Vote in Steel Strike Prep Amid Cooperation Talks
Washington July 1 The attorney general of Pennsylvania and the National Labor Board discussed a cooperative program to clear the way for a free and fair election in the Johnstown steel strike. Margiotti refused to reveal specifics while stating the board will expeditiously dispose of complaints to ease atmosphere for the vote. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee seeks an election and accuses Bethlehem Steel of fostering a union. Robert B. Watts said the charge covers the Bethlehem Steel system.
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Washington
Charles J. Margiotti
Pennsylvania
National Labor Board
Johnstown
Maragiotti
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Margiotti
Bethlehem Steel Company
Robert B. Watts
Bethlehem Steel
Johnstown Body Makes Big Move
The Citizens' Committee forming to defend local self-government plans a national organization. Five thousand invited to July 16 meeting to enlist a network protecting workers pursuing their occupation peacefully. Committee aims to widen the Johnstown Plan to defend striking workers rights amid Bethlehem Steel strike tensions. Bethlehem mills report normal operations with about 15,000 employees prior to the strike.
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Johnstown
Citizens’ Committee
Bethlehem Steel
Ils
Bethlehem
Cambria
Francis C. Martin
Registration Drive Aims to Boost Voter Turnout
Republican leaders stress urgent push to register voters with under 15 percent registered. Commissioners announce polling place clerks in districts over 500 and 900 voters to assist registrars on July 18 and August 3. Tax assessors will canvass homes to list residents for taxation, noting absence from voting lists does not excuse taxation.
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Flenniken
Addiiton
Board of Commssioners
Obituary of George W Swank of Indiana and family ties
George W Swank born January 12 1850 in Rayne Township died at 5 45 pm Thursday at 450 Oak Street Indiana after complications He lived in Indiana since 1903 previously Cookport farming Christian Science survivor son Howard R Swank Daytona Beach Florida daughters Olive E Swank Pittsburgh and H L Buch Indiana services Saturday 2 30 pm Robinson Funeral Home Oakland Cemetery burial Treasury Balance Washington July 9 The treasury reports July 7 receipts 67943368 38 expenditures 64962139 22 balance 2520987104 24
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George W. Swank
Rayne Township
Oak Street
Mr. Swank
Indiana
Cookport
Howard R. Swank
Daytona Beach
Flg
Olive E. Swank
Pittsburgh
H. L. Buch
Robinson Funeral Home
Oakland Cemetery
Army Cavalry Setup Planned For New Police
Harrisburg report outlines a merger forming the Pennsylvania Motor Police into a military regimental system of about 1100 personnel. Retired admiral Percy W Foote will command as colonel with Major Lynn G Adams as second in command, and Major C D Wilhelm as chief of staff. Four districts of five troops, 36 to 40 officers, and planned officer exams within six months. Training at Hershey to remain, Harrisburg school used as barracks, horses quartered at Hershey, patrol motorcycles replaced by cars.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Motor Police
State Police
Highway Patrol
Percy W. Foote
Lynn G. Adams
C. D. Wilhelm
Sta
Foote
Foole
Hershey
Jury Deliberates in Ball Murder Trial in Beckley West Virginia
The jury in Monta H Ball murder case deliberates after two hours without a verdict. Prosecutor W A Thornhill argues the mountaintop pastor killed his wife for jealousy and money from a $2000 life policy. Defense contends the shotgun discharge was accidental at the Little Creek parsonage.
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W. A. Thornhill
H. G. Shaffer
Wheeler Leads Fight On For Huey Long Debate
Huey Long died. A heated Senate exchange stretched over more than an hour as leaders used parliamentary tactics. President Pro Tempore Pittman ruled that a legislative day limits speeches to two per topic, and a recessed session could extend the day, prompting anticipated wave of amendments from opponents.
