Pennsylvania primary returns split Roosevelt lead with Dewey strong write-ins
Official returns show Democratic voters in Pennsylvania backing Roosevelt with 724,860 votes for a third term. Dewey polled 51,428 write-ins, more than all other Republican nominees combined. James received 9,638, Taft 4,829, Vandenberg 2,153, Hoover 1,134, with various others and extensive county results. Roosevelt led in several counties, including Allegheny and Philadelphia, while James carried Lawrence County as his largest write-in for governor.
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Harrisburg
State Elections Bureau
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Dewey
James
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Herbert Hoover
Wendell Wilkie
Utilities Executive
Frank Garnett
New York
James A. Farley
Cordell Hull
John Nance Garner
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
J. W. Bricker
Garner
Hull
Farley
Wheeler
Taft
Vandenberg
Hoover
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Allegheny County
Luzerne
Lackawanna
Westmoreland
Schuylkill
Washington
Berks
Cambria
Fayette
York
Northampton
Montgomery
Northumberland
Abe
Lawrence County
Luzerne County
Roosevelt defense bill grants $1.82 billion for land forces
The measure enacts all appropriations urged by President Roosevelt for the land forces in his defense message. Republican opposition faded as leaders signaled no broad fight, with only one section drawing tentative GOP objections over a $128,000,000 allocation.
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Roosevelt
Relief Fund Fight Over WPA Spending Structures
Washington May 22 After two administration victories the House fight over next year s relief fund boiled down to minor restrictions on WPA spending for eight months starting July 1 Democrats rejected a Republican bid to decentralize WPA with direct grants to communities and opposed boosting the fund to cover twelve months with a higher total.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt Presses Defense Spending Amid Debate and Crisis
President Roosevelt outlined defense needs and warned against crowding profits from misfortune while labor should not strike for higher wages in defense plants. He described refugees in Europe and pointed to German air force targets. Congress moved to lift the Army air corps cap from 6,000 to 10,000 and to authorize 10,000 naval planes, advancing toward a 50,000-plane goal.
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Europea
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Uncle Sam
House
Army Air Corps
Army
Navy
Sullinger Rites Set At Blairsville Residence
Fatality notice for a Blairsville area resident, Sullinger, with surviving widow Stella Kunkle Sullinger and extended family. Services held at his late residence Saturday at 2 p m by Rev Salladay of Blairsville Methodist Church. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Blairsville
Sullinger
Blacklick Township
Stella
Kunkle) Sullinger
Leroy Cleckner
Mansfield
Ghia
Edward Miller
George Munroe
Milwaukee
Wis
Ira Kephart
Punxsutawney
Harry Greer
Kittanning
Wilbur Bennett
Blacklick
Norman Miller
Elsirsville
William
Homer City
Guy
Robinson
Edward
Coulter
David
Lorraine
Ohio
Clarence
Salladay
Blairsville Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
President faces calls over coalition cabinet plan
At a press conference the President said invitations were sent to various individuals to help with the current situation. He dismissed talk of a coalition cabinet as misinformed and noted he had not heard of such a plan before. Hoover objects to a coalition government while Rep. Martin denounces the move as a cover for a third term, warning it could threaten the two-party system.
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Washington
United States
Knox
Navy
Herbert Hoover
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
House
Roosevelt
France Premiers Claim Meuse Bridge Failure Led German Advance
Premier Reynaud stated that French failure to destroy the River Meuse bridges allowed rapid German push into France. He warned if France can hold out for a month, victory is three quarters assured, and affirmed France will hold out. Germans announce seizure of Abbeville Arras.
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Meuse
Premier Reynaud
France
Abbeville
Arras
Europe
Romania
Carol
Abbeyville
English Channel
St. Pol
Montreiul
Somme
Paris
More Roads Than Money Drives Statewide Dissent
State Highway Department warns Pennsylvania has over 40,000 miles of state roads, funded at 62 million of 109 million in annual motorist revenue. Officials urge home rule limits and advocate joint purchases to curb centralized control amid a push for local efficiency.
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Pittsburgh
State Highway Department
Pennsylvania
C.H. Buckius
Buckius
Highway Department
Texas
Keystone
Buckins
Rollin B. Posey
University of Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
War Profiteering Tax Rise Amid Allied Advances
An international briefing notes a 100 percent excess profits tax to curb war profiteering. Meanwhile Allied forces report renewed momentum with French troops recapturing Arras, as British and Belgian forces fight from a doomed salient. German claims speak of rapid motorcycle raids and possible advances toward Paris, supported by circulating Berlin rumors.
