Pennsylvania liquor law overhaul passed by House
The Pennsylvania House approved a broad liquor control measure along party lines, creating county advisory boards for licenses, tightening dry zones near churches and schools, raising hotel and beer license fees, and setting district structures. Other moves included funding to challenge railroad rates and a push for anthracite legislation.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House
Senate
Liquor Control Board
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Jon
James
Liquor Board
Committee Would Let James Do Slashing
Harrisburg May 15 The House appropriations committee to Please Turn to Page Five.
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James
Harrisburg
House Appropriations Committee
Dump Truckers Meet to Set County Haulage Rate
Dump truck operators from all sections of the county will attend a meeting in the courthouse assembly room Wednesday night at 8 to decide the rate they will ask the public service commission to set for all dump truck haulage in Somerset county. A delegation will be sent to Harrisburg Friday to aid the commission in setting the rate. Representatives will be chosen at the Wednesday night gathering.
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Public Service Commission
Somerset Couty
Harrisburg
Commission
Somerset County
Police Seek Owner for Red and White Wings Bicycle
State motor police in Somerset county speed up crime detection. Officers recovered a red and white Wings bicycle believed stolen from East Main Street on Saturday. No theft report has been filed. Owners may contact the Somerset substation to recover their property.
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Somerset County
East Main Street
Somerset
Royal pair near Quebec aboard Empress of Australia
The Empress of Australia advanced at 19 knots toward Quebec, expected to anchor near the Isle of Orleans around 10 p m to host King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Royal Canadian Air Force flying boats circled the liner, with cruisers Skeena and Saguenay joining the escort. The couple observed convoy planes amid fog and ice concerns on their tenth voyage day. Land sighted at 6 30 a m the southern tip of Newfoundland, with St Pierre and Miquelon in view shortly after. The king walked the promenade deck as the planes performed survey flights.
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Southampton
St. Pierre and
Miquelon
Quebec to Celebrate Three Days for Royalty
Quebec plans a three day celebration for the delayed arrival of King George and Queen Elizabeth. Ottawa will host only two days, while Quebec braces for crowded streets, full hotels, and patriotic mood as bands play and flags fly.
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Quebec
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Dominion
Ottawa
W. L. MacKenzie King
King and Queen
Hangs Self in County Jail Cell
Police report Raymond Herst aged 28 hanged himself in a padded jail cell after being held on a morality charge. He was placed in the cell 90 minutes earlier and used a belt as a noose at the county jail at the request of his bondsman Michael J Shughrue.
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Padden
Pittsburgh
Raymond Herst
Herst
Michael J. Shughrue
Mourners Bury Their Dead at Green-Wood Strike
In New York on May 15 mourners at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn buried their dead as 350 cemetery workers struck. Two other funerals were postponed due to the labor action.
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New York
Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Miners Return Under Guard at Harlan Coal Mines
In Harlan Kentucky on May 15 1944 miners began loading coal under guard as National Guard units set up machine guns along highways at Crummies Creek Bardy Green Silvers R C Tway and Clover Fors mines. Governor Chandler reported peaceful loading with troops deployed to deter mass picketing and border units to keep union activists out.
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Harlan, Ky
George S. Ward
County Operators’ Association
National
Crummies Creek Coal Company
Bardy Coal Company
Green- Silvers Coal Company
R. C. Tway Coal Company
Clover Fors Coal Company
Ward
Chandler
Industtrial
William C. Burrow
Harlan
Ellerbe Carter
Kentucky-Virginia
Kentucky-Tennessee
George Titler
Carter
Colonel Easley
Easley
Harlan Central Coal Co
C. V. Bennett
Dismisses Contest of Mrs Schwab Will in New York
Surrogate James A. Foley dismissed the action contesting the will of Mrs Emma Eurana D Schwab and admitted the will to probate. The contestant Mrs Eurana De Bobula of the Bronx alleged undue influence but offered no witnesses to prove testamentary capacity. Mrs Schwab died January 12 at her New York home.
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New York
James A. Foley
Emma Eurana D. Schwab
Charles M. Schwaz
Foley
Maurice M. Exikiss
Eurana de Bobula
Bronx
Alfred McCormack
Mary Mack Walter
Bethlehem Pa
de Bobula
Schwab
34 New Members for Confluence YGOP Club
The Confluence Young Republican Club admitted 34 new members and earned its state charter from Harry A. Naugle. Over 300 attendees filled the Confluence High School assembly room as District Attorney A. M. Matthews and Attorney Thomas A. Lansberry spoke. Morris Prinz presided while a musical program and refreshments followed.
