Truce Sought in Fight Over Governor Earle Probe
Harrisburg reports a weekend truce in the clash between the legislature and judiciary over charging Governor Earle and 13 associates. Judge Schaeffer weighs constitutionality of new laws suspending the Dauphin county grand jury inquiry with a decision due by Monday morning.
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Harrisburg
Earle
Paul N. Schaeffer
Dauphin County
General Assembly
Schaeffer
Carl B. Shelley
Shelley
Bard
Harry Kalodner
Secretary of Labor and Industry
Ralph M. Bashore
David L. Lawrence
S. Davis Wilson
Philadelphia
J. David Stern
The
Philadelphia Record
Albert J. Greenfield
Stern
House Committee
Typhoid Case In Meyersdale
Dr J W Wenzel dispels rumors of an epidemic in Meyersdale noting only one typhoid case. He attends Mrs Lee Saylor of Olinger street who fell ill after a vacation trip and is recovering satisfactorily.
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Somerset
Meyersdale
J. W. Wenzel
Wenzel
Lee Saylor
Olinger Street
Jailed for Larceny Hearing Set This Morning
Borough Officer W W Cupp and Detective H C Jacobs arrested William Gilmour 30 and jailed him to await a larceny and fraudulent conversion hearing before Justice of the Peace Chas J Harrison Jr on Saturday morning. Howard H McClintic Dies in Pittsburgh engineer and McClintic Marshall Co founder who built Panama Canal locks dies at age unspecified.
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W. W. Cupp
H. C. Jacobs
William Gilmour
Justice of the Peace
Chas. J. Harrison Jr
Howard H. McClintic
Pittsburgh
McClintic- Marshall Construction Company
Panama Canal
Paper shower for Corrigan tops Hughes record thrill
A broadway reception left 1,800 tons of paper falling on Douglas Corrigan and the crowd in New York. Officials compared the weight to the Lindbergh era feats and Howard Hughes, noting the amount, like the record, was calculated after cleanup.
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Corrigan
New York
Fighteen
Douglas Corrigan
Broadway
Howard Hughes
Pleads for Spiritual Awakening at State Church Convention
Approximately 800 delegates to the state convention of the Church of God gathered in Edgewood Grove to hear Rev. R. P. Johnson plead for spiritual awakening. Johnson urged renewed church service and influence as the convention’s high point, arriving from Cleveland Tennessee and set to attend another state gathering in Maine after this event.
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Church of God
Edgewood Grove
R. P. Johnson
Johnson
Somerset
Cleveland
Tennessee
Maine
Harrisburg
R. H. Flinchum
Boswell
B. E. Hicks
Uniontown
A. R. Martin
Ephrata
Trent High Band to Perform Sunday Afternoon
Somerset Music Boosters announce the high school band will give a 2 pm Sunday concert under Prof. Stineman on the picnic grounds at Trent National Recreation Park. The group closes a week of camp life with an evening program led by Group 3 and chaperones.
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Somerset Music Boosters Club
Stineman
National Recreation Park
Trent
David Weimer
John Sleasman
Billick
Highway Worker Dies From Heat in Lock Haven
Christian Heck 68 of Avis collapsed while repairing a highway in Clinton County. Coroner Dr. W J Shoemaker ruled death caused by heat exhaustion.
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Lock Haven
Christian Heck
Avis
W. J. Shoemaker
Clinton County
Five School Boards Plan New Confluence High School
Five southern Somerset county boards met with the county school board in Confluence to discuss a $250,000 high school for all five districts. If built by Confluence, students from Confluence Addison Ursina and Lower Turkeyfoot townships would attend there. Plans hinge on a legislature bill for $75 million to fund new schools and possible grants reducing local costs.
