Public utilities pay plan outlined by Pennsylvania commission
Public Utility Commission officials explained a cost allocation plan at Harrisburg to charge utilities and carriers for its expenses under the new law. The plan, discussed with associations and carriers in the Senate chamber, would tax each group by its gross revenues to cover regulatory costs previously funded by taxpayers.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Public Utility Commission
Senate Chamber
Utility Commission
Obituary notices from a rural Pennsylvanian paper
Obituaries memorialize Daniel Bozzer aged 2 of Mentele who died at home of bronchial pneumonia born March 23 1935 and survived by his parents and sister Arlene with a funeral at 9 30 a m Thursday at the family home led by Rev Bennett of Alverda. Burial in Oakland Cemetery. Also Homer Shields Buchanan born October 31 1681 at Congruity Pa died Monday after months of illness employed by Howard Gas Coal Co Slickville survived by wife Sarah and children Irma and Howard with services in Saltsburg conducted by Rev M Rudolph Miller, burial in Edgewood Cemetery. Silas M Fleming aged 80 died after a brief illness on the Fleming homestead in Washington Township born October 2 1858 survived by daughter Mary, brother Davied E Fleming, sister Mrs Thomas S Lewis with funeral at 2 p m tomorrow and burial in Plumcreek United Presbyterian Cemetery.
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Daniel Bozzer
Mentele
Arlene
Bennett
Alverda
Oakland Cemetery
Homer Shields Buchanan
Congruity
McBride
Mary (McConnell) Buchanan
Buchanan
Howard Gas Coal Company
Slickville
Salisburg
Sarah (Kiebler) Buchanan
Irma Foster Buchanan
Howard McBride Buchanan
Emlenton
Helen Ana Mary Buchanan
Hannahstown
Saltsburg
Robinson
Rudolph Miller
Edgewood Cemetery
Silas M. Fleming
Washington Township
Fleming
William B
Margaret (Brandon) Fleming
Mr. Fleming
Maude Yeomans
Jane Marlin
Plumeréck United Presbyterian Church
Mary Fleming
Davied EB. Fleming
Avalon
Thomas S. Lewis
Indiana
Fleming Homestead
Samuel W. Shane
Second United Presbyterian Church of
Washington, Pa
First United Presbyterian Church of
W. E. M. Copeland
Turtle Creek
O . Fleming
Irwin
Plumcreek United Presbyterian Cemetery
Drive To Enact Substitute In Court Reform Debate
Close contact with negotiators aims to rally support for the substitute drive on the court bill. Speculation emerges that President Roosevelt may drop the demand and pursue a constitutional amendment for compulsory retirement of judges. Administration spokesmen gave no hint of the next move. Robinson’s death followed hours after Representative Sumners strong opposition from the House Judiciary Committee chair.
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Roosevelt
Robinson
Representative Sumners
D-Tex
House Judiciary Committee
Earle Carries On The Fight At Picnic Along Rail Route
The Weretate Commerce Commission hints Pennsylvania could push demands by talking with railroads. Four special trains will bring 3,000 railroad employees and families to the annual picnic at Conneaut Lake on Saturday. Attendees come from communities along the New York to Chicago route.
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Conneaut Lake
Fria Railroad
New York
Chicago
Great Yacchini Cannon Act At World’s Fair
Zacchini describes his act of being fired from the giant cannon at the Dodson’s World's Fair midway. He recalls checking his gear and waiting as his tube explodes into the air, then landing safely in the net amid applause. The act is sponsored by Indiana American Legion Post No 141 with a local engagement through Saturday midnight.
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Zacchini
Edmundo
Berman
Indiana American Legion Post No. 141
Death of Senator Joseph T. Robinson in Washington
Uvalde Tex July 14 news confirms Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas died in Washington. Vice President Garner called him a great statesman and effective legislator. The 84 year old suffered heart disease, with coroner and capitol physician noting a recent decline and a midnight bed rise before his death.
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Uvalde
Tex
Joh N. Garner
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Washington
Congress
Mary Jasper
A. McGruder MacDonald
George W. Calver
Capitol
Robinson
Galver
Mare Old
Senate
Calver
Runzo Accepts New Music Post in Oil City
Phillip Runzo, Hastings Sehnots music supervisor for four years and former Indiana resident, resigns to take a similar post in Oil City. Hastings board seeks successors with two vacancies for the 1937-38 term, filling third grade teacher Miss Alice Tilden and sixth grade instructor Mrs. David Weakland resignations.
