Pennsylvania aims for New Deal reforms in extra session
Harrisburg reports a draft program for the forthcoming extra session emphasizes relief and unemployment insurance. Democratic admins seek to enact federal program aided measures, a children’s bureau, and an old age pension, while weighing constitutional revision and state debt relief. County sentiment will guide session priorities.
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Harrisburg
Assembly
Department of Justice
George H. Earle
State Emergency Relief Board
Pennsylvania
Children's Bu‘reau
Department of Welfare
Pennsylvana
Woters
Piace
Charles J. Mar‘ Ee
Indiana YMCA Leads Statewide Efforts in Community Programs
An Indiana YMCA report highlights progress in creating effective Y M C A programs without equipment across communities. It notes two bequests totaling nearly $50,000 for a Meadville building, mentions Bethlehem's Provisional Board, and lists district leadership gains in Lock Haven, Canonsburg, and Monessen. The Northwest District shows 2,612 members across four schools and clubs, with High School Bible Study standings and a state-wide rating table for associations from Class A to D, detailing scores for many cities and regions.
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West Chester
Pittston
Coatesville
Allentown
Harrisburg
Erie
Hazleton
Norristown
York
Germantown
Punxeutawney
Raston
Chester
Washington
Williamsport
Titusville
Johnstown
Berwick
Altoona
Pottstown
Tarentum
Hollidaysburg R. R
New Castle
Burnham
New Brighton
Sunbury RR. R
Freeland
Mauch Chunk
Newell R. R
Oil City
Reading
Sewickley
Kane
Franklin
Brookville
Bellwood R. R
Stroudsburg
Wilkes-Barre Col
Milton
New Kensington
Lebanon
Danville
Conhellsville
R. R
Taxpayer Rights Under Partial Payments Deferral
The text excerpt notes that a taxpayer has the same procedural rights as if no tax had been paid and that instead of reviewing the entire tax payment, the department and the taxpayer need only consider the portion def erred by locals. The fragment suggests procedural simplification in tax deferral cases.
Debt of Bethlehem Steel President Grace Hits 5 Million
Washington dispatch reports Eugene G Grace president of Bethlehem Steel owed the company 5 264 079 as of December 31 1934. The Securities and Exchange Commission released debt data on officers tied to stock purchases totaling 130 910 shares made at roughly market price with installment arrangements. Other names listed include S A Buck Hugh Bent R E McMath P Mackall F A Shick Z H Ward W A Brown J P Bender and O R H Sehlotiman with balances ranging from 60 000 to 1 508 196 dollars. The filing notes Grace received 180 000 for 1934 services while Charles Schwab got 250 000. additional compensation figures include 80 000 for Bent and Buck and 75 000 for Mackall.
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Washington
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Securities Commissianr
Grace
Commission
Cleas
Deg. Si
A. Buck
Hugh Bent
R. E. McMath
P. Mackall
F. A. Shick
Z. H. Ward
W. A. Brown
J. P. Bender
Or. H. Sehlotiman
W. H. Johnstone
Charles M. Schwab
Quincy Bent
C. Austin Buck
Paul Mackall
Harris calls for reform to restrict candidate and party formation
State Senator Frank J. Harris urged Governor Earle to include election law reforms in the special session. He argued current law allows too easy formation of parties with few signatures, leading to orphaned parties and risking overloading voting machines with limited capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Frank J. Harris
Earle
Aged Woman Struck as Car Skids on Highway
Mrs Barilebaugh, age, attempted to cross as a car coming from the rear swerved to avoid her. The auto skidded and a rear fender hit the pedestrian. The driver took her to her home and notified highway patrol.
Gunman Ryan at Towanda arrested after taxi driver hijack
Harrisburg dispatch reports Francis Ryan, the sought gunman linked to a Towanda station holdup and taxi driver kidnapping, was captured after a chase near Towanda while a colleague Shaffer escaped. Police intensified searches in coal regions and northern Pennsylvania. Bertha Shaffer is named in connections. Bloom, a state trooper, was wounded in earlier incidents.
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Shickshinny i
David
Shafter
Mat
Ryan
Wsreen
Shaffer
Shamokin
Bertha
William Bloom
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Towanda
Francis Ryan
Dave Shaffer
Bradford County
Hazleton
Buck hunting king crowned in 1835 season report
Andy McGinney of DuBois wears the crown after bringing down a 200 pound dressed buck with a fifteen-point rack during Tuesday afternoon in the Fort Pitt Hunting Club area between Emporium and St Marys. An Indians family records multiple first day bucks in Center county near Port Matilda.
