Secretary Light Attacks Lewis In Talk Here
Pennsylvania state secretary of agriculture John H. Light condemned efforts to form a nationwide farmer union and criticized price ceilings at Pomona Grange dinner in Zion Tuberan Church. He urged farmers to oppose United Mine Workers head John L. Lewis and urged fair prices amid farm product price disparities. The event drew about 150 farmers and spouses with music by Mrs. Harry A. Nichol and ceremonies led by Pomona president Lawrence F. Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
John H. Light
Pennsylvania
Pomona Grange
Zion Tuberan
Light
Lewis
America
Flora Fritz Henderson
Mary Waller
D. I. Shafter
Pomona
Lawrence F. Robinson
Beatty H. Dimit
Pennsylvania State Grange
LeRoy A. King
Indiana State Teachers College
Matthew J. Walsh
The
Grange
Harry A. Nichol
Clutsam
Deems Taylor
Henderson
Protected Hunting Seasons Set Amid War War Effort
Harrisburg officials fixed hunting dates for skunks and other game to aid war needs. Skunks remain protected except Nov 10 to Jan 15. raccoon seasons split with dates Oct 20 to Jan 18 in many counties and Nov 10 to Jan 15 elsewhere. Ruffed grouse quail turkeys pheasants rabbits and squirrels face season outlines.
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Harrisburg
State Game Commission
Ross L. Leffler
McKean
Tioga
Potter
Bradford
Susquehanna
Wayne
Pike
Elk
Cameron
Clinton
Tycoming
Sullivan
Wyoming
Lacka
T’ Wanna
Jefferson
Clearfield
Centre
Portland woman saves man after fall in street
In Portland Oregon Mrs Ben Oudit a first class graduate observed a man collapse on a down street. She rushed to assist despite slipping herself and sustained a fall while aiding him.
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Portland, Ore
Benite Oudit
Brody Brothers Open Expanded Store in Pittsburgh
A 20th birthday party marked the opening of Brody Bros store at the northeast corner of Philadelphia and Seventh streets. The extended floor space and added safes service followed the northward expansion into the former Second United Presbyterian Church property. The three floors now showcase new lighting, display gas, wide aisles, and a larger sales space praised by attendees from Indiana and beyond with Tom Beatty's orchestra providing music.
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Philadelphia
Seventh Streets
Brody Brothers
Second United Presbyterian Church
Brody
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Tom Beatty
Caeuldns
Derby Classic Field Gathers Seventeen for Kentucky Derby
Seventeen horses—16 colts and one gelding—were entered for tomorrow’s 68th Kentucky Derby in Louisville. Top contenders include Mrs. Payne Whitney’s Devil Diver and Shut Out with Tex as Ben Whitaker’s Requested. other entries feature Alfred G. Vanderbilt lineage and a mix of favorites and longshots. If all start, the purse reaches 65,225 to win from an 87,250 gross pool.
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Louisville
First Fiddle
California
Boot and Spur
Stabbing Probe Arrests Chevy Chase Man
Henry Buggs, 26, of Chevy Chase, is held in Indiana County jail for felonious assault with intent after a stabbing of Howard Tolliver, 25, in a disorderly house dispute. Tolliver was taken to Indiana Hospital with a chest wound and his condition is reported as fair. Patrolman Eddie Allen and deputies captured Buggs at his home around 12:30 last night.
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Henry Buggs
Chevy Chase
Indiana County
Howard Tolliver
Clair Irvin
Indiana
Eddie Allen
Irvin
Harry Koozer
Allen
Buggs
Treasury balance report shows large federal holdings
Treasury balance stands at 2 880 981 059 60 dollars with May 1 entry and noted debt figures. The fragment mentions net balance and a prior debt amount but is unclear on specifics and dates.
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Treasury
Fifth and Last Son Goes to War From Somerset
A gray haired mother and a frail father send their five sons to Uncle Sam's Army as gratitude and hardship mingle. Benjamin, Frederick, Hamilton, Glenn, Joseph answer the call while a sixth son and three grandchildren stay behind. The WPA illness and garden duties shift to the mother as she vows to manage.
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Wwe Somerset
Sam
Martin Pyle
Germany
Italy
Japan
Benjamin
Frederick
Hamilton
Glenn
Joseph
Pearl Harbor
Acquittal in Irish Bus Driver Manslaughter Case
A court martial in Northern Ireland acquits Sergeant William V. Clipman of Narberth Pennsylvania of manslaughter in the April 17 death of Albert Rodden a 30 year old Irish bus driver. Rodden collided with a military convoy escorting U S officials as the armored car tarred to avoid the bus and three bullets hit Rodden. The defense argued a defective machine gun discharged accidentally during the maneuver.
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Northern Ireland
William V. Cilpman
Narberth
Albert Rodde
United States
Clipsham
Rodden
Census of canned goods planned in U S May 3B
Washington May 1 A census of canned foods will be conducted May 3B by the Census Bureau at the request of the Office of Price Administration. The survey will cover canners wholesalers and food chains and will not include home pantries or small stores to guide rationing lend lease and related supply issues.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Office of Price Administration
Memorial for Shepherd in Los Angeles
Memorial services were held in Los Angeles yesterday by the Pennsylvania State Society of Southern California for Warren J. Shepherd 70 veteran of the Spanish-American War whose funeral was conducted Saturday He was a native of Cherry Tree Indiana County Pa and was one of the few men to have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor The Legion of Valor had charge of the funeral State society memorial services are a recent innovation of the Federation of State Societies the secretary of which estimates that there are approximately 200000 former Pennsylvanians in Southern California.
