Insurgents Plan Damming Ebro to Halt Government Offense
From Hendaye on the Spanish frontier A Reuters dispatch reports Insurgents intend to dynamite dams on the Ebro River and its tributaries to flood to slow a four day government offensive. Government advances claim control of 15 villages and 4,000 prisoners near Gandesa, as troops push toward the town.
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Hendaye
France
Ebro
Gandesa
Barcelona
Catalonia
Valencia
Francisco Franco
Pyrenees
Sen
RFC Expands Public Works Program by Making Construction Loans
Washington July 28 A working agreement between RFC and PWA opens a path to vast new public works. RFC will make 1.5 billion dollars available for loans on projects receiving grants from PWA s 950 million. Immediate effect: larger undertakings become possible, reviving plans for a 70 million New York tunnel, 60 million all weather Pennsylvania highway, and 35 million Chicago subway. PWA grants may attract lower loan rates.
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Washington
RFC
PWA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jesse Jones
Ickes
Twor
New York City
Manhattan Island
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Congress
Ric
Japanese opposition shattered as forces sweep westward
Japanese reports say Chinese opposition in the area was shattered and that both Japanese naval and infantry units were advancing westward with little resistance.
Obituary Alfred Thompson Davis 41 White township farmer
Alfred Thompson Davis 41 White township farmer died at his home at 7 40 am. Born January 7 1857 in South Mahoning to Miles and Emaline Davis he lived in White township three years. A Plumville Methodist member he was twice married to Almira Mee Quown Davis and Harriett Hoover Davis, both deceased. Survived by daughter Mrs Roy Brady Marion Center brother George Miles Davis Reynoldsville two grandchildren Jack and Ethel Hagerick Mineral Point and a great grandson. Friends after noon tomorrow at Robinson Funeral Home with services at 2 pm Saturday. Burial in Washington Cemetery.
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Alfred Thompson Davis
White Township
South Mahoning Township
Miles and
Emaline (McGaughey) Davis
Plumville
Roy Brady
Marion Center
George Miles Davis
Reynoldsville
Jack Hagerick
Ethel Hagerick
Mineral Point
Robinson Funeral Home
Washington Cemetery
Sleuths Capture Florida Murder Suspect Zalutsky
Zalutsky, who escaped from Florida’s Raiford Prison Farm after a life term for killing a Miami detective during a 1933 Dunellon hold up, was recaptured in Philadelphia after a series of robberies. He had earlier escaped from a Tennessee jail during extradition.
Man Pleads in Philadelphia to Block Florida Return
A man in Philadelphia pleaded to be held on a charge that would prevent his repatriation to Florida. He stated, Ud rather cut off my right arm- I'd rather commit death by own action, underscoring his defiant stance and fear of extradition.
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Philadelphia
Florida
Adams attacks governor over police abuse claim at Berkshire case
Adams accused the governor of politicizing the state police by disciplining Capt Samuel W Gerhart after the Berkshire Mills conflict in Berks County where a CIO mob killed a man injured many and destroyed cars. Gearhart later left to lead Lower Merion Township police.
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Samuel W. Gerhart
Berkshire Knitting Mills
Berkshire
Harrisburg
Lower Merion Township
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania House weighs bills to halt grand jury probe
Lawmakers consider four measures to suspend the county grand jury investigation into charges against Governor Earle and 13 Democrats. An amendment would jail witnesses who refuse to testify until the end of the year. Republican leaders push public pressure while Post Office boxes flood with telegrams urging opposition.
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J. Elwood Turner
Pennsylvania
Harle
House Post Office
Senate
House
Earle
General Assembly
Carl B. Shelley
Guy K. Bard
Shelley
Ellwood J. Turner
Frank v. Atkins
Armstrong County
Turner
Death Strikes Lochrie Family Thrice in 10 Months
Neil M Lochrie 28 died in Windber Hospital from pneumonia after a brief illness following observation at Windber Hospital. The Lochrie family has lost three members in ten months: father John Lochrie, a longtime coal operator, died September 20, 1087, and brother Rufus Lochrie, Reitz Coal Co. manager at Central City, died May 12. Neil had led the Lochrie Citrus Grove in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for ten years and had only recently visited Windber.
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Lochrie
Wind Ber
Neil M. Lochrie
Windber Hospital
Mr. Lochrie
John Lochrie
Windber
Rufus Lochrie
Reitz Coal Company
Central City
Neil Lochrie
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Earle bills face House and Senate test amid protests
In a tense special session, Administration allies push five Earle program bills through the House with hopes of quick Senate passage. Opposition cites constitutional fears. Democratic leaders claim one measure may be shelved. Women voters and Pittsburgh business groups protest grand jury restrictions and attorney general superseding district attorneys. Public notices note opposition and calls for tax relief omission.
