WPA Wage Cuts Set For September 1 In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports a new wage schedule under the 1939 emergency relief act will take effect September 1. Wages for unskilled workers fall by several dollars monthly, with Pennsylvania divided into four groups by county population. Group one includes major cities like Philadelphia and Pittsburgh areas. group two covers mid-sized counties. group three lists small counties. group four covers counties with populations under 5,000.
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Harrisburg
State
Work Projects Administration
Philip Mathews
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Berks
Erie
Lackawanna
Philadelphia
Beaver
Bucks
Chester
Delaware
Fayette, Greene
Luzerne
Montgomery
Susquehanna
Washington
Westmoreland
Wyoming
Blair
Cambria
Dauphin
Lancaster
Lawrence
Lebanon
Lehigh
Lycoming
Mercer
Northampton
York
Adams
Armstrong
Bradford
Butler
Carbon
Clearfield
Clinton
Columbia
Crawford
Cumberland
Elk
Franklin
Huntingdon
Indiana
Jefferson
McKean
Mifflin
Monroe
Montour
Northumberland
Schuylkill
Somerset
Venango
Warren
Wayne
Fayette
Bedford
Cameron
Centre
Clarion
Forest
Fulton
Juniata
Perry
Pike
Potter
Snyder
Sullivan
Tioga
Union
Greene
Meyersdale Fair Opens With Crowd and New Free Admission
Meyersdale hosts the Somerset County Fair opening day with thousands of townsfolk and visitors. Highlights include pet parade, sloppy race, crackerbox derby eliminations, livestock judging, merchant parade, band concert, rodeo revue, goat derby, and a baseball game. For the first time no admission fees are charged at the fair grounds.
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Meyersdale
Somerset County
Fair Grounds
Center Street
Merchant’s
Meyersdale Streets
Fairgrounds
Nazis intensify pressure on Poland and Rumania amid talks with Russia
German troops mass along the Polish frontier as Joachim von Ribbentrop travels to Moscow to seal a non aggression pact with the Soviet Union. Berlin expects a Friday signing and hints at a broader peace framework, while officials deny directives against third parties.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Poland
Rumania
Germany
Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Europe
Salzburg
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Adolf Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Free City of
Danzig
Hitler
Britain
France
London
Downing Street
WPA Workers For Somerset Reorganization Names Appointees
In Pennsylvania six WPA branch offices reorganize administrative staff with salaries from 1800 to 3000 a year. Major Philip Macnews confirms appointees retained in higher wage brackets after a 500-personnel reduction. Altoona list includes James R. Prease, James M. Higgins, James C. Ayers, Charleton Williams, Yost, Carroll, Driggs, Sharpaugh, Stader, Walker, Griffiths, Culbertson, Wolford, Woomer, Malloy, Nicht, Berkebile and more.
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Hahrisburg
WPA
Ollaces
Pennsylvania
Wee
Toluig
Philip Macnews
Wu Althustlaves
A4ney
Harrsburg
Framkin
Greensburg
Reading
Altoona
Scranton
Fred R. Wolford
George W Woomer
Projct
Madeline Malloy
Division of Women's and Professional Projects
Francis J. Nicht
Fred D. Berkebile
Division of Education and Recreation
John R. Rush Dies at 95. Funeral Thursday Planned
John R. Rush former banker founder of the National Stockman and Farmer later the Pennsylvania Farmer died last night at his daughter Frances R Crawford’s home. He was 95 and a longtime Pittsburgh resident born in Greene County. Funeral services set for Thursday.
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Pittsburgh
John R Rush
National Stockman and
Pennsylvania Farmer
Waynesburg College
Rush
Frances R Crawford
Greene County
Annual Good Home Cooked Chicken Corn Soup Supper
Lavansville Lutheran Church hosts an annual supper featuring chicken corn soup plus ice cream and refreshments. The event starts at 5 00 PM on August 23, with proceeds likely benefiting church activities.
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Lavansvittee Lutheran Church
Witness Describes Anti Jewish Campaign Ties and Deportation Call
Henry D. Allen told the Dies committee he opposes all Jews and urged deportation to Madagascar. He said cooperation exists among groups opposing "Jewish-Communism" including the German American Bund and outlined a 1938 Washington trip with Arab funders and a Palestine relief convention.
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Washington
Dies Committee
Madagascar
Henry D. Allen
Pasadena
Calif
Bund
Allen
Mayflower Hotel
Leslie Fr
Glendale
Conrad Chapman
America
Four Injured in Barre Wood Combing Strike Battle
Four people were injured during a clash between 130 strike sympathizers and 75 non striking workers at the Barre Wood Combing plant in South Barre Massachusetts. Rocks and fists flew as the non strikers advanced down a hill toward the plant while a mob of lawbreakers claimed to protect workers.
