Roosevelt Declares Soil Conservation Key To Farm Crisis
President Roosevelt, in his first farm discussion since the AAA death, urged treating farming as a national problem with soil conservation and production control. He opposed subsidies for exports, warned of a dust storm risk from unchecked plowing, and signaled plans to seek legislation this session to advance conservation and production limits. A separate Associated Press report notes a farm leaders’ meeting aiming to craft a composite aid program and the five major farm groups’ cautious stance toward administration substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
AAA
Hoeat
Middle West
Supreme Court
Frank I. Weller
Associated Press
Wallace
New Deal
American Farm Bureau Federation
The
National Grange
American Agricultural Editors Association
Farmers National Grain Corporation
National Cooperative Council
National Agricultural Conference
O'Neal
Farm Bureau
Hire
George N. Peek
Peek
No School Today in Barnard Bond Vote Recount
Barnard voters approved a bond issue for a new schoolhouse but a technical vote error requires a new election on January 14 leaving students without a school. Also included are brief notes on tall court case in Seattle, crow hunting plans in Tulsa, and a home defense tale from Evanston. A new weather update reports mixed precipitation moving out of Pennsylvania with snow and ice concerns and a stranded group rescued on the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Associated
Pennsylvania
Wayne
Bradford
Highway Department
Somerset
Cambria
Green Lane
Perklomeville
Montgomese County
Susquehanna River
Harrisburg
Farm policy clash and a tale of deception in a mystery novel
Background discusses farm tariff debates and AAA conservation rewards amid opposition from Milo Reno and critics who warn of production control. The excerpt shifts to a fiction plot about a man faking his death, a murder accusation, and a hero’s return, culminating in a Farrar and Rinehart publication priced at 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Peek
Certan
Milo Reno
Farmers
Reno
AAA
Farrar and Rinehart
The President's Mystery Story Authors Unite
President Roosevelt inspired a novel on a vanished rich man and five million dollars. Rupert Hughes Samuel Hopkins Adama H. S. Van Dine Anthony Abbott Rita Welman and John Erskine collaborated to produce The President's Mystery Story. A wealthy New Yorker fakes his death to start anew and pursue philanthropy.
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Roosevelt
Gereed
Rupert Hughes
Samuel Hopkins
Adama
8. S. van Dine
Anthony Abbot
Rita Welman
John Ergkine
Obituary notices from Homer City and Indiana County
Obituary items report the Hasinger family, including the Whip-poor Will Camp breeding station near Indiana, with details on his death, Catholic faith, and survivors. Funeral plans are pending with services at St Bernard’s Church and family home for visitation. Also noted is John R. Elkin, 79, farmer-resident of Indiana County, died at his Georgeville home after a long illness. survivor list includes wife and five children. funeral at Trade City Lutheran Church.
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Homer City
Stuck
Hasinger
Bird
Will
St. Bernard's Church
Paul B. Hasinger
Indiana
Margaret
Elmer Flowers
Stella
J. W. Lyon
San Francisco
Calif
Wayne Avenue
John R. Elkin
Indiana County
Georgeville
William
Jane Elkin
Loop
Episcopal Church
Clair
Porter
Jefferson County
Claylan
Clyde
Trade City
Kemp
Punxsutawney
Lutheran Church
J. B
Letter With Dollar Finally Reaches Oakl and Cemetery Treasurer
On March 28 1931 James H Muckle of Apollo placed a dollar in a letter addressed to A H Torrence treasurer Oak land Cemetery Association Indiana at the Apollo post office. Yesterday the letter arrived with the dollar in good shape and the Muckle account credited. The envelope bore a two cent stamp and carried a note about a wager.
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James H. Muckle
Apollo
A. H. Torrence
Oakland Cemetery Association
Indiana
Mr. Torrence
Muckle
Mall
Salads Demonstrations Held Across County by Miss Owen
Miss Bessie Owen extension representative led several county demonstrations on salads this week. She explained salad place in menus, vitamin content, and nutritional values. Demonstrations used home farm foods such as cabbage carrots apples turnips cottage cheese eggs and canned fruits despite icy roads.
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Bessie Owen
Miss Owen
Obituary notices for Clawson and Aul with theatre note
Obituaries record Bert Wilbert Clawson of Center township died at 7 15 am in Indiana Hospital with services at his sister’s Edgewood home and interment in Oakland Cemetery. Survived by wife daughter Virginia and siblings. Araminta Bell Aul of Rayne township died at 2 am at home. services set for 3 30 pm Saturday at Robison Funeral Home with interment Greenwood Cemetery. Survived by three sons and three daughters and multiple relatives. Also noted is Walter Abel and Margot Grahame in The Three Musketeers at Indiana Theatre Monday and Tuesday.
