Baltimore primary stirs graft, wealth and party power
Maryland's gilt-edge primary sparked controversy as two wealthy hunters jousted for the Democratic Senatorial nomination while Governor OConnor and Mayor Jackson battled for control of the state party. State police arrests of city workers fueled calls for a statewide probe, and ex Governor Nice clashed with ex Mayor Broening in the Republican race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Thomas E. Dewey
Free State
Dewey
New York
George L. Radcliffe
Snator Millard E. Tydings
Howard W. Jackson
Howard Bruce
Herbert R. O'Conor
Bruce-Radcliffe
Radcliffe
Bruce
O'Conor
Jackson
Baltimore City
W. Lee Elgin Prompty
Harry W. Nice
William F. Broening
Nice
O'Connor
State Legislature Convenes Amid GOP Majorities in Pennsylvania
The round up notes the first Republican majorities in both houses in six years as the Senate holds 27 to 22 and the House 126 to 74. A Kilgallen seat vacancy and several resignations affect the lineup. Governor James cancels weekly engagements to monitor progress and plans a May 12 speech in East. The state appeals two tax cases involving self assessing corporate taxes and eight mile personal property tax on insurance payments. Other items include a three day meeting of Democratic women, a liquor board hearing on Frankfort distillers, and a two day advertising conference by the state publisher association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Thomas E. Kilgallen
Pittsburgh
James
East
St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church
Commonwealth
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Geveral Fund
Southern Pennsylvania Bus Company
Thei
Northampton County
William Clayton Hackett
Hackett Biesel
Murder Trial Moves Outdoors On Schuylkill River Bank
In Philadelphia a murder for insurance case unfolds on the Schuylkill riverbank near Girard Avenue as Judge Edwin O Lewis orders a regular trial session outdoors. Petrillo is accused of masterminding a scheme that brought at least 100 alleged killings for insurance profits while Sortino re enacts the drowning of Caruso under Petrillo’s alleged direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Schuylkill River
Herman Petrillo
Edwin 0. Lewis
Girard Avenue
Lewis
Salvatore Sortino
Abele Caruso
Sortino
Petrillo
Caruso
Interstate Advertising Managers Association Friday and Saturday
A report notes the Interstate Advertising Managers Association meets Friday and Saturday to discuss industry topics and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Advertising Managers Association
Allied plans and German moves signal high tension in Europe
Reports describe Allied plans to land troops at Salonika and a new railway to the Bulgarian frontier boosting Aegean leverage. Britain and Germany vie for Bulgarian support as Norway and Narvik unfold in a broader war scene with German air activity, naval actions, and spy rings signaling intensifying conflict across Europe.
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Salonika
Greece
Aegean
Germany
Britain
Bulgaria
Romania
Budapest
France
Russia
Europe
Saar
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Norway
Chamberlain
Chambrlain
British War Office
Norwegian
Halvdan Koht
London
Birger Lundberg
Hegra
Trondheim
Obituary notices from various Pennsylvania towns
Obituaries list neighbors Peiffer of Rochester Mills with service at Wright Home and burial at Marchand Cemetery. Frances Fulmer of Idamar dies at 30, funeral at Crooked Creek Brethren Church. Thomas S. Raggerty, 44, Reynoldsville resident and miner, funeral at St. Mary's Reynoldsville. Dr Horace C. Stroup, 48, Seward physician, funeral plans set with services at John Henderson Funeral Home and Stroup home. Mrs Laura Reiter widow of John A. Reiter noted in continuation of death notices.
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Frances Fulmer
William and
Belle (Green) Fulmer
Idamar
Dixonville
Ethel Trout
Eva Miller
Altoona
Clarence Fulmer
Marion Center
R. D
Jay Fulmer
Indiana R. D
Kenneth Fulmer
Doyle Fulmer
Roy Cribbs
Waterman
Fulmer
Crooked Creek Brethren Church
Thomas S. Raggerty
Reynoldsville
Thomas Hagerly
Desire
Jefferson County
Freda Moore
Charleston
W. Va
Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Reba Rice
Bridgeton
N. J
Colleen
Thomas
Hugh
Andrew
Ernest
John
Mary Hansen
Logan
Susan Hummel
Oleva Withrop
New Bethlehem
Elizabeth McKinney
Uniontown
Agnes Keenan
Youngstown
Catherine Armagast
St. Mary's Church
Horace C. Stroup
Seward
Charles H
Adelia (Manges) Stroup
Johnstown
Stroup
Lehigh University
Harrisburg
U. S. Army
Columbus Barracks
Pharr
Tex
Pittsburgh
Westmoreland
Indiana
American Legion
Cambria County
Hazel Morgan Salls
Burlington
Richmond
George Nicely
D. D
First Lutheran Church
County Receives Road Payment From State Fund
The state motor license fund will pay $1,062,400 to second class townships for road and bridge maintenance. Auditor General Warren R. Roberts approved the grant, the second of $8.5 million from a 1030 session appropriation. Payments follow mileage ratios as of January 1, with Armstrong 23048 and Erie 21801 among listed sums.
