Supreme Court weighs subpoena power in securities case
Justices debated whether the Securities Commission can subpoena telegrams in a case involving possible Justice Black participation. The challenge comes from Ryan Florida Corp and Florida Texas Co, with Western Union and Postal Telegraph not to produce records pending higher court action. The Fifth Circuit upheld subpoenas under the 1933 Truth in Securities Act. a ruling is expected after today’s conference, with a decision anticipated by Monday.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Securities Commission
Justce Black
Senate Lobby Committee
Black
Communications Commission
Ryan Florida Corporation of
Tampa
Income Royalties Company of
St. Petersburg
Florida Texas Company
Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Companies
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Obituary notes for Fronie Maf and Frank Wyka Sr
Fifteen month old Fronie Maf daughter of Charles and Bertha Shaw died at home White township from pneumonia. Surviving are parents two sisters Opal and Virginia two brothers Charles and the paternal grandparents. Funeral 1:30 p m Monday at grandmother’s home led by Rev T F Sexton. Burial Oakland Cemetery. Frank Wyka Sr 26 longtime Roxbury resident died in Boston Mass Surviving widow Catherine Vyka two sons Frank Jr and Richard Vyka a brother Stephen Vyka and athlete Mrs Ignatz Dudek of Chicago Funeral at St Gertrude Catholic Church McIntire 1:30 p m Sunday Rev S A Gawronsky. Burial St Bernard Cemetery Indiana.
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Fronnie Maf
Charles
Bertha
Noel) Shaw
White Township
Opal
Virginia
Harme
Charles Shaw
Charles A. Shaw
T. F. Sexton
Oakland Cemetery
Frank Wyka
Roxbury
Mass
Bellaire
Boston
Catherine (Madey
Vyka
Frank, Jr
Richard
Stephen Vyka
Ignatz Dudek
Chicago
St. Gertrude Catholic Church
McIntire
S. A. Gawronsky
St. Bernard Cemetery
Indiana
Educators Pledge Open Discussion On Isms In Classrooms
A three day conference winds up with leaders urging teachers to discuss Communism and Fascism openly under teacher tenure laws. They emphasize presenting both sides so students hear the debate in school rather than only at home or on the streets.
Big Molecules Forecast by Princeton Chemist
Dr Hugh Stott Taylor of Princeton University predicts a new chemical age focused on big molecules complex forms of matter that have resisted investigation. The so called big molecules under development by organic chemists signal a major shift in materials science and chemistry research.
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Hugh Stott Taylor
Princeton University
Peace by Agreement moves to midweek sailing
The Belgian ambassador delivered the invitation and the American delegation led by Davis plans to sail mid next week. Hull announced Dr. Stanley Hornbeck J Pierrepont Moffet Robert T Pell and Charles E Bohlen will join as advisors aides or secretary with Fell as press officer. The League of Nations had urged the parley, hoping other powers would support.
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Hull
Stanley Hornbeck
J. Pierrepont Moffet
State Department
Robert T. Pell
Charles E. Bohlen
Hornbeck
Moffet
Davis
Fell
Bohlen
Conferance
League of Nations
Anthracite Commission backs state regulation plan
The Anthracite Commission urged state regulation of the hard coal industry via a special authority after eight months of study. It proposed production quotas, mine cost and price controls, and power to examine books, with possible public corporations to employ workers in bootleg and other areas. Some miners backed the plan, while operators offered cautious reaction. Ralph Taggert called for a meeting to gauge operator response.
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Philadelphia
Anthracite Commission
Ralph Taggert
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Irot Company
Nine Power Pact Signatories Weigh Crisis Settlement
Reports indicate signatories prefer agreement to explore other options while Japan resists outside interference. China may send reps but is unlikely to concede significantly. U S and other members consider possible mediation failures and next steps as Brussels invites nine power pact signatories to convene. The AFL CIO notes a three member committee and possible expansion. A shift toward Washington seems likely as negotiations continue.
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Tokyo
China
Japan
United States
America
Howment
Brussels
Peace Talks Hover Over Labor Federation Rift
Denver reports say the American Federation of Labor and John L. Lewis’s CIO faced ongoing talks to end their civil war. Officials floated a series of small delegations and a Washington meeting on October 25 to discuss a possible peace and future union, amid government hopes for a unified labor front.
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Japan
China
U. S. of L
Federation
CIO
Washington
Lewis
Board of Strategy
Denver
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
William Green
Executive Council
New Deal
Green
A. F. of L
Politicians Attend Field Day and Flood Control Toast
A commemorative field day honors flood control efforts with remarks from Mayor Scully, Congressmen including Snyder DeMuth Quinn and Senator Rodgers. Veterans, WPA praise, and plans note Crooked Creek dam completion by 1940 and Tygart dam by December.