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Pire
Arras
English Channel
Chanen
Faris
Berlin
Soissons
Fland
Democrats Choose Chairman In PennsylvanIa Roosevelt Drive
Meredith Meyers of Lewistown was elected state chairman of the Pennsylvania Democrats to back a Roosevelt third term. He pledged victory in November and named new appointments including Paul C. Lewis and Walter Miller. The state committee approved a pro Roosevelt resolution and elected officers and executive members across districts.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Meredith Meyers
Lewistown
Roosevelt
Henry A. Brockerhoff
Bellefonte
Meyers
Paul C. Lewis
Philadelphia
Ralph M. Bashore
Pottsville
Walter Miler
Pittsburgh
Harriisburg
Carl K Deen
Camp Hill
Luther A. Haar
State Committee
District
Cameron
Centre
Blair
Clearfield
Clinton
Lycoming
McKean
Potter and Tioga
Richard F. Hartzell
Lock Haven
Marion
Stone
Coudersport
Fayette
Greene
Somerset
Washington
Westmoreland
George H. McWherter
Greensburg
Clara Buttermore
Uniontown
Ter
Armstrong
Beaver
Butler
Cambria
Indiana
Jefferson
Lawrence
Glen T. Black, Jr
Kittanning R. D
Kathryn Q. Maguire
Johnstown
Clarion
Crawford, Elk
Erie
Forest
Mercer
Venanno
Warren
Kenneth W. Thompson
Eric
Nellie G. Walker
Democratic State Committee
Left
David L. Lawrence
Joseph F. Guffey
Germans advance in Somme sector amid uncertain French stance
War reports describe a widening German drive north of the Somme from Amiens to Cambrai, with paratroopers and raids near Abbeyville and Abbeville. France and Britain vow to hold against the breakout as Allied forces plan counterattacks while Air forces strike southeast England. Royal warnings note mobilization across Romania and renewed fear of invasion.
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Ers
Walter von Reichenau
Adolf Hitler
Somme
Amiens
Arras
Abbeville
Cambrai
Abbeyville
Lorraine
France
Eighth Army
Walther von Reichenau
England
Wire Tappers Hear Talk Of Philadelphia Politicians
Senate committee discussed subpoenas for persons tied to wire tapping and a possible deal to place advertising machines in Pennsylvania State Liquor stores. Charles J. Brown testified of microphones in hotel rooms in Philadelphia and New York and named figures including Basil Needham and Philadelphia politicians Jack Kelly Jack Barrett and Leo Crosson as involved in meetings and potential contracts. Brown said he made about 40 recordings related to the Philadelphia work.
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Washington
Senate
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
William P. Maloney
Charles J. Brown
Moreland Electric Company
New York
Brown
Rhode Island
Frank B. Bielaski
L. V. Jackvony
Republican National Committee
Nia
State Liquor Board
Basil ‘Needham
Needham
Mike
Jack” Kelly
Jack Barrett
Leo Crosson
Oliver Byron
Philadelphis
New Marchand Church Begins
The Rev. FE. L. Nicely will lay the cornerstone of a new Marchand church Sunday at 4 p.m. Services head by Rev. G. Paul Garand. The stone building replaces a brick church built in 1898 which burned January 21. Dedicatory services are planned for early August.
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FE. L. Nicely
Johnstown
The
Evangelical Church
Marchand
G. Paul Garand
Red Cross partial report from Indiana chairmen
Indiana chairmen have turned in a partial report listing donations across many sectors. Items include Indiana State Teachers College 398.05, Jewelers 37.00, Dress Shops 32.00, Furniture Stores 36.00, Dentists 10.00, Physicians 22.00, Ministers 45.00, and others such as Banks 18.00 and Insurance Companies 85.00. The note warns that every day's delay costs lives without aid.
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Indiana
Indiana State Teachers College
Man Stabs Woman Then Ends Life in Church Steps
Philadelphia report states Henry Collett, 56, stabbed Mary Ida Woods, 58, with a dental instrument after asking her to pray. He then slashed his throat on church steps, dying soon after. Woods, Collett's longtime assistant, suffered wounds to hands and face and may lose her sight.
