Contractors Pick Men For Jobs Policy Aims Fair Chance
A policy advocates giving every worker at least half a chance to sell himself for jobs. The proposal emphasizes equal opportunity and fair access in employment decisions by contractors.
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08 May 1939
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Somerset Daily American in Somerset, Pennsylvania
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Newspaper
Somerset Daily American
Location
Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1939
Page
1
Somerset County Open Shop Policy Maintained by Local Union
Somerset County workers group reiterates open shop policy for the Pennsylvanian turnpike project in Somerset county. The executive committee says contractors will hire their own men from a referral pool and priority goes to county labor. AFL unions plan injunctions and a bill in equity to enforce prior contracts, with no current on-site trouble reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvana Turnpike
Somerset County
Able Puuuene Cviloul Uc Len Workers A»vitation
Association
Glessner
AFL
Laurel Hill
Westmoreland
Scicwa
AFL Construction, General Labor and Materials Handlers Union
Local 508
Johnstown
Unon
Wek
Norman T. Boose
Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas
Independents
Somerset Chamber of Commerce Sets Summer Half Holiday
The Somerset Chamber of Commerce will meet at 8 pm on the Ferner hotel mezzanine to decide on a weekly summer half holiday and elect officers. Notices have been sent to 60 members for Secretary Carl Hoffman to settle the holiday matter. Last summer Somerset stores closed at noon on Wednesdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Chamber of Commerce
Ferner Hotel
Carl Hoffman
Somerset
Pythians Banquet Set For Tuesday Evening
About 150 members of Knight of Pythias lodges from Somerset Windsor Johnstown and Uniontown will meet Tuesday night at the Somerset Methodist Episcopal church for the annual lodge banquet. Principal speakers include Past Grand Chancellor O. B. Saunders of West Virginia and Lloyd Corpenning past grand chancellor of Uniontown. The banquet begins at 7 p m with A D Shaffer of Somerset giving the invocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knight of Pythias
Somerset
Windser
Johnstown
Uniontown
Somerset Methodist Episcopal Church
Somerset Lodge
O. B. Saunders
West Virginia
Lloyd Corpenning
D. Shaffer
Hospital Gifts From Trinity Lutheran Class Donation
The Mary and Martha Sunday school class of Trinity Lutheran Church Somerset presented Somerset Community Hospital with one dozen enameled basins for use in the new building. Class officers notified the hospital of the donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary and Martha
Trinity Lutheran Church
Somerset Community Hospital
Hospital
Danzig Free City May Become Part of Nazi Germany
The Free City of Danzig could be declared part of Germany by its senate, inviting German authorities to govern. Polish fears of armed conflict rise as tensions between Berlin and Warsaw prompt careful government study and wary speculation on Poland’s response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danzig
Nazi Germany
Free City
Germany
East Prussia
Senate
Poland
Hitler
Warsaw
Poland Unmoved by German Italian Pact
Foreign circles in Warsaw say Poland will not change stance over the new German Italian military alliance. No official document was available on the pact as of today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer W. Peterson
Warsaw
Poland
Car Swerved Hit Girl in Gray on Route 219
State police pursue hit and run driver who struck Miss Josephine Benedict, a Gray resident, outside a dance hall on Route 219 near Jennertown. The car fled toward Sipesville after brushing the girl. witnesses named a speeding vehicle and officers cordoned the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Josephine Benedict
Seasoh
Ray L. Beck
Jennertown
Miss Benedict
Sipesville
Bell
Acosta
Garden Club Contest Draws Somerset Interest
The Garden club of Somerset announces its sixth annual home beautifying contest with monthly garden of the month awards for May through August and a summer sweepstakes. Entry blanks are in high demand at Somerset Drug Store. judges are Mrs. Bessie Horner Mrs. Nannie W. Benner and Dr. Edwin Bauer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club of Somerset
Somerset
Somerset Drug Store
Bessie Horner
Nannie W. Benner
Edwin Bauer
Ralphton Farm House Burns In Saturday Blaze
A Saturday afternoon fire destroyed an eight room farm dwelling near Ralphton believed to have started from an overheated kitchen stove. Boswell volunteers fought flames but water shortages limited suppression. a nearby summer house and milk shed were saved. Damages estimated at 3500 dollars with partial insurance. The former Quemahoning Coal Co. company farm housed the George Orhae family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralphton Boswell
Company
Quemahoning Coal Co
George Orhae
Coal strike ups relief rolls as WPA adds jobs
