Roosevelt campaign loans under scrutiny by congressional panel
A Senate investigating committee summoned J Reynolds, Bacco manufacturer and new Democratic national treasurer, over 275000 in personal loans to aid Roosevelt's re-election. Reynolds suggested he would speak after facing the panel. Quayle testified Reynolds lent 78000 100000 and 100000 in the campaign's final days to fund radio time. The hearing debated tighter loan and contribution limits amid Hatch Act concerns and alleged GOP funding from Delaware and Philadelphia figures.
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Washington
Beaste
J. Reynolds
Bacco
Democratic
Roosevelt
Raleigh
N. G. Reynolds
Gillette
D-Ia
Oliver A. Quayle
Democratic National Committee
Reynolds
Quayle
National Committee
Hill
Ala
Lammet
Irenee du Pont
Delaware
Mr. Reynolds
Angel
Civil service plan expands salaried state workers
The plan would lift the total salaried employees under civil service to 25 with a September 1939 grand total of 8,181. Of these, 3,600 are Social Security Board workers in the Department of Labor and Industry. Others include 4,800 in Public Assistance and 3,500 in the Liquor Control Board. Five departments employ 9,382, including Health, Welfare, Motor Police, Fish and Game Commissions. The governor favors gradual civil service adoption and a central examination plan, while police and trained roles require separate tests. past legislature resistance and party split ended broader bills in 1939.
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Social Security Board
Bureau of Employment and Unemployment Compensation
Department of Labor and Industry
Department of Public Assistance
Liquor Control Board
Health
Welfare
Fish Commission
Game Commission
Health Department
Eigil
James
Fish and Game Commissions
Jacob Tallman
Lehigh
Samuel Weiss
Dallegheny
Debt details reveal short term loan schedule and state bonds
The article outlines repayment dates April 30 and May 41 for short term loans authorized by the 1039 legislature. It notes $176,000,000 authorized, $155,000,000 issued to date, and $30,000,000 in retirements. It references highway bonds dating from 1919 and four major loans after 1939 with district negotiations.
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Commonwealth
Defense Engineering Training Opens in 20 Cities Monday
Pennsylvania State College announced defense engineering training classes will open in 20 cities Monday to enroll about 8,000 workers in 40 cities. Pittsburgh already hosts a class with 1,360 enrollees. Courses cover 16 disciplines and aim to meet industry needs for war production.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College
Pittsburgh
Colege
Debated World War II Aid Spurs Senate Clash
Congressional leaders weighed a Britain aid plan amid warnings that opposition would mount as the foreign policy clash sharpened. Administration spokesmen predicted strong support, while critics urged immediate action, with committee consideration not yet scheduled.
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Austin R-Vto
Congress
Britain
Johnson
R-Calls
Wheeler
Barkley
Kentucky
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt Bills Speeds Aid To Democracies In War Prep
President Roosevelt backs an all inclusive war aid bill granting sweeping powers to supply and lend American war equipment, transfer existing deliveries, and use federal agencies to handle deals. The plan foresees future appropriations with no cap and aims to keep democratic nations supplied while maintaining speed and accountability.
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Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Secretaries of War and Navy
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Benator Wheeler
D-Mont
Q Fos
RAF and Luftwaffe clash over Europe and Britain
British and German air forces traded large scale raids across Europe and the British Isles. RAF bombers hit targets in France and Germany including Ruhr plants and port facilities while German raids struck Manchester Liverpool and London, with air defenses claiming strong suppression of fires. Meanwhile British and Italian forces in North Africa push toward the Libyan coast near Tobruk.
New auto license question speeds 1941 renewals in Harrisburg
Harrisburg reports a new back-of-card question for 1941 driver license renewals. If a driver had an accident causing injuries or property damage over 80 dollars last year, the applicant may be asked about carrying Property Liability and Property Damage insurance. An affirmative answer could skip a highway safety check, speeding up licensing by 30 days or more. If negative, safety clerks review accident details to settle claims and hearings. The code requires liability insurance after accidents over 100 dollars, and questions three or the other two are not required for drivers with no injurious or 50 dollar accidents last year.
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Harrisburg
Bureau of Highway Safety
Department
Safety Bureau
Klisura Falls in Albania as Greek drive toward Valona advances
Greece reports Klisura secured after a week of fighting on the central Albanian front. Italian forces may retreat from Tepeleni as Valona remains the key port in southern Albania. Greek High Command says 200 more prisoners and 87 mm mortars captured, with earlier claims of more mortars and route to Berat, Durazzo, and Porto Edda. Unconfirmed reports say an Italian warship was torpedoed near Dubrovnik coast.
