McCabe Quits Glass Workers Federation in Pittsburgh
Glen W. McCabe resigns as president of the Federation of Fiat Glass Workers ending a six month drive to oust him. An arbitration board appoints an administrator to finish his term and reinstate suspended leaders, as suits over the ouster are withdrawn amid factional splits and threats of a new union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Glenn W. McCabe
Federation of
Fiat Glass
McCabe
Dela J. Lewis
CHO
Lewis
Cube
West
Leavis
Heals
CIO
Federation
Obituary notices for Mrs Armin da Weston Sickenberger and Marvin Warren Richard
Mrs Armin da Weston Sickenberger 74 wife of Ulysses S Sickenberger of Diamondville died after a nine week illness in Indiana Hospital. Surviving husband and six children with extended relations and a large count of grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral 2:00 p m Saturday at Union Church Diamondville, burial Swedish Cemetery Hastings. Marvin Warren Richard aged three years five months and 11 days son of Mr and Mrs Ray Richard of near Pine Grove died in Indiana Hospital. Survived by parents, siblings Irene Walker Arcadia and eight others, half-brother Alvin Spicher, funeral Pine Grove Wesleyan Methodist Church 2:00 p m Sabbath, Rev Donald Swinehart. Burial Thompson Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arminda Weston Sickenberger
Ulysses S. Sickenberger
Diamondville
Indiana Hospital
John
Daniel Weston
D. C. Pearson
Lewisburg
George Weston
Hastings
Elmer Weston
Pine Flats
Union Church
Diachmondville
Swedish Cemetery
Marvin Warren Richard
Ray Richard
Hear Pine Grove
Irene Walker
Arcadia
Ralph
Julia
Mildred
Beatrice
Daisy
Dean
Marlin
Lois
Kayo
Alvin Spicher
Cherrytree
Pine Grove Wesleyan Methodist Church
Donald Swinehart
Thompson Cemetery
Usury Charge Shakes City Hall Figure Rosie Gold Held on Bail
Rosie Gold, 45, a familiar Philadelphia figure in city hall, was jailed on $6,000 bail after being charged with making small loans to city employees at interest rates up to 250 percent. The case ties a payout system to pay days and raises questions about financial dealings within city offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Rosie Gold
Contour Plowing touted as cheaper erosion control method
Local Soil Conservation Service manager John Brenneman extols contour plowing for erosion control and cost savings. In the Crooked Creek Watershed, about 4 000 acres have been strip cropped with 4 500 more under agreement. A New York example shows contour plowing costing 2.54 per acre versus 3.02 for square fields, with less fuel use and time per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Brennen
Soil Conservation Service
Odius
Crooked Creek
Brenneman
New York State
Avoca
Timothy Sad
Jess
Contested Campaign Fires Up Pennsylvania Race
Wilson accuses Trooper Ely of wire tapping tied to a court investigation while Governor Earle deflects as political. Ely’s arrest follows the alleged intercepting of conversations on Wilgarde’s phone. Earle cites a 1937 legislative committee probe into state courts and pushes coal tax ideas amid a broaderindustrial焦 crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Louis E. Wilgarde
Wallace Ely
Ely
Wilgarde
Earle
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Chocolate Workers Form New Independent Union Effort
In Hershey Pennsylvania representatives from unaffiliated unions across the East plan to unite into a national organization opposed to the CIO and AFL. Charles Hallman says the group will shield workers from "professional agitators" and will base activities in Hershey with delegates from New York Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana New England. The move stems from a Hershey strike and a sit-down clash with non-striking workers in which authorities drove strikers from the factory. the former CIO affiliate later lost an NLRB election to choose a bargaining agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nershey
East
Charles Hallman
Independent Chocolate Workers of Hershey
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Wings
New England
Hallman
Milton S. Hershey
Independent Chocolate Workers
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
Committee of Industrial Organization
National Labor Relations Board
City of Johnstown eyes Earle as Senate candidate
The city of Johnstown objects strenuously. Capitol sources say the Democratic party may test sentiment on Earle for U S Senator when he returns. Some supporters see this as a 1938 stepping stone toward the 1940 White House bid, though Earle has urged Roosevelt for a third term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Earle
Capitol
Democratic Party
U. S
White House
Roosevelt
Back-to-Work Trek Expands Across Bethlehem Mines
Company officials reported a normal tor ment condition at Barrackville Dakota and Richmond nines with no picketing at pit entrances. Ellsworth Division plans Monday resumption as three sites remain on strike at Johnstown Heilwood and Slickville. Idle miners at Johnstown include Rosedale and two at Pranklin while Heilwood runs two mines and Slickville one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Barrackville
Dakota
Richard Nines
Ellsworth Division
Johnstown
Heilwood
Slickville
Rosedale
Pranklin
Wage Hour Bill Sidetracked Shapes New Legislative Push
Continent from page one highlights the administration’s remaining agenda with the wage hour bill sidelined and other measures such as sugar quota, anti-lynching, tax loophole closure, and crop insurance debated. Speculation swirls about an August adjournment, with August 14 and 21 eyed by House leaders amid stalled action.
