Floods Claim Life and Displace Hundreds in Southwestern PA
Flood waters swept Washington Fayette and Greene counties causing one death. J C Brown 82, an unemployed miner, drowned in Dunlaps Creek at Orient Fayette County while swimming. Over 200 families evacuated along Pike Run in Dairytown and Walkertown. Houses damaged, coal train marooned, interurban service delayed between Uniontown and Brownsville. Rescue efforts and mud cleanup followed.
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Greene
Fayette
J. C. Brown
Dunlap’s Creek
Orient
Fayette County
Pike Run
Dairytown
Washington County
Walkertown
Uniontown
Brownsville
Redstone Creek
Coal Lick Run
Earle Pushes Speed on Constitutional Convention
An advisory committee will study sections of the proposed constitution including legislature judiciary executive elections and rights. The panel may meet once before the September 17 primary. if voters approve a referendum a full session is planned before December 1 to ratify a new basic law.
Pennzoil Presents Perfect Partner
H E Boyle Pennzoil Manager notes high octane gasoline is essential for smooth running and peak performance. He cites octane alone and purity, low boiling point and controlled vapor pressure as key qualities for driving satisfaction. The edition introduces NEW Pennzoil Basel One now sold by local dealers as the perfect partner to Pennzoil motor oil.
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H. E. Boyle
Pennzoil
Basel One
Penn Zoil
New Pennzoil Motor Oil
Death Knell To Steel Helmets
Berlin reports the Steel Helmets veterans group dissolved by the Nazi regime after violence by Hitler Youth. The Reich confiscated all property and declared the group a hotbed of opposition. Former leaders and members faced suppression as Northeastern Germany moved to end the organization.
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Walter Dietzel
Berlin
Steel Helmets War Veterans Organization
Canier. Dent
Hitler
Paul von Windenburg
Steel Helimkfs
Pomeerania
Brandenburg
Reich
Charger
Jeaders
Germany
August von Mackensen
Mrs Viscount Seeks Retrial in Hex Case
Pittsburgh Aug 8 In the strange hex trial of Mrs Jen nie Viscount Johnstown, petitions for re argument and affidavits alleging jury tampering were filed in court. Convicted of fortune telling and sentenced to four years her appeal to the State Superior Court was denied. Officials could not locate her for sentence and affidavits by three Johnstown women accuse a juror talking to jurors during trial.
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Pittsburgh
Hare
Jennie Viscount
Johnstown
Viscount
State Superior Court
Cambria
Nellie Buchanan
Alice Hauber
Mbensburg
Mahala Brehm
Ethel Bennett
Conemaugh
No Results In Fire Probe Continues On Page One
The report notes extensive damage on the second floor of the building with a burnt stairway and charred rafters. The east end of the third floor is badly damaged while the first floor shows no significant fire, leaving the structure largely intact but with substantial smoke and heat damage.
Scranton Team Here Tomorrow at Indiana Playground Event
The Indiana Playground Boys' Clubs will stage a game as a reward for attendance at the playgrounds. They have been playing fine ball and will offer the fans plenty of action. Plan to see.
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Indiana Playground
Indiana
Scranton
Four Fiendish Crimes Present Problems To Chicago Pittsburg and Salem Officials
Westwood Pittsburgh Aug 4 Failing to uncover more details police questioned Sam Sikiritza 17 the latest suspect in the slaying of Mrs Marsha Westwood wife of James Westwood of MeKues Rocks Johnstown authorities described him as a member of a youthful robber gang He had been questioned earlier and released later seized again as a suspect when learned he was wanted for a state holdup in Johnstown in May of last year He claimed he knew nothing of the Westwood case until 12 hours after the shooting but had admitted hearing shots as he walked behind the victim s home Police held him for further examination
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Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Sam Sikitiea
Marsha Westwood
James J. Westwood
MeKues Rocks
Hey
Wade
Allegheny County
Sikirica
Sikivica
Life and love end in murder in two towns in 1930s report
The piece recounts a double murder plot in Indiana involving Marguerite Dolhow and Norman Driscoll planning to kill Dolbow’s husband Harry, with two farmhands implicated and a $2,000 divorce payoff. It also covers a Chicago case where Blanche Dunkel and Evelyn Smith face the electric chair for the Ervin Lang murder, including confessions and possible sentences.
Funeral games and deaths span local news
In Indiana and surrounding towns a youth softball event in dim light draws fans as teams age ten to eighteen vie under tentative plans for tomorrow. Obituaries follow for John Noerr of Mt. Tabor aged 77, John M. Smith of Vinlonuale, Clarence Huff of Saxton, Rev. Henry Bedinger, Mrs Minnie Waugaman, Marcus Arter of Greensburg, with burial plans and church ties noted.
Smith Rites Arranged and Weston Obituary Noted
Clairton Frances Naomi Smith and Emerson Walker Smith relations noted with deceased Richard Knox Smith 18 at death in 1911 and James Thoburn Smith 1918 in Hoboken during WWI service. Surviving grandchildren and relatives listed. Arabella Price Weston 77 dies at home in White Township after long illness. Husband Joseph C Weston and eight children named including Clyde, Verna Stoner, Alice Jones, Alvin Weston, Alda DeBray, Willis Weston, Lilian Ritchey, Edna Carlson. Mrs Weston attended Gallitzin Methodist Church.
