Unity drive to back Republican campaign groups formed
Wallace Thomas of Indiana County and eight Western Pennsylvania county chiefs formed a unity campaign group in Pittsburgh to push for stronger attention to western Pennsylvania in the party. Andrew G. Uncapher was named campaign chairman and Chauncey W. Parkinson secretary. A Greensburg meeting set for April 17 will plan actions. Also Col. Henry Breckinridge visited Pittsburgh urging Roosevelt opponents support the Democratic delegation.
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Wallace Thomas
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Alsi
Ndrew G. Uncapher
Greene County
Secrery
Greensburg
Thomas F. Stephehson
Blair
C. EB. Carothers
Washington
H. J. Carroll
Greene
P. G. Cober
Somerset
J. G. Marshall
Beaver
W. J. McGregor
James H. Duff
Artemas C. Leslie
Allegheny County
Henry Breckinridge
Roosevelt
Iyor. McNair
Cxetive
Col. Breckinridge
Gainesville Tornado Devastates City Core in Minutes
About 150 of Gainesville Ga residents died as a devastating tornado ripped 14 blocks of brick business district and hundreds of homes apart. Firefighters and volunteers searched morgues and makeshift hospitals while soup kitchens fed survivors. A ruined courthouse and scattered wreckage marked the storm scene as residents mourned.
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Richard McMurray
Associated Press
Weiler
Gainesville
Georgia Hill
Social Sciences Lax In Schools Gett ysburg Address Urges Reform
Dr. Lester K. Ade urged schools to take broader responsibility in interpreting the social order during a Gettysburg College anniversary address. He called for less focus on administration and tests and more study of the social sciences to define the school as a creative, dynamic center of childhood growth both inside and outside school time.
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Gettysburg
Lester K. Ade
Ade
Gettysburg College
Marilyn Miller Actress Dies After Lively Broadway Career
Marilyn Miller, famed musical comedy star of Broadway, died October 1, 1914 in a life marked by dazzling stage success and multiple marriages. Her rise began in Sally and she starred in The Follies and Ziegfeld productions before teaming with Charles Dillingham. She later returned to Broadway in As Thousands Cheer and was noted for her dancing and singing prowess. Her marriages included Frank Carter and Jack Pickford, with Pickford dying in France in 1923 after Versailles decree.
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Marilyn Miller
Sally
Florenz Ziegfeld
Latty
Miss Miller
Stself
the Earl
Adele Agtalic
Mary, Balon
Louise Groody
Ziexfeld
Charles Dillingham
Jack Donanue
Chester O'Brien
Kingwood
Clifton Webb
Barbara Hutton
Marilyn
Webb
Merilyn Miller
Frank Carter
Jack Pickford
Mary Pickford
Pickfords
Paris
Danrer
Pickford
France
Mexican Train Bombing Involving Political Officials
A train carrying Col Eduardo Hernandes Crizaro chief of the presidential staff of former President Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Ochoa Zamudin, and Dr Padilla was bombed while en route to Mexico City to report on elections. No foreign or tourist passengers were found aboard. Rescue trains were dispatched from Vera Cruz and Orizaba as authorities sought full skeleton reports. Officials doubted political motive and Mexican Railway declined to comment pending fuller findings.
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Eduardo Hernandes Crizaro
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Ochoa Zamudin
Padilla
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Orizaba
Tupelo Gainesville Tornado Toll Rises Across South
Deaths from the Tupelo and Gainesville storms climb as rescue teams recover 187 in Tupelo and 150 in Gainesville with total southern toll near 388. Injured exceed 2,000 amid extensive property loss in Tupelo and other affected towns, while relief work mobilizes across Georgia and nearby states.
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Tupelo
Gainesville
Hugh White
Mississippi
Cordele
Greensboro
N. C
President Roosevelt Ends Vacation With Return Toward Washington
President Roosevelt planned to end his fishing trip in southern waters and sail to shore at nightfall for the White House return. He will reach port tomorrow then go to Warm Springs, arriving in Washington around noon Friday. From the Potomac area he kept wireless contact with tornado damage in the southern states and will be near the storm path in Georgia en route.
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Fle
Roosevelt
Washington
U. S
Potomac
Stirrup Cay
Warm Springs
Georgia
Mississippi
Tornado Toll and Flood Threats Sweep the South
Widespread tornadoes felled poles and cut power in Gainesville Georgia and Tupelo Mississippi, with deaths near 400 and property losses around 26 to 30 million dollars. Flood fears rose along the Ohio River as rain worsened misery. guards kept watch for looters while relief efforts organized by Red Cross and American Legion aided homeless families.
