Block Warns Dictatorship at St Francis College
Lorett o Pa June 9 Paul Block publisher warned machinery is being set up to give the President powers of a dictator. He told St Francis College graduates that only the rising generation can save democracy and that any leader could seize authority through legal tools and controlled courts.
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Loretto
Paul Block
St. Francis College
Black
Roosevelt
Block
Supreme Court
End of Week Brings Grim Steel Strike Toll
The eight deaths marked a grim two week toll as the Steel Workers Organizing Committee strike extended. Peace talks were said to be under way in Washington and Columbus while Governor Martin L. Davey faced a widening rift at the first joint parley with Inland, Republic, and Youngstown Steel Corporations. James Li Dewey, a labor department conciliator, was reported seeking a conference.
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Washington
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Inland
Republic
Youngstown Steel
James Li Dewey
Labor Department
Pittsburgh
American Federation of Labor aMliate
National Biscuit Company
Sam Wehofer
Wehofer
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Monessen
Allenport
John L. Lewis Steel Workers Organizing Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Fayette
Westmoreland
State Liquor Control Board
Ribbons Awarded to Jersey Show 4-H Members at Purchase Line
The Jersey Cattle Show at Purchase Line featured a 4-H Calf Club with six blue ribbon recipients for scores 80 and up and four red ribbon winners for 80 to 90. Calves were judged on type, filling, and showmanship, with prizes awarded alongside ribbons. Judge J C Nageatte of Penn State oversaw the judging. The event highlighted eight cows over 500 lbs fat, with two Quay McMillan cows exceeding 700 lbs. Club members earning blue ribbons were Robert C Lydick Murray McMillen Helen Louise Houck Donald Alison Lloyd Wilt Samuel Bouther. red ribbons went to William McMillen Edward Houck John Reithmiller and Meredith Boucher. County Agent Warner notes Marion Center Jersey Breeders Association will select 100 head from 17 herds for a calf show on Saturday June 12 at 11:00 a.m.
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Jersey
Purchase Line
Calf Club
J. C. Nageatte
Penn State
Meredith Boucher
Warner
Marion Center Jersey
SWOC leaders press for written contract in Chicago
John L. Lewis and SWOC director Van A. Buttner appeal to Inland for a written contract guaranteeing collective bargaining rights. Inland rejects the idea. Senator Bridges urges a broader Senate inquiry into alleged mail interference and the use of firearms and strikebreakers by steel firms. In Flint Michigan a power strike by Consumer Power Co workers begins at 2:27 am and threatens regional outages.
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John L. Lewis
Chicago
van A. Buttner
SWOC
Inland Company
Bridges
New Hampshire Republican
Philip Murray
Murray
Senate
Alienists On Stand In Trial In Chambersburg
Four psychiatrists testified that 20 year-old Ralph Hawk who pleaded guilty to igniting a bungalow in which a mother and daughter burned to death knew right from wrong but his judgment was not normal. Hawk said he could not explain why he started the fire that killed Mrs Hazel Gelwix and Helen Gelwix. He testified he struck Catherine Gelwix, another daughter, on the head with a flashlight. Neighbors rescued Catherine, who later said she was an expectant sister’s sister and that Hawk and she were to be married January 2. Ralph’s father testified he never saw his son with Catherine or knew of marriage plans.
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Chambersburg
Ralph Hawk
Watson R. Davison
Hawk
Hazel Gelwix
Helen Gelwix
Catherine Gelwix
Catherine
Ralph
John Hawk
Power strike unsettles Saginaw Valley utilities workers
Union workers and Hnemen strike against Saginaw Valley Power Company over wages hours and union recognition. A large “Quit Stalling” sign faced a deadlocked negotiation. Homer Martin of the UAW said the strike was unauthorized as conferees met with CIO leaders in Washington. Plant orders to suspend power affected Flint area firms including Buick and Chevrolet.
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Saginaw Valley
Power Company
Hnemen
Flint District
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
U.A.W.A
Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Wyndham Mortimer
Lewis
New Public Utilities Union
Flint
Buick Motor Car Co
Chevrolet Motor Co
Chevrolet
Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Canemaugh and Blacklick Railroad
Brotherhoods of
Locomotive Fremen and Engineers
Bethlehem
Pennsylvania Railroad
Degree Won By Mother After Twenty Years Of Study
Mrs Donald Woodbridge mother of five received her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania after a 20 year journey interrupted by marriage and resumed once her children reached school. In Mt Airy Philadelphia a dynamite blast at a quarry injured Daniel Zullie and James Genardy, ages 33 and 35.
