Senate creates special committee on unemployment relief
The Senate approved a five member special committee to investigate unemployment and relief patterns and to craft permanent programs. It authorized a 10 000 appropriation and named Vice President Garner to appoint the panel. Senator Hatch introduced the measure after over a year of urging action.
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Washington
Senate
Budit
Hatch
D-Nm
Garner
Congress
Amateur Day in Old Home Week at Cherry Tree
Amateur Day during Old Home Week featured daily contest prizes and a parade from the school grounds to the carnival. Tomorrow includes Kiddies Day and a children’s matinee from 1 to 6 pm at the carnival. Firemen’s Day parade drew large crowds with multiple prize awards for pumper, squad car, traveling distance, and bands across Ebensburg Spangler Patton Lilly and others in Cambria County.
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Cherry Tree
A. J. Sechler
Cresson Volunteer Fire Department
Ebensburg
Ferndale
Spangler
Patton
Estate search in Philadelphia fails to locate Colonel Jacob Baker Estate
In Federal Court Mrs. Bertha Ross Dodson of Bellevue testifies four defendants charged with mail frauds, saying she acted in good faith soliciting funds to investigate a non existent estate the government says is a myth.
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Jacob Baker
Bertha Ross Dodson
Bellevue
Penn Central Plan Seeks Public Utility Merge Approval
Harrisburg June 11 The Public Utility Commission was asked to approve the merger of Keystone Public Service Company of Ou City and Penn Central Light Power Company of Attoana. Penn Central recently took over the Pennsylvania Electric Company of Joohnstown and would assume debts, liabilities, franchises and property. Cash payments offered to Keystone blockholders total 51,564,896 for Penn Central and 7,875,583 for Keystone. Keystone serves Crawford and Venango Counties while Penn Central supplies Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Clearfield, Cumberland, Franklin, Huntingdon, Indiana, Juniata, Mifflin and Perry Counties and covers parts of Cumberland, Franklin, Huntingdon and Mifflin Counties.
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Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission Today
Keystone Public Service Company
Ou City
Penn Central Light & Power Company
Attoana
Pennn Central
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Joohnstown
OL City
Keystone
Penn Central
Keystond Public Service Company
Crawford
Venango
C and B Sympathies Trigger Strikes Across Bethlehem Plants
Continent wide sympathy strikes drive union activity as town meetings seek cards. Chief Harry F. Klink orders patrols on 12 hour shifts to bolster police presence amid planned disruptions. Cambria plant, a long Bethlehem steel site, spans seven miles along the Conemaugh river. Bethlehem, a major steel maker, refuses to sign a collective bargaining contract with the Steel Union across eight Pennsylvania plants and other sites nationwide.
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Harry F. Klink
Cambria
Bethlehem
Conemaugh River
The
Steel Union
Pennsylvania
California
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
Washington
Illinois
Delaware
Contact Sought With Kidnapers In Parsons Case
Parsons, who vanished after a ransom demand of 25000 dollars and a threat to his wife, refused to confirm or deny any contact with abductors during a restrained interview. The note left in his driveway heightened fears as eight-state police alerted the public.
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Parsons
New York
Ransom note prompts police hunt as Parsons case widens
Authorities traced a note ordering payment of cash at Jamaica bus terminal for Parsons, with warning to avoid cops. Federal agents searched Stony Brook boarding house while questions focus on two mysterious strangers linked to Jamaica to Stony Brook travel. Witness Walter Hudson described men boarding trains at Jamaica, riding to St James, claiming work in construction. The case intersects High Society ties to J. P. Morgan and Standard Oil heir Richardson Pratt, with Morgan returning from a yacht trip after news of the disappearance.
