Democratic Senators Debate Guffey Reelection Report
In Harrisburg March, conflicting Democratic leaders spar over whether U. S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey will seek reelection. A Luzerne County meeting triggered debate on party leadership and patronage as lawmakers heard possible ties to three Luzerne figures.
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Harrisburg
March
Pfoe
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
Pennsylvania
Guffey
Luzerne County
Gilley
David L. Lawrenes
Leo ©. Mundy
Gustey
Gultey
Mundy
Washington
Luzerne
Johm
Riley
Senate
Philadelphia
Public Utility Commission
House
Indeterminate Sentences Change Faces in Harrisburg Bill
Harrisburg March 21 A bill to abolish indeterminate court sentences in criming cases moves through the House led by Rep Frank S Mose. The measure would allow suspending a sentence and placing a defendant on probation or imposing special penalties and would grant judges flexibility to designate penitentiaries or jails. Other proposals set limits on age-based job eligibility, require quarterly tax installments, adjust compulsory school attendance ages for farm and domestic workers, and set a uniform fiscal year for local governments.
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Harrisburg
Frank S. Mose
Northumberland
Edkirts
Couny
Wihien
Departent of Welfare
Jirolanio
Northampton
Harbeson
Miffling
Motor Fund
Fiss
Snyder
Preston
Lawrence
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Germany Continues Axis Solidarity Across Europe
Germany remains aligned with Italy and other anti comintern partners as Mussolini signals axis solidarity after territorial debates over Austria and the Sudetenland. The piece references continued geopolitical realignments in Europe.
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Austriad
Sudetenland
Mussolini
Chester Craley Escapes Car Crash Unhurt
A 18 year old Chester Craley lost control of his automobile on a road near Red Lion, smashed through a fence, rammed a small barn, and overturned but climbed out unhurt. A separate note explains training of hunting eagles requiring about a month of preliminary schooling before hunting.
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Chester Craley
Craley
Memel Return Debate Signals Reich Interest
Japan quickly praised Reich gains as Lithuania and Germany edge toward un contested Memel return. Rumors say the Memelland diet may vote to rejoin the Reich with Estonian Foreign Minister Selter redirecting his travel to Berlin after Warsaw talks with Polish Foreign Minister Beck.
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Japan
Juozas Ahbsys
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Czecho-Slovakia
Reich
Karl Selter
Estonia
Budapest
Joseph Beck
Warsaw
Berlin
British-Dated Soviet Docks Talks Amid Royal Visit
British officials weigh a revived anti-German front as Paris and Moscow respond to British proposals for a conference of most interested states. King George and Queen Elizabeth welcomed President Lebrun in London while discussions shifted to non aggression pledges and potential U S alliance.
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Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Federation of British Industries
Reichsgruppe Industrie
George
Queen Elizabeth
Mme. Lebrun
Victoria Station
Moscow
Nees
Russia
Prange
London
Chamberlain
Germany
Victora Station
Buckingham Palace
King George
Josiah Clement Wedgwood
United States
France
Paris
Conference Proposal Sparks Clash Over Allied Plans
A Moscow communique reports Britain calling the proposed conference premature while Russia pushes for a forum of nine European powers including Balkan states to deter Nazi moves. Britain and the Soviet Union debated joint anti Nazi policy with potential military staff talks as crisis fears rise.
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Rumania
Turkey
Poland
Moscow
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Chamberlain
Balkan States
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Greece
Soviet Union
Hitler
Maxim Litvinoff
London
Ivan Mai
Romania Shifts Courses as Britain Backs Romanian Trade
Reports say King Carol in a bid to curb Hitler’s reach pushed Britain to widen purchases of Romanian goods. Romania gains more independence from Germany, while Iron Guard suppression continues. A London trade mission is planned even as a Romanian German pact nears renewal. Officials anticipate possible lifting of bans on political parties and parliament to reassemble.
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Carp
Arolf Hitler
Europe
Rumania
Cara
Balkan
Germany
London
Buchin
Ramani
Romania
East
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San Giorigo
Lon Manulesvustrunga
Rumania National Bank
Manulesgcustrunga
Bucharest
Hitler
Carol
Fuehrer
Bergchtesgaden
Iron Guard
Obituary notices from Dayton and nearby burying grounds
Obituaries report multiple deaths and funeral plans including Olive Harris Hale of Saltsburg, 59, died in Columbia Hospital Wilkinsburg after surgery complications. Services Thursday 2:30 p.m. at her residence, interment Edgewood Cemetery. Also: Tilton Wingert, 63, of Anaheim, son of Henry Wingert, Dickinson College and Pitt law graduate, died in California. survived by siblings and widow. Mary Catherine Heigis, 12, daughter of Lloyd and home in West Grove, died. services in West Grove. Clarence and Marshall, sons of Clara Marshall Dayton, found dead in New Kensington and Dayton homes. both funerals and interment planned. Marshall served in WWI, worked for Atlantic Refining, known as Geers to friends. Survivors listed include spouses, siblings, and extended families across Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Olive (Harris) Hale
J. A. Hale
Saltsburg
Columbia Hospital
Wilkinsburg
William and Mary (Stewart) Harris
Fayette County
Grace Hale
Huston Hale
Warwood
W. Va
Martin L. Conway
Uniontown
J. H. Harris
Columbiana
Ohio
Fred M. Bennett
Joseph Piper
Edgewood Cemetery
Tilton Wingert
Marchand
Anaheim
Calif
Henry Wingert
Dickinson College
Pitt Law School
Pennsylvania
Mary Catherine Heigis
Lloyd Heigis
Indiane
West Grove
Lloyd, Jr
Clarence & Marshall
Clara J, Marshall
New Kensington
Dayton
Glade Run
320Th Infantry
Atlantic Refiring Co
Marshall
Joseph Shaffer
Geers
Raymond
Earlville
Rev. D.C
Earlville, O
Iman
Bernice
Pittsburgh
S. Beatty
Treasury balance and receipts report data
Treasury balance on March 18 shows receipts of 68180505.87 and expenditures of 33057725.40, net balance 3421832008.05 with 2767678326.93 working balance. Monthly customs revenue 17593982.48. The text also includes unrelated speculative statements about animals, reindeer meat, and historical political figures.
