Propagandist Seen as Great Danger to Press Freedom
Elisha Hanson, attorney for the American Newspaper Publishers Association, told Bucknell University students that propagandists pose the greatest threat to U S press freedom. He defined propaganda as schemes to spread only information serving a purpose and argued freedom of the press safeguards freedom of speech. Hanson praised the press as trustees of liberties and warned the battle against propagandists will never end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
Elisha Hanson
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
America
Hanson
Bucknell University
Washington
Press of America
Louisiana
White House Hopes For Steel Truce Amid Labor Rift
A heated labor dispute creates a Union federation crisis as A F L leaders seek a peace settlement. White House officials express neutrality while Daniel Tobin is tipped to head labor in the Democratic National Committee. Sidney Hillman and David Dubinsky dodge council appearances as executives weigh their options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation
A. F
Executive Council
Washington
Iast Nagat
White House
Craft
Industrial Union
Lewis
Roosevelt
New Deal High Command
Daniel J. Tobin
Teamsters’ Union
Democratic National Committee
William Green
A. F. of
A, F. of L Executive Council
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
International Ladies’ Garment Workers
Sidney Hillman
David Dubinsky
Europe
Pennsylvania Tax Collections See Big Jump in 1935–36
The Internal Revenue Bureau reports Pennsylvania tax collections for the year ended June 30 reached 295,995,700 dollars, up 70,000,000 from the prior year and second only to New York. Income, liquor, corporate, and excess profits taxes all rose, with notable increases in income taxes by 15,467,656 dollars. John B. Kelly announced over 1,000,000 dollars in bad debts were collected by the Bureau of Institutional Collections, boosting total collections for the year to 8,059,022 dollars, over 17 percent above the prior year. The articles cover state relief funding battles in Harrisburg, Governor Earle’s political critique of Republican leaders, and references to unemployment relief and tax policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Pennsylvania
New York
Harrisburg
John B. Kelly
Secretary of Revenue
Bureau of Institutional Collections
Kelly
Commonwealth
General Assembly
House
Senate
Earle
Elwood J. Turner
Turner
Aron
Philadelphia
Max Aron
New Deal
Joseph Grundy
Bristol
Joseph N. Pew
Joe Grundy
Joe Pew
George Woodward
Citizens Group Pushes to End Legislature Agreement
The article reports a citizens group urging an end to the legislature. It discusses procedural steps for a 38 member committee and the Senate and House of Representatives must adopt the majority outcome. Notes that the agreement outlines selecting a seventh member and finalizing the committee endings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House of Representatives
Diplomat partners widen a Mussolini Hitler pact
Paris July 10 Informed sources say Premier Mussolini and Chancellor Hitler have formed a diplomatic partnership to block Locarno unity with Britain and France. They reportedly agreed on Austria and the Locarno issue and sought a common front against the “haves” with the “have-nots” while Britain and France offer peacemaker signals in North Africa. The sources also noted Mussolini’s condition for Italy to attend Locarno talks and hinted at a forthcoming German Austrian economic accord with hints of a speech on July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Foltz
Associated Press
Paris
Gsid
Mussolini
Hitler
Italy
Germany
Austria
France
Great Britain
North Africa
Locarno
Grrmany
Rhineland
Genevieve Tabouis
Il Duce
der Fuehrer
Brussels
Belgium
Proverbial Egg Fry Incident Reported in Wilkes-Barre Walk
A heat wave across Pennsylvania caused five deaths and multiple injuries as temperatures surged over 100 degrees. Reports describe sidewalk egg frying in Wilkes-Barre, a fatal heart attack at a summer camp in Mt Tabor, a drowning in the Susquehanna, and several other heat related deaths including Philadelphia residents. Authorities note pavement buckling on the Bloomshore Berwick road and warn of continued hot conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Honesdale
J. T. Fuller
Reading
Weather Bureau
Stroudsburg
Eleanor Glisencamp
Mt. Tabor
Walter Treat
Susquehanna
I. C. Morgan
Philadelphia
Donald Casiello
Nathan Kravitzkin
Elizabeth Posey
Anna Danko
North Braddock
Nicholas Popovich
Gadliport
William Ernest
Bloomshore
Berwick Highway
Camp Reunion At Wm Penn Scout Camp
More than fifty boys attended the annual Boy Scout camp reunion at Wm Penn Scout camp last evening. Activities included swimming musicball a campfire in the stone mess hall and the announcement of the new camp staff with several local names and towns listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Penn
New Stone Mess Hall
John Fitsgerald
Rural Valley
Waterfront
First Air
Dwight Gressley
Indiana
Heat waves across the nation push temperatures high
Across the country, officials report record heat with Philadelphia topping the list in the East and Pittsburgh reaching 108 degrees. Drought and heat impact crops in Minnesota, Oklahoma, Montana, and several states as farmers seek relief and authorities consider federal aid. Meanwhile the heat drives unusual incidents from egg tests on Pittsburgh sidewalks to heat related discomfort and a police boiler error in Detroit.
