Off Year Primary Encers Last Month With Eyes On Local Option
Harrisburg August reports show both parties focusing on local option votes across Pennsylvania counties and cities. Supreme Court selections and wet-dry referenda drive campaigns. registration deadlines loom as voters in Philadelphia and major counties face last chances to switch party affiliation or update addresses ahead of September 12 contests.
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Botyre Meeuilien
Demorraus Warth
Supreme Court
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Superior Court
Allegheny
Northumberland
Montgomery
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Philadelphia
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Scranton Wunti
Washington invasion drill shocks nation in mock war
In Manassas Virginia area 23 000 troops staged a four day peacetime battle with blue guardsmen opposing a black regular army using high speed tanks and combat cars. The exercise stretched from Gainesville to Occoquan Creek and featured strict safety rules to prevent casualties. At Fort Knox Indiana a guard shell exploded killing three and wounding others prompting an immediate military inquiry. In Plattsburg New York 21 000 guardsmen joined the maneuvers bringing total strength near 53 000 within a 30 mile radius of the post.
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Lake Champlain
Berlin and Rome face Danzig and Italy tensions in European crisis
International reporting notes Germany warns against stubborn powers and vows to defend Danzig. Italian ministers return from conferences with Mussolini and von Ribbenstrorp amid debate on the Balancing of alliances. Complex diplomatic maneuvering signals heightened risk of broader conflict across Europe.
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Wreck Survivors Recount Omaha to Crete Train Disaster
An Omaha journalist recounts the wreck of the fiev with vivid testimony from survivors and rescuers. A stewardess nurse aided the injured, Dr E H Betts helped save many, and 20 died with over 60 injured as cars derailed into a creek bed. Descriptions detail frightened passengers, mangled bodies, and heroism as a veteran engineer raced to alert aid and direct evacuation.
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Ren Evening Gazette
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Westinghouse employees to receive 8 percent bonus
About 43 000 Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing workers will share an eight percent adjusted compensation bonus this month. The plan bases the bonus on net earnings of the prior three months totaling 3,646,186 with May 1,198,740 June 1,573,605 and July 778,841. The last month’s adjusted compensation was ten percent.
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Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Multiple fatalities and injuries in regional accidents
Patrolmen investigated crashes across multiple towns from Route 680 near Pittsburg to Conoquenessing Creek. Victims include John Boteman 22 and Raymond Grundler 23 fatally injured when their car plunged 75 feet. Xavier Jasinski 46 killed signaling to keep his wagon. D. Henry Bruning 28 dies at Carbondale racing. George Matthews 42 killed by a refinery pipe burst. Donald Young 17 dies holding a rifle discharged at home. and several others injured or missing with deaths of 11 year old John Yuszko and 10 year old Anna Bradich amid various incidents on farms and rivers.
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Raymond Grundler
Conoquenessing Creek
Pittsburgh
Xavier Jasinski
Quakerstown
Monessen
John Yuszko
D. Henry Bruning
Carbondale
New York State
Philadelphia
George Matthews
Donald Young
Benton
Anna Bradich
Carl L. Roxbury
Petrolia
Clement Bocke
Springdale
Ralph Cherry
Schuylkill River
Elmer Fails to Attend Pennsylvania Legion Convention
At the 21st annual Pennsylvania Legion convention in Williamsport on August 14, Elmer did not appear despite rumors. Earl B. Zayer of Columbus, Ohio, claims to be the original "Bimer" for the Doughboys. Edward Stiling of New Kensington was chosen state commander as delegates voted against universal veterans pensions and urged France and Britain to turn over eastern U S island possessions for war debt. The group also urged keeping the United States out of foreign wars unless defending the Monroe Doctrine.
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Elmer
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Columbus
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Lycoming County
Edward Stiling
New Kensington
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Cambria Claims Jurisdiction Over Indicted Assault
Ebensburg Aug 14 Jesse Tucker 22 Nanty Glo is to be tried in Cambria County for the alleged criminal assault on Oliver Miler 14 in Pine township Indiana County after Tucker guided officers to the scene near the county line. Jurisdiction lies within 500 yards of the county boundary under state law.
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Oliver Miler
Pine Township
Indiana County
Jesse Tucker
Nanty-Glo
Public Utility Commission Grants Wheeling Carrier Permit
The Public Utility Commission issued a certificate of public convenience to Wheeling Transfer Company of Wheeling West Virginia to operate contract carrier trucking in Pennsylvania for the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. The authorization covers transport between points in Midland Beaver Falls Emlenton Venango Shippensville Clarion New Bethlehem Yatsboro Armstrong Saltsburg Indiana Latrobe and Connellsville to Pittsburgh and points in that area.
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Public Utility Commission
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Pennsylvania
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Midland
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Beaver County
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Ligonier
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Jamestown Paint and Varnish Co. Factory Fire
Jamestown Aug 14 The Jamestown Paint and Varnish Company factory was destroyed by a fire Saturday night with an owner estimate of 100000. The blaze spread to two nearby homes and a garage. Seven fire companies fought the flames for three hours amid explosions of turpentine and gasoline. A window shard struck Piremat Raymond Stull, 37, causing a scalp wound.