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Herbert B. Cohen
C. Gilbert Wolfenden
Indiana County
Anthony J. Cavalcante
Fayette Co
Wolfenden
Cavalcante
Shelley
Women Voters
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County League of Women Voters
Harrisburg
Earle
League
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
National
Small Business Men's Association
Roosevelt at Charles Island Expedition in Galapagos
President Roosevelt aboard the cruiser Houston visited Hood Island in the Galapagos archipelago. He sent ashore 50 bluejackets with supplies to Charles Island, home to 12 inhabitants. Naval men spoke with residents Heinz Wittmer and Elmir Conway about a past disappearance involving Baroness Eloise de Wagner Wehrhborn who ruled the island with two male subjects before vanishing with Robert Philipson.
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Houston
Galapagos Archipelago
Roosevelt
Hood Island
Galapagos
Post Office Bay
Charles Island
Heinz Wittmer
Wittmer
Elmir A. Conway
Conway
Eloise de Wagner Wehrhborn
Robert Philipson
Mandamus Case Over Departmental Tenure in Cherry Tree
Judge Creps analyzes the legality of the Teachers’ Tenure Act in Olive Forcey v Officers and Cherry Tree Borough School District. He concludes no constitutional issue from Malone v Hayden, reviews legislature intent, and examines contract renewal for the 1937 38 school year in a detailed ruling.
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Ing
Creps
Judge Creps
Supreme Court
Olive Forcey
Cherry Tree Borough
Mandamus
Protest and Opposition to 1937 Workmen's Compensation Law
The piece reports widespread rejection by nearly all anthracite producers and most bituminous operators of the new 1937 workmen's compensation law. A legislator argues the amendment lets workers prove in court an accident and removes many employer defenses, undermining compliance with the compensation statute.
Canadian Air Party Missing on 8000 Mile Inspection Tour
Vancouver Island reported the plane did not land there as Hepburn planned a Juneau layover and Campbell River today. Alaska and British Columbia officials will check Hepburns route if Juneau is not reached. The 8000 mile tour includes J B P Brickell and B E Sell em Ben Smith. The twin motored plane is piloted by Jimmy Towne.
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Vancouver Island
Hepburn
Whitehorse
Juneau
Campbell River
Alaska
British Columbia
Northwest Territories
Canada
J. BP. Brickell
Toronto
B. E
Ben” Smith
New York
Jimmy Towne
Royal Canadian Air Force
Armory Basement Alterations and Local Improvements Begin
A project to alter and improve the Indiana Armory basement has been completed, ending cramped quarters and disordered equipment. A stone masonry pier was rebuilt, and Route 691 in Montgomery Township was improved for seven tenths of a mile. A school improvement at Elders Ridge has begun, consisting of general upgrades to facilities.
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Indiana Armory
Montgomery Township
Elders Ridge
Abuses in Tennessee Race Primary Contests
Senate campaign experts dispatched investigators after condemning tactics in Tennessee’s Democratic senatorial race. The five man committee warned of election contest risk and called for probes into federal and state employe engagements, with Georgia to California investigations and a Farley inquiry into South Dakota FSA activity aimed at Berry Gurney race.
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Washington
Senate
Rattleé
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
United States
South Dakota
Farley
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Tom Berry
Chan Gurney
Kentucky
Georgia
North Dakota
Indiania
Ilinois
California
Sheppard
Dtex
Georgetl. Berry
Tom Stewart
J. Ridley Mitchell
John R. Neal
C. L. Powell
Berry
Improvements to Elders Ridge Vocational School Site
Improvements and alterations to the basement and grounds of Elders Ridge Vocational School include a new driveway and parking area, landscaping, and general grounds enhancement. The project costs total 10 926 89 with 2266 89 funded by the sponsor and 8660 00 covered by the WPA through a Federal allotment. Approximately five miles of Township Route 724 in Burrell Township were improved under project 13785, from State PERT 223 near Penn View to State Route 32006 near Strangford. Last week the Indiana Borough WPA completed 2616 linear feet of streets in the Fourth Ward with native stone base, twenty foot wide bituminous surface, and concrete curb and gutter.
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Elders Ridge Vocational School
WPA
Burrell Township
Penn View
Strangford
Fourth Ward
Indiana
Colver Girl Hurt In Collision Between Cars
Grace O'Brien of Colver suffered lacerations on her right forehead and burns on her right arm when her father Jack O'Brien's car collided with Harold Schultz’s Colver vehicle late yesterday. A physician treated her. Schultz made a left turn in front of the O'Brien car causing about $6 damage. he received a summons for traffic law violation.
