Move to Modify Draft Bill Gains Momentum in Senate
Washington dispatch reports a push to alter the Burke Wadsworth conscription bill with compromise ideas from Senator Byrnes and Representative May. The plan would create registration for 18 to 64, with 21 to 45 subject to selective draft, and training, but a limit on who is registered. Opponents urge a shift to National Guard mobilization by presidential directive, arguing the draft scope could be trimmed and hysteria reduced. Norris doubts the bill passes quickly if Guard measures take precedence. Continued on page two.
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Washington
Byrnes
D-Sc
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
Senate Military Committee
National Guard
Senate
Norris
Pennsylvania Edison tariff cuts in force Sept 1
The Public Utility Commission announced a $22 700 annual rate reduction for Pennsylvania Edison Company serving 66 000 Altoona customers and 58 boroughs and 112 townships in several counties. A further ~ $219 annual cut is planned within three years with objective rates for residential and commercial users. Residential customers gain about $181 700 annually, commercial $45 000, and agricultural $3 000.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Edison Company
Aligona
Public Utility Commission
Altoona
Bedford
Blair
Cambria
Clearfield
Cumberland
Franklin
Huntingdon
Indiana
Juniata
Mifflin
Perry
Officer Finds Missing Child in Clearfield
State Patrolman R V Mears located his five year old son Bobby three hours after the boy wandered away from home. He spotted him near a construction crew working on a new highway as authorities conducted the search.
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Clearfield
R. V. Mears
Bobby
How Long? A Pennsylvania National Guard Dilemma
Pennsylvania’s 14 000 guardsmen and reserve officers await President Roosevelt and Congress on whether to call out forces. A nationwide authority to mobilize September 1 is under review as leaders prepare for possible extended service beyond a few weeks.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Reserve Corps
New York State
Roosevelt
Congress
War Department
Unrelenting heat grips Pennsylvania across nation
Unrelenting heat smothers Pennsylvania as forecasters predict little relief from a two weeks long heat wave. Temperatures hit 98 in Harrisburg and 95 in Philadelphia, with Pittsburgh 86 after a shower. Drowning fatalities rose to 35 statewide, with two CCC boys and a Scranton athlete among the dead.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Civilian Conservation Corps
John K. Harland
Dunlo
John Pilet
Johnstown
Susquehanna
New Cumberland
Earl Savino
Scranton
Lake Winola
Mercury
Lebanon
York
Hazleton
Scranton Country Club
President Makes Tour of Defense Operations
President Roosevelt toured defense facilities from Norfolk to the capital, asserting Washington could feel safer a year from now. He visited navy yards, forts, and air bases, signaling possible further inspections and a campaigning role for defense issues during the election season.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia
White House
Norfolk Navy Yard
Naval Air and Training Stations
Fort Monroe
President
Hazing Report to Be Disposed by Navigation Commission
A report of hazing aboard the naval schoolship Annapolis at Philadelphia will be disposed of Wednesday. The meeting of the navigation commission for the Delaware River will address the matter, according to G Albert Stewart secretary of forests and waters.
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Harrisburg
Annapolis
Philadelphia
G. Albert Stewart
Navigation Commission
Delaware River
Man Injured in Motorcycle Accident In Indiana
Charles Kalus of Glen Campbell admitted to Indiana Hospital at 2 a m with lacerations to the right hip and possible pelvic fracture after a motorcycle mishap. State Motor Police offered no details. Summer Cleargace Molly Ann Shop.
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Charles Kalus
Glen Camppell
Indiana Hospital
Kalus
George Junior Republic youths sentenced after escape and auto theft
Three George Junior Republic residents faced sentencing for auto theft and related crimes after escaping the Grove City school on July 9. William Grabasky, 17, of Sharon, to Morhuanza. John Fatterson, 18, of Butler, to Huntingdon. John Lantry, 19, of Johnstown, to Cambria county for prosecution. All plead guilty. Lantry may face larceny and robbery charges in his home county. Authorities linked the case to earlier Homer City and Coral incidents but later pursued other leads.
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George Junior Republic
Grove City
William Grabasky
Sharon
Mor- Hanza
George H. Rowley
Mercer
John Fatterson
Butler
Huntingdon
John Lantry
Johnstown
Cambria County
Justice of the Peace
Thomas McClain
Melvindale
Mich
Lantry
Indiana County
Homer City
Coral
A. I. Campbell
Louis Dudash
Coral Mine
Usual siren proves wrong at bareville fire call
The noon siren failed to alert firemen who disregarded the time. The repeated shrieking prompted a check, revealing a fruit stand already burning and destroyed.
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Bareville
Cement Plant Reopens in New Castle
The Lehigh Portland Cement Company will resume production August 1 after six months idle. The reopening will create about 325 jobs at the New Castle plant, restoring operations and employment in the area.
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New Castle
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Henry Ford celebrates 77th birthday in modest observance
Henry Ford marked his 77th birthday in Detroit with a quiet day at home and plans for a summer vacation. He spoke of optimism for the future and said the United States would stay out of war, stressing that prosperity depends on youth, work, and self reliance. He asserted life is earnest and real.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ose
Dearborn
Ford
United States
Thieves Steal Barber Chair From Moore Hotel Shop
Sometime Sunday night or Monday morning H O McQuilken reports a barber chair was stolen from his basement shop at the Moore Hotel. Entry was gained with three keys and the chair, taken apart, was carried outside and loaded into a vehicle. Police are pursuing clues with no definite leads yet.
