SWOC Attacks Greens Stand Over Steel Strike
Pittsburgh July 10 The Steel Workers Organizing Committee assailed President William Green of the AFL for alleged stupidity and ignorance of the steel strike. Philip Murray called Green's CIO criticisms misleading and insipid. Murray said the strike was in excellent condition with production negligible at key strike plants.
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Pittsburgh
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
Foun Lb
Lewis Steel Union
Green
CIO
Amalgamated Association of Tron Steel and Tin Workers
Murray
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Obituary notices from Saltsburg and Glen Campbell area
Death notices report Emma Faust McElhoes of Pittsburgh death on July 6 1937 widow of Tate Samuel EB McElhoes known in the county. And Byrum Eugene North 22 died from mine injury after 1933 Glen Campbell high school graduation. Funeral at Glen Campbell Baptist Church with Thompson Cemetery interment. Evelyn Kuhns 1852 1909 widow Levi Kuhns dies near Saltsburg. Buried Edgewood in Saltsburg. Lucy Delfavero Zaranek 23 dies at home near Saltsburg after brief illness. service at St Johns Lutheran Saltsburg. Edgar Daniel Fyock 36 dies of tuberculosis near Hillsdale. services Monday at Montgomery Church. Burial Montgomery Cemetery.
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Hartisburg
Emma Faust McElhoes
Byrum
Eugene North
John
Pluma North
Glen Campbell
Geo. Bolton
Cresson
Hope
Hope and Shirley
Alda Wilson
Punxsutawney
Frank North
Altoona
Baptist
Evelyn Kurns
Conemauga Township
Joan
Eirza (Carothers) Lytle
Saltsburg
Ba. m
Levi Kuhns
George Willard
Frank Weister
Salina
Rey Anderson
Warren
Ohio
Lucy Delfavero Zaranek
Salisburg
Adolph Zaranek
Olive DelFavero
Mary Rassener
Pearl Delaney
Jennie DelFavero
Leonard
Angelo
Zaranek
Saltsburo
Albert E. Speck
St. Johns Lutheran Church
Saltsbury
Westview Cemetery
Avonmore
Edgar Daniel Fyock
Frank
Hillsdale
Grant Township
Ora J. Owens
la Jose
R. D
E. Huey Fyock
Barnesboro
Fyock
Montgomery Broathern Church
Raleigh
Montgomery Cemetery
Vapan Moving Manchu Army War Warning Echoes
Six trains bearing Japanese troops from Manchukuo reached Shanhaikwan on the China Manchoukuo frontier. Troops disembarked for temporary barracks, while rail and line communications north and east from Tientsin to Peiping were severed. Japanese commandeered freight cars for war supplies near Peiping as Chinese rail authorities resisted.
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Kwantung
China
Peking
Panpinghsien
Tientsin
Manchoukuo
Shanhaikwan
China-Manchoukuo
Mukden
Here
Peiping
Fengtai
Harman Advances In Tennis Meet In Philadelphia
In the men middle states tennis tournament Robert Harman of the University of California seeded No. 1 moved to the semi finals by defeating Paul Haber of New York. Dallas Heldman of California beat Richard Bennett 6 3 6 4 in Los Angeles. Robert Kamrath of Texas beat Paul Newton 4 8 6 3 6 2 and Gilbert Hunt defeated William T. Tilden III of Merion.