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Huey Long
Pro Tempore Pittman
D-Nev
Senate
Insurgents in Spain press Madrid assault intensified
Government troops attacked from the south and west as insurgents faced heavy bombardment near Madrid. Getafe and Carabanchel saw tanks in action while a government spearhead advanced to Quijorna and Villafranca Del Castillo. Airport bombings near Segovia claimed insurgent planes, with reported intense fighting at Quijorna. The non intervention committee in London adjourned amid deadlock as France and Britain eyed renewed proposals. Ambassador Corbin signaled France would open its border but without a date.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Getafe
Carabanchel
Uijorna
Villafranca del Castillo
Quijorna
Segovia
Quitorna
London
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
France
Spain
Pyrenees
Charles Corbin
Supreme Court attacked as a court of its own
Senator Minton charged the Supreme Court with acting as a self styled legislature while Congress remains the people’s relief, claiming the court packed itself and questioning Justice Wan Devanter’s output. He contrasted this with past proposals to add justices and cited Wilson’s views in youth.
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D-Ind
Supreme Court
Congress
Justice Wan
Devanter
Roosevelt
Austin
Rvi
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Leaders Call New Strike Near Bethlehem Steel Cambria Works
Francis C. Marfin chairs the Citizens' Committee urging expansion of a four week strike at Bethlehem Steel Cambria works in Johnstown Pa where about 12,000 of 15,000 workers had returned. A tag day to aid strikers families is planned while governors and federal judges discuss troop use and the National Labor Relations Act limits.
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Johnstown
Francis C. Marfin
Citizens’ Committee
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cambria
Martin
B. J. Damich
Cleveland
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
National Guard
Columbus
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
National Guardsmen
National Labor Relations Act
Colorado Planes Continue Search for Missing Pair
Three planes from the battleship Colorado swept east and south of Howland Island aiming to cover the Phoenix Islands region. They logged a 500 mile flight over unmapped seas, scanning hundreds of square miles while awaiting Lexington aircraft, and planned to reach Gardner Island and Carondelet Reef to finish the Phoenix group search.
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Colorado
Equator
Phoenix Islands
Howland Islands
Aia
Lexington
Phoenix
Coast Guard
Stason
Hawaii
Nore
Gardner Island
Carondelet Reef
Lonely Howland
Equatorial
Phoenix l Group
Lexing
Man sought in tavern shooting kills laborer
State Police hunted an unidentified man after a tavern shooting in Bavington Washington County. Corral Walter Kunkle said the victims were James Russel who died and Mike Yacksic who was wounded, both Pittsburgh men. The shooter, a frequent visitor, was intoxicated and opened fire after the tavern keeper refused beer.
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Washington
Bavington
Washington County
Walter Kunkie
Kunkle
James Russel
Mike Yacksic
Pittsburgh
J. E. Thompson
Earhart search shows 1st carrier task force heads to Phoenix sweep
The 40 million dollar aircraft carrier Itasca refueled at Lahaina and prepared to dash 1,600 miles to the search area. Planes to be spread next week as Itasca supports a search toward Baker Island and Canton Island with Swan in tow. Admiral Murfin says outcomes should be known by Monday as Lexington planes cover vast terrain. Radio observers report intercepted messages but officials say signals are unreliable or not from Earhart. Putnam and Putman join in San Francisco with cautious optimism.
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Van
Lahaina Roads
Honolulu
San Diego
Hawaii
Baker Island
Howland
Itasca
Phoenix Group
Swan
Aviatrix
Phoenix
Canton Island
O. G. Murfin
Naval District
Lexington
Coast Guard
Miss Earhart
David Binney Putman
Miss Burhart
George Palmer Putman
San Francisco
Feed efficiency in turkeys and rape pasture value
Poultry notes show feed costs dominate turkey farming. Confinement raises feed needs by about 0.5 to 1 pound per pound of grain versus range production, saving roughly 20 pounds of feed per 14 pound bird with good pasture. Rape pasture can support 100 to 125 turkeys per acre. sell when feed prices are high relative to broilers.
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Pennsylvania State College
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Javad Yange
Sino Japanese clash ends as forges are withdrawn
Chinese and Japanese spokesmen announced that Chinese troops evacuated the trouble zone around Wanpinghsien, declaring the incident localized. The withdrawal followed negotiations across the Hungting and Yungting rivers, with sporadic fighting and casualties among police and troops as both sides prepared for further evacuations.
