Governor to seek Roosevelt aid on Pennsylvania anthracite
Harrisburg December 28 Governor George H Earle announced he would fly to Washington to confer with President Roosevelt about the anthracite industry crisis. He may urge a special legislature session as W Jett Lauck and the Pennsylvania Anthracite Commission press for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
George H. Farle
Washington
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
W. Jett Lauck
Anthracite Commission
Earle
Congress
P. I. A. A. Opposes Raising Scholastic Sports Age Limit
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association reported a profit this year with expenses of 18 669.66 and receipts of 20 101.97. Major receipts came from basketball championship play offs at 7 727.47, while expenses for the activity were 1 813.52. The association kept a 16 870.02 budget for 1938 and defeated a proposal to cut the age limit from 21 to 15 by 286 to 128. It also rejected spring football practice and approved a quarantine exception to the attendance law. The group paid 87 boys for injuries totaling 765.50 under a new compensation plan aiding football, with 32 member schools contributing 1 603. The year ended with a 27.55 balance. Officer re-elections and new members were announced, including Glennis Rickert Kane and Gordon Ulshaffer Nesquehoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
Beaver Falls
Dale Treiber
James Boggs
Martin Brown
Angels Capozza
Paul Goll
Charles Lewis
William Sennett
Harold Marconda
Board of Control
P. A. Jones
Sharon
William C. Evans
Braddock
J. H. Tyson
Upper Darby
Glennis Rickert
Kane
H. W. Slothower
Mt. Union
Gordon Ulshaffer
Nesquehoning
1937 to Mark New Peak In U. S. Traffic Deaths
The National Safety Council forecast 1987 U S traffic deaths near 40,000, an all time high. Through the first 11 months, deaths rose over 1936 by about six percent, with Pennsylvania exceeding 2,600 fatalities It notes no real rise in death rate per mile and cites 11,980 pedestrian deaths in 10 months. Everett Washington reports no traffic deaths in 11 months.
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U. S
Chicago
Natonal Safety Council
Pennsylvania
Everett Wash
Japs Raise New Challenge Across China Debts and Exterritorial Rights
Japan imposes economic and military pressures as debts to the United States and others total about 800 million dollars. Extraterritorial rights under treaties remain disputed as Chinese forces resist incursions into Shantung and Chekiang. Tsingtao’s port area tightens under Japanese advance. American citizens in the region number 159 in Tsingtao and 13 nearby. The Marblehead and Pope await orders while Sacramento and coastwise ships assist evacuees.
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China
United States
Japan
Shantung
Chekiang
Yangtze Valley
Tsingtao
Marblehead
Pope
Shanghai
Sacramento
Growing Concern Over Navy Budget Projections
The letter to the naval sub committee shows proposed 1939 budget items including two battleships two light cruisers eight destroyers and six submarines. Senators Borah Wheeler Johnson and Adams weigh arms outlays while Rep Taylor predicts congressional approval based on the president's requests. The United States navy remains second in world strength behind Great Britain.
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Naval Sub-Committee
Sub-Committee On Naval Appropriations
Congress
Borah
Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
Wheeler
D-Mont
Johnson
D-Cola
Adams
Taylor
United States
Great Britain
Workers' Pay Law Expanded Benefits Across States
Continued from Page One the act provides $30 a month for life for workers permanently injured. Sixteen other states have such clauses. It raises minimum weekly payments from $7 to $12 and adjusts maximums from $15 to $18 weekly. Medical care is capped at $200 with a $100 limit over 30 days. The plan includes coverage for occupational diseases, though some industries warn of high insurance costs. The Department of Banking notes the compensation cost rise.
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Department of Banking
Mine workers cost plan rejected by operators in tri-state area
The Department of Labor and Industry reported that about 56 percent of costs would shift to workers, four percent due to occupational disease payments, with anthracite at 87 percent and bituminous at 40 percent. Anthracite operators largely rejected the plan while the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company was the only major hard coal operator to sanction it. Operators preferred court settlements. the tri state board of the United Mine Workers urged reconsideration.
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Lauck
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Department of Labor and Industry
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Tri-State Board
Officials in Huddle On Unemployment Relief Grants
State Board of Public Assistance met January 4 to decide if supplemental relief grants should be provided to those receiving unemployment compensation. If benefits are below living needs, grants may be issued. However federal confidentiality rulings could hinder computing grants for individuals. In Philadelphia County the top relief grant for a five person family is 13.50 weekly. Unemployment checks cover half the former salary up to a 15 maximum and 7.50 minimum. Thousands may leave relief rolls due to unemployment compensation, though precise figures are unavailable. The relief rolls have topped 500,000 with weekly expenses over a million dollars.
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State Board of Public Assistance
State Board
Solenberger
Ths
Philadelphia
Faces Trial in Old Murders Pittsburg
In Pittsburgh a Detroit factory worker Tony Romansky and convict John Mikser faced murder charges for the eight year old slayings of Patrick Craig and David Sturtz. Alderman Andrew Maloney said Romansky confessed and implicated Mikser and fugitive Steve Moachan. Both victims were robbed. Sturtz was seeded from an auto and Craig was buried.