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Bert Wilbert Clawson
Bert Wilbert Clawa
Indiana Hospital
Vernie Marshall
Edgewood
Edward McClintock
Oakland Cemetery
Frank
Clara
Spence) Clawson
Center Township
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
McIntyre
United Mine Workers of America
One Hundred and Sixty-first Infantry
Virginia
Clyde Hockenberry
Nemacolin
Bertha
John
Araminta (Bell
Rayne Township
Robinson Funeral Home
C. F. Hildebrand
Greenwood Cemetery
Thomas J
Jemima
Sunderland) Bell
East Mahoning Township
Grove Chapel Lutheran Church
Aul
Clark
Cherryhill
Thomas C. Aul
Edward J. Aul
George Wetzel
Marion Center
Lyman Martin
White Township
James Pifer
Anaheim
Calif
George Bell
Thomas Bell
Punxsutawney
Isaiah Steffy
Grent
Walter Abel
Margot Grahame
Gage
the Three Musketeers
Indiana Theatre
Holstein Breeders from Indiana County Visit Washington D C
A party of Holstein breeders from Indiana County with County Agent Warner visited Washington D C and Beltsville Maryland for two days. They toured the House and Supreme Court and learned about dairy breeding at the USDA Beltsville experimental farm. They applied for five Holstein and one Jersey bull, subject to herd testing and Cow Testing Association records. Attendees included C S Gerhart Ed Dunlap Harvey Fleming R D C A Deemer Fred Nehrig R D W H Hood H O Kimmel Sloca R D Walter Simpson Marian Center and J W Warner.
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Indiana County
Warner
Washington
D. C
Beltsville
House of
Supreme Court
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Cow Testing Association
C. S. Gerhart
Ed Dunlap
Blairsville
Harvey Fleming
Livermore
R, D
R, D, C, A. Deemer, Brushvalley, Fred Nehrig, Indiana, R. D
W. H. Hood
H. O. Kimmel
Sheloca
R. D
Walter Simpson
Marian Center
J. W. Warner
Recall Last Convention
Philadelphia January 10 1920 civic leaders return from Washington after securing the Democratic National Convention for about 250000 preparations begin for June attendees Tentative plans include convention hall setup and state delegation booths in the museum a sub post office for delegates and assurances no profiteering by hotel operators
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Philadelphia
Washington
S. Davis Wilson
Albert M. Greenfield
Chamber of Commerce
Convention
Edgar S. McKaig
Charles N. Christman
Christman
Walter Hudson
War at a Glance: Front News From Cairo to Eastern China
The AP reports Cairo protests Italy over an Egyptian Red Crescent ambulance attack near Daggah Bir on the southern front. Addis Ababa cites 200 Italian troops killed in Ogaden fighting with Ethiopians who also seized tanks and anti aircraft gear. Rome says 1200 Alpine troops join 6800 already dispatched to East Africa as aerial activity continues near Amba Aradam. In China, Marichotkuo Mon Holan forces push into Eastern Suiyuan from Chahar, seizing Fengchen railway hub and declaring an autonomous regime in a bloodless occupation.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Italy
Egyptian Red Crescent (Red Cross
Daggah Bir
Addis Ababa
Ogaden
Rome
East Africa
Alt
Amba Aradam
Suiyuan
Chahar
Fengchen
Father Cox to lead second march on Washington
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Father James R. Cox plans a second march on Washington Sunday. This time the group will back the Townsend old age pension plan and travel by bus and automobile from St. Patrick's church. Cox did not know turnout but expects fewer participants due to work and PWA jobs.
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Pittsburgh
James R. Cox
Washington
Townsend Old Age Pension Plan
Old St. Patrick's Church
Convention Hall Featured With Large Capacity and Amenities
The article notes a convention hall built five years ago at a cost of Ave million dollars with seating for 13,800 in the main auditorium and space for 1,500 more on the stage. It includes numerous meeting rooms, a ballroom, kitchen, and restaurant, near the commercial museum that hosted the Republican national convention in 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Philadelphia
Anti-New Deal Vote Across Regions In Digest Poll
The farm belt states show 3 to 2 against Roosevelt policies while the Rocky Mountain states and Pacific Coast states show broad disapproval. The issue includes a table comparing 1932 and 1934 New Deal poll results, detailing state by state defections.
