Peace promising steel strike meets denial in Indiana
In Indianapolis July 12 Governor Townsend promoted a peace plan for Calumet area steel strikes, claiming Youngstown and Indiana Harbor mills would reopen under a new policy. Company vice president Argetsinger rejected any state agreement, saying the memorandum was confidential and not a contract. Strikers marched in a victory parade as conflicts over terms continued.
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Indianapolis
M. Clifford Townsend
Calumet
Indiana
Inland Steel Company
Big East
Chicago Ind
Indiana Harbor Mills
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Z. C. Aregetsinger
Cleveland
Youngstown Mills
Argetsinger
Indiana Harbor
Townsend
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ial
President to Wield Trowel at Apex Building Ceremony
President Roosevelt will lay the cornerstone of a new 75 million dollar government complex in downtown Washington. The apex building will house the Federal Trade Commission and sits atop a right angled triangle bounded by Fifteenth Street and Constitution Avenue, linking with the Commerce and other federal offices.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Trade Commission
Fifteenth Street
White House
Constitution Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Commerce Department
Commerce
Internal Revenue
Justice
Obituary notices and local plant reopenings in Pittsburgh area
Funeral services for Mrs Mell D Myers wife of Lester C Myers will be at 8 oclock tomorrow night at 300 Amber street East End Pittsburgh. Born in Punxsutawney she lived in Pittsburgh 33 years and leaves husband three daughters two sons a sister and is buried at Oakland Cemetery Indiana. EMMA ELIZABETH HARVEY died at her home Weat Lebanon heart ailment funeral plans pending. WILLIAM A PHARAOH died at his son's home in Barp after living in Indiana two years survived by wife son and many grandchildren. Barn on George L Bond farm Buck Horn burned by lightning. United Airlines Mainliner planes can reach 9500 to 23000 feet with one or both engines. Youngstown officials deny any agreement claiming a truce with labor officials citing massive union membership. Republic Steel reopened its Dilworth Porter plant after 46-day shutdown with 35 police present. 150 workers entered. mines near Uniontown to reopen amid UMWA sympathy strike.
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Mell D. Myers
Lester C. Myers
Amber Street
East End Pittsburgh
Punxsulawney
Emma Elizabeth Harvey
Chester Arthur Harvey
Weat
Lebanon
Robinson
William
Pharaoh
Harry W. Pharaoh
Church Street
Barp
Philadelphia
Indiana
Arlington Cemetery
Pittsburgh
Republic Steel Corporation
Dilworth-Porter
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Handroser
E. B. Winning
Republic
Union Town
United Mine Workers of America
Gershwin Dies Suddenly in Hollywood at 38
Hollywood mourns composer George Gershwin after a sudden brain tumor end his career. The Pulitzer winner rose from a $15 weekly song plugger to film scores earning about $250000 yearly. Survived by brother Ira, he and Pancho Rogers directed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in a new Goldwyn Follies score.
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Hollywood
George Gershwin
Tin Pan Alley
Pancho 5
Berman
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Gershwin
Berkeley
Walter Dandy
Baltimore
New York
Ira Gershwin
Contingents Move as Japan and China Quash Fighting
Gen Han Fu Chu, head of Shantung province, is said to deploy forces along the Tientsin Pukow line near Hopeh. Tientsin remains the Japanese army hub in north China since 1901, guarding a corridor from Peiping to the sea. With troops rushing to the front, peace hangs in a precarious balance.
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Han Fu-Chu
Shantung
Hopeh
Tientsin-Pukow
Tientsin
China
Peiping
Japan
Peiping War Report Highlights Japanese Control Near Rail Line
Peiping dispatch notes ongoing fighting with Japanese forces seeming to control the Marco Polo bridge area. The report indicates they threaten the Hankow Peiping Railway crossing the Yungung river, risking broader strategic advance.
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Marco Polo Bridge
Hankow- Peiping
Yungung River
Senate eyes four proposals on Supreme Court boost
Senate debates four proposals as factions brace for extended speechmaking. Republicans stay in the background while Boran Idaho hints at minority speeches. Public sentiment and five months of nationwide discussion frame the fight over a bill to add justices at one per year for those over 75, capping the court at 15.
