House Approves New Waterways Bill for PA Links
The House passed an omnibus rivers and harbors bill authorizing four Pennsylvania projects totaling about 42 million dollars. It includes 37 million for Beaver Mahoning canal with a 12 foot channel to Struthers and 60 miles of traffic in Western PA to Ohio, plus locks on the Allegheny river and Erie harbor dredging. Congressman Mansfield defended Monongahela funding, asserting its navigation readiness.
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Washington
Beaver-Mahoning Canal
Ohio River
Lake Erie
Beaver
Struthers
Youngstown
Army Engineers
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Allegheny River
East Brady
Erie Harbor
Charles Faddle
Monongahela River
Mansfield
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Monongahela
United States
Lions Plan Youth Week in Indiana during 1935
Last night on Presidents' night Dr. Paulson received a Past President's pin from the Lions Club in gratitude for his service to Lionism in Indiana. Plans outlined for National Youths Week to run the week of April 25 1935 featuring competitive outdoor sports for local youths. more details to be printed in the Gazette.
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Paulson
Lions Club
Lian Paulson
Indiana
Indiana Club
Twin legislative deadlock on tax bills delays funding
Montgomery County votes show Republicans winning state senate and house seats as lawmakers debate a stop gap relief program. A six week unemployment aid plan funded by transferring 7.5 million dollars from five special funds stalled in both houses awaiting administration support.
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Jority
Senate
Democratic House
House
Washington
Wonder
Charles Wilson
Abinztun
George H. Earle
Montgomery County
Bea
Larle
Harriesburg
Miss Ely
Senaloy Boyd
Taylor
Harrisburg
M. Harvey Taylor
G. O. P. Chieftain
Earle
Davit L. Lawrence
Capitol Hill
Theodore Lane Bean
Gertrude Ely
James 8. Boyd
Huckleberry Finn High School Senior Play Set
The senior class will present a Roy Lewis adaptation of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn on May 23 and 24. The production, directed by Carrall Rupp and Mrs. Mary McGregor, features Huck with Pam Sawyer Aunt Polls Aunt Ruth and Mary Jan among beloved story characters in rehearsal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Lewis
Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn
Pam Sawyer
Polls
Ruth
Mary Jan
Winder
Carrall Rupp
Mary McGregor
Beef Cattle Tour Planned Across Multiple Farms
Beef cattle farmers are invited to a tour on April 1 starting at 9 30 a m at H C Kunkle's farm southwest of Shelecta on the concrete road toward South Bend. C A Burge N L Claiborne and County Agent Warner will accompany, with stops at several farms including Lloyd Rosensteel Elder's Ridge Foster Parks Alex Bennett J S Mack and Clarence McFealers near Pikes Peak. Lunch will be at the Alex Bennett farm at noon. Ladies are welcome. The itinerary includes observing herds and feeding methods and ends at the McFealers and more farms in the Homer City area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.C. Kunkle
Shelecta
South Bend
Pittsburgh
D. W. Warner
Lloyd Rosensteel
Elder's Ridge
Foster Parks
Alex Bennett
Homer City
Obituary for Wineberg in Diana County
Diana County obituary for William Wineberg who died at his home in March at 345 a.m. aged 81 or 82. Born near Russ Mayne, son of William and Mary Wineberg, married Mary Miller on November 6 1878. A lifelong farmer and respected Evangelical Church member, his long life ended peacefully as age advanced.
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Diana County
Russmayne
William Wineberg
Mary Miller
Wineberg
Evangelical Church, Honest
Indiana area obituaries mark array of deaths and services
Industrious, above the average, his death is felt by many. Survivors include his widow and several children in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Funeral in March and interment at Marchand cemetery. Also noted are the deaths of Hubert Austin and Sylvester Harkleroad, with funeral plans in Marchand and Gastown churches. Other notices include M. Clark White, Laura Biddinger Hiri, and Jennie M. Slagle with services in Kittanning and Vandergrift areas. Zora Marie Ruffner funeral held Blairsville with interment in Blairsville Cemetery.
