New Voluntary Trade Aid Forecast Faces FTC Rise
An FTC official noted growing interest in stabilizer agreements between government and business to curb unfair practices. Nearly 200 industries participate in voluntary conferences to set standards on rebates prices discrimination and below cost selling. Officials say these pacts, enforced by the commission, could cover wide forms of unfair conduct but exclude installments and require new law for broader reach.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Government—Business Corporation
Commission
The
Trade Commission
NRA
Roosevelt
Earle Plans Anthracite Conference Actions in Harrisburg
Harrisburg January reports Earle moved ahead with talks for next Tuesday's anthracite conference. John L. Lewis and Philip Murray sent word they could not attend due to prior engagements, but a union representative would attend. The meeting aims to solve industry troubles, consider a Pennsylvania Coal Authority to operate idle collieries, and discuss federal control versus state action, with Governor Earle to confer with President Roosevelt if federal action fails.
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Harrisburg
Umcieerpor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Philp Murray
Lewis
Murray
Havesdnsburg
Anthracite Institute
Earle
Pennsylvania Coal Authority
Commission
Congress
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Industrial Production Levels and Policy Talks Reported
Authorities note leveling of peats and valleys in industrial production and employment as discussions on installment selling policy move forward. Officials said the President will discuss the issue with major auto makers and advancing companies, while the Bureau of Agricultural Economics cited a precipitous decline that seems to have been checked.
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Wtends
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Coroner Studies More Letters in Meese-Daughter Case
Coroner McMurray hears Nellie Hollis story as she details parentage and the revelation that Charles Hollis is not Nellie’s father. Nellie, born Aug 2, 192?, learned of her Meese lineage after years of secrecy. Meese visited Scottdale eight or nine times, staying in hotels. Police say neighbor Mrs. Pool notes the complex family history and gifts.
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McMurray
Jeter
Hollis
Nellie
Meese
Scottdale
Incomplete Text About Shooting Incident
Fragmentary report mentions a man bringing a sweater and skirt to the gird and a woman named Mrs Hollis reacting to a threat. A week earlier Canoe and Moose speculation is noted with a claim of living beyond a week. The readable excerpt is unclear on event specifics.
Obituary Notices From Clair Township to Cherry Tree
Obituaries detail Clair Township area death of a Cardella wife of Jacob Cardella with children Frank Samuel Tony Frances and funeral at St John Gualbert Catholic Church. Also listed are Alberta Brady Whitaker 64 of Reynoldsville died in Pittsburgh from a clothing fire with survivors and funeral in Reynoldsville and Pittsburgh connections. Edward Anderson 83 formerly of Sagamore dies at Armstrong County Poor Farm after illness. Thomas F Davidson Jr born 1911 dies from mining injuries with services in Coalport and Glen Campbell. Mrs Allen Q Lewis dies in Cherry Tree with service and burial planned in Thompson Cemetery. obituary to appear Saturday.
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Ruanche
Alberta (Brady) Whitaker
Mathias Whitaker
Reynoldsville
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh
al Bums
Allma Holtz
Indiana
James and
Mary (Miller) Brady
Wee
Whitaker
Merle
Lawrence
Windber
Ralph
Alma Holtz
Mes
Dannie Mitchell
Waller Soll
Brooklyn
N.Y
Neigon Brady
Reynoldsyville
Ane James Brarly
Pardus
Anid
Belasia Replogle
Alen
Merle Whitaker
Reynardsville
Bewlah Cemetery
Edward Anderson
Kittanning
Llness
Sagamore
Armstrong County
Croyle Funeral Home
Rural Valley
Tainty
Rural Valley Funera
Anderson
B. and S. Coal Company
Thomas F. Davidson, JR
Glen Campbell
Philipsburg Hospital
Coalport
Mildred
Gill) Davidson
Imo
Rene
Thomas Davidson
Clarshee
Horace
Helen
Jessie
Mae J
Bernard
Glen Campbell Baptist
Allen Q. Lewis
Cherry Tree
Thateday
Havlett Methodist Protestant Cinibery
Thompson Cemetery
National Help in Mine Search Greensburg
Senator Joseph Guffey announced federal aid may assist in recovering two drowned miners at St. Vincent mine hast. Frank Hugh district UMW president and a WPA representative will attend a Harrisburg conference January 37 to discuss fundraising to pump out the flooded mine.
