Labor press for 40 hour week in blanket codes sparks dispute
Washington reports organized labor protests Johnsons two hour week plan for blanket codes. UMWA chief John Lewis warns of 40 hour limit and mass unemployment if 4 40 hour week adopted. Steel talks resume as NRA drive strains, with Johnson signaling limited relief. New York garment strike paralyzes industry with 80 000 workers idle and 200 plainclothes guards on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William 5. Neal
N. S
Washington
Aug
INS
Organized Labor
Nationa
Hugh Johnson
Np- Brelster
Jolnzon
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Pteel
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Johnson
Federation
Justce
Joseph W. Cox
Justice Cox
Congress
Busines Wharf
Mini
N.Y. Garment
New York
Eveatshop
Patromen
Plain
Joal ML
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers ‘Union
Julius Hochmin
Dress and Waist Makers Union
Ln A. M
Leo Wolman
Thetober Advisory Board
The
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
iMAN CLAIMS HE IS CHARLEY ROSS IN LOS ANGELES
An INS report states a man claiming to be Charley Ross seeks court permission to use the name publicly. His attorney Huedrickson says the youth says he was kidnapped from Gere mantown and taken to Germany before wandering widely. The case centers on proving identity amid a custody and rights dispute. Meanwhile a separate labor issue notes Hochman discusses sweatshop conditions and wage demands tied to a strike. In Philadelphia Hosiery workers and picketers, led by John Birticho wiex, confront Cambria Silk Hosiery Mill after a lockout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOS Angels
Charley Hras
Von
Huedrickson
Germany
Ochman
Hochiman
Hochman
Petition ends for elections in multiple townships and boroughs
Vague lists of candidates and officials on the Democratic and Republican tickets across Indiana Borough and surrounding townships. Includes judges of election tax collectors school directors inspectors and ward specifics, with notes on registration and filing deadlines.
Red Tape Halts Home Owners Loan Actions in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh, August, Home Owners Loan Corporation actions stalled as lawyers debate the legality of banks and associations accepting Home Owners' Loan bonds in exchange for mortgages. Most mortgages are held by those willing to swap them for HOLC bonds. after appraisals, applications will go to the Philadelphia office for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baughman
Philatelphia Office
Press Reforms For New Cuba Promise Liber ties
Havana reports that President Manuel de Cespedes’ government pushes an eight point constitutional reform program. It expands civil liberties, restricts civilian trials in military courts, limits presidential powers, strengthens cabinet recall, and overhauls judiciary and prosecutors to curb amnesty powers used by Machado’s agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. K.itwtchinson
Havana
Cuba
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Republic
Gerardo Machado
United States
Sumner Welles
Onner
Cosme de la Corriente
League of Nations
Washington
de la Torriente
Pew
Congress
Prosecutor’s Department
Secretary of Justice
Machado
East Mahoning and surrounding townships election slate
A long list of election officials, inspectors, judges of election, tax collectors, and school directors across East Mahoning, Center, Conemaugh, Pine, Cherryhill, and related townships. Names include Wallace Smith, James Barclay, CG Hastings, Martha Grumbling, J C Roberts, and many others in various boroughs and townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor
Wallace Smith
James ‘T. Barclay
CG. M. Hastings
Wed
Lighlurp
James [J. Smith
BK. K. Pfeiffer
East
Mahoning
Frank Jinmillon
South Mahoning Town
W. G. Nelson
J B. Muffley
Rey Lunn
H. D. Mumper