Labor At A Glance Labor actions across the nation
Detroit sees a one day wildcat bus strike ending as union leaders claim. NLRB plans rebuttal witnesses to show Ford instigated disorder and coerced workers. McCabe renominated to end six month fight in the Flat Glass Workers Federation to avert CIO schism. Buffalo and Washington report counterproposals and wage hour bill actions. Philadelphia ends a three month strike granting bargaining rights to 2500 workers. South Fallsburg organizers recount an attack on hotel union HQ. Atlanta organizer to Barnesville after being forced from a hotel room. New York shoe factories vote CIO representation in most plants, with two retaining AFL unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Company
Fittsburgh
Glen W. McCabe
Federation of Flat Glass Workers
Buffalo
Washinglton
Senate
Philadelphia
Apex Hosiery Company
South Fallsburg
Atlanta
Garment Workers
Barnesville
New York
CIO
A.F. of L
War department food control plan moves forward
The House approved a nationwide food control plan to be compiled by the War Department. A conference between sugar states senators and interior and legal departments was requested. Roosevelt urged groups to meet amid sugar industry restrictions debates. A joint committee discussed relaxing anti trust laws to permit retail price fixing in states with price maintenance laws. Captain Richards and crew rescued passengers from a ship fire near Baltimore with lifeboats lowered after a long delay. Witnesses described frantic scenes as passengers jumped rails while rescue boats saved many. A formal inquiry into the blaze may reveal its cause, with two dead and two missing aboard the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
War Department
Whittington Admirs
House Flood Control Committee
Theokeress
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate House Committee
Tydings
Hitchcock
D-Sd
Roosevelt Courtei
Coast Guard
Richard B. Wysang
William D. Sanner
Wark
Baltimore
Luther Bogze
Turvard
Newport News
Charles ©. Brooks
Gupl
Tyler
Federal Steambow
Charles Brooks
Jome
Sibage
Brooks
Two Dead and Two Missing From Beach Fire Toll
A blaze at a burning vessel caused two deaths and two missing persons as rescuers and bystanders evacuated along the coast. Eyewitnesses recall frantic calls and a rapid scramble to alert operators and authorities as fire spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felemaine
Potato Men Visit Hershey
Continenak reports Dr. Nixon showcasing over 4,000 potato varieties derived from pota toad balls produced by artificial pollination. He aims to develop two or three new varieties resistant to insects and blight with good table quality for Pennsylvania. He introduced a new potato named the Nittyiy, an improvement of Cobbler, with seed being produced in Pennsylvania Michigan New York and Maine. The program included a motion picture in the Hershey ice palace and a demonstration of machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Pennsylvania
Michigan
New York
Maine
Hershey
Fiddlers at Lewiston Folklore Festival Tonight and Tomorrow
Fiddlers from the anthracite hills parade at Buellsville University Memorial Stadium. Indians, Welsh, Ukrainians, Germans, English, Scots and Scandinavians join in clog dancing, singing and an adaption ceremony. Farm folk from Lehigh and Northampton counties stage an apple butter frolic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
Pennsylvania
Buelswell
University
Memorial Stadium
Nanticoke
Philadelphia
Shamokin
Lehigh
Northampton Counties
William S. Troxell
Bill
Allentown
Stephen Foster
Clearfield
Wyoming Valley
Field Day Attendees Highlight County Farm Figures
Indiana County observers list includes Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Belim of Marchand Clark C Pollock Ian Herbert and W S Brown of Marion Center Taylor W Craig and H C Kimmel of Armstrong Township Frank Paul William Campbell W D Mack L S Stuteman and others of East Wheatfield Brushvalley Cherryhill Green White Townships along with County Agents D H Ricks and J W Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Irvin Belim
Marchand
Clark C. Pollock
Ian
Herbert
W. S. Brown
Marion Center
Taylor W. Craig
H. C. Kimmel
Armstrong Township
Frank Paul
William Campbell
W. D. Mack
Stuteman
Robert Wagner
Bob
R. B. Stutzman
East Wheatfield
Doyle Stutzman
Guy Stutzman
William Gougenour
Brushvalley
A. B. Coy
Warren Buterbaugh
Wilson Glassford
Cherryhill Township
Lute
Green Township
H. W. Stonebraker
White Township
Chiang orders crack troops in Manchu capital siege
Fighting rages around the ancient walls of the Manchu capital as Japanese forces press heavy fire to seize river crossings. Chinese generals reportedly answer with 40 000 seasoned troops under Chiang Kai-shek while courting Peiping with air support amid escalating tensions and four secret steps considered by the Japanese cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yunting
