Massasoit Crew Rescued From Burning Schooner
Five man crew of the Massasoit were rescued off Nantucket by the Ivanhoe after a fire and explosion in the engine room. Capt. Douglas Malone and four others, all from New Bedford or nearby Fairhaven, abandoned ship around 10:30 a m Friday and were brought ashore later that day.
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Nantucket
Mass
Massasoit
New Bedford
Douglas Malone
Roy Nickerson
Charles Clemens
Lewis Salisbury
Fairhaven
Horton Quinlan
Nickerson
U S Tops 400 Relay Trials In Olympic Berlin
In Berlin on August 8, the U S relay team of Owens Metcalfe Draper Wykoff matched the world record in the 400 meter relay heat beating Italy by 15 meters. The Italian team qualified second for the final, while German efforts in other events impressed as Morris Clark and Parker lead the decathlon with Morris scoring 5 941 points after two events and Clark 4 511 points.
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Berlin
United States
Jesse Owens
Ralph Metcalfe
Roy Draper
Frank Wykoff
Uncle Sam
Los Angeles
Wykoff
Carpenteria
Calif
Amsterdam
Japan
South Africa
Tomorow
Holland
Hungary
Great Britain
Argentina
Colo
Bob Clarke
Jack Parker
Colorado
Clark
San Francisco
Parker
Sacramento
Armin Guehl
Switzerland
Morris
Fimber
Potato Tour Next Monday Featured by County Agent
County Agent Warner announces a potato tour and meeting next Monday August 19 at 9:00 a.m. at Bert Blakley’s farm near Parkwood to observe farming practices and discuss potato cultivation.
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Warner
Bert Blakley
Parkwood
Advertising Faith and Odd Notices Across the News
A South Carolina farmer spots a strange ad promising “One Wife” between Hampton and Allendale. Randolph Murdaugh, USC student, reports seeing the notice by a farm house. A Nebraska trip is disrupted by a grasshopper that shatters a car window and pockets $180. A Chicago deli heist features a false gray beard and a lookout who is a midget. In Oak Park a prosecutor defends both sides over a traffic case, ending with a $2 fine for illegal parking.
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Cate As-Catoh-Caan
Columbia
5. C
South Carolina
Randolph Murdaugh
University of South Carolina
Hampton
Allendale
Oak Park
Clarence A. Willard Meard
McGrath
Clarence A. Willard
Potato Growers Tour Highlights Seed Sources and Plan
A twenty two acre field of Maine and Michigan Russets and local varieties is toured with stops at Irvin Ben's farm near Marchand and Clark Pollock's near Marion Center to view certified fields seed sources and storage cellars. A meeting on Pennsylvania's new potato marketing plan follows featuring Walter Bishop Miles Horst E L Nixon L Denton A Windish and Harry Stockdale demonstrations urging all commercial growers to attend.
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Maine
Russetts
Michigan
Potter County
Irvin Ben
Marchand
Marion Center
Oak Tree
Pennsylvania Potato Growers Association
Miles Horst
Lebanon County
E. B. Bower
E. L. Nixon
L. T. Deniston
State College
A. E. Windish
Johnstown
Harry Stockdale
County G. O. P. Leaders Plan Attendance
County GOP leaders plan to attend his nephew's appearance at his native West Middlesex. A prior engagement and a desire to keep out of politics will prevent his attendance, per public relations counsel for Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Middlesex
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Hidden Pool of Million Tax Wealth Revealed
A wide survey shows less than half of the state's taxable wealth reported to county commissioners. Investigators will compare county returns with state records to uncover discrepancies. They will access all recorded personal property transactions. The act moved the deadline to February 5 and introduced self assessing requiring the taxpayer to remit the amount due with the return.
North favors endorsement of meeting sparks party rift
The meeting drew support for endorsing Roosevelt opponents while figures like Joseph B. Ely Bainbridge Colby and Henry Breckinridge pressed to back Landon Kong fuket. Alfred E. Smith warned against unauthorized statements as others urged unity to defend the party and the constitution from perceived threats.
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Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Bainbridge Colby
Wilson
Henry Breckinridge
Rosevelt
John Henry Kirby
Texas
Roosevelt
Hoo
Zioncheck Ends Career Amid Murky ReElection Tale
The 34-year-old congressman from Washington state died after a chaotic sequence surrounding his re election bid. An unstable period in Washington and his detention at a Maryland mental facility culminated in a fatal accident near his bride as he failed to stop a vehicle. Carrier Otto Mildestadt reported the scene and described the aftermath.
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Washington State
National Capital
Maryland
Ziancheck
Anches
Congressman's Death Attributed To Own Action Inquest Ordered
Washington congressman Zioncheck reportedly died by his own action after leaping from a window in his office. An inquest is set for next Friday with coroner Mittelstadt noting the note found on Zioncheck’s stationery was incoherent. Zioncheck, a liberal Washington representative since 1932, had a history of sensational incidents and had announced a run for a third term before changing plans again.
