Vulcan Smithing Coal closes receivership shocks Friedens workers
Hunger driven miners block out-of-county trucks as Vulcan Smithing Coal at Friedens enters receivership affecting about 400 families. Workers report pay loss, gear removed, and a company store shutdown amid legislation and NRA constraints. Company officials declined to comment.
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Vulcan Smithing Coal Company
Friedens
Somerset County
L. M. Walker
Vulcan
Rauch
Suumle
New York State
Guffey Coalact
NRA
Coal Company
Somerset
Damages suit against US Steel dismissed in Pittsburgh
A $4,500,000 damages suit by Agnes Gliwa and 659 claimants against United States Steel Corp and subsidiaries was dismissed by Judge Robert M. Gibson. Plaintiffs sought a trust fund to compensate for fumes from steel plants affecting farms and livestock from Clairton to Donora along the Monongahela. The case, begun in 1929, reached an international court on Polish citizen status, but the judge ruled the bill patently bad in form and substance.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corporation
Robert M. Gibson
Agnes E. Gliwa
Poland
U. S
Clairton
Donora
Permanent Court of Internativola Justice
United States
Glassport
Monongahela River
Gibson
Autumn Frosts Signal Widespread Cold Fronts
Autumn weather spreads across the west with frosty conditions in mountains while a tropical storm batters the Florida coast and the east faces lingering heat. Central Idaho reports 22 degrees, crop experts say damage is unlikely, and a sleet storm near Pike's Peak triggers maximum fire patrols as rains create a six foot wall of water in the Arkansas River bed, blocking a railroad, a highway and tearing out a bridge.
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Associated Press
Florida
Pennsylvania
Daho
Pike's Peak
Utah
Arkansas
Receiver for Madeira Hill Firms Named in Bankruptcy
The U S District Court named Harold D Saylor former first assistant attorney general of Pennsylvania as receiver in bankruptcy for Madeira Hill and Company and six subsidiaries employing about 1000 workers. Two major subsidiaries Colonial Colliery Company and Rock Hill Coal and Iron Company with about 2000 workers will continue operations.
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Philadelphia
U. S. District Court
Harold D. Saylor
Pennsylvania
Madeira Hill and Company
Charles I. Thompson
Colonial Colliery Company
Rock Hill Coal and Iron Company
Connellsville clerk fired amid political push by Snyder
Miss Madeline Dilworth, senior clerk in Prothonotary John Brady’s Uniontown office, is dismissed to make way for Miss Emma Carson of Perryopolis. Brady cites pressure from Congressman J. Buell Snyder and county party chair Jake Eckard. Miss Florence Doyle will be promoted to senior clerk as Carson takes over Doyle’s duties.
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Connellsville
Madeline Dilworth
John Brady
Uniontown
Emma Carson
Perryopolis
J. Buell Snyder
Dilworth
Brady
Snyder
Miss Carson
Democratic
Jake Eckard
Miss Dilworth
Wilmer H. Wilkey
Miss Florence Doyle
North Union Township
Miss Doyle
44 Hour Week Law Applies Only to Women
Harrisburg August 30 The new 44 hour work week for women becomes effective tomorrow midnight but does not apply to minors under 21. The Department of Labor and Industry stressed the act protects minors under the child labor law and applies solely to women.
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Harrisburg
Department of Labor and Industry
Infantile Paralysis New Cases Reported in Pennsylvania
Seven more infantile paralysis cases were reported to the state health department in August raising Pennsylvania’s total for the month to 68. The tally includes one case each in Erie Lycoming Mercer Warren and Carbon counties and two in Northampton. last August saw 17 cases statewide.
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Harrisburg
Department of Health
Pennsylvania
Erie
Lycoming
Mercer
Warren
Carbon
Northampton
New Housing Board Elects Officers in Harrisburg
Pennsylvania's new housing board elected George Evans of Pittsburgh as chairman and George Kohn of Allentown as secretary. The five member board, created to oversee slum clearance and low cost home construction, had just been sworn in by the secretary of the commonwealth.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
New Housing Board
George Evans
Pittsburgh
George Kohn
Allentown
Board of Five
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Court Hears Paul Mellon 3 Cases Under Teachers Act
Judge Norman T. Boose hears three teachers petitions in the Berlin Brothersvalley consolidated district dispute. Mrs. Ann Menges seeks a berth in the joint system. Miss Elsie Watkins of Stonycreek seeks contract restoration. Mrs. Mildred Smith of Brothersvalley fights termination terms amid tenure act questions.
