High Court to Rule on Local Option Vote
Chief Justice Kephart to convene a special session to decide legality of liquor and beer referenda at the September primary. Courts in Allegheny Cumberland Chester Northumberland and Lycoming weigh petition signatures and 60 day rules as injunctions and ballots face legal scrutiny.
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Chief Justice Court
Ebensburg
John W. Kephart
State Supreme Court
Allegheny
Cumberland
Chester
Northumberland
Lycoming
Pittsburgh
John P. Egan
Common Pleas Court
Egan
Pennsylvania
High Court
Crawford County
West Chester
Jacob W. Kram
Northumberland County
H. W. Cummins
C. K. Morgan
Ernest Harvey
Carlisle
Cumberland County
Fred S. Reese
Farm ownership grants allotted to Pennsylvania tenants
A federal gift of 433554 will fund farm ownership for tenants in Pennsylvania within a year. Counties receive 40000 and lists of supervisors include Mifflin Brooks Brookhart and others. Centre and Susquehanna receive 25000 and 10000 respectively. The program runs June to June totaling 1274000, with nine new tenancy offices opened in Bloomsburg Meyerstown Shippensburg Clarion Corry Wellsboro Beano Falls State College and Ebensburg.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Carson F. Mertz
Mifflin
Russel Brookhart
Huntingdon
Cumberland
Brady Smith
Shippensburg
Berks
Carlis Verson
Reading
Butler
David Service
Greene
John Miller
Washington
Northumberland
John Greer
Lewisburg
Lycoming
Louis Stevenson
Williamsport
Lancaster
Robert S. Posey
Centre
T. C. Leighty
Greensburg
Susquehanna
George W. Rowe
Scranton
Franklin
Clarence Myers
York
Mertz
RCSC
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
Bloomsburg
Meyerstown
Clarion
Corry
Wellsboro
Beano Falls
State College
Ebensure
Health Director Reports Three Infantile Paralysis Cases
Pittsburgh health director I Hope Alexander said three cases of Infantile Paralysis had been reported in Pittsburgh. He warned Michigan cities Detroit and others faced an epidemic and noted precautions were being taken to prevent spread locally.
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Pittsburgh
I. Hope Alexander
Detroit
Michigan
Alexander
Spotlight on Pennsylvania Legion Gathering Opens in Williamsport
In Williamsport the Pennsylvania American Legion convention begins with special lights turned on for the opening night. State Commander Frank E. Gwynn of Allentown predicts the event will be the largest in the department’s history with delegates from all posts anticipated.
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Williamsport
Pennsylvania
American Legion
Commonwealth
Frank E. Gwynn
Allentown
Somerset bor council drops reservoir plan for 1940 start
The Somerset borough council rejects all bids for a planned one million gallon reservoir as too costly and votes to revise plans delaying contract letting to late September. Weather permitting, work would start next spring. the project was part of a $100 000 municipal improvement program and faced a bid overrun of about 2700 dollars. A citizens petition cited a concrete mixing plant issue and was referred for adjustment. The council also extends North Franklin street mains 350 feet to the borough limit.
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Council
Richard Pile
Parson's Hill
South Edgewood Puenue
Burgess H. E. Musser
Budd B. Boose
North Franklin Street
Civil Service in June Hits New High and Budget Totals Seen
Officials said June civil service employment reached a record 925,260 in the executive branch, with Congress appropriating 260,937,376 more than the President's budget. The Budget Bureau cited current-year appropriations at about 10.473 billion, plus 1.014 billion for past-year deficiencies, with party leaders offering differing totals.
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Washington
Congress
Civil Service Commission
Budget Bureau
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Rep. Taber
RNY
Mysterious blasts startle Boswell
State motor police investigate three dynamite explosions in a field near Boswell early Sunday about 5 30 am. The blasts woke residents, rocked buildings, and tore holes in the ground with dirt and rocks showering the area. Police could offer no reason for the incidents.
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State Motor Police
Boswell
Palmer 81st Birthday Noted in Pittsburgh
Dr Charles Skeele Palmer retired chemist who invented and patented the basic process for cracking oils to gasoline was still receiving belated congratulations on his 81st birthday anniversary, August 4, in Pittsburgh today.
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C. S. Palmer
Pittsburgh
Charles Skeele Palmer
Connellsville Woman Found Dead at Lake Keuka Cottage
Steuben County coroner James Sanford issued a suicide certificate for 46 year old Connellsville Pennsylvania resident Mrs. Frederick Reiman after her body was found by her son at a Lake Keuka cottage. The coroner stated her throat was slit in a self inflicted wound.
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Connellsville
Bath
Steuben
James Sanford
Frederick Reiman
Lake Keuka
British Vessels Damaged in Japanese Air Raids Near Ichang
British gunboat Gannet narrowly escaped a bomb near Ichang as two Yangtze steamers were destroyed in Japanese raids. Four Chinese were killed and a Canadian among the injured as authorities in Shanghai reported the incident and Britain lodged a protest. Japanese authorities warned that Haimen port would close the next day.
