Campaign battles unfold in Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states
A bipartisan view pins major 1932 battle lines on the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Indiana hosts a GOP cornfield rally as Pennsylvania and New York see key Democratic campaigns led by Governor Earle and other nominees. GOP hopes target House gains with talks of 70 seats statewide and Senate races across the East.
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Washington
GP Ea
Midwest
Middle Atlantic
Pennsylvania
New York
Indianapolis
Capehart Arms
Ind
Hershey
Lickel
George Earle
Charles Alvin Jones
Pig Production Progresses in Pennsylvania Despite Decline
A 1 percent rise in hog acreage and nearly steady production mark pork farming in Pennsylvania. Swine numbers peaked after World War I at about 1,980,000 head, then fell amid dairy-sanitary restrictions. By 1987 cash income from hog sales reached 12.3 million dollars, with total hog revenue near 18.2 million and 5.8 million slaughtered for home consumption.
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Federal
State Reporting Service
Pennsylvania
Gasteiger
Commonwealth
Gusteinger
Taps sounded for war veteran Fry in Aspinwall
The community mourns Mr. Fry, a war veteran, whose death occurred Monday at his son Charles E B Fry's home in Aspinwall. A service at Aspinwall Methodist Episcopal Church Tuesday evening preceded burial plans.
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Mr. Fry
Charles EB. Fry
Aspinwall
Aspinwall Methodist Episcopal Church
Erie Meeting Drops Census Probe Demand by Controller
In Erie on August 26 a noisy session rejected Henry L. Cannon's bid to urge a probe of the Department of Public Assistance. Robert Woodside moved to drop the question. the association adopted the motion as officials named officers for 1949 and set Reading as the next convention site amid debates over relief funding and administration.
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Erie
Henry L. Cannon
Cambria
State Controllers Association
Department of Public Assistance
Cannon
John Wanner
Berks County
Wanner
Robert Woodside
Allegheny County
Robert M. Hershey
Clearfield County
Asher
Kirkline
Northampton County
Frank W. Hitt Ste
Joseph Mitchell
Oice
Ralph C Bennett
Beaver County
Claire Jones
Schuylistil
Reading
Arthur W. Howe
Assistance Department
William A. Spensier
James B. Miller
Spensler
WPA Relief
Fry Funeral Rites Held For Blairsville Resident
Ferguson Funeral Home Blairsville reports hundreds paid respects before Thursday noon when the body moved to the church. Mr. Fry, a retired Railway Conductors member, longtime Masonic lodge Brother for 65 years, served two years in the Army with ten months as a prisoner at Andersonville. Survived by son, four brothers led by A A Fry of Silvis and a sister Mrs Lawrence Eckenrode of Cresson.
Higher Up Accused In Prison Heat Conspiracy
Coroner says an unnamed higher up is linked to the deaths of four inmates in a Philadelphia prison punishment block. Warrants issued for four guards to be questioned as investigators seek whether turning on steam in vents was deliberate. Autopsy shows severe dehydration and heart shrinkage in victims. officials promise a full inquiry including reenactments and prison-system review.
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Hersch
Sud
Francis Smith
Alfred W. Brough
Smith
Martin R. Chane
Vonviers
Wrigan
James McGure
Star
Wiledwood
N. J
Klersel
Sa'eluck
Mee Guire
Willam Bo Mills
Lute
Charles J. Engard
State Secretary of Health
Istory
Engard
Vincent Muranyz
American Prison Association of
New York
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
FE. R. Cass
Alcatraz
Mount Gretna
Hymen Rubin
Smith and Brough
Harrisburg
Charles I. Engard
State Secretary of Welfare
Philadelphia County
Capitol
William B. Mills
American Prison Association
Iam
Holmesbore
Welfare Department
Daniel Conlin
Willian Smovan
State Paliiamen
Governor Earle Awaits Wife in Texas Return
Governor George H. Earle of Pennsylvania, returning from a vacation in Mexico, awaited his wife in Brownsville Texas. He described rough overnight travel from Vera Cruz and noted Mrs. Earle, in Guatemala City, would fly commercial due to hurricane weather delays.
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Brownsville
George H. Earle
Punnayivania
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Earle
Guatemala City
U S Protest Over Japanese Plane Attack
The United States expressed emphatic objection to a Japanese war plane attack on a Chinese commercial airliner on Wednesday causing reported 14 deaths. Ambassador Grew in Tokyo delivered the note on Hulls instructions, noting the attack jeopardizes non combatant lives on an armed civilian air route and aroused public feeling in the United States.
