Party Leaders Endorse James For President
Pennsylvania Republicans press support for Governor Arthur A. James as a presidential candidate at a Young Republicans convention. State Secretary Lewis G. Hines calls James the only man to lead the party to victory in 1940 while U. S. Senator James J. Davis notes the state delegation could back him. Lieutenant Governor Samuel Lewis predicts a 1939 victory may presage 1940 success. Frank C. Hilton urges patience amid patronage complaints and calls for party unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wtlliam Blair
Conneaut Lake
Arthur A. James
Pennyslvana Wold
Republica
James
Labor and Industry
Lewis G. Hines
Pennsylvania
Arthur H. James
Worthington Scranton
U. S
James J. Davis
Pittsburgh
James Cond
James F. Torrance
Samuel Lewis
Frank C. Hilton
The
Young Republicans
Republican Nations
Davis
John W. Kephart
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Marion D. Patterson
Herbert F. Goodrich
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Sara M. Soffell
William H. Keller
Lancaster County
Thomas J. Baldrige
Blair County
William E. Hirt
Erie County
Keller
Democratic State Committee
Arthur C. Dale
Center County
E. J. Thompson
Centre County
U.S
J. Harold Flannery
Luzerne County
Frank L. Pinola
Kingston
Michael J. Torzinski
Nanticoke
Luzerne County Common Pleas
Frank R. Coder
Somerset
Somerset County Common Pleas
Randolph Myers
Ebensburg
Dermorrat
Cambria
Local Option Debate Divides Officials Over Timing
County officials largely back a 60 day window between filing local option petitions. Some argue the clause only governs petition timing and pris maries. A county court ruling blocking a referendum would not affect other counties unless appealed to state courts and bans a vote before September 12.
Japanese Currency Crisis Sparks Demonstrations in Peiping
A Japanese attempt to replace North China currency with its own banknotes sparked mass meetings and protests at embassy grounds. Demonstrators clashed with police as banners and songs echoed July 14 sentiments, while negotiations continued amid calls for British support retention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
China
North China
Paradise
Foreign Office
Obituary Notice for Laura Quibbs Marenall and Family
Obituary lists Laura Quibbs Marenall with siblings Clark Marshall of Incuuna Jobs Marshall of Glen Campbel and Harry Marshall of Sharpsburg Thomas Marshall of Orland Calif Al s Albert Handhin Canton Ohio Mrs George Mituhei and Mrs James Clawson Pittsburgh Funeral services at the late residence 309 High Street Freeport at 230 PM Tuesday DST interment to Freeport Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura
Quibbs Marenall
Clark Marshall
Incuuna
Jobs Marshall
Glen Campbel
Harry Marshal
Sharpsburg
Thomas Marshall
Orland
Calif
Albert Handhin
Canton
George Mituhei
James Clawson
Pittsburgh
High Street
Freeport
Freeport Cemetery
Kennethy Kennedy Dies After Long Illness in Vandergrift
William J Kennedy 60 of Vandergrift dies at Allegheny Valley Hospital after ten years treated for a gastric ulcer. Survived by widow Netla Fleming Kennedy a son Clifford a daughter Mrs James Childs and several siblings. Funeral at his home 138 Hamilton Avenue Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Kennedy
Vandergrift
Allegheny Valley Hospital
Sylvester Coe
Emma Simons
Kennedy
Young Township
Lewisville
Carnigie Kinais Corporation
Presbyterian Church
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Knights of Pythias
Knights of Matta
Netla (Fleming) Kennedy
Clifford
James Childs
Washington, D. C
A. C. Kennedy
Long Beach
Calif
E. Knox
J. Paul
S. Clark
John S. Kennedy
Elders Ridge
Hamilton ‘Avenue
Lout B. Callahan
Keppers
Sonmais
Hear Portage
Callahant
Philipsburg
Callahan
Wharton
Mary (Bauder) Callahan
Sophia (Saneberg) Callahan
Mary Elizabeth Callahan
William Callahan
Sonman
B. Callahan
Portage
Philipsburg Blue Lodge
Masons
Wiliamsport
Jaffa Temple
Altouna
Philipsburg Lodge
B. P.O. Elks
G. I. Uhler
Portage Lutheran Church
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
CANDIDATES Continued from page one
Green Township petitions list five men for one Republican nomination as Supervisor H W Muman N M Pats Vick Ia L Shenk Austin Slenker and Clarence L Wheeler Also Republican candidates in Green Cane stable Court BE Kitchen and C A Mahan Auditor Ira Blair Reithmil es School Director Spear J Davis George W Fleming and Quay Mc Millen Sevand District Judge Ern Keith Farvie Fleming Which District Judge J F Lightner Edward Pugh Inspector Wendell Barbour J C Bence Fourih District Judge W E Rob erts Republican petitions in Homer City include six candidates for three Council nominations Olyn C Devinney George Kelly F Q Laney John E Sink Lester W Tuck Ralph Wineman Other G Q O P candidates in Homer City are Constable A L Campbell Juditor R E B Walbeck School Director Dan Harmon J L Nix Dick Stephens Assessor B C Walbeck Justice of the Peace W L Hutchinson Judge C H Coup