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Philadelphia
Donald Woodbridge
University of Pennsylvania
LPI
Mt. Airy
Daniel Zullie
James Genardy
Indian Day in Old Home Week at William Penn Monument
Indian Day during Cherry Tree Old Home Week featured Chief Strong Fox and Salamanca braves with a war dance at 1 30 pm. A Penn treaty reenactment occurred at 2 pm and ten citizens joined Salamanca at 2 80. The Progress of Time parade followed at 3 pm. Prizes for best floats to Saturday’s parade. Firemen’s Day planned for tomorrow with parade at 6 30 pm and prizes for best appearing companies and equipment.
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Cherry Tree
Chief Strong Fox
Salamanca
William Penn
Strong Fox
Penn
E. J. Spicher
Famous and obscure side of Jean death mystery unfolds
Months after their wedding the continent of Hollywood memories remains opaque as a Christian Science funeral honors film star Jean with Genevieve Smith leading the service. Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy planned to sing two favorites at Forest Lawn before Jean's casket goes to the Sanctuary of Benediction beside legendary figures of cinema.
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Genevieve Smith
Heatherchapel
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Nelson Eddy
Jeannette MacDonald
Jean
Will Rogers
Marie Dressler
Lon Chaney
Florenz Ziegfeld
Wallace Reid
Ernest Torrance
Jack and Lottie Pickford
Lowell Sherman
Earle Williams
Roosevelt for Taxing Public
Treasury officials warned that removing tax exemptions for state and federal employees would yield less than 100 million dollars. A six by six House panel must approve before tax return data becomes public, with Senate action already granting broad access. The debate touched Morgan’s view that taxation is legal not moral and included Chamber of Commerce concerns about the profits tax and undistributed profits levy from the 1946 Revenue Act.
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Treasury
Senate
Roosevelt
House
J. P. Maorgan
Beileau
Rep
Harlan
Ohio
Morgan
United States Chamber of Commerce
Fred H Clausen
Chamber
Federal Finance Committee
Produce and livestock markets report Pittsburgh June 9
Markets report moderate produce demand with various apple and potato quotes. Livestock prices show hogs cattle calves and sheep mostly steady or higher, with several specific price ranges and direct sales noted. Also sanctions transfer of properties in Stowe township Allegheny County by rail and steel firms. Deaths from infectious diseases declined 30 percent over 30 years.
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Harrisburg
Stowe Township
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh, Allegheny & McKee Rocks Railroad
American Steel Foundries
Public Utility Commission
Hull urges citizens to act as good neighbors in world peace
Secretary of State Cordell Hull told University of Pennsylvania graduates that peace among nations is essential to freedom and democracy. He urged responsible citizenship to make the twentieth century a golden age, noting a nation thrives when sharing its resources with others. The ceremony awarded 1,600 diplomas and several honorary degrees to notable figures including Dr. Herbert Jas, Dr. Lightner Witmer, Dr. Florence Sabin, Dr. Fred Carson, and others.
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Philadelphia
Cordell Hull
University of Pennsylvania
Hull
Community of Nations.” Hull
Herbert Jas, Tilly
Lightner Witmer
Psychological Clinic
Florence Rena Sabin
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
Fred Pierce Carson
Dickinson College
Edmund Ezra Day
Corneal University
John William Kephart
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Samuel Simeon Fels
Martin Withington Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hitler plans party speech amid SS buildup in Danzig
Heinrich Himmler appeared unannounced in Danzig and inspected 9 000 Schutz Staffel formations. It was believed he arranged police for the Nazi high command's coming visit, though Hitler himself would not attend.
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Free City
Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
All
Germany
Danzig
Schutz Staffel
GUNDERMAN RECOUNTS REILLY ORDERS IN MURDER CASE
Pittsburgh June 9 Former State Policeman Stacy Gunderman testified at James A. Reillys murder trial that Reilly ordered no one to rough up Frank C Monaghan during questioning about a county detectives slashing. Gunderman described Monaghans death as an inquest like incident after a struggle in a Fayette County room.
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Pittsburgh
Stacy Gunterman
James A. Reilly
Frank C. Monaghan
Gunderman
Reilly
Sanute
Anthony Sanute
Monaghan
Stock market names and major corporations listed in ledger style
A dense roster of major companies and brands appears, including at and are references to Am Can Am Tel Am Refini Chrysler Coca Cola Gen Elec Du Pont Eastman Kodak Ford General Mills General Foods IBM etc, resembling a market or utility index of corporate entities. The list features automakers, oil firms, steelmakers, railroads, retailers, and utility outfits, reflecting a broad spectrum of 20th century industry names.
