New Somerset Highway Head Starts Today in Historic Change
C Owen Beckley will assume Somerset history department duties as superintendent replacing Harold F Webber. William R Will will become principal assistant, succeeding Ernest C Johnson, with both appointments confirmed by the state.
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Somerset
State
Hisiwory Department
C. Owen Beckley
Somerset County
Arthur H. James
Beckley
Daily American
Harrisburg
Highways I
Lamonte Hughes
Associated Press
William R
Billy) Will
Stonycreek Township
Harold F. Webber
Pottsville
Will
Ernest C. Johnson
Alum Bank
Bedford County
Highway Department
Gifford Pinchot
Norman B. Greene
George H. Earle
Blair County
Pennsylvania State College
East Samer Street
Webber
Somerset West
Robert A. Stoughton
Uniontown
Earle
Stongcreek Township
Defer Action on Hospital Takeover Plan in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg move delays until 1939 the date for state takeover of county mental hospitals. Attorney General Claude Reno authorizes Lawrence Coughlin to draft amendments to welfare laws, nullifying prior borrowing and capital outlay measures. Solicitors from nine of twelve counties attend, seeking reimbursement if state assumes ownership.
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Harrisburg
James
Commonwealth
Claude Reno
Lawrence Coughlin
Luzerne
Earle
Reno
E. Arthur Sweeney
Coughlin
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
Chester, Lackawanna
Lancaster
Mercer
Schuylkill
Somerset
Blair Counties
Crocuses Bloom Across Town Amid Spring Signs
Crocuses bloom in multiple yards as a sure sign of spring. Purple blooms open in Mary Pile’s East Catherine street yard while a single yellow crocus brightens the lawn at St. Peter’s Catholic Church on West Union street.
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East Catherine Street
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
West Union Street
Thousands of Aliens Dropped From WPA Rolls
WPA officials announced thousands of aliens were removed from Works Progress Administration rolls today. The count is uncertain due to a congressional order in the last relief bill requiring work relief assignments be given only to citizens.
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Washingto
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Baruch backs economy bloc as Roosevelt cites recovery
Bernard Baruch, a Democratic power broker, urged lawmakers to pare government expenses at a lunch with Vice President Garner and senators while backing tax revision. The White House signaled continued deficit spending, and officials hinted Roosevelt may push for relief funds and faster adjournment. Labor talks between CIO and AFL begin with Roosevelt’s blessing.
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
Garner
Baruch
White House
Federal Reserve Board
Marriner Eccles
Chaiman
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Treasury
Roosvelt
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
House
Bankhead
CIO
AFL
Perkins
Mysterious Death of Mike Lorence Promptly Probed
State and local officers report no new developments in the week-old case as they search for clues into the death of Mike Lorence. Lorence was found with a throat cut along a less-traveled road near Stoystown. District Attorney A M Matthews coordinated a briefing with seven investigators including H C Jacobs and state troopers Regan Schmeyer Grosnik and constables Baldwin Bowman Zearfoss.
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Mike Lorence
Lorence
Stoystown
A.M. Matthews
Matthews
Flue Fire at Clarence Menhorn Home Extinguished Quick
A flue fire at 7:20 pm Monday at the Clarence Menhorn residence on South Edgewood Avenue was extinguished by Somerset volunteers. Fire Chief Richard Pile reported no damage.
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Clarence Menhorn
South Edgewood Avenue
Somerset
Richard Pile
Senate approves 6000 plane Army expansion in defense bill
Senate votes 54 to 28 to raise Army Air Corps strength to 6000 planes as part of a 358 million defense package. Admiral Leahy urges Guam naval air base while House blocks the project. Critics warn of inflated costs and possible deficiency requests as 900 current fighting planes remain.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Senate
Navy
Guam
House
Admiral Leahy
Naval Affairs Committee
Western Pacific
Hawaii
United States
Woodring
Congress
Air Corps
H. H. Arnold
Military Committee
Clark
D-Mo
Norris
Ind-Neb
Tobey
R-Nh
Romanian Premier Cristea Dies in Cannes at 69
Miron Cristea former premier of Romania and Romanian church patriarch died in Cannes at 9 30 pm after bronchial pneumonia. Doctors Laubry of Paris and Baltaceanu of Bucharest said pneumonia followed a delayed niece’s arrival at the station. Antal and Bishop Emilian were at his bedside as he spent months on the Riviera by royal permission.
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Cannes
France
Miron Crstea
Rumania
Charles Laubry
Paris
Georg Baltaceanu
Bucharest
Romania
Crstea
Madame Antal
Emilian
Carol of
French Riviera
Martin Says GOP Ready to Aid Business Recovery Plan
Rep Joseph W Martin of Massachusetts Republican leader said the party would assist the administration in a program aimed at solid and sustained business recovery. The remark framed bipartisan potential to bolster the economy amid ongoing recovery efforts.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Republican House
Turnpike Project Nears Start in Somerset County
An engineering firm from Dayton Ohio plans to begin grading work on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Somerset County by mid month. About 25 workers are removing timber while 250 more are expected later. jobs will be filled via the State Employment Service with priority to relief cases.
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Connell and Laub
Dayton
Ohio
Wich
Somerset County
Peoples National Bank
Turnpike Commission
Somerset
Commission
State Employment Service
SES
Levin Seeks Seat Appeal After Court Ruling
Senator Herbert S. Levin urged his colleagues in the Senate to overturn a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court ruling that he lost his seat to Samuel W. Salus by one vote. Levin, a Democrat certified by the elections board, challenged the verdict amid bribery and fraud accusations. The matter was sent to a Republican elections committee studying the dispute while Levin is ordered to stand aside pending verdicts.
