Mussolini Shows Hitler 9 Million Man Army Display
In Rome on May 6 Mussolini presented Hitler with a sample of 30 000 soldiers from a force claimed to reach 9 million mobilizable men. The exhibit spanned artillery tanks armored cars poison gas flame units for over two hours as Il Duce pointed to Italy's armed power while Hitler expressed admiration.
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Rome
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Il Duce
Fuehrer
Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Priest Wanted To Return Cash
In federal court today Father James R. Cox was accused of attempting to return ten thousand dollars used to pay prize winners in a twenty five thousand dollar Garden Stakes contest. Clifford, a promoter who pleaded guilty to a lottery charge, testified Cox ordered the contest canceled and favored returning funds to contestants. Clifford also said Cox sought to align the contest with postal regulations and had discussions with Postmaster General Farley about its legality.
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Pittsburgh
B. J. Cliora
Cleveland
James R. Cox
Toorrow
Clifford
Father Cox
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
J. B. Gratten
Archier Clifford
P. E. Shephard
C. A. Pierman
Herbert Shears
Buffalo
N. Y
Avbney J. &. Eaton
Farley
Brightwell Dies During Legion Softball Practice
William N. Brightwell 41 director of the Washington Mould and Machine Company died tonight of a heart attack while practicing with the American Legion softball team in Washington Pennsylvania.
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Washington, Pa
William N. Brightwell
Washington Mould and Machine Company
American Legion
Acquitted of Bechtel Murder on Second Trial
A Philadelphia jury acquitted William Jordan, 36, of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Mennonite church worker Norman R. Bechtel, six years after a prior conviction and a granted new trial by the Supreme Court. Jordan had faced a five to ten year sentence from the earlier conviction.
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Philadelphia
William Jordan
Norman R. Bechtel
Jordan
Supreme Court
Britain and France move to avert Czech crisis war risk
London and Paris plan a rapid diplomatic push to ease Czechoslovakia's German minority issue. Sir Neville Henderson will meet Hermann Goering in Berlin to press Henlein's eight point demands and urge concessions. Rome promises pressure on Prague to grant Henlein's terms while maintaining alliances.
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Hitler
Europe
France
Czechoslovakia
Mussolini
Ilduce
Great Britain
Italy
Mediterranean
Woodring
Virginio Gayda
Washington
I Giornale D’italia
Gayda
London
Adolf Hitler
Neville Henderson
Germany
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Berlin
Konrad Henlein
Basil Newton
Victor Leopold de Lacroix
Praha
Henlein
Rome
Paris
Britain
James tours Northampton County dispatching tax, regulation reform
Superior Court Judge Arthur H. James, seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination, urged voters Pennsylvania must end over taxation and over-regulation that have frozen industry. He urged using Pennsylvania products in road building and cited cement as a key local industry.
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James
Easton
Superior Court
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
Jack Frosts
Capitol Hill
Harrisburg
Northampton County
Windber Men Serve Short Jail Terms for Trespass
Fred Grayback and Dan Zimmick, both of Windber, are serving five day sentences in the county jail on trespass charges. The sentences were imposed by Justice of the Peace Quay Hissony of Windber in default of small fines and costs.
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Windber
Fred Grayback
Dan Zimmick
Justice of the Peace Quay Hissony
Three DPA Relief Fraud Cases Filed in Somerset County
Executive Director R H Krissinger calls the filings the start of a drive on relief cheaters. Thomas Burnett, restitution agent, filed three informations charging unlawful receipt of relief funds by residents of the southern county. Hearings set for early next week. cases involve undisclosed defendants who earned wages but did not report them, violating Pennsylvania relief statutes.
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R. H. Krissinger
DPA
Justice of the Peace
R. E. Craver
Thomas Burnett
Somerset County Department
Squire Craver
Statutes of
Pennsylvania
Relief Board
Burnett
State Board
Earle Speaks as Miss Timeo Named in Somerset
Windber Woman Fourth on List of Eligibles with Miss Boose Leading Civil Service Exams. Earle comments on the Somerset selection and the DPA event set for Tuesday at eight, highlighting the civil service test results and local officials.
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Earle
Miss Timeo
Somerset
DPA
Windber
Miss Boose
Miss Agnes Timko Named DPA County Supervisor in Somerset
Somerset County Public Assistance Board selected Miss Agnes M. Timko of Windber as county supervisor of the DPA at an annual salary of 2100 dollars. The appointment follows prior rotation among eligible candidates including Miss Joan Boose and Miss Georgia Daniels, with timing tied to May availability.
