Farm Prosperity Boosts Grain Market in 1937 Trade
Chicago August 12 The grain trade is at its busiest in seven years as large crops in 1937 draw public back to the market. Turnover on the board of trade is up 77 percent over 1938, with white chalk figures on the big board and crowded customers houses. If this pace continues, yearly grain futures may total 16 to 20 billion bushels. Factors include big crops price swings and small world wheat reserves. Carloads of wheat since July 1 reach 11,703, signaling heightened activity in major markets.
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Franklin Mullin
Chicago
la Salle Stenet
Board of Trade
Obituary Highlights From Indiana County Cemeteries
The notice lists multiple deaths including Harry Vinton of Waterman aged 76, buried Oaklawn Cemetery after services at the family home. Isaac Ray of State College, and several Laney, Boyd, and Leeper family members. Surviving relatives include wives, children, siblings, and grandchildren, with funeral arrangements in Indiana area churches and cemeteries.
Black Named New Justice
Continents from Page One show a six member subcommittee led by Senator Neely to review the nomination. Members include Logan Dieterich McGill Borah and Austin. Borah signaled support for immediate confirmation minutes before the nomination went to the captor. The White House aide cited no other candidate, and Barkley and Ashurst pressed for quick action without sending the name to committee. Willis Van Doran’s prior seat is noted. Black is described as a longtime advocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neely
Dwva
Logan
D-K
Dieterich
D-U1
McGill
D-Kans
Borah
R-Ida
Austin
White House
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Barkley
Ashurst
Willis van Doran
Black
House Fight Delays Work on Wage Hour Antilynching Bills
Washington August session stalls over Wage Hour and anti lynching legislation. House leaders shifted adjournment to August 25 as debate delays loom. Rules Committee opposition to labor standards lingers with pressure to move the bills or punt to next session. Senate may wage a lengthy debate on anti lynching with Wagner gaining floor time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinggton
House
Rules Committee
Senate
Wagner
D-Ny
Aiight
House Rules Committee
Cox
Plan Large Celebration for Flood Dams in Western PA
State agents with over 200000 federal dollars began land purchase for flood control dams on Tionesta and Crooked Creeks in Western Pennsylvania. The $150000100 project aims to curb Ohio Delaware and Susquehanna valley floods like the 1936 disaster. War Department dam plans approved by the Water and Power Resources Board. dams to be empty to hold floodwaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Tionesta
Crooked Creeks
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Delaware
Susquehanna
Department of Forests and Waters
Roosevelt
War Department
Water and Power Resources Board
Senate to Supreme Court: Black Likely Move After 1926 Service
The World War I veteran and Alabama alumnus, a 51 year old senator since 1926, is poised to join the Supreme Court, where he would rule on Roosevelt era laws he helped enact. He would become the fifth to move directly from the Senate to the high court, with a $20,000 salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
University, of Alabama
Senate
Supreme Court
Juskces
Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
Black
United States Senate
Tenement Collapse Kills and Injures Dozens on Staten Island
Rescue squads of 350 police and firemen labored through the night after a building in Staten Island collapsed as rain delayed residents trying to return home. Victims include Virginia Budnick and her children Helen and Virginia, ages 4 and 2, along with several others and a patrolman. Relatives fought through police lines for access to the wreckage.
