Senate probe committees named to study relief and reapportionment
Harrisburg reports said three investigating committees will be named by Senate president pro tempore John G. Homsher to probe WPA activities and to study senatorial reapportionment and a long term relief plan for 1937. Hearings set for Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with possible other sites. A separate panel will survey districts to propose 50 senatorial districts.
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Harrisburg
Senate
John G. Homsher
Lancaster Republican
Homsher
Pennsylvania
Works Administration
Gi Mason Owlett
Tioga
Republican National
WPA
Guffey-Earle-Lawrence
Federal District Court
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Frank J. Harris
Allegheny Republican
Harris
House
Edward J. Thompson
Centre Democrat
Resulu
Thompson
Four year old obituary notes Ohio ties and kin
Ey aged four former Indiana County resident died at her Troy Ohio home Sunday and was buried in Ohio after services in Troy this afternoon. She was widow of John A. Dickey and had lived in Ohio 58 years. She was aunt to Joseph and James Dickey of Indiana and related to the Hellman family in Rayne Township and Mrs Charles Porter of Indiana MBs.
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Indiana County
Troy
Ohio
Dickey
John A. Dickey
Joseph and
James Dickey
Indiana
Hellman
Rayne Township
Charles Porter
Long Distance Phone Rates Update Shows Changes
Rates listed for Indiana to Chicago include day rates new 1.70, old 1.95. Night and Sunday daytime rate drops to 1.05 from 2.00, while other day rates adjust to 1.05 from 1.10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Chicago
New Dealers Indicted Again In Nanty Glo Case
The report alleges Miles Mc Hugh of Nanty-Glo was defeated for general ford last fall and is now a bossed a gang con general foreman on a WPA project. The statement accuses him of leading a food bed related wrongdoing in the ongoing case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles McHugh
Nanty-Glo
Feneral Ford
Kansas planning board eyed for federal state water plan
Governor calls for joint state and federal action to fund and study water infrastructure. Landon notes the Kansas planning board could be an agency to advance river and tributary projects, seeking coordinated engineering surveys and potential authority for collaboration.
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Landon
Kansas Planning Board
Roosevelt
War Department
Bridegroom 77 Weds in Meyersdale Home Ceremony
John A. Glessner, 77, Meyersdale stone mason, married Sunday to Susan Lenhar of Meyersdale, 44. The ceremony occurred at the Glessner home in Trans-Meyersdale with Rev. Dr. B. A. Black officiating. The couple will reside in Trans-Meyersdale.
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John A. Glessner
Meyersdale
B. A. Black
Amity
Knox Campaign Tour Deepens in New England
Colonel Frank Knox, Republican vice presidential candidate, rallied in Waterbury Connecticut and urged that wages are set by productivity not law. He argued government wage controls harm industry, while protecting women and young workers is proper. He blamed Roosevelt era recovery for unemployment and predicted historians will study the administration's aims. His East Coast schedule included Bridgeport New Haven New London Attleboro and Providence.
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Knox
New England
Waterbury
Cann
Frank Knox
Connecticut
Roosevelt
Bridgeport
New Haven
New London
Registration and nomination deadlines announced
Citizens are informed of key election dates. September 14 is the last day to file objections to nomination papers and for candidates nominated at the primary to withdraw. September 29 is the last day to file substitute nominations to fill vacancies caused by withdrawals.
Baby poisoner on trial in Newburgh murder case
Dorothy Sherwood, 28, widow, pleaded guilty today to first degree manslaughter for drowning her two year old son Jimmy in August 1938. Judge Jonathan D. Wilson set September 16 for sentencing. she faces 10 to 20 years. A prior murder conviction was overturned on appeal, prompting a new trial.
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Sherwand
Court of Appeals
Bandits Shoot Garbet in Canonsburg Parlor Robbery
In Canonsburg on September 1, a robbery at a beer parlor left Vincent Gubert, 50, seriously wounded after he refused to surrender. Two attackers fired, demanded money, and fled with 85 dollars. Gubert was found on the floor and the assailants escaped.
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Canonsburg
Vincent Gubert
Gubert
King's Men In Police Tangle
London report shows Sir Walter Windham facing a driver’s test and a month disqualification after a 15 shilling fine for dangerous driving. Edward’s private secretary Major the Hon. A H K Hardinge paid 30 shillings for speeding at Bromley. Windham, 69, famed aviation and motoring pioneer, was the first to carry foreign dispatches by automobile and helped inaugurate aerial mail services in India and England.
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London
Walter Windham
Foreign Service
Walter
A. H.K. Hardinge
Edward
Bromley
Whitehale Park
England
France
India
Asia
Dorothy Gish Pleases Cops With Speeding Bond
Dorothy Gish, the actress, was released on a 25 bond after being arrested for speeding on the Boston Post Road near Westport. State Policeman Robert Herr said she waited over an hour for funds to post the bond. He noted she was quiet and gave her the ticket with a light tone. A Sept. 14 court appearance was scheduled.
