R. J
Naval Base College
Narragansett Bay
Quonsett Point
New London
Conn
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Oilton Gun Fight Ends With Fugitives Surrender
Police pursue two prison escapees after a running gunfight in Oilton Oklahoma during which a woman was killed and Police Chief Ben D. Clark was critically wounded. Fugitives Bill Hall and Joe Lovelace fled in a car, later kidnapping farmer Bill Gump and hijacking another vehicle as officers closed in.
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Okla
Bill Hall
Joe Lovelace
Here
Hall
Bill Gump
Drumright
L. L. Fisher
Lovelace
Jeanne Culp
Asher
Qilton
Ben D. Clark
Fisher
Clark
C. L. Irvin
Win
Irwin
Earl Williams
Dilton
Glimp
Markets Slip as Rain Dims corn Wheat Prices Fall
Markets report rains across the corn belt push futures down more than a cent per bushel with 1940 crop estimates easing fears. Wheat also falls with September futures down up to 7-8 and December off around 1-4. In Pittsburgh produce demand is light with apples and potatoes showing scattered steady prices. An elderly man attempted suicide at List Street bridge but survived a prior warning. he later drowned in the Allegheny River.
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Chicago
Middle West
Pittsburgh
List Street
Allegheny
Stay At Home Doctors Listed In Pennsylvania Plan
The Pennsylvania committee on medical preparedness, chaired by Dr. Charles H. Henninger, classifies physicians to stay at home for industrial workers if national conscription occurs. About 13,000 Pennsylvania physicians are listed to be exempt from military service for civilian health needs. Western Pennsylvania hospitals were asked by the federal government to indicate capacity for emergency patients.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Committee On Medical Preparedness
Charles H. Henninger
National Committee
Pennsylvania
Henninger
State Medical Society
Market snapshot of major stocks in late trading
A readout of numerous listed companies showing varied quotes across sectors from manufacturing to energy and tech. Major names include Air Reduction, American Can, AT and T, Anaconda, Chrysler, Coca-Cola, General Electric, IBM, United States Steel, and Union Carbide with prices, percentages, and noted affiliations.
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Armstrong Cork
Aviation Corp
Bald Loco
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Borden Co
Borg-Warner
Briggs Miz
Cal
Deere and Co
Distil Corp-Seag
Douglas Aire
du Pont de
Gen Foods
Gen Motor Ra
Hercules
Houd-Hershey
Payete
Ry Sperry Corp
Studebaker
oCy Swift and Co
Texas Corp
Texas Gulf Sulg Tide
TWA
Union Carbide UA
Aircraft United Corp
Gis
US Rubber US Steel Vanadium Corp
Warner Bros Bi
Union
Tel West Eland Mi Wikson and
Woolworth
Pinchot to Celebrate 75 Quietly at Home
Milford Pa August 10 Gifford Pinchot twice governor of Pennsylvania and noted for forest conservation will turn 75 tomorrow. He plans a quiet day at his home with a few guests and will delay any birthday celebration until his son and daughter in law return from a cruise aboard their thirty foot sleigh. Pinchot declines to discuss Republican prospects in Pennsylvania or the presidential race stating he does not know. He remains active in forestry writing and works on an autobiographical account of forestry and conservation.
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Milford
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Pike County
Pinchot
Theodore Roosevelt
Federal
Department of Forestry
Roosevelt
Tait
London bombing raids strike across many districts
A terse Air Ministry communique says attacks spread over many districts with some fatalities. Welsh and English towns in Northwest Northeast Southwest Southeast England report bomb damage and several houses wrecked. One town in Southeast sees a lone Nazi plane drop four bombs before fleeing heavy anti airfire. two towns endure large explosions offshore. seven bombs drop into the sea near a northeast coast town with a golf course hit. no casualties reported in several towns though a garden crater 20 feet deep marks the northeastern impact.
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Wales
England
Air Ministry
Obituary for Irvin Ansley Slusser of West Lebanon
Irvin Ansley Slusser died at his home in West Lebanon on August 9 at 3 30 p m He was born December 20 1887 in Armstrong County Surviving are his wife Annie Armstrong Slusser a daughter Helen two sons Robert and David his father Samuel Slusser one sister Ella Dunmire one brother William all of Avomore Friends will be received at the Robinson funeral home in Saltsburg Services Monday at 10 30 a m in the funeral home Burial in Edgewood Cemetery
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Irvin Ansley Slusser
West Lebanon
Armstrong County
Annie Armstrong Slusser
Helen
Robert
David
Blairsville
Samuel Slusser
Ella Dunmire
William
Avomore
Robinson
Saltsburg
Edgewood Cemetery
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