Baruch urges tax reform to spur business and jobs
Bernard Baruch testifies before the Senate unemployment committee that a shift in national policy and tax reform could lift business confidence, raise the national income toward 100 billion dollars, and end the current employment slump. He calls for lower business taxes and overhaul of undistributed profits and capital gains taxes.
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Attorney Leland Walker to address Peace Officers on homicide
Attorney Leland W. Walker will speak to the Somerset County Peace Officers Association in the grand jury room at the courthouse on homicide. Secretary S. C. Braucher said Walker will deliver a short address on The Law of Homicide and the Criminal Procedure Thereof as part of the association's plan to have a member of the bar discuss law enforcement topics at each meeting.
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Leland W. Walker
Somerset County’ Peace Officers Association
Grand Jury
Court House
S. C. Braucher
Walker
Liquor Dealers Fight Deed Restrictions Under Prohibition
A Pennsylvania liquor dealers association committee moves to overturn century old deed restrictions on licensed sale premises. John J. Kelly of Conshohocken argues many restrictions no longer fit current residential and business districts.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Counties Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
John J. Kelly
Conshohocken
Sister Superior at Mt. Aloysius Dies
Johnstown report states Assistant Sister Superior Gonzaga of the Mt. Aloysius convent in Crescent died in a hospital after a three month illness. She taught music in parochial schools of the Altoona diocese and is survived by her brother the Rev. Anthony Flynn and a sister Mrs. William Soisson.
Noted Rutgers naturalist Norman McClintock dies in Florida
Norman McClintock a Rutgers University faculty member and nationally known naturalist died in an Orlando hospital after an operation two weeks earlier. The 69 year old Pittsburgh native photographed plant growth stages and was a familiar figure to Somerset residents after visiting in 1930 to address local students.
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Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N. J
Orlando
Florida
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Somerset
Somerset School
Pittsburgh
Six Attorneys Named Pallbearers for J G Ogle
The Somerset County Bar Association selected six young members to serve as pallbearers at the funeral of Hon. John G. Ogle 86 veteran attorney. Services set for Wednesday at First Christian Church with burial in Union Cemetery. The bar will meet at 1:30 PM at the courthouse and attend the rites in a body.
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John G. Ogle
Somerset
Philadelphia Presbyterian Hospital
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Thomas A. Lansberry
A. M. Matthews
James O. Courtney
Leland W. Walker
Henry G. Gross
Ogle
Philadelphia
Union Cemetery
Bitter cold wave leaves two dead across New England
A bitter cold wave sweeping the eastern seaboard from the west with winds up to 50 mph left two dead in Massachusetts and brought heavy snow to upstate New York and New England. Planes were grounded in Boston, shipping halted, and rapid fires and widespread injuries followed in New Jersey and New York as temperatures plunged to near zero in Syracuse, the coldest on this date in 31 years.
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Missing Inspection Tag Sends Youth to Jail
Joseph D. McNair an 18 year old Somerfield youth was committed to county jail for five days for operating a car without a valid inspection tag displayed on the windshield. The last inspection period ended February 1 and a car legally driven on highways must bear the state sticker indicating inspection by an authorized garageman. Justice of the Peace T J Havener Addison township ordered five days in jail in default of a small fine.
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Joseph D. McNair
Somerfield
Justice of the Peace
T. J. Havener
Addison Township
McNair
Tax collector jailed for embezzlement in Cambria County
Oscar Anderson of Belsono, former Blacklick township school tax collector, was sentenced to one to three years in Cambria county jail and ordered to repay 1291 dollars after pleading guilty to embezzling school funds. Judge John H. McCann delivered the ruling.
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Johnstown
Oscar Anderson
Belsano
Blacklick Township
Cambria County
John H. McCann
Anderson
Armed Nazis Face Austrian Military Line
In Graz and across Styria mutinous Nazis threaten action as Austrian troops prepare for a potential clash after last minute plans to march on Vienna. Police patrols and armored precautions followed Nazi calls to disrupt Jewish shops and a tense political backdrop involving Schuschnigg Mussolini and Seyss-Inquart.