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Westport
Conn
Dorothy Gish
Liberty Today
Boston Post
Robert Herr
Miss Gish
Herr
Dying From Practical Joke Shocks Alabama Woman
In Montgomery Alabama on September 1 Mrs Arthur H Mullican learned by phone of a supposed injury and later death a neighbor reported an urgent call. Mrs Mullican collapsed in shock and a doctor was summoned while Mullican returned home unharmed leaving her in a coma for more than nine hours.
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Montgomery
Ala
Arthur H. Mullican
Mullican
North Dakota Governor Injured in Taxicab Collision
North Dakota Governor Walter Welford sustained minor bruises in a taxi crash on a downtown street while en route to the airport. He was taken to Saint Marys Hospital, where attendants said the injuries were not serious. he had conferred with Kansas Governor Alf Landon in Topeka the day before.
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Kansas
Walter Welford
North Dakota
London
Western Railroads
Kansas City
St. Mary's Hospital
Welford
Alf M. Landon
Topeka
Steet
1083 Couples Wed at Wellsburg
Dan Cupid set an all time August record as 1083 marriage licenses were issued at Wellsburg. The figure tops the prior record of 1080 in June and reflects strong demand from Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Dan Cupid
Gretna Green
Dune
Wellsburg Long
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Schools Open Cause Gazette Delays Quiet Delivery
Most Gazette carriers are in school today causing delayed afternoon rounds. Office asks readers not to call about late papers as deliveries will arrive after supper time.
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Gazette
Chambers Drowns at Chautauqua Lake
Philip Chambers age 22 from New Castle Pennsylvania drowned while sail boating on Chautauqua Lake Jamestown New York Sep 1. He fell overboard after clearing a line and could not be stopped from drifting for about 30 minutes before aid from another boat was secured.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Philip Chambers
New Castle
Chautauqua Lake
Chambers
Treasury Balance Report and August Receipts
Treasury balance at end August shows 1.914 billion dollars with receipts of 8.04 million and expenditures of 20.51 million. Customs receipts for the month totaled 32.92 million.
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Treasury
Washington
Passion of Treasury
Candidates And Issues By the Associated Press
TOPEKA KAS Governor Landons advisers indicate he may advocate federal state cooperation for water conservation when he meets President Roosevelt in drought conference. SALT LAKE CITY President Roosevelt comes here today for funeral of late Secretary of War Dern. WATERBURY Col Knox declares that if millions are still out of jobs you can end the cause in Washington. NEW YORK Democrats announce plans for intensive speaking campaign in cast in next two weeks with emphasis on Maine. SAMERVILLE Mass Rep Lemke says the real forgotten man and woman are those trying to stretch household budgets to meet rising prices and static wages. NEW YORK Norman Thomas asks President Roosevelt to refuse permits for shipment of supplies to Spanish Fascist rebels.
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Associated Presa Topeka
Kas
Landon
President Roosevelt
Salt Lake City
Roosevelt
Dern Waterbury
Conn
Col
Knox
Washington
New York
Maine
Samerville
Mass
Will'am Lemke
Norman Thomas Aks
Spain War Crisis Deepens As Bombings Rock Cities
In week seven of the civil war the Socialist government and Rebels exchange heavy air and ground attacks across Spain. Madrid reports new cabinet changes to include a Communist member as bombardments hit Bilbao and Burgos, while government forces claim several local victories and repulse Rebel advances.
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Sit Fleeté
United States
Iran
Bilbao
Burgos
Madrid
Paris
la Passionaria
Spain
Guadarrama Mountains
Barcelona
Catatonia
Valnecia
Alicante
Andalusia
Esthemadura
Ramon Blardoney
Associated Press
Ministry of War
Jose Giral Pereira
Popular Front
Confederation of Labor
Indalecio Prieto
War Ministry
Navasperal
Guadarrama
Badajoz
Seirra de Ronda
Malaga
Alpujar Reeds
Tubiles
Mieles
Almeria
Oviedo
Funeral for Utah governor Edwin Dern continues by train
President attends distant ceremony as funeral train carries the Utah governor’s casket. The procession moves through Salt Lake City with Mrs Dern and the Governor’s family, escorted by state officials and soldiers. Officials discuss timing for any rear platform talks after the events.