Ellie, Thomas
Pine Tawnship
Tél W. Myers
Justice of Peace
P. Jk. Wilson
Council
Cameron
EB. L. Zeigler
Dall E. Hevner
J. C. Roberts
Burgess
Mel
Lillie Lemon
Cherry True Boro
Carl Flemings
Conemaugh Two
Irving S. Hodgson
Canoe
John W. Kin
Clymer
Georra W. Wakefield
Homer City
E. G. Haupt
B. H W. Crede
Blaireville
R. S. Conner
Lewis M. Shields
J. J. Fetterman
Ba Township
Howard Kuhns
Ben H
Frank C. Kalbach
Sloulion
W. G. Gresh
H. Leu
Barrett Township
Ci Marth
Ci Mart‘in
Justice of
Pease
Jay B
Ethel Ifey
Cali P. Martz
Glen Campbell
Anton Kerner
FB. Work
W. N. Jeffries
Emma Pifer
Grant Township
William H. Jones
Canoe Township
S. Householder
I, Long
Bath
Center Township
James N. Stitt
George O. Murray
Harry Hi
Wilson
Glan Pierce
James M. Torrance
Robert §. Woolf
Levant
Crede
Buryville
Mytifa_ Tonewill
Repiatty
Ahind Wara
Kunkle
Second
H. Wl. Buchheit
Frank Ross
Hol
Indiana
Grover RK. Weuting
NM Patrick
Green
Harry Dunmiva
Cance Townships
Mdward N
Lydiel
Cherryhilly
Robert H. Strachan
Johnny Steele
Clymer Bare Pon
Nathibiel Nesbitt
Conemaugh
Lerbark W. Bowser
West Mahoning
Kenneth M. Kier
W. G. Braughoun
Burrell Township
Jo. Brown
Eleetion
Charles L. Bromberick
Thomas IL Sheehe
Wiest
Walter B. Sallis
Wilty
Nata Sevene
Dah B. McDivitt
Margaret McKee
Robinon
Sydonvell Kelly
Aueiter
Olah Mae Iin Dy
Avhugl
Maude Patterson
Saltshore Barough
Levi Houck
Rayne Township
George Vauw Wagner
Biabaile
Lomifler
Dan Reverdey
Hebel
COW
Sebring
Cornell
Hit
Wine
P d
Savich
Kidnappers Escape Police Trap Near La Grange Forest
Kidnappers trapped between four police squad cars doubled back and fled into a forest preserve at La Grange. Officers fired occasional bursts as the pair sprinted. The kidnappers wrecked their small car when a tire blew and fled on foot into the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grange
Public School Opening Scheduled for September 5th
The report notes last year saw 28,170 books circulated and 2,732 borrowed overnight. The high school library maintained a central position in administration, reflecting a focus on modern facilities and student access to reading materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libra
Madoern High School
Three-Year-Old Boy Lisps Tale of Gruesome Act
A local report details a disturbing claim involving a three year old boy and a tale of a gruesome act. Officials referenced a letter allegedly written by Shank offering the Cooleys a fortune to stay silent. The Cooleys resided in a Malvern rooming house amid notes listing local officials and township figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooley
Shank
Cooleys
Malvern
Pythians Plan Home for Aged at Johnstown
Johnstown hosts the six six sixth annual Knights of Pythias convention with Delegate Michael Rosenbloom backing a 860000 home for aged Pythians. Joint sessions of Grand Lodge and Grand Temple proceed as Johnstown is favored as site. Lang chairs judiciary committee. 600 delegates attend. Rose Kyler expected to become grand chief of the Pythian Sisterhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
INS
Michael Rosenbloom
Pittsburgh
Pythians
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias of Pennsylvania
Grand Temple
Pythian Sisterhood
Judiciary Committee
Charles P. Lang
Benjamin Moore
Bellevue
M. Iin
Vandergrift
Rose Kyler
Revivals Baptist Tent Services At Seventh And Locust Streets
Evangelist M. R. Japhet leads the revival meetings in a tent at the corner of Seventh and Locust streets drawing nightly attendance. The campaign emphasizes clear gospel illustration, uses standard evangelism hymns, and invites attendees to bring hymnals. Services run nightly with a Sunday 3 p.m. session, daylight saving time observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh and Locust Streets
M. R. Japhet
C. H. Spurgeon
Stock listings and company names on morning market page
