Roosevelt urges Senate to approve Western Hemisphere peace pact
President Roosevelt urged Senate approval of a pact pledging 21 American republics to work together for peace in the Western Hemisphere. He cited the Buenos Aires Conference and said the United States led the push for ratification, highlighting the goodwill and cooperation among Americas leaders to help ensure world peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Western Hemisphere
Chie
Buenos Aires
United States
Americas
Obituary notices for Mrs Kate Fleming McFarland and Lewis A Cain
Obituary notices report Mrs Kate Fleming McFarland of Josephine died of complications at home aged 85. Survived by multiple McFarland children. services set Saturday at 2:00 pm under Rev W Nicholson. Also noted: Lewis A Cain, 75, died at his Indiana home after long illness. services at 2:30 pm Friday at the Cain residence with Rev Dr Holt Hughes. interment Greenwood Cemetery.
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Kate Fleming McFarland
Josephine
John S
Angeline
Marian) Flem
Chambersville
Mason McFarland
Blacklick
W. Nicholson
Lewis A. Cain
Indiana
South 10Th Street
Salina
Westmoreland County
Mr. Cain
Margaret Cain
Lewis Cain
Universal
Penn Run
Sandy Run
Francis L. Cain
Howard Cain
Cleveland
Cain
Holt Hughes
Methodist Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
NRA Debate Again Rages Over Industrial Codes Effects
The National Industrial Conference Board reports a 41.7 hour average work week in March for manufacturing, up from 1923 but down from 45.3. wages average 65.8 cents per hour vs 59 cents in 1929. George A. Sloan cites a survey showing 107 levels of employment with skilled labor shortages, and a generally prevailing 40-hour week with higher wages than 1933 and 1934 NRA codes. The average tax on Baseling is 5.34 cents, about 40 percent of retail price.
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Oost
National Industrial Conference Board
George A. Sloan
Fongamere Goods Industries Committee
Old Textile Code Authority
Pennsylvania
Department of Revenue
Curtis Publishing Company
Burlington County
New Jersey
Weiss
Trout
Commonwealth
Welss
Philadelphia
New Funeral Home Opens Amid Tax Debate in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce notes hosiery firms lose 24 plants with 6,720 workers while 433 other businesses gain nearly 10,000 jobs. Report cites high emergency taxes hindering large outside firms and urges careful investigation of industry taxes in PA versus neighboring states.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Isaac Stiefel
Frederick Treider
Susquehanna
James E. Lovett
Westmoreland
Chamber of Commerce
Son Locates Missing Woman After Car Crash Rescue
A youth named Glenn, after steering off a narrow road and crashing, was found by his sister Maxine 10 while he fled into the woods. He claimed no injuries though blood was visible. Police and volunteers with Chief Deputy A Eugene Wilson and County Detective Moore assisted in the search during the discovery.
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Ers
Glenn
Maxine
A. Eugene Wilson
Moore
State Highway Patrol
Tragic Trend Stirs Debate Over Industry Shifts
The report notes steel and textile industries moving from the state with cited lower wages and incentives. Dent defends the findings as factual while arguing critics use the commission’s report for political gain. Edelman’s statement questions state taxation as a textile obstacle.
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Cent
Pittsburgh
Dent
John i Edelman
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Election code wins approval in heated passage
Readers believed the two Houses would adjourn Friday or Saturday as the elections code bill moved through the Senate. Amendments would set minor party fees at 5 dollars and require nominations within 20 days of a primary. Major party fees for various offices would be axed. polls would close at 9 p.m. after opening at 7 a.m.
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Senate
House
Congress
Senate approves utility bill amendments and state finances
The Senate advanced amendments to regulate public utilities requiring state permits for third class cities buying or building systems and authorized pension funds and retirements. Bills authorize an Ohio Pennsylvania lake pact, licensing for investment sellers, and funds for Downingtown School and East Stroudsburg College sewer work. A merge of state police and highway patrol was postponed.
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Public Utility Commission
Senate
Anese
Pennsylvania
Ohio
State Securities Commission
Downingtown Industrial and Agricultural School
House
Willson
East Stroudsburg State Teachers College
House Committee On
Highway Patrol
Paul C. Moomaw
Franklin Democrat
Farle
State Liquor Control Board
Assembly
Anthony Cavalcante
Fayette Democrat
Liquor Board
President weighs federal power in PWA loans and power projects
President Roosevelt urged that a regional authority oversee future projects and questioned the Supreme Court's stance on federal loans for municipally owned power plants and other works. He noted 40 projects valued over 50 million dollars halted amid looming constitutional questions ahead of a possible court review tomorrow.
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Norris
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Alabama
Iowa Utilities
PWA
Ohio
Miners Endure Sixth Day Sitdown Strike in Illinois Mine
Continent move hints at cross-union strategy as A F of L fights rivals. About 500 miners sit in at Superior Coal Co mine in Wilsonville Illinois, six days in, while talks stall. From Richmond California dated May 26, mention notes Ford plant strike with pickets.