No Relief Seen For Two Days Says Forecasters
Forecasters warned no relief for two days as drought and fires raged across the plains and forests. The Black Hills near Sundance suffered the worst blaze in years destroying timber and threatening livestock. In upper Michigan and Wisconsin, two major wildfires drew hundreds of workers with pumps and hoses. A large drought-scene spanned South Dakota, Minnesota, and surrounding states as grasshoppers devastated remaining vegetation and water holes dried up. Authorities prepared to publish a major crop report while WPA relief and soil conservation measures were debated. An electrical storm struck five New England states causing damage to crops and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Northwest
Midwest
North Dakota
Chicago
Minnesota
Elmer A. Benson
Washington
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Montana
Havre
Tennessee
Kentucky
A. B. Chandler
South Carolina
Carolinas
Virginia
Bresk
Louisiana
Mississippi
J. C. Holton
Agriculture Commissioner
Georgia
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Nemominee
Michigan
Hiawatha
Woodlands
Milwaukee
Black Hills Forest
Sundance
Upper Michigan
Menominee
Mitchell, &. C
George Fredericks
South Dakota
Roosevelt
Rexford Tugwell
WPA
Aubrey William
North Central
Alabama
Dakotas
Wyoming
New England
New York
Peter Ten Eyck
Bedford to Get Stockyard Opens July 17
Bedford County Stockyard work began with an estimated cost of six thousand dollars. Simon, formerly of the news Exchange, manager of the yard, said he expects to open the market July 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Bedford County
All Simon
Newh Exchange
Manger
New
Ard
Commissioners at Conference in Somerset County
County commissioners from 17 Somerset area counties met at the Somerset County Home and Hospital to discuss relief and aid under the Mothers' Assistance Fund and the poor boards. Indiana County representatives were John B. Flenhiken C L Campbell Levi Houck and County Solicitor John L Getty. A committee was named to draft a ways and means program to report at the August 7 Western Pennsylvania counties meeting in Greensburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cel
Bath
Somerset
John B. Flenhiken
C. L. Campbell
Levi Houck
John L. Getty
Indiana County
Somerset County
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Greensburg
Milk Control Board Probed by Self Appointed Group
Harrisburg reports a self appointed committee of rural legislators is examining the Milk Control Board policies and setup to resolve farmer benefits and conflicts. The group has met with board members and administration leaders and will report to Governor Earle. Meanwhile the attorney general and board push full enforcement, warning dealers to secure licenses and bonds or face injunctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Reuben A. Nagel
Beaver Democrat
Milk Control Board
Earle
Chas. J. Margiotti
Margiotti
Pennsylvania
Steel Labor Heads Plan Punishment
The American Federation of Labor executive council in Washington weighs action against 12 rebel unions rallying to John L. Lewis’s drive for the committee for industrial organization and steel industry agitation. A vote is expected next Tuesday while Philip Murray debates council power and potential court action. Weirton and Wheeling Steel Mills report labour talks and security league enrolls 10,274 of 10,500 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Philip Murray
Steel
Lewis
Portsmouth
Wheeling Steel Mill
United States
Pittsburgh
Jack Larkin
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton
W. Val
Two Injured In Auto Accident Near Devil's Elbow
Highway Patrol reports two men injured when their auto crashed into a Greyvan truck on Route 422 near Devil's Elbow. Robert Kennedy 19 of Aleppo Pa and Day Crawford 22 of Whorne Pa were taken to Indiana Hospital with lacerations and bruises. An X ray will determine skull injury to Crawford. Patrolman T R Tubbs notes Kennedy could not explain the crash and heat may have affected the driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Route 422
Devil's Elbow
Highway Patrol
Robert Kennedy
Aleppo
Day Crawford
Wihorne
Indiana Hospital
Crawford
Highway
T. R. Tubbs
Kennedy
New Gains for Crippled Children
Secretary Perkins announced the Children's Bureau approved plans of six more states to aid crippled children under the Social Security Act. Pennsylvania Nebraska Ohio Utah Mississippi and Massachusetts joined 30 others as qualified for federal grants matching their contributions. An annual $2 850 000 appropriation funds the federal share of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Perkins
Children’s Bureau
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Ohio
Utah
Mississippi
Massachusetts
Delinquent County Taxes Show June Payment Rise
County Treasurer John M. Thompson reports delinquent county tax payments in June totaled 12171.38 dollars. For the first half of the year liened tax collections reach 16171.38 dollars, up 5445.67 dollars from the same period in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Thompson
Bank Night At Theatres July 15
Bank night begins July 15 at Indiana and Hitz Theatres with weekly draws for a $50 bank account. All over 16 may enter by registering at either theatre. a winner is chosen each Wednesday and must appear within three minutes to claim the prize. If not claimed, the funds roll over to the next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Hitz
