LIVER SCHOOLS WITH WPA CASH IN PA
Harrisburg reports proposed 82 million motor training system to be funded mainly by WPA grants. Commissioner Foote outlines roadside schools with 10 hours of instruction and 30 hours of supervised driving. Eight schools would cost about 250000 each to establish and 1 million yearly to maintain.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Gover
George H. Farle
Sweden
Percy W. Foote
Otor Palire
Trath
Revenue Department
Foote
Gosto
Farle
Europe
Seach
Ote
J. Banks Hudson
Guew. E. Solenberger
Department of Public Assistance
Hef
Tte
Crase
Major 1937 Laws Under Scrutiny In Courts
The page details major 1937 laws including teacher tenure, railroad crew rules, and the lower courts act for used car dealers. It notes challenges to workmen’s compensation, mortgage deficiency judgments, and the new election code, with industry actors contesting costs and legal requirements amid federal price and banking concerns.
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Ebbe
Coal Infantry
Sig
Dauphin
Staw
Ensalian
Federal Reserve System
Cie
Note to Meet Protest Extends Page One Summary
PPON’S NOTE TO MEET PROTEST continues from page one. The document urges firm action against Japan and signals Japan’s cooperation with the western administration in Asia while pledging sympathy for nationals harmed by hostilities. The note frames Nanking as a focal point and a guard for foreign interests in the region.
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Japan
Asia
China
Gencl
Nanking
Memories Sadar Gazelle Sit The photograph on page
The fragment recalls a familiar tone from a December page featuring places and memories near Clarkburg area. It mentions Sugar Creek, Ti-beh, Marlin pond, a country store, and a Coast Guard veterans gathering. Names such as Captain Maclin, Noah Seanar, Jahnt Rankin and Willett appear with a post office reference.
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Sadar Gazelle
Marlin Pond
Trusal
Captain Maclin
Noah Seanar
Jahnt Rankin
Willett
Gretate Buekekert
Foster Jr. Park
Clarksburg
Tokyo accepts responsibility as crowds mourn Panay incident
The article notes a shift in Japanese sentiment after the Panay bombing, with officials and many citizens including taxi drivers and waitresses expressing remorse toward Americans. In Tokyo streets crowds showed sorrow and Americans met the public with apologies, while a mass parade marked the occupation of Nanking by students and civilians.
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China
Tokyo
Nanking
U. S
Panay
Standard Air Company
Yangtze
Honsien
J. J. Hughes
Pansy
Obituary notices from Homer City area deaths and services
Obituaries list several local residents, noting Mrs Antonnett Marina Curtisville Mrs Carmett Ross Nu Mine Mrs Catherin Rowe Angfa and four Sgro men Anthony Indiana Angelo Jr Dayton Dominic Samuel all in area. Funeral services set for St Gables Church Nu Mine interment Punxsutawney. Janet Lucille Stineman three months Homer City died Indiana Hospital burial Greenwood Cemetery. Anna Nastuk Homer City died at home survived by husband three sons and five daughters. John Gura 67 Swissvale father of Rev John Gura Holy Family Culver died at home. services at St Anselm Swissvale and Holy Family Culver with interment Ebensburg.
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Janet Lucille
Leroy Stineman
Homer City
Indiana Hospital
Harry Stineman
Lyle Mahaffey
Ernest
Lester Case
Greenwood Cemetery
Anna Nastuk
Samuel Nastuk
Sun
Austria
George
Michael
Paul
T. J. Kaiser
Detroit
Mich
A. H. Cain
Culp Creek
Ore
Sophia
Margaret Nastuk
Julia Nastuk
Indiana
John Gura
Holy Family Church
Culver
Swissvale
Catherine (Souis) Gura
Matthew Gura
Paul Gura
Anna Sima
Charleroi
Julia Nagy
Mary
Pauline Gura
Father Gura
Hall Awa its Particulars in Far East Crisis
Senate debates U S response to tensions after Japan China unrest and US neutrality concerns. Amb Saito conveyed Tokyo's apology as US pressure grows. Lawmakers split between avoiding entanglement and pushing action, with munitions committee threatening to back strong steps.
