President seeks ouster of TVA chairman Morgan in dispute
President Roosevelt pursues removal or suspension of Arthur E. Morgan as Tennessee Valley Authority chairman after Morgan refused to resign or retract charges. The White House set a 2:30 p.m. deadline for reasons, while Morgan left for Yellow Springs, Ohio, amid calls for congressional inquiry and potential court action.
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Washington
Arthur E. Morgan
Tennessee Valley
Morgan
Roosevelt
TVA
Yellow Springs
Senate
House
Congress
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Bridges
R-Nh
David E. Lilienthal
H. A. Morgan
Norrig
Ind-Neb
The
Tennessee Valley Authority
William B&b Humphrey
Federal Trade
Supreme Court
Humphrey
Local College Weather Report
Weir and warmer today with showers tonight. Wednesday cloudy with more showers. Temperature at 8:00 p.m. reached 51 degrees. Max and min in the last 24 hours were 75 and 48 degrees. Barometric pressure slipped from 29.1 yesterday to 29.0 today.
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Weir
Foreign Policy Fight Predicted In Senate Naval Debate
In a Senate naval debate the administration expansion bill faces sharp opposition from Barah and LaFolette advocates of targeted exemptions. Critics labeled the $1.1 billion naval buildup plan as preposterous while Nye called it a warlike, insane program. The House approved the measure 292 to 400 and aims to fund two battleships and two cruisers, with Senate passage expected largely in its current form.
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Senate
Washington
House
Barah
Rida
LaFolette
Forest Service
Agriculture In
Interior Department
William Green
American Federation of Labor
LaFollette
United States
Nye
R-Nhi
Fillman
D-Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hill
Spain
Frante
Great Britain
Norris
Ind-Neb
Roosevelt
MeReronolds
D-Tenn
House Lorcan Affairs Comunities
Death of Mrs Parl Bennett at Home
Mrs Parl Bennett dies leaving children James Bennett a Lehigh student Robert Bennett and Miss Anna Elizabeth Bennett at home She is sister of Mrs Herbert Brubaker Williamsport and Mrs J Sterling Orange Indiana Funeral at her residence Thursday 2 pm led by Rev Holl Hughes Burial in Oakland Cemetery
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James Bennett
Lehigh
Robert Bennett
Anna Elizabeth Bennett
Herbert Brubaker
Williamsport
J. Sterling Orange
Indiana
Holl Hughes
D. D
Oakland Cemetery
Indiana County Fair bonds plan approved for sale
The organizing committee outlined a quota based financing plan for a non profit fair corporation. Bonds secured by a first mortgage on the fairgrounds would yield 4 percent and be tax free to investors. Subscriptions of $40,000 in $50 units target 37 townships and boroughs with about $600 per subdivision.
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Cers
Fair Corporation
Fair Campaign Committee
James W. Mack
William E. Pierce
William M. Ruddock
White
Rayne
Washington
Burrell
Blackwick
Conemaugh
Indiana
John B. Flenniken
Citizens
Wee Banking Committee
Ayne County
Tayena County
Bert H. Lichteberger
Faw
Farm Payments Purely Grants Farmers Urged to Attend Meetings
Indiana County Agricultural Conservation Committee today says 1938 payments to farmers under the Agricultural Conservation Program are outright grants for work performed not loans and that the government has no future claim. Pennsylvania farmers qualifying must stay within soil depletion acreage allotments and meet soil-building goals while the new Farm Act adds acreage allotments marketing quotas and crop loans. Farmers are urged to attend educational meetings or contact the county office at Farmers Bank & Trust Building Indiana or the local community committeeman for details.
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Indiana County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Pennsylvania
Farmers Bank & Trust Bldz
Indiana
Campaign Close Nears As Kernahan Leads Evangelism Meet
Dr A Earl Kernahan conducted a conference for Visitation Evangelism Campaign workers with a large turnout surpassing expectations. Reports indicated gains in cooperation and membership as plans for continuation through Wednesday. Kernahan planned further sessions and would depart for Delaware to support a similar campaign in Wesleyan circles.
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A. Earl Kernahan
Cooperatinng
Kertahan
Delaware
Onin
Treasury balance report shows March 19 figures
Treasury balance stands at 3,030,827,920.49 dollars as of March 19 with expenditures 122,500.43 and customs receipts for the month totaling 16,682,179.49.
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Treasury
Washington
The
Subdivision Shares and Vision Quotas Discussed
Residents of SONS SONS ype nite Wendy ask bond quotas higher than set. Committeeman Jennys says end of fortnight. subdivisions will not subscribe. Representatives named by committee will contact borough and township areas this week to invite interested parties to meet Commissioner Menyy at the courthouse for a vision quota show case.
