Mrs Caraway Is First Senior Senator From Arkansas
Washington July 15 Senator Hattie Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman to serve as a state’s senior senator after the death of Senator Robinson. This marked her fifth historic first including being the first woman elected by popular vote to the Senate and first to preside over the chamber.
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Washington
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Robinson
Senate
Thaddeus H. Caraway
Bailey
Obituary of Edgar Daniel Fyock 1901 1937
Edgar Daniel Fyock, 36, died July 9, 1937 at his father’s home in Grant Township near Hillsdale after a brief illness. Born Arcadia June 17, 1901 he was the first male child born after the village’s 1900 founding. He belonged to Montgomery Church of the Brethren and was buried in its cemetery. Funeral held July 12 at 2:00 pm at Raleigh Funeral Home Hillsdale. Surviving are his father Frank Fyock, sister Mrs Ora J. Owens LaJose, and brother Huey Fyock Barnesboro. His mother and a brother died earlier.
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Edgar Daniel Fyock
Frank Fyock
Grant Township
Hillsdale
Arcadia
Montgomery Church of the Brethren
Raleigh
Ora J. Owens LaJose
Huey Fyorck
Barneshboro
Famed Fliers Visit Plants On Pacific Hop
The Continent’s launch plane, a 1,000 horsepower craft with a 105 foot wing span and 11 ton weight, visited plants after a long cross coast hop. Aviators shed heat suits during the California crossing as the ship's wings iced in the Arctic but defrosting eased the issue.
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Pacific Coast
California
North Pele
Gromoff
Arctic
Hamilton Airport Reopens to Commercial Service
Beginning today the Hamilton airport opens for all commercial services including student instruction charter trips aerial advertising and sightseeing. Two ships already brought to the field by Pilot Don Van Tassel one Stinson Reliant and a Taylor Cub will be used for training as he interviews students and arranges charter trips.
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Hamilton
Firle
Don Vah Tassel
Place Stinson
van Tassel
County wide 4-H picnic planned by leaders
A county wide 4-H Club picnic was organized at the county agent J. W. Warner's office. It will be held Friday afternoon and evening at Indian Springs Park starting 1:00 PM with progressive games swimming and other sports. An auction of club member articles will be held using play money.
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J. W. Warner
Indian Springs Park
J. F. Keim
Pennsylvania State College
Ihe
Strike Ends At Washington Tin Mills
A strike involving 180 workers at the Washington Tinplate Company in Washington Pennsylvania ended abruptly after the Steel Workers Organizing Committee ruled it unauthorized. Night-shift workers refused to return until union representative P. J. Fasser arrived from Pittsburgh and ordered them back. The union, which has a contract with the firm employing 600, cited alleged failure to observe a 48-hour layoff after five consecutive days.
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Washington
Washington Tinplate Company
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
P. J. Fasser
Pittsburgh
Fasser
Yasser
Clash at Marco Polo Bridge Sparks Sino Japanese Crisis
A Nanking spokesman described July 7 clashes at the Marco Polo bridge west of Peiping as the spark of renewed tensions. Japan demanded Chinese troop withdrawal, special rights to develop Hopeh and Chahar economically, and a campaign against Communism, reflecting long standing aims and Japan's growing influence in the region.
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Nanking
Marco Polo Bridge
Feiping
Japan
Hopeh
Chahar
China
Marco Polo
Peiping‘Tientsin
Dollar slash on coal rate to regain markets
Harrisburg July 15. Governor Earle backs a $1 per ton coal price cut by Pennsylvania, New York Central, and Baltimore and Ohio railroads to recapture markets lost to Virginia fields. Operators and railroads aim to lower delivered coal by September 15, with Franklin citing how savings reach consumers without harming middlemen.
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Harrisburg
West Virginia
Earle
Pennsylvania
New York
Virginia
W. 5S
Franklin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Money recovered in death case near Louisiana Missouri
Prosecuting Attorney Tom Proctor says $1,930 linked to the death of Mrs. Dennis Kelly was recovered. Miss Myrna Hanan reported the money and “valuable papers” to Sheriff Russell Wilkes. Rev. C. E. Newton, charged in a warrant with the slaying, denies involvement. Authorities note the case is circumstantial but strengthened by the recovery.