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Jamaica
Long Island
Alice
Richardson Pratt
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Parrots
Pratts
Glen Cove
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
Pratt
Department of Justice
Stony Brook
Parsons
Federal
Sound
Stony Brook Harbor
Walter Hudson
Setaucket
Hudson
Pennsylvania Station
New York
St. James
Walkout at Johnstown Affects 12000 Workers Across Venues
In a sweeping steel strike, 12,000 workers walk out as Continent from Page One fort warns of grave possibilities. Sworn conflict in Youngstown with 17 injured as Robert Burke faces charges. Mines shut at Nomacolin and Dehue, 1500 laid off, while talks with SWOC continue. Local protests and flying-field curbs test unions and employers amid tense national labor scene.
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Republic
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Inland Steel Corp
SWOC
Robert Burke
Columbia University
Youngstown
Ralph Elser
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Nomacolin
Dehue
W. Va
Buffalo
N. Y
Stephen Wojtkowiak
Shent & Tube
Inland Steel
Chicago
Calumet
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
Warren and Niles, O
Stock market roundup of majors and percent changes
A dense stock market clipping lists numerous ticker symbols with approximate percentage moves and prices across industries. Major industrials such as Anaconda and United States Steel appear with notable percent shifts, alongside utilities, Oil groups, automobiles, radios, and rail stocks. The page catalogs many company names and trading levels to reflect a volatile market snapshot.
Washington expands grant terms for Pennsylvania relief project
The Public Works Administration liberalized a 20 million dollar federal grant to Pennsylvania amid opposition to relief labor requirements. The change sets an outright 41 million dollar grant with no relief labor restriction and adds 143 dollars for each dollar Pennsylvania spends on relief wages for the remainder.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Pennsylvania
Obituary notices of Tweed Tyger Fairbank prominent Indiana deaths
Three local obituaries record deaths of Harry Tweed aged 54 in Indiana after illness, Blair Tyger aged 19 in Greensburg from pneumonia, and David Henry Fairbank aged 88 with ties to Indiana and Clearfield counties. Surviving family members, burial plans, and funeral arrangements are listed, including church and funeral home details and prior employment.
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Harry Tweed
Punxsutawney
George T
Millie (Duntley) Tweed
Indiana Hospital
Indiana
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Company
Tweed
B., R. & P. Railroad Company
George
Butler
Ralph
Booneville
School Street
Robinson Funeral Home
Arthur J. Pfohl
Greenwood Cemetery
Blair Luther Tyger
Luther
Grace (Donahey) Tyger
Culbertson Avenue
Greensburg
Blair
W. J. McMichael
Robinson
Oakland Cemetery
Market Report From Pittsburgh Hints At Steady Prices
Pittsburgh June 11 price report shows moderate demand across produce and livestock markets. Potatoes grain and butter hold steady with varied regional quotes. eggs, cheese, and poultry mostly steady. hogs cattle and calves show pockets of higher bids and steady overall tone amid direct and nearby sales noted.
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Pittsburgh
North
South Carolina
Cobblers
Georgia Bliss
Alabama Bliss
California
Maine
Jersey Cattle Club Meets at State College
A meeting of officers and directors of the Pennsylvania State Jersey Cattle Club was held at State College on Wednesday. Indiana County was represented by Clyde McConaughy of Smicksburg J M Risinger of Homer City Past President and William Wetzel of Marion Center. McConaughy announced an inquiry from New York State about buying about 25 head of Jerseys in Indiana County. A display of fine cattle will feature the Marion Center Jersey Breeders Associations. Annual Field Day tomorrow at the Community Park.
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Pennsylvania State Jersey Cattle Club
State College
Indiana County
Clyde McConaughy
Smicksburg
J. M. Risinger
Homer City
State Club
William Wetzel
Marion Center
McConaughey
New York State
Marion Center Jersey
Wagner Installed as Grand Master
The Pennsylvania Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows elected officers and approved merging four state orphan homes in Sunbury Meadville Pittsburgh and Philadelphia into two. The merger, approved a year ago, led to Paul Wagner of Williamsport being installed as grand master with Henry C Robinson of Pittsburgh deputy grand master Benjamin L Jenkins Wilkes Barre grand warden Frank Shannon Pittsburgh secretary and Fred C Hangen Scranton treasurer.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Sunbury
Meadville
Pittsburgh
V. Paul Wagner
Williamsport
Henry C. Robinson
Benjamin L. Jenkins
Wilkes-Barre
Frank Shannon
Pittston
Fred C. Hangen
Scranton
Return of Advance Deposits Proposed by Public Utility Commission
Harrisburg June 11 The Public Utility Commission said it will ask public service companies to return millions of dollars in deposits to consumers under the new act. The average deposit under the law is about $3 and can be retained until service ends. Dennis J. Driscoll, the chairman, suggested utilities may keep deposits for 12 months to build credit, favoring water gas and electric refunds but allowing telecoms transportation telegraph and toll bridges to continue advance payments.
