Clearfield Grange Wins Rural Play Tournament Title
The Susquehanna Grange of Clearfield County won the fifth annual district rural drama contest at Indiana High School. About 1,000 watched eliminations between Indiana and Clearfield counties with judges naming Dead Expense as winner. The play by Margaret Bland is a one act comedy about a Georgia mountaineer family. The win earns a spot in the State Farm Show Contest in Harrisburg in late January 2020.
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Susquehanna Grange
Clearfield County
Indiana High School
Indiana
Clearfield
Harry Hager
Francis Martin
Alta Thomas
Johnstown
Indiana County
Myers Literary Society
Center Township
Peeler Dramatics Club
Armstrong Township
Bigler U. P
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Chearfield County
Margaret Bland
Georgia
Sally
Nannie
Stryeeeea
Irene Bloom
Frank Wise Ue
Lee Sally
Serato
Kathryn Shubert Mannie
Harold Mano
O. D. Gearhart
Harmony Orchestra
Burnside
Home Grange
J. I. McElhoes
Stream Pollution Project for Indiana
Stream pollution plan covers multiple Pennsylvania counties revealing 15 000 miles of streams in affected sub divisions with 10 000 miles badly polluted by mine drainage. WPA and Health Service oversee sealing to protect drinking waters and recreation. About 450 workmen plus foremen clerks and supervisors to be employed.
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Clarion
Jefferson
Indiana
Elk
Cameron
Clearfield
Cambria
Blair
Bradford
Huntington
Centre
Clinton
WPA
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Pennsylvania
United States Public Health Service
Jones
Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin in Expansion Move
Jones and Laughlin plan a expansion and invest about 1500 in new equipment to be used on 28000 worth of cars ordered by the railroad last week. The firm remains the largest steel company maintaining its identity.
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Jones and Laughlin
Graceton Pupils Do Good Work
Graceton school lists November averages of 82 or better for a large group of pupils led by Evelyn Turlick and Helen Supko. The roll includes many students across grades proving strong scholastic effort and steady achievement for the month.
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Graceton
Graceton School
Evelyn Turlick
Helen Supko
Agnes Zichn
Mary Gilbert
Anne Rura
Mer Dha Horrell
Bertha Gazza
Mike Kronowska
Anna Yedinak
Joe Karepte
Edward Gnibus
Margaret Debrovich
Oma Conrad
Matilda Ulliny
Mary Karpee
Edith Ferrara
Joe Repka
Pete Repko
Jack Winter
Mike Bender
Marilyn Phillippi
Edward A
Joe Herbik
Mary Seleck
Matilda Vilcek
Margaret Kuzma
Jennie Koren
Eileen Johnston
John Kunkle
Anna Petrovich
Carl Carney
John Chango
Alice Povlick
Irene Gilbert
David Taylor
Edward Smatana
Jennie Serock
Pauline Skoff
Kenneth McGinity
Esther Davis
Rosella Ferrara
John Smoles
Catherine Hogas
Andy Kaleta
Agnes Usko
Helen Kura
Nellie Zerbuni
Dorothy Ensminger
Wincie Hranitz
Jeanne Faircchild
Mary Kundia
Frances Ferrara
Louise Melarney
Thelma Duncan
Frank Michna
Sophie Vilcbeck
Nick Ribovich
Bart Vileek
Stella Golinsky
Charles Horrell
Richard Blehar Thomas Smith
Anna Smeek
Martha Roudebush
Dorothy Ghizzoni
Sue Baynie
Margaret Barna
Pittsburgh Steel Plans New Strip and Sheet Mill
The enterprise announces a long awaited entry into strip and sheet production after a comprehensive study showing demand. The $25 million mill will likely be near the current Pittsburgh plant, creating thousands of jobs during construction and operation. Financing also includes retiring $5.248 million from 1909 bonds, funding for a 44 inch blooming mill, a four high cold reducing mill upgrade at Aliquippa, and other capital expenditures totaling about $3 million.
