Stocks Rally After Record Day of Selling on Wall Street
Amid confusion reminiscent of 1929 the market recovered late after the heaviest selling since 1934. Downtick first hour with major stocks tumbling then a noon rally closing higher. Chrysler and United States Steel moved off lows as trading volume hit a record 7,287,000 shares.
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United States Steel
Allied Chemical & Dye
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Fince
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SEC
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Roosevelt Aims to Reshape Government and Court
Albert Levitt, ex assistant to the attorney general, says President Roosevelt intends to alter the form of government by subordination or even destroying the Supreme Court. He sent a letter to Frank E. Gannett which was made public with a telegram renewing a debate challenge to Robert H. Jackson. Jackson declined the earlier public challenge regarding court reorganization.
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Truck Overturns into Garage After Mountain Road Crash
A Buffalo man, James McIntosh, drove a large truck down a wet Ligonier Mountain slope and crashed into a garage at the Mountain Inn. Police said brakes failed, but McIntosh was not held. Damages totaled about $200.
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Mrs G Mason Owlett Injured in Wellsboro Fall
Mrs G Mason Owlett of Wellsboro is a patient at Community Hospital with a fracture of the right arm and a nose cut after slipping on stairs at the Berkey residence on North Asina avenue. She fell from the third to the second floor Tuesday morning while visiting her father former Judge John A Berkey. Her sister Mrs J Mrtimer Kentch is visiting and they planned to return home Thursday.
Roosevelt says US to join Sino-Japanese talks without commitments
President Roosevelt stated that the United States would participate in the Anglo-Sino Japanese peace conference in Brussels starting Oct 30 without committing to other governments. He dismissed claims by Senator Johnson that Washington and London had prearranged a program. Norman Davis sails to Brussels tomorrow to lead the American delegation.
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Norman H. Davis
Brussels
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Johnson (R-Calif) Hinting That the United States
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San Francisco
Hull
Norman Davis
China
Japan
Davis
Farm resident faces charges over shotgun threat
Charles Casebeer of Somer township was jailed after a Tuesday night incident near Wills Church Route 219 when three Acme truckers reported he pointed a double barrel shotgun at them while claims of abuse were raised by his wife. police recovered the weapon and whiskey from his bed.
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Charles Casebeer
Somerset Township
Justice of the Peace
Charles J. Harrison, Jr
Casebeer
Karl Hare
Casepeer
Somerset
J. A. Blair
E. A. Munson
Motor Police
Evan J. Rhoads
Worker Killed by Slabs in Steel Plant
Homestead reports a fatal accident at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel plant when 31 year old Munhall mill worker Joseph Petrick was crushed by a 48 inch iron slab. The incident occurred today at the Homestead facility.
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Carnegie- Illinois Steel Corporation
Spanish Crisis Deepens Amid Non Intervention Stalemate
London reports a deadlocked nine power non intervention committee meeting over Spain as Eden warns the Italo German front of a grave situation. Italy and Germany push to return to last July British plan, refusing immediate volunteer withdrawal without belligerent rights. Russia adopts conciliatory tone while Maiky says Moscow would welcome large scale evacuation of non Spanish troops. If no agreement tomorrow, Britain and France may reconsider action.
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Anthony Eden
Spain
Germany
Portugal
Eden
Russia
Ivan Maisky
Soviet Union
Italy
Maiky
Britain
France
Legion Officers Installed in Somerset Post Ceremony
Newly elected officers of Samuel S. Crouse Post 181 American Legion in Somerset and other county posts were installed in Windsor last night by District Commander Oscar Sutliffe. J. N. Kantner succeeds Carl Hoffman as post commander amid a large crowd of Legionnaires.
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American Legion of
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Oscar Sutliffe
J. N. Kantner
Carl Hoffman
1000 LIVES OFFERING TO RED BLOOD LUST
Moscow reports disclose the execution of 24 anti Soviet terrorists today raising the five month death toll to 462 for sabotage and espionage. Death sentences in agricultural cases bring the total to 360 in the Gdov region near Leningrad and overall to at least 1,000 since Stalin ordered merciless extermination in March.
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Joseph Stalin
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Leningrad
Shanghai sector sees Japanese lines attacked by Chinese planes
Chinese bombing planes raided Japanese lines in Shanghai with little anti air fire from Japan. Chinese forces conducted a lightning incursion dropping six bombs and retreating. Reports say Japanese rail targets were declared military objectives. Fighting continued around Tazang as Japanese advances were halted near Sinchow Pass. Tokyo approved large cuts in government expenses to fund the China conflict.
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Tazang
Tokyo
Finance Ministry
Game Law Violators Held in Somerset County
An intensive state campaign on game law violators led to the arrest of Demon Nicholson of Rockwood for possessing a raw possum hide three squirrels and three grouse without a hunting license. He was arraigned before Justice Harrison and jailed 151 days after failing to pay fines and costs. earlier, Dewey Pletcher from Milford township received 43 days for possession of a gray squirrel during a closed season and hunting on Sunday.
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Demon Nicholson
Rockwood
R. D
Spencer
Justice of the Peace
Charles J. Harrison, Jr
Somerset
Nicholson
Squire Harrison
Dewey Pletcher
Milford Township
Airplanes Drop Food to Drifting Seamen in Black Sea Storm
In Istanbul on October 19, two airplanes dropped food to 25 drifting seamen aboard six sailing vessels after rescue attempts failed for four days amid a violent Black Sea storm. The five day tempest left twenty sailors dead, hundreds of vessels wrecked and extensive property damage along the Turkish coast.
