Miners' Funds Go Into Red
Washington Jan 26. Heavy loans to the CIO caused the United Mine Workers to run more than 80 million in the red during the six months ended Nov 30. The report on the union finances was sent to the Mine Workers’ Convention. CIO received 870000 from the miners 680000 in dues and 190000 in dues. The Steel Workers' Organizing Committee got 75000 in loans and the Textile Workers' Sregment Committee received 99. Resolutions urging Roosevelt to seek a third term and promoting labor peace were placed before the convention. There were 2172 resolutions in all.
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Washington
CTO
United Mine Workers
Moe
Red
Te Ruditer
Mine Workers’ Convention
CIO
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Textile Workers’ Sregment
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Mt. Roosevelt
John T. Linwis
Curtisville
Flat Top
Ala
Cumberland
B.C
Hetzel
W. Va
William Green
A. F of L
Miners Union
Red Jacket
Holt
Rush Holt
West Virginia
John L. Lewis
Lewis
B. F. Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
Roper
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
New England
Bureau
Wright Trial Evidence Highlights Embrace Motive
Giesler plans to call former Wright household workers as witnesses as the case nears closing. The defense rested its turn after Wright’s police statement was read revealing he shot his wife and Kimmel after finding them embracing on a piano bench. Wright cited “unusual circumstances” of the embrace and referenced a protective motive for their baby.
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Giesler
Wrights
Wright
Glendale
Kimmel
Helen
la Vove
Philadelphia Boy Can Brag about Left-Side Organs
A Philadelphia boy named David was hospitalized with abdominal pain believed to be appendicitis. X rays revealed his appendix liver and gall bladder on the left, his heart on the right, and reversed intestinal spiraling. Red-packs averted surgery and he expected a homecoming after a large meal.
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David
Duyn
Red Deal
Bobby Lippert
Pittsburgh
Nyjxert
League May Change Rule In Spain Conflict Report
In Spain's conflict observers note potential rule changes as discussions continue. Reports mention infantry actions near Teruel and Madrid with ongoing air activity and aid efforts continuing amid the war.
Defeat Predicted for Try To Stop Anti Lynch Debate
Washington Jan 26 senators predicted an overwhelming defeat for a proposal to force a quick vote on the anti lynching bill by drastic limits on debate. A 17 signer cloture petition seeks to impose a one speech of an hour and allows amendments. Leaders expect about 380 votes to defeat the rule. Several senators warn if cloture fails the bill’s passage is unlikely.
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Washington
Senate
Wheeler
D-Monts
Burke
D-Ned
Herring
Borealis On Blink Again In Europe Wide Lights Show
London January 26 The Aurora Borealis lit the European sky in a rare electrical disturbance from the sun. Firemen rushed about in many towns as officials explained the phenomenon while residents prayed. The lights, seen in southern and western Europe, had already sparked awe and alarm across parts of North America since Saturday.
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London
Europe
North America
Insurgent raid on Barcelona kills forty one
The Spanish Government reported forty one killed in an insurgent air raid on Barcelona. The League of Nations discussed sanctions but could not impose effective measures as world powers debate the covenant and practical policy. President Roosevelt hinted at expanding the navy amid talks of building more warships and arms.
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Barcelona
League of Nations
Oday
Britain
France
China
Council
Japan
Ethiopia
Roosevelt
Washington
House
Congress
Senator Demands Proof Of Civil Service Bias In Relief Setup
Senator Anthony Cavalcante arrives in Harrisburg to allege political influence in hiring under Pennsylvania relief reforms. He claims proof exists of similar favoritism in multiple counties and calls for open proceedings, while Governor Earle invites submission of the evidence. Echard denies the charges.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Earle
Anthony Cavalcante
Fayette Democrat
Department of Public Assistance
Public Assistance Department
Cavalcante
Jacob Echard
Fayette County
Democratic Committee
Cambria
Columbia
Montour
Snyder
Union
Northumberland
Star Chamber
CLYMER BOY SCOUTS HONORED WITH TROOP AWARDS
Ronald Goodlin and local Scout leaders celebrate Eagle badge significance as Camp Fleming announces the National Headquarters award for 1937. L. J. Redding presents Gulden Award to Indiana and Punxsutawney troops. numerous volunteers receive citations for annual program success and recruitment efforts.