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Philadelphia
Robert Harman
University of California
Paul Haber
New York
Dallas Heldman
Los Angeles
Richard Bennett
Robert Kamrath
University of Texas
Paul Newton
Gilbert Hunt
Washington, D. C
William T. Tilden
Merion
Heat wave claims 114 lives across nation records and deaths
A nationwide heat wave caused 114 fatalities from Pennsylvania to York Haven and Beaver County. Victims include railroad inspector Thomas W. Jackson, 30, and farmer William Steel, 78, among others in Norristown Ellwood City and Beaver County. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh issued water restrictions, street showers banned for children, and some pools closed due to typhoid findings while others stayed open. City and state temperatures topped the charts with Philadelphia at 97.7 degrees and Pittsburgh at 91 as Scranton, Harrisburg, York and Williamsport reported top heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Jackson
Wayne
Pennsylvania
Norristown
William Rodgers
William D. Steel
Beaver County
Matthew Ellis
New Brighton
Ellwood City
Stanka Yapich
Midland Steel
Freda C. Krout
York Haven
Frank Dziwich
Allentown
Benjamin Brown
York
Roosevelt Cushenberry
Ohio River
John Jenkins
Susquehanna River
James M. Jerrier
Milton Grove
Lancaster County
W. C. Raymer
Grove City
Vincent Pogarzelski
Braddock
Allegheny County
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Harrisburg
Williamsport
Flashes of Life I Rescue a Failure
Trent on river search for a missing man turns into a near death tale as Captain H Stephen of the Royal Canadian Air Force watches the hunt and learns his clothes are found on the riverbank. The incident unfolds amid a tense rescue scene with police and swimmers involved.
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Trenton
Ont
H. Stephen
Royal Canadian Air Force
Trent River
Stephen
Big air raid on Madrid now
Continent from page one reports French will keep the frontier closed under protection Britain seeks to close gaps in the international naval patrol around Spain caused by the withdrawal of German and Italian warships.
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Britain
Spain
Town Taken by Death
Colonel Samuel P Town a past national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic died at 91 after years long illness He enlisted in the Union Army at 18 served in Company L 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry in the Shenandoah Valley campaigns under Sheridan Hunter and Sigel He was a former member of the State House of Representatives and at death was assistant adjutant general of the State GAR He was the last member of Post No 1 GAR In 1916 he was appointed to the Pennsylvania Soldiers Orphans School Commission by the Governor
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Philadelphia
Samuel P. Town
Grand Army For the Republic
20Th
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Shenandoah Valley
Sheridan
Hunter
Sigel
State House of Representatives
GAR
Pennsylvania Soldiers Orphans School Commission
Elkland Leather Co. agitators blamed for strike
Attorneys for Elkland Leather Co claim professional agitators from other states provoked a June 28 strike at the plant. They say only a minority of workers joined the July 6 riot in which several were injured, and urge an end to the strike and restoration of order. John Sullivan of the Bureau of Civil Rights plans to visit Elkland to investigate conditions amid complaints from labor leaders and residents.
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Elkland
John Sullivan
Bureau of Civil Rights
Harrisburg
Bureau
John A. Phillips
State Federation of Labor
Harry Hayden
Committee For Industrial Organization
National League Results and Upcoming Games
Yesterday's NL results include Pittsburgh defeating Chicago 18 to 1 and Brooklyn routing New York 15 to 2. St. Louis beat Cincinnati 8 to 7 and Boston shutout Philadelphia 5 to 0. Upcoming NL games list Chicago at Pittsburgh, Cincinnati at St. Louis, New York at Brooklyn, Philadelphia at Boston with several rematches tomorrow. In the American League, New York beat Washington 16 to 2 and Detroit defeated Cleveland 10 to 8. Boston and Philadelphia played to a 12–12 tie with Cleveland at Detroit and multiple Boston Philadelphia and Washington New York matchups planned.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Brooklyn
New York
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
V. L. Pet
Henry Cotton Tops Open Field At Carnoustie
Henry Cotton wins his second British Open in four years at Carnoustie with a 290 total after a rain soaked final round. Reg Whitcombe, whom he beat, praised Cotton as delivering one of golf’s greatest rounds under brutal weather. Veterans Hagen Daley and Cruickshank struggled as Cotton overtook the leader on the final day.
