Young Republican Rally Unites 23 Counties in Greensburg
More than 300 delegates attended the Young Republicans convention at the Penn Albert hotel Greensburg chaired by Willis Topper. Morning speakers included DA Lee Campbell McCandless and Edwin M. Clark. Sen. James J. Davis attended. Afternoon speaker William S. Livengood Jr. urged youth to defend constitutional government, urging support for Republican principles and warning that New Deal policies threaten constitutional safeguards. Accompanying Livengood were A. W. Mathews, A. Cober Braucher, and W. H. Beachy.
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Penn Albert Hotel
Greensburg
Lee Campbell McCandless
Butler County
Edwin M. Clark
United States
James J. Davis
Somerset Yount
William S. Livengood, Jr
Elizabeth Gard
Young Republicans
Westmoreland County
Mr. Livengood
Herman Hagerdon
Livengood
Republican Party
A. W. Mathews
A. Cober Braucher
W. H. Beachy
Miss Dorothy Bowman Receives Her Cap at Hospital Ceremony
Miss Dorothy Bowman age 19 daughter of Constable and Mrs C H Bowman of Somerset was honored at capping ceremonies at Albany General Hospital in Pittsburgh with a class of 56. The ceremony follows the probationary period for student nurses at the institution.
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Dorothy Bowman
Constable
C. H. Bowman
Somerset
Albany General Hospital
Pittsburgh
Search Continues for Skyliner Missing Over California
Fresno reports expanding search for the skyliner missing after a storm last Tuesday night. Crews focus on snow covered terrain 45 miles northeast, while Sheriff Zwinge stations men at Blue Mountain 90 miles north to pursue a possible trace. authorities still expect wreckage near Bass Lake.
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Fresno
Calif
Here
Zwinge
Calaveras County
Blue Mountain
Bass Lake
Japs Seek 10 Blast Hole in Chinese Lines
Shanghai dispatch reports a day long Japanese bombardment along the Yellow River in Henan aimed at breaching riverfront and Lunghai railway defenses. Chinese arsenal at Gungh sien damaged. about 150 river vessels destroyed. Japanese claim 2,800 Chinese troops wiped out on the Tientsin Pukow front.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
Henan
Lunghai
Gunghsien
Wenhsien
Kunghsien
Yellow Sea
Caengchow
Kanghsien
Poeping-Hankow
Fengkiu
Kaifeng
Yenchow
Shantung Province
Tientsin-Pukow
Suchow
Tienssin-Pukow
Sunghai
Pengpu
Sentry in Shanghai Says He Touched Collar Not Slapped Teacher
Japanese army spokesman claims the sentry only deterred Grace Brady by touching her coat collar as she walked from St. Marys Hall Episcopal School toward the International Settlement. Brady, a former San Diegan, was reportedly confronted during a bag search. United States Consul General Clarence Gauss protested the incident.
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Shanghai
Grace Brady
Miss Brady
San Diego
Calif
United States
Clarence E. Gauss
Chinese Repel Japs Near Chengchow
Chinese troops repulsed a Japanese attempt to cross the Yellow River near Chengchow Henan on Saturday. Heavy losses were reported on both sides and Japanese air raids targeted rail lines east and south of Chengchow. Civilians suffered numerous casualties amid the defense.
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Hankow
China
Yellow River
Chengchow
Henan
Sdes
Miner Nick Polosky Committed on Liquor Law Violations
Nick Polosky a 46 year old Windber miner was committed to Somerset county jail by Justice of the Peace Quay S Hissong of Paint township Saturday on charges of violation of the liquor laws.
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Nick Polosky
Windber
Somerset County
Justice of the Peace
Quay S. Hissong
Paint Township
Kennedy Eyes Democratic Gubernatorial Bid in Pa
Harrisburg dispatch says Lieutenant Governor Thomas Kennedy poised to enter Pennsylvania’s Democratic gubernatorial race. Backed by CIO chief John L. Lewis, Kennedy pending early week announcement as party leaders rally and factions debate endorsements.
