Clay Stripping Under Way Near Bridgeport for Brick Plants
A new clay stripping operation near Bridgeport seeks supply clay for Swank and Sons brick plants at Clymer and Tremont. Le D. Hegarty of Coalport bought mining rights for about 220 acres. Work uses a large mechanical shovel to 25 feet, with drift sinking planned and potential railroad-car shipment to Johnstown. High quality firebrick clay, first in lower Anderson Creek Hill, with other mines run by North American Refractories nearby.
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Curwensville
Bridgeport
Stiram Swank & i Sons
Clymer
Trvena
Spencer Aid
le D. Hegarty
Coalport
Hegarty
Swank
Johnstown
Anderson Creek
North American Refractories Company
They Creek
College Weather Forecast Calls for Warmth Then Rain
Following the coldest spell of the season with the mercury at one degree above zero at 7 30 A M Sunday clouds would yield warmer conditions and probable showers today then rain and a colder tomorrow The 8 00 A M temperature stood at 38 degrees above zero Over the past 48 hours precipitation measured .22 inch Barometric pressure yesterday local reading 29 83 29 45
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Willy
Locay
Douglas Seeks Fourth Appointment To Nine-Man Bench
The report notes that a new vacancy could allow the governor to name a majority to the state bench. Chief Justice Mughes turns 77 on April 1, with McReynolds at 77 and Buller 72. Douglas, long chairman of the securities commission since 1836, would influence appointments amid ongoing efforts to reassure and regulate business. The piece hints at strategic timing before the 1940 election and possible successor plans.
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Tva
Charles Evans Mughes
Dustiee
James C. McReynolds
Justice Buller
McReynolds
Douglas
Securities Commission
Two Escape In House Blast In Brownsville Farm
Brownsville March 20 An explosion of dynamite shattered 30 windows in the West home on the farm of George M H West a well known local farmer West and his wife escaped injury in the blast which was the second such incident on the farm in the past year The first destroyed a chicken house State Police said they had questioned and released two men.
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Brownsville
St .Room
George MH. West
Liberal Party Seen as Possible Third Force
Washington March 20 Secretary Jokes of the interior department says a liberal third party could form soon. He adds he has been liberal too long to change his political views now in a candid interview.
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Washington
Interior Department
Yale Law Professor Douglas Opposes Trading Rule Changes
Douglas balked at National Exchanges proposals to alter trading rules, arguing the moves would aid manipulators and not legitimate business. He has taught law at Yale since 1927 and was born October 16, 1898, in Maine, Minnesota, after studying at Whitman College and Columbia University.
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Douglas
Yale
Maine, Minn
Whitman College
Walla Walla, Wash
Columbia University
East
Pennsylvania Safety Boost at 1938 Security Contest
Pennsylvania Railroad reports a 14 percent drop in accidents per million man hours in 1938. Total system accidents were .88 per million man hours vs 6.84 in 1937. Western Region (Chicago) won region contest with 3.80. Southwestern Division (Indianapolis) won all department prize with 3.50.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
M. W. Clement
Bach Millfon
Chicago
Indianapolis
Notable Legal Scholar and Editor Profile
The subject was associated with the High School of Yakima in Washington and served as editor of the Columbia Law Review while at Columbia University. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1926 and lectured at Columbia three years before becoming an associate professor at Yale.
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Yakima, Wash
Columbia
Columbia Law Review
New York
Yale
Paradox in Hitler scheme fuels minority unrest
A. P. foreign affairs writer Dewitt Mackenzie examines how Hitler uses minority tensions across Eastern Europe to consolidate power after Munich and the Sudetenland. He notes Slovakia, Ruthenia, Memel, Danzig, and various national groups push for independence or return to Germany, while Britain and the Soviet Union discuss coordinated resistance.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
A. P
New York
Hitler
Fuehrer
Woodrow Wilson
Witler
Munich
Czecho-Slovakia
Sudetenland
Europe
Balkans
Baltic
Black Sea
Prague
Slovakia
Ruthennia
Republic
Ruthenia
der Fuehrer
Hungary
Carpathians
Memel
Danzig
Germany
Berlin
Poland
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Sofia
Baghdad
British consults with nations on German Czecho-Slovak policy
The Prime Minister told the House of Commons that Britain was consulting with other nations regarding the consequences of Germany's absorption of Czecho-Slovakia. The announcement signaled a coordinated approach to a rapidly changing European crisis.
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House of Commons
Britain
Germany
Transportation Club Dinner Promises Big Pennsylvania Turnout
The fourteenth annual Transportation Club dinner for Pennsylvania Railroad employees across the Central Region will gather at 6 30 p m on Saturday March 25 at the William Penn Hotel. About five hundred railroad men and guests from the system are expected. Col Charles C Green vice president and director of promotion for the New York World's Fair will speak with D J Chase Pennsylvania Eastern Division superintendent serving as toastmaster.
