U S Liner Safe In Port Washington Arrival
The U S S Mner Washington reached New York from Genoa and Naples with 1,068 passengers including Mrs George H Earle wife of the former Pennsylvania governor who returned with two sons Larry 17 and Ralph 11. They had been in Sofia after leaving Greece and Turkey. Mrs Earle spoke of limited Bulgarian military activity and hopes to return to Haverford Pa. Paul Mellon of Pittsburgh son of the late Andrew Mellon also sailed from Zurich after nine months of scientific research amid Swiss fears of a German invasion.
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New York
U. S&s. Mner
Washington
Genoa
Naples
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Earle
Bulgaria
Larry
Ralph
Earles
Sofia
Mrs. Earle
Haverford
Paul Mellon
Pittsburgh
Andrew Mellon
Zurich
Switzerand
Lindbergh Endorses Controversy Over Lafayette Escadrille
The Lafayette Escadrille Veterans Association says Col. Lindbergh is opposed to the group’s spirit. An honorary member title was conferred amid enthusiasm later deemed mistaken. The veterans declare his remarks insult the memory of fallen comrades and the group’s legacy.
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Lafayette Escadrille and
Foreign Legion
France
Association
Col
Lindbergh
Lafayette Escadrille
Dairy Field Days and 4-H Camp Notes in Indiana County
Three dairymen field days are planned for June 5 to 7 with Dairy Herd Improvement experts from Penn State attending. Events include basket picnics, mushball, and calf exhibitions, plus testing discussions. Farmers’ Day at State College is June 13 with demonstrations and tours. 4-H Camp for boys runs June 23-27 at Boy Scout camp near Indiana, fee 3.50. girls camp June 20-23 at Scout camp, fee 3.25. registrations due June 8 with 1.50 deposit.
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Marion Center Jersey Bull Association
William C. McMillen
CR. Gearhart
Penn State
Purchase Line Ball Association
Picmie
Bull Association
Elders Ridge Guernsey Bull Association
James A. Patterson
West
Lebanon
Gearhart
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Sideman
Indiana County
Carl Johnston
Wendell Wetzel
Robert Lydick
State
State College
Indiana
Armstrong
Somerset
Cambria
Westmoreland
Dawn Hardes
Home Economics Extension
Blair
Court House
Lindbergh warns U S on Europe danger in radio speech
Col Charles A Lindbergh told a Washington audience on May 19 that Americans must avoid meddling in European affairs. He said war risk rises not from Europe’s actions but from U S interference and urged a clear defense policy leveraging aviation.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
United States
Washington
Europe
America
Lindbergh
Roosevelt proposes moving immigration service to justice dept
The proposal to transfer the immigration service from the labor department to the justice department has been forwarded to the Senate. The Senate judiciary committee unanimously recommended passage of a bill requiring finger printing and registration of all aliens, with Barkley predicting enactment this session. The bill would deport aliens advocating violent overthrow and impose fines of 10,000 dollars for attempts to subvert military forces.
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Roosevelt
Immigration Service
Labor Department
Justice Department
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Barkley
D-Ky
Sally Brown comes of age in school revue
High School guests attend the second night of a graduates revue themed around Sally Brown entering her first teaching post. Through dramatic sketches and music, a retired superintendent guides her to see the broad future for her students and the community.
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Sally Brown
Germany Views Hitler Eyes Belgium King Courage
Germany expresses concern over Adolf Hitler being stirred by both the Belgian king’s soldierly stance and his political wisdom in capitulating, deeming further resistance hopeless from the German perspective.
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Adolf Hitler
England faces Nazi drive toward Dunkerque channel
Government silent on wartime steps as field commanders plan likely moves. War cabinet meets with heads of services and General Sir John Greer Dill, newly named chief of the imperial general staff, taking charge this Sunday.
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Dunkerque
France
Chan Nel
Sincce
War Cabinet
John Greer Dill
Imperial General Staff
Kiwanis Plans For Future All Kiwanis Night Set
Kiwanis members gathered at Rustic Lodge with John Neff delivering Memorial Day remarks on citizenship and liberty. Vice-President Wallace Nordby and Dave Dunmire named as delegates to the Kiwanis International Convention in Minneapolis June 16 20 1940. Lieutenant Governor John Moyney to attend the Rustic Lodge meeting next week and visit Indiana Kiwanis Club. Lisle Kerr inducted as a member. Committees announce All Kiwanis Night on June 17 with a radio address by Bennett O Knudson president of Kiwanis International from Minneapolis.
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John Neff
Boyd
Rustic Lodge
Wallace Nordby
Dave Dunmire
Kiwanis International
Minneapolis
John Moyney
Rustic Ladae
Indiana Kiwanis Club
Lisle Kerr
House, Music, Education and
Provam
Bennett O. Knudson
Albert Lea
Minn
Belgian King Leopold III and family in wartime fate
An aged World War II era report notes King Leopold III of Belgium clinging to a royal role after surrendering his army. It mentions his marriage to Princess Astrid, their children Josephine Baudouin and Albert, and their safety in France. A May 28 Berlin dispatch says he may continue in some royal function if Germany wins.