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Washington
Ashe
United States
Japan
Hull
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Count ballots in market plan aid to dairy farmers
Harrisburg Aug 26 Ballot count favors the federal mill marketing area proposal for the New York milk shed by five to one. Howard G Eisaman Pennsylvania Milk Central Commission says within a month the Agriculture dairy section will set price minimums likely boosting income for farmers in northern counties of Pennsylvania and in New York Connecticut Vermont and New Jersey. He notes blended price to farmers could rise to 2.00 to 2.10 per hundredweight from July's about 1.30 in New York.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
New York
Keystone
Howard G. Eisamon
Pennsylvania Milk Central Commission
Federal Department of Agriculture
Ter
Centre
Chester
Dauphin
Lancaster
Mifflin
York
Connecticut
Vermont
New Jersey
Hisaman
Miner tests for next week in four communities
Examinations for coal miners certificates will be held at 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. in four local venues next week. On Monday August 29 at Helvetia election hall, Tuesday August 30 at Sykesville U M W A hall, Wednesday August 31 at Punxsutawney Slavish Citizens hall, and Thursday September at Rossiter U M W A hall.
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Helvetia Election
Sykesville
Punxsutawney Slavish Citiens
Rossiter U. M. W. A
Third party threats and ballot battles surface in Pennsylvania
In Philadelphia leaders discuss vacant ticket spots as Carrell and Piddington withdraw. Naugle objects to nominating Leader, chief of Am erican Federation of Hosiery Workers, while Carroll notes clashes with Naugle over party direction. Beyond Pathfinder, Communist, Prohibition, Socialist Labor and Royal Oak parties appear on November ballots alongside Democratic nominees winning Royal Oak bids. A suit in Dauphin County challenges the Socialist‑Labor tie to use Chal party name.
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Der
William Leader
Philadelphia
Carrell
Piddington
Mr. Naugle
Leader
Branch
No. 1
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
CIO
Carroll
Wilson
Naugle
Pathfinder Party
Communist
Prohibition
Socialist Labor
Royal Oak
Democratic Party
Socialist Party
Dauphin County
Socialist-Labor Teaty
Pittsburgh
Motorists urged to update addresses for 1939 plates
Harrisburg reports Secretary J Griffith Boardman urged motorists who changed addresses to notify the Bureau of Motor Vehicles within 48 hours on a special form. Applications for 1939 license plates will not be mailed without updated address records as the bureau begins address labeling. Also notes a benefit dance at Meadow Brook on Aug 27 featuring Jimmy Brimelli and his orchestra for Allied Tennis Club, with dancing and music open to the public.
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Harrisburg
Secretary of Revenue
J. Griffith Boardman
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Bureau
Motor Clubs
Notovies Public
Justices of the Peace
Thermen
Meadow Brook
Allied ‘Tennis Club
Jimmy Brimelli
Mission Inn
Army buys Indiana coal and textiles in large federal contracts
Federal agencies awarded last week contracts totaling 447 043 dollars for products to be made in Pennsylvania. The textile industry secured about 318 107 dollars across five contracts. Suppliers listed include Vinton Colliery Company Lavelle Coal Company Mowry and Tytle Brothers and Robinson coal for the War Department with a 7 398 dollar item.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Vinton Colliery Company
Vintondale
Lavelle Coal Company
Mowry
Tytle Brothers
Robinson
War Department
Hull argues for regional backing over land seizures
Hull urged Western Hemisphere nations to join in opposing expropriation of about 1,000,000 acres of moderate farms. Expropriation began in 1927, and he noted American citizens hold large investments in Latin America. He did not mention the March seizure of American oil properties in Mexico.
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Hull
Western Hemisphere
Latin America
Mexico
Four Bodies Recovered From Plane Crash Near Canton
Aug 28 Hong Kong reports four bodies recovered from a Chinese American owned airliner shot down near Canton by Japanese machine gun fire. Chinese boatmen saved three. a fourth was found by the British gunboat Cicala crew, all showing bullet wounds. One victim believed to be the steward and another a boy in boy scout uniform.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Veterans of Foreign Wars Chooses National Leaders
At the 9th National Encampment in Columbus Ohio on August 21, officers were elected and future meeting sites debated. Major Eugene F. Van Antwerp of Detroit and Otis N. Brown of Greensboro were virtually assured top posts, with Boston Los Angeles and New York vying for next year’s encampment.
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Columbus
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Boston
Los Angeles
New York
Eugene F. van Antwerp
Detroit
Otis N. Brown
Greensboro
N. C
van Antierp
Brown
Westwood’s House Sold After Family Slayings
Pittsburgh August 26 four family members of former Justice of the Peace James J Westwood were killed by guns. The house where the killings occurred was sold yesterday to Lawrence Friedman for four thousand dollars. Westwood is serving life for his wife Martha Westwood’s murder.
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Pittsburgh
James J. Westwood
Lawrence Friedman
Westwood
Martha Westwood
Clearfield County Winners at Central Pennsylvania Firemen Parade
Clearfield and Centre county companies shared top rewards for the largest marcher groups in the annual parade closing Central Pennsylvania Firemen's convention. Philipsburg won first, Clearfield second, New Bethlehem trackers judged best appearance. St. Mary's band best and Houtzdale second. An 1988 four-motor airplane’s engine power exceeds that of a ten-year-old tri motor transport.
