Quake Shakes California in Early Morning Tremor
A strong earthquake rattled Los Angeles and Southern California at 8 49 am, with a second shock around 8 50 pm felt in San Diego. Downtown areas reported shaking but no damage was observed, while Long Beach noted a different mild motion. In Imperial Valley, police said there was no damage despite a strong quake.
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Los Angeles
California
Glendale
Santa Monica
Ansheim
San Diego
EL Centro
Calif
Imperial Valley
Jack Stork
Sit-down strikes disrupt multiple sites in 1938 report
The Bethlehem Lebanon plant and Cornwall ore facilities reopen gates as police guard operations. In Macungie a novel sit-down blocks Warren Seip’s porch. 42 Arcadia International restaurant workers are freed after protesting dismissals. Federal judge delays action on Rosedale Knitting Mill sit-down strikers.
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Philadelphia
Jacob Dagole
Arcadia International
Arthur H. Padula Vaerhger
George A. Welsh
Rosedale
Laurerdale
Crusading Preacher Returns to Pulpit in Bethlehem
The Rev. Fred T. Trafford, Bethlehem's crusading police superintendent since 1980, announced he will return to the pulpit as pastor of the minersville Episcopal Church. He led police reforms, conducted raids, installed radio cars, and started the Bethlehem Hoy's Club to curb juvenile crime while briefly serving the Episcopal Church at Bangor and ordaining as a Moravian clergyman before converting in 1925.
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Bethlehem
Fred T. Trafford
Robert Platt
Trafford
Minersville Episcopal Church
Pfeifie
Oshigh University Young Men's Christian Association
Bethlehem Hoy's Club
Episcopal Church
Bangor
Bills Hustled to Gov Earle Over Utilities and Taxes
Harrisburg March 25 The House passed a bill to create a public utilities commission replacing the 24 year old Public Service Commission. Amendments removed control of the petroleum industry and deposits for utility bill payment. Governor Earle urged oil and gasoline state control and a chain store tax revenue of about 3 million dollars to boost rural teachers.
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Public Utilities Commission
Public Service Commission
Earle
Assembly
David L. Lawrence
Commonwealth
Senate
House
State Police
Highway Patrol
Franco British pact aims to bar foreign volunteers from Spain
Great Britain and France agreed to prevent further landing of foreign volunteers, notably Italians, from aiding in the Spanish Civil War. They discussed using warships to halt troop transports en route to Spain but postponed decisions until the international non intervention committee's plan is clear. The accord would extend beyond the neutrality scheme and relies on enforcing the committee's machinery, negotiated by French Foreign Minister Yvon Kelbos and British Ambassador Sir George Russell Clerk.
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London
Great Britain
France
Spain
International Non-Intervention Committee
Britain
Germany
Paris
Yvon Kelbos
George Russel Clerk
Toll plan for toll roads to fund highway safety
S Weston Scott, head of highway safety, told the Motor Truck Association in Philadelphia that dangerous roads and recent Easter travel have caused 714 deaths and 12,000 injuries in Pennsylvania since January. He noted no modern highway exists in the state.
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Philadelphia
S. Weston Scott
Department of Revenue
Motor Truck Association
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Million Dollar Bank Trial Highlights a Cash Ruse
Trial focuses on four checks totaling 860 drawn on Bath bank and cashed at Bradford bank. Funds allegedly lined personal accounts of F. W. Calkins, John T. Cunningham, and John W. Becker. Cunningham firm supplied $1,500 note. Calkins treasurer signed. Calkins later found dead, Bath bank closed amid probe.
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F. W. Calkins
John T. Cunningham
Gas Corporation
John W. Becker
Gas Company
Bath Bank
Bradford
Cunningham
Calkins
Trapani
Dunningham
Wilson R. Campbell
Gas
Labor union horizon shifts amid steel plant organizing drive
The horizon turns toward union activity as steel workers organize, matching prior negotiations with Carnegie Illinois and four U.S. Steel subsidiaries. The World Telegram Unit of the American Newspaper Guild in New York rejected a strike resolution.
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Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Carnegie Ilinois
U.S. Steep Corp
World Telegram
American Newspaper Guild
New York
Bus Crash Tragedy Kills Twenty of Twenty Three Aboard
Dozens burned as a heavy bus careens off a highway shoulder and into a bridge abutment. Survivors describe a bursting fireball after the gasoline tank ruptures. Don Flanery recalls attempting to rescue his fiancee Ruth Hill amid chaos and screams at the Salem hospital.
