Legal assaults on new laws
Washington dispatch reports that the National Association of Manufacturers has advised members two key laws may be unconstitutional: the unemployment insurance tax in the social security bill and Wagner act provisions extending federal authority to manufacturing. A third challenge concerns the Guffey canal control bill.
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William S. Neal
Washington
Roosevelt
National Association of Manufacturers
Nct
Manufacturers’ Association
Federal District Court
Supreme Court
Emergence of Republican Nomination Possibilities
Washington reports three leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination emerging from uncertainty. Gov. Alfred M. Landon of Kansas, Sen. Borah of Idaho, and Col. Frank Knox of Chicago loom large, with other hopefuls like Vandenberg, Dickinson, Steiner, and Fish in a sprawling field. Hoover’s noncandidate stance may still shape the contest as delegates prepare for the 1936 convention.
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Washington
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Wm. Be, Borah
Idaho
Fone Wolf
Coronel Frank Knox
Chicago
Vandenberg
Michigan
Dickinson
Iawa
Steiner
Oregon
Hamilton Fish
New York
Lowden Wood
Johnson
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Revival closes as Taylorsville crusade draws crowds
Christian American Crusade in Taylorsville hosts closing services with Evangelist T LeRoy Muir speaking on Waves Stilled and Maniacs Cured Tonight at 7 45 p m Chorus and choir perform. Afternoon topics include The Marching Hosts of Europe and Where Is Mussolini Going President Goes West. Thousands attended July and August urging attendance. revivals also ongoing at Homer City Mission with Rev Baker and musicians Russell Clinger and Rey Baker. Services listed nightly 7 30 p m Sundays 2 40 and 7 30 p m.
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Taylorsville
T. LeRoy Muir
Grove
Aftornoon
Europe
Mussolini
Homer City Mission
Baker
Russell Clinger
Rey
Tricky Race Plane Fatal To Allen
The report details a fatal race plane incident during a non stop dash to Cleveland. Miss Cochran landed at Kingham Arizona after refueling with 90 gallons of gasoline while fog delayed the start. The field halted early as Earhart Hunt and Howard departed, with Leonard and Turner following soon after and Thaw Ortman and Cochran lifting off later. Bendix had posted a prize of 10,000 dollars for the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Cochran
Kingham
Ariz
Roy Hunt
Benny Howard
Royal Leonard
Turner
Leonard
Russell Thaw
Earl Ortman
Mrs. Cochran
Cleveland
Bendix
Transcontinental air race opens with Bendix trophy purses
In Cleveland for the 1036 national air races six top contenders chase the Bendix trophy and a chance to beat Roscoe Turner’s record. Amelia Earhart and other famed aviators fly from Los Angeles toward New York as a $12,500 purse and a $2,900 bonus motivate the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon W. Schloss
J. N.S
Cleveland, Q
INS
Los Angeles
Ruth Chatterton
Akron
Cleveland
Screen Star
New York
Roscoe
Turner
Amelia Earhart
America
Sitwpman
Benny Howard
Union Air Terminal
Gireraf
Magine Aces
Quantico
Doug Davis
Georgia Bendix
Rage Association
Army
Shawnee Dam Support Promised Amid Preliminary Report Anticipation
Local discussions reveal expected financial backing for the Shawnee Dam Project. A preliminary report from Cambria County is due soon, with many supporters listing names including George Lindsey, J. M. Davis, Pete Salley, Lawrence J. Rodger, Romeo Rossi, and numerous others backing the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambria County
George Lindsey
J. M. Davis
Pete Salley
Lawrence JL. Rodger
Romeo Rossi
Frank Furginelo
Battisti Gaspare
Tony Pino
Pete Plaza
Lorenzo Snelli
Carlo Chiappelli
Sam Taran
R.A. Buckshaw
Eugene Elliott
Harry Denoy
Frank Stupie
Scott Keirn
B. & A. Adams
Jack Davidson
Pete Corisini
Virgil Gimslry
Ray Lockard
Alex Dinsmore
W. A. Dinsmore
J. E. McCormick
Harry Weaver
Fred E. Bass
George J.tatarko
Alex Jusko
Gerald Croyle
J. A. Donahue
Carl M. Kirker
H. McArdle
John R. Babjak
John Bablak
Mike Drop, Jr
John Salley
Mrs. C. Balog
Mite Wanchisa
Tair
Sam Terlion
Frank Manyak
Walter Friday
Joseph Deriza
Louie Joe Staple
