Roosevelt presses new anti trust plan to curb monopolies
President Roosevelt proposes modifying anti trust laws to allow production and wage agreements while barring creation of monopolies. An emergency body like the War Industries Board would oversee industry actions to prevent unfair practices and enforce agreements. He warns that sweatshop labor and underpaid wages flourish in low spirits markets and pledges government planning and enforcement.
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George E. Durno
INS
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
War Industries Board
White House
Scout Camp Event at Y M C A Tonight
Scouts of the William Penn Council gather for a YMCA camp event tonight with Camp Cook Marty Glassner in town for the annual William Penn reunion. The report notes his participation despite not aligning with certain side-show features. Continued on Page Three.
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William Penn Council
Marty Glassner
William Penn
Cook Glassner
Brothers Held in Cape Cod Abduction Plot
Kenneth and Gyril Buck were arrested in connection with a Cape Cod abduction plot involving Peggy McMath of Harwich Port. Peggy and her mother were reunited after Peggy was found aboard the yacht Bob, owned by William Lee, a friend of the McMaths.
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Peggy McMath
Harwich Port
Mars
Gyril Buck
Kenneth
Peggy
Margaret McMath
Bob
William Lee
McMaths
Graceton Man In Auto Crash Near Blairsville
Pete Strini 24 of Graceton sustained a nose fracture and facial cuts when the car crashed into a telephone pole on Indiana Route Penn highway near Blairsville. Driver Steve Hrebik said he lost control after being blinded by an oncoming car’s lights. Strini was taken to Indiana Hospital in favorable condition.
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Pete Strini
Graceton
Indiana Road
Fies Penn Highway
Blairsville
Steve Hrebik
Strini
Indiana
Hyebik
Mrs Robeson Heads Council of Republican Women
Mrs George Robeson was named president of the Council of Republican Women in the Moore Hotel Saturday afternoon. Elected as vice presidents were Morris Rothstein, Mrs Jane Mack, Mrs W G Bracken, and Mrs Wallace Cunningham. Papers were read by Mrs W A Moss on the Geneva Conference and Mrs Dale Timberlake on How We Day for Our Highways. Tea was served with Mrs B Dwight Ray in charge.
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George Robeson
Council of Republican Women
Moore Hetel
Morris Rothstein
Janes Mack
W. G. Bracken
Wallace Cunningham
W. A. Moss
Dale Timberlake
B. Dwight Ray
Treasury Balance Official Figures
Treasury balance as of May 5 shows total about 523.55 million dollars. Expenditures amount to 14.11 million and customs receipts reach 4.06 million, reflecting a detailed accounting snapshot.
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Washington
INS
Treasury
WRG Radio Off Air Due to Engineering Limits
Local station WRG is off air after the Federal Radio Commission denies license due to inadequate engineering facilities. Commission officials say Pennsylvania’s small stations are full on one channel and no additional licenses can be issued until channel sharing improves. Owner Ross P. Steetle thanks the public for support and notes minimal interference during operation. Indiana may need new engineering developments for a federal station in the future.
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WRG
Ross P. Steetle
Federal Radio Commission
Commission
Pennsylvania
Steetle
Indiana
Seventeen Pass Driver Tests in Kittanning Area
Seventeen candidates earned licenses after Pennsylvania State Police tests on Friday in Kittanning. Of 24 applicants, 17 passed. seven failed due to poor driving or lack of knowledge. Successful examinees include Anna Munson, Paul Shoemaker, Raymond Nulph, Ralph White, Clyde Wis, and several others from New Bethlehem, Kittanning, and surrounding towns.
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Kivtanning
Leenges
Pennsylvania Motor Patrol
Anna B. Munson
South Seventyshest
Indiana
Paul Shoemaker
New Bethlehem
Raymond Nulph
Ralph White
Pow Run Kk
Clyde R. Wises
Sitlanningye
Chair Prailey
Sheloca
Charles Mathews
Kitlinving
Morris Kaplan
Willanuing
Raymond A. Wiles
Ast
Brady
Laverne Wolfe
Chestnut Street
Indian
Mars
Y. M. Denning
Levchburg
Andraw Gurdell
Kittanning
R. G. Margaret Matthews
Kittannings
Michwel Ut. Wer
Yatesboro
Barn Louise Shoemaker
New Bathlehonys
Charles A. Shatter
Wreepork Rea Gy
Pedyshyn
Foard Clty
Missionary Broadcast Delights United Presbyterians in Far Lands
The final season broadcast from Station KDKA pleased United Presbyterian missionaries abroad with a strong reception in the United States. The program largely featured Rev. W. J. Mellvaine of Indiana’s First United Presbyterian Church and the church choir, with other noted mission figures including Miss Emma Dean Anderson.
