McCloskey Says He Plans Nonpartisan Registration
Harrisburg reports that Anne Matthew H McCloskey, a central figure in last spring's Democratic primary fight and former Philadelphia party co chair, announces plans to register non partisan. He resigns as finance chair of the Democratic state committee and says he has not met with the party boss since November. He notes no knowledge of Governor Earle at a leaders meeting and says he spoke with Earle by phone in Florida.
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Harrisburg
Anne Matthew H. McCloskey
Philadelphia
McCloskey
Nance
Democratic State Committee
Earle
Pennsylvania
Eladers
Guffey
Washington
Harle
Florida
Poultrymen Here Thursday at Fenn Run Grange Hall
Poultrymen of Cherrytill township will meet at Fenn Run Grange Hall Thursday afternoon at 1:00 to hear H. H. Kauffman, poultry extension specialist from Penn State. A 7:30 county meeting in the Court Room will feature motion pictures and slides as Kauffman discusses modern poultry management practices. County Agent Warner notes local interest in both gatherings.
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Cherrytill Township
Fenn Run
Tomost Row
H. H. Kauffman
Penn State
Kawllman
Warner
Czech Reception Turns Quiet For German Troops
No flags decorated homes or streets as Reichsführer Hiller’s troops were greeted without the prior show of flowers and kisses seen in Sudetenland last October. Crowds were moody and silent amid a curfew set for 8 p.m. with passes required to be on the streets thereafter.
Nineteen Arrested in Philadelphia Nazi Rally Riot
Thirteen held on inciting to riot charges after 500 attended a Committee for Racial and Religious Tolerance rally. Detectives nabbed a local German American Bund leader among others as hecklers clashed with speakers and anti Semitic posters were found.
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Philadelphia
James Ryan
Committee For Racial and Religious Tolerance
Ryan
Bund
Ryu
Assembly Accelerates With Release Of Bills From Committees
Harrisburg dispatch reports the legislature released two bills from committee and Republicans floated a four day work week. Rep Robert Woodside Jr predicted swift action while Democrats urged a broader program and questioned the pace.
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Harrisburg
Robert &, Woodside, Jr
Woodside
Hitler Seizes Prague and Bohemia Moravia as War Rolls On
German forces moved into Bohemia and Moravia taking the Prague fortress of Hradcany, dissolving the Czech government, and placing the region under Reich protection. Reporting from Leitmeritz Theresienstadt and Plzen noted rapid occupation, with strict orders curbing travel and swastika displays while Slovakia and Carpatho Ukraine also felt occupation pressures.
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Slovakia
Prague
Bohemia
Moravia
Ministry of Education
Sil
Hitler
Czecho- Slovakia
Budapest
Hungary
Carpatho-Ukraine
Ruthenia
Augustine Volosin
Chust
Munkses
Ungvar
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Louis Kossuth
Kossuth
Lorates
Hradceny Castle
Czecho-Slovakia
Bohemian
Bohemia and
Europe
Germany
Bohemian-Moravian
Hacha
Berlin
Pilsen
Hanete
Hillery
Eiid Hache
I. Dnb
Plaen Pilsstn
Almuetz
Plzen
Ounce
Great
Skoda Arms Works
Associated Press
Leitmeritz
Nerther Lucemland-Bohemia
Theresienstadt
Leitmeiite
Melnik
Liboch
Bohema
Scheresienstadt
Praga
DNB
Foolish 40s Hit Nicastro Divorce Refused by Judge Muse
Pittsburgh, March 16. Michael Nicastro and his wife remain married after Judge M A Muse denied the husband's divorce petition. Nicastro had been separated 20 years, with the wife living in Wheeling West Virginia. The judge noted Nicastro pursued burlesque shows and younger companionship, warning that pursuit could lead to greater unhappiness.
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Pittsburgh
Michael Nicastro
M. A. Muse
Tmantio
Nicastro
Wheeling
W. Va
Musmanno
College Weather Report Shows Cloudy Skies Ahead
Increasing cloudiness with rain and a temperature drop expected today. Thursday will be cloudier and colder. At 8 a.m. the temperature is 46 degrees, with a 24 hour high of 54 and a low of 24. No precipitation. Barometric pressure is 29.07 today and 28.65.
