Decreased Soft Coal Output Marks 1981 Outlook
Pittsburgh report surveys Western Pennsylvania bituminous coal through 1929 to 1930 and foresees a bleak 1981. Operators stress determination amid shrinking tonnage, faults in freight rates, and hopes for relief that may revive markets beyond state borders. Industry leaders warn of continued hard times without policy changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidny H. Eigel
INS
Pittsburgh
Thas
Pennsylvania
Washington
Western Pennsylvania
J. D. A. Morrow
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Morrow
Tavcors Whiel
Hug
Alan
Bitwininaus Mining
J. J. Porbay
United States Bureau of Mines
Surprise for Mrs Shaffer Birthday Party Oddities
A surprise birthday gathering honored Mrs Wallace Shaffer on Saturday evening with relatives attending. The event featured music gifts and luncheon plus a list of guests including Findley Blose Farman Afton Shaffer Harold Stuchell Lingenfelter Bathell Heberling Farrman Fairman Blake Wagner Carnahan and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Shaffer
Findley Blose
John Farman
Afton Shaffer
Harold Stuchell
John Lingenfelter
Daniel
Dean Bathell
Norman Heberling
Knowlton Farrman
Homer Pfairmean
Jagon Blake
Frank Wagner
Marl
Howard Carnahan
Explorers Die in Damp Mine Tragedy
A dog leads father and neighbors into an abandoned mine where a gas tragedy claims the lives of five young explorers. The Vogiek and Kubala families mourn as Rover the dog attempts to aid the victims, the grim scene unfolding along a hillside gate and mine entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kaaleky
Andrew Novak
John Vappick
Steve Polka
Walter Kubala
Vogick
Wopele
Rover
Voglak
Johnny
Vogiek
Mra
JM. Kasicky
Iutile
Wall
Anya
Joffre’s Apparent Wound Incident Sparks Debate in Paris
reports from Paris describe a troubling incident involving Joffre with claims of a wound and amputation connected to a recent govern attack. officials state details are unsettled as surgeons and doctors discuss causes and safety measures amid ongoing civil unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Abe
Matshil
Agreement On Rail Merger
Washington report says four western rail systems including New York Central and Pennsylvania agreed on a realignment to meet the international commerce commission merger law. Reading and Jorney central would join WL & G, Lackawanna to N Y system, Lehigh Valley to CG & O with cross rights, and a cash settlement to Pennsylvania. Executives Atterbury and Lee for Pennsylvania attended, Crowley and Harris for New York Central, others including Willard Bennet and Van Sworligen also participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dee Tf
Intaratnla Canimeres Commission
Teading Yailway Oretaly
Commerce Comminsion
Reading
Jorney Central
WL & G
Lackawanna
N. Vv
Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania Railway
W. A. Atterbury
Wishe Lee
Pennsylvania
Pa Education Panel Aims for School Law Reforms
The session notes advocate giving the superintendent of public instruction binding power on school law interpretations and prefer electing the superintendent by the state council of education. They push higher teacher salaries in fourth class districts and propose retirements amendments. Governor-elect Pinchot’s education resolve is cited as a safeguard for Pennsylvania’s educational birthright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Fisher
Commonwealth
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Insurgents Active as Congress Debates Session
Insurgents were active as talks continued on avoiding a special session. Senator James J. Watson, Republican Senate leader and presidential spokesman, led opposition to a session, saying Congress and business alike oppose it. Senator William E Borah of Idaho criticized attempts to use patriotism as an excuse to stay home, urging lawmakers to stay and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ers
James J. Watson
Senate
Congress
Willian TE. Boraher
Idaho
Rurone
Borah
Derry Men Accused In Interstate Freight Theft
