Every Day to Be a Holiday for Pennsylvania Pupils
Inspectors order 18 schools in six counties closed or rebuilt due to sinking underground formations in coal and petroleum fields. The condemned list includes Old Forge High School and William Penn Taylor in Lackawanna County, plus multiple sites in Luzerne Schuylkill Westmoreland Elk Allegheny counties, with potential replacement under a $75 million school building program before the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Parinsylvania
Department of Labor and Industry
Luzerne County
Old Forge High School
Old Forge
William Penn
Taylor
Lackawanna
Schuylkill County
Westmoreland
West Bolivar
Fairfeld Township
Westmoreland County
Elle County
Laforce
Caledonia
Byrnedale
Jay
Elk County
Hampton Township
Allison Park
Allegheny County
School staff changes head 1938 39 term at Bellevue and Thaddeus Stevens
Continued from page one, Bellevue replaces A E Drumheller as head of Commercial Department. Miss Virginia Minser of Indiana fills a new Thaddeus Stevens building role. Miss Dorothy Hoyle becomes kindergarten supervisor at the Training School of Ohio State University. Complete staff list by building includes principals, teachers, and supervisors across two campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman King
Bellevue
Bellevue High School
A. E.drumheller
Drumheller
Indiana State Teachers College
Virginia Minser
Indiana
Culver
Thaddeus Stevens
Dorothy. Hoyle
Ohio State University
E C. Perry
J. A. Lubold
Viola Simpson
Clair Borland
Laura Buterbaugh
Harry Canfield
Charlotte Chapman
Alize Clements
Malinga Detwiler
David Dunmire
Gertrude Handler
Gertrude
Evelyn Judeon
Sarah Kelley
Libngorman King
Russel
Ech
Robert Liteinger
Harold Lutz
Frances B. Lutz
Catherine McClure
Mary Methregor
Ferne McKenry
James McKelvey
Paul Mechlin
Sara Wiley
William Wilt
Horace Mann
Mary J. Russell
Gertrude H. Walker
Alice St. Clair
Marion Thompson
Margaret Harsack
Beatrice Harvey
Dorothy Shank
Mabel Brown
Louise McMillen
Mary J. Rankin
Myrtle
Ruth Gill
Osie Overman
M. Ella Moore
Martha Bee
Virginia Burgess
Lola Beelar
Anna J. Thompson
Alice @Jeffins
C. BE. Rink
Finest Dairy Cattle Show Results Featuring Grand Champion and Age Winners
Grand champion bull awarded to Gerhard Sr while County Home claims top cow. Get-of-sire honors go to Wood Cornell Marshall with produce of dam listings for Gerhard Wood Marshall and Guernecy wil. Three year old winner is Charles Beatty, 27 B. Evans. two year old winners include R. C. Roof H.M. Travis and D. D. Cribbs.
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Gerhard
County Home
Wood
Cornell
Marshall
Froduce
Paul Stitler
A. B. Gray, Jr
Charles Beatty
W. F. Barkley
H. M. Travis
Elders Ridge Bull Association
Angus Hoover
W. B. Barkley
N. M. Travis
Charles
John Hoover
Harald Thompson
John Henderson
Laird Travis
WH. M. Travis
Jon, Henderson
M. Travis
M. Trassy
John G. Henderson
Clyde McConnaughey
John E. Garman
Marion Center Bull Association
Simpson and
McConnaughey
Walter Simpson
McConaughey
Clyde McConaughey
T. John EB. Garman
John Garman
Labor Federation Eyes GOP Backing in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg September 2 The Pennsylvania Labor Federation officials discuss the possibility of backing Republican candidates in the November elections citing a probe into alleged CIO favored hiring for highway jobs. Federation leaders insist any agreement limiting AFL membership would prompt executive action and deny Democratic influence.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
CSO
CIO
James L. McDevitt
State Highway Department
McDevitt
American Federation of Labor
Américan’ Federation of Labor Unions
State Department
Williams
A. F. of L
Multiline livestock show results with many names listed
A long OCR transcript lists champions and placings for various aged and yearling cattle including bulls cows and heifers. Names like Clyde McConaughey John Garman H. M. Travis appear repeatedly across classes with get of fire and produce of dam categories. Political commentary on Sudeten regions appears at the end.
Henlein to Receive New Orders Amid Promises
An Ong official close to Wilhelm-Stresse comments that Henlein faces a cycle of announcements as plans are proposed one after another but none are realized, suggesting the pattern may yield a positive outcome despite unfulfilled promises.
