Pennington Arrested in Negro Death
Huntingdon May 5 Commander John D. Pennington super intendent of the Industrial School for boys was arrested on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal gas ing of inmate Daniel La Maure last December He ordered a motor police inquiry and says Governor Earle dismissed his assistant Washabaugh The Huntingdon county grand jury will review manslaughter charges against Washabaugh Pennington’s statement denounces the warrant as a dishonorable act and claims no role in the gas attack
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Huntingdon
John D. Pennington
Industrial School For Boys
Pennington
Earle
S. M. Washabaugh
Huntingdon County Grand Jury
Washabaugh
la Maurr
Samuel Stewart
W. B. Simpso
Richard Simpson
Daniel la Maurr
Rail Bills for Quick Aid to Railroads in Prospect
Washington May 5 Quick Senate passage of emergency aid bills is in prospect as the Reconstruction Finance Corporation would loan funds to railroads for buying equipment and for maintenance. Loans would be secured by equipment and aimed at reemploying maintenance workers laid off since last September. The plan would suspend current RFC lending limits until June 20 and require ICC certification before lending.
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Washington
Senate
Wagner
D-Ny
Wenate Vanking
Wwright
Wae
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ae Bu
RFC
Interstate Commerce Commission
Haddad Completes 38th Hour of Tractor Grind
Billy Haddad of Windber, a noted endurance operator, reached the 38th hour behind the wheel of an Allis-Chalmers tractor in a bid to run the machine for 100 hours non stop under Farm Machinery Company of East Somerset supervision. He reported growing tired and stiff after a 75 mile run to winucer and back, with the tractor kept at full load and the indicator never above normal.
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Billy Haddad
Allis-Chalmers
Farm Machinery Company of
East Somerset
Haddad
Winucer
Inmat
Robber Sentenced to Workhouse for Store Robbery
Erie May 5 George Reynolds alias McGeough of Detroit was sentenced to from two aca a waif to five years in the Allegheny county workhouse after pleading guilty to robbing the National Peanut Co store here April 18. He was arrested in Buffalo New York two days after the holdup.
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Erie
Rge McGeough
George Reynolds
Detrot
Allegheny County
National Peanut Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Two Meyersdale Cars In Auto Collision
Two Meyersdale cars were slightly damaged early Thursday evening in a collision along Route 219 one mile south of Meyersdale. The drivers escaped injury. James A. Schrock of Meyersdale stopped to turn left and was rear ended by John Polivinale of Meyersdale.
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Meyersdale
James A. Schrock
R. D
John Polivinale
Ico
James Denounces New Deal Charge in Pennsylvania Speech
Allentown May 5 Judge Arthur H James campaigning for the Republican nomination criticized former Governor Gif ford Pinchot as courting the new deal while declaring he would be “first a Republican.” He argued the government should serve the people and vowed a closed season on business, a tax revision to aid industry, and a plea for industry to return to Pennsylvania amid unemployment as the dominant issue.
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Allentown
Arthur H. James
Gifford Pinchot
James
Pinchot
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania primary registration climbs to 4.16 million voters
Harrisburg May 3 Indicated registration of 4 166,000 voters for the May 17 primary shows an increase of 125,000 over last year. Republicans number 2,118,393. Democrats 1,981,894. Others 54,733. Democratic chairman Lawrence and Republican chairman Green call the rise encouraging amid party gains in major cities.
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Harrisburg
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
David L. Lawrence
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
G. Edward Green
Earle-Lawrence Gang
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Mercer
Schuylkill
Somerset Chamber of Commerce to decide on Wednesday closing
A meeting of the Somerset Chamber of Commerce is scheduled for Monday evening May 9 on the Ferner Hotel mezzanine to consider a petition backed by merchants and business houses requesting weekly Wednesday afternoon closings during the summer. Representatives from all lines of business are invited.
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Somerset Chamber of Commerce
Ferner Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Bigger Better Farmers Market Moves to Minnie Shanks Building
The Farmers Market has relocated to the Minnie Shanks Building on West Main Street. It offers dairy products baked goods dressed chickens eggs apples and vegetables in season with several prize baskets to be drawn Saturday morning.
