Will Pin Wilt Betting After 42 Year Lapse
Wenton New Jersey March 199 Post midn ight session of the State senate confirmed Democratic Governor A Harry Moore's nomination of four commissioners to control race and pari mutuel betting. A bipartisan commission was authorized by the Republican dominated Legislature after months of wranglings. Louis A Reilly Newark Democrat will be chairman and continue as State Commissioner of Banking and Insurance. Joseph A Brophy Democrat former mayor of Elizabeth. William H Cane Hackensack Republican leader in Harness racing at Goshen New York. John R Rogers Maplewood Republican former Internal Revenue Collector for North Jersey. Moore signed the racing betting bill last night after the faction split G P controlled Legislature. The law was made possible by a referendum last June mending an 1897 constitutional gambling ban to allow pari mutuel wagering.
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Wenton
N. d
New Jersey
Senate
Harry Moore
Louis A. Reilly
Newark
Demoveta
Banking and Insurance
Joseph A. Brophy
Elizabeth
William H. Cane
Hackensack Re“publican
Goshen
N. Y
John R. Rogers
Maplewood Reepublican
Internal Revenue
North Jersey
A Moore
Mirangeliot Linehcome Voices at Free Methodist Church
Mirangeliot Linehcome delivered a gospel talk at Free Methodist Church on Church Street last night at 7 45 pm teaching for two weeks on Four gs to Church Lacks He argued that prayer unites petition and intercession shapes a world wide spiritual life He urged living feebly hindered prayer and warned against mere closet devotion Meanwhile Oswald Lewis MP proposed selling Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary in the United States to raise dollars for war purposes
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Mirangeliot F. Linehcome
Free Methodist
Church Street
Oswald Lewis
Ship‘ping
United States
Sleep Tablets Prove Fatal in Sharon Rooming House Death
Sharon March 15. An overdose of sleeping tablets apparently caused the death of G. H. Jenkins foreman at Bell Telephone Sharon office. Coroner James A. Biggins said Jenkins, who had sent a suit to be pressed, was found dead after an employee returned with it.
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Sharon
James A. Biggins
G. H. Jenkins
Bell Telephone Company
Jenkins
State panel seeks lower unemployment taxes for some firms
Harrisburg March 16 The joint state government commission will urge a special session to amend Pennsylvania's unemployment compensation law to lessen taxes for certain employers The panel expects savings up to 4 000 000 yearly by reducing the 2 77 percent wage tax and aligning with federal changes Supplemental appropriations of 54 000 are requested for the commission and the study panel led by Senator Weldon S Heyburn Public aid for the commission and related bodies is noted as inadequate with a 30 000 appropriation in 1888 needing raise
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Harrisburg
Joint
State Government Commission
Pennsylvania
James
Seston
A. Alfred Wasserman
Weldon
Heyburn
Delaware
Wadserman
Cochran and Odlum in Pioneering Flight and Merger News
Jacqueline Cochran aims to beat the 2000 kilometer air speed record by flying a single engine monoplane round trip from Mt Wilson to 30 miles west of Albuquerque, weather permitting. Floyd B Odlum, Cochran husband, heads a $165 million merger blending Atlas Corp with Curtiss Wright Pioneer Aviation to accelerate output on a $170 million Curtiss-Wright backlog, seen as aviation history’s largest financial operation.
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Los Angeles
Jacqueline Cochran
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Albuquerque
N. M
New York
Floyd B. Odlum
America
Atlas Corp
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Pioneer Aviation Manufacturing Company
Odlum
George N. Armsby
Guy W. Vaughan
Curtiss
Curtiss-Wright
College Weather Forecast With Seasonal Chill
Mostly cloudy and cold today with clearing at night. Tomorrow brings fair skies and warmer temperatures. Reading reports a high of 63 and a low of 29 with 0.64 inch of precipitation this month, humidity at 84 percent, and a today barometer reading of 29.95 inches.
