Clyde L King Taken By Death in Westtown
Dr Clyde L King longtime Pennsylvania official and Penn professor died at 58 at his Westtown home after a GI disorder. He served as Secretary of the Commonwealth and later Secretary of Revenue under Governor Pinchot and taught at the University of Pennsylvania, with a career spanning academia and public service. His wife Irene and eight year old adopted daughter Gertrude were mentioned with his family. Born May 1 1878 in Burlington Kansas his career included editing the Annals of the American Academy and leading a state unemployment committee.
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Clyde L. King
The
Commonwealth
Pinchol
Revenue
King
University of Pennsylvania
Irene Marshall King
Annals of
American Academy of Political and Social Sciences
Pinchot
Dr. King
John S. Fisher
Public Service
Senate
Obituary notices for several Montgomery area residents
Obituary notices report the death of Celia Spicher Setty aged 62 at her home in Montgomery Township on September 3 1895 burial at Thompson Cemetery near Hillsdale after services at 1 30 p m Rev Stillman A Foster officiating she was married to Samuel J Getty and survived by two sons Courtney C and Ralph M plus six brothers and one sister also mentioning Mrs Mary Jane McHenry Mrs Elizabeth Tomb and Mrs Mary Sheets with details of their ages residences and funeral arrangements including Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh Armagh Cemetery St Bernard's Indiana and Lucerne Mines contexts.
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Celia(spicher) Setty
Samuel
Lucy Ann Spicher
Montgomery Township
Church Street
Samuel J. Getty
Courtney C
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
Battlecreek
Mich
Ralph M
Detroit
R. Spicher
Bensburg
William
Spicher
Indiana
Harry
Howard
Joseph
Frank Spicher
Ellen Powell
Arcadia
Maud Sebring
Manda Gromley
Stillman A. Foster
Thompson Cemetery
Hillsdale
Elizabeth Tomb
Frank Tomb
Armagh
Tomb
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburgh
Mary Sheets
Lucerne Mines
Indiana Hospital
St. Bernard's Catholic Church
New Soft Coal Code Details District Pricing Rules
A proposed soft coal code sets August 1 as the posting deadline for district muin prices and creates district boards plus statistical bureaus to report each coal invoice to headquarters. It levies a half Rent per ton tax for admin use, and authorizes price setting, marketing rules, and bans rebates, prepayments of freight, and brokerage schemes.
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Brokerage Commission
Station owners dubbed "all suckers" in Pittsburgh hearing
In Pittsburgh on June 21 Tohn H. Donahue of Shady Side filing station called station owners "all suckers." He warned profits depend on $1,000 down and claimed only oil company stations can stay profitable. Frank H. Ellis of the Independent Gasoline Dealers Association testified the industry suffered losses in a price war, estimating $30 daily losses per operator. The oil and gasoline industry inquiry commission, created to study abuses, heard testimonies as hearings closed in Pittsburgh and planned sessions in Oil City.
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Pittsburgh
Tohn H. Donahue
Shady Side Filing Stablem
Oil Industry Investigation Commission
Donahue
Frank H. Ellis
Independent Gasoline Dealers Association
Oil City
House Ponders Security Act Debate Among Senators
Rep Connery and other lawmakers weigh delaying the Security Act to allow deeper study. Senate post office committee recesses amid steel strike interference probe. Senator Bridges demands Farley testimony as the Senate plans to tackle the Roosevelt court bill after the relief measure and the army appropriation. Critics say judiciary committee criticism alienated some supporters.
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Rep
Connery
D-Mass
Senate Post Office Committee
Bridges
R-Nh
Farley
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Logan
D-Ky
Bethlehem May Sue State Over Martial Law Claims
Bethlehem officials hinted at a huge damage suit against the commonwealth alleging losses to stockholders and employees. The firm had allowed maintenance crews for the Cambria works and two company owned mines while negotiations included a ban on steel production and a crew selection right. David Watkins led strikers who agreed to the stipulations as reports of federal injunctions to suspend martial law circulated.
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Pany
Colonel Janeway
Cambria
David Watkins
Commonwealth
Russians See Blazing Trail in World Distance Race
Russians tie at 5200 miles below the official world record of 5637 miles held by Paul Codas and Maurice Rossi. Their unofficial Moscow to Nico laeveki distance reaches 5858 miles in Eastern Siberia.
