Earle shifts to coal relief with Anthracite talks
Governor George H. Earle moves from Public Assistance to resolve coal industry woes. He plans an Anthracite Commission conference with producers and miners next week, then a Washington talk with President Roosevelt. If no solution emerges, a special session to grant state takeover powers may be considered. Federal control is debated but unlikely in Congress. A broader state plan may push for rate changes to lower soft coal shipments to New England. He also screens for future action on bituminous coal with a Washington trip set for January 17.
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Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Public Assistance Department
Earle
Anthracite Commission
Roosevelt
Washington
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Keystone
New England
Market list of major corporations and stock tickers
A dense OCR of diversified company names and percent figures appears, listing numerous firms across energy, manufacturing, rail, and consumer goods sectors. It includes Am Can, General Motors, US Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Anaconda, Dow, Edison, Reading Co, Penn RR, and many others with scattered percentage values. The fragment resembles a market board or index snapshot with tickers and percentage figures.
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Alco Am
Air Refining
Baid Loco Balt
Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Cerra’ de Pas
Chrysler Corp
Colum and Gand
North Am Co
Packard Motor Penn RR
Phila
Phillips
NJ Pure Qil Radin Corp
Reading Co
Repab Steel
Reynolds
Roebuck
Southern Pacific Southern Ry Sperry Corp
Cal
Richberg Lands FDRs Industrial Planning
Former NRA head Richberg urged government business cooperation to plan future production. He said a coordinated approach would smooth demand, prevent oversell cycles, and guide firms on output without price fixing or market division. A separate planning body would relay facts on consumer purchasing power and available markets.
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Washington
Domald Richbers
NRA
Richberg
Bituminous Suit Challenged Over Minimum Coal Prices
Charles F. Hosford Jr of the Bituminous Coal Commission said the suit against the new government fixed minimum soft coal prices would not halt the price schedule. Indiana Gas and Chemical Corp of Terre Haute petitions federal court to enjoin enforcement of prices on southern coal shipped to Terre Haute. The commission has 20 days to respond. A. M. Ogle argues the Guffey bill gave the commission excess powers.
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Washington
Jan
Charles F. Hosford, Jr
Bituminous Coal Commission
Indiana Gas and Chemical Corporation of
Terre Haute
Federal District Court
Hosford
Indiana Company
A. M. Ogle
Obituary notices detail Holsapple and Ferrier deaths
Mrs. Ethel Holsapple of Cherryhill township, long time resident, Church of the Brethren member, and devoted wife and mother, died after a prolonged illness. The obituary notes extensive family survivors including grandchildren Maynard and Lucille Amond and siblings in Ebensburg and Marion Center. Also mentioned is Mrs. Sarah Jane Ferrier, widow of Andrew C. Ferrier, who died at 441 South Seventh Street with full obituary to follow Saturday.
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Maynard
Lucille Amond
William Nicholson
Nant-y-Glo
Joseph Nicholson
Marion Center
Abner Francis
John Wohlwend
Thaddeus Jones
Ebensburg
Ambrose Powell
Youngstown
Calvin Ginter
Holsapple
Grant Township
Somerset County
Cramer
Cherryhill Township
Church of the Brethren
Ladies Aid Society
Sarah Jane Ferrier
Andrew C. Ferrier
South Seventh Street
Flood Forecast Model Test In Progress
Road routing and precipitation runoff studies underway to select key watersheds as indexes of surface conditions on principal streams. Snow surveys will be conducted this winter to aid forecast accuracy.
Massing Troops in Shanghai as War Moves East
Japanese planes raided Nan chang airport in Kiangsi next, Chinese fliers struck at Wuhu but failed when Japanese aircraft rose to meet them. Both sides mass troops for control of the Lunghai Rail line as Shanghai’s international settlement ramps up supervision of dispatches.