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Warren R. Roberts
Armstrong
Beaver
Cambria
Centre
Clearfield
Crawford
Elk
Erie
Forest
Indiana
Jefferson
Juniata
Mercer
Trogs
Venango
Warren
Death in mine accident and other obituaries in 1918
A 1918 death for a Reynoldsville resident followed a mine accident with burial in Sykesville after long care at family homes in Tonawanda and Sykesville. Born April 17 1871, she married November 2 1893 and survived by several children and many relatives. Funeral at Sykesville Methodist Church with interment in the Sykesville Cemetery. Also noted are obituaries for Charles S Apple of Charlottesville Virginia and family details including birth, marriage, and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynoldsville
Percy
Tonawanda
N. Y
W. M. Shurrer
Sykesville
Elmer Bowman
Eli Frantz
Reiter
H. E. Henneman
Indiana
Clair W. Reiter
Johnstown
Theodore G. Reiter
Meadville
Ira E. Reiter
Brookville
Glen S. Reiter
Herbert Edward
Peal Olen
Sykesville Methodist Church
Messrs Leinhart and
Jeffers
Sykesville Cemetery
The
Methodist Church
Pythian Sisters
Charles S. Apple
Mr. Apple
Charlottsville
Streams Funeral Home
Arthur J. Pfohl
Zion Lutheran Church
Oakland Cemetery
Alexander
Catherine Jamison Apple
Apple
Genevieve (White) Apple
R. W. Stadden
Bartonsville
Mabel Apple
Charlottesville
Maxwell Apple
Baltimore
Philip
Lisle Apple
Washington, D. C
Juliet White Watson
Mabel White Telford
Lutheran Church
Germantown
Deadly accidents claim dozens across highways and mines
The report tallies at least 15 deaths in state highway crashes and mine collapses. Killed include four miners in one pit, seven highway victims, a 60 year old man struck by elevated train, a 13 year old football player by a train, and multiple others in motor vehicle incidents across Philadelphia and rural counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ballard
Upper Darby
Jack Dunning, Jr
Ellwood City
Marcus Hook
Mitchell Doering
Chester
Sarah Ann Friel
Philadelphia
Joseph Malikowsky
Gilberton
Charles Broderick
John Lawson
St. Nicholas
Mahanoy City
Frank Bernetsky
Crow Hollow
Pottsville
Frank Parr
Curtis R. Mull
Jack H. Ressler
Seward
Ligonier
Nicholas Vukobtik
Jeannette R. D. 2
Michael Korchek
Greensburg
R. D
Henry McElrath
Jackson Center
Mercer County
Martha George
Newry
Blair County
Mrs
Elizabeth Davis
Taylor case reveals weapon and notable dogs tied to slaying
Details emerge in the Taylor case as a weapon and a few worthwhile dogs come to light. Miss Taylor, daughter of a Wildwood New Jersey fish dealer, was slain March 28 upon returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Miss Taylor
Wildwood
N. J
Mary Martin Weds 'Daddy' Halliday in Las Vegas
Hollywood May 6. Mary Martin, Broadway singer of My Heart Belongs To Darry, married Richard Halliday known as "Daddy" after a Las Vegas trip. A sleepy justice of the peace united them at sunrise. This is Miss Martin’s second marriage. Halliday’s first. Weatherford, Texas native formerly married to Ben Hageman, they have an eight year old son. The couple later divorced.
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Hollywood
Richard Halliday
Simatory
Studio Gasociates
Daddy
Las Vegas
Nev
Mary Martin
Darry
Miss Martin
Halliday
Weatherford, Tex
Ben Hageman
Slaying of Fay Gates Rocks Bellefonte Amid Fear
The Bellefonte murder case mirrors a previous tied to Rachel Taylor with similar sex assault and blunt force killing patterns. A tan Plymouth sedan and a whipcord radio are sought as investigators press town residents, CCC workers, and Penn State students for clues while a coroner hints at a sex fiend link.