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Minnie Shanks Bldg
W. Main St
Hoover Attacks New Deal On Road To Destruction
Oklahoma City May 5 Herbert Hoover denounces the Roosevelt plan as a dangerous road for democracy. He urges eleven practical steps to end spending and inflation, decentralize administration, balance the budget, and curb defamation of business. He warns of fascism abroad and cites rising debts and unemployment. He calls for restoring confidence and returning workers to their jobs.
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Oklahoma City
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Labor Board
Hoover
Oklahoma
U. S
United States
New Deal
Shell
Somerset pilots receive special airmail licenses for observance
Postmaster Oscar Sutliffe announced three Somerset pilots Al K Young Joseph W Martin and Charles R Mosteller will fly a special airmail trip from Somerset to Johnstown on Thursday May 19 as part of National Air Mail Week May 15 to 21.
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Johnstown
Somerset
Oscar F. Sutliffe
National Air Mail
al K. Young
Rhoads Field
Joseph W. Martin
Charles R. Mosteller
Rhoads
Burgess W. H. Beachy
Pennsylvania
Roof Garden
Robert W. Kline
Somerset High School
Sutliffe
New York
Washington
Army
Postal Department
James A. Farley
Monessen Doctor Indicted in Fatal Operation Case
Westmoreland county grand jury indicted Dr. W. D. Hunter of Monessen on charges of performing an illegal operation that state says caused the death of Rebecca Toth of Fairhope Fayette County.
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Monessen
Greensburg
May
Westmoreland County
W. D. Hunter
Rebecca Toth
Fair Hope
Fayette County
Pickets At Bake Shop In Somerset During Bread Strike
Somerset bakers reported no new developments on the three day bread and meat strike with no bread shortages in Somerset County. Bau man Bakery owner H E Bauman said a group of 10 pickets visited early Thursday but left after he explained he would not cut into their routes and would continue serving his customers.
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Somerset Bakeries
Somerset County
H. E. Bauman
Bauman Bakery
Race Street
Teacher sentenced to 15 to 30 years in Western Penitentiary
Waynesburg May 5 Harry Klier 29 a Washington county school teacher was sentenced to serve 15 to 30 years in Western Penitentiary after pleading guilty to five morals charges brought by the Dunkard township school board.
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Waynesburg
Harry Klier
Washington County
Western Penitentiary
Dunkard Township
Topped From Chair Into Fire Fatal Burn Death
One year old Marie Dippold toppled from a high chair onto an open gas stove and died from burns in St Marys. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Dippold.
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ST. Marys
Marie Dippold
Albert Dippold
Daladier Stabilizes France by Revaluing the Franc
Premier Edouard Daladier pulled France from its monetary hole by revaluing the franc and pegging it to the British pound. The new bottom rate set at 179 francs per pound aims to 35.80 francs per dollar, with potential paper profits on the Bank of France’s gold reserve. The step faces political pushback from Socialists and Communists, while early signs show capital returning to Paris.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
France
Bank of France
Leon Blum
le Populaire
Daladier
Blum
See James Easy Winner Sees James Easy Winner
General Edward Martin said a state survey shows Superior Court Judge Arthur H. James will be governor nominee. He discounts reports of a 150,000 Philadelphia margin and pins Pinchot’s Pittsburgh plurality at over 50,000, predicting an easy James win. Two men held up Tony Riggs’s jewelry store in Carnegie, stealing about $1,000 and 75 watches.
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Pittsburgh
Edward Martin
Superior Court
Arthur H. James
Philadelphia
Pinchot
James
Martin
Tony Riggs
Jewlery
Carnegie
Editor's car strikes deer on Water Level Road
M. S. Barber editor and publisher reported to Somerset game officers Thursday evening that his car struck a deer along Water Level road near Somerset. The deer jumped in front of the car and left after the collision. Barber's car sustained slight damage while wardens search for the injured animal.
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M. S. Barber
Somerset County Leader
Rockwood
Somerset Game
Water Level
Somerset
Barber
Bail Set for Twenty-Seven Philadelphia Gamblers
Bail ranging from five thousand to forty thousand dollars totaling four hundred seventy thousand was set today for twenty seven of the one hundred seven people indicted on gambling charges by a Philadelphia special grand jury. Judge L Stauffer Oliver rejected pleas for lower bail noting that such men have long been connected with big money. The group was among the first caught in a motor police dragnet extending beyond Pennsylvania in searches tied to two hundred three indictments returned yesterday. Samuel Harris of Atlantic City faced extradition issues with ten thousand dollar bail after refusing extradition. Harris described as a steerer who sent Atlantic City bettors to Philadelphia gambling houses was among five men arrested in Atlantic City.