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Namur
Leopold
Astrid
Sweden
Josephine
Prince Baudouin
Prince Albert
France
Berlin
Leopold III
Germany
Italy and Switzerland border reports show normal traffic
Reports from the border indicate traffic between Italy and Switzerland remained normal despite tensions. Fascist militiamen among university students were ordered to assemble with arms across Italy tomorrow for significant military ceremonies marking the 16th anniversary of the university militia.
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Switzerland
Italy
Fish and Game Club Meeting Highlights Local Stocking
Callin Reed of Washington Pennsylvania spoke at the Indiana County Fish and Game Association meeting outlining the history and purpose of sportmen clubs federations. President H A Stahira announced Yellow Creek stocked with 1800 trout 1000 brown and 800 rainbow and posted until Decoration Day. Regular monthly meeting suspended until September 30 with boards of directors to meet through summer. A Game Commission visitor offered remarks.
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Callin Reed
Washington
Southwestern Divion
Indiana County Fish and Game Association
Reed
H. A. Stahira
Yellow Creek
Stahira
Theassociation
The
Game Commission
Six Killed in Bombers Crash near Joshua Field
A Douglas bomber crashed near Mojave California killing two officers and four crew members. Sergeant John B Stewart of Midway Alabama survived with serious injuries and was transported to a San Francisco hospital. Victims include Second Lieutenants Jess A Smith and Charles A Nisbett, Sergeant Thieman Owens, and Privates Wayne G Kaufman, Doyle H Bean, Eugene A Schulz, with kin listed in Riverside, Burlington Iowa, Kirbyville Texas, and Twin Falls Idaho.
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March Field
Calif
Mojava
John B. Stewart
Midway
Ala
General Hopital
San Francisco
Tolty
Jess A. Smith
Riverside
Calit
Charles A. Nisbett
Leonard N. Nisbett
Attu St. Alton
Thieman T. Owens
Ryerside
Wayne GG. Kaufman
Rita Rauman
North Street
Burlington
Iowa
Doyle H. Bean
Kirbyville
Tex
Eugene A. Schulz
Twin Falls
Ida
Officers raid White Station liquor house
County Detective William J. Moore and Privates L. G. Washington and B. J. Williams raided the home of Joe Pstinini, 60, of White Station, seizing beer and liquor. They filed charges of selling malt beverage to minors and selling malt beverage without a license. He appeared before Justice Walter H. Jackson late today.
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William J. Moore
L. G. Washington
B. J. Williams
Joe Pstininzi
White Station
Pstininzi
Justice of the Peace
Walter H. Jackson
Slayer search continues in Rachel Taylor Fay Gates case
Harrisburg May 28. State police Commissioner Lynn G. Adams declined comment on the continuing search for the slayer in Center County. He denied specifics and warned that revealing locations or suspects would hinder the inquiry.
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Harrisburg
Lynn G. Adams
State Police
Rachel Taylor
Fay Gates
Center County
Adama
Steel mills boost work as demand lifts production
New York May 28 The nations steel mills will raise operating rates to 76.9 percent of capacity this week, a 3.9 point gain and the fifth straight advance. Production returns toward late January levels with stronger foreign demand cited. Allied orders are estimated at about 500,000 tons monthly for wartime needs.
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New York
Natioun
American Iron & Steel Institute
Belgian surrender shakes Allied front as British ponder withdrawal
In Belgium the British face hard choices as Leopold surrenders shift Allied lines. German advances widen the bottleneck near Ypres and Lille while French and Belgian leaders clash over the move. Calais remains contested as air and naval forces defend supply routes for Dunkirk and the Channel front.
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Belgium
France
Somme
Royal Air Force
Luftwaffe
Leopold
Hiller
High Command
Flanders
English Channel
Léopold
Reynaud
Dunkerque
Ostend
Alliees
Hubert Pierrot
Paris
Valenciennes
Ypres
Lille
Ligs River
Peronne
Calais
Channel
Dover
Britain
Russia
United States
Produce Prices in Pittsburgh Market Report May 28
Pittsburgh market notes show moderate demand for produce with apples steady. No. 1 bushel baskets and bagged elites list New York Baldwins at 160 to 165, Delivious 1.75 to 2.00, Rome Beauties 150 to 05, potatoes 24 cars and No. 1 100lb sacks Green Mountains and Katahdins at 240 to 60, Florida Katahdins 150 to 60, North Cora Cobblers 2.30, Abima Bliss Triumphs 250 to 65, 18-lb sacks Maine Green Mountains and Katahdins 34 to 37.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Baldwins
Rome
Florida
Maine Green Mountains
Katahdins
Pittsburgh Woman Adopts French Artillery Unit
Pittsburgh derived Madame Marie Ritz, a French-born American widow and former consul’s widow, adopted France’s 217th artillery regiment in France. She serves as honorary brigadier, provided blue flag, and has supported troops with funds and small comforts since aiding orphans after World War I.