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Mel
Joseph Coral
Staten Island
Virginia Budnick
Joseph
Helen
Virginia
Francis Gaston
Joseph Corgi
Peter Fernandez
Mary Hurley
Patricia Hurley
Adam Malicki
Bessie Malicki
Mary Peterson
Ber” Dougheter
Louise
Tony Przypelski
John Stokes
Melvin L. Decker
Joseph J. McBreen Marie Silva
Mary Louise
Boy Drowns in Kiski River Near Avonmore
An 11 year old boy James Paul Reed of Edmon drowned during a river outing with a swimming party on the Kiski River near his home. Coroner ruled accidental drowning. He was born May 30 1926 and is survived by his parents Ralph T Reed and Veronica Reed and six younger siblings. Funeral set for Friday at St Ambrose Church Avonmore with burial in West View Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiski
James Paul Reed
Ralph T. Reed
Edmon
Vandergrift
Carnegie-Minots Steel Corporation
Waled
Brownstown
Charle
Rimmel
Thomas Jackson
Duquesne Light Company
H. A. McMurray
Westmoreland County
Veronica
Peterson) Reed
Robert
Shirley
Eugene
Bonnie Ann
John
Daniel
St. Ambrose’s Catholic Church
Avonmore
Father William
West View Cemetery
Avanmore
No More Siestas Blanket in Uncertain Bomb Zone
Vivid wartime tableau describes civilians and soldiers under bombardment near Ureula. Aguilera and companions seek shelter in a cement dugout beneath six foot sandbag barriers as a bomb lands, killing and wounding. Sirens wail while civilians endure fear, injuries, and the collapse of a street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aguilera
Marquis de Almetida
Marquis
Bac
Ureula
Marm School Fights Charges Over Evolution Teaching
Counsel for Mrs Morris and the School Board said the board’s decision tomorrow likely ends the case and moves to Greene County Courts. Mrs Morris expressed confidence in victory claiming charges are absurd while Fr Jones criticized teaching evolution to his son and questioned Sunday School value.
Fragmentary note on a crash scene and confusion
A damaged OCR fragment describes a crash with a crushed object and a person in pain. The text conveys shock and lack of comprehension about the incident, including stray garbled phrases. No clear names, places, or dates are recoverable from the legible portion.
Blond Bluebeard Case Ties Deaths to Hotel Bequest
Police Inspector Bruce said no murder charge yet. He issued a grand larceny warrant after two diamond rings were recovered in a Denver pawnshop, allegedly pawned by Mrs. Hahn and stolen from a hotel where she checked in with Obendoerfer. Coroner Coughlan reported exhaustive tests of organs from Obendoerfer. Mrs. Hahn, widow of a View here physician, denied knowledge of the vase and said she met Obendoerfer by chance en route west. Three other deaths under inquiry are Jacob Wagner 78 Albert Palmer 72 and Ernest Kohler, a retired teamster who died years ago. Mrs. Hahn cared for Kohler in his last illness and claimed Kohler left her a $12,000 home.
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Uberty
I. B. Bruce
Colorado Springs
Bruce
Denver
Hahn
Obendoerfer
J. Thomas Coughlan
Colorado
Springshot
Hatin
George W. Schattle
Jacob Wagner
Albert Palmer
Ernest Kohler
Blind Crossing Death Claims Two In Trainside Collision
Policeman Davidson cited C R Bowser of Kittanning as the lone eye witness. Bowser drove a gasoline truck and testified he heard the train whistle and stopped well before the crossing. He saw the Brinkley coupe approach and halt near the tracks, then believed it could have crossed if it kept moving.
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Page One
Davidson
C. R. Bowser
R.D. 4
Kittanning
Bowser
Brinkley
U S Marines Mobilized Amid Shanghai Refugee Flow
Chinese refugees fled the Woosung and Whangpoo confluence toward Shanghai by boat as roads closed under Chinese troop barricades. Japanese workers manned an east Shanghai airfield at night, coolies groaning under direction, while aircraft carriers were said to be offshore awaiting planes.
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Woosung
Whangpoo
Shanghai
Easton
Markets Produce Pittsburgh Aug 12 Produce and Livestock prices
Pittsburgh Aug 12 Produce demand moderate with apples and potatoes steady to higher across varieties. No. 1 West Virginia Laurels and other apples quoted at 50 to 90 cents per basket. Long Island and regional cobblers and Long White potatoes listed. Hog and cattle markets show modest declines and mixed gains. sows softer, sheep and lambs mixed with top lambs around 11.25 per hundredweight.
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Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
California
Cglves
Mintyre Girl Killed at Mine Funeral Monday
Dorothy Chronoski born April 7 1982 daughter of Jacob and Alice Chronoski leaves four sisters and four brothers. Funeral services will be Saturday at St Gertrude's Melntyre with Rev A Gawronski officiating. Burial in St Bernard Cemetery Indians.