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Grace O’brien
Colver
Jack O'Brien
Harold Schultz
G G. Robinson
Ebensburg
State Motor Police
Schultz
O’brien
Smathers Receives Long Service Medal in Pa Guard
Brig. Gen. Charles B. Smathers, commander at Scotland, Pa, and general of the 56th Infantry Brigade, was awarded the Gen. William Moffat Reilly long service medal for the longest continuous service in the Pennsylvania National Guard.
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Indiantown Gaf
Charles B. Smathers
Soldiers’ Orphans' School
Scotland
William Moffat Reilly
Pennsylvania National Guard
Full Crew Decision Soon in Pennsylvania Rail Case
In Harrisburg on July 28 the end of testimony neared in the long fight over Pennsylvania's full crew law of 1937. Railroad witnesses resumed after an injunction halted enforcement, with hearings ordered by the State Supreme Court and conducted by Judge John E. Fox in Dauphin County starting May 10.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
John E. Fox
Dauphin County
Indiana County WCTU Convention Opens With Speaker
Hundreds of women attend the Indiana County Women's Christian Temperance Union convention in Clymer. State Vice President Lillian Trezise is the afternoon speaker. A gold medal contest is planned for the evening, followed by an address from Rev. Hugh Given.
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Clymer
Indiana County Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Lillian T. Trezise
Hugh Given
D. D
Injured Homer City Man Improves At Indiana Hospital
Louis Hainaut about 50 of Homer City improved after a fall from a hay wagon at home. He suffered fractures of two cervical vertebrae and was admitted to Indiana Hospital after emergency treatment by a local physician. Hainaut worked for Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company at Lucerne Mines.
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Louis Hainaut
Homer City
Indiana
Hainaut
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
Lucernemines
Indiana Hospital
Farmer admits shooting two brothers during barn fire
Dominick Russo, 40, a Northwestern Pennsylvania farmer, confessed to State Police that he shot two brothers after finding them setting his barn on fire. Corporal Charles Knight reported Russo said he caught them and “let them have it” before they died near the barn.
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Milford
Pennsylvania
Charles Knight
Knight
Dominick Russo
Treasury Balance Report July 26 Reveals Net Balance
Washington July 26 The Treasury balance shows expenditures at 16 716 899 86 and a net balance of 2 089 377 942 06 including 1 497 983 608 88 working balance. Customs receipts for the month amount to 19 130 157 61.
Stock market list with company names and figures
A dense ledger style passage lists numerous corporations including Amoco Anaconda Bethlehem Steel Chrysler and Exxon among others with scattered figures such as percentages and indices. The fragment catalogs equities and financial data from many sectors, resembling a market summary or ticker tape snippet from a historical newspaper.
Pennsylvania Senate considers 78 million school bill plan
Harrisburg July 24 Senator J Thompson seeks to pour 78 million into 1 000 new Pennsylvania schools with three bills to join districts to the General State Authority program and lease schools on 30 year amortization The plan relies on federal aid via PWA before September 30 and would require a million dollar Department of Public Instruction starting fund The proposal outlines state aid scales from 70 percent to 10 percent based on district wealth and teacher valuation with 5 mills tax allowance
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Harrisburg
J. Thompson
Pennsylvania
Senate
General State Authority
House
Thomposn
Thompson
Centre County
PWA
Department
Markets Report From Pittsburgh and Chicago
Produce demand held moderate in Pittsburgh with apples mostly steady and several varieties priced per basket or 100 pounds. Potatoes remained about steady across regions. Delaware and Maryland particulars noted. Hogs and cattle in Pittsburgh traded slowly with limited sales and mixed, calves and sheep prices mixed. Chicago wheat and corn futures opened near prior quotes, with Liverpool prices influencing early moves.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Duchess
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
Delaware
Chicago
Liverpool
Cranium Cracker Puzzle Row On Page Twelve
A newspaper word game asks readers to strike out wrong options to reveal sensible phrases. Items include apiary meaning bee house, Sir Isaac Newton as philosopher and mathematician, Tasmanians location south of Australia, and The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street tied to the Bank of England.
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Isaac Newton
Australia
New Zealand
Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
Bank of England
Lloyd's of London
Woman seeks job after calling herself lazy and educated
Marian Jewell, a 25 year old college graduate in Pittsburgh, advertised for work describing herself as lazy educated and good looking. She received two marriage proposals several mash notes and two offers of domestic work but remains without employment and continues to seek a job.
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Pittsburgh
Marian Jewell
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Hershey Choc
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