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Boran
Idaho
Supreme Court
Spain Civil War Toll Reaches Near One Million
Valencia reports a two hour sea battle as three government ships engage the insurgent cruiser Baleares after it attacked the fuel tanker Campila displaying a French flag. No hits reported. Campila evades pursuit and sails toward Valencia while casualties are tallied.
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Valencia
Baleares
Lloyd's Register
Soviet Polar Flight Reaches Vancouver After 63 Hours
The second Soviet trans polar flight crossed to Vancouver after 63 hours in the air with seven and a half tons of gasoline aboard. Pilots Gromof Andrei Yumoshet and navigator Sergei Danilif flew toward San Francisco, believed to be the destination, amid precautions against ice formation over moisture laden routes.
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Archangel
Gromof
Andrei Yumoshet
Sergei Danilif
San Francisco
Valeria Chekaloff
George Baidukoff
Alexander Beliakoff
Vancouver
Hold Brothers in Kidnap Death in Belleville
Two youths aged 21 and 20 are jailed in Belleville charged in the insurance killing of 38 year old William Kappen of St Louis. Anthony Giancola confessed to killing Kappen claiming Marie Porter offered him 800 dollars to remove him. John Giancola named Anthony as the killer and assisted in the plot. Police say charges against Mrs Porter, sister of the slain man, will be pressed.
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Belleville
William Kappen
St. Louis
St. Clair County
Henry L. Sickmann
Kappen
Anthony Ralph Giancola
Marie Porter
Siekmann
Sergean John Sinclair
Porter
John Giancola
Anthony
Sickman
Sinclair
John
Alcoa Workers End Long Strike in Tennessee
Two thousand Aluminum Company of America workers returned to work after a May 16 strike. The local union voted almost unanimously to end the walkout following a violent incident at the plant gates that left two dead and 28 wounded. Union leader Fred Wetmore resigned as president, citing the need for unity after mediation by Francis J. Dillon of the AFL. National guardsmen remained at the scene. The stoppage was tied to a wage dispute, with plant managers citing competitive rates. A separate note warns truckers about weight limits and a $35 fine for violations.
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ALCOA
Tenn
Aluminum Company of America
Aluminum Workers
Francis J. Dillon
William Greg
American Federalf of Labor
Fred Wetmore
Wetmore
Unio
Dillon
Washington
Green
National Guardsmen
Pennsylvania
A. D. Huddleston
Indiana Street Projects Completed and One Begun
Two WPA street improvement projects in Indiana have been completed and one begun. The new Maple Street project will run from Sixth to Seventh Street to the B and O Railroad with 8 inch broken native stone base and bituminous surface. Total cost 24442.30 with federal funds 17908.00 and local sponsor 7134.30. Project in Clymer finished earlier, including curb and gutter, grading and surfacing along 9500 feet of streets and alleys, plus 1200 square yards of sidewalks. Sponsor: Indiana Borough Council and Clymer Borough Council.
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PWA
Indiana
EF. W. Lassen
Clymer
Maple Street
Sixth Street
Seventh Street
Indiana Borough Council
School Street
Church Street
Oak Street
Fourth Street
Philadelphia
O Church
Third Street
Oak
Clymer Borough
Gettysburg Battlefield Welcomes Record Half-Year Visitors
Gettysburg battlefield drew 248,762 tourists in the first six months, park officials said, up 56,781 from the same period last year. The rise signals growing interest in the historic site and its offerings managed by the park service.
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Gettysburg
Gettysburg Battlefield
Electric Shock Kills Elmira Worker Near Milford
Stroudsburg report says Ralph Edls, 33, of Elmira North Carolina, was killed by an electric shock while repairing an electrical light extension near Milford.
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Stroudsburg
Ralph, Edls
Elmira
N. C
Arc
Milford
Wage Boost Ends Wellsboro Strike at Morris Chem Plant
A wage increase of 20 cents a day settled a two month strike at the Morris Chemical Company plant in Wellsboro. Twenty five employees were affected.
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Wellsboro—(P
Morris Chemical Company
Daily Stock Market Summary Shows Mixed Industrial Gains
A broad list of companies including Anaconda Baldwin Leeds Mack Trucks and Westinghouse appears with varied percentages reflecting modest gains and losses. Notable movers include United Aircraft United Corp and Texaco with mixed results across steel, oil, autos, and chemical sectors.