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United Presbyterian Church
Foreign Lands
United States
KDKA
United Presbyterian
First United Presbyterian Church of Indiana
VT. J. Mellvaine
Choir
First Church
Emma Dean Anderson
Seismograph Records Quake Off Southwest Coast of Mexico
A severe earthquake was recorded about 2,400 miles southwest of New York. Mordham University seismograph logged the first shock at 6:00 A M daylight saving time, with the tremor continuing for two and a half hours. Indications place the quake off Mexico's southwest coast.
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New York
Mordham University
Mexico
Tea Toper Tavern rehearsals spark village mixups
Rehearsals for the three act comedy drama Tea Toper Tavern proceed as Young People's Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church sponsors two evening performances in the church fellowship hall. John Higin stars as the tavern owner mistaken for a hired man, while Mary Parkin Helen Engle and Adelaide Walt lease the tavern. The play, directed by Miss Viola Simpson, features a village police sign misfire and tense business, promising an entertaining night.
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Young People's Council of the Method
St Episcopal Church
John Higin
Mary Parkin
Ifelon Engle
Adelaide Walt
Olin Floning
Memorial Day Plans Outlined in Indiana
Memorial Day will begin with a morning parade ending at Memorial Park for services. On Sabbath May 28, Rev J J McIlvaine invites GA R and patriotic groups to attend the morning service at First United Presbyterian church. Memorial services for the year’s deceased will be held at Memorial Hall with Comrades John Jacoby and John W Hill honored. Programs run by the Woman’s Relief Corps Sons of Union Veterans and its Auxiliary. County Commissioners approve purchase of 24 gross of flags to decorate graves in Indiana County cemeteries.
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Indiana
Memoral Park
J. J. McIlvaine
GA. R
First United Presbyterian Church
Memorial Hall
John Jacoby
John WH. Hill
Women’s Retief Corps
Sons of Union Veterans
Tndlana County
Gandhi Begins His Untouchable Fast in India
Poona India May g Beginning at noon Gandhi the idol of India's teeming millions began a fast against untouchability. The frail leader planned a 21 day fast. Daviers and friends feared the ordeals could prove fatal.
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Poona
India
INS
Mahatma Gandhi
Lond
Daviers
Japs renew Sino offensive in North China clashes
Shanghai dispatch reports heavy Japanese casualties as the eighth division suffered severe losses near Chihfengkow and the Mogi cavalry brigade was halved by a Chinese surprise attack. Tokyo aims to drive Chinese forces east of the Lawn river as Japanese and Manchukuo troops push toward the Peiping Tientsin area with skirmishes near the American camp at Chinwangtao and at Peitaiho.
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Shanghai
China
Chihfengkow
Mogi
Chinege
Lawn River
John Gortte
Q. N. S. Stat
Priping
INS
Peiping-Tientsin
Lawn River Triangle
Great Wall
Joseph G. Felber
Fifteenth Infantry
Chinwangtao
United States Legation
Manchukuo
Busan
Nantageu
Peitaiho
Shanhdikwan
King Kong Opens at Ritz Tonight
The fifty foot prehistoric ape King Kong, a Merian C Cooper and Ernest B Schoedsack production, travels from a untamed world to a mechanized city. Fay Wray plays the girl with Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot. Open tonight at the Ritz Theatre with showings through Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Kong
R-K-O
Fay Wray
Robert Armstrong
Bruce Cabot
Merian C. Cooper
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Ritz ‘Theatre
Million Dollar Fire Devastates Maine Town in May Inferno
A major blaze in Fellsworth Maine raged for seven hours before containment, destroying the business district and extending into residential areas. Authorities suspect arson, with estimates ranging up to 2.5 million dollars in damage. Police deputized hundreds to guard burned zones as relief efforts began.