A long roster lists many firms like Allied Chemical American Can American Car Ford GM General Electric General Motors Bethlehem Steel Chrysler DuPont Eastman Kodak International Nickel Coca Cola IBM and more. The fragmented OCR shows numerous tickers and corporate names across industries including railroads oil steel and consumer goods with stray letters and misread segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Chemical American Can
American Car
American Loco
American Smelting
American Tobacco
Anaconda
Atchison T. S. Fy
Atlantic Refining A
Band C. RR
Bethlehem Steel
Canadian Pacific
Ches. and Ohio
Chrysler
Columbia Gas Consolidated Oil
Curtiss-Wright Dupont Eastman Kodak
Eria Railroad
Freeport
Vexas
General Electric
General Motors Int
Nigkle Int
Kelyinutey
Jone Star Gas
Miami Copper
Montgomery Ward
Nash Motor Nat
New York Central
Newspaper Industry Code Gains Approval Amid Wage Rules
The code sets a 40 hour work week for factory and craft workers with a 44 hour cap over six weeks, and minimum weekly wages ranging from $12 to $165 by city size. Apprentices may be up to five percent of staff at 70 percent of scale, with various exemptions for professionals, managers, and emergency work, and a possible publisher stay for hardship pending Recovery Administration review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recovery Administration
Machado family settles in Philadelphia after refugee train stop
Seventeen passengers debarked in Philadelphia as Senora Machado and her relatives plan to stay three or four days. Jose Emilia Obregon praises Philadelphia as quiet and safe for the group, noting past studies and familiarity with the city. He mentions possible seashore rest and dismisses rumors of danger or a missing police chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philadelphia
Senora Machado
Jose Emilia Obregon
Business College
New York
Obregon
Vonenga
Antonia Ainciarte
Havana
Machado
Nassau
Bahamas
C. E. Assembly Opens at Bucknell
The annual Pennsylvania State Christian Endeavor Assembly opened at Bucknell University Lewisburg with a five day series of services. Delegates attended a get acquainted meeting last night and the morning services will run until noon with afternoon recreation planned. Revel Wolford, state president, said night programs would be held all week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
Aanual
Pennsylvania State Christian Endeavor Assembly
Bucknell University
Revel Wolford
The
Christian Endeavor
Gandhi begins death fast in Yerawda jail
Poona India August Gandhi initiates a new fast unto death protesting untouchables plight. He was released then rearrested and sentenced to a year in prison while continuing civil disobedience against British rule. A government ultimatum demanded permission to resume uplift work among untouchables within 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poona
India
INS
Mahatma Gandhi
Yerawda
Gandhi
Reunions and boxing results from August gatherings and bouts
Brown reunion set at W F Brown home near Manor School House on Tuesday August 22 with all welcome. Cribbs Dixon clan reunion at Fair Grounds Saturday August 26, 60c per family. Allison school Washington township reunion Saturday August 26 all invited west of Indiana. Hiram Gibson clan reunion Saturday August 26 at Rustic Lodge half mile north. New York Midget Wolgast NAB flyweight defeats Pete Sanstol in non title bout. Lew Feldman defeats Jerry Mazza in New York featherweight clash. Chicago Laddie Lonelli defeats Andy Di Vodi in welterweight. Los Angeles Max Rosenbloom NAB world light heavyweight champion defeats Dynamite Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wolgast
N. B.A
Pete Sanstol
Norway
Lew Feldman
Jerry Mazza
Laddic ‘Lonelli
Marseilles
Andy di Vodi
Brooklyn
Los Angeles
Max Rosenbloom
Dynamite Jackson
Not Guilty for Jessie Costello in Salem Poison Trial