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Somerset County
Public Assistance Board
Agnes M. Timko
Windber
DPA
Timko
State Employment Board
R. H. Krissinger
Joan Boose
Krissinger
Miss Boose
Georgia Daniels
SERA
Marian G. Casey
Mothers’ Assistance Fund
University of Pennsylvania
Employment Board
Mr. Krissinger
Miss Timko
Somerset Dpa
Miss Daniels
Casey
State Emergency Relief Administration
Pittsburgh Parking Strike Ends Amid Bargaining
Pittsburgh six day strike of parking lot and garage attendants ends as AFL Local members vote to return to work tomorrow. Several lots reopen tonight after workers demand wage increases from 3 to 10 dollars weekly amid arbitration. The stoppage had spread to other districts and involved 25 downtown garages and lots in the Golden Triangle.
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Pittsburgh
A. F. of L
Golden Triangle
Farmers to discuss mutual problems meeting held at Grange hall
Farmers from Somerset Lincoln Jefferson Milford and Middlecreek townships will gather at New Centerville Grange hall on Tuesday evening May 10 at 8 to discuss mutual problems including proposed increases in raw milk and other farm prices.
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Somerset
Lincoln
Jefferson
Milford
Middlecreek
Centerville Grange Hall
Motorist 24 Sentenced Five Days in Jail
Merle L. Smith, 24, of Mt. Pleasant, is serving five days in the county jail after a hearing before Justice H. S. Whiperman in Somerset township on motor code violation charges. He was committed in default of a small fine and costs.
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Merle L. Smith
Mt. Pleasant
Justice of the Peace
H. S. Whiperman
Somerset Township
Earle Campaign Rally Set in Somerset Before May 17 Primary
Somerset County Democratic Chair L G Lichliter announced a mass meeting in Court Room No 1 Tuesday night at 8 with Governor George H Earle as part of the final week campaigning for the May 17 primary. The event follows visits by Charles Alvin Jones Leo Mundy and David L Lawrence as part of the Earle Jones Mundy Logue ticket efforts.
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Somerset County
L. G. Lichliter
George H. Earle
Earle-Jones-Mundy- Logue
Sicaliter
Charles Alvin Jones
Leo ©. Mundy
David L. Lawrence Peared
Somerset
Court Room No. 1
Lawrence
Lichster
Harrisburg
Earle
Beaver County
Beaver
Mercer
Butler
Jones
Lichliter
Jones-Earle
Ernest O. Kooser
Walter Gross
Park Johnson
Jay 5. Picking, Jr
Ruth Shaw Slicer
Barron Saipley
R. A. Bittner
Earle-Jones
Cosioner
W. J. R. Hay
John Benner
G. Stoy Lorber
Earle-Jones Veterans Committee
R. E. Craver
Earle-Jones Women’s Division
Griffiths Case Nears Its End At Somerset Court
As the April term of Common Pleas Court winds down Judge Boose sets 9 a m start to charge the jury and hear 48 pleadings before the May term of Criminal Court. The Griffiths versus Somerset County damage dispute centers on highway relocation in 1936 with witnesses estimating damages from 1000 to 4500 dollars. A related suit by George and Naomi Shaffer awaits trial, tied to the same project.
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Common Pleas Court
John L. Griffith
Lincoln Highway
Boose
Griffith
Somerset
George
Naomi Shaffer
McDevitt Attacks John L Lewis In Pennsylvania Primary
James L McDevitt of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor calls John L Lewis a dictator seeking to control Pennsylvania and the AFL in a radio broadcast. He says Lewis would back a Lewis backed governor candidate to derail Earle Mundy Logue slate, labeling Lewis as aiming for dictatorship.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
James L. McDevitt
State Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Keystone
McDevitt
Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Earle-Jones Mundy
Earle
Judge Utley Crane Dies At Newsreel Theatre
Philadelphia judge Utley E. Crane, 53, who served on the municipal court since 1913, died today while watching a motion picture in a newsreel theatre.
