Somerset to start permanent voter registration in 67 districts
Somerset county voters begin personal registration Monday under the permanent registration act. A bi party commission will supervise 134 registrars across 67 districts, with a three date deadline set for completion in each district. The process will cost thousands and require about five minutes per voter, with records kept locked and later street copies for campaign use.
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Somerset
Somerset County
Ofice
Peronal Informatin
Russians Cross Pole Flight Ends Short of Oakland
Three Russian aviators attempted a 6000 mile Mos cow to Oakland flight but were grounded by bad weather, landing at Vancouver Barracks Pear son Field after 63 hours 17 minutes. Pilot Valeri Chekaloff co pilot Georgi Baiburkoff and navigator Alexander Beliakoff cited poor visibility and fuel sufficient for 750 more miles. Military personnel praised the smooth landing despite earlier radio reports of pump failure.
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Vancouver
Wash
Moscow
Oakland
Calif
Pearson Field
Vancouver Barracks
Valeri Chekaloff
Georgi Phillipovitch Baiburkoff
Alexander Vassilievitch Beliakoff
H. A. Reynolds
Forman
United Signal Corps
Seattle
Portland
Register or Lose Vote in Pennsylvania First Day Editorial
Citizens in Pennsylvania face the first registration day under Davy Lawrence's hard line to Register or Lose Vote. The piece links registration to a two party system amid national labor strife and compares a political leader to Stalin Mussolini and Hitler, warning of decisive consequences for voters.
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Pennsylvania
Davy Lawrence
Stalin
Russia
Mussolini
Italy
Hitler
Germany
Cumberland restaurants strike bounds labor turmoil in Cumberland
In Cumberland Maryland on June 20 walkouts mount as 40 workers from two hauling firms strike for better wages and hours while 50 from another threaten to quit after signings. Twenty six downtown eateries close as cooks and waitresses demand closed shop contracts and others seek improved pay. Drivers and helpers from Barnwell Brothers and Cumberland Motor Express quit over weekly wages, hours, and a 48 hour week. Steinla Transportation reports 50 employees ready to resign without signed contracts. Carrier work spans Cumberland to Hagerstown Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Baltimore and New York with higher rates and longer weeks sought.
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Cumberland
Barnwell Brothers
Cumberland Motor Express Company
Steinla Transportation Company
Hagerstown
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
New York
Picket’s Shout Wakes Officer at South Buffalo Plant
In Buffalo on June 20, Paul Luginski, 37, was found guilty of creating a disturbance during a Republic Steel strike picket. Judge Michael Zimmer suspended sentence after testimony that a shouted scab and rat could be heard 5,000 feet away, waking a sleeping patrolman across the street.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Republic Steel Corporation
South Buffalo
Michael Zimmer
Paul Luginski
Walter Kabcuba
Jabouba
Express Strike Looms Over Rail Clerks Demands
George Harrison, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, warned in Washington that he would call a strike of 40,000 Railway Express Inc. employees unless the company meets union demands for higher hourly wages and vacations.
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Washington
George Harrison
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Railway Express Inc
Insurgents Reach Bilbao as Siege Feeds Surging Troops
Thousands of insurgents swarmed into Bilbao crossing improvised Nervion footbridges en route to Santander. Food, water shortages, and refugees clutter the city as General Franco’s troops advance. Electric power is scarce and churches remain crowded amid the chaotic relief efforts.
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Edward J. Neil
Bilbao
Spain
Nervion River
Santander
San Sebastian
Francisco Franco
Franco Reports To His Boss In Il Duce Telegram
Rome June 20 Premier Benito Mussolini received from General Francisco Franco a telegram announcing the capture of Bilbao and praising the insurgent army for proving the confidence placed in it by Italy. Franco expresses greetings to the Emperor and extends best wishes from the Spanish people and himself.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Bilbao
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele
Franco
Waters sues for excess income tax overpayment
Administrator Robert S. Waters of the estate of the late John H. Waters of Johnstown sues the federal government for 3980 dollars claiming income tax was erroneously collected from John Waters in 1928.