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Street of State College
Penn State College
Taylor
Gates
State College
Bellefonte
Rockview
Miss Gates
William
Adams
Plymouth
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ed Miller
Center County
Miller
Miss Taylor
Charles Sheckler
Rachel Taylor
Maud Raged
Ruth Robinson
Howard
Sheckler
Neff
Penn
Rodger Yorks
Theeatare
Miss Gatse
Bellefonte High School
Clyde Long
Cecil Welker
Nervow
Petroleum Industries Warn of Motor Fund Depletion
Harrisburg May 6 The association petroleum industries of Pennsylvania warns against depletion of the State Motor Fund by the legislature during the special session. Secretary W Purves Taylor says rumors suggest funding borrows or transfers to relieve needs could harm highway maintenance. Governor James eyed borrowing to cover relief costs while I Lamont Hughes says it can be done without hindering construction. Taylor notes $296 million in annual tourist-spent retail business and cautions cuts would depress highways and commerce. Motor vehicle owners already pay over $14 million yearly in a one cent emergency gasoline tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Association Petroleum Inustries of Pennsylvania
Aeid
W. Purves Taylor
James
I. Lamont Hughes
Highays
State Highway Department
Taylor
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Motor Federation
Acquittal for Assemblyman in Rural Postmaster Case
Rep. B Frank Whelchel of Georgia was acquitted in federal court on charges of conspiring to sell postal appointments. The jury cleared the congressman and his alleged go-between, while prosecutions cited $1100 payments for Ball Ground rural carrier positions and an alleged postmastership sale. The defense claimed all funds were campaign contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Frank Whelchel
D-Ga
E. Marvin Underwood
Whedchel
Whelchel
Hulton Holcomb
Paul Grogan
Ball Ground
Jones
Brown’s early career and Vare seat battle
Brown acted as chief counsel for William S Vare before the Senate committee over Vares bid to keep a Senate seat after the 1926 election. Vare was denied the seat. Brown avoided district attorney elections and quart er sessions then resigned as school director and later became attorney general in 1915. He also served as special counsel to the state tax commission from 1909 to 1911, shaping his view of state finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
William S. Vare
Senate
Vare
Martin G. Brumbaugh
State Tax Commission
Red Cross leaders discuss War Service in Fort Wayne
Miss Lucille Linepack of Fort Wayne will speak at a War Service discussion with Junior and Senior Red Cross conventions meeting jointly in the New Interior Building auditorium. Delegates from across the nation will elect officers and set discussion topics for the Junior Red Cross, which reports to the senior convention at the closing session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Linepack
Home Service
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Stocks Decline Amid Broad Market Slump Across Firms
A sweeping market downturn saw numerous major corporations slide as investors reassessed dozens of sectors. Leading names such as Anaconda, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, IBM, and US Steel faced notable declines, with many rail and chemical firms also easing while utilities and consumer goods stocks drifted lower.
Sinclair Reaches Settlement With Mexico Over Expropriation
May 6 Washington Sinclair Oil Company has settled with Mexico over seizure of oil properties. Mexico’s position on arbitration remains under review by the State Department. Separate deals involve contracts for Mexican petroleum sales totaling about 54 million dollars, with several United States firms named in the agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sinclair Oil Company
Mexico
Mexico City
State Department
United States
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Hull
Department
Sinclair Oil
Consolidated Oil Company
Sinclair
Jesus Sliva Herzog
Mexican Petroleum Distribution Agency
First National Oil Corporation
New York City
New York
Herve
Standard Oil
Man in Four Years Personal Crisis Report
CLEARFIELD May 6 A 25 year old man Herman W Pears of Troutville ended his life by carbon monoxide poisoning after writing his mother he was tired of it all Coroner E E Erhard reported the body found yesterday in the front seat of a relative's car parked on a rural road near Troutville an exhaust pipe hose connected to the interior was noted by the coroner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
Herman W. Pears
Troutville
E. E. Erhard
Pence
Erhard
Peace
Markets and Livestock Notes From Pittsburgh and Chicago
Livestock prices in Pittsburgh show hogs down with weights 180-180 Ibs at 6.00-6.25, 220-250 at 6.40, calves steady around 10.50-11.50 for good to choice. Cattle range from steers 9.00-11.00, cows 6.00-7.00, bulls 6.75-7.50, sheep steady 9.50-9.75 for good to choice. Produce and grains report mixed demand in Pittsburgh and Chicago markets with apples and potatoes listed and wheat and corn prices in early Chicago trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Coimmon
Pittsburgh, May
New York
Rome
Chicago
College Weather Forecast With Clouds and Rain
Increasing cloudiness and warmer today bring showers tonight and tomorrow. Readings show 53 degrees, highs near 4, lows around 36, humidity near 40 percent. Barometric pressure today 99.64, yesterday 99.79. Forecast notes risk to flowers if southerly winds persist.
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Rtlanders
Stockholm
Berlin
Narvik
Arctic
Hammerfest
Kirkanes
Soviet Russia
Namson
Goteborg
Laura Reiter
Ili
John A. Reiter
Petroleum Industries
State’s Motor Fund
International Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
American Red Cross
Poland
Hungary
Rumania
Lithuania
Latvia
England
Finland
Red Cross
Davis
Roosevelt
Uiter
State College Borough
Cye
Teylor
Ati Refining
Beth Steel
Beises Mig
Ty Canad Pacific
Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Cong
Edison Corn
Douglas Aicraft du Pont de N
Eastman Kodak
Auto-Lite
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors Gen
Gillette
Sai A Greyhound Corp
Hard-Walker
Interlake Tron
Int Harvester
Int
Nick Can
Tel
Kennecott Cop Kresge
Loew's Inc
Montgom Ward Nash-Kelvinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Disti
U. S
College
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