Bipartisan push to trim WPA 875 million fund
Washington January news notes a bipartisan drive in Congress to reduce the 875 million dollar WPA request and oppose raising the legal debt limit. House appropriations members hinted at cuts to 300 million or less while debating funding through June 30 and potential relief policy shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House Appropriations
F. C. Warrington
WPA
Rep. Taber
R-N
Byrnes
D-Sc
Senate Appropriations Committee
Taber
House Committee
New Deal
Treasury
Byrd
D-Va
House
Senate
Philip Nolan and Kalustian Saga of Adoption and Escape
Kalustian, born in divided Turkey, claimed no Turkey ties as he fled with Solomon Papazian after religious wars. Solomon urged Kalustian to seek his father in America, and Papazian sent $250 for the journey. Kalustian later adopted Papazian’s role as father and nation, while Melroy, a restaurant worker, returned the $250 from his earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalustian
Turkey
Solomon Papazian
Syria
Solomon
Soloman
America
Panazian
Papazian
Reishing
Melroy
Prison trial details heat torture in hunger strike case
Testimony shows guards used heat in the Klandike isolation block to compel participation in a hunger strike. Guard Sergeant Hart testified he turned on the radiators on Craven's orders, noting heat was part of the treatment as four inmates died during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craven
Frank Comodeca
James Hart
Frankfurter Praises Cardozo As Court Predecessor
Cambridge Mass Frankfurter Harvard law professor and new Supreme Court appointee lauds Justice Cardozo praising his view that new policies must be tested by experience and government processes. He notes Cardozo’s awareness of social tensions and taxation’s reach and says law must act beyond economist consensus. He cites Cardozo’s stance on religious liberty and compulsory military instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Supreme Court
Harvard
Felix Frankfurter
Frankfurter
Hughes
Reed
Roberts
Butler
McReynolds
Brancels
Stone
Black
Cambridge
Mass
Felix Frankfurther
Supreme Court
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Cardozo
Frank
Minerva
Harvard Law Review
Law Review
Holmes
Frankfurther
Prisoner says steam should be turned on to please sergeant
Hart testified that Cra ven told him turning on the steam was deliberate while questioning whether the heat was used. Nine other suspended prison officials accused of murder and manslaughter in the deaths have been granted separate trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craven
Hart
Christmas and Epiphany in Christian tradition
A fragment discusses the Christmas celebration and the Epiphany as the feast marking three key events in Christ’s revealing. It notes St. Nicholas and the shift from Santa Claus to reverence for Christ. The text mentions the baptism and the Cana miracle as manifestations of the divine sonship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
Santa Claus
Christ
Gor
Canaa
Obituary items from Indiana Homer City Blairsville deaths
Obituary notices list Violet Wylie 58 died in Homer City after short illness. Charles A Richards of Blairsville died in Pittsburgh hospital and services set at Blairsville. Other notices include Mrs M D Wallihan found dead in a cabin near Vandergrift, Fenton McAfee Punxsutawney tailor who killed himself, SARAIL Bell Reefer death in Plumcreek Township, Dickson C Snyder funeral in Brushvalley Township, and Dr D Suerman Smith death in Lancaster. Burial and service details noted for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Wylie
Homer City
William
Ruth (Phillips) Heard
England
United States
Iselin
Lebanon
Union Church
John Wylie
Mildred Epondike
Australia
Wales
Thomas Heard
Scotland
Spondike
OG. F. Ring
Edgewood Cemetery
Salbsburg
Charles A. Richards
Charles A. Richard
Blairsville
Homeopathic Hospital
Pittsburgh
Richards
Nori Spring Street
William Zundall
Avstrong County
Warner
Susanna Dun Lmives Richards
Zettie
Harbison) Richards
Helvick Stewart
Harry Woomey
Louis Brubaker
Johnstown
Eva Belle Richards
Alfred Richards
Livermore
Fenton M'Afee
Punxsutawney
Jan
Fenton McAfee
Morrison
South Gilpin Street
H. C. Humke
Presbyterian Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars
McAfee
Circle Hill
Anced Mays
James McAfee
Stairton
Punxsulawney
James
Wevising
John
Roy (Maude) McClintock
Edgar
J. Clifton
Butler
Carol McAfee
Baltimore, Md
Sarail Bell Reefer
Reefer
Philadelphia
Plumcreek Township
Armstrong County
Gastown Reformed Church
Sarkis Papajian
St. Luke Reformed Church
Kitlanning
Warkleroad Cemetery