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Hastings Sehnots
Phillip Runzo
Indiana
Oil City
Board of Education
Rinz0
Hastings
Alice ‘Tilden
Stade
David Weakland
Miss Tildan
William Penn Charter School
Philadelphia
Weakland
Senators Eye Democratic Leader Amid Robinson Death
Washington reports note three frontrunners Harrison Byrnes and Barkley as Robinson’s death spurs leadership speculation. Roosevelt memorializes Robinson as a sturdy liberal pillar who fought for social progress and owed no one but the people.
Man Sought in Slaying and Wounding Near West Newton
In Greensburg a unidentified man is sought in the slaying of Mrs Mildred Patterson and wounding of Emmett Cline in a shack near West Newton. Coroner H A McMurray says Patterson and Cline were found in the shanty after living there three days. Patterson, a divorcee, and Cline, a widower, are both 35 from Elizabeth.
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Greensburg
Mildred Patterson
Emmett Cline
West Newton
H. A. McMurray
Cline
George Naughton
State Motor Police
Borough approves WPA rent relief and council audit progress
WPA representatives told the council they should pay no rent for their headquarters as WPA work benefited the community. The council set a nominal $1 yearly rent but required WPA to handle own electric light and janitorial costs. Borough auditors presented their report and solicitor Barber was authorized to hire an additional attorney to review sewers, liens, and borough assets. next meeting will hear further findings.
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WPA
Works Progress Administration
Council
Indiana
Thomas S. Barber
Earle turns plea over to probers
Harrisburg July 14. Governor Earle turned over to the State Police for investigation a petition from workers asking protection in their return to two strike closed Republic Steel mines at Connellsville. Commissioner Percy W. Foote said no sign of trouble was found but the situation was under observation. E. W. Prendergast said the petition signed by the Workers' Brotherhood was forwarded to the governor by Sheriff Thomas Aubrey of Fayette County.
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Harrisburg
Earle
Republic 1 Steel Corporation
Connellsville
Percy W. Foote
E. W. Prendergast
Workers’ Brotherhood
Thomas Aubrey
Fayette County
George George In Critical Condition After Fall Injury
Harry George aged 45 remained in extremely critical condition after a back injury from a fall while trimming a cherry tree on his father’s property in West Lebanon, Indiana.
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West
Lebanon
Harry George
Indiana
Schwab Predicts U S Business Boom In Altoona Visit
Charles M Schwab chairman of Bethlehem Steel forecast general improvement in U S business. He said he was optimistic about business during a visit to Altoona to see attorney John J Haberstrom.
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Altoona
United States
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Schwab
John J. Haberstrom
Safety education urged in Pennsylvania schools at convention
The Pennsylvania Automotive Association called for compulsory safety education in schools and opposed diverting state motor vehicle funds at the close of its convention.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Automotive Association
Attorney Sentenced for Estate Fraud in Jacob Baker Case
Pittsburgh July 14 The U S Marshal's office says attorney William Camer Smith of Washington DC will begin a year and a day in Lewisburg penitentiary for mail fraud in the Jacob Baker estate case. The government charged Smith and others duped hundreds of heirs by collecting money to investigate a non existent Philadelphia estate.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Marshal's Office
Willliam Camer Smith
Washington, D. C
Lewisburg
Jacob Baker
Smith
Philadelphia
Oil City to Install Three Hundred Parking Meters
Three hundred parking meters will be installed in Oil City at a cost of sixty dollars each. The move appears in a local notice detailing municipal improvements and street funding.
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Oil City
Roosevelt for Rent Slashings Housing Plan Weaker Rent Burden
President Roosevelt, in Washington on July 14, orders housing experts from nine federal agencies to explore ways to cut rents. He cites some families spending half their income on shelter and suggests expanding the limited dividend corporation system to finance rental homes and apartments. He notes prewar norms of 20 percent rent versus 50 percent for some today, comparing with France at 7 percent and Europe at 15 percent. The Senate labor committee weighs Senator Wagner's low cost housing bill.
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Washington
Roosevelt
France
Europe
Senate Labor Committee
Wagner
Flivver Plane Aims 35000 Mile Flight From New York
Milton West Virginia flight pilot Merrill Riddick launches a 35000 mile hop to Bombay in a Taylor Cub plane. He begins from Blasell New York after teaching pilots in Hornell Danville and Buffalo. Riddick plans to fund the trip by offering rides and hopes to cross the Bering Strait. He carries $200 and travels with his wife Helen Riddick and three children in New York state.
