President Roosevelt's heavy travel plans in coming months
President Roosevelt outlines a very busy itinerary through spring and summer with trips from Warm Springs Alabama and Washington to New York for the World's Fair and possible San Francisco visit for the Golden Gate Exposition. The schedule includes speeches, receptions of foreign dignitaries, and ceremonial events, expanding his travel to miles traveled since taking office.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Obs
Warm Springs
New York
San Francisco
Congress
George Washington
Hyde Park
Crown Princess
Norway
Crown Knee
Denmark
Rhinebeck
N.Y
Samoga
Nicaragua
White Jroudge
Eamon de Valera
Amversway
Ireland
White House
King
Queen
England
Hyde Parks
Chamber Lists Activities in Indiana County
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce released a calendar of events to avoid date conflicts. Highlights include March 17 a benefit basketball game at Indiana High School run by Lions for a children’s health camp, March 23 a card party for Elks at the Elks Hall, March 24 a play The Rivals at the high school, April 13 a band concert at the high school, and April 15 a benefit dance at the Indiana Country Club.
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Indiana Chamber of Commerce Today
Indiana High School
Lions
Filles Auxiliary
Elks
Indiana Elks Hall
Indiana County Council
Parent Teachers Association
At & P.m
Crippled Children's Society of
Indiana County
Indiana Country Club
Czechs React as Nazi Supervision Tightens Control
Czech radio stations and newspapers report under Nazi supervision as the Czech press bureau acts within DNB. Foreign legations prepare for closures while crowds gather at the British consulate. Emil Hacha says he placed the Czech fate in Hitler’s hands after discussions with the Fuehrer.
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Law Is
DNB
Berlin
Ambassador Hole
Saint Wenceslas Square
Emil Hacha
Hitler
Fuehrer
Hatha
Hitler Triumphs In Central Europe As Protectorate Grows
Nazi forces tightened grip across Bohemia Moravia and Slovakia with Hitler touring in armored convoy protected by blackshirt guards. Prague and Brunn hailed him as German power spread, while Sofia saw clashes as Bulgaria resisted dissolution of Czecho Slovakia. The Fuehrer eyed Vienna Bratislava and further lebensraum as Berlin asserted control.
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Brunn
Vienna
Bratislava
Slovakia
Sofia
Bulgaria
Chas
Berlin
Arnalf Hitler
Hitler
Prague
Bohemia
Moravian
Moravia
DNB
Germania
Brann
Austria
Fuhrer
Germany
Reichstag
Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Turbulent Czech Slovakia Crisis Spurs Slovak Independence
The piece details Gerhard Hitler overseeing moves that toppled Czecho Slovakia's government in March 1939. It notes Joseph Tiso’s leadership in a newly declared Slovak state allied to Germany, plus Austro-Hungarian and Sudeten figures reshaping the region under Nazi supervision.
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Bill Hacha
Joseph Tiso
Slovakia
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Tiso
Hitler
Czecho-Slova
Kia
Jooseph Tiso
Der
Karol Sidor
Emil Hacha
Sidor Cas Ree
Cholas
Horthy
Reigent
Hungary
Ruthenia
Augustine Votosin
Thepublic of Catecho- Slovakia
Bul Hacha
Hacha
Hitler rules over vast German empire amid Czecho Slovakia loss
Reports describe the shrinking Czecho Slovakia after Munich partition with Carpatho-Ukraine joining Hungary. Elsewhere, Senate election disputes prompt committee hearings while Public Utility Commission budget adjustments, censorship delays, and resignations spark state political friction.
Harrisburg push to curb civil service across agencies
The Public Utility Commission loss of hundreds of employees continues under Governor James as cuts deepen. A Republican plan proposes a single merit system board for three agencies. Dolan of Pottsville removed from the Department of Public Assistance employment board. New boards unnamed until Senate confirms nominees. Secretary Meoward L. Russell retains full control of Public Assistance while three senior unemployment officials are dropped.
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Public Utility Commission
James
Civil Service
Department of Public Assistance
Hugh F. Dolan, Jr
Pottsville
Dolan
Earle
State Board of Assistance
County Boards of Assistance
Senate
Meoward L. Russell
Unemployment Compensation
Unemployment Service
Daniel McKenna
Reading
Paul Murphy
Pittsburgh
Charles Mack
Wilkes-Barre
Steel makers seek injunction over wage rule appeal
In Washington on March 17 seven small eastern steel manufacturers urged the U S Circuit Court of Appeals to grant a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of the prevailing minimum wage decision in the iron and steel industry. They sought the injunction pending review of a lower court ruling dismissing their suit for lack of showing the wage order was arbitrary or capricious.
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Washington
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Iron and Steel
Ann Sheridan Named Woman With Most Oomph
Hollywood, March 17. Twenty-five men from the professions arts society theatre and the movies honored Ann Sheridan the red haired cinema beauty as the girl with the most Oomph in these United States. Runner up was Alice Faye. The jurors describe Oomph as a feminine desirability observed with pleasure but not discussed with respectability.
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Hollywood
Ann Sheridan
United States
Alice Faye
Earl of Warwick
Diplomat Dr Jan Papanek Seeks Status After Germany Absorbs Nation
In Pittsburgh the handsome Dr Jan Papanek a Czecho Slovak consul said he was "in the dark" about his official status as a diplomat without a country after Nazi Germany absorbed his homeland. He continued routine duties while awaiting clarification.
