Agreement Near on Pan American Mutual Defense Pact
At Lima the Pan American conference reviews a joint resolution to defend member states against aggression. Drafted by Brazil’s Afranio Mello Franco, the compromise aligns U S aims with Argentina’s call for condemnation of aggression. Adjournment likely by Tuesday with Bogota as 1943 site. Also approved are Pan American Highway ratification and inter American auto traffic rules including license plate letters.
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Lima
Peru
Afranio Mello Franco
United States
Argentina
Carlos Concha
Mélio Franco
Hull
Bogota
Colombia
Alaska
Patagonia
League of American Nations
inter-American Court of Justice
Educators debate tax reform and consolidation measures
A state report outlines consolidation of tax duties between counties and the revenue department, reduced intangibles taxes from eight to six mills, abolition of mercantile and occupation taxes, gradual elimination of per capita taxes, and a tax on public utilities. Signers include Faust Ade, plus officials from Allentown, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Kutztown, Mansfield, State College and East Pittsburgh. More than half of London council schools are said to be well nourished.
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Revenue Department
Department of Revenue
Faust
Ade
William L. Connor
Allentown
Tra G. Flacken
Pittsburgh
Luther Hart
London
England
WPA Rushes Five Million in Christmas Wage Checks
The WPA in Pennsylvania moves to disburse about 190000 project workers payroll totaling 5 million dollars before Christmas. About 4 million would normally come next week as J Banks Hudson notes. Payrolls submitted early can speed disbursement, with total Christmas payroll projected at 12 million dollars between December 11 and Christmas. Slashes in quotas persist, threatening reductions to 262000 by January 16 and 242000 by February 15 unless Hopkins rescinds orders. The Workers Alliance protests local WPA offices demanding reinstatement and wider appeals are sent to Congress and President Roosevelt.
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Harrisburg
Dee
WPA
Pennsylvania
J. Banks Hudson
Hudson's
Harry L. Hopkins
Workers’ Alliance
Works Progress Administration
Merbers
Congress
Roosevelt
Thomas Kennedy
College survey weighs public will to fight in wars
A Peringeval State College survey of 400 students in Harold E Graves English class shows 46 percent would fight communist or fascist aggression anywhere, 22 percent for the United States in any war, 42 percent to defend the Western Hemisphere, 50 percent to defend U S territory, and 93 percent to defend Continental United States. At least 75 percent oppose communist or fascist revolution in the United States.
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Collegh
Dee
Péringylvartia
Harold E. Graves
Stars and Stripes
Western Hemisphere
United States
Eh Hk
Indiana County Receives 28365.51 Under Liquid Fuels Act
Under the 1920 Liquid Fuels Tax Act Auditor General approved a payment of 28365 51 to Indiana County for road and bridge construction maintenance and repair. Funds support property damage relocation and interest on highway bonds with semi annual distributions after county reports to the Department of Revenue.
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Warren R. Roberts
Indiana
United States
Department of Revenue
Department of the Auditor General
Torqucht
Obituary of Mrs Elizabeth Louella Wiley 80 Reynoldsville resident
Mrs Elizabeth Louella Wiley 80 died at home 1420 Worth street Reynoldsville at 4 40 pm Tuesday December 13 after a long illness Funeral services were held in her residence at 2 30 pm Thursday led by Rev Clark Wilson Church of God Punxsutawney Emerickville Burial in Reynoldsville Cemetery She was born July 6 1858 in Georges Georgeville Armstrong County daughter of John and Sarah Gordon Petit and spent 60 years in Jefferson County She married Charles Prescott Wiley May 9 1880 who died eight years earlier Also predeceased are a daughter Minnie and a son George Survived by eight daughters Mrs Fred Mawk Mrs Joseph Bellas Mrs Homer Mikesell Mrs Truman Gower Mrs Ross Crate Miss Alice Wiley Nes Davie Thompson and Mrs Harey Crate Reynoldsville Grandchildren twenty one and thirteen great grandchildren Also note includes stray sentence about Weasels.
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Elizabeth Louella Wiley
Worth Street
Reynoldsville
Clark Wilson
Church of God
Punxsutawney
Emerickville
George
Minnie
Fred Mawk
Joseph Bellas
West Kittanning
Homer Mikesell
Indiana
Truman Gower
Ross Crate
Kittanning
Alice Wiley
Nes
Davie Thompson
Harey Crate
Reynaldsville
Musical family fraud tied to non existent drugs warehouses
Investigators describe a vast scam by F Donald Coster and the Musica brothers involving dummy companies, forged bills, and fake drug stock. Probing relatives, authorities seek cash hides and safety deposits as they pursue indictments of prominent figures in a sprawling fraud linked to bootlegging and illicit activities.