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Harrisburg
Thomas Kennedy
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
Kennedy
Florida
Matthew H. McCloskey
Philadelphia
James
Gifford Pinchot
United States
Superior Court
Arthur H. James
Cyrus M. Palmer
Schuylkill County
U. S
Palmer
G. Mason Owlett
James J. Davis
Friends of Davis
Walker M M Passes Away After Heart Ailment at 54
Morris M Walker, 54, former county treasurer of Somerset, died at home after a heart ailment. He served as Somerset County treasurer from 1932 to 1936. Surviving are wife Carrie H Saylor Walker and children Winfield Franklin Nina and Mrs Norman T White. two daughters Elizabeth and Harriet preceded him in death. Body prepared for burial by Charles R Hauger, Somerset mortician.
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Morris M. Walker
Somerset County
George Longridge
Carrie H. (Saylor) Walker
Winfield
Franklin
Nina
Somerset
Norman T. White
Philadelphia
Elizabeth
Harriet
Thomas Mills Man Victim Of Hit and Run
Leon Kaufman 21 of Thomas Mills is in Johnstown Memorial Hospital with a possible skull fracture after being found seriously injured Friday evening by James C. Koontz who rushed him to hospital on Franklin Street. Police had no report of the accident and Kaufman said he was struck by a car. the motorist’s identity was not learned.
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Leon Kaufman
Thomas Mills
Johnstown Memorial Hospital
James C. Koontz
Johnstown
Kaufman
Franklin Street
Longridge County Treasurer Hosts Sunday Visitors
Neva S. Longridge welcomed guests at her Stoystown Road home on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Rex Longridge and T R Johns Jr of Morgantown West Virginia as part of a social gathering.
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Longridges County
Neva S. Longridge
Stoystown Road
Rex Longridge
T R. Johns, Jr
Morgantown
W. Va
Body search by lake drains amid boy's ransom case
About 2,000 spectators watched Indian Lake in Crotona Park drained as police seek 12 year old Peter Levine missing from New Rochelle since Feb 24. Investigators report a ransom demand and a note reading find Levine boy in middle of lake, with no body yet recovered.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Indian Lake
Bronx
Peter Levine
Murray Levine
New York
Crotona Park
New York City
Levine
Lake Crotona
Crotona Lake
Peter
Mrs. Lindbergh's Grandma Dies in Cleveland Heights
Mrs Annie E Cutter aged 93 died at her home in Cleveland Heights. She was mother of Mrs Dwight Morrow of Englewood New Jersey and grandmother of Mrs Charles Lindbergh and Mrs Constance Morgan.
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Lindbergh
Cleveland
Annie E. Cutter
Dwight Morrow
Englewood, N. J
Charles Lindbergh
Constance Morrow Morgan
Cleveland Heights
Oppose Hull British Pact Sparks Public Debate
Washington reports a furor over a proposed British American trade pact with tariff reductions for textiles and other imports. The reciprocity committee says over 400 congressmen officials and business leaders want hearings as opposition grows in shoe wool and cotton regions.
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Washington
United States
United Kingdom
Committee For
Congress
Pershing Blood Pressure Low Shows Slow Recovery
In Tucson on March 6 General John J. Pershing remained gravely ill with low blood pressure but no significant change since the previous night. He ate breakfast, spoke with Major General George C. Marshall, and spent time on the sun porch, as Dr. Davison notes recovery will be slow after a week of improvement from a coma. Lieut. Col. S. A. Marietta left for San Antonio as a war department consultation was requested.
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Tucson
Ariz
John J. Pershing
Roland Davison
Pershing
George C. Marshall
Shanksville Man Jailed on Theft Charge
William Whitaker aged 21 of Shanksville was committed to Somerset county jail on a larceny and receiving stolen goods charge. He was committed by Justice of the Peace H S Whipperman. Police say Whitaker stole a neighbor’s gun.