Mike Burlok
Williard Conerby
A. L. Lindsey
5. M. Funaris
Tony Rataf
Louis Drahnak
Wm. Jackson
Earnest Johnson
Mariano Moro
Dr. J. Margolis
John Pribust
Charles Gundy
Pete Holuta
Wash Holuta
Harry Novotney
Thomas
Young Township Announces 1935 36 Teaching Staff
The following teachers will begin the 1935 36 term in Young Township schools on Tuesday September 3 McIntyre Julia Zacur Indiana Mary Reed Reynoldsville Kathryn McClintock Indiana and Paul Stuchell McIntyre Coal Run Helen Jones Indiana Naomi Ortner Indiana Ruth Miller Indiana Mia Mary Speedy Clarksburg Virginia Fulton West Lebanon Imogene Sanderlin W B Miller Indiana Michael Gordon Indiana Iselin Mary Rosensteel Edel Virginia Harvey Edin Mary Pilkington Mildred Romesburg Indiana Charlotte Rosensteel Edin Alice McGillick Blairsville Joseph Henderson Edii and W T Hart Iselin Rural McKisson S F Boden Indiana New Athens Lowell Abler Indiana Sloan Alex Kunkle West Lebanon Watson Marie Wilson Avonmore R D Elder No 1 Mrs Helen Streams Indiana Elder No 2 Lillian Allshouse West Lebanon Kennedy Cynthia Cribbs Clarksburg.
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Young Township
McIntyre
Julia Zacur
Indiana
Mary Reed
Reynoldsville
Kathryn McClintock
Paul Stuchell
Coal Run
Helen Jones
Naomi Ortner
Ruth Miller
Mia
Mary Speedy
Clarksburg
Virginia Fulton
West Lebanon
Imogene Sanderlin
W. B. Miller
Michael Gordon
Iselin
Mary Rosensteel
Edel
Virginia Harvey
Edin
Mary Pilkington
Mildred Romesburg
Charlotte Rosensteel
Alice McGillick
Blairsville
Joseph Henderson
Edii
W. T. Hart
Helen Streams
Lillian Allshouse
Kennedy
Cynthia Cribbs
Brussels Mourns Astrid Funeral Draws European Leaders
Belgium grieves as Astrid’s funeral gathers a vast European attendance. Queen Elizabeth travels from Italy while Sweden’s Carl and Ingeborg arrive by air. Crowds line streets as flags fly half mast and shops close in days of mourning.
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Switzerland
Astrid
Sweden
Elizabeth
Albert
Brussels
Italy
Prince Carl
Ingebard
Stockholm
Europe
Alexander
Yugoslavia
Great Britain
Maly
Scandinavian
Japan
President signs soft coal bill creates new price and wage rules
The bill, sponsored by Senator Neely and supported by John L. Lewis, establishes a three member Bituminous Coal Commission to oversee NRA provisions, study production in soft coal fields, and retire submarginal land. It divides West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois into districts for price control, sets district wage schedules, and allows miners to bargain collectively through district boards reporting to the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Neely
West Virginia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Senate
NRA
Ohio
Indiana
Ulasis
Middle West
East
Commission
Screen star leads cross country race from Los Angeles
The event kicked off from Los Angeles at noon with the screen star sponsor of the race leading the competitors across the country. She is described as an avid air tyre and paced contestants along the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thusiasts
Los Angeles
Key witnesses guarded in slaying case near Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on August 30 detectives guarded remaining key witnesses in the Martha Westwood murder case after the death of George Matuza, the Commonwealth's witness. Matuza, a 48 year old Croatian steel worker, died in a forging plant machine in an apparent accident. District Attorney Park weighed making Matuza's police statement public as murder charges against James J. Westwood and Tim Drexler loomed. Bertha Westwood defended her father’s innocence after visiting him in jail, calling Matuza’s death providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Martha Westwood
George Matuza
Commonwealth
Matuza
Coraopolis
Majuza
Andrew ‘I. Park
Park
Justice of the Peace
James J. Westwood
McKees Rocks
Tim Drexler
Monaghan
Westwood
Bertha Westwood
Squire
Brallier Doctored in Conemaugh After Edging to Practice
Dr Brallier trained at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Medical College, practiced in Conemaugh from 1802 at 322 Railroad Street, later 312 Greeve Street, served as Pennsylva nia Railroad surgeon, and led local health boards. Widowed twice, no children, survived by siblings.