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Jan
Pittsburgh
Jan Papanek
Nazi Germany
Lawrence Gets Support for State Chairman Amid Indictment
The Philadelphia Bulletin reported U S Senator Joseph F Guffey and John B Kelly along with other state leaders would oppose removing David L Lawrence as state chairman despite his indictment in the Dauphin County grand jury probe of campaign charges. The understanding followed Guffey's Philadelphia visit for J Burwood Daly's funeral.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Bulletin
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
John B. Kelly
David L. Lawrence
Dauphin County
Grand Jury
Guffey
J. Burwood Daly
Markets Reflect Pittsburgh And Chicago Prices March 17
Markets show moderate demand for produce in Pittsburgh with steady apples and potatoes, livestock prices mixed from hogs to cattle, and a steady grain tone in Chicago with May corn and wheat futures fluctuating around prior closes. Read The Gazette Classified Ads.
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Pittsburgh
Rome
Northern Spies
Ps. York Imperials
Maine G. Mts
Chicago
Moving Time in Lancaster County Auctions Rise
Moving time returns to Lancaster County as farm estates are settled and households downsize. Auctions sell livestock, implements, and goods while neighbors mingle on Settlement Day memory, with families moving to smaller properties and old traditions echoing in the spring sale theater. A note on Scranton features a sharp owl sighting and Varner’s shotgun collection.
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Lancaster
Lancaster County
Leaders Predict Amusement Tax In Administration Plan
Republican leaders in Harrisburg foresee addition of a four cent amusement tax to the administration's tax program for the next two years. The levy could raise about $7,000,000 in the biennium, atop $163,000,000 in emergency taxes. Leaders caution the tax would be enacted only if needed and may be delayed to gauge the state’s fiscal condition.
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Harrisburg
Earle
Edwin Winner
Montgomery
Ways and Means
Robert BE
Woodside
House
James
Aquor Central Board
Market roundup of major industrials and utilities list
A dense roster of leading firms appears in a stock market summary, naming Air Reduction, Al Chem, Am Can, Am Com, Anaconda, Beth Steel, Chrysler, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, Penn RR, Southern Pacific, Westinghouse, and numerous others. The long catalog includes chemical and oil makers, metals, autos, utilities, coal, paper, and radio firms, reflecting broad market breadth with many lettered and abbreviated entities.
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Alco Am
Atl
Bald Loco Ct Balt
Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Beth Steel Pe
Briggs
Budd
Burr Add Mach Calumet and
Hee Canad Pacific Case
Cerro de Pas
South
Coas Edison
Consol Oil Corn Products
Crane Co
Drel Lack
West Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de N
Eastman Kodak
el Auto Lite
Gen
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors Gen
Gillette
Greyhound Corp
Hard-Walker
Hudson Motor Interlake Iron Int Harvester Int
Nick Can
Tel
Kennecott Cap Kresge
Lehigh Port C
Lehigh Val Coal Leh
Val RR
Loew's Inc
Mack Trucks
Cranium Crackers Lente Question puzzle tease
A quirky quiz item asks who would do what in four clues linking historical figures and phrases and ends with a Bible based prompt about Heaven with 0 minutes of silence. Answers appear on the Classified Page.
Rifle-wild Durand kills two officers then flees in Wyoming
A gunman, Earl Durand, 26, killed Park County officers Deputy Noah Riley and Undersheriff D. M. Baker and fatally wounded Powell Town Marshal Charley E. Lewis after abducting Riley from Cody jail. A posse from Wyoming and Montana pursued him as Durand fled toward the Bear Tooth Mountains with rifles and a raw beef supply.
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Powell
Wyo
Wyoming
Montana
Park County
Ray Easton
Park ‘County
Earl Durand
D. M. Baker
Charley EB. Lewis
Baker Paeachy
Lewie
Durand
Noah Riley
Cody Park
Riley
Bear Tooth
J. M. Klint
Boyd Bennion
Thieves Target Camps Nine Times In Union County Raid
State police and Union County officers hunted today for thieves who hit hunting camps and summer cabins in a nine entry spree. They seized a cook stove from one cabin. McKean County commissioners cut levies to five mills from nine and dropped a three mill institutional tax, reflecting ten year low rates.
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Lewisburg
Union County
Smethport
McKean County
Obituary notices for Frank Fries and Joan Baker
Frank Fries of Orville Ohio a former Kittanning resident died unexpectedly at 47 with funeral services set in Orrville tomorrow His father Frank M Fries former Daily Times owner is noted Also Josn Baker aged 88 died at 20 a m today in West Lebanon home of Mr Harvey an obituary to follow in Saturday issue
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Frank Fries
Orville, O
Kittanning
Frank M. Fries
The
Daily Times
Orrville
Joan Baker
Mr. Harvey
Lebanon
College Weather Report Shows Warmth Building Today
Weather notes indicate a fair with gradually rising temperatures. Saturday forecasts call for continued air pressure and mild conditions with a high near 33 and a low around 1. The month’s high reached 64 with a low of minus eight, and 1.6 inches of precipitation this period, 3.7 inches on average.
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Kingdom of Hungary
Joseph ‘Tigo
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Senate Elections Committee
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Samuel W. Salas
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A. Mitchell Palmer
Stroudsburg
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Patrick A. Duffey
Steel Makers
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America
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Stetson
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Adams
PENNA
Lawrence
Gazette
Scranton
James A. Varner
Varner
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