Anthracite Conference Debates State Control Plans
Harrisburg Sept 27 a wide coal industry gathering in Governor Earle’s offices examined how to revive Eastern Pennsylvania’s hard coal fields. Proposals include state control or operation of collieries, with local tax implications, bootlegging reform, and possible special legislation in early 1938 to shape the industry’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
Earle
Joseph Agor
Shamokin
Iian
Michael J. Hartneady
Anthracite Institute
Joseph Brennan
Earl Humphrey
Threatened Senator warned of possible attack
Senator warns of anonymous threats from an letter writer named Sipe who claims many in Armstrong and Butler Counties plan to waylay and kill him. He recalls warnings to not park on Water street in Kittanning and mentions fears of arson against his barn. Sipe, a long time district Democrat and attorney, says federal agents should locate the educated writer behind the threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Street
Kittanning
Sipe
Democratic Party
Armstrong
Butler
Huey Long
Justice Black Robe Ready for Court Challenge
Albert Levitt a former Federer Judge in the Virgin Islands filed a petition challenging the constitutional right of Justice Black to succeed retired Justice Wils Van Devanter. Levitt argues Van Devanter must sever ties by resignation, not retirement, and contends Black’s Senate membership would affect emoluments of justices under the retirement rule. He plans to read his motion next Monday or have the clerk present it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judiciary
Congress
Senate
Court
Albert Levitt
Federer
Binck
Wils van Devanter
Levitt
van Devanter
Black
Coal Operators of 27 States To Meet in Pittsburgh
Coal operators from 27 states gather in Pittsburgh on October 7 and 8 for a National Coal Association meeting marking its 20th anniversary. Speakers include J Osford, Fred Clausen, and H Lowry. The agenda covers federal regulation, prices, freight, taxation, and subsidized power as the industry, with over $3 billion capital and 400,000 workers, faces price coordination under the Guffey Vinson Act. The event, the largest in association history, ably chaired by J D Battle, will also hear reports from government relations and research groups and feature J B Hill as toastmaster at the Hotel William Penn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
National Coal Association
Trade ‘Association of
Industry
Tafer
Flosford
Charles F .Losford, Jr
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Fred H. Clausen
van Brunt Manufacturing Company
Wisconsin
U.S. Chamber of
Canmere
H. H. Lowry
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Chamnen Hosford
Congress
Association
J.D. Battle
J. B. Hill
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Wiliam Penn
Chief Justice Hughes Faces Review Appeals Battle
The Supreme Court considers a petition challenging Justice Black's appointment. If denied, the challenge would lapse. if granted, a decision is expected after hearings next week. About 450 cases are filed, including 52 to be reviewed, with arguments starting Oct. 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Black
Obituary notices for Bush family and related deaths
Obituary items list five daughters and two sons of a deceased woman from Trade City Smicksburg and Hamilton, plus 25 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Another daughter died June 8, 1931. Funeral in Trade City Lutheran Church at 2:30 p m Tuesday, Rev J B Troutman. Burial Marchand Cemetery. Also: Floyd B Cook 38 of Portage dies after illness. survived by wife Edith and children Irene Donald Eleanor. funeral 2 pm tomorrow at St Clair Indiana. burial Oakland Cemetery. Wendell Lee Byers dies of enteritis at Chevy Chase born Oct 20 1935. survivors include parents and siblings. funeral Wednesday 2 pm at Christian Church. Greenwood Cemetery.
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S. B. Allison
Franklinville
N. Y
Effie Bush
Trade City
G. E. James
Johnstown
Emory Bush
Charlie Beck
McCurdy Bush
Smicksburg
A. S. Kerr
Hamilton
Arthur James
Trade City Lutheran Church
J. B. Troutman
Marchand Cemetery
Ifloyd B. Cook
Portage
Pittsburgh
Indiana County
Cook
Bor
Cookport
John B
Claire (Uearn) Cook
Edith
Taylor) Cook
Irene
Donald
Eleanor Cook
Floyd B. Cook
Vernon
Jay Cook
Indiana
Paul Cook
Harry Thompson
Albany
Raymond St. Clair
Washington Street
St. Clair
John W. Kennedy
First Regular Baptist Church
Intorment
Oakland Cemetery
Wendell Lee Byers
David Byers
Chevy Chase
Evelyn
Helen
Harry
Norman
R. B. Hurt
The
Christian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Traffic Toll 11 Hurt In Route 11 Accidents
Agrampsste driven by William M. Wynn collided with a car driven by Jacob Ewtuchowich on Route 11 near Seward injuring Mrs. Jessie Wynn 65 and others. Mrs. Carney 30 and Misa Mabel Bush injured when her car overturned on the Benjamin Franklin Highway east of Indiana. Mary Penyak 16 was in fair condition after a roller skating accident on Route 119. Cornelius Sexton 37 treated for facial lacerations after his vehicle left Route 119.
