Five Injured In Auto Crashes Across White Township and Indiana
Five persons were injured in three separate auto crashes on the Benjamin Franklin Highway in White Township, the William Penn Highway near Blairsville, and the Indiana Kittanning road near Plumville. A Johnstown woman, Mrs Fthel Sellers, 730 Philadelphia street, sustained a fractured shoulder and was taken to Indiana Hospital in good condition. The other patients included a Latrobe woman and her two children. William Craig, 52, of NuMine, was driving in the Plumville collision where Stella Pluto, 19, of Ernest, was slightly hurt after pulling from Trade City road into Craig’s path. The incidents were blamed on slippery roads and spillage of control. Continued on Page Two.
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Johnstown
Indiana
Indiana Hospital
Latrobe
Latrobe Hospital
White Township
Blairaville
Plumville
Fthel Sellers
Daniel Fox
Philadelphia Street
Mary Harding
Philadelphia
Sellers
Staite Highway Patrol
Harding
Ernest Young
Hurton
Stella Pluto
Ernest
Indiana-Kittanningre
State Highway Patrol
Trade City Road
William Craig
NuMine
Thousands of Knights of Columbus gather for Chicago reunion
Thousands of Knights of Columbus travel from across the western hemisphere for the organization's fifty first supreme council meeting in Chicago. The convention opens tomorrow and runs through Thursday.
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Chicago
Knights of Columbus
Supreme Council
Lindberghs Await Favorable Weather for Iceland Hop
Angmagssalik Greenland August 14. Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh wait for good weather to depart for Reykjavik Iceland, the riskiest leg of their North Atlantic expedition.
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Angmagsalik
Greenland
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
Reykjavik
Iceland
North Atlantic
General Johnson Refused At Dayton Hotel Over Luggage
Aug 14 Dayton hotel officials refused to accommodate General Hugh S. Johnson without luggage saying payment in advance. A reporter noted the incident while Johnson sought lodging under NRA codes. At a second hotel he was accepted on credit, and a toothbrush was provided before he departed by air.
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Johnson
Dayton
I1ns
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Speaker To Explain Relief Here At Indiana County Meeting
H Stroud field representative of the State Emergency Relief Board in Harrisburg will lead a meeting at 8:00 p track T S T in the auditorium of Indians High School. He will explain general relief board policies as they apply to Indiana County and invite all citizens connected to the relief program to attend free of charge.
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H. Stroud
State Emergency Relief Board
Harrisburg
the Indians High School
Stroud
Indiana County
Modifying a Blanket Code to Be Approved
Johnson schedules a Tuesday hearing on modifications to a blanket code in the steel industry as investigators review complaints of chiseling practices. The inquiry targets industry compliance and potential remedy measures.
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Steel Industry
Johnson
Play the Game by William S Nea l Cl Ns Stat Corr
Washington reports unofficial estimates place 7.4 to 10 million workers under the Blue Eagle program as the National Recovery Administration pushes code modifications. Hugh Johnson and aides move swiftly to approve a flood of correspondence while the September deadline looms. The goal remains distant with broad coverage across textiles, banking, utilities, canning, construction, retail, and other sectors.
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Ty William S. Neal
N.S. Stat
Washington
INS
Blue Eagle
National Recovery Administration
National Recovery
Hugh
Johnson
Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
Potato Club and Lions Club Meet in Saltsburg Picnic
On August 16, thirty 4-H Potato Club boys in Saltsburg join their Lions Club sponsors for a corn and weiner picnic at the Scout cabin south of Saltsburg. Activities run 5 to 6 with campfire songs and talks, then an officer election. County Agent Warner and Treager of Westmoreland attend.
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Saltsburg
4-H
Lions Club of
Warner
Indiana
Treager
Westmore
Fractured Leg At Roadhouse On William Penn Highway
Harold Robinson a 32 year old salesman for Garfield Fire Clay Company of Robinson Indiana County near Bolivar was treated yesterday at Memorial Hospital Johnstown for a fracture of the right ankle. He reportedly was injured several hours earlier at a roadhouse on the William Penn Highway two miles west of Blairsville.
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Harold Robinson
Philadelphia
Garfield Fire Clay Company
Robinson
Indiana County
Bolivar
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
William Penn Highway
Blairsville
Restaurateurs Meet Tonight at Chamber of Commerce
Restaurateurs gather to discuss code affecting their business with special focus on Indiana. The meeting is at the Chamber of Commerce this evening at 8:12 or 8:30 depending on the OCR. Business leaders are urged to attend.
