No Probe Of Mexican Oil Seizures
Senate foreign relations committee killed two resolutions calling for an investigation into the seizure of American oil properties by Mexico. Led by Senator Borah, the panel unanimously held no facts warranted a special three member inquiry and reported the measures adversely.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Senate
Guffey
D-Pa
Mexico
Bridges
Congress
New Hampshire
Foreign Relations Committee
Neely
D-Wva
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Foreign Relations Group
Harold Holt in Hospital Again
Harold Holt Jr, age nearly three, with Wilm’s tumor, is readmitted to a New Rochelle hospital. The Holt family, from Monongahela Pennsylvania, arrived to be at their son’s bedside as doctors report the boy’s condition as fair and note a recent blood transfusion.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Woo
Peleao
New
Wilms
Pennsylvania
Harold Holt
Monongahela, Pa
Rose Curcio
Harold Holt, Jr
Harold
Junior
Wilm
Pittsburgh
New York
Holts
Ingenious blowtorch escape from Ohio prison farm
A police killer and three robbers used a blowtorch to cut through saw-proof bars at the state prison farm in London Ohio. They melted the steel with a coke and alcohol fueled device and escaped from a second story hospital window on a gauze bandage rope. guard spotted their exit too late. Charles Adomak 41 was recaptured while Vandervort Curtner and King remain at large.
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London
Charles Adomak
Louis Vandervort
Harold Curtner
Nathan King
President Roosevelt Invited to Pennsylvania Turnpike Opening
Walter Jones of Pittsburgh, chairman of the Pennsylvania turnpike commission, invites President Roosevelt to attend the opening next July of the $61,000,000 express highway linking Harrisburg and Pittsburgh.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Walter Jones
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Unionists Shot In Back-To-Work Clash At Green Mountain Dam
Three union sympathizers were shot and wounded during a back to work confrontation near the Green Mountain dam project in Colorado. A bridge on highway 9 was dynamited to block access, about 100 shots were exchanged, and lines to Dillon and nearby towns were cut. The July 12 strike demanded union recognition contracts. Warner Construction Co. had refused them.
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Green Mountain Dam
Colo
Colorado
Highway 9
Dillon
Crecelius
American Federation of Labor Building Trades Crafts
Warner Construction Co
Chicago
George Judy
John H. Lee
Lummis County
Denver
Kremmiing
Seven Acosta youths admit guilt in school window damage
Seven Acosta youths aged 14 to 17 pleaded guilty to malicious mischief for shattering more than 100 glass windows at Acosta grade school. Police found bullets and stones used. restitution and court costs ordered. School board seeks bids to repair the building.
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Acosta
Bruce Smith
Clinton Corrigan
William Emert
Eugene Pyle
James Movseenko
Alex Carver
Fred Harned
Justice of the Peace
Dalton J. Holsopple
Squire Holsopple
Prepare To Move Armies
Editor's note indicates Rice Yahner of the Philadelphia AP will cover Pennsylvania angles on the big war games at Manassas starting next week for American and other Pennsylvania newspapers in the AP network.
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Rice Yahner
Philadelphia Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Manassas
American
Associated Press
Pennsylvania Guard Moves 8000 Soldiers to Virginia War Games
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania National Guard coordinates an intricate departure of about 8,000 soldiers from Col. Franklin P. Haller Jr. to Manassas Virginia for two weeks of First Army maneuvers. The operation involves cross state and regional scheduling amid heavy weekend traffic and tests civilian readiness.
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Rice Yahner
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania National Guard
Virginia
Franklin P. Haller, Jr
Maryland
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Manassas
Plattsburg
N. Y
Indiantown Gap
National Guard
Champion Man Killed by Timber in Storm Aid
Charles Barnhart a 56 year old farmer of Champion was killed while helping a neighbor move machinery from a storm damaged farm A timber collapse caused fatal injuries and ended his life in Connellsville on August 2.