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Philadelphia
L. Stauffer Oliver
Pennsylvania
Charles F. Kelly
Samuel Harris
Atlantic City
N. J
Thomas I. Guerin
Harris
Oliver Joy
Grand Jury
Flying Fortresses Inspect N England in Training Flight
Harrisburg May 5 Eight B-17s carried nine men and several tons of bombs on a mass training flight over New England. The mission was a familiarization exercise for the 49th bombardment squadron and allied air corps units based in central Pennsylvania airports, with two divisions following separate routes toward Fisher's Island and off New London Connecticut.
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Harrisburg
New England
49Th
General Headquarters Air Corps
Pennsylvania
Caleb Vr. Haynes
Fisher's Isls
New London
Conn
Chinese Front Advances in Shantung as Japan Loses 2000
Chinese forces claim sweeping gains in southern Shantung near Pihsien and Tancheng, recapturing Matowenen and pushing toward Szechuchen. They report over 2,000 Japanese killed in two days, while Chinese losses mount. Neutral observers see a potential deadlock amid Japan's mobilization law.
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Szechuchen
Pihsien
Shantung Province
Tancheng
We City
Lunghai Railway
Matowenen
Tokyo
Japan
Bargain Basement in Chinese Manpower
Reports from Chinese Communist headquarters describe wages for the Eight Army with ordinary soldiers at 28 cents a month, lower officers 50 cents, higher officers up to regimental commanders 1.12 dollars, and the commander in chief directing about 300,000 men at 2.09 dollars a month.
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Peiping
China
Eighth Army
Spanish Contenders in Bitter Battle near Hendaye
In the Canada mountains near Hendaye May 5, Spanish government and insurgent forces clash in a battle for the path to the Mediterranean. Insurgents attack southeast from Aliaga sector aiming to crush resistance south of the wedge to sea between Valencia and Barcelona. Government troops hold well-defended peak positions as tanks artillery and air support assist.
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Hendaye
France
Canada Mountains
Mediterranean
Aliaga
Valencia
Barcelona
Barn Fire Destroys Two Farms Near Guys Mills
Crawford County news reports a May 5 fire of undetermined origin destroying two large barns owned by Walter Burchard near Guys Mills. Twenty five cows and two horses perished, farm machinery lost, with estimated damage around ten thousand dollars.
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Crawford County
Guys Mills
Here
Walter Burchard
Burchard
Margiotti assails Lawrence over state insurance ties
Charles J. Margiotti charges that David L. Lawrence and partners dominate Pennsylvania state insurance and bonding business via Harris Lawrence Insurance and James P. Kirk Agency. He says Lawrence is a secret partner and controls state deals, vows to hand evidence to the district attorney for grand jury investigations.
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Lawrence
Margiotti
David L. Lawrence
Harris-Lawrence Insurance Company
James P. Kirk
Noves
Marchotti
Carl B. Shelley
Dauphin County
Capitol Hill
Lawrence Field
Earle
Grand Jury
Commonwealth
Move to block grand jury probe stirs in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg on May 5 reports said attorneys weighed steps to block the grand jury investigation into campaign charges. District Attorney Carl B. Shelley said he turned over a letter naming David L. Lawrence to his chief investigator Major Lynn G. Adams.
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Harrysburg
Carl B. Shelley
Lynn G. Adams
David L. Lawrence
Weather Outlook For West Virginia And Nearby States
Forecast calls for generally fair and cooler conditions across West Virginia and Eastern Pennsylvania on Friday and Saturday. Western Pennsylvania should stay fair and cooler with possible showers near Lake Erie. Maryland sees similar fair conditions with cooler air in west and central areas Friday and cooler Saturday.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Maryland
Weather Elsewhere AP report on 8 p.m. temperatures
The Associated Press notes temperatures at 8 p m Thursday with high and low readings and recent precipitation, as reported by the United States Weather Bureau.
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David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Associated Press
United States Weather Bureau
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Germany
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