ISTC debate on national defense prompts campus split
Indiana State Teachers College students debated President Roosevelt’s defense program in a general assembly led by Ruth Miller. Dean Marshall supported expanding defense citing 26 percent budget share and new ships bases and personnel, while James McKee opposed the plan citing cost, geography, and limited need for strong foreign trade protection.
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International Relations Club
Ethel Belden
Social Studies Department
Indiana State Teachers College
Ruth Miller
Phoebe Albert
Dean Marshall
Congress
Pacific
Roosevelt
James McKee
Secondary Education Department
McKee
Obituary notices from a late page expanding families
Obituaries list Mrs A N Coy of Aultman and Mrs George Stockdale of Kent with five sons, services at 2 pm Thursday, interment Lutheran Cemetery Sagamore. Julia Ann Kelly of Saltsburg dies at 9 35 pm, Sept 186, with surviving children and relatives, services tomorrow in Saltsburg. Ingrid Larson Oleon funeral at 4 pm, burial Greenwood Cemetery. James Biaggio Vampy, long time Roshe… (text cut)
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A. N. Coy
Aultman
George Stockdale
Kent
Clyde
Cleveland
Paul
Kittanning
Norman
Sagamore
Arlia Aultman
Clair
Clear Aeld
Stockdale
Jeffries
Lutheran Cemetery
Julia Ann Kelly
William C. Kelly
Saltsburg
Gladys King
Salisburg
Brady's Bend
Armstrong County
Kelly
John
Mary Ann (Snow) Linaberger
The
Baptist Church
Saltsburg Order of the Eastern Star
Ernest S. Kelly
Sidwell C
Gladys K. King
Lavina Pontius
Chicora
Elia Seybert
Glen Osborne
Phoebe Kaylor
May Kaylor
Karnes City
J. 5
Thomas & Linaberger
East Brady R. D
W. Albert Lingbarger
Kittanning R. D
Donald
Amy
Robinson Funeral Home
Joseph McCarroll
Fred M. Bennett
Edgewood Cemetery
Ingrid (Larson) Oleon
Arthur J. Pfohl
D. B
E.R. Lightcap
Philadelphia
Greenwood Cemetery
Unclear European peace talks rumor from Mussolini Hitler meeting
White House aide denied any information supporting reports that 11 points for European peace were proposed at the Mussolini Hitler conference. No transmission of such details to this government was received, and the published headlines appear baseless.
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Washtin
Stephen Yy
Retary
White House
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Obituary notices for Vanity Fetterhoff Tyger and kin
Deaths of Cosmo Vanity and John H. Fetterhoff reported in Homer City area obituaries. Surviving children, grandchildren, and church affiliations listed. services set at St. Louis Church Lucernemines and Mahoning Baptist Church. Burial planned at St. Bernard’s Cemetery Indiana and Mahoning Baptist Cemetery Maugh Township. Also details birth years and places.
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Coal Run
Nicholas C. Sykesville
Anthony T
James B
Homer City
Michael W
Philadelphia
Tracy D
Mary C. Barrette
Wilkes-Barre
Albert
Angelo Vanity
Indiana
Massimino Vanity
St. Louis Roman Catholic
Lucernemines
Father Rosenthall
St. Bernard's Roman Catholic Church
E. G. Tyger
Eliza (Peffer) Tyger
Gipsy
Fairview Cemetery
Rochester Mills
Henry and
Elizabeth (Gaskill) Peffer
Canoe Township
FP. W. Tyger
C. C. Tyger
R. D
Homer Tyger
Glen
Chamberlain Defends War Policy and Finland Aid Stance
Prime Minister Chamberlain criticized a German air raid on Scapa Flow as a failure while detailing Allied readiness to deploy at least 100000 troops to aid Finland and Sweden. Labour leader Attlee pressed for a more aggressive war effort and a war cabinet to chart decisive action. He urged strengthening the home front and warned against allowing Hitler to dictate policy.
