Somerset Co-Op coats stir merchant protest in town
Somerset merchants protest federal sourced coats offered for sale by the Workers Aim Cooperative Jersey Homesteads project. The pennsylvania cooperative association bought the coats and plans to sell them despite a borough license fee demand, triggering police notices and potential sale relocation.
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Somerset
Somerset County Farm Bureau Cooperative
Te Association
Eugeneond Avenue
Vorough
Workers Aim Cooperative
Jersey Homesteads
Hightstown
New Jersey
Westmoreland Homesteads
Mt. Pleasant
New York
Philadelphia
Penna Co-Op
Earl J. Sechler
Somerset Cooperative
Pennsylvania Cooperative Association
Somerset Group
Julius Hand
Chester, Delaware County Cooperative Association
Borough Polic
John I. Smith
Shenandoah Stores Closed by CIO Strike
A score of Shenandoah stores closed for six hours Saturday as clerks walked out. Bryan Renick of the central labor union said the walkout was the culmination of a drive to organize all retail store clerks. Merchants' association president Cc. R. Brickles could not be reached for comment.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Cooperative Association
Mercer
Clarion
Northampton
Chester
Lancaster
York
Washington
Shenandoah
Schuylkill County
Bryan Renick
Central Labor Union
Cc. R. Brickles
Merchants’ Association
Kills Wife and Self 24 Hours After Divorce
In Jacksonville Florida L A Wilson 56 a retired locomotive engineer and his former wife Margaret 38 died of bullet wounds today four hours after they had been divorced. Mrs Wilson ran from home and collapsed at a neighbor's doorstep and died en route to a hospital she had been shot in the chest.
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Jacksonville
Fla
L A. Wilson
Margaret
Prominent York Fruit Grower Dies at 65
Charles P Kibbler, 65, longtime leader and former president of the York County Fruit Growers Association, died last night in York.
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York
Charles P Kibbler
York County
Brother and Sister Separated for Christmas Reunion
A Somerset life insurance agent sought family history from client Mrs. Mahlon Reese. She revealed a child cast among the Zufalls and Dumonts with little memory of kin, sparking a possible Christmas reunion after more than thirty years when her brother Edna Sobol, Jr., George Sobol, Jr., learned of her plight.
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C. C. Wagner
Somerset
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mahlon Reese
Somerset RD
Dumont
Latrobe
Dumonts
Zufall
Mr. Reese
Wagner
Latrobe Bulletin
Pneumonia Claims Three Young Children in Somerset Area
Three Somerset county children died over the weekend from pneumonia. Dorothy Speicher, 8 months, of Ankeny Mine. Charles Thomas Christie, 3, of Boswell. and Elsie Mae Kinsinger, 7, of Somerset R D 5 all succumbed after rapid onset. A Somerset physician linked a current spike in pneumonia to lingering whooping cough in the region.
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Somerset County
Dorothy Speicher
John
Ethellen (Kimmell) Speicher
Ankeny Mine
Charles Thomas Christie
Charles
Alice
Telenko) Christie
Boswell
Johnstown Memorial Hospital
Elsie Mae Kinsinger
Daugher
Ray G. and
Ruth (Brant) Kinsinger
Somerset R. D
Christie
Kinsinger
Somerset
Stonycreek
Funeral services held for infant Dorothy Speicher
Funeral services for Dorothy Louise Speicher eight month old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Speicher of Ankney Mines were conducted Sunday afternoon at Beams Reformed church. She died of pneumonia. Survived by seven brothers and sisters and parents. Walter S Hoffman mortician was in charge.
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Dorothy Louise Speicher
John Speicher
Ankney Mines
Beams Reformed Church
Dorothy
Walta S. Hoffman
Quarge
Child Charles Christie Dies of Pneumonia
Charles Thomas Christie three died Friday from pneumonia in Boswell. Survived by parents Charles and Alice Christie and sister Janice Marie. Body at O B Christie home in Jerome. Funeral services at two Tuesday at the home then at Maple Spring Church of the Brethren at 2:30. Interment in the church cemetery.
