Slashing of salaries now at impasse in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg lawmakers faced a constitutional clash as the general appropriation bill nears passage. Protests erupt over cuts to four teachers colleges and two state hospitals while legality questions threaten the governor’s ability to sign. The bill’s changes touch elective officer salaries, with constitutional limits on reductions during current terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Loftus
INS Star
Harrisburg
INS
Appeal Day on Mercantile Taxes
A hearing day for added assessments on mercantile taxes for 1987 and 1922 is underway. Officials including County Mercantile Appraiser WY Kerr, John Stewart of Clown, and Joseph Tromtman of Norristownrepresent the Revenue Department on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Department of Revenue
Hats
Indiana
County Merroute
Kerr
Fown
John Stawart
Clown
Revenue Department
Joseph Tromtman
Norristown
Jaffa Potentate to Address Indiana Shriners Meeting
Harve Tibbett of Whensburg Potentate of Jaffa Status ALO NM A will meet with Indiana Shriners inasonle rooms tomorrow Wednesday evening at 7 00 o clock All members of Jaffa urged to attend for an important current program WCTU meets tonight with important business on the agenda at 7 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whensburg
Jaffa
A. Alo. N. M.A
Indiana Shrinera Jn
W. Gc.t. 0
Aged Homer City Resident William A Lockard Dead
A Homer City resident aged in his eighties, William A. Lockard, longtime Prairie State Incubator Company employee, died Sabbath night after a life of faith, family, and service. He leaves two daughters, three grandchildren, and two sisters. services are set at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at his residence, with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
William A. Lockard
Aaron Lockard
Greenwood Cemetery
Prairie State Incubator Company
Harry Prugh
Spanish aviator completes nonstop Hong Kong Manila flight
Fernando Rein, a Spanish aviator, landed in Manila at 5:15 p.m. after completing the first solo non stop flight from Hong Kong. He left Hong Kong at 10:45 a.m. and the journey took 22 days instead of the scheduled 11 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
P. 1
Hong Kong
Fernando Rein
Rein
Miufrid
Predatory Animal Bounty Report March Totals
Indiana County Cray Pox 23, Weasels 827 total 429. State Wild Cats 82, Gray Fox 1849, Weasels 13 264 total 21 406. Bounty figures cover predatory animals for the month of March with amounts and counts listed.
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Indiana
Treasury balance report and education meeting notes
Treasury balance as of April 7 shows 535,543,408.38 with expenditures 114,492,147.04 and customs receipts 4,390,401.57. Wase llngton notes the April 19 date. The Presbyter ian Sabbath School officers and teachers meet tonight at 8:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church. Dr. Richard Madden will speak on The Artist teacher in Religious Education. Officers and teachers of all classes urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasellington
Treasury
Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Church
Richard Madden
Carreer
Reciprocating Hen Impresses Saxonburg Grocer
In Saxonburg on April 10 Henry Ward Beecher. a tale describes Harry Maurhoff, a local grocer, whose hens imitate gratitude by laying eggs in his store. The flock now produces fresh eggs daily, with nests built for the eggs and customers watching the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saxonburg
Harry Mauriceff
Maurhoff
Maurhof
Naval Board Begins Inquiry Into Akron Disaster
A naval board led by Rear Admiral Henry V. Buller opened hearings at Lakehurst New Jersey into the Akron airship disaster that killed 78 when it crashed into the sea off Barnegat. Surviving crew members Lieut-Commander Herbert Wiley Richard Neal and Mandy J. Erwin attended as the group reviewed procedure and evidence with model and drawings displayed nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Kelgallen
INS
Ata
Lakehurst
N. J
Naval Board
Henry V. Buller
Washington Navy Yard
Akron
Barnegate
Buller
Sydney M. Kraus
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Henry E. Shoemaker
Sunnyvale Air Base
California
Ralph G. Pennoyer
Shenandah
Admiral Butler
Boandt
Herbert Wwiley
Toatswain
Richard FE. Neal
Aviation Machinist
Mandy J. Erwin
Deal
Capone's Gang Forces Beer Trade in Chicago
Chicago April 10. Federal authorities acted to curb Capone gang influence in the beer business after learning the remnants of Capone’s operation have split the city into sale territories by threats of violence. U S District Attorney Dwight Green announced the federal campaign has begun under Interstate Commerce and Internal Revenue laws to fight hijackers and racketeers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
al Capone
Capone Rane
Internal Revenue
United States
Dwight Green
Dirigible Returns to Ritz Theater April 12 and 13
Dirigible starring Jack Holt with Ralph Graves and May Wray retruns to the Ritz Theater on Wednesday and Thursday April 12 and 13. The epic air adventure promises greater thrills and a more engrossing story than before. Preparations at the Ritz hangar are underway to ensure proper care of the dirigible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Graves
Pieres
May Wray
Helen
Jack Holt
Ritz Theatre
Ritz
Patterson retrial ends as Scottsboro case moves forward
Decatur Alabama April 10 another phase of the Scottsboro case closed with the dispersal of parties involved in Haywood Patterson’s retrial. Patterson, a youth found guilty of criminal assault and sentenced to death for a second time, attracted international attention as his case sparked renewed appeals and anticipated further retrials for the remaining defendants, though efforts to defer them until Patterson’s appeal concludes loom for about two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Bates
Lang
Scottsboro
Alabama
Miss Bates
Jeff
Nila
Thomas E. Knight
James Brooke Jones
INS
Decatur
Ala
Haywood Patterson
United
States Supreme Court
Charley Weems
Patterson
Scattshore
Economic conference set with Roosevelt in Washington
Prime Minister MacDonald and former French premier Herriot will travel to Washington for economic talks with President Roosevelt. They act as emissaries, not plenipotentiaries, cannot bind their governments. German delegation to follow as special delegate.
