Appropriation Bill Approval To End Session
Weary Congressmen prepare to end the first session of the 70th Congress after more than six months of battle over the third deficiency appropriation. House and Senate members push for agreement on conflicting provisions as adjournment looms amid Washington heat. The bill keeps social security tax unchanged and signals a concluded session with traders hoping for gavels today.
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Edward Blockett
International News Service
Washington
House
Senate
Tony Wattle
Por
Niw Castle
PA NEWC OBSERVES Ditches Being Dug on Logan Street
Ditches are being dug on Logan street for curbing and a rock base prep, from Moody Avenue to Boylas. Noted as a partial street improvement, with a seasonal pipe dream of extending toward Lincoln. Also mentions Edward Pingh campaigning for constable in Greenville and Sorrell for mayor in a neighboring city.
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Logan Street
Moody Avernor
Boylas
Lincoln
Edward Pingh
Greenville
Sorre
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending 5 p.m. Friday show a high of 79 and a low of 63 with no precipitation. River stage at 5.2 feet. Year ago on the same date records show a high of 90, a low of 68, and 1.28 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Britain Needs Time To Build More Ships
Britain faces a period of ship production to defend Far Eastern interests. Naval authorities say wartime dispatch of a fleet remains unlikely until Parliament reconvenes after October. Prime Minister Chamberlain concentrates on peace policies amid Europe’s current crisis while negotiations with Japan and alliance talks in Moscow unfold.
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Britain
Charles A. Smith
London
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Orient
Europe
Japan
Chana
Moscow
New Trade Pact With Russians By Nixon
Ten days after a harsh move against Japan the United States signs a broad new trade agreement with the Soviet Union. Washington also abrogates the 28 year old treaty with Japan, ending normal economic intercourse between Tokyo and Washington as tensions rise over acts against Americans. The move follows strained U S Jap relations from incidents in China and other disputes. Trade policy shifts amid a changing Cold War landscape.
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Robert G. Nixon
United States
Japan
China
State Department
AUY
New Castle
State Police Arrests in Oil Lease Fraud Case
Pennsylvania state troopers expect multiple arrests in a $250000 oil lease fraud scheme that victimized dozens across at least 14 counties. Morris Berman, named mastermind, was arrested in Kane after a securities act violation bail set at 15000 with 5000 on three counts. A hearing is anticipated early next week. Additional arrests likely in Philadelphia as operations centers are targeted.
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International News
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Morris Berman
Kane
Pennsylvania Securities Commission
Cumberland County
Carlisie m
Philadelphia
New Castle
Endurance Fliers Fail to Reach 635-Hour Heavy Plane Goal
Springfield report notes Hunter and Humphrey Moody press on toward an endurance record for light airplanes. After 14 days aloft and 297 hours, ground crews were told the pair had surrendered hope of beating the 635-hour mark for heavy planes due to extreme fatigue.
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International News Service
Springfield
Ill
Hunter
Humphrey Moody
BUY
New Castle
Death Notice for Frank Germek at 510 South Jefferson
Frank Germek aged 45 is reported dead. He resided at 510 South Jefferson Street. The notice appears in the August 5 1939 Death Record column.
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Frank Germek
Jefferson Street
Death Plunge Tragedy Spurs Refugee Doom Pact in Chicago
The body of Mrs Adela Langer and her two sons was found after a fall from a downtown hotel as Chicago refugees fear deportation when permits expire. The coroner heard her fear of returning to Prague and two apartment residents admitted they would kill themselves rather than go back to Czechoslovakia. A 500 refugee case lingers, with Langers’ family tied to a Prague textile empire and a failed sale of assets.
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International News Service
Chicago
Adela Langer
Karel
Tommy
Jan Misha
Prague
Germany
Langers
Erich Eister
William Pachner
West Side
Langer
England
New Castle
Unionists Ratify Pact Affects GM Tool and Die Shops
Detroit August 5. Seventy five thousand CIO unionists in five cities were to vote on a plan to settle the month long strike against General Motors tool and die shops. The plan, accepted by negotiators with Federal Labor Conciliator James F. Dewey, was approved by a strike council. Ratification by rank and file was expected to allow GM to resume 1940 model car preparations, with the settlement delaying production by about two weeks. The terms were not disclosed but were believed to expand work to raise skilled pay and recognize the union as bargaining agent in plants where AFL has no committee. About 40 plants fall into this category.
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Nowa
Detroit
CIO
Cies
General Motors Corporation Tool and Die
James F. Dewey
General Motors
CIO Atte Workers
AFL
Sears-Roebuck Plans Expansion Of Present Site
Sears Roebuck & Company announced a 10-year lease at 26-28 North Jefferson Street and a major modernization of the building. A new third floor will be added, costing 40 000 to 50 000 dollars, with further store equipment upgrades planned, signaling strong faith in the city’s economy.
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Sears , Roebuck & Company
North Jefferson Street
Sears
Hee
Chicago
Harry ¥. Girard
News
J. Clyde Grifflian
Netherlands Crown Princess Birth Welcomes Second Daughter
Soestdyk e Netherlands Aug 5 A second daughter to Crown Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard is welcomed as the royal line continues with a female heir. The baby born at 1 09 am in the White Palace while Beatrix, born in 1935, remains first in line.