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Philadelphia
Mary Ida Woods
Henry Collett
Miss Woods
Charles Brown
Collett
Collet
Four Ambulance Members Missing in War Zone
In Paris on May 22, four young members of Anne Morgan's American Ambulance Unit were reported missing while officials said five others previously missing were dead or German prisoners. The four were last seen driving wounded south of a town in the northern war zone.
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Paris
Anne Morgan
Allied air raid targets Aachen as Netherlands East Indies news rise
The British air force bombed the German town of Aix la Chapelle near the Belgium Dutch and German borders with planes diving repeatedly though failing to hit military objectives. No civilian casualties were reported. In Canberra, Prime Minister Menzies said Australia will raise a third army division for overseas service as about 90,000 Australians and New Zealanders already serve in the Near East.
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Aachen
Aix la Chapelle
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Canberra
Australia
R. G. Menzies
New
Italo British Accord Seen In London May 12
The incident in which British embassy staff in Rome were molested has been satisfactorily disposed of between the Italian foreign minister and Britain’s ambassador in Rome, Foreign Office undersecretary R. A. Butler told the House of Commons. Sir Percy Geraine had asked the Italian government for an explanation.
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London
Rome
R. A. Butler
House of Commons
Percy Geraine
Relief and Pension Grants by Type and Cost Share
The report lists monthly averages for General Assistance, Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children, and Blind Pensions with totals of 3,420 cases, 10,028 persons, and 86,108.03 dollars. It notes that Special Assistance costs are split fifty fifty between State and Federal governments.
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Thomson
Stock market up as buyers return. aviation and steel lead gains
New York May 22 stock market and major commodities rise after a steep two week selloff. Trading fair with mixed trends as buying in aircrafts, steel and industrials offsets ongoing declines in Du Pont and Goodyear. Major names like United Aircraft, Douglas, Martin advance while many others slip.
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New York
Yeaterday
Stock Exchange
Douglas
United Aircraft
Martin
Allied Chemical
Johns Manville
du Pont
Goodyear
American Telephone and Standard of New Jersey
Bankers Leader Warns of Debt Crisis and Unity
Claude E H Bennett of Tioga Pa told the 46th annual Pennsylvania Bankers Association meeting in Atlantic City that the United States faces perhaps the greatest crisis in its history due to public debt. He urged economies and a non partisan leadership to pursue a rational financial program amid wartime pressures. The convention winds up Friday with E E Bown of Clearfield expected to be elected president.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Pennsylvania Bankers’ Association
Claude E H. Bennett
Tioga
Tine
United States
Bennett
Pennsylvania
E. E. Bown
Clearfield
Te Association
Lutherans Hear Mission Reports and Synod Actions
May 22 reports from Butler and Johnstown detail mission findings and church admissions. Germany and India ties cited with foreign missions progress, while the Central Pennsylvania Lutheran Synod votes to stay in the Pennsylvania Council of Churches and admits new member churches.
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Butler
Pittsburgh
United Lutheran Church
Leopold Wilhelm Behrhard
Honterus Chasely
Gary
Ind
Hans Hocsbein
St. Paul
Farrell
Edward McPherson Miller
Jeannette
Napanne
Indiana
Foreign Missions Committee
India
Johnstown
Central Pennsylvania Lutheran Synod
Pennsylvania Council of Churches
United Lutheran Church Association
St. Paul's Church of York
Messiah Church of
Marchmont
R. L. Schroyer
Selinsgrove
College Commencement Week Begins With Alumni Events
College kickoff Saturday features reunion activities for classes from 1880 to 1990. Alumni Association executive council meets at 10 a.m., general meeting at 1 p.m., lunch at 12:15 p.m., a baseball game with St Vincent College, and a reception and dance in the afternoon and evening. Dr Robert Ferguson Gale delivers the baccalaureate sermon Sunday at 1 a.m.
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Reymons
Alumni Association
St. Vincent College
Leroy A King
Robert Ferguson Galebreath
Westminister College
New Wilmingington
Obituary William G.B. Douglas Receives Friends
Friends are being received at the family home 1489 Philadelphia Street. Services will be at 2 p m Thursday with Rev Messrs Charles Sinclair Applephath and Bankert officiating and interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
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William GB. Douglas
Philadelphia Street
Messrs
Charles Sinclair Apr Plegath
Bankert
Greenwood Cemetery
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