Outdoor Advertising Convention Opens in Johnstown PA
Three sessions mark the opening of the Outdoor Advertising Association of Pennsylvania meeting at Fort Stanwix Hotel with a noon Johnstown Advertising Club luncheon. Paul West of New York predicts a stronger 12 months ahead for advertising while Dr Miler McClintock links traffic and outdoor ads and cites high accident figures. Orson Ritzman urges state promotion through outdoor ads as the group discusses industry growth and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Outdoor Advertising Association of Pennsylvania
Fort Stanwix Hotel
Johnstown Advertising Club
Sessi Wall
Tin City
Paul West
New York
Association of National Advertisers
West
W. H. Grant
Philadelphia
Outdoor Advertising, Incorporated
Grant
E. Allen Frost
Chicago
Outdoor Advertising Association of America
Les
Johnstown
Bird
Walter C. Fish
Indiana
Miler McClintock
Erskine Bureau of
Harvard University
McClintock
Lves
Orson N. Ritzman
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Scenic and Historic Commission
Riteman
Rudolph
Tuberculosis Society Opens Its Two Day Conference
The Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Society began a two day conference in Philadelphia focusing on improving facilities to fight the white plague and on control programs. Leaders and staff discussed the society’s present role and future plans with remarks from Dr. Hatfeld and several executive secretaries, plus national association leaders predicting broader success. Afternoon talks featured health officials and hospital leaders, with Miss Pearl McIver to speak at tonight’s session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piladelphia
Pennsylvania ‘Tuberculosis Society
Volimtary
Charles J. Hatfeld
Philadelphia Health Council
Pennsylvania
Marguerite R. Taylor
Hartisburg and
Dauphin County
J. Kenneth Winter
Erie County
Alverna Thompson
Washington
Charles Kurtzhalz
Delaware County
Kendalterson
National Association
Esmund KR. Long
Charles H. Miner
Roy &. Plunkett
New York State
C. Howard Marey
Tuberculosis League of Pittsburgh
Society
Miss Pearl McIver
United States Public Health Service
Pennsylvanian urged state tourism boost at luncheon
Kirsehman and Ritzman led a Pennsylvania tourism luncheon urging statewide ad campaigns to rival New England and Vermont. They argued half a million dollars could attract hundreds of millions in tourism, noting Vermont already draws Pennsylvanians with its hills and valleys. Ludwig Henning welcomed attendees. Charles R. Bird welcomed the convening group. The afternoon session featured shop talk with Henry Posner, Walter Fish, R J Rusk, Allen Frost, and William Hardy among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirsehman
Toassmaster
Ritazman
New England
Pennsylvania
Ritzman
Vermont
Ludwig Henning
Charles R. Bird
Henry Posner
Pittsburgh
Walter C. Fish
Indiana
R. J. Rusk
Allentown
Judge KE
Allen Frost
Chicago
William E. Hardy
Salisbury
Wife Sits With Accused Mate In Tragedy Case
Testimony details a family dispute surrounding Joseph Romansic and Francis Pidhirnay. Stephen Romansic testified about threats, a stabbing in the neck, and actions taken after the incident. Defense cross examination explored family tensions and prior discussions about an attempted introduction to a young girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Pidhirnay
Sciotti
Pidhinnay
Romansic
Jury Selected for High Profile Trial in Indiana County
Assisting District Attorney Clark and defense lawyers completed jury selection for the sale of Pidhinway as ten men and two women serve on the panel with ten alternates. Judge Creps ordered jurors locked up for the night after thorough questioning on death penalty views, foreign birth bias, and fair trial guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Mike
Luverne
Clark
W. Morrison
William J. Moore
Pidhinway
Scioito
Hagan
Creps
Allorney Sciotto
A. A Faust
Homer City
McKinley Duncan
Miner
Homery
Jennie Coleman
Conemaugh Township
L. J. Melee
Indiana
Meade Fisher
Washington Township
Reber Sloan
Rayne Township
Doh Shaffer
Green Township
Chris Stamler
Rossiter
Witnesses Describe Suspect in Mattson Boy Kidnapping
Eyewitnesses to see convict described as resembling the shabbily dressed gunman who abducted the Mattson boy from a Tacoma home on December 27. The kidnapper demanded $28,000 ransom but balked at payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattson
Tacoma
Markets and grain futures report from Pittsburgh and Chicago
Pittsburgh market notes show cattle and hog prices with gains and declines across weight ranges while sheep and calves hold steady. heavy losses for some light weights. Chicago wheat and corn futures fall on large selling by major houses, Argentine wheat pressure, and open declines in May and July contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Inaugural Throng Grows Amid Public Marches and Plans
Picturesque marching clubs and bands perform at home as President prepares his inaugural address. Aides say the speech will run about 2,000 words. Roosevelt attends a family dinner with inaugural officials as the only planned celebration. Early chatter suggests a stock-taking tone for the speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ms. Roosevelt
Arms Tone Shifts as Spain Sees Curb Calls
Fighting Spaniards clash over arms control as the Franco government and socialists turn away from international pacts. International Neutrality Committee proposals are rejected by both sides while Madrid reports gains against besieging militiamen and insurgent drives falter in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
International Neutrality Committee
Francisco Franco
Contro
Valencia
Britain
Germany
Italy
Rome
France
Great Britain
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Goering
Madrid
Widch
Spain
Malaga
Inauguration Day Weather and Pageantry Observed
Rain and possible sleet or snow greeted President Roosevelt on inauguration eve as crowds gathered. Governors from 42 states attended, with a planned parade reviewed by Civilian Conservation Corps members and business leaders. Oath for Garner to be administered in the Senate, while Roosevelt’s address follows a morning service at St. Johns Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Congress
Senate
House
Roosevelt
White House
Capital
Washington
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Hermitage
Civilian Conservation Corps
LeFayette Park
St. John's Episcopal Church
Lewis QC
Barrows
Maine
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Capitol Grounds
Pennsylvania Avenue
Supreme Court
Capitol Plaza
Norris
Und-Neb
Robinson
Garner
Hughes
Malin Craig
Rev Walter Kennedy Installed as Pastor at Goheenville
The Kittanning Presbytery held the installation of Rev Walter Kennedy as pastor of Goheenville Church on Sabbath afternoon January 17. Rev Robart Clark Jr presided. Dr Clark delivered the sermon and asked the constitutional questions. Rev Harry C Prugh and Rev M M McDivitt gave charges to pastor and congregation. Kennedy will share time with Goheenville and continue as pastor of Templeton First Presbyterian Church, now in his 19th year. He also serves as stated clerk of the Presbytery of Kittanning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Walter Kennedy
Gohernville Presbyterian Church
Robart &. Clark, Jr
Kitstanning
First Presbyterian Church of
Harry C. Prugh
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Goheenville Church
M. M