Republican primary moves with Harris Pittchot aid
March 21 Philadelphia and Harrisburg reports show momentum in Pennsylvania Republican races. Harris may run for Lieutenant Governor while Livengood seeks Secretary of Internal Affairs. McCallum backs Pinchot for Governor and Green withholds. James opens campaign. Cain and Brown listed for Lieutenant Governor races. In Harrisburg, Democratic labor vote fight sharpens as Kennedy faces Guffey backed forces with Lewis and Stern casting terms.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Frank J. Harris
Harris
Allegheny County
William S. Livengood
Somerset County Register of Wills
Repup-lcan
Juniata College
Duncan G. McCallum
G. Edward Green
Gifford Pinchot
McCallum
Pinchot
State Committee
M. Harvey Taylor
Green
Taylor
Dauphin County
Superior Court
Arthur H. James
Plymouth
Livengood
Robert S. Cain
William B Brown
Duncannon
Harrisburg
John L. Lewis
J. David Stern
Philadelphia
Charles Alvin Jones
Lewis
Chamber Proposes Cutting Surtax on Large Incomes
Washington March 21 The United States Chamber of Commerce urged reducing the maximum surtax on large individual incomes from 75 percent to 40 percent for incomes above 5 million dollars annually. It also called for repeal of the undistributed profits tax and changes to capital gains. The House and Senate debates center on tax base broadening, rate levels, and preserving revenue.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Chamber
House
Borah
R-Ida
Norris
hid-Neb
Senate
Treasury
Finance Committee
News Dealers Are Warned
Continued from page One the West Virginia Penitentiary after serving three years for an automobile theft. Guido Carra and Henry Smalley aged 16 and 19 both of Brentzer were fined $25 and costs each and sentenced to the county jail for six 10 18 months in connection with the theft of two assistance checked from a neighbor. George Warholick aged 24 of Coy who was alleged to have frightened Indiana girls and young women in December and was arrested after a chase by police and citizens as he hid in a building near the fairgrounds pleaded guilty to assault and battery. The court sentenced him to six to 12 months in jail and fined him $50 and costs. Arthur Bricell aged 24 of Nanty-Glo accused of carrying firearms without a licence was fined $25 and costs and paroled on a six to 12 months sentence after the prosecutor informed the court that he did not desire a severe sentence and that the youth had no chance to secure employment in Lycoming County.
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West Virginia
Guido Carra
Henry Smalley
Brentzer
George Warholick
Coy
Indiana
Fairgrounds
Arthur Bricell
Nanty-Glo
Lycoming County
Labor Leaders Split Over Earle Jones Ticket Declared
A labor political official declared support for Jones and blasted certain labor leaders for not backing the Earle Jones ticket. Senator Guffey, after a Pittsburgh conference with Western Pennsylvania leaders, said he would stake his reputation on the outcome.
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Labor and Industry
Kelbn
Bashore
State Committee
Jones
Earle-Jones
Guffey
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Raft Tragedy Strikes Reenactment Voyage Star
Chief pilot Conner and raft crew face disaster during a 200 mile recreating trip from McGees Mills to Harrisburg. Proffitt is killed after the raft crashes into a pier near Williamsport. Survivors are rescued and taken to hospitals as coroner delays departure pending investigation.
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Conner
Ernest Harner
Moontoursville
Proffitt
Harner
Levi Conner
McGees Mills
Harrisburg
Levi
Bud) Conner
Glen Campbell
Lycoming County
Thomas C. Brandon
Hanna
Williamsport
Muncy-Montgomery Highway
Reading Railroad
William R. Remsnyder
Muncy
Kennedy Ticket Endorsements Stir US Senate Race
The report notes Kennedy supporters debate whether Earle remains on the ticket after endorsing Jones. Guffey backs Earle for senator while opposing Jones. State campaign chief Russ says no reason to retract the endorsement. Labor leaders have backed Judge Henry Ellenbogen as a possible Democratic U S Senator candidate.
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Kennedy
Guffey
Jones
U.S
Earle
P. Clair Russ
Kennedys
Henry Ellenbogen
Congress
U. S
Farming Out of Taxes Probed in Pennsylvania
Attorney General Margiotti ordered a state police study into the practice of sending delinquent tax accounts to private firms for collection following complaints. The probe comes as officers and volunteers search for missing raft crew members from a Susquehanna River voyage, with details of the tragedy and the ongoing plans to resume the journey.
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Pittsburgh
Charles J. Mathotti
Colle ‘Gor
Margiotti
Liquor Vote Declared Void Overturn in North Buffalo Township
The Supreme Court voided a 1935 liquor referendum in North Buffalo Township Armstrong County after the Kittanning Country Club attacked it claiming illegality. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board had refused to renew the club’s liquor license based on the referendum.
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Pittsburgh
Supreme Court
Buffalo Township
Armstrong County
Kittanning Country Club
Stanning
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
TVA Chief Morgan Stands Pat Amid White House Clash
TVA Chairman Arthur Morgan refuses to resign or testify further, risking a presidential ouster move as a White House inquiry intensifies among TVA directors Harcourt Morgan and David Lilienthal. Senate and House pressure grows for a full congressional probe while a separate plan seeks $2.613 million to build a dam near Gilbertsville Kentucky.
