Pennsylvania off year election focus stirs rhetoric
Harrisburg voters brace for off year polls as Republicans and Democrats drum up support for Supreme and Superior Court contests in Pittsburgh and 20 other cities. Campaigns highlight apathy versus duty with state leaders Corrance and Meyers urging turnout amid referenda on Sunday film showings and a key 15th district special election.
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Harrisuurg
Pennsylvania
Tyes
James F. ‘Corrance
Jeredith Meyers
Werere
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Supreme
Superior Courts
Williams M. Parker
Supreme Court
Charles EB. Kenworthey
Superior Court
James
W. Russell Carr
Fayette County
Michael A. Musmarno
Alagheny County
Allegheny
Cornelius D Scully
Harmar D. Denny, Jr
Common Pleas
Aity
Albert G. Rutherford
Bradford
Pike
Susquehanna
Wayne
Columbia
Montour
Sullivan
Wyoming
Wilson D. Gillette
Towanda
Georges O. Wagner Ai Denville
Sempocrat
Defense Train Tour Details for Manufacturers Interviews
Defense officials outline a six car train carrying defense samples and living quarters to visit manufacturers from nine to five with no lunch break. Eighteen Army officers nine Navy officers and Marine Commission reps plus OPM and field office staff will participate to assess producible defense equipment and channel firms to contractors or procurement offices.
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Army
Navy
Marine Commission
OPM
Pittsburgh
M. S. Sloman
Wheeling
West Virginia
Army Air Corps
Ordance Department
Quartermaster Corps
Signal Corps
Corps of Engineers
Chemical Warfare Service
Medical Corps
Marine Corps
Maritime Commission
Defense
Weather Bureau Forecasting Like Betting on a Race
Weather officials discuss forecast methods across Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. Forecasters rely on instruments with human judgment to interpret how local conditions move, while a new switchboard handles rising spring calls.
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Brotzman
Bureau
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Victims continue seek word on missing Navy ship
In the hours after the sinking off Iceland the wives called Navy offices wired Washington and visited newspapers to learn if their husbands survived. As no word came they waited at home in silence. Mrs Catherine Sins says her husband Lloyd Sims must be alive. Mrs Solon Boyd recalls her husband’s fear as the ship departed.
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Navy Department
Iceland
Navy
Washington
Catherine Sins
Lloyd BE. Sims
Marina
Fla
Solon D. Boyd
Birningham
Ala
Rescue hopes fade as Reuben James sunk drowning in service
News from Portland, Maine reports Navy officials confirming 44 crewmen rescued from the destroyer Reuben James amid the tragedy. The Navy lists seven officers aboard led by Lieutenant Commander Heywood Edwards with several lieutenants and ensigns named. The vessel is described as the first United States warship sunk in combat.
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Navy
Portland
Navy Department
Heywood L. Edwards
San Saba
Texas
Benjamin Ghetzler
Annapolis
Saltsburg
James M. Belden
Syracuse
N. J
Ensigns Craigers
East Orange
Lee V. Wade
Glen Ridge
Reuben James Attack Sparks Silent Naval Briefing
In the Atlantic, only the destroyer Jacob Jéres was sunk by torpedo in World War I era fighting along with a destroyer and a submarine on collision losses, while the cruiser San Diego perished after a mine strike. The Navy made a laconic note on the Reuben James attack and did not confirm the torpedo source, though most believe an undersea boat fired the shot. President Roosevelt offered scant comment at his press conference, stating the ship was simply carrying out a duty.
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U. S
Jacob Jéres
San Diego
Navy
Reuben James
Roosevelt
Curriculum Reform Calls for Schools as Democratic Labs
Dr. McSwain urges a united defense program for children and federal aid to equalize education across the state. He says schools must adapt to a technological era and become laboratories for democracy, with teachers, superintendents, and principals actively serving students.
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United Defense
Supbereionens
Dr. McSwain
Charles H. Judd
Fayette County
John T. Connell
Futler County
Cigairman
J. L. Roberts
Southwestern County Superintendents’ Association
Washington County
D. Davidson
Beaver County
Harry J. Brownfield
J. E. Butts
Blair County
Browmfield
Connell
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Youth
James H. Greene
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Greene
Direct relief payments drop in Indiana week
State Treasurer G. Harold Wagner reports a decline in direct relief payments to needy Indiana Countians for the week ended today. Totals were 3,248 dollars, with 448 fewer checks than the same week last year, and 4,112 dollars below the prior year’s week.
