Floor Swift's Good Idea And Pole Shifts In 1938
Stock market recap notes heavy weekly volume with brokers reporting 3,600,000 more shares traded than any prior week. Bulls claim stocks undervalued while bears warn prices are too high. City growth features Boston's planned Park Square complex with 20,600,000 feet of floor space and vast office retail capacity. Swift & Co expands insurance to 100 million for 40,000 workers. Also discusses social policy shifts, Nobile’s polar dirigible cross, and Georges Remus case with debates on labor and five-day week.
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New York City
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Thia Dirigible
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Warren clubs to entertain noted aviator Clarence Chamberlin
Three Warren service clubs plan a luncheon at 12 15 at the YMCA to welcome Clarence Chamberlin famed trans Atlantic flyer when he visits next week Rotary Kiwanis and Lions will attend Ben Kinnear will preside and introduce the aviator Bob MacKay and K M Lyons will lead the singing The afternoon program includes trick flying upon arrival and a reception committee will meet him at the Hats in the river bottom He speaks at Library theatre at 8 15 pm and will show three reels of his aviation adventures Tickets are selling rapidly at the Library theatre Tribune office or by mail orders
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Wartes Service Clubs
Clarence Chamberlin
Rotary, Kiwanis and
Lions Club
Chamberlin
Warren
Ben Kinnear
American Legion
Bob MacKay
K. M. Lyons
Kiwanis Club
de Luxe Metal Furniture Company
Library Theatre
Avia
Library
Tribune
Graduation plan change for Warren High commencement
The Warren High School board voted to move the 1928 commencement to May 29 at the First Presbyterian Church if space can be obtained. Director J H West led the motion and William Charles Wallace D D of Westminster College was named to deliver the address.
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William Charles Wallace
Westminister College
New Wilmington
Pee
Senate debates McNary farm relief bill in Congress
In Congress today the Senate continued debate on the McNary farm relief bill while the Finances Committee began hearings on a tax reduction bill. The Agriculture sub-committee pursued the cotton investigation and the Public lands committee carried on the Teapot Dome inquiry. The Agriculture committee opened hearings on repealing the grain grading act. In the House, Newton bill authorizing buying pools to counter foreign monopolies was taken up and the Agriculture committee weighed a pink boll worm measure.
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Finances Committee
Agriculture
Public Lands Committee
HOUSE
Newton
Agriculture Committee
Board of Education Sets May Commencement at Church
Board meeting decisions include set May 29 commencement at First Presbyterian if secured, reports from Superintendent and staff accepted, committee chairmen presenting standing committee reports, bids to be received for 1928-1929 textbooks and supplies, summer schools to aid failing pupils, April 10 adjourned meeting to elect next year's teachers, group insurance discussed, Tax Collector Maller's report received, school calendar adopted as prepared by Superintendent Pressel.
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Daylight Saving Petitions Presented to Borough Council
Donald McComas presented petitions with 1500 signatures urging daylight saving ending at the April borough council meeting. Speakers included McComas in favor of summer time and George Sarvis opposing, with legal questions raised by Borough Solicitor Sidney Blackmen. Council referred the matter to investigate and report at the May meeting with a possible June 2 start.
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McComas
George Sarvis
Earle MacDonald
Sidney Blackmen
Nister -Ta-Fire
Public Service Commission
Lonough
Warren
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Corry
Erie
Jamestown
Buffalo
Pastor J. H. Lundgren resigns from Swedish Congregational Church
The Swedish Congregational Church accepted the resignation of Reverend J. H. Lundgren at a Monday business meeting. He presented the resignation on March 18 and plans to leave Warren for Iron Mountain Michigan around mid June after serving a three month notice. Delegates for the Middle East Mission conference were elected, with David Scott and Charles Seaquist chosen. The group will meet May 5 to 6 at Erie Swedish Edsaion church. The final offering for church pew subscriptions, started three years ago, will be taken May 6 Mother’s Day service after earlier payments. Special services and music are announced for the coming week led by Reverend Bostrom and various groups.
