Ealy Speaks Against Party Lines in Grand Jury Bill Fight
Senator Ealy argued that the bills were aimed at stifling a grand jury probe into misfeasance by the governor and associates. He framed the session as a constitutional hurry to whitewash charges, urging proper investigation over partisan shielding and calling the governor’s anger at the courts surprising.
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Charles H. Early
Jacob B. Schrock
Ellis C. Boose
Harrisburg
Earle
Senate
House
Early
Anthony J. Cavalcante
Fayette County
J. Albert Reed
Washington County
Cavalcante
Reed
Senator Ealy
Commonwealth
United States
Pennsylvania House to Probe Earle Open Campaign Charges
Dem leaders plan one month adjournment to allow a House committee to investigate alleged campaign misconduct by Governor George H. Earle and 13 associates. The special session aims to press key measures while the grand jury probe proceeds, with witnesses like Margiotti and Shelley expected.
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House Committee
Earle
Tom Reedy
Harrisburg
House
George H. Earle
Carl B. Shelley
Dauphin
Dauphin Court
State Supreme Court
Paul N. Schaeffer
Berks
Supreme Court
Capital
Schaeffer
Guy K. Bard
House Committee of Seven
Roy E. Furman
Snelley
Charles J. Margiotti
Margiotti
Shelley
Rep
Ellwood J. Turner
Herbert B. Cohen
York County
Turner
Joseph P. Ominsky
Philadelphia
James Patterson
Allegheny
Eugene Caputo
Beaver
Fay Templeton Leaves Pittsburgh for San Francisco
Fay Templeton, famed for the gay nineties and Gilbert and Sullivan roles, will move from Pittsburgh to live with relatives in San Francisco due to arthritis. She says she will never return to Pittsburgh despite kind treatment there. The Somerset Graduate Nurses Association plans a benefit festival on the Colvin lawn at 129 East Main Street on Thursday evening, August 4.
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Pittsburgh
Fay Templeton
San Francisco
Miss Templeton
Somerset Graduate Nurses Association
Colvin Lawn
E. Main St
Somerset Bar Opposes Sale But Sale Expected To Continue
A Somerset County Bar Association resolution urged postponing the treasurer's sale of seated lands set for Monday August 1 at 10 am. The bar said delaying would avoid penalties under a tax bill then awaiting legislative action. Officials indicated the sale would proceed despite the bar's recommendation.
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Somerset County Bar Association
Bar Association
Norman T. Boose
R. W. Trevorrow
Neva Longridge
General Assembly
The
J. A. Berkey
L. W. Walker
E. O. Kooser
Frank R. Coder
Berkey
Boose
Spring broke car crashed into Lavansville property
A car veered off Route 31 and struck Samuel Ream’s Lavansville yard causing $125 in damage to property and $180 to the car. The vehicle crossed the road, hit a tree, damaged a well cover and house before resting by a summer house.
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Samuel Ream
Lavansville
William Shirey
Greensburg
F. O. Lease
Somerset
Lavansville Hill
Shirey
Ream Yard
Pinchot
Allenvale
Lincoln Township
Floyd R. Miller
West Race Street
Henry Meholic
Melcroft
Fayette County
Mary Blucas
Carrie Masick
Mary Nedrow
Meholic
Blucas
Masick
Nedrow
Lincoln Highway
Jennertown
Manila search for Hawaii Clipper continues with no new clues
Forces scoured the last unsearched area near the Hawaii Clipper while four planes swept east of its last radioed position. No wreckage found beyond a discarded paper box, as officials and air commerce investigators pursue possible causes of the missing giant flying boat and its 15 occupants.
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Manila
Guam
Meigs
Eep
Navy
Philippine
Alwint Island
Here
Samar Island
United States Bureau of Air Commerce
William T Miller
Washington
Alameda
Calif
Miller
Pacific
Hawaii Clipper Crash Hope Persists Amid Oil Slick Theories
Pan American Airways officials refuse to abandon hope after the Hawaii Clipper vanished near the Philippines. They question the oil slick’s significance and seek a search by Richard Archbold and his Cuba. The crash scenario is weighed against rapid radio contact and a surface wreck trace.
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San Francisco
Pan-American AirWays
Hawaii
Richard Archbold
South Seas
Cuba
Archbold
California
New Guinea
Hollandia
Manila
Hope of Finding Clipper Fades in Naval Circles
The Hawaii Clipper search waned as surface ships and aircraft scoured the Pacific, with another sweep east of Lu placeholder, indicating renewed doubts about locating the missing aircraft.
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Clipper
Washington
Hawaii
Hawaiian Clipper Plane Missing in Pacific
A Hawaiian Clipper flying boat with six passengers and a crew of nine vanishes about 600 miles southeast of Manila en route from Guam to the Philippines. Pilot Cap. Leo Ter letzky is among the crew. the craft is one of three in transpacific service.