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Shanghai
Ichang
Gannet
A. F. St. Gorpen
H. J. Denyer
Yangtze
Asiatic Petroleum Company
Orpen
Reginald Vesey Holt
Britain
Petroleum Company
China
Haimen
Chekaing
London Notified Of Ichang Ship Burnings
London officials received word that two British ships burned after a Sunday raid by Japanese planes at Ichang China. No official comment yet, but a protest to Tokyo is under consideration.
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London
Ichang
China
Foreign Office
Tokyo
Re dedication at Shanksville Church Renovation
A multi day rededication marks St Johns Evangelical and Reformed church Shanksville with August 13 and 14 services The program features a new manual electric Culbertson organ and extensive interior and exterior upgrades including lighting, painting, furniture, and a mural A community vesper service on August 13 and speakers from local churches and ministers are listed, with gifts from donors and a later organ recital by Mrs Stella Roth on August 14
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St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Shanksville
H. D. Gress
Children’s Chapel
H. D. Gross
The
Community Association
Young Peoples Council
Jones
R. R. Jones
William
Victor
Newport
Waynesboro
Landisburg
James Blaine Musser
Stella Roth
Somerset
George L. Roth
Jury Ready for Second Graft Trial in Pennsylvania
A jury of 11 Republicans and one Democrat is chosen in Harrisburg for the second graft trial arising from the Democratic primary fight. Defendants include James P. K. Allegheny chairman Victor P. Snok and H. H. Temple. Shelley expands charges linking David L. Lawrence to a $10,000 demand from Pioneer Materials. Lawrence denies the accusations as the trial proceeds.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Tral
Carl B. Shelley
Earle Adminion
James P. K
Allegheny County
Victor P. Snok
H. H. Temple
Roy E. Brownmiller
Brownmiller
Shelley
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
Pioneer Materials Company
Kittanning
Commonwealth
John Verona
Pittsburgh
Warren van Dyke
Earle
Arthur Colegrove
E. A. Griffith
Pioneer
Spurgeon Bowser
Iph M. Bashore
No Celanese Strike Parley
Cumberland Md August 7 Prospects for immediate mediation in the United Textile Workers strike at Celanese Corporation of America plant dim as managers cite a clean up at the factory and salvaging work delaying a conference with union leaders Commissioner John L Connor of the labor department hopes to arrange a conference soon Strikers rallied support in nearby towns and pickets kept vigil at the gates with no disorder reported The strike followed a year of stalled talks ending with the 1938 contract expiration in August.
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Cumberland
United Textile Workers
Young Birdmen Form Somerset Model Plane Club
Somerset youths form a model plane group with Jak Langley as director and Meek Wingul, Adoion Hoover, and Robert Mugridge as temporary officers. They plan rubber powered builds, then gasoline types, and aim to compete at Johnstown on August 19 and at the Pittsburgh Butler airport next month.
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Somerset Young Birdmen
Branca
Meek Wingul Au
O Ralcon
Jak Langley
Breakneck
Vy 3U
Kienny Snaller
Adoion Hoover
Robert Mugridge
Mr. Langley
Somerset
Johnstown
Langley
Pittsburgh- Butler
Man Dies by Own Action Near Mt. Lebanon
A man found shot to death in a car near Mt. Lebanon was identified as 42-year-old Robert Shedd, formerly of Butler and a former zone manager for an auto company. The coroner ruled death by own action and noted a note reading I guess I have gone plain nuts.
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Pittsburgh
Mt. Lebanon
Robert Shedd
Butler
Western Pennsylvania Firemen Conclude First Day of 46th Convention
Elwood City hosts the 46th annual Western Pennsylvania Volunteer Firemen's Association convention opening today. A water battle is planned for tomorrow night and 100 fire companies from across Western Pennsylvania are scheduled to parade Tuesday night.
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Elwood City
Ellwood City
Western
Bridges High In Legion's Red Files
In San Francisco Aug 7 AP Harry Bridges named the American Legion radical research files as labeling him the outstanding name. Harper Knowles Legion chairman testified at Bridges deportation hearing and denied involvement in a conspiracy with immigration officials. Knowles said he attended San Francisco meetings where Ivan Cox discussed and filed an affidavit against Bridges.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
American Legion
Radical Research Committee
California
CIO
Harper Knowles
Legion’s Committee
Knowles
San Add
Dies Congressional Committee
Washington
Ivan Cox
Longshoremen's Union
Bridges
Cox
Pacific Coast
Stanley Morton
Larry” Doyle
Oregon
J. W. Barker
San Francisco Industrial Association
Raphael B. Bonham
Immigration Bureau
Seattle
Threaten Stage Screen Strike Over AFL Affiliation
Stars of the stage and screen threaten a strike if the AFL does not reverse its affiliation of vaudeville night club circus performers with the stagehands union. The Associated Actors and Artists of America and Ralph Morgan of the Screen Actors Guild pledge loyalty and readiness to strike if the stagehands retain the affiliation. The AFL executive council meets in Atlantic City to decide the theatrical issue.