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Los Angeles
Pennsylvania State Society of
Southern California
Warren J. Shepherd
Cherry Tree
Indiana County
Légion of Valor
State Society
Federation of State Societies
California
House OKays Pay Raises for Army and Navy
Washington May 1 The military committee sent to the House a bill to double pay for back privates and apprentice seamen, boost officers and noncommissioned ranks, and increase nurses pay. The bill also raises subsistence and rental allowances and adjusts longevity pay, costing about 282 million annually.
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ARMY
NAVY
Washington
Stop Signs To Be Obe yed Borough Police Warn
Superintendent Luke Kelly warned motorists to stop at signs as police enforce the borough ordinance. Violations incur a five dollar fine plus 2.25 costs. Hinitt Circle Rummage Sale set for Saturday May 1 at Ninth and Philadelphia Streets corner. Contact 911-233.
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Luke Kelly
Hinitt Circle
Ninth and Phila
Death Claims Mrs G G Hill and Others
Obituary notices report the death of Mrs Mildred L Hill at 46, of 400 South Eleventh Street, with services pending at Robinson Funeral Home and interment in Oakland Cemetery. Additional notices for Mrs Margaret Ann Tickox and Milton James Brilhart list pending services and Greenwood and Gilgal Cemeteries respectively.
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Mildred L. Hill
G. Gardner Hill
South Eleventh Street
Arong
Robinson Funeral Home
Harry Burton Boyd
First Presbyterian Church
Oakland Cemetery
Thomas Burns Glass
Greenwood Cemetery
Margaret Ann Tickox
Kathryn Cramer
Georgeville
Milton James Brilhart
Trade Cuy
Louis Brilhart
Albert Brilhart
Marion Center
Gilgal Cemetery
Eleven Nazi Ships Shot Down Over England
Allied and Axis actions dominate wartime reports as Hitler and Mussolini met at Salzburg in a two day conference amid speculation on grand offensive plans and potential peace terms. Belgian blasts kill 250 and wound 1000 at Tessenderloo with sabotage blamed on patriots. Night raids intensify across England and Sunderland suffers damage as Soviet fronts see token gains.
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Belgium
Tessenderloo
Antwerp
Free Belgian
London
Whitee Ele
Bri
Russia
England
France
Sunderland
Staraya Russa
Stalin Calls For Victory On May Day
Stalin urged a final victory over Nazi Germany on May Day. He framed the war as a liberation and vowed to smash invaders to the last man regardless of cost. Soviet reports claimed 1,300 Germans killed on the Central and Kalinin fronts and Crimea guerrillas inflicted 800 German and Romanian casualties.
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Vov
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Britain
United States
Adolf Hitler
Stalin
Kalinin
Crimea
No Strike Fails At Grove City College Drive
Grove City College canceled a threatened student strike after admin rejected demands for reinstating a suspended student involved in a campus uprising against a watchman. Four hundred of 850 students had voted to strike, then returned to class as authorities announced no concessions.
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Grove City
Grove Cry College
W. C. Keller
Robert Stockdale
Tarentum
Ketler
West Point
N.Y
U.S. Military Academy
Sightseers Paradise
Francis B. Wilby
Perfect 13 Hearts Hand Shocks Freeport Bridge Club
Freeport merchant George Rulaton drew a perfect 13 hearts hand in the annual spring Freeport Bridge Club tournament. His seven bid was doubled and redoubled, yielding 2,200 points, reportedly the first perfect hand remembered in Freeport.
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Freeport
AP — George Rulaton
Freeport Bridge Club
Sabotage Explosion Hits Belgian Factory Zone
In Tessenderloo Belgium a factory in Northern Belgium’s new industrial district, linked to the anti German White Brigade, was destroyed by an explosion. German radio claimed 230 killed and about 1,000 injured. Berlin later said the plant, a technical school, and nearby houses were destroyed or badly damaged two days later. No cause is given.
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London
Dhet Gal
Tessenderloo
Belgium
Berlin
Sugar Man Delays Registration Mirth Over Sugar Request
A middle aged man grew impatient during the selective service registration for men aged 45 to 63. He finally completed reg istration and demanded how to obtain sugar. The note appears in the Want Ad Results section of the Vee Judiqua Evening Gasette, with a playful teleplume WO-564 reference.
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Sugar Sunbury
Selective Service
Mien
Judiqua
Mussolini Hitler reach new military political accord
An Axis communique from Salzburg reports Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini reached a perfect accord on war conduct and broader political aims after meetings Wednesday and Thursday. The statement cites close friendship and a brotherhood of arms as the basis of their collaboration against the Tripartite Powers, noting no explicit mention of Japan's representation.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Salzburg
Austria
Russia
Italy
Berlin
Mussolini
Germany
United States
Hitler
Bottle deposits eyed by Milk Control Commission
Milk Control Commission Chairman John M. McKee announced a possible state wide bottle deposit plan. The proposal would require a five cent deposit on all milk bottles sold over the counter with refunds on return of empties. Harrisburg area dealers seek authorization to implement deposits while Johnstown already operates a similar program and appears to be working well.
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John M. McKee
Milk Control Conmission
Commission
Harrisburg
Johnstown
McKee
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Secretary Light
U.S
Brody Bros
Ireland
Shepherd
Bill
Evans
G. G. Hill
U. S
Australia
Corregidor
Vas
Douglas MacArthur
Smith
George C. Martin
Ralph Smith
Dr. Martin
Judge Smith
Bumwmugo Gate
Seburdey
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