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Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Philadelphia
Medico-Chirurgical College
State Board
Brallier
Samaritan Hospital
Johnstown
Railroad Street
Conemaugh
Greeve Street
Emma Hislock Pfau
Joseph Bruce
Eliza Jane (Stauffer) Hillock
Lancaster
Mary Gertrude Brannon
Andrew H
Anna Harrison (Auchmuty) Brannon
Te Cambria County Medical Society
The
Pennsylvania Medical Society
American Medical Society
Elks Lodge No. 175
Patriotic Sons of America
Protected Home Circle
Woodmen For the World
Johnstand
Pennsylvania Society of New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Board of Health
Last Polygamist Colony Is Kingdom For Little Children
Gordon Gordon reports from Last Polygamist Colony in Arizona where hundreds of children grow up under polygamous beliefs. The remote town of Short Creek lacks electricity and telephones as Mojave County faces charges of open cohabitation while locals defend their religious right to multiple marriages and child-centered doctrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Gordon Gordon
Arizona
T. N.S
I. N.S
Short Creek
Ariz
UNS
Lttle
Mojave
E. Elmo Bollinger
Kingman
Balbo Home to Lead War Game in Eritrea
Balbo travels to a key command post to direct war game planning for the Ethiopian campaign. Dispatches note influential Ethiopian circles doubt war will proceed but threaten to seek maximum concessions until the last minute. They claim Italian troops in Africa are needed to occupy ceded territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balbo
Tloned
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Haly
Italy
Treasury prepares to resist silver bloc attack in Congress
Washington on Aug 30 treasury officials charged Wall Street speculators with attempting to discredit the governments silver policy. The McCarran bill to repeal the 50 percent silver tax and the nationalization policy will be pending in Congress. A three month campaign to sway public sentiment for it will be waged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wall Street
Treasury
McCarran
Congress
Lindbergh Baby Case Prints May Be Compared
A defense bid to reroute the Lindbergh baby murder case hinges on matching prints from the nursery with those from a Long Island baby adopted by a local couple. State police say the Long Island case was checked shortly after the kidnapping and the infant was not the Lindbergh child. In Pittsburgh, an affidavit charges violations of federal political assessment laws as a candidate seeks a federal grand jury probe in Allegheny County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
America
John J. Lamb
New Jersey
Pittsburgh
INS
U.S
Former Beaver County Judge James S Wilson Dies
James Sharpe Wilson 12, a veteran Beaver county judge and former president judge from 1895 to 1906, died at his Point Chautauqua summer home from heart trouble. Born in Franklin township in 1662, he later practiced law privately after serving on the bench. Salvation Army to hear Salegiver sisters sing and Rev Herbert Mountain speak on Jonah and the Whale at 8. U.S. stamp taxes paid on over 45,350,000 packs of playing cards from 1933 to 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson S. Watt
Phoenix
Dayton
William
Sarah Watt
Rosella Bennett
Stso
Mr. Watt
Charles
James
Bert Orf
James Brink
New Kensington
Harry Gearhart
Smicksburg
Irvin Cochran
North Point
Carl Lloyd
Loop
William Beam
Luthersburg
Daylish
Zion Church
Rowland
Zion Cemetery
Beaver
James Sharpe Wilson
Beaver County
Point Chautauqua
Franklin Township
Salvation Army
Salegiver Sisters
Herbert Mountain
U.S
New Labor Day Program With Parade and Rides in Indiana
A detailed schedule for Indiana's Junior Day Celebration outlines a 9:00 a.m. parade starting at B and O Station with floats led by Burgess Lichteberger, music by the Crabtree Band, and a welcome address by Lichteberger. Activities include parachute jumps by Mike Bigam McIntyre, speeches by John Ghizzoni and James Mark, a 4:15 p.m. ball game, children contests, noon and evening meals, concerts by Clymer Band and Yodeling Hank's Hill Billies, dancing, fireworks at 9:30, and continuous amusements, with meals and refreshment stands throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Street