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Mid South
Ohio River
Tupelo
Miss
Gaines‘ville Ga
Makeshit Morgues
Red Cross
American Legion
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Arkansas
Torna
Cordele
Greensboro
N. C
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Huntington W. Va
North Carolina
Tawrns
Upstate
South Carolina
Anderson
Probes Divided on Lindbergh Kidnapping Debate
Dodds of Princeton and a Hoffman proposal divide opinion on a legislative inquiry into the Lindbergh kidnapping and officials conduct. Hauptmann’s cremation follows his execution, while Anna Hauptmann mourns. A former North Abington police chief claims to have seen Lindbergh senior with the kidnapers, awaiting grand jury action.
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Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Queens
New York
Anna Hauptmann
John F. Hollis
North Abington
Mass
Hollis
Plymouth
House of Correction
Grand Jury
Wendel and
Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr
Wendel Case Probe Sees Delayed Reply From Grand Jury
A report cites sor Gavresnor Holman recounting his January letters to Attorney General David T. Wilentz and Phy Hollis. Hollis says he urged the grand jury foreman to keep the investigation open until he can present his story, but no response had arrived by last night.
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Sor Gavresnor Holman
David T. Wilentz
Wee Edec Phy Hollis
Wendel
Hollis
Obituary notices from Punxsutawney area and nearby towns
Obituary notices list multiple deaths from Punxsutawney and surrounding places. James C. Greene of Spokane is recalled as Civil War veteran with ties to Punxsutawney and local lodges, survived by widow and children. Barbara Ellen Weiland, widow of Henry Austem Welland, dies near 68. services at St. Patrick’s Church Cameron’s Bottom. Catherine Ord, 79, dies in Sagamore. services planned in Sagamore and Nant-y-Gio with burial at Munday’s Corners Cemetery after a double home service. Burial and funeral details note church rites, dates, and locations including Nant-y-Gio and Plumville area churches.
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James C."greene
Plamville
Spokane
Washi
Fie Wag
John
Larg Greene
Pinxsulawney
Punxsulawney
Baptist Church
Barbara Ellen Weiland
St. Patrick's
Cameron’s Bottom
Father Marzehauser
Hellwood
Henry Austem Welland
George
Matilda Hoflmpy
St. Patrick
Urban Welland
Lewis Dumm
Martin Welland
Henry Welland
Nicktown
George Weiland
Barnesboro
R. D
Verona
Portege
Catherine Ord
Jefinie Stone
Sagamore
Munday'’s Corners
Harry Dyson
Second Street
Nanty-Gio. Short
Stone
Safe at Paddy's Clam House is a Paint Job
A Brooklyn patrolman notes a fake safe at Paddy's Clam House showing a real value of $1,000 missing from the apparent safe. The painted paper mocked the true safe, as investigators compare the scene to prior months’ observations in the establishment.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Paddy
New York
Walter Wereh
Nations seek Geneva success amid European tensions
Europe, minus Germany, converges on Geneva to tackle Rhineland remilitarization and the Ethiopian war. France seeks UK support to lift sanctions on Italy if Britain backs French stance against Germany. Austria law on compulsory service sparks tension with Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Romania. Germany shells Dortmund as French conscripts face extended service.
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Associated Press
Europe
Germany
Geneva
Rhineland
Italy
Ethiopia
Counsell
le« Saue of Nations
Naly
Graat
Britain
Haly
Adis Ababa
Diredawa
aris+ ing
Austria
Rmilitary
Wcivil
Getcoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Entente
St. Germain
Aly
Dortmund
Liquor law debated as political in Supreme Court
In Pittsburgh April 7 the state liquor control act faces a constitutional challenge before the Supreme Court in the Joe Stafehek case. Attorneys contest the law’s title and argue it violates inherent rights. Justices question police power and whether liquor purchases here should differ from purchases in New York. Attitudes suggest the framers aimed to regulate trade and create jobs, labeling the act political.
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State Supreme Court
Pittsburgh
Supreme Court
Joe Stafehek
Green County
Robert Thompson
Waynesburg
New York
Thompson
Kephart
James B. Drew
Perce Aly
George W. Maxey
Supreme Court warns against arbitrary power by agencies
The Supreme Court ruled a Securities and Exchange Commission demand to compel J Edward Jones to testify was unwarranted. The decision rejects the use of arbitrary power and emphasizes government branches must remain free from unauthorized authority, signaling potential implications for related investigations on Capitol Hill.
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James.w. Douth
Washington
Supreme Court
A & To 9
Securities Commission
J. Edward Jones
New York
SEC
Capitol Hill
Black Lobby Committee
Wall Street
Commission Offeigig
Specife
Jones
Bloom Seeks Location of the Shot Heard Round the World
Representative Sol Bloom of New York set out to identify where the first shot of the American Revolution was fired amid debates about Lexington Massachusetts April 19 1775. Senators Reynolds Barkley questioned the legend prompting Bloom to investigate with library of congress records.
