Federal bankers debate strong central bank control
A speech to 800 delegates at the Pennsylvania bankers association warns that federal plans to end private banking would let the executive branch control all money and credit, risking bankruptcy and a centralized dictatorship. The Mead bill is labeled the opening wedge toward government competition with private banks. The banquet honored long-serving bankers including Grine, Beymer, Fair, Hile, Jadwin, Longshore, Luckenbach, McCreight, McMarlin, Musselman, Potter, Richards, Taylor, and Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Bell, Jr
Hite
Pennsylvania
Fats
Government of the
United States
Bell
Congress
John Grine
A. S. Beymer
Pittsburgh
Frederick Fair
Oil City
Anthony Hile
Curwensville
Robert A. Jadwin
Carbondale
William A. Longshore
Kane
Frank L. Luckenbach
Tyrone
Bruce B. McCreight
DuBois
John G. McMarlin
Butler
J. Elmer Musselman
Gettysburg
Henry F. Potter
Minersville
Elijah John Richards
Easton
Samuel E. Taylor
Brownsville
C. G. Williams
Mercer
Airmail Pickup Drive Aims to Speed Senate Action
Washington discusses a plan to speed congressional approval for permanent non stop air mail pickup service across seven states. All-American Aviation of Wilmington seeks to extend experimental routes into four more states to serve over 200 towns, with Pittsburgh as a western terminal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New York
New Jersey
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
All-American Aviation, Inc
Wilmington
Del
Congress
Post Office Department
All-American
James A. Farley
Civil Aeronautica Authority
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
REA Show Promises Labor Saving Electrical Wonders
A continuation of the REA Show highlights electricity and short waves aiding home and farm life and adding beauty to living. A House of Magic style talk demonstration impressed visitors as exhibitors from Indiana and Cambria counties filled large tents with radios modern lighting and labor saving devices. A second exhibit inspection closed the evening amid a throng at multiple booths with electrical gens from state and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Cambria
Relief checks decrease in Indiana County week
Harrisburg May 24 Direct relief payments to needy Indiana Countains for the week ended show a $720 drop from the prior week. Total payments reached $8,788, $9,463 less than the comparable week last year, with 898 fewer checks issued than a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Indiana
F. Clair Ross
Bureau of Assistance
Treasury Department
Community Demonstrations At Strongstown Event Highlight Utilities
The Strongstown event features a busy program with home economics exhibits for women and 4-H demonstrations for students and men learning about electricity in farming. Evening talks cover electric service, lighting, and unusual uses, with prize awards and open house, as REA funds construction plans for a 168 mile power line expansion to serve 625 members, creating about 28 000 direct labor hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strongstown
Coppinger
Teare
Earlanson
REA
Bohannan
Bixby
Screcc
Day & Zimmerman
Philadelphia
Superior Construction Company of
Liberty defense finance plan tops wartime needs
Federal Loan Administrator Jesse Jones urged Congress to authorize transforming the RFC into a Defense Financing Corporation to fund vital industries and raw materials. Navy talks included Bermuda and other bases, plus an aircraft destroyer for anti aircraft duties. Attorney General Jackson urged public cooperation with the FBI on Fifth Column activity and fingerprinting aliens seeking visas. Congress pressed for swift immigration service moves and broad relief bill exclusions for Communists and aliens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Jones
Congress
RFC
Defense Financing Corporation
William D. Leahy
Puerto Rico
Bermuda
Trinidad
Jamaica
Great Britain
Europe
Leahy
Roosevelt
Navy
Senate Appropriations Committee
Governmnt
Robert H. Jackson
Aon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Byrd
D-Va
America
House
Immigration Service
Justice Department
Huse
Nagi
Bund
Jackson
FBI
Two Escapees From Rockview Prison Sought After Release
Bellefonte May 24 deputies and guards hunted for two Rockview prisoners who fled while working in a potato patch. Reymond Randella aged 48 from Renovo serves 10 years for breaking and entering larceny and receiving stolen goods. Norman Hicks age 25 from Clearfield sentenced to 2 1 2 to five years for assault and battery. Hunters followed a bloodhound trail near Houserville four miles west of the prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellesonte
Diewthounds
Rockview
Deputy Verden
Rhoads
Reymond Randella
Renovo
Clinton County
Norman Hicks
Clearfield
Houserville
Defense groups organized to aid home defense efforts
The American Legion organized a home defense movement operating since last December with specially selected men. Pittsburgh Mayor Scully seeks more police protection and salary changes to hire officers for potential fifth column activity. The Disabled American Veterans urged interment of anyone preaching belligerent ideologies, calling for cross‑group cooperation to curb subversive threats during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Pittsburgh
Cornelius D. Scully
Scully
Afti Columm
F. H. Smith
Minute Men
War Department
Pennsylvania
DAV
Aftic
Germans Drive Toward Calais in Channel Battle
Reports flag a rapid German push toward Calais as 500000 to 1000000 Allied troops face the encircling threat in northern France and Belgium. Boulogne and Montreuil fall, Arras retaken, and Britain strengthens southern defenses amid renewed Luftwaffe activity. Italy debates entry as Mussolini faces pivotal choices on alliance and war.