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Paris
Tom Proctor
Monroe County
Dennis Kelly
Mississippi River
Louisiana
Proctor
Russell Wilkes
Myrna Hanan
C. E. Newton
Miss Hanan
Rev Newton
Kelly
Missouri
Illinois
Illinhois
Newton
Eight Sought In Big Racket
New York July 15 Eight new indictors as leaders of a 100 million a year policy racket were sought today as special prosecutor Thomas E Dewey aimed at ending what he called the organized crime's largest source of slush funds. The eight fugitives and four others were indicted by an extraordinary grand jury as heirs of the policy racket of the late Dutch Schultz Schultz organized the policy racket in 1930 Bettors gambled from a few cents to dollars with numbers based on horse races. The ring allegedly fixed tracks and winners and took a 100 million annual gross. Three indicted have been arrested including Dan L Smith Masjo Joseph Ison and Martin Weintraub A fourth Alexander Pompez was arrested in Mexico City awaiting extradition The seven at large with Davis are Abraham Weinberg Joseph Mathias Ison George Weinberg John Coon Sol Girsch Harry Schoenhaus and Harry Wolf
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Cribe
Arthur
Dutch Schultz) Plegenheimer
Newark
N. J
Charles P. Grimes
Dewey
Dan L. Smith
New York City Police
Saan
Masjo Joseph Ison
Martin Weintraub
Alexander Pompez
Mexico City
Davis
Abraham Weinberg
Joseph
Big Joe
Mathias Ison
Masso
George Weinberg
Abraham
John Coonex
Buralar
Sol Girsch
Big Harry
Harry Wolf
Little Harry
July divorce against June ends Hollywood marriage
Juno Lang, once called filmdom's prettiest May bride, faced a July divorce from Vic Orsatti after 468 days of marriage. Orsatti, an actors' agent, said outside influences made the union untenable though he affirmed love. Their wedding May 29 drew 390 million picture people. Lang is 20, ten years younger than Orsatti.
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Hollywood
Juno Lang
Filmland
Vic Orsall
Orsatti
Miss Lang
Orsatt
Senators Split in Groups Amid Court Bill Fight
Senators align around committees and leadership as they push or halt the court bill and President's agenda. Black, Minton, Schwellenbach, and Pepper form a pro‑admin coalition while Young Turks plan to back Barkley and administration aims. Debate likely to sharpen in a party caucus as leadership and timing collide with Robinson’s death shaping strategy.
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Black
Alabama
Minton
Indiana
Schwellenbach
Washington
Pepper
Florida
Robinson
Barkley
Sumners
D-Tex
House Judiciary Committee
House
Bankers Told Must Conserve in North Carolina
July 15 report from Chapel Hill states Pennsylvania Secretary of Banking Luther Harr warned state bankers to conserve human rights, industrial peace and democracy or risk becoming vassals of Fascist or Communist states. He urged bankers to rethink views on labor, saying they had been misled to believe crushing labor and opposing unions served their interests.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
State liquor board abolishes purchasing agent post
Harrisburg reports the Liquor Control Board disbanded the purchasing agent position held by Philip W. Gundelfinger of Pittsburgh as an economy measure. The move follows a state bill requiring the auditor general to approve all liquor purchases.
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Harrisburg
Liquor Control Board
Philip W. Gundelfinger
Pittsburgh
Auditor General
Pay Increases for Hosiery Workers Await Signature
Philadelphia July 15 A new contract raising the salary of union hosiery workers 10 percent awaited signature today by the Full Fashioned Hosiery Manufacturers of America Inc Emil Rieve international president of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers said the contract would be signed in New York and would be effective for one year
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Philadelphia
Leader Dies Hazleton Mine Workers President
Thomas Duffy, longtime head of District Seven ce Mine Workers of America, dies leaving a vacancy in leadership. Local miners mourn the Star president as tributes flow from colleagues and families familiar with his service.
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Hazleton
Thomas Duffy
District Sevence Mine Workers of America
WPA Blairsville School Improvement Under Way
WPA at Blairsville announces start of school improvements including rug cleaning caulking painting and wood sashes at Blairsville First Ward Second Ward and Third Ward schools. Projects cover auditorium brickwork plaster concrete walks and doors with totals and funding from Federal and local sponsors. A South Mahoning Township road construction project was also completed under sponsor and road supervisor oversight, easing access to improved roads for residents.
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WPA
Blairsville
First Ward
Second Ward
Third Ward
First
South Mahoning Township
Sit Down Strike At Heintz Plant Demands Reinstatement
Sit down strike by six hundred C I O members at Heintz Manufacturing Company auto body plant. They demand reinstatement of two workers and discharge of four AFL members.
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Philadelphia
Committee For Industrial Organization
Heintz Manufacturing Company
American Federation of Labor
Woman killed in Lincoln highway crash in Ohio
Mrs John Hutchinson 80 of Orville Ohio died when she was thrown from her son's car in a collision on the Lincoln highway. The crash involved another automobile and the fatality was reported in Chambersburg.
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Chambersburg
Lincoln Highway
John Hutchinson
Orville
Onla
Bell Telephone says phones reach 1,178,275 in Pa
The Bell Telephone Company reports six month 1937 totals show telephones in Pennsylvania rising by 44,610 to 1,178,275, within eight percent of the all time high. The gain marks continued growth in the state’s telephone service.
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Philadelphia
Bell Telephone Company
Pennsylvania
Fox Chase Hosiery Signs With Hosiery Workers Union
The Fox Chase Hosiery Company joined the Philadelphia area as the 61st mill to sign contracts with the American Federation of Hosiery Workers. Union branch president William Lender reported four of the seven other plants were closed by strikes.