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Wasitington
Sol Bloom
New York
Lexington
Mass
Bloom
Senate
Reynolds
D-Nc
Library of Congress
Barkly
D-Ky
Paul Revere
Betsy Ross
New England
Washington County Jail Record Prompts County Fair Recall
Washington Pennsylvania April 1 six persons three men and three women are held on murder charges in an event described as a record for the county fair. David Riggie is accused in the alay of James Algeo a prominent Washington man. The coroner ordered Robert Mreamer held for grand jury action in The death of Thelma Young six years ago. Also named James Wheeler James McGinnis and two others are described as negroes.
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Washington
Tolice
David Riggie
James Algeo
Sure MitNell
Negress
Robert Mreamer
Thelma Young E
James Wheeler
Monogahela Neero
James McGinnis
Cedar Grove mi
Wlarry Thompson
Muse Negro
Public Hearings On Milk Tomorrow In Erie Area
The Milk Control Board in Harrisburg said it will open public hearings tomorrow at 10 a.m. in Erie on milk prices and marketing rules. Testimony will cover a one-cent discount for cash-and-carry purchases, marketing committees, area extension, prices to producers for Grade A and Class 2 milk, and wholesale and retail prices for fluid milk, cream, and ice cream. Delivery
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Harrisburg
Milk Control Board
Erie
Erie Cport House
McGinnis Act Declared Unconstitutional in Pittsburgh
Judge James H. Gray of the common pleas court ruled the McGinnis Act unconstitutional, restraining the Allegheny county tax board from using city real estate assessments. The decision, supported by two judges, could save Pittsburgh taxpayers between 60 million and 80 million dollars in assessed valuation.
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Pittsburgh
James H. Gray
The
Common Pleas Court
Allegheny County Tax Board
Miner held in razor slaying of Grace Gillespie
Washington Pennsylvania April 7 a coroner jury found James Mc Ginnis a 47 year old miner responsible for the razor slaying of Grace Allen Gillespie 12 in her Avella home. The girl went to the basement on an errand and her mother Mrs Charles Fry said Grace staggered up the steps a moment later dying of razor wounds. Fry testified she saw McGinnis flee the house shortly after.
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Washington, Pa
James McGinnis
Grace Allen Gillespie
Avella
McGinnis
Charles Fry
Grace Allen
They Say Scholarship Shapes College Entry and Jobs
Prof Samuel J Berard notes business groups weigh more than grades in college selections. A student lacking promise may face slim job prospects. WPA program funds aviation training at a nearby school.
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Businege
Frof
Samuel J. Berard
Brows University
Mystery of Ray Sutton Disappearance Drains Devil's Wash Basin
Iowa officials reopen a six year old case in New Mexico style pursuit. State police drain a remote canyon lake known as Devil's Wash Basin after a tip to Gov. Clyde Tingley and Police Chief B J House Jr. bones found and barbed wire coil recovered. Authorities say Sutton, a Federal Prohibition agent, was killed by bootleggers and dumped in the lake.
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Dils Moines
Ray Sutton
Devil's Wash Basin
Clyde Tingley
B. J. House, Jr
Stutton
Sutton
House
Winterlike Weather Brings Floods in West Virginia
Heavy rains swelled mountain streams flooding McDowell County and costing one life. James Wiley Ritchie, 11, drowned after falling from a small bridge into the South River as waters rose to four feet below flood stage by Thursday.
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West Virginia
James Wiley Ritchie
McDowell County
Stock Market Adems Exp Aly Reduc Al Chem and Dye Am Can Am Com
A fragmented stock market note lists many company names and tickers with percentages and totals, ending with a final remark about a new mail carrier route totaling 3400 miles from Moscow to Alma Ata.
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Adems
Aly
Alco
Avaconda
Auburn
Baldwin Lee Bando Bendix
Avia
Beth Sts
Beth St
Knox
Borden * Borg
Warn
Briggs
Burr
Coca Cola
Columbia
Douglas Aire DuPont
el Auto & Fed
el Gen
Gillette
Nick Can
Tal Solins
Kennecott
Mma
St Oil NJ Studebkr Tex Cap
Alre Corp Unit
Corp Uni Gas Im US
Ind Ale US Rub US
Smell & US Steel
Vangdium Vick Chem Weat UN Tel
West el
Mtg
Woolworth Cure
Gas & Cities
Sir Pennrogd
Moscow
Alma Ata
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Natalie Pulsome
Boston
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Bertha
Funeral College
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