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Pacific
Manila
P. L
Guam
Philippines
Transpacific Service
Cap
Leo Terletzky
Beerton beer garden brawl leaves two injured suspects jailed
Walter Kowalczyk 34 of Boswell, hospitalized with two chest stab wounds, says the fight began in Walter Designore’s Ralph ton beer garden after an argument. Designore, 38, a beer hall proprietor, was arrested and held on aggravated assault with intent to kill. Kowalczyk’s condition described as not serious but he lost significant blood. Policemen Schmoyer and Jacobs recovered a bloodstained knife.
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Ralphton
Somerset
Community Hospital
Walter Kowalczyk
Boswell
Joe Delsignore
Elmer Schmoyer
Delsignore
Schmoyer
H. C. Jacobs
Schmeyer
Dessignore
Kowalczyk
Calessandro
Ko- Walczyk
Ecmeyer
Gas Well Spouts With Force At Longbridge Greensburg
A high pressure gas well on the John Marshall farm near Longbridge Greensburg spouted violently as workers from People's Natural Gas Company attempted to cap it. The well, drilled to 17 655 feet, was brought in last Friday on a 7000 acre lease and drew hundreds of motorists to watch the capping efforts.
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Greensburg
John Marshall Farm
People's Natural Gas Company
Marshall Farm
Longbridge Ae
President Roosevelt Ends Galapagos Fishing Expedition
President Roosevelt finished fishing in the Galapagos Islands aboard the cruiser Houston. The vessel sailed toward Cocos Island 380 miles northeast en route to the Panama Canal, with a two day stop planned at the Costa Rican Coco possession near the Canal Zone.
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Houiston
Galapagos Archipelago
Roosevelt
Galapagos Islands
Houston
Cocos Island
Panama Canal
Coc
Costa Rica
Canal Zone
Russo held on double murder charge in Milford
Dominick Russo a Lackawaxen farmer was jailed on a two count murder charge after the bodies of Frank and Carl Cortese were found beside his barn ashes. State police testified Russo admitted shooting the brothers with a 12 gauge shotgun and claimed a momentary struggle with Carl before the killings.
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Milford
Dominick Russo
Pike County
Frank
Carl Cortese
Justice of the Peace
Ewart Wolfe
Russo
Charles Stewart
Justice of the Peace Wolf
Cortese
Stewart
Vote Strike in Five Pittsburgh Stores
Service workers of five large downtown department stores voted to strike at midnight Monday after failed contract talks. About 500 workers including elevator operators janitors porters and maids would be affected. Union officials said overtime pay during peak periods and guaranteed paid vacations were demanded.
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Pittsburgh
Building Service Employes International Union
AFL
Bishop Warns of Threat to Liberty in Sermon
Dr. Adna Waht Leonard of Pittsburgh, resident bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, warned at Marble Collegiate church that nationalism endangers individual freedom and religious liberty. He urged protection of free churches, schools, speech, press, and personal rights by law as essential to American heritage.
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New York
Adna Wa&ht Leonard
Pittsburgh
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Marble Collegiate
Pettengill Seeks Defeat of O Connor Over Government Reform
Representative Pettengill denounces a drive to purge Representative O Connor from public life. He calls O Connor a top House Rules Committee member and warns his defeat would cut Democratic influence in the northeast. Pettengill attacks the idea congressmen must obey dictates from Washington.
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Washington
Pettengill
D-Ind
O’connor
D-Ny
O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
Basil O’connor
Petingill
Pettingill
Japs Grush Opposition Near Kiukiang in Kiangsi Drive
Japanese forces reportedly shattered three Chinese divisions in 24 hours as they pushed from Kiukiang toward Kiangsi province. A Chinese line said withering opposition faced by invaders but the Japanese claimed the campaign is progressing satisfactorily. Fourteen miles southeast of Kiukiang lies Kuling refuge for foreigners and Chinese evacuees.
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Shanghai
Kiangsi
Kiukiang
Yangtze
Hankow
Kuling
Nanchang
Oil Investigating Commission Bill Shifts to Appropriations Panel
Harrisburg July 31 The House appropriations committee will review the bill to revive the oil investigating commission before a vote. The measure was pulled from the calendar and sent to the committee during the dawn session Saturday.
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Harrisburg
House Appropriations Committee
Oil Investigating Commission
House
Japan says Soviet forces repulsed in border clashes near Changkufeng
Japanese army communique reports two major Soviet counterattacks against Changkufeng and Shachofeng, with heavy artillery and tanks. Russians left 50 bodies. Japan seized two tanks and two field pieces. Tokyo cites a terrible fight for the hilltop near Manchoukuo, Korea, and Vladivostok area. Soviet casualties and equipment losses are noted by Korean authorities.
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Japanese War Office
Gawn
Chankkufeng
Manchoukuo
Korea
Siberia
War Office
Japanese Korea
Vladivostok
Moscow
Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Seishiro Itagaki
Manchurian Affairs Bureau
Kazushige Ugaki
Shachufeng
Changkufeng Hill
Changkufeng
Shachofeng
Weekend Shower Outlook West Virginia and Pennsylvania
Weather forecast shows showers in West Virginia and western Pennsylvania on Monday and Tuesday with generally fair and warmer conditions overall. Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland expect showers on Monday possibly Tuesday with little temperature change.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
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