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Pittsburgh
France
Madame Marie Ritz
United States
217Th Artillery
Madame Ritz
America
Americana
Madame Ruz
Paris
217Th
Supreme Court rules labor unions not subject to Sherman Act
The Supreme Court held that labor unions are not subject to federal anti trust laws unless they restrain interstate commerce in a substantial way. Justice Stone, in a 4 to 8 decision, said the sit down strike by the Philadelphia union did not trigger Sherman Act damages though it was illegal and violent. The Apex Hosiery case involved a $711,932 judgment, with the court affirming that no Sherman Act liability lay for a local strike aimed at unionizing a plant.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Stone
Philadelphia
Justice Department
Hughes
McReynolds
Roberts
Stone
Apex Hosiery Company
American Federation of
Federal Circuit Court
Federal District Court of
Congress
Apex
Cits
Circuit Court
Defense plan outlined to decentralize industry and aid rural areas
Washington May 28 M L Wilson director of the agriculture department extension division urged expanding national defense to rehabilitate economically distressed areas. He warned production could otherwise boost only a few regions creating future liabilities and advocated locating factories away from attack zones while allowing part time farming to supplement incomes.
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Washington
M L. Wilson
Agriculture Department
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Wilson
Europe
Fingerprint Bill Approved in Senate Judiciary Committee
The Senate judiciary committee approved a bill requiring fingerprinting of about four million aliens and imposing penalties up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 fines for subversion or false dissemination of material. It would deport aliens who advocate overthrow. Aliens would have four months to register and report changes of address.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Connally
D-Tex
House
United States
Ines T. Cramer Dies at Home in Belsano
Mrs. Ines T. Cramer widow of Joseph Cramer died May 20 at her home in Belsano from a heart attack. She was a daughter of John and Mary Schwab of Brushvalley. Surviving Floyd Roy Oliver Joe and Mrs Roy Settle of Belsano, seven grandchildren, two sisters Lena Schwab and Mrs Scott Gesey, and a brother Grant Schwab of Indiana. Funeral services were held Friday at 2:00 p.m. in United Brethren Church, Belsano, with burial in Belsano Cemetery.
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Ines T. Cramer
Joseph Cramer
Belsano
John
Mary Schwab
Brushvalley
Floyd
Roy
Oliver
Joe
Roy Settle
Belsana
Lena Schwab
Scott Gesey
Grant Schwab
Indiana
United Brethren Church
Belsano Cemetery
College Weather Forecast and Legal Note Summary
Partly cloudy and cool today with scattered showers tonight and tomorrow. Reading 54, max 50 with 0.01 inch precipitation and 72 percent humidity. A 1939 decision by Chief Justice Hughes condemned the seizure of Fansteel Metallurgical’s North Chicago plant as high handed.
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Hughes
Chicago
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
Convicted in Bank Robbery Near Clintonville
Federal court jury convicts John Dorsch for participating in the $11,773 People's National Bank robbery in Clintonville in 1098. Dorsch, already jailed in Joliet, claims he was in Chicago at the time. Witnesses place him at the scene alongside co-defendant James Murray. Other defendants receive additional prison terms.
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Pittsburgh
Yeaterday
John Dorsch
People’s National Bank
Clintonville
Dorsch
Joliet
Chicago
Daniel Sife
C. C. Hoffman
Scone
James Murray
Bur
Alcatraz
George Slade
Drew
Atlanta
Memorial Day Schedule and Parade Details
Memorial Day activities list parade route from Philadelphia Street to Memorial Park, with a detailed roster of officers and aides. After the 10:30 a.m. assembly, a 11:00 a.m. program includes an invocation, memorial proclamations, wreath laying for multiple wars, and a veterans group salutes with Taps.
Project duo plead guilty in WPA fraud case
Pittsburgh May 28 A former district WPA supervisor Florence H. Cochrane and her assistant James C. Gallagher pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government of 1163.54 by selling waste materials from a Pittsburgh WPA sewing project. They pleaded no defense to diverting WPA labor to a privately owned cafeteria. Sentence not imposed immediately.
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Pittsburgh
WPA
Florence H. Cochrane
James C. Gallagher
Treasury Balance Report From Washington May 25 Detailed
Treasury balance figures show May 25 receipts 7.12 million dollars and expenditures 18.20 million. Working balance nearly 1.31 million. Customs receipts for the month around 2.40 million and fiscal year receipts about 5.01 million. Expenditures total 8.50 million.
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Washington
the Treasury
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Sagamore
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United Spanish War Veterans
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Sixth Street
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Harry W. Fee
Howard B. Buterbaugh
E. Dale Timberlatte
Dale C. Marlin
Alexander M. Stewart
John RB. Goheen
Joseph J. King
John D. Martz
Charles Wilbur Campbell
Frank B. Cunningham
Gilbert Wolfenden
M. M. Tavis
Harry A. Canfield
Clement Gifford Belcher
General Lagan
Charles C. McLain
Harry Burton Boyd
D. D. Long
Elmer W. Allison
Sons of the
Richard W. Watson
Joy M. Switzer
Sons of Union
Indiana High School
American Legion
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