Farmers Seek Income Insurance Aid and New Soil Plan
Farmers press for steady income through a national policy as Congress nears. Debate centers on new soil conservation and crop insurance plans, with Secretary Wallace proposing grain storage for lean years and direct production controls. Housing for low income slated as a long range goal alongside farm programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Supreme Court
Wallace
Congress
H. R. Tolley
Soil Conservation Plan
Cabete
Presir
Yuletide Bits In The News By The Associated Press
Christmas spirit shines in small town tales from Indiana and Nova Scotia. Hat Stove League members gift coal to John Lockwood. a Nova Scotia boy asks for warm clothes as a Christmas plea. In Los Angeles, Captain Chiappino plans a holiday airborne surprise with his family aboard the flight line voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wabash, Ind
John Lockwood
Hat
Stove League
Nova Scotia
Charles Ky Kerver
Boverstown
Lama
Federal housing plans target low cost mass housing and FHA boost
Officials reviewing present machinery to expand low cost housing cite possible changes to the Federal Housing Act. Proposals include extending insured mortgage guarantees beyond July 1 and raising the FHA insurance cap to 90 percent for mortgages of five thousand dollars or less. Subsidy programs would absorb current PWA housing activities with initial funding under one hundred thousand dollars, while Sen. Wagner's plan eyed direct state grants up to thirty to forty five percent of project costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
PWA
Wagner
Ailing Pope Delivers Christmas Eve Radio Address
The ailing Pope spoke for about 25 minutes on Christmas Eve, his voice trembling through a period of illness and paralysis. He urged global and European Christians to unite in prayer amid suffering, noting divine mercy as a source of consolation and strength. His delivery was faltering, with clear energy returning briefly when expressing gratitude and discussing Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Spain
No Peace for Madrilenos
Fierce clashes rocked Madrid as fascist insurgents shelled the city center and bombed government positions in Ramuanillos Las Regas and Majadahonsa. Government forces claimed a counterattack north of the Soria road, saying they advanced six miles in the Buadilla sector and seized rifles machine guns and ammunition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Ramuanillos
Las Regas
Majadahonsa
Soria
Sento Sierra
Guadaljara
Buadilla
Planes Not Success in Spanish War, Bates Says
British novelist Ralph Bates, observer of the Spanish rebellion on the government side, arrived aboard the United States liner Manhhation and said airplanes have not proved a real success in the war. He cited incendiary bombs as a failure and noted 300000 civilians evacuated. He believes Loyalists will win if supplies stay unbroken and no foreign intervention occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ralph Bates
United States
Bales
Madrid
Bates
Spain
Obituary Notices From Local Families Include Multiple Deaths
A sequence of obituaries notes services at St Bernard's Church and burials in St Bernard's Cemetery for several locals. Surviving relatives include spouses, children, and siblings with wide ties to Clune Nant-y-Glo Girard Cannellsville Masury Blairsville and Indiana. Other notices report infant Richard Nelson and Jennie Medord death details plus cremation and cemetery interments. Margaret Hammill widow of Blairsville contractor Frank Hammill is remembered with large family survivors across Blairsville Butler and Avonmore common.
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St. Bernard’s Catholic Church
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Alex
Tillie Nastick
Clune
Ukranian Nassional Aig Society
John Pidherney
Catherine Goshey
Nant-y-Glo
Mary Mazziello
Jennie Medord
James Medoro
Clymer
Indiana Hospital
James
Abbott
Mary
St. Anthony's Catholi Church
Paul Chiplac
Kent
Aultman Catholic Church
S. A. Gawronsky
Indiana
Chiplac
Robinson Funeral
Russia
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co
Mary Pieyrisinskiy Chiplac
Walter Chiplac
Belanor
Sophia
Agnes
Marcella
Clara Borek
Pittsburgh
Margaret (McCafferty) Hammile
Margaret Hammill
Frank Hammill
Blairsville
East Brown Street
SS Simon and Jude's Catholi
Blursville
John Lavery
Hamonill
Han Ms
Butler County
John
Charles
Paul Hammill
Floyd Plaisted
John Truby
Butler
Thomas Liammill
Cyesson
Christmas Brightness and Community Cheer Across Indiana
Community Christmas events run through the state with films at Manos featuring Born to Dance and Indiana schedules showing Country Gentleman and Cowboy Star. Toy missions, food drives, and church services fill the night as Red Cross warns of safety hazards and hospitals host patient gifts and carols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manos
Jimmy
Stewart
Eleanor Powell
Indiana
Zion Lutheran Church
Christ Episcopal Church
St.*Bernard’s Catholic Church
Amercan Red Cross
Hewe
Indiana County
Santa Caus
Indiana Hospital
Anthracite Producers Fight Freight Rate Shift
Anthracite producers urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to block higher basic freight rates, arguing that high charges reduce demand, shift customers to competing fuels, and cost rail carriers billions in lost revenue. They compared rates with other goods, warned of Canadian and German coal competition, and outlined a $3 million three year plan to regain markets through price cuts and advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Loftus
Associated Press
Pennsylvania Car
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Anthracite Institute
Canad
Germany
Canada
New York City
Scranton
New York
Brooklyn
Hazleton
Army victory reshapes Cuban politics and sugar policy
New York dispatch reports Cuba’s sugar tax dispute, aiding Batista’s military rule as he brings rural schools funding and solidifies a unified political front. It notes Gomez’s impeachment and Batista’s growth of a loyal army backed by various secretly aligned parties and labor groups.
