Communists in California Target GOP in 1938 Campaign
Dies committee releases the California convention proceedings showing the Communist party planned a $25,000 campaign and mass organizing in major industries to defeat the Republican admin, naming Frank Merriam and internal union dynamics as central factors. The document cites party membership, union distribution, and a strategy to build a Democratic front across AFL and CIO unions.
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Dies Committee
Communist Party
Washington
California
Mass Indus
James Steedman
George Hurley
Frank Merriam
Charlie McCarthy
GOP
Republicn
Merriam-Hatfield
Gorners
Southern Pacific
Standard Oil
Power Trust
CIO
AFL
Unios
Democratic” Front
Democratic Front
Tne
Bund secretary freed on perjury charge in New York
James Wheeler-Hill 34 secretary of the German American Bund was released on 3500 bail after an indictment for perjury in the second degree. The three count charge cites contradictory testimony at Fritz Kuhn trial grand jury statements to investigators and false remarks before a legislative committee and juror commissioner. His trial is set for January 29.
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New York
James Wheeler-Hill
Bund
Fritz Kuhn
Kuhn
Wheeler-Hill
Sing Sing
Luteri Awarded Two State Road Pacts in 1930s
Harrisburg reports the state highways department awarded two road improvement contracts. In Cambria County, Route 553 between Allegheny and Gallitzin townships will gain 0.17 miles of macadam and an I beam bridge over Clearfield Creek. L. J. Luteri of Somerset earns $11,820. In Ridgway Township, 0.18 miles of macadam and an I beam bridge over Big Mill Creek between Irwintown and Ridgway will replace a narrow structure and improve alignment at $16,980.
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Harrisburg
State Highways Department
Cambria County
Allegheny
Gallitzin
Clearfield Creek
L. J. Luteri
Somerset
Elk
Ridgway Township
Big Mill Creek
Irwintown
Ridgway
Steel payrolls rise in November surpassing prior year
The American Iron and Steel Institute estimates 561000 workers on steel payrolls in November. This marks an increase of 16000 from October and 111000 from a year ago, with payroll spending climbing to 86868000 from 83421000 in October and 61054000 a year earlier.
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New York
Novemer
American Iron & Steel Institute
Federal seizure of trucks over back taxes in York
The federal government seized two of Fred C. Perkins delivery trucks to collect 105.36 in back social security taxes plus interest and penalties. Four agents announced a public sale for January 8. Perkins, a Pennsylvania battery maker, also refused state unemployment taxes and urged others to resist payroll levies.
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York
Fred C. Perkins
NRA
Perkins
David R. Sperry
Pennsylvania
Perry
Eliminate Wagner Act As An Issue
Democratic leaders move to amend the Wagner Act to remove it as a 1940 campaign issue. They plan to present Roosevelt with concrete revision proposals and discuss a possible five member National Labor Relations Board, separation of judicial and prosecuting functions, unit-determining powers, and allowed employer discussions on labor matters.
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Labor Board
Joseph H. Short
Washington
Roosevelt
Bor’ Head
AFL
CIO
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
White House
Allen To Mend Guffey Coal Act
Rep. Robert Allen of Greensburg Pennsylvania says he will push to amend the Guffey coal act by removing the compulsory price fixing feature. He leads a group of House members and producers seeking changes while not scuttling the act and expects little support from Secretary Ickes. The plan envisions operator groups drawing up their own marketing agreements to handle cut throat competition.
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Washington
Robert Allen
Greensburg
Congress
House
Ickes
Allen
Counterfeiter Held for Federal Court
Port Rune, a 46 year old Jenner township resident, was held for federal court in default of bond after a hearing before U S Commissioner Frank Holbert on charges of manufacturing possessing and passing counterfeit money. He admitted making a pen and ink copy of a ten dollar bill and passing it in a Holscyvie business place December 23. Rupe was remanded to the county jail and expected to be taken to Pittsburgh by federal authorities.
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Rune
Jenner Township
U. S
Frank Holbert
Holscyvie
Holbert
Rupe
Pittsburgh
Snow slows traffic in Somerset County after Friday storm
Somerset county roads remained under snow and ice conditions as state and borough crews continued to clear streets and apply sand and ashes. Temperatures stayed near freezing with misty rain freezing on windshields creating slick driving. Bus service resumed normal schedules with minor travel hazards reported.
