Republic Steel Chief Demands Senate Probe of CIO Violence
Washington Aug 11 Tom Girdler chairman of Republic Steel demanded a Senate investigation into violence and intimidation by the CIO during last summer's Little Steel strike criticizing the Senate Civil Liberties Committee for one sided action. He offered to read a statement and said Republic would produce hundreds of witnesses to support charges of CIO abuses while defending the companys refusal to sign a contract with the SWOC as key to the 1937 strike.
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Washington
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
Senate
CIO
Senate, Civil Liberties Committee
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Girdler
Latol-Lette
Prog-Wis
SWOC
Republic
Obituary notices for McGinley Hancock Woods
Obituary notices of Mrs Cynthia McGinley widow of Samuel McGinley who died at her nephew W A Howard’s home in Conemaugh township born May 15 1852 in Blacklick township attended Jacksonville Presbyterian Church services Saturday interment in Jacksonville Cemetery Also记 notices for William A Noss 72 retired of Homer City died in Indiana Hospital and services at Gillen Coulter Home then Richmond Cemetery and William Carson Hancock 88 died in Indiana Hospital with service in West Lebanon Presbyterian Church interment Oakland Cemetery and James Clarence Woods 64 former West Wheatfield resident who died at home near Clyde after weeks of illness all with further funeral home and church details.
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Cynthia MC Ginley
Samuel McGinley
Blacklick
Kent
W. A. Howard
Conemaugh Township
Joseph
Nancy (Taylor) McCracken
Blacklick Township
Jacksonville Presbyterian Church
Robinson Funeral Home
Salisburg
Jacksonville Cemetery
William A. Noss
Homer City
Indiana Hospital
Gillen & Coulter Funeral Home
Homestead
Richmond Cemetery
Draveshire
William Carson Hancock
West Lebanon
Eldersridge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Lois (Rowe) Hancock
Albert Smith
Martin's Ferry
Olive Marie Smith
Shelovia
William Waller Hancock
Munyae
Mich
Harvey Hancock
Galesburg
Virgin
Martha
Elizabeth Hancock
Pittsburgh
Anna Hancock
New York City
West Lebanon Presbyterian Church
J. R. E. Craighead
Oakland Cemetery
Indiana
James Clarence Woods
West Wheatfield Township
Clyde
Mr. Woods
David and
Mary
Conrad Lakewart
Conrad Lakehart
John Heberling
Smicksburg
R. D
Heberling
J. Giffen
Plumville Presbyterian
Beracha Cemetery
Lukehart
Plumville
Thomas R
Rebecca
Stear) Lukehart
Harry
Charles
Mation Center
Gladys Bernet
Gladys
Joseph Bennet
Clymer
Joseph Kanaus
Frank
Edward
Josephine
St. Anthony Church
Church
Slicker the trained seal steals acting honors for fish
Hollywood reports that Slicker the four year old seal steals the limelight in Spawn of the North. He claps flippers, wails in the tub, and even kisses Dorothy Lamour and Raft's stars. The seal's antics prompted Paramount to modify the ending. Slicker’s trainer, H W Winston, reveals the animal’s key role and his appetite for fish over fame.
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Hollywood
Pacific
George Raft
Dorothy Lamour
John Barrymore
Slicker
Seal
Raft
Pacife
H. W. Winston
Monterey
Calif
Winston
Andy Devine
Henry Hathaway
Woods family obituary notices from West Wheatfield area
Obituaries and funeral notices for Woods and Lukehart families from Smicksburg to West Wheatfield township, detailing survivors, birth dates, anniversaries, and interment plans. Also notes Baird, Heberling families, and the Bennet child Gladys who died of rheumatic fever in Clymer with church funeral arrangements.
Guffey notes prompt probe amid Pennsylvania race
Harrisburg August report outlines new election code on campaign finance. Office seekers must disclose all financial backing including organizational support to county commissioners or the State Elections Bureau. It warns treasurers and candidates face criminal penalties for unreported funds or unauthorized contributions, with emphasis on known but unfiled authorizations.
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Harrisburg
State Elections Bureau
Bureau of Sections
James H. Wallace
Elections Bureau
Wallace
Carroll Court Alibi and Bloody Footprints Claim
Carroll testified he found footprints described as about five inches and four inches long. Under cross examination by Franz A. Burkett the deputy said he was at the house October 19 and that others had been there earlier. Dr. Littlefield was slain October 14. Burkett, questioned as a defense witness, said he visited Dwyer at prison with Charles Pelletier, who showed G Man credentials and asked Burkett to join him at the prison.
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Franz A. Burkett
Littlefield
Burkett
Chapman
Dwyer
Charles Pelletier
Pelletier
Carroll denies killing Littlefield in New Jersey case
The state argues Dr. Littlefield knew of alleged maltreatment from Barbara's letters and confided in him, giving Carroll a motive. Carroll denies involvement in the murders of Dr. Littlefield and his wife, who were strangled on October 15, while details of a morals offense and a North Arlington arrest are noted. He and his wife testified about alibis including an American Legion dinner and a card game with Morris Prince.
