Applications Now Open for COC Camps in Indiana County
1937 enrollment for Civilian Conservation Corps camps announced by Indiana County Emergency Relief Board offices at 32 Carpenter Avenue Indiana and 22 East Market Street Bairsville. Eligible unmarried Pennsylvania boys ages 17 to 28 whose families receive relief should apply before 4 00 p.m. Tuesday January 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riet
C. C. CL
Indiana County Emergency Relief Board
Carpenter Avenue
Indiana
East Market Street
Bairsville
P. RB. R
Pennsylvania
United States
Fife
C. C
Lions Club Reviews Six Month Period
Thirty five Lions and two visitors met at Rustic Lodge for a lively meeting starting with song and ending with science. The semi annual report by Lion President Paul Boyts reviewed club activities and financial status improving. charter members faced early challenges building a strong Indiana Lions club since 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rustic Lodge
Paul Boyts
Indiana Lions
Lion Karl Oetlem
Wack Stermer
Vernon Zeitler
State Teachers College
Lien Gerleny
Miller and Gescler Auditor's Notice
The undersigned appointed by the Orphans' Court of Indiana County announces a distribution of funds in the hands of Blalysville Savings Co Trust Co. The Very Rev. Po J Howe, late of Bishaville, will attend to duties at his Blairsville office on Tuesday, Meow 1987 at 10:00 A M. All interested parties may attend.
Administration Granted for Joseph Willis Wilson in Indiana Borough
James W Mack administrator notice states Letters of Administration on the estate of Joseph Willis Wilson of Indiana Borough have been granted. Creditors must present claims duly authenticated and interested parties should notify or proceed promptly. those indebted should make payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Mack
Joseph Willis Wilson
Tate
Indiana
Margaret Wilee
Week of Prayer Inaugurated Across Presbyterian Churches
The Week of Prayer begins with the Rev. Mark Depp at Christ Church Pittsburgh and continues through multiple congregations. Dr. H. S. Davis of Oxford NC and Rev. W. M. Cleveland will address presbytery sessions. Missionary updates note the Barnards' reassignment to Matsuyama Japan to engage students and factory workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pigree Versis
Wieelahty Chapster
Bomans
Mark Depp
Christ Chiral
Medhorist Episcopal
Pittsburgh
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dave Nal Start
Depp
Wortan
God
Christ Jesus
Lord
Punxsutaw
Ney
Frank L. Neff
Dr. Depp
First Presbyterian Church
First United Presbyterian
Robert L. Clark de S
Committee On National Missions
Presbytery of
Kittanning
I, S. Davis
Myo | Botter—Redstone—Albion Academy
Oxford Worth Carolina
Davis
First Presbyterian
Apple Church
Plainville
Indiana
Davis Wil
Kitanning
Gaheenville
Gahesnville
Church
Land
Robert L. Clark Jr. S. T. D
H. S. Davis
Mary Potter-Redstone-Albin Academy
Oxford
North Carolina
W. M. Cleaveland
Synod of Pennsylvania
Presbyterian
Youth charged in Livermore robbery case ends in release
Walter Shackson and John Zanek aged 21 and 23 faced charges of robbery and felonious assault for a December Holdup at a farmer's home near Livermore. $40 was taken. George Dudash, 17, was cleared after mistaken identity. Count von Zeppelin noted as historical Civil War airship figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fretlee
Walter Shakson
Tohn Zan'ek
Dine
Maudie
Canfessel
Wilkins J. Moore
Clair Tyvinay
Joseph Feher
Livermore
Dev
George Dudash
Feher
Conciliators Press Parley Over Auto Labor Crisis
Federal labor conciliators push talks between General Motors executives and United Automobile Workers led by Homer S. Martin. Alfred P Sloan arrives in Detroit as layoffs ripple to Nortstedt and Fisher Lumber firms. Martin vows union cooperation while seeking action against Judge Black over an injunction. Strikes ease in Janesville as management promises no operation until settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
Alfred PL Shaw
General Majora
Detroit
New York
Corporation
Homer
Martin
Roosevelt
Perkins
Edward DB. Black
Wilnt
Mich
Janesville
Wis
Chevrolet
Deroith
Alfred P Sloan
General Matters
United Automobile Workers of America
Detroit General Motors
Nortstedt Manufacturing Company
Idc
Fisher Lumber Corporation
Memphis
United States Department of Labor
Jeaders
Homer S. Martin
Jaimnes F. Dewey
Edward C. McDonald
John KE. O'Connor
Washington
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
White House
Sloan
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Fisher
Flint
Aurist
Black
Larry §. Davidow
Michigan
Rulph £. Gault
Unidentified mat and woman invade Hahn home
Overnight briefs report a mat and a woman entering Mr and Mrs Andrew Hahn s home placing a five month old baby on a Davenport before fleeing saying this belongs here. Police took the infant to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Andrew Hahn
Hahn
Honesty Pays. Bethlehem Shines With Small, Big Rewards
Bethlehem residents show honesty as Dorothy Hottie of Fountain Hill returns a found $1 to her father, who then gives the money to Mrs Emellia Benik of Hellertown. Mrs Benik loses a matter on the way to a bank. Dorothy finds it and earns a $10 reward for her father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Jan
Dorothy Hottie
Fountain Hill
Emellia Benik
Hellertown
Forty-Two More Income Tax Returns Filed in Indiana
The U S Bureau of Internal Revenue reports Indiana filed 498 returns last year, up from 430 in 1934. County totals rose from 883 to 982. Some towns show gains such as Blairsville up from 173 to 197 and Homer City from 60 to 63, while Clymer rose to 30 and Salisbury fell to 38. Pennsylvania totals reached 950,174, up from 331,662.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Indiana
United State Bureau of Internal Revenue
Indiana County
Blairsville
Clymer
Homer Clity
Salisbury
Pennsylvania
Lafayette professor of religious education dies at 68