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Air Redue
Atca
Sts
Refini Baldwin Lee Balt
Ohio Bendix Aviat
Beth
Beth St
Pt Briggs Mfg
Budd Whee Burr Ad Mach Calumet and
Hee Case
Cerra de Pas
Ohio
Chrysler Coca-Cola
Solty
Crane
del Lack
Douglas Aire du Pont
Eastman
Kod
Elec
Gen Foods
Gillette
Hard-Walker
Hudson Mat
Int Harvest
Nick Can
Kennecott Kresge Lehigh Val C
Lehigh Val RR
Mack ‘Trucks
Monigom Ward Nash-Kelv
Nat Biscuit
North Am
Packard
Mot Penn RR
Phila
Phillips Pet Pure Gil Radio
Sers
Roeb Socony-Vacuum
Brands
Sid Oil Cal Std
Oil of Ind Ltd
Oil M Studebaker Texas Corp
Tim Roll
Transamerica
Airer Corp
United Corp
United Gas Imp US Rubber US Smelt
R US Steel
Vanadium West UN Tel West
Woolworth
Curb Ark Nat Gas A Cities Service
Pennrsad Corp
Suncoast Sunheat in Tank Powers 120 Degree Water
Sunateack SENNETT reports Arthur Drew built a shiny 1000 gallon solar tank that heats water to 120 degrees with sun on its surface. A shower bath beneath serves passing truck drivers in LaPorte Indiana near a 20 dollar per day trailer prohibition. Police uniform rule follows in Baltimore. A stuntman’s glass mishap injures a theater manager’s daughter Pauline.
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Sunateack Sennett
N. Y
Scichee
Arthur Drew
Obituary notices for Mary Grace Little Lizzie Huston and Robert McKendrick
Obituary items note Mary Grace Little of Homer City born 1914 died at home from complications. funeral at St Bernard Indiana. Lizzie Huston of Kenwood died at 4 45 am with services set by Rev C L De Prefontaine. burial at Diamondville. Robert McKendrick, formerly with Aunt Margaret Brown near Peon Run, died in Pittsburgh yesterday.
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Mary Grace Little
Frank C
Annabelle (Evans) Little
Clymer
South Main Street
Homer City
Miss Little
Coral
St. Louis Catholic Church
Luzerne Mines
Jack Kirkman
Armour Robertson
Pittsburgh
William
Louis
Bernard Little
Helen Little
St. Bernard's Catholic Church
Indiana
James Brady
Father L. Lepski
St. Louis
Lucerne Mines
Eliza Jane
Lizzie) Huston
Cherryhill Township
Robert J
Nancy
Clark) Huston
Kenwood
Robinson
Robert M'Kendrick
Margaret Brown
Peon Run
Safety on Roof Trapped Woman Rescued by Firefighters
Mrs. Ernest Kreitzinger, 47, climbed to a building roof to escape a fire trapping her on the third floor. She stayed on the roof until firemen extinguished the flames.
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Philadelphia
Ernest Kreitzinger
Thorne Sentenced for Brother-in-law Shooting in LeMoyne
Carlisle June 9. Albert H Thorne of LeMoyne was sentenced to two and a half years in the Eastern Penitentiary after pleading guilty to shooting his brother-in-law, Luther J. Froehlich, LeMoyne fire chief. Thorne said he was intoxicated.
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Carlisle
Albert H Thorne
LeMoyne
Eastern Penitentiary
Luther J. Froehlich
Throne
Pennsylvania approves extra funds for building program
Harrisburg officials listed nearly a score of hospitals, teaching colleges, and armories for added portions of a 954 million state building fund. The board granted 1.6 million more than prior allotments, with some reductions to health, and the finance building. Plans go to the Public Works Administration in Harrisburg then to Washington for action.
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Harrisburg
General State Authority
Health Department
Capitol
Public Works Administration
Washington
Danville State Hospital
Huntingdon Industrial School
Philipsburg State Hospital
Shamokin State Hospital
Locust Mountain Hospital
Western State Penitentiary
Pennhurst State School
Morganza Training School
East Stroudsburg State Teachers College
Slippery Rock State Teachers College
Scotland Orphanage
Millersburg State Teachers College
California State Teachers College
Finneran accused of political manipulation in Erie County job actions
A report details claims by Colegrove that Finneran used county jobs to influence promotions and district staffing. It cites Gravel Company officials, engineer Coverdale, and Senor Gilson in Erie and Crawford Counties as part of a broader effort tied to Finneran and the Franklin district.
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Calegrove
Erie County
Finneran
Highway Department
Franklin
Griffith
Clearfield
Coverdale
W. T. Coverdale
Colegrave
Fineran
Gilson
Erie Democrat
Crawford County
Honorary Degrees Given to Bishop Lamb and Patrick Scanlon
St Josephs College in Philadelphia awarded honorary degrees to Bishop Hugh L Lamb and Patrick F Scanlon editor of the Brooklyn Tablet. Fifty eight graduates received diplomas. An eminent doctor estimates over 100000 Americans have serious forms of toxic goiter.
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Philadelphia
St. Joseph's College
Hugh L. Lamb
Patrick F. Scanlon
Brooklyn Tablet
United States
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