Americans marooned in China bituminous' ruin instead of salvation
Coal operators across the eastern region split on the national bituminous coal commission's new minimum prices. Senator King urged a Senate probe, while Pleas Greenlee endorsed the schedule as improving marketing and wages. Morgantown officials warned it could ruin small operators amid calls for clearer definitions and railroad coal discounts.
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Pittsburgh
National Bituminous Coal Commission
West Virginia
Washington
King
Dutah
Senate
The
Coal Commission
Greenlee
Indiana
A. W. Hawley
Preston County Coal and Coke Company
Morgantown
R. M. Davis
Davis Wilson Coal Company
New Coal Industry Regulations Enacted by Commission
Washington December 1 new rules set by the bituminous coal commission affect the industry east of the Mississippi. They limit distribution to sales agents, require registration and proof of listing, mandate sales detail filings, and cap resale practices under minimum price contracts. Advertising costs fall under commission review and punish improper rebates and misrepresentation of coal analysis.
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Washington
Bituminous Coal Commission
Mississippi River
Coal Commission Ponders Greater Returns for Producers
Statisticians from the coal commission estimate the Dec 16 minimum price rise could lift producers' annual return by 40 million to 300 million dollars. Last year producers mined 375 million tons at an 11 cent per ton net loss, totaling over 40 million dollars. If prices stay above minimums, the gain could exceed 40 million annually, without raising consumer coal prices.
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Washington
Bituminous Coal Commission
Commission
New Ethiopian Viceroy Named After Grazziani Wounds
The nephew of the Italian king, the Duke D Aosta, appears in the uniform of an Italian flying officer and becomes viceroy of Ethiopia succeeding Marshal Grazziani, who recovers from injuries after a tribesman threw a bomb during a capital review in Addis Ababa.
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Italy
D’aosta
Ethiopia
Marshal Grazziani
Addis Ababa
End of Greyhound Drivers Strike Brings Wage Hike Pact
Cleveland December 1. The 16 state Greyhound strike ended with a one fourth cent per mile raise for all drivers and a one year contract. The Brotherhood sought a closed shop and failed. Violence occurred during the walkout with missiles at buses and arrests reported.
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Cleveland
Greyhound
Brotherhood of Railroad
John L. Conner
The
Brotherhood
R. E. Cochran
Pennsylvania
Boston
Deadline for Expense Filings by Municipal Candidates
Final day for candidates in the November 14 municipal election to file expense accounts with the Somerset County Election Board. The County Commissioners office receives filings. accounts over $50 require itemized reports, under $50 need affidavits, and no returns are needed if no expense was incurred.
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Somerset County Election Board
Elsie Duppstadt
Remanded For Costs In Johnstown Arrest
Homer Mason of Johnstown was remanded to county jail by Judge Boose on Wednesday until he pays delinquent court costs as assessed by the clerk of courts.
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Homer Mason
Johnstown
Boose
Clerk of Courts
Tax Liens Discharged In Somerset Borough Court
Under Judge Norman T. Boose verdicts discharged tax liens against S. A. Shanks Warren Louder and Clyde Jones for 1931 taxes paid to Edgar L. Crouse. Receipts showed payment or losses cited by fire. jury urged verdict for plaintiffs in all three cases.
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Norman T. Boose
Somerset Borough
Edgar L. Crouse
S. A. Shanks
Warren Louder
Clyde Jones
Mr. Crouse
Soire Facias
Shanks
Louder
Crouse
Jones
Boose
First National Bank of Confluence
Earl M. Mitchell
Mitchell
United States Treasury
Cleveland
Ohio
Orville Body Company
Stewart Friedline
Assumpsit
Walter A. Engleka
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
I. A. Engleka
A. E. Carr
Harry J. Ashcraft
Thomas C. Jackson
Flora Jackson
Elwyn Judy
Dunlap Tire Company
Somerset
Norman T. Roose
Judy
S A Chevrolet Debuts New Tow Truck In Service Milestone
S A Chevrolet Company unveils its latest tow truck with a swinging beam for side and rear lifts. It began operations Tuesday by hoisting a 600 pound drum of ink from the American building basement to the sidewalk as part of its testing. The firm continues to receive new cars.
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S. & A. Chevrolet Company
Pastors Bag Seven Point Buck in Somerset Deer Hunt
Nimrods in Somer set county chase a 12 day deer season target as Rev. Dr. E C Weaver, pastor of Somerset United Brethren church, shoots a seven point buck weighing 175 pounds. Local hunters report several large kills including a 225 pound eight point buck by George Metzgar and an albino sighting near Route 219.
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Somerset County
E. C. Weaver
Somerset United Brethren Church
George Metzgar
Stoystown
Johnstown
B. L. Bracken
Lohr Turkey Farm
Somerset
Route 219
Herbert Brant
Jerome
Jenner Township
Pete Tesa
William Page
R. D
John B. Shaffer
Boswell
Earl Shaffer
State coal regulation proposal aims to control bootleg mines
The Anthracite Coal Industry Commission proposes state regulation and takeover of bootleg mining in Pennsylvania. It urges the state to lease or buy bootleg lands in three counties, regulate via cooperative marketing, and sell coal at market prices to reduce consumer costs. A bill is prepared for the General Assembly.
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New York
Anthracite Coal Industry Commission
George H. Earle
Morris L. Ernst
Ernst
General Assembly
Europe
Commission
Washington
Philadelphia
State Commission
Windber Man Injured In Auto Crash Near Paintborough
Stanley Alko of Mine 37 near Windber sustained head and facial lacerations when the car, driven by Joseph Krol, crashed into a telephone pole on Paintborough's main street. He was treated at Windber hospital. Constable James Senior arrested Krol for reckless driving. license could not be produced. Krol released for a later hearing.