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Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
Public Service
Act of Assembly
Dennis J. Driscoll
Labor Relations Board Opens in Harrisburg
Pennsylvania's Labor Relations Board formed June 1 begins setting up enforcement machinery for the states Little Wagner Act. Temporary quarters are in three House committee rooms in the capitol. Levi Gelter chairs the board with John F. Breslij and Patrick T. Fagan as members. A general secretary ten investigators and an office staff will join the permanent organization.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Labor Relations Board
Capitol
Levi Gelter
John F. Breslij
Patrick T. Fagan
Hartneady Confers With Greensburg Officials on Mine Water Dump Funds
Secretary of Mines Michael J. Hartneady met with Westmoreland County commissioners in Greensburg on June 11 to discuss additional funding to dump water from the St. Vincent mine following Memorial Day deaths of two miners. He said a $5,000 grant was insufficient to clear the mine.
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Greensburg
Secretary of Mines
Michael J. Hartneady
Westmoreland County
St. Vincent
Hartneady
Four doomed men to appeal in Harrisburg
Four condemned men will appeal to the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons. Alexander Meyer, 20, who killed Helen Meyer, Coatesville High girl, seeks mercy framing a mental-responsibility claim. Other killers include Paul Ferry, John Becker, and Roy Crittenton, with executions slated for July 12 and June 9‑21 windows. additional pleas and possible commutations are listed for June 16 to 18 and other cases.
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Harrisburg
Alexander Meyer
Helen Meyer
Coatesville
Board of Pardons
Pennsylvania Industrial School
Huntingdon
Earle
Paul Ferry
Erie
Ferry
John Becker
Brookville
Jefferson County
Kathryn Bracken
Pittsburgh Shawmut
Becker
Roy Crittenton
Haverford College
Mary S. Ginder
Flashes of Life but the Almanac Said
Batesville Indiana almanac predicted June 10 as a dry day for the Golden Jubilee Fire Department celebration. Rain fell that day yet the event proceeded with community support despite forecasts. In Wilson North Carolina Jim Sauls, a farm hand, was injured when a wall collapsed after he moved away from a brick building on J Y Aycock’s farm. In Potlatch Idaho a car at 80 mph hit a log, flew 47 feet, wrecked a 16 inch tree, and the machine and rear spare tire caused damage. Pat Kilross and Robert Stevenson were unhurt.
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Almanac
Batesville
Ind
Fire Department
Wilson
N. C
Jim Sauls
J.Y. Aycock
Sauls
Setold
Idaho
Pat Kilross
Robert Stevenson
Unholy alliance alleged by Taylor in Gettysburg
Pi M Harvey Taylor Republican State Chairman said Pennsylvanian liquor barons and the Earle administration form an unholy political alliance. He told Adams County Republicans that a last ditch battle in the legislature blocked liquor dispensaries in grocery stores led by Governor Earle, Democratic State Chairman David L. Lawrence, and the Liquor Control Board.
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Gettysburg
Pi—M. Harvey Taylor
Pennsylvania
Earle
Taylor
Adams County
David L. Lawrence
Liquor Control Board
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National Labor Relations Board
Titan Metal Company
David Wiliams
Titan Employes Protective Association
Alco
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Bendix
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Crane Co
del Lack
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Eastman Rod
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Harry A. Reed
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Mr. Fairbanks
Marton Center
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Fred Weitzel
Smithport
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Nebraska
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