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Roy
Sykesville
Blake
Ralph and
Waller
Marchand
H. A. Peffer
Marion Center
Saya Aldebrand
Sportsburg
Elzabeth Comb
Walier
Carrie Ayers
Smicksburg
Abraham
Luthersburg
W. 11
Barnesboro
David
Evangelical Church
Marchand Cemetery
New D. C. C. Organization Will Feature Mobile Camps
The article reports on a revamped civilian conservation corps plan under the Work Relief bill. Camps will be portable, housing 216 men each, with 15 000 acres per camp for forest work, including reforestation and road building. Expansion aims to recruit 230 000 more men, totaling about 600 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graydon F. Smart
INS
Kane
Civilian Conservation Corps
Allegheny National Forest
United States
Aleost
Robert Fechner
Army Third Corps
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Third Corps
Baltimore
Death Notices for Mrs Rebecca Torrance of Blairsville
Mrs Rebecca Ferguson Torrance 56 of Blairsville died of pneumonia Sunday night. Funeral services set for 2 30 pm Thursday at First United Presbyterian Blairsville, with Rev R B McClure presiding and Blairsville Cemetery interment. She is survived by husband R K Torrance, son Albert Torrance of Houston, daughter Mrs Charles Brown of Chattanooga, and brothers George Ferguson of Blairsville and James Ferguson of Port Arthur. She was born September 13, 1878 in Blacklick Township to John and Sybilla Ferguson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Ruffner
Zora Marie
Eipfield) Ruffner
Morewood Avenue
Blairsville
SS. Simon and Jude's
Ruffner
William and Mary
Berlin) Epypfield
Pittsburgh
Derry Township
Westmoreland
William Rud
R. K. Torrance
Rebecca (Ferguson) Torrance
Blairs Ville
First United Presbyterian Church of
R. B. McClure
Torrance
Blacklick , Township
John
Sybilla (Kells) Ferguson
Albert Torrance
Houston
Tex
Charles Brown
Chattanooga
Tenn
George Ferguson
James Ferguson
Port Arthur
DIES AS SON GOES TO PRISON
Mr Cert died after his son faced prison for a bank hold up at the Kiski Valley bank. Friends said worry over his wayward boy hastened his end. Detectives found Cert in Wheeling after a long search. he pled guilty and got the same sentence as confederates Vance Carter of Vandergrift and Joe Plezarski of New Kensington.
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Cert
Kiski
Vandergrift
Joe Plezarski
New Kensington
Europe Strides Toward Decision In Front Against Germany
The report notes Sir Robert Vansittart leading a delegation abroad for the first time as Permanent Undersecretary, promoting a united European front against Germany. MacDonald shifts to anti-Nazi stance while Simon balances between them. Britain faces pressure from isolationists and allies as France and the Soviet Union move toward a mutual assistance pact, hinting at a broader military alliance regardless of Britain’s stance.
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Sir Robert Vansittart
Vansittart
Foreign Office
Europe
Germany
MacDonald
Simon
Vansilar
Enope
Britain
Italy
France
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Belgium
Headsman executes two in Berlin murder case
Berlin April 10 The headsman’s axe fell this morning on the necks of Bally Epstein 28 and Hang Ziegler 34 in the murder of Hors Wessel Nazi. The executions were carried out by the Nazi police in a high profile crime case.
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Pierre J. Huss
N.S. Sin
Berlin
UINS
Elle
Bally Epstein
Hang Ziegler
Hors, Wessel
Nazi
Heco
Inspiration
Girl Seeks Aid in Rare Calcinosis Fight
Nona Cloyes, 19, Tacoma high school girl, fights Calcinosis a rare disease turning her body toward bone. For four months she has followed a special diet with no fruits or vegetables. physicians have examined her but offered no remedy. The disease began with neck stiffness and progressive hardening of muscles and tissues.
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Tacoma
Wash
Nona Cloyes
Miss Cloves
Hitler Refuses Pardon For Executions In Plotzenzee Case
An official ministry bulletin states Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler refused mercy for two executions. Epstein and Ziegler were beheaded at Plotzenzee prison in the presence of a few witnesses. The court deemed the murder political, planned, and brutal. Other players included August Groebler the executioner and Baroness Von Falkenhayn, Renate Von Narmer, and Wessel.additional context mentions Reideérer in Moabit awaiting spying trial and Baron Von Sosnawsky in custody awaiting exchange negotiations.
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Ministry of Justice
Fuehrer
August Groebler
Benita von Falkenhayn
Renate von Narmer
Epstein
Ziegler
Wessel
Supreme Court
Hitler
Albrecht Hoehler
Hoehler
Plotzenzee
Richard Reideérer
Cleveland
Ohio
Moabit
People's Court
Baron George von Sosnawsky
Germany
Poland
NEW MACHINERY FOR WORK RELIEF
The president said he hopes to avoid using the entire 4.88 billion public works fund for work relief, aiming to spend all by July 1, 1936 to speed job creation. He projects employment peaking next October, noting delays in Congress hinder earlier reach, and that white collar workers will be covered, though details are not yet set.