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Washington
TVA
Arthur
Morgan
White House
Roosevelt
Chatman Morgan
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Congress
Harcourt Morgan
David E. Lilienthal
Gilbertsville
Local College Weather Forecast Today
Fair and warmer today with showers and a fall in temperature tomorrow. Ba. m. temperature reported at 47 degrees, maximum 50, minimum 43 above zero. Barometric pressure yesterday 28.9, today 20.1.
Church Group Wins Decision on Burial Ground Protection
In Pittsburgh on March 21 a Lackawanna County Greek Catholic Church group prevailed in supreme court to stop Wilson Coal Company from disturbing a cemetery’s graveyard by mining beneath it. The case upheld the church’s claim that mining caused subsidence and cave-ins, blocking removal actions that would threaten graves.
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Pittsburgh
Lackawanna County
Supreme Court
Olyphant
Wilson Coal Company
Obstacles to Proposed Merger of Rail Systems
Washington March 21 observers of White House railroad studies outlined several hurdles to national railroad consolidation. Major issues include personal pride and job security for veterans, work for employees likely to lose jobs, fair valuations of properties, and securing agreement on financial terms amid expected community protests over service cuts. Some analysts expect progress outside the current Congress, with the Interstate Commerce Commission to advise on immediate action to avert government ownership.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Association of American Railroads
Consoli
Relien
Congress
Interstate Commercce Commission
Miller
Railrae
State Relief Load Shows Slight Increase For Week Of March 12
State relief rolls show a minor uptick for the week ending March 12 as private employment dampens relief demand, with 814 cases affecting 1,698 people. Indiana County reports 84 relief cases and 1,903 on rolls, expenditures $9,527.80, net cases rise 47 percent, while WPA activity grows since March 1. Statewide direct relief cases total 187,074 affecting 604,088 persons.
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WRA
Indiana County
Boy Scout Survivor Relives Sea Rescue Ordeal
A boy scout recounts a deadly sea incident in which crew members and sea scouts aided passengers in the water. He describes pulling two people, keeping calm, and guiding others as boats arrived to take survivors to shore. He phoned his mother and Williamsport Sunday Gazette with details.
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Mother
Williamsport
Sunday Gazette
Editor recounts raft voyage on historic lumber river
Tonkin cites inaccuracies and reveals he organized a raft using 27 logs from P. B. Mons estate at Kylertown and 24 near McGeea Mills. The raft launched after a buildup that drew 10,000 spectators and 2,000 cheering crew members as a nod to Clearfield County’s lumbering heritage and white pine sailing lore.
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Tonkin
P. B. Mons
Kylertown
McGeea Mills
Mahaffey
Clearfield
Clearfield County
Seven Seas
Markets and livestock rounds from Pittsburgh and Chicago
Pittsburgh markets report moderate produce demand with varied apple and potato prices across regions including New York Bald wings and Maine Green Mountains. Hogs, cattle, and calves prices in Pittsburgh show declines and mixed high points, while sheep stay steady to strong with lambs firm. Chicago futures reveal persistent weakness in wheat from Liverpool deliveries and mixed corn trading as May and July contracts move lower amid cheaper Australian offers.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Pennsylvania
Rome
Maine
Green Mountains
Florida Bliss
Chicago
Liverpool
Easter Gift Bomber Loses in Valley Terror Plot
Joney, former mine union head, his son Thomas Jr., and Michael Gallagher, an aged cemetery sexton, linked to a string of bombs mailed in Wyoming Valley. A half dozen other devices were dispatched the same day injuring several people. Suspicions arose around multiple parcels as investigators pursued leads.
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Joney
Thomas Jr
Michael Gallagher
Wyoming Valley Anthraelie
War threats ease as Europe eyes accord hopes
Reports from Rome and Warsaw indicate a possible British Italian accord by Saturday. London backs League recognition of Italy’s Ethiopian actions and a pullback of Italian forces from Spain and other fronts. In Lithuania and Poland, tensions ease amid diplomatic moves, while Russia conducts a broad political roundup and Japan presses in China along the Grand Canal.
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Europé
Rome
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Hele Forcea
Poland
Lithuania
Warsaw
Germany
Austria
League
Russia
Moscow
New York Times
United States
Abcaniz
China
Grand Canal
Suchow
Tiettsin-Pukow
Murderous bombings tied to debt and a long friendship
The trial reveals Maloney's wife testified he gasped fledgling words as he died in the kitchen: Fugmann did this. Maloney and Fugmann were longtime friends, with prosecutors arguing the bombings were planned over a $445 debt to Fugmann's wife. Fugmann claimed innocence, blaming a mine worker who died after the attacks.
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Maloney
Fugmann
Luzerne
Leon Schwartz
Luzerne County
Paishief
Fogmann
Commonwealth
Arthur Kroehler
Kroehler
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