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South Barre
Mass
paiMmiuLu
Struck Barre Wood
Committee For Self Protection
High Plains
Eighth Turnpike Worker Killed in Westmoreland Crash
Mt Pleasant August 22 The 25 year old Rank N Smith of Hunker near Greensburg died in an automobile wreck near Sipson Hollow. He was the eighth turnpike laborer killed in Westmoreland county during the construction project. Smith died at Mt Pleasant hospital after his truck overturned pinning him. companion L B Holliday drove him there. Smith worked for Guthrie Marsh Peterson of Cleveland. Four earlier fatalities in the county occurred in Laurel Hill tunnel rockfalls.
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MT. Pleasant
Rank N. Smith
Hunker
Greensburg
Sipson Hollow
Westmoreland County
Smith
Mt. Pleaaant Hospital
Lb. M. Holliday
Holliday
Guthrie-Marsh-Peterson Company
Cleveland
Laurel Hill
Boy Dies From Accident Shot In Indiana Township
Indiana August 22 1947 Mahion Wike 12 of Penn township died from a gunshot wound caused by the accidental discharge of a shotgun he carried. His father Christopher Wike 86 had borrowed the gun amid threats received at the shack they lived in, state motor police said.
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Indiana
Mahion Wike
Penn Township
Christopher Wike
Suble Sentenced To Ten To Twenty Years In Prison
Harrisburg report: John J. Sukle, 22, is sentenced to 10 to 20 years after pleading guilty to an attempted hitchhike holdup and two taxicab robberies. He and accomplice John F. Miller, of Marysville, were linked to a shooting that killed Miller during a robbery pursuit. National guardsmen aided in the escape attempt, Moorshead was wounded but survived.
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Harrisburg
Swift Justice
WPA
National
Berks County
Dauphin County
John J. Sukle
William M. Hargest
Sukle
Eastern Penitentiary
Albert H. Moorshead
Reiffton
John F. Miller
Marysville
Manassas
Moorshead
Miller
Farmhand Denied Plea in Double Slaying
Kelly Minnick 39 of Westtown township pleaded innocent to murder charges for the fatal shooting of his wife Mary 37 and the clubbing death of her brother Irvin Woolfrey. A coroner's jury blamed him. he was held for the September grand jury. Witness George Guss stood with Minnick at arraignment before Justice E Earl Patrick.
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West Chester
Chester
Raymond B. Reid
Kelly
Minnick
Mary
Irvin Woolfrey
West
Crusader Ellis Held in Venango County Jail
A Venango County grand jury refused to indict Lloyd Brown and Harold Gahgan of the Franklin News Company on charges of circulating indecent literature and instead ordered the costs paid by complainant Mrs. Mary H. Ellis of Philadelphia. Judge Lese A. McCracken ordered Mrs. Ellis jailed until costs are paid.
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Franklin
Venango County
Mary H. Ellis
Philadelphia
Lese A. McCracken
Tientsin Flood Worsens as Hai River Burdens Grow
Tientsin Aug 22 China endures war flood and famine with 3,000,000 affected by Hai river cresting 10 to 15 feet. American and British authorities plan evacuations for women and children, with Marines distributing food and vaccines amid scarce supplies. British families to be moved from Petahao Beach resort as anti-British sentiment rises.
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Tientsin
China
Hai River
Chidren
Chinwangtao
United States
Petaiho
T’entsin
Eglish
Axe Found Reopens 1932 Fayette Murders Mystery
Connellsville youths recovered a badly rusted pole axe from the Youghiogheny River, reigniting a seven year old case. Detective Do Wal l recalls the 1932 Tressler family killings in which Amanda Harden Nellie and Sadie Tressler were slain and Billy survived. Tests on the weapon are planned.
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Connellsville
Yough Logneny
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
Tressler
Joan Do. Wal
Amanda Harden
Nellie Tressler
Sadie
Billy
California Clipper Sets Start of New Zealand Service
The California clipper, one of the six largest flying boats, departed San Francisco with 29 aboard on a four day trip signaling regular passenger service to New Zealand. The craft will fly 2,570 miles to Honolulu and continue to Canton Island Noumea Auckland with Los Angeles later adding to total miles.