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Sergiqe
Soestyi
Netherlands
Juliana
Prince Bernhard
Soestdyke
White Palace
Difnewides
Wilhelmina
Amsterdam
Beatrix
Boy Near Death At Swimming Hole
At 2 PM police and rescuers labored to revive Tony Bove a 10 year old of 2 North Wayne street after he sank in the Mahoning river at the Coney swimming hole near 1:35 PM A Russo dived to retrieve him and brought him to shore still alive but in critical condition.
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Todgy
Palmotor
Tony Bove
Andrew Bove
North Wayne Street
Coney Swimming
Mahoning River
A. Russo
Super Highway Toll in Laurel Hill Tunnel Crash
Four men killed in a rockfall inside the unfinished Laurel Hill tunnel on the Pennsylvania dream highway through the Alleghenies. Victims include William J. Leach 33 of Boswell Walter Daley 28 Langlo th Olaf K Schooling 25 Somerset and Leonard Anderson 35 RD 4 Somerset. One man died after arm amputation en route to Somerset hospital.
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Cistamilianal Smewa Service
Somerset ‘Hospital
Wilam J. Leach
Boswell
Waltar Daley
Langloth
Olaf K. Schooling
Somerset
Leonard Anderson
R. D
Raven
New Castle
Weather Outlook For Coming Week
Weekly weather outlook from International News Service reports North and Middle Atlantic States to see showers near the middle of the week with warmer conditions early and late, cooler midweek. Ohio Valley and Tennessee expect generally fair skies with above normal temperatures overall.
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Iternational News Service
Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Franklin Gets District Office
New Castle district WPA office must move to Franklin under a consolidation plan explained by Pennsylvania WPA officials. Maj. Philp A. Mathews, the state WPA administrator, told Greater New Castle Association leaders in Harrisburg the consolidation cannot be changed. GNCA officials said New Castle district headquarters is needed, but Mathews cited the new administrative setup and economy as reasons for relocation to Franklin.
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New Castle
Works Progress Administration
Franklin
Pennsylvania
WPA
Greater New Castle Association
Harrisburg
Maj
Philp AL. Mathews
New State
Maj. Mathews
Arthur H. Andrews
GNCA
Norman E. Clark
Mathews
New Castle District
New Castle Association
Andrews
Erle
WDY
Two Miners Still Buried After Rock Slide Near Pottsville
Pottsville Pennsylvania August 5 Rescue workers pressed on after a rock slide entombed five anthracite miners near the Lincoln Gallery at 7 am yesterday. Robert Fidler aged 48 of Pine Grove and Noah Kohr 27 of Green Point remained unaccounted for as of this morning with heavy rains complicating efforts. Two companions Charles Pibrinsrainy 17 and Albert Schnoke both of Pine Grove were also trapped by the slide.
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Cintaiminational News Service
Pottsville
Robert Fidler
Pine Grove
Noah Kohr
Green Point
Lincoln Gallery
Charles Pibinsrainy
Albert Schnoke
Gartage
American Clipper Leaves For Europe
The Par American fying borat, American Clipper, departed its Port Washington L I base at 8 51 a m for Europe. Imperial Airways Caribou left Southampton for its first mail carrying flight with stops at Foynes Ireland and Montreal. Port Washington arrival expected late tomorrow or Monday.
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Bothwood
N. F
Montreal
Port Washington
Bally IX Sew Castle
Civil Service To Be Pressed Next Session
State lawmakers may push a statewide civil service bill next session to remove politics from state government. The measure would place all departments under civil service similar to liquor and welfare employes. Young Republicans claim broad support among senators and Democratic backing could pass the bill, though previous efforts stalled.
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Raymond Wilcove
Harrisburg
Young Republicans
Pennsylvania
New Castle
Licenses Denied As Board Cuts Pennsylvania Taverns
Harrisburg announces 220 liquor license renewals denied in northern half of the commonwealth as the quota law takes effect. The action targets tavern and club operators with violations or poor business conduct, under a system limiting one permit per 1000 residents. Renewals progress by region with dates set for southern, southwestern, and Philadelphia Delaware Bucks areas.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Liquor Control Board
Thescommonweniti
Liquor Board
Commonwealth
Philadelphian-Delaware
Bucks County
Permis
Fast Side Store Looted By Yeggs Friday Evening
The A and P store at East Washington Street and Winslow Avenue was robbed at 5 33 p m Friday by several men. One suspect was arrested at 653 p m in Oil City, identified as Jack Simison formerly of Volant now in Oil City. Employees manager J R Leonard and Joseph Proctor were held hostage in a rear room with two patrons Alton Richner and Miss Eleanor McKibben while the cash register yielded $50.00.
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East
Washington Street
Winslow Avenue
Oil City
Jack Simison
Volant
J. R.leonard
Joseph Proctor
Alton Richner
Eleanor McKibben
Leonard
Proctor
Miss McKibben
New Castle
Roosevelt vetoes interlocking bank director bill extension
Washington August 5 President Roosevelt vetoed a congressional bill that would reestablish four year extensions for interlocking bank directors fees. He argued former policy should not be duplicated and that banks and directorates have had ample time to adjust. The veto leaves in place the 1935 stance against expanding interlocking directorships.
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International News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
Ize
Congress
OUY
New Castle
Weather in town boosts hopeful golfer despite heat
The piece notes variable conditions with sun and wind while a golfer eyes outdoor sport. It mentions chips and a sweaty crowd, humorously suggesting the weather is right for play though labor and excuses appear.
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Plep
Eipty
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Dorothy Evan
Shaker Heights
Cleveland
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