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Jessie Wynn
Balivar
William M. Wynn
Jacob Ewtuchowich
Hooversville
Seward
Corporel
Misa Mabel Bush
Carney
Benjamin Franklin
Indiana
Route 119
Lawrei? Siler
Wilson
Allegheny County
Cornelius Sexton
HK. D. 7
Indiana Hospital
Pennsylvania Fatality Toll Rises From Weekend Accidents
A weekend of Pennsylvania accidents claimed nineteen lives across the state. Pedestrians, car occupants, and a child from Punxsutawney died in falls, crashes, and a tram collision while others perished in a bridge plunge and household mishaps. Names and ages of the deceased are listed by locality.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Altoona
Harry Berkheiner
Roaring Springs
Carlisle
Samuel K. Fishburn
Hazelton
Thomas Yorar
Oneida
John Zeigler
Beaver Meadows
Philadelphia
Max Gimbel
Harrison Brugger
Anna Hansach
Ruth Bernstein
Roosevelt Boulevard
Pine Grove
Elwood Yohn
Punxsutawney
Herman Allen Nales
Brockway
York
Reginald White
Spring Grove
Shellersville
Lamar F. Schlaven
Somerset
John H. Mowery
Friedens
Ambler
Reading Company
Peter Signore
Johnstoven-Actree
Oscar Igonginger
William—Beale
Upper Darby
Charles E. ‘Killingbeck
Harrigan Berger
Ardmore
Limerink
Christian Dilling
Collegeville
Green Pledges Open Policies at Republican Convention
The speech denounces the New Deal and court packing while urging unity and government action for the people. Senator Bridges accuses the Democrats of a split administration under Roosevelt and criticizes brain trusters as he targets Pennsylvania leadership and potential convention staff choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Deal
Green
United States
America
U. S
James J. Davis
Unon
H. Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Bridges
Rejpublicans
Times
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Bridges Soen
Fatthorn
Lycoming County
State Supreme Court Opens In Pennsylvania Rail Lawsuits
State Supreme Court opened in Pittsburgh to hear cases on 50 car trains with fewer crew, school board firing under the Teachers Tenure Act, and dismissal of a Tarentum principal. Railroads seek injunction against the new full crew law, while Monessen and Tarentum boards dispute coach reinstatement and principal duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
State Supreme Court
Behhayl
Vania
Tarentum
Texas
Pennsylvania
Public Service Commission
Monessen School Board
Westmoreland County Court
Preston A. Detty
Tarentum Board
W. A. Swick
W. Heber Dithrich
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court
Swick
Dithrich
GOP Ahead of Democrats Ahead of 1940 Election
GOP leaders debate strategy for the 1940 race as Roosevelt contemplates court reform and party chiefs anticipate gains. Hamilton predicts Republicans will win seats in both the Senate and the House while one third of the Senate and the entire 435-member House will be up for election. four Republican senators and the rest up for election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Hamilton
Senate
House
House of 435
Davis
Pennsylvania
Gibson
Vermont
Nye
North Dakota
Steiner
Oregon
County Champion and Fair At Brushvalley Township
The Brushvalley county fair featured a county horse shoe pitching tournament and a clay pigeon shoot directed by Quay Overdorft with about twenty participants. Exhibits included apples vegetables fruits pumpkins canned goods baked goods jellies and fancy work. The flower display was smaller due to an early frost. Meals were served by the Brushvalley Community Association. The next event is a Cabbage Karnival Klonkave with cabbage growers meeting at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow at the Guy Stutzman farm two miles east of Brushvalley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brushvalley
Indiana County
Brushvalley Township
Guy Stutzman
Brushyalley
Court Issue Into Silence Aboard Roosevelt Train
President Roosevelt on a special train to Boise Idaho will refrain from discussing the court issue during his Northwest trip. He toured Yellowstone Park and planned further talks on power and other Far West topics with guests including Rep Compton White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Boise
Idahs
Fils
Will
Idaho
Yelowstone National Park
Northwest
West Yellowstone
Mont
Far West
Silver
Compton White
Hugo L. Black
Sissie
Buzzie” Dall
Crop tour visits several cabbage and vegetable fields
A group tours 30-acre cabbage fields belonging to William Gougenour and others. A noon picnic at Doyle Stutzman precedes a tour of 23-acre cabbage, 12-acre potato, and 2d-acre soybean plots. At 2:30 they reach Fred Brehm’s market gardens near Dilltown for a cabbage disease resistance demo. County Agent J. W. Warner and extension specialist W. B. Nissley lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Gougenour
Doyle Stutzman
Fred Brehm
Dilltown
J. W. Warner
W. B. Nissley
Penn State
Abduction Case Ends With Wealth Suspect Theory
Miss Freihage aided in the Ross kidnapping case after being coerced at gunpoint in a car. Capt. Gilbert said Ross died from sudden shock while kidnappers hid his body, pondering a simple robbery that turned into a high stakes ransom. The motive appears linked to perceived wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross
Gilbert
Miss Freihage
Jed Lo
Shanghai clash and Chinese counterattack amid Japanese bombing
Japanese forces established customs houses in Shanghai to curb foreign trade as reinforcements rushed to the northwest battlefront. Bombing strikes hit eastern coastal cities and Canton terminus, causing civilian casualties while Nanking area along the Yangtze faced air raids and Chinese pursuit aircraft.
