CIO Leader sought as steel strike widens clash
A 34 day steel strike deadlock spurred presidential remarks and a wave of violence. Explosions hit Bethlehem Steel Cambria works in Johnstown, pa, paralyzing production and triggering a $10,000 reward. Police and National Guardsmen busted a bomb ring in Warren, arresting three men linked to Gus Hall and the CIO. Beaver Falls saw a 13th death in the siege, while labor mediator efforts collapsed. Roosevelt criticized the dispute as a plague on both houses. Authorities prepared a grand jury as bomb plots targeted bridges and mills.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Bethlehem
Steel
Cambria
Johnstown
National
Warren
Gus Hall
Beaver Falls
Frances Perkins
Washington
White House
Montague-Caputet
Federal Mediation Board
Lewis
Perking
Republic
Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
C.I. O
B. J. Gillen
Warren-Niles Co. I. O
Light and Power Company
Gillen
Arthur Scott
John Borawei
George Bundas
Scott
David J. McDonald
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Jp Murray
Pittsburgh
McDonald
State Cuts Learners Permits Cost In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports the state cuts automobile learners permits from 3 to 2 and drivers licenses from 2 to 1 effective for 1938. Governor Earl signs the bill with immediate effect. permits extend from 60 to 90 days unless the learner fails three times. About 2,000 new permits daily and 2,000,000 drivers affected. applicants must be 16 with parental consent if 16 to 18.
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Harrisburg
Earle
J. Griffith Boardman
Department of Revenue
Ralph Moore Wins Philco Trip to White Sulphur Springs
Ralph Moore of the Sipe Sales yesterday departed for White Sulphur Springs Virginia to spend three days as a guest of Philco radios. He won one of the prizes in the recent Philco contest, a trip to Sulphur Springs.
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Ralph Moore
Sipe
White Sulphur Springs
Philco Radios
Moore
Sulphur Springs
Philco
Triple Slayer Held by Grand Jury in New York
Brand ed crazy as a bed bug by his lawyer, 29-year-old sculptor-bus boy Gedeon Easter faces three first degree murder indictments. Prosecution aims to test his sanity, but a 24 hour postponement of plea, granted by Samuel Leibowit, paused proceedings after the grand jury returned the indictments ten minutes after a hearing.
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New York
Robert Irwin
Samuel Leibowit
Grand
Publishers Deny Guild Closed Shop in Chicago
Chicago publishers deny a closed shop for news room staff amid a convention of 565 publishers and executives. They form a permanent committee to keep the public informed, with James G. Stahlman elected chairman and L. B. Palmer secretary. They stress the issue is journalistic principle, not economic bargaining.
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Chicago
American Newspaper Guild
St. Louis
James G. Stahlman
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
L. B. Palmer
A. H. Kirchofer
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Floyd Chalfant
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers’ Association
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Cantata Draws Large Berlin Audience in Fourth Annual Event
A packed Berlin Reformed church hosted 110 choristers from Somerset county and a 23 piece orchestra performing Gaul's Holy City Tuesday evening. Directed by Don M. Kimmel, with soloists Mrs. Edgar Lowry Louis Geist and John P McCabe, the production marked the fourth annual county cantata by local musicians.
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Somerset County
Gaul
Holy City
Berlin Reformed Church
Don M. Kimmel
Berlin
Edgar Lowry
Canton
Ohio
Louis Geist
Johnstown
John P. McCabe
A. B. Cober
Roosevelt dodges third term question at press conference
President Roosevelt refused to answer when asked about Governor Earle of Pennsylvania urging a third term. He laughed at the direct question, told the reporter to stand in the corner with his back to the crowd, and noted that the weather was very hot.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Earle
Pennsylvania
Arrested For Sale Of Bombs In Franklin Pa
State police arrested 60 year old Henry Huber in Franklin Pa on charges linked to dynamite and nitroglycerin thefts from an Oil City area magazine. District Attorney Maurice Breene said Huber faces breaking and entering larceny unlawful possession and furnishing explosives. He pleaded not guilty and was jailed awaiting a July 6 hearing.
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Franklin
Henry Huber
Warren
Maurice P. Breene
Venango County
Huber
Oil City
Plumber
Michael Zerbe
State Police
Foster L. Dale
Petroleum Explosives Company
Breene
Plumer
Arthur Scott
B. J. Gillen
Butler State
Violates Code Gets 20 Days
A 20 year old Salisbury laborer James King received 20 days in jail after four Pennsylvania motor vehicle code charges. Justice C A Maust assessed 10 dollars for each offense and nine dollars in costs totaling 49 dollars, which King could not pay. He was charged with no registration plates, no operator's license, reckless driving and failure to comply with a uniformed officer order.