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Ronald Goodlin
Indiana
Robert File
Salisbury
George Kiebler
Chifford
Clark
Fleming
Boy Scouts of America
Acorn
Mr. Redding
Blair Coodlin
Don J. Hill
James Bacon
Steve Colish
Walfred Cbvad
William Meehting
Cy No Hanner
Lemioon Ralston
Merbert McAiulty
Dr Co T. Kirk
Marence Tomb
M. W. Penred
John W. Warner
Ralph McCreary
A. ON. Gressles
Cl O M. File
Ick Poeun
Dwight Cressley
S. W. Boys
Far Dateh
William I. Heard
Homer Mikesell
Joseph Quinn
Rabeem Mutter
J. Sihira
Thomas Eters
Frank Cras
Wualtee Streams
de DW. Grantley
Leon B. Bider
Jack M. Hargraves
Thomeas J. Coneer
Jerome &. Getty
Rev
KF. A. Webb
Leroy Sraith
James Rietebaugh
OC Stewart
Ben Gohagin
Wallan Wwatel
William McMillen
EB. Hallas
Ralph Withis
A. A. Simpson
J. 8. Byers
Paul Cail
Fo Co Waddings
Bo Ors Flacks
Ralph Reed
Carl Stanter
We Keebler
Arthur Leon
CW Jordan
Joba
Ay Tine NO
Oloo
al Rickie James
Ot. Dinwine
John W. Fitvgesuid
Freda FE Bass
SK. Murray
BS Spackmyan
F. de Woelehdolar Pola
Joh
Bo Davis
H. Bueleit
Choad Ton
Alex Pryer
Bleming
John RF Simpson
Nod. Diem
BR Vinton
Dale Winderlake
M.S. Mitchell
Woon Tompleton
Walter
Pennsylvania to Expand State College and Butler Sanatorium Projects
Expansion work rushes to meet federal deadline under the General State Authority program. About 5.5 million dollars for Pennsylvania State College and 2 million for the Butler Tuberculosis Sanatorium in ground breaking plans. PWA contributes 20 million to Pennsylvania institutional and armory projects in a 65 million program.
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Harrisburg
General State Authority
Panesylvania State College
Butler Tuberculosis
Public Works Administration
Butler
State College
PWA
Pennsylvania
Ralph D. Hetzel
College Authority
Schhool
Hetzel
Helzel
West Chester
Mansfield State Teachers’ Colleges
Indiantown Gap
Scout Council Meeting Highlights and Resignations
A Cleveland Greater Scouting Council meeting featured praise from George E. Green and Howard Knepper, honoring past leaders and illustrating the council’s progress. President Fleming announced his resignation after a decade of service, and a nominating committee presented the slate of council members and officers for the coming term.
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John Strong
Raymond Christie
Harry L. Clawson
Michael Holawaska
O'en
E. Conrad
John Leadbetter
George E. Green
Greater Cleveland
Robert P. Shotts
Cleveland
Mr. Green
Howard B. Knepper
Greater Johnstown
J. Elder Peeler
Knepper
Indiana State Teachers College
Indiana
Mary St. Clair King
van Christy
William Mechting
Dayton
Fleming
Thomas D. Thomas
H. J. Buchheit
Buchheit
Council
John F. Davis
H. C. Plening
G. G. Kanable
Dr. C. H. Kirk
L. A. Chick
Willow Emmert
J. Claid Rin
National Council
W. N Templeton
M. C. Stewart
Sir Murray
E.S. Spachman
M. Mitchell
J. 8
Myers
John Thompson
R. F. Bell
T D. Thomas
Walter Fish
Thomas Jeffrey
W. A. Gallagher
Haro
Vinton
John Warner
A. A. Simpson
Paul Campbell
E. E. Dougly
N. L. Dion
BE. Dale Timberlake
D. Stewart
Fred E
11 Die In Blast Of Munitions
Paris reports a string of munitions explosions linked to the French Secret Revolutionary Committee. Eleven people died as blasts wrecked the municipal Pyrotechnic laboratory while authorities moved confiscated grenades to army trucks. A chemist named Gerard survived, though burned, amid fires in wooded grounds near the lab.
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Paris
A. HL
French Secret Revolutionary Committee
Armén
Gerard
Revival Tabernacle sermon on the love of the Father
Evangelist Minna Seaholm will speak nightly at 7:30 except Saturday and Sunday at 2:45 at Indiana Evangelistic Tabernacle. The message centered on John 4 16 and the boundless love of God that should radiate through believers to bless others.
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Tabernacle
Indiana
Minna Seaholm
Glorifying Yourself by Alicia Hart
A column on chic vanity items for women notes preferred lipstick and compact designs. It highlights solid walnut lipstick cases, ebony and ivory half size sets, gold and ivory Greek column lipstick, and patriotic red white blue accents. Also mentions enamel compacts with palm tree and beach imagery and tortoiseshell catalin cases that show powder and cigarette remaining amounts.
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Alicia Hart
NEA
South
Council elects 1938 leadership and officers
The council announces the chairman of the transit committee Rev. F A Webb and a long list of executive board members for 1938 including presidents Virgil Davis and Fleming, treasurers Emmert and Redding, and numerous vice presidents and deputies, with honorary members and deputy scout commissioners named.