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Felllsworth
Hancock Hall
Harold A. Moore
Memchers
American Region Post
Htula
Three Killed in Tennessee Twister
A tornado struck Tipton County near Covington Tennessee injuring many and killing three. Over 60 buildings were razed as a twister carved through the area. Also reports of miniature tornadoes hit Remsen Bondurant and Sioux City causing damage and uprooted trees.
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Nashville, Tenn, May
Tripton County
Coveington
Sioux City
Remsen
Three Mile
Bondurant
Mining Group Opens Five Day Convention in Pittsburgh
About 3,500 coal operators and allied industrialists began a five day meeting of the Amalgamated Mining Congress coal convention in Pittsburgh. The convention aims to tackle the mass issue of placing 200,000 displaced miners and their half million dependents, with government involvement likely. Speakers included N A Emslie, George C. McFadden, and Carl Scholz, as an exhibit of mining machinery brands and cooperative sales plans drew attention.
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Pittsburgh
May
INS
Aimgsiean Mining Congress
J. 2. Warriner
Philadelphia
Congress
Alse
Avag
Cooperative Sales Agency
United States
Suprceme Court
Appalachian Coats, Inc
N. A. Emslie
Fairmont Field
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
George C. McFadden
Peabody Coal Company
Carl Scholz
Charlestown
Conant is New Head of Harvard
Cambridge Mass May 8 INS Professor James Bryant Conant on his 40th birthday was elected president of Harvard University to succeed retiring A Lawrence Lowell He has been Shelton Amery professor of organic chemistry and a Harvard chemistry board member The Harvard Corporation elected him and the Overseers will meet June 22 to confirm the selection unless unforeseen circumstances arise
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Cambridge
Mass
INS
James Bryant Conant
Harvard University
A. Lawrence Lowell
Conant
Shelton Amery
Harvird Chemistry
Harvard Corporation
Whch
Lowell
Lindberghs Land Bound by Rain in Columbus
Columbus Ohio May. A heavy rain and low ceiling may keep Colonel and Mrs Charles Lindbergh here today. Officials at Port Columbus Airport said they doubted he would attempt a landing unless the weather cleared. The Lindberghs landed around 582 o'clock last night after approaching without floodlight aid.
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Columbus
Charles
Lindbergh
Port Columbus
Lindberghs
Wolf at Doorstep Chases Man and Breaks Near Calc Doorstep
Chicago May 8 MS Ben Busch encountered a gray timber wolf at his home the animal chased him around the house and camped on the doorstep Two policemen responded the wolf chased an officer up a woodshed and was captured without casualties
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Chicago
Ben Busch
Buck brothers in Provincetown kidnap case arraigned
Kenneth Buck 28 and his brother Cyril Buck were arraigned in the district court at Provincetown Massachusetts on a $100000 bond as two other suspects in the kidnapping of Ry McMath a ten year old boy and his brother. Buck initially said there were two or more accomplices then refused to clarify under questioning.
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Provincetown
Maas
Kenneth Buck
Ry McMath
Hed
Cyril Buck
Math
Kenneth
Cyril
Robert A. Welch
James L. Kilgalle
INS
Mast
Peegy McMath
Boston
Robert Wel
Inc
Italian Hall at Rossiter Burned in Fire Disaster
Fire destroyed Italian Hall and a frame dwelling in Rossiter early Saturday. Goldridge estate owned structures near the hall and home occupied by Mr. and Mrs. John Steinberg. Flames were seen bursting from windows before firefighters arrived. substantial losses estimated around 500 to 2000 for the hall and 1500 for the home.
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Hossitar
Goldridge
John Steinberg
Weds Author Fifty Three Years Her Senior
Miss Virginia McCall, 22, marries Dr Alb Shaw, 75, noted author and editor of New York, at Gainesville. The ceremony unites a young bride with a much senior husband, drawing public interest to their union and its social implications.
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Cupid
Virginia McCall
Alb Shaw
New York
Gainesville
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Johnstown R. D
Albert Lad
Tee Hospital
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Bennett
M. E. Bennett
Oakland
Leon P. Bennett
Cambria County Board of Poor Directors
Mrs. Robeson
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Gandhi
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Sino
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Tientin
U. S. Camp
Ritz
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