Cowanshannock Township
D. Suerman Smith
Ada Gahagan
Smicksburg
Lancaster
Laxity in Jail Spurs County Board Probe Plan
Pittsburgh January 7 Sheriff Heinz accused laxity at Allegheny County Jail and said he will seek a county prison board investigation next Monday. He cited prisoners draining weapons in custody and two inmates being transported from Farview State Hospital found armed with razors after a deputy sheriff reported a guard a prisoner with a slashed throat in a Wilkes-Barre stopover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Heinz
County Prison Board
Hiemz
Farview State Hospital
Border raids stir Hungary Czecho-Slovak tension
A map shows Munkacs border town as Hungarian forces report killing four officers and five soldiers. Both sides blame the other for raids and property damage. Friction rises as France and Italy clash over colonies, Spain sees Franco advance toward Barcelona, Chiang Kai-shek attacks Hangzhou, and Mussolini may press Hitler on a European refugee settlement per Rome reports.
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Munkacs
Hungary
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Spain
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Franco
Ching
Chiang 'ai-Shek
Hangzhow
Chekiang
Shanghai
Rome
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Community notes of visits and events open year
Routine community updates list gatherings visits and family trips across Parkwood Uniontown Homer City Punxsutawney Lansing and Toledo. Socials include New Year dinner with McCardles and a missionary society meeting.
Expert Says Only Increased Taxation Can Solve Relief Problem
University of Pennsylvania law dean Herbert F. Goodrich says higher taxes and greater expenditures are the only logical fix for the state relief problem. He notes most aid recipients are needy, few on the rolls are chiselers, and counties cannot bear relief burdens. Meanwhile, Pa House approves transferring 34 million dollars from four funds to fund relief through the end of May, with 12 million immediately available after the deficiency funds run dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Jah
Herbert F. Goodrich
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Goodrich
Department of Public Assistance
Earle
Commonwealth
Philadelphia
Allegheny
House
Emergency Relief Board
Buil
0 Cents a Day to See Lights in Harrisburg
A Pennsylvania state parks survey finds 75 percent of visitors earn under $2,000 yearly and spend about 77 cents per day on outings. Data from 16,000 parties across 81 areas, conducted with CCC and WPA help, shows lower income visitors seek more parks and better access within 60 miles of home.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Parks
Department of Forests and Waters
CCC
Forest Service
National Park Service
WPA
Eric von Hausswolff
Park Bureau
Vou Hausswolf
State Parke
von Hausswolff
Geneva
Adler Killed In Auto Crash At Uniontown
An automobile left the road in Uniontown yesterday narrowly missing numerous pedestrians before striking a pole and water plug. Charles J. Adler, 65, a well known local resident, died at the wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Charles J. Adler
Birthday Celebration and Community Gatherings Report
A Floyd Bay home hosted a Wednesday party with games, fun and eats enjoyed by attendees. Other activities include church services in Elderton, a visit by Mr and Mrs Roy Travis of Butler to Wallace Rheats on Tuesday, and a Vandergrifty birthday celebration helped by Mr and Mrs Carlyle Farren and Nara Jegn for their nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Bay
Elderton
Roy Travis
Butler
Wallace Rheats
Carlyle Farren
Nara Jegn
Vandergrifty
Local calls and visits from Marion Center to Punxsutawney and beyond
Mr and Mrs Karl Craig of Marion Center called on Mr and Mrs Harry Mauk Monday evening. Mr and Mrs Leonard Moore and daughter Joyce Lee visited Dor mers sister Mrs Elda North and daughter Punxsutawney Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs B M Kirk of Boston Mass returned home after visiting the latter's mother Mrs Annie Moot over Christmas. Miss Helen Knauf and Gerald Peffer are confined to their homes by grip. Miss Gladys Dorn and Mrs Zella George of Indiana and Miss Peg Dixon of Saltsbury called on Mrs Leonard Moore and daughter Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Craig
Marion Center
Harry Mauk
Leonard Moore
Joyce Lee
Dormers
Elda North
Punxsutawney
B. M. Kirk
Boston
Mass
Annie Moot
Helen Knauf
Gerald Peffer
Grip
New Scholastic Grid Rules Proposed
