Van Dyke plans shakeup in Erie district force
Harrisburg reports secretary of highways S Van Dyke announced a shake up of personnel in District 1 after an investigation into gravel contracts led to two dismissals. Governor Earle released findings that former district 1 engineer H J Temple and Pioneer Materials Company supplier FE A Griffith faced action. Temple’s negligence and Griffith’s substandard gravel were cited. Pioneer was barred from bidding on state contracts.
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Harrisburg
Oarten S. van Dyke
District 1
Gome
van Dyke
Earle
H. J. Temple
Highways Department
FE. A. Griffith
Clearfield
Erie
Forest
Mercer
Gewnter
Venango
Warren
MUMMER'S PARADE CONTINUES WITH COSTUME WINS
Contests feature best fancy costume first prize two dollars and fifty cents, second prize one dollar twenty five, a Mexican costume, and acts like The Two Tramps and Old Father Time. Historical Day offers exhibits and a vote on antiques with prizes, parade at 6 30 pm awarding ten to two dollars.
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Johnston
McFarland
Newt Griffith
Marion Center
Bill Clark
Jack Waters
Ward Thorpe
Strong Fox
J. F. Murphy
Norman Johns
Jean Harlow to Be Buried
Actress Jean Harlow slated for burial after a life spent in film comedy and drama. The star, born Har Jean Carpenter, lived in Beverly Hills and left an estate near one million dollars while earning about four thousand dollars weekly. She favored sportswear, dyed hair changes, and generosity toward colleagues and staff.
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Harlow
Beverly Hills
Har- Jean Carpenter
Monroe Plant to Be Reopened After Strike Tactics
White Republic Steel officials prepared to reopen the Monroe plant while continuing output at South Chicago mills. In a surprise move, the company sent 214 Pullman cars onto the property to house non-striking workers, challenging Mayor Edward Kelly's decree against using a wire factory as living quarters. The Senate civil liberties committee issued subpoenas for States’ Attorney Thomas J. Courtney and Police Captain Michael Tobin as part of the strike coverage.
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White Republic Steel
Monroe
South Chicago
Republic
Edward Kelly
Chicago
Senate
Civil Liberties Committee
Thomas J. Courtney
Michael Tobin
Rotary urged to be unselfish at 20th convention
June 8 Nice France delegates from around the world gathered for the Rotary International convention. H Roe Bartle president of the Kansas City club urged continual service to sustain Rotary as a living organization. Paul H King of Detroit praised work helping crippled children as a bright page in Rotary history noting growth since 1932 start by Syracuse club.
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Nice
France
H. Roe Bartle
Kansas City
Mac
Rotary International
Rotary
Paul H. King
Detroit
Mich
King
Michigan
United States
Syracuse
N. Y
Clutb
Nation hears queries on Chicago riot and steel strike state
Questioning set for Washington on July 1 regarding the South Chicago riot Memorial Day which cost seven lives. Union leaders seek presidential intervention in the Illinois-Indiana Calumet district steel strike. The National Labor Relations Board says no formal action has been instituted. Senators push for post office and labor inquiries amid alleged interference. Detroit and Mexico events accompany broader labor unrest and conciliation efforts.
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Washington
Chicago
Ilinois-Indiana
Calumet
Perking
National Labor Relations Board
Bridges
RNH
Ohio
Senate
McKellar
D-Tenn
Postoffice Department
Bailey
D-Nc
Postoffice Committee
Ralph A. Liddy
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
UAW
Ford
Mexico
Federal Conciliation Board
Public Works
Providence
R. L
Srikes
Works
Monaghan Threats and Slashing Case Highlight Night Arrest
Testimony describes Monaghan's threats to kill and cut the heart out of anyone who confronted him. Collins says Monaghan, very drunk, vowed to cut Judge Hudson's throat and heart. Monaghan was arrested that night on a charge of slashing a detective.
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Collins
Monaghan
Eleven on High Court Pondered Before Senate Action
Indications showed the judiciary committee report opposing the Roosevelt bill would reach the Senate in a day or two unless major revisions occurred. Discussions of strategy filled the chamber as opponents signaled a possible test vote to postpone consideration indefinitely.