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Greece
Klisura
Tepeleni
Valona
Albania
Berat
Durazzo
Tepelleni
Adriatic
Porto Edda
Chimara
High Command
Dubrovnik
Yugoslavia
Yugonslav
British raids kill 20 in Western Germany and strike England
Berlin reports British air raids last night killed 20 people in Western Germany and injured many as German forces targeted central and southern England. The German High Command claimed two raiders were shot down and that a hospital in Flushing Holland was also bombed with fatalities, while production at an unidentified plant nearby was unharmed.
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Berlin
Germany
England
Manchester
Liverpool
London
Beth- Schem
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Royal Air Force
Flushing
Holland
British forces advance in East Africa drive toward Sudan
Egypt Cairo Jan 10 AP The British announced entry into Buna Kenya Colony Junction about 100 miles south of the Ethiopian border and that El Wak near the Kenya Italian Somaliland border zone had been abandoned by the Italians. Buna lies in the Moyale sector and the British reported no Italian opposition there. The British also claimed capture of Berobati on the Sudan Ethiopian frontier about 40 miles north of Kassala as the push against Italy’s African Empire continues, already covering 6 000 square miles in a month.
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Egypt
Cairo
Buna
Kenya
el Wak
Moyale
Berobatib
Strong Man Tort Dix Joins Army 44th Division
Private Abe Oflan of New York City, who declined a film offer, arrived at camp bending iron bars, lifting a 200 pound weight with his teeth, and carrying a 500 pound weight on his back. He will perform in the Trainee Varieties show at the reception center tonight.
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Hollywood
Abe Oflan
New York City
Post
Derolph to Be Arraigned in Double Slaying Case
Clarion January 10. District Attorney W P Geary says Frank Leroy Carolph 48 of Youngstown auto mechanic will be arraigned before a justice of the peace next week in a double slaying case. Victims were R L Wentling 68 and his 12 year old son Ronald shot to death at their home near Wentlings Corner. Carolph to be arraigned on murder charge of the boy. case to go to Clarion County grand jury February 17.
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Clarion
W. P. Geary
Frank Leroy Carolph
Youngstown
Clarion County Grand Jury
Stephenson Parole Bid Opposed by Obenholtzer’s Mother
In Indianapolis on January 10 an elderly mother opposed parole for D C Stephenson, former head of Indiana’s Ku Klux Klan, whose life sentence for Madge Oberholtzer’s death has kept him imprisoned for 15 years. The clemency commission is studying his petition.
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Indianapolis
Stephenson
Madge Oberholtzer
D. C. Stephenson
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
Michigan City
British RAF Attacks Ruhr and English Coast Raids
British bombing raids targeted the Ruhr industrial district with an assault on Gelsenkirchen and other sites. Docks at Brest and oil facilities near Rotterdam were hit, while British bombers conducted a cross-channel attack opposite Dover. Luftwaffe raids on Britain were extensive but casualties remained "nowhere large" per a British communique.
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Gelsenkirchen
Ruhr
Germany
RAF
Brest
Rotterdam
Dover
France
English
Britain
England
Liverpool
Wales
British Tide Presses Across Libyan Desert Front
Reports say momentum grows along a widening front from Libya to Ethiopia as the Army of the Nile advances toward Tobruk and Gazala. RAF raids on Ethiopian bases boost insurgent activity while Haile Selassie works to rally forces. British forces seek to cut a wedge across Eastern Libya toward Bengasi.
Evidence Farmers Embrace Defense Program at State Farm Show
Harrisburg January 10 A State Department of Agriculture report shows Pennsylvania farmers engaging with the national defense program. Secretary John Light notes rising interest in advanced agricultural methods and records show 1812 head of livestock and 4009 poultry birds listed for exhibition at the state farm show January 9 through 24. Bedding needs include 360 bales shavings 40 bales peat moss and 60 tons poultry litter amid demonstrations of farmer progress and farm group meetings during show week.
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Harrisburg
State Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
John 2. Light
Light
Pultry
Night bombing hits coastal towns and London streets
Reports describe night raids aimed at coastal towns including Bristol and Berlin, with bombs in London causing casualties. An antiaircraft shell fell in a district killing two, a northwest town saw firebombs with limited damage, and southern England faced a air burst over ground guns shaking horses. Liverpool endured raids with one fatality. A large RAF bomber formation later returned from Boulogne.
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Berlin
Bristol
London
England
Liverpool
Dover
Boulogne
Dutch toll in blitzkrieg damage put at 50000000 dollars
Diplomatic reports tally about 50000000 dollars in private property loss across the Netherlands during the five day German blitzkrieg last May. Rotterdam suffered the worst, with 11000 business premises and 26000 homes destroyed or burned in a single raid. About 45000 people were left homeless and 47000 typewriters were ruined in Rotterdam alone.
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Lloyd Leehhrers
Washington
Netherlands
United States
Rotterdam
College Weather Report Sparks Cold Reading Day
The report shows temperature at 23 degrees with a 24 hour high of 31 and low of 23. Precipitation totals 6.18, humidity at 50 percent, and today’s barometric pressure 29.82 inches. Forecast calls for partly cloudy cold conditions, with snow flurries expected tomorrow night.