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Jamestown Paint and Varnish Company
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Jewish Health Camp Burned at Shangri Lodge
A fire at Shangri Lodge, a Jewish health camp beside the Juniata River between Newton Hamilton and Mount Union, drove 100 guests to flee. Early reporting says fire started in the kitchen area. guests from Baltimore slept in night clothes while responders from Lewistown, Huntingdon, and Mount Union saved other buildings. Most guests lost personal belongings. lodge likely to stay closed into next season.
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Escape attempt at Pennsylvania Training School in Morganna
Canonsburg August 14. Two boys on a single bicycle tried to flee Morganna Training School. Superintendent Gordon identified them as George Keeler of Meadville and Paul King of Collier near Uniontown. Keeler was caught three miles from home at his grandparents' house. King was found riding a bicycle along a nearby highway.
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Pennsylvania Training School
Morganna
Kenneth H. Gordon
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George Keeler
Meadville
Paul King
Collier
Uniontown
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Texas Oil Down 15 Days Shutdown Ordered
Austin August 14. The Texas Oil fields will shut down for 15 days starting at 7 a m tomorrow by order of the State Railroad Commission. The halt affects about 80 000 wells as major companies had cut crude prices by about 20 percent following the decision.
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Wake Struck by Lightning on Golf Course
Aug 14 Bloomingdale news reports 27 year old B. T. Wake of Ambridge was struck by lightning while playing golf on a public course near Rochester. Physicians said he would probably live. The bolt split his shirt shattered his club and melted his watch before Wake was taken to hospital yesterday.
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Wreck Probed After Train Disaster At Canyon
Eye witnesses describe discovering altered rail components and loosened spikes on the line leading to a bridge. Officials say positive evidence points to deliberate tampering that caused the high speed crash in the canyon, with the dining car struck the superstructure.
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Jersey Cobblers
Livestock and grain prices from Pittsburgh and Chicago
Pittsburgh cattle and hog prices show steady to firm tones with steers 8.25 to 10.50, hogs 5.00 to 6.25, and calves 6.00 to 10.50. lambs 5.00 to 9.00, ewes and wethers varied. Chicago grain markets edge lower with wheat down to 64 1/2 to 64 3/4 and corn around 43 1/2 to 44 amid a global price trend.
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Infanticide claims insanity in Clyde baby death trial
In Fremont on Aug 14 counsel for Velma Baker Fink announced a temporary insanity defense linked to childbirth. Fink, 22, appeared with attorney Ben H. Dewey who entered two pleas innocence and not guilty by reason of temporary insanity to a first degree murder indictment. The 10 week old infant Haldon Fink died June 13 near Clyde after Caesarean birth. Fink was recently divorced.
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Velma Baker Fink
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Shavian Play Has No Drama in London
George Bernard Shaw at 83 presented In Good King Charles Golden Days a long dialogue heavy piece with two hours of philosophical debate. Critics hailed it as sheer mental enjoyment and a dinner party with five brilliant talkers hammering away.
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Steel asks rule on strikers in Little Steel case
Republic Steel asked the U S circuit court of appeals to decide that strikers who commit lawless acts have forfeited any right to return to their jobs The move supplements August seven arguments supporting Republic petition to undo the National Labor Relations Board order directing reinstatement of 5000 Olin workers tied to the 1937 Little Steel strikes The court took the case under advisement after hearings last week and allowed a supplemental brief filing
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Thief in Los Angeles Snatches Purse and $43.50
A purse snatching in Los Angeles ends with the thief handing Miss Laveng Underdown a penny and claiming the loot was bad luck. The robbers demand better luck to be caught as the incident unfolds in a street crime report.
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Pennsylvania Work Or Get Off Relief Program Drives Jobs
In Pennsylvania the work or get off relief program began with 47 municipal and agency projects. About 820,464 people on relief statewide were recorded as of August, with weekly costs around 1.99 million dollars. Projects include painting, landscaping, ditch work, weed cutting, and road repair, paying prevailing wages and lasting only until relief checks are earned. Mayors in Pittsburgh and Reading voiced opposition, while Lycoming County reported the first beneficiary who refused work and was dropped from relief rolls.
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Lycoming County
Young Democrats Back New Deal at Biennial Convention
At Pittsburgh Ag 14 the Young Democratic Clubs of America wrapped their biennial convention with strong pro New Deal sentiment. They cheered Mayor Edward J Kellys call for a Roosevelt third term and endorsed New Deal Liberalism. Hamer Mal Adams of Illinois was named a staunch New Dealer. Louisville Kentucky selected for the 1941 convention.
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Young Democratic Clubs of America
Edward J. Kelly
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Hamer Mal Adams
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Louisville
Governor hints at emergency session limits
The governor said last week a special session could be called but would be limited to emergency needs of the time. References to James continuing from page one and comments on his past reliance on certain items were noted.
Obituary notices for Mrs. H H Hart and John H Sherman
Friends receive for Mrs Hart at Robinson Funeral Home services set for 2 00 P M Tuesday Rev Harry Burton Boyd will officiate and interment in Oakland Cemetery Last survivor John H Sherman 98 of Attleboro Mass dies described as among last Lincoln assassination theater audience members
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Squalus salvage second lift readiness near Portsmouth
Navy salvagers prepare for the second hoist of the sunken submarine Squalus off Portsmouth New Hampshire after a rough night. President Roosevelt aboard the Tuscaloosa visited Admiral Cole and praised the unit’s efficiency as divers awaited better weather and daylight to resume lifting efforts. The submarine, 246 feet down, earlier yielded 83 rescued and 26 casualties in a May test dive.
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