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Chamberlain
Scapa Flow
Orkney Islands
Finland
Sweden
Clement Attlee
Laborla
Hitler
Attlee
Sumner Welles Attlee
Supreme War Council
Marsh
Beron Mannerheim
Mannerheim
Byltsin
Frenes
Church council faces Sabbath work ruling in March
A London or colonial town report notes possible Sunday work requirements for some public servants. The Chrst Afrierica council heard that summer workers might be assigned to Sabbath shifts, prompting debate on religious observance and public duties.
Chamberlain Reflects on Finland War Aftermath
The British leader states that Finland’s heroic but doomed resistance reveals the grim toll of the war. He warns Germany’s threats to Norway and Sweden over passage of a British French force, and urges readiness to aid Finland’s regeneration if needed. He praises Finnish honor and resilience amid overwhelming odds.
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Finland
Chamberlain
Ssalstende
Sweden
Germany
Norway
Auffey
Hatch Bill Faces Hurdles In Senate Floor Fight
Republican Leader Martin warned the bill faces floor hurdles as the rules committee may block it even if judiciary backs enactment. The proposal bans federal funds employees from political activity, allows leave of absence to run, caps individual campaign contributions at 5000, and bars those with government contracts from giving. Senator Guffey opposed it while Senator Davis supported it.
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Martin
Rules Committee
Judiciary Committee
Joseph F. Guffey
James J. Davis
R-Pa
Pennsylvania Democrats Eye Right Candidate in Senate Fight
In Philadelphia on March 19 the three way Pennsylvania Democratic senatorial contest drew new heat as President Roosevelt hinted at intervention if the field fails to produce a suitable candidate. City Chairman John B. Kelly disclosed his neutral stance, urged by the President, while noting candidates Guffy and Walter A. Jones remain in the race. The state committee refused to endorse any candidate ahead of the primary as Guilay’s statewide organization mobilizes county support.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
John B. Kelly
Democratic Women's Luncheon Club
White House
Kelly
Guffey
Waller A. Jones
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Jones
Sas
New Deal
Aes
Ee Sunes
Bt Atate
Guilay
Ceat
Barhiddenal Iy G. Panisiddaugh
Chester yard worker on trial for murder of infant son
A six juror county panel in March 10 proceedings considered first degree murder and possible death penalty for William J. Larkin 28 who allegedly strangled his 20 month old son in a Philadelphia area rooming house. He claimed memory loss while admitting the act in a police statement and asked for the death penalty to be clarified during the trial.
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Beleware County
William J. Larkin
Chester
Adn
Wif
Bette R Atiring
Albert
Patten
Mactiade
M. Raplart
Larkin
Tha
Baby
Chertar
Vatican Talks Hint at Rights Pact in German Annexed Lands
Vatican sources say Germany and the Vatican negotiate an agreement to protect Catholic rights in Poland Bohemia Moravia and Austria as Berlin hosts talks. The move follows Ribbentrop’s Vatican visit and rising Allied pressure after Finland’s capitulation and debates in London and Paris on war policy. Sweden seeks reassurance over Russian frontier transport and potential Scandinavian neutrality.
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Brenner
Vatican
Germany
Berlin
Poland
Bohemia-Moravia
Austria
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Chamberlain
Daladier
Finland
London
Paris
Stockholm
Sweden
Russia
Scandinavia
Norway
Playboy Again Sought by Cops
Pittsburgh March 19. Harrison McCready known as Playboy, described as having spent a $750000 fortune in ten years, is sought by police on a third wife’s complaint after she was shoved from a hotel window. She survived three stories with a fractured leg and internal injuries. Officers traced him to a sanitarium where he had been treated before, but he was refused admission.
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Pittsburgh
Harrison
Playboy
McCready
East End
For Cready
Patricia Silvertooth
Joan Fontaine Ill in Hospital Ahead of Rebecca Preview
In Hollywood Joan Fontaine remains gravely ill after abdominal surgery. Her husband Brian Aherne canceled a New York radio appearance to be by her side as her breakthrough film Rebecca is set for a preview tomorrow night.
