Voter sentiment on 1939 assembly issues to test fall vote
Harrisburg reports that municipal elections in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh will test voter views on the 1939 assembly. Vacancies in Philadelphia and Allegheny County trigger November 7 special elections. Parties seek leverage ahead of possible late-year or early-1940 legislative session amid debates on taxes, charter reform, and labor laws.
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Assembly
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Samuel 8. Lewis
Aegheny County
Pittsbergh
Senate
Herbert S. Levin
Samuel W. Salas
P. J. Renney
Allegheny Canty
Pennsylvania
WPA to Drop 36000 Workers in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports 36000 WPA workers will be dropped July 1, tightening relief costs as $120.94 million for 1939-41 is stretched. Officials note more people moved from dole to private jobs late May, but expect relief rolls to rise after dismissals. County relief shows 9,594 on aid, with 2,313 cases and 15,104.20 spent.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Public Assistance
Workers’ Alliance
James
E.C. Smith
Smith
Graduation notes from area institutions and speakers
Graduates heard warnings about disorder and armed selfishness, with Dr. Sweetner earning a Doctor of Letters and Gov. James receiving a Doctorate of Law. Muhlenberg granted four honorary degrees as speakers urged morality, while other ceremonies covered Chester diploma candidates and graduates from Williamsport and Ridley Park with remarks by F Herman Fritz and Franklin G Williams.
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Gov. James
Muhlenberg
Livengood
Farm ‘School
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Phi Beta Kappa
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Chester
Pennsylvania Military Preparatory School
F. Herman Fritz
Chester Public Schools
Franklin G. Williams
Raymond W. Baldwin, Jr
Williamsport
Harry &. Abrams
John B. Downe
Ridley Park
Pennsylvania
Garner Rumors Stir Democrats on Roosevelt Third Term
The vice president’s name likely appears in 42 states’ primary delegate selection. Garner has not commented on a nomination, aiming to avoid public statements that might embarrass Roosevelt. Some senators say Garner’s candidacy rumors aim to counter talk of a Roosevelt third term.
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Roosevelt
Jekes
Albuquerque
MTV
Royalty in Cleanup Trip Sudbury Ontario Visit
Royals King George and Queen Elizabeth tour Ontario on a cleanup visit visiting Sudbury London Hamilton and Niagara Falls with civic receptions and a Niagara Falls excursion to view the cataract from the Canadian side. They plan Windsor and London Hamilton before US crossing at Niagara Falls. The White House prepares for a British visit with state events and dinners.
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Scotland Yard
George Washington
Elizabeth
Linesls
Dirs
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Abraham Line Voln
Grover Cleveland
Obituary notices from Dilltown and Ebensburg area
Obituary items report Henry Dilts infant and Leslie Donahes Donahey with funeral details. The text notes a Friday admission to hospital for an unnamed patient and a July 17 1886 birth, plus survivors including spouse and six children. Services listed at Holy Family School Church Dilltown and St Marys Cemetery. Additional notices cover infant Vonald Howard Dilts death at 18 months in Indiana Hospital from pneumonia, with family survivors and local burial at Oakland Cemetery. Leslie Donahey, 42, found dead in Ebensburg. Funeral at Ebensburg Congregational Church with Rev John R. Thomas officiating and interment at Thompson Cemetery Cherry Tree.
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Dilltown
Richard
Irwin Perchione
Della
John
Reginund
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Holy Family
Seihole
St. Marys Cemetery
Vonald Howard Dilts
Ward
Margaret
Cosigioe) Dilts
Hidiana
Blacklick
Verner
Wee David
Betty
Wred Dilts
White Township
John Custeta
Black Heir
Oakland Cemetery
Leslie Bdonahey
Leslie Danahes
Ebensburg
Wilfe
Ebensburg obituary fragment mentions Doushey family links
The notice notes a man born September 7 1886 in Paytersville died and is survived by a widow and children Real Frank Herbert Ede Bal and Muri Donahes at home. It lists sisters Mrs Rowena Gal breath Mrs Alverda Ghissford and Heyry Donahey of Indiana and parents in Indiana. The Newrains moved to the home of Jacob Spicher at 218 Noh Marion street Ebensburg.