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Charles Thomas Christie
Charles
Alice
Telenko) Christie
Boswell
Janice Marie
O. B. Christie
Jerome
Maple Spring Church
Tragic Death Of 7 Year Old Elsie Kinsinger
Elsie Mae Kinsinger seven died at Community Hospital after pneumonia. Survived by parents Ray G. and Ruth Brant Kinsinger and twin sister Dora and brother Honer at home. Body sent to grandfather Joseph Brant’s home on Plank Road. Funeral at Beachdale Church of the Brethren Wednesday at 2 30 led by Rev Long. Burial in church cemetery.
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Elsie Mae Kinsinger
Ray G
Ruth Brant Kinsinger
Dora
Honer
Joseph Brant
the Plank Road
Beachdale
Slayings of Cleveland Officers Prompt Five Suspects Arrested
Detectives said five men signed statements admitting presence at the gas station shooting of Patrolmen Virgil Bayne and Gerald Bode but denied participation. Two suspects were captured after an 85 mile per hour chase. four guns were found on the roadster seat. One suspect had a leg wound.
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Cleveland
Joseph M. Sweeney
Virgil T. Bayne
Gerald N. Bode
Richard Daly
William Austin
Eight Soviet Chiefs Shot in Purge Anniversary Executions
Moscow reports the execution of eight senior Soviet officials for high treason on the eve of the secret police purge anniversary. Among the dead are Leo Karakhkan former foreign affairs official and Avel Yenukidze close Stalin ally. Others include Boris Steiger V. P. Larin Vladimir Zukermann B. P. Sheboldeaff E. B. Orakhelashville and A. D. Meteleff. Prisoners were tried by the military collegium in secret sessions per Tass.
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Moscow
Leo. M. Karakhan
Turkey
China
Communist Party
Avel Yenukidze
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Boris C. Steiger
Steiger
United States
Wiliam Bullitt
France
Twe
Supreme Court
Tass
V. P. Larin
Central Committee
Vladimir Zukermann
Foreign Office
Arabia
Afghanistan
Iran
B. P. Sheboldeaff
Communist Party For
North Caucasus
E. B. Orakhelashville
A. D. Meteleff
Soviet Parallels Its Trans-Siberian
Moscow reports completion of an 1800 mile rail line parallel to the Trans-Siberian from Karymskaya near Lake Baikal to Khabarovsk near the Pacific. Built largely by political prisoners of the secret police, 10000 who proved reliable will be freed.
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Moscow
Karymskaya
Lake Baikal
Khabarovsk
Pacific Ocean
Dairymen protest producing books in Pittsburgh hearing
Attorney Willis F. Daniels, counsel for milk dealers, objects to a milk commission order demanding dairymen bring their account books to the hearing. He argues the order should not stand unless the Dairymen's Cooperative Sales Association also presents its records.
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Pittsburgh
Willis F. Daniels
Milk Commission
Daniels
Dairymen’'s Cooperative Sales Association
Banana Planters Guilty in Fraud Scheme
Claude H. Webb of Pittsburgh and Crawford J. Kennedy of Beaver Falls were found guilty in federal court of using the mails to defraud in an $800 000 banana plantation promotion.
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Pittsburgh
Claude H. Webb
Crawford J. Kennedy
Beaver Falls
U. S
Leaders to discuss Roosevelt program at White House conference
Congressional leaders said the administration legislative program including the wage hour bill would be discussed with President Roosevelt at a White House conference. Many lawmakers doubt revival of the measure in the near term as the special session winds down with limited activity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
House
O'Connor
DNY
Senate
TVA
Robert Worth Bingham Dies as Ambassador to Great Britain
The 66 year old Robert Worth Bingham died at Johns Hopkins hospital after an abdominal Hodgkins illness. A special railway car carried his body from Baltimore to Louisville, where he built the Courier Journal and Times before becoming ambassador to Great Britain under Roosevelt.
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Baltimore
Robert Worth Bingham
Louisville
United States
Great Briain
Roosevelt
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore and Ohio
National Limited
Hugh H. Young
William F. Reinhoff, Jr
Bingham
Louisville Courier-Journal
Louisville Times
Great Britain
Hankow Evacuation Plans Amid Japanese Advance
The U S embassy in Hankow arranges evacuation as Nan king falls to Japan. A shortage of train cars and ships hinders movement toward Shanghai, with Gong Kong and Chungking as possible refuges. Gunboats guard the Yangtze while residents fear a Japanese assault on Hankow.
