Nine Feared Dead In Mal Boat Blast
Coast Guard reports a Beaver Island salvage boat the Marold II exploded while salvoring gasoline from the tanker J. Oswald Boyd in upper Lake Michigan. Five aboard confirmed. up to four others feared missing as rescue crews battled ice and flames near Simmons Reef. Captain Ludwig recalled the Marold II wreckage and noted the Boyd cargo valued at $180,000 with 20,000 drums of high test gasoline aboard.
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Charlevoiex
Mich
Tan
GM Coast Guard
William Kadwig
J. Oswald Boyd
Upper
Lake Michigan
Ludwig
Beaver Island
Charlevaix
Simmons Reef
L. L. Hill
Kenosha
Wis
Marold
Charlevoix
Boyd
Ludwig Fisted
Leon Hill
Everett Cole
Beaversland Transit Company
Raymond Cole
Everett
Bruce McDonald
M. W. Whitney
Gotham Marine Company of
New York
Exports Surpass Imports In First 11 Months Of Year
Commerce Department reports exports exceeded imports by 49 million dollars in the first 11 months. For 1936 period exports reached 2.223 billion while imports were 2.174 billion. Increases stemmed from manufactured goods. gold trade shown in November figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
PWA Funds School Expansion in Local Districts
The Public Works Administration provides 7500 for a high school addition with an estimated total cost around 30000. Taxpayers in the benefiting districts pay 16500 or 55 percent, while the remainder is PWA contributed. The project promises over 6000 man hours of work for locals and suppliers involved in construction and materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Works Administration
Selesal
Professor Says Bridge Needs Mathematics of Bridge
Pittsburgh January 2. Mathematics professor Dr J S Taylor of the University of Pittsburgh says bridge is becoming technically complex and will rely on slide rules adding machines and engineering tools. He cites postgraduate research mixing calculus and geometry to model hands, noting 53 octillions of possible hands and urging even casual players to embrace the mathematical depth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
J. S. Taylor
University of Pittsburgh
Taylor
Wl Pit
Dr. Taylor
Death notices and obituaries from Indiana area
Numerous deaths and funeral notices are reported from Indiana and surrounding areas. Entries include Mrs. Bonner aging life contributor in millinery and grocery work. Ada Pounds proprietor in Marion Center. Frangis infant son of Yares. Sara Serrian of Creekside. John McClellan Rankin of Elderton. George Choppy of Kenwood. Harold R Fairbanks Blairsville silicosis death. Leonard H Naylor Seward child death with funeral at Naylor home.
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Bonner
Indiana
Mrs. Took
St. Bernard's Catholic
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Ada Pounds
Archibald and
Matilda Pounds
Marion Center
Vic Rev. H. G. Trimmer
Marion Center Cemetery
Frangis
Stanley
Anna
Staffel) Yares
Stafford
Indiana Hospital
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
Father Turley
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Sara Serrian
Ralph Montaguse
Creekside
Church of the Assumption
Ernest
Father Emilio Farri
St Bernard’s Cemetery
John McClellan Rankin
Elderton
John
Mary Ann (Elgin) Rankin
Roy Henry
Pennsylvania Avenue
Apollo
United Presbyterian Church of
Henry
Darrell Rankin
Leechburg
Chris Barriss
Will Rankin
Boulder, Colo
United Presbyterian Church
Silliman A. Foster
Indiana Church
Elderton Cemetery
Harold Richard Fairbanks
Conemaugh Iron Works
Blairsville
North Liberty Street
Blairsvie
Kressan
Rossiter
Harald R. Harbanks
William L. and
More
Sith) Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Eve (Shannon) Pairebanks
James
Haston
Cumbria County
Raymond and
Lee
Bown
Glenn Fairbanks
Joseph Baxto
McKeesport
W. A. Zudel
Dungeron
Blaisville
Cressan
Leonard H. Naylor
Mars
Jahir H. Naylor
Seward
Naylor
Benshof Hill
Miss Zelda Naylor
Long Island
N. Y
Mary
Thelma
William
Dorothy
Ida Pearl
Vivian
Donald
Delores Naylor
Dairymen Meet in Clarksburg With Speech Contest