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Somerset County
State Highway Department
Somerset
Highways Dangerous
Harold W. Dunn
Somerset County Motor Club
Dunn
David Grove
Highway Department
Somerset Bus Company
County Officials Take Oaths and Plan Staff Changes
Incoming county officials sworn in Saturday will begin four year terms January 1 1944 and few personnel changes are planned. The board will retain W K Walker as chairman with Dalton J Beachley and Ernest C Johnson, and announce three major appointments including Lester R Sprowls as chief clerk Ernest Statler as sealer of weights and measures and Dan W Morgan as county registrar.
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State Elections Bureau
Non T. Boose
Amos I. Mack
Board of County Commissioners
W. K. Walker
Dalton J. Beachley
Ernest C. Johnson
Sprowls
Mr. Walker
Lester R. Sprowls
Boswell
Elsie Duppstadt
Somerset
Ernest Statler
William C. Moore
Cairnbrook
Dan W. Morgan
Hooversville
Gene Hostetler
Meyersdale
Recorder of Deeds
Miss Duppstad
William Kramer
Statler
Sealer
Sprowls and
Morgan
G.O.P
Registration Office
Laverne Brubaker
Stoystown
Ruth Way
Anna Mae Walker
Russel G. Lohr
Stoystown R. D. 2
Harvey Yoder
James Powell
Charles Pyle
John Nicholson
Harold Moyer
Chas. I. Shaffer
Norman T. Boose
J. J. Walker
Emily Lambert
John Weimer
Edith Coffroth
Amos I. Mock
Ivan Lambert
A. M. Matthews
Mack
P. P. Williamson
Beatrice Kemp
Anna Layton
Matthews
Harry C. Jacobs
John G. Lesko
Merle K. Glessner
Somerset Township
Fred P. Hare
Glessner
Karl I. Here
Three Solovieffs Wounded in Riverside Drive Shooting
Police said Aaron Solovieff shot Elizabeth Solovieff and daughter Vivienne before turning the gun on himself. Vi viienne, 12, survived. Miriam Solovieff, 18, who planned a Town Hall debut, was not gravely wounded. The incident occurred at 103rd Street and Riverside Drive.
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New York
Miriam Soolvieff
Riverside Drive
Savier
Aaron
Elizabeth 38
Vivienne
Miriam
Town Hall
Poice
Christopher Herold
103Rd Street
London
Reserve Banks See $150 Million Rise in Excess Reserves
The Federal Reserve Board reported a weekly rise of $150 million in bank excess reserves to $5.05 billion. The gain is linked to Christmas cash returns and gold imports, while Fed banks added $93 million in government bonds and cut $100 million in government notes as they shifted to new Treasury bonds ahead of a March 15 note refinancing.
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Washington
Bec
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Dr Miller's Trial Recessed To Tuesday
The second trial of Dr Charles S Miller president of Slippery Rock State Teachers College was recessed today until Tuesday because defense attorney Harry Heilman of Kittanning is ill. Miller, convicted last October but granted a new trial, faces charges of misfeasance and nonfeasance in school property and funds handling. District Attorney Lee C McCandless will remain as special prosecutor.
Larson Family Involved In Wreck Near Somerset
Mrs. F W Larson of Harrison Avenue reports her father Clarence Rose and her brother Jasper Rose with family from Davenport Town were injured in a crash after leaving Somerset. Their car struck a culvert in Imperial and overturned three times. Rose Sr remains hospitalized. relatives arranged another car to return home.
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F. W. Larson
Harrison Avenue
Clarence Rose
Jasper Rose
Davenport Town
Stern Heads Red Invaders In Finland War Role
Moscow reports General G M Stern a young Russian military hero assigned as chief of the Leningrad district to lead reinforced Red Army forces in the Finnish war. General K A Meertshoff was dismissed after poor progress and censorship on foreign dispatches was restored amid dissatisfaction with Western news coverage.