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A. B. Rigegle
Kelly Station
Earle
Guffey
George W. Lauffer
St. John's Lutheran Church
Kittanning
Herman P. Eberharter
Dr. Bogardus
Morse
Davison
Lehman
WPA
Soldier
Pioneers
Scully
Roosevelt
Snyder
DeMuth
Quinn
Matthew Dunn
William B. Rodgers
Tri-State Authority
Col. Covell
Rodgers
Harrisburg
Cowell
Pittsburgh
John §. Heron
Tri-State
Crooked Creek
Tygart
West Virginia
Farle
Lawrence
Bogardus
Congress
J. Buell Snyder
James L. Quinn
Peter DeMuth
W. E. R. Cavell
United States Army
Fitts Burch
Edward M. Markham
United States Army Engineering Corps
Youth and Doctor Killers Confession Revealed
The chief described a morbid confession in which youths admitted strangling a physician at his home amid a dispute over a girl and hiding the body under a rear seat before moving it to a car trunk.
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Shippee
White Township seeks new road to Route 80 area
President Judge Creps may appoint viewers next week to assess a petition by more than twenty residents seeking a public road from Route 80 near Robbins Run bridge south to an improved highway on Alex Bennett land, a distance of about one and a third miles. Names listed include Geo Black, W J Johnston, E H Graff, M F E Barclay, and others.
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E. E. Creps
Common Pleas Court
White Township
John K. Get+ly
Robbins Run
Walter Little
Alex Bennett
Geo, Black
W. J. Johnston
E. H. Graff
M. F E. Barclay
H. M. Brown
T. F. Sexton
Ross Coleman
S. W. Shearer
William Isenberg
Fred Dilts
R. S. Mitchell
Dwyer Confesses Slayings In Route To New Jersey
Dwyer, 18, confessed to killing Dr J G Littlefield and his wife in a grim sequence. He then robbed Mrs Littlefield of 197 dollars at a railroad station, hid the bodies in a sedan, and drove south toward New Jersey where police halted him near the Holland Tunnel. Sheriff Fernanda Francis planned to fly to North Arlington to bring back Dwyer and the two bodies.
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Dwyer
New York
Holland Tunnel
Union Avenue
Richmond Road
North
Arlington
Paris
Fernanda F. Francis
Oxford County
Robert T. Smith
North Arlington
N. J
Paul Dwyer
J. G. Littlefield
New Jersey
Francis
Dy. Littlefield
Norway
167 Girls Flee College Dorm Fire Destruction
A dorm fire at Slippery Rock College forced 167 girls to flee and left the building a smoking pile. Firefighters from New Castle Butler and Grave City aided the Slippery Rock unit but could not stop the blaze. Some president's quarters items were recovered while plans and federal aid were discussed for rebuilding.
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the College
Hames
New Castle
Butler
Grave City
Slippery Rock
Jean Valin
Eric Freshman
John H. Adams
Li Se
A.P. Brass Hats End Convention in Baton Rouge Trip
The Associated Press managing editors wrap a three day convention in New Orleans with a hash discussion and a Baton Rouge visit hosted by Governor Leche and LSU President Smith. Walter M. Harrison leads the final discussion. editors head to a night LSU vs Mississippi game and elect a new executive committee including Basil Walters and George W. Healy among others from major papers nationwide.
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New Orleans
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Walter M. Harrison
Oklahoma City
Richard W. Lewhe
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State
University of Mississippi
Association
Basil Walters
Register and Tribune
Des Moines
the Times
Okla
N. R. Howard
the News
Cleveland
Wellington
Kansas City Star
Kansas City
George W. Healy
the Times-Picayune
L. D. Hotchkiss
Los Angeles
Calif
W. C. Stouffer
Roanoke World News
Adrian
Wich
R. H. McCaw
New York Times
New York, N. Y
Alan C. McIntosh
Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln
Neb
Duke Duchess May Steal Show At Washington Visit
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor draw large crowds in Washington as speculation grows on whether President Roosevelt will host them. In Dusseldorf they viewed synthetic fabrics and garments, with the Duchess asking costs and production details. They then toured Bochum to an old ladies home and a steel works.
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Washington
House
Senate
Prince of Wales
Roosevelt
Dusseldorf
Germany
Duchess of Windsor
Windsors
Bochum
Garndi Criticizes British Plan on Spanish Non-Intervention
Count Grandi of Italy withdraws support for British non intervention. He questions statements reflecting British policy and protests the use of neutral flags by vessels shipping prohibited war material to the Spanish Reds government. He condemns Eden for his Llanodno Wales speech and warns of consequences if volunteers action is delayed.