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Carnoustie
Scotland
Henry Cotton
Harry Vardon
Walter Hagen
Bobby Jones
Silent Henry
Reg Whitcombe
Cotton
Ed Daley
Bobby Cruickshank
Sam Snead
Byron Nelson
Ralph Guldahl
Whitcombe
Amateur Golf Tourney Pits Pittsburgh District in 1938
The Pennsylvania Golf Association set the 1938 amateur tournament for the Pittsburgh district with Oakmont discussed as host. A qualifying round for Erie golfers may be added next year while this year’s events took place in Pittsburgh eliminations. New officers include I. W. Danforth president and R. H. Knode vice president with S. D. Herron as secretary treasurer.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania Golf Association
Pittsburgh
E. H. Moithan
Philadelphia
Oakmont Country Club
Molihan
Erie
I. W. Danforth
R. H. Knode
S. D. Herron
Molthan
Earle Baruch
Andy Kaye
D. L. Armstrong
Joseph Oliver
B. B. Shriver
J. A. Frownes
Board
Heat blamed for four Beaver deaths in county
Beaver Falls reports four heat related deaths in Beaver County. Matthew Billits a 46 year old New Brighton grinder died at his Ellwood City plant. William D Steel 78 died of sun stroke at his South Beaver Township farm. Stanke Yapich collapsed at a Midvale steel plant and died in hospital. Roosevelt Cushenberry, 16, drowned while seeking relief from the heat at a swimming pool by the Ohio River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Falls
Beaver County
Matthew Billits
New
Automotive Tire Claim Sparks Heat Reduction Within Design
A report notes tires from major manufacturers including Goodyear Firestone and Fisher Tires showing a temperature of 365 degrees F under the tread shoulder. A new construction principle aims to lower this heat. A puncture proof tube is described as an inner tube with minimal air to keep the car straight after a blowout.
Weiss Stores Challenge Chain Store Tax Suit
Harrisburg July 10 shows Weiss Pure Food Stores joining two large firms in contesting a new chain store tax. The Dauphin County store gave the state 30 days to answer the charge that the tax is unconstitutional. Preliminary injunctions for Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company and American Stores Company were continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Weiss Pure Food
Dauphin County
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
American Stores Company
Norristown Man Visits Mother and Kin in Natrona Area
Jack Fuller from Norristown visits his mother Mrs. Nora Fuller. Robert Langham of Strongstown visits at his brother Marshall Langham. Mrs. Mildred Maise of Natrona also mentioned in the local visits.
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Jack Fuller
Norristown
Nora Fuller
Robert Langham
Strongstown
Marshall Langham
Mildred “Maise
Natrona
JORERUNNER dress pattern for early fall wardrobe
Fall ready dress pattern highlights a dependable, flattering Princess line design with a trim collar and high pieced sections. Aimed at beginners, it includes a step by step sew chart, available in sizes 12 through 40, with material yardage for size 14 and options to order the summer pattern book for 15 cents or with the pattern for 10 cents more.
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Jorerunner
Fumes Kill Miner at Mahano y City Coal Pit
Wilbert Zelenis 24 died from lethal fumes at the Mahanoy City colliery. Clarence Carr 60 was bitten by a copperhead while reaching for a weed in his garden, condition reported as fair at a Sayre hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahanoy City
Wilbert Zelenis
Wanda
Clarence Carr
Sayre
Motorist Spots Colored Water. $15,000 Still Found in Ravine
A motorist noticing peculiar water coloring in a small stream led investigators to a hidden $15,000 still in a secluded ravine near Palmerton. Federal agents arrested Arthur Roth, owner of the land where the apparatus was found.
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Palmerton
Arthur Roth
Suit Joined by Lines Against Full Crew Act
Harrisburg reports the Allen gheny and South Side Railroad Company and 42 other lines join in attacking the full crew act. The hearing of the Pennsylvania Railroad suit against the act is continued to Monday in Dauphin County court. Treasury results show receipts of 16,879,406.76 dollars and expenditures of 25,204,436.49, balance 2,512,662,074.51. The 164th Methodist conference anniversary will be observed tomorrow at St George's Church in Philadelphia with Rev. F. G. Halloway speaking.
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Harrisburg
Allengheny and South Side Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dauphin County
Treasury
Washington
The
Philadelphia
Old St. George's Church
Fourth Street
F. G. Halloway
Western Maryland College
Very Chosen To Bargain Very Chosen To Bargain Pittsburgh
Regional Labor Board Director Charles T. Douds certified the United Electrical and Radio Workers of America as exclusive bargaining agent for 11,500 Westinghouse employees at East Pittsburgh. The CIO affiliate includes 7,200 members as talks for sole bargaining rights continue since February. IBEW and an independent employee group opposed the CIO union but did not attend the hearing.
