National Guard Holds Annual Review At Indiantown Gap
Thousands watched as Pennsylvania's 28th Division paraded at Indiantown Gap Camp Clement. Units include field artillery, medical regiments, infantry, coast artillery batteries, engineers and air units. Generals Bowley Shannon Kerr attend. Clement family honored. General Martin receives General Reilly medal for longest service since 1898.
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Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania
National Gruard
Scott
2Th
Divison
A. J. Bowley
Third Corps
Edward C. Shannon
Frederick B. Kerr
Charles M. Clement
Martin W. Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad
Theron B. Clement
General Reilly
Edward Martin
Washington
Martin
State Civil Service Benefit and Merit System Explained
The article discusses state civil service benefit, training requirements, and the merit system. It notes numerous open competitive positions across administrative, accounting, investigations, professional, and other areas with salaries ranging from 1020 to 12000. It urges public cooperation to realize the merit system and future promotions.
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Commonwealth
Hill
Japan Moves to End Crisis as War Games Open
A Japanese emergency session is called as War Minister Gen Suji yama vows strict action against China. Vice-Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa is ordered to enforce emergency measures in Chinese waters while the air corps begins five day war games to test defenses. Premier Konoye to present emergency budget stance at joint session amid reports that Langfang clash ends any peaceful settlement progress since July 7.
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Sujiyama
Navy Department
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Konoye
Langfang
Unemployment Compensation Board Seeks Applicants
Excellent opportunity to worship in service to the higher brackets. Those who wish to take the examinations should apply at once to the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Third and Foster streets, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and ask for a blank on which to make the application. Date for closing applications will be within a few days, and examinations will be given in the near future. A day's delay will mean disappointment at this time.
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Third
Foster Streets
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Becker Walks Last Mile in Tower Tragedy
Specator found the tower in shambles with blood and furniture wreckage. The woman lay at the base of a 20 foot slope, throat and wrists attacked. Becker, a glass factory worker, was arrested after time clock entries showed 9 o clock faulty. Doctors said Miss Bracken died about 9. Railroad workers noted light outage at 8 and return 45 minutes later. Becker was convicted despite denial. family offers 250 reward.
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Speator
Becker
Bracken
Wind and Rain Cause Damage Across Western Pennsylvania
Wind and rain uprooted trees and levelled power lines, paralyzing traffic in Greensburg, Allegheny County, and Sharpsburg. A tree struck a dwelling in Sharpsburg, power and phone service disrupted for hours, crowds sought shelter at a park service, and Titusville reported several thousand dollars in damage from heavy rains. Indiana County saw several downpours with minor damage.
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Pennsylvania
Greensburg
Allegheny County
Sharpsburg
Titusville
Indiana County
Trusties Back in Cambria Jail After Escape
Johnstown police captured James Gordon early today at a farm near Johnstown. Roy Penrod was nabbed Saturday near Salix. The escape from Cambria County jail last week ends with both suspects back in custody. The item also notes the Midwest Missouri region as a center of the carncob pipe industry in the United States.
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Ebensburg
Cambria County
Johnstown
James Gordon
Roy Penrod
Salix
The
Middle West
Missouri
United States
Ruth Justifies Wire Tapping In Pennsylvania Hearings
Philadelphia July 28 state senator Frank W Ruth chairing a legislative committee investigating Pennsylvania courts said a public hearing would justify the committee action in tapping the telephone wires of Louis W Wilgrade secretary to Mayor Davis Wilson. Wilson announced a candidacy for governor as the hearings were set for this week. Detective Captain George Richardson testified wires in a pole box behind Wilgrade s home were switched enabling conversations to be heard in a vacant nearby house. Edy Ely free on bail faces questions as the incident pushes Wilson into the governor race in 1938.
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Philadelphia
Frank W. Ruth
Pennsylvania
Louis W. Wilgrade
Davis Wilson
Wilson
Wallace F. Ely
George H. Earle
Earle
Edward W. Pendergast
Ruth Committee
Govenor
Keyes
George Richardson
Ely
Wilgrade
Edy
Scranton
Crashes Sent Three Motorists to Hospital in Pennsylvania
State Motor Police report two pedestrians struck by a car in Indiana County as a youth, Bobby, was unable to swerve to avoid them. He and a Blairsville man, T. H. Bergman, faced drunken driving charges with others jailed for drunkenness. The weekend toll includes 25 killed statewide, with 18 in crashes, including a racing accident at Lebanon fairgrounds and several other fatal autos across towns such as Rimersburg Suburban Alienport and Wilkinsburg.
