Osterling Estate Court Refuses Martha Aber Claim
Pittsburgh judge rejects Martha Aber as common law wife of architect Frederic Osterling and orders settlement per will. Aber to receive 10000. bulk of estate goes to Bertha Osterling, Annetta Osterling, and John Philip Axtell. Aber had claimed a 1500,000 estate share.
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Jefferson County
Osterling
Pittsburgh
Frederek J. Osterling
Martha
Miss Aber
Bertha
Annetta Osterling
John Philip Axtell
Markton
Chalfant
Rapid Decline in Accidents Continues Across Year
Pittsburgh reports show a 29.9 percent rise in traffic deaths for the first 11 months due to speed. The Bureau links excessive speed to many serious crashes. In Harrisburg, auto mechanics may need state licenses as Safety Council studies a 1938 goal of reducing accidents by 30 percent, citing early 1935 data.
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Pittsburgh
Bureau of Traffic Planning
Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Safety Council
Talbot Dead In Auto Crash During Political Career
Talbot dies in a car crash ending a decade of service in the legislature. Elwood J. Turner, from the second Delaware district, calls Talbot a great personal loss to him and to the Republican party in Pennsylvania. Turner notes Talbot's county knowledge aided the Talbot Act providing 10,000,900 for relief via Poor Directors boards. M Harvey Taylor hails him as an outstanding legislator and champion against government self-interest, crediting his Talbot law for unemployment relief without undue taxpayer burden.
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Burgess
Elwood J. Turner
Talbot
Delaware
Chester
Ime
Pennsylvania
Boards of Poor Directors
M. Harvey Taylor
State Committee
Fae
Talbot Law
Presiding at 4 H Club meeting yields county figures
Minutes show attendance across demonstrations and meetings, with totals like 8089 at demonstrations and 5623 at other meetings. Lists cover 4-H clubs, farm homes, home economics, clothing projects, and dairy and poultry programs. Attendees include Clyde Houck as president, J. W. Warner as county agent, and speakers from State College Pa and West Virginia.
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Result Dem
Guernsey Califa Club
County
Jersey Cattle Club
County Holstein Cattle Club
T. B. Area Committee
Bangs Disease Control Committee
Clyde Houck
Clayton Liller
Clarence Meenry
A. Woodward Smith
J. A. Compton
Wm. 5. Weel
A. Ward
Ram Sale & Lamb Club
I. I. McElhoes
Gov. Peffer
Harry C. Kunkle
Jack Compton
Shields McMillen
R. B. Stutzman
Earl Batsford
Bessie Owen
J. W. Warner
William 5. Wetzel
Flora Fritz Henderson
Bowdertown
Howard G. Niesley
Agricultural Extension
State College
Sam Pasco
Napoleon
Harry S. Lydick
Woodbine Farm
W. D. Zinn
Philipps
West Virginia
Milne Asked to Clarify Kidnap Details in Philadelphia
Newsmen at headquarters in Philadelphia last night pressed Nathan Milne for clarifications on the kidnapping case. While declining to answer most questions, Milne indicated abductors demanded twenty thousand dollars.
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Philadelphia
Nathan
Holdups Net Over $12,000 in Series of Robberies
In Pittsburgh and Philadelphia a spree of holdups netted over $12,000. A jewelry store owner Julius Sable was beaten as robbers stole $10,000 in goods. a cashier Doris Shaffer lost $100. In Philadelphia a 72 year old woman was bound and robbed for $16, plus $150 offered and $2,110 total from three robberies including payroll and real estate office loot.
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Crooks
Pittsburgh
Philadelpha
Julius Sable
Doris Shaffer
Philadelphia
Mary Konzelman
Mystery of actor Milne deepens as details emerge
Federal investigators hold no one in custody and declined to confirm suspects or a quick resolution. Milne’s movements from New York to Philadelphia to visit his grandfather are questioned, with reports of a Gracie Square doctor and several men in a sedan. Debates over letters found on Milne’s typewriter and a ransom signoff circulate amid rumors of a distant hideaway near Doylestown.