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Pittsburgh
Detroit
Western Penitentiary
Patrick Craig
David Sturtz
Andrew Maloney
Tony Romansky
John Mikser
Peter A. Connors
Romansky
Mikser
Steve Moachan
Sturts
Craig
Minister Soldier of the Revolutionary War Music Teachers Split SO On National Anthem Change
A New Year program in Washington honors General Muhlenberg with Byrd Peery and church leaders. A dramatization recalls his Revolutionary War moment when he joined 300 men in uniform after sermon. Minnesota.
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Washington
United States
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
Muhlenberg
Woodstock
America
United Litheran Church
Pol N. B.C
Modern Menus Modern Menus by Mrs Maddox NEA Service
Cooking eggs offers value and flavor as the base for an egg and vegetable dinner for six. Boil eggs gently twelve minutes, prepare separate salted vegetables, and craft a light mashed potato with cheese sauce. Assemble on a warm plate with cauliflower center, three-egg clusters, potato mounds, carrot accents, green beans, and a restrained cayenne finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor Maddox
NEA
Budge Beats Crawford In Exhibition Proving Form
Budge, the American National tennis champion, defeated Jack Crawford of Australia 7-5 6-1 6-1 before about 12 000 fans in Sydney Australia. The Californian surged with aces after a slow start, redeeming himself from Monday’s tepid showing against Germany’s Baron Gottfried von Cramm.
Graff Funeral Set for Erie Official in Meadville
Funeral services will be held tomorrow for F. M. Graff aged 63, superintendent of production for the Erie Railroad. He died yesterday. Graff had served as a mason, city council member, and chairman of the City Planning Commission.
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Graff
Meadville
F. M. Graff
Erie Railroad
Mason
Man badly burned fleeing fire near Barree
Clair E. Gutshall and Edward, a son, were burned as they fled their fire swept home at Barree. Gutshall was hospitalized in Huntingdon with burns to back and legs. The son was treated and discharged. Seven other children escaped in nightclothes and ran barefoot about a quarter mile to a neighbor's home.
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Altoona
Clair E. Gutshall
Edward
Barree
Huntingdon
Administration Broadens Attack On Critics
Roosevelt aides push licensing of interstate corporations and a broader anti monopoly drive. Reported cabinet support for the Borah O Mahoney bill, Norris urges renewed lobbying inquiry, and Ickes to address radio audience on government business relations. Roosevelt eyeing a message to Congress next Monday on these themes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Norris
Jud-Neb
Senate
Ickes
Federal Trade Commission
Robert H. Jackson
Congress
NBC
Spoon
Jackson
H Ss Proyiisal
Civilian Conservation Corps
Robert Fechner
Capital General Strike Grips Nation Amid Paris Standoff
A national strike waves through industrial centers outside Paris as truck drivers, Cinedrich Rubber plant workers, and several airplane plants walk out for weeks. Government leaders press for a cabinet session to force a return to work, while army trucks keep supplying central markets and newspapers amid the stoppage.
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Paris
Cinedrich Rubber
Chantempts
Ann Emergentex
Parisian
Stock market company list fragment headlines reading like a trade ticker
A dense OCR style fragment lists multiple corporations and brands across industries, resembling a stock market or trade index snippet. Notable entries include Am Can Am Com, Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, Phillips Pet, US Rubber, Westinghouse, Allied bombers or industrials, and other names such as Dow Jones components. The passage lacks a cohesive narrative beyond a catalog of firm names.
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Aleo Am
Aim Tel
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Briggs
Canad Pac
Chrysler Colum G
Coml
Cons Edison
Consol Oil Crane Co
del Lack
West Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de N
Eastman Kodak
el Auto Lite
Gen
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Gillette
Hard-Walker
Hershey Choc
Hudson Motor Int Harvester
Nick
Kenneco
Cop
Kresge
Lehigh Port
Lehigh Val Coal Lehigh Val Coal Pr
Leh
Val RR
Liggett and Myers Loew's
Mack Terie
Montgom Ward Nash Kelvinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow
Central North Amer Packard Motor Pawn
RR Phila Read C
Andi Phillips Pet Pub
Sve NJ
Pune Oil Radin Corp
Am Reading
Repub Steel Reynolds
Tob B
Sears Roebuck
Socony Vacuum
Southern Pacific Southern Ry Sperry Corp
Stand Brands Stand Gas
Cal Stand Oil
Ind Stand Oil NJ Studebaker Texas Corp
Timken Roll B
Transamerica
United Aircraft
United Corp United Ges Imp
A & Indus
Alco US Rubber US Smelt R Vn S& Steel
Vanadium West Union West
el and Mig
Woolwayth
Curb— Ark Nat Gas “A” Cities Service
el Bond and
Pennroad Carp
Lions Make Resolutions at Rustic Lodge Meeting
George Miller the second vice president led the Lions in the absence of President Gephardt and Vice President Ed Clark during last evening’s meeting at Rustic Lodge.