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Paul Codas
Maurice Rossi
Moscow
Nicolaeveki
Siberia
Weekend death toll reaches twelve across several cities
A series of weekend accidents claimed twelve lives including newsboy Gettysburg-Jay B. Paterson on Fairfield road and trolley collision victim Samuel Grubb in Newtown Square. Others died in bicycle crashes, motorcycle collisions, and drownings across multiple towns.
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Gettysburg
Jay B. Paterson
Fairfield
Newtown Square
Samuel Grubb
Washington
Clarence Lyle, Jr
Greensburg
Wendell M. Viuk
Salina
Altoona
Milton K. Miller
Philadelphia
James McCall
Schuylkill River
Connellsville
Richard J. Schultz
Allentown
Paul Laky
Austria
Lehigh River
New Holland
Herbert H. Blankenhiller, Jr
New Death Toll Reaches Twelve Across Picket Strikes
The page one report notes 12 deaths from widespread picket line clashes, adding to ten earlier, including a notable incident near South Chicago Illinois and a July 1892 scene at Bloody Homestead Pennsylvania where 300 armed detectives faced protesters.
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Chicago
Ill
Homestead
Bethlehem Steel Faces Mediation Amid Bloodshed Fears
At the Johnstown mediation conference Bethlehem Steel confronts a new grievance tied to forced mill closures ordered by Governor Earle to prevent bloodshed. CIO leaders and steel executives gather with federal mediators to seek a path to peace as back-to-work threats loom and prayers for industrial harmony rise in Johnstown.
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Steel
Pennsylvania
Earle
Bethlehem Steel
Johnstown
Bethlehem
CIO
Archie Lynn
Conemaugh Valley
Cleveland
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Charles P. “Taft
Lloyd K. Garrison
University of Wisconsin
Law Schedal
Edward McGrady
Lewis
Phillip Murray
SWOC
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
CIO aMliate
Girdler
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Frank Purnell
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
W.S. Sykes
Inland Steel Company
John Lewis
Jack MceKown
John
Republic Steel Corporation
Warren
Central Labor Board
AFL
Niles
William Mayo
Peoria
Itn
United Mine Workers of America
Minnis
Final pleas in Reilly trial heard in Pittsburgh
A six week trial of District Attorney James A. Reilly concluded with final pleas from both sides. Judge McNaugher denied a directed verdict and set aside three hours for each side to argument. Monaghan died last September 12 during questioning about a Fayette County detective beating.
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Pittsburugh
James A. Reilly
Frank Monaghan
William McNaugher
Monaghan
Fayette County
Reilly
Chautemps Offers Blum Chance at New Cabinet
Paris June 21 Camille Chau temps radical socialist ex premier offered a portfolio to Leon Blum the outgoing Prime Minister The Socialist Blum delaying decision until a Socialist National Council meeting tomorrow Truckloads of guards moved through streets as Chau temps sought leadership support from various factions The crisis followed Blum's resignation and a market shift with the franc strengthening to about 22.30 per dollar officially 22.4575 previous close
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
People's Front
Leon Blum
Blum
Socialist National Council
Chautemps
Senate
Blam
Peoples’ Front
Albert Lebrun
Elysee Palace
Workers Return to Jobs After 19-Day Strike
Ambridge June 21 Nine hundred employees of National Electric Products Co returned to work while the Labor Board weighs which employee group represents a majority. United Electrical and Radio Workers had removed pickets as demonstrators at the plant gate clashed with strike supporters last week. The union said a majority exists and halted the strike after the company signed an agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in the AFL.
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Ambridge
National Electric Products Company
Labor Board
United Electrical ‘and Radio Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
United
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
American Federation of Labor
Green Gives Labor Views at Scranton Mass Meeting
William Green head of the American Federation of Labor told a Scranton mass meeting that labor must choose between majority rule or the law of the jungle. He accused the CIO of seeking minority rule, warned of chaos, and defended private property while urging labor to remain united and committed to orderly rule.
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Scranton
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Building Trades Council
Green
Whcn
Scouts Headed for Jamoree In Washington Campout
Thousands of Boy Scouts mass for a 2,000-strong gathering near the Potomac. Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia contingents join 63 host troops arriving by train and bus to set up headquarters and welcome fellow scouts.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Potomac
Secret Mission in Parsons Case Sparks NYC Trip
Three Suffolk County officers investigating the disappearance of Long Island Matron Mrs. Alice MacDonnell Parsons left for New York City on an undisclosed mission. An investigator said they sought one last chance for the kidnappers to provide definite evidence that she still lives.