Yenching University
China
Sintag
Wanpingsien
Mareo Polo
Chidag Kai-Shek
Peiping
Nute King
War era trials name Franco plot as espionage charge
Insurgent Spain trials at Pamplona charge General Franco’s court with prosecuting a London plotted conspiracy involving British, French, and Spanish elements. Two French suspects face espionage counts. authorities claim a disease germ smuggling across the border. Submerged submarines attack a Spanish government freighter Andutz Mendi near Marseille, leaving 23 missing as crews escape to France. Eastern Spain sees insurgent forces pushing toward Madrid despite setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Francisco Franco
Franco
League of Nations
London
Pamplona
Obdulie Castel
Nimes
France
Andutz-Mendi
Marseille
la Valeria
la Zorraza
Valencia
Madrid
Chinese fight in Tientsin and Peiping amid Japanese assault
Reports describe renewed fighting near Peiping and a two day Chinese attack on Tientsin, with Japanese bombardment and Chinese retreat from frontline positions. Civilians and property suffer heavy losses as Chinese resistance and peace efforts unfold amid diplomatic concern and American refugee protection in Shanghai embassies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peror Hirohito
Taku
Tientsin
Tokyo
Peiping
Chinese Pease Preservation Corps
Ai Tsimanfu
Hopeh
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
AMAL
Church of Christ of China
State Department
Wash
Inston
China
Hull
Chang Tsui Chung
Hopeh-Chabir
Oan
Manchoukuo
Manchuria
Manghoukuo
Embassy
United States
Last Showing Of State Guard At Indiantown Gap
National Guardsmen completed two weeks of intensive training at TANRES on firing and battlefield drills in the Blue Mountains. They stood inspection before regular army officers and prepared to break camp, returning to jobs across Pennsylvania. Guardsmen receive $1.20 a day with rations and clothing during the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiantown Gap
National
Valencia highway and Cuenca siege reported amid insurgent actions
Insurgent planes bomb Cuenca province and infantrymen consolidate gains between Alberracin and Cuenca border. Forty insurgent planes bomb Chelancava De La Canada near Madrid. Government outpost at Tid holds against siege lines. Government reports fighting in Granada and Montril, a Meaneanee seaport 30 miles away, seen as revolt against conquerors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valencia
Cuenca
Alberracin
Chelancava de la Canada
Mad
Tid
Granada
Montril
Socialists plan grouping near Reading to discuss alliance
Pittsburgh July 30. Socialists who left the National party complaining of tactics will meet Tuesday at Sinking Springs near Reading to consider an alliance with the recently formed Serial Democratic Federation of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
National Party
Sinking Springs
Reading
Democratic Federation of America
Markets Hogs Calves and Livestock Prices Reported
Pittsburgh market note lists hogs 1200 head with 140 to 240 lb ranges at 13.50 to 13.40, lighter hogs steady around 12.50, sows down to 10.45, calves 50 head including direct, 1140 to 12.00 for centers, sheep 790 with spring lambs 11.00 to 11.40, poultry and eggs showing steady to firm prices, cheese steady, produce and butter steady with mixed weights and varieties noted. Direct and indirect shipments and wholesale items included with assorted figures and bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgis
Uly
Rominal
Fossil Tracks Found in York Springs Quarry
Centlatively identified as dinosaur tracks from prehistoric time have been found in the Froslies quarries near York Springs. The National Museum at Washington has been asked to examine them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Springs
Froslies
National Museum At
Washington
First Aid Stations Planned for Harrisburg County Fairs
The Department of Health will set up first aid stations this year at county fairs. The first will be at the Mifflin County Fair next week at Lewistown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Department of Health
Mifflin County Fair
Lewistown
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Continent
Earles
Europe
George UW. Earle
Mel. Earle
Morman
Robert Fang
Bhamokin
Paul Shipe
Shimakin
Donald Miner
Wilkes Barre
Melen Myk
Donald Trady
Bellwond
Big Ghick
Chick Hafey
Docs
Reds
California
Continenak
Fiddlers
Chiang
Harold BE. Deht
Champaign
Syarign
Edith Rogers
Cannes
Rudy Vallee
Nas
Indiana Evening Gazette
Ieces
Indiana Eye
Cnry
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