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Swedish Congregational Church
Lundgren
Iron Mountain
Michigan
Warren
Jane
Middle East Mission Conference
Swedish Mission Churches
David Scott
Charles Seaquist
Erie
Bostrom
Flames Trap Mother and 3 Children in Pennsylvania Farmhouse
Mrs. Ralph M. Magee and her three small children burned to death when a fire destroyed their isolated farm home near New Bloomfield Pennsylvania. The father escaped by leaping from a second story window. the four month old baby was saved by being dropped to him. The mother returned to wake the other children and perished as the second floor collapsed. The blaze likely started from a basement chicken brooder or incubator.
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U.P
Ralph M. Magee
Here
Magee
Reverend Barnard Delivers Noon Sermon at First Methodist
Inclement weather reduced attendance at the second union noon day Holy Week service in Riverside. The Rev L M Barnard delivered The Momentous Hour from John seventeen one with Rev Carl Jacobson presiding. Organist Mrs Charlotte Hall Lohnes played music before the sermon. The Rev D A Davidson offered scripture and prayer. A follow up note: three men held up the Riverside bank today wounding the cashier and escaping with 3000 in an automobile.
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First Methodist
Carl Jacobson
Warren County
New First Church
D. A. Davidson
Free Methodist Church
Harold M. Stoddard
Gethsemance
J. C. Howenstein
North
Warren Presbyterian Church
Riverside
N. J
Campaign Log Signals Hoover and Smith Delegates across States
Indications from Michigan primaries show 33 Republican delegates pledged to Herbert Hoover and 30 Democratic delegates to Governor Smith of New York. Wisconsin’s primary confirms 6 Democratic delegates for Smith. Maine Democrats select 2 national convention delegates. Republican National Committee arrangements meet in Kansas City amid talk of a temporary convention chair. Prominent names mentioned include Senators Simeon Fess, Frederick Gillette, and George Moses. Willis voters in Delaware plan on possible support decisions in the Ohio senator’s legacy bid.
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Michigan
Herbert Hoover
Smith
New York
Republican National Committee
Kansas City
Simeon Fess
Ohio
Frederick Gilette
Massachusetts
George Moses
New Hampshire
Frank B. Willis
Delaware
Willis
Borough Council April Session Actions
Referred daylight saving petition to public service committee and borough solicitor for May report. Granted several street widenings and sewer extensions on Willoughby, West, Pennsylvania, Home, Alexander avenues. Authorized police uniforms cost up to 360 and bridge lumber up to 500. Adopted traffic regulation revision and auditor appointment. Referred flood committee retaining wall along Allegheny River from hospital to Pennsylvania Avenue bridge.
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Pedaduinteus
West Street
Willoughby
West Streets
Pennsylvania Avenue
Conenango Avenue
Conenango Avenue and Prog Pect Street
Home Street
McPherson
Alexander Streets
Alexander Street
Police Committee
Fifth Avenue Bridge
Justices of the Peace
Police Department
Burgess L. EB. Chapman
Allegheny River
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge
Two Men Injured in Blast at Kane Cleaning Plant
Two men, Elmer Nelson and Angelo Nicalazzo, both 19, were badly burned in an explosion at the Superior Cleaners & Dyers Co. plant on Pine and Edgar streets in Kane. They were taken to Kane Summit Hospital with serious facial and hand injuries. The blast followed a prior explosion at the same plant the previous Thursday that injured three workers, including company president D. J. Jacobus.