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George Miller
Gephardt
Ed Clark
Rustic Lodge
Club Meeting Highlights Re Sort Of Six Month Review
Alex Lyons a former Indiana Den member and Osteopathy College student in Philadelphia attended the meeting. Syd ney Silverman returned after a Florida vacation. The session focused on six months of club work with praise for the Christmas party at the Meénes Theater. The group then discussed New Year’s resolutions and urged members to propose ideas for a bigger better year.
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Alex Lyons
Indiana den
College of Osteopathy
Philadelphia
Lion
Sydney Silverman
Florida
Meénes Theater
Lion Miller
Poor fish far wiser than the derisive term
Washington December 29 Deputy Commissioner of Fisheries Charles EB Jackson rejects the label poor fish calling it insulting. He cites salmon swimming from Columbia River to Monterey then back to birth and hatchery doors. He highlights silvery smelt timing and eels returning to U.S. waters from Europe while others migrate differently.
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Washington
Charles EB. Jackson
Columbia River
Monterey
Jackson
Sargossa Sea
United States
Old World
Restaurateurs Plan Convention In Western Pennsylvania
Elmer Wheeler a New York sales promotion expert will speak at the Western Pennsylvania Restaurant Association convention in Pittsburgh January 16 to 19 at the William Penn Hotel. Harry McConnell of Indiana aids planning and chairs arrangements. 3,000 operators from the tri-state area expected. The program includes 150 exhibits and speakers such as Miss Alice Dowling and Harry S Dunnock, with demonstrations and talks on personnel relations and sales promotion.
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Elmer Wheeler
New York
Assoociation
Pittsburgh
Harry McConn
Indiana
H.W. McCounn
Western Pennsylvania Restaurant Association
William Penn Hotel
McConn
Royal Restaurateur
Tri-State
Joseph Carson
Martie McKenzie Schreiver
Harry S Dunnock
Baltimore
National Restaurant Association
Nancy man gives up knife gang to become aviator in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh boy nicknamed Nancy, once a leader of a knife gang, forsook gang life after classmates showed healing cross marks. Principal Miss Martha Manning reported the signs and learned Nancy had been injured last year, which diminished his star and spurred leadership of the group. He now seeks to become a boy scout and aviator.
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Pittsburgh
Dee
Nancy
Reserve Township
Martha Manning
Knife Gang
Minister and Wife Conner Passes Away in Pittsburgh Church
The Rev Dr and Mrs Conner, long active in denominational work, died leaving two daughters deceased. Mrs Conner, born in Canonsburg, linked to the Paxton family. The couple served churches in Johnstown Greensburg Washington and Pittsburgh and retired in 1924. Funeral at Christ Church Pittsburgh tomorrow at 3 PM.
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Conner
Canonsburg
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
John R. Paxton
New York
Paxton
Conver
Dr. Conner
Springfeld
Johnstown
Greensburg
Washington
Christ Church
Educators Seek State Help For Tax Reform
Educators urge lawmakers to pass a constitutional amendment for a graded income tax to fund schools. A successor is urged to lead a campaign to embed this flexible funding method into state law. Lord Marley and Barnes warn of a looming crisis while touting education as the path to democracy and progress.
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Lord Marley
Harry Elmer Barnes
New York
British Commonwealth of Nations
Barnes
Markets Update from Pittsburgh and Chicago Markets
Pittsburgh reports moderate produce demand with mixed prices across varieties including Baldwins Hubbards Wealthies and Jonathans. Ohio Baldwins and Green Mountains beans and peaches show steady to slightly firm tones. Florida Bliss crates rise. Chicago wheat and corn futures slip after initial firmness amid war crop option news. Hog and cattle markets in Pittsburgh mix of higher and steady quotes, with lean hogs near 9.25 per cwt and top lambs around 9.50. Also a separate note notes the death of Dynnel LaMarr in Huntingdon after mental illness onset.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Baldwins
Hubbardstons
McIntosh
Virginia
W. Va
Ohio
Polatnes
Maine
Green Mountains
Idaho
Burbanks
Florida
Bliss
Chicago
Great Britain
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Moorhead
Norway
Prince Harald
Olaf
Marths
Royal Park
Wat
Oslo
Olof
Ragnhild
Astrid
Harry Flood Byrd
George C. Peery
National Broadcasting Company
Red Network
Frederick H. Knubel
United Lutheran Church In America
Pec
Music Teachers National Assocalon Today
Arthur Fielder
Boston
Cole Rossetter
Music Teachers National Association
Dic de Lamarter
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Seerane
Almer Christian
University of Michigan
Lazare Saminsky
League of Composers
Harvey Gaul
Broadeas
General Strike
Capital
Restaurateurs Plan Convention
Nangy
Becoming
Aviator
STATE
John D. Pennington
Boys Industrial
Dynnel LaMarr
Pennington
LaMarr
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