Women urged to lead in Clearfield gathering
In Clearfield Pennsylvania on August 18 Rep Richard Simpson told Republican women to assume leadership to restore American ways. He likened the current effort to the suffrage fight of 20 years ago and questioned where WPA home budgets fund political contributions as urged by Senator Joseph F Guffey. E B Dorsett urged Pennsylvania elect a governor not needing a grand jury.
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Clearfield
America
Richard Simpson
Huntingdon
Clearfield County
WPA
Guffey
Simpson
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
Democratic State Committee
E. B. Dorsett
Grange
Pennsylvania
Fun-Loving Legionnaires Bombard Take Scranton
The Legion reaffirms its opposition to radicalism and support for keeping America out of war as three principal candidates for state commander prepare to campaign in Scranton. Assembly events include an auxiliary dinner honoring department president Mrs Clarence V. Homer and multiple socio fraternal meetings across Pennsylvania.
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Legion
America
I. G. Gordon Forster
Philadelphia
Frank Gwynne
Altentown
Kenneth Guest
Plymouth
Clarence V. Homer
Greenville
Pennsylvania
William Toad
Chester
le Chapeau Departmentale
Maude Jackson
le Demichapeau Premier Departmentale
Duane McDonough
Pittsburgh
le Demichapeau Deuxiene Departmentale
Mildred Fritz
Bangor
la Concierge Departmentale
John McGuire
Kingston
L’aumonier Departmentale
Goldie Ling
Vobad
Wheat Quotas Set to Stabilize 1938 Crop Prices
Government aims to curb huge surpluses by voluntary wheat acreage allotments for 1938. Farmers decide participation and may access wheat loans, marketing quotas, and insurance. Plan seeks to prevent 1932–33 price lows and parity gaps by encouraging cooperation this fall and next spring.
Eighteen Held on Gambling Charge in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Aug 18. Eighteen of 186 indicted yesterday on gambling charges were held today in bail from 1000 to 10000. A special grand jury, which linked gamblers, police and city officials in a criminal conspiracy, resumed its investigation as indictments were returned by the current jury. Judge Curtis Bok presided.
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Philadelphia
Bok
Davis Wilson
Eyes Overseas Seen As Gazing Into World Peace
President Roosevelt argues for handling disputes by consultation and stresses hemispheric ties. He highlights America's resources, commerce vigor, and men as vital factors in world peace, suggesting a proactive U.S. role in global stability.
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Hemisphere
Roosevelt
Prominents Move Against State Takeover of Mental Institutions
Harrisburg August 18 The Senate committee on city government weighed arguments for and against state takeover of community operated mental institutions before sending recommendations to the General Assembly. Supporters said it would relieve local taxpayers while opponents warned of large new indebtedness for cities like Philadelphia and Blair County.
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Harrisburg
Senate Committee On
General Assembly
Iae
Senate
Harry Shapiro
Philadelphia
Blair County
John Maberstroth
Shapiro
Arthur P. Keegan
Keegan
Thers
A. H. Pierce
Veterans' Hospital
Coatesville
Pennsylvania Mental Hygiene Committee
B. J. Hovde
Pittsburgh
Harry W. McIntosh
Allegheny County Institution District
Leaders promise cautious path to world peace talk
In Kingston the President and Canada’s Premier McKenzie King held a brief meeting and a longer private discussion en route to an international bridge. They planned a luncheon at Ban High, Ontario, to continue talks toward global stability and hemispheric cooperation.
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Teas
McKenzie King
Canada
Kingston
International Bridge
Ban High
Ontario
Obituary notices state several local deaths and funeral plans
The page lists James Robbing of McIntyre injured fatally in a bridge fall and awaiting funeral arrangements. George Ferguson, 64, Burrell Township farmer, died of a heart attack. Mrs. Margaret A. Lee, 83, Ebensburg resident, dies, with services set at Mt. Zion Church near Mahaffey. Surviving children and extensive descendants noted. multiple siblings listed.
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James Robbing
McIntyre
Homer City
McIntyre Tocal
United Mine Workers of America
George Ferguson
Burrell Township
Mr. Ferguson
Margaret A. Lee
Margaret Lee
James H. Lee
Marion Street
Ebensburg
Mt. Zion Methodist Church
Mahaffey
Clearfield County
Lee
Bell Township
James R. Lee
Emma
George W
East Crawsford Street
Irwin J
Grove Avenue
Moxham
Jacob FB
Breth
Clearfield
Sophie Wilson
Cherry Tree
Addie Lydie
Melvin
Carlisle
Frank Breth
Elizabeth A
Ella
Leslie E
James A
Dollar Day Here Saturday
Out-of-town buyers can study the outlay today and take advantage Saturday. Local merchants maintain strong records of past years with large stocks and savings. The Gazette issue will reach many homes with dollar savings messages. Buyers should study advertising news, make lists, and shop bright and early Saturday morning while selections are fresh.