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C. T. Sieber
Ebensburg
Miner's Hospital
Spangler
Matthew Schultz
Sieber
Bobby
Indiana
T. H. Bergman
Blairsville
Charles E. Loughner
State Motor Police
Mary Williams
Pennsylvania
Dave Wilt
Lancaster
Moses Houser
Lebanon Fairgrounds
Brady d. W. Hutchinson
Rimersburg
William F. Bender
West Grove
Marienville
Willis Kissinger
Wilkinsburg
Mt. Union
Kenneth 4Ess
Alienport
Scranton
Patrick Gilroy
Shaw at 46 birthday prompts sharp tongue on press
George Bernard Shaw, the outspoken gadfly, marks his birthday with a tiny photo and a new revised chapter of The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism. He argues freedom of speech and press under regimes in Russia Germany and Italy, claiming government press control is less corrupt than private control.
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George Bernard Shaw
London
Shaw
Russia
Germany
Italy
Fatal Vehicle and Pedestrian Accidents Across Multiple Cities
A string of late 1920s style accident notices reports deaths and injuries in Frye Station Connellsville Harrisville Philadelphia Allentown Brockville Danville Warren Pittsburgh York Oil City Beaver Falls Titusville Meadville Pittston Towanda Richmond. Victims include James Wishert James McDonald Jane Rossman William Hill Alvin Arndt Lester Roy Joseph Snyder Victor Hockman Marcella Wampler Clifford Williams Elsie Stabley Arthur Kissinger Mia Alexander Grinchuk H E Wilson Richard Scovele Clarence Sykes Michael Wozniak and others in separate incidents involving autos trains and falls.
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Joseph P. Hays
Frye Station
Monongahela
James Wishert
Connellsville
Grove City
James McDonald
Harrisville
Philadelphia
Jane Rossman
August Chernoff
Allentown
William C. Hill
Alvin Arndt
Williamstown
Brockville
Lester Roy
Danville
Joseph Snyder
Erie
Warren—Victor Hockman
Shippensville
Earl Mills
Wampum
Titusville
Gale Dibble
Pleasantville
Pittsburgh
Mia
Alexander Grinchuk
Brackenridge
Meadville
H. E. Wilson
Pittston
Richard Scovele
Susquehanna River
Towanda
Clarence Sykes
Richmond
Towanda Creek
Michael Wozniak
Obituary Matus Mireska 49 in Josephine
Matus Mireska 49 died yesterday at his Josephine home. A Czech native, he is survived by his widow Rose Mikeska and children Mrs. C. H Mielwelski, Rose Mikeska of New York, and Michael Helen John Catherine Paul Madeline, all at home. Funeral 9:00 a.m. Wednesday at Roman Catholic Church of Josephine, Rev. Yanosek officiating. Burial Blairsville Catholic Cemetery.
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Matus Mireska
Josephine
Czechoslovakia
Rose Mikeska
C. H Mielwelski
New York
Michael Helen
John
Catherine
Paul
Madeline
Yanosek
Blairsville Catholic Cemetery
Three Prisoners Still Fugitives From County Banks
Pittsburgh police Sunday night report three fugitives from Allegheny and Erie counties. Steve Mastermak, jailed five to 10 years for larceny in Allegheny County, and Frank Burke from Erie County, eight years for armed robbery. Guards were sent to banks in Carnegie, Oakdale, and Bridgeville after warnings the suspects would attempt a bank heist.
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Steve Mastermak
Alleghany County
Frank Burke
Erie County
Pittsburgh
Carnegie
Oakdale
Bridgeville
Allegheny County
Detectives Probe Abandoned Quarry Linked to Mastermak Hideout
Allegheny County detectives combed an abandoned stone quarry once used by Mastermak as a hideout. Night Patrolman Lee Wagner said a nearby Pennsylvania Railroad branch near the Scout camp suggested suspects may have fled on a freight train.
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Allegheny County
Mastermak
Lee Wagner
Tyrone
Pennsylvania Railroad
Big fight draft stage flags local election slate
A lengthy list of political petitions filed for various local offices across multiple townships is detailed, naming candidates for school director, inspector of elections, road supervisor, assessor, and judges of elections in districts such as South Mahoning Two, Banks Two, Blacklick Two, Creekside, Marion Center, and others. The report ends with a note about a wild turkey nesting behavior observed nearby.
