Methodists' Union Nearing Global Unity Vision
Bishop Frederick D Leele of DeLand Florida says world wide union of Methodists is near while addressing a conference uniting three US branches He foresees union of Western and Eastern European groups Dr Gordon A Sisco Canadian church secretary notes mutual gains in unification Prof E E Aubrey of the University of Chicago cites a moving toward unity Dr B L Myers Kansas City recounts Alaska mission work begun by William Duncan in 1852 detailing cannery sawmill and later government school presence
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Kansas City
Frederick D. Leele
Deland
Pla
United States
Lecte
America
England
Canada
Gordon A. Sisco
United Church of Canada
E. E. Aubrey
University of Chicago
B. L. Myers
Dr. Myers
Alaska
William Duncan
Duncan
CIO Faces Labor Rift in Pennsylvania Council Formation
The CIO council formed in 1938 after Phillips, head of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor, refused Greens orders to eject CIO unions. He cited disappointment over limited public hearings on repealing and weakening labor laws and sought hearings from state leaders for general discussion. The three day convention aimed to back the United Mines Workers and the hosiery workers union amid a $871,932 damages ruling from a sit down strike in Philadelphia.
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Sylvania
CIO Council
Phillips
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Greens
Thomas
United Mines Workers
New York
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Ution
Philadelphia
Apex Hosiery Mill Drives 400,000 New Members
The convention marks the launch of a campaign to recruit 400,000 new members, boosting the council’s claimed total to half a million.
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Apex Hosiery Mill
Council
Obituary notices list services and bereavements
Santa Serrian ni funeral services set for 10 am Thursday at the Roman Catholic Church in Aultman with Rev Gawranski officiating and burial in St Bernard Cemetery Indiana. Doris Hulihan eight month old daughter of Jack and Rebecca Hulihan dies of pulmonary pneumonia. services at 2 30 pm Thursday at Bowser Funeral Home Flumville with interment in Beracha Cemetery. Surviving relatives include Myra Mack Pershing and Laura Taylor with ties to Indian County Federation of Women's Clubs.
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Pital
Myra (Mack) Pershing
Laura Taylor
Blairsville
Indian’s County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Doris Hulihan
Jack
Rebecca (Sink) Hulihan
South Mahoning
Harry L. Sink
Plumville
Bowser
Flumville
Fussell Wilson
Beracha Cemetery
College Weather Records Cold May Temperature
Indiana State Teachers College observers reported May's coldest reading yet at 24 degrees above zero yesterday. At 4:00 a.m. today the temperature was 35 degrees, down 13 from the previous 24 hours peak. Barometer rose from 28.45 to 29.5, skies cleared, forecasts call for rising temperatures today and tomorrow with showers expected tomorrow night.
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Indiana State Teachers College
Livengood Takes Office In Harrisburg Transfer of Internal Affairs
In Harrisburg on May 2, Democrats yielded control of the Department of Internal Affairs as William S. Livengood succeeded Democrat Thomas A. Logue. Livengood, elected with Governor James, begins his term after constitutional provisions. The shift hands multi million-dollar state programs and state authority to the Republican administration.
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Harrisburg
James
State Department
Hage General Authority
Department of Internal Affairs
Fron Demat
Thomas A. Logue
William S. Livengood
Livengood
Jameid
Debate over 12 mile zone in U S waters
Washington May 2 The state department looked into establishing a 12 mile zone of territorial waters around the United States extending the present three mile limit. Senator Pittman said the move is being studied though complicated by international questions and would likely be coordinated with other nations. In Cedar City two residents died within hours of each other: Mrs Jennig Kilsworth Welker age 77 founder of Welker and Maxwell Co Store and Linden W Wolfe age 65 a local oil producer.
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Washington
State Department
United State
Charman Pittman
D-Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mittuan
CHL Ciy
Jennig Kilsworth Welker
Welker and Maxwell Company
Linden W. W. Wolfe
Liquor Dealers to Meet in Harrisburg Moris Stern and Huthers
Liquor dealers will gather in Harrisburg at Moore Hall on Thursday May 11 at 2 30 p m to discuss association matters. Moris Stern and William Huthers are listed as key participants in the Tidiane County Retail Liquor Dealers Association event.