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Shanghai
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Nanking
Yangtze
Lunghai
Japanese push along Lunghai line threaten Hankow
Chinese forces man about 100000 along the northern Kiangsu and eastern Henan corridor between Suchow and Kweiteh contend with 60000 Japanese units advancing from north and south. A Lunghai control would open a westward route to the Peiping Hankow line and a 300 mile swing toward Hankow, while ships near Nanking threaten Yangtze approaches from Wuhu and Anking.
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China
Kiangsu
Henan
Suchow
Nanking
Kweiteh
Shantung Province
Lunghai Railway
Peiping
Hankow
Sunghai
Wuhu
Yangtze
Anking
Republican factions clash over state jobs and party control
In the final week of the session the House amended relief bills to shield department employees from removal to favor Democratic political campaigns. Republicans protested, accusing Democrats of expanding patronage and using salaries to fund campaigns. Names like Judge Arthur H. James and ex Governor Gifford Pinchot were cited in gubernatorial talk, with Turner remaining silent and party leaders pledging to back State Chairman G. Edward Green in steering the party toward good government.
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Department of Public Assistance
New Deal
Mothers' Assistance Boards
Democratic Party
de Schweinite
Arthur H. James
Superior Court
Gifford Pinchot
Turner
G. Edward Green
Ex-Sugar Agent Steps In As Budget Balance Takes Charge
Philip H. Mathews of Pittsburgh, a retired U. S. Army major who once held the chief deputy post, is mentioned as possible successor as the chief deputy’s job opens. Howe, sworn in, cannot outline policies until he reviews department affairs. He backs the governor’s humanitarian aims and vows economical, efficient action.
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Philip H. Mathews
Pittsburgh
U. S. Army
Mathews
de Schweinitz
Howe
Department
Tam
Earle
State lawyers hold mid winter meeting in Hershey
At Hershey Pennsylvania on January 7 the Pennsylvania Bar Association opened its first mid winter meeting. A Supreme Court committee report proposed expediting cases and uniting all practicing lawyers under a common bar. Officials noted possible publicity steps but did not commit to action before next summer’s Bedford Springs gathering.
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Hershey
State Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Supreme Court Committee
Bedford Springs
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Howe takes new post as Pennsylvania welfare secretary
Sugar businessman with budget secretary background becomes secretary of assistance in Pennsylvania. He will oversee a single state welfare agency replacing abolished local boards. Deputy Edith B DeWitt acts as head during transition. Howe aims to assess staffing levels and cut costs in a vast institutional building program while continuing aid to the unemployed and old age beneficiaries.
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Chicago
de Schweinitz
Howe
Department of Welfare
Edith B. DeWitt
Welfare
Earle
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Indiana Teachers College Open Season With Frostburg Game
The Indiana State Teachers College floormen begin the 1938 basketball season facing Frostburg Teachers of Maryland on the college court at 3 30 Saturday afternoon. A limited number of public seats are available at fifty cents each, moved up due to Junior Prom. Earlier today the IS T C freshmen played Ferndale High School four in a pre season contest coached by Indiana graduate Franklin George.
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OY Clam Getty
Indiana State Teachers College
Frostburg
Maryland
Ffty
I. S. TC
Ferndale High School
Franklin George
Indiana
Government and big business discuss unity on NBC forum
In New York a packed town hall heard United States Atty. Gen. aide Robert H. Jackson and Wendell L. Willkie of Commonwealth and Southern urge cooperation between government and industry. Jackson called for high volume production, low prices, and rising wages. Willkie urged reassuring small investors and avoiding broad attacks on industry while shaping needed legislation. Roosevelt invited business and finance to cure inequities without overreach.
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New York
Robert H. Jackson
United States
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
New York Town Hall
New Dealer
NBC
Jackson
Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Utilities Corporation
America
Roosevelt
Millermen conquer in all quarters with 34 39 win
Alumni led throughout as Millermen defeated Frostburg 38 25 last Tuesday. Ken Nolan paced both teams with 12 points. Starters for Millersville included Red McDowell Joe Abele Joe Samsack Sutila Ken Nolan and Dick Grosklos. Visitors featured Wagner Wolford and Thomas. Coach Miller praised spirit and highlighted past sports success at Columbia and in football.