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Pittsburgh
Robert S. Waters
John H. Waters
Johnstown
John Waters
Half Day Celebration Marks Golden Anniversary in Pittsburgh
In 1887 William Fischer took a half day off to marry. Yesterday he took another half day off to celebrate his golden wedding anniversary, reflecting a quiet local tradition of marking life milestones with time off.
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Pittsburgh
William Fischer
Blum Resigns as France Fails to Seize Dictatorship
Paris June 21 Premier Leon Blum's Popular Front government resigned after two days of futile efforts to gain full powers over finances from the senate. Albert Sarraut, former premier, was mentioned as Lebrun's likely successor as a new cabinet was considered by Radicals and Socialists. The Senate rejected the compromise financial powers bill amid cabinet deliberations.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Popular Front
Senate
Albert Lebrun
Elysee Palace
Blum
Chamber
Stocky
Albert Sarraut
Chamber of Deputies
Sarraut
Auto Crash Injures Two In Somerset Area
Two Kittanning residents were taken to Somerset Community Hospital after a two car crash on Route 31 fourteen miles east of Laurel Park near Bakersville Sunday at 3 30 PM. Ream Walker of Rockwood R D 2 was jailed on improper passing charges after attempting to pass three cars on crest of a grade.
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Kittanning
Somerset Community Hospital
Rockwood R. D
Somerset
State Highway Patrol
Laurel Park
Bakersville
Ream Walker
Rockwood
R. D
W. B. Hutchison
Market Street Kittanning
Ream
Hutchison
Walker
Amelia Earhart Completes Asian Leg In Singapore Visit
Amelia Earhart lands in Singapore at 4 30 p m after six hours twenty minutes from Bangkok marking the end of the trans Asian leg of her world flight. She plans to overhaul her monoplane in Java with K L M staff and had just won a five dollar bet with a K L M airliner pilot. Earhart and navigator Captain Noonan departed Rangoon at 6 50 a m and Bangkok at 1 50 p m EST before refueling en route to Singapore.
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Singapore
Amelia Earhart
Tod Ay
Singaport
Rangoon
Burma
Bangkok
Siam
Bandoeng
Java
Dutch Air Service
Miss Earhart
Freq Noonan
Bankok
Bicycle Rider Killed in Collision near Washington
In Washington County Pennsylvania a car struck and killed 12 year old Clarence Lyle Jr the rider. He was dragged about 90 feet by the automobile. He was the son of Clarence Lyle of Crothers near Washington.
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Washington, Pa
Clarence Lyle, Jr
Clarence Lyle
Crothers
Washington
Two Die as Youngstown Steel Strike Clashes Escalate
In Youngstown Ohio a second death followed last night's clash between C I O steel strike pickets sympathizers and police at Republic mill. James Eperfest died from buckshot wounds after a night of tear gas and gunfire that left one known dead and around 26 injured, with officials counting possibly up to 50 casualties including Mary Heaton Vorse and Ed Solt among the injured. Police claim no shots by them as pickets attacked, while armored cars and dynamite blasts marked the three hour battle.
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Youngstown
C. I. O. Steel
James Eperfest
C. IL. O
Stop Gate No. 5
Republic Mill
John Mayo
SWOC
Mayo
Charles Richmond
Youngstown Police
Richmond
Ralph Elser
John Bogovich
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Mary Heaton Vorse
New York
Temple
Ed Solt
No Martial Law in Penna Says Johns Town Editor
Johnstown editorial director H G Andrews states there is no martial law in Pennsylvania. The governor can deploy state police to protect life and property, but martial law requires invasion or insurrection with civil authority suspended and military courts replacing civil courts.
