AFL and CIO clash over building trades invasion in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on July 27 John L. Lewis announced the CIO will invade the building trades, forming the United Construction Workers Organizing Committee to compete with the AFL. CIO and AFL leaders voiced mixed reactions, warning of resistance and stressing local harmony amid fears of a raid on unionized workers.
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Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
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APL
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Lewis
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Carl Bersing
Cio-Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council
James J. Knoad
Building Trades
Norman Blumberg
Philadelphia Buildling and Construction Trades Council
Democratic factional tension tests Farley and Rayburn
Washington July 27 The Democratic leadership faces intra party strain as Farley and Rayburn strive for unity amid third term controversy and clashes with Roosevelt Garner and Administration policies. A Friday caucus could deepen the rift as loyalties and friendships shape the factional balance in Congress.
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Democratic Party
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Houseeader Rayburn
Congress
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Rayburn
Garner
House
Political races and weather deja vu in July drought reports
In Brushyalley and Buffington townships Republicans name candidates for Constable Supervisor and School Director while a wide drought persists across eastern Pennsylvania. Rain showers, low river levels, and fires strain water supplies as Major Philip Mathews is named Pennsylvania WPA administrator, bringing a link to past relief efforts and the state budget overhaul.
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Harrisburg
Philip Mathews
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Pennsylvania
West Point
F. C. Harrington
Turkey
Balkans
Siberia
American Relief Administration
Russia
Mathews
Earle
State Department of Public Assistance
State Relief Administration
Karl de Schweinitz
Public Assistance
Relief Administration
Tot Capitol
Ala
Allegheny County
Carlisle
Connecticult
Historic reflections on foreign policy and progress
The piece imagines Thomas Jefferson observing modern U S diplomacy with rapid telegraphs and instant calls, noting nine Latin American ambassadors, ministers in place, and doctrines like the Monroe Doctrine Open Door and Pan Americanism guiding today’s foreign policy. It contrasts old delays with current efficiency and asks how policy governs international relations.
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Jefferson
State Department
Paris
William Short
Hull
Kennedy
London
Thomas Pinckney
Latin America
Spain
Portugal
China
Primary Nomination Petitions In Burrell Township
In Burrell Township petitions indicate Aghis for Republican nomina tions as Constable and Supervisor. G. QO. P. candidates there are Con stable, D. N. Bates and C. L., Har-
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Burrell Township
G. QO. P
Constable
D. N. Bates
C. L
Har
Convicts Escape Transfer Train From Atlanta to Lewisburg
Seven federal prisoners escaped while being transported from Atlanta to Lewisburg, Pa. in a guard bus. An all-night search covered Blue Ridge Mountain areas of Virginia and West Virginia as police and volunteers pursued leads. An abandoned car with guards’ gear shifted attention to Thornburg area, while another car was fired on on a Kentucky bridge. authorities released a detailed description of a Nash sedan involved.
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Culpepper
Blue Ridge Mountain
Atlanta
Lewisburg
Charleston
W. Va
C. W. Ray
South Charleston
Thornburg
Rapidan
Virginia
Kentucky
Kenova
Catlettsburg
Here
West Virginia
Trade Treaty Sparks Global Response Amid Embargo Debate
The United States acts under Hull notes on commerce treaties, surprising both the U S Embassy and Japan. Officials weigh possible sanctions and counter moves as Washington refrains from linking the action directly to China. Analysts fear war risk while supporters argue embargo may curb Japanese moves in China.
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Japan
Tokyo
America
Foreign Office
Washington
Taft
Britain
China
Berlin
United States
State Department
Hull
Far East
Lions Hear of Air Travel at Rustic Lodge Meeting
Lions heard Harry Mc Creary recount a self piloted trip from Indiana airport to the Pacific coast and back using actual flight charts. Moving pictures from Mrs Mc Creary were shown and a Lions family picnic was announced at the new Lions Health Camp.
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Rustic Lodge
Harry McCreary
Indiana
Pacific Coast
Lions
Fair Grounds
Lloyd Fritchman
Mehard Granted Divorce on Cruelty Charges
Churchill B. Mehard former City Solicitor of Pittsburgh was granted a divorce in Reno on cruelty grounds at a private hearing. His wife Anne Fissel Mehard, present at last May's Pittsburgh criminal court where he faced conviction in connection with 875000 in consent verdicts against the city. This is his second divorce. he married in 1929 after a 24 year marriage to Mary Kline Mehard ended in the courts.