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Somerset County
Confluence
Somerset County School Directors Association
Addison
Ursina
Upper Turkeyfoot
Guy N. Hartman
Confluence Board
Public Works Administration
Confluence High School
Turkeyfoot
Hot Weekend Forecast Across United States Ends with Heat Wave
The Associated Press reports a hot weekend across most of the United States with forecasts showing fair and warm to fair and warmer conditions. The southern tip of Manhattan hosted about one million spectators for Douglas Corrigan's parade, with crowds suffering heat. Manhattan reached 93.1 degrees at 1 50 PM EST, the hottest August 5 on record.
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Associated Press
United States
Great Lakes
Pacific
Boise
Middle West
Middle Atlantic Seaboard
New England
Manhattan Island
Douglas Corrigan
Manhattan
Mediation Board Takes Up Rail Wage Dispute
The national mediation board agreed to tackle a 15 percent wage cut controversy affecting 900000 railroad workers. The board accepted jurisdiction and will begin hearings in Chicago next Thursday with both sides notified.
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Washington
National Mediation Board
Chicago
Germans Plan Nonstop Condor Flight to New York
A German embassy spokesman said a Focke-Wulf Condor would depart Berlin within days for a non stop hop to New York City. The vessel may return to Germany under its own power or be shipped back, with the return route not yet known.
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Schaeffer
Shelley
Charles J. Margiotti
Margiotti
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
House
Washington
Focke-Wulff Condor
Berlin
New York City
Germany
Soviet Artillery Bombards Siberian Frontier In Border Clash
Japan hopeful for quick arbitration after Mamoru Shigemitsu's Moscow talks with Maxim Litvinoff. Japanese forces report Soviet shelling at Changkufeng near Manchoukuo Korea junction with both sides claiming anti aircraft fire and limited Japanese retaliation.
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Siberian
West Pocket
Foreign Office
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
Changkufeng
Manchoukuo
Korea
Litvinoff
Japan
Siberia
Five Tracts Sold By The Sheriff At Jenner Township Sale
Five tracts of land and several buildings belonging to Lloyd G Maust Frank E Shaffer Louise Maust and G Maust were sold Friday afternoon at a sheriff s sale in Jenner township to satisfy Park L Hoffman receiver of the First National Bank of Boswell. Totals exceeded 10000 with bids ranging from 1800 to 4100 and two additional parcels bringing 600 and 1200. Auctioneer David Marteeny of Somerset oversaw the sale with bids from John L Griffith Earl J Walker Bessie E Walker and Gnatz Lashowsky among buyers.
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Lloyd G. Maust
Frank E. Shaffer
Lous Ss. Maust
G. Maust
Jenner Township
Park L. Hoffman
First National Bank of
Frank Shaffer
Jenner Cross Roads
Earl J. Walker
Bessie E. Walker
J. L. Griffith
Elizabeth Thomas
F. E. Sass
Boswell
George R. Berkey
Gnatz Lashowsky
David Marteeny
Somerset
Bicyclist jailed after overstay and larceny claim
Silas Platter, 27, Grantsville Md, rented a bicycle near the Fayette county line then rode off without returning and exceeded the rental time. He is charged with larceny and fraudulent conversion and is held for the next term of criminal court in Salisbury by Justice of the Peace C A Maust. Officers say he rented the bike from a Salisbury boy for 50 cents and remained with the wheel beyond the paid time.
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Fayette County
Silas Platter
Grantsville
Somerset County
Justice of the Peace
C. A. Maust
Salisbury
Platter
Russian Composer Cherniavsky Dies at 82 in Los Angeles
Abraham Cherniavsky, 82, noted composer and former conductor of Moscow's Royal Opera House, died today in Los Angeles from a heart attack.
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Los Angeles
Abraham Cherniavsky
Royal Opera House
Moscow
Contempt Case Sparks Stockholder Election Dispute
Legal fight over Rockwood Water Company turns on orders from Judge Boose. Irvin Wolf H F Berkebile and new counsel A M Matthews challenge July 18 1938 decree and seek to void the master’s appointment and the August 23 meeting call. Board members Linden L Walker named master as stockholders seek director elections and by laws.