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Roosevelt
97 Would Be Mine Foremen
A fragment lists names associated with foremen or surveyors including Creek, Thomas Miller, DuBois, D R Leiper, Carrolltown, Edward Hebden, Spangler, G Michelic, Ernest, W McDonald, Aultman, Pasiewicz, Stump Creek, H E Sherry, Juneau, E B Aughenbaugh, M Politko, Sykesville, S A Magestrella, Dagus Mines, W, B Miller, Creekside, E Wyland, Spangler, Olaf Patterson, Waterman.
Local lists of names across multiple towns in Pennsylvania
A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals and surnames tied to places such as Reynoldsville DuBois Sykesville Stump Creek New Bethlehem Marstellar and Spangler. The text resembles a community roster or registration page with many names and towns, but lacks full context or roles.
Liquor Purchases Lead to Legal Threats and Concessions
The board faced a $2 per gallon floor tax issue after opting to buy liquor from a salesman named Allen. Comly, questioned by committee counsel, admitted not shopping around for cheaper sources and prioritizing quick delivery. Subsequent talks with officials reduced the initial quantity, but purchases later returned toward the original level. The record notes improvised wine purchases via a firm linked to former Philadelphia Mayor Mackey at a higher price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Philip Allen
Comly
Iold
Allen
Murry A. Mackey
Philadelphia
Baltimore and Ohio car loadings slip in early April
Carloadings on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for the week ended April 6 totaled 36,041, with 23,044 revenue freight on line and 12,987 from connections. This is down 786 from the same week last year when totals reached 36,837, and down 9,853 from the prior week.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Gable Condemns Gasoline Levy At Banquet
Sol E. Gable president of the Pennsylvania Motor Federation condemned Gov Earle s proposed gasoline tax saying the levy would be unfair to state motorists and spoke at a Jefferson County Motor Club banquet in Punxsutawney on April 10.
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Punxsutawney
Treasury balance report from April eight shows receipts
Washington April 10 Treasury balance as of April 8 stands at 2 460 323 55. Internal revenue receipts total 7 146 26821 and customs receipts 9 032 730 43.
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Washington
INS
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Indiana Borough Teachers Achieve Record Pace
Superintendent Norman Koontz reports a letter from Henry Klonower, Harrisburg, noting Indiana Borough has the highest share of college graduates teaching in third class districts for 1934-35, at 71.8 percent versus the 40 percent district average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Koontz
Indiana Schools
Henry Klonower
Harrisburg
Indiana Borough
Indiana
PR R Veterans Meet Thursday in Johnstown
The annual meeting of the Veterans Association of Pittsburgh Division, Pennsylvania Railroad, will be held Thursday May 16 at First Lutheran Church in Johnstown. New officers include W L Hudson president and James G Dennis vice president, with committee heads led by Nicholas Funk and John E Sautter. Eligible members are railroaders along the main line who have 21 years of service.
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Veterans' Association of Pittsburgh Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
First Lutheran Church
Vine Street
Johnstown
Nicholas G. Funk
John E. Sautter
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Messrs. Sautter
Funk
George F. Wagner
John S. Fleck
H. C. Boring
George Ehrenfeld
W. L. Hudson
Pittsburgh
Morrow
James G. Dennis
Hudson
P. BR. R
World flyers Wiley Post and Laura Ingalls race weather delays
In Los Angeles on April 10 two famed aviators, Wiley Post and Laura Ingalls, consider an unscheduled cross continental race. Post, veteran globe circler in the Winnie Mae, presses weather delays to depart for New York while Ingalls’s craft waits on the ground due to similar conditions.
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Union Air Terminal
Los Angeles
UNS
Wiley Post
Winnie Mae
New York
Laura Ingalls
Relief workers out of luck in Reynoldsville
Forty-one relief workers were removed from relief rolls after protests over a new sub-foreman and lime-keeper appointment. They must re-establish eligibility before pay resumes. The action followed an investigation by the Relief Board in Harrisburg tying up the Reynoldsville project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynoldsville
INS
Relief Board
Harrisburg
W. VA
Blast kills one and damages Weymouth block
A gas leak in the cellar of a Weymouth chain grocery store caused a deadly blast that killed one person, fatally wounded two others, and seriously injured six, wrecking the business block and damaging fifty nearby stores with an estimated damage of $200,000. Fire followed but was quickly extinguished.