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Paul Mellon
Teachers Act
Berlin Brothersvalley Township
Berlin Borough
Brothersvalley Township
Norman T. Boose
Stonycreek Township
Ann Menges
Berlin
Thomas Lansberry
Berlin-Brothersvilley Township
Charles Ealy
Elsie Watkins
Miss Watkins
Philadelphia
Stonycreek
Anna Landis
R. A. Poorbaugh
Knepper
Miss Watkin
Budd B. Boose
Stonycreek Board
Ealy
Boose
Brothersvalley
Wilfred Smith
Mildred Scurfield
Brothersvalley Township School Board
James Walker
Brothers Valley Board
Mellon Names Trustees for Vast Educational Trust
Paul Mellon and his brother in law David Bruce along with attorney Donald Shepard were named trustees of the A W Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust. The deed filed after Mellon’s funeral grants discretionary powers to manage a fund estimated between 100 and 200 million dollars. The trust holds Mellon’s nonpersonal assets and supports education and charity, with potential tax implications discussed by officials.
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Pittsburgh
Paul Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon
Young Mellon
David K. E. Bruce
Donald D. Shepard
Attornney
A. W. Mellon Educational and Chritable Trust
Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds
Treasury
Rockefeller Foundation
Educational and Charitable Trust
1Oo
Rockefeller Educational and Charitable Foundations
Washington
Mellon
Pennsylvania
Edward Friedman
Friedman
Editor calls committee charge ludicrous in Johnstown
John H. Stanton of the Citizens National Committee called charges that the Johnstown strike group was Fascist ludicrous. Don J. Kirkley, publisher of National Farm News, resigned claiming the panel had red baiting and failed to declare itself not fascist or vigilante. Stanton said Kirkley favored packing the committee with industrial leaders.
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Johnstown
John H. Stanton
Citizens National Committee
Don J. Kirkley
National Farm News
Washington, D. C
Kirkley
Stanton
Tripped on Raincoat, Standard Refrigerator Chief Severely Hurt
Roland E. Frederick, 43, president of the Standard Refrigerator Company, was tripped by his raincoat and fell beneath a Broad Street subway train at City Hall station. Surgeons removed both legs, leaving him seriously injured.
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Philadelphia
Roland E. Frederick
Standard Refrigerator Company
Broad Street
City Hall
Six Thousand Pupils Return to ArBooks Classes in Somerset County
Approximately six thousand pupils began the 1937-38 term as Somerset County opened schools in 12 districts on Monday. Guy N. Hartman, county superintendent, said the rest would start within two weeks, with several townships and boroughs listed for first-day openings and mergers affecting Lower Turkeyfoot and Shanksville.
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Somerset County
Guy N. Hartman
Boswell
Elk Lick Township
Fairhope Township
New Baltimore
Paintborough
Rockwood
Salisbury
Stonycreek Township
Berlin-Brothers Valley Township
Addison Township
Black Township
Jefferson Township
Larimer Township
Lincoln Township
Middlecreek Township
Milford Township
New Centerville
Northampton Township
Ogle Township
Quemahoning Township
Summit Township
Upper Turkeyfoot Township
Casselman
Central City
Confluence
Paint Township
Shade Township
Somerfield
Somerset Borough
Somerset Township
Southampton Township
Stoystown
Wellerburg
Allegheny Township
Addison Borough
Benson Borough
Conemaugh Township
Hooversville
Jennertown
Orough
Ursina
Windber
Turkeyfoot Township
Shanksville
Shrine Corn Roast At Country Club In Somerset
Somerset County Shrine Club plans a September 2 event at Somerset Country Club. The Diamond gathering begins at 6 30 with a free band drill performance for the public then moves to the country club for the corn roast followed by a band concert and Altoona Chanter selections. Masons and families are invited to a large social evening with cards dancing and entertainment.
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Somerset County Shrine Club
Somerset Country Club
Country Club
Altoona Chanters
CIO to Open Steel Pact Talks Next February
The CIO will begin negotiations for a new contract with Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp next February 8 and seek simultaneous expirations for all steel contracts on March 1. The move aims to coordinate bargaining with major steel leaders and follows Carnegie-Illinois as the first large producer to sign with the S W O C last March.
