American News Presentation Sparseness Plagues British Readers
DeWitt MacKenzie reports on a Pep study criticizing the thin presentation of American news to British readers. He cites Kennedy’s Liverpool speech and an English publisher’s reluctance to print more U.S. coverage, noting British viewers’ focus on domestic affairs and disbelief about America beyond sensational crime and Hollywood proximity.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
New York
Pep
Kennedy
Liverpool
America
England
Lord Riddell
News of the World
Hollywood
Lonon
Workers Deny CIO Leadership in Somerset Fight
Rival factions disputed control of the Somerset County Independent Construction Workers Association in Somerset, Pennsylvania, as Judge Norman T. Boose refused to grant an injunction against W. B. Glessner and allies. CIO supporters elected temporary officers while independents vowed to keep the group independent and pursue court action to secure records.
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Somerset
Somerset County Independent Construction Workers Association
W. B. Glessner
Norman T. Boose
Steve Alex
Jos. Ripper
Glessner
CIO
William Haines
Central City
Stoystown
John Shannon
Alf Taylor
Eugene Blasco
Windber
AFL
Council Advances Animal Ordinance And Fire Engine Purchase
Borough council debated animal control in Indiana with talks on regulating chickens hogs and dogs and directed the solicitor to draft an ordinance. They approved a $14 500 fire engine and the purchase of about ten acres for a municipal dump. Burgess reported June fines totaling 252 with 109 collected for drunkenness and 143 for other offenses.
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Indiana
Thomas
Playground Association
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
Bert H. Lichteberger
Justice of the Peace
H. B. George
Clash at Harlan Mine Sparks Guard Action
About 230 people were arrested during disorders at the Harlan Ellison mine area amid a pitched battle between guardsmen and picketing miners. Guardsmen fired when a miner allegedly tried to wrest a rifle from a soldier. Jailed were George Titler, county officials said no charges were filed yet. Militias cordoned the jail as inquiries continued into a series of sniping incidents since wage hour contracts expired April 1.
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Ben Herndon
Barbourville
National Guard
Green
Catron's Creek
Beb Middleton
George Titler
Harlan District United Mine Workers
CIO
Dallas Keller
Fred Staples
J. A. Dickinson
Mahan-Ellison Company
Appalachian
Harlan County
Patronage Appointments and Dismissals Announced
Forty five appointments and sixty dismissals in the Department of Revenue were announced today. Notable replacements include A. Harry Clayton of Doylestown and John Sheldrake of Philadelphia as vice members. others listed include Michael R. Kerwick, Joseph P. Olexy, Augustine P. Coniff, Percy A. Paterson, and many more. Dismissed: Willard A. Hart of Clymer, a correspondent.
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Ette County
A. Harry Clayton
Doylestown
Republican State Committee
James BP. Casey
John Sheldrake
Philadelphia
Michael R. Kerwick
Joseph P. Olexy
Plymouth
Luzerne County
Augustine P. Coniff
Percy A. Paterson
Altoona
Thomas Lawry
John Alesandroni
Arthur J. Schrager
Thomas Anthony Thornton
Pittsburgh
David R. Roberts
Department of Revenue
Willard A. Hart
Clymer
Planes Issue Across Paris Amid Bastille Day Marks
Berlin reacts to mass British bombing flights over France and Paris press notes a demonstration on a London radius threat. Voelkischer Beobachter questions an acquaintanceship with the German air force. British budget plans seek funds for foreign publicity and a ministry of information.
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Leslie Hore-Belisna
Germany
Paris
Yeminders
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Home Office
Ministry of Information
Berlin
France
Adolf Hitlen
V Voelkischer Beobachter
Paris-Midi
Nuernberg
Leipzig
Paris picks a fight sparks tension across Europe
Voelkischer Beobachter highlights Paris as the aggressor while reporting on wider European tensions. The article notes Hamburg and other cities facing provocations and possible escalations, signaling a volatile diplomatic climate and looming consequences.
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Hamburg
Voelkischer Beobachter
Paris
Obituary notices for Harkleroad Fassett Depp Johnston and more
Obituaries note WM Calvin Harkleroad 72 of Gas town Plum Creek died July 1 after long illness born October 6 1886 survived by four siblings. Funeral July 14 at Gastown Reformed Church with burial in Harkleroad Cemetery. Also JOSEPH D FASSETT SR 51 died July 1 Memorial Hospital Niagara Falls NY. services July 14 2 30 p m Glen Campbell Baptist Church. LOUIS C DEPP Canoe Township farmer died Monday 10 a m Allegheny General Hospital surviving spouse one son Lamoyne one daughter Helen Marie a sister Mrs William Hewitt. Funeral at family home Rochester Mills Thursday 2 p m Rev Hugh Given. interment Pine Grove Cemetery. WILLIAM JOHNSTON funeral for son of the late Robert FL and Lena Johnston of 974 Church Street Thursday 6 3 p m EST cortege arrives Indiana Friday 2 p m Oakland Cemetery grave casket to be opened.