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Salisbury
James King
Justice of the Peace
C. A. Maust
King
Secretary of Assistance to Run Pennsylvania Relief
Harrisburg June 29 Karl De Schweinitz will take office Thursday as Secretary of Assistance a new cabinet post overseeing relief in Pennsylvania The department will have 137 150 000 to spend over two years for the unemployed the blind the aged veterans and mothers assistance Bills creating the department and placing relief on a permanent basis were passed by the 1937 legislature signed by Governor Earle effective July 1 except the abolition of poor boards which takes effect January 1 Earle called poor boards obsolete and archaic The relief plan was drawn by Dean Herbert F Goodrich and others of a governor chosen committee All forms of relief will be merged into one unit in each county Employees of the emergency relief board will be retained provisionally until merit exams De Schweinitz has been relief director a year and a half succeeding L Johnson December 1 1936 As Secretary of Assistance his salary remains 10000 a year
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Harrisburg
Karl de Schweinitz
Pennsylvania
de Schweinitz
Emergency Relief Board
Earle
Herbert F. Goodrich
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Mothers Assistance
L. Johnson
Foote
Major Adams
Adams
C. M. Wilhelm
Paris
Highway Patrol
Hershey Training School
Oil Investigating Commission
Admiral Foote
Wilhelm
Still Operator Secures Bond
Frank Scardina, a prisoner in the Somerset county jail since Saturday night for operating a still in Lower Turkeyfoot township, posted a $1500 federal bond Tuesday afternoon and remains jailed until he provides $1000 on the county charge. He was arrested by county peace officers, federal agents and state revenue enforcement officers after the still was found by County Detective Harry C. Jacobs last Thursday morning, with operations delayed before an arrest could be made.
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Frank Scardina
Semerset
Turkeyfoot
Scardina
Harry C. Jacobs
Margiotti names Marino special attorney for closed banks
Harrisburg June 29 Attorney General Charles J Margiotti appointed P Vincent Marino of Washington Pa as special attorney for closed banks in Washington County.
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Margiotti
Harrisburg
Charles J. Margiotti
P. Vincent Marino
Washington, Pa
Washington County
Earle names new head of police force
Rear Admiral Percy W. Foote U S N retired named commissioner of the merged Pennsylvania Motor Police with Major Lynn G. Adams as deputy commissioner Governor Earle announced the move before signing merger bills. Foote will earn 8000 yearly and Adams 7500.
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Earle
P. W. Foote
Harrisburg
Percy W. Foote
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Lynn G. Adams
General Assembly
Highway Patrol
Tear Gas Gun Victim Dies in Beaver Falls Clash
Beaver Falls reported a fatal clash at Moltrup Steel when George Mike of Aliquippa died from a fractured skull after being struck by tear gas during a confrontation among pickets workers and deputy sheriffs. District Attorney McCreary delayed action pending investigation as plants resumed or paused operations and state police patrolled the area. Strike leader Joseph Timko urged Governor Earle to deploy troopers while workers returned to other Republic Steel subsidiaries.
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Beaver Falls
George Mike
Aliquippa
Moltrup Steel Products Company
Mike
Michael
Committee For Industrial Organization
Robert E. McCreary
Moltrup
Ideal Foundry & Machinery Company
Union Drawn Steel Company
The
Republic Steel
Joseph Timko
Earle
Eagles Plan District Meet at Edgewood hall
District seven of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will meet Sunday afternoon July 25 at 3 in Edgewood Erie No. 1801 hall Edgewood Avenue. Officials seek a degree and drill team to compete at the Chicago Grand Aerie convention August 17 18 19 and the state president Homer Joe Pitcairn is expected to attend and deliver the principal address.
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Order of Eagles
Edgewood Erie No. 1801
Edgewood Avenue
Chicago
Police dragnet for degenerate slayer targets Eddie the Sailor
In California a citywide dragnet extends from Beverly Hills to the Mexican border for a suspect nicknamed Eddie the Sailor, believed to have killed three girls. Sheriff Penprose expects an inquest Friday for Madeline Everett, 7, Melba Everett, 9, and Marjorie Stephens, 8, found strangled after playing in Centinela Park. A battered roadster linked to sightings near Inglewood and Baldwin Hills is a key clue as officers chase varied tips and rumors.
