Labor Board Hears Pike Fuss Today
The state labor relations board will hear the Somerset County Independent Construction Workers Association claim of unfair labor practices by Guthrie Marsh Peterson Construction Co on the Allegheny tunnel contract at the Somerset courthouse at 4 30 a m. The SCICWA seeks reinstatement of its members and possibly an election to designate exclusive bargaining representative. The case notes AFL involvement and possible union intervention. The SCICWA, dominated by UMW members, voted to affiliate with CIO amid tensions over leadership and dues.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike
Somerset County
State Labor Relations Board
Somerset
Somerset County Independent Construction Workers Association
Guthrie-Marsh Peterson Construction Co
Allegheny Tunnel
Scicwa
AFL
L. G. Lichliter
Democratic County
Labor Relations Board
AFL Hadcarriers Union
CIO
United Mine Workers
Victor B. Glessner
Glessner
John V. Carter
Association
UMW
Superior Court Upholds Boose in Hosts Death Case
The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Wednesday affirmed Judge Norman T. Boose’s denial of compensation to Rose Joebon of Centralia in a suit against Reitz Coal. Joebon claimed her husband, killed en route to a road job, was employed by the company. The case was appealed from Somerset County Common Pleas Court after an earlier ruling.
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Pennsylvania Superior Court
Norman T. Boose
Rose Joebon
Centralty
Joebon
Somerset Common Pleas
Reitz Coal Company
Joevon
Court of Common Pleas
Adults Answerable to Court for Conduct in Delinquency Case
Two Fayette county men, William Jordan and Thomas Dillon of Uniontown, lost their appeal as the state Superior Court upheld a nine month jail sentence for contributing to the delinquency of two minor girls. The court ruled an adult can be held responsible for conduct affecting a child regardless of ward status, noting the girls were placed in the Home of the Good Shepherd in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Fayette County
William Jordan
Uniontown
WPA
Thomas Dillon
Jordan
Dillon
the Good Shepard
Roosevelt Returns to Aid Break of Congress Log Jam
President Roosevelt flew back to Washington to push passage of the $1,735,000,000 relief appropriation bill and related monetary measures before the fiscal year ends. He canceled morning talks with leaders, focusing on swift legislative action in Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Hyde Park
Senate
Charles H. Weimer Dies After Illness at 80
Charles H. Weimer lifelong Somerset resident and former sheriff died Wednesday at his South Edgewood Avenue home after more than a year of illness. He was 80, not seriously ill until recently. He worked as a blacksmith except for 1909 to 1913 when he served as high sheriff. Survived by his widow Ida, son David, four grandchildren, and siblings Ettie and Edward Weimer. Funeral Friday at 3 p.m. at the Weimer home with Rev. Hess Wagner and Rev. George L. Roth officiating. burial in Union cemetery under Charles R. Hauger.
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Charles H. Weimer
Somerset County
South Edgewood Avenue
Weimer
John H
Anna (Roberts) Weimer
Smithing
Anna (Young) Weimer
Ida (Lepley) Weimer
David Weimer
Somerset
Ettie Weimer
Edward Weimer
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Woodmen of the World
Hess Wagner
Trinity Lutheran Church
George L. Roth
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Union Cemetery
Charles R. Hauger
Somerset Mortcian
Martin Made Major General in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports Governor James promoted Adjutant General Edward S. Martin to major general to command the 28th division and attached Pennsylvania National Guard troops. Martin succeeds retirementing Major General Edward Shannon and will also serve as adjutant general while relinquishing command of the 55th infantry brigade. He began service in 1898 and rose through World War I. earned the Distinguished Service Cross twice and the Purple Heart, later holding auditor general and state treasurer roles and leading the state Republican party.
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Harrisburg
Edward S. Martin
Pennsylvania
James
Pennsylvania National Guard
Martin
Edward C. Shannon
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Spain
10Th Pennsylvania Infantry
110Th Regiment
Republican Party
Youth Charged With Stealing Letter From Post Office
Pittsburgh June 28 Wayne Thomas 17 of Franklin was released on his promise to appear July 10 before a U S commissioner to answer a charge of stealing a letter from the South Side branch of the post office He was detained while police investigated a bicycle theft and charged with taking the letter after questioning Authorities found 70 uncancelled opened letters in Franklin park The United States attorney's office said the charge may be changed to juvenile delinquency.