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Aly
Alco
Rad
And
Balt
Ohio
Cerro de Pas
Ches and
Chrysler
Sauvig
Int Harvest
Kennecott
Kresge
Lehigh Val
Laews
Mack Trucks
Mont Ward
Nash-Kelv
Nat Biscuit
Nat Distill
NY Central
NY NH
United Corp
United Gas Imp
US Rubber
US Smelt
US Steel
Vandium
West UN Tel
West E]ond M
Woolworth
Curb Ark Nat Gap
Soil Conservation Fund Returns To Treasury Over 60 Million
An Agriculture Department official said the 1936 Soil Conservation Fund would contribute more than 60 million dollars back to the U S Treasury. Payments to participating farmers will slightly exceed 400 million, with Congress authorizing 470 million. Unexpended funds would reduce the federal deficit.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Treasury
Soil Conservation Fund
Congress
Iiss
Markets Produce Pittsburgh July 12 and Chicago wheat report
Markets Brief: Pittsburgh apples and potatoes move varied with No 1 and Transparents priced around 0.75 to 1.00 per unit. North Carolina Virginia Cobblers and California Whites noted. Chicago wheat opened lower on moisture signs but rallied later as futures showed higher intraday. Hog and cattle markets in Chicago show mixed shifts with terms for various weight classes and prime steers holding around 6.50 to 6.75.
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Pittsburgh
Twinois
Duchess
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
California
Virginia Cobblers
Chicago
United
Kansas
Sixteen Die in Accidents Over Weekend
A weekend of heat and storms in Pennsylvania left sixteen dead in various accidents. Highway crashes killed nine, drownings claimed four, and lightning caused one death. Notable victims include Roosevelt Williams in Norristown and Dr. Charles L. Taylor in New Hope.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Charles L. Taylor
Doylestown
New Hope
Roosevelt Williams
Schuylkill River
Norristown
Philadelphia
Reading
Chaneysville
Bernard Johnson
Cumberland
Washington
Joe Knovell
Washington Canonsburg
Burgettstown
William
Furno
Butler
John Bauer
Pittsburgh
Leiperville
Thomas Flynn
Charles Hampson
Roxborough
Mrrs
Catherine Doyle
Williamsport
Arthur, Smith
Syracuse
N, Y
Isabelle Maier
Cogan Station
Hazleton
Anthony Chinni
Vandergrift
J. J. Klingensmith
Cambridge Springs
Burton Boylan
French Creek
Bridgeport
Marion Julian
Chambersburg
Arthur Wheeler
Baltimore
Caledonia State Park
Big Philadelphia Oil Fire Destroys 120000 Gallons
A major blaze in Philadelphia destroyed 120000 gallons of oil and the Invader Motor Oil Company's export warehouse. Three empty freight cars and a tank car were damaged. Firefighters prevented the fire from reaching eight 10000-gallon tanks.
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Philadelphia
Invader Motor Oil Company
Rev Ralph L Mayberry Resigns to Lead Baptist City Mission
The Rev Ralph L Mayberry resigned as pastor of Central Baptist Church to become executive secretary of the Baptist City Mission Society in Los Angeles California. He previously served pastorates in Germantown Ambler and Norristown.
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Williamsport
Ralph L. Mayberry
Central Baptist Church
Baptist City Mission Society
Los Angeles
Calif
Germantown
Ambler
Norristown
Only Leg Broken Doylestown
William F. Martin, 60, sustained a broken leg in an automobile crash. He previously lost the other leg in an accident ten years earlier.
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Doylestown
William F. Martin
Child Dies In Fall At Grandparents Home
Eighteen month old Yvonne Jones of Newfeld New Jersey was killed when she fell from a third story window at her grandparents home. A pedestrian found the child on the sidewalk.
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Lancaster
Yvonne Jones
Newfeld
N. J
Poster Convention Pittsburgh Opens Semiannual Gathering
The Alliance of Bill Posters, Billers, and Distributors of the United States opened its semi annual convention in Pittsburgh. President Charles Mitchell of the Pittsburgh Local reported more than 1500 members attended.
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Pittsburgh
Alliance of
Bill Posters
United States
Charles Mitchell
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