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H. L. Logan
Salem Community Hospital
Don Flanery
Kansas City
Chicago American
Ruth Hill
John Drinkwater Dies Amid Sudden Heart Attack
London reports the death of John Drinkwater fifty four, famed novelist and dramatist. He died in his sleep from a heart attack after attending the Oxford Cambridge boat race and a club evening. His widow Daisy Kennedy, Australian violinist, was injured earlier in a collision. Drinkwater had completed a motion picture for King George VI’s coronation.
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London
John DrinkWater
University Club
Daisy ‘Kennedy
Drinkwater
Hiss
George VI
Queen Victoria
Court clash over Roosevelt recovery act and court powers
Debates in New York and Washington center on splitting the Supreme Court challenge from lower court urgency. Brenckman argues the Constitution suffices. Jackson warns courts block compromise while Burke and La Follette press for swift passage amid labor clashes and fears of overrunning workers rights.
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Brelckman
Cote
Supreme Court
Ite
Blue Eagle
Brenckman
Theodore Graegner
Concordian College
St. Louis
New York
Robert Jackson
Economic Club
Burke
D.-Neb
Congress
la Follette
Wis
Black
Ala
American Labor Party
Sit-Downers Endure Longer Dodge Plant Vote For Truce
Chrys ler officials pace time as 5 factory sit downers tempers tested by truce terms. Dodge plant turnout nears 5,000 with only 20 dissenters. Highland Park and Plymouth unions accept, while picket lines to enforce no plant operation and equipment removal. Payroll clerks to enter Highland Park administration to distribute $2,000,000 for pre strike work.
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Chrysler
Dodge
Martin
Highland Park
Plymouth
Obituary notices from Westmoreland and Armstrong counties
Obituary items describe Harry E. Lydick a pioneer teacher and pharmacist who lived in Indiana Blairsville and Clymer later, plus Maggie Briney Berkey a Livermore native who died in Mortellville Johnstown after long illness. Berkey resided near Livermore for 29 years and was active in Calvary Methodist Church. Funeral plans set for 2 30 p m Saturday at Henderson Funeral Home Johnstown with Rev Paul A Lindberg.
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Westmoreland County
Harry E. Lydick
Russe
Nannie
Martin) Lydick
Rayne Township
T. D. Stephens
Clymer
Indiana
Blairsville
Palladium Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Maggie (Briney) Berkey
Armstrong County
Livermore
M. B. McCurdy
Chandler Avenue
Mortrellville
Johnstown
Berkey
James Cooper Berkey
Glenshaw
Patricia Ann MaclLaughlin
Henderson Funeral Home
Main Street
Paul A. Lindberg
The
Calvary M BE
Rites set for Earl Nicholson in Grove City burial
Last rites for Earl Nicholson of Steward who died at Memorial Hospital were set for 6:30 this evening at the Nicholson home. Dr. David K. Allen will officiate, with services at 2:36 tomorrow in Grove City Cemetery. He was 25, a Bethlehem Steel Cambria plant engineer, survived by parents, his widow Elizabeth, two children, and siblings.
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Earl Nicholson
Steward
Memorial Hospital
Nicholson
David K. Allen
First Presbyterian Church of
Johnstown
Grove City
Peritonais
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cambria
W. H
Lillian (Shaw) Nicholson
Elizabeth Nicholson
Home Guards Authorized in Pennsylvania War Measures
Harrisburg March 25. A wartime home guards army for Pennsylvania was authorized today. The unit was provided for in one of five bills signed by Governor Earle. An additional $25,000 was appropriated for a commission to study the costs of city and county government in Philadelphia.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Earle
Philadelphia
Stock Market Roundup of Industrial Stocks and Utilities
A dense market snapshot lists price changes and percent moves for diverse names including Am Can, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, General Foods, Ford, Chrysler, Coca-Cola, IBM, Republic Steel, Reading Co, Penn RR, Wall Street leaders, and several utilities. The entry highlights notable percentages such as Am’s 10 to 25 percent range and big gains in names like Gen Mot at 63 percent, with many others showing double digit shifts.
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Balt
Ohio
Ste ” Bendix
Chrysler
Crane Co
del Lack
Douglas Aire
DuPont de
Ole Socony-Vacuum
Sou Pac
Studebaker
Texas Corp
Transamerica
Unit Aire Corp
United Corp
Seven Die In Three Alarm Fire In Seasey City NJ
A three alarm blaze in Seasey City New Jersey killed seven people including Rose Burkhardt 54 and her five children along with a brother in law. John Gorman and children aged 9 to 17 perished as rescuers fought flames in a three story frame dwelling. Rose Burkhardt saved by Anthony Debrita who crawled to reach her window. Firefighters contained the fire to the dwelling and prevented spread to a neighboring building and garage.