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New York
American Federation of Labor
Associated Actors and Artists of America
American Federation of Actors
AFL
Ralph Morgan
Screen Actors Guild
AAAA
Guild
Atlantic City
Plane crash kills Second Lieutenant Horace Hour near El Cajon
In San Diego California on August third an Marine Corps aircraft piloted by Second Lieutenant Horace P Hour crashed into brush five miles south of El Cajon near suburban El Cajon. Hour was killed in the incident.
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San Diego
Calif
Horace P. Hour
Coronado
el Cajon
Drowns in Susquehanna River Near Creswell
Raymond Kauffman aged 18 of Columbia drowned in the Susquehanna River at Creswell while rescuing his fiancee Helen Ness of Millersville who nearly was swept away.
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Susquehanna
Lancaster
Raymond Kauffman
Columbia
Creswell
Helen Ness
Millersville
Ex Governor Leche Indicted in Louisiana Oil Scandal
Federal grand jury indicts former Louisiana Governor Richard Leche on oil field kickback charges tied to illegal hot oil. Co defendants include Freeman Burford and Weiss, with additional counts of income tax evasion and mail fraud. Leche bond set at 5000 dollars. others at 15000 dollars. Indictment recounts plan to boost production and move oil across state lines, violating the Connally Act.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Richard Leche
Leche
Freeman Burford
Dallas
Tex
East Texas Refining Company
Weiss
Louis C. Lesage
Standard Oil Company
Federal
Robert S. Maestri
Long Domain
Burford
Rodessa
Shreveport
Texas
Longview
East Texas
First Locomotive Trip Marks 110 Years Ago
The 110th anniversary of the Stourbridge Lion voyage in 1831 is recalled by the Association of American Railroads. The English locomotive hauled coal from Delaware and Hudson at Carbon Dale to Honesdale PA but proved rails too weak. the engine was discarded after tests and later resided in the Smithsonian Institution.
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Washington
America
Honesdale
Association of American Railroads
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Carbondale
Stour Bridge
Smithsonian Institution
Ball Fans Assume Risks In Foul Ball Injury Case
Judge Thomas M. Marshall set aside a $1,284 jury verdict to Joseph Godwin 32 of Forest Hills after he was struck by a foul ball at Forbes Field home of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pirates officials argued the ball was deflected from an iron railing and not the club’s responsibility.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas M. Marshall
Forbes Field
Pittsburgh Pirates
Joseph Godwin
Forest Hills
Keen Johnson Leads in Kentucky Governor Race as CIO Issue Rises
Lieutenant Governor Keen Johnson maintains a wide margin over CIO attorney John Young Brown in Kentucky Democratic primary returns from over half the precincts. Johnson, Richmond publisher, denounces the CIO as communist while Brown accuses him of pitting capital against labor. In the GOP, King Swope leads over John Cooper in early returns from 2,150 precincts.
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Louisville
Keen Johnson
CIO
John Young Brown
United Mine Workers
John Y. Brown
King Swope
Cooper
Johnson
Richmond
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Brown
John L. Lewis
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Kins Swope
Lexington
Chandler
Johns. Cooner
Manor Democrat Leader Attacks Hatch Act at National Convention
Pittsburgh July 7 4 Pitt Tyson Manor president of the Young Democrats of America denounces the Hatch Act as the most un American legislation in 25 years. He travels from Montgomery Alabama for the national convention opening Thursday and says the act limits federal workers from political activity. Manor notes the Young Democrats cannot back any candidate before nomination and backs President Roosevelt's policies while criticizing the act and possible third term considerations.
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Pittsburgh
Pitt Tyson Manor
Young Democratuic Coups of America
Longayne
jManor
Montgomery
Ala
Young Democrats
Adaea
Manor
Joseph M. Barr
Young Democrats of
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
America
Washington
Cement worker falls 35 feet at Tionesta flood control project
A cement worker named Harper died after tumbling 35 feet from an intake structure at the Tionesta flood control project. Three companions witnessed the fall. he died 15 minutes later from head injuries. The cause of the loss of balance was not known.
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Tionesta Dam
Tionesta
Harper
Four Die in Laurel Hill Tunnel Rock Fall Triggers Probes
Relatives plan funerals for four killed in a Laurel Hill tunnel rock collapse. Victims include William J. Leach of Boswell with services today, Leonard Anderson of Denver, Ola K. Schooling of Chillicothe, and Walter B. Daley of Uhrichville. Investigations by multiple agencies continue as officials promise action and safety reviews.
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Charles A. Welsh
Laurel Hill Tunnel
William J. Leach
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Boswell
United States
Leonard Anderson
Denver
Colorao
Ola K. Schooling
Chillicothe
Walter B. Daley
Uhrichville
Ohio
Hankin-Conkey Construction Co
H. A. McMurray
Westmoreland County
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Public Works Administration
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
United States Bureau of Mines
Weather outlook for Eastern PA Maryland West Virginia and Western PA
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers in western and northern areas Tuesday night in the southeast. Occasional showers Wednesday followed by cooler temperatures. Maryland sees scattered showers Tuesday and Wednesday with partly cloudy coast Tuesday and cooler Wednesday night. West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania face scattered showers and thunderstorms Tuesday ending early Wednesday, then cooler Wednesday.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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