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Carroll
Littlefield
Andi Dwyer
North Arlington
N. J
Morris Prince
American
Roosevelt Urges Self Reliance and Social Security Drive
President Franklin D. Roosevelt urged sections to gain financial independence and lead in establishing social security while noting federal support for education should be targeted and not universal. He spoke at a rural electrification event in Barnesville, Georgia, praising southern progress and naming Lawrence Camp as a potential next senator.
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Washington
United States
South
Georgia
Roosevelt
Rural Electrification Administration
Barnesville
Warm Springs Foundation
Camp
E. D. Rivers
Rivers
Georgia Senate
Wall Springs
Governor Rivers
Lawrence Camp
Both Sides Agree Truce in Far East Frontier Talks
The article reports Litvinoff proposing border armistice terms and a third power as arbiter, Shigemitsu’s rejection, and ongoing negotiations for final settlement while warning frontier forces could spark new clashes. Observers say the worst of a long Far East frontier series seems to be winding down as talks proceed.
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Litvinoff
Border Commission
Shigemitsu
Keer
Commission
Ceasefire Shrinks Manchukuo Frontier Tension Eases
News dispatches report a ceasefire order on the Manchukuo Siberian frontier with both Russian and Japanese forces preparing to withdraw. Moscow truce details are unclear while officials express satisfaction with the peaceful settlement and observers note cheerful silence except for occasional gunfire resembling fireworks as retreating troops distance themselves.
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Changkufeng Hill
Domei
Bumper Crop News Cheers Farmers Across Regions
Reported yields include apples 1 943 000 peaches 662 000 pears 6 560 000 and cherries. Comments note early plantings responding to hot wet weather and crops advancing ahead of schedule. Wheat oats barley potatoes tobacco fruits show mixed conditions with some losses from storms and blight but generally favorable overall.
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Delaware River
Lehigh
Potter
Somerset
Erie Belt
Mellon After Museum Sheep
Ai Richard King Mellon, Pittsburgh banker and nephew of the late Andrew Mellon, travels from Alaska toward Yukon Territory to secure white Dall sheep for the North American Hall at New York’s Museum of Natural History. He is joined by Mrs Mellon, Robert H. Rockwell, and Robert S Waters.
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Kelchikan
Alaska
Richard King Mellon
Pittsburgh
Andrew Mellon
Yukon Territory
Museum of Natural History
New York City
Mrs. Mellon
Robert H. Rockwell
New York Museum
Robert S. Waters
Johnstown
Juneau
Kinane Lake
V. T
Doniek River
Desertion charge against Altoona parents in six children case
Altoona officials say Robert Chilcote and his wife Margaret posted $600 bond each after a hearing before Alderman Ira J. Shelley on charges of deserting six children, the eldest eight, with humane officer Fred Henry alleging the couple left the children alone for a week at a time.
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Altoona
Robert Chilcote
Margaret
Ira J. Shelley
Fred Henry
McGurk Wins Unanimous on Sticker Ballot in Uniontown
Uniontown Aug 11 Chief Peter J McGurk heads Western Pennsylvania Fireman's Association after a sticker candidate deadlocked the election when Kenneth Larken withdrew and urged support for McGurk He then won 1041 votes while David Colelaser had 146 late withdraws made the result unanimous Ellwood City was chosen for the 1939 convention with Perry J Stusk Simon Hofman and A Caputo named officers A gala parade with 101 companies and many bands will close the event.
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Uniontown
Peter J. McGurk
Swissvale
Pennsylvania
Fireman's Association
Kenneth Larken
Tarentum
McGurk
David Colelaser
Turtle Creek
Colclaser
Mc Gurk
Ellwand
Perry J. Stusk
Perryopolis
Simon Hofman
St. Clair Borough
A. Caputo
Stowe Township
Eye Donation Offered By War Veteran To Baby Patient
A former U S soldier now a WPA worker offered one of his eyes to four month old Helaine Judith Colan. His wife sent the offer to the baby's mother. The child from Chicago will be examined at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center to see if removal halted a cancerous growth.
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New York
United States
WPA
Helaine Judith Colan
John J. Crowley
Chicago
Herman Colan
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
German Plane Over St John Heads For New York
The German four motor Bradenburg flying non stop from Berlin to New York reached North America over St John New Brunswick at 1a.m. EST today. It flew over Newfoundland and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence then crossed New Brunswick toward the Maine coast. The Radio Marine Corp at Chatham Mass reported flight at 2000 meters speed 280 kilometers per hour about 155 mph. The craft left Berlin at 7:93 p.m. EST Wednesday.