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Township
H. W. Muman
N. M. Pats Vick
Ia L. Shenk
Austin Slenker
Clarence L. Wheeler
I Green
Canestable
Court BE. Kitchen
C. A. Mahan
Ira Blair Reithmiles
Spear J. Davis
George W. Fleming
Quay McMillen
Sevand
Keith
Farvie Fleming
J. F. Lightner
Edward Pugh
Wendell Barbour
J. C. Bence
Fourih
W. E. Roberts
Homer City
Olyn Cc. Devinney
George Kelly
F. Q Laney
John E. Sink
Lester W. Tuck
Ralph
Suspension Of WPA Dismissals Backfires On State Relief
Harrisburg July 31. Federal orders to suspend WPA dismissals backfired as Pennsylvania saw a sharp rise in relief rolls with 26 299 more dependents reaching 763 990 in the week ended July 22. State administrators halted 18 month plus project worker dismissals awaiting further guidance from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
WPA
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
F. C. Harrington
State Department of Public Assistance
Howard L. Russell
Federal Works Program
Washington
Congress Ap
E. C. Smith, Jr
Smith
Local Jacksonville Ballot Reform and Candidates Listed
In Jacksonville republican petitions list no opposition for council with four nominees Merrill Ferguson Helen McKee and Anna Pohley. Auditor Blanche Blahley School Director George Stockdale Sr four years Rudolph Chemotti two years Oscar McKee inspector Mary B Chookie. Other local candidates to be published later. Jains expects Moscow mission to speed talks. government acts to curb outlawed Larish Republican army terror. Britain-Japan trade treaty denouncements provoke official unease over Tokyo talks. Scotland Yard padds police guard for royal train trip to Scotland. Balmoral visit described as going home by Queen Elizabeth after a busy summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Allen J. Wilson
Laura Frederick
A. T. Vanity
Jacksonville
Merrill Ferguson
Helen McKee
Anna Pohley
Blanche Blahley
George Stockdale, Sr
Rudolph Chemotti
Oscar McKee
Mary B. Chookie
Jain
Moscow
Larish Republican Army
Tokyo
Britain
United States
Japan
Scotland Yard
Scotland
Elizabeth
Balmoral
Congress lending bill debates shape housing plan fate
Roosevelt advises congressional lieutenants as the House files the housing bill for tomorrow while anti administration forces claim the voting bloc to kill it. The lending bill faces delays as committees trim loan authorizations from 2.8 billion to about 1.95 billion and Senate plans a further reduction to 1.84 billion. Senators bar speeches to 15 minutes after Barkley win, Capper blasts the bill as dangerous and warns of federal mortgage actions affecting municipalities and political campaigns ahead of 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
House
House Banking Committee
Senate
Barkley
O'Mahoney
Dwye
Norris ind-Neb
Capper
R-Kans
Uncle Sun
Cappers
Vacations amid wartime anxieties and public calm
The passage notes widespread public calm despite anxieties about western events. It describes subway and bus riders and newly mobilized Territorials expressing that they will let the future handle itself while questions linger about Parliament and Prime Minister Chamberlain addressing the international situation before Friday's recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Westera
House of Commons
Cinamber
Riot safety director orders plant area cleared near riot
A safety director said a state of riot and civil commotion existed near the plant and ordered the area cleared for a quarter mile. Demonstrators wore steel helmets as reserves joined police, who took cover behind a fence. In Detroit, picket lines at GM plants were reinforced by United Automobile Workers while a skirmish at Fisher Body plant No 87 led to two arrests before order was restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Chamberlain
National Guard
Blackwood
Detroit
CLO
United Automobile
General Motors
American Federation of Labor
Fisher Bady Company
Olever
Multiple Fatalities From Accidents Across Lehigh Valley
A list of accident reports from Allentown to Nazareth details deaths of Vincent Bradley and his grandfather Joseph Braz rock, Paul Catterly, and W. J. Rubner among others, with injuries to Allen J. Thomas and Archibald Abel. The incidents include car crashes, a wagon threshing mishap, and a febrile mix of drownings and collisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent ‘Bradley