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Superior Coal Company
Wilsonville, Ill
Richmond
Calif
Ford Assembly
Bankers attack Pennsylvania personal property tax
Carl W. Fenninger president of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association condemned the eight mill personal property tax as unfair and unwise. He told 500 bankers at the opening of the annual convention that there is definite evidence that large sums of money and securities are being driven out of the state by the tax.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Pennsylvania
Carl W. Fenninger
Pennsylvania Bankers Association
Fenninger
Highways to Halt Oiling Near Harrisburg for Memorial Day
The highways department will stop oiling operations on main highways from Thursday night May 27 to Wednesday morning June 3 due to expected heavy Memorial Day traffic.
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Harrisburg
Highways Department
Stock Market Roundup Of Companies And Percentages
A dense listing of major enterprises and sector names appears, including Am Can Am and For Pow Am, Chrysler, Du Pont, General Electric, IBM equivalent firms, and rail, oil, steel, and chemical groups. It shows a sequence of corporate entities along with trailing percentage figures such as 70% 292 21% and 167% indicating price or index movements.
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Air Reduc al
Baldwin Lor Balt
Ohio Bendix Aviat
Beth Sti Briggs Mfg
Calumet
Hee Canad Pac
Ches
Ohio
Chrysler
Saly Comwdth
Corn Prod Crane Co
del Lack
Douglas Aire’ du Pont de N Eastman
Kod
EL Auto L
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Mote _ Gillette Hudson
Harvest
Nick Can
Tel
Kennecott Kressle
Val RR
Loews ‘ Mack Trucks
Montgam Ward Nash-Kely
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Nat Distil
North Am Packtrd
Penn“Rr
Phila R C
I Phillips Pet Pub
Keep to the Right and Long Legal Appointments Remain
A 1897 traffic safety rule resurfaced as a public safety plea urging bicycle riders in Philadelphia to keep to the right and ride in line. Harrisburg confirms Judge Dress Pannell to the Dauphin County Orphans Court after Senate confirmation. A long story notes a deaths and a summons in McKeesport. Treasury balance figures show May receipts and expenditures. Smaller notes discuss four eyed fish and small Australian spiders and general insect anatomy.
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Burgess B. H. Lichteberger
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
iPi— I
Dress Pannell Af
Orphans Court
Dauphin County
Senate
Five Die in Crash Near West Coxsackie New York
Five men killed and two dying after a head on collision between a New Jersey truck and a Massachusetts auto near West Coxsackie New York. Lieut Harvey A Keator of the State Police announced the toll after questioning a survivor. Three bodies from the Massachusetts auto were traced.
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Catskill
N. Y
New Jersey
Massachusetts
West Coxsackie
Harvey A. Keator
Po- Nee
Keator
Justina Cohen
Dorchester
Mass
Cohen
Murder charge in auto death shocks Evie County
Base May 26. Chief of Police J Christoph filed an information charging Alfred Tauber 18 with murder. Tauber said fear struck and killed 19 year old Charlotte Lanigan and critically injured Dominick Daurara, her escort. Tauber is first to face murder charge from a traffic fatality in Evie County.
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J. Christoph
Alfred Tauber
Christoph
Tauber
Charlotte Lanigan
Dominick Daurara
Evie
Produce and Livestock Markets Report for Pittsburgh
Markets from Pittsburgh on May 26 show slow produce demand with apples and potatoes varying in price across several varieties. Hogs at 1200 head, with 35-25 cent declines for good and choice. cattle at 450 head, steers around 11.50, vealers steady near 10.50. lambs rising, sheep down, and spring lambs around 14 to 15.
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Pittsburgh
New York Baldwins
Ganos
Starks
South Carolina Coublers
Chaite Spring Labs
Weather improves as harvest work progresses in Pennsylvania
The Weather Bureau reports a week of settled conditions favorable for field work in Pennsylvania. Cool nights and warm days spur fair growth of vegetation with overall fair to good progress across crops.
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Philadelphia
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
WPA Starts Road Project in Blacklick Township
WPA road construction begins on Route S74 from Township Route 453 extending north 1.1 miles to Township Route 570. Project includes grading, six inch red dog asphalt, three foot berms, and drainage. Estimated federal funds 7,054,090 plus sponsor 8,490 totaling 8,444,? sponsored by Blacklick Township Road Supervisors.
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Blacklick
E. W. Lassen
Blacklick Township
Memorial Day honors Butler County Civil War veterans
The last eight Butler County Civil War veterans were invited to participate in Memorial Day events. Jason Fallyan, the oldest, will celebrate his 102nd birthday on June 24.
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Butler
Butler County
Jason Fallyan
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Organization of Outstanding Funeral Directors
Order of the Golden Rule
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Golden Gate Bridge
Moorhead
Nantucket Island
Newport
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Salani
United Automobile Workers of America
Frank Staley
Eastbay U.A.W.&4
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