Bread shortages hit Pittsburgh fueling stalled freight action
In Pittsburgh bread supplies dwindle as 1,400 bakery truck drivers and 1,000 freight truckers strike. A Federal mediator and union leaders renew talks aiming for a five cent hourly wage increase retroactive to the start of the strike. Operators meet to outline strategy against counter-picketing as chain stores report no impact.
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Pittsburgh
Dune
A. F. of L. Teameters
Edward L. Murphy
Cleveland
International
John A. Moffitt
Pennsylvania
George E. Frazier
Drivers’ Union
Moffitt
Republican critique of WPA relief funds and political activity ban
Senator McNary cites a major mistake by administration forces as WPA employees face political activity restrictions. He warns relief funds may be used to influence opinions and vows GOP discussion during the election campaign. Representative Bruce Barton criticizes Congress for mild action on unemployment and terms it talcum powder on a running sore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNary
Oregon
Senate
WPA
McNaty
Bruce Barton
RNY
Congress J
New Delay on Relief Measure Sparks House Action
The five month session sees efforts to adjourn swiftly while lawmakers push last minute bills. Northern and Eastern committee members propose limited exemptions for whole industries. Leaders weigh broad merchant marine plans and aeronautics regulation amid doubt on anti monopoly recommendations. The House and Senate plan calendars clearings after the weekend recess.
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Roosevelt
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Justice Department
Federal Trade Commission
The
Securities Commission
House
Senate
Net Increase of 3 343 Cases in State Direct Relief Rolls
Pennsylvania direct relief rolls show a weekly rise of 3 343 cases raising totals to 190 835 cases and 630 677 persons at month end with 16 324 relief applications and expenditures reaching 1 436 102 dollars. The week added 14 887 cases and 44 005 persons while 8 514 cases closed for 1 168 persons. The Federal Works Program continued to cut relief burden for the twentieth straight week despite private employment losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Federal Works Program
Gettysburg to Prepare for Roosevelt Peace Memorial Parade
Congress approved the celebration plan for Gettysburg eight days of events. President Roosevelt will dedicate the $40,000 Eternal Light peace memorial with a gas urn ceremony. Two Spanish American War musical units in Pennsylvania may appear. Pittsburgh unit cannot perform due to a fire loss of uniforms and instruments. Philadelphia unit has not replied.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Lester L. Lampert
Roosevelt
Mternal Light” Peace Memorial
Electrical treatment for epilepsy shows partial brain pathway cure hints
The article notes mild electrical stimulation in head areas induced epilepsy symptoms but allowed patients to describe sensations to doctors. It suggests brain disorders behind attacks follow habitual gray matter pathways and that stimulation could disrupt bad habits in neural messages. It stops short of a cure, indicating potential new treatments.
Vote to Hold County Fair Expanded to Include Grounds
The court voted to enter an agreement with Mc Mack owners of grounds in White town near Indiana to secure use of the large track. The Macks bought the fairgrounds at sheriff sale to preserve them for public use and offer to lease to a non profit for cost.
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Heilbrun
J, 5
Mc Mack
McKeesport
White
Grand jury hearings delayed amid liquor case details
Miss Kunkle, under three year US District Court probation in a narco case, and Mr. Kisie, fined $100 and jailed three months for failing to stop after a Route 422 collision in East Wheatfield. Jail term suspended on payment of fine and costs. car sideswiped another car last January.
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Miss Kunkle
United States District Court
Kisie
Route 422
East Wheatfield
Ianship
Storms Kill Two in State and Injure Child in Bloomsburg
Philadelphia teen Anthony Di Pietro, 17, drowned amid the storm. Eight-year-old Shirley Whitenight suffered a compound skull fracture from a rock dislodged by wind while on a Bloomsburg picnic with parents. Three air circus planes forced to land at Bloomsburg due to the weather.
