Sir Robert Borden Dies at Age 82 in Ottawa
Ottawa dispatch reports Sir Robert J. Borden, World War era Prime Minister of Canada, died at 82 at his colonial home on Warwick Street. A veteran Conservative, he entered Parliament in 1894 for Halifax, became PM in 1911, resigned in 1920 due to ill health, and urged the United States to support WWI against German forces.
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Ottawa
Ont
Robert J. Borden
Canada
Robert
Wurtembury Street
Halifax
Wilfred Laurier
Ait
United States
Refuse Russia Parley Place Refuse Russia Parley
Refusal to include Russia in talks cited by Britain amid fear of friction. Italy and Germany exited the neutrality sea patrol aiding Spain’s civil war. Madrid seeks evacuation routes for non combatants as insurgent siege persists since last November. Brazilian ambassador Pecanha notes humanitarian evacuation needs for illness and poverty. Valencia defense ministry reports many killed by insurgent bombing in Madellin and Mongabriel.
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Russia
Italy
Germany
Neutrality Sea Patrol
Spain
Almeria
Madrid
Alcibiades Pecanha
Brazil
Ministry of Defense
Valencia
Madellin
Mongabriel
Farm measure fuels debate in Congress amid drought relief
Hearings on the cultural adjustment act of 1987 proceed as farm groups push for loans to store crops and stricter production limits. Secretary Wallace urges speedy passage despite opposition from some congressmen and the National Grange urges defeating Roosevelt court plans. Major topics include wage fixing tax disclosure and a government reorganization bill from Senator Robinson.
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Wallace
Oreat
Agriculture Department
Senate Agriculture Committee
National Grange
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate House
Senate
House
Robinson
D-Ark
State begins roadside improvement work
Maintenance crews of the Department of Highways launch seasonal mowing along Pennsylvania roads to improve safety. Secretary Warren Van Dyke orders district engineers to clear brass brush and weeds on all main highways and on rural routes to ensure clear sightlines, drainage, and unobstructed signs. Canadian Thistle and Chicosa must be cut and destroyed to prevent seeding within rights of way.
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Department of Highways
Pennsylvania
Warren van Dyke
van Dyke
Kidnap Plot Story Declared Hoax In Chicago
Miss Margaret Montgomery 27 admitted the John Rockefeller Prentice kidnapping tale was a hoax meant to create a martyr. Police linked the nurse’s report to a supposed plot to abduct Prentice, grandson of John D Rockefeller Sr., but Prentice said he never claimed wealth and had doubts about the calls. He noted many people believed he had money.
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Chicago
Kimmel Moynihan
Margaret Montgomery
John Rockefeller Prentice, Gvandson
John 1, Rockefeller
John Rockefeller
Prentics
John Coughlin
Prentic
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Daugher
Ransom Demand Amid Long Island Missing Wife Case
A ransom note of 25000 is linked to the disappearance of Mrs. Parsons from a Stony Brook area estate near Huntington. Investigators, DoJ agents, and state troopers search woods with bloodhounds after a husband reports his wife vanished with two strangers. Parsons, a son of a prominent New York figure, remains outside the house with authorities pursuing the case as a possible kidnapping.
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Tower East Side
Manhattan
Arata
Parsons
Kupryonova
Bert Walker
District Attorney's Office
Parson
Department of Justice
Stony Brook
Long Island Sound
F. H. Cabot
Henry C. Bohack
Lathrop Brown
Ward Melville
William H. Hamilton
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Gloria
Herbert Lee Pratt
New York City Corporation
Sappho
Big Red
Praha
Czechoslovakia
Sanler
United States
William H. Parsons
New York
New York Society For
County Grand Jury Recommends Action After Broad Indictments
The county grand jury presents multiple indictments including wounding with a shotgun, unlawful sale and transportation of liquor, larceny of an automobile, and DUI. Several defendants tied to Blairsville and Homer City face charges as trials set to begin Monday.
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Kunkle
Joe Mykut
Katherine Mykut
Wayne Allison
John Castellani
Homer City
Frank Ghessie
Indiana
R. D
Lisquor
Edward Carlson
Johnstown
N. A. Shick
Dr. Trunzo
Arthur Trunza
L. Glenn Mabon
Patrick Hamill
Frank Meloy
Blairsville
Hamill
Meloy
Businessmen's Club
Blairsvile
E. #. Creps
Laurel Blooms Festival In Punxsutawney June 17 19
Laurel blooms decorate forests across the Slate region with peak displays after June 15. Punxsutawney in Jefferson County hosts a laurel festival June 17 18 and 19 featuring pageants parades and a queen coronation likely by Governor George H. Earle.