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Confluence Young Republican Club
Harry A. Naugle
Somerset County
Young Republican
Confluence High School
Naugle
A. M. Matthews
Thomas A. Lansberry
Somerset
Morris Prinz
Confluence Club
Cash found in ruins marks end of anniversary hope
In Ruins Meadville on May 15 police guarded the ashes of Mr and Mrs Adam Yocum a couple aged and who perished in a fire on the previous Saturday. Fire investigators recovered 494 in cash from the ruins as mourners prepared for a 64th wedding anniversary. Double funeral services were held yesterday.
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Meadville
Adam Yocum
Test Tube Blast Injures Student at Slippery Rock
Lawrence Biggs of Russell near Warren lost a finger and two other fingers at the first joint when a test tube exploded during a lab experiment. The Slippery Rock State Teachers College senior was treated at a New Castle hospital.
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Slippery Rock
Lawrence Biggs
Russell
Warren
Slippery Rock State Teachers College
Biggs
New Castle
Palmer dies after blow at Bradenton picnic in Sarasota
Sarasota Florida May 15 Potter D Orsay Palmer died in a hospital at 5 30 p m from a cerebral hemorrhage after being struck by Kenneth Nosworthy at a barbecue picnic near Bradenton Palmer 34 and his Chicago heir adversary 23 exchanged taunts and a bottle strike Nosworthy surrendered to sheriff officials saying Palmer taunted him and swung a bottle Palmer had reconciled with his fourth wife Pluma Louise Lowery Abatiello former waitress as his parents witnessed the hospital visit No charges were filed and investigation continues
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Sarasota
Fla
Potter D’orsay Palmer
Sheriff Co. J
Sheriff's
Bradenton
Palmer
W. Smiley
Nosworthy
Norworthy
Pluma Louise Lowery Abatiello
Honore Palmer
Palmers
Polly Warren
New York
Governor backs local control of relief workers in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports Gov James argues county boards should hire and fire about 4000 relief workers under a two class system, citing efficiency and cost questions. Speaker Turner presses Van Allsburg relief bill amid Senate resistance, warning of political motives and Republican tax aims.
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Harrisburg
James
Ellwood J. Turner
Turner
Republian Party
Secretary of Public Assistance
Senate
Relief Department
van Allsburg
Civil Service
John E. van Allsburg
Erie
Turnpike Attorney Claims Ownership of Original South Penn Route
In a Monday hearing before Judge Norman T. Boose, attorney Charles F. Uhl for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission asserted ownership of the entire original South Penn railroad route atop Laurel Hill mountain. The court set a $2,000 bond for 7.2 acres to be used for the Laurel Hill tunnel, while other parties argued over two conflicting title chains and potential constitutional issues in condemnation proceedings.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Norman T. Boose
Commission
Charles F. Uh
Laurel Hill Mountain Tunnel
Boose
David Blair
Indiana
E. L. Congers
Turnpike Commission
Uho
Helen T
Katharine T. Lewis
David Blair, Jr
St. Louis
John P. Blair
New York
Laurel Hill Mountain
South Penn
Uhl
Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Pulton
Bedford, and Somerset
Southern Pennsylvania Railway and Mining Company
Pennsylvania R. R
Geiger
Somerset County
New York Central
Railroad
Blair
Senate weighs Pike workers on Harrsburg express highway
The Pennsylvania Senate voted to ask the turnpike commission for numbers of out-of-state contractors and workers on the 61 million express highway from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. Contracts have been let for about 60 miles of the 162‑mile route. A resolution by J Albert Reed of Washington was adopted and sent to the House.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Harrsburgh
Pittsburgh
J. Albert Reed
Washington
House
Hires Drama in Murder Ring Quiz at Germantown Town Hall
In Germantown Pennsylvania a dramatic scene unfolds at town hall as Mrs Josephine Romualdo, a suspect in a mass murder syndicate probe, breaks down and accuses Mrs Marie Woloshyn shouting she is in this just like me, signaling rival accusations in the case.
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Germantown
Philadelphia
Josephine Romualdo
Marie Woloshyn
Teachers Lobby Tires Two Senators in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg on May 15 four Democratic senators blasted the teachers lobby over a compromise tenure bill. Senator Harry Shapiro withdrew active support, saying teachers suspect ulterior motives while Cavalcante declared himself sick of the lobby’s interference. Mundy urged delaying action on the amendments for at least one day.