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Page One Mortuary
Indiana
Dorothy
Jacob
Alice
Press
St. Gertrude's Church
Melntyre
Gawronski
Buriel
St. Bernard Cemetery
Storm Brings Relief From Heat With Fatal Storms
Violent rain and electrical storms across the East and Middle West brought welcome relief from heat yet caused deaths and damage. 23 deaths in the New York metropolitan area, including 19 from three Staten Island tenement collapses, were blamed on lightning and rain. Other incidents included drownings, ship damage near Boston, missing persons in Long Island Sound, and a ruined flour mill near Allentown. Weather in New York State improved in Rochester, Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo with clearer skies and cooler temperatures.
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East
Middle West
New York
Staten Island
Helen Bassett
Robert Schwartz
Patchogue
Long Island
Midford
Conn
George Wallace Thorpe
New Haven
Swan
Charlotte M. Leiberum
Bridgeport
Pennsylvania
Mauser Milling Company
Allentown
State Highway Department
Church of the Brethern
Blaimsport
Lancaster
Reading
State Capitol
Harrisburg
New York State
Rochester
Albany
Syracuse
Buffalo
Stock market snapshot amid varying industry tickers and yields
A dense ledger of ticker symbols and percentage values shows mixed market activity across industries. Stocks from Am Can Amm Am Rad Am Teb Tel Anaconda Chrysler Kep Hayes and more display varied percentages, highlighting a turbulent trading session with no single sector dominating.
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Ohio
Bendix
Ches and
Chrysler
Touglas Aire
du Pont de
Eastman
Nat Biscuit
Nat Distill
North Am
Penna RR
Phillips Pet
Sears Roeb
Socony
Studebaker
Texas Carp
Airer
United Corp
United Gas Imp
Indus Alcony US Rubber
US Steel
West UN
No Poor Houses in State After Jan 1
Harrisburg report details Pennsylvania's transition to a Public Assistance system ending 75 poor houses and county boards. 13,000 residents will join cash relief. overall cost near a million dollars weekly. Governor Earle backs the plan as a businesslike, permanent reform while De Schweinitz leads the new program with 3,200 SERB staff winding down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Reedy
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
William Penn
George H. Earle
George H. Earle. "They Must Go!” Today, A New Cabinet Department
Public Assistance
Lycoming
Releif
Karl de Schweinitz
State Emergency Relief Board
Retlef
de ‘Schweinitz
Earle
de Schweinitz
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Lasalle St
R. M. Offutt
D.D
Elderton Cemetery
Harry Vinton
Waterman
Locks
England
Sarah, Warren
West Cavastocks
Indiana Street Railways Company
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Corporation
Vinton
Tide Local Union
Jessie Shaffner
Ernest
Philipsburg
Aleck MacBlane
Lucerne
Roy
William Henry
Clairton
Fred Vinton
Charles Willliams
Oaklawn Cemetery
Isaac Ray
Rayne Township
State College
Annie E. Lockhart
Locust Street
Eli Boyd
Kelly Station
Emexionsmith
Boyd
Guy
Rose Pierce
Kittanning R. D
Mary Thompson
James Hawk
New Castle
Samuel
Frank
J. L. C. Welch Funeral Home
Ford City
Minnie Leeper
Beaver Falls
Brushvalley Township
William Dick
Nola
Simons Mills
R. N. Ray
Minnie Creps
William Barland
Charles Zehner
Darlington Cemetery
NEW Justice
Moorhead
America
Boy
Kiski Rvr
Paul Reed
Valentine
Fire Department
Franke Innes
Richmond County
Joseph Palma
Richmond
New York City
Kill van Kull
Death Valley
New Street
Wiliam McGinn
Squad No. 10
McBreen
Timothy Hurley
Mary
Patricia
Marm
Bluebeard
U. S
Mintyre
Elief
the Gazette
Associated Press
Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana Evening Gazete
Philadelphia Street
Optometrist
Indiana, Pa
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