Mackenzie Goes Fishing Farewell To European Crisis
Associated Press writer Dewltt Mackenzie announces a two week fishing trip as a lighthearted farewell to the European crisis. He cites Tom Keene and U S leaders as examples of public figures finding relief in angling, planning a Moosehead Lake trip for trout and reflection.
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Dewltt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Tom Keene
Elkhart
India
Tom
Europe
White House
F.D.R
Garner
Texas
Chamberlain
Moosehead Lake
Maine
Three Beaten at Somerset
Pittsburgh attorney John R. Frazkel said three men were beaten last night in Somerset while serving papers for a Federal Court injunction on Pennsylvania's 85 million dollar Harrisburg to Pittsburgh super highway. Ross Adams of Pittsburgh was kicked. an X ray was planned. The other two victims were identified only as a young man and a constable. No formal complaint yet.
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Pittsburgh
John R. Frazkel
Somerset
Frankel
American Federation of Labor Union
Independent Construction Workers Association
Pennsylvania Construction Workers Association
AFL
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Ross Adams
Ross
Adams
John I. Smith
First Thetis Escapee Recounts Sinking Rescue Drama
London reports Captain H P K Oram led the first escape from the sunken Thetis using a Davis lung. Four men total escaped as divers struggled for air and to pump fresh oxygen, while questions grew over why faster action and a diving bell were not used.
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Falks
London
H. P. K. Oram
Oram
Thetis
Braven
Great Ormes Head
England
Davis
Abaya
Baby Kidnapper Held For Court In Philadelphia
Eighteen-year-old Beatrice Wood was held without bail on an abduction charge after confessing she took five month old Gerald McCrean from his cottage while the mother shopped. The baby was later returned unharmed to his parents as detectives searched for her claimed sweetheart, Frederick Bauers.
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Margaret McCrohan
Philadelphia
Gerald
Restrict Wood
Patice
Miss Wooo
Ils
Beatrice Wood
Gerald McCrean
Frederick Bauers
John Wood
John McCrohan
Lee
Harold Simmons
Bauers
Miss Wood
Plucky Youth to Walk Again in McKeesport
In McKeesport, Charles Yeager a 19 year old Danville youth who lost both legs in a freight train wreck that killed five, is expected to walk again with artificial limbs after doctors nearly gave up. Amputation required father’s permission before surgery.
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Mckeesport
Charles Yeager
Danville
Charles
Compensation payments rise in Pennsylvania week ending May 26
Harrisburg June 3 1 1/2 percent Lew 8 G Hines secretary of labor and industry reported today that disbursements of unemployment compensation continued to rise in the week ending May 26 Some 155000 checks amounting to nearly 1850000 were distributed. Disbursements by the state job Insurance agency since February 1938 totaled 90960783
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Harrisburg
Lew 8 G. Hines
Secretary of Labor and Industry
Westminster to Honor Mack at 85th Commencement
Five honorary degrees will be awarded at Westminster College’s 85th commencement on Monday June 5. John S Mack owner of a McKeesport based chain Murphy Stores Inc will receive a doctor of humane letters. Mack has led Murphy Stores since 1911 and oversees 202 units in the East. Coroner reports 19 year old Charles Yeager was found hanged in his Erie home. He was described as despondent over unemployment.
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New Wilmington
Jue
Westiminster College
Phey Treluds
John S Mack
McKeesport
Mack
Murphy Stores, Inc
Murphy Stores
Erie
W. G. Stroble
Charles Bush
Yeager
Thetis Escape Feared Delayed by Gear Noise
Report notes possible collision or capsizing of Thetis as crew heard a 2:00 a.m. noise from loose gear aboard the craft amid current, while a deadline for supplying oxygen had passed without action.
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Thetis
Flashes of Life Salisbury Jail Sale Sparks Debate
Salisbury town meeting votes to sell the jail to the highest bidder amid no crime concerns in the Berkshires. In Wilmington Delaware Jimmie Akehunst, 12, hooks a catfish and hauls in a two foot alligator named Oscar found missing from a local zoo, then returned by park guards. In Tahlequah Oklahoma Harmon Reeder, a deaf cobbler, is struck by a train and apologizes to the locomotive engineer, saying he did not think trains run at that hour.
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Conn
Berkshire
Oscar
ZOD
Park
Simmie
Tahlequah
Okla
Harmon Reeder
Senators Wives protest over missing Garden party invites
Washington report says half the Senate and many House members were left off the guest list for Sir Ronald Lindsay and Lady Lindsay at the Embassy lawn Garden party for King George and Queen Elizabeth on June 3. Wives pressed for invites via Mrs. Garner and the Vice President, but the embassy blanket invite was deemed impossible due to size.
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United States
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Senate
Ronald Lindsay
Lindsay
John Nance Garner
Ronald
Capitol
Garnet
Senate Foreign Relations
House
Second ruling in bottle sale prompts state court action
A second ruling in recent weeks allows off premises liquor sales by retailers in questions tied to Pennsylvania law. Judge J Orin Waite of Erie County upheld cafe owner Wanda Beinkowski's appeal and revoked a one year parole, while an immediate appeal was announced by District Attorney Mortimer F B Graham. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board faces a final resolution in Superior Court.
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Erte
Commonwealth
Superior Court
J. Orin Waite
Erie County
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Wanda Beinkowski
Mortimer FB
Graham
Waite
Renikowski
Liquor Board
Waale
Greene County
Challen W. Waychoff
State
Waychoff
Harry A. Cotlum
Union County
Theodore Rosen
Philadelphia Quarter Sessions Court
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Co Fails Bond Sale Halted Pits
Receivers report inability to sell 68,500 in short term certificates to cover 43,500 overdue pay wall and resume operations. No coal firms showing interest in purchasing the properties. Pits closed since March 31.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation
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