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Hollywood
Joan Fontain
Olivia de Haviland
Brian Aherne
New York
Rebecca
Miss Fontain
Market Report Shows Slow Produce Demand and Mixed Prices
Pittsburgh markets on March 8 reported slow demand with apples steady to mixed across sizes and varieties including Baldwins Rome Beauties MacIntosh Stayman and Dehoto n. Potatoes were steady with No 1 10 Ib sacks from Maine and Idaho listed. Chicago on March 18 saw wheat prices jump amid a shaky market as traders weigh European political developments.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Baldwins
Rome
Maine Green Mountains
Katsh
Ins
Pennsylvania Ranger Rurals
Idaho
Russel Burbanks
Katahding
Graine
Chicago
More Guards Requested After Escape Attempt at Penitentiary
Harrisburg March 19 More guards and meals for them are among recommendations after inmates tried to escape Eastern State Penitentiary via tunnels. A report by Ira C. McCloskey and Clement T. Woutersz says 44 guards by day and 38 by night are insufficient for 1,330 inmates. They urge guard instruction, cell-block shifts, and bell devices signaling metal presence.
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Harrisburg
Eastern State Penitentiary
Ira C. McCloskey
Bureau of Corrections
Clement T. Woutersz
Welfare Department
Mc Cleary Convicted in Post Office Robbery and Hazard Raid
Marshall County jurors found Mc Cleary guilty of robbing the Hazard post office and attempting to rob the Roscoe post office. Judge Schoonmaker sentenced him to 33 years for the Hazard raid and five years for Roscoe, to run concurrently. Postmaster Chattaway testified that Mc Cleary struck him with a plate during the robbery. Mc Cleary claimed amnesia and memory loss of the events.
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Naleine
Roscoe Waal
McCleary
Schoonmaker
Leavenworth
Kansas
Arthur Chattaway
Hazzard
Miners Vote Action as Vintondale Shutdown Looms
At a joint meeting of Vintondale Local UMWA officials school directors borough council and union spokesmen attorney S R DiFrancesco reported unpaid taxes and wages and prepared a statement for UMWA president John L Lewis The town faces a 48 hour coal stockout but Mottey urged miners to maintain order and keep crews on site A watchmen detail was formed to guard company property Nearby Houtzdale eyes a possible Brookwood shaft takeover to avert job losses in a separate revival effort
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Vintondale
S. R. DiFrancesco
John L. Lewis
Mottey
International Union
United Mine Workers
Brandon
M. F. Brandon
John Biondo
Wintondale
Blondo
Houtzdale
Clearfield
W. C. Gulbranson
Brookwood
Madlera Coal Company
Chamber of Commerce
Bird Coal Company of
Johnstown
Illicit whisky still explodes in Bradock fire
Pittsburg March 19 an illicit whisky still exploded today in a two story brick building on Willow Way Street in Bradock setting the building ablaze and injuring residents Firemen found the still a washboiler fashioned device and three barrels of mash in the second floor bedroom of a negro occupant Acting Fire Captain Guafeng estimated damage at 65000 dollars
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Pittsburgh
Willow Way Street
Braddock
Guafeng
Rotary hears Fred Vinton on coal industry data
Rotary members heard Fred Vinton discuss mechanization and other important data in the coal industry. The talk covered miners and mining practices, with emphasis on efficiency and safety, reflecting on regional developments and future prospects for employment and production.
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Menters Rotary Ab
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Linus
Euphrasia Carroll
T. Fetterhomm
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Mahoning
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Cooke
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Syed
Joan Fontaine
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Balt
Ohio
Bendix Avia
Beth Steel
Chrysler Corp
Camwith
South Cans Edison
Consol
Kresge
Lehigh Port
Liggett and Myers
Loew's Inc
Montgom Werd
Nash-Kelvinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pr
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Nat Pow
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North Ameria
Packard Motor
Aly Fenn RR Pub Soc
Radio Corp of Am Repub
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Rogbuck Socony-Vacuum
Southern Pacific
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