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Pittsburgh
Regional Labor Board
Charles T. Douds
United Electrical and Radio Workers of Americas
Westinghouse Electric & Manufactureing Company
East
Douds
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Labor Board
Pittsburgh Market Reports From July 10
Markets show slow demand for produce with apples and potatoes offered in multiple car lots and steady ranges for various regional varieties. Livestock trades are limited with hogs, cattle, veals, and lambs generally steady to slow, with some direct sales noted and top hog price around 18.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
North Carolina Cobblers
Virginia Cobblers
California
France to suspend Franco-Spanish frontier controls
Paris reports the French government will suspend international control of the Franco-Spanish frontier on Tuesday unless similar controls are reestablished on Portugal's Spanish border. The border will stay closed to foreign volunteers and munitions shipments while France handles central oversight instead of foreign observers.
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Paris
Spain
Portugal
France
Delinquent Tax Collection Improves in Indiana County
County Treasurer John Thompson reported strong gains in delinquent tax collections in Indiana County. In June $14,688.71 was paid on former-year bills, up $1,517.03 from June 1936 and $5,241.54 from June 1935. By July 11, total year-to-date collections reached $65,292.29, $4,120.91 higher than the first six months of 1926 and $0,566.44 above the same period in 1935.
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Indiana County
John Thompson
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Vapan
Harman
Crucible
Union Label League, Women’s Organization
Crucible Steel Company
East ST. Louis
Harvey Kent
Curt F. Michaelis
Belleville
Michaelis
Butler Cooperative
Madrid
Continent
Col. S. P
GOLF
Pitt
Air Reduc
Allied
Alco Am
Anaconda
Auburn Auto Aviation Corp
Baldwin Loc Balt
Ohio Barnsdall Bendix Aviat Beth
Blaw-Knox Borden
Borg-Warner Briggs
Stg
Calumet
Hee Canad Pac Caterpil
Goodyear
Hecker
Houd
Nick
Kennecott Kresge
Lehigh
Lorillard
Mack Truck
McCrory
Mcintyre
McKess
Rob Minn
Montgom Ward Murray Corp
Nash-Kelv
Nat Biscuit
Nat Cash
Nat
North Am Northern Pac Ohio O11
Packard
Phila
Phillips
Procter and Gam Pullman
Pure Oil
Keith O
Reading Co
Rem Rand
Repab
St Rey
Schenley Distill
Sears Rosh Socony-Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Sid Oil
Cal
Ind
Studebaker Swift and Co
Texas Corp
Trans and West Air UN Carbide UN Pac
Air Lines
Airey Torp
United Corp
United Gas Imp US Rubber
US Steel Warner
Pict West UN Tel West
el and M Wilson and Co
Woolworth
Ates Pie
Rees
Portsmouth
William Fisher
Victory
Admiral Nelson
Trafalgar
Admiral Fisher
Groneia
Mart Mamet
Employes Union
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Employe Association
Traction
Leopard C. Glass
William M. Lewis
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Transport Workers’ Union
Street and Electric Railway and Motor Coach Union
Co-Operative Association of Employee
Weasner Labor Act
Heights
Rankin
John Aice
Spangler
Bernice Cassidy
George Cummings
John Mowery
Atlanta
Michigan
Rebecca Spicher
Spicher
Cherry Tree
Harry Kerr
J Lloyd Numan
Latrobe
Harry Huey
Indiana Hospital
Jack Webster
Indiana
Dan Raleigh
Dorothy Ake
Frank Smith
Bert Clark
Billie
Sheriff Koozer
J. Wright
Nellie
Joe Babco
Hilda Rodkey
Sheldon Spicher
J. W
Jack Cassidy
L. V. McQuown
Henry
Bard Cassidy
John Wright
Norris Raleigh
Purchase Line
WEISS
Harry Korn
Moorhead
NLRB
Westinghouse
Geo. D. Leydie Funeral Home
Wayne Avenue
Indiana Evening Gazette
Indians Evening Gazette
Philadelphia Street
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