Joseph Braz~rock
Philadelphia
League Island Park
Charlotte Hahn
Freemansburg
Allentown
Paul Catterly
Scranton
Cambridge Spring
W. J. Rubner
Allen J. Thomas
Emmaus
Nazareth
Archibald
Abel
George E. Schober
Lancaster
R. D
Workers at Crooked Creek flood control dam site surge past two hundred
More than 260 men are at work on the Crooked Creek flood control dam per a Pittsburgh U S Engineers notice. Contractor George M Brewster and Sons Inc reports 229 contractor workers and 21 government staff for the week ending July 22. They excavated about 22 000 cubic yards of rock and 7 000 cubic yards of common material from the spillway and Bartow area, with about 63 000 cubic yards placed in embankments. 135 cubic yards of concrete were placed in stairways gate frames and bridge floor, and 144 posts were cast for the highway guard rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crooked Creek
Pittsburgh
U.S. Engineers
George M. Brewster and Sons, Inc
Bartow
Malvern fatal crash and multiple city deaths reported
The Malvern area saw a fatal crash killing Joseph L. Eros, 75, of Bethlehem after a fall at his home. In Pottstown, Mrs. Helen Klick, 34, mother of six, died after being struck by a car on Main Street. In Pittsburgh, Fred Drenickle, 23, perished in a three car collision. Raymond Fields, 45, formerly a miner of Smithfield, drowned solo at the Brier Hill reservoir near Uniontown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern
Joseph L. Eros
Bethlehem
Helen Klick
Pottstown
Fred Drenickle
Pittsburgh
Raymond Fields
Smithfield
Brier Hill
Uniontown
Treasury balance report July 28 shows net balance
Washington July 31 Treasury receipts for the month total 13 791 110 26 expenditures 26 388 997 89 and the net balance stands at 2 632 157 231 51 with a working balance of 1 946 6544 791 78 including customs receipts of 23 415 016 11 for the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Treasury
Local notes highlight visits and social events in Kenwood area
Mrs Sadie Huston visits Mrs Mary Elizabeth Huston in Johnstown and Mrs S W Erdle in St Petersburg. W C T U picnic near Brush valley on July 24 includes several locals. Other items mention Pittsburgh trips, funerals in Indiana, Los Angeles visitors, and a mass marriage in Montreal with large hospital pickups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Huston
Johnstown
Mary Elizabeth Huston
S. W. Erdle
St. Patersburgh
Fla
J.E. Adams
Rosa George
Floyd Rhine
Charles
Frank C. Adams
Florence Stephens
Lois
R. J. Henry
Pittsburgh
F. C. Adams
Lizzie Butterbaugh
Jennie M. Stephens
Win Shields
Louisville
Ruth Henry
Iral Savage
Louise Craig
Indiana
Budd L. Smith
Los Angeles
Calif
Smith
J. H. Smith
Beaverdale
Market report notes mixed fruit and grain prices in Pittsburgh
Markets in Pittsburgh show apples with no receipts and weaker demand with various regional quotes for potatoes and cobblers. Chicago grains rise on Liverpool strength while Chicago wheat moves up, and livestock in Pittsburgh shows steady to modestly rising prices for cattle hogs sheep and calves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Duchess
Virginia
New Jersey
Livestich
Candidates Enter Primary With Leaders Thinking Of The 1940 Presidential
Harrisburg reports candidates began the municipal elections campaign as top party leaders weighed Pennsylvania’s 1940 presidential role. Democratic leaders back Roosevelt for a third term while Republican circles consider a possible favorite son bid for Governor James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Arthur H. James
Republicas
Democratic Party
Supreme Court
Superior Court
United States
National House of Representatives
State House of Representatives
State Senate
Stock market movers and itemized corporate listings
A dense jumble of historical stock market tickers and company names appears, listing firms such as Anaconda Atch T and S, Bendix Aviation, Chrysler Corp, Eastman Kodak, Gen Elec, Gen Motors, IBM, International Harvester, Kennecott, Texaco, and many others alongside percentages and symbol-like codes, reflecting a mid century financial page with brief quotes and trading references. The fragment preserves a snapshot of sector names, factories, and industrials in a period-typical ledger style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balt
Ohio
Beth Stee
Beth ‘Steel
Briggs
Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Column
el Ts
Liz Cornwich
South
Cons Edison
Consol Oil
Crane Co