Lavern Mowrey and Harris Henderson, both Derry men, were brought to Pittsburgh from Anipa Mia to face charges of stealing goods from freight cars in interstate shipment. Mowrey posted bond. Henderson remanded in default of bond. Theft alleged in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania Railroad Car. Deputy United States Marshal Kolvets of Clymer accompanied the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Nee
Tyr Derry
Lavern Mowrey
Harris
Henderson
Oir
Anipa
Mia
Mowrey
Railroads Seek Equal Treatment In Transportation Regulation
R H Aishton, head of the American Railway Association, urged Washington to regulate all common carrier transport alike and grant railroads relief from rate cuts and regulatory costs. He cited slack traffic since 1920 due to autos trucks and buses, Panama Canal increases, and inland waterways. He noted 1930 freight loading 13 percent below 1929, with 3.41 percent return on investment and capital outlay around 875 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec. C
R. H. Aishton
American Railway Association
Aishton
Panama Canal
Love and jealousy drive Dover barnyard murder confession
Noah Downs aged 28 confessed to killing his sweetheart Mildred Long aged 15 and Ernest Killen in a Dover barn dance, police reported. He said love and jealousy motivated the shot, and hinted at plans to marry Mildred soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Del
Noah Downs
Mildred Long
Ernest Killen
Down
Downs
Mildred
Sprankle Burned Not Buried In Obituary Mixup
Dee Punxsutawney reports Sharreltts Sprankle a prominent Trade City resident and Northern Indiana County figure read his own obituary in The Spirit after a Christmas Day burn. A misread note altered burn to buried, but Sprankle survived with a severe but not fatal burn and expects a speedy recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxsutawney
Dee
Sprankle
Trade City
Indiana County
the Spirit
Stocks and Treasury Figures in 1930s Ledger Style
Treasury balance stands at $922,266,049.24 with expenditures of $6,085,282.49. Clearing House Exchanges show $1.395 billion with a $169 million balance. Federal Reserve Bank balance listed at $102,006,000. Major industrials include American Can, Anaconda Copper, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, Continental Can, Eastman Kodak, General Motors, Nash, Reading, Sinclair, Westinghouse, and others with varied percentage figures shown against each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Clearing House
Boup
Ewe
Bethlehem Steel
Canadian Pacific
Chea
Ohio
Coco Colt
Dupont
Gece Ceseeey
Y Sludebaker
Westinghouse Bloc
Oretees
Pespunenes
Natural Gas Industry To Complete Big Development
The natural gas industry promises its most extensive development yet with over 4,000 miles of pipelines to enter service next year. Industry executives note interconnections between eastern and western gas regions, with demand from industrial centers in the Middle West and a move toward consolidation under major utility companies. With consumption approaching two trillion cubic feet annually and more than 6.25 million consumers, investment nears $2.25 billion as smaller firms are absorbed to expand networks and stabilize prices amid anticipated growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Cousins
I. N
New York
Reading Ublix
Birthday Party in Clymer Home
Christmas Day celebration at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles W Horner in Clymer marked Mrs Horner sixtieth birthday. Family and grandchildren attended a noon chicken and turkey dinner with twenty four places set and a birthday cake as centerpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Horner
Clymer
Charles Horner
John Pletcher
Peter Cox
Marty Chapman
William Peterson
Milldred Cox
Imogene Peterson
LeRoy
Maxine Chapman
Helen
Margaret
Dorothy
Edith
Beatty
Ida Mae
Donald Fletcher
Blue Book of state motordom list continues with appointees
The long roster of reserved numbers and appointees extends through 100, naming officials and your Pinchot cabinet associates. The list includes J. F. Woodward, William A. Schnader, Clyde II. Kinz, and many others across Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and beyond, with numerous positions and placeholders for future appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Woodward