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Philadelphia
Anthony di Pietro
Shirley Whitenight
Bloamsburg
Sunbury
Bloomsburg
Pennsylvania Traffic Toll and River Incidents Highlight Weekend
High winds left pilots trying to ride out the weather as three motorboats battled the Susquehanna near Harrisburg. All pilots reached shore unaided. Leroy Nace Jr of Perkasie died in a highway crash near Yoe ford Montgomery County with six others injured. In Indiana County one four person injury crash occurred. F B Work 68 Rochester Mills Vera Kohlhammer 39 and her mother C J Cleland 72 and Harald Kohlhammer 10 Verona sustained bruises from a Route 119 collision involving two autos and a truck. Wark’s car and Herbstreet’s truck were involved. driver unhurt. Property damage about 400.
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Harrisburg
Susquehanna River
Leroy Nace, Jr
Perkarie
Pennsylvania
Yelford
Montgomery County
Indiana County
F. B. Work
Rochester Mills
Vera Kohlhammer
C. J. Cleland
Harald Kohlhammer
Verona
Route 119
Here
Wark
M. A. Herbstreet
St. Marys
County Courts Debate Medical Aid After Welfare Reforms
A legal fight tests county liability for indigent medical aid after the new consolidated assistance program abolished state poor boards. Judge Long questions duty of Jefferson County Institutional District to furnish care to indigent Ralph Dixon of Falls Creek as attorneys plan an appeal to the state Supreme Court.
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Charles J. Margiotli
Ralph Dixon
Falls Creek
Atttorneys
Supreme Court
Long
Jefferson County
Dixon
Department of Public Assistance
Raymond E. Brown
Mellon Institute Tackles Stream Pollution With Steel Industry Backing
The Mellon Institute of Industrial Research leads a study on water pollution from iron and steel mills funded by the steel industry representing 90 percent of U.S. producers. The project aims to purify waste liquor, recover salts, and apply treatments first on a small scale, then nationwide, with health and recreation safeguards in mind.
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Pittsburgh
Junt
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
American Iron and Steel Institute
Mellon Institute
Daladier launches border tour after Spanish bombing
Premier Edouard Daladier flew from Villacoublay to Toulouse with General Decamp after Spain again crossed the frontier with bombing raids. He planned to confer with anti aircraft and army leaders near the Toulouse front to discuss defenses. French warns another strike will trigger a strong response. French warplanes patrolled the frontier as raids were reported along the Trans Pyrenees line.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Jules Decamp
Spain
War Ministry
Fert Villacoublay
Toulouse
Ax-Les-Thermes
Daladier
Trans- Pyrenees
Barcelona
France
Orlu
Yailpond
Guffey Makes First Move In Governor Campaign
Guffey makes his first move in the gubernatorial race as the state chairman says no meeting is scheduled yet with the opponent but suggests they may meet after Congress adjourns. Since the May 17 voting Kennedy and CIO Leader John L. Lewis have remained silent on backing the victor.
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Congress
Kennedy
CIO
John L. Lewis
Court ruling urged to define district relief liability
The legislation did not specify payment of this relief. Deputy Attorney General John Warner argued districts must assume responsibility as stated in the act. County Commissioners at their Greensburg convention believed a Supreme Court ruling will be needed to clarify the point.
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John Warner
Department of Welfare
Greensburg
Supreme Court
Westminster dedicates Wallace Memorial Chapel on campus
New Wilmington June 1 Dr Stillman Foster pastor of United Presbyterian and Westminster board member spoke at the dedication of the Wallace Memorial chapel in Old Main Memorial praising Gothic architecture as the era’s great achievement. The chapel honors Dr C W Wallace Westminster’s seventh president 1816 to 1831.
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New Wilmington
Westminster
Stillman Foster
United Presbyterian Church
Indiana
College Board of Trustees
Westminster Colllege
Wallace Memorial
Foster
Walens
Old Main Memorial
C. W. Wallace
Homer City Obituaries and Services Highlight Local Notables
Obituaries list a Homer City resident born 1889, Jett Rumbaugh, with services conducted today at the Rumbaugh home and Masonic grave rites at Oakland Cemetery. Also noted are Elizabeth Myers of Indiana and two other local deaths with funeral plans pending or announced, highlighting area churches and cemeteries.