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Peiping
China
Wanninghsien
Wanpinghsien
Tientsin
Hungting River
Dragon Capital
Feiping
North
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Gen. Sung
Yungting River
Fengtai
Feed efficiency in White Leghorn and Barred Plymouth Rock chicks
County Agent J W Warner notes available space affects housing and cites Penn State College data showing White Leghorn and Barred Plymouth Rock chicks consume similar feed for the first eight weeks. Both breeds require about 2 1 2 to 3 pounds of feed per pound gain, with later gains needing up to 11 pounds. Leghorns gain first pound on about 2 1 2 pounds of feed and the fourth on about 11 pounds.
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J. W. Warner
Poultry Department
Pennsylvania State College
Warner
One-Mill Tax Suit Dropped
The John T. Dorrance estate withdrew a suit to bar Pennsylvania from collecting a one-mill tax on a $35 million trust. Mrs. Ethel M. Dorrance and three trustees filed the case last fall. hearings were postponed 31 times. The levy of $27,258 faced challenge on securities jurisdiction. The estate paid $16 million to New Jersey and $14 million to Pennsylvania in taxes two years ago. Trustees gave no reason for withdrawal.
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Philadelphia
John T. Dorrance
Pennsylvania
Ethel M. Dorrance
Radnor
Campbell Soup Company
Camden
N. J
Former legislator dead reading
July 8 report notes Mrs. Lilith M. Wilson a former Socialist State Legislator who died yesterday at age 50. She served three terms and ran for governor in 1923 and state treasurer in 1928, wife of city clerk Birch L. Wilson.
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Reading
Lilith M. Wilson
Wilson
Birch L. Wilson
Court Rules Hawk Must Die in Chair
Chambersburg July 9 Judge Watson R Davidson sentenced Ralph Hawk to death by electric chair for torch slayings of Mrs Hazel Gelwix and her 15 year old daughter Helen The defense can appeal and sentence will be carried out Saturday Hawk pleaded guilty to igniting a bungalow where the two women slept on New Year s Eve Catherine 13 was rescued by neighbors after a skull fracture Hawk and Catherine had been engaged to be married
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Chambersburg
Watson R. Davidson
Ralph Hawk
Hazel Gelwix
Helen
Hawk
Qpullty
Insurance Firms Threaten to Leave Philadelphia Over Tax
Four large insurance companies Penn Mutual Provident Mutual Fidelity Mutual and the Presbyterian Ministers Fund warned they would relocate if Philadelphia city taxes on mutual life and savings and insurance assets become retroactive July 3. City council passed three ordinances retroactive to July 3 and the firms planned to ask Mayor S Davis Wilson to veto the tax.
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Philadelphia
Mutual Savings and Insurance Companies
S. Davis Wilson
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company
Presbyterian Ministers’ Fund
Fish Names First Lady in Inquiry
Washington July 9. Representative Fish states Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt used a tax loophole. He cited a 1935 photostatic contract for radio broadcasts showing sponsors paid $4,000 after each of ten programs to the American Friends Service Committee.
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Washington
Fish
Congressional Investigating Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Yorker
Roosevelt
Shelby Arch Preserver Shoe Company
American Friends Service Committee
Philadelphia
America
Unions Seek Pause on Philadelphia Rapid Transit Vote
In federal court three unions challenged the Philadelphia Rapid Transit election of 18 car barns arguing workers faced coercion. They claimed a company controlled union was on the ballot and asked the National Labor Relations Board to investigate while votes were being cast.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
David Wilson
United States Circuit Court
National Labor Board
Circuit Court
J. Warren Davis
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Employes’ Association
Markets Report Mixed Wheat and Livestock Prices
Chicago wheat futures rose on stronger overseas demand and dwindling stocks after an early uptick. Corn also gained, while Pittsburgh produce markets showed modest demand with mixed fruit prices and steady dairy and egg values. Livestock in Pittsburgh held steady with hogs, cattle, and vealers near prior levels and lambs noted at 12.26.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Pittsburgh
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