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Cavalcante
Harrisburg
Harry Shapiro
Anthony J. Cavalcante
Cavette
Shapiro
Senate
Leo C. Mundy
Luzerne
Mussolini Opens Turin Military Airport Near France
Premier Mussolini inaugurates a new military airport at Castello near Turin in Piedmont, addressing 50 000 workers and vowing Italy will slow civilian car production while bolstering military strength. He tours the region, praising war training and aviation capacity as 100 planes fly overhead and a five day itinerary covers towns near the French frontier.
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Turin
Italy
Mussolini
Castile
France
Lurin
II Wich Il Duce
Pieamont
Duce
Superior Institute of War
Caselie
Piedmont
House of Savoy
Alps
Steyer Imel Reunion Held at Treman and George Steyer Farm
A Steyer Imel clan reunion for descendants of Absalom Steyer and Henry Imel will take place on Memorial Day May 30 at the Treman and George Steyer farm, ten miles from Confluence and eight from Normalville, Somerset and Fayette counties. A basket dinner is planned at noon, rain or shine.
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Steyer-Imell
Steyer-Imel
Somerset
Fayette
Treman
George Steyer
Confluence
Normalville
Absalom Steyer
Henry Imel
Railroad Pioneer Dies at 96 in California
Palo Alto reports the death of Joseph Madison Graham aged 96 a railroad pioneer who helped build the first postwar line out of Chicago and drove the first spike in plotting Reno Nevada His death marks the loss of a key figure in early western railroading with ties to major midwest and western routes.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Joseph Madison Graham
Chicago
Reno, Nev
Two youths hold after crash and theft of plane
Franklin D. Hurst 21 pleaded guilty Monday to breaking and entering larceny and tampering with an airplane after a Saturday stunt with his 19 year old brother. They removed two small cabin planes and a Pleetoplane from a hangar at Anoans Field near Harrison. Franklin admitted two test hops before attempting a stunt that failed to clear a hill, destroying the plane with about $1 damage. Franklin’s bond was set at 3000 for breaking and entering and 1300 for tampering. His brother remained hospitalized with possible internal injuries and was to be brought before Justice C. J. Harrison when able. Corporal Lease of the state motor police conferred with District Attorney A. M. Matthews.
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F. UO. Lease
State Motor Police
A. M. Matthews
Hurst
Lease
Stanley
Justice of the Peace
C. J. Harrison
Franklin
Harrison
Anoans Field
Cloyd Saylor
Joe Martin
Somerset
Martin
Bank Cashier Gets 4 Years Embezzlement Case in Duquesne
Federal Judge R M Gibson sentenced Nicholas Mervos 45 to four years in Lewisburg penitentiary after he pleaded guilty to embezzling 57102.91 from the First National Bank of Duquesne where he served as vice president and cashier.
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Pittsburgh
R. M. Gibson
Nicholas Mervos
Lewisburg
Mervous
First National Bank
Duquesne
Mervos
Painters Pay Day Delayed As City Deliberates Funds
In Philadelphia on May 15, about 19,000 city employees missed payday as city council sought a legal route to cover a $1.2 million shortfall. The delay underscores budget strains facing the municipal government.
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Philadelphia
Judge Boose rules on Somerset unions two charters
In Somerset County court Judge Norman T. Boose granted charters to the Somerset County Independent Construction Workers Association and the Pennsylvania Independent Construction Workers Association over AFL objections but denied a preliminary injunction. The AFL plans to seek aid from Governor Arthur H. James to protect workers, with discussions expected with state officials.
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Somerset County
American Federation of Labor
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
Norman T. Boose
AFL
Somerset County Independent Construction Workers Association
Pennsylvania Independent Construction Workers Association
Boose
APL
Frank A. Orban
Frank S. Lucente
Somerset County Group
John R. Frankel
Pittsburgh
F. P. Barnhart
Johnstown
Henry G. Gress
Somerset
Union
Weather Summary for Somerset and Nearby Areas
Somerset West Virginia and Western Maryland and Pennsylvania show mostly cloudy conditions Tuesday and Wednesday. Scattered showers are possible in western portions by Wednesday afternoon or night with little temperature change. Eastern Pennsylvania also sees showers in the northwest and extreme north Tuesday into Wednesday.
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West Virginia
West Portion
Pennsylvania
Northwest
Maryland
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