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Philadelphia Street
Indiana
Glen Starry
Louise Weatweaver
Indiana High School
Paytersville
Frank Doushey
Real
Frank
Herbert
Ede Bal
Muri Donahes
Rowena Galbreath
Alverda Ghissford
Heyry Donahey
High Tribunal on Vacation as Justices Absent
The Supreme Court, reduced to seven members due to Chief Justice Hughes’s illness and Justice McReynolds’s absence, prepares to rule on cases including free assembly rights in Jersey City, ratification of a rejected child labor amendment, and federal milk marketing price programs. The term’s decisions have largely favored the government, with notable rulings on tax, TVA power, sit-down strikes, deportation for Communist party past, NLBR jurisdiction, and desegregation of education.
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Supreme Court
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Jersey City
New York
Boston
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Mrs Elizabeth Steffy Dies After Illness in Green Township
Mrs Elizabeth Steffy passed away at home in Green township at 7 50 p m Sunday after a long illness. She was born October 10 1878 and was the daughter of James and Ruth Boring Stew art. The Rush and rank Steffy survives. The body was moved to Robinson Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements. Mrs George Davis died unexpectedly in her home in Clymer about 1 a m today. An obituary will be given later.
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Green Township
James
Ruth
Boring Stewart
Rush
Rank Steffy
Robinson Funeral Home
George Davis
Clymer
Accident report details a highway collision near Columbia
A damaged report lists individuals Patrick Mundy a 69 year old farmhand and Herbert Earl Stoul 45 of Pittsburgh among victims in a collision on the Lincoln highway near Columbia involving a litereran driver and multiple vehicles with Erie noted.
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Tom Page
Ediabirs
Patrick Mundy
Columbia
Steve Cservenak
Erie
Herbert Earl Stoul
Pinsburgh
House Speaker Blames Senate for Defeat of Legislation
Harrisburg report states House Speaker Ellwood Turner pins the session's defeat of key measures on Democratic senators. He forecasts Republican gains next year to shift power, and praises GOP honesty and constitutional faith while criticizing coal, liquor, and milk regulation as wrecked by Senate divisions. Turner also cites tax issues and budget restraint.
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Harrisburg
Ellwood Turner
Senate
Turner
Republican Party
The Thetis Submarine Disaster Probed In Commons Report
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced a full public inquiry into the Thetis disaster in which 99 sailors perished. He described two forward compartments flooding, a watertight door failure, and the sub sinking to 130 feet at Liverpool Bay, crippling signaling gear as a marker buoy and smoke floats failed to locate it.
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Chamberlain
House of Commons
Liverpool Bay
Twin Rocks Mine Resumes Work After Strike Pause
Twin Rocks mine in the Big Bend Coal Company district ends a two week idle period as the bituminous strike eases and a new Appalachian agreement prompts reopening while other mines had already resumed two weeks earlier. Local workers welcomed the shift back to operation as the mine restarts at Twin Rocks.
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Twin Rocks
Big
Rival Labor Groups Urge Veto of Labor Law Changes
In Harrisburg on June 1 unions from Pittsburgh and beyond gathered to urge Governor James to veto proposed changes to Pennsylvania labor laws. Leaders from CIO and Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council argued the bills would grant employers bargaining rights, enable injunctions, and curb union dues. William Green of the AF of L backed the veto, while House Speaker Elwood Murer defended the acts as fair to industry and labor advances.
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Harrisburg
Dune
Pittaburah
Pennsylvania
Gene Eral Assembly
CIO
A. I. Federati
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council
Pennsylvania Federation of Lebor
United Mine Workers
Hazleton
Green
Phillins
Elwood Murer
Jsbor
Liquor store thieves routed in Overbrook district
Pittsburgh patrolman Holowinski reported he routed two men attempting to steal from a state liquor store in the Overbrook district. They were handling a safe containing 1300 dollars and several cases of liquor before fleeing in a running sedan. One shot was fired by the suspects as they escaped.
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Pittsburgh
Patrolnich
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