Fifth
Filthin School
School
Wayne Avenue
Seventh Street
Fair Grounds
Grand Stand
Burgess B. H. Lichteberger
Crabtree
Burgess Lichteberger
Eddie Sams
Mike Bigam McIntyre
Lucerne Mines
John Ghizzoni
James Mark
Thomas Kennedy
Pennsylvania
International U.M. W
Hank's Hill Billies
Greensburg
A. & P. League
Ernest Grays
Ernest
Indiana
Clymer
M. A. Musmanno
Pittsburgh
Musmanno
Me Agricultural Hall
Grove
Merino
Brady
Pumpkin Threshers
Pennsylvania Railroad opens cash on delivery service
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced a new cash on delivery option to extend its door to door less-than-carload freight service starting in September. The feature targets small and medium businesses, allowing merchants to broaden sales area without extra facilities or credit risk with distant consignors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Treasury balance report shows Aug 28 figures
Washington Aug 30 Treasury balance as of Aug 28 stood at 1 514 974 358 49 dollars with miscellaneous internal revenue 6 097 060 12 dollars and customs receipts 33 624 082 94 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Treasury
Central District Volunteer Firemen Parade Ends Lewistown Meeting
A mammoth parade through Lewistown marked the close of the Central District Volunteer Firemen’s Association convention. Awards totaling 1200 dollars went to Punxsutawney for 1994 honors and Tyrone for top prizes, with multiple groups earning recognition for dress, distance, and apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Central District
Lion
Punxsutawney
Tyrone
Pungsutawney
Punxautawney
Punxsulawney
Smethport
Lemont Conscerts
Lemont
Centre County
Portage American Legion
Burnham
Lock Haven Citizens Fire Company
Clearfeld
du Bois
Four Injured In Motor Crashes In Indiana
Two separate early morning crashes left four people injured in Indiana. Martha Robieo, 12, of near Livermore and George Williams, 24, of Tunnellon, were admitted to Indiana Hospital with non life threatening injuries after a turn misjudgment crashed their car into a wooden bridge. Williams suffered severe facial lacerations while Robieo injured her back. In a second crash on the Benjamin Franklin Highway near Clymer road East Pike district, Mrs H J Robertson, 29, and Jeanne Van Dien, both of South Bend, were treated and released for facial and leg lacerations respectively after a head on collision caused by Tony Ratay Jr. of near Penn Rup swerving. Ratay faces reckless driving charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon-Parkwood Road
Indiana Station
Martha Robieo
Livermore
George Williams
South Bend
Ind
H. J. Robertson
Jeanne VanDien
Benjamin Franklin Highway
East Pike
Clymer Road
Indiana Hospital
Penn Rup
Robertson
Raley
Ratays
Payday for Guardsmen at Indiana Gap Camp
Aug 30 at Indiana Gap. About 12,000 Pennsylvania and Maryland National Guard members received pay. Privates got $14 from the federal government plus about $7 from the state for their peacetime encampment duties. The event included equipment handling and rehearsals with 3,000 U S army regulars. Homeward departures to begin by tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Mt. Gretna
Buck
Sam
Attaks
Religion urged as cure for world evils at Catholic day
Bishop John J. McCort urged religion as the cure for world evils in Johnstown at the first annual Catholic day observance. He cited European trends as a basis for reviving strict church doctrine. The Rt. Rev. Mons. Fulion, Sheen, Wash, attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
John J. McCort
Alatoona
Europe
McCort
Mons
Fulion
Sheen
Wash
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Michael
Teressa Florio
Sara Gagliardi
Dominic
Murray Dyeing and Cleaning Company
Joseph Vilelli
Louis Pedro
Roxie Mayo
SS. C. D
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Anchise Innocenti
Stafford
Clearfield Hospital
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Lebanon
Peter
Fred
Emma
Agnes Corsini
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Nancy Casseri
Bethel
Attavio Innocenti
Emergnh
St. Elizabeth Catholic Church
Gordor
Mojave County
Lindy
Beaver Codies
Indiana Gazette
Central Labor Union
Parxsutawney
Indiana Motor Co
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