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Moris Stern
William H. Huthers
Tidiane County
Iqu Dealers Association
Devel
Harrisburg
Gis- Jétion
Moore
Plan to Drop Tenure Act Changes Dominates Senate Hearing
In Harrisburg May 2 a plan to trade proposed tenure changes for passage of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh pay cuts was aired. Senator Mundy pressed Edmonds on the linkage while Edmonds denied connections. Shapiro said pay cuts could be agreed if tenure protection remained for Philadelphia teachers. The amending bill remains in committee.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Senate
Leo ©. Mundy
Lu ‘Zerne
Franklin Spencer Edmonds
Montgomery
Edmonds
Pennsylvania School Directors’ Association
Mundy
Shapiro
Lacka+ Wanna
Luzerne
William J. Eroe, Jr
Dlawrence
Coal leaders near deal as miners threaten strike
May 2 reports from Johnstown and coal fields say four operators and four UMWA CIO reps recessed for four hours amid talks to avert a long strike in the bituminous industry. Miners warned of a Friday deadline, threatening a shutdown that could idle 100,000 to 125,000 workers in 13 states, while broader anthracite talks proceed with limited progress.
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Page One
New York
Appalachian
United Mineworkers of America
CIOY
Lewis
Harrisburg lawmakers battle over pension and civil service measures
In Harrisburg the session stretched into the night as Democrats and Republicans clashed over a bill to separate aid into general relief and pensions, with debates over blind pensioners and civil service merit. The Senate advanced tax bills, city manager proposals for Philadelphia and Pittsburgh passed, and new laws allowed second class townships to prohibit auto mobile graveyards and granted Scranton police two weeks vacation and a weekly day of rest.
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Elwood Turner
al Tronza
Allegheny
Turner
van Allsburg
Assistance Department
William A. Shaw
Harry Trout
Lancaster
Senate
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
G. Mason Owlett
Tioga County
James
Commonwealth
Germany
Italy
Peeeien James
Scranton
FBI Probes Disappearance Of Pendergast Witness
Kansas City May 2 FBI men pressed a search into the disappearance of Schneider a secretary tied to T J Pendergast eight companies and once before a federal grand jury He left a note to his wife and a friend dated April 27 and his hat was found downstream investigators consider death or foul play and seek FBI aid in examining Pendergast income and schemes involving Mulligan and the Dal entities.
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Kansas City
FBT
L. Lehreter
T. J. Pendergast
U. S
Maurice M. Mulligan
Pendergast
FBI
Schneider
Missouri
Pendergast-owned
Federal
Milligan
T. J. Pender- East
Penderg
Ann
Yearling wins Pulitzer for novel The Yearling
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings wins the 1000 dollar Pulitzer for The Yearling, a simple chronicle of a Florida cracker boy's year. Awards also go to Robert Emmet Sherwood for Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Frank Luther Mott for A History of American Magazines, and Carl Van Doren for Benjamin Franklin.
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New York
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Florida
Cross Creek
Hawthorn
A. Jn
Columbia University
Abe Lincoln
Ilnois
Robert Emmet Sherwood
Frank Luther Mott
University of Lawn
School of Journalism
Carl van Doren
Seler
Benjamin Franklin
John Gould Fletcher
Arkansas
Miami
Fla
Daily News
Pulitzer
Waterbury
Conn
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Associated Press
R. C. Caulvert
Portland Oregonian
Thomas L. Stokes
Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
WPA
Kentucky
Charles Werner
Oklahoma
Stock market tickers and percentages show varied company moves
A dense list of stock symbols and closing percentages covers firms across industries. Highlights include Am Can, Chrysler, General Electric, IBM, Ford, Packard, US Steel, Standard Oil, Texaco, Sears, and more, with values ranging from single digits to into the 60s and 70s, reflecting a snapshot of market activity.