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Earl M. Phillip
East Mahoning
Andy Toth Jr
Jacksonville
H. H. Wetzel
Noble Bell UK
Washington
Dale H. Piper
Blairsville
D. G. Shields
Banks Two
Ord Huey
Mary Ll. States
John Deitman
Green Two
J. E. Fryar
Conemaugh
Nervin Smith
Creekside
Frank E. Groft
Indiana
Earl Steel
L. Calhoun
Armstrong Two
Hamilton Allison
H. C Kunkle
George Clark Overdorff
Blacklick
Frank Wetzel
Marion Center
Boyd Clawson
Edwin Silvis
Blacklick Two
Mike Ka
Canoe
Glenn Miller
J. A. McGetvey
Lee Kuntz
Ivan Neal
R. T- Brendlinger
West Wheatfield Two
Blair BE. McGraw
H. D. McManus
Homer G. Jeffries
Galen Moore
Eugene J. Walker
John Clawson
West Wheatfield
L. Kerr
South Mahoning
Beryl Johnston
John Rankin
Montgomery
Reasinger
Burgess
Gladys McHenry
Charles Fairman
Gabriel Reed
Raymond Nesbitt
Ralph Montagnese
Grant Snyder
al Jen
Brush Valley
Glenn Smyers
Grant
Local Farmers Benefit By Erosion Control
Farmers in Indiana County with the Soil Conservation Service report progress on erosion control since July 1, 1936. About 60 new farms joined 182 existing ones, covering roughly 25 500 acres with measures including contour strip cropping, pasture improvement, permanent hay seeding, diversion terraces, and tree planting. Demonstrations finished on 108 farms. 56 farms use strip cropping averaging 40 acres each. Project manager John A. Brenneman notes rising interest and expects wider adoption in two years, urging inspection after rain to compare protected and unprotected fields.
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Soil Conservation Service
Indiana County
John A. Brenneman
Rapacuk
Charles Hudson
Clark Lightcup
Barney Wilmoth
Emer Short
Clark Cribbs
Brenneman
Indiana
U.S. farm income and industry show recovery strength
New York July 26 a survey of industrial business and farm prospects notes the recovery remains robust with farm income near record highs. The report projects 1937 wheat and total farm income around 9 billion dollars with six billion net, while earnings for 50 major companies rise over 21 percent from 1936.
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New York
United States
Department of Agriculture
Seel
Washington News
Associated Press
Stock Market Snapshot of Major Corporations and Mergers
A compact market roundup lists prominent corporations such as Alcoa Anaconda General Electric and US Steel among others. It notes listings and activity across industries including automakers oil refiners rail and consumer goods with emphasis on major players like Ford General Motors and Standard Oil affiliates.
Solons Nearing Home Stretch on Wagner Act
Debates over labor rights intensify as a wage and hour bill proposes a national board to set a 40 cent minimum and a 40 hour workweek for interstate commerce. Child labor, hazardous work limits, and exemptions for executives are outlined along with industry impacts and Commerce Committee criticism. Washington speculation grows on Roosevelt’s Supreme Court pick with names like LaFollette, Hand, and Jackson circling, while court bill moves aim to speed lower federal courts.
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National Board
United States Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
Robert LaFollette
Phil LaFollette
Wisconsin
Potomac
Justice van Devanter
LaFollette
Norris
Waupaca
Wis
Senate
Sam Bratton
New Mexico
Learned Hand
New York
William Denman
San Francisco
Wagner
Logan
Kentucky
Robert Jackson
Stanley Reed
James M. Landis
The
Securities Commission
Ferdinand Pecora
Hughes
Stone
Cardozo
Sutherland
Brandeis
U S Leads 2 1 At Wimbledon Davis Cup
In Wimbledon on July 26 Don Budge and Gene Maki defeated C R D Tuckey and F H D Wilde in doubles 6 3 1 5 7 9 12 10 to give the United States a 2 1 lead over Great Britain with two singles matches remaining in the Davis Cup challenge round.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Don Budge
Gene Maki
C. R. D. Tuckey
F. H. D. Wilde
United States
Great Britain
Captive Mine Strike Ends In Pittsburgh Area Return Expected
About 6500 miners in Pennsylvania and West Virginia awaited a call to return to work ending a 39 day strike in captive mines of Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Bethlehem Steel. Union leaders said operations would resume by midweek with status quo restored during ongoing contract talks. Pickets and security incidents near Republic mines in Connellsville had occurred amid the dispute.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Patrick J. Fagan
United Mite Workers of America
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis
Independent Steel Company
Fagan
Republic Steal Corporation
Youngstown Sheet
Tuba
Bethlehem
Youngstown Steel
Bethlehem Companies
Republic
Connellsville
Markets and livestock milked by Pittsburgh traders
Market notes from Pittsburgh and Chicago show prices for produce including apples and potatoes with steady tone, and livehog and cattle trading with gains. Hogs mostly up 25 cents, cattle mixed with direct sales, calves strong, and grain futures slipping on Liverpool cues and US supply hopes.
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Pittsburgh
Mosil
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Tee Corp
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Pennroyd Corp
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