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Rumbaugh
Homer City
Ferman Kearney
Harry Prugh
D. D
J. H. Wimmer
Oakland Cemetery
Jett
Sarah
Blakeney) Rumbaugh
Homer City Presbyterian Church
Acatia Lodge
Blairsville
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co
Irene (Dacaby) Rumbaugh
Helen Irene Rumbaugh
John Ross Rumbaugh
James Koontz
Bedford
Alice
Ruth Rumbaugh
Johnstown
Charles Rumbaugh
Elizabeth Myers
Indiana
Los Angeles
Calif
W. Ross
Nancy (Widdowson) Myers
Atlantic City
Bertha Myers
San Diego
Norris Myers
Clyde Myers
Joseph Nisewonger
Pearl (Sebring) Nisewonger
Joseph R. Nisewonger
Cherryttes
Doyle Nisewonger
Helen Bentz
Dixonville
Jack Nisewonger
Washington, D. C
Norman Sebring
Portage
Earl Sebring
Akron
C. W. Sebring
Cherrytree
Bessie Mukker
Bakerton
Ena Brown
Evangelical
Stiffertown
O.F
Free Trip to Gettysburg for 100-Year-Old Veteran
Captain Billy Welch, a 100-year-old Civil War veteran, is ready to accept a government offer for a free trip to Gettysburg. He prefers automobile transport due to asthma and rain concerns, and would travel with his wife. He recalls bullets flying there and hopes to see a peaceful scene now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleroi
Billy” Welch
Gettysburg
Sam
Young Republicans Plan Regional Meetings and Rally
Pennsylvania Young Republicans announced plans for regional conferences in Clearfield on June 18 and Allentown on July 16, with a state rally to shape their fall campaign. State officers for the next two years will be elected at the Harrisburg convention on August 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Clearfield
Allentown
Japanese Take Kaifeng and Envelop Chengchow in China
Japanese forces, already holding Kaifeng, began surrounding Chengchow as Nipponese air raids hit Canton and the Doumer hospital. Reports claim large Chinese withdrawals, with the Tokyo press noting efforts to sever the Peiping Hankow line. Kaifeng residents fled, Chengchow’s downtown lies in ruins, and relief work continues in the besieged city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chengchow
Canton
Central China
ChengeHow
Shensi
Soviet Russia
Sinchehg
Peiping-Hankow
Changchow
China
Chungmow
Kaifeng
Wade
Sanford Ayer
Atlanta
Mission Hospital
Flashes of Life and Oddities Across Cities
A festive church policy in Pelham allows Sunday services in picnic and beach attire with golf clubs and tennis gear. Esther Finch, 18, claims she is not a student but a procrastinator at the University of Pittsburgh. Freddie Rutchinson, 18, pitcher for Seattle, rebounds with a water break to seal his ninth Pacific Coast League win. In Pasco, Mormon crickets disrupt bird life as hawks and bluebirds share insect meals. A Chicago pastor links a safety creed to a traffic campaign, urging a 25 mile per hour limit on a boulevard.
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Pelham
N. J
Christ's Protestant Episcopal Church
Edward Thomas Tag Bard
Pittsburgh
Esther Finch
University of Pittsburgh
Firehall Water
Portland
Ore
Freddie Rutchinson
Seattle
Freddie
Beavers
Stock Market Notes and Major Company Listings
A dense compilation of company names and stock figures across diverse industries. Firms include Anaconda, Chrysler, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, Exxon, Pan American, Packard, Texaco, United Aircraft, and Westinghouse, with numerous percentage indicators, corporate bonds, and regional listings. The list resembles an index of market quotes and notable corporate entries from the period.
Auto in Altoona Race Record at Speedway 100 Miles
Altoona Speedway hosts a 100 mile national championship on June 11 as Ben Shaw drives the Curtis Shaw Special to defend a world record pace and Clay Corbett of Columbus competes, aiming to add another victory to a storied driving career formerly linked with Wild Bill Cummings.