Douglas Aircraft
Eastman Kodak
Gen Foods
Gillette
Greyhound Corp
Barbs Tiona Massey Faces Publicity Hurdles in Hollywood
Hollywood import Tiona Massey from Europe struggles with pronunciation yet a publicity writer will likely craft an ad for her next film as she proclaims it a wow. A lighthearted aside notes Mother’s berry jam backlog as Dad battles lingering jars from four years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiona Massey
Hollywood
Europe
Sone
Tiona
Dad
Recall War Mobilization To Feature Major US War Games
Washington reports a vast mobilization as Pennsylvania National Guardsmen join a continent wide exercise. Some 70 000 officers and men from the eastern seaboard will participate in maneuvers at Manassas Virginia and Plattsburg New York with 24 000 from PA MD VA and DC. The 7th Cavalry Brigade will travel 976 miles from Fort Knoxly. Foreign observers attend but may learn little. New weapons and aircraft funded by Congress are ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania
Maine
Virginia
Army High Command
Manassas
James K. Parsons
28Th National Guard
Maryland
District of Columbia
Plattsburg
Adirondacks
New York State
New York
New England
Hugh A. Drum
War Department
7Th Cavalry
Fort
Earle Plane Crashes During Air Plane Party Near New Hope
Former Governor George H. Earle lent his new airplane for an air plane party when Miss Peggy Lennox of New York and six year old Marion Stoddard of Milwaukee were aboard. The aircraft failed to lift over trees on takeoff and nosedived into the ground causing nose engine and wing damage. both occupants suffered minor bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hope
MPRA
George H. Earle
Peggy Lennox
New York
Marion Stoddard
Milwaukee
Here
Miss Lennox
Mayor Named as Defendant in Major Hosiery Case
West Chester July 31 1971 Chester County court ruled that Mayor S Davis Wilson of Philadelphia former Sheriff William J Hamilton of Philadelphia County and the American Federation of Hosiery Workers must be co defendants with the city in a 1 171 000 damages suit by Apex Hosiery Company The company says lack of proper police protection during a sit down strike two years ago caused heavy damages to its plans The suit will be heard at the form court on a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Chester County
S. Davis Wilson
Philadelphia
William J. Hamilton
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Apex Hosiery Company
Mind Your Manners Quiz Answers and Tips
A guide on polite remarks for engagements and salaries. Do not congratulate unless appropriate. avoid bagging about others' marriages. offer kind wishes to the bride. Do not probe rent or salary. When asked about a son’s marriage, best reply is Congratulate Dick for me, I know he's getting a fine wife.
College Weather July rainfall and temperatures report
July weather update shows 0.46 inch precipitation over normal after weekend rain raising monthly total to 4.30 inches with one day left. 8 am temperature 67 degrees, high 81 and low 65 in past 24 hours, humidity 85 percent, pressure 28.05 inches, forecast calls for partly cloudy cooler day and tomorrow fair and warmer.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Action of Hines
National Committee
Woman Aid
Torrance
Young G. O. P
Theo
Mary Jean Tippett
Margaret D. Johnston
Archie Johnston
Loyalhanna Township
Saltsburg
Calvin
Hulda
George) Young
Salem Township
Florence
Virgil
Latimer
Willie Young
Irwin
Carson Young
Springville
Lawrence Young
Blairsville
Saltsburg Baptist Church
David Thomson
Informant
Edgewood
John August Wennersten
Sweden
Boi
Segamore
Ilness
Byrnedale
Sagamore
Lutheran Church of
United Mine Workers of America
St. Mary's Lodge
Coudersport
Leong4 Wennersten
Chester Wennersten
Burnette Green
Russell Wennersten
Oceanport
N. J
Elmer
Batty
Lars Wennersten
Sarah Johnson
Chicago
Rsue
Congress
Brookes
Kenwood
J. E. ‘Adams
Parry Carnahan
Parkwood
Sara Noble
Cetil Buterbaugh
Penn Run
Edgar Enright
Hositals
Montreal
Liverpool
Skunk
Greg Mettle
Heau
Columbus
Grandfather Mettle
Aninny
David L. Lawrence
Joseph F. Guffey
Guffey
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pr
Dta Nal Distillers
WNY Central RR
North Amer Ca
Packard Motor
Pen RR
Phila Reed C
JTM Phillips Pet
J Pure Gil
Radio Corp of Am
Repab Steel
Sears Roebuck
Tas Socony Vacuum
Southern Pacific
Southern Ry WY Speyry Corp
Cal
Ol Ind
Oi NJ
Studebaker Corp Bry Texas Corp
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas
Alco
US Rubber US Steel
West Union Tei
West Fl
Woolworth
Curi— Ark Nat Gas
P.N. G
Earle
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