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Greensburg
Joseph Guffey
St. Vincent
Frank Hugh
United Mine Workers
WPA
Harrisburg
Local College Weather Forecast Update
Prediction of light snow and colder conditions today with Saturday fair and cold. Temperatures range around 0 to 20 degrees with a low near 17 degrees above zero and a high near 27 degrees above zero.
Burns Initials Legal Problem Involves Teen Prisoner
Attorney General Charles Margiotti stated a 16 year old, George Selchen, jailed nearly three years, may be released immediately via a writ. Selchen was sentenced January 30, 1938, to Morganza Training School for malicious mischief, after a chain of escapes and transfers across several facilities. The case hinges on an order to review his commitment and potential release from Western Penitentiary.
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Hartisburg
Tans
Charles Z. Margiotti
Woatarn
Stope
Margiotti
George Salchan
Willian T. Dom
Woeetmoreland County
Morganza Training School
Weo
Washington County
Allegheny County
Marganza
Gain
Huntingdon
Stanley P. Ashe
Fighting for Full Control in Far East Plans
Reports describe British diplomatic moves for aid against Japan as Chinese forces fight near Suchow and Chengchow. Japanese columns press from Nanking toward Pengpo while outer Mongolian troops arrive to block communications. U.S. cruisers may showcase seapower at Singapore as Britain expands its naval base.
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Great Britain
Japan
Talning
Suchaw
Chengchow
Lunghai
Peiping
Lenin
Tsin‘ing
Tainan
Tsonhsien
Nanking
Pengpo
Suchow
Suiyuan
China
Aber
Outer Mongolia
U.S. Naval Display
Washington
Spinach Tops Favorite Veggies in New York Survey
A New York survey shows spinach as a favorite vegetable among children ages six to sixteen, with 24 percent of votes. Boys favor spinach while girls prize onions, and spinach ranks second for girls behind cabbage, reshaping the imagination of Young America’s eating habits.
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New York
America
Cain
Hour laws curb on idleness in manufacturing sector
Report notes the 44 hour law as a factor in maintaining employment. Durable ponds and consumer ponds led October and November declines with textiles leather and lumber showing the sharpest drops. Mining fell generally while construction and contracting dropped from prior months though payrolls stayed above 1838 levels.
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Bashore
New Cabinet Middle Road
Fragmented OCR text outlines a political shift as a new government seeks a middle road amid 360 million in costs and spreading strikes. Jutee Jeanneney and Edouard Herriot are summoned to conference with senate and chamber leaders to shape a centrist cabinet.
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Jutee Jeanneney
Senate
Edouard Herriot
Chamber
Tation
Indicted on Lottery Ring Across Eight States
Seventy one people including sixty three from Syracuse face federal indictments for conspiracy and interstate shipment of lottery tickets. The sweep extends across New York New Jersey Massachusetts Pennsylvania Rhode Island Ohio Connecticut and Kentucky, with arrests at Coes and a printing plant raid last week. Named defendants include Percy O McCardell alias C W Watkins and others from Erie Pa Johnstown Pa and Henry With.
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Binghamton
N.Y
Baal
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Ohio
Connecticut
Kentucky
Syracuse
FBT
Coe Ines
Percy O. McCardell
C. W. Watkins
W. D
Labor unrest rises as talks falter in fractured French left
In a split left facing a rising right, Chantemos' bid to succeed himself weakens. Herriot Radical Socialist former premier, Sarraut, and Daladier matter in line, while Chautemps resigns after Communists turn from the People’s Front. A Communist communique calls for worker unity and a new People’s Front amid rising strikes over living costs.