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Crane
Philadelphia
Utley E. Crane
Mary Ellen Smith Confesses to Long-Delayed Pacific Northwest Crime
Mrs Mary Ellen Smith in Washington state penitentiary at Walla Walla on eve of release confesses she and her former son Earl De Casto Mayer killed naval officer James E Bassett ten years ago They were later found with Bassett s car in Oakland California Bassett s body never recovered and two more killings allegedly admitted in a second confession Central Press
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Pacific Northwest
Mary Ellen Smith
Washington State
Walla Walla
J. M. McCauley
China and Japan war stalemate persists in Shantung
Elmer W. Peterson reports from Shanghai as undeclared war nears its eleventh month. Chinese counteroffensive gains are noted north of Pihsien while Japanese artillery supports positions. In Tancheng, Japan advances through rain claiming several villages.
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Elmer W. Peterson
Shanghai
China
Japan
Shantung Province
Pihsien
Supreme Court supports bingo suppression in Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused to halt police suppression of bingo and similar games while an appeal proceeds. Theater owners challenge Judge McDevitt's ruling that the games constitute lotteries and the assistant city solicitor argues the business appeals to gambling instincts rather than cinema.
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Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court
Harrys. McDevitt
James F. Ryan
Supreme Court
Dairy Strike Idle 100 Workers at Two Firms
A strike at Beverly Farms Inc and the Corliss Creamery Co left about 100 workers idle tonight. The walkout disrupts dairy production in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Beverly Farms, Inc
Corliss Creamery Company
Fine Supports Pinchot in Wilkes-Barre Leader Backing
Former judge John S. Fine of Wilkes-Barre Luzerne county political leader announced he would support Gifford Pinchot in the campaign.
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Fine
Pinchot
Philadelphia
John S. Fine
Wilkes- Barre
Luzerne County
Gifford Pinchot
Dr Glenn Frank charges press intimidation by Senate lobby probe
Dr Glenn Frank editor of Rural Progress calls the Senate lobby committee inquiry a terror campaign against newspapers that criticize the New Deal. He cites a Roosevelt order granting the committee power to inspect income tax returns as evidence of efforts to harass the press and silence critics. He singles out Chairman Minton as intent on intimidating the free press.
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Washington
Glenn Frank
Senate Lobby Committee
Rural Progress
Dr. Frank
Chicago
Republican Program Committee
Lobby Committee
Roosevelt
Senate committee blocks Dr. Frank from GOP views
The Senate lobby committee declined to let Dr. Glenn Frank answer charges that Rural Progress was funded by great capitalists. After several attempts to speak, Senator Schwellenbach said the panel would not permit him to air Republican views.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Glenn Frank
Rural Progress
Reublicanrogram Committee
Dr. Frank
Schwellenbach
D-Wash
Glencoe Agency Station Ruling Won by Local Farmers
Two Somerset County farmers, W. J. Broadwater and H. Poorbaugh, won in the public utility commission to block the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from changing Glencoe station from an agency to a non agency station. They testified the change would hinder farm shipments and the commission found the railroad had not proven the station operated at a loss.
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Harrisburg
Somerset County
Public Utility Commission
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Glencoe
W. J. Broadwater
H.&. Poorbaugh
Wage Hour Bill Clears House Floor For May Vote
Backers won a quick petition to move the wage hour bill from rules to the floor for May 23 consideration. The measure sets a 25 cent minimum wage rising to 40 cents with 44 to 40 hour limits, amid mixed support including AFL and CIO backing and southern opposition.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
Congress
Mary Norton
House Labor Committee
Labor Committee
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Committee For Industrial Organization
Harlan
D-O
Mouton
D-La
Daly
D-Pa
Norton
North
South
Sarah Gress Improves at Pittsburgh Eye and Ear Hospital
The condition of Sarah Gress, child of Mr and Mrs Henry Gress of West Union street, shows improvement while hospitalized in Pittsburgh's Eye and Ear Hospital. The young patient, suffering from an eye infection, arrived with her mother.
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Sarah Gress
Henry Gress
West Union Street
Pittsburgh
Jailed on Morality Charge Charles Meyers
Shanksville youth Charles Meyers was jailed late Friday afternoon on serious morality charges.
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Charles Meyers
Shanksville
Weather forecast for Pennsylvania and Maryland
Eastern Pennsylvania expects fair and cooler conditions Saturday with cloudy periods and showers Sunday night. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia will be fair and slightly cooler Saturday with Sunday showers and cooler conditions. Maryland stays fair and cooler Saturday with Sunday cloudy and showers later Sunday afternoon or night.
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West Virginia
Maryland
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