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Eden
Llandudno
Wales
Spain
Grandi
Great Britain
Sunday School Aims 200000 Attendance in 1938
Pennsylvania Sunday school workers plan to boost attendance to at least 200000 in the coming year. The goal follows the State Sabbath School Association Diamond Jubilee convention that drew about 5000 church leaders for three days, with current enrollment at 2178081 or 22.6 percent of state residents.
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Hershey
Pennsylvania
State
Sabbath School Association
Walter E. Myers
Harry E. Paisley
Philadelphia
Reading Railroad
Clearfigly
PUC loses right to impose temporary rates
SCRANTON Oct 16 A federal court stripped the Public Utility Commission of power to set temporary rates for Edison Light and Power Co of York The ruling barred enforcement that would have cut 428 000 in revenues The commission plans an appeal to the U S Supreme Court Judge Warren Davis issued the decision with Judge Albert H Watson concurring and Judge Albert W Johnson dissenting The case marks the first use of the 1937 law to speed rate reductions and involves other utilities under consideration for similar temporary rate actions The York editor battle began over a year ago
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Scranton
Public Utility Commission
Edison Light and Power Company of
York
Commission
U. S. Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Warren Davis
Wstic
Albert II
Watson
Davis
Albert W Johnson
Johnson
Pennsylvania
Duquesne Light Company
Pittsburg
Selar Electric Company
Jefferson County
Tascomanissich
Metropolitan Et Company
West Pent Power Company
Allegheny County
Stock market roundup names many firms and percent changes
A long list of companies and their stock movement percentages fills the column, naming Air Reduction Allied Dye and Chemical, Am Can, Am Tel and Tel, Chrysler, Coca Cola, General Electric, IBM, and many others. The figures show gains and losses, with several shares up around single digits and others hovering near double digits, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
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Allied
Alco
Baha Am
Aten
Atlas Tack
Auburn Auto Bia Aviation Corp
Bal
Colum G
Colum Carbon
Cowwich
South
Cons Edison
Consol Film Ind
Consol Oil
Container Corp
Crane Co
Curtis Publishing
Curtis Pub Pf
Curtiss Wright
Carsiss Wr A
Deere and Co
MckKess and
Robbins
Fia McClellan
Imp Bly Mortrom Wald Dy Murray Corp
Nash-Kelvinatar Iby
Nat Biscuit
Nat Cash Reg Why
Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Dept Stores
Nat Distillers
Nat Polk and
Stay
Natt Steel
NY Central Rrf
Novih Amer Co
Ths
Northern Pac
Ohio Oil
Southern Ry
Sperry Corp
Studebaker Corp
Texas Corp
Japs Charge Chinese Shell Gas Tests Near Shanghai
Report cites Japanese claims that shells tested contained poison gas, with a minor headache from fumes and gas mask protection noted. Chinese accusations accuse Japan of renewed assaults near Taizang, Shanghai, while bombing persists around the city and rail yards. North China reports Chinese forces resisting a Taiwanese march toward Tsinan in Shantna Province.
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Tapingklang-Liuhong
Shanghai
Taizang
Markham Road
China
Tsinan
Shantena
Grand Mufti fakes fade out fleeing Palestine conflict
In Jerusalem the Grand Mufti Haj Amin al Husseini slips out of Palestine aboard a sailboat as British forces tighten control over Moslem activity. The British seize WAQF documents worth about 335000 dollars and patrol the Holy Land as violence persists with ambush deaths and sabotage.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy Land
Mufld
Arab Higher Committee
Nakoura
Beirut
WAQF
Lydda
Haj Amin Affendi al Husseini
Omar
Mufti
Arab High Committee
Pittsburgh Markets Open With Slow Produce Demand
Pittsburgh markets report slow demand for produce on October 16. Apples show steady activity with several grades listed, including No 1 New York eight ounce and Macintosh varieties. Potatoes move with market steadiness, citing Maine Green Mountains and Idaho Washington Bur banks at established price ranges.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Maine
Green Mountains
Idaho
Washington
Burbanks
33 Dead in Mine Blast
The report notes a mine blast at Mulsa, a stinlt mine supplying coal to Woodward blast furnaces. E. D. Dodge, superintendent, estimates the death toll will be about equal between white men and Negroes.
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Mulsa
E. D. Dodge
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Italy
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Texas Gulf Sylph
Tex Pac L Trust
Tide-Wat
West Air
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
O's
United Air Lines
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp
US Rubber
US Steel
Warner Bros
West Union Tel
West el
Wilson and Co
Woolworth
Geo. D. Leydie Funeral Home
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Oe India Loening Gazett
Standard American Encyclopedia
Indiana Eventing Gazette
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