Bar Head Appeals for Aid in Constitution Fight
At the Kansas City meeting of the American Bar Association the president from Minneapolis cites a clash between the people and the court over constitutional defense. Frederick H. Stinchfield warns the public may be forced to choose between lawyers and President Roosevelt while defending the Supreme Court amid controversy over Justice Hugo Black. Willis Van Devanter and Senator Edward R. Burke are slated to speak at the convention, emphasizing the mounting debate on constitutional law and the court's role.
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Kansas City
American Bay Association
Roosevelt
Frederick H. Stinchfield
Minneapolis
United States
Stinchfeld
Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Ku Klux Klan
Willis van Devanter
Senator Black
Alabama
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
Direct Unemployment Relief and County Case Fluctuations
Bulletin from Wilkes-Barre reports September 16 to 18 unemployment relief showing 15,319 active cases with 1,086 in relief rolls and $1,104,540 spent on relief. Net changes include 0.8 percent drop in load, with declines in Schuylkill, Philadelphia and Carbon counties and minor increases from Works Progress Administration factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Federal Works Program
Clearfield County
Luzerne County
Schuylkill County
Philadelphia County
Carbon County
Shanghai Front News Warfront Shifts In Days Of Conflict
Explosions rocked Shanghai as Japanese warships and batteries bombarded the north station area and international settlement. American imports accused Japan of collecting duties in Chinese waters and planning a puppet system to divert trade. Chinese forces claimed village recaptures as Chiang Kai-shek reshuffled command with General Chu Shao Ling taking Chin forces command. Japanese air raids near Nanking damaged civilians. Cholera rose to 1700 cases in the settlement. In Hong Kong, ten survivors from a Japanese submarine attack on Chinese junks reported heavy losses and no rescue attempts as 112 vessels were sunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
North Station
International Settlement
Yangtzepoo
Hongkew
Setment
Ling Kong
Lotian
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chu Shao-Liang
Chang Chih-Tsung
Chu
Nanking
Luzon
Guam
Chuhsien
Kinghwa
Hangchow
Here
Hong Kong
Cheelongkat Point
South China
High Seas
Cheelongkau
Junk
Scharnhorst
Noted lecturer Arthur Kane to speak at Indiana High School
Arthur F. Kane, renowned traveler and lecturer, appears tomorrow evening in the Indiana High School auditorium under Lions Club sponsorship. He will share a vivid tale titled After You Marco Polo and display weapons, curios, and costumes from exotic items such as Ethiopian weapons and a 12-foot python skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur F. Kane
Indiana High School
Lions Club
Marco Polo
Gobra
Arthur Kane
Roberts College
Instanbul
Turkey
Kane
Spitzenberg
Busops
Cages of Good Hope
Stock Market List of Companies and Percent Figures
The clipping enumerates numerous company names and market figures with percentages, including Amoco, Anaconda, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, Du Pont, General Motors, IBM, Johnson, Mattel, National Dairy, Radio Corp of America, Standard Oil, United Airlines, Westinghouse, and many others, with varied percentage indicators and stock symbols. It reads like a compiled list of stocks and share values from a financial page, reflecting market activity across industries and notable corporations. The data appears as a dense, OCR-derived roster of tickers, company names, and percentage figures rather than a narrative report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Red
Alco
Atth
Atl Refining
Balt
Ohio
Beth Steel
Beth Steel Pt
Canad
Pacific
Cerro de Pas
Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Con Edison
Crane Co
del Lack
West
Douglas Airecaft
du Pont de N
Eastrasn Kodak
el Auto Lite
Gen Elee
Gen Motors
Gen
Gillette
Hard-Walker
Hershey
Nat D'stitlers
Central RR
North Ameria
Packard Motor Bi Penn
Phila
Phillips Pet
Radio Corp of Am
Repub
Reynolds
Cal
Ind
Transamerica
United Aircraft
United Corp
Imp
Indus Alco
US Steel TR Vanadium Corp
West Union
West Fl
Mfg
Colt Woolworth
CURB
Erec
Pennrold Corp
Markets Produce Pittsburgh Sept 27 Market Report
Pittsburgh markets report moderate demand for produce with apples varied by variety and region. Potatoes show steady pricing across several shippers. livestock values mostly steady to mixed with hogs and calves showing steady or lower trends and cattle and sheep trading lightly.
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Pittsburgh
Delaware
New York
Pennsylvania
West Rivers
Virginia
West Virginia
New Jersey Cobblers
Maine Coblers
Long Island Cobblers
Idaho
Burbanks
Washington
Burbankse
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Justice Black
Moorhead
Tadiana
Cosgrove
Experntee
Committee On Government and
Charles O'Neill
United Eastern Coal Sales Corporation
Ehairman
Bituminous Cryl Research, Inc
John C. Cosgrove
Johns‘towns
Democrats
Bar
9 PLC
Broski
Wilkes-Barre
Horace
Bow Wow
John Broski
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Bow-Wow
William 5
McLean
Percy W. Foote
William A. Clark
Commonwealth
Bowers
Andreoli
Clark
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