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Great Britain
France
Washington
Roosevelt
MacDonald
Herriot
Frances
Pars
Van Dyke Dies At 80 Noted Educator Author
Princeton letter reports Henry Van Dyke noted author diplomat and teacher died at his Avalon home at age eighty after eight months of declining health. He taught English literature at Singeten and served as American minister to the Netherlands from 1913 to 1917. He chaired the Presbyterian General Assembly in 1908 and authored over 50 religious and educational works.
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Princeton
Noy
Henry van Dyke
Avalon
van Dyke
America
Germantown
Princeton University
Newport
New York City
Singeten
Netherlands
General Assembly of the Presbyterian (Church
Shaw Says Bolt Shot Shaw Says Bolt Shot
British playwright George Bernard Shaw, en route to New York, describes critics cruel jibes as universal pyorrhea. He says he has shot his belt and will write no more calumnies before retiring, likening himself to a dentist pulling the world’s tooth.
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David P. Sen’ Ar
INS
S. S. Empress OF
Britain
Sma
George Bernard Shaw
New York
International News Service
Uhere
Universal
Wedding at Osceola Mills Couples Tie the Knot
Mr and Mrs Blaine Sting announce the marriage of their daughter Dorothy to Dy Sr Clark Daugherty Sr of Jeannette on Saturday April 5 The Rev RC Jobs horn of Osceola Mills Presbyterian Church performed the ceremony Attendants included Miss Elizabeth Stine and Mr John M Daugherty The couple will reside at 122 Wayne Avenue Philipsburg area guests included Miss Marie Troutman Miss Louise Fryberger and several Philipsburg residents, with family notes of attendance and future home details.
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Blaine Sting
Osceola Mills
Dorothy
Clark Daugherty
Taediana
Luna
S. Clark Daugherty
Jeannette
R C. H. Jobshorn
Church of Osceola Mills
Josephine Stine
Hover
Charles B. Daugherty
Vyrone
Heatman
Eligabeth Stine
John M. Daugherty
Daugherty
Wayne Avenue
Ily
Marie Troutman
Louise Fryberger
Joseph Pritchard, Jr
Philipsburg
Robert Waddell
Delmonte
Thomas Lee
Josiah Writchard
William McFectors
Roosevelt Seeks Tennessee Valley Authority Creation
President Roosevelt asked Congress to authorize a Tennessee Valley Authority to transform the Tennessee Valley into a vast laboratory for social and economic reform. The plan envisions federal operation of Muscle Shoals, nine dams on Cove Creek, heat power and electricity distribution, flood control, soil erosion programs, afforestation, removal of marginal lands from farming, and industrial diversification.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals
Cove Creek
Medicos and Auxiliary Plan Thursday Meeting
The Indiana County Medical Society will hold an April meeting in the Municipal Building on Thursday April 18 at 2 00 p m A symposium on Traumatic Surgery will feature Ti Z Coe Indiana Wirght Aid Indications in Traumatic Cases J J Lee Clm yer Surgical Conditions of the Face Including the Eye Ear Nose and Throat H B Buterbaugh Indiana and The Compensation Law As It Pertains to Traumatic Surgery and its Present Interpretation L Murray Pesler Esq Indiana The Women s Auxiliary spring meeting will be at Mrs T R Boden s Saltsburg Road Thursday at 2 p m Speaker will be Mrs David I R Laudwig of Pittsburgh historian of the State Auxiliary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Medical Society
Ti. Z. Coe
Indiana
J. J. Lee
Clymer
H. B. Buterbaugh
L. Murray Pesler
Ssq
Women's Auxiliary
T.R. Boden
Saltsburg Road
David IR. Laudwig
Pitishburgh
State Auxiliary
Woman Held on Homicide Charge in Philadelphia
Mary Carson confessed to fatally shooting Horace Asher, 42, a night watchman, after he allegedly abusively invited her to his home. Police quoted her remarks as she was held on homicide charges amid a cynical display and demand to photographers.