The Rev. Dr. George H. Fickes, 68, head of religious education and director of personnel at Lafayette College, died suddenly in Easton, Pennsylvania. A Carlisle native, he graduated from Lafayette in 1905, earned a Princeton master’s in 1907, and Princeton Theological Seminary in 1908, served as a preacher in Rochester for 14 years, and had been at Lafayette since 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
George H. Fickes
Lafayette College
Carlisle
Lafayette
Princeton
Princeton Theological Seminary
Rochester
N. Y
Mrs Karmendi Granted New Trial On Appeal In Philadelphia
Philadelphia January 6 Mrs Margaret Karmendi convicted of killing her three year old son won a new trial on appeal to the supreme court The court held a new trial must be granted to Mrs Karmendi due to errors in her Blair County trial The appellate tribunal overruled that Roy Lockard should have been judged insane The companion sentence to death was upheld pending further action and questions and answers were deemed injurious to the defendant in the eyes of the jury
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Margaret Karmend
Kitling
Supreme Court
Life Well Wisher and City Notes From Multiple Cities
In Washington Georgia a resident found a thief had rifled a wallet left at home. money replaced by a note reading Hope you have better luck next time. In Hamilton Ohio Charles Moon, a dairy truck driver, had a pocketbook with eight dollars stolen, found and returned by an unnamed woman who also recovered a second missing pocketbook and sixty dollars on Wednesday. San Francisco’s Stork Club notes fathers will get attention in the new hospital with a special room for pacing and reading material on baby care. Tulsa Oklahoma residents urged Mayor Penney to curb Adolphus the Great Dane for trampling gardens. 37 children defended the dog as friendly, and the mayor ruled no penalty for the big dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ga
Louis Amason
Stork Club
San Francisco
San Francisco Hospital
Tulsa
Okla
T. A. Penney
Adolphus
Clydé Sieinberger
Major Penney
Bar Association to Reply to Governor’s Criticism
Harrisburg Jan 6 The Pennsylvania State Bar Association plans to investigate Governor George H. Earle’s charge that the bar reflects anti social views of big business A special committee will study the governor’s letter calling the State Bar Association wholly Tory in viewpoint
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State Bar Association
George H. Earle
State Bar Association
New Exchange Building Progress in Springfield
The Eastern States Exchange at Springfield Massachusetts has contracted Wilbert Fowler to build a wood frame one story warehouse and selling house at the southwest corner of Treventh and Water streets. It will be 83 feet long and 59 feet wide with 15 local workers. Construction began last Tuesday and should finish by February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Eastern States Farmers Exchange
Springfeld
Mass
Wilbert Fowler
Treventh and
Water Streets
Fowler
Glorifying Yourself Beauty Prep Items Parade 1937
Beaver Valley director Joseph Timko says a flying squadron of union organizers will visit Aliquippa Friday. Pittsburgh post office receipts rose by 499,860 in 1936 to 6,618,238 across the main office and 24 substations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver
Joseph Timko
Beaver Valley
The
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Aliquippa
Pittsburgh — Postoffice
Pittsburgh Postofice
Newspapersmen Plan Meeting in Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association schedules its annual meeting in Harrisburg on January 16 and 17. Topics include rising production costs and advertising standards. Dr Lester K K Ade will speak on civic harmony, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker on aviation and transportation, C N Ritzman on Keystone State advertising funds. William D Mansfield presides. AP members will convene and officers are to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association
Warrisburo
Pennsylvania Retailers’ Association
Mercantile Group
Lester KK. Ade
Eddie Rickjenbacker
Anciher
C. N. Ritziman
Pennsylvania Scenic and Historic Commission
Keystone
William D. Mansfield
McKeesport
Frank Parker Stocksbridge
Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Indiana Blairsville High Schools Placed on Accredited List
The Indiana County high schools Indiana and Blairsville are again on the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools accredited list. The association includes top regional colleges and universities, and graduates from member schools may enter member colleges without exams when recommended by their high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Public Instruction
Indiana County
Indiana
Blairsville
Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Harriet Quimby First US Woman Pilot License Holder
The article notes Harriet Quimby becoming the first woman in the United States to hold a pilot's license. It references aviation milestones amid a broad listing of companies and market terms, situating her achievement within contemporary progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Quimby
United States
Chiang Kai-Shek Kidnapping Mystery From Chinatown View
A New York Chinatown theory claims Chiang Kai-Shek staged his kidnapping to gain time and troops to resist Japan. Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang allegedly helped the ruse and release to offset northern Chinese aggression. The piece notes the view comes from a prominent Chinese contact, not named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
New York
Chinatown
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chian
America
Chiang
Plasue
Mariboukuo
Race to block arms shipment in Europe sparks tension
Soviet Russia and Socialist Spain traded harsh accusations against Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany as France weighed a rapid deployment to Spain and Britain moved 172000 tons of ships to the Mediterranean. A ninth Soviet steamer was seized by insurgent forces in the Straits of Gibraltar and a truce held between German and Basque fleets near the City of Biscay while Nazi ultimatums loom.