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English Channel
England
Calais
Hitler
France
Belgium
Channel
Maubeuge
Boulogne
Bern
Switzerland
Montreuil
la Touquet
Arras
Cambrai
Britain
Italy
Mussolini
Gaginst
Yugoslavia
Mediterranean
Sapo
Senator Byrd Voices Call to Purge Alien Influences
Senator Byrd urged purging America of alien and foreign influences deemed harmful to U S government. He noted a total $100000 in support to carry on the work, with $75000 already given this year. He framed the move as essential to protecting the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
America
Mills Accused Of Violating Labor Standards Rules
Pittsburgh May 24. Acting U S Attorney George Mashank filed criminal information charging Br L Shuttletacks Company Ltd and Puritan Mills Corp of Altoona with violating the sale labor standards act by failing to pay overtime keep proper records and falsifying records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U. 8
George Mashank
BR. 8. L. Shuttletacks Company, Ltd
Puritan Mills Corporation
Altoona
Mussolini Offers Aid to Western Allies in War of Liberation
Italian press celebrates Mussolini's offer to take up arms against the western allies claiming aid will free Italy from Mediterranean confinement. Fascist Youth leaders in Turin pledge a mobilization "on the eve of our war" to break the chains and open Gibraltar and Suez as part of a coordinated Italian German strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
Italy
Mediterranean
Turin
Guido Pallotta
Gibraltar
Suez
Western Front
Fuehrer
Hitter
11 Duce
German push tightens grip on Lille and Ghent front
German high command reports breakthrough near Lille and west of the Lys river with crossings at Scheldt and Ghent contested. Maubeuge fell completing a Maginot front advance while Loretto Heights northwest of Arras was seized. Luftwaffe claimed heavy air strikes sinking transports off Boulogne amid high Allied losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lille
Arras
High Command
Scheldt
Lys
Ghent
Brussels
Tournai
Maubeuge
Maginot
Belgium
Artois
Channel
Loretto Heights
Sea
French
Amiens
Boulogne
France Reports Shifting Front as Battle Front Quieted
French, English and Belgian troops repulsed German assaults and counterattacked while Somme positions held firm after small French victories reducing southern German bridgeheads. French push toward Amiens continued. Germans met little success near Sedan Attigny and on the Aisne. In Argonne infiltrations were curbed, artillery duels near Longaye eased with no decisive results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somme
Amiens
Sedan
Attigny
Aisne
Argonne
Unes
France
Longaye
Luxembourg
Beds
French Guards Hold Ground in Boulogne Region Fighting
In Boulogne region fighting was described as heavy though limited to French advance guards and German light forces. French positions near Amiens were strengthened, while south of Sedan the German attack met little success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulogne
Amians
Sedan
Senate Passes Relief Measure for Aliens and WPA Aid
Washington May 24. A $1,111,764,910 relief plan for aliens, Communists, and Nazi Bund members went to the Senate after House approval 884 to 21. The bill would fund the WPA at $975,000,000 for eight months from July 1, renewing most relief restrictions and aiming to provide about 1.9 million jobs monthly. Col. F. C. Harrington was asked to brief a subcommittee Monday. amendments were limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Col
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Appropriations
Rep
Taber
R-Ny
Colling
D-Miss
Hobbs
D-Ala
United States
Voorhis
D-Calif
Boulogne Falls As German Columns Reach Channel Coast
German mechanized detachments moved north along the channel coast reaching Boulogne and Montreuil near the coast as British authorities reported Boulogne’s fall. German aims were described as Calais and Ghent thrusts to seal the encirclement of allied troops, with air forces claiming multiple German plane losses while British raids damaged enemy lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Boulogne