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Sary
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Starford Priest to Say First Mass
Latrobe reports 30 men to be ordained Sunday by Bishop Hugh C. Boyle of the Pittsburgh diocese. Services at Archabbey of St Vincent College. One of the new priests is the Rev. Francis R. Gresko, son of Mrs. Mary Gresko of Starford, assigned to St Elizabeth Church in Starford.
Flood Control Funds Are Ready to Start Work
Washington June 8. Representative Peter J. Demuth of Pittsburgh said federal funds are assured to start construction of the Western Pennsylvania control reservoir system. Representative J. Buell Snyder of Perryopolis, Democrat, said the appropriations bill for flood works would come before the House next Tuesday.
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Washington
Peter J. Demuth
Pittsburgh Democrat
Western Pennsylvania
J. Buell Snyder
Perryopolis
Appropriations
House
Reform Meet Johnstown Classis Opens Sunday School Convention
The Westmoreland Classis of the Evangelical and Reformed Church opened its annual Sunday School convention with delegates from 86 churches in Cambria and Westmoreland Counties attending.
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Johnstown
Westmoreland
Evangelical
Nd Reformed Church
Cambria
Westmoreland Counties
Snooky Joins Duchess Honeymoon Stroll
The Duke of Windsor and his bride spent a honeymoon stroll near Castle Wasserleanburg as their calyn terrier Snooky defied his master by standing on hind legs. The couple, enjoying late sun after rain, walked 30 minutes with the Duchess in a white wool suit and diagonal striped blouse.
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Noetsch
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Snooky
Castle Wasserleanburg
Edward
Instrumental music barred in Brethren church services
The Brethren in Christ Church continues to bar instrumental music in worship. The church’s general conference in the United States and Canada amended its constitution to require vocal music. Bishop C N Hostetter Jr of Washington Boro Pa was elected moderator. Weeland Ontario chosen as 1938 conference city.
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Florin
Brethren In Christ Church
General Conference
United States
Canada
C. N. Hostetter
Washington Boro
Weeland
Ontario
Electric co-ops move for monopoly in Pa territory
Three northern Pennsylvania cooperatives filed maps under the new utility law to bar competition in their service areas. Claverack Co-Operative Association of Towanda Sullivan County Rural Electric Association of Laporte and Tri County Rural Electric Co Operative Association of Mansfield led the filing in Harrisburg.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Claverack Co-Operative Association of
Towanda
Sullivan County Rural Electric Association of
Laporte
Tri-County Rural Electric Co-Operative Association of
Mansfield
Negotiations On At Two Iron Plants After Walkout
Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers, allied with the CIO, negotiated for recognition as the bargaining agent for 9910 workers at two closed plants. About 500 idle at the Fort Pitt Matcabie Iron plant as the company said it shut down to avoid trouble. A strike over a wage and hour agreement closed the Owen-Illinois can factory.
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Mckees Rocks
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
Fort Pitt Matcabie
Owen-Illinois
New Law Aids Sit-Down Strikers in Pennsylvania
Assemblyman Henry K. Van Sickle telegraphed Harrisburg seeking a copy of a new law he says blocks the Dixie Vortex Company's bid for a court order to oust sit down strikers. President Judge Russell C. Stewart pressed on with a hearing as the governor signed the act prohibiting injunctions in such striker cases.
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Easton
Henry K. van Sickle
Harrisburg
Dixie-Vortex Company
Russell C. Stewart
van Sickle
George H. Earle
Local Social Roundup and Treasury Report Highlights
Advance notices show Mr and Mrs Melvin Parks visiting the Gentz family in Detroit while Silas Miller and others take short trips. Family gatherings, warm weather, corn farming, and several neighborly visits occur around Dutch Run and Spring Church area amid notes on rain. Treasury data for June 6 reports receipts 24 900 876 1 cents expenditures 26 736 379 45 balance 1 778 184 040 59. A note on a ground condition story claims buried animals in ten seconds and sling ray stingers regrow.
