Signs of Stress Grow in Asia and Europe News
As tension rises across Asia and Europe, the French government and public opinion pressure Britain to align with Soviet influence. In Palestine, Jews pursue economic protests against British plans for Arab dominance. In Syria, Druze rebels push for independence amid Hatay reattachment to Turkey. In Japan, ministers agree on Europe policy but offer no terms. In London, British leaders hint at aligning with Russia as talks proceed in Paris. Goebbels responds to Chamberlain’s peace plan with a weapons-focused stance. Mussolini heads to address a Piedmont mass meeting as Italy moves toward the Rome Berlin axis alliance.
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Asia
Europe
Britain
Bari
Palestine
Holy Land
Syria
Republic of
Hatay
Alexandretta
Turkey
Far East
Japan
London
Russia
Paris
Viscount Halifax
Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Ivan Maisky
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Bonnet
France
Paul Dus
Goebbels
Chamberlain
Galeazzo Ciano
Rome
Berlin
Rome-Berlin
Mussolini
Piedmont
Coal Strike Tension Lingers in Kentucky Mines
In Harlan County the coal operators association still refuses the United Mine Workers union shop contract while a potential joint meeting with miners is discussed. Federal aid steps in as food demands rise and security measures are tightened at bridges and highways amid fears of communist influence. In Pittsburgh normalcy returns as mines reopen, railroads recall workers, and freight operations gradually resume after a nationwide stoppage.
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Harlan County Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers
Adeline Keil
WPA
Joe Burman
Highway Patrol
Tennessee
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
New York
Indiana
West Virginia
Washington
Hoffman
Richigan
Murphy
Congress
Harlan County
Department of Justice
Brien McMahon
United States
Tasey
London
Harlan Field
Pittsburgh
Gagom
Nuncies
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Wheetur Pennsylvania
U. S. Steel Corporal
Bethlehem Steel opens captive mine in Cambria County
Industrial Collieries Corporation, a Bethlehem Steel subsidiary, announced reopening today of its captive workings in Cambria County employing 1,400 workers. The move follows a renewed labor agreement with the United Mine Workers and signals other captive mine operators may follow Big Steel in dropping union shop clauses.
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Tion
Umw
Big Steel
Industrial Collieries Corporation
Bethlehem Steel
Cambria County
Davis to Row to King Queen in Embassy Garden Party
May 20 report describes Senator Davis and his wife invited to a British Embassy garden party for King and Queen. Davis, born a British subject, lives near Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay and was initially excluded from guest classifications. His daughter joked about turning the Davis sun porch into a bleacher concession.
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Washington
Congress
Britain
Jane
Davis
Ronald Lindsay
Foreign Relations Committee
Davis Sun
Pendergast to plead guilty in tax evasion case
Democratic Boss Tom Pendergast will plead guilty in federal court to income tax evasion charges, paying about 450000 in taxes and penalties. The move followed conferences with his lawyers U S District Attorney Maurice Milligan and Judge Merrill E Otis, Kansas City Star reports.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City Star
Pendergast
U.S
Maurice Milligan
Merrill E. Otis
Treasury balance and receipts report May 18
Washington May 20 Treasury balance shows receipts of 10494 405.71 and expenditures of 24742 929.29 for May 18 leaving a net balance of 3 015 196 906.17 Customs receipts for the month total 15 470 771.01 Treasury figures reflect ongoing fiscal activity and month end accounting.
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Washington
Treasury
Mass murder case quick arraignments slated in Philadelphia
Philadelphia May 20 The Commonwealth clears the deck for mass arraignment and quick trials of a dozen charged with murder and manslaughter in wholesale indictments from an insurance murder syndicate probe. Twenty-eight bills against eight men and four women cite deaths over ten years. Arraignments set for Tuesday with swift trials. several defendants linked to multiple poisonings and drownings.
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Philadelphia
The
Commonwealth
Vincent P. McDevitt
Dominic Rodio
Cleveland
Jebo Arena
New Jersey
Two Injured in Barnyards In Indiana Incident
Two youths suffered injuries in separate barnyard accidents in Indiana late yesterday. Ralph Sulsgiver, 19, of Inai mint R. D. 8, fractured a collar bone after a motorcycle fell on him. Ida May Fetterman, 11, of Marion Center Ri Do, sustained a severe hip laceration when she fell.
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Indiana
Ralph Sulsgiver
R. D
Ida May Fetterman
Marion Center
Goebbels Declares Weapons Are Best Arguments in Face of Peace Offer
Berlin May 206-41 Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels tells a Nagy gathering in Cologne that there is no better argument than weapons as Britain’s peace plans are discussed. He warns democracy is failing and praises German leadership as Britain seeks a low range peace, while Hitler moves north along the western line.