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Rockwood Water Company
Irvin Wolf
H. F. Berkebile
Seaoeet
A. M. Matthews
Leland W. Walker
Norman T. Boose
Matthews
Kooser
E. O. Kooser
Joseph Levy
Levi Wolf
M. T. Stewart
Joseph P. Baine
Berkebile
Boose
Walker
Prothonotary
H. F. Berkedle
Bitter Breathitt fight marks Kentucky primary clash
In Breathitt County campaign violence erupts as Lee Combs is killed and Lewis Combs and Sheriff Deaton are wounded during Barkley Chandler contest. Barkley campaigns across the First district with a Pa duch rally. Chandler plans a radio address as both claim momentum.
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Louisville
Breathitt
Alben Barkley
A. B. Chandler
Lee Combs
Lewis Combs
Chandler
Jackson
Barkley
Walter Deaton
Lexington
W. A. Combs
Lewis and Lee
Senator Barkley
First
Paducah
Ohio
Roosevelt
Senate
Kentucky
John P. Haswell
Congress
Nobel J. Gregory
Furst
Beverly M. Vincent
Young Democrats Plan Annual Picnic At Walters Dam
Somerset Young Men's Democratic Club will host its third annual outing Sunday afternoon August 7 at Walters Dam south of Somerset. Officials expect 300 members and friends with delegations from YMDC clubs across the county, the event will be stag. A program of games and sports is planned and refreshments will be served.
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Somerset Young Men's Democratic Club
Walters Dam
Somerset
Jobs Held Up as Civil Service Examinations Probe Begins
Harrisburg August 5 The Department of Public Assistance halted all civil service appointments and certifications pending a legislative inquiry into merit system examinations used for relief jobs. The House welfare committee called for immediate investigation and a joint sub committee of both chambers to probe exam content and alignment with the law.
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Harrisburg
Department of Public Assistance
Employment Board
Department
County Assistance Board
State Relief Administration
House Committee On Welfare
House
Senate
William A. Shaw
Pittsburgh
House Welfare Committee
Robert E Woodside
Dauphin County
Relief Administration
County Assistance Boards
Treasury
Civil Service
Eight Die As Mountain Torrent Sweeps Home
A mountain torrent in Seiverville Tennessee swamped the home of Alfred Ball a 36 year old farmer and swept away eight persons. The disaster followed a heavy downpour in the Smoky Mountain region.
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Seiverville
Tenn
Alfred Ball
Smoky Mountain
Corrigan greeted by New York crowds after Dublin flight
Douglas Corrigan rode a hero’s welcome through Manhattan and Brooklyn after his flight to Dublin. He met Mayor La Guardia at City Hall and spoke at a luncheon as crowds roared outside the Broadway hotels. He left a grin as wide as the celebration and resumed his reception plans.
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Douglas C. Corrigan
Corrigan
Manhattan
United States Lines
New York
Broadway
Midtown Manhattan
Lower Broadway
City Hall
LaGuardia
Council
Brooklyn
Floyd Bennett Field
Dublin
Willard Ellsworth
Harry Corrigan
Ellsworth
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Somerset Weather Report Noted Temperatures
Daily weather summary records 24 hour period from Thursday 5:30 pm to Friday 5:30 pm with maximum 83 and minimum 58 degrees. Compares to previous year’s values showing identical maximum. Observer: David Grove.
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David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Wtaximutn
Serecsvssesses Covaseo Sono Vsasenseneesonss
Cceesenresseres Eo Sdebes Seule
Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania and nearby states
Western Pennsylvania sees showers and thunderstorms Saturday with possible Sunday. Virginia reports partly cloudy conditions followed by local showers and thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and possibly Sunday. Maryland expects partly cloudy skies with probable showers and thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday. Eastern Pennsylvania remains partly cloudy with thunderstorms in the south on Saturday and Sunday with local showers and little temperature change.
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Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
Southon
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