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Champion
Connellsville
Charles Barnhart
Rotary luncheon to hear Clarence Duppstadt speak
Somerset Rotary Club hosts guest speaker Clarence Duppstadt at today’s luncheon. He will recount his years teaching in the Philippine Islands after the Spanish American War.
Chicken and Country Ham Dinner Poster
Community notice announces a Sunday dinner on August 6 at 1 PM at the church hall near Trent, offering chicken and country ham. Adults priced at 5 cents and children at 50 cents, with a reminder this will be the last dinner for a while due to road construction nearby.
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Trent
Freak Mishap on Lincoln Highway Near Stoystown
A Greensburg man Rudolph H. Wagner crashed into the rear of Mrs. Mattie B. Kezer of Stillwater Oklahoma on the Lincoln highway west of Stoystown. The collision damaged three cars including a shattered bumper through a windshield. No injuries were reported. Kezer was en route to New Jersey and stayed the night with relatives before continuing travel.
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Rudolph H. Wagner
Greensburg
Mattie B. Kezer
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Stoystown
Kezer
New Jersey
Weaver
Wagner
Oklahoma Agricultural University
George B. Moore
Weaver Garage
Virginia primary shapes power debate in Byrd and Price factions
In Richmond the Virginia Democratic primary settled many nominations while leaving questions about Byrd and Price strength. Both factions claimed gains as they read noses among winners and anticipated state control next year with Byrd seeking re election and a crucial convention looming.
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Richmond
Virginia
Byrd
Rice
Virgiia
Byrd Organization
Foieces
James H. Frice
Chamberlain Wins Vote Of Confidence In Parliament
Prime Minister Chamberlain survived a party revolt by winning a 250 to 132 confidence vote and secured a two month adjournment starting Friday. Liberals and Labourites allied with anti appeasement Conservatives urged a one day session amid fears of renewed appeasement.
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London
Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
Japan
China
Tokyo
Robert Leslie Craigie
Tien
Arthur Greenwood
Archibald Sinclair
Churchill
Geoffrey Mander
Armed truces on strike front widen across states
Truces and renewed talks marked a strike front spanning four states with potential for a fifth. In Cleveland a walkout at Fishey Body led to a police zone around the plant as CIO United Auto Workers protestors faced investigation. Detroit eyed early settlement as police protected against repeats of violence at GM plants. Massachusetts Barre Wool Combing resumed talks as South Barre strike duties ended. Syracuse negotiations between AFL truck drivers and employers stalled awaiting tomorrow.
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Cleveland
Fishey Body
Dies Committee
CIO United Automobile Workers
Detroit
CIO
Strice
Massachusetts
Barre
South Barre
State Commissioner of Labor and Industries
AFL
Syracuse
N. Y
New York
Steelworker Hero Saves Two Fire Trapped Tots
Pittsburgh August 2 AP A young steelworker John Ebner Jr dashed into a burning Braddock home and aided two trapped children then leaped from a porch roof with the second child. The Mooney family Aunt Patricia Howard and the two children Hughie Beatrice were rescued. All suffered burns bits Ebner sprained his ankle.
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Pittsburgh
Braddock
John Ebner, Jr
Hugh Mooney
Mooney
Hughie
Beatrice
Patricia Howard
Playmate's Axe Cost Gray Lad's Finger
William Gastley Jr., 11, of Gray lost his index finger and may lose the middle finger after an axe-wielding playmate struck him while chopping wood. He was admitted to Somerset Community hospital at 9:45 pm Wednesday in fair condition. details were limited.
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William Gastley, Jr
William Gastley
Gray
Somerset Community Hospital
Wooa
Hastley
Blue Ridge Division Vets Hold Uniontown Reunion
The Blue Ridge division veterans who served in France gathered in Uniontown for their annual four day convention. Members came from Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia and Virginia. A sunrise memorial service opens proceedings with ceremonies at Fort Necessity honoring soldiers who died in the war.
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Uniontown
Blue Ridge
France
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
Fort Necessity
George Washington
U S Senate Committee Approves Latin Warship Bill
The Senate foreign relations committee quickly approved a bill authorizing the U S government to build warships naval armament and anti aircraft guns for Latin American nations.