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People's Front
Chantemos
Herriot
Albert Sarraut
Edouard Daladier
Chautemps
Communist Party
Chamber of Deputies
Pennsylvania Township Supervisors Meet in Altoona
The Pennsylvania Association of Township Supervisors will meet in Altoona on February 8 and 9 to discuss legislation affecting small Pennsylvania communities. Speakers will explain laws enacted in 1937 and warn about proposed regulations impacting local officials. Township and city officials recently protested provisions of the 44 hour work law, calling enforcement a hardship on seasonal workers.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Association of Township Supervisors
Aleoona
Pennsylvania Communitie
Wit
Estate adjudication grants large McOwen share to widow
Philadelphia January 14. Mrs Louise Ritschy McOwen of Overbrook receives about 1 500 000 from the estate of her husband Frederick McOwen. He led Cambria Mining and Manufacturing Co and was former treasurer of Beswind White Coal Mining Co at his death in April 186. Bequests include 4000 to Joseph Gonnelli who shined McOwen’s shoes for 50 years.
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Philadelphia
Louise Ritschy McOwen
Overbrook
Frederick McOwen
McOwen
Cambria Mining and Manufacturing Company
Beswind-White Coal Mining Company
Joseph Gonnelli
Mc Owen
Centre County honors Civil War veteran on 100th birthday
Centre County marks the 100th birthday of Thomas B. Hamilton, a Civil War veteran believed to be the county's oldest resident. A Chamber of Commerce banquet honored him, noting his work on the first canal boat in this part of Pennsylvania and his enlistment in the Union army four days after war began.
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Bellefonte
Thomas B. Hamilton
Centre County
Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania
$25 Job Once Had Million in Buffalo
Emanuel Pappas, once a millionaire, began rebuilding his fortune on a $25 weekly WPA foreman's salary while filing for voluntary bankruptcy in Buffalo New York. He claimed assets of 1 and debts around 1.28 million. He vowed a comeback within two years, noting ownership of 64 houses built over years in Buffalo with income peaking at about 194 thousand annually before the 1929 crash.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Emanuel Pappas
Buffo
Treasury balance report and receipts in January
Washington January 14 Treasury balance shows receipts of $67,268,979.02 and expenditures of $65,685,071.30, leaving a balance of $2,961,157,070.41. Customs receipts for the month totaled $3,189,065.58.
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Washington
the Treasury
Administration May Have To Decide Lynch Fight
Senate Republicans warned the anti lynching filibuster could force the administration into a delicate political choice. They argued limits on debate might spark white southern opposition while northern backers fear shelving the bill. Senator Norris voiced concern the stalemate could threaten the President's legislative agenda as debate continues. House debates the 11th annual appropriation bill funding treasury and the office departments, totaling over 40 billion dollars.
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Washington
Jan
Senate
Norris
ind-Net
Roosevelt
Senate Bailey
van Nuys
D-md
Xenator
Hattié Caraway
D-Ark
Treasury
Oneto Fice
Your Children Your Children Tobogganing Toll Needs Parental Action
Olive Roberts Barton argues parents must enforce strict sled safety as icy days and twilight raise serious accident risks. She recalls fatal and near miss incidents, urges limits on sledding to daylight and away from traffic, and warns cities may ban sleds unless parents act responsibly.
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Toboggamning Toll
Olive Roberts Barton
Johnny
Fife
Jess
NEA Service, Inc
Kroger Purchases Butler Company Stores
W J Harford, Pittsburgh branch manager for Kroger, announces Kroger has bought the former P H Butler Company stores in Republic Zelienople California Evans City Springdale Parnassus and four Pittsburgh area outlets. Kroger will assume immediate possession and operate with current staff without interruption.
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W. J. Harford
Pittsburgh
Kroger Grocers‘ and Baking Company
Kroger Company
P. H. Butler Company
Republic
Zelienople
California
Evans City
Springdale
Parnassus
First Ladies In Philadelphia Visit For Philad Charity
Philadelphia, Jan. 14. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mrs. George H. Farle are the two First Ladies touring Philadelphia. Mrs. Roosevelt will speak at a luncheon to open a drive for city charities. The governor's wife attended to lay the cornerstone for a Philadelphia manufactured model home.