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al Chem & Dye
Am & Fai
Rad & St. S
Smell & R
Anaconda
Atch
T& SF
Balwin Loco
IL Balt & Ohio Ske Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Briggs
Burr
Calumet & Hee
Can Pac
Cerro de Pas
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler
Kennecott
Kresge
Leh Val RR
Loew’s Inc
Mont Ward
Nash Kelvaby
Nat Biscuit Aby
Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Dist
Nat Pow
Central RR
North Ameria
Packard Motor
Penn RR
Phillips Pet Aay
Pure Oil
Radio Corp of Am
Repab Steel
Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck
Socony Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Studebaker Corp
Sle
Texas Corp
United Air
United Corp Oy
United Gas Imp Taha US Indog Alco
US Rubber
US Steel
Weat Union Tel
Tax Modification Drive Leaves House Course Uncertain
Washington May 2 The Ways and Means Committee faces a widening dispute over business taxes as proposals range from dropping the undistributed profits and capital stock taxes to a broad corporate tax overhaul. Roosevelt may accept revenue offsets if corporate tax cuts occur, while officials and lawmakers search for new revenue sources. The treasury plans a four point program including a fat corporate levy, lower top income taxes, longer loss carrybacks, and altered capital gains rules.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Ways and Means
Congress
House Committee
Treasury
Danzig Crisis May Shape New European Peace Hurdle
In Warsaw Poland resists Germany's demand for free city Danzig and a 15 mile wide highway through the Polish corridor. Britain and France urge concessions yet fear war over Danzig while Hitler pledges peace but insists on annexing Danzig. Poland fears loss of Baltic port control and a German naval base. Discussions include possible League of Nations rights transfer, though member consent and Allied backing remain uncertain.
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New York
Hitlers
Danzig
East Prussia
Germany
Warsaw
Poland
Hitler
der. Fuehrer
Britain
France
London
Paris
League of Nations
Baltic
Vistula
Mississippi
League
Market Report Highlights Livestock and Grain Prices
Livestock salable hogs 800 steady for 170-280 lb at 7.40-7.45, 100-140 lb 6.50-7.00, 150 lb average 7.15, lows 5.50-6.00. Cattle 0 salable, calves 1060 strong to 25c higher, vealers 9.50-10.00, sheep 300 steady with good lambs 7.25-8.75 and spring lambs up to 12.50. Apples 5 cars steady, potatoes 31 cars dull with generic midwest grades listed. wheat prices rise about a cent to fresh highs. corn steady to up 5-6 cents.
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Apbles
New York
Baldwing
Rome Beauties
Ben Davis
Starks
Virginia
West Virginia
Rome
Michigan
Britain Expels Undesirable German Residents Amid Conscription Talks
Britain moves to expel an undetermined number of Germans deemed undesirable while pressing ahead with conscription plans. Prime Minister Chamberlain flags details with Northern Ireland leaders as tensions rise with Ireland over eligibility. Government also sends a note to Germany rejecting new naval talks and notes Nazis in Britain are being monitored. Meetings are announced for Townsend supporters and dairy farmers in Gordon.
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London
Great Britain
Ireland
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Foreign Office
Berlin
Hiller
Reichstag
Hitler
Home Office
Samuel Hoare
United Kingdom
O. G. Karlowa
E. P. Himmelmann
Fraulein
Anna Joanna Wolf
Gottfried Rosel
National Zeitung
Essen
Hermann Goering
Dr. Rosel
Voelkischer Beobachter
Chamberlain
Viscount Craigavon
Northern Ireland
Craigavon
England
de Valera
Thomas M'Laughlin
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NAVAL
ANEIG
Erder
Bay OF Danzig
Methodists’ Union
CIO
Mart Clothing
Indiana
PENNA
College
State Senate
Johnstown
ALF
Fred Thomas
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Tf Johnstown
Progressive Miners Union
UMWA
AFL
Cambria
Lumberset
Blair
Bedford Counties
May
Suhnieider
Marjorie Kinnan Rawling
By Mackenzie
West el
Mig
Woolworth
Curb Ark Nat Gas
Pennroyd Corp
Gordon Schoolhouse
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