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Farm Belt
Rocky Mountains
Literary Digest
Parachute to Stardom Tales in Hollywood News
Hollywood anecdotes recount failed stunts and lucky breaks shaping careers. Richard Arlen, a delivery boy hit by a studio car, gained an acting chance after hospital damages. Others used drastic ploys like poison or substitutions at gates to attract attention, while Jeanne Williams reinvented herself as Sonya Karlovy and found fame under Cecil DeMille.
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Richard Arlen
Eal
Julia Graham
Presa
Jeanne Williams
Hollywood
Sonya Karlovy
Cecil DeMille
Tina Basquette
Mile
Karlovy
Jeane Williams
Miss Basquette
Ared
Hollywood Careers From Feeds To Breakthroughs
The article recalls Jean Muir rising from a Broadway failure to a film contract via “feeder” work for star makers like Franchot Tone. Pat O Brien unknowingly played Hildy Johnson in Front Page, later confessing another actor had. Ruby Keeler refused offers until 42nd Street, and Barbara Stanwyck secured a switch from inactivity thanks to husband Frank Fay's insistence.
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Jean Muir
Franchot Tone
Miss Muir
Hildy Johnson
Hollywood
O'Brien
Snooty
Ruby Keeler
al Jolson
Barbara Stanwyck
Frank Fay
Fay
Anne Adams pattern promises slimming frock design
A vintage sewing feature promotes Anne Adams pattern 2643 with a V neckline and puff sleeves to flatter figures. It lists sizes 54 to 49, yardage, and an illustrated instruction guide, inviting readers to order for fifteen cents or twenty five cents with a pattern and pattern book. The ad cites Indiana Evening Gazette Pattern Department, 243 W. 11th St, New York.
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Anne Adama
Colina
Anne Adams
Indiana Evening Gazette Pattern Department
New York
Insurance plot killer linked to vanished men in New Jersey
Detectives broaden the probe into the body found buried on a New Jersey beach to include at least ten missing men. Adam Ambrose, jailed suspect, admits killing a man named Joe Quanbucki to profit from a $10,000 life insurance. Ambrose faces questions over insurance rackets tied to his lodgers and past deaths, with exhumation planned for John Havikos. Ambrose’s three sons were questioned as the prosecutor prepares to reconvene a December grand jury.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey
Matthew H. Clark
Adam Ambrose
Clark
Ambrose
Joe Quanbucki
Samuel Riccardi
Cape May County
Jesse Souder
Souder
Riccardi
John Havikos
Navikos
Cape May Court House
N. J
Bruno
Joseph
Felix
French B. Loveland
Loveland
Schwab's Mother Sees 93rd Birthday in Alleghenies
In Loretto on January 10 Mrs. Pauline Farnbaugh Schwab, mother of steel magnate Charles M. Schwab, marked her 93rd birthday at home high in the snow covered Alleghenies. She has stayed indoors since Thanksgiving, not ill but avoiding harsh mountain winter weather. The Bethlehem Steel chairman's attendance from New York was not known.
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Loretto
Pauline Farnbaugh Schwab
America
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
New York
Regulating Natural Gas and Pipelines Nationwide
The Federal Trade Commission asked Congress for a broad joint federal and state program to regulate the $2.5 billion natural gas and pipeline industry. It urges conserving gas, curbing monopolistic practices, and separating gas from electric utilities while respecting states’ prerogatives. The plan stems from a seven year old inquiry into utility holding companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Feedral Trade Commission
Confesses To Poor Box Thefts In Scranton
Harold Woehrley, 28, confessed to stealing about $4,000 from St. Peter's Cathedral poor boxes over two years. He pled guilty before Police Magistrate Fred Seymour and was held for court without bail. Detectives Edward Kelley and Geo Green said he marked the bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Harold Woehrley
St. Peter’s Cathedral
Fred Seymour
Edward Kelley
Geo. Green
Woehrley
Morgan Denies Morgan Firm Pressured War Loans
J P Morgan told the Senate hunger cost committee that his firm never manipulated 1915 foreign exchange to push U S government to permit Allied loans. He rejected claims that Morgan’s financial ties influenced U S entry into World War I. He said such acts were foreign to his firm’s traditions and history.
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Preston L. Grover
Associated Press
Washington
J. P. Morgan
Senate
Hip Company
United States
Senate Munitions Committee
Banking House
Morgan Yesters Day
Woodrow Wilson
America
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Martin Moffet
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Troutman
Smickaburg Cemetery
Holstein
William McKinley
Traiis
Marconi
Ohio
Wright Brothers
Buffalo
Moorhead
Jayson
Yorke
Father Cox
Capitol
Hollywood News
Paul Harrison
NEA
Clifford Jones
Twentieth Century-Fox Studios
Loretta Young
Polly Ann Young
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Loretta
Billy Benedict
Fox
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