Revival Meetings At Chevy Chase And Homer City Church
Revival gatherings ongoing in Chevy Chase at seven thirty with special singers aiding Evangelist Hushar and Dayton assisted by H W Miller. Monday the evangelist recounts healing and escape from an insane asylum. Nazarene events in Homer City July 22 at 7:30 p m with Rev C Warren Jones delivering the message. Sunday School at 9:45 a m July 12, sermon on The Ability of Christ and The Man At Beautiful Gate in the evening. Simpson Revives Party promotes prayer, repentance, and being born again through the cross. texts include Repentance and Salvation Until My Return with Quick Sand Walking Back Home and a bread-breaking Saturday. Bring your Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the
Nasarene
Eastern Nazarene Quartette
Church of the Nazarene
Homer City
C. Warren Jones
Christ
Beautiful Gate
Strapped Son To Crib In Heat In Philadelphia
Police restrained a crowd of angry women as a mother, Marion Shanks, faced cruelty charges for leaving her two baby sons in a top-floor room of a crowded house. The boys were found parched in heat. William Davis, 39, held on similar charges, bail set at $800 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Marion Shanks
Holland
Shanks
William Davis
Davis
Ruth Bryan Owen to Wed At Hyde Park Church
Washington July 10 The marriage of minister Ruth Bryan Owen to Kammerjunker Kapijan Borge Hohde of the Danish King's Life Guards will be held at 5 p m tomorrow at Hyde Park Episcopal Church with President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt attending. Mrs Owen will be entertained at a wedding supper by the Roosevelts. Miss Fannie Hurst and Robert Lehman attend. Lehman is the minister's son in law and best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ruth Bryan Owen
Kapijan Borge Hohde
Hyde Park Episcopal Church
Roosevelt
Mallory to Appeal Case in Florida Supreme Court
Attorneys for Lewis EB Mallory said they will appeal to the Florida Supreme Court on 25 grounds after a $35,000 verdict for James Hidgar Jr of Detroit. Hidgar sued the Pennsylvania heir for seducing his former wife Kathryn Crawford. Mallory's counsel, John Murrell, said the fight has just begun and no payment is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fila
Lewis EB. Mallory
Florida Supreme Court
James Hidgar, Jr
Detroit
Pennsylvania
Kathryn Crawford
John Murrell
Mallory
Edgar
Gettysburg Commemoration Plan By Government And State
Washington reports President Roosevelt appoints a commission led by the Secretary of War Dern to work with a Pennsylvania governor named group for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. A stray line about an Austrlgign emu egg mentions ten weeks to fateh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
War Dern
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Slayer of three shot to death at Utah State Penitentiary
Sal T Lake City July 10 44 Delbert Green a two year old killer was executed in a crude frame chair behind a canvas screen. Five riflemen fired from about 20 paces one shot blank. Green died at 6 10 Eastern. The case involved the murder of his young wife her mother and foster father in 1930. Guards and prisoners reacted as gunfire echoed. Green denied memory of the crime and left a final appeal to Governor Blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Delbert Green
Utah State Penitentiary
Sila A. m
Green
R. E. Davis
Utah
Philop T. Farnsworth
Henry H. Blood
Layton
Soil Conservation Exhibit Draws Attention to Erosion Control
The exhibit shows man influenced erosion and presents strip cropping, contour farming, and drainage practices as key features. It includes miniature farms before and after, with reforestation, fencing, pastures, rotated crops, and sodded drainage ways. Dorothy Taggart credited. exhibit to travel to Wheeling, WV and other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
Dorothy Taggart
Teachers’ College
E. B. Taggart
Wheeling
West Virginia
Obituary of World War I veteran in Homer City Church
World War I veteran served with Company B 129th Depot Brigade 27th Division enlisting August 29 1918 and discharged April 3 1919. Survived by widow Ruth Johnston McGunnity and children Arthur Capriosti Kenneth Louise Patricia and a grandchild. Funeral at Homer City Methodist Episcopal Church Saturday 3 pm with Rev Samuel Hill. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Johnston) McGunnity
Arthur Capriosti
Kenneth
Louise
Patricia
Homer City
Samuel Hill
Boreigh
Greenwood Cemetery
Indiana
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James W. Speelman
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W. S. Brotzman
Atlantic Ocean
Wilbert Schresenghost
James Ramey
Clymer
George Sicillanna
Blairsville
Leonard Kern
John Woods
Richard Tomb
Robert Watson
Meredith Leible
Ray Campbell
Blairssville
Wayne Feterman
Ed Baker
Roy Breikley
Punxsy
Robert P. Shotts
Ben Hill, Jr
Kim Craig
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Ind
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Pirshall
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Wis
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Herbert Hix
Bark River
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