16 Jan 1937
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1937
Page
1
The Columbia Natural Gas Company president J French Robinson urges customers to vent all gas appliances to outside through clear chimneys or flues. He warns unvented devices can produce carbon monoxide and stresses hiring a plumber or heating contractor to ensure proper venting.
Twelve jurors start the morning in Judge Walter McMahon's court but one is absent after lunch. Ralph Couen fails to return. bailiffs search two hours before he is found and apologizes for sleeping through lunch.
Mrs Martha Ann Goodrich 80 died yesterday at Diamondville near Clymer. Funeral at 2 p m Monday in Diamondville Union Church with burial in local cemetery. She was born July 21, 1856 and survived by six children and a sister. Mrs Margaret Toth 48 died in Indiana Hospital. Last rites at 9 a m Monday in McIntyre Catholic Church with burial at St Bernard’s Cemetery Indiana.
Troxell claims to forecast weather from a goose bone weighing under a pound and predicts a strong winter comeback. He plans to raise geese weighing over 12 pounds and credits a long held system, despite changing weather fears.
London dated report states actress Ann Harding and Werner Janssen plan a simple private marriage at a London registry office with the ceremony likely not this weekend. Harding, 34, and Janssen, 37, have kept details private. Harding has a daughter and the couple have traveled between the United States, Canada, and England amid prior custody proceedings.
Rival Danny Kratzer uses stellar readings to forecast the week ahead and warned of an unexpectedly harsh spring after an apparently easy winter. Weatherworks officials caution that astronomical data is only one of several factors shaping the seasonal outlook.
Local farmers push for a state and federal plan to test and eradicate Bangs disease in Pennsylvania herds. They seek a quarantine for areas with 75 percent or more of herds tested and a minimum $2,000,000 appropriation, with Agriculture Department action via the Bureau of Animal Industry. Wesley Reitze chairs. Glen R. Kester secretary.
The article discusses Pennsylvania flood control efforts including federal aid, gubernatorial and agency actions, and delays in passing a flood control bill. It notes the Omnibus Flood Control Bill, the Water and Power Resources Board's interim work with Army engineers, and plans for reservoirs dykes and dams to protect against previous floods.
At the armory last evening B L Oliver and R L Grove led a discussion on eating to health using natural laws governing living things. A demonstration of digestive tract pictures accompanied the talk, noting that improper nutrition can cause many diseases and promising health dinners for those who apply the lessons.
Flood waters across Pittsburgh edge toward the 25 foot stage as rivermen report the crest near. Heavy rains over a 300 mile watershed raise concerns for the Ohio river valley flood control plans in Pennsylvania and neighboring basins. Monongahela remains near normal while Allegheny tributaries flood low lands and block roads.
Police Chief Shearer warned against attempts by vigilantes near mills. Luther Adams, head of Branch 10 AF of Hosiery Workers, reported informing Governor Earle of vandalism by mill guards and vigilantes. Federated Trades' Council urged the governor to close mills and declare martial law to safeguard the area.
A plan to drop boards to save 10 million dollars yearly drew criticism as officials touted relief decentralization. Senator Cavalcante accused relief staff of massive waste and demanded names of guilty workers while local relief administration received cautious approval from Centre County's John Harris. Legislative action moved ahead on income tax and Philadelphia government reforms amid debates over capital punishment and the electric chair.
Reported kidnapping details allege the victim was stabbed in the back and beaten, left to freeze in snowbound brushland near Eve rrett where found Monday. Father Dr. W. W. Matson says the kidnapper was incoherent in calls. Paul Sceva recalls fears of the doctor during ransom talks.
Milas Ethel Streams of Mare Fon Center R Dy underwent an appendectomy in the Indiana Hoge pital becoming the seventh of eight Streams family members to have the operation. Waltas Dutch Streams, a rancher in the Marion grade school, started the trend in 1920 and it has continued with only one member remaining unoperated. Families across Dixonville Indiana and Punxsutawney hospitals have also seen appendectomies.
Police search expands as two suspects remain in separate jails and others are held for further inquiry. Arthur Madsen, 26, described as a definite suspect, is jailed in Sacramento after handwriting tests raised questions over the name on ransom notes. In Washington, Leigh Haskell Fowler sits in solitary in Bellingham while Lake Cassidy visit is pursued by state and federal officers. A Deserter in Maine may resemble the Tacoma victim. in Kentucky, a man matching the kidnapper profile is arrested in Prestonsburg and referred to federal authorities.