CHICAGO Jan 7 The National Federation Interscholastic Rules Committee moved to make football safer for high school players. It approved a substitution rule extending the fourth quarter reentry to all periods and proposed penalties for fouls on touchdown plays, among other changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Federation Interscholastic Rules Committee
HL. V. Porter
Federation
Excessive tax refund ordered for Crawford estate
Federal court ordered a return of 18 867.66 dollars in excessive income tax payments to the executors of the estate of George W Crawford. Crawford, late president of the Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation, died April 6, 1935, and his estate was the fifth largest in Allegheny County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
George W Crawford
Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation
Crawford
Allegheny County
Christmas Tree Burning At Philadelphia General Hospital
Nurses and internes sang carols as 400 Yule tide trees were burned in a twelfth plight ceremony at Philadelphia General Hospital. Patients watched from courtyard windows as a firetruck stood by for safety in this festive event.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia General Hospital
Jin
Codifying of laws sought by Pennsylvania Bar Association
Hershey Jan 7 A report by the Pennsylvania Bar Association urged study of state government boards and commissions including Engineers Doctors Dentists Optometrists and Pharmacists. It called for codifying criminal laws and updating the antiquated system while noting appeal rights differ by board. The group also favored a permanent state tax commission and lowering corporate capital stock tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershby
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Associaion
Sterling G. McNees
Harrisburg
John Fertig
State Legislative Reference Bureau
Charles J. Marglott
Association
Market tickers and stock names across industries
A dense OCR list shows numerous company names across sectors from oil and steel to autos, beverages, chemicals, and technology. The fragment includes major firms like General Motors, Coca Cola, Firestone, Chrysler, Dell, and Exxon among many others, plus scattered percentage-like figures and old stock notation. It reads as a snapshot of a historic market page listing diversified equities and related firms.
Cabinet list tainted with eight men and one woman named
Harrisburg January 7 The names of eight men and one woman were advanced as cabinet choices for Governor-elect Arthur H. Hidats, with no confirmation. Sophia M. R. O Hara of Wilkes Barre named for Secretary of the Commonwealth, a post once held by Democratic State Chairman David L. Lawrence. Other selections include Claude T. Reno for Attorney General John H. Light for Secretary of Agriculture I Lamont Hughes for Highways G Albert Stewart for Forests and Waters Edward Martin for Adjutant General Lewis G. Hines for Labor and Industry Paul Pediga for Governor's Secretary. Red fire trucks may disappear from Berwick as residents vote to let firemen choose color schemes for new trucks, possibly brown and tan to match uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Arthur Hidathes
James
Sophia M. R. O'Hara
Wilkes- Barre
Commonwealth
Earle
David L. Lawrence
James F. Torrance
Miss O'Hara
Howard Russell
Karl de Schweinitz
Allegheny County
G. Albert Stewart
The
Clearfield Progress
Edward Martin
Washington County
Labor and Industry
Lewis G. Hines
Philadelphia
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Paul Pediga
Ira Ty Thomas
Philipsburg
Mines
T. Gordon Mason
Wilkes-Barre
Meal Thief Hunted After Kitchen Racketeering Incident
Police hunt a thief who raided multiple kitchens selecting a complete meal. At one residence he stole potatoes a head of cabbage a pound of meat and three roasted apples leaving behind a head of lettuce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Beleve
City funds marked paid in full for trucks
York finance director John L. Snyder said the city’s 1844 bonded issue, used to finance fire trucks bought in 1915, will not be called paid in full until that date. The trucks have since been junked, but the debt remains an item of record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
John L. Snyder
Council
Jewel Cache Found Near Yeadon Treasure Or Theft
Police Chief Thomas Latch examined about $1900 worth of gems and silverware on his desk as a boy logged most of the jewels in a tool chest found on a highway. Soon two motorists arrived with additional silverware and gems, creating a mystery of a treasure find or robbery.