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Nadeau
Edward D. Hoedemaker
Zloncheck
W.H. McFarlane
Zioncheck
Marion
Mittelstadt
House of Representatives
Washington State
Maryland
Rubye Louise Nix
Texarkana
Washington
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
White House
Roosevelt
Governor Rejects Selection In Indiana Teachers College Run
The Johnstown educator was asked to allow his name to be presented but was rejected. Meetings were closed to the public and press by trustees. Dr M J Walsh remains acting president after Dr Charles R Foster’s resignation. The Indiana State Teachers College legislative inquiry, paused then revived, must run between now and December 1.
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Johnstown
McMaster
M. J. Walsh
Charles R. Foster
Indiana State Teachers College
General Assembly
State Senate
Peter Graff
Armstrong County
Foster
Senate votes to extend probing committee authority
President Pro Tempore Homsher ruled the panel cannot function as a legislative agency after the term. The Senate, by 27 to 18, extended the committee’s authority before adjournment, with Democrats Rodgers and Rupp joining Republicans. Opponents argued a four Republican one Democrat subcommittee cannot operate after Dec. 1. Members authorized to continue inquiry include Batchelor and Frey along with Batchelor, Thompson, Chapman, Bennett, and Frey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Homsher
R. Lancaster
Senate
Batchelor
Willian RB. Rodgers
Allegheny
George Rupp
Lehigh
Repubican
Alonzo S., Batchelor
Benjamin H. Thompson
Leroy E. Chapman
Edward B. Bennett
Edward R. Frey
Poor Directors Join Movement in Welfare Fight
Four decisions defined a meeting where Poor Directors denounced professional social workers and pushed to reclaim welfare agencies for local control. They urged investigation of the Public Charities Association, planned to seize the State Poor Directors leadership, and rejected secession by counties. Speakers vilified the centralization of welfare under a state department.
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Public Charities Association
State Poor Directors Association
Easton
Ewing Duffield
Fayette County
New Alexandria
Anna Ewing Cort
Latrobs
Mary R&. Brown
Irwin
Dora M. Dunn
Greensburg
Cora D. Shannon
Blair County
Alex McConnell
Poor Board
James Robinson
Charles Pearson
Allegheny County Poor Board
Social Workers' School
Philadelphia
New York City
The
Social Workers
State Board of Public Charities
State Department of Welfare
Department of Welfare
Board of Public Charities
Shannon
Harrisburg
Queen Elizabeth
State
Poor Directors’ Association
Doors
Public Charities Association l
Public Charities Association Faces Scandal Claims
The report accuses those in control of the Public Charities Association of extravagant expenditures for propaganda and high salaries, labeling the spending as tremendous and scandalous. The remarks criticize leadership and question accountability within the organization.
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Public Charities Association
Obituary notices for Kent area residents and Iselin miner
Obituary items note the death of Jones tyeman born January 4 1657 and long time resident of the community. Surviving relatives include a Kent brother and multiple step-relatives with services at Robinson Funeral Home and Oakland Cemetery. Also listed is John Paul Musick Iselin miner who died at work with heart trouble. He leaves a widow three sons and a daughter with burial in Iselin Cemetery and membership in local ethnic unions.
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Page Ohé (Jones) Tyeman
Kent Methodist Episcopal Church
Kent United Presbyterian Church
T. T
Kent
Ira Anthony
Los Angeles
Calif
Jesse E. Anthony
Alex Graham
Young Township
Robinson Funers
Edwin McClintock
Oakland Cemetery
John Paul Musick
Iselin
Holy Cross Catholic Church
S. A. Gawconsky
Robinson
John
Harrisburg
Catherine Musick
Brooklyn
N. Y
Europe
Musick
Uniontown
Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic Union
Rebels Lose Ground as Loyalist Forces Advance Across Spain
Rebels facing setbacks as loyalist troops and warplanes drive through Guadalajara Province and the Guadalarrama range near Madrid. Government forces seize prisoners and arms while rebel strongholds in Zaragoza Cordoba Granada and Cadiz Huelva remain under pressure. Communist Deputy Jesus Hernandez denies rumors of a proletarian dictatorship, reaffirming support for the 1931 Democratic Republic and calls to redistribute agricultural wealth from concentrated holdings.
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Madrid
Jesus Hernandez
Spain
Juan Sarabia
Guadalajara
Siguenza
Malina
Guadalarrama
Zaragoza
Algeciras
Dato
Cadiz
Huelva
Spanish Morocco
Cordoba
Granada
King Edward Begins Holiday Incognito Abroad
King Edward left from Fort Belvedere near London for Calais to start a month long holiday with friends aboard the Tem yacht Nahlin. He traveled incognito as the Duke of Lancaster becoming the first British king to sail abroad for a holiday.
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London
Edward
Fort Belvedere
Calais
France
Duke of Lancaster
Incompetent But Held For Slaying Wife And Babies
Samuel C. Weed, 40, a church worker, was held without bail on three murder charges for killing his wife Irene and two sons, David 5 and Charles 3, with a hammer. A sanity hearing was set for September 16 after his counsel failed to have it postponed. Weed confessed to the killings, saying he had committed a "scarlet sin" and did not want his family to live.