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Harrisburg
Punxsutawney
Jefferson County
George H. Earle
Punxsulawney
Brookville
Cook State Forest Park
Clarion
Pocono
Poconos
Bureau of Ine
Stroudsburg
Monroe County
Drive Against Gypsy Moth Launched in 1937
Harrisburg announces a large state Gypsy Moth Control program for 1937. An army of about 1,000 workers with 37 motorized sprayers and extensive spraying will cover mountains, woodlands, and towns across Luzerne Lackawanna Wayne Monroe Carbon and Pike counties. Homes near infested trees will receive a free wash after spraying. The insect defoliates and can kill trees.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Works Progress Administration
Control Corps
Luzerne
Lackawanna
Wayne
Monroe
Carbon
Pike
Rotary elects district heads at international convention
Nice France June 19 Rotary district heads were elected today at the International Rotary Convention. Named from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Quebec were Chester A. Lydecker, Robert H. Miller, Albert Rowland, Samuel J. Shanaman, George S. Williams, Miles D. Zimmerman, Bar F. Be Witt Zuerner and Charles A. Philhower. U S directors named include Allison G. Brush, James M. Walker, Herbert K. Walker, Bruce Williams, James L. Long and James M. Walker.
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Nice
France
Gooryeniors
Chester A. Lydecker
Union City
N. J
Robert H. Miller
Titusville
Albert Rowland
Shippensburg
Samuel J. Shanaman
Phoenixville
Pass
George S. Williams
Millsboro
Miles D. Zimmerman
Pottsville
Bar F. Be Witt Zuerner
Braddock
Charles A
Government Expenditure Tops Seven Billion Dollars
Washington June 10 The Treasury reported that total government spending for the fiscal year reached over 7 billion dollars between July 1 and June 8. Expenditures rose by 253.3 million from the prior year with emergency outlays easing to 2.67 billion, while general government spending climbed to 4.33 billion, up from 3.18 billion.
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Washington
Peasury
Boyd Hamilton Married Again
Harrisburg reports the marriage of A. Boyd Hamilton former secretary of the State Senate to Miss Elva C. Wert of Millersburg. They wed secretly in Baltimore on December 16 last year as the legislative session approached. His first wife died in 1931.
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Harrisburg
A. Boyd Hamilton
State Senate
Elva C. Wert
Millersburg
Baltimore
Hamilton
American in German Prison Declared Insane
Berlin June 10. John Joseph Hughes Jr of New York held since Feb 27 for slaying elderly Oskar Hoffman was declared dangerously insane by a state alienist. He will not face trial. he may be sent to a German asylum or returned to the United States under guard. Hughes said he shot Hoffman when he believed the man was about to attack him.
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Berlin
John Joseph Hughes, Jr
New York
Oskar Hoffman
Hughes
Hofman
Germany
United States
Hoffman
Market roundup in Pittsburgh hogs cattle and produce
Pittsburgh markets report mixed livestock and produce values on June 10. Hogs mostly higher with varied weights. cattle steady to higher on good steers and calves. sheep and lambs mixed with declines in some categories. Produce and dairy items show modest changes. butter eggs and cheese steady. poultry largely steady with various fowl price ranges. A note on fringed milkwort plant appears as a botanical aside with unknown context.
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Pittsburgh
North
South Carolina
Georgia Bliss
Alabama Bliss
California
Florida Bliss
Ohio
Kentucky
Red Browers
Stock Market Snapshot of Major Firms and Brands
A compact list of prominent companies and brands across sectors including automakers airlines oil and gas, steel and metals, consumer goods, and utilities. The extract enumerates names such as Baldwin Locomotive, Chrysler, Coca Cola, DuPont, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, Lehigh Valley, Packard, Penn RR, Studebaker, Texaco, Time, Transamerica, US Steel, Woolworth, and many more. The fragment ends with percentages like 100% 28% 51% 143% 455% and others, indicating market movement or share figures.
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Pure Oil Radio Repub
Sears
Raeb
Socony- Vacuum
Brands
Cal
Ind Ltd
Studebaker + Texas Corp
Transamerica
Airer Corp
United Corp
United Gas
Imp US Rubber US
R US Steel
Vanadium West UN
Tel West
M Woolworth
Curb Ark Nat Gas A
Cilies
E Bond
Penprong Corp
Thy
Obituaries Include Tweed and Smith in White Township Area
Obituary notices report Marry Tweed of 1039 School Street in Clearfield County dying in hospital from complications after May admission. Isaac W. Smith dies at home in White Township. services set for June 11 at his late home with Rev. Charles Williams. Eliza Jane Mullton a longtime teacher born 1847 dies at Kenwood home. funeral at Kenwood Saturday led by Rev. De Prefontaine. Robert McKendrick formerly of Penn Run to be buried in Pittsburgh at Benhour Funeral Home on Friday. Mary Grace Little funeral moved to St Louis Catholic Church Lucerne Mines with interment at St Bernard’s Tadlana Cemetery.