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Indiana
G. Harold Wagner
Bureau of Resistance
Treasury Department
Soviet warns of new German push toward Moscow
Incoming dispatches describe a feared large German offensive aimed at Moscow as Nazis mass reserves. Reports say Volokolamsk and Tula face heavy fighting while Zhukov rushes reinforcements to the threatened area. Mud and cold hinder armor as Red Star notes retreating Soviet units and factory workers bolstering defense.
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Parekop
Moscow
London
Volokolasm
Red Star
Tula
Gregory K. Zhukov
Warrant Issued for Former Deputy Treasurer Baugher
Harrisburg reports a warrant for Clifford G. Baugher, ex Deputy Treasurer, on forgery and embezzlement charges totaling $19,000. The arrest warrant awaits his return from Erie hospital after surgery. authorities disclosed he forged a signature on checks and deposited funds in a joint Pittsburgh account.
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Harrisburg
Clifford G. Baugher
Claude T. Reno
Baugher
Erie
Commonwealth
Reno
Leo Werner
Pittsburgh
Warren R. Roberts
Frontline Battles Rattle Leningrad and Volokolamsk Fronts
Soviet and German forces traded heavy fighting near Mozhaiik Maloyaroslavets Volokolamsk with Germans claiming a breakthrough west of Volkhovo and Soviet counterattacks reported on the Neva. RAF and German air forces clashed along the English coast and German targets in northern Germany faced raids with limited damage and several bombers shot down.
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Mozhaiik
Maloyaroslavets
Volokalamsk
Moscow
Red Army
Orth
Hitler
Volkhovo
Leningrad
Neva River
DNB
East Anglia
Hamburg
Bremen
Berlin
Germany
RAF
Aviators from March Field Rescued After Sierra Ordeal
Sacramento aviators Lydon and West, from March Field Southern California, survived five days in the Sierra wilderness after running out of gasoline. They signaled from Berton Peak, were spotted by planes, and guided to safety in Fresno. The rescue party praised their endurance as temperatures dipped and snow covered the ground.
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Sacramento
March Field
California
West
Berton Peak
Sierra
Lydon
Fresno
Air Base Hospital
Wan
National Park Service
Sugar Loaf Valley
Carroll S. Miller
J. H. Pease
Boise
Idaho
W. H. Birrell
Warren
Ohio
Richard N. Long
Connellsville
Guil
Navy's newest cruiser ready in wartime lessons
The Navy reports its latest cruiser, built with lessons from Europe’s war, is ready for duty. Officials emphasize enhanced design features and performance marks as the vessel joins active service amid ongoing global tension.
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Camben N. J
Europe
Navy
Selective Service totals for Pennsylvania reach 53,602 enlistments
Officials announced Pennsylvania has 1,310,615 registered under the Selective Service Act with 9,602 paid into Army service up to last Oct 1. A new county quota is expected before Jan 1 as 93,010 have enlisted in various branches by May 18. The Harrisburg headquarters coordinates 7,000 plus personnel and guides registrants through testing, clothing, schedules, and administration.
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David R
Perry
Kelly
Federal Social Security Board
William W. Bardsley
Hines
James
George Earle
Pennsylvania
United States Army
Commonwealth
Harrisburg
Army
Jones
Washington
Navy commissions first ship of new cruiser class
Sleveland, sides down the launch ing ways today. Completed about severe months ahead of schedule, the fast fighting chip is the first of a new class of 32 cruisers for which the Navy has contracted. The ship's sponsor is Mrs Selma Florence Sudth Burton, wife of U. S. Senator Harold OG. Burton (R-O).
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Sleveland
Navy
Selma Florence Sudth Burton
U. S
Harold OG. Burton
R-O
Major U S Firms Listed in Stock Market Snapshot
A long list of corporations including Am Can Am Smelt AT&T Anaconda Atlantic Refining Boeing Du Pont Eastman Kodak General Electric General Motors IBM International Telephone and Telegraph Johns Manville Kennecott Lehigh Valley Mack Trucks Montgomery Ward National Biscuit National Dairy Prudential Reynolds Tobacco Sears Roebuck Studebaker Swift Texas United Air United Fruit Warner Bros Westinghouse Woolworth and others appear in a stock market terms table.