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Altoona
Reading
Ascot
Cal
Rockingham
N. H
Altoona Speedway
Curtis Shaw
Ben Shaw
Woodbury
N. J
Langhorne
Clay Corbett
Columbus
Wild Bill Cummings
Indianapolis
Streamlining of Rails Urged by La Follette in Boston
Philip La Follette leader of the Wisconsin Progressive party urged streamlining of American railroads as a solution to recession. He said eastern rails are obsolete and that modern equipment weighs much less, proposing an engineer's survey to guide legislation. He spoke after addressing Dartmouth College students and Vermont Republicans, noting 3.5 million jobs in modernization.
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Boston
Philip L. Lae. Folletté
Wisconsin
New. Progressive Party
United States
New Party
LaFollette
Massachusetts
Dartmouth College
Hanover N. H
Vermont
Rutland
New England
National Progressive Association
Eiginerr
Markets report from Pittsburgh on produce and livestock
Produce demand moderate with apples steady across varieties from Georgia Henry Clays to New York Baldwins and Virginia Staymans w 9 to 2 per bushel. Potatoes weaker with North Carolina Cobblers 1.75 to 1.90 per 100 lb sack. Hogs 3150 with direct at 9.15 to 9.25. heavies 8.00 to 8.05. Cattle mixed with medium steers up 25, good grade steady. calves 8.50 to 9.50. Sheep about steady with spring lambs 10.00 to 10.50. Grains in Chicago mixed with wheat rising on heat and rust risk. July wheat around 72 1-4 to 7-4. corn 57 9-4 to 57 9-8.
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Pittsburgh
Georgia
Henry Clays
New York Baldwins
Virginia Staymans
North Carolina Cobblers
Chicago
Vander Meer Dominates Giants In Four to One Win
Johnny Vander Meer pitched a three hit game fanning five to defeat the Giants 4-1. Willis Hudlin and Hal Trosky provided the winning run with a tenth inning double in the Indians 5-4 victory over the Senators. Trosky belted two homers. Pepper Martin and Milt Shoffner sparked a late surge for the Cardinals in a 6-5 opener victory. Shoffner added a nine hitter in the nightcap and Chet Miller appeared in the Augusta classic context. Shaw enters the Altoona race with Colbert. Corbett, a leading driver, was among top CG.5, R.A. racers. Henderson of Akron qualified a car for Memorial Day at Indianapolis but stayed in Dirt Track action. he finished runner-up to Jimmy Wilburn in Winchester’s feature. Henderson drives a Halma machine owned by Elliott Hoppe of Passaic MN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Johny Vander Meer
Reds
Giants
Willis Hudlin
Hal Trosky
Indians
Hudlin
Senators
Trosky
Pepper Martin
Cardinals
Milt Shoffner
Bees
Martin
Shoffner
Fanning
Chet Miller
Shaw
Altoona
Corbett
Garnet
Bud) Henderson
Akron
Indianapolis
Jimmy Wilburn
Portland
Ore
Winchester
Henderson
Elliot Hopt
Passaic
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Gazette
U. S. Treasury
Sicilignos
Treasury Department
Demetrios Sicilignos
U.S
Moorhead
Mere Man
Dizzy Fraidy
Agile Humane Society
Frange
Guffey
Hose Sedilko
George Sedilka
Dilltown
Memorial Hospital
Sedilka
Annie Dubine
Pomona
Susie Palosky
Woodbridge
Andrew Palosky
Young G O
Red Cross
YIMCA
Edward H. Lockwood
A. P. Blunt
Hongkong
Shameen Island
Orde
Pasco
Wash
Kenneth Lichelt
Cricket Centre
Biden A. Brown
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Reno DeElbe
Tyler
Tex
Ballou
Liberty Bank
Buffalo
Alco
Bendix
Burr
Calumet
Canad Pacific
Transamerica Ola
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp
US Rubber
US Steel
Vanadium Corp
West Union
West Fl
Mfg
Woodworth
Curb Ark Nat Gas
Germany
England
Britain
Nazi Germany
Herbert von Dirksen
London
iDg
George
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