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Indiana
Chamber of Commerce
Johnstown Banker John H. Waters Dies in Washington
John H. Waters, 74, president of the U S National Bank of Johnstown, Pa., died at Emergency Hospital in Washington at 3:50 a m from cerebral hemorrhage after a four day illness. He had pleaded for bank reopening at 75 cents on the dollar before the comptroller of the currency. the mayor opposed reopening on 100 percent. Waters was accompanied by family and his physician Dr Joseph Wagner. The body will return to Johnstown.
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Washington
John H. Waters
Johnstown
Joseph Wagner
Philadelphia
Waters
U. S. National Bank of
Eddie McCloskey
President May Intervene to Save Program
Johnson is summoned to the White House for a conference as new labor troubles threaten the success of the NRA program and New Deal efforts. The article notes potential presidential intervention to stabilize labor relations and preserve program goals.
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Johnson
White House
Roosevelt summons Johnson as labor unrest tests NRA drive
Capital notes from Washington report President Roosevelt calling Hugh S. Johnson to the White House for talks amid rising labor tensions threatening to bring western coal and hosiery strikes under the National Recovery Administration. The president seeks to stabilize industry before the Sept. 1 deadline as miners walk out and talks falter.
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Wastiington
Roosevelt
National Recovery
Hugh
Johnson
White House
Washington
NRA
St. Louis
National Recovery Administration
Westen
Pennsylvania
Mail filled with requests for czar of some industry
Washington August 14 The king and czar business may be bad in Europe but many Americans seek the title here. Deputy Administrator I M Simpson of the National Recovery Administration says his mail is filled with requests to name czars for various industries, especially oil.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Cvar
I. M. Simpson
National Recovery Administration
Simpson
County Couple Robbed by Yeggs in Pittsburgh
Two Indiana County visitors, Mike Rich of Coral and George Vanick of Homer City, were stopped by five men in a car with Illinois plates on Oakland Avenue near Bennett Street. The bandits dragged them from their car, one threatening a gun, and stole about $100 before fleeing, leaving the victims instructed to stay out of sight.
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Forbes Street
Pittsburgh
Indiana County
Osklam Avenue
Mike Rich
George Vanick
Homer City
Oakland Avenue
Sennett Street
Rich
Vanick
Oakland
Bem
Pete Ear
Despondent farmer Horace Tidwards kills self in pigsty
East Mahoning farmer Horace James Tidwards, about 56, despondent over his wife Dora Edwards death in April, shot himself in a Marion Center Township pigsty. His son Clarence Edwards and brother-in-law John L. Simpson found the body around 9:40 a.m. after relatives reported he was missing at 6 a.m. Coroner Frederick W. St. Clair ruled death by his own action caused by despondency.
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Horace James Tidwards
Mahoning Township
Marion Center
R. D
Frederick W. St. Clair
Clarence Edwards
John Ll. Simpson
Standard
Wiwards
St. Clair
Edwards
Dora Edwards
Thomas Mortuary
Fathers and Sons at Rotary Meeting
Father and Son night will be observed at the weekly Rotary Club supper meeting this evening under the Boys' Work Committees. The inter-city meeting is at Johnstown Country Club at 7 p.m. daylight time, with Charles M. Schwab as speaker.
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Rotary Club
Johnstown
Johnstown Country Club
Charles M. Schwab
Penney Company Raises Salaries Nationwide
The Penney Company announces a 1 percent salary increase effective August 1 for all associates who had not received a raise under NRA guidelines. The increase covers the entire organization and reflects ongoing wage adjustments.
Exiled Cuban General Herrera Considered For Provisional Presidency
Exiled Gen Alberto Herrera once secretary of war and Machado ally was among candidates to succeed Machado as Cuba’s provisional president. The army rejected him. he is in exile. Cuban President Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, writing for the International News Service, conveys gratitude for public congratulations and the people’s expressed sentiments.
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Alberto Herrera
Machado
Cuba
International News Service
Carlos Manuel DE Cespedes
Havana
Carlos Manuel de Ceapedes
United States
de Cespedes
Epoch-making change inspires new office pledge
I have taken possession of this high and responsible office at a difficult time and I shall do my best to aid my people. I believe this to have been an epoch-making change.
Wardrop Appointed Blairsville Mine Inspector in Transfer
W. B. Wardrop, longtime inspector of the Fifteenth district, is reassigned to the Thirtieth district with an office in Blairsville. He will succeed S. J. Craighead, who moves to Johnstown to replace Thomas D. Williams, who retired after 28 years in state service. Wardrop's 12 years in the Holmes Safety chapters and prior coal work at Rochester & Pittsburgh are noted as part of the transition. A farewell address and party marked Williams' retirement as other changes accompany the move.