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Cnglewood
Calif
Beverly Hills
Eddie the Sailor
William Penprose
Madeline Everett
Melba
Marjorie Stephens
Centinela Park
A. F. Wagner
Baldwin Hills
Bel-Air
Penprose
Curtis Clue
Inglewood
Britain May Recognize Franco as Belligerent
London reports suggest Britain could formally recognize General Franco as a belligerent if Germany and Italy continue the hands off Spain policy. Observers say the move would not equate Franco with the Spanish government but acknowledge a state of war in Spain, seen as a gesture to aid wider peace efforts amid Francoist and fascist reactions.
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London
Great Britain
Francisco Franco
Germany
Italy
Spain
Britain
France
Franco
Lord Plymouth
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Dino Grandi
Rehearsal for Nuptials in Wilmington
Ethel DuPont and Franklin Roosevelt Jr rehearsed their wedding party in Wilmington on June 29. The couple tested the ceremony, rewarded the bridal party with jewelry gifts, and checked the two rehearsals for a 4 p.m. wedding the next day. Roosevelt teased about the dress details but reassured his fiancée.
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Wilmington
Del
Ethel DuPont
Franklin Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Pickets Arrested for Blocking Mails at Republic Steel Plant
Postal Inspector D. H. Stephens filed complaints against Gabriel Muellner Ralph Gindelsberger and John Dziekowski for obstructing and delaying the mails during picketing of the Dilworth Porter Division plant of Republic Steel in Pittsburgh. A pricel post truck was stopped and entry refused on June 7 as strike action at the plant continued.
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Ittsburgh
D. H. Stephens
Dilworth Porter
Republic Steel
United States
Gabriel Muellner
Ralph Gindelsberger
John Dziekowski
Stephens
Deputies Guard Que Mahoning Reservoir After Damaging Bombings
Sheriff Fred P. Hare and fifteen deputies patrolled the Que Mahoning reservoir in northern Somerset County following bombings of water mains Monday night and Tuesday morning. Read threats reported since the steel strike began and feared further attacks on the dam prompted the patrol. Repairs to breaks in Bethlehem Steel water lines in Somerset and Cambria counties were rushed as investigators from both counties looked into the blasts. Detective Harry C. Jacobs and District Attorney A. M. Matthews coordinated the response.
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Citizen's Council of
Johnstown
Somerset County
Fred P. Hare
Great
Quemahoning
Sheriff’s Office
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Somerset
Cambria
Harry C. Jacobs
A. M. Matthews
Perry Speaker At G O P Rally In Jenner Cross Schoolhouse
In a Republican banquet rally Governor Earle and New Deal acts are to be discussed by Altoona attorney and Blair county legislator David Perry. He will address laborers and farmers with focus on permanent registration act. Somerset county Republican Men of Pennsylvania organize the event in Jenner Township with 300 seats.
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David Perry
Altoona
Jenner Cross
Attorney Perry
Blair County
Pennsylvania
Somerset County
Republican Men of Pennsylvania
S. Cober Braucker
Somerset
Perry
Earle
Jenner Township
A. M. Matthews
Register of Wills
Livengood, Jr
Brancher
Firecracker Burns Congressman McGranery in Cloak Room Accident
A premature Fourth of July celebration caused a firecracker explosion in the Democratic cloak room near the House chamber. Representative McGranery of Pennsylvania was burned while on hand for the event.
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Washington
McGranery
D-Pa
Johnstown Striker Leaders Face Martial Law Request
Johnstown officials and labor leaders clash as James Mark and C W Jones seek protection and question safety guarantees. Governor Earle and Attorney General Margiotti are reportedly involved while state police prepare to aid. Shields accuses a minority of unrest as guards remove one speaker amid a stormy city council meeting.
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Johnstown
James Mark
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Earle
Mark
C. W. Jones
Brotherhood of Sway
Shields
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas Kennedy
Charles J. Margiotti
William A. Clark
Jones
Bethlehem
Harrisburg
A. Adams
T He
Margiotti
Washington
Committee For Industrial Organization
Affiliated Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Brotherhood of Railway
Samuel Defrancesno
Weather outlook for Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia
Forecast for eastern and western Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia calls for partly cloudy conditions Wednesday and Thursday with little temperature change and showers limited to northern England noted as an unimportant variation.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
England
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