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Philadelphia
Mary Carson
Horace Asher
Welfare Officers At Capital Today In Harrisburg
Hugh M Bell executive director of the Indiana County Welfare Association and William Burddock Jr secretary of the county relief board visit Harrisburg to meet the state emergency relief board on relief appropriations for Indiana county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh M. Bell
Indiana County Welfare Association
William Burddock, Jr
County Relief Board
Harrisburg
State Emergency Relief Board
Indiana County
Palm Sunday Observances Mark Holy Week Across Indiana Churches
Palm Sunday drew thousands to about twenty Indiana churches with palms and songs, sermons, and festive processions while the A Cappella Choir from State Teachers College presented a sacred and secular program at the Ritz Theatre. Director John Neff led the performance, praised for its cadence and energy, drawing eight hundred attendees in addition to the college concert audience.
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State Teachers College
Indiana
Jerusalem
John Neff
Schrab
Remley
Ritz ‘Theatre
College
Home Fire Destroys Two Story House in Brushvalley Township
A two story dwelling owned by G T McCrea and occupied by the Reese family about a mile south of Mechanicsburg was destroyed by a Friday afternoon fire between four and five. The origin is unknown with suspicions of incendiarism. All contents were lost. the owner had small insurance on the dwelling and none on the contents.
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G. T. McCrea
Reese
Mechanicsburg
McCrea
Miss Perkins To Talk On Unemployed In Harrisburg
Legislators and the public were invited to a Wednesday meeting where Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, will outline Roosevelt era plans to address unemployment. Attendees urged include Pennsylvania Governor Pinchot and PA Federation of Labor president John A. Phillips. Also listed are new interwoven socks and socks prices from Malcolm's Clothes Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
John A. Phillips
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Admiral Moffett Found Amid Akron Disaster Search
The body of Admiral William A. Moffett was recovered by the Coast Guard boat Daphne near Atlantic City four miles east, while a wider search for victims continued. The Akron disaster, sparked by a lightning strike, left many missing as ships and planes scoured the sea for wreckage and more bodies.
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Quentin Reynows
N. 8
U.S.S. Portland
Rea
William A. Moffett
Akron
Barnegat
Coast Guard
Daphne
Atlantic City
Navy’ Bureau of Aeronautics
Bureau of Communcations
Moffett
Navy
Leary
Portland
Atlantic
Thermiral
Tex
Admiral Moffe
Frank CG. McCord
Frederick T. Be
Lakeh Naval Air Station
Berry, Tee
Iowa
Digit
Tucker
No Drunkenness Arrests In Week End Report
Police Chief George Anderson reports no drunkenness arrests in the borough over the weekend. He notes March saw 22 drunkenness arrests, and officers plan to arrest anyone classified as drunk under the new regulation effective last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Anderson
Treasurer's Sales Postponed Again by County Officials
County Treasurer C. C. McLain and County Commissioners Ay Ratrigh John Flenciken and C Le Campbell postponed the Treasurer's Sales for four more weeks. The sales, planned for today May 8, were advertised in August and postponed in four weekly intervals under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. McLain
Hh." Ay Ratrigh
John Flenciken
C.le Campbell
Ile
Passover Observance Begins At Sunset Today
Jewish Passover starts this evening, eight days for Orthodox and seven for Reform Jews, with family Seders and symbols including four cups of wine, matzah, roasted lamb, and bitter herbs. The festival recalls the Exodus from Egypt and marks the first major event in Jewish national history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Iwonlals Xra
Tha Htardal
Israel
Matzath
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Wolder
Commonwealth
Anderson Williams
Anderson ‘Templeton
Aura Margaret Williams
Burrell Township
North Josephine
John Artcahary (Maecken) Tepiepleton
Blacklick Presbyterian Church
Daniel Williams
Aliquippa
Joseph Williams
Josephine
Clar
Predatory Animal Bounty Report
Henry Ward Beecher
Capone
Lone Dry
Deane Eugene Davenport
Hastings
Mich
Davenport
Agricultural College
Shaw
Tennessee Laboratory
George E. Duano
Con. S
Medicos
Betty Burness
Hollywood
Brushvalley
Miss Perkins
Malcolm
Navy Bureau OF Aeronautics
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