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Stanley Alko
Windber
Joseph Krol
Paintborough
James Senior
Krol
Senior
Pennsylvania Railroads Win Intrastate Freight Rate Increase
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved higher intrastate freight rates on basic commodities except anthracite, aligning with interstate rates. The 4-1 decision boosts railroads' revenues by about 1.24 million dollars and covers coal coke iron ore iron and steel products cement lime and petroleum. Commissioner Buchanan dissented citing insufficient staff review and questioned shippers’ interests.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thomas C. Buchanan
New England
D. J. Driscoll
R. J. Beamish
Guy K. Bard
Donald M.ne
West Virginia
West
Somerset County
Baltimore and Ohio
Philadelphia
Maryland
Northern
Walter Franklin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Franklin
Buchanan
Commission
George H. Earle
Mr. Franklin
ICC
Pilot Hero Lihr Drowns After Polar Rescue Flight
Finnish pilot Gunnar Lihr, famed for aiding the 1928 Nobile polar rescue, died in a forced landing during a snowfall. He attempted to land on a lake he mistook for a field. ice gave way and both he and his radio operator perished.
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Stockholm
Gunnar Lihr
Lihr
Somerset Auto Show to Feature 8000 Feet of Display Space
Somerset announces an automobile show on December 16 to 18 at the Chevrolet building on West Main Street. Over 8,000 square feet will showcase latest cars and accessories with 14 local dealers participating. Jack Langley will direct the event with decorated halls, top musical talent, and door prizes each night as stores stay open evenings for holiday shoppers.
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Somerset
Chevrolet
West Main Street
Fourtee
Jack Langley
Somerset County
Missing Navy cadet and sailor after plane wreck near Virginia Beach
Aviation Cadet J. J. Jones of Washington and Machinist’s Mate Troy W. Blanton of LaFayette Ala are missing after a Norfolk naval air station scouting plane wrecked ashore at Virginia Beach. Be spite of coast guard and surf-boat search no trace found by midnight. The plane from bombing squadron of Yorktown was observed by beach residents drifting in and one aircraft plunged into the water around 7 p.m. Officials fear Jones attempted a landing on the beach. earlier they thought the crew bailed out and stayed afloat in life belts.
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Norfolk
J. J. Jones
Washington
Troy W. Blanton
LaFayette
Ala
Virginia Beach
Beach
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Air Station
Jones
Yorktown
Westinghouse Man Falls Ten Stories in Philadelphia
William Floyd Frank, 30, a Westinghouse Electric Company salesman, died after falling from a tenth floor window of the company building in Philadelphia. Edward Jones, Philadelphia office manager, said Frank had been transferred from Pittsburgh in 1934.
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Philadelphia
William Floyd Frank
Westinghouse Electric Company
Edward Jones
Frank
Pittsburgh
B and O Passenger Train Collides With Derailed Freight
A Chicago bound passenger train from New York crashed into a derailed freight train near Great Cacapon, Martinsburg, as traffic on the B&O main line was stopped for about eight hours. A fireman’s flare warning helped avert a deeper wreck. Engineer Jacob Myers attempted braking but could not avoid the collision.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
New York
Great Cacapon
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Jacob Myers
Christmas welfare gifts approved by Somerset Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary at Samuel S. Crouse post rooms voted to spend 50 for Christmas welfare donations in Somerset and for Scotland School children. A school chorus entertained, committees reported, and refreshments ended the meeting chaired by Mrs G Stoy Lorber.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Samuel S. Crouse
Somerset
Scotland School
Legion Home
Somerset Drug Building
Frank R. Coder
W. G. Carter
Frank W. Worner
W. Curtis Truxal
Nina Scull
Fred 3. Shaffer
Martin Markel
Ernest V. Cook
G. Stoy Lorber
Schoolboy Finds Unusually Large Monster Oak Leaf
Lawrence Moore a 13 year old Friedens boy found an oak leaf beside the Reformed church in Friedens. The leaf measures 11 inches from stem to tip and 10 inches across at its greatest width. He is pressing it for preservation.
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Lawrence Moore
Friedens
Lawrence
Fire Exams Erie Paper After Morning Blaze
The Erie Dispatch Herald published its regular editions despite a fire that damaged the second and third floors yesterday. Business and circulation departments were harmed by water and relocated operations to an office building.
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Erie
Erie Dispatch-Herald
Americans in central China face week of silence
Alarm over 13 Americans mostly women and children marooned in a remote Chinese region during ongoing Chinese Japanese fighting. Consulate and mission HQ fear for their safety as deserters loot nearby areas and hostilities surge along the Yangtze delta toward Nanking.
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Shanghai
United States
Lhey
Caekiang-Anwhei
Mokan
D. L. Sherett
W. H. Park
Hawthorn
Fla
H. L. Lone
Chillicothe
Tex
L. B. Edgar
Lawrence
Klias
G. S. McCulloch
Jackson
Kk. J. Peterson
New Sweden
Whangpoo River
Spbhead
Yangtze
Nanking
Wuhu
Hangchow
Shanghai-Nanking
Ianyang
Chin- Klang
West Virginia and Pennsylvania Fair Weather Thursday and Friday
West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania expect generally fair conditions Thursday and Friday with modest warming on Friday. Maryland sees increasing clouds Thursday with possible rain in the east at night, then clearing. Eastern Pennsylvania forecast calls for fair weather Thursday and Friday with possible rain in the extreme southeast Thursday night and little temperature change.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
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