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Calvin Harkleroad
Gastown
Plum Creek
Mr. Harkleroad
Philip Harkleroad
Eliza Rearick Herkleroad
Harkleroad
C. B. Harkleroad
Indiana
F. F. Harkleroad
Rural Valley
Harrison
Joseph D. Fassett, SR
Memorial Hospital
Niagara Falls
Glen Campbell
Baptist
Louis C. Depp
Canoe Township
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh
Lamoyne
Helen Marie
William Hewitt
Rossiter
Rochester Mills
Hugh
Pine Grove Cemetery
William Johnston
Robert FL
Lena (Adams) Johnston
Church Street
Pitcairn
Oakland Cemetery
Italian Expulsions In Bolzano Alarm Americans Abroad
Americans vacationing in Bolzano Province face expulsion as Mussolini orders removals from the northern Tyrolean frontier. The move, aligned with the Fascist OVRA, targets Western nationals amid anti-Fascist activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolzano
Graham H. Kemper
Rome
Jack C. Hoditson
Black Shirt Organization
Yugoslavia and Bulgaria revive Slavic union project
Today Bulgaria and Yugoslavia presented a program for a Bulgarian Yugoslav customs union a common foreign policy and trade collaboration. They proposed possible cession of 990 square miles Bulgaria lost to Yugoslavia after World War I. Germany viewed a Yugoslav Bulgarian Hungarian bloc as a potential weapon against Turkey Greece and Romania.
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Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Kiosselvanoff
Turkey
Greece
Rumania
Germany
Italy
Parachute ride rescue ends after five hours aloft
Passengers endured a 5 hour 41 minute stay suspended from a broad board after a parachute ride jammed mid descent. J L Mott of International Parachuting Inc said wires kept the canopy spread while rescuers used a four armed lifting apparatus. Mrs Rathborne grew fearful as attempts to release failed and an ambulance stood by for the safe return to ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Mott
International Parachutting, Inc
Mitchell
Rathborne
Neutrality debate stalls action into next spring
Informal Senate talks show a move to bypass the Foreign Relations Committee would likely fail, with 45 senators already backing a statement against the neutrality bill. Mrs. Roosevelt warned that even a special session could come too late if grave international developments arise before spring.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Calif
Labor Dispute Shapes New York Relief Policy
The article reports that officials ordered enforcement of penal provisions of the New York relief act to deter strikers from blocking WPA work. Governor Arthur H. James defers a decision on whether striking WPA workers qualify for state relief, noting aid checks go out three weeks after prior employment ends.
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Ities
Arthur H.james
Labor Board revises rules for Wagner act elections
Washington July 12 the National Labor Board announced it revised rules of procedure to improve Wagner act administration. The main change allows employers to petition for Wagner act elections when two or more unions claim the right to speak for workers but the board has not intervened. Employers had complained at congressional hearings about being caught in middle of representation disputes.
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Washington
National Labor Board
Two Die In Fire In Atlantic City
Two people died in a three alarm fire that destroyed a laundry plant on Washington Avenue in Atlantic City New Jersey. Discovered shortly after midnight the blaze lasted about ninety minutes with flames over 100 feet high. Fire Chief Joseph Leeds identified the possible victims as Arthur Parker 62 owner of the laundry and his wife.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Washington Avenue
Joseph Leeds
Arthur Parker
Quake Spooks Italian Town Near Rome
A strong earthquake in the Palena region about 80 miles east of Rome sent residents fleeing their homes at dawn as houses trembled and chimney bricks fell. No injuries or serious damage were reported.
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Palena
Italy
UPI
Rome
State police enter Pontiac for General Motors strike duty
State police moved into Pontiac today to guard the Fisher Body Company Pontinc plant amid UAW CIO threats of a city wide strike over interference. Troopers reduced picket lines at plant entrances and warned several hundred at the main entrance to disperse. several injuries were reported earlier but no violence this morning.
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Pontiac
Mid
General Motors
United Auto Workers Union
CIO
Pontinc
Fisher Body Company
Laurence A. Lyon
Trail of Meteor Across Five States Seen Over Lake Erie
Residents in Ohio Michigan Indiana Pennsylvania New York and Ontario reported a huge meteor blaze a flaming trail visible for hundreds of miles. The streak moved from Zenith to Horizon around 45 BF, Tuesday EST, with officials flooded by calls and varied reports on where it landed, with Lake Erie Lake St Clair and Canadian sites all named by witnesses.
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Cleveland
Canada
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New York
Ontario
Lake Erie
Lake St. Clair
Ship Built Here Flies to London
A 1 000 ton patrol bombing plane built for the British air ministry took off from Buffalo harbor at 6 34 A M BST for Botwood Newfoundland on a 5 000 mile flight to England. The ship landed yesterday to refuel delaying the crew led by Rogers for a one stop flight from San Diego to Felixstowe England.