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Sons Sons
Fay
Menyyken
Speedometer errors not excuse for speeding claims Harrisburg
Harrisburg March 22. Captain H W Dutton head of the state's speed violation unit says a motorist is responsible for speeding even if his speedometer is wrong. He notes hundreds of such cases and says the 50 mile per hour limit will not be waived due to a faulty speedometer.
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Harrisburg
H. W. Dutton
Dutton
Pinchot Wins Allegheny County Campaign
Pinchot claims victory in Allegheny County with strong enthusiasm and personal magnetism noted by supporters. The report on the continued coverage highlights his executive leadership and years of political asset.
Party affiliation shifts draw laughs at courthouse
In a Courthouse registration office, Republicans switching to Democrats outpace the reverse. Secretary John B. Flenniken of the Board of County Commissioners quipped that someone “set the cat out of the bag.” A registrant, now a Democrat, asked where to get his work card, and staff directed him to Democratic headquarters.
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New Deaters
John B. Flenniken
Board of County Commissioners
Democratic
Jones Campaign Emphasizes New Deal in Pennsylvania
In Harrisburg Charles Alvin Jones, Democratic candidate for governor, pitches liberal democracy and Roosevelt policies. His slate includes Earle for U S Senate Mundy for Lieutenant Governor and Logue for Internal Affairs. Opponents include Kennedy Margiotti and the Guffey-led faction. Senator Davis warns of unemployment as a threat to peace in a Philadelphia rally.
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Harrisburg
Charles Alvin Jones
Democratic Organization
Roosevelt
Wilkes-Barre
Lea C. Mundy
Luzerne County
Jones
George H. Earle
U. S. Senate
Mundy
Thomas A. Logue
Internal Affairs
Thomas Kennedy
John L. Lewis
U.S
Guffey
Charles J. Margiotti
Earle
Widow Wins Husband's Body In Philadelphia Court
Mrs Katherine Schtuman arranged her estranged husband Anthony Schtuman's funeral after winning a court dispute with his sister Mrs Mary Lemono wicz over custody of the body. The couple separated eight years earlier. Anthony died Thursday and the sister had possession until Judge Joseph Kun ruled otherwise.
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Philadelphia
Katherine Schtuman
Anthony
Hearing on soft coal freight rates in Washington
Harrisburg reports a Wednesday hearing in Washington on moving to cut soft coal freight charges. Public officials debate rates from western Pennsylvania to New York and New England, with Governor Earle opposing increases in anthracite pricing and railroads urged to address disparities.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Washington
Walter S. Franklin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Public Utility Commission
Parahontas Southern
Richard J. Beamish
New York
New England
West Virginia
Beamish
Interstate Commerce Commission
Earle
Franklin
Six men float down Susquehanna in raft accident
Young men from Dysart and nearby areas attempted a raft voyage down the Susquehanna toward Williamsport. One survivor, 54-year-old John C. Cooper of Cherry Tree, remained hospitalized with a severe cold as drag efforts continued and an inquest party prepared to hear testimonies from rescuers and passengers.
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Susquehanna
Williamsport
Conner
Pratt
Muncy
John C. Cooper
Cherry Tree
Brandon
R. D. Tonkin
Tyrone
Nena Rice
Eldred
Boyd S. Steele
Edwin Sutherlin
McGee's Mills
Clyde M. Bain
Northumberland
R. H. Dunlap
Carl H. Hall, Jr
Williamspoint
Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Harry Conner
Thomas Proffitt
Chester
Camerman
FB. Taylor
Montgomery Burgess
Harry Berringer
Malcolm MacFarland
Indiana
New York
New York Central Railroad
W. W. Holley
Bradford
Dr. Taylor
Roy E. Penfield
Last Raft tragedy court denies Profitt appeal
In Williamsport on March 22 a coroner’s inquiry unfolds into the Last Raft incident. Profitt and Ella Profitt failed to secure additional compensation from Warner Brothers for property sold to the theater chain in 1931, with attorney Edward MacLaughtin reporting an amount of 132,500 dollars as the sum involved.
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Ono
Profitt
Ella Proffitt
Warner Brothers
Profits
Edward MacLaughtin
Chester
Damages for Shirley Temple in London public settlement
Shirley Tingle of no mosses received 10000 dollars in a public settlement regarding a wel action. An article from 8B 1937 in the London journal noted Lord Chief Justice Hewart calling the publication a most hor ible outrage. Sir Patrik Hastings, the plaintiff counsel, protested the publication as a beastly pretense about a child nine years old.
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London
Marvel
Apy-Shirley Tingle
Noe Mosses
London Journal
Johnstown Race Money in Irish Sweepstakes
Dublin March 22 United States ticket holders drew 20 of the 50 Irish Sweepstakes residual prizes each worth 1152 dollars. There are 1600 500 prizes yet to be drawn. In yesterday's drawing 699 tickets held by Americans were removed from the sweepstakes drum. This assures each holder 2302 dollars and gives half a chance to win 150000 at the Grand National at Aintree March 25. The residual winners included Frank White of Johnstown Pennsylvania.