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Goebbels
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Berlains
Germany
Cologne
Hitler
Obituary notes for Adams and others in Nanty-Glo area
Obituary continues from page one for Samuel L. Adams, 64, Heisley Coal employee for 24 years, who died at home after a year and a half illness in Nanty-Glo. Survived by widow Ellen Adams and ten children, with grandchildren and siblings listed. Funeral at Belsano United Brethren Church. Also notices: Heuge Dal of Clymer dies in Indiana hospital after illness. Rev. Wilson W. Elrick, Western Pennsylvania evangelist, dies at Windber Hospital after 43 years in ministry.
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Samuel L. Adams
Heisley Coal Company
Nanty-Glo
John
Rebecca T Miller
Adams
Strongstown
Clearfield County
United Brethren Church
Belsano
Ellen (Adams) Adams
Laird D. Adams
Indiana
S. Miles Adams
Portland
Ore
William R
Clayton R. Adams
Norman Nipps
Wanly-Glo
Webster Mahan
Clair Shuman
Twin Rocks
Jack McGuire
Detroit, Mich
Heuge Dal
Af Clymer
Indijana
Norway
Tio
Canada
Dehl
Clymer
John Roach
John W. Kennedy
Roach
Sixth Street
Greenwood Cemetery
Wilson W. Elrick
Pensylvania
Windber Hospital
Elrick
Cumbia
Cherrytree
Marchand
June wedding bells in offing for Social Security records
The Social Security Board prepares for its annual peak of name change requests as 1,000,000 changes have occurred in old age insurance records. Changes run about 1,500 daily, driven largely by new marriages and women adopting payroll names. Aimed to capture both actual and payroll names, forms are distributed to field offices to simplify processing.
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Social Security Board
Richard C. Wrestling
Johnstown
Mr. Wrestling
Wrestling
Elizabeth
Betty
Lisbeth
Beth
Bette
Lizzie
Oldtimer Exalted by Church ties and family ties
Obituary notes the marriage of a Pittsburgh Conference member and Lewistown orphanage director to Miss Malinda Slick on May 15 1888 in Brookville now observing a List anniversary. Surviving children include Grace Cairney and granddaughter Leota Jean Cairney. Interment planned at Grandview Cemetery Johnstown. Mrs Susan Petrenich Ruben dies in Clymer aged 60 with extensive family survivors. Funeral at St Michael Greek Catholic Church Clymer.
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Pittsburgh
Conference
Lewistown
Malinda Slick
Brookville
Grace
John Cairney
Johnstown
Leota Jean Cairney
Russell Avenue
Moxham
M. W. Kelly
Ferndale Evangelical Church
Grandview Cemetery
John Ruben
Susan (Petrenich) Ruben
Clymer
Austria
United States
George Hatricko
Andrew Federinko
Joseph Yevchak
John Wolfe
Johnsonburg
George Ruben
Dixonville
Stephen Ruben
John Girman
Philipsburg
St. Michael Greek Catholic Church
Father Kurtz
Bean Soup Limitations In Franco Prisons Revealed
Ten Americans who spent at least a year in Franco prisons aboard the President Roosevelt describe their experiences in Spain. They faced daily bean soup, a staple of prison meals, and recount their meals and captivity including names Julio Alvarez Angel Perez Andrew Casa among the travelers returning to New York.
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New York
Spain
President Roosevelt
Julio Alvarez
Angel Perez
Dolova
Andrew Casa
Philadelphia
Two Clocks For Student Watch In Indiana High
Two clocks will mark the graduation season for Indiana High School 1939 graduates. The Rogers Credit Jewelers clock at 660 Philadelphia Street lists 267 names and will end in about ten days, naming the two Elgin wrist watch winners. The Luxenberg clock at 651 Philadelphia Street features graduate pictures and will start next Friday at noon, with Bulova watches awarded to a boy and a girl.
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Indiana High School
Rogers Credit Jewelers
Philadelphia Street
J. H. Luxenberg
Rogers
Elgin
Luxenberg
Forver
Bud McNaughton
Bulova
GOP Leaders Move Toward Adjournment in 1939 Session
Harrisburg dispatch reports Republican leaders plan to adjourn next week after week-end talks. Owlett says relief, liquor and workmen’s compensation may go to conference, with Senate allowing House tweaks. Audit results show 113 relief cases cut in Indiana County and 77 dropped overall. Dauphin and other counties studied. Kane anthracite quota bill faces Senate action. independents claim potential 53 percent output impact.