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Philadelphia
Fox Chase Hosiery Company
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
William Lender
Electric shock burns boy as wire throws him 35 feet
Ten-year old Dean La Vanture was critically burned and hurled 35 feet by an electric shock from a Pennsylvania Railroad power wire. He climbed a pole over the tracks. The Grand Council of the Royal Arcanum of Pennsylvania will meet in Harrisburg next Tuesday and Wednesday. About 100 candidates will be initiated.
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Philadelphia
Dean la Vanture
Pennsylvania Railroad
Grand Council
Harrisburg
Grand Council of the Royal Arcanum of
Pennsylvania
Veto Plea as City Tax Faces Insurance Firms
Philadelphia Chamber asks Mayor to veto an ordinance taxing assets of insurance and savings fund companies. Four large firms warn the tax would drive them from the city. Democratic meetings plan candidate suggestions for Indiana Borough and Tex Township offices with sessions on July 16 and 18.
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Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce
Wilgon
Philadellhia
Indiana
Arcadia
Dama Tex
Walter Simons Taken by Death in Berlin
Walter Simons former president of the German Supreme Court and foreign minister died at 75 in Berlin. A renowned international law authority he served as foreign minister during Germanys capitulation at the war end and remained in post until shortly before Versailles surrender June 26, 1919. He helped organize the Republic and twice served as president pro tem in 1925 between Ebert and Hindenburgs inaugurations.
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Berlin
Walter Simons
German Supreme Court
Simons
Germany
Versailles
Republic
Friederich Ebert
Paul von Hindenburg
Stock Market Totals and Aircraft Weight Note
The passage lists numerous corporate names and tickers with percentages and figures, then notes that the average small racing planes weigh 800 pounds and one has the floor removed, causing the pilot’s legs to dangle in flight.
Corn tasseling reported here in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia July 15 Weather Bureau reports that hot dry conditions accelerated corn growth with early fields tasseling in southern Pennsylvania. Wheat crops show stress but harvests mostly complete in the south. Threshing for wheat and rye begins. oats ripen. pastures fair to good. potatoes and truck crops prosper. berries and cherries plentiful. apples abundant. buckwheat seeding well advanced.
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Philadelphia
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
Qats
Earle Plans European Trip With Wife in Late July
Harrisburg July 15 Governor George H. Earle and Mrs. Earle will sail from New York on July 28 for a month in Europe. Secretary Edward W. Prendergast said details are unsettled but Austria, where the governor was stationed as minister years ago, is a likely destination. They expect to visit A. J. Drexel Biddle in Poland and will call on Ireland. In related note, Movie Pilots Association crews on a crash scene earn 100 dollars per day even if they merely taxi across the field.
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Harrisburg
George H. Earle
New York
Europe
Edward W. Prendergast
Earle
Austria
A. J. Drexel Biddle
Poland
Ireland
Dodson Shows Exhibit Under American Legion Banner
The Dodson World’s Fair shows, at Carter Street Circus Grounds, operate under American Legion Post No 141. Owners C Guy Dodson and Melvin G Dodson pledge profits to soldiers and will not exhibit under other auspices. The show, the only traveling unit with a Legion charter, employs about 60 ex servicemen, many active in Arthur E Dodson Post No 784. Notables include ex-soldier announcer Paul Glazer and bandleader Charles Clark, an ex-soldier and post commander, while secretary Vernon Korhbhn and trainmaster Don Montgomery are veterans. Navy Yeomanette Maude Montgomery is the only woman in the post. The Dodson shows run through Saturday with a kiddies matinee planned.
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Dodson
Carter Street Circus
Indiana
American Legion
Soldier Boys
C. Guy Dodson
Arthur E. Dodson
American Legion Organization
Paul Glazer
Charles Clark
Vernon Korhbn
Uncle Sam
Don Montgomery
Maude
Walter D. Peterson
Entertainment In
Pittsburgh Markets Hogs Cattle and Produce Report
Pittsburgh on July 15 reports hogs 1100 head with direct movement 800, steady to 12.65 per cwt. cattle 550, top steer price 13.73 with cutters down to 4.25-4.75. calves down about 40c. sheep 900 with thin lambs easing to 10.50 and tops around 5.25. Produce demand moderate with apples weak and various transparent prices, potatoes steady across markets.
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Pittsburgh
Wingis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Indiana
New Jersey
North Carolina
Virginia
California
Nine Wives and Now Nine Years
Winnipeg, Manitoba, July 15. George Roediger, 55, a meat packer, was sentenced to nine years for bigamy and theft. Police said he married nine women in New York and Canada over 12 years and admitted to the marriage to Mrs Julius Regentnik of McTavish, Manitoba, who is a widow and mother of seven. He acknowledged the bigamous marriage and theft of $800 from her.
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Winnipeg
Man
George Roediger
New York
Canada
Julius Regentnik
McTavish
Roediger
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Jestren
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Gene Raymond
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Tand
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Cerro de Pas
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el and
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Indians Evening Gazette
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