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Pittsburgh
Wayne Thomas
Franklin
United States
South Side
Oii City
Thomas
Franklin Park
United States Attorney's Office
Six foot Texan is shrine's new head
A six foot, 210 pound Texan, Walter D. Cline, oil magnate and former Wichita Falls mayor, was named imperial potentate of Shrinedom. He succeeds A A D Rahn as ruler of about 300000 nobles of Masonry. Memphis won the 1940 meeting. William Heim was chosen for the imperial career guard defeating Harold Lloyd and John Zink.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
Husky Walter D. Cline
Wichita Falls
Tex
A. A. D. Rahn
Minneapolis
Memphis
Tenn
Imperial Career Guard
National Council
William Heim
Harold Lloyd
John Zink
Monetary bill dominates tense Washington budget talks
Washington leaders wrestle with a $2 billion international exchange fund and devaluation powers as the Friday deadline looms. Senate passage of relief and farm bills adds urgency, while House rules enable an unlikely conference fight over Senate amendments and devaluation provisions.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
White House
Treasury
House
Senate House
Rules Committee
Somers
D-Ny
Republicans
Silverites
Holsopple Youth Held In Dual Burglaries
Walter Szapko, 20, of Holsopple, on parole from Huntingdon reformatory, admitted stealing a 410 gauge shotgun and a small auto radio from Springer Hardware Co. in two burglaries two months apart, on April 26 and June 26. Police linked him to both crimes after the gun was identified and later sold in Johnstown. Szapko was held for court in default of bond after hearings in Holsopple.
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Walter Szapko
Huntingdon Reformatory
Szapko
Springer Hardware Co
Holsapple
Justice of the Peace
R. J. Schmucker
Holsopple
Governor’s Desk Clears Bills Vetoes Tax and Civil Service
Governor James vetoed two bills, one to exempt manufacturers from a capital stock tax and another to centralize civil service for 15 000 workers in three state departments. He warned the tax wording duplicates a clause in the foreign franchise tax suit now in court and blasted the civil service merger as overreaching while preserving existing systems. The veto came as lawmakers pushed claims on actions totaling over 2 billion dollars for next two years.
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Harrisburg
James
Pennsylvania
Central Civil Service
Department of Public Assistance
Liquor Control Board
Unemployment Compensation Division
State Civil Service Commission
State Supreme Court
Dauphin County
Commonwealth
Fall on Gym Floor Fatal in Altoona
Altoona junior high pupil Albert E. Wogan died after a fall on a gym floor three months earlier. He suffered flesh burns during the incident and received several blood transfusions, but the injuries led to his death as infections set in.
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Altoona
Albert E. Wogan
Governor signs 474 bills vetoes 71 in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg June 28 AP Governor James signed the two year budget final executive act after chaining to his desk for a week. He signed 474 of 545 measures and vetoed 71, with auto passage possible if he did not act. The general appropriation bill stood at 168,180,944 reduced to 168,081,444. The budget totals with state aided institutions and deficiencies bring the 1939 41 biennial general fund to 376,065,328, about 4 million more than he proposed.
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Tom Reedy
Harrisburg
James
Pennsylvania
House
Senate
General Assembly
Senate approves limited WPA art spending and public salaries
The Senate voted to continue federal theater and WPA art projects with a 13.0 million cap, amid relief bill debates. It adopted measures requiring states to cover 25 percent of project costs, publish names and salaries of WPA staff earning over 1000 dollars, and give job applicants with three months out of work priority.
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Senate
Wagner
D-Ny
Chamber
House
Barkley
D-Ky
Holt
WPA
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Taft
R-O
LaFollette
P-Wis
Schwellenbach
D-Wash
Bymes
PWA
Mead
Hayden
D-Ariz
Roosevelt Public Works
Byrnes
Philadelphia Registration Board Fired by Governor Harrisburg
Governor James announced the dismissal of Philadelphia’s city registration commission and resignation of three Democratic appointees on the Pennsylvania securities commission. Five names were removed from the registration group and replacements named for the securities panel. Walter C. Miller was named chairman of the securities commission and Raymond A. Cox added as a member. a third member will be chosen later.
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James
Philadelphia City Registration Commission
Pennsylvania Securities Commission
Francis 5. Cantrell, Jr
James H. Malone
John B. Albany
Joan L. Barrett
William Deppenschmidt
Colley S. Baker
Anthony P. Barrett
A. F. M. Chandler
Threaten to Fight Bars Reform Bill in Pennsylvania
A committee of eastern county aldermen and justices threatened to oppose the state Bar Association drive for reform of the minor judiciary. They pledged to form a lobby to block laws requiring squires to be learned in the law, while not opposing measures to reduce squires or shift to salaries.
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Pittsburgh
State Bar Association
John W. Scott
Cost
Minor Judiciary
Minor
Squires
Lancaster
Smith Broke Million Gone Ere He Fled
Baton Rouge dispatch reports Louisiana State University ex president James Monroe Smith fled amid embezzlement and bond fraud involving 1 million dollars. Gov. Earl K. Long offered 2500 dollar reward. police sought Smith and wife after travels through Memphis to Detroit, Canada, or possibly South Carolina toward Asheville.
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Smith
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana State University
James Monroe Smith
Earl K. Long
W. A. Cooper
Cooper
David M. Ellison
Memphis
Detroit
Europe
Governor Long
South Carolina
Asheville
Miraculous escape as truck is crushed at tracks
Arthur Morrison of Pittsfield credits a swift dash across railroad tracks for his survival after his truck was struck by the Corry to Oil City Flyer. The vehicle was demolished, slamming into a telegraph pole, but Morrison, 30, escaped with only minor scratches.