A Clarksburg town hall meeting for local dairymen and families is set for Tuesday evening January 5 at 780 PM. Five youths Louise Hill Marion Cribbs Dorothy Compton Edgar Dixon and Doris Clawson will compete in a public speaking contest with district and Pittsburgh finals to follow. A Pittsburgh District Dairy Council speaker and a Dairymen's Cooperative Sales Association director will attend. The Cone maugh Local presidency J A Dixon and W K Cramer secretary Liv ermore organize the event with invitation to all dairymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkburg
Clarksburg
Dairymen's Cooperative Sales Association
Louise Hill
Marion Cribbs
Dorothy Compton
Edgar Dixon
Doris Clawson
Armsthrong
Jefferson
Indiana
Westmoreland County
Pittsburgh
Pitsburgh
Pittsburgh District Dairy Council
Dairymen’s Cooperative Sales Association
Conemaugh
J. A. Dixon
W. K. Cramer
Livermore
London and Rome Sign Agreement on Mediterranean Influence
Duce assured England that Italy did not intend to interrupt Britain’s route to the Far East and would not hinder any country in the Mediterranean. The accord, a gentleman’s agreement, outlined broad spheres of influence without many details. Early reports say disputes over naval force ratios were avoided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tk Duce
England
Laly
Britain
Mediterranean
Far East
Italy
State Payroll Tax Report Clarifies Employer Obligations
Harrisburg details for January 1 to 31, 1937 cover Form UC-1 employer report to determine if subject to State Law and Form UC-2 contribution return. It sets 0.9 percent for 1936 wages, paid in cash or other recognized media, and notes eight or more employees trigger federal Social Security payroll tax with state rate offset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Arrested in Death After Thirty Years in Canada Case
Baileybury Ontario January 2 1944 court hears Pennsylvania extradition request for Racey Esposito alias Rocco Strange tied to a 30 year old murder in New Castle Pennsylvania. Extradition approved to Harrisburg then Lawrence County for the slaying of Francisco Romeo amid a feud triggered by a relative of Esposito.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baileybury
Ont
Ontario
Pennsylvania
New Castle
Racey
Esposito
Rocco Strange
Pennsylvania Department of Jus Ucu
Kirkland Lake
Pittsburgh
Atttorney
Charles J. Margiotti
Pennsy Villa
Frank Corsa
Harrisburg
Lawrence County
Francisco Romeo
Margiotti
Romeo
Iatly
Ship Seizure Said Denied By Bilbao Dispatch
Bilbao dispatches report the Spanish armed freighter Seton escaped capture by the German cruiser Koenigsberg after grounding near the Spanish coast during a pursuit. A government plane circled the cruiser as it withdrew, with the Soton continuing toward Santander and officials unsure if any seizures occurred or if the Aragon was captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayonne
France
Bilbao
Seton
Salton
Santander
Merchandman Aragon
Graf Spee
Aragon
Berlin
Palos
Koenigsberg
Bilbao Yeepors
Roosevelt faces push for new relief plan and wage law
President Roosevelt leans toward expanding a $50 million supplemental appropriation as Hopkins backs a larger fund. Aimed at federal relief, the move seeks authority extension to devalue the dollar and operate a $2 billion stabilization fund. Inaugural plans may hint at hours and wage changes with a proposed inter state commerce commission. Congress signaled little on tax changes, expecting the current corporate tax to stand for a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Capitol Hill
Congress
Barkely
D-Ky
Barkley
Plane injures sleeping tots in Bellmore crash
A pilotless army observation plane crashed into an Altair home in Bellmore Long Island injuring three sleeping children. Lieut Thomas F Moorman pilot parachuted to Merrick after fire broke out behind the instrument board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellmore
N. Y
Altair
Long Island
Thomas F. Moorman
Merrick
Foul Play Feared In New Year Tragedy At Home
In Chambersburg Catherine Gelwix 20 could not explain how she sustained a fractured skull found after a deadly New Year Day fire that killed her mother and sister. Coroner Thrush said she was struck before being pulled from the burning house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambersburg
Jan
Catherine Gelwix
W. Thrush
Presbyterians Leader Dr J Gersham Machen Dies
Philadelphia funeral planned for Rev Dr J Gersham Machen 65 founder of the Presbyterian Church of America after departing Princeton Theological Seminary over modernist disputes. He died in Bismarck North Dakota after pneumonia followed a speaking tour for the new church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philsdelphia