McKeespsart
William A. Schnader
Philadelphia
Clyde II
Kinz
West Chester
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Gifford Pinchot
Public Instruction
Albert M. Greenfield
Robert P. Hoover
Chestnut Hill
Banking
Adjutant General
Health
Lewis Neilson
James Francis Burke
Pittsburgh
Penna
State Police
Helen W. Mellon
Labor and Industry
W. D. B. Ainey
Harrisburg
George D. Ogden
Ithan
John S. Fisher
Indiana
Robert M. Fisher
Robert M. Griffith
Ambler
Sproul
Chester
Emerson
Collins
Williamsport
George W. Woodruff
Berwyn
James S. Benn
Fannie G. Dixon
Haverford
S. Ray Shelby
Uniontown
Vernon
Taylor
A. W. Melton
Paul C. Wolff
Benjamin G. Eynon
Hartisburg
Ross L. Leffler
McKeesport
W. G. Costin
Cyrus E. Woods
Greensburg
David J. Davis
Scranton
Gen. W. W. Atterbury
William J. Schaffer
R. B. Mellon
Richard IK. Mellon
J. Barton Weeks
Upper Darby
Allen W. Hagenbach
Allentown
Joseph Armstrong
John K. Tener
Admiral L. A. Bostwick
John B. Deaver
Samuel M. Vauelain
Harry Mackey
Belle West Jennings
Ernest G. Smith
Wilkes-Barre
W. G. Clyde
Samuel Walker
Harersburg
Charles H. Young
New Castle
Thos. W. Rudderow
Alba B. Johnson
David S. Ludium
Tl. Reuss, Jr. Merion
GC. Sproul
J. Myers
Lancaster
Kendill
Wim
Ware
G. W. Hensel, Jr
Quarryville
Gertrude Stauffer
Jay Coola
Howard Rigby
I. B. Sinclair
Altoana
H.C. Grace
Bethlehem
G J
Rhoads
K. GC
Dougherty
T. A. Mellon
Plymouth
Snyder
Hollidaysburg
WW. Bovard
Wright
The
Grorga Wharton Pepper
Sen. Snaviel A. Reed
Worthington Burnnlan
Flora Brumbaugh
Huntingdon
A, H. Stewart, Jr
Bhippersburg
Sallie P. Pries
Chestury
P, Wright
W. Harry Baker
Two Killed In Auto Crash On Doty Hill
Sandy Lake Pa Dec 30 Two young men from Franklin were killed instantly when their car skidded into a spring and overturned on Doty hill between Sandy Lake and Polk The victims were I. I Brown and Henry Baker Their bodies were taken to Franklin The bus driver said he did not see the approaching car until after the collision
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Lake
Franklin
Doty Hill
Here
Polk
Brown
Henry Baker
Mesopotamia Tomb Unearthed by Expedition
Debated discovery of Ur dynastic tombs by British Museum and University of Pennsylvania teams reveals Bur-Sin and Ur-Angur sites at Ur. Dig reports describe intact vaulted chamber, probable royal grave, and plundered royal remains with fragments of gold, bricks stamped with Bur-Sin, and massive ancient structures sinking into the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesopotamia
British
Mseum
University of Pennsyania Museum
Thrace
H. F. Jayne
University Museum
Ur-Angur
Jusson Dungi
Bur-Sin
G. Leonard Wooley
Wooley
Dunel
Dunei
Megapotatmaila
Fiancee Shoots Husband in Langhorne Bungalow Incident
Helen Greist, 25, of Philadelphia, confessed in Bucks County jail to shooting her husband William Greist after spending hours in a suspected speakeasy. He was wounded in the back and listed in critical condition with a slim chance of recovery. she briefly attempted suicide but was stopped. The shooting occurred early today near Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boylestown
Dee
Helen Greist
William Griist
Philadelphia
Cne
Bucks County
Abington Memory Hospital
Grest
Langhorne
Doctor's Thoxine Throat Remedy Advertises Quick Relief
An advertisement promotes Thoxine a doctor prescribed throat medicine available in 35 cent 80 cent and one dollar bottles. It claims relief from sore throat and coughing with the first swallow and offers refunds if not satisfied. Sold at Trainer's Drug Store Daighterys Drug Store and other drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trainer's Drug
Daigherty's Drug Store
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Mrs. Shaffer
Joffre
Fyony
Murray Johnstin
Creekside
Morbes
Milnmons
Fuausa
Westerd Pennnsylvania
Leo Lette
Brahe Et Oltieitls
Euployes
Uitea
Agreement On Rail
Con
New York Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapesky & Ohlow
van Swarthgenn
Hoover Administration
Derry
Kolvets of
Muwulay
A. R. A. Head
Clarence L. Jollens
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Mr. Colleng
Industey
Macchines
Alp
Colliens
Wisu
Callens
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