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Transportation Club
Pennsylvania Railroad
Central Region
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Charles C. Green
D. J. Chase
Market report from Pittsburgh cattle hogs and produce
Markets sventoen PITTSBURGH March 20 Hog prices steady with last week for 170 220 lb cattle and calves steady good and choice heifers 11.00 12.00. Lambs 8.25 9.85. Produce demand moderate with apples steady on No 1 Baldwins Rome Beauties Northern Spies and New stock potatoes 1.30 2.00 per unit or bag.
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Sventoen Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Rome
Mexico eyes oil expropriation settlement plan
Mexico City reports President Lazaro Cardenas spoke to about 35 000 celebrating the first anniversary of the 17 American and British firms expropriation. He outlined a cooperative plan while insisting Mexico must retain control of the petroleum industry. Donald Riehberg, counsel for the companies, offered no new commitments.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Donald Riehberg
Cardenas
Mexico
Compromise Reached in Capital Hotel Strike
Washington March 20 The strike of union employees at capital hotels ended in a compromise. After an agreement announced by John R. Sherman labor department conciliator chief, hotels retain their right to hire transfer or discharge staff but must give preference to union members when filling vacancies.
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Washington
Capital Hotels
John R. Sherman
Labor Department
Wheat market opens steady amid improved securities tone
Chicago March 20. The Wheat market opened steady and unchanged to 3s lower as grain traders read funding and European political signals. May wheat 68-68 3/4, July 68 7/8-74. Corn fell about 4s, May 47 8-. July 48 4-48.
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Chicago
Unbelted dress pattern for home to street wear
Carol Day advertises Pattern 8487 a two piece dress with a flaying skirt and braided bodice suitable for house work and shopping. It promotes fabric choices in cottons wools or silks and highlights a princess line, sizes 12 to 42, with yardage and braid requirements and offers the Spring and Summer Pattern Book for 25 cents.
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Carol Day
Eculjee
Indiana Evening Gazette
Seventh Avenue
New York City
N.Y
Aviation Crash Kills Ten After 10,000 Foot Plunge
Aviation experts in a mountain village probe a fast new Boeing strato liner that plummeted 10,000 feet killing ten including Dutch aeronautics official A. G. Von Baumhauer and Royal Dutch Air Lines manager Peter Guidonard. Investigators focus on a motor detached during the crash as Boeing officials voice doubts any fault by plane or crew. The ship, designed for sub stratosphere flight, disintegrated after the fall near the canyon.
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A. G. von Baumhauer
Netherlands
Peter ,Guidonard
Royal Dutch Air Lines
von Baumhauer
Guilonard
Seattle
United States
Boeing
Boeing Company
R. J. Minshall
Boeing Aircraft Company
Stocks Decline Across Major Industrial Firms Report
A listing of major corporations shows wide trading activity with declines across steel, chemicals, automakers, and oil groups. Notable names include Alcoa, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, General Motors, Exxon, Du Pont, IBM, US Steel, and Penn RR amid market volatility and sector-wide adjustments.
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al Chem & Dye Am Can Am
Aico Am & For
Pow. Am
Rad & Sk
Am Smelt & R Am Tel
Pel
Anaconda Atch
T& SF
Ad Refining
Bald Loca
Balt & Ohio Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel Beth Steel & Pe Briggs Mig
Calumet & Heo Canada Pacific
Cerro de Pas
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Omwith & South
Cons Edison
Consol Oil Corn Products
Crane Co
del Lack & West
Douglas Aircraft du Pont de NW
Eastman Kodak
el Auto Lite
Gen
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Gillette
Snt R
Greyhound Corp
Hudson Motor
Interlake Iron
Int Harvester
Snt Nickel Can
Tel
Tel Kennecott Co
Kresge
Lehigh Port
Lehigh Val Coal Leh
Val RR
Loew's the Mack Trucks
Montgom
Ward
Nash-Kelvinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Nat Distillers
Nat
Central RR
North Ameria Packard Motor Penn RR
Phila Read
Phillips Pet
Pure Oil Radio Corp of Amepub Steel Reynolds
Sears Roebuck Pocony-Vacuum Southern Pudtle Southern Ry Sperry Corp
Stand Brands Stand Gas
Cal _ Stand Oil Ind Stand Oil N J
Studebaker Corp
Texas Corp
Timken Roll
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp US
Indus Alco 1
US Rubber US
US Steel West Union Tel West FE
Mig Woolworth
UF W
Curb— Cities Service
New el Bond
Share
Penmoad Corp
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Carol
Oliver Stanley
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Russia
Joseph P. Kennedy
John Simon
Lord Halifax
London
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Thomas Inskip
Chamberlain
Portland
Ivan Maisky
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Turkey
Adolf Hitler
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Kennedy
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