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Tony Paresi
Jeffries
Medix
Andy McGinness
DuBois
Fort Pitt
Emporium
St. Mary's
McGinney
Homer Bagley
Ronald Bagley
Raymond
Center County
Port Matilda
Bagley
Deer harvest and jail standoff feature in Franklin and Potter counties
On opening day 15 legally killed deer were found in Franklin County with two given to the Waynesboro Welfare Association and the rest sent to Chambersburg for Christmas needy distribution. In Potter County Edward Dawley, jailed 274 days for training law violations, hid in a cabin until officers smoked him out with a boarded chimney work then surrendered with a shotgun at his head. he was convicted of possessing 25 muskets and two mink skins.
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Chambersburg
Franklin County
Waynesboro Welfare Association
Coudersport
Edward Dawley
Potter County
Dawley
Justice of Peace
Fred Clark
Mennonite Miners Union Pact Endorsed By District Leader
The Mennonite Miners Union pact grew from a United Mine Workers push to organize two counties for a 100 percent closed shop. James Mark, president of UMW District No. 2, called the plan a bridge over long standing grievances and a solution to a nationwide problem, predicting it will be a historic forward step in his career.
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Guffey
James Mark
Italy plans and oil embargo fears in Ethiopia conflict
Italian sources warn that Britain and France debate Ethiopian borders while Mussolini seeks to avoid new oil sanctions. Rome weighs fuel shortages and substitutes as the United States could meet Italy's emergency needs, with Ethiopia’s war expanding due to economic penalties.
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A. E. Stuntz
Associated Press
Rome
League of Nations
United States
Italy
League
Ialy
Ethiopia
Postal ruling on utilities and mail use upheld
Postmaster General Farley ruled that holding companies refusing to register under the New Deal utility law will not be barred from mail use “at least” until the Supreme Court decides the act's validity. The decision centers on the status of mail service for unregistered utility concerns in Washington Des Moines area.
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Washington
Des
Farley
Supreme Court
Realtors Heard New Revision Plea at Harrisburg
Oscar G. Bender Philadelphia attorney urged constitutional revision at the Pennsylvania Real Estate Association's 15th annual convention in Harrisburg. He called for an education campaign and supported changes to allow a married woman to mortgage property without husband consent, limit mortgagor liability to the real estate, and remove personal liability on bonds.
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Harrisburg
Oscar G. Bender
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Real Estate Association
Bender
Noted Sayre Man ACquitted in Manslaughter Case
In Towanda on December 5 a jury acquitted Thomas P. Maney of Sayre of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Constable Fred E. Saegers but convicted him for failure to stop after the April auto accident. The 80 year old man from Orlando Florida faced a possible sentence tomorrow. the verdict carries a $1000 fine or three years in jail. Maney denied striking Saeger and witnesses testified a hat and spectacles were found on his car’s radiator and a car passenger said the vehicle “hit something” near the death site.
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Towanda
Thomas P. Maney
Sayre
Orlando
Fla
Fred £. Saegers
Maney
Saeger
Jacob Grell
New Securities Over-Subscribed in Treasury Offer
Secretary Morgenthau announced the December Treasury issue was massively oversubscribed, with 4.52 million dollars in subscriptions for 900 million dollars in new securities.Subscriptions reached 2.034 billion for 10 to 12 year 3 percent bonds and 2.486 billion for five year 11 1/2 percent notes.
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Washington
Morgentiau
Treasury
Pittsburgh pays raises to 54 workers after court order
In Pittsburgh a court order restoring a 10 percent cut to 54 employees brings retroactive increases totaling 21000 dollars as of January 1 while about 2000 other workers remain on pay limits. The city council weighs Foreign Trade Zone Board survey funding.
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Pittsburgh
Titusville
Pennsylvania Railroad
William Dow
Oil Creek
Dow
Johnstown
Jane Griffin
Foreign Trade Zone Board
Portage
Patton
Levy Brothers
New York
Jeannette
Charles A. Goble
Renovo
Nathan T. Yingling
Westover
Clearfield County
Highway Patrol Expansion Moves Forward in Harrisburg
Harrisburg December 6 Governor Marie will expand the Highway Patrol by adding 190 patrolmen, bringing total strength to about 840. The expansion aims to broaden highway safety efforts and speed traffic law enforcement. An executive board and highway safety council subcommittee approved the plan today.
