Milk Inquiry Moves to House Amid State Probe
A sweeping Pennsylvania milk control inquiry approved by the Senate is sent to the House. Bills reenact emergency taxes on gasoline and other items while two more cabinet heads may join the turnpike commission. Governor James weighs assignments and welfare head Sweeny invites a conference on state takeover of mental hospitals.
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Harrisburg
Senate
House
James
Turnpike Commission
Biante
Welfare Department
Pennsylvania
Edward J. Coleman
Lackawanna
George B. Scarlett
Chester County
Weldon B. Heyburn
Delaware
William E. Habbyshaw
Rdauphin
Herbert S. Levin
Philadelphia
Senate Elections Committee
Samuel W. Salas
Levin
Elections Committee
Earle
Dauphin County Grand Jury
G. Edger Kline
Schuylkill
John M.walker
Allegheny
Floyd N. Marr
Beaver
Campaign Charges Inquiry Prompts Move to Add Time
WARRISBURG March 1 Pr Judge Paul N Schaeffer sum moned the Dauphin County January grand jury to March 6 to consider a presentment recommending indictment of 14 persons in the campaign charges investigation. The group asked indictments for four former Earle cabinet members and others. Lawmakers discussed extending the statute of limitations for state official misdeeds and altering grand jury pay, while Shelley's staff prepared new indictment bills.
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Warrisburg
Paul N. Schaeffer
Dauphin County
Schaeffer
George H. Earle
State Pardon Board
Kent Kane
R-Mckean
Carl B. Shelley
Earle
Democratic Party
Shelley
Kane
Commonwealth
Aoman
Papal Conclave Odds Told by Vatican Speculation
The conclave from outside was entrusted to Prince Ludovico Chigi Albani and Monsignor Alber to Metli Di Sant Alia with oath taking before cardinals in the Sistine Chapel. Cardinals Elia Dalla Costa Luigi Maglione Pacelli and Federico Tedeschini figure prominently in Vatican speculation as likely first ballot contenders with Pacelli seen for foreign affairs expertise.
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Scan
Ludovico Chigi Albani
Alberto Alberto Metli di
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
Paris
Vatican
Cardinal Pacelli
Strato
Pius XI
Federico Tedeschini
Spain
Obituary notices for Kenna and DiMarco reported
Charles Edward Kenna died from a rock fall at Frances Mine Burgettstown. Funeral services will be in Osceola Mills with burial there. he leaves a widow Margaret Worner Kenna and a son William. Serafino DiMarco, age 70, died Monday after complications. survived by wife Consetta and three sons America Guido and Harry. funeral in Lucerne at St Louis Church with burial at St Bernard.
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Charles Edward Kenna
Frances
Burgettstown
Robinson Funeral Home
William Burns
Osceola Mills
Mr. Kenna
Kent- Aultran
Hickory
Margaret (Worner) Kenna
William
Orie A. Kenna
Pittsburgh
Seratfino Dimarco
Indiana County
Consetta
America
New Brunswick
N. J
Guido
Harry
St. Louis Roman Catholic Church
Lucerne
Ladislaus Lipski
St. Bernard Cemetery
Strikers Return From Mine Sit-Down Demonstration
Strikers reappear in groups of five and six at the mine entrance as relatives rush to embrace them. Workers who did not join the sit down slap them on the back and cheer. Physicians say the men are generally in good condition and they are driven home in family automobiles to rest after sleeping on boards and narrow cots in the mine.
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Bavk
Treasury balance and February receipts and outlays
Washington March 1 The Treasury reports February 27 receipts 14 448 483 69 dollars and expenditures 36 440 256 46 leaving a net balance of 3 352 994 397 37 including 2 703 319 447 92 in working balance and customs receipts for the month 21 362 814 74.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Proposals to Aid Municipalities Throttle PA Highway Plan
Secretary Richard B. Maxwell of the Pennsylvania Motor Federation protested legislative plans to allocate 14 to 42 million dollars to municipalities from the motor fund, arguing such funding would throttle Pennsylvania's highway-building program. The Byberry project in Philadelphia was postponed from operation.
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Philadelphia
Byberry
Richard B. Maxwell
Pennsylvania Motor Federation
Pennsylvania
Auto Cards Route Changes Prompt Mail Delivery Shifts
An economy order from Washington led to the discontinuance of Indiana R. D. 1 as of July 1. Routes 1, 2 and 6 were adjusted with deliveries modified accordingly. Local post offices note most rural residents shifted addresses, though many mail pieces still target old route numbers. Postal authorities say they requested permission to deliver to residents by known identities, but state officials refused, forcing change-of-address forms to correct the con fu gian.