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Pittsburgh
Aliquippa
Former Indiana Woman Burned in Latrobe Crash
Miss Donnelly, a Latrobe gym teacher and civic leader, died in a highway collision near Greensburg after her car left the road on a snowy night. The wreck involved Sanford and an Ohio-bound party. a fire started from a gas tank rupture. Patrolman Munson investigated. the Donnelly family were prominent in Latrobe civic and church work. Kate Sedgwick Gessler Donnelly, born Indiana 1864, had served as registrar of vital statistics and held multiple Catholic and civic roles.
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Falion Company
Bis
Munson
Somerset
Troop, B
State Highway Patrol
Sanford
Ohio
Greensburg
Centrol
Donnelly
Pittsburgh
Donnelly Machine
Miss Donnelly
Latrobe High _ school
Latrobe
Latrobe and Vicinity
Wark
Indiana
Charles A. Cressler
Hannah (Hargrave) Gessler
Kate Sedgwick Gessler
Mr. Donnelly
Indiana Musical Club
Camp reductions reduce CCC projects in Shelocta area
The Third Corps area headquarters reports cuts in Civilian Conservation Corps projects from 2428 to 2078 before January 16. Four camps including No 8 at Shelocta are slated for discontinuance, with three more camps in Virginia and Maryland canceled. The Shelocta camp, started six months ago, has 200 men. work continues in Rayne township where the soil program began last summer. More than 20 men from that area will transfer to Shelocta, and two Maryland and one Virginia reservations are also slated for cancellation.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Shelocta
Third Corps
Director of Emergency Conservation Work
Washington
Virginia
Soil Conservation
Rayne Township
Maryland
Virginia Military Reservation
CCC
Latrobe woman remembered with funeral plans
Surviving are four sons and a daughter Thomas Donnelly of Latrobe Joseph Charles and Paul and Miss Katharine Donnelly all of Latrobe She was a sister of Mrs E W Sally DeVere of Sacramento Calif Miss Carrie and Miss Fanny Gessler and Charles and Paul Gessler all of Indiana and Clyde Gessler of Pitcairn Funeral services will be conducted at 8 a m Wednesday in Holy Family Church in Latrobe and interment will be made in Latrobe Catholic Cemetery.
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Thomas Donnelly
Ligonier
Joseph
Charles
Paul
Katharine Donnelly
La_trobe
E.W
Sally) DeVere
Sacramento
Calif
Carrie
Fanny
Gessler
Paul Gessler
Indiana
Clyde Gessler
Pitcairn
Holy Family Church
Latrobe
Latrobe Catholic Cemetery
Pope Pius creates 20 cardinals as peace talks loom
Vatican City report says Pope Pius avoided remarks on Italo Ethiopian peace proposals during a secret consistory in which 20 new cardinals were elevated. The ceremony mourned Cardinal Lega and included the vacant Helena bishopric filled by Joseph P. Gilmore.
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Vatican
A. EB. Stuntz
Associated Press
Vatican City
Pius
Eos
Lega
Frascati
Europe
Africa
Pontiif
United States
Helena
Mont
Joseph P. Gilmore
Carese
Ralph L. Hayes
American College
Rome
Sino-Japanese clash widens control across Manchoukou line
Between Chinese Chahar troops and Japanese sponsored forces in Manchoukou fighting widened a 200 mile front from Kalgan to Tangku. Tangku action timed with Shang Chen’s move south, several killed, Japanese mediators report withdrawal of central Chinese authority from Tangku as East Hopeh autonomous leaders coordinate with Japanese militarists.
