Filibuster Seen in Antilynching Vote Test
Washington January 27 Senators backing the antilynching bill refused to pause despite poll data showing insufficient votes to force debate limits. The move keeps the Southern filibuster active, with supporters Wagner and Clark urging the measure remain in play. President Roosevelt plans defense funding and other judiciary actions press ahead as Congress weighs crop control and labor issues.
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House Labor Committee
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Local College Weather Report Continues Cold and Snow
Continued cold with snow portions. Friday forecast calls for generally fair and colder conditions. At 8:00 a.m. the temperature stood at eight degrees above zero. The lowest in the prior 24 hours was six degrees above zero. The highest reached ten degrees above zero.
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CIO Growth Sparks Labor Debate At Peace Talks
Green says the original peace plan stands but negotiations should not reopen now. Lewis addresses a cheering crowd defending CIO influence on labor and reaffirming AFL traditions. He argues CIO has helped AFL recruit workers in basic industries and keeps the wind off crafts unions while miners seek autonomy for provisional districts and local officer elections.
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Cuff Link Club Guests of FDR Birthday Dinner
President Roosevelt's cuff link club to attend his 58th birthday dinner in the White House on Saturday night. Members including Stephen Early Marvin McIntyre Kirke Simpson will wear gold cuff links given by the President to honor their roles in his five campaigns and Navy days. A radio address will follow the dinner tied to national birthday balls raising funds to fight infantile paralysis.
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Roosevelt
White House
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McIntyre
Kirke L. Simpson
Simnday
Forest meeting planned February 1 near West Lebanon
A forestry field day at James Patterson’s farm, onehalf mile north of West Lebanon, is set for 1 pm on Tuesday February 1. Penn State extension forester W W Simonds will present a demonstration and a woodlot improvement observation under Soil Conservation Service direction, plus a crosscut saw contest.
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Soil Conservation Service
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Union leaders seek autonomy with district control over officers
The text notes Lewis favors limited autonomy with power to appoint district presidents and secretaries while national officers argue provisional districts lack sufficient experience for full independence. The convention will consider eight resolutions urging President Roosevelt to seek a third term.
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Aiter
Roosevelt
Feeding and Protecting Game Areas During Hunting Season
The article describes designated cover and feeding zones acting as feeders to support game populations. It notes using flushing berries for nesting birds in hay fields and leaving clumps of grass to protect hens. It details corn feeding methods, including basket feeders, corn spikes, and lacing ears on low branches, stressing grit in the mixture and accessibility of films on game care.
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Pennsylvania State Game Commission
Obituary for Barr Slope in Indiana hospital death
Barr Slope died at 6 p m Sunday in Indiana Hosyptal. Parents and three sisters Helen Ruby and Mabel survive. Services were held at the parental home at 2 p m Wednesday with interment in Marion Center Cemetery.
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Marion Cen+ter
SINO PEASANTS ON THE MARCH
Reported stalemate on Lunghai and Tientsin-Puken railways. Japanese reinforcements at Wu Hu and Yanatai port amid Chinese attacks. Food relief blocked. 250,600 refugees in Nanking safety zone facing famine. Secret societies, including many officials, stirring underground patriotism as war rages.
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Tientsin-Puken
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Brighter Industrial News Cheers Administration Leaders
Washington reports on industrial production foreign trade and wholesale business cheer officials. Fed says January production held after December drop while exports reach new highs and the year 1937 shows a large trade surplus. Wage cuts are few as payrolls shrink from shorter weeks and calls for policy reviews surface. Roosevelt prepares for talks with auto workers and small business leaders next week.
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Mushroom parties loom in Pennsylvania election scene
Harrisburg Jan 27 an election bureau official called remote the rise of mushroom political parties that could complicate Pennsylvania elections this year. James H Wallace director noted the code validates minor parties but bars defeated primary candidates from reclaiming names yet loopholes allow independent groups. He said gathering 11 500 signatures is a heavy task within 30 days. Independent routes exist via nominating petitions filed before the primary or stepping down in favor of a defeated candidate or via last minute nominations through death or incapacity of the party nominee. For recognized parties signatures may be sought from February 26 with filings due by March 28.
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Japanese sentry slaps U S official at Nanking entry attempt
Tokyo dispatch cites Domei report that John M. Allison third secretary at the U S Embassy in Nanking was slapped by a Japanese sentry when he tried to enter a Chinese house. The sentry objected and Allison persisted. Japanese authorities apologized and sought a local settlement.
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WPA Improves Indiana Street Network and Sewer Lines
The Works Progress Administration funds 2500 feet of street upgrades in Indiana Borough including Twelfth Eleventh and Fifteenth Streets with native stone base limestone binders and bituminous surface. Cost $22,965 with $17,148 from WPA and $5,217 Borough support. A new sanitary sewer project spans 2410 feet on Nixon Alley Church and Second streets costing $9,712 with most covered by WPA. Blairsville WPA project adds storm sewer wall drainage on South Spring Street and Second Avenue plus basins and outlet ditch. Township Road 736 spanning 6400 feet from State Route 32020 to Brush Valley line links hard surfaced roads and provides year-round outlet. Sponsored by Buffington Township Supervisors, improving drainage where weather made roads nearly impassable.