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Washington
Indiana
R. D
Punxsutaw
New
Clymer Roads
Harrisburg
Germans Plan Defense Zone In World War II
Berlin reports Goering pledges to keep Germany’s lead in military and aviation strength. Essen’s National Zeitung says hundreds of thousands work in large airplane plants and that a fully developed air defense zone 47 miles deep was created behind western fortifications in the 1938 revision after the dismemberment of Czecho-Slovakia.
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Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Essen
National-Zeitung
Czecho-Slovakia
Espionage Link Slows in Mexico City Probe
The Mexican press ties a hunt for an unlicensed radio transmitter to a German espionage investigation. Reports name Baron Hans Heinrich Van Helldorf, Berlin police head, among eight detainees. The German Legation sought a stay in deportation for Baron Vor Holleuf, who arrived as a Nazi refugee and later represented German firms.
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Mexico City
Berlin
Hans Heinrich van Helldorf
Baron Vor Holleufer
Germany
Numbers racket probe seeks outside help in Uniontown
March grand jury in Fayette County reports shock at alien involvement and power in the numbers game. It urges the court to appoint outside investigators to examine the case and restore peace.
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Uniontown
Fayette County
Grand Jury
College Weather Clears and Grows Colder Today
Clearing skies reduce temperatures as a cold spell settles. Wednesday remains largely clear with light snow flurries. At 8:00 a.m. the low in 24 hours was 26 degrees, high earlier reached 9 degrees, barometric pressure yesterday 29.3 inches, today 29.5.
Fund for Indiantown Expansion Proposal Details
Pennsylvania National Guard leaders propose a 1.2 million expansion and improvement program at Indiantown Gap reservation. The plan splits costs with federal funds covering key infrastructure including land, mess halls, latrines, pool, heating plant, and storage, while the state funds most land and facilities.
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Washington
Pennsylvania National Guard
Indiantown Gap
Howard C. Shane Nom
Pennsylvania
Mouse Appropriations
J. Buell Snyder
D+Pa
Mt. Gretna
Shannon
WPA
Senate Debates Armament Pace and War Powers
The article notes continued Senate deliberations over the defense budget and armaments program with Senator Russell offering an amendment to remove the 6,000 maximum and let the secretary of war fix aircraft numbers. Foreign policy dominates the debate as 122 senators push a measure for a popular vote before any war outside the western hemisphere, while Nye argues the US must show willingness to finance Europe to avoid being drawn into conflict.
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Clark
Russell
D-Ga
House
Rep. Ludlow
D-Ind
State Department
Nye
R-Nd
Senate
Europe
Feminist Fight Over Pay Opens White House Post
Doris Stevens chairs the American Commission of Women in Washington DC as Mary Winslow, ex Labor Department analyst named by President Roosevelt, becomes the first appointment by the White House to the Inter American Commission.
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U.S
Loter- American Commission of Women
Doris Stevens
Pan- American
Washington, D.C
Mary Winslow
Labor Department
Roosevelt
White House
Inter-American Commison
Storm Brews Over Concert Failure pansion and defense plans
House appropriations committee examined War Department funds for the year ahead and disclosed a plan to obtain nearly 800 combat airplanes, with 565 to meet President Roosevelt's request for immediate 50 million dollars to boost the expanded defense program. Navy action awaited, while official efforts to curb subversive literature circulated among troops.
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House Appropriations Committee
War Department
J. Buell Snyder
D-Pa
Army
Navy
Charles Edison
Congress
House
Henry
Arnold
Air Corps
Budget Bureau
Military Intelligence Service
al Corps
C. M. Wesson
Army Ordnance
John J. Kingman
Army Engineers
Be, R. Warner McCabe
Arson Plot Aimed to Wreck War for Insurance Cash
On Sunday evening Zimmerman’s mother seized the car keys due to illness. Private Frantz said the plan was to destroy the car to collect 260 dollars in insurance for a replacement machine. After locking the car, the youths set it afire and rolled it over a hill. they pleaded guilty before Justice Jackson.
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Zimmerman
Frantz
Jackson
Chicago Mayor Kelly Wins Largest Primary Vote for renomination
Chicago’s Mayor Edward J. Kelly, backed by a powerful Democratic organization, drew a record primary electorate, totaling about 1.2 million voters. He secured a majority of nearly 300,000 and over 50 percent of votes in both parties’ primaries, while Dwight H. Green won the Republican nomination. Green defeated William Hale Thompson, promising to challenge the Kelly-Nash machine in a high stakes campaign.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Mhomination
Thomas J. Court
Kelly
Dwight H. Green
U. S
al Capone
Green
Willian Hale
Big Bill” Thompson
Kelly-Nash
P. A. Nash
Ablout
Courtney
Fivo
Janet ‘Thompson
A. J. Cermak
Thompson
Edward H. Moore
GOP
Safety device halts trains at Pennsylvania Railroad yard
A safety device on thePennsylvania Railroad at Parksburng activated a drag indicator blocking all main lines today, delaying trains for about 25 minutes. Enginemen were unsure what caused the device to operate, noting it threw the signal when something caught the train wheels.