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Mark Barron
New York
Cuba
Desliny
Miguel Mariano Gomez
Gomez
United States
Florence
Col
Faldencio Batista
Hage
Gerardo Machado
Batista
Machado
ABC
OCCR
Balista
Nacionalistas
Moenocalistas
Bruno Escapes From Guard At Foltsville Dentist
Bruno, serving three life terms for the 1934 Kelayres election eve massacre, escaped a guard en route to a Foltsville dentist. Governor Earle ordered a strict inquiry as welfare agents probed the incident. Margiotti disclosed missing securities valued at about nine thousand dollars from a safe deposit vault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruno
Foltsville
Kelayres
Margiotti
Department of Welfare
Earle
Vaul
Daughter Arrested After Man Escapes With Over $1000
A man escaped with more than $1,000 before being pursued by authorities. The daughter is under arrest as the case unfolds.
Pennsylvania tops nation in buckwheat output again
Pennsylvania led the United States for the second straight year in 1936 buckwheat production, with about 2,418,000 bushels. New York followed by 492,000 bushels, and the farm value rose by roughly 320,000 dollars despite a 430,000 bushel drop from last year.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
New York
Crop Reporting Board
Germany Warned on Spanish Civil War Fallout
Reports from Berlin say a German warning could trigger a grave international conflict over the Spanish Civil War. If Hitler agrees to halt aid to Spanish Fascists, groundwork for accords on other European problems could be laid. Observers expect Berlin’s reply after Christmas.
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Hitler
Europe
Newwspapers
Berlin
Santa Claus and Lighthouse Santa Claus near Portland to New Brunswick
The report describes bundles at marine traffic beacons from Portland to New Brunswick and Wincapaw moving over isolated Maine islands. Islands off the Maine coast are wintering by fishermen and cut off from the mainland until spring. Residents do not know Santa Claus is coming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
New Brunswick
Maine
Santa Claus
Pittsburgh Markets Freighted Prices and Livestock Report
Markets report from Pittsburgh on December 24 shows mixed produce and livestock activity. Apples and potatoes list varied prices by grade and origin, with declines in some fruit categories. Hogs, cattle, calves, and vealers are reported with slight price movements. sheep and lambs show strength. An air traffic note claims U S passenger traffic is about six times 1920 levels and has doubled in two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United States
East Pilot Held Prisoner in Nanking Incident
Julius Barr formerly with United Airlines was held for hours in Nanking as a suspected emissary of Marshall Chang. Barr had gone to China in 1934 and later returned on leave. He was released after recognition by Dr H M King. Others named include Royal Leonard and Edward Wingart. Barr later became director of Hankow Airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Julius Barr
United Airlines
Nanking
China
Marshall Chang Heueh-Liang
Barr
Pittsburgh
Royal Leonard
Glendale
Calif
Edward Wingart
Erie
Marshall Chang
Sian-Fu
Hankow
H. M. King
United Air Line
Chang
United
Chicago
Leopold Rejects Gossip About His Private Life
King Leopold of Belgium denounces reports of a prospective marriage to replace Queen Astrid, sixteen months after her death. He says gossip about the king’s private life should be prohibited and warns such speculation is inappropriate for a head of state still grieving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold
Asrid
Daily American Republic Bans Crime News on Christmas Eve
Poplar Bluff Missouri December 24 1934 the ninth straight Christmas Eve edition omits crime reporting on the front page publisher J H Wolpers explains the policy aims to feature wholesome news on this one day each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplareluff
Daily American Republic
J. H. Wolpers
Two Autos Crushed Mrs Randolph In Pittsburgh Crash
Mrs Edward Randolph wife of the West Penn Power superintendent suffered injuries when two automobiles crashed into her. She was stepping from a car driven by her husband on a busy New Kensington street. An injury required amputation of a segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Edward Randolph
West Penn Power Company
Springdale
Randolph
New Kensington Street
Randolph Auto
Markets Close Friday for Christmas Holiday
New York December 24 reports most financial and commodity markets will close tomorrow for Christmas and remain shut through Saturday with few exceptions. Some American grain markets like the Chicago Board of Trade will reopen Saturday for any business. Winnipeg and Liverpool exchanges pause and will not reopen until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago Board of Trade
Winnipeg
Liverpool
Monay
CCC Has Room For 201 War Vets In Pennsylvania Camps
The Third Corps area announced vacancies for 201 veterans in Pennsylvania camps, with 121 openings in Eastern Pennsylvania and 80 in the western part. Applications will be received at Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania School Employer Retirement System shows sound funding as of June 30 1935 with $34,243,210 reserved against $61,000,000 accrued liability. $26,786,784 remains to be accumulated. Annual turkey and chicken shoot by the Indiana Rifle Club at the Armory drew 25 shooters with ties and plans for more shoots. Tea is described as the world's most popular beverage.
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Meadville
Alberta Stahl
Willard Home For
Shriners
Pittsburgh
Shelocta Club
Girl Scouts of Apollo
Ernest
Commercial Department
the College
Lions Club of
Indiana
Ceer
Werden Clair Irvin
Countty
Baltimore
CCC
Pennsylvania
Third Corps
Philadelphia
Lester J. Ade
Superintendent of Public Instruction
George B. Buck
Inediana Rifle Club
Rifle Club
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