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Second Avenue
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Brush Valley Township
Buffington Township
Conferees urge eastern Pennsylvanians to back anthracite use
A conference in the hard coal region pressed affiliated groups to urge Governor Earle and state authorities to equip all state buildings in eastern and central Pennsylvania to burn anthracite. They will authorize the conference to represent commercial organizations at Washington hearings on March 14 regarding eliminating the 45 cent per ton Canadian tariff in the reciprocal trade talks.
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Pennsylvania
State Department
Washington
Swirling Snow Halts Travel and Rescues Motorists
Snowdrifts up to 30 feet hindered northern state travel as hundreds of motorists were rescued. Mines paused, schools closed, and temperatures plunged below zero with Bemidji recording 20 below. Cold, clear weather expected to ease floods on two Maine rivers while Great Lakes shipping faced storms.
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Bemidji
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Arkansas
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Great Lakes
Bridge Sag Near Jam as Ice Flood Grips River
A river ice jam surged 70 to 80 feet high, flooding the Ontario hydro plant area. Engineers expected settlement of the bridge but not collapse as ice pounded the generating plant overnight. The jam displaced workers and forced another plant to take over power supply.
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McCausland
Ontario Hydro Electric Commission
First Time Workers Join Wage Talks in Two Year Pause
The public was told no further wage increases would be sought for two years. Dalton noted Cleveland plans to form an arbitration board with contractors and labor to resolve jurisdictional disputes affecting construction. The AFL executive council focused on internal union matters.
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Cleveland
L. Executive Council
Brackenridge Steel Plant Closure Sparks Talks
Pittsburgh dispatch reports that Allegheny Steel and Steel Workers Organizing Committee officials agreed to conference after the Brackenridge plant closed yesterday. About 5,000 employees were affected as SWOC pickets cited dues interference, halting full staffing in multiple departments.
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Allegheny Steel Company
Brackenridge
James O. Carr
Recognition of 15 heroism feats at Carnegie awards
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in Pittsburgh named 15 acts of bravery. Among the honorees were two eight year olds from Upper Darby saving a playmate from drowning and a 19 year old Iowa City girl rescuing two youths while risking her life for a third. Four bronze medals were awarded posthumously. A separate item from Somerset notes Phidge Norman T. Boose summoning three youths from the National Training School for Boys in Washington to face larceny charges after they allegedly stole an automobile from Charles Contis of Boswell, Pa in Jennertown.
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Iowa City
Somerset
Phidge Norman T. Boose
National Training School For Boys
Washington, D. C
Charles Contis
Boswell
Jennertown
Trade Concord Far-Reaching Trade Policy Emphasis
Pittsburgh January reports quote Assistant Secretary of State George Messeramith describing the department's trade agreements program as the most far reaching policy advanced by any country. He urges stronger financial support, calling the State Department the nation's first line defense, while avoiding debate on Germany, armaments, peace, and a possible boycott of Japanese goods.
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National Council of Jewish Women
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Postal savings figures show Indiana deposits rise in 1937
Washington D C January 28 four hundred sixty three Indiana residents saved deposits totaling 356 507 in federal postal savings accounts as of June 30 1937 compared with 482 depositors and 371 330 in 1936 nationwide deposits rose by 3 2 percent to 2 79171 while the average per depositor fell from 434 31 to 454 14 a net profit of 5 170 965.52 was reported for fiscal year 1937 with Pennsylvania reporting 144 478 depositors and 62 847 576 on deposit across 413 offices.
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Revival tabernacle meets amid cold weather
In spite of severe cold the revival tabernacle meetings continue with Evangelist Minna Seaholm at 7 30 nightly and 2 45 Sunday. The message themed Leprosy or Sin used Naaman from II Kings 5 14 to urge full obedience to God for deliverance and joy. A cordial welcome awaits attendees.
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Pittsburgh Market Report Apples and Potatoes Steady
Markets section notes slow produce demand in Pittsburgh with apples and potatoes showing little change. Listings include No 1 New York Baldwins and Wealthies prices, Maine Green Mountains sacks, Idaho Burbanks, Bliss Triumphs crates, and Texas prices. Livestock figures show hogs, cattle, calves, sheep with varying bids and direct sales noted. Also reports wheat recovery in Chicago with modest gains and an interim dividend for Armstrong Cork Company.
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Thousands No on Sales Tax March Planned in Philadelphia
Philadelphia leaders forecast a mass protest as city council weighs a proposed two percent sales tax to raise about 8 million dollars for the 1028 budget. Opponents call it soak the poor, while merchants warn trade would shift to the suburbs and threaten 9,100 jobs.
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City Hall
David Wilson
Business Men's and Taxpayers’ Association of
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Camden
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Robert C. White
Joseph Sharfsin
Raymond Johnston
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Congressmen Fall to Death in Bergen County
A congressman, born in Clinton, Massachusetts in 1884, died while pursuing causes to better conditions in his district. He championed a federal national lottery to fund emergencies and reduce the public debt, and was serving his third term in the House.
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