Franco-Spanish frontier eyed as Sovietization claim circulates amid Mussolini and Goering seeking British support for anti Communist Spain neutrality. Fascists push toward Malaga while Madrid endures bombardment and citizens urged to evacuate. Belgium moves to deepen Congo ties. Kiel Canal closure spurs London concern over Nazi moves toward Czecho Slovakia and Russia.
A county forum leader stated the program is non political and non partisan, stressing membership from diverse groups. He urged adopting a constitutional amendment to permit county government reorganization and cited a letter from John N. O Neill, president elect of the Penn.
Washington reports that the administration may create a national electric power policy body under a proposed public works department. Roosevelt reportedly wants a clear national policy with flexibility on approach. The Tennessee Valley Authority appears in the budget, signaling a possible leadership clash between Arthur E. Morgan and David Lilienthal.
The forum endorses a legislative program from Stewart including merit system adoption in state and local government and uniform budgeting and reporting for boroughs and second class townships. Advocates say the program would save taxpayers 26 million dollars annually without cutting essential services.
The piece outlines the expansion of executive war powers during a special session, New Deal agencies like NRA AAA and NEHA, and the push for broader federal control. It notes rising national income from 1932 to 1936, mounting public debt, unemployment relief, and legal challenges by the Supreme Court. It also highlights legislative efforts to curb the Court and expand federal powers, with debate over executive versus legislative authority lasting into the next administration.
General Motors and United Automobile Workers representatives met at GM offices to draft procedural rules for negotiations starting Monday. William S. Knudsen and Homer Martin led talks after a Lansing meeting with Governor’s office officials. Plant votes on evacuations proceed at Cadillac and Fleetwood in Detroit and Guide Lamp in Anderson Indiana. Fisher body plants in Flint vote tomorrow with a band from Cleveland to lead the departure.
The report lists closing prices for numerous securities on a January session. Names include Alaska, Allied, Am Can, Am Tel and Tel, Anaconda, Atlas Tack, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, Colgate Palmolive, Curtis Pub, Deere and Co, DuPont, Gen Motors, Goodyear, International Paper, National Biscuit, NY Central, Penn RR, Procter and Gamble, Radio Corporation, Sears, Sperry, Studebaker, United Fruit, United States Steel, and many others with varied percent changes and prices.
Harrisburg January 16 Thousands of chickens ducks geese and other livestock arrive for the 21st annual Pennsylvania Farm Show. Prize stock shipped in by train and truck alongside hundreds of thousands of dollars in exhibits. Officials predict the largest show in years with 70 farm organizations meeting over four days. Farm children compete in 50 agricultural and 26 home economics divisions while cattle judging and rural electrical demonstrations begin early Monday.
Senate may receive a committee report on extending stabilization funds and the President's authority to devalue the dollar. The House adjourns until Monday as appropriations subcommittee continues hearings on relief appropriation. A bill to extend RFC life to June 30, 1939 was passed. Agriculture reported a $50 million crop production loan bill. Coinage committee heard Morgenthau urging extension of monetary powers.
Special appeals on minerals will be held at the commissioners office for districts listed with dates Feb 24 to Feb 26. Counties include Cherryhill Center Brugnval Joy Conemaugh Blacklick Burrell West Wheatfield East Wheatfield Washington Rayne Green Armstrong White Fine Buffington West Mahoning North Mahoning South Mahoning East Mahoning Caree Banks Grant Montgomery. Appeals will not be heard after these dates, says Commissioners Campbell Houckaya and Flenniken.
Floyd B. Chalfant of the Waynesboro Record Herald was named president of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association at its twelfth annual convention in Harrisburg. New officers include Charles W. Roll as vice president and Howard Reynolds as secretary treasurer, with an executive committee spanning six districts. Orson N. Riteman urged a $500,000 two year state ad campaign to lure tourists, arguing it would boost gasoline tax revenue and vacation spending in Pennsylvania. He compared to New England campaigns and cited 1995 state action creating a public agency and $20,000 biennial appropriation.
George E. Sokolsky, journalist and author, will address the general assembly of Indiana State Teachers College students on Social Security. The talk will be Monday January 18 at 8 p.m. in the village gymnasium. Sokolsky, born in Utica New York, covered the Russian Revolution in 1911 and wrote for The New York Times Vanity Fair Atlantic Monthly and Asia. His books include The Jews and The Tinder Box of Asia.
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