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H. O. McQuilken
Moore Hotel
McQuilken
Johnstown appoints new city schools superintendent
Dr J Ernest Wagner, 48, principal of Johnstown high school, named superintendent of city schools to succeed Dale McMaster, recently named president of Slippery Rock State Teachers College. Wagner, born in Indiana County, will earn a 5,000 salary with a 1,000 raise. Anniversary sale at Mayfair features dresses coats at bargain prices.
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Johnstown
J. Ernest Wagner
Johnstown High School
Dale McMaster
Slippery Rock
Further spy captures announced
Tokyo reports that several foreigners are arrested in Korea as part of Japan’s espionage crackdown, with 13 Britons already seized in Japan. A Seoul communique said the prisoners, charged with paying, are under examination. The move follows tensions with Britain and the United States over Japanese expansion in Asia.
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Tokyo
Korea
Japan
Seoul
United States
Robert Leslie Craigie
Joseph Co. Grew
Eastern
Asia
China
Indo-China
Thailand
Siam
Dutch East Indies
Burma
Hongkong
Wang Ching-Wei
Nanking
Bri- Lee
France protests internment of French admirals in Britain
France formally protested to Britain over the internment of Admirals Villain and Caryel whose ships were in English ports after the armistice. It also demanded the release of two French oil tankers detained at Alexandria. German rail restrictions eased for government service train between occupied and free zones, with travel allowed for refugees under fuel rules.
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Vichy
France
Villaine
Caryel
Alexandria
Oxford
Paris
Gas Rate Case Being Speeded by PUC
Harrisburg July 30. Chairman John Siggins says the Public Utility Commission will proceed as expeditiously as possible toward ending its rate case against Peoples Natural Gas of Pittsburgh after September hearings. The company was permitted a roughly 1.3 million dollar annual increase pending a final order in the PUC investigation.
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Harrisburg
John Siggins
Public Utility Commission
Peoples Natural Gas Cay
Pittsburgh
Nazi Bombing Quietly Presses Britain in War News
Allied reports describe renewed German bombing across the Channel aimed at breaking English morale ahead of any invasion. British and German authorities trade claims on ship losses and air casualties as speculation grows on Hitler’s timing and invasion plans.
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Associated Press
Nazi Germany
Channel
Germany
Georan High Command
Dover
High Command
English Channel
England
Gibraltar
Adolf Hitler
Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
Berlin
Herr Hitler
London
Hitler
Argentina Reserves Position at Havana Conference
Havana July 30 Argentine reservations clouded Pan American unity at the end of a conference on hemisphere economics and defense. The Act of Havana authorized temporary control of European colonies to protect the continent, but Argentina pressed to reserve final judgment. Delegates called the move academic while noting progress toward a three point inter American defense framework.
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Havana
New World
Argentina
Maurice Nabuco Lee Argentine
Judgeship Open in Lancaster County
Harrisburg July 30 Governor James has not yet named a choice for the Lancaster County common pleas bench. Pedigo says G Graybill Diehm and C Maurice Hershey will likely submit a recommendation aimed at appealing to the public.
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Harrisburg
James
Lancaster County Common Pleas
J. Paul Pedigo
G. Graybill Diehm
Pinchot
C. Maurice Hershey
Scranton U appoints new president to take office
Scranton, July 30. Frank J. O'Hara, registrar of the University of Scranton, announced that Brother Denis Edward will be replaced August 15 as president by another member of the Christian Brother order. Edward was the first president to serve three terms. the provincial will name his successor later.
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Scranton
Frank J. O'Hara
University of Scranton
Denis Edward
Christian Brother Order
Brother Edward
the Ordes
Willkie Will Air Platform in Acceptance Address
Willkie plans to interpret the Republican platform and attack political machines in his August 17 acceptance address after drafting remarks in Elwood Indiana. He argued open minded Democrats should vote for him based on beliefs, not personality, while condemning city machines aided by federal funds.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Wendell L. Willkie
Elwood
Ind
Willkie
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
U S French Aid Britain Formed by French in U S
A group of French citizens in the United States formed to aid Britain against totalitarianism. Eugene Houdry announced headquarters in Philadelphia and sought a charter for France forever to assist Great Britain and the United States in overcoming tyranny. The group formed in New York after the French German armistice.
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Philadelphia
United States
France
Free Nations
Eugene Houdry
Great Britain
New York
Germans Strike Hard Blows On Britain's Coast
German warplanes struck punishing blows on Britain's coast killing civilians including an infant and damaging towns along the East Coast near the Thames. A lone raider dropped bombs on a crowded working class district, with several killed and many injured. Additional raids caused property damage and casualties in an East Anglian town.
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London
Britain
Thames
Ministry of Security
England
France
Romania braces for German deadline on Transylvania conduct
In Bucharest July 30 growing opposition threatens to complicate Romania's response to a reported Nazi warning to settle Hungary and Bulgaria claims by Sept 5. Failure to comply could invite Axis intervention. Maniu, Romania's peasant party leader, arrived opposing any cession while noting German pressure to keep Balkans at peace. Romanian experts previously suggested trading three border cities for population shifts.
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Bucharest
Hungary
Bulgaria
Juliu Manu
Romania
Peaseant Party
Transylvania
Hungaria
Satu-Mare
Orades
Arad
Maniu
Rumania
Germany
Balkans
Iron Works to Make Munitions in Defense Push
Iron Works at Wilkes-Harr e converts to munitions production as part of a national defense program. Officers elected today pledged to expand output to motor and ordnance components, signaling a shift to war material. Local plant leadership, Perry Holder, and Overland Motors are mentioned in this effort.
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Wilkes-Harre
Bes
Trol
Ion Works
Ap National Defense
Perry Holder
Casentry
Ordnance
Overland Motors
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Hugh Dalton
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