Wheat and livestock markets by the day
Wheat opened firm following securities gains with May at 88 and July near 23-4 as corn and oats held. In Pittsburgh hogs steadiest with prices 6.60 to 8.15 for various weights while cattle and calves show little change and lambs demand remains mixed. Produce in Pittsburgh shows steady apples and potatoes with varied prices across varieties. A quotation notes Mrs Irving Berlin on Ann Lindbergh’s Wave of the Future.
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Chicago
Cory
Pittsburgh
Irving Berlin
Ann Lindbergh
Stock Market Snapshot of Major Company Shares
A dense listing of numerous corporations with varied percent changes and rough equity movements across industries including chemicals, automotive, steel, aviation, consumer goods, and utilities. Notable names cited include Chrysler, General Motors, Ford, Boeing, Union Carbide, American Airlines, AT&T, Kodak, Pennant, Reading, and Woolworth amid a broad market overview.
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Alco
Ohio
Beth Steel Air
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Ches and
Chrysler Corp
Colum G
Cons Edison
Congol Ol
Cont Can
Curtise- Wright A
del Lack
Douglas Aircraft
Gen Blee
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Hercules Powder
Minots Central A
Int Harvester
Nick Can
Tohns-Manville
Kennecott Cop
Kresge
Lehigh Val Coal
Lehigh Val RR
Liggett and Myers
Loew's Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pro
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow
Central RR
North Ameria
Northern Pacific Tie
Packard Motor
Param Pictures
Penney (Jc
Penn RR
Sve NJ
Pullman
Radio Corp of A
Reading
Coaxa Repab Steel
Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck
Socony Vacuum OM Sperry Corp
Cal
Studebaker Corp
Swift and
CoeRe, Texary Corp
United
Obituary notices for Schultze and Greece in local palladium
The notice details survivors of a deceased Kittanning area resident, including Mrs Cecilia Lewis and several Schultze relatives, with funeral plans at 3 p m Saturday and burial in Kittanning Cemetery. It also reports the death of Charles Alexander Greece Jr, 38, main foreman at Bethlehem Galleries Slickville, with survivors Ellen White Greece, widow Ove Centell Greece, two sons, and siblings in Seattle, Salisbury, and Joannett, with arrangements being made at the mother’s home.
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Cecilia Lewis
New York
Len Schultze
Blawnox
Aldina Schultze
Albert A
Francia E. Schultze
West Kittanning
O'Hara
William F
Albert G
Margaret J
Harriet Schultze
Reynoldsville
John
Schultze
DuBois
North
Grant Avenue
Kittanning
W. Trash
D. D
First Methodist Church of
Kittanning Cemetery
Charles Alexander Greece, Jr
Bethlehem Gallieries Company
Slickville
Westmoreland Hospital
Greensburg
Ellen (White) Greece
Charles A. Greece
Jamestown
Slickvilla
Ove (Centell
Greece
Vernon
James
William Greece
Seattle
Wash
Earl VY
Salisburg
Ethel Spore
Joannetts
Margaret Bollinger
Blickville Road
Slisburg
Frank Szalma
Alverda
Wintondale
Lloyd's Cemetery
Ebensburg
Emma Szalma
Frank
William
Tene Szalma
Margaret Samogly
Mentele
Elizabeth Jacmbs
Barnsboro
Hungary
Eleven Baking Firms Indicted In Bread Price Fix Probe
Eleven baking companies and eighty nine individuals were indicted in a nationwide probe of bread price fixing under the Sherman act. The grand jury charged conspiracies to fix prices and restrict sales of day old bread, with firms across New York Philadelphia New Jersey and other states named. Officials said many defendants hold officer roles and two Interstate Bakery Council officials were cited. Trial likely not before June due to court docket.
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Philadelphia
Federal Grand Jury
R. McDonald Cray
U. S. Attorney General's Office
Arty Continental Baking Company
General Baking Company
The
Ward Baking Company
New York
Freihofer Baking Company
William Prethofer Baking Company
Parkway Baking Company
Fischer Baking Company
Dugan Brothers of
New Jersey
Interstate Bakara’ Council
George A. Welsh
Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices Update
Saturday services and interments are planned for Donald Gerald Delaney five at Loyalhanna township Westmoreland County. Also noted are funeral services for Frank Szalma and Frank C Ford with survivors listed and services held in local churches and cemeteries.
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Donald Gerald Delaney
Gerald
Pearl (del Favero) Delaney
Loyalhanna Township
Westmoreland County
Eye and Ear
Pittsburgh
Olive del Favero
Saltsburg
Kiski Heights
St Ambrose Catholic Church
Avonmore
William Goetz
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