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Harrisburg
Atretch
G. Mason Owlett
Owlett
House
Senate
Auditor General's Department
Indiana County
Warren &. Roberts
James
Dauphin County
Highway Department
Frank L. Pinola
Paul N. Schaeffer
Bertis County
Carl B. Shelley
Earle
House of Representatives
G. Albert Stewart
Antiques For State Museum Mill Truck and Stone Hoist
North of Punxsutawney, Lee S and S presents to the Pennsylvania Historical Commission for the State Museum at Harrisburg an all wooden mill truck and a water mill grinding stone hoist over 100 years old. Both come from Mol tarn's Mill along Liuwle Mahoning creek in East Mas honing township and remain well preserved showing fine millwright craftsmanship.
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Lee S&s
Punxsutawney
Pennsylvania Historical Commission
Harrisburg
Moltarn
Liuwle Mahoning Creek
East Mashoning Township
Roundup for Preschool Age Set for May 25 26
The annual preschool round-up will be held May 25 and 26 in elementary buildings. Dr Charles E Rink and Mrs Reynolds will supervise along with principals. Registration and medical exams occur at Horace Mann on the 25th and Thaddeus Stevens on the 26th. Parents of children entering school next fall should attend.
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Charles E. Rink
Reynolds
Horace Mann
Thaddeus Stevens
Somerset County Buys Coal Mine in Tax Drive
Somerset County commissioners bid 8750 to acquire bankrupt Shallmar Coal Mining holdings to recover about 23000 in taxes. Bidder David Blosser will file objections. sale to be presented to Bankruptcy Referee Leland Walker for confirmation. County solicitor Lands says sale aims to restore tax revenue and avoid losses from bankruptcy.
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Somerset
Somerset County
Iself
Shallmar Coal Mining Company
David Blosser
Johnstown
James B. Lands
Blosser
Landis
Leland W. Walker
Lithuania Gets New Port For Memel Loss
Germany agreed to build a new port for Lithuania about two miles south of Memel as part of a trade pact signed by Joachim von Ribbentrop and Juozas Urbsys Urbiys. Lithuania also gains two free port zones in Memel harbor following Germany’s March annexation.
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Berlin
Germany
Lithuania
Memel
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Juozas Urbiys
Mind Your Manners Quiz Answers and Scenarios
A reader asks about social etiquette cases including how to greet in public and whether a man should walk with a woman, if a young girl should rise, what implements to use for duchess cake, and whether a guest should request tea instead of coffee. The suggested solutions include walking beside her, yes for rising, a fork for cake, and coffee preference is hostesses choice.
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Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania
College Weather Report Means Cloudy and Cooler
The college weather note shows a cloudy cooler day with intermittent showers. At 6 a.m. the temperature is 60 degrees, with a high of 82 and a low of 58 in the last 24 hours, and no precipitation. May total is 0.02 inch, well below the May average of 4.25 inches. Barometric pressure rose from 29.55 yesterday to 29.60 today.
Thompson's Borsoma Tablets Promise Restored Good Health
Suffering from aches and dizziness readers are urged to try Thompson's Borsoma Tablets for quick relief. Claims include aiding organs in removing wastes and acids, with a 50 cent price at druggists. Also promotes Golden Lax Tablets at 25c and Daugherty's Cut Rate Drug Store.
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Thompson
Daugherty
Aoe
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Pietro Stea
Herman Petrillo
Paul
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Valente
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Ceecha
Deutsche Dienst
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Mutua
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Allied
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Aviation ‘Corp
Balt & Ohio
Barnsdall Oil
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Blaw-Knox
Borden
Calumet & Hee
Cater Pil Tractor
Celanese Corp
Ches & Ohio
Bill Chrysler Corp
Colgate-Palm-P Colum G & Et
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Selvents
Comwith & Sautn
Edison Consol
Keity Goodrich
North
Hudson Motor Ata
Ilinois Central
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Flint Harvester
Nick Can
Johns-Manville
Sble
Kennecott
Cop
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Montgom Ward
Murray Corp
Nash-Kelyinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat Cash
Nat Dairy
Nat Steel
Central RR
North Ameria
Northern Pacific
Bris Ohio Oil Shackard Motor
Param
Penn RR
Phillips Petchy Procter and Gam
Sve NJ
Pullman
Pure Oil
Radio Corp
Ge Radio-Keith-Orph Repub
Stzell
Tob
Schenley Distill
Sears Roebuck
Shell Union Oil
Simmons Co
Socony-Vacuum
Southern Pacific
Southern Ry
Sperry Corp
Cal
Stand
Ind
Studebaker Corp
Swift and Co
Texas Corp
NBS
Texas Gulf Sylph
Tex Pac L ‘Trust
Union Carbide
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US Steel
Warner Bros Prit
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Committee On un-American Activities
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America
Antiques For State Museum
Somerset CO
Shallmar Holdings
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