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Boston
Bradenburg
Berlin
New York
St John
Newfoundland
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
New Brunswick
Maine
Radio Marine Corporation
Chatham
Mass
Girl Slayer Is Given Life
Cincinnati reports Lindberg Trent seventeen? 15-year-old confesses and is sentenced to life imprisonment after a guilty plea to first degree murder for slaying Shirley Ann Woodburn. He faces two indictments for premeditated murder and murder in the course of attempted criminal attack. New York City sanitary code note added on sleeping in a bathtub.
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Cincinnati
Lindberg Trent
Shirley Ann Woodburn
Young Trent
State care of mental patients and needful medical care plan
Harrisburg officials estimate state obligations for mental patient care and unemployed medical aid would total about ten million dollars annually. A plan would extend relief medical care to cover obstetrics and drugs from September through year end, with county and state bodies sharing costs and facilities, and Byberry and twelve other mental hospitals slated for state takeover pending legislative action.
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Harrisburg
Department of Public Assistance
House Welfare Committee
William A. Shaw
Allegheny County
Shaw
State Board of Public Assistance
State Medical Society
Charles J. Engard
General State Authority
Engard
PWA
Philadelphia
Byberry
Harry Shapiro
Philadelphia Democrat
Bingard
Grand Jurors Dismissed In Dauphin County Proceedings
Judge Schaeffer in charge of grand jury proceedings dismissed jurors until Monday morning September 19. The District Attorney Carl B Shelley of Dauphin County and Judge Wickersham had discussed extending the preparation period of three to four weeks before arguments, with no further action until then.
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Carl B. Shelley
Dauphin County
Schaeffer
Reading
Frank B. Wickersham
Mediation Opens Over 15 Percent RR Wage Cut
Chicago August reports a three man national mediation board began talks with the carriers' joint conference committee, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and the Railway Labor Executives Association. The sessions are expected to run at least ten days to break the wage dispute deadlock.
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Chicago
National
Carriers’ Joint Conference Committee
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Railway Labor Executives' Association
WPA strike at State College halts 11 new campus buildings
More than 500 WPA workers at the Pennsylvania State College construction project quit work in a wage dispute. Local No. 842 plasterers and cement finishers label it a lockout. Workers picketed the site where the framework of most buildings is finished.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College
Plasterers Land Cement
Operative Plasterers and Cement Finishers Union
Jimmy Roosevelt Ends Insurance Role for Washington Duties
The article notes James Roosevelt resigned as an official of Roosevelt and Sargent on December 28 1936 to devote full time to Washington duties and still holds insurance firm holdings and draws dividends. It cites income tax declarations for five years and mentions his convalescence at Campobello New Brunswick.
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Roosevelt and Sargent
Washington
James Roosevelt
Campobello
Two Cleveland youths paddle 60 miles across Lake Erie
Cleveland youths Douglas H. Ross and Wynter Newhouse telephoned from near Rondeau Park after paddling 60 miles in a 16 foot canoe. Their boat upset 15 feet from the Canadian shore. supplies spoiled but they planned to return via Point Pelee today or tomorrow. They began Tuesday at 6 am.
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Cleveland
Aug
Lake Erie
Rondegu Park
Douglas H. Ross
Wynter Newhouse
Point Pelee
Roosevelt may speak in Pennsylvania for Earle Jones ticket
Democratic State Chairman David J. Lawrence said President Roosevelt strongly indicated he would campaign in Pennsylvania for the Earle Jones ticket in the fall election. The slate includes Governor George H. Earle for U S Senator and Pittsburgh lawyer Charles Alvin Jones for Governor.
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Harrigburg
David J. Lawrence
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
U. S
Charles Alvin Jones
Pittsburgh
Jeand
Lawrence
Earle
Jones
Thomas A. Logue
Thomas Kennedy
S. Davis Wilson
Philadelphia
Ralph H. Smith
Edith B. Dewitt
Dewitt
Democratic State Committee
Markets and livestock prices from Pittsburgh and Chicago
Pittburgh market news reports moderate produce demand with apples and potatoes barely steady across several varieties and regions, plus 1,500 hogs in Pittsburgh with slow sale, and lambs and sheep holding around steady. Chicago wheat futures slide as Russo-Japanese armistice hopes influence bets, with nearby quotes down and autumn contracts mixed.
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Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Duchess
New York
Maryland
New Jersey
Chippewas
Delaware
Long Island
Chicago
Liverpool
Italy Quiet On War Aid Involving Franco Rebels
London reports Britain pressed Italy over claims it sent new troops to aid General Francisco Franco's Spanish insurgents. Italy gave no reply as Britain noted France faced embarrassment, and the potential British Italian friendship accord faced delay until the Spanish issue is resolved.
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London
Great Britain
Italy
Britain
Rome
France
Spain
Francisco Franco
Frederick
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Foreign Office
Stock Market Shifts Amid Sleep and Cosmic Claims
A quirky report notes the stock market shifting by 3 percent while a study finds men are 30 percent more restless than women during sleep. Astronomers claim at least two million solar events akin to our own, and cottontail rabbits reportedly communicate through whiskers and stamping.
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North Amerie
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