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Roosevelt
China
Japa
Saito
Tokyo
United States
Putman
D-Nev
Maas R-Min
Senate
Reynolds
D-Nc
Local College Weather Update and Political Remarks
Calm weather with light snow possible at the college. Forecast notes cloudy periods, temperatures around six degrees above freezing, with a high near twenty degrees. Amid weather chatter, Senator Borah of Idaho interrupted debate to comment on Panay and removal of American citizens, plus possible oil company involvement.
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Lowent
Sera
Panay Casualty List Mounting Amid War News
Reports from Shanghai and Nanking detail Japanese attacks on the Panay andStandard O vessels with survivors being sought along the Yangtze. A provisional Chinese government under Japanese aegis forms at Peiping amid street fighting and the occupation of Nanking.
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Halian
Albert Roh
Jim
Shanghai
Standard O
Fim
Nangtze
Oahu
Nanking
Japan
Nankine
Pukow
Tientsin-Pukow
China
Yangtze
Nanjing
Puchen
Pu*kow
Nippon
Peiping
Doméin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Manchukuo
Yangtze River
Hankow
Ching
Nanians
North China
Outer Mongolia
Russia
Panay
Rescue Steamer Nearing Manila
December 14 report says the steamship President Hoover, with 453 passengers from the wrecked liner President Dollar, neared Manila as the city prepared to aid shipwreck victims. Salvage experts from Hong Kong expected to reach the Hoover stranded near Formosa. company officials to decide on refloating the $8 million luxury liner.
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Manila
McKinley
President Hoover
Ared
China
Hong Kong
Formosa
Northern Democrats Lead In Labor Bill Fight
A group of four northern Democrats spearheaded House opposition to the wage hour bill by offering substitutes for inflexible standards on interstate firms. The plan urged a 40 cent minimum wage and 40 hour work week, with details to be set by industries if adopted. Senate and House panels pressed housing, planning, and ship subsidy debates as the wage hour move faced floor votes this week.
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Washington
House
Mason-Dixon Line
Fireman Board
Labor Department
Labor Committee
Senate
Senator Barkley
Dockweiler
D-Calif
American Federation of Labor
Lamneck
Ohio
Griswold
D-Ind
Connery
D-Mass
Phillips
Barkley
Howse Rivers and Harbors Committee
Merchant Marine Committee
Nanty-Glo Man Sentenced in Second Degree Murder
Gilbert Fye, 48, of Ivory Hill, Nant-y-Glo, was sentenced to seven and a half to 15 years in Cambria County Jail after pleading guilty to wav ing slain John Emery, 49, during a game of tibet at the home of Fye’s cousin Walter Fre in Nant-y-Gro. Emery was shot with a 30-20 rifle amid intoxication and anger. Fre fled but was captured near Mundy’s Corner.
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Gilbert Fye
Ivory Hill
Nant-y-Glo
Cambria County
John H. McCann
Aftenoon
John Emery
Stephens Mayer
Emery
Fuej
Tibet
Button
Walter Fre
Nant-y-Gro
Fre
Mundy's Corner
Civil Service Examinations Announced by U S Civil Service Board
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for several posts. Naval architect at 3800 dollars annually with U S Maritime Commission. assistant marketing specialist meat grader at 2600 dollars with Bureau of Agricultural Economics. physiologist poultry and senior associate assistant physiologists poultry 2600 to 4600 dollars with Bureau of Animal Industry. Principal consultant child welfare services 5400 dollars and principal consultant medical social work for children 5600 dollars with Children’s Bureau Department of Labor. Full information from the Secretary of the U S Civil Service Board of Examiners at the post office in this city.