Jessie Costello is acquitted in a six month drama that gripped Salem and brought the city to the edge of its famed witch town image. The trial exposed a tale of fear, family turmoil, and love, with Jessie denying charges she killed her husband William Costello with poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Brown
Jessie
Foreman
Foreman Campiell
Massachusetts
New England
Salem
Kiven
Edward FP
Pierce
Peabody
William J. Costello
St. Mars's Cemetery
Captain Costello
Costello
Radward J. McMahon
Harris & Pomeroy
Hugh A. Gregg
Essex County
Eddie McMahon
State reports on camp work in Pennsylvania forests
Close to 18 000 CCC enrollees in 88 camps in Pennsylvania forests and game lands are supervised by the Department of Forests and Waters. Foremen and superintendents ensure steady work building roads and trails, constructing fire lines, and expanding recreational areas while thinning woodlands and halting blister rust and beetle infestations. The program aims to have state woodlands better protected and producing more timber when terms end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civilian Conservation Corps
Pennsylvania
Department of Forests and Waters
Penn’s Woods
Former county preacher dead and other notices
Obituaries from Barnesboro and Punxsutawney detail the deaths of Thomas J. Stiffler aged 82 near Emigh, Mrs Elsie Viola Strong of Indiana, William Martin Lyons of Cherryhill township, and Mrs Margaret Doyle Davis of Punxsutawney, with funeral arrangements and survivor lists. The column also notes a concluding line about stars being 40,000 times more radiant than the sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Stiffler
Barnesboro
Emeigh
Uniontown Church
Margaret Doyle Punxsutawnhy
Margaret Davis
John
Bell
Mary Bell
Janks Avenue
Raymond
Bluefield
W. Via
Leonard
Rosa Baker
W. Way
Isabelle Canniey
Jamestown
N. Y
Jenks Avenue
Humke
Circle Hill Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iman
Charley Ross
Cambria Silk
John Birtichowiex
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Union
Wn Wm
Bowman
Wallace Cunningham
Noble F. Fowler
John C. Wells
Fourth
Wm. Helwig
Raymond F. Smith
M.S. Little
George David McClaren
Wm. A. Little
Clark Marshall
Third
Walter BD. Peterman
D. M. Buterbaugh
Minnie M. Buterbaugh
Emma Magens
August Klash
Buttington Township
Louis BD. Philippi
Chavk Davis
Charles J. Grater
CG. J. Condron
Dphbn Lewis
D. A. Elkin
Wm. Cussman
B. OB. Crawford
Homer Weaver
Rye Gracechee
Steve Burtol
Dean Dawson
Hy. RC
Gruen ‘Manonship
Awaon
Ry Conemungh
Ben
Wilknes
Bon Kh. Wilkins
Jusstice of Peace
Clymer Horough
WT. Cunningham
Brushval Jenry dl
Rase
Sehiout Directart
Wheatfield Township
Willant
Lb. Turing
Blairsville
Thrmpton
Ratayd My Smith
W. Pfeiffer
Inspire
T. R. Brilhart
Reb, Davis
J. FP. Murphy
Cherry Tree Borough
Frank Stiles
Suppervisor
CW. Bary
Pine Lownship
A. Wintumine
Ielice
Pesave
Saltzburg
Wil
Phil Ward
Seana
Merle McQuisten
Louis Petho
Jay
Willly Burrell Township No 3
Ald
Sundry
Blairs. Ville
Philip Mobrane
Crauter Lownsby
Felton Sings
White Township
Mil Aressor
Ad Drrmeinet
Inedi
State Theatre
Evangelist Japhet
Au Hy
Ake
Ae Poly
Newspaper Industry
Machados
C. E. Assembly
Bucknell
Frea
Moorhead
Men & Boys
Brown the Brown
W. F. Brown
Manor School House
Last Lights
Witch Town
Francis Rafter
William Clark
Hugh A. Cregg
Ren, David and
Melvin Cook
Roy and
Gerald Smith
Joy Avenue
Blair Strong
Elsie Viola (Clawson) Strong
Indiana Rural Boule No
Frank Clawson
Evangelical Church of Indiana
Howard
Betty
Clifford
Waller
Wayne
Norman
Clyde
Ralph
Lawrence Clawson
Stella Strong
Evangelical
Charles Williams
LB. Rittenhouse
Cherryhill Cemetery
William Martin Lyons
Cherryhill Township
James and
Mary (Martin) Lyons
Cherryhill
Cherry Tree
Brethren Church
Zoe Lyons
W. D. Gibson
Barrackville
W. Va
Ray. Grant Weaver
Manor Cemetery
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!