Harrisburg reports a weekly rise in relief rolls due to coal mine shutdowns. The Department of Public Assistance notes 3,973 new general assistance cases and 6,543 WPA additions, with total benefits of 1.78 million dollars for the week. Unemployment checks for miners are planned to reach 60,000 workers at 13.50 weekly, funded from the unemployment compensation pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Department
Allegheny
Armstrong
Beaver
Butler
Cambria
Clarion
Clearfield
Fayette Greene
Indiana
Jefferson
Lawrence
Mercer
Pe Washington
Westmoreand
Lewis G. Hines
Laor and Industry
Spanish Nationalists Demobilize 210000 Soldiers
General Luis Valdes Cavanilles announced in Burgos that demobilization of troops from the 1927 to 1929 classes would finish by May 15 and affect about 210000 men, reducing the nationalist army to 75000. Further demobilizations were anticipated after the Madrid Victory Parade, date pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgos
Spain
Luis Valdes Cavanilles
Madrid
Pitt Establishes Nursing School in University Expansion
The University of Pittsburgh announced the creation of a new school of nursing as the 19th division. It will offer a bachelor of science in nursing and plans to open next September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nursing
Pitt Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Deadlock in coal parley remains unbroken
New York May 7. Coal operators and United Mine Workers officials pressed talks after a White House call for a quick settlement. Dr. John Steelman and James Dewey led separate sessions as the joint committee adjourned for the day awaiting a plan to break the two month stalemate over the closed shop issue. The nation faced potential coal shortages as reserves dwindled to about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
John R. Steelman
U. S. Department of Labor Conciliation Service
Steelman
Joint Labor and Management
Biltmore
James F. Dewey
Washington
Sevelt
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Fiorello la Guardia
Interborough
M. T
Chamber of Commerce May Seek U S Intervention in Strike
Dr James H Greene vice president of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce said the United States Chamber of Commerce may be asked to intervene in the deadlocked bituminous coal contract talks. Action likely tomorrow if no settlement is reached. He cited President Roosevelt’s call for a quick settlement and proposed special chamber committees to work with administration officials in a spirit of friendly intervention. The Pittsburgh district saw a 24 percent business decline last month, the sharpest in over five decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
James H. Greene
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburgh Chamber
Roosevelt
Greene
Liquor Issue Is Alive Says Methodist Leader
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, president of the temperance board, told 5,000 at a Washington assembly that liquor remains a major political issue for Methodism. He urged a holy crusade against drinking, blamed liquor for accidents and crime, and called for a nationwide church program with intensified education and legislation to curb the liquor traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Edwin H. Hughes
Washington
Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Temperance
Uniting Conference
Hughes
Church
700 Acres Timber Damaged by Flames
A major forest fire in Black and Brothers valleys destroyed hundreds of acres of timberland after hours of effort by more than 100 firefighters. Deputy Fire Warden Ed Peck of Somerset estimated the loss at 700 acres, with origin still unknown. J W Laughery led the operation, assisted by Fire Wardens Peck Hoover Shaffer Merrill and Romesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black and Brothers Valley
Ed Peck
Somerset
J. W. Laughery
Peck
American Flier Dies in Chinese Air Crash
In Chungking on May 7 Chinese military officials announced the death of George Weigle of Alabama, a flier with the Chinese air force. He died in an air crash last Thursday and was the last remaining foreigner with the air force after the international volunteer bombing squadron disbanded. He was unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
China
George Weigle
Alabama
Weigle
Air Force
International Volunteer Bombing Squadron
Exports to Germany Fall One Fourth in Early 1939
Commerce department analysis shows U S exports to Germany down one third in Q1 1939 versus 1938. First quarter export value reached 18.017 million dollars, compared with 25.578 million dollars in the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
United States
Germany
King and Queen Run Lifeboat Drill Aboard Empress of Australia
On the Empress of Australia, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth joined a life boat drill in response to sirens on the voyage to North America. They attended divine services, donned life preservers, and inspected the promenade deck with officers as the ship covered 282 miles in bright sun on the first day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empress OF Australia
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