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Beth Steel
Boeing Air Borden Co
Briggs Mig
Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Edison
Curtiss-Wright
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Ill Cent
Johns-Manville
Kennecott
Lehigh
Lehigh Val oCal Loew's Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Central RR
North Ameria North Pac
Packard Motor Param
Pict Penney
Penn RR
Pullman
Pure Oil
Repab Steel Reynolds
Sears Roebuck
Sperry Corp
Cal
Chest continued from page one with varied bids
Bid amounts listed include 30 to 40 dollars for George L. Smith and 50 to 59 dollars for Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. Indiana Lumber and Supply Co. Order of Eastern Star. John M. Daugherty. 100 dollars to 4149 Pennsylvania Electric Company. J. C. Penney Co. James W. Mack Sr. 200 to 300 dollars. Heath Claris. 300 to 3500 dollars for G. C. Murphy Co.
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George L. Smith
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Indiana Lumber & Supply Co
Eastern Star
John M. Daugherty
Pennsylvania Electric Company
J. ©. Penney Co
James W. Mack, Sr
Heath Claris
G. C. Murphy Co
Niagara Span Opens Between U S and Canada
Niagara Falls New York November 1 Rainbow Bridge spanning the Niagara River gorge below the falls was opened to traffic today linking the United States and Canada. The 950 foot span cost 3,760,000 to replace the Falls View Bridge destroyed by an ice jam in January 1988. It was first crossed by an official caravan. dedication will occur next spring.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara River
Mighty Falls
United States
Canada
Falls View
Honeymoon
Houck Awaits Second Trial In Assault Case
Houck, 21, a former Bellefonte band leader, was found guilty of assault and battery and aggravated assault in an attack on Ruth Andrews, 19, near Salona. Lawyers debated indictment technicalities as Houck awaited a second trial in Lock Haven. The offenses carry up to a $3,000 fine and five years' imprisonment.
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Lock Haven
Hoy
Kenneth Houck
Bellefonte
Houck
Ruth Andrews
Nerby Salona
Toll of 27 in Brazeau Collieries blast near Nordegg Alberta
A mine blast in Brazeau Collieries near Nordegg Alberta produced a tentative death toll of 27 after a collapse trapped workers two miles from the mine entrance. Twenty one bodies were recovered by nightfall with six others feared dead in the Fourth Left Level.
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Nordegg
Alberta
Brazeau
Rocky Mountains
Strike Ends and Strike Starts Tie Pittsburgh Coal War
A labor action by AFL Masters, Mates & Pilots affected Carnegie Ties and UPA operations, shutting down Monongahela River coal barges and halting coke production at H. C. Prick Coke Co. The strike disrupted daily shipments of over 65,000 tons from Carnegie Tines mines and prompted emergency railCar moves to Weirton Steel and other Greene County pits before a two day shutdown. A second item reports Harry Cahoone and Mabel Whittall wed in Bristol with motorcade from Elkins to the wedding scene.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tiinois Steal Corporation
Heela
Holmestead Works
AFL Masters, Mates & Pilots
Payette County
Monongahels River
H.C. Prick Coke Company
U. S. Steel Corporation
Carnegie Tines
Weirton Steel Co
Isabella
Fayette County
Crucible
Buckeye’s
Greene County
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Washington County
National Defense Mediation Board
Bristol
Harry Cahoone
Mabel Whittall
Elkins
Cahoone
Weber
Frankfort Motorcycle Club
Obituary of Mrs Mary Dankovich of Clymer
Mrs Mary Dankovich of Clymer died in Indiana Hospital at 3 00 p m Friday after an araemic poisoning diagnosis She was born in Delancey August 14 1893 and lived 17 years in Clymer A member of St Michael Greek Catholic Church She is survived by her mother Mrs Helen Midock of Delancey and children Mrs Andrew Bache and Mrs John Cole Pitts burgh Miss Mary Dankovich Diana Stephen Dankovich Fort Bragg N C and Anne Margaret George and Mitchell at home Funeral services will be held at St Michael Church at 1000 am Monday with Fr Andrew Kertis of Clymer and Basil Kuratz of McKeesport officiating and interment in St Michael Cemetery
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Mary Dankovich
Clymer
Stephen Dankovich
Indiana Hospital
Delancey
St. Michael Greek Catholic Church
Helen Midock
Andrew Bache
St. Michael Church
Fathera Andrew Kertis
Basil Kuratz
McKeesport
St. Michael Cemetery
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William EU} Collier
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Pate
Mabel Brown
Horace Mann
Miss Brown
Hollis L. Caswell
Columbia University
Caswell
Clara BE. Cockerill
Altoona
E .T. McSwain
Northwestern University
Rey W. Wiley
Butler
Wiley
Braun
McSwsin
Tne
Mummers
Hallowe'en
Mooch
Niagara Span
The
Gazette
Carnegie Ilinois
Granemen Back
Boathten
Wise
Lindiana County
Member
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Indiana Theatre
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