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Dublin
United States
Aintree
China And Spain Renew Bloody War On World Tension
China and Spain renew bloody warfare as the rest of the world eases tensions. Spanish insurgents press gains in Aragon, break through a government line near Alcantz, while Japanese forces pound Central China along the Grand Canal. Chinese commander Yu Cheng Yiao says Japan nears defeat as rail junctions come under threat. Britain works on a foreign policy to restore balance of power, and Liechtenstein discusses closer ties with Germany amid Austrian and Swiss concerns.
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China
Spain
Aragon
Alcantz
Mediterranean
Grand Canal
Suchow
Sun- Shai
Tientsin-Puken
Yu Cheng-Yiao
Sverrila
Great Britain
England
Neille Chamberlain
Liechtenstein
Austria
Switzerland
Germany
Two Cambria County Motorists Sentenced to Workhouse
Two Cambria County motorists were sentenced to the Allegheny County Workhouse by President Judge EB Creps in Criminal Court. John Urick of Revloc received seven to 14 months and a $200 fine plus costs for drunken driving after a 22 hour jury deliberation and a Route 422 crash on Dec 11. C J Meisel of Barnesboro drew six to 12 months and a $200 fine with costs after pleading guilty on March 14 to the State’s case following an earlier White Township arrest on Jan 5. The grand jury had declined involuntary manslaughter charges in the Ebensburg death linked to the same incident.
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EB. F. Creps
John Urick
Revloc
C. J. Meisel
Barnesboro
Urick
Route 422
Here
Joseph Lutman
Ebensburg
Meisel
Maroh
Pennsylvania
White Township
Lift
Major industrial and energy stocks listed with varied quotes
The market report lists numerous companies across sectors including Am Can Am Tel Am and For Pow Ble Am Rad and St S WW Am Smelt Anaconda Anaconda 80 and Edison Du Pont Eastman IBM General Electric and many others with percentage changes, highlighting varied performance in steel, oil, chemicals, autos, and utilities. Strong entities include Chrysler Colum G El Com Solvents Edison Packard Penn Central Texas Corp and United Aircraft among others.
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Beth Steel
Cerro de Pasar Ches
Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Colum G
Cons Edison
Conse
del Lack
West
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont
Eastman Kadak
Elec
Gen Fonds
Gillette
Hudson Motor
Nick Can
Kennecott
Kresge
Barvester
Loews Inc
Mack Trucks
Montgom Ward
Nash-Kelvinator Bly
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Pow and Lite
NY Central RA
North Ameria
Packard Motor
Penn RA
Phillips Pet
Woolworth
Curh Ark Nat Gas A Cities Service
Elec Bong and
S& Pennroad
Cor
Red Bureau Not Discovered in Washington
Washington dispatch reports efforts to find a government bureau of red haired workers but finds none. Sen Ellender cited a girl claiming navy or war departments employ only red heads. In the two main buildings housing about 3,800 women, red hair is rare with a few brunettes and blondes and no exclusive red headed unit.
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Washington
Ellender
Navy
War Department
Navy Department
Department of Administrative
Cavalry
Roosevelt to Warm Springs Ten Day Visit Planned
Washington March 22 President Roosevelt will leave by special train tonight for a ten day visit to Warm Springs Georgia En route he will stop in Gainesville Georgia tomorrow morning for a brief address at Roosevelt Square dedicated after federal support to rebuild the town after the 1936 tornado Also Chicago March 22 a flag atop city hall was found upside down signaling distress and cost watchman John Roe his job yesterday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Gainesville
Roosevelt Square
Chicago
City Hall
John Roe
Cardenas defends oil expropriation and plans payment terms
Mexico City March 22 President Lazaro Cardenas reassured industry that expropriation of foreign oil concerns was exceptional and similar action could come for other firms. The Treasury began fixing compensation for 17 oil companies owning $40 million in properties as Suarez invited reps to discuss indemnity. Labor plans a progovernment parade Wednesday while bankers report possible two peso dollar exchange rates for industrial materials and luxury transfers.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Treasury Department
Cardenas
Eduardo Suarez
Labor
Markets and Grain and Livestock Prices Across Pittsburgh and Chicago
Markets from Pittsburgh report slow produce demand with apples and potatoes mainly steady across varieties and weights. Livestock prices show hogs mostly steady with small declines, steers and vealers steady to down, while grains in Chicago rally after early losses on dust storm news, with wheat and corn futures moving to higher levels.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Staymans
Delaware
Maine
N. Y
Idaho
Burbank
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