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Nathan
Philadelphia
Milne
New York
Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia Inquirer
Inquirer Ae
Dr. Green
Gracie Square
Caleb J. Milne, Jr
Young Milne
Mitre
Doylestown
Winter storm grips western Pennsylvania reported
Cold snap across Pennsylvania drives subfreezing readings with Pittsburgh logjammed by heaviest snow of the year. Snow depths reach 14 inches in Somerset, reports from Harrisburg indicate ongoing bitter conditions as crews of 1,000 workers in 358 trucks clear highways. Eight residents in Penbrook fled a house fire in nightclothes as cold hampered firefighters.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Delaware River
Pittsburgh
Gecesion
Hazelton
York
Kastan
Chambersburg
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Weather Bureau
Department of Highways
Somerset County
Fayette
Indiana
Armstrong
Jefferson
Butler
Evie
Crawford
Mercer
Warren
Penbrook
Liquor Laws Grow Stricter In Harrisburg Report
The liquor control board reports 2,547 prosecutions since January 1 and vows stronger action with 125 new agents and extra legal counsel. Juries convicted 689 and magistrates 407. 427 cases dismissed. 729 awaiting action. Agents seized 621 stills and huge quantities of alcohol and moonshine.
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Harrisburg
Liquor Control Board
Clyda E. Smith
Attorney General's Office
Relief administration praised for apolitical stance in Pennsylvania visit
The speaker notes an open mind upon arrival in Pennsylvania and commends the relief administration as remarkably free of politics. They assert efforts to keep politics out, even at personal cost, while withholding judgment on staff until demonstrated competence and neutrality.
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Pennsylvania
Britain Tightens Defenses Near Egypt Amid Italy Crisis
Britain musters tanks near Matruh but keeps troop numbers low, no details on defenses released. Sir Samuel Hoare warned only Britain stands ready to act in the Mediterranean, while sanctions policy is urged by Neville Chamberlain. Mussolini dismisses Franco-British peace proposals as Italy presses East Africa campaign.
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Matruh
Great Britain
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Mediterranean
Italy
Egypt
League of Nations
Neville Chamberlain
Birmingham
League
George Jordan
Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Grand Council
Governor Hosts Farewell Dinner for Johnson in Philadelphia
Johnson’s year of relief work in Pennsylvania earns praise from the relief board which adopts a resolution at the Thursday meeting. He will return to New York early next year to join Time magazine as an executive, with Farle calling him. Johnson entertained the governor and his cabinet with a farewell dinner in Philadelphia last night.
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Johnson
Pennsylvania
Relief Board
New York
Time
Farle
Philadelphia
Mussolini’s Forces Advance In Ethiopia War Effort
Italian leader Mussolini unites the nation as he directs war aims in Ethiopia. The Fascist Grad Council announces three pledges of unity, victory confidence, and relentless pursuit of conquest. Italy sends 4,000 more blackshirt militia and 800 workers to East Africa aboard the Lombardia. An Ethiopian government communique reports gains on the northern front near Enda Stasi and Dega Shah, with ten Italian tanks captured and heavy losses for the Italians.
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Dnid
Italy
Tl Duce
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Grad Council
Duce
League
Boel
Paris
Reighme
Albert W. Wilson
Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Obituary for William Wayne McCracken 14 dies after vehicle strike
Funeral services set for William Wayne McCracken 14 who was fatally injured when struck by an automobile near his home. Service at Creekside Methodist Episcopal Church at 1 p.m. Sunday with Rev. Bert Jones presiding. wake from 12:15 p.m. Friends urged to attend prior to service. Also obituary note for Rev. Anselm Postel 86, pastor of All Saints' Church East Vandergrift, who died after automobile collision and hospital transfusion. Funeral for All Saints Church at East Vandergrift Monday morning. Interment St. Vincent cemetery near Latrobe.
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Iwilliam Wayne McCracken
William Wayne J McCracken
Creekside Methodist Episcopal Church
Bert Jones
Anselm Postel
Anslem Postel
All Ealnts
Fast Vandererift
Allegheny Valley Hospital
Tarentum
Father Anselm
Apollo-Indiana Highway
Andrew Markut
East Vandergrift
Howard Householder
Apollo
Westmoreland County
Marguerite
St. Vincent Archabbey
Linus
Greensburg
All Saints
St. Vincent's Cemetery
Latrobe
Thelma Todd Death Mystery Reopened By Grand Jury
Los Angeles police drop the theory of murder in Thelma Todd death and cite possible accidental death. The grand jury investigates stray clues including a running board trace and a dramatic district attorney stakeout. Witnesses like Margaret Lindsay and Pasquale Pi Cicco are named for appearances.
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Los Angeles
Porlice
Thelma Todd
George Rochester
Bert Wallis
Joe Taylor
George Johnson
To Cavett
Ie Taday
Miss Todd
Cavett
Atorney
Johnson
Orgatory
Margaret Lindsay
Pasquale Pi *Cicco
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