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Erie
Aug
Samuel C. Weed
Bai
Edward EB
Petrillo
Weed
William Schahack
Irene Weed
Davia
Charles
Landon to Tour Nebraska and Iowa in August
Topeka reports Governor Alt M. Landon will campaign on rear platform appearances across Nebraska and Iowa late in August. In Detroit Roosevelt aides discuss efforts to win first Democratic voters for November. In Nashville Atkinson leads in primary returns with Byrd backing in Congress and party organization seeking Democratic control.
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Topeka
Kans
Alt M. Landon
Nebraska
Iowa
Park
Roosevelt
Ganization
Dertoit
Landon
Nashville
Tenn
Richard M. Atkinson
Congress
Byrna
Stock Market Averages Across Major Firms Decline Yet Mixed
The list shows widespread stock quotes with many firms trading higher or lower. Notable movers include Allied, Am Can, Anaconda, Chrysler, General Electric, IBM, National Steel, Penn RR, Procter and Gamble, Radio Corp, United States Steel, and Westinghouse, with percent changes ranging from small gains to notable losses.
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Alaska
Allied
Atlas
Blaw-Knox
Borden i Bay Borg-Warner
Cerro de Pas
Ches
Ohio
Chrysler
Colgate Palm
Colum G
Credit Tah Corp
Congoleum
el Auto L
el Boat
Elec qThy
Gen Foods
Gillette
Aly
Goodyear T
Graham Paige
Hudson
Kennecott
Kresge
Lehigh Port
Leh
Val RR
Libbey-O F
Glwi Loews
Lorrillard P
McCrory
McIntyre Pore
Ty McKess
Rob Nhe
McLellan
Montgom
Ala Murray Corp
Nash
Nat Dairy
NY Central
North Am
Li My Packard
Penney
Keith O
Reading Co
Rem Rand
Rev Met
Repub Steel
Rey Tob
Schenley Distill
Sears Rock Bay Server
Socony Vacuum
Sou Pac
Sou Ry
Sperry Corp
Oi Cal
Ind
Studebaker
Superior Oil
Swift
Tenn Corp
Tex Corp
Tex Gulf Mal
Tex Pac L Th
Tide Wat-As
Timm Roll
TransAmerica
Trans and Weat Air
UN Carbide
Airer Corp
United Gas Imp
US Smelt KR
US Steel
Warner Pict
West Mary
West el
Wilson and Co
Woolworth Ely
Hollidaysburg 100th Birthday Celebrated in Style
Hollidaysburg’s 5,069 residents prepare for a week of centennial events marking 100 years since founder Adam Holliday staked a hill above the Juniata river. Notables traveled the canal and Portage Railroad corridor, including Dickens and Carnegie, while Doris McKelvey is crowned centennial queen in a Dysart Park pageant with 400 actors. Founding Day events feature Church Day and a keynote by Judge Thomas J. Baldridge.
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Hollidaysburg
Adam Holliday
Juniata River
William
Holidaysburg
Pennsylvania
Alleghenies
Susquehanna
Ohio River
Charles Dickens
Jennie Lind
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Mellon
Andrew Mellon
Mellon
Pennsylvania Railroad
Scott
Thompson
McCrea
Cassatt
Rea
Jeremiah S. Black
Supreme Court
United States
Doris McKelvey
Dysart Park
Ruth Holliday
Juniata Canal
Portage
Superior Court
Thomas J. Baldridge
German efforts on neutrality deal discussed with Neurath
A report describes the first talk with von Neurath where the ambassador sought the German stance on a neutrality pact and a subsequent visit presenting concrete neutrality measures including arms embargoes. The Kreuz-zeitung statement hints at German pressure for alleged German grievances in Spain.
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von Neurath
Spain
Kreuz-Teitung
Nant-y-Glo Man in Fatal Crash
Arthur Millward a 27 year old Nant-y-Glo miner and father of one died after a car overturned near Lock Haven. Driver Raymond McDonald 19 and occupant Francis Anderson 22 escaped injury. Millward’s nephew was unhurt. Coroner ruled accidental death and no inquest. Millward leaves widow Mildred and son Jerry, plus parents and many siblings.
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Arthur Millward
Elmira
N.Y
Lock Haven
Lock Haven Hospital
Millward
Raymond McDonald
Francis Anderson
Nant-y-Glo
North Cambria
Nettle Millward
Akron
W. J. Shoemaker
Mildred (McDonald) Millward
Jerry
Arthur
Nellie
Burke) Millward
Smp
Third Street
Naomi
Elaine
Joseph
William
Thelma
Richard
Edward Millward
Martin Nairn
Harry Millward
Germans mourn as Spanish Civil War victims cited
Personal condolences from Chancellor Adolf Hitler were sent to families of German victims in the Spanish civil war. Three members of the Nazi Labor Front were among those executed by Leftists at Barcelona after a summary court martial. Three more Germans were reported killed since the Fascist rebellion began.
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Ers
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Labor Front
Barcelona
Indiana County sees record dog license sales
County Treasurer John Thompson reports 8948 dog license applications this year in Indiana County, the highest total ever. The surge necessitated ordering an extra registration book for the first time in the county’s history.
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Indiana County
John Thompson
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Burton R. Laub
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