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Seasey City
Rose Burkhardt
John Gorman
Philip
Charles
Florence
Theresa
Veronic
Rose
Br ‘Khardt
Gorman
Robert
John
Burkhardt
Mary Lanese
Anthony Debrita
Rose Burkhard
Debrita
Negro Thief Sent Back to Morganza
Nathan Jennings Jr. a 17 year old Negro from Cherry Alley pleaded guilty to breaking and entering three local stores and a dental office. He was taken to the State Industrial School for Boys at Morganza yesterday by County Detective William J. Moore and recommitted on orders of President Judge E. E. Creps.
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Nathan Jennings
Cherry Alley
State Industrial School
Morganza
William J. Moore
A Jennings
E. E. Creps
Six Sentenced For Forcing Relief Check In Pittsburgh Case
Federal judge Nelson McVicar sentenced six men who pleaded guilty to forging endorsements and passing stolen relief checks. James Graham of New Castle received days in jail and a $50 fine, his brother Thomas Graham 15 days and $50, John Thomas of Pittsburgh 15 months in a penitentiary, Marvin Johnson of Pittsburgh three months in jail, Paul C. Pronk of Clearfield one month in jail and a $1 fine, and Harry Brown of Pittsburgh 40 days and a $1 fine.
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Pittsburgh
Nelson McVicar
James Graham
New Castle
Thomas Graham
John Thomas
Marvin
Johnson
Paul C. Pronk
Clearfield
Harry Brown
Local teacher on state council appointed by Pennsylvania music group
The president of the Pennsylvania School Music Association W F Orth of Coatesville appointed A S Miescer Harry A Canfield of Indiana A D Davenport and Cyrus D Thompson to an advisory council for the state organization The moves followed a business meeting held with the All-State Orchestra in Mt Lebanon last month
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Pennsylvania School Music Association
W. F. Orth
Coatesville
A. S. Miescer
Harry A. Canfield
Indiana
A. D. Davenport
Cyrus D. Thompson
Mt. Lebanon
Hex Slayer Seeks Commutation After Eight Years
John Curry the 14 year old boy once labeled Hex Slayer pleads for freedom as the Pardon Board weighs commuting his 10 to 20 year sentence for the beating death of Rehmeyer during a hair rock theft plot. Opposed by the district attorney and the judge, Curry's supporters argue he was deprived of a normal childhood.
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Harrisburg
John Curry
Curry
Artiéé Herman
Ray Sherwood
Rockview Penitentiary
Pardon Board
John Blymyer
Wilbert G. Hess
Rehmeyers
Rehmeyer
Herman
J. H. Matthews
York
Charles J. Marsgiotti
Indiana
Alvie
Easter Egg Hunt At North Seventh Street
A community Easter event invites parents to attend with children for a day of fun. Lion Schwartz leads the egg hunt while Boy Scouts patrol the hill from morning until after the hunt. Lions assist in the activities and prizes are awarded for numbered eggs. The entrance is on North Seventh Street.
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Lion Schwartz
North Seventh Street
Markets Produce Pittsburgh March 25 Markets
Pittsburgh produce prices mixed with apples varying by variety from Rome Beauties to Winesaps and potatoes around 2.25 to 3.50 per 100 pounds. Livehog prices steady to slightly up with good to choice hogs at 10.00 to 10.50. cattle and calves steady to a bit lower. sheep and lambs also softer with light declines noted.
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Pittsburgh
Igney
York Baldwins
Rome
Starks
Pennsylvania
Rome Beauties
Virginia Staymans
Maine
Ohio
Idaho Ruse
Bishes
Florida Bliss
Florida Spaulding
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Lebanon
Cornwall
Warren
Seip
Bills
House of Representatives
Carlisle
South Penn Railroad
South Penn
Alleghenies
TRY Million Dollar Bank
Moorhead
Hart, Schaffner and
Marx
Grange
Grandview Camera
W. Keele Roland
Westover
Philipsburg Hosital
Roland
Emma’ McCardell
James B. McCardell
Cresson
Alberta
Don Harrig
Mary’ Roland
Punxsutawney
Irene McNeal
Jun
John Powlishen
John Povlishen
McIntyre
Robinson Funeral Home
Charles Intonek
Homer City
John Baycura
St Bernard Cemetery
Lay
Jersey City
Hex” Slayer
Joine
Curry Appeal
Dyer Hudson & Co
N. Y. Stock Exchange Ticket Service
Farmers Bank & Trust Co
H. Lloyd Fritchman
Mgr
Greiner
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