J. Gersham Machen
Presbyterian Church of America
Bismark
N. D
Machen
New Church
Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
Arthur Machen
Baltimore
Thomas Machen
Westminster Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton
N. J
Board For
Presbyterian Foreign Missions
Regular Mission Board
General Assembly
Syracuse
New Presbyterian Church of America
Blaw Knox Steel director Benjamin Hirshfield dies
Benjamin Lewis Hirshfield 1 year director of Blaw-Knox Steel Company died in Pittsburgh at age nineten. He graduated from Princeton and studied law at the University of Pittsburgh and served as treasurer and general counsel from 1909 until retirement in 1930. He also directed several firms and Montefiore Hospital. his widow Stella Joseph Hirshfield survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Benjamin Lewis Hirshfield
Blaw-Knox Steel Company
Hirshfield
Princeton University
University of Pittsburgh
Blaw-Knox Company
The
Steel Company
W Washington Trust Company
National Alloy Steel Company
Union Steel Casting Company
Pittsburgh Rolls Corporation
Montefiore Hospital
Stella Joseph Hirshfield
29 Dead Is New Year Toll
The new year brought accidental death to at least 28 persons in Pennsylvania. Automobile and traffic mishaps killed 19, and ten others died in fires, falls, and unintentional shootings. Five burned to death in flames that destroyed flame dwellings in Philadelphia and Chambersburg. A stray shot killed a Philadelphia housewife. A man in Pittsburgh and another in Wilkes-Barre were fatally injured by falls. Another Wilkes-Barre man died under the wheels of a railroad train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Chambersburg
Pittsburgh
Wilkes-Barre
Blairsville Plant Opens Monday in Blairsville silk mill
Operations begin next Monday at the Pittsburgh Store Fixture and Equipment Companys Blairsville plant. Vice President Charles M Kronson announced the Schwarenbach Huber Silk Mill plant was purchased months ago to expand space. The idle silk mill will start work in the mill and wood rooms Monday with other departments up by month’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Fixture and Equipment Company
Blairsville
Charles M. Kronson
Schwarenbach-Huber
Kronson
Relief population in Pennsylvania up 3856 families
The weekly relief census shows 3,856 more families and individuals added in Pennsylvania for the week ending December 24. Direct relief expenditures rose to 1,012,438 dollars, topping the 1 million mark for the first time since September, an increase of 30,795 dollars from the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Dan
Pennsylvania
Karl de Schweinitz
Mayore ss Defiant Amid City Hall Standoff
Wilcox barred from City Hall after Adjutant General declared as city’s top civil authority. Governor Sholtz to leave next Tuesday, to be replaced by Tred F Cone. Armstrong administration accused of malfeasance and incompetence. Mrs Armstrong named mayor after husband resigned. Peruvian island Chin a hosts 5.6 million cormorants amid Humboldt Current archipelago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ona Wilcox
Shorz
Tred F. Cone
Sholtz
Daytona Beach
Protein links living and nonliving matter claims by Stanley
Dr W M Stanley announced that an ordinary protein is the connecting link between living and nonliving matter. He said this protein can reproduce and infect plants, yet survives only as crystals when detached from a host. The finding challenges cancer and normal tissue distinctions and suggests viruses may be protein in nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen J. McDonald
Philadelphia
W. M. Stanley
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
Princeton
N. J
American Philosophical Society
Benjamin Frantlin
Stanley
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Atlantic City
Stocks Close Mixed on New York Exchange
New York January 2 closing stocks show gains and losses across many giants led by Am Can, Alcoa, and General Electric. Notable movers include Allied, United Drug, Ford, Chrysler, and Penn RR with varied percentages, while utilities and rail firms show mixed activity reflecting broad market indecision.