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James A. Mills
Hankow
United States
China
Nanking
Hongkong
Yangtze
Shanghai
Shangking
Chungking
Nelson T. Johnson
Luzon
Gaum
Bund
Briain
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Roosevelt seeks tighter fortification photo restrictions
A House military committee member said President Roosevelt urged stricter limits on photographing the nation's fortifications. Representative May noted the Chief Executive wrote the committee during his trip in southern waters requesting legislation.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
May
D-Ry
Saito Promises Jap Protection From China to Panay Incident
Japanese Ambassador Hiroji Saito pledged in a radio address that Japan would safeguard foreigners and foreign interests in the Sino Japanese zone. He called the Panay sinking a shocking blunder and said authorities will prevent repeats while the Shanghai squadron commander has been dismissed and recalled.
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Hiroji Saito
Japan
Navy
Shanghai
900000 Japs In China Armies
Washington dispatches say Japan has more than 900000 soldiers in China and Manchuria based on unpublished Far East dispatches. The force includes 300000 to 350000 in Manchukuo with 190000 in Kwantung, 200000 to 250000 in Peiping, 250000 to 300000 along the Yangtze, and a smaller group near Canton.
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Washington
China
Manchuria
Far East
Manchukuo
Kwantung Province
Peiping
Yangtze Area
Kwantung
Soviet Russia
Two Local Notables Die of Heart Disease in Sharon
Earl R. Dresh 48, Mercer county pool board member and Boy Scout council president, died after one day of illness and will be buried tomorrow. Dr. John L. McLaughlin 56 formerly of Confluence died Saturday and will be buried Monday.
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Sharon
Earl R. Dresh
Mercer County Pool Board
County
Boy Scout Council
John L. McLaughlin
Confluence
President Hoover Liner Threatened by Gales Near Formosa
Heavy gales and high seas threaten the liner President Hoover aground on Hoishoto island near Formosa. Naval radio reports say conditions aboard grew so dangerous a skeleton crew had to abandon ship as crews await further word. No confirmation of a split in two ships has been received.
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Manila
President Hoover
Rocky Hoishoto Island
Formosa
Naval
Thomas Gordon Dies at 81 in Philadelphia
Thomas Gordon 81 retired manufacturer and father of Dr. William D. Gordon former state secretary of banking died yesterday in Philadelphia.
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Thomas Gordon
Philadelphia
William D. Gordon
Panay Incident Sparks Japanese Denials and Russia Tensions
Tokyo reports say Japan will deny surface guns fired on the Panay after it was bombed on the Yangtze river. Officials warn of a broader push in Moscow over fishing rights as tensions with Russia and the United States persist amid reports of strengthened Far Eastern forces.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Japan
Yangtze River
Soviet Union
United States
Yantze River
Nanking
Hirohito
Fumimaso Konoye
Russia
Harvin
Manchoukuo
Nichi Nichi
Far
Siberia
Rusia
Moscow
Portsmouth
Warships Gather Off Tsingtao as 300 Americans Evacuate
Two U S warships Marinehead and Pope join Sacramento off Tsingtao to protect about 300 Americans amid rising Chinese Japanese hostilities. Admiral Yarnell delays Augusta departure as tensions mount and Japanese forces mass along Kwantung coast with air support from Formosa.
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Shanghai
United States
Tsingtao
Marinehead
Pope
Sacramento
Shangtung Province
Were
Shantung
Harry EB. Yarnell
Asiatic Fleet
Augusta
Manila
South China
Kwangtung Province
Canton
Somerset Weather Report Missing Data
Daily temperature summary from Somerset shows missing maximum and minimum readings for the 24 hours ending 5:30 p m Sunday with prior year values also unreadable. report notes observer David Grove is U S Weather Observer.
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David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Wsseeqeesie
Acs
Sete Encasiseet Seng
Weather forecast for West Virginia and nearby states
Mostly cloudy day with snow flurries and cooler air in West Virginia. Western Pennsylvania sees occasional light snow and colder conditions in the north. Eastern Pennsylvania has partly cloudy skies and colder air with a chance of light snow tonight or Tuesday. Maryland is mostly cloudy and moderately cold with possible light snow at night or Tuesday.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
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