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Yeadon
Thomas Latch
Stand Brands and Major Firms in 20th Century Oil and Steel Era
A compact note lists extensive corporate names and entities spanning major oil companies, railroads, steel, aviation, chemicals, and conglomerates. Included are Shell Union Oil Simmons Co Socony-Vacuum Southern Pacific Sperry Corp Stand Brands Stand Oil and Stand Oil NJ Studebaker Co Swift and Co Texas Corp Texas Gulf Sulph ex Pac L Trust Tide-Wat A Oil Timken Rall B Trans and West Air Union Carbide Union Pacific United Air Lines United Aircraft United Corp United Gas lm US Rubber US Steel Vanadium Corp Warner Bras Fie West Union Tel West El and Mrs Wuson and Co Woolworth FW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Union Oil Simmons Co
Socony-Vacuum
Southern Pacific Southern Ry Sperry Corp
Stand
Col Stand
Stand Oil NJ
Studebaker Co
Swift and Co
Texas Corp
Texas Gulf Sulphex Pac L Trust Tide-Wat
Oil Timken Rall B
Trans and West Air Union Carbide
Union Pacific
United Air Lines
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Lm US Rubber
US Steel
Vanadium Corp
Warner Bras Fie
West Union Tel West el
Wuson and Co
Woolworth
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Philip Nolan
Moorhead
Indiana
Justice Butler
Justice McReynalds
Justice Brandeis
Justice Stone Justice
Black Justice
Justice Reeca
Clara Clawson
M. D. Wallihan
Vandergrit
Cagip
Jo-Ant
Voyers
M. D. Waljihan
Ira A. Miller
Wallihan
West Virginia
Eva Gallagher
R. D
Dickson C. Snyder
Brushvalley Township
F. A. Webb
Frye Cemetery
Floyd Ray
H. A. Ray
Parkwood
Floyd Stiffler
Cynthia
Albert Lee
Douglass
Carrie
Margaret Sharp
Cochrane
William Weir
Charles McCardle
Frank McCardle
Merle McCardle
Gertrude
Ida Mae Thomas
Ward
Lansing
Mich
Paul Ine
Toledo
Adler
Marchand
Aga
Bar Association
Aly Reduction
Allied
Allis-Ch
Ajca
Anaconda Army US Armstrong Cork Assd
Auburn Auto Aviation Carp
Bald Love
Bali
Ohio
Barnsdall Oil
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Blaw-Knox Borden Co
Borg-Warner Briggs Mig Calumet
Hec
Canad Pacific Cage
Caterpil Tractor Celanese Corp
Cerro de Pas Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Coca-Cola
Colgate-Falm-P
el Com Credit Com
Investor
Coml
Solvents
Comwith
Sou
Cons Edison
Consal Oil Container Corp
Cont
Cant Motors
Oil del Corn Products
Grane Co
Curtis Publishing
Curtiss-Wright Curtiss-Wr
A Deere & Co
del Lack & West
Lehigh
Val. P& Lib-O-F
Gle
Loew's Inc
Lorillard
Mack Trucks
McCrory Stores
Mont Ward Murray Corp Nash Kelvinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat! Steel
NY Central
NH & H
North Ameria Northern Pac
Ohio Oil
Otis Steel
Packard Moor Param Pictues
Penna RR Phillips Pet Pilt Ser and
Borocter and Gam Pub
Sve NJ Pyre Oi
Radio Corp of Radio
Keith-Or
Reming Rand Repub Steel Reynolds
Tob & Schenley Distill Sears Roebuck
Berwick
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