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Coster
Brien McMahon
U. S.S
Philin Musica
Brooklyn
George Musica
George Dietrich
Arthur Musica
George Vernard
Robert Musica
Robert Dietrich
Bridgeport, Conn
McMahon
F. Donald Coster
George 'Dietrich-Musicay
Louise Musica Goux
Musicas
Grand Jury
Geus
I Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Marie Musica Girard
Antonio Musica Girard
Florida
Senate leaders clash over pro tempore after elections
The Senate fights over organization for 1939 with Republicans 24 seats to Democrats 26. A swing vote by Weldon Heyburn could tilt control, while Anthony Cavalcante's indecision adds uncertainty. In the House, Republicans backed Ellwood J. Turner for speaker and Robert F. Woodside Jr. for majority leader, with plans for a repeal committee and a workers compensation panel. Organization is set for January 3.
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Senate
Sajon
Weldon Heyburn
Delaware County
Heyburn
Thomas Kennedy
Anthony J. Cavalcante
Payette
Cavalcante
Turned
Woodside
Assembly
E. Kent Kane
McKeans
Fred Gelder
Susquehanna
G. Mason Owlett
Tioga
Harry Shapiro
Philadelphia
John S. Rice
Adams County
Indicted over group health effort in Chicago charges
A grand jury indicted the American Medical Association and several physicians for opposing group medical care schemes. The case centers on Group Health Association Inc, which offered care to about 2000 government workers for 2.20 monthly and paid doctors on salary. The district society accused the plan of paving the way for compulsory insurance, while Group Health argued its aim was public and professional benefit through ready access to preventive medicine. The jury said exclusion from medical societies deprives group health doctors of rights and harms professional standing. Chicago, Dec. 20.
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Group Health Association, Inc
Germany
Europe
Group Health
American Medical Association
United States
America Medical Association
Association
Cabinet Meeting Set After GOP Victory In November
HERSHEY Pa Dec 20 Republican legislative leaders called in all members of the party's Senate delegation to discuss the executive committee's first meeting since Republicans were returned to power in the November election. Governor-elect attendance unclear as state chairman Torrance and Demes FL were among those sent out.
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Demes FL Torrance
Cook
Hershey
Senate
Christmas spirit comes cheap at State College poultry plant
Professor Hargolt of Pennsylvania State College calculates the cost of a 20-pound live turkey at about $4, with 60 cents for his time and five pounds waste, plus dressing. After all deductions the price per pound is about 44 cents, roughly the same as buying a ready bird.
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State College
Bac
BP. H. Hargolt
Poultry Plan
Belins
Sylvania State College
What makes a bouncing bed in Johnsonville Virginia
In Jonesville Virginia on December 20 residents investigate the strange case of Bertha Sybert, nine, whose grandmother claims a pouncing bee caused the bed to scratch, bump, and violently quake after Bertha’s 6 pm bedtime, prompting local speculation of witchcraft.
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Jonesville
Virginia
Bertha
Marie Sybert
Rebecca Jane Sybert
Mercy pilot Lyons dies in Texas plane crash
Lieutenant Perry S. Lyons, 34, famed as a Coast Guard mercy pilot, was killed when his plane crashed northwest of San Antonio. Lyons logged many rescue hours during floods in 1936 and was often accompanied by Rupert H. Germaine, who also perished.
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Salem
Mass
Der
Perry S. Lyons
San Antonio
Tex
Coast Guard
Lyons
Ohio Valley
New England
Rupert H. Germaine
Texas
Fire at Ventnor City Hall Destroys Scrip Worth 100996
A 100,996 fire yesterday in Ventnor City Hall, Atlantic City area, burned scrip used for taxes licenses and municipal charges. No alarm nor effort to extinguish. scrip had been redeemed and was burned in the furnace by city council order.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Treasury balances and receipts from December 17
Treasury data shows receipts 86.92 million dollars, expenditures 29.06 million, net balance 3.17097508176 billion, customs receipts 15.93 million. Item includes weather, mythic notes, and AMA statements on Sherman anti trust indictments and a 1861 Scottish Parliament nickname.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Leaders Meet To Formulate Wagner Act Revisions
Washington December 26 The American Federation of Labor called together representatives to survey a legislative program for the next Congress including revisions to the Wagner Act housing relief and government reorganization. Federation attorneys draft amendments to the Wagner Act oppose confirmation of Donald Wakefield Smith for the Labor Relations Board and back continued relief funding while criticizing WPA housing projects. Roosevelt speeds congressional program emphasis on expanded social security and army aid. Ways and Means Republican Rep Treadway backs social security reform including a pay-as-you-go plan and lower taxes.