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Johnstown
H. G. Andrews
Church Votes Reopen Mills
The Rev. David K. Allen of the First Presbyterian church said that 300 congregants voted unanimously to ask Governor Earle to reopen Cambria works. He noted few workers attended and most were foremen. police kept seven plant entrances blocked with state troopers and highway patrolmen, admitting no one this morning.
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Johnstown
David K. Allen
First Presbyterian Church
Earle
Cambria Works
Cambria
Allen
Kidnap or murder theory still open in Parson case
STONY BROOK N Y June 20 federal agent Earl Connelley said on the twelfth day of the disappearance of Mrs McDonnell Parsons that both murder and kidnapping theories are being pursued in a single investigation. He stressed the safety of the victim as the primary concern.
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Stony Brook
N. Y
McDonnell Parsons
Earl Connelley
Connelley
Shriner Delegates Take Possession in Detroit for Imperial Council
Shriners in Detroit took possession of the city today as preparations began for the 63rd imperial council sessions. Delegates from across the order arrived for the annual gathering slated to address imperial affairs and ceremonial duties.
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Shriners
Detroit
Order
Imperial Council
Bethlehem Steel Warns Johnstown to Close Mills Under Martial Law
Bethlehem Steel announced it will submit to Governor Earle’s demand to shut the Conemaugh and Black Lick plants in Johnstown amid a two week strike. State troopers guard plant gates as martial law is declared and a miners’ demonstration is called off to ease tensions. Bethlehem president Eugene Grace warned of losses from the shutdown while noting the company reserved legal rights.
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Johnstown
BethLehem Steel Corporation
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Edward H. Friedman
Bethlehem
Augustine
Janeway
Corporation
Earle
Cambria Works
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Conemaugh
Black Lick
Seven Mile Mill
Lewis
John L. Lewis
Striking Committee For Industrial Organization
Eugene Grace
Commonwealth
Buck Friedman
Oficer
Michael J. Boyle
Grace
Daniel P. Shields
Bethlehem Steel faces indefinite martial law in Johns
Governor George H. Earle says martial law will continue in Johns to handle the Bethlehem Steel Cambria works strike. Bethlehem declares its action was under duress and reserves rights against the order. Company and state officials confer on maintenance crews for the seven mile plant as 40,000 miners rally elsewhere.
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Johnstown
George H. Earle
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cambria
Immergan
Charles M. Sch
Bethlehem Steel
Schwab
Earle
Buegene G. Grace
C. R. Ellicott
Cambria Works
A. S. Janeway
Abe Long
United Mine Workers of America
Fraington County
Two Cars Crash Near Seanor Causes $75 Damage
Jennertown highway patrolmen reported that damage of $75 was done to two automobiles operated by Mike Swick, No. 37 mine, Windber and Martin Rist, Seanor, in an ace beneath a railroad trestle near Seanor Saturday evening. Ofhers said that the accident occurred at a sharp turn where visibility is poor. Rist's car swerved and struck the front end of Swick's machine. No one was injured.
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Jennertown
Mike Swick
Windber
Martin Rist
Seanor
Ofhers
Rist
Swick
Weather Outlook for Monday and Tuesday Across Regions
Western Pennsylvania expects showers with a slight warmup Tuesday. West Virginia sees fair and warmer conditions from Monday into Tuesday. Eastern Pennsylvania turns partly cloudy and warmer with possible showers in the west and north on Monday. Maryland stays partly cloudy and warm with fair conditions Tuesday. Overall, most areas see mostly fair weather Monday and Tuesday, with showers in the lower Lake region and northern parts of the eastern lower Lake region and the middle to north Atlantic states.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Lower Lake Region
North Rise
Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
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Save America
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Somerset Hospital
Amelia
Steel Strike Mediation Board
Mediation Board
Frances Perkins
Cleveland
James Dewey
Ralph Lind
National Labor Relations Board
Charles Taft
Lloyd Garrison
Edward McGrady
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U. S
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