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DU Bois
Clearfield
Centre County
Central Pennsylvania
Philipsburg Tok
New Bethlehem
St. Mary's
Houtzdate
AFL May Seek Changes In Social Security Act To Include Unemployed
Atlantic City Aug. 26 The American Federation of Labor executive council weighs enlarging the Social Security Act to cover unemployed workers and other unprotected groups. Robert J. Wall outlines proposed expansions as Green’s council discusses labor relations. Green also protests Donald Wakefield Smith’s possible renomination to the National Labor Relations Board, saying he has lost the confidence of AFL workers and rejecting his reappointment.
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AFL
Atlantic Cipy
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Robert J. Wall
William Green
A. Bool la
Soeral Insurance
Green
Roosevelt
Donald Wakefield Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Smith
Federation
Guffey
D-Pa
John J. Lewis
CIO
Senglor
Pennsylvania
A. F. of
Labor Relations Act
Pittsburgh businessman seeks to outlaw senseless strikes plan
A. R. Hamilton Jr of Graphic Arts Color Corp unveiled a unified plan with the Jolly family camp club to curb strikes through arbitration and conciliation. He urged employer worker and public moral influence to settle labor disputes by peaceful means, with strikes as a last resort. A 100 member public committee and a parallel industrialist group will be formed, and a Labor Day symposium in Pittsburgh is planned to discuss economic aspects of the recovery program.
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Pittsburgh
Molon
Tabor
A. R. Hamilton, Jr
Graphic Arts Color Type Corporation
Atvd
John S. Fisher
W. C. MacQuown
Coal Information Bureau
Hamilton
Roosevelt says he and Farley in complete agreement on political sit
President Roosevelt told reporters he and James A. Farley were in complete agreement during a political conference. He declined to comment on pressure for Farley to push Maryland Senator Millard Tydings for re nomination. Roosevelt also opposed WPA workers funding politics and praised Harry Hopkins for condemning such fund raising.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Farley
Maryland
Millard Tydings
Poughkeepsie
Chattanooga
Tenn
Workers’ Alliance
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Markets Produce Pittsburgh Aug 26 1920s
Markets report from Pittsburgh notes moderate produce demand with apples mostly unavailable and various prices for apples and potatoes. Livestock data include hogs around 1600 head with declines in some weights, cattle steady to weak, calves steady, and sheep mixed with spring lambs weaker. Chicago grain information appears truncated.
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Pittsburgh
Treasury balance and grain market report fragment
Treasury balance for Aug 24 shows receipts six million two hundred thousand and change expenditures twenty three million one hundred seventy one thousand six hundred sixty three dollars net balance two billion two hundred seventy five million forty five thousand three hundred sixty one dollars and four cents. Final declines in wheat values followed scattered hedging sales as Ottawa reports possible US Canada cooperation on selling wheat abroad. Corn opened lower and later recovered with varied contract moves.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
Relief rolls hit new peak in WPA figures
Washington reports 3,038,808 people on work relief as of Aug 20, a new peak, with 3,096,000 in Feb 1938 the previous record. Hopkins notes unemployment measures show higher levels than 1936, while WPA rolls remain lower in relation to total unemployment. States show NJ 100,256 then 101,488 and PA 267,738 then 266,042 for Aug 13 and 20.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Hopkins
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Wreck Victim Identified In Pipe Foundry Accident
The deceased, an accuent welder with Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company for up to 15 years, is identified as a wreck victim. Survived by widow Loia Ethel Hoop and two daughters Jane and Margaret. Both Hoop and widow were born in Trade City. Mrs Hoop sister of Guy Kime of 644 Chestnut Street.
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Youngstond Sheet & Tube Company
Loia Ethel Hoop
Jane
Margaret
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Townsend
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RENCE
State Industrial School
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Praperes
Atl
Bald Loco Balt
Bendix
Aviat
Beth Steel
Briggs Mtg
Budd Weel Burr
Chrysler Carp
Edison Consol Ol Corn Products
Crane Co
del Lack
West Douglas Aircraft du Font de N
Eastman Kodak
el Auto Lite
Elee
Ods
Gen Motors
Gillette
Saf
Hard-Walker
Hudson Motor
Interlake Iron Int Harvester Int
Nick Can
Tel
Kennecott Cop Leh
Val RR
Loew's Inc
Mack Trucks
Montgom Ward Nash-Kelvingtor
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow
Lite
NY Central RR
North Ameria Packard Motor Penn RR
Phila Read
Phillips Pet Pub
Pure Oil Radio Corp of Am Reading Co
Repab Steel Reynolds Toh B
Sears Roebuck Socony-Vacuum
Southern Pacific Southern Ry Sperry Corp
Stand Brands Stand Gas
Cal Stand Oil
Ind Stand
N J Texas Corp
Timken Roll
Transamerica
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp U5 Indus Alen
U. S. Rubber
US Steel
Vanadium Corp
West Union Te West
Mfg
Woolworth
Curb— Ark Nat Gas
Pennoad Corp
Ally
West Virginia
Macintosh
Duchess
Chicago
Treasury
The
Cirelilly
Gorden
Aristocrat
Stockings
N. 6Th St
Court House
Italian Importing Co
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