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San Francisco
New Zealand
Honolulu
Canton Island
Noumea
Caledonia Island
Auckland
Los Angeles
Plan to Evacuate Americans From Europe If War Breaks Out
Washington reports discuss evacuation of thousands of U S citizens from Europe and preserving neutrality. Five departments, led by Sumner Welles, weigh using American ships for refugee removal and naval vessels for out-of-the-way evacuation. Polish ambassador Potocki warns Poland may fight alone. 569 Americans in Poland and 28 in Danzig are listed as permanent residents.
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Europe
Washington
United States
State
War
Navy
Treasury
Justice Departments
Sumner Welles
Maritime Commission
State Department
Poland
Germany
Russia
Jerzy Potocki
Welles
Britain
France
Free City of
Danzig
Americans Urged to Flee from Poland
The United States embassy in Poland advised Americans to leave as soon as possible amid a serious situation. It said those who must stay should be prepared to follow Polish regulations in an emergency. About 6,000 Americans reside in Poland, with around 200 in Warsaw.
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Warsaw
United States
Poland
Car Backing Crashes Four-Year-Old in Pennsylvania Farm Yard
A four-year-old, Donald Koeppen, was fatally crushed when a car backed over him in the driveway of his grandfather’s home on Bell Farm in Coraopolis Heights. The driver, an employee at the farm, said he failed to see the child as he backed the vehicle.
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Pittsburgh
Donald Koeppen
Bell Farm
Coraopolis Heights
Farmer Hutchinson Loses Third Barn In Blairsville Fire
Blairs ville records its third barn fire in ten years as Farmer John Hutchinson loses a hay-filled barn atop a hill west of the city. Firemen estimate the total loss at $3,000 or more.
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Blairsville
John Hutchinson
Soviet Pact Not Bar to Anglo French Alliance
An observer said a Soviet nonaggression pact with Germany would not exclude Russia from joining Britain and France. The pact would allow denunciation if either party commits aggression against a third power, potentially letting Russia aid Poland if Germany attacks. Fascists hailed the development as a collapse of encirclement.
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Rome
Germany
Russia
Great Britain
Frace
Tne
Poland
Britain
France
Virginio Gayda
I Giornale D'Italia
France Calls Reservists to the Colors in Wartime Move
Paris reports France mobilizing hundreds of thousands of reservists to match German strength. Premier Daladier and General Gamelin oversee preparations as the cabinet tightens war measures, with 600000 estimated for call ups and decrees readied to act swiftly without parliamentary approval.
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Paris
France
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Edouard Daladier
War Ministry
Maurice Gamelin
Gamelin
Waladier
Miistrys
Elysee Palace
Albert Lebrun
Moscow
Daladier
No Blame In Tunnel Crash
RFC engineer says the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission report absolves the toll road authority of blame in the Laurel Hill tunnel roof collapse on the Pittsburgh-Harrisburg expressway. He terms it a plain accident and notes RFC will not launch its own probe.
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RFC
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Pennsyleee Express
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Walter L. Drager
Pittsburgh-Harrisburg
Laurel Hill
Drager
State Commission
Nazi Leaders Rally Danzig Demands Return to Reich
In Danzig and Zoppot a 4000 strong crowd heard Albert Forster and Hans Frank declare Danzig will join Germany, insisting ties to the Fuehrer remain strong. Frank warned enemies, while parades and military displays punctuated the day amid talk of a Poland-UK-France response.
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Danzig
Albert Forster
Seivecs
Hans Frank
Germany
Zoppot
Free City
Fuehrer
Reich
Poland
Frank
France
England
Mussolini
Italy
Poland Says Policy Toward Germany Not Changed
Warsaw reports assert Poland’s stance toward Germany and Danzig remains unchanged despite German Soviet non aggression pact talks. Officials say Poland will fulfill its peace and justice duties in eastern Europe and await details of the Berlin Moscow agreement. Poland meets with Britain and France as ambassadors confer with Foreign Minister Josef Beck.
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Warsaw
Poland
Germany
Danzig
Europe
Berlin
Moscow
Britain
France
Howard Kennard
Leon Noel
Josef Beck
Beckle
Russia
Britain and France Mobilize for Polish Crisis
Britain declares support for Poland and calls emergency sessions to grant dictatorial powers. France prepares decrees and massed troops as German-Russian non aggression pact looms. Britain vows to aid Poland if attacked and mobilizes reserves at home.
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London
Great Britain
Poland
France
Britain
Weather outlook for Maryland and surrounding states
Maryland shows increasing cloudiness with scattered showers in the west at night and east by early Thursday with little temperature change. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia expect similar clouds and showers, ending by Thursday. eastern Pennsylvania mirrors the pattern with minimal temperature variation.
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Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
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