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Ong
Fairgoer Custodian Honored At 77th Indiana County Fair
Night courthouse custodian Joseph A. Dickey, 70, celebrated 70 years of perfect attendance at Indiana County Fairs with a bow. The report details early fair days on the campus now home to Indiana State College, horse and trotting results, and police action suspending six concessions over wheel of fortune concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Dickey
Indiana
Dickey
Indiana State Teachers College
Indiana County Fair
Eugene Wilson
Jail Prisoners Go on Strike at Allegheny County Jail
Pittsburgh Sept 2 Scores of prisoners at Allegheny County jail began a hunger strike over worms in soup. Deputy Warden Williams said about half of 700 joined the protest, with meals served cafeteria style and no forced eating devices. Williams blamed malcontents and a flare from Holmesburg hunger strike for the unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Alleheny County
Daniel F. Willliams
Williams
Holmesburg Prison
Philadelphia
John Baker
Central Police Station
Thorough list of horse names and times in third event
A fragmented horserace report lists riders and owners including Hy Everding Serene Tron City Growing Co stable and Highwayman Colton with various partners. Times shown around 2 10 to 2 11 with several riders and locations noted such as Pittsburgh Rochester Saint Stephens and Ligonier. continuation referenced.
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Goldsboro
Great Dean
Chambers
Lew Chambers
Niagara Falls
Ottawa
Bowser
Ray Bowser
Ford City
Rose Guy
Patterson
Clark Smith
Plumville
Pane
Cliff Lee
Mallew
John Mallieu
Hattie Axe
Finney
George i Finney
Ononcock
Hy Everding
Serene
Tron City
Company Stables
Pittsburgh
Highwayman
Colton
A. F
Rochester
N.Y
Calumet
Cincinnati
Patter
Son
T. Patterson
Homer City
Miss Allowance
Applegate
W. W. Broach
Saint Stephens
Church
Cole Lincoln
Nicholson
Arthur Monschein
Belvin Scott
Cook
H. Cook
Johnstown
Cordy Bancroft
Heberling
Rancher's Wife Is Kidnaped Near Marysville
FBI agents in Sutter County take charge of the case after the Meeks Ranch near Alo Oso is reported abduction. A car used by the suspects is found abandoned on a Marysville street and fingerprints are being checked. Rancher Meeks estimates the abductors are two men about 24 or 25 years old, five feet nine or ten inches, roughly dressed with white handkerchiefs masking their faces. The Meeks Ranch lies twelve miles south of Marysville near Yuba City on the road to Sacramento.
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FBI
Sutter County
Mieks
Marysville
Ullvey
Meeks’ Place
Meeks
Alo Oso
Yuba City
Sacramento
Heat's role in prison deaths sparks grand jury action
A blue ribbon coroner's jury was asked to hold Superintendent William Mills Deputy Warden Frank Craven and at least six guards for grand jury action after a punishment Klondike in the Philadelphia County prison caused four convicts to die. The inquest heard testimony on heat in the isolation building and a re enactment measured temperatures as high as 97 degrees with boiling conditions.
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Philadelphia
William JB. Mills
Frank Crave
Klondike
Vincent Morant
William B. Mills
Frank Craven
James McGuire
James Hart
Francis Smith
Alfred Brough
Robert Morrow
William J. Borbridge
Morant
Joseph Lippo
Edward Corkery
Samuel James
Martin P. Crane
Craven
Hart
State Department of Health
Kxlondike
Charles I. Engard
Howard Cunningham
Charles Hersch
Engard
William 4. Fulton
State Bureau of Industrial Hygiene l
Frank Butter
Booming Guns Proclaim 50th Anniversary in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh marks the Sesqui Centenary with cannon salutes church bells and factory whistles. Douglas Corrigan arrives with a welcome archs and a banquet honor. Union carpenters protest arches while county officials rename Calish Run to Corrigan Road for the flier and a broad program including ballets boat races air shows and pageants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Corrigan
Allegheny
Monongahela
Douglas Corrigan
John W. Hilty
Carpenter's ‘Union
Carrigan
Fittsburgh
Calish Run
Bard Okeh New General State Authority Program
Harrisburg Sept 2 The General State Authority approved a supplementary building program. Attorney General Guy K Bard said the current legislature may appropriate funds for rentals on new federal government buildings to be financed by the next biennium. The program could involve about 2 million dollars set aside in the Senate appropriations committee. Recommendations estimate the need near 55 million dollars. Major Philip Matihdwa and two other budget officials will meet with Authority directors to decide the full scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrishuag
Guy K. Bard
Bard
PWA
James
P. Rossiter
Rossiter
Washington
Bedia
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Philip Matihdwa
John Sullivan
Bureau of Civil Rights
John P. Butt
Obituary notices for Shaffer and Godek families in Iselin and Blairsville
Obituary items note the death of Mrs. Walter Black kin in Blacklick with funeral at Blacklick Methodist Church and burial in Blairsville Cemetery. Separate notice records Mike Joan Godek, 69, of Big Run near Iselin, with a large survivor list and services in Haly Cross Church Iselin. Interment planned for Iselin Cemetery.
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Walter Black
Charles Alexander
Anna Shaffer
John
Lewis Shaffer
Blacklick
Sanford Shaffer
Josephine
Blacklick Methodist Church
Cummins
Blairsville Cemetery
Mike Joan Codek
Big Run
Iselin
Anna Godek
Julia Sesnick
Mary Boscaccy
Frances Persokie
Hertha Lis
Chicago
Helen Godek
John Godek
Martin God
Collective Bargaining in Britain and U S Policy
A government commission reports on British trade unions and collective bargaining noting no exclusive right to organize all workers, reduced hours and higher wages in industry, rare closed shop and check off use, trade boards setting wage levels, and unions limited in political funds with member consent. It also cites strict limits on picketing and low violence in strikes.