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Istsburgh
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corporation
C. I. O. Committee
Carnegie-Dlinois
United States Steel Corporation
Poison Deaths In Philadelphia Mother and Baby
In Philadelphia today Irene Wadler 23 and her 16 month old son Harvey died from poison. Detective William Stone said the mother fed the baby and then consumed the poison herself.
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Philadelphia
Irene Wadler
Harvey
William Stone
China accuses Japan as Far East conflict begins
China charged Japan precipitated the Far East conflict and warned the world has only seen the beginning of hostilities. The note to the League advisory committee blamed Japan for rejecting negotiations and said Japan seeks military conquest in Asia, with Manchuria cited as the start.
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China
Japan
Far East
Geneva
League of Nations Advisory Committee
United States
League
Central
North
Tion
Manchuria
Japa
Peiping-Tientsin
Advisory Committee
Loyal Unions In Controversy
Atlantic City Aug 30 Two fights among loyal unions dominated the AFL executive council session as it nears its seaside meeting close. Four unions traded jurisdictional complaints over hotel workers bottle cap makers and related roles. No decisions were made. Expulsion of suspended CIO unions likely only at October Denver convention. leaders debate reunion possibilities.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Toledo, O
Green
Federation
Denver
President Roosevelt signs Byrnes bill for jobless census
President Roosevelt signed the Byrnes bill authorizing the first unemployment census. It will be done by voluntary registration and completed by April 1, avoiding a house to house canvass, per Hyde Park dispatch.
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D. Harold Olive
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Honesty by Name Not Nature
Raymond G. Honesty, a Black man, was fined in Dauphin county court today on a charge of larceny.
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Honesty
Harrysburg
Raymond G. Honesty
Dauphin County
British protest to League over Japan attack delays apology demand
London reports a Chinese protest to the League of Nations against Japan's aggression shifts focus to a potential British apology after Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen was gunned at Nanking. Britain seeks a formal apology, expects a League council meeting on September 10, and notes the flag on the attacked car was larger than described. Foreign Secretary Eden plans to attend with a large delegation.
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London
League of Nations
Japan
Geneva
Great Britain
China
Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen
Nanking
Shanghai
League
League Council
Anthony Eden
Sir Hughe
Eight Drunken Drivers in August Add to Jail Commitments
The county jail saw two more drunken driving arrests over the weekend, bringing August total commitments to eight. Nick Vuckovitch, 43, of Central City and Henry Paul Russell, 24, of Jenners faced preliminary hearings before Justices F. S. Springer and Charles J. Harrison respectively.
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Nick Vuckovitch
Central City
Henry Paul Russel
Jenners
Vuckovitch
Justice of the Peace
F. S. Springer
Russel
Charles J. Harrison
Somerset
Bombing of American liner Hoover sparks refugee evacuation fears
The American troop liner President Hoover was bombed off Shanghai by Chinese planes. An American seaman, S Haskell, died of wounds. The attack halted civilian evacuation and raised tensions amid China Japan fighting. China promised redress, citing misidentification of the Hoover as a Japanese transport. Negotiations were to continue in Nanking as diplomats protested.
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Morris J. Harris
Shanghai
President Hoover
China Sea
Aday
United States
Hoover
S. Haskell
China
Japan
Nanking
Nelson T. Johnson
Foreign Office
Washington
C. T. Wang
Nese
State Department of China
Japa
Somerset Weather Report With Odd OCR Artifacts
Daily weather figures show a 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Sunday to 5 30 p m Monday with a high around 58 and a minimum near 60. OCR errors obscure several words but the summary notes temperatures and a comparison to the previous year.
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David Grove
U. Weather Observer
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Ncvceseans
Ccicas
Vatitiane
Cesssa Visoe Seccislicessesiencniae
Weather Forecast for West Virginia and Nearby States
Weather outlook for West Virginia Western Pennsylvania Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland calls for mostly cloudy skies Tuesday and Wednesday with possible showers. Temperatures are expected to change little with some regional variation and cooler conditions noted in northern New England.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New England
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A.W. Mellon Foundation
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Don J.kirkley
Citizens Group
Shrine
CIO
U.S. Steel Corp
American Federation of Labor Council
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