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Millermen
Ken Nolan
Reynoldsville High
Frostburg
St. Francis
Loreetto
Wolford
Maryland
Miller
Red McDowell
Joe Abele
Joe Samsack
Sutila
Dick Grosklos
Ralph
Ships Wreck
Millersville
Indiana
George P. Miller
Columbia University
Western Pennsylvania Teachers College
Treasury balance and receipts report from January auction
Treasury balance figures show 2,954,091 7,788.90 with expenditures totaling 72,264,263.24 and a balance of 3,054,917,785.00. Customs receipts for the month amount to 3,215,005.44 as reported from Washington on January 1 and auction details dated January 5.
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Washington
the Treasury
Eupagliares
Senate slows on anti lynching bill amid filibuster
Dilatory tactics by Senate opponents of the anti lynching bill slowed Congress after a fast start. House leaders faced slow passage of the $1.41 billion appropriation for independent agencies. A House tax revision draft would overhaul undistributed profits and capital gains taxes, purportedly aiding 99% of 200,000 corporate taxpayers while restricting relief for 600 to 1,000 firms. Senate debate wavered as quorums and procedural skirmishes delayed progress, but leaders projected passage in two to three weeks.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sesson
Vinson
Subcommittee
Barkley
Senator Reynolds
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Lodge
Russia asks status of Ruth Rubens in Moscow
The United States Embassy delivered a formal note to the Soviet foreign office asking if Ruth Marie Rubens of New York is under arrest in Russia and, if so, the charges. The request cites her disappearance from a Moscow hotel on December 9 and identification of her passport as that of "Mrs. Robinson" who vanished. The note follows a 72 hour notification pledge and precedents of withholding information. Separate item notes Jesse A. Collyer Jr applying for National Semi-Pro Prompters Association membership after umpiring at Sing Sing.
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Moscow
United States
Ruth Marie Rubens
New York
Russia
Washington
State Department
Rubens
Robinson
Jesse A. Collyer, Jr
Sing Sing
Jesse James
Prompirers Association
Ray Dumont
Mine fissure alarms Westmoreland village near Greensburg
Frightened residents in Bradenville watch as a center village fissure opens eight to ten inches wide across Main Street. Firemen evacuate five houses and an apartment above a dance hall as walls creak and floors settle. The district, 12 miles east of Greensburg, sits atop abandoned and active coal mines. Old miners note two underlaying veins and possible water washing at supports in abandoned diggings.
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Bradenville
Westmoreland County
Greensburg
Derry No. 1
Local College Weather Update
Continued rain changing to snow a day. Continued cold Friday. Temperature at 8 am today was 32 degrees above zero. Lowest in last 24 hours 28 degrees above zero, highest 53 degrees above zero. Rainfall during the period was 0.24 inch.
Bring Bowers to Fage Trial in Norristown
Wendell Forrest Bowers, 19, captured after a statewide manhunt, is brought to Norristown to face a possible first degree murder charge for the slaying of Mrs. Wilma Carpenter. District Attorney Smillie signals a stiff case, with a potential reenactment for investigators and a tentative trial date set for February 7.
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Norristown
Wendell Forrest Bowers
Wilma Carpenter
Kentucky
Reformatory School
Radnor
Frederick B. Smillie
Bowers
Montgomery County
Camp Hill
Smillie
Louisville
Carpenter
Markets roundup from Pittsburgh livestock and produce trade
Hogs 3,200 head, including 2,400 direct. steady to 10 lower with top hogs 9.00 per 140 20 lb, 7.50-8.28 per 250 lb and up. Cattle 60 head, calves 300 with 200 direct. calves steady to strong. top and bulk weaners around 13.00. Sheep 650, including 50 direct. lambs 9.00-9.50, heavies discounted, good sheep 4.75-5.00. Produce demand moderate. apples and potatoes listed with various varieties and prices. Basketball scores: Carnegie Tech 39, Geneva 42. Westminster 53, Slippery Rock 40. Indiana 27, Kittanning 24.
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Pittsburgh
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