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Weymouth
Mass
West Wheatfield appoints new township constable
Judge J N Langham today appointed K R Felton constable of West Wheatfield township to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of constable elect H E Kellar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Langham
KR. RK. Felton
West Wheatfield
H. E. Kellar
Goering Marries Actress Emme Sonnemann in Berlin
General Hermann Goering and his bride Emme Sonnemann wed in civil and religious ceremonies in Berlin. Hitler served as best man at both events attended by tens of thousands and heard by radio audiences. The couple will reside at Leipziger Platz after extensive home alterations for the bride’s tastes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Dietzel
Berlin
INS
Richtofen
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Reich
Emme Sonnemann
Germany
State Opera
Frau Goering
Leipziger Platz
Weimer
State Theatern
Goering
Prussia
Stock Market Summary of Major U S Industrials and Rail names
A dense listing shows numerous firms in finance industry manufacturing and transport including Allied Chemical Amoco Amn Can Amn Car and Fdry Amin Loco Smig Tob A Amn Tob B Anatonda Copr Atchison T and S Atlantic Refg ATT B and O RR Beth Bordens Can Pac Chrysler Columbia Gas Consolidated C Curtiss-Wright Du Pant Katmai Kur Erie RR Gen Elec Gen Mus Nickle int T and T J C Penney Kennecott Monty Ward Nash Mts Natl Dairy NY Con RR NY NH and H North ami Packard Mirg Penn RR Pullman Pure Oil Radio Corp Radio Keith Reynolds Sears Roebuck Socony Vacuum SO of Cal SO of NJ Texas Corp United Corp US Rubber US Steel Warner Bros Pic Westinghouse Woolworth. The market quotes include fractions and percentages such as 63 1754 254 3% 20 43 19% 13% and others, indicating varied stock movements and bond-like entries.
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Allied Chem Amn
Atchison T
Atlantic
Beth SU Bordens
Pac Chrysler
Columbia Gas Consolidated
Curtiss-Wing
Erie RR
Penney Co
Kennecat Corp
Monty Ward Nash Mts Natl Dairy
North Ami Packard
Mirg Penn RR
Pullman
Pure Oil Radio Corp
Radio Keith Reynolds
Tob Sears Roebuck Socony-Vacuum
SO of
Cal SO
Texas Corp United Corp US Rubber US Steel
Warner Bros
Pic Westinghouse
Elee
Woolworth
Bnd
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Lions Plan
TWIN
Montgomery
Norristown
Moorhead
Wadlene’s
Texas
Portia Porter
San Antonio
Texa
Mexico City
Miss Porter
America
Hubert Austin
William JD. Jury
William Jury
DuBois
Waller E. Beatty
Maple Avenue
Sylvester Harkleroad
Gastown
Philip and
Eliza
Rearick) Starkle_fond
Marys K. McFarland
Shelocta R. D
G. B. Harkleroad
W. C. Harkleroad
Shelotta R. D
Harvisary Markleroad
Yatesboro
R. D
Fr. T. Harkleroad
Rural Valley RD
Gastown Reformed Church
Nace
Kittanning
Harkleroad Cemetery
M. Clark Wiute
Younastown
Greenawood Cemetery
Laura Biddinger Hiri
Beare
Mich
Orvil
William Hill
Harry Belmore
Ida
Fannie
Ruby
Wary Hill
Edward Wingard
Yatesboroa
Salem Reformed
Thurch
Orlock
Jennie M. Slagle
Washington Township
Westmoreland County
Slagle
Samuel J. Slagle
Bor
Armstrong County
A. Y. Slagle
Turje Slagle
Ner
William Barbanus
Prof
Berlin Empfield
Son
Priest
Hauptmann
Bruno Hauptmann
Michael I
Kallock
Cudahy
Wis
Lindbergh
Father Kallotlk
Trenton
N. J
Willam Martin
Clymer
J. EB
King
Ivor Lanfear
Harry Schury
Stump Creek
R. E. Chelins
A.royovich
D. L. Charlton
Frank
Frampton
R. O. Craft
Rossiter
Archie Hill
R. B. Schrode
R. E. Hetrick
Hastings
Loyal Barn
J. R. Hunter
St. Benedict
E. J. Davis
New Bethlehem
K. D. Floor
Celver
Roy Shaffer
Wm. Smith
Jos
Assolone
Wellville
C. L. Emigh
Marstellar
William Anderson
W. Co. Spencer
W. H. Brady
Jr. Stafford
I. E. Mogle
R. W. Stahl
Culver
Clarence Stuchell
Clune
Richard de Hart
Thomas Bradley
Elmora
Andrew Dryna
Helvetia
Francis Lann
Rabt
B. Hewes
Jos. Chermicky
Spangler
Walter Kanick
D. O
Humphreys
Theodore A. Roberts
Col
Gable
PR. R
Butler
West Virginia
Cal F. Young
West Virginia Motor Track Association
Knox
Panama
Odhamate
Fifth Avenue
Um Ib Ik
Aly Ign
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