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Roper
Dern
Cummings
Wallace
Harry Woodring
Utah
South Temple Street
Rexford Tugwe
Agriculture
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
William I. Myers
Farm Credit Administration
FDR Attends Dern Rituals Across Midwestern States
President Roosevelt joined the Dern funeral train at Sidney Nebraska with governors of Iowa Nebraska Missouri Oklahoma Minnesota and Wisconsin. He spoke from a car on summer fallowing to avert droughts and visited the Re settlement Project of Q D Burris while conferring with federal and state officials. Large crowds greeted the train at Cheyenne Hanna Laramie and Rawlins.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dern
Sidney
Q. D. Burris
Cheyenne
Hanna
Laramie
Rawlins
WPA Musicians Seek Ruling on Political Concert
Williamport September 1 WPA musicians R W Thorne Lycoming County Republican Chairman may request a public investigation into whether the WPA Symphony Orchestra can perform at a political gathering. Musicians Paul Knauff and Harold Lyman say orders for the WPA orchestra to play at a Democratic picnic threaten private unit members’ ability to earn extra money by entertaining a Republican outing the same day.
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Williamsport
R. W. Thorne
Lycoming County
WPA
Paul Knauff
Harold Lyman
Illness Toll Is Set At $10,000,000 Yearly
Washington report places the national annual bill for sickness and accidents at ten billion dollars. Public Health Service estimates potential savings from reductions in accidents and illness, noting a 125 percent cut could save about fifteen thousand six hundred dollars per one thousand employees yearly. The study argues for higher health and accident prevention spending to lower costs and improve purchasing power.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Haseen
Johnstown WPA Street Markers Endure Flood Threats
Johnstowners recall the WPA concrete paving project stamped with a six pointed insignia and the year 1938. Officials say the symbol serves as a permanent reminder of benefits from the Federal reconstruction program, though future floods could wash away slabs.
Barnes buys paintings and sculpture from Europe
Dr. Albert Barnes founder of the Barnes Foundation announced a purchase of nine paintings by French masters and three pieces of Egyptian and Greek sculpture for 500000 dollars on a recent Europe trip. The paintings include works by Manet Cezanne Matisse and Raoul Dufy.
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Philadelphia
Sep
Albert Barnes
The
Barnes Foundation
Europe
Edouard Manet
Paul Cezatine
Henri Matisse
Raoul Dufty
Meter Reader Dies by Gas Self-Inflicted
John E. Boehler a 28 year old meter reader for a local gas company was found dead in his Avalon area car with the motor running and doors locked. Coroners said he fashioned a tube from the car floor mat to the exhaust and left a note to his wife stating he did this at 3 30. Investigators noted the method and timing of the death.
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Pittsburgh
John E. Boehler
Avalon
Boehler
Life sentence for nail slayer in Greensburg case
Greensburg judge C E Whitten gave Henry J Ralston a life term after he was convicted of killing his friend William Coulson by driving a nail into Coulson head. Ralston denied a new trial despite protestations of innocence.
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Greensburg
C. E. Whitten
Henry J. Ralston
William Coulson
Ralston
Youthful Thieves Draw Court's Ire in Hollidaysburg
Eight boys aged 14 to 18 pleaded guilty to stealing from freight cars, drawing a rebuke from Judge Marlon D. Patterson. Three were sent to Huntington Reformatory, Cree placed on probation, and Cree and Hare jailed for one year. In Philadelphia, the Eagles beat the Reading Keys 36 to 7 in an exhibition.
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Hollidaysburg
Marlon D. Patterson
Huntington Reformatory
T Cree
Daniel Cree
Louis Hare
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Eagles
Reading Keys
Black Legion Terrorist Claim Stirs Oakland Jury
Oakland county grand jury report labels the Black Legion a terrorist organization with political aims beyond its members. It cites 88 named employes, questions leadership, and notes no foreign funding. The document ties to indictments of Virgil Effinger and 21 others for criminal syndicalism amid a WPA worker murder case.
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Detroit
Oaksland County Grand Jury
Black Legion
Citewit
Guy B. Hartrick
Porting
Charles A. Paule
Hartrick
Oakland County
Hooded Order
Ilies
Virgil F. Effinger
Lima
Ohio
Effinger
America
Poole
WPA
Missing church stolen from Holiness Church of God in Christ
SUFFOLK Virginia The Holiness Church of God in Christ seeks the thieves who stole their single story frame church building after it stood in place for years. Owner Col John P Penner saw it missing after a morning pass by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Suffolk
Holiness Church of God In Christ
Col
John P. Penner
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Baby Poisoner
King’s Men In Police
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Francisco Franco
State Department
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Hull
Franco
Seville
Adals
Wyo
Marvin H. McIntyre
Edwin M. Watson
Creston
William H. Woodin
the Treasury
J. B. Alvin
Johnstown
Black Reerhle
Charles Peele
Memphis
Techn
Anne Whalen
Watkins Overton
Beal
Ifor
Phoenix Hosiery
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