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United States Civil Services Commission
U.S. Maritime Commission
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau of Animal Industry
Children's Bureau
Department of Labor
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Dairy Meeting at Smicksburg in West Mahantango Township
A meeting for dairy men and cattle owners in West Mahantango township is set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday December 21 at the Smicksburg Lutheran Church social room. County Agent J W Warner will discuss testing cattle for Bangs disease and a 34 percent increase in herd owner interest could trigger action by federal and state bureaus. A committee to represent school districts will be named, with similar township meetings planned.
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West Ma‘hanitg
Smicksburg
J. W. Warner
Federal
State Bureaus of Animal Industry
Freight rate boost cancelled by Pennsylvania commission
Harrisburg dec 14 the freight rate increase granted for six months by railroads on shipments within Pennsylvania including paving brick building brick hollow tile glass sand gravel and sewer pipe is suspended effective Dec 20 while a hearing into its fairness is ordered the commission estimated the rise would have yielded 750 000 in annual railroad revenue no hearing date set besides a wartime China remark from senator copper and a personal note about Tommy Manville who vows never to marry again after four marriages.
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Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
Pennsylvania
Candle-Lighting Ceremony At Kiwanis Ladies' Night
A candle lighting ceremony at Rustic Lodge hosted Kiwanis Ladies' Night with a Christmas tree and Yule decor. Mary St. Clair King led, assisted by Van Christy. A Col lege Conservatory sextet performed, mixing songs and carols amid speeches by Senator C Gilbert Wolfenden and Dr Harry Burton Boyd, closing with a sermon on Woman.
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Christa
Robertson
Vanka
Dargonitsky
Mone
Pennsylvania
Miss Bone
Emory Boyle
Mary He
Harry Burton Boyd
Kingose
Mary
Apollo Youth Dies by Own Action At Home
Edgar Lee Kelling, 19, of Apollo, died Sunday at his parents home from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Coroner M M Banks said a 22 caliber rifle was found beside him after a 1 30 p m death. Kelling, a 1936 Apollo High School graduate, had moodiness about personal affairs. no inquest will be held. Private funeral planned with burial in Apollo cemetery.
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Apollo
Armstrong County
M. M. Banks
Edgar Lee Kelling
Warren Avenue
Banks
Young Kelling
Kelling
Apollo High School
Apollo Steel Company
Edgar
Brookville
Candora
Robert Kelling
E. P. Harper
Apollo , Methodist Episcopal Church
Apollo Cemetery
Stock market ledgers and corporate listings dominate trading
A dense OCR of stock and company names shows a long list of corporations across sectors including Amoco, General Motors, IBM, Coca Cola, Edison, and Dow with numerous percentages and figures mixed in. The fragmentary data suggests market notes, price references, and corporate identifiers rather than a single coherent story.
Jury resumes questioning in murder trial of Rev. BD Thomas
Attorneys resume questioning veniremen to complete a jury for the trial of Rev. BD Thomas a 4b year old retired evangelist charged with slaying his wife and an aged boarder at their home. The defendant who used a cane may plead self defense.
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Mercer
Venireman
T. Thomas
Horse Laugh Warns of Short Hour Day Law
In Harrisburg a Philadelphia horse and a Pittsburgh mule mock the 4dshour week claim noting that since 1913 they have endured a 1fshour day and an 80hour week for mares and oxen too. The law requires up to 16 hours a day and 80 hours a week. enforcement rests with police or Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with fines of 10 to 50 dollars. Frances Perkins cited the law at a Pennsylvania Labor and Industry Department dinner.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Society For Prevention
Frances Perkins
Pennsylvania Labor and Industry Department
Markets Report From Pittsburgh and Chicago Grains
Pittsburgh markets show steady to slightly lower apples and potatoes with varied regional prices across varieties. Hog and cattle prices mixed, with hogs steady to 0 cents lower and cattle showing slow but steady demand. Chicago wheat opens steady with limited ranges and corn nudging higher on light export demand amid Argentina crop concerns.