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William Whitaker
Shanksville
Somerset County
Justice of the Peace
H. S. Whipperman
Somerset Township
Whitaker
Massive Southern California storm relief drive launched
About 25,000 workers, many from WPA, mobilized to rehabilitate storm struck areas. An estimated 160 dead, 10,000 homeless, and $65 million in losses across Orange and Los Angeles counties. Anaheim and Fullerton suffered heavy damage with numerous missing and unidentified victims.
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Los Angeles
WPA
California
Anaheim
Orange County
Atwood
Fullerton
Los Angeles County
San Bernardino County
Ventura
Santa Barbara
San Diego
San Jacinto Mountains
Earl Lee Kelley
Public Works
Red Cross
John Marsh Released From Cumberland County Jail
Carlisle March 6 4 John Marsh a cannery worker who refused vaccination for his son was freed from Cumberland county prison today after warrants from South Middleton township were exhausted. Marsh had been detained since January 10 on five day sentences and walked 12 miles to his Gardners Route 2 home.
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Carlisle
John Marsh
Cumberland County
Marsh
South Middleton Township
J. Andrew Coyle
Gardners R. D. 2
Eugene
William
John
Funk pushes freer trade while rejecting gold standard
Economics Minister Walther Funk argued for expanded trade with the United States and rejected a return to the gold standard. He promoted a "common sense" clearing system as the basis of international exchange regulation.
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LEFC
Pzig
Germany
Walther Funk
United States
Peace speaker at Rockwood tonight lecture on world co operation
Miss Marjorie Hanson of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom will lecture on World Economic Cooperation at Rockwood high school auditorium tonight at 8. The event is open to the public, sponsored by the National Peace Conference and the Rockwood Women's Club with invitations to nearby clubs.
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Marjorie Hanson
Women's International League For Peace and Freedom
World Economic Cooperation
Rockwood High School
Miss Hanson
University of Pittsburgh Law School
International Relations Club
Women’s Club of
Rock
Women's Club
Somerset
Meyersdale
Walt McDougall Dies In Suspected Self Inflicted Death
Walt McDougall, 80, famed dean of American cartoonists and humorist, was found dead today on a couch at his Waterford farmhouse. Medical examiner Dr. Frank Dunn said his right hand held an old fashioned horse pistol and ruled the death as death by own action after four visiting boys discovered him.
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Waterford
Conn
Walt McDougall
Fern Lane
Frank Dunn
MccDougall
McDougall
Niantic River Road
Dies Digging Grave in Hornell Cemetery
Walter Elster, 63, was found dead this afternoon sitting in a grave he was digging in a Hornell cemetery. He was discovered by pallbearer Fred Pomeroy of the intended grave’s funeral party.
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Hornell
N. Y
Walter Elster
Fred Pomeroy
Naval Fight Off Cape Palos Red Victory Claimed
Spanish government warships torpedoed a 10 000 ton insurgent cruiser off the southeast coast of Spain near Cape Palos. Government planes joined the battle as dawn broke 75 miles east of Cape Palos. The Canarias or Baleares was crippled and sank with 765 crew aboard after heavy bombing and torpedo strikes. More than 400 were saved and British destroyers carried survivors as the clash raised fears of a new Iberian sea power.
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Spain
Cape Palos
Mediterranean
Canarias
Kempenfelt
Boreas
London
Admiralty
Francisco Franco
Bom
Baleares
Cartagena
Lepanto
Eastern and Western Pennsylvania Weather Outlook
Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland forecast fair Monday and Tuesday with a slight warming on Tuesday. Western Pennsylvania remains fair and cold Monday with Tuesday turning mostly cloudy in southern areas. West Virginia stays fair and cold Monday with Tuesday turning fair and warmer.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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McCloskey
M. M. Walker
Riverside
Raging River
Cal
Central Press
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Desert
Rockwood
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
Weather Observer
Associated Press
United States Weather Bureau
Lee
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Miami
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