Washington tales of wealth and fault lines in wartime society
A countess at a Washington hotel caused a购 crash by sweeping bundles from a check room and later claimed poverty to recover items. Navy photos of Rear Admiral Moffett’s funeral showed an officer saluting with the left hand, while Admiral Pratt saluted with the wrong hand due to a fall, prompting questions about the incident.
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Washington
Inu
Navy
William A. Moffett
W. W. Pratt
Pratt
Twenty Years Ago In Journal Files May 12 1913
A recap from the Journal describes a May 12 1913 morning when Masonic members and wives left the city in ten autos to attend a Consistory meeting in Coudersport. Other items note an umbrella man detained for harassment, industrial progress at Mohawk Condensed Mill and Ajax Tron Works, Ed Marsh re elected Pine Grove Cemetery president, new four mile double track ice railroad section in use, and a Stratford Shakespeare Club banquet at the Phoenix Hotel. Charles Latham buys into Kirwin Directory Co plans a new city directory. Tools for a new Pine Grove mausoleum arrive. J C Wilson heads to Pittsburg for a Royal Arch meeting. Waters and Shuss return from Cleveland auto trip.
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Coudersport
Hollywood Film Shop Discusses Casting and Beauty Standards
In Hollywood ALANSON EDWARDS reports on casting director Dalle who says beauty often loses value to personality in film work. He notes economic pressures widen the pool of hopefuls, especially women seeking work as extras and supporting players. many are filtered from society pages to film sets. R. Rogers travels to Titusville for a forge project while Miss Marjorie Desmond returns to Congord school to find a pony tied to a driving post as a birthday gift from her father J. J. Desmond.
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Alanson Edwards
Hollywood
Hollyswood
Daug
Buffalo
Dalle
Paramount
Rue
Wonten
Marjorie Desmond
Girl, 7, Hit by Truck Near High School in Johnsonburg
Delores Jacobs, 7, of 1st Avenue Johnsonburg, was struck by a West Penn Power Co Ford truck driven by Walford Holmquist in front of the high school at 5 19 PM Wednesday. She suffered fractures of the right femur and collarbone with severe bruises. reduced today and patient in EK County General Hospital, condition good.
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Ridgway
Delores Jacobs
Robert Jacobs
First Avenue
Johnsonburg
EK County General Hospital
West Penn Power Co
Walford Holmquist
Pirst Avenue
Suon Todlay
Holmquist
Gandhi doctors hope to end long fast at fifth day
Popna India May 12 Dr An Ansari Gandhi’s physician says he hopes to persuade his patient to abandon the 21 day fast of purification. Gandhi entered his fifth day of the ordeal at noon as medical opinion warned life was in danger and a plea for travel would require the fast to end.
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Popna
India
Anjsari
Mahatma M. K. Gandhi
United Press Today
Iis
Gandhi
Nis
Ansari
Gandi
County Court Verdict Hits 3.2 Beer Driving Case
Three point two beer is ruled potent as jurors convict Roof Ridgway on a drunken driving charge. He admitted driving April 18 but denied intoxication. witnesses testified about two bottles of 3.2 beer. He was arrested on April 18 and released on bond before sentencing.
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Drie
Rank Roof
Ridgway
Jur
Roos
Germany’s Progress and the Nazi Movement Examined
A reader’s analysis questions the aims of the Hitler movement in Germany, noting its book burnings and purges. The piece contrasts liberal democracy with the Nazi rise, warning of a possible slide toward a military dictatorship and widespread internal crackdown.
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Germany
Thaly
Hitler
Central
South America
Wheat shortages loom as government forecast lowers yields
The spring report warns that winter wheat yield will be 337,485,000 bushels, the smallest since 1908, with crop condition at 86.7 percent of normal and unused acreage doubling the ten year average. Late spring seeding compounds concerns about supply and prices.
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United
Historic business sites and agents in town history
Questions about the origins and locations of local businesses include when the Standard Turnbuckle Company became Aero Supply Corp at Trill Company plant and Novelty Works on East Pleas Ant street, when David Barlow’s store was on West Main Street, when Fenner Salisbury served as high ticket agent for N Y P C RR, and where John Carroll’s furnishing store stood where the Endicott Johnson Company store now resides.
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Standard ‘Turnbuckle’ Company
The
Aero Supply Corp
Trill Company
Novelty Works
East Pleas Amt Street
David Barlow
West Main Street
Fenner Salisbury
John Carroll
Endicott Johnson Company
Two Die When Truck Plunges Into Creek
Lancaster Pa May 12 Two men were killed when a truck left the highway between Salunga and Mt Joy slid through a guard rail and fell 85 feet into a creek. The victims were A H Robinson 48 Milton and William D Sallmer 33 Milton. States may produce less wheat than we consume with none for export. This reversal could influence markets and farming prices and buying power may rise by fall.
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Lancaster
Salimga
Mt. Joy
Lancaster County
A. H. Robinson
Milton
William D. Sallmer
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Washington Street
Maple Avenue
Ajax Tron
Mohawk Condensed Mill Company
Marsh
Pine Grove Cemetery Association
Startford Shakespeare Club
Phoenix Hotel
Charles Latham
Bradford
Kirwin Directory Company
Pine Grove Cemetery
J. C. Wilson
Piuksumbh
Film Shop
R. Rogers
Titusville
Salt Darh City
Utah
Stanley Reuter
Iimns
Cascade Foundry Co
19Th
Plum Sts
Erie, Pa
Frank C.chapin & Sons
North Center Street
Frederick Fair
C. L. Suhr
A. E. Helle
A. E. Mackintosh
G. M. Friedhaber
Arnold Moore
Oil City Trust Company
Oil City
Allegheny Mountains
Atlantic
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