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Indiana
The
Gazette
Planetarium to preview end of world predictions show
Promoters of a Philadelphia planetarium program invite prominent doom predictors including Leo J. Spangler and Margaret A. Rowan to view demonstrations of cataclysmic scenarios such as planets colliding and the sun warming or cooling. Wilbur Glenn Voliva showed interest in the project but awaits a formal invitation.
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Planetarium
Leo J. Spangler
York
Margaret A. Rowan
Hollywood
Calli
Frank Philbrick
Bangley
Charles E. Keim
Philadelphia
Dizzy Dean
City Hall
Voliva
Zion
Ill
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Franklin Institute
Yvoliva
Mt Top Horse Thief Defective Association Gets Active
The 50 year old Mt Top Horse Thief Defective Association, after years of inactivity, gains a new case. A state police teletype requests help finding a bay horse, eighteen years old, with white snot on the forehead, in York. A $20 reward awaits the catcher under old state law.
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Mt. Top Horse Thief Defective Association
PD. York
Borah Gains Health Rapidly in Missouri
In Poland Spring Missouri on August 18 U S Senator William E Borah was reported gaining steadily from a serious illness. A physician said he was in good spirits but avoided national affairs and remained in bed most of the day.
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Poland Spring
U. S
William E. Borah
Howe reassures civil service workers amid relief dispute
Harrisburg reports Arthur W. Howe secretary of assistance assured 2,500 merit system employees the civil service dispute has not disturbed their jobs. Rep. William A. Shaw attacked the relief tests and appointments, seeking wider eligibility. Certifications for 2,500 more posts were paused pending resolution. Shaw pledged to ask federal officials to ease Social Security Board requirements for Pennsylvania.
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Harrisburg
Arthur W. Howe
William A. Shaw
Allegheny
Evenshaw
Howe
Allegheny Democrat
Federal
Social Security Board
Pennsylvania
Uncle Sam
Keystone
Shaw
House Welfare Committee
Negro Tells of New York Policy Racket
Wilfred Brander a 43 year old Harlem policy banker testified in the New York Supreme Court that Dutch Schultz took over control of the policy game after Brander’s release from prison in 1932. He said Schultz created an airtight racket and squeezed out small operators. The testimony was part of the trial of James J Wimmy Hines, with defense objections raised and overruled by Justice Ferdinand Pecora. In a separate incident in Philadelphia a photographer arrived after police freed three year old Gregory Feeley Jr from a stuck upstairs lock, his mother showing how it refused to budge.
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New York
Wilfred Brander
Harlem Policy Bank
Supreme Court
Dutch Schultz
James J. Wimmy Hines
Tammany
Brander
Harlem
Joe
Ison
Schultz
Brunder
Lloyd Paul Stryjker
Ferdinand Pecora
Stryker
Philadelphia
Gregory Feeley, Jr
Torrance Hospital Eyes $2 500 000 Building Plan
Torrance State Hospital may gain a $2 500 000 expansion if the State Legislature funds the General State Authority plan. The project would add seven new buildings including a 65 bed general hospital and a 100 bed children’s psychopatric block, plus a 100 bed nurses home and a 100 acre reservoir. The existing project costs about $2,000,000 and current work aims to finish in 76 working days with 1,711 patients in care.
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General State Authority
Torrance State Hospital
Theodore Wollak
Torrance
O Mahoney Sees Anti Trust Inquiry Boost For Business
Senator O Mahoney predicts the federal anti trust inquiry will improve business by replacing the spending lending program with permanent monopoly restrictions. He says a constructive anti trust law is needed and business leaders are ready to help enact it. The Senate panel may begin hearings this fall as studies continue under six departments. Senator Murray urges government business cooperation to create continuous employment with possible tax cuts for firms guaranteeing a year of work and wages.