North America
A. R. Meikle
D. FP. Armour
Slashed Wrists Death Of Prominent Johnstown Man
Funeral services for George L. Brown, prominent Johnstown business figure, will be held Monday at 2 p m. He was found dead in the basement of the Cambria Equipment building after slashing his wrists. Brown, native of Grantsville Md, had been ill and recently active in business, including Cambria Equipment and former vice president of Johnstown Auto Co. He is survived by his widow and four children and is to be buried in Grandview Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Brown
Johnstown
Vusshees
H. M. Picking and Sons
Brown
Cambria Equipment Company
John A. Conway
Somerset
Grantsville
Fisher's
Bertha Cook
E. V. Cook
Charles Cook
Cora Cook
Johnstown Auto Company
I. B. Walker
Philadelphia
Charles V. Brown
Pittsburgh
Elizabeth
Phillip Brown
Harriet Bickel
Chambersburg
Isabelle Brown
Hagerstown
Lloyd Brown
Coronado
Cal
Grandview Cemetery
Haynes Wins 15-Lap Midget Feature at Saratoga Speedway
Vic Haynes of Philadelphia won the 15 lap feature in front of 3 000 spectators at Saratoga Speedway. His winning time was 6 44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haynes
Pottstown
Vic Haynes
Philadelphia
Saratoga Speedway
Collegian Held in Arizona Slayings
Robert M. Burgunder Jr., 19, a college student, was jailed in Knoxville while Arizona authorities plan to extradite him to face murder charges in the killings of two automobile salesmen near Phoenix. Sheriff reports say Burgunder confessed little beyond denying guilt and mentions a prior drug-store robbery conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Robert M. Burgunder, Jr
Phoenix
Ariz
Jack Peterson
Ellis Koury
Burgunder
Johnson City
Earl Sell
First Christian Church
Arizona
Phoenix Automobile Company
Tennessee
Washington State
Koowledge
Seattle
Wash
Richard F. Harless
Peterson
Koury
Mine Operator's Home Dynamited Near Hawk Run
Philipburg May 17 Ray Mond Schnars operator of a small bituminous coal mine at Hawk Run said his home was dynamited while his wife was alone. The blast wrecked the front porch and he found a three foot fuse. Schnar and his four brothers run the mine and guarded it at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philipsburg
Raymond Schnars
Hawk Run
Schnar
Hungarians Arrest 52 Nazi Leaders in Raids
Budapest May 7. Police raids arrested 52 Nazi leaders of the illegal Hungarist party. Detectives searched private apartments restaurants and clubs and seized propaganda material. The raids target followers of Ferenc Szalasi who was jailed for three years last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Ferenc Szalasi
Titusville Merchant Dies Before Derby Run
William Floyd Heeter a 48 year old Titusville merchant who traveled to Louisville to witness the Kentucky Derby died yesterday in a hotel of a heart attack before the race. He is survived by his widow and three sons. Funeral services will be held here Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville
William Floyd Heeter
Louisville
Italy and Germany move toward a political military pact
A two day Milan talks between Count Ciano and Von Ribbentrop yielded a communique proposing a political and military pact to assure peace in Europe. The accord would formalize the Rome Berlin axis, affecting Polish and Danzig issues and opposing British French encirclement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Italy
Germany
Europe
Galeazzo Ciano
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Count Ciano
Reich
von Ribbentrop
Danzig
Free City
Pomorze
Berlin
Hitler
Mussolini
Italy and Germany form military pact and shift in alliances
London reports an Italian German military pact seen as a blow to the British French front. It dampens hopes to split Rome from Berlin and signals strains in Britain Russia talks amid Britain Moscow negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Italy
Germany
Rome-Berlin
Britain
Russia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather notes report a 24 hour period from Saturday 5 30 p m to Sunday 5 30 p m with a high and low temperature range. The text includes garbled foreign language phrases and unclear numeric values but indicates a max around 81 and a min near 38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Derbi Siard
Weather Outlook for Mid Atlantic and Allegheny Regions
Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland forecast cloudy skies with intermittent rain and cooler temperatures followed by Monday and Tuesday showers. West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania expect similar conditions with rain and cooler air and showers on Monday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennyania
Also Mentioned on This Page
Victor Glessner
Chamber OF Commerce
Pythians
Ralphton “Company
Somerset Daily Herald
Daily American Office
Somerset Safe Driving School
AAA
Kooser Bldg
Lewis
U.S. C. OF C
Central Press
Canada
England
Joseph P. Kennedy
Kennedy
Ambassador Kennedy
Western Union
Bishop Hughes
Kansas
Somerset Weather
Associated
U. S. Weather Bureau
City
Boston
Miami
Chicago
Denver
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