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U. S
S. A
Washington
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Two Children Drown in Fishing Creek Incident
In Bloomsburg on August 2, Anthony Bressi aged 12 and his sister Tresa aged 9 drowned after they wandered into Fishing Creek while relatives fished nearby. A search began when Tony Commanari, 9, disappeared and called for help. the children were in the water for more than an hour before rescue.
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Bloomsburg
Anthony Bressi
Tresa
Fishing Creek
Tony Commanari
Saegertown Man Dies by His Own Hand
Saegertown August report says Harry Himes aged 57 shot himself, despondent state cited by Coroner Luther J. King of Meadville. His brother Charles Himes also died by self-inflicted cause two years prior.
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Saegertown
Aug
Harry Himes
Luther J. King
Meadeville
Charles Himes
Job for Confluence Girl
The department of revenue announced the hiring of Edna L. May of Confluence as a clerk at a salary of $1920.
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Confluence
Harrisburg
Department of Revenue Today
Edna L. May
Nazi mobilization marks parallel to 1914 in Germany
Berlin August 2 1939 Nazi leaders framed today's mobilization as a parallel to 1914 while stressing Germany is prepared and unbeatable. Field Marshal Goering promised lightning victory as Brauchitsch asserted readiness to fight if needed. Monuments and wreaths marked Hindenburg’s tomb with officers on watch.
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Berlin
Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm
Hitler
German Republic
Paul von Hindenburg
Fuehrer
Hindenburg
Tannenoverg
Georg
Walther von Brauchitsch
von Brauchitsch
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Adolf Hitler
Faddis Fails on Buying Plan in House Vote
The House rejected Rep Faddis of Pennsylvania's amendment to raise a 10 million to 25 million annual appropriation for strategic war materials. The panel upheld the defense budget and defeated adding 375 thousand for army medical field service school quarters in Carlisle. Kunkel's stand for Carlisle failed 57 to 97.
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Washington
House
Charles I. Faddis
Waynesburg
Faddis
Appropriations Committee
Army Medical Field Service School
Carlisle
John J. Kunkel
Harrisburg
Kunkel
War Department
J. Buell Snyder
Fayette County
War Department Appropriations
Representative Church seeks audit of federal home loan agencies
Rep Church introduces a House resolution demanding an audit of all HOLC and related agencies including the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and subsidiaries. He cites public press reports of misconduct and warns taxpayers may lose hundreds of millions due to mismanagement. Rep Burns joins in support across parties.
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Washington
Representative Church
R-Ill
House
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Home Owners Loan Corporation
HOLC
Board
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Church
Burns
D-Tenn
Boy Hit by Car on West Main Struck at Ferner Hotel
Peter Caldwell son of Mr and Mrs John H Caldwell of 151 West Union street was struck by a car driven by Glenn Saylor of 245 West Patriot street while crossing West Main in front of the Ferner hotel. He suffered minor cuts bruises and brush burns and was treated then sent home.
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West Main Street
Ferner Hotel
Peter Caldwell
John H. Caldwell
West Union Street
Glenn Saylor
West Patriot Street
Saylor
Community Hospital
Oime
Taft Asked to Declare Candidacy by Hamilton County GOP
Hamilton County Republican Executive Committee formally urged Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio to allow his name to be used as first choice of Ohio delegates to the national convention. Taft, a longtime Ohio legislator and potential White House timber, was expected to accede, with a statement through his Washington office forthcoming.
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Hamilton County
Republican Executive Committee
Ohio
Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
United States
Washington
Taft
Assembly
Ohio General Assembly
White House
John W. Bricker
Cleveland
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Luzerne County Relief Fraud Report Links Payrolls to Welfare
A state investigation found 979 Luzerne County residents illegally obtaining relief grants totaling 29 468 before the last election while on highway payrolls. The probe, sent to Governor James by Howard L. Russell, cites 1 658 names duplicated on October and November payrolls and notes convictions and indictments of officials tied to payroll padding for political ends.