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Reno
Churchill B. Mehard
Pittsburgh
Anne Fissel Mehard
Mehard
Mary Kline Mehard
Visitors May Cause Headache Headline
Aberdeen report notes visitors trigger headaches more than physical disorders. Causes include loud voices, unpleasant tasks, social dislike, depression, worry, insomnia and insults. Harrisburg note mentions Pennsylvania no new medals. Fish Commission offers bronze award to youths who kill ten or more water snakes.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
British Medical Association
Harrisburg
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Walter Snakes
State Fish Commission
Two-Pound Baby Seems Doll When Held in Palm
Pittsburgh reports tiny John Willard Stupar weighed 28 ounces at birth and is now two pounds at nineteen days. Nurses praise care with 24 hour service, milk every two hours, and a drop of whisky early on as a stimulant. Mother thanks nurse Miss Willard as the hospital deems him the tiniest lifelong fighter.
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Pittsburgh
John Willard Stupar
John
Lve
Nuvac
Dorothy Willard
John Stupar
Miss Willard
Willard
Disappeared beauty contestant found in Philadelphia hotel lobby
Emiore Bertrand, a 16 year old from New York who lost a Miss World's Fair contest, was found in a Philadelphia hotel lobby after disappearing July 11. She told police she had been selling lingerie door to door and could not bring herself to return home.
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Philadelphia
Emiore Bertrand
Brunnette
New York
Pennsylvania car inspection deadline urged by officials
Harrisburg July 27 state revenue officials warn motorists that cars must be inspected by midnight July 31. Secretary William J. Hamilton says safe cars mean safe highways and calls for cooperation as about 100000 cars remain uninspected statewide.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
William J. Hamilton
Revenue
Hamilton
Stock Market Melts Over Ice Rink Effort in Smellerville
SMBELTERVILLE Idaho residents, despite a shade reading of one degree, toil in the sun to finish an improvised ice skating rink. The project captures hometown grit as citizens collaborate to create winter recreation on a warm day.
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Smbelterville
Idaho
Smellerville
Dixie Davis Free Tonight in New York
Shielded by four detectives, Dixie Davis, 34, once the Kid Mouthpiece of the Dutch Schultz policy racket, is set to be freed from the Bronx jail shortly after midnight tonight. Authorities order tight precautions as he steps into a feared life, with a secret destination cited and a Monday return to face a federal grand jury subpoena connected to the Manton case and Torrio tax matters.
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New York
J. Richard Dixie
Davis
Dutch Schultz
Bronx
Thomas E. Dewey
Dixie Davis
U. S. Circuit Court
Martin T. Manton
Manton
Johnny Torrio
Additon
Thomas Bewey
James J. Hines
Schultz
Wheat and corn rise on heat and rain fears in markets
Chicago reports wheat up to five percent early trading as heat and drought threaten corn and spring wheat belts, with July gains broadening through the day. Wheat and corn prices extend the upturn as temperate conditions and regional shortages drive demand across futures.
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uTalks
Chicago
Canada
Pittsburg
Maryland
New Jersey
Obituary of Ynumas Rabichnow in Heshbon
The three months old Ynumas Rabichnow, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Rabichnow of Heshbon, died Tuesday evening. He is survived by his parents, paternal grandparents George Rabichnow and wife, and maternal grandmother Willian Dropchek. Funeral services were to be held at 2:09 PM tomorrow with interment in St Bernard Cemetery.
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Ynumas Rabichnow
Thomas Rabichnow
Heshbon
George Rabichnow
Willian Dropchek
St. Bernard Cemetery
College Weather Report From Indiana Area
Forty nine hundredths of an inch of rain fell in Indiana and vicinity last night. Rain penetration in logsc soil was 3 1-2 inches, in sod 2 1-4 inches. Temperature at 84 today was 70. Highest 88, lowest 68 in past 24 hours. Relative humidity 86. Barometric pressure 28.05 today, 28.06 yesterday. Forecast calls for thundershowers with little temperature change today. Tomorrow expect showers and cooler.
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Indiana
Beremstein
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