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Philadelphia
Franklin DB. Roosevelt
George H. Farle
Roosevelt
United Campaign
Pennsylvania
Flashes of Life Wrong Charg
A disconsolate young man seeks to press charges for larceny over a heart stolen by a woman, with an assistant prosecutor advising limited help unless the charge changes. a campus ad service offers free ads to solve problems for readers at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Toleno
Joe
Rhinefort
DY. M
Pittsburgh
Pitt “News
University of Pittsburgh
Xxx
Pitt
Navajo crafts to aid Roosevelt era charity dance
Window Rock Arizona Navajo artisans prepare turquoise jewelry for a benefit sale supporting infantile paralysis victims. The event includes a squaw dance planned for January 28 to mark President Roosevelt's birthday. Medicine Man Pele Price notes the dance as a reverse of the taxi dance, framed as tribal gratitude.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Dan
Roosevelt
Pele Price
Traffic Toll of Deaths 105 and Pittsburgh Leap Case
Revenue Department reports 105 traffic deaths and 2 injured this year to date with 10 percent killed and 2 028 injured since January 1. In Pittsburgh J R Edwards of Beaver says a man leaped into the Monongahela River and died two hours later after being pulled from the water. A card bore the name John Smahler of Pittsburgh. In Johnstown a squirrel caused a power outage affecting several communities as linemen recovered the dead animal from a high voltage line. In Altoona Albin Benson paid an old bill from Tarentum after years of due, noting a guilty conscience and unable to identify the writer.
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Pittsburgh
J. R. Edwards
Beaver
Monongahela
John Smahler
Johnstown
Boswell
Ralphian
Acosta
Somerset
Altoona
Albin Benson
Hautzdale
Tarentum
Benson
Prison System Emendations Considered by Pennsylvania Commission
Harrisburg January 14 Proposals to improve Pennsylvania prisons and reorganize probation and parole will be reviewed in Philadelphia by Governor George H Marles commission. John D Pennington former Welfare secretary proposes classification of prisoners by age offense and mental status and extension of indeterminate sentences with custody under Welfare. He urges a unified penal system and a parole board working with the Board of Pardons.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
George H. Marle
John D. Pennington
Foremer
Pennsylyvania Industrial Schtool
Huntingdon
Pennington
Department of Welfare
Board of Pas
Board of Pardons
Police Finger Prints Urged on Political Ties
On the front page continuation a police official condemns appointments of municipal officers with criminal records to positions obtained through political or other connections. He cites gun permit and liquor license cases where racketeers used unrecognized names to obtain permits, noting investigators verified by fingerprints.
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Philadelphia
Fasting Dean Enters 13th Day at St. Marys
The Very Rev. Israel Harding Noe of Memphis Tennessee began his 13th day of abstinence from food and water at St. Marys Episcopal Cathedral. His vigor remains, though he spoke with a strained husky voice about a mild illness affecting his throat during a Bible class. He once weighed nearly 200 pounds and may now be under 100.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dan
Israel Harding Noe
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Jury verdict cites gas use debated by witnesses
The jury heard that testimony on whether gas was used against the young prisoner. A witness denied knowledge of sickening gas as evidence while witnesses differed, fueling town anger and a coroner's probe into the incident.
Rural Power Now in Twps
Rural power brings visible changes as homes boast fresh paint and paper, brighter windows, and repairs many years overdue. The common refrain highlights the arrival of electricity transforming everyday life across towns and farms.
Market notes from Pittsburgh and Chicago livestock and grains
Pittsburgh markets report hogs at 3200 head with declines for lighter hogs and sows, cattle and calves limited, steers top around 6.60, sheep steady with lambs 8.50 to 8.75. Chicago wheat weak on Liverpool influence and UK Australia buying. corn futures lower. Pittsburgh produce mixed with apples and potatoes showing varied but steady ranges.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Liverpool
Great Britain
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