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Marry Teed
Fidiosa ‘Hospital
Tweed
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation
School Street
Isaac W. Smith
Hia
White Township
Canoe Township
William H
Susannah
Tyger) Smith
John A. Smith
A. D. Smith
Rochester Mills
Mary J. Ellenberger
Dora A. Roush
Crecia A. Deabenderfer
Smith
Charles Williams
Greenwood Cemetery
Eliza Jane
Lizzie) Mwulton
Robert J
Nancy Clark Huston
Kenwood
Miss Huston
Harmony Presbyterian Church
Leroy de Prefontaine
Diamondvile
Robert McKendrick
Penn Run
Benhour Funeral Home
West Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh
Pafternoon
Mary Grace Little
St. Louis Catholic
Lucerne Mines
Father L. Lipski
St. Louis
St. Bernard’s Church
Tadlana
Settlement in slander case eyed for tomorrow
London June 10. Ernest Aldrich Simpson vows to settle his slander action against Mrs Joan Sutherland in court tomorrow at a mention before Lord Hewart. Counsel expected to explain remarks and arrange apologies. Also noted, the Ranger at Portsmouth Harbor raised the first American flag on July 4 1777 by young women.
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London
Ernest Aldrich Simpson
Joan ‘Sutherland
Hewart
John Paul Jones
Ranger
Portsmouth Harbor
N. H
91 Cent Value of Pa Farmers Dollar Today
The Pennsylvania farmer's dollar is now worth 61 cents, per the Federal State Crop Reporting Service. January marked a 100 cent parity for the first time since 1914. The state price index for all farm products sits at 122, with 134 for goods farmers buy. Dairy and poultry prices drag the general index below parity, while grain and fruit values rise above parity. Nationally, the farm price level fell from April to mid May, dairy and eggs slid, calves and sheep declined, but cattle and hogs rose.
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Pennsylvania
Federal
State Crop Reporting Service
United States
Change Color of Road Signs In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg June 10. Pennsylvania plans to end similarity between highway warning signs and roadside advertising by adopting yellow and black signs. Thousands of new signs were nearly completed at Western Penitentiary Pittsburgh. First 16,000 will be placed on federal routes within two to three weeks. Eventually 200,000 will be used.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Warren van Dyke
Western Penitentiary
Pittsburgh
Leopold May Aid in Treason Cases in Belgium
Brussels June 10 King Leopold III who wore war at 13 as Belgium's youngest private called Premier Paul Van Zeeland into conference today on the government's contested plan to pardon Belgians convicted of treason in the World War. It was believed the King might act as intermediary to calm war veterans who demonstrated yesterday against the amnesty bill.
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Brussels
Leopold III
Belgium
Paul van Zeeland
Railroads Seek Halt on Train Crew Law
Western Maryland Baltimore and Ohio and Erie Railroads lead ten suits in Dauphin County court challenging a Public Utility Commission rule to raise train crew sizes. The action, filed by three lines, argues the act is unconstitutional and would cost about 825000 dollars annually.
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Harrisburg
Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio
Erie
Public Utility Commission
Dauphin County
Senate leader foresees gradual rise in social welfare spending
Washington June 10 Senator Robinson of Arkansas told a People's Lobby delegation that federal spending will gradually rise for social welfare. He said reforms are maxed for this session and additional revenue is the challenge. Administration spokesmen promised study and action but gave no tax proposal.
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Washington
Senate
Robinson
People's Lobby
Congress
Francis J. McConnell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Planning grounds enhance house beauty balance
Proper landscaping should be laid out with the house plan to assure balance and harmony between structure and surroundings, increasing overall appeal and value. Careful planning from the start yields a more cohesive design and lasting curb appeal.
Fashion study shows sizes among native English women
A study of native English women shows 46 percent wear size 4 or 3 in stage shows, 24 percent use larger sizes, 20 percent wear size 3, and 10 percent wear sizes below that.
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Parley Place
Moorhead
Nurses
Laurel
Clarence Hodge
26Th Division Air Service
Massachussis National Guard
Salt Lake City
Elko
Nev
Boston
The
Associated Press
Freddie Bartholomew
Venice Pier
Rotary
Boyd Hamilton
Jean Harlow
Jean Bello
Leopold
U.S
Dottar
Birs
BR. Fornesse
Atorca
Indiana Evening Gazette
Philadelphia Street
Corina
Daugherty’s
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