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Williams
P.C. Nairn
Pittsburgh
Barnesboro
Wardrop
Fifteenth
Holmes Safety
Mossereck
Baynesboro
Culver
St. Benedict
Allport
Wardrap
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co
DuBois and Punxsutawney
Merit Club
Seek Youths in Station Hold-Up Near Armstrong County
Four youths in a 1927 Chevrolet sedan held up and robbed an Apollo man and a companion near Shady Plain, Armstront county, tonight. They may be the same bandits who robbed a gas line station at North Washington near Vandergrift earlier, reported J. E. Taylor of Apollo to the Indiana state patrol at 12:15 a.m. today.
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Aind
Apollo
Shady Plain
Armstront
North Washington
Vandergrift
J. E. Taylor
Indiana
State Highway Patrol
Treasury balance report with scattered figures
A garbled financial notice lists treasury balance figures and assorted entries such as customs receipts and miscellaneous amounts. The readable items include a large balance and several monetary numbers, though many fragments are unreadable or misformatted.
Miner Edward Evans Nudged From Bed by Locomotive
In Pittsburgh a colored miner, Edward Evans, 20, was treated for bruises and a dislocated shoulder after being nudged from his bed by a moving locomotive of the Pittsburgh and Juanke Erie Railroad. The incident occurred early as Evans, tired from work, nodded off and did not awaken until hospital staff checked his condition.
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Pittsburgh
Edward Evans
Pittsburgh and Juanke Erie Railroad
Edward
McKeesport Hospital
Wild Hysteria Of Week Gives Away To Peaceful Work
Havana returned to calm after a violent week as shops reopened and streets cleared of debris. Police and troops stood by while debris vanished and daily services resumed, signaling a shift from mob-led chaos to orderly reconstruction under De Cespedes.
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Havana
Machado
Lowhe Machadoo
de Cespedes
Tas
Roosevelt studies plans as warships head to Cuba
Washington Aug. 14 INS Three American warships the destroyers Claxton Taylor and Sturtevant steamed into Cuban waters by order of President Roosevelt while at the White House the executive studied reports of returning normalcy in the island republic He said the action did not constitute intervention and that violence that toppled the Machado regime made the move necessary to protect American life and property The ships were ordered to Havant and Manzanillo with orders forbidding troop landings Their complements range from fifty to ninety with gun and torpedo armament Ships carry four 50 calibre guns an anti air craft gun and two torpedo tubes The presence is meant to influence the disorderly element and aid in stabilizing the situation Continued on Page Two
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Washington
INS
Cuban
Roosevelt
White House
Island Republic
Machado
Cuba
Claxton, Taylor
Sturtevant
Claxton
Taylor
Charleston
S. C
Navy Yard
Florida
Havant
George T. Howard
Sumner Welles
Navy
Special Service
Caribbean
Manzanillo
United States
Herrera Flees in Quiet Cuban Political Upset
Secretary of Interior Fre Laredo and a full cabinet fled to a provisional government led by Herrera. The lineup includes Saladrigas, Martinez Saenz, Chibas, Santos Jimenez, Guillermo Bell, Ant Presna, Nicasio Silverio, Demetrio Castillo Pok, Ra De Cardenas and Caspedes as State head. Herrera left with Barreras and Fernandez Hermo, Azaga, Gonzalez Briguez, Rodriguey Ango, and family members. Observers expect shock across the island as security tightens and the Malecon and vard glow with lights as closure and departure unfold.
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Fre Laredo
Bru
Saladrigas
Treasur
Joaquin Martinez Saenz
ABC Revolutionary Group
Ardo J. Chibas
Santos Jimenez
Guillermo Bell
Ant Presna
Nicasio Silverio
Demetrio Castillo Pok
Ra de Cardenas
Welle
Caspedes
Portfoli
Cosme de la Torrie
Cobart
Weington
Herrera
Berto Barreras
Senate
Lorenzo Frnandez Hermo
Carmelo Azaga
Popular Party
Miguel Angel Gonzalez Briguez
Trog
Seatte
Malecon Sea
Thevard
Strike in Washington Mines Ties Up Regional Output
Smouldering strike sentiment in Western Pennsylvania’s bituminous fields spread anew as about 6,500 miners walked out in Washington County. Production halted at Bethlehem Coal and Montour No 10 mines, with 600 more at Lilly mine striking over contract violations amid the national truce.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
National “ Recovery Administration
Washington County
Bethlehem Coal Corporation
Montour No. 10
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Lilly
Valley Coal Company
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Franklin Way
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Lindberghs
Potato Club
Lions Club
Penn Highway
Restaurateurs
Yeggs
Coral
Homer
East Mahoning
Blairsville Post
Craighead
Treasury
Shington
LA Porra
Antonio Jiminez
Rogerio Perez Villalon
Havang
Roosevelt Studies
Nassau
Ahamas
Herraras
Foca
W. J
Fredericktown
Ace
Bethlehem Steel
William Bell
Presiden Montour
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