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Trans Committee
F. A. Webb
William McMillen
Harry McCrea
Joseph Stuart
Donn A. Fateva
Spear J. Davis
Ernest Bloomquist
James Dunlop
Wil Tard Thrope
Wilfred Conrad
Alex Morrison
George Allison
C.N. Hanner
John Best
Louis Wille
William Miller
J. A. Lubold
C. M. File
John Erickson
Clarence Gephart
John Ham
H. J. Buckhell
Dr. C. H. Kirk
L. A. Chick
Wilbur Emmert
L. J. Redding
J. Cloid Rian
Paul Gill
M. C. Stewart
J. F. Simpson
Thomas D. Thomas
Walter Fish
S. K. Murray
John Warner
A. A. Simpson
N. L. Die
Punxsutawney
Joseph Quinn
Indiana
Olen Conrad
Coral
Louis A. Wills
Homer City
John Fitgeriad
Rural Valley
Clune
Little Wagner Act constitutional test in Harrisburg case
Dauphin County court awaited a ruling on the legality of Pennsylvania's Little Wagner Act. The Labor Relations Board argued the act is a lawful exercise of police power to protect health and safety, citing the 1937 legislature. Spungin's Abbatoir of Harrisburg seeks reinstatement for three union activity related suspensions, while defense claims bias and due process violations render the act unconstitutional as special legislation targeting employers.
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Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
Barry H. Hepburn
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Spungin
Labor Board
Gilbert Nurick
Nurick
Stock Market Mixed as Industrial Shares Rally and Falter
A survey of trading shows varied results with major producers like Anaconda and Bethlehem Steel posting swings as refiners, machinery and chemical concerns move. Key gains seen in United Motors, General Motors, and U S Steel while some lagging names temper broader market sentiment. In crime and danger reports, Ira Campbell in Altoona faces six months for probation violation after a prior still charge. In Grove City, the body of five-year-old Richard Vey was recovered from Wolf Creek six hours after he fell through ice, a massive volunteer effort clearing the ice to locate the boy.
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Campbell
Pittsburgh
Ira Campbell
Altoona
Blair County
Oaih
Nelson McVicar
Aliooona
LAD Crowns
President Is Given Tax Refund Worth $1029 to Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Treasury found an overpayment in income taxes from Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington and refunded $1,029. The House expenditures committee released a list of refunds of $600 or more for the year ending June 30, totaling $32,259,809. The largest check went to Arthur Curtiss James, with Equitable Life Assurance of New York also receiving sizable refunds.
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Washington
Dan
Treasury
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Congress
House Expenditures Committee
Arthur Curtiss
James
New York
Anandesy
Equitable Life Assurance of
Cochran
D-Mo
Markets Update From Pittsburgh And Chicago Prices
Pittsburgh market notes show slow demand for produce with apples and cars steady. Hogs and cattle prices shift modestly, while calves and sheep move on. Chicago wheat futures fall as Liverpool quotes pull U S prices down, with May and July contracts sliding from opening levels.
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Pittsburgh
New York
West Virginia
Maryland
Maine
Green Mountains
Idaho
Burbanks
Florida Bliss
Texas Bliss
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Liverpool
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Death notices for Mrs George L Rowe and John Alcorn
Death of Mrs George L Rowe announced with services planned at Zion Lutheran Church and burial in Bethel Lutheran Cemetery. John McLelland Alcorn 78 longtime Maysville resident died in Columbia Hospital Wilkinsburg. burial in Edgewood Cemetery Saltsburg.
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Hazel Rowe Holt
A. J. Pfohl
Zion Lutheran Church
Bethel Lutheran Cemetery
John McLelland Alcorn
Maysville
Eldersridge Presbyterian Church
Columbia Hospital
Wilkinsburg
Kiskimbayelas Township
Westmoreland County
Samuel
Margaret (McClelland) Alcorn
Maggie
Thompson) Alcorn
Robinson
Saltsbury
J. R. EF. Craighead
Edgewood Cemetery
Saltsburg
Wages Policy At White House Rally Prompts Debate
President Roosevelt warns against wage cuts during recession asserting that lower wages would shrink buying power and prompt government measures. CIO leader John L. Lewis calls for sweeping relief and housing programs while wage data show limited cuts and shifts to reduced hours.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Temperature Freeze and Snow Close Hazleton Mines
War demand forces two large Hazleton collieries to suspend operations while heavy snowfall and rock slides disrupt roads. In Canton, Rolla Williams, 76, sustained lacerations from a window incident during high winds and was treated at a local hospital.
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Hazleton
Rolla Williams
Canton
Teacher Accused of Punishment With Rulers
In Luzerne County town Duryka on January 24, pupils of elementary teacher Dorothy Stewarts testified before the school board discipline was enforced with "eight rulers tied together with rubber hands." Children aged 9 to 11 described welts and bruises. Stewarts was suspended and a February 7 hearing was scheduled on cruelty charges.
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Duryka
Luzerne County
Dorothy Stewarts
Mathew
Miss Stewarts
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