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Melvin Parks
Detroit
Michigan
Gentz
Silas Miller
Pittsburgh
Harry Clark
Clair Fry
Hamilton Allison
Creekside
Martha Clark
Madeline Allison
A. Bark
Charles
Gladis
John Steer
Treasury
Washington
The
Opposition on Tax Publicity Faces House Debate
Rep. O'Connor predicts opposition on the House floor to a compromise by the Rules and Ways and Means Committees on publicity for the proposed tax dodging inquiry. The deal limits public disclosure to materials from the six senators and six representatives, while hearings and secret information handling remain tightly controlled.
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O'Connor
D-Ny
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Rules Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committees
Ways and Means
Joint Committee
Senate House
Treasury
Six year old leaps from window. police scare incident
Six year old Peter Pestalozzi, who said a policeman chased him for picking flowers, jumped from a second floor bedroom window in Lancaster. He suffered broken bones in his feet.
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Lancaster
Peter Pestalozzi
Rush leaves $500 for care of pets and dogs
Philadelphia memory note states Miss Mary Rush left 500 dollars for the care of her parrot and her dog Ernie. The will named two friends to oversee the pets' welfare.
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Philadelphia
Mary Rush
Ernie
Bold Bandit Robs Central City Drug Store
A man who ignored six customers sitting in booths held up the proprietor and three employees of a Central City drug store. He escaped with 200 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Central City
Penn Athletic Club Strike Ends in Union Recognition
Philadelphia workers return to work under an agreement recognizing the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Unit of the CIO as their bargaining agency. Club and workers will discuss demands for higher wages and shorter hours.
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Philadelphia
Penn Athletic Club
The
Committee For Industrial Organization
McCreary Dealers Host Third Annual Convention in Indiana
Dealers of the McCreary Tire and Rubber Company gathered in Indiana for their annual convention and 23rd factory anniversary. Activities included plant tours, a luncheon, a business meeting at Indian Springs, and a banquet at Indiana Country Club with performances by Eloise Sprankie pupils, Pittsburgh dancers, a novelty roller act, and a strongman from Johnstown. Ralph and Harry McCreary promote fellowship through the event. Mary Virginia Koontz and C. Ray Lockard announce their marriage. The 19th annual Strong reunion will be held at Indian Springs Park on June 17 with dinner at 12:30 and a program, games, and social time. Mrs. A. F. Blessing of Carlisle, formerly of Indiana, has returned home improved in health.
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McCreary Tire and Rubber Co
McCreary Tire and Rubber Company
Indiana
Indian Springs
Eloise Sprankie
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Ralph
Harry McCreary
Mary Virginia Koontz
C. Ray Lockard
Clarance M. Koontz
Mary Virginia
Wellsburg
W. Va
Indiana State Teachers College
Clymer
R. E. Lockard
Blairsville
Indian Springs Park
Indiana, Pa
Mra
A. F. Blessing
Carlisle
Obituary: Mrs Bertha Stiffler Dies at 24 in Indiana Hospital
Mrs Bertha Stiffler aged 24 wife of Blair Stiffler of Robin dale died late yesterday at the Indiana Hospital where she was admitted May 28 with a heart ailment. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Bertha Stiffler
Blair Stiffler
Robindale
Indiana Hospital
Cox loses bid for Philadelphia Republican chair in upset
In Philadelphia on June 8 Edwin R. Cox former Council president and city chairman candidate was defeated by Charles A. Regan a council clerk in the 36th ward race 36 to 25. The 51 Republican ward executive committees chose Regan and the committee will reorganize tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Edwin R. Cox
Council
Charles A. Regan
Cox
Phillips Opposes New State Liquor Store Employees Body
Harrisburg June 8 John Phillips president of the State Federation of Labor opposed the formation of a new organization of liquor board employees. He said it would be boss controlled and divide union forces. He appealed to Governor Earle and the Department of Labor and Industry to investigate. The move he said is designed to confuse employees and disrupt the Pennsylvania State Employes Association in which workers are now organized.