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Witt Hancock
Moscow
Russia
Finland
G. M. Stern
Leningrad
K. A. Meertshof
Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
Red Army
Germany
Italy
Meretskoff
Stern
Primorsk
Red
Chang
Outer Mongolia
Feu
Manchou
Uoan
Fire destroys Tyrone Moose Lodge building
A three story Moose lodge apartment in Tyrone, age 60, was hit by a large fire early today. Firefighters faced frozen fire plugs as three families fled in night attire. Chief estimates damage at $15,000, surpassing Tyrone's four year total losses.
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Tyrone
Moose Lodge
Britain Tightens Rationing Across Sugar and Meats
Edwin Stout reports Britain moves to ration sugar and all meat amid ship shortages. A government monopoly on imported meat and slaughter stock is set, with sugar four ounces weekly for butter and bacon cut to four ounces. February likely for meat rationing, aimed at freeing foreign exchange for munitions.
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Edwin Stout
London
Britain
United Kingdom
Germany
Great Britain
Food Ministry
U. S
United States
Sweden
Air Ministry
R.A
North Sea
Finn Fliers Silence Guns On Viipuri Front
Finnish aviators reportedly bombed the long range Russian cannon shelling Viipuri and relieved pressure on the city as battles raged on the Karelian isthmus. The Finns pressed the attack into Russian soil in three sectors while Helsinki warned of an air raid that produced no planes.
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Helsinki
Viipuri
Karelian
Finland
Three Ships Sunk Including Danish Steamer Hanne
London reports three small ships sunk including the Danish steamer Hanne of 1080 tons off the northwest English coast. The Loch Doon, a 534 ton British naval trawler, is presumed lost with 15 crew. The British steamer Moortoft, 875 tons, with 13 crew, is also believed lost after days at sea.
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London
Moortoft
Hanne
England
Copenhagen
McCormick Pioneer Lumber Dealer Dies at 80
Milt on M. McCormick, a Fayette county lumber dealer and pioneer, died at his Fairchance home at age 80. He had been a prominent businessman in the region and his passing completes a long career in the local industry.
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M. M. McCormick
Milton M. McCormick
Fayette County
New Russian Artillery Drive Fails To Break Finland Stand
Stockholm dispatch reports a fresh Russian assault on Finland at the Salla front with hundreds of new quick firing pieces. The push aims to pierce central Finland but is undecided as terrain confusion and heavy Finnish artillery impede Russian progress. Far north near Petsamo Russian troops trench in while withdrawals toward the Arctic continue. A Finnish correspondent cites a Russian officer’s death note and notes low Russian troop sentiment and poor supply complicating advances.
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Stockholm
Salla
Finland
Petsamo
Arctic Ocean
Italy Sends Finns Help at Tornio in Finland
Persistent reports claim Italian aviators arrived at Tornio to ferry airplanes for attacks on the Murmansk railway. British dispatches from Helsinki state 2000 Italian volunteers landed at Tornio to aid the Finns.
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Copenhagen
Tornio
Gulf of Bothnia
Russia
Murmansk
Helsinki
Finnish Ski Raiders Press on Against Russians Near Lieksa
Finnish army reports fierce combat on Lake Suvanto and around Lieksa as ski raiders push toward the Murmansk Leningrad railway. 700 Russians reported dead on Suvanto. raid groups aim to disrupt northern Russian lines with light arms and explosives.
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Lake Suvanto
Krelian
Mannerheim Line
Mannerheim
Red Army
Lieksa
Murmansk-Leningrad
Salla
Ray
Finland
Lawrence of Arabia
Weather forecast for Maryland and nearby regions
Maryland coastal areas see partly cloudy skies and a slight warming on Friday then snow in the interior and rain or snow along the coast Friday night into Saturday. Eastern Pennsylvania experiences partly cloudy skies and milder temperatures in the north before snow arrives late Friday night or Saturday. Western Pennsylvania remains partly cloudy with a warmer rise in the east on Friday and light snow on Saturday. West Virginia expects a dry start Friday followed by snow Friday night or Saturday with little temperature change.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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Pearle F. Levy
Ursina
Waldo E
Solovieffs
DR. Miller
Winte
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Finn
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