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Turkey
Air liner crash toll rises in Utah mountains
Bodies of 19 people killed when United Air Lines mainliner crashed near Chalk Peak in the Uinta mountains were recovered and transported to Evanston Wyoming. Ground crews faced deep snow and landslides as investigations proceed by postal inspectors and air commerce officials.
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Utah
Uinta Mountains
Rocky Wilderness
Evanston
Wyo
United Air Lines
Bureau of Air Commerce
United Airlines
Utah Department of Aeronautics
Knight
Cheyenne
Chalk Peak
Here
Hospital Bond Sale Totals and Unsold Balance
A report shows Tuesday sale figures for a hospital bond issue with a total sale amount of 65 000. The unsold balance was 62 000 after selling 3 000, indicating limited demand and remaining bonds to be offered.
Hospital bond sale advances with $3,000 reported
Reports from the hospital bond sale show $3,000 of a $65,000 financing already sold by 4 Tuesday evening after an inauguration dinner Monday at the Ferner hotel. John Cunningham, a volunteer in the hospital bond office, announced the progress and noted an unsold balance of $62,000. Bonds, in amounts of $100 and $500, are being sold, with larger lots via several bonds. The issue funds the remaining amount for Somerset Community hospital’s $100,000 alteration contract. Bonds bear 3 percent interest and are free of eight mills state tax. Prior to the sale, $35,000 had been secured through bequests, contributions, and hospital earnings.
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John Cunningham
Beeruts
Somerset Community Hospital
Turnpike work advances in Somerset county
South Penn Survey officials announce completion of the first section of drainage and preparation for the all weather highway along the South Penn right of way. The Negro mountain portal five miles east of Somerset has been drained and readied for construction as part of 13 portals and several tunnels planned. Drainage work also begins on the Allegheny tunnel as preparations continue for the Pittsburgh to Harrisburg route.
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Hulls Start Three Day Canada Visit
Secretary and Mrs Hull left Washington for a three day trip to Ottawa and Toronto, embarking late today.
Two Rockwood Men Held Over 100-Gallon Illicit Still
Federal officers seized a 100-gallon still, 250 gallons mash, and 10 gallons of untaxed liquor in Middlecreek township. William Pritts and Orr DeWitt of Rockwood were unable to post $500 bond each and await the next court term on liquor law violations. Pritts denied involvement, claiming arrest while en route to his son’s school. DeWitt, illiterate, had previously run a sawmill. Both men face charges as dry township raids continue.
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Somerset County
William Pritts
Orr DeWitt
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Middlecreek Township
United States
F. A. Holbert
Somerset
Pritts
DeWitt
Wilfred Whipkey
Middlecreek
Fine Donation For Hospital
The Somerset Community Hospital Auxiliary met at the Christian church parlor. President Miss Bertha T. Grove led as the donation committee reported 1545 quarts of fruits and jellies, 40 bushels of potatoes, 259 other food items, and some money. Gifts came from Sipesville, Rockwood, Friedens, Berlin Brothersvalley, and Somerset High School, with thanks to Mrs. Viola Walter Bell.
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Bertha T. Grove
E. Frank Shaulis
Shaulis
Korns
Sipesville
Speicher
Schaff
Rockwood
Richards
Friedens
Berlin-Brothersvalley
Somerset High Schools
Viola Walter Bell
Somerset
Man Found Dead After Week in Pittsburgh Rooming House
Charles Toner, 47, was found dead today in a North Side rooming house. Coroner's office says he apparently died of natural causes about a week ago.
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Pittsburgh
Charles Toner
Ransom Hunt in Ross Kidnapping Across Nation
A nationwide search intensifies for the Charles S Ross kidnapers after $50,000 ransom was paid but the victim not released. Federal and state detectives mount a double time probe, tracing serial numbers from a mix of $5, $10 and $20 notes issued by federal banks as Mrs Ross awaits updates from Savanna, Illinois.
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Charles S. Ross
Department of Justice
John L. Sullivan
Ross
United States
Karl J. Connelley
Federal
Ace
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
D. M. Ladd
Father Donovan Rescued From Bandits in Manchoukuo
Father Gerald A. Donovan, abducted October 6 from Fushan Mission Manchoukuo, is freed. Bandits demanded 50000 dollars, and he is reported unharmed. Maryknoll Father Hugh Lavery of Los Angeles relayed the cablegram.
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Gerald A. Donovan
Fushan
Manchoukuo
Hugh Lavery
Maryknoll
Landon urges Republicans to curb Roosevelt power in radio address
Alf M Landon addressed 17 million supporters in a radio meeting urging a workable revision of Wagner act and social security laws. He attacked the Roosevelt administration for expanding executive power, called for constitutional methods, and urged a special session of Congress to reconsider reorganization and New Deal measures. He warned of risks if Roosevelt pursues broader international peacemaking without Congress.
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Weather outlook for Pennsylvania and surrounding states
Partly cloudy and colder with possible showers in eastern and northern areas on Wednesday. Thursday turns partly cloudy. Eastern Pennsylvania should see fair conditions south and north on Wednesday and Thursday. Maryland and West Virginia forecast partly cloudy and cold Wednesday, then fair Thursday. Overall outlook is generally fair Wednesday and Thursday, with rain expected Wednesday.
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