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Washington
Urizona
Alga
Labor Relations Board
Federation
APL
Civil Service Commission
APU
United States Housing Authority
Rroosevelt
White House
Congréss
Roosevelt
Rep
Treadway
Massachusetts
Ways and Means
Social Security Advisory Council
Council
Nixon Dies as Hotel Burns in Pittsburgh Fire
Payne Nixon, 48, former Butler County commissioner and Republican leader, died in a Pittsburgh hospital after an operation. He once ran a hotel on Route 8 at Nixon Station, sold to the Butler Airport Company 10 years ago. The hotel was destroyed by fire today. Funeral set for 2 p.m. tomorrow in Butler.
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Pittsburgh
R. Payne Nixon
Butler County
Nixon Station
Butler Airport Company
Butler
Pope Pius Celebrates 60th Ordination Anniversary
Pope Pius celebrated mass in his private chapel in observance of the 60th anniversary of his ordination. Vatican News Service reports the Holy Father’s health is good and he will receive five cardinals and four other Vatican officials in planned audiences.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Vatican
Holy Father
Wage cut agreed by 1500 at Follansbee works
About 1500 workers at Follansbee Brothers Company have approved a 13 percent wage reduction starting the new year. Trustee John Follansbee said the workers initiated the move at a recent meeting. The firm runs tin plate and sheet mills employing 1300 in Follansbee West Virginia and 200 at Toronto Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
Follansbee Brothers Company
John Follansbee
Follansbee
W. Va
Toronto
Ohio
Oil City P. R. R. Shops Burned
Fire swept the Pennsylvania Railroad engine repair shops in Oil City today causing about $1,000,000 in damage to six locomotives. Dispatcher J H Ward said the blaze started in the roof of the 16 sided pine frame building and spread quickly though the shops. cause not yet determined.
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OI City
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. H. Ward
Pittsburgh Market Highlights and Diverse News Bits
Markets report livestock prices with hogs and cattle moves in Pittsburgh while produce and grains influence Chicago and Harrisburg wage policy. The piece also notes South Africa’s population and European share, plus assorted currency and commodity prices.
Death of Ida May Fisher Linked to Gov Fisher Family
Mrs Ida May Fisher 76 sister in law of former Governor John S Fisher died at her Morrow home after a long illness. This follows the death of the governor’s daughter Mrs Henry Tatnall Brown Jr at Haverford. In another item Mount Holyoke College notes its oldest living graduate Mary C Warren born Jamestown NY in 1860.
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Emporium
Morrow
Ida May Fisher
John S. Fisher
South Hadley
Mass
Mount Holyoke College
Mary C. Warren
Jamestown
N. Y
Wyerres
Stock market roundup of major industry names and percent figures
A dense ledger of stocks lists companies from Air Reduction to Woolworth with percent changes and notable codes. Highlights include Am Tel Tel, General Motors, Chrysler, General Electric, Du Pont, Eastman Kodak, Penn RR, United Aircraft, IBM none, and large caps like Anaconda, Bethlehem Steel, and Sears Roebuck. The item reads as a market ticker snippet with varied fractions and percentages across industries.
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Alco
T& SF Ita
Ad Refining
Balt & Ohio
Bendix
Calumet & Hec Va
Canada Pacific
Cerro de Pas
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler
Colum G & el
Ome Comwithh
South
Cons Edison
Consol
Bis Cor Products
Crane Co
Ay del Lack & West
Douglass Aircraft
du Pont de N
Eastmen Kodak
el Auto Lite
Reynolds Tab
Sears “Roebuck
Socony-Vacuum
Southern Pacific
Southern Ry
Sperry Corp
Oil Car
Ind
Stand Oil NJ
Studebaker Corp
Texas Corp
Timken Roll
United Aircraft
Wnited Corp
United Gas Imp
Indys Alco
US Rubber
U & Steel
West Union Tel
West el
Mig
Woolworth
Cynch
el Bond
Pennroad Corp
Lethal draught ends life of Mrs Nash in Johnstown
Mrs Mary Warmahé Nash, 62, of 215 Clarion Street Westmont, died last night in her home after ingesting a mixture of 30 lumi nal tablets, aspirin, and sleeping capsules. The note she left explained the amount and pleaded not to be brought back, citing suffering. Born in Tredegar Wales July 12 1872 she had been ill and paralyzed in recent months and had travelled to Baneland with a nurse companion last fall. She was involved in St Mark's Episcopal Church and the Church of Englandальном.
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Johnstown
Mary Warmahé Nash
Clarion Street
Westmont
Nash
Meteorite mysteries and a solar engine thought
The article describes a meteorite sighting with calculations on entry speed and altitude, noting most of it broke up before reaching earth and a missed opportunity to consult a scientist. It adds a speculative note about the Smithsonian and compares solar energy to lifting a weight, suggesting a perfect solar engine could raise a 100 pound mass a mile high.
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Earth
Smithsonian
Jeach
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