Power Strike Shuts Down Consumers Power Plant in Saginaw
A United Auto Workers local at Consumers Power in Saginaw Michigan started a strike that could affect 180 cities and 500000 people. About 1500 workers halted power to sub stations and Bay City presses stopped as wage talks of 160 dollars a month collapsed with a noon deadline.
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Saginaw, Mich
Saginaw Valley
United Automobile Workers Union
Consumers Power Company
Bay City
Bay Ity
Doe sighting near Wilmington road sparks rural curiosity
Three local men T A Scott C T Parfitt and C W Beerbower paused on Beerbower property along Wilmington road and watched a full grown doe emerge from a wooded Gravenstreator tract before retreating toward Johnsons apple orchard. The town notes an aging school building and street repairs on West Washington street hill with brick paving showing wear from heavy traffic.
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T. A. Scott
C. T. Parfitt
C. W. Beerbower
Beerbower
Wilmington Road
Mr. Beerbower
Gravenstreator
Johnson
Washington Street
Greenwood Avenue
West Side School
Britton Appears Before Judge for Intoxication
Ed Britton faced Municipal Judge R. R. Speak after a prior intoxication hearing. He warned he would return for six months if he came back. He did return, and the judge imposed six months.
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Britton
R. R
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather reports for the 24 hour period ending at 9 this morning show a maximum temperature of 68 and a minimum of 44 with 0.05 inches of precipitation. River stage is 54 feet. The same date last year recorded a 77 degree high, 54 degree low, and 0.70 inches of rain.
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U. S
President's Supreme Court Proposal Faces Senate Sidetrack
President Roosevelt's court plan is headed for a legislative side track as Senate leaders back a compromise. The Logan proposal limits justices to nine but allows one new justice per year for each current justice over 75. The plan signals Democratic party maneuvering amid fears of a split on the court issue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Logan
Kentucky
Democratic Party
League of Nations
State May Take Over 25 Miles Of County Road
Harrisburg May 19 Commonwealth acquisition of 2397 more miles of township roads enlarges the state highway system to 40000 miles. The omnibus bill authorizes taking over five percent of all township roads in each county while a related measure trims the state maintenance appropriation to 8500000 dollars for the coming biennium.
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Commonwealth
Administration
House Highways Committee
Warren van Dyke
Countie
Allegheny
Beaver
Bedford
Blair
Bradford
Cambria
Centre
Clearfield
Elk
Erie
Fayette
Greene
Lawrence
McKean
Mifflin
Venango
Washington
Westmoreland
Prison Strike Quickly Ends at Allegheny County Jail
Hunger ends a one day protest by 680 inmates in 40 cell ranges at Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh. Warden John McNeil says conditions return to normal as fewer than 50 prisoners joined the walkout amid complaints over jail fare.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
John McNeil
McNeil
Frank I. Gollmar
Ellen Wilhelm Seeks Divorce After 54 Years
Warren Ohio Mrs Ellen Wilhelm files for divorce in common pleas court alleging extreme cruelty by husband J C Wilhelm She seeks a restraining order to prevent encumbering $60 000 of their estate and ends a long marriage after 54 years.
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Ellen Wilhelm
Common Pleas Court
J. C. Wilhelm
Wilhelm
Titusville Chemist Killed in Train Accident
Willis J. Hannigan 35 chief chemist and assistant superintendent of Drew Levick Refining Co died after being struck by a freight train in Titusville yards. He slipped under a moving locomotive while en route to the laboratory. No witnesses. widow and two children survive. Hannigan was a lifelong Titusville resident.
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International News Service
Titusville
Willis J. Hannigan
Drew Levick Refining Company
C. M. Sonne
Hannigan
Hatchet Slaying Trial Proceeds in New Jersey
In Jersey City the trial of Gladys MackKnight 17 and Donald Wightman 19 hears confessions tying their beer fueled plan to the July 31 hatchet murder of Gladys's mother Helen MacKnight. Donald says four beers, Gladys three. he claims he could not stop her as she struck the mother twice amid eerie remarks.
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James L. Kilgallen
Gladys
Donald
Glady
U S Justified In Banning Air Race To France
Paris May 19 Clifford Harmon president of the International League of Aviators said the proposed New York Paris trans Atlantic air race was justified to be banned. He argued the race would be dangerous and against aviation interests and would hinder progress toward a regular trans Atlantic service.
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International News Service
Paris
United States
Clifford Harmon
International League of Aviators
Highway workers toast two years without lost time accident
Harrisburg and Pittsburgh highway officials attend a Castleton Hotel celebration in Lawrence county as the state force marks two years and five months without a lost time accident. Governor George H. Earle sends regrets at absence.
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Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Lawrence County
Castleton Hotel
George H. Earle
Officials to Attend Meeting on Highway District Dinner
Secretary of Highways Warren Van Dyke and Secretary of the Commonwealth David Lawrence will send representatives. Pittsburgh figures including Division Engineer Joseph Burke and others will attend. Harrisburg official Thomas Pealer will be present. A 6:30 dinner at the Castleton Hotel precedes a short program and dance with about 200 attendees.
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Warren van Dyke
The
Commonwealth
David Lawrence
Joseph Burke
J. S. Yard
J. Fred Triggs
J. Leo Campbell
R. H. Halleck
Harold Zahniser
G. M. Hinish
John K. Morrow
Pittsburgh
Thomas Pealer
Harrisburg
Castleton Hotel
John B. Shaw
Judge Copeland Plans To Retire
Judge Charles D. Copeland of Westmoreland County has submitted his resignation to Gov. George H. Earle. The 64 year old Democrat, who sought the gubernatorial nomination in 1934, is reported in ill health. His retirement ends 25 years on the 10th judicial district bench after first being elected in 1911.