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Manchoukou
Kalgan
Yangku
Chahar
Hopeh
Peiping
Ching
Tientsin
Tangku
Peace
Shang Chen
Hopeh Province
I'Tangku
Shang
East Hopeh
All Hopéh
Flashes of Life and Curious Local Tales Across States
A collage of light hearted and unusual notes from across the nation. Billy Rose promotes home mink farming with two pair sold at 150 dollars, and a Oklahoma City clerk resists a refund on a marriage license. Montana women haul rock and shovel mud to fix a county road while a Scottsbluff terrier misbehaves with a car start and a store window. In Peiping Chinese students protest against Japanese aggression amid mass meetings and calls for a national strike. Pennsylvania relief funds face questions as WPA and state leaders debate funding and potential special sessions.
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Associated Press
New York
Billy Rose
Rose
J. B. White
China
Japan
Hopei-Chahar
Earler
Kalodner
WPA
Revenue
Washington
George
H. Earle
National
Pennsylvania
Earle
Congress
Kidnapped Milne youth traced to family home inquiry widens
G men and police join search for Caleb J Milne missing from Woodstock after a ransom note was received. His family, long linked to Pennsylvania heritage, notes the 74 year old grandfather Caleb Milne II and the four Milne sons. The man reported to be five eleven, 165 pounds with crooked little fingers left in a brown overcoat gray suit brown hat and tan shoes.
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Caleb J. Milne
Boston
Pennsylvania
Caleb
Theamily
Frm
Caleb 4Th
J. B., Morgan & Company
Frederic
Civic Repertory Theater
Pennsylvania Relief Funds Sufficient Into May Says Ka lodner
Philadelphia dispatch reports Secretary of Revenue Harry E. Kalodner stated Pennsylvania has more than 34 million dollars available for direct relief through May 30. The funds include a 32 million dollar balance from a 60 million appropriation and a two million dollar earmark.
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Philadelphia
Secretary of Revenue
Harry E. Kalodner
Pennsylvania
Kalodner
Pittsburgh WPA controversy Linked to Dole Fight
In Wilkes-Barre Ed ward N. Jones accuses state relief officials of sabotaging the Works Progress Administration to protect their posts. He cites Robert L. Johnson as a figurehead and criticizes Alvin R. Guyler and Eric H. Biddle while Governor Farle considers a new relief director and plans a rapid appointment.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Robert L. Johnson
WPA
Alvin R. Guyler
Leutenant
Dole Dispenser Biddle
Johnson
Jones
Norwalk
Conn
Relief Administration
Joint Legislative Commission
Harry Hopkins
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Farle
Biddle
Guyler
Works Progress Administration
Guylers
Bob Johnson
Earle
Market snapshot with stock names and mixed figures
A dense market snippet lists numerous stock names including Am Can Am, DuPont, General Electric, IBM, and Westinghouse along with a scatter of percentage figures and codes. The text reads like a rapid price or index rundown with abbreviations and trailing numbers through a volatile composite listing.
Unclear WPA Funding Sparks Whispering Campaign in Pennsylvania
A fragment describes efforts to shut down relief works and fire 4,600 workers as the WPA began. A whispering campaign alleged propaganda against the works program and organized charity. It notes 10,000 relief employees earning 1.2 million dollars monthly, deemed excessive to support unemployed families in Pennsylvania.
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WPA
WHA
Aetvise
ARREST FRITZ IN AUTO DEATH
A speeding car in Indiana direction left the road and struck Anderson, throwing him 20 feet. The car fled after hitting a road marker and culvert. Funeral services set for Clarksburg Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Born December 6, 1914, in Clarksburg, son of Harry W. and Margaret Anderson. Survived by parents, brother Frank, and four sisters.
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Indiana
Anderson
Hughes
Clarksburg Presbyterian Church
E. ©. Goad
Detroit, Mich
Logan Ewing
Conemaugh Township
Arthur Riggie
Apollo
Leis Anderson
Torrance State Hospital
Four Injured on Highways In Weekend Accidents
Philadelphia hunter victims along with a Jersey Shore youth died in hunting accidents on the three day antlerless deer season. A rifle accident killed Joseph Knowles in Philadelphia and multiple falls and burns claimed other lives across Allentown York Harrisburg and Williamsport. In Pittsburgh a weekend drunk driving blitz led to 116 arrests with 26 held for intoxicated driving and 50 licenses urged for revocation.