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Harrisburg
Herbert S. Levin
Philadelphia Common Pleas Court
Samuel W. Salus
Levin
Board of Elections
Salas
Senate
Philadelphia
Committee On Elections
Elections Committee
Frederick T. Gelder
Harry Shapiro
Schrock Barn Burns in Farm Blaze near Meyersdale
A large frame barn on the Peter Baer farm near Meyersdale was destroyed Saturday afternoon when sparks from a tractor exhaust sparked a fire. Mrs Neva Schrock and family formed a bucket brigade but flames reignited after initial containment. Loss included hay grain farm machinery seven hogs and a large flock of chickens. Meyersdale firefighters arrived too late to save the building.
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Neva Schrock
Meyersdale
Schrock
Peter Baer
Wasson No 1 gas well yields 2 million cu ft daily
The Wasson Company reported its No 1 well on the Sorg farm near Summit is producing 2,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily. The well has been drilled to a depth of 7,113 feet.
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Uniontown
Wasson Company
Sorg
Daughter for Meyers Home
A daughter was born Monday at Community Hospital to Mr and Mrs Stover Meyers of 132 West Patriot Street.
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Meyers
Community Hospital
Stover Meyers
West Patriot Street
Banquet Hear Ford Brothers Urge Civic Reform
The Somerset County YMCA banquet heard Rev Dr E L Ford of Washington DC call Washington a marble mask and cite city health gaps with no tuberculosis clinic. His brother Dr Willard S Ford of Glendale spoke on teaching democracy in schools and character development.
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E. L. Ford
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington, D. C
Capitol
Ford
Somerset
Ferner Hotel
Central Neighborhood Council of
Washington
Congress of the United States
Willard S. Ford
Glendale
Cal
Los Angeles
Willard Ford
Charles E. Ford
YMCA
Guy N. Hartman
Somerset County
Somerset Borough
Hooversville
Stonycreek Township
Windber
Boswell
Somerset Township
Rockwood
Meyersdael
Ruth Bowers
Tri-Hi-Y
Frank C. Malasky
Somerset Tri-Hi-Y
Charles E
Norman T. Roose
C. J. Harrison
J. F. Messenger
J. R. Hemminger
W. Hershey
John S. Miller
George Carr
Wilson Rhoads
Attourney P. G. Cober
Homer W. Hay
J. D. Spencer
V. May
County School Board
Wison Rhoads
John S. Rhoads
Jenner Township
C. C. Shaffer
Confluence
Willard S Ford
California
E L. Ford
Washington D. C
Charles Ford
Pennsylvania
Luzerne Court Weighs Grand Jury Probe of Highway Payroll Abuse
Luzerne County court considers Leon Schwartz request for a grand jury to probe payroll padding in the state highway department before last fall’s election. About 500 000 dollars is involved with 250 000 disbursed and 250 000 in pending payrolls. The prosecutor cites 250 affidavits and 500 witnesses willing to testify, and says the evil persists with public officials involved. The court expects no decision for 2-3 days.
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Wilkes-Barre
Luzerne County
Leon Schwartz
Schwartz
State Highway Department
W. Alfred Valentine
Commonwealth
Welieve
Luzerne
Highway Department
Hague's Son Frank Hague Jr Confirmed as Judge
The State Senate in executive session tonight confirmed Frank Hague Jr a 34 year old lawyer and son of Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague as a lay judge on the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals.
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Hague
Trenton
N. J
State Senate
Frank Hague, Jr
Frank Hague
Jersey City
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Grand jury to indict fourteen in Harrisburg corruption case
A Harrisburg grand jury began weighing bills of indictment against fourteen figures from the Earle administration. Key targets include Roy E. Brownmiller and Warren Van Dike for payroll padding, and James P. Kirk and others for conspiracy to control highway bond bases. The inquiry, led by District Attorney Carl B. Shelley, may take days as jurors decide on common law charges related to political assessments of state workers.
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Harrisburg
Earle
Carl B. Shelley
Dauphin County
Paul N. Schaeffer
Schaeffer
Highway Department
Luzerne County
Roy EB. Brownmiller
Warren van D Ke
Secreta Iry
H. H. Temple
James P. Kirk
Pittsburgh
Treasuer
Allegheny County
Democratic
Victor Skok
Kirk
John J. Manley
Philadelphia
Macing
Jowholders
David L. Lawrence
Commonwealth
Ralph M. Bashore
Democratic State Committee
Labor and Industry
Clark K. Deen
Robert M. Paget
Clyde H. Smith
Wendell Morganthaler
Frank R. Hean
William B. Freeland
Democratic Committee
V. Compton
Altter
George H. Farel
Grand Jury
Miaja Heads Defense as 10 Seek Peace in Madrid
General Jose Miaja heads a new national defense council in Madrid while factions debate surrender terms to Franco. The move ends Negrin era as forces encircle key buildings and warnings of Italian troop advances are reported.
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Miaja
Paris
National Defense Council
Jose Miaja
Madrid
Spain
Franco
Juan Negrin
Cartagena
Mediterranean
Negrin
Red
Segismundo Casado
General Casado
Julian Besteiro
Miajia
Barcelona
Weather Summary for Eastern States
Eastern Pennsylvania sees generally fair skies along with much colder conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday. Maryland reports fair weather and a slow temperature rise later in the week. West Virginia remains fair with gradual warming while Western Pennsylvania turns mostly cloudy with light snow flurries in the north Tuesday and improving by Wednesday.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Portions
West Virginia
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Des. Ford
Ferner
Sec'y
Charles Evans Hughes
Supreme Court
Alben Barkley
William Bankhead
State Highway Dept
Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
U. S. Weather Bureau
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