Obituary notices from Indiana County page continued
Obituaries list several local figures including Charles Badger Piper of Fost- raver township, born 1872, with services by Rev. Regester and interment at Edgewood Cemetery. Martha Isabelle Lowman, 75, of Dixonville, dies in Staf- ford after lifelong Indiana County residence, with funeral at Bethel Church. Other notices mention Matthew M. Connelly's Pasadena death and Mrs. Puobe J and Davis, daughter of David and Esther, among the scattered renditions.
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Charles Badger Piper
Fostraver Township
Westmoreland County
West Newton
Joseph
Catherine (Larimer) Piper
Conemaugh Township
Indiana County
Beaver Falls
Irwin
First Presbyterian Church
United American Mechanics
Olive (Alam) Piper
Loraine Silsey
Harry W
Frank A. Piper
Saltsburg
Samuel D. Piper
Blaisdell
Robinson Funeral Home
Samuel D. Regester
Edgewood Cemetery
Martha Isabelle Lowman
E. C. Hildebrand
Stafford
John A
Phoebe Powell
W. B. Lowman
Josephine
L. H. Lowman
Clymer
Harry Powell
Akron
Paul Basket
Bethel Church
Dixonville
Church
Hungary Gains Carpatho Ukraine Territory in 1939 Crisis
Prime Minister Chamberlain ordered ambassador Henderson to Berlin to protest Germany’s role in the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia. Hungary announces control of Carpatho Ukraine expanding its frontier with Poland as Romanian troops expected to move into eastern Carpatho Ukraine. Prague withdraws troops.
Liquor sale fear at Pennsylvania World’s Fair Hall
Senator Coleman reported Pennsylvania may owe New York World’s Fair $40,000 over a replica Independence Hall at the fair. The plan leasing the building excludes one corner for a restaurant concession. Protests over a potential liquor and beer display prompted a commission meeting. Governor James halted beer sales at the replica. Senator Heyburn urged Senate action, calling it insulting. Gilson urged an apology. The resolution was referred to committee for possible amendment.
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House
Senate
Philadelphia
Edward J. Coleman
Lackawanna
Thestile
Pennsylvania
Commission
Bureau of Aeronautics
Republican
Richard J. Beamish
Public Utility Commission
Interstate Commercce Commission
ICC
Hararisburg
Edward J.coleman
Lackawanna County
Come Mission
Commonwealth
Coleman
New York
James
Independence Hall
Weldon C. Heyburn
Delaware
Samuel L. Gilson
D+ Brie
Heyburn
HefSurn
Pioneer Hawk dies in Youngstown after long life
John Hawks widow of Canoe Ridge resident dies aged 85 in Youngstown home of her niece Mrs. William Beveridge. Survived by two adopted daughters Bessie Long and Bertha Lasky, three brothers and one sister. Body to Jordan funeral home Punxsutawney. interment Thursday afternoon. Also obituary: Mrs Della Wortman Diltz of Valier dies at 70 in Adrian Hospital. Survives by children Joan Chapman Arthur Diltz Max Murray Anderson William and more. funeral Thursday at 2 pm with Presbyterian services and Round Top Cemetery interment.
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Johns) Hawk
Canoe Ridge
William Beveridge
Youngstown
Bessie Long
Near
Big Ruth
Bertha Lasky
Philadelphia
Simon Hawk
Medford
Ore
Adam Hawk
Punxsutawney
David Hawk
Della
Jacob Haney
Near McGees
Jordan Funeral Home
Della (Wortman) Diltz
Valier
Linus Diltz
Adrian Hospital
Trade City
John Wortman
Walier
Presbyterian Church of
Joan Chapman
Lee Depp
Arthur Diltz
Knox
Max
Murray Anderson
FR. C. Sprankie
Messina
N. Yo
William
Neal
Reading
William Wortman
Pittsburgh
Presbyterian Church
Round Top
Pittsburgh coach weighs move to health department director post
Dr. John B. Sutherland the University of Pittsburgh football coach is seriously considering becoming director of oral hygiene for the Pennsylvania Department of Health. A close friend said he has agreed to give his answer to Gov. James offer within a week. The job pays 7500 a year and Sutherland is a graduate dentist.