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John Noerr
Mt. Tabor
Jefferson County
George
Barbara Noerr
Susan Bertha Zieumerman
Noerr
McCalmont Township
United Brothern Church of
Clyde
Car
Rochester Mills
Charles North
Punxsulvaney
C. W. Shetlzer
New Kensington
Thomas Smith
Youngstown, O
Rosa Wingert
Marchand
Sophia Smith
Trade City
Emma St Clair
DuBois
Indiana Hospital
R. Smith
North Sixth Street
George W. Little
Fast Oak Street
Arabella (Price) Weston
White Township
Joseph C Weston
Clyde Weston
Gallitzin
Verna Stoner
Altoona
Alice Jones
Cresson
Alvin Weston
Library
Alda DeBray
Allorra
Willis Weston
Lilian Ritchey
Sinking Valley
Edna Carlson
Wellsburg
W. Va
Weston
Thrill Day for Dayton Fair at One Afternoons Show
Dayton Fair adds Beam's International Congress of Daredevils for Thursday afternoon September 12. The program features fifteen thrillers with nine new acts, including a head on collision stunt, and aims to attract fairgoers seeking new excitement.
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B. Ward Beam
Dayton Fair
Beam
The
Fair Association
Champlain Sailors Back, Rest of Crew Yet Aboard
Paris Aug 8 Eight hundred Champlain passengers wandered Havre as strike talks continued. The French Line yielded on wage cuts, restoring ten percent for the line’s crew. Sixty stewards returned to work for a three percent cut while 240 crew members stayed off the ship awaiting a final decision.
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Paris
Havre
New York
Normandie
The
Champlain
Saltsburg considers liquor store referendum
At a Saltsburg Borough Council meeting a petition signed by more than ten percent of last general election voters was read requesting a referendum on granting a malt beverage distributing license. The Secretary will prepare a resolution asking County Commissioners to submit the question to voters in November 1935. The borough treasurer reported 2979.70 in borough funds and 3741.38 in the bond account.
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Saltsburg
Aug
Transfers and real estate notes in Indiana and Pennsylvania
Inez Duncan transfers to Ebnira E. Duncan a house and lot in Indiana for 1.00. Abe Marks transfers to Parl Hollis Reedreceipt. Felix Pallone transfers to Anna Seaman Jot in Clymer for 500.00. Samuel Donahey transfers to Vera N Neal Jot in Uscinia for 1.00. Vera N Neal transfers to Samuel Donahey an interest in Indiana for 1.00.
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Inez Duncan
Ebnira E. Duncan
Indiana
Abe Marks
Parl Hollis Reed
Felix Pallone
Anna Seaman
Clymer
Samuel Donahey
Vera N
Neal
Uscinia
More Jobs For White Collar Workers Approved
President Roosevelt approved two allotments from the work relief fund totaling 1.56 million dollars for white collar projects. One aims to classify qualifications of 3.5 million relief employables by November 1 under the relief program, the other funds a Treasury project to statistically compile income tax returns from 1999 and 1934 with Baltimore as the headquarters. The payroll tabulation program will be run by the Labor Department Employment Service at 450,100 dollars, supplementing a 50,000 dollar continuing appropriation and 50,000 from foundation funds.
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Roosevelt
Treasury Department
Baltimore
Employment Service
Department of Labor
Congress
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
Rhode Island Shot Resounds In 1936 Outlook
Rhode Island’s political mood shifts after a surprising upset fueling disaffection within the state Democratic organization and anger over AAA taxes. Senators Gerry and Walsh cite cheap imports and reciprocal tariffs as factors. Roosevelt, seeking an early wind down, eyes a westward swing after Congress adjourns.
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New England
AAA
Washington
New
Roosevelt
Rhoda Island
Congress
West
Egoist Kidnapper Eludes Capture in Northwest Hunt
Portland dispatch reports elusive leader of the Egoist kidnap gang still at large as authorities pursue the May 24 abduction of nine year old George Weyherhauser in Tacoma for a 200000 dollar ransom. The massive manhunt stretches across city, county, state and federal lines from Tacoma to Salt Lake City and Montana as agents press the case.
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Portland
Ore
INS
United States
William Mahan
Fang
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Pacific Northwest
Salt Lake City
Montana
Mayor Abandons Threat Over City Bond Issue
Mayor Eddie McCloskey of Johnstown abandons plan to sue over a $198,000 refunding bond issue. He criticizes city council colleagues as Secretary of Internal Affairs Thomas Logue receives a preliminary report on the city’s finances from auditor J. A. Briggs and sends him back to continue work.
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Harrisburg
Aug
Eddie McCloskey
Johnstown
Thomas A Logue
J. A. Briggs
Briggs
Logue
Post and Rogers Visit Alaskan Governor in Juneau
Wiley Post and Will Rogers, famed aviator and entertainer, visited Governor John W. Troy in Juneau Alaska after arriving from Seattle in Post’s Lockheed monoplane. They planned to press on toward Siberia via Nome and Moscow though takeoff times remained uncertain for today or tomorrow.
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Alaska
Wiley Post
Will Rogers
John W. Troy
Seattle
Post
Siberia
Nome
Moscow
Rogers
Britain Italy at Odds Deepens Over Abyssinia Crisis
Britain plans a sharp note to Rome protesting Italian press anti-British campaigns. Officials weigh an unofficial economic boycott and possible private loans to avert war. In Rome, Luigi Razza and Baron Franchetti, high officials, go missing while flying toward Massawa to aid war preparations in Eritrea near Abyssinia.
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H. K. Reynolds
INS
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Britain
Uns
Italy
Abyssinia
Samaliland
Mussolini
Dino Grandi
Lake Tsana
Blue Nile
Luigi Razza
Raimondo Franchetti
East Africa
Massawa
Eritrea
Ald
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Razza
Baron Franchitti
Treasury Balance Report for August 6 Sees 1.779 Billion
Treasury balance as of August 6 stands at 1 779 166 065 54 with miscellaneous revenue totaling 12 751 897 19 and customs receipts at 5 850 700 26 reported from Washington on August 8 by INS.
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INS
Treasury
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