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Graz
Yestrday
Vienna
Styria
Arthur Seyszinquart
Richard Schmitz
Jackson nomination approved by judiciary committee
The Senate judiciary committee voted 10 to 2 to approve Robert H. Jackson as solicitor general, opposing votes by Austin of Vermont and King of Utah. Roosevelt had nominated Jackson to succeed Stanley Reed, and the nomination likely goes to the full Senate tomorrow.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Robert H. Jackson
Roosevelt
Jackson
Stanley Reed
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Austin
King
Utah
Senate
Personal injury rulings on driver license re-examinations
Harrisburg reports that after March 1 any accident causing personal injury will require a re examination of the driver's license. Secretary of Revenue J. Griffith Boardman said hearings will be held on the facts of each injury case and the department will not fix any motor vehicle case.
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Harrisburg
Secretary of Revenue
J. Griffith Boardman
Russian scientists arrive at Murmansk from polar rescue
Four Russian scientists rescued from a polar ice floe arrived at Murmansk aboard the icebreakers Taimyr and Murman. They were greeted by thousands, led by van Pananin, along with their rescuers.
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Tass
Murmansk
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Pershing Shows Improvement as 77-Year-Old General Recovers
Gen. John J. Pershing, 77, improves after uremic poisoning, with doctors calling the outlook promising though not yet certain. He regains strength, drinks fluids by mouth, and kidney function shows clear signs of restoration while heart and blood chemistry stabilize.
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Ariz
John J. Pershing
Pershing
Roland Davison
C. C. Shaeffer
Davison
Miss May Pershing
Somerset Educators Attend National convention in Atlantic City
Five Somerset county school men join thousands of educators at the National Education Association sessions in Atlantic City. Delegates H W Hay Norman S S Miller L S Williams J L Hackenberg and A B Cober attend meetings across 10 hotels and the Municipal Convention Hall with a large exhibi tion by the American Association of School Administrators. They will return Thursday evening.
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Seashore
National Education Association
American Association of School Administrators
H. W. Hay
Somerset Borough
Norman S.S. Miller
Berlin Brothers Valley
Stonycreek Township
L. S. Williams
Shade Township
J. L. Hackenberg
Windber
A. B. Cober
Guy N. Hartman
Two Mothers Victims of Gas at Altoona
In Altoona on February 28 two women and their two young daughters were overcome by gas fumes while preparing to do family washing. Mrs Helen Maher age 21 and daughter Dianne 3 along with Mrs Edna Masucci 21 and daughter Donna Kean 4 were rescued by their husbands and treated at a local hospital where their condition was described as recovering.
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Altoona
Helen Maher
Dianne
Edna Masucci
Donna Kean
Dies of Auto Crash in Clarion County
Harmon Keyster seventy nine, of Sligo R D Clarion county died in a hospital today from injuries suffered in a Sunday morning automobile crash.
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Brookville
Harmon Keyster
Sligo
R. D
Clarion County
Seanor Youths Paroled in Property Destruction Case
Three Seanor youths aged 16, 16, and 13 were paroled for one year and ordered to pay costs after alleged destruction of Somerset County property. Neighbor Alex Pifer testified that the boys broke multiple windows at the old Baker homestead near Seanor on December 30. Merle Shaffer, Fred Shaffer, and Charles Reedy denied the charges amid suspicions of further looting a chicken house.
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Seanor
Somerset Couny Commissioners
Alex Pifer
Windber Miner Jailed for Court Nonappearance
Frank Donato a 48 year old Windber miner was jailed Monday evening on a Windber police court order by Chief Ray Holsapple after failing to appear as ordered. He was held for failure to comply with a court order.