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Pine and
Edgar Streets
Kane
Elmer Nelson
Angelo Nicalazzo
Kane Summit
Nelson
Jack
Sinclair seeks five day delay for trial opening
Harry F. Sinclair, the multimillionaire oilman, moved to delay the trial set to begin the next day by five days. His lawyers planned to file a delay motion with Justice Jennings Bailey in the District of Columbia Supreme Court until Monday to receive and digest the deposition of former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fell, indicted with Sinclair on a conspiracy to defraud the government over the Teapot Dome oil reserve leasing on April 7, 1927. Gov. Al Smith and Herbert Hoover were named by Get tysburg College students as party nominees in a separate note.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Jennings Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Albert B. Fell
Sinclair
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
The Tribu ne Tonight Page Highlights and Listings
A listing style summary of the Tribune Tonight sections and page designations including closing market reports late local news telegraph items editorials features deaths funerals sport news Boy Scouts Society church news and radio programs with regional notes for Chandlers Valley Tidioute and Sheffield sections.
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Chandlers Valley
Tidioute
Sheffield
Two Ships Safe From Storm Off Oregon Coast
Two storm distressed vessels off the Oregon coast were reported safe. The five masted schooner K. V. Kruse, sighted near the Columbia river mouth, had sails torn and decks littered. The disabled J. Nettleton, slowed by shifting cargo, was brought under control.
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Ore
U.P
Oregon
J. Nettleton
Columbia River
Mackay Federal Marine Station
Cabinet knew of Teapot Dome leases says testimony
Washington April 2 U P says the late President Harding and three cabinet members including Secretary Hoover warned in April 1922 of secrecy surrounding the Teapot Dome lease to Harry Sinclair. Birch Helms testified he protested to Harding Hoover Daugherty and Weeks about secrecy and that Hoover took some action. He said Fall misled him and Hoover did all he could.
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U.P
Harding
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Interior
Walls
Teapot Dome Naval Reserve
Harry Sinclair
Senate
Birch Helms
Texas
Daugherty
War Weeks
Texas and Pacific Coal and Oil Company
Teapot Dome
Tha Fall
Helms
Fall
E. C. Finney
Chamber of Commerce daylight saving poll shows opposition
Negative results dominate the tally with 75 against and 52 in favor after recent counts by secretary Emory C. Cook. Among plant workers 22 favor daylight saving while 24 oppose. Additional votes arrived including 28 affirmative and 36 negative. Kane reports strong local opposition from business leaders after 25 interviews, with only one favoring summer time.
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Emory C. Cook
Cook
Kane Camve
Ross Knapp
Kane
Ross
Figures show big tax cut urged by Mellon in senate
Secretary Mellon urged the senate finance committee for a total maximum tax reduction of 201,115,000 dollars, down to 181,115,000 if flood relief is counted. He noted 1928 and 1929 surpluses shrank by 63 and 40 million, due to war and building costs, with 1928 receipts falling 6.9 million below estimates. He proposed rate cuts and exemptions, including lowering corporate tax, adjusting individual brackets, repealing the estate tax, and other reforms with varied revenue losses.
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Mellon
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
U. S. Veterana Bureau
Bandits Hold Up Jewelry Trader in Highland Park Heist
In Highland Park Michigan on April 3 three Chicago gunmen robbed an in front of a bank a jewelry salesman of uncut diamonds valued at $200000. Police recovered no diamonds and pursued leads.
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Highland Park, Mich
Chicago
Hoover Smith Winners Detroit Primary Victory Scores
Detroit April 3 Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover won the Michigan presidential primary with his name the only Republican on the ballot. Returns from two-thirds of precincts show a 200 to 1 margin. Alfred E. Smith led the Democratic tally with about an 80 to 1 margin.
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Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Michigan
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Weather Forecast for Western Pennsylvania
Cloudy and colder tonight and Wednesday. Observations list Chicago 60 Miami 70 Philadelphia 98 Pittsburgh 58 Washington 42 San Francisco 46 Yellowstone Park 28. Local observations 2 am 47, 2 pm 56. River 3.6. Sunset tonight 6 27. Wednesday sunrise 5 741, sunset 6 26.
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