Channel
Abbeyville
France
Bern
Switzerland
Montreuil
le Touquet
Calais
Ghent
Belgium
Flanders
Air Ministry
Germany
Newspapers Urged To Keep Cool In Turmoil
STATE COLLEGE May 26 K C M Bomberger of Jeannette urged American newspapers to stay cool and calm during world turmoil to avoid hysteria. He called for careful editing and to tell the American story of everyday life while combatting propaganda. He urged focusing on domestic news and leadership to provide guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
K. C. M. Bomberger
Jeannette
Pennsylvania Press Conference
Acroma
Romberger
Times
America
Atill
América
PNPA
Kiski Plans Commencement for Class of 1940
Commencement activities at Kiski School begin with a Sunday chapel service at 7 40 led by Dr Harold F Post of Greensburg First Presbyterian Church. Commencement Day is Saturday June 1 with senior orations prizes diplomas and Headmaster John J Daub address. A luncheon follows. The weekend includes a senior dance May 31 with George Duffy Orchestra and about seventy five couples. Other events: Headmaster Dinner Tuesday night student council picnic and Erie High School Band Concert Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiski School
Harold F. Post
First Presbyterian Church of
Greensburg
John J. Daub
George Duffy
Erie High School
Red Cross War Relief Broadcast Planned Across Major Networks
The American Red Cross arranged a full hour relief broadcast from 1 to 2 p m Eastern Standard Time on Sunday May 26 across NBC Blue Columbia and Mutual. Norman H Davis will open with a short appeal, Wayne Chatfield Taylor will describe the war situation from Paris, with performers Eddie Cantor Jack Benny Bob Hope Judy Garland Jimmy Durante Vivien Leigh Gertrude Lawrence Ted Husing Clifton Fadiman and Frank Black's Concert Orchestra providing music. All contributors donate services and networks contribute air time to aid refugees pouring into France as relief needs rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American National Red Cross
National Broadcasting Company
Blue Network
Columbia
Mutual Broadcasting Systems
Norman H. Davis
Wayne Chatfield Taylor
Paris
Eddie Cantor
Jack Benny
Bob Hope
Judy Garland
Jimmy Durante
Vivien Leigh
Gertrude Lawrence
Ted Husing
Clifton Fadiman
Frank Black
Red Cross
France
Europe
Flood Control Projects Headed to Governor James
Harrisburg May 4 Two joint flood control projects await signature by Governor James. One funds a 150000 dollar dike at Plymouth in the upper Susquehanna basin. the other a 250000 dollar dike on the west branch at Williamsport. State pays half. municipalities cover the rest for land damages and line relocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
James
G. Albert Stewart
Stewart
Roosevelt
Army
Plymouth
Booth Williamsport
Williamsport
Capon PIG Clublets Ready at Purchase Line Farm
The Purchase Line 4-H Pig Club weighs in at Quay McMillen’s farm on Tuesday May 21 at 6 30 am. Boys and girls from Purchase Line Cockport Taylorsville communities bring a pig to be weighed and to receive feeding instructions from County Agent Warner. Pigs start at 30 to 50 pounds. Warner will soon hold a self feeder demonstration. The 4-H Capon Club starts at the same time with members already securing capons. club leader Harry Allison, assistants Clyde Houck and Quay McMillen. Pennsylvania Railroad to Trustees of Vandergrift Country Club eight acres Conemaugh Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quay McMillen
Cockport
Taylorsville
McMillens
Warner
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Sfivanie
Solons
Cult Terror
Macau
Wade Gitt
Moorhead
Liberty
Henry Rivilin
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rivilin
Knitting Mills
Paga
U.S
Lawrence A. Jump
Oakland
Calif
Gen. Pershing
American Volunteer Ambulances Corps
Bite
Turmeil
Kiski Plans
Dr. Harrd F. Post
Gazette
Pennsylvania‘ Railroad
Vandergrift Country Club
Conemaugh
Indiana County Red Cross
Indiana, Pa
Herawith
Lady Baltimore
South
Tesl
Fiore
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