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Frank Donato
Windber
Ray Holsapple
Donato
court upholds little Wagner act rights while rebuking board
Dauphin county court rules the Pennsylvania little Wagner labor act constitutional and sustains workers' right to organize. It also voids the Spungin's Abattoir reinstatement order due to an impartial hearing lacking, citing partisan board conduct and urging fair proceedings in labor cases.
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Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Labor Relations Board
John E. Fox
Legislatire
Fox
L. G. Lichliter
John F. Breslin
Samuel Spungin
Roosevelt reorganization bill faces Senate debate
Critics press questions as Senator Byrnes defends a plan to give the President power to reorganize the executive branch. The proposal would replace the Civil Service Commission with a single commission, abolish the General Accounting Office for an Auditor General, create a Welfare Department, and allow six presidential administrative assistants.
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PUC to Probe Pennsylvania Electric Rate Cases
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission will pursue formal rate cases against eight operating affiliates of Associated Gas & Electric Company. Two additional affiliates Metropolitan Edison Company and Solar Electric Company currently operate under temporary rate schedules. The ten firms serve about 300,000 customers across 36 counties including Pennsylvania Electric Company and Cambria Centre Clarion Clearfield Crawford Erie Forest Indiana Jefferson Somerset Venango Warren and Westmoreland.
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Westmoreland
Local Schools in Somerset to Receive State Funds
Somerset county school districts to receive 82,830 in state requisitions from the auditor general for second and third class districts. Windberborough gets 22,919. Conemaugh township 16,142. Jenner township 11,679. Shade township 20,889. Somerset township 11,100. Nearby counties allocated Cambria 132,480. Blair 40,106.36. Westmoreland 344,117.80. Indiana 26,574.30. Somerset borough schools to receive allocation later.
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State Auditor General's
Windberborough
Conemaugh Township
Jenner Township
Shade Township
Somerset Township
Bryan's Son Nominated for Los Angeles Customs Collector
President Roosevelt nominates William Jennings Bryan Jr of Los Angeles as collector of customs for District 27 with headquarters in Los Angeles. Bryan, son of the late William Jennings Bryan, is a former secretary of state candidate and a son of the Democratic icon.
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William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Los Angeles
Roosevelt
Bryan
McAdoo Deif
Public appeal grows in bid for Peter Levine ransom
New Rochelle police stand aside to let Murray Levine negotiate with kidnapers who have reportedly demanded sixty thousand dollars for 12 year old Peter Levine missing since Thursday. Principal Graybill cites last sighting at 3:30 p m as police release description of the boy with blue eyes and corduroy knickers.
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N. Y
Peter Levine
New York City
Murray Levine
Levine
Philip S. Tilden
Tilden
Hubert Levine
Louis Posner
New York
Henry J. Graybill
Peter's School
Bror
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Death of Charles N Wilkinson, Maryland roads official
Charles Nice Wilkinson age 66 longtime member of the Maryland roads commission since 1935 died suddenly of a heart attack. He collapsed after stopping his car in front of friends' home where he was visiting in Cumberland.
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Friends
Cumberland
Charles Nice Wilkinson
Maryland Roads Commission
Somerset Weather Report Readings Unclear From OCR
Daily weather data for Somerset by David Grove shows temperature, minimums, precipitation, and last year figures, but the OCR renders are garbled, leaving many words unreadable and obscuring exact values and times. The fragment notes a 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Sunday to 5 30 p m Monday with temperature, minimum, and precipitation fields.
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U. S. Weather Observer
Dagmar
Marius A
Associated Press
United States Weather Bureau
City
New York
Boston
West Virginia Weather Forecast Details Weather
Partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday with rising temperatures. Western Pennsylvania sees increasing clouds and warmer conditions followed by northern snow flurries by night. Wednesday remains mostly cloudy. Eastern Pennsylvania experiences increasing clouds with milder Tuesday and partly cloudy, warmer Wednesday. Maryland stays generally fair Tuesday and Wednesday with milder temperatures.
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