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CCC
Huntingdon
Liberty
Tyrrone
John’ F. Dunlop
Shrader Plan
Monessen
Vincent Katils
Scranton
John Riggo
Petersburg
Alvin McClay
Pittsburgh
Adam Gibbas
Coal
Jacob Reiker
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Claude Sample
Cedar Run
Williamsport
Alfred Leone
Lewis Run
Bradford
William Strow
Halifax
Centre County
Joseph Dierly
Jersey Share
Joseph Knowles
W. C. Titus
Steel Company
Stanley Bedeck
Titus
Vandergrift Liquor License Sparks Surprise Beer Dispensing
In Vandergrift a small restaurant began dispensing beer and liquor last week after proprietor Ted Milanos secured a transfer license from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. The move occurred amid a legal dispute over dry covenants and a newly opened liquor store, with local ministers seeking grounds for action despite court rulings upholding deed restrictions.
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Vandergrift
Dee
Ted Milanos
Pennsylvania Liquor Contral Board
Milanos
Drayman
Vandergrift Ministerial Association
Liquor Control Board
Westmoreland County
Obituary notices for Emma Meredith in Barnesboro area
Mrs Emma Meredith 74 died yesterday at her daughter Mrs Florence Putt home in Clymer from complications. She lived with her daughter 11 years previously in Barnesboro 30 years born May 17 1861 in Minersville Pa. Husband died five years ago. Survived by three sons Clarence and Carl both of Mansfield Ohio Fred of Lexington Ohio, daughter and eight grandchildren. Funeral 7:30 p m Tuesday at daughter home. Body to Barnesboro Wednesday for 2 p m Baptist Church service and North Barnesboro Cemetery interment.
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Emma Meredith
Florence Putt
Clymer
Meredith
Barnesboro
Minersville
Clarence Meredith
Carl Meredith
Mansefild
Fred Meredith
Lexington
Barnesboro Baptist Church
North
Italian judge sentences Mike Spinelli for 1932 Pittsburgh killings
In Salerno on December 16, Giuseppe Big Mike Spinelli was sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing the Volpa brothers in Pittsburgh in 1932. He had fled to Italy after the crime, and Italian authorities debated extradition before the Ministry of Justice refused. Witness Ignazio Volpe testified against Spinelli at Agropoli, where he was arrested in 1932.
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Salerno
Maly
Giuseppe
Big Mike
Spinelli
Volpa Brothers
Pittsburgh
Italy
Naples
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Susquehanna Theatians
America
Moorhead
C&c
Rayne Twp. Group
Catious
No. 10, Downing Street
Thrift Aids
Cupid
Oklahoma City
Lynnie Clayton
Montana
Kas
Lebette
Jennie
Faye Gaston
Scottsbluff
Mickay
F. Matheny
Max Boyd
Roosevelt
Iowa
Nebraska
National Conference of Mayors
Dole
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
George H. Earle
Woodstock
Wigchinery
Penna
Hopkins
Kia State Lan
Adam Exp Air Reduc
Allied Chem Am
Sts Am Smelt
Anaconda Atchison Ad
Auburn Baldwin Lee B
Bendix
Beth Su Borg Warn Borden Briggs Mtg
Burr
Add Can
Chrysler
Douglas Aire DuPont Eastman Kod
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Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Mat Gen
Gillette
Harbison Walk Hudson
Nick Int
T Johns
Kennecott Lehi Val Coal Lehi Val RR
Ligg and My
Loews Lorillard
Monty Ward Nash
Nat Dairy Nat Distill
Nor Am Co
Penna RR
Pha
Phil Pete
Soe
NJ Radio Repub
Fritz
Allentown
Edwin Frey
Jordan Creek
York
Harry S. Smeltzer
Edward Brink
Lutheran Church of
Homer City
Price
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Mike Spinelli
Phoenix
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