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Harrisburg
Capitol
Marie
Highway Patrol
Earle
Highway Safety Council
Grand Lodge Masons elect new officers in Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania State Grand Lodge of Masons announced the election of John A. Lathwood of Pittsburgh as Junior Grand Warden. Harold N. Rust of Wilkes-Barre will install successor Otto R. Helligman as Grand Master on December 27, with staff including Robert R. Lewis and William H. Brehm. J Somers Smith and John A. Perry elected Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary, Perry serving 43 years. A Masonic homes committee includes Hershey, Leiby, Goodyear, Frantz, Hartman, Snyder, and Berger.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania State Grand Lodge of Masons
John A. Lathwood
Pittsburgh
Otto R. Helligman
Harold N. Rust
Wilkes- Barre
Robert
Harrisburg
Samuel M. Goodyear
Carlisle
Howard C. Frantz
Huntingdon
Frank G. Hartman
Lancaster
William S. Snyder
Andrew B. Berger
Ambush of hunting party ends in death near Tamarack
Hazleton Joseph Qpillo Freeland Silk Workers Union president posted 2500 bail after arrest for inciting a riot at Hazleton Silk Company mill. In Lansford Joseph Cadden of Mauch Chunk jailed for jury tampering as juror Anna Latham testified about attempted influence. Reading Albert Hammake reports car theft but withdraws claim after Frank Mengle arrives with explanation of mistaken car.
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Tamarack
Hazleton
Joseph
Qpillo
Freeland
Freeland Silk Workers Union
Hazleton Silk Company
Lansford
Joseph Cadden
Mauch Chunk
Anna Latham
George Horn
Albert Hammake
Frank Mengle
Franco British peace proposals elicit faint Italian response
Cold silence greeted Premier Laval's push for Rome to indicate negotiation terms. Diplomatic circles say Franco British ideas were not fixed peace plans but suggestions to avert Mussolini's outright rejection, with reports signaling Mussolini's possible reaction remains unclear.
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Laval
Rome
Mussolini
Forgotten Woman Divorce Case Reveals Name
In Oakland, Russell Giard seeks a divorce and recalls little about his wife. County Clerk Wade learns the bride’s name is Pauline Fountaine from San Francisco, tied to license number 59332. The item mixes quirky blurbs from Tulsa and Milwaukee with rough snapshots of odd tales.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Calif
Russell &. Giard
Los Ang Leles
G.E. Wade
Pauline Fountaine
San Francisco
Miners Seek 18 Percent Wage Hike In Turbulent Convention
Pennsylvania anthracite miners gathered at the Tri-district Wage Convention of the United Mine Workers introducing sixteen resolutions urging an 18 percent wage increase due to monetary inflation and crop destruction. The move, backed by local unions, aims to take effect next April after the current six year pact ends, amid debates on labor politics and fears of fascism.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Nations
Keystone
Shenandoah
St. Nicholas
Cession and frontier changes amid Ethiopian Italian talks
The report outlines cession of a Eritrean seaport to Ethiopia and frontier shifts near Tigre Province affecting Aksum, plus Ethiopian plans to expand southward into Ogaden and adjacent areas. It notes compromises between French and British positions and Rome's oil and fuel policy amid impending sanctions. British naval movements toward the Atlantic are discussed as possible diplomacy signals. A royal decree enforces secrecy on Italy’s finances and League of Nations sanctions.
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Ethiopia
Mussolini
Tigre
Ogaden
Haile Selassie
TW Duce
Europe
Laval
Rome
Italy
Eritrea
Ethio
Ak“sum
Mary
United States
Italy's Oil Imports, But Could, If It Desired, Meet Oul Ialy
London
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Libya
Scheduling Conflicts Between Indiana Teachers College and High School
Sportscer Merle Agnello discusses repeated home game clashes between Indiana State Teachers College and Indiana High School football. He argues for coordinated scheduling to benefit both groups, noting financial disparities and the student activity ticket system. He urges the college to consider the high school’s interests and suggests joint home games when possible.
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Merle Agnello
Indiana State Teachers College
Indiana High School
Co-r Operative Association
State Teachers College
Fifth Street
Unconfirmed 1936 High School Schedule Rumors Surface
An editor notes the writer's bias toward collective goals over individuals. A rumored nine game 1936 schedule includes Der ry Borough Apollo Ebensburg Punxsutaw ney Blairsville Homer City with Open dates, and Coach Miller has not finalized I. S. T. C. plans, though a longer schedule with stronger opponents is hinted.