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Harrisburg
Charles D. Copeland
Westmoreland County
George H. Earle
Earle
Copeland
10Th Judicial District
Son Tells Jury How His Parents Were Shot Down
A son testifies in Pittsburgh in the murder trial of former patrolman Martin Sullivan. He recounts a door to door shooting spree that left five dead, including his father and mother, as prosecutors detail the crime’s brutality.
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Son
Jury
International News Service
Pittsburgh
Martin Sullivan
Joseph Benda
Sullivan
Benda
Rebels smash Munguia in Basque front advance toward Bilbao
Loy alist reports describe Munguia near Bilbao reduced to ashes after bombardment as rebels push along a 12 mile front through Amorebieta and Munguia. Basque civilians fled toward Bilbao while insurgents mass along the line without yet linking with inner defenses.
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International News Service
Bilbao
Spain
Munguia
Guernica
Amorebieta
Mungauia
Former Wampum Resident David M. Kirk Dies
Word was received today of the death of David M. Kirk of Bannock Lea Blackburn road Sewickley Heights Pa formerly of Wampum. He died at 6 45 p m Tuesday May 18. He led Crescent Portland Cement as president after the Crescentdale plant opened and later retired to Sewickley Heights. He is survived by his widow Jean Barns Kirk. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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David M. Kirk
Bannock Lea
Blackburn Road
Sewickley Heights
Wampum
Crescent Portland Cement Company
Crescentdale
Kirk
Jean Barns Kirk
Twenty Guests From England To Attend a Duke-Wally Wedding
About 20 English guests will travel to the Chateau de Cande in France for the wedding of the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield on June 3. Dudley Forwood, the Duke’s equerry, said the attendees are personal friends, not officials, with names including Lord and Lady Brownlow and Walter Monckton among possible guests. An astrologer later warned June 3 may be a bad date, urging June 4 instead.
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Duke-Wally
David P. Sentner
London
Chateau de Cande
France
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Dudley Forwood
International News Service Today
Forwood
Lord
Lady Brownlow
Piers Legh
Prince of Wales
Walter T. Monckton
Godfrey Thomas
Ulick Alexander
E. D. Macale
W. C. D. Greenacre
Britain
Ann Maritza
London Daily Mirror
Republic Denies Interference in Aliquippa Election
Republic Steel denies charges by CIO official Philip Murray that it is trying to influence the Wagner Act election among Jones & Laughlin Steel employees at Aliquippa scheduled for tomorrow. The firm asserts it is impartial and compliant with federal labor law.
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International News Service
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corporation Today
Philip Murray
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Aliquippa
Firemen answer several alarms. no fires found
Firemen were called to Thompson Service Station at 7 30 p m for leaking gasoline that ignited but caused no damage. At 11 30 p m Box 27 summoned two departments near Oak Park cemetery but no fire found. At 2 25 a m they inspected William M Knox home 431 Clen More boulevard where a overheated baseboard behind a fireplace caused no fire.
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Thompson
Oak Park Cemetery
William M. Knox
Clen More Boulevard
Speedy Trial For Mother In Girl Slaying
New York May 18 swift indictment and speedy trial were ordered for Mrs Helen Tiernan a widowed infanticide who confessed slaying one child and wounding another to clear her three room flat for a lover now spurned A sanity commission could only delay trial She confessed enticing seven year old Helen and five year old Jimmy to a suburban Long Island picnic where Helen was killed and Jimmy died later At hospital Jimmy said Mommy hit Helen leading to her arrest and admission she aimed to provide living quarters for George Christobulus a restaurant worker
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International News Service
New York
Helen Tiernan
Helen
Jimmy
Long Island
Legion of Honor to Meet in New Castle Cathedral Rooms
Members of the Legion of Honor of the Valley of New Castle Consistory will meet Thursday evening at eight in their rooms in the Cathedral. Plans for the spring reunion next month and other activities will be discussed.
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Legion of Honor of the Valley of New Castle
Death notice for George Bevivino and Katherine Baron
Obituaries list death notices for George Bevivino aged 43 in Ellwood City and Katherine Baron aged 63 in Hickory township. The notices provide basic identifiers without further biographical detail.
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George Bevivino
Ellwood City
Mrs
Katherine Baron
Hickory Township
More Justices May Retire in June to October
Speculation in Washington centers on potential retirements of Chief Justice Hughes and Justices Sutherland Brandeis as the Supreme Court recess approaches. Officials say no retirement is certain though Van Devanter's voluntary exit shifted expectations. Officials note age factors and Roosevelt court expansion plans may delay further moves.
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Washington
Willis van Devanter
Charles Evans Hughes
George Sutherland
Louis D. Brandeis
Hughes
Brandeis
Roosevelt
Sutherland
van Devanter
Large Sum Settled On Mrs Warfield At Wedding
In Monts France on May 19 the Duke of Windsor settled a large sum on Mrs Wallis Warfield in their marriage contract. The accord aims to prevent claims on separation and ensures individual ownership of property brought to marriage. Arch royal pressures influenced the king to keep Duke Edward's brothers away from the wedding.
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George
Pump Memories From a Bygone Childhood
The narrator recalls a childhood pump and well memories from hot days and dry spells. He remembers a mossy bucket and a leaky gourd, and notes the weather is cooler now with seventy.
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