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Harrisburg
John Phillips
State Federation of Labor
Earle
Department of Labor and Industry
Pittsburgh Markets Hogs Cattle Vealers And Lambs Report
Pittsburgh markets show livestock prices with hogs at 160-180 and 260 lb ranges up to 11.60, sows at 10.50, cattle around 10.50 to 11.60, calves steady, vealers 9.50 to 10.00, and sheep and lambs steady with spring lambs up to 13.75. Produce demand slow with potato prices steady and assorted regional apples and peaches quoted.
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Pittsburgh
North
South Carolina
Georgia Bliss
Alabama Buss
California
Liberty Row memory row of World War dead in Cleveland park
An avenue of red oaks in Rockefeller Park Cleveland dedicated May 30 19198 to honor the 835 Cleveland boys who gave their lives in World War I. The inscription commemorates their sacrifice and the community’s gratitude in a public memorial vignette.
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Rockefeller Park
Cleveland
Dairymen to dine Friday annual banquet Indiana County
Dairymen of Indiana County will gather for their annual banquet Friday evening June 1 at 6 30 at the Lutheran Church in Indiana. The event features the three dairy herd improvement associations annual business meeting cow testers reports and awards for herds averaging over 300 pounds butterfat plus Quality Milk Show prizes donated by local merchants. Reservations for the dinner should be made by noon June 10 through the County Agent's office phone 71.
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Indiana County
Lutheran Church At
Indiana
Carl Johnston
Frank Ginter
Marold Rankin
Eclipse Skies Draw Scientists in Search of Sun’s Corona
Washington reports scientists and amateurs scan the skies for a total solar eclipse. Observers on Canton Island, the Pacific, and ships off Peru track the event as weather clouds cloud the path, with the eclipse lasting up to seven minutes four seconds at its peak.
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Washington
mid-Pacific
Canton Island
National Geographic Society
Geographic Society
Fern
United States
Pacific
Franklin Institute of Philadelphia
Yale University
Hayden-Grace Planetarium
New York
Tenor Receives Honorary Degree at Albright College
Paul S. Althouse of the Metropolitan Opera in Jenaz received one of five honorary degrees from Albright College. He began his musical training in Reading, and the ceremony highlighted his early career. A separate city fatality report notes an unidentified man about 40 years old was killed by an automobile along the City Reno highway near Oj! City early today.
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Reading
Paul S. Althouse
Metropolitan Opera Company
Jenas
Albright College
City
City- Reno
Bermuda Air Service Soon Between New York and Bermuda
Pan American Airways plans a June 16 start of passenger service from New York to Bermuda. The Bermuda Clipper completed a survey flight with 24 observers from Manhasset Bay. The Cavalier of British Imperial Airways and Bermuda Clipper inaugurations set for later in the week.
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New York
Bermuda
Pan-American Airways
Harold Gray
Manhasset Bay
Port Washington
Long Island
Cavalier
British Imperial Airways
Pan-American
British Imperial
Jersey Field Day at Marion Center
A Jersey Cattle Club field day and cattle show is scheduled for next Saturday at the Marion Center community park. Events start at 11:00 a.m. with a fitting and showmanship demonstration by J C Nagcotte. Members will exhibit cows and heifers and bulls owned by the association. Mushball and volleyball will be played, a refreshment stand will serve lunch, and Jersey breeders and dairymen are invited.
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Marion Center
May emergency tax collection in Harrisburg yields millions
Harrisburg reports May emergency state taxes brought in 16,491,717 dollars, according to Secretary of Revenue John B. Kelly. The two year total through May 31 stands at 134,012,582 dollars.
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Harrisburg
John B. Kelly
Legal Notices Not of Report and Return of the Sale Indiana County
In accordance with an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County dated June 7 1987 notice is given that the Report of the County Treasurer on delinquent taxes for 1914 and earlier years has been presented to the Court. Return date for exceptions is sixty days from publication. Executor John M Thompson treasurer and J W Miller attorney. Also letters testamentary on the estate of a resident of Indiana Borough have been granted to The Savings & Trust Company of Indiana Pa executor with claims to be authenticated for settlement and those indebted to the estate to make prompt payment.
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Indiana County
Vourt of Common Pleas
Tha Sald
J. W Miller
Algin
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