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Titusville
Arthur Morrison
Pittsfield
Pennsylvania Railroad
Oil City
Auto Thief Given 48 Years In Prison
Uniontown, June 28. Arthur Van Truman of Chalk Hill received four to eight years for automobile theft. He took a car from Mrs Irene Urban of Hopwood on June 5 and was ordered to run concurrently with a Greene county sentence. He had been paroled from that term.
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Uniontown
Arthur van Truman
Chalk Hill
Lancaster
Irene Urban
Hopwood
W. Russell Carr
Greene County
Mrs Brickman Under Knife at Cumberland Hospital
Mrs Chaffee Brickman, proprietor of Coffee Springs Farm, underwent a serious operation at Cumberland Memorial Hospital in Maryland on Monday and will remain a patient for several weeks. Her husband William Brickman will supervise Coffee Springs Farm in her absence.
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Brickman
Chaffee Brickman
Coffee Springs Farm
Cumberland
Memorial Hospital
William Brickman
Flooding Deluge Ravages Greene and Washington Counties
A two inch plus rainstorm swept from the Greene Washington line into Fayette County causing extensive damage to homes, bridges, crops and livestock. Flood waters wrecked buildings, washed away roads and basements, with two frame houses toppled near Juniata and mines at Footedale trapped by high water. Weather records show Uniontown receiving 2.73 inches that day, part of a 10.30 inch June total, as canyons overflowed and several routes were closed.
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Greene-Washington County
Fayette County
Juniata
Newton
Beach Sumey
Footedale
H. C. Frick Coke Company
West Penn Street
Vances Mills
Fairbanks
Redstone Creek
Coal Lick Run
Russ Creek
Dillinger
John Garner
Monongahela
Rice's Landing
Greene County
Hice’s Landing
Carmichaels
Waynesburg
W. W. Marstellar
Canonsburg
Rainstorm Shatters Canonsburg Rainfall Record
A six hour storm in Canonsburg on June 28 dumped 3.48 inches, the town’s record rainfall. Debris washed into streets, with downtown areas most affected. Local authorities prepared cleanup efforts and assessed damage.
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Canonsburg
Cranage elected state commander of Spanish War Veterans
J Gobin Cranage of Philadelphia was elected state commander by the United Spanish War Veterans in Johnstown on June 28. The convention condemned critics of the national anthem The Star Spangled Banner as part of insidious propaganda and praised Dies committee work investigating un-American activities. Cranage succeeds O G Crawford of Erie. Dan E Dumire of Greensburg named senior vice commander. Don F Monahan of Harrisburg junior vice commander. W O Gibson inspector. Martin Knuth chaplain.
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Johnstown
United Spanish War Veterans Today
J. Gobin Cranage
Philadelphia
Chambersburg
Veterans’ Convention
Dies
Cranage
O. G. Crawford
Erie
Dan E. Dumire
Greensburg
Don F. Monahan
Harrisburg
W. OO. Gibson
Scranton
Martin Knuth
Japan Defies Warning as Vessels Ordered from Wenchow Foochow
In Shanghai on June 28, the United States and Britain reject Japan's warning for all foreign ships to quit Wenchow and Foochow by noon Thursday. Japan signals intent to occupy the ports while negotiations proceed, and Allied nations prepare for possible actions as tensions ease slightly at Tientsin.
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Shanghai
Wenchow
Foochow
Japan
China
Clarence E. Gauss
United States
Tientsin
Tokyo
Gauss
Harry E. Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
Britain
France
Wenchow Oy
Joan Moller
Japanese accept British proposal on Tientsin talks
Tokyo reports Britain and Japan to meet at a Tokyo conference table to resolve the Tientsin crisis. Japan seeks broader scope including economic aims of a new East Asian order, while Britain wants only local issues. Negotiators include Machiro Arita and Sir Robert Leslie Craigie. talks expected before the weekend with envoys flying in.
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Tokyo
Japan
Britain
Wey
Tientsin
Chamberlain
London
East Asia
Machiro Arita
Robert Leslie Craigie
G. A. Herbert
Chungking
Domei
Weather Forecast Report by David Grove Observer
Daily weather for 24 hours ending 5 30 p m next day shows high 78 and low 63 degrees with precipitation totals recorded Various garbled OCR text but clear temperature range and date reference remain Temperature compared to year ago notes 65 degrees maximum and minimum not fully legible
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David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Weather Elsewhere Forecast For West Virginia Pennsylvania
West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania: Scattered showers Thursday and Friday with little temperature change. Maryland: Mostly cloudy with occasional showers Thursday and Friday, slightly warmer. Eastern Pennsylvania: Mostly cloudy with occasional showers Thursday and scattered showers Friday, temperature about the same.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
Pennslvania
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