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Pittsburgh
L Baskets
Pennsylvania
Hubbardstons
Baldwins
Staymans
Black Twigs
New York
McIntosh
Jonathans
Kings
Maryland Delicious
Virginia Delicious
Ohio
Rome
Gralos
Chicago
Argentina
Little Corner Grocery Rates Tax Challenge in Court
Hull argues the tax is confiscatory claiming independent grocers are harmed by a double tax. He cites a $795,070 levy for 1937 38 versus $357,809 in net profits for seven months this year. Scott counters mercantile tax of $87,383 proves no double taxation. No cases are pending besides the American Stores Company test suit.
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Hull
Scott
American Stores Company
Treasury balance report from Washington December 1
The treasury shows receipts of 35 118 895 46 dollars and expenditures of 24 655 427 16 dollars leaving a balance of 2 701 372 342 47 dollars. For the month customs receipts amount to 12 369 053 46 dollars.
Intruder Slays Pretty Widow in Philadelphia Home
A youth described as calm killed 28 year old Mrs Wilma V Carpenter in her Camp Hill Philadelphia home after forcing her to tie a companion, Miss Mary Griffin 22, and stealing about $2. Griffin escaped after being struck, later aided by a detective report that the killer cleaned the wounds and bathed before fleeing. fiancé Fred R Kingman rushed to the scene. Evidence points to premeditated intrusion with robbery and attempted assault.
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Philadelphia
Wilma V. Carpenter
Camp Hill
Mary Griffin
Miss Griffin
Carpenter
Charles Eller
Lontgomery County
Fred R. Kingman
New York
Eiler
Thomas McNutt
Criminal List In Court Here In White Township
A court list records Leroy Nicholson mobile in White Township on Sept 28 with no owner consent. State witnesses recall him driving the car or riding nearby after the owner parked it. Disposition of the case to be made later. Marino Palcini and Eugene Luscini of Young Townships plead to unlawful liquor possession. Palcini fined 300 dollars plus costs. Luscini 200 dollars plus costs. Scheduled for trial tomorrow are George W. Clark charged with assault and battery, Charles Trimareni selling malt beverage to a minor, Walter McAdams violation of license provision, R J Smith drawing worth less checks, and Oliver E Ford assault and battery.
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Mobile
Leroy Nicholson
White Township
Éwo
Marino Palcini
Eugene Luscini
Young
Palcini
Lussini
George W. Clark
Charles Trimareni
Walter McAdams
R. J. Smith
Oliver E. Ford
Revival at Cookport M. P. Church Continues
Revival meetings led by Russell "Red" James at Cookport M P Church will run through the week. College football players seek better fellowship as they uphold Old Heidelberg traditions. Senator Capper proposes a federal marriage and divorce statute amid ongoing debates on domestic law.
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Cookport M. F
Cookport M. P
Russell
Red” James
Capper
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PPON
Hall
Mehen
AXE
Northern Demos
Nanty-Glo Man
Civil Service Examination
State Department
Arthur Copper
Kansas
Tommy Manville
Kiwanis Ladies
Edgar Lee ’Kelling
Moody
Leams
Alco Am
Atl
Bald Loco Balt
Bendix Aviat
Beth. Steel
Beth Steel
Burr Add Mach
Calumet
Canad Pacific
Cerra Dé Pas
Caes
Chrysler Carp
Coca-Cola
Cami
Cons Edison
Consoil
Crané Co
Det Lack
West Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de N
Eastman Kodak
el Auto Site
Gén
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Gen
Gillette
Hershey
Choc
Hudson Mot
Int Harvester
Int
Tel
Kennecott Cop Kresge
Lehigh Val Coal Int
Nick Can
Lehigh Val RR
Liggett and Myer
Loews Inc
Mack Trucks
Montgom Ward Nash Kelvinator
Eacher
Little Corner
Treasury
Washington. Deg
The
Indiana Evening Gazette
Standard American Encyclopedia
Indians Evening Gazette
Philadelphia Street
State
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