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Derry Borough
Apollo
Ebensburg
Punxsutawney
Blairsville
Homer City
Miller
Thanksgiving Guests and Local Social Notes Across Town
Mr and Mrs Welcome Rice and son John Mary Rice and Edgar Rice of Connecticut were guests of their brother John on Thanksgiving Orson Rice returned home with his sons to spend the winter months Martha Bowers visited her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Campbell of Brushvalley Edgar Campbell of Dilltown and Mae Fetterman of Alverda called on Mrs Bessie Bowers Wednesday evening Sherd Bowers received a severe cut on his head while falling a tree on a road job where he is employed Delbert Dominy visited his grand Parents Mr and Mrs W H Wolfe Sunday Chalmers Decker called on Clark Bowers Saturday Mrs Roy Black was a Penn Run caller Saturday Five very large deer were seen twice this week crossing the Cameron farm The youngsters of this vicinity are enjoying the snow immensely by sled riding Mr and Mrs Carl Frank and son Bobby called on Mae Cochrane Sunday evening
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Welcome Rice
John
Mary Rice
Edgar Rice
Connecticut
Orson Rice
Martha Bowers
Delbert Dominy
W. H. Wolfe
Chalmers Decker
Clark Bowers
Roy Black
Cameron Farm
Carl Frank
Bobby
Mae Cochrane
Clark Getty
Indiana Hospital
Doyle Huey
Emeigh
Emma Berkey
Dilltown
N. A. Raleigh
Purchase Line
Roy Friel
Gipsy
Butterbaugh
Harry Spicher
al Grumbling
Our Town
Betty George
Johnstown
Stoner
Tom Macracken
Clawson
Nashville
Clarence Cull
Turtle Creek
Kyle Spichler
Aline Rank
Bessie Huey
Lawson Martz
Glen Campbell
Jim Farrell
Indiana
Farrell
Craig Knapp
Murray
Helen Shank
Taylorsville
Bernice Cassidy
Creekside News Roundup From Indiana High School Weekend
A flurry of local social activity includes Indiana High School dramatic plays Friday and Saturday. Mrs. George Cravener and Mrs. Elmer Carney are mentioned. The Buffingtons of Pittsburgh visited Mrs. Buffington and Mr. Nesbit over Thanksgiving. Hunts and honeymoons, sled riding, and family gatherings fill holiday notes. Frank Wilson remains under a doctor’s care, and Henry Faith shows slow improvement.
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Indiana High School
George Cravener
Elmer Carney
Indiana
Buffngton
Pittsburgh
Buffington
George Nesbit
Hood
Russel Coleman
Mr. Coleman
Frank Wilson
Henry Faith
Local Briefs from Aistsdale and Nearby Areas
Indiana Hospital patient Mrs. Clark Getty is reported improving. Several locals, including Mr and Mrs Doyle Huey, visited Emeigh, and Miss Betty George of Johnstown stayed with Mrs Stoner. Residents traveled to the mountains for a deer season morning hunt.
Hauptmann Risked Delay in Electric Chair Says Journal
The Evening Journal reports Gov Harold Hoffman of New Jersey possesses new information that could delay or save Bruno Richard Hauptmann from execution for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. A private investigation is said to be ongoing with Ellis Parker frequently visiting Trenton, though details and the investigator’s name were not disclosed. Hauptmann remains far from the electric chair.
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New York
The
Evening Journal
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
the Journal
United States Supreme Court
Governor Hoffman
Ellis Parker
Burlington County
N. J
Trenton
Journal
Hauptmann
Market Snapshot of Major Stocks and Percentages However
A condensed list of leading stocks across sectors appears with intraday codes and a single 21 percent figure. Major chemical, steel, and energy firms show broad activity while utilities and consumer goods names align with mixed trades. The closing quotation shows a notable 21 percent reference among the many tickers listed.
Report and Return of the Sale of Delinquent Taxes Indiana County
The Report of the County Treasurer on Sales for Delinquent Taxes for 1933 and prior years has been presented to the Court on December 2, 1935 and dated December 7, 1935. Exceptions may be filed within sixty days after the Return. otherwise the Report will be confirmed.
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Nonich
Indiana County
Court of Common Plesg
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