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Harrisburg
Department of Public Assistance
Luzerne County
Relief Administration
James
Howard L. Russell
Russell
Highway Department
Roy E. Brownmiller
Dauphin County
Thought Medicine Tablets Close to Deaths in Mercer
In Mercer, two three year old twin boys, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy McCall, mistook prescribed medicine tablets for peanuts. One child, Ray, died two hours after ingestion at Mercer Cottage hospital. John remains hospitalized. The tablets were kept in a bag on a mantle beside chairs where the boys stood. The mother found them on chairs with mouths full of pills prescribed for their grandmother’s hypertension.
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Mercer
Leroy McCall
Young Ray
Mercer Cottage Hospital
John
Army Fliers Break World Mark in Celebration Note
Army air corps marks 30th anniversary with regular equipment display as fliers set six new world records during a public celebration.
Flying Triumphs at Wright Field Mark World Records
At Wright Field on the 30th anniversary of the first military ship contract, Maj. Gen. H. H. Arnold announced new air record feats by the Army Air Corps. A four motor B 15 flying fortress averaged 166.32 mph over 3107 miles while a four motor flying fortress climbed to 33 400 feet with a payload over 11 000 pounds. The event showcased standard equipment, military loads, and a push to 500 mph in two years.
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Devon Francis
Dayton
Army Air Corps
H. H. Arnold
Air Corps
Wright Field
Italy
Germany
America
Wright Airdrome
Arnold
Damages suit filed over land sale of St. John's church property
West Virginia residents John W. Neth and Dale A. Neth filed a federal suit in U S District Court alleging false and fraudulent misrepresentation by Greensburg men Wilbur Kaylor John Kleinginna C W Walthour and Art A Keener over a three quarter interest in 10 acres of land in Rosstraver township Westmoreland county The church contends the four had no authority to sell The state court rulings favored the church and the Neths appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court before taking the case to federal court.
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Pittsburgh
West Virginia
U. S. District Court
Greensburg
St. John's Reformed Church
Hempfield Township
Westmoreland County
West
Farmer fatally shot himself while hunting dogs
Wattsburg, Aug 2 AP Farmer Frank Blackman 42 was killed when his gun discharged while he set it on the floor of his car with the muzzle toward him. The coroner called the death accidental. Two days earlier 19 year old Kenneth Bartlett of Harbor Creek died when his gun slipped and discharged while he sat on a log.
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Wattsburg
Frank Blackman
Erie County
Blackman
W. G. Stroble
Kenneth Bartlett
Harbor Creek
Congress Defeats Farm Loan Funds Amid Housing Bill Contention
The House bloc scored a victory by opposing a 119 million loan to support farm commodity prices, narrowing the deficit vote 116 to 110. Secretary Wallace warned of potential price declines if loans vanish, while administration leaders prepared to vote on an 800 million housing bill despite expectations of defeat.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
House
Housing Administration
Wallace
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Roosevelt
Dismissal Sought for Pittsburgh Police Secretary
The national secretary of the Fraternal Order of Police, Patrolman Peter J. McCullough, faced dismissal after a police trial board found he failed to patrol and guard his post. McCullough, a 23 year veteran, denied the charges and previously led the force against solicitations for Democratic campaign funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Fraternal Order of Police
Peter J. McCullough
Somerset Weather Report Snapshot
Daily temperature summary for 24 hours from 9 30 p m Tuesday to 5 30 p m Wednesday by David Grove shows varied readings with a note of last year’s maximum and minimum figures missing. The data appears garbled with stray text interspersed and no clear values for current or previous extremes.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Weather Forecast For Western Pennsylvania And Adjacent States
Weather outlook shows scattered showers and cooler temperatures in Western Pennsylvania near Lake Erie on Thursday. Friday turns generally fair and slightly cooler with similar patterns across West Virginia Maryland and parts of Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
West Virginia
Maryland
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