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Stony Brook
N. Y
Suffolk County
Alice MacDonnell Parsons
Long Island
New York City
Earle Calls Off Flight to Johnstown Strike Area
Governor Earle scanned heavy skies and canceled his morning flight to Johnstown to assess the steel strike area. Airport officials reported rain in western Pennsylvania, delaying his inspection planned for about an hour before returning to Harrisburg by noon.
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Harrisburg
Earle
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Exchange Club Annual Convention Opens in York
York Pa June 2 The Pennsylvania State Exchange Club holds its annual convention starting tonight in York. The event runs through Tuesday ending with a banquet where national vice president William Spear will speak.
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Exchange Club
York
Pennsylvania State Exchange Club
William Spear
Howe Chosen Welfare Head
Arthur W. Howe was named secretary of welfare to succeed John D. Pennington who resigned to return to Huntingdon State Industrial School. Pennington, a retired Navy commander, will aid Howe in planning the new Pennsylvania Industrial Home for Boys while resuming duties at Huntingdon without additional pay.
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Harrisburg
Arthur W. Howe
George H. Earle
John D. Penningston
Pennington
Huntingdon
Earle
Pennsylvania
U. S. Navy
J. Evans Scheele
White Hil
Huntingdon School
Mt. Gretna
Flashes of Life and Odd News From Several Towns
Federal officers probe a post office robbery in Mount Airy where ink spilled left a chicken footprint as a clue. In Berryville a hen sits at peace as a letter warns war in 1937, but no conflict appears. Addison Whetstone finds hens protect littered mice and later discovers a $10 bill. Ernest Stacy, three days old, shows a broken arm splint as nurses note.
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MT. Airy
N. C
ST. Matthews
S. C
Addison Whetstone
Whetstone
Wapato
Ernest Stacy
W. S. Stacey
Sutton Appointed Second Lieutenant in Reserve Corps
Washington June 21. James D. Sutton of Indiana receives a second lieutenant appointment in the Reserve Corps, joining Pennsylvanians who have accepted officer commissions. Sutton resides at 922 Philadelphia Street and is assigned to ordnance duty.
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Washington
James D. Sutton
Philadelphia Street
Indiana
Ordnance
Injunction Granted Against Republic Steel Pickets
In Trumbull County Ohio Judge Lynn Griffith granted Republic Steel Corp an injunction restraining strike pickets. The order bans arming, obstructing roads, intimidation, and interference with employees or freight. Limits specify 12 pickets at the Niles gate, eight at Warren, and 6 entrances at Warren, with freight movement halted until Wednesday 6 am. The injunction may be amended as needed.
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Steel
Griffith
Niles
Warren
Steel Company
Taylor successor still a GOP problem
Harrisburg June 24 Republican leaders weigh a successor to M Harvey Taylor who resigned Friday as state chairman Judge Arthur H James of the Superior Court Luzerne County a Fisher era lieutenant governor heads a list that includes P Stephen Stahmecker Ellwood Turner A Boyd Hamilton Walter J Kress Mortimer Graham Otto F Messner and others as possible party heads
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Harrisburg
M. Harvey Taylor
Arthur H. James
Superior Court
Luzerne County
James
Fisher
P. Stephen
Stahmecker
Gifford Pinchot
Rep
Ellwood J. Turner
Delaware County
House
A. Boyd Hamilton
Senate
Walter J. Kress
The
American Legion
Mortimer E. Graham
Altorcney
Erie County
Otto F. Messner
Lancaster
Markets Produce and Livestock in Pittsburgh Markets
Produce offerings show moderate demand with apples priced per bushel basket and regional potato grades listed from No 1 Cobblers to Whites and Virginias across North Carolina Maine and California origins. Livestock trade reports hogs cattle and sheep with prices for 180 230 lb hogs 11.90 12.00 dollars cattle top at 13.25 for small lots and lambs 12.00 13.00.
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Pittsburgh
Georgia
Alabama
North Carolina
California
Virginia Cobblers
Maine
North Carolina Cobblers
Virginia
Summer Arrives in Harrisburg with Clouds and Rain
Harrisburg reports summer arriving today with cloudy skies and a cooling rain. The weather bureau marked the end of spring at 3 12 p m. today.
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Harrisburg
Weather Bureau
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