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New York
Alaska
Alcoa
Atlas Tack
Aviation Corp Gig Baldwin Loc
Ohio
Barnsdall
Dendix Aviat
Beth Sti
Tay Blaw-Knox
Borden
Borg-Warner
Briggs Mig Ag Burr Ad Machaay Canad Pac
Caterpil Tract
Cerro de Pas
Ches and
Chi
Chi M
Chrysler
City
Colgate Palm
Colum G
Container Corp
Curtis Pub
Curtiss-Wright
Curtiss
Deere and Ca
Douglas Aire
du Pont de
Grahaam-Paige
Pfai
Hecker
Houd-Her B
Johns-Manville
Kelvinator
Kennecott
Libbey-O
Loews
Radio Ig Radio Co Pt
Radio-Keith-Daya Rem Rand
Rey Tob
Schenley Distill
Sears Roeb
Servel
Simms Pet
Socony-Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Prisoner in Said Convict Linked to Mattson Kidnap Case
A detailed fugitive description from a 10 year old’s family emerges for the Mattson kidnapping. Investigators probe a Tumwater camp where clothing and a detective magazine tied to the case were found. A ransom note hints at a coded payment scheme as federal agents prep for rapid action.
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Muriel
Chum
Virginia Chatfield
Seattle
Olympia
Tumwater
Wash
Ray Hays
Mattson
Hays
Charles Mattson
Pek
Paul Sceva
Gus B. Appelman
Sceva
Appelman
Seaman
Tacoma
Mattsons
Seattle Times
Secret Chief Moran Retires After 54 Years in Service
Washington dispatch reports Will iam Moran retires as chief of the Secret Service after 54 years with the agency. He criticizes the retirement system, cites $1,500 yearly pay, and urges recognition for hazardous duty. Secretary Morgenthau names Frank J. Wilson as Moran’s successor and Joseph E. Murphy as assistant chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secret Service
William WH. Moran
Morgenthau
Moran
Treasury
Frank J. Wilson
Internal Revenue
Mavan
Congress
Wilson
Joseph E. Murphy
Somerset Jerseys Bought by Somerset Breeders in Indiana County
On a Wednesday last week prominent Jersey breeders Menno Yoder and Noah Kinsinger of Somerset County, with County Agent C. C. McDowell, visited Indiana County to purchase Jersey cattle. They selected two Jersey bulls from Howard B. Weizel and Clyde MacConnaughey and bought two registered Jersey heifers from Clark MacConnaughey. Yoder manages a thirty five milking herd with an association average of 395 pounds butterfat per cow. the bulls will be used for two years and then exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
Menno Yoder
Noah Kinsinger
Meyersdale
C. C. McDowell
Indiana County
Warner
Jersey
Howard B. Weizel
Marion Center
Clyde MacConnaughey
Smicksburg
R. C
Dog Fishing Tags Delayed Across Counties
Licenses are held by county treasurers delayed by factors beyond control, with 1937 licenses not available before Jan 10. Until then, licenses and buttons costing $1.50 can be obtained from the Department of Revenue in Harrisburg. Those fishing without a license must obtain one or stop fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Revenue
Harrisburg
No Clues In Death Case
Coroner Woods and officials pursued a four fold probe into a murder mystery with no breakthroughs. Cleaning markings on the victim's trousers were shared with plants for identification while burlap binding suggests mine brattice use. Another death case concerns Edward H. Mortensen found on a Cherry Tree mountain peak, with uncertain cause. A Boy Scout search for his missing clothing failed. The report also notes the common house spider has six spinnerets and jets of silk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woods
Clark
Sheriff's Office
Edward H. Mortensen
Cherry Tree
Mortensen
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PWA
Moorhead
Prof
Says Bridge
George Choppy
Kenwood
Czechoslovakia
John and
Kish) Chopp
Ebensburg Coal Company
Carver
Anna (Homma) Chopp
Paul Budnar
Culver
Michael
Helen
Juli Yonuta
Benwood
Nant-y-Glo
London and
Rome
Plane
Presbyterian
Dr. Machen
New Church of Denomination
Blaw-Knox Steel
Mayoress
China
Studebaker Superior Oil Ay Swift and Co
Tenn Corp
Texas Corp
Tex Gulf Sul
Tex Pac L Tr
Tide-Wat As
Transamerica MM
Trans and
West Air
UN Carbide
Air Lines
Aircr Corp
United Corns United Gas Imp
US Steel
Warner Pict
West Mary
West UN Tel
West el and
Wilson and Co
S Woolworth
United States
Secret
Somerset
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