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Nye
Russia
Spain
Germany
France
Spanish
Britain
Mediterranean
Straits of
Gibraltar
Geneva
Italy
Isongat
League of Nations Action
Moscow
Adolf
Hitler
Belomorcanal
Ceuta
Malacca
Lunde
Great Britain
Berlin
Ullirasium
City of Biscay
Pilot's Widow Seeks Compensation for Crash Death
Mrs Helen Beckley seeks compensation from the state workers fund for the death of her husband Eric Beckley, who piloted a sightseeing plane that crashed near Allegheny County airport on September 5, killing 10. The hearing is set for January 18 before state compensation referee David B Roberts. The suit names William and Howard Borandi and Joseph Borandi of Sky Ways Flying Service as defendants. The fund allegedly insured operators and had not received crash notification. Beckley family plans $3,000 total payable in 300 weekly installments of $10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fittsburgh
David B. Roberts
Helen Beckley
Eric Beckley
Allegheny County
Flying Service
Beckley
Huntington
W. Va
Miner Denies Murder Charge Headline from New Castle
Rocco Esposito, a 50 year old gold miner, denied murder charges in New Castle today. He claimed he was not in the county when Francesco Romeo was shot in 1906 and said he had moved across multiple countries and back to the United States. He waived extradition and returned with State Justice Department agent Frank Costa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Rocco Esposito
Canada
Esposito
Francesco Romeo
Francesca
Naw Castle
Wyoming
Massachusetts
Belgium
United States
Kirland Lake
Romeo
Frank Costa
State Justice Department
Markets: Livestock and Grains Across Cities
Pittsburgh hogs and cattle prices show lower bids with lighter demand while calves and vealers hold steady. sheep and lambs mixed. Chicago wheat slips then recovers amid rain and snow forecasts. corn fluctuates near 4% change. Pittsburgh produce markets show slower demand for apples and eggs, with steady potatoes and poultry prices overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Jan
New York Baldwins
Kings
Pennsylvania Delicious
Black Twigs
Starks
Virginia Delicious
Staymanga
Rome Beauties
Maine Green Mets
Pennyslvania Ruralis
New York
Florida Black Twigs
Chicago Needs Many Nurses
Pittsburgh Bureau for Registered Nurses said Chicago could not receive aid for pneumonia and influenza cases because practically every available nurse is engaged. The bureau noted most nurses are treating pneumonia and influenza cases locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Bureau For
Chicago
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Lions Club
Pittsharch
Reduens
Kew
Eugene Barnard
Presbyteria Church
Matsuyama
Shikoku
C. E. Barnard
Yamaguchi
Barnard
Jagan
My. Barnard
Kittanninis
First Presrietorian Church
Kattanlap
Count von Zeppelin
Moorhead
Motors
M. A. Musmanno
Meeesport
J. J. Bresnahan
Lawrence
John Sheehan
Sheehan
J. W. Saybell
Standard Oil of
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Standard Oil Company of Pennsylvania
Penola, Inc
Standard Oil
Oil City
John Schaltz
Meadville
Herbert Mook
Crawford County
Corry
Nathan Cole
Mill Village
Mildred Lee
Altoona
Philip A. Burker
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Reading
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Crescent Mine No. 2
Monongahela River
Vandergrifp
Walker Adams
Vandercritt
Dwight L. Johnson
Carnes
Uulineys Steel Corporation
Sifety Committee
Better Traffic Committee
P. I. Sulivan
Norman Stonehouse
Sullivan
George I of
England
Mrs. Karmend
Noblesse Obligi
Hamilton, O
Charles Moan
Moon
BAR Association
Alicia Kartner
Service
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Auburn Auto
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Heela
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Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distill
Nat Pew
North Amate Packard Mat
Penn RR
Phila RC
Phillips Petala
Radio 11
Repub
Rey
Sears Roch
Spiegel May Stern
Studebaker
Texas Corp
Transamerica
Aire Corp
United Corp
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West Blind M
Woolworth
Curb— Ark Nat Gas
Penmoad Corp As
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Liverpool
ASCO
Campbell's Tomato Juice
Rome
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