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Buffalo
N. Y
British
Air Ministry
Buffalo Harbor
Botwood
Newfoundland
England
Rogers
San Diego
Calif
Felixstowe
Governor's Son Shipyard Aide in Sun Ship Loft
Chester Pa July 12 Arthur H James 20 year old son of Pennsylvania Governor works as a shipyard laborer this summer. He toils eight hours daily earning 65 cents an hour in the mold loft at Sun Ship building and Drydock Company. He says he always liked ships.
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Chester
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
James
Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Jones Again For Bench Report On Circuit Nomination
Pittsburgh July 12 attorney Charles Alvin Jones refused comment on reports he would be nominated to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. He called the prospect a great honor but added there is nothing he should say.
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Pittsburgh
Charles Alvin Jones
Washington
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Odd Fellows Meet Tonight in Saltsburg Church Hall
The Odd Fellows Boosters Association of Indiana County will hold its second quarterly meeting and banquet at 6:30 this evening in the social room of the First Presbyterian Church Saltsburg. Ben L. Jenkins grandmaster of the Grand Lodge will be the guest of honor.
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Odd Fellows Boosters Association of
Indiana County
First Presbyterian Church
Saltsburg
Ben L. Jenkins
Grand Lodge
McNutt Appointment Spurs Indiana White House Talk
President Roosevelt backs administrative merit for Federal Security post. Indiana Senator Minton predicts McNutt will attract Democratic support for the presidential nomination. McNutt would resign if Roosevelt runs again, but favors continued backing from friends. Senate Finance Committee quickly approved the $12,000 post. The White House says no campaign involvement occurred in the nomination discussions.
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Byd
Harold Oliver Washington
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Minton
D-Ind
McNutt
Philippines
Senate
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Menue
Threatening note targets local liquor drive leader in Bloomsburg
Earl Kressler, active in pushing local option on liquor sales in Mountain Township, says a rock-tied note threatening harm was tossed through his home window. A similar note was found at Mrs. Minnie Shultz's nearby home, who also supports the drive.
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Bloomsburg
Earl Kressler
Kressler
Mountain Township
Columbia County
Minnie Shultz
France Expels Rome Newsman in Paris Action
Paris today ordered the expulsion of Concetto Pettinato Paris correspondent for Il Popolo Di Roma for articles officials said gave a false impression of France. The move follows Rome’s expulsion of French reporter Robert Guyon of Le Journal of Paris.
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Paris
France
Il Pople di Roma
Rome
Bolzany
Concetto Petilato
Robert Guyon
le Journal of
Consolidated stock listings and corporate names on market page
The page compiles a dense OCR stock table featuring numerous corporations such as Anaconda, Chrysler, Edison, General Electric, General Motors, Dow Jones peers, and utility and rail names. It presents varied percentages, stock tickers, and price-like figures, reflecting a broad snapshot of market activity and listed entities.
Woman Found Groom Twice in California Deception
A gray haired 46 year old woman born in Pennsylvania confessed to living as a man for 23 years. She worked as a chauffeur and twice married, first in 1926 in Santa Barbara to Elsa Phipps then a second ceremony three years ago. She claimed the name James W Phipps and was jailed on possible felony impersonation.
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Pasadena
Calif
James W. Phipps
Samuel W. Bailey
Minerva Phipps
Bailey
Santa Barbara
Elsa Phipps
Mabe] Phipps
Los Angeles
Katherine Murray
Phipps
Market report from Pittsburgh and Chicago with farm prices
Salable hogs cattle calves and sheep prices listed for Pittsburgh with weight bands and ranges. Produce notes from Pittsburgh show apples potatoes butter eggs and poultry with small price movements. Wheat in Chicago dips then steadies amid heat forecasts. Berwick lumber mill fire destroys plant with embers reaching homes near the river.
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Pittsburgh
Apgles
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Indiana
Virginia
North Carolina
Hennery
Berwick
Berwick Lumber Company
Susquehanna River
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Yec Didiana, PA
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Hahan-Ellison Mine
Minneapolis
Minn
WPA
John Gearty
Sewing Project
John B. Gearty
Gearty
Belgrade
Hungary
Europe
Alps
Black Sea
Hermann
Paris Couturiers
Labor Board
Trail of
London
Governor’s Son Shipyard Aide
Jones
Santo Domingo
Rafael L. Trujillo
U. S
Ellie Lescot
Haiti
Atr
Bendix Aviat
Betty Steel
Latta Briggs
Budd Mig
Ald Burr
Hee
Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Cons Edison
Crane Co
el Lack and
West
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de N
Eastman Kodak
el Auto Lite
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Interlake Iron Bison
Harvester
Nick Canathe
Kennecott Cop
Rvesger S
Lehigh Port
Bly Radio Corp of Am
Reading
Repub Steel
Reynolds
US Steel
West Union Tel
West el
Mfg
Woolworth
Ark Nat Gas
Cities Service
el Bond
Share
Fennroad Corp
California
Chicago
Canadian Spring Wheat Territories
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