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Milton. W. Va
Bombay
India
Helen Riddick
Merrill
Riddick
Hornell
Danville
Buffalo
N.Y
Blasell
N. Y
Sylvan Shore, Mqd
Koppers Company Receives Safety Award in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh July 14 The Koppers Coal Company earned the Sentinels of Safety trophy for the second year running. Theodore Marvin editor of Explosives Engineers Magazine cited the Coxton Kentucky mine as having the best safety record in 12 years of the trophy competition. Read the Gazette Classified Ads.
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Pittsburgh
Koppers Coal Company
Explosives Engineers Magazine
Theodore Marvin
Coxton, Ky
Storms Sweep Western Pennsylvania Across Wide Areas
Storms moved through Western Pennsylvania causing road and farm damage and flooding. Uniontown received 2.15 inches of rain in two hours with two feet of water on the National Pike and disrupted West Penn Railway service. Leith and Blair County areas saw isolated homes and flooded farmland, New Castle basements flooded, and fires reported amid widespread showers that linked to deaths of laborer Philip Rodgers and barber Benjamin Fiers in Pittsburgh.
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Pennsylvania
Meco
Uniontown
National Pike
West Penn Railway
Leith
Blair County
Morrisons Cove
New Castle
Pittsburgh
Philip Rodgers
Benjamin Fiers
Russian Airmen Reach Canadian Shores After Long Flight
Soviet pilots in a red winged monoplane completed a long leg of a transcontinental test flight staying above 8800 feet, crossing the Yukon toward Canada for a 1500 mile dash to the Pacific. The mission aims to prove regular intercontinental air links via the North Pole and showcases Soviet aircraft prowess.
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Yukon
Northwest Territory
Canada
Oakland
Kremlin
Moscow
San Francisco
North Pole
Vancouver
Wash
Valeria Chekaloff
Georgi Baidakoff
Alex Baliakoff
Sigismund Levaneffsky
New York
Syria
Maurice Rossi
Paul Codaos
Agency to Collect Meadville School Tax
The job of collecting the per capita school tax will be turned over to an agency. City and Titusville have rejected the system successfully, City Treasurer Don Delancey said.
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Meadville
City
Titusville
Don Delancey
State convention opens with 125 delegates in Grove City
Approximately 125 delegates attended the Women's Baptist Missionary Society State Convention opening sessions in Grove City. The four day meeting will conclude Friday.
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Grove City
Women's Baptist Missionary Society
State Convention
President Roosevelt Not For Parley World Economic Conference
Washington reports say President Roosevelt remains opposed to a worldwide economic conference at this time. State department officials note Europeans favoring such a meeting to avoid war, but the president’s known views suggest he would not preside or call one. Secretary Hull told Chinese ambassador Wang that a Sino-Japanese war would be a blow to world peace and progress.
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Washington
Associates
Rongevelt
State Department
Roosevelt
United States
Hull
C. T. Wang
Japan
Hiroji Saito
Forces of Nippon widen scope of clash near Peiping
Continent reporting notes action shifting south of the city as fighting escalates beyond the Marco Polo bridge area. The week old battle over the bridge near Peiping and the recent run of clashes between South game forces and Nanyuan indicate the fighting is breaking the prior diplomatic truces.
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Marco Polo Bridge
Peiping
Nanyuan
Markets and Produce in Pittsburgh and Chicago Reports
Markets report from Pittsburgh shows hogs and cattle prices sharply lower with direct sales included and various weights. Sheep and calves also pass through with mixed demand. produce section notes apples, transparents, sacks No. 1, and cobblers with steady potato prices. Chicago wheat markets rise after initial dip as rains affect Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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Pittsburgh
Duchess
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Virginia
New Jersey
North Carolina
California
Maryland
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Eastman
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Lehigh Port
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Phila RC
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Radio OY Repub
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Oil
Studebaker
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Transamerica
Unit Airer Corp
United Corps United Gas Imp
Indus Alco
US Steel
West el
Woolworth
el Sand
Sir
Pennland Corp
Indiana Evening Gazette
Coupon Co
Indians Evening Gazette
Philadelphia Street
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Koppers Company
Gazette
West Penna
Forces OF Nippon
Saskatchewan
Alberta
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Aize Head
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