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Parksburg
March
SPIA
Pennsylvania Railrogg
Hybrid seed corn meeting draws Indiana County farmers
Sixty leading farmers in Indiana County attended a hybrid seed corn meeting at the Court House. County Agent Warner reported most hybrids were slow to mature and only K-23 might be safe for husking in small acreage trials using two quarts per farm. Penn State agronomy specialist BE Walter cautioned against high pressure sales and urged slow testing across local conditions. A countywide hybrid corn demonstrations program will compare varieties. Warner noted a 1500 bushel clover seed hull survey and prepared a list of men with clover seed for distribution. The meeting also covered local seed quality and advised avoiding imported or uncertain seed sources. Liquor Dealers Association will meet March 9 at Moore Hotel.
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Indiana County
Court House
Warner
BE. J. Walter
Penn State
Wstgt
Indiana
U.S
Lions Hear of World’s Fair at Greyhound meeting
The Lions Club heard a talk on the New York World's Fair by John D. Lippy The Highway Traveler at a Tuesday dinner meeting under Greyhound Bus Lines auspices. He outlined fair displays travel routes and lodging for tourists plus emergency service pictures. Lion Boyts presented a silver lion to President Paul Woodring for five new members in January. William St. Clair Railway Express agent attended as a guest.
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Lion Boyts
Lions International
Lion
Paul Woodring
Indiana Club
William St. Clair
Imeeting
Make This Model At Home Pattern No. 8428
The article promotes a slimming paneled skirt dress with lifted waistline and narrow roll collar, praising its fit and spring-like touch. It details sizes 36 to 62, fabric yardages, and trim needs, and advertises the Spring and Summer Pattern Book with pricing and ordering instructions from Today's Pattern Bureau in New York.
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Indiana
Seventh Avenue
New York
Civ
Levin Seeks Seat Despite Court Ruling in Pennsylvania
In Harrisburg on March 1 Herbert Levin vowed to stay at his Senate desk until the seat dispute is settled. A Philadelphia court said Levin lost the November election by one vote to Samuel W. Salus, and the Senate ordered him to stand aside pending investigation. The election committee, split 7 Republicans to 2 Democrats, could decide the case, with Levin’s future pivotal to party control. Leonard Wayne Lockard celebrated his sixth birthday with fifteen kindergarten friends at his home, including gifts, games, and a large candle-lit cake.
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Senate
Senate Élection Committee
Philadelphia
Samuel W. Salus
Senate Democrats
Salas
William J. Broe
Lawrence County
Levin
Broe
Weldon Heyburn
Rdelaware
C. Gilbert Wolfenden
Indiana
Elections Committee
Leonard Lockard
Leonard Wayne Lockard
Wayne Lockard
Leonard
Glenn Sullinger
Allan Wolfe
Eugene Rising
Roland Frampton
Walter Wiggins
Alley Auslander
Dickie Watson
Billy Pentz
Jimmie Moorhead
Andrew Stavres
Jimmie Seeger
Virgie Lee Sprankle
Joyce Freuptom Saye Wa Lockerd
Peggy Sprankle
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Moorhead
Vince
Page
College
ASK Fund For Indiantown
National Guard
Feminist Fight
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Marian Anderson
Constitution Hall
Indiana County Retail Liquor Dexlera Association
Moore Hotel
Alco
Rad & St
T& SF All Refining
Beth Steel
Beth Steel Pe
Calumet & Hec
Canada Pacific
Cerro de Pas AB
Ches & Ohio Chrysler Corp
G & el
Com Salvents
Comwich & South
Cons Edison
Consol Oil
S2he Crane Co
del Lack & West Te Douglass Aircraft
Carol Day
Sen. Wolfenden
Herbert& Lesvin
Eastman Kodak
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Gillette
Im Greyhound Corp
Athe Hershey Choc
Int
Harvester
Nick Can
Tel & Tel
Kennecot Copper
Kresge
Lehigh Pore
Lehigh Val Coal Loew's Inc
Mack Trucks
Montgom Ward
Nash-Kelvinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow
Y Central RR
North Amer Ca
Packard Motor
Penn RR
Phillips Pet
Big Radio Corp
Am Te Repab Steel
Reynalds Tob
Sears Roebuck
Sacony-Vacuum
Southern Pacific
Southern
Sperry Corp
Stand Oil Car
Stand
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