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Washington
O'Mahoney
D-Wya
Senate Committee On
Murray
D-Mont
Earle Confers With Diplomats During Central America Trip
Governor George H. Earle of Pennsylvania on a flying vacation tours Central and South America after a three day stay in Mexico City. He met with Foreign Minister Eduardo Hay and Under-Secretary Roman Beteta for 45 minutes at the foreign office accompanied by Ambassador Daniels and scholars from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute amid plans to visit Guatemala. The report ends with a note about the female grasshopper laying 25 to 125 eggs at one time.
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Mexico City
George H. Earle
Pennssylvania
Central
South America
Guatemala
Harle
United States
Josephus Daniels
Eduardo Hay
Roman Beteta
Foreign Office
John I. Knudson
Department of History and Economics
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
League of Nations
Shanghai Police Chief Shot Dead in City Center
Lo Liang Kwei, superintendent of the international settlement police Chi h esé section, was killed as he stepped from his car in front of the Central Hotel in crowded Shanghai. His chaseur was wounded and the attackers fled. Colonel Kusemoto of the Japanese army apologized to Col. C F B Price and said the involved men were severely reprimanded.
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Shanghai
Lo Liang-Kwei
Chihésé
International Settlement Police
Central Hotel
Kusemoto
Special Service
C.F. B. Price
United States Marine
International Settlement
Market symbols list and company names in a stock index
A dense assemblage of securities and corporate names including Am Can Am Tel Atch Acme refining and steel Nord, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, Colum G Ta, Edison Consol Oil, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, Lehigh Valley Coal, Mack Trucks, National Biscuit, Penn RR, Radio Corp, U S Steel, Westinghouse, Woolworth, and many more listed as stocks or units in a historic market roundup. The fragment reads like an OCR dump of ticker symbols and company names with no narrative context.
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al Chem & Dye
Sinell & R Am
Ad Refining
Bald Loco
Balt & Ohio Bendix Avtat
Beth Steel
Pid Briggs Mig
Budd Wheel
Calumet & Hee
Cerro de Pas
Ches & Ohio Chrysler Carp Colum G
Eastman Kodak
el Auto Lite
Gen
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors Gillette Saf R
Hard-Walker
Hudson Motor Interlake Tron Int Harvester Int Nickel Can Int
Tel & Tel Kennecott. Cap Kresge Lehigh Val Coal Loew's Inc
Mack Tricks Montgom Ward Nash-Kelyinalor
Nat Biscuit Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow
NY Central RR North Ameria Packard Motor Penn RR Phillips Pet Pub
Sve NJ
Pittsburgh markets amid slow produce and mixed livestock
Produce demand stayed slow in Pittsburgh with no apples in stock and prices for varieties like Maiden Blush MacIntosh and New York Duchess near steady. Potatoes held at 14 cwt. cattle and veal saw mixed moves, while sheep and lamb listings showed slow to steady activity as Chicago futures edged lower on Liverpool guidance.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
New York
Duchess
New Jersey
Rebels Lose In Offensive In Pandora Mountains
World news digest reports Spanish government troops repelled an insurgent assault on Hill 708 in the Pandora mountains near Ganesa, claiming 20,000 insurgent casualties in six days. Government forces then counterattacked and pushed Franco's forces back to their starting positions amid heavy fighting along the Zujar river.
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Hendaye
France
Spanssh
Pandora
Gandesa
Spain
Francisco Franco
Pandols
2Ttjar
Almaden
Zujar
Gonzalo Quéipa de Llano
Pa National Guard officers gain dual status recognition
The War Department announced that three Pennsylvania National Guard officers are recognized as valid in the National Guard of the United States after fitness tests by boards of regular army and National Guard officers. The officers include First Lieutenant William A. Bogman of Elkinsville, Co. L, 110th Infantry.
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Washington
War Department
Pennsylvania National Guard
National Guard
United States
Regular Army
United States National Guard
William A. Bogsman
Brown Street
Elpirsville
Co. L
110Th Infantry
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Moorhead
Oakland Cemetery
A. &. Harding
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Calif
Harding
H.T
N.Y
Shultz
Jimmy Hines
Torrance Hospital
Earle
Chicago
Liverpool
Czechoslovakia
China
Japan
Yangtze River
Praha
Viscount Runciman
Konrad Henlein
Sudeten Party
Lord Runciman
London
Henlein
Hankow
Kinkiti
Rome
Mussolini
Pantelleria
Mediterranean
Sicily
Tunisia
Viscount Halifax
Chamberlain
Europe
Tme
Lord Halifax
Anthony Eden
Eden
Italy
Germany
Boesman
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