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H. Davis
NRA
Anna M. Rosenberg
Social Security Board
British Trade Union Congress
Great Britain
Fromen
Markets and government subsidy affect grain and meat prices
Pittsburgh markets report moderate produce demand with apples and potatoes steady and livestock bids mixed including hogs and cattle. Chicago wheat futures dip on anticipated subsidy expansion while corn edges up. Harrisburg appoints Ruth Covish to a clerk post in property and supplies at $1,020 salary.
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Pittsburgh
W. Va
N. Y
Jersey
Sarales
Chicago
Harrisburg
Ruth Covish
Blacklick
Margot Grahame Files Divorce in Reno Case
Margot Grahame a blonde British actress is ready to tell a Reno judge of her marital troubles. Her divorce suit is expected to be filed today charging Francis Lister English actor with mental cruelty. The couple wed in New York in 1933 after Lister appeared on Broadway. They later pursued film careers in Hollywood with Lister known for Clive of India and Mutiny on the Bounty while Grahame starred in The Informer.
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Reno
Margot Grahame
Francis Lister
New York
Lister
Miss Grahame
England
Miss Granaine
Blair County Takes a Stand for Indigent Care
Altoona dispatch reports Blair County commissioners halted medical aid payments after a Jefferson County court ruled counties not responsible for indigent medical care. John F. Roger, president of the board, said Blair County joins others seeking state relief.
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Altoona
Blair County
Commonwealth
John F. Roger
Board of Commissioners
Jefferson County
Music pupils enrolled at St Bernard's Parochial School
Music students are now being enrolled at St Bernard's Parochial School in the 1938 39 term. Sister Mary Helen head of the music department requests all pupils intending to study music for the coming year enroll at the school promptly.
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St. Bernard’s Parochial School
Mary Helen
Potato Chips Gets Him Job
In Columbia Pennsylvania Charles Krewson, 20 and unemployed, faced a magistrate for stealing a bag of potato chips. Factory manager Robert Martin withdrew the charge after learning of his unemployment and offered Krewson a job.
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Columbia
Charles Krewson
Robert Martin
Krewson
Treasury balance report from Washington on Aug 31
Treasury figures show receipts of 6.41 million and expenditures of 19.34 million for August, leaving a net balance of 2.2506 billion. Working balance stands at 1.6626 billion with customs receipts for the month totaling 28.67 million.
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Washington
The
Treasury
High Speed Pilots Set For Bendix Trophy Dash
A field of aviators including Jacquéline Cochran and Frank Fuller prepares to fly Seversky planes in the Bendix Trophy race from Los Angeles to Cleveland with prize money totaling up to 9 000 dollars for the best time. The event opens with a late night start and offers additional bonuses for record breakers and women entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Union
Abe
Omarion
Clayland
Clevéland Bendix
Jacquéline Cochran
Mayd Odlun
Aviatrix
Seversky
Alexander de Seversky
Frank, Fuller
San Francisco
Wihimer
Cleveland
Fuller
Bendix
Miss Cochran
Steward Dies in Pullman Car on Pennsylvania Railroad
The body of Charles Bean a steward on a Pennsylvania Railroad dining car died aboard his train near Spring Creek and was returned to Erie today. Coroner Ed Lowrey says the death last night was due to heart disease. Bean about 60 had been staying with friends in Erie.
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Warren
Charles Bean
Pennsylvania Railroad
Nearsby Spring Creek
Erie
Ed Lowrey
Bean
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Labor Federation
Lawence
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
James F. Torrance
Earle
Dando
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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James J. Davis
Angus Hoove
Sudeten
France
Germany
Eac
Europe
Hitler
Henlein
Czech
Tessen
Moye
Valo Hedgewood
E. J. Sirus
Goldsvare
Ont
Cardy Bancroft
Frank Heberling
Clearfield
Calumet Cincinnati
McCoy
Clark McCoy
Imperial
Proline
Sipe
Thomas A. Dunn
Peter Plutarch
FL B. Crumm
F. B. Crumm
Cowansville
Beatty J. W. Crumm
FB. Crumm
Saunders
Eo. Saunders
Alleghany County
Manner
Bard'Okehs
Margot
Prosperity Restaurant
Phila
Street Tadiana
Tony Parisi
Prop
St . Ibla
Balt
Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Briggs Mfe
Calumet and
Hee
Case (Ji) Co
Cerro de Pas Ches
Chrysler Corp
Colum Gas
Cons Edison
Caday del Lack
West
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont
el Auto
Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck Seacony-Vacuum
Southern Pacific
Southern
Erry Coyp
Stand Oil
Cal
Texas Corp
Timken Bolt B
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp
Indus Alco
U & Rubber
U & Rubber U8 Smelt R and M 6Usteel 5845 Vanadium Corp
West Union Tel
West E
Mtg
Woolworth
el Bond
Oes
Steward
Pullman
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