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Pittsburgh
John B
Jock) Sutherland
University of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Department of Health
James
Sutherland
Spaghetti Dinner Tied to Death of Four-Year-Old
In Pittsburgh on March 15, the coroner sought the cause of Louella Toth's sudden death and her sister Lorra ine's critical illness after they fell ill following a spaghetti dinner at home. Food poisoning was suspected but confirmation awaits autopsy results on Louella.
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Pittsburgh
Louella Toth
Lorraine
B. C. Mer Tighe
McTighe
Louella
Ernest Band to Give Concerts
The Ernest Community Band will present benefit concerts on March 16 and 17 at 7 30 P M in the Ernest Community Hall. Funds raised will buy uniforms. The program features a variety of band selections plus vocal and instrumental numbers including a violin trio, bass solo, trombone pieces, and a black face comedian.
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Ernest Community Band
Ernest Community Hall
Star ‘Spangled Banner
Ernest
Chicago Police
Jas, Bacon
Commodore
Ruth Lovell
Coalport
Last Day to File Income Tax in 1938
Washington reports the final filing day for 1938 income tax returns with about 8 million people rushing to collection offices. Tax collectors kept offices open late to accommodate tardy filers as envelopes and checks piled high, while receipts are expected to drop from last year’s March total of 723 million dollars.
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Washington
Belauve
Rush for Joe injures many in Philadelphia crowd
A Philadelphia rush for an advertised job drew a large crowd of youths and workers. Several people were knocked down as they pushed toward the ad. James Simmons, 30, a bookkeeper, was trampled while attempting to quiet the surge.
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Philadelphia
Everand
James Simmons
Treasury Balance Report Reflects March 13 Figures
Washington March 15 report shows Receipts 25,772,226.96 and expenditures 99,800,483.77 leaving a net balance of 3,259,542,697.94 including a 2,606,570,478.67 working balance. Customs receipts for the month stand at 1,607,492.93.
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Washington
the Treasury
Children Die, Another Hurt After Power House Explosion
Five year old Lorraine Sibble died in Oil City hospital after an explosion at a power house near an oil well. Her brother Clifford Jr. was critical. Their mother and Benjamin Ketly were lightly burned while trying to beat back fumes. Flames destroyed the power house as children played nearby.
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City
Meteh
Plumber
Orf
Oil City
Lorraine Sibble
Clifford, Jr
Benjamin Ketly
Unclear 33k and company share list with various firms
A fragmented OCR line lists numerous corporations and percentages including Ches and Ohio, Chrysler Corp, Gen Motors, Nabisco, Kodak, General Electric, Du Pont, Eastman, Radio Corp of America, Penn RR, Texaco, and Woolworth, interspersed with stock or share notations and partial company names, lacking coherent narrative or context.
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Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Corwith
Cons Edison
AB Crane Co
Douglas Aircraft du Pont de N
Eastman Kodak
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Carr
Hudson Motor the Interlake Trowley
Int Harvester
Nick Can
Kennecott
Kresge
Lehigh Port C
Loew's Inc
Mack
Montgom
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow
NY Central RR
North Amer Co
Packard Motor
Penn RR
Phillips Pet
Radio Corp of Am
Reading Co
Repub Steel
Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck
Socony-Vacuur
Southern Pacifi
Southern
Sperry Corp
Cal
Ind
Studebaker Cil Texas Corp
Timken
United Alrebe
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Rumania
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Count Ciano
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Arapahoe
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Margaret Rugh
Decatur
Ill
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First Presbyterian
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Matthew M. Connelly
Pasadena
Calif
Margaret (Marshall) Connelly
Puoebe J and Davis
David and
Esther
Adolf Hitler
Augustin Volesin
Hiller
Italy
Carpathy
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Eyndon
London
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House of Commons
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