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Treasury
Compromise on relief fund expected soon
Washington dispatch reports a House subcommittee pressed for a compromise on Roosevelts 150 million relief request as WPA rolls face cuts. Many favor 100 million, noting past mismanagement while warning of mass layoffs absent funding.
Jones Moves to New Location
M R Jones, Steving Furniture manager since 1923, takes over stock and books and will run Jones Furniture Company at 1019 Philadelphia Street. He bought the John De Santis Building, remodeling for display rooms on basement and first floor, with living quarters on the second. Barkley Electric occupies part of the former store and moves into the new building to conduct electrical appliance business at the same address. Medwick Holdout Hurts Cardinals Start in St Petersburg.
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M. R. Jones
Steving Furniture Company
Jones Furniture Company
Philadelphia Street
Jones
John de Santis
Barkley Electric Company
Steving
Mrs Roosevelt at Frisco Fair Draws Huge Audience
Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady of the United States, visited Treasure Island and the Golden Gate Exposition area in San Francisco on March 21. Her lecture drew overflow crowds into the Island’s largest auditorium, despite being scheduled between Follies Bergere performances.
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San Francisco
America
Eleanor Roosevelt
Treasure Island
Golden Gate International Exposition
Forest Fire Fighters Stand Ready Across Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports 50,000 forest-fire fighters armed with shovels rakes and pumps prepared to repel fires. The fire warden notes 46 blazes so far this year amid sunny days and high winds creating high fire risk in the southern forests.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Market Totals From Alchemists to Automakers Amid Mixed Gains
A fragmented Wall Street session shows varied movement across sectors. Major names like General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler list notable activity while steel, chemicals, and utilities trade with moderate shifts. Investors weigh earnings, currency swings, and global demand as indices display a broad but uneven tilt.
City Manager Law Gains Support In Harrisburg Session
Legislators from both parties in Harrisburg voiced strong support for city manager bills this session. Proposals in the Senate would let Philadelphia Pittsburgh and some third class cities adopt the manager system with mayors becoming figureheads. House legislation would provide machinery for third class cities to implement the plan.
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Elties
Senate
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
House
Hiram G. Andrews
Cambia
George Woodward
Rphiladelphia
Shapiro
Andrews
Walter B. Rose, Jr
R-Cambria
Markets Report From Pittsburgh and Chicago on March 21
Pittsburgh market notes show slow produce demand with steady apples and varying prices for crates and sacks. hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep prices move with declines in hogs and steady to lower sheep. Chicago wheat prices fall sharply, with May options dropping to around 66 1/4 and July at 67 1/4, reflecting broad weakness.
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New York
Rome
Virginia
Maine
G. Mts
Idaho
Gralis
Chicago
Liverpool
Winnipeg
Death by Dynamite Shocks Saline County Justice
State's Attorney Clarence E. Soward said he would question a man and woman held in the Saline County jail at Harrisburg Illinois to unravel the dynamite death of Earl Austin the NYA superintendent. The couple Mrs Alice Austin and Theodore Simmons are charged jointly with murder. A companion Miss Lucille McDowell was hospitalized after the blast that ripped the truck apart and mangled her leg. Austin had filed for divorce from Mrs Austin.
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Rock
Clarence E. Soward
Saline County
Harrisburg
Ill
Earl Austin
NYA
Alice Austin
Theodore Simmons
Austin
Lucille McDowell
Elizabethtown
Iturbi Flies But He Can t Fly
Norristown March 21 Jose Iturbi the pianist owns an airplane and has a new pilot license but he cannot fly yet. He said he might have just passed his private pilot test and exclaimed he shall fly everywhere. When asked if he flew his plane here he demurred noting his contract with managers forbids him to fly while in recital duties.
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Norristown
Jose Iturbi
Iturbi
Harbi
Three Admitted to Supreme Court in Harrisburg
Harrisburg reports that among attorneys admitted to practice before the Supreme Court yesterday were John S. Simpson and John H. Stewart of Indiana and Jos. W. Serene of Salisbury. Many Philippine natives still build their homes in trees.
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Supreme Court
Harrisburg
John S. Simpson
John H. Stewart
Indiana
Jos. W. Serene
Salisburg
Rees
College Weather Summary and Odd Local Notes
The report notes clear weather with rising temperatures and increasing cloudiness into the day. No precipitation in the 24 hours ending 3:00 a.m. Today. temperatures ranged from 11 to 46 degrees. Barometric pressure rose from 29.45 to 29.75. In Towanda a rattlesnake was found in a cellar, likely entered with stored vegetables last fall. Farmers now own about 18 percent of all US automobiles and 24.6 percent of trucks.
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Towanda
Fred McIntyre
McIntyre
United States
Moorhead Joins National Clip Craft Plan Stores
Moorhead announces participation in the Clip Craft Plan a nationwide cooperative effort to offer high quality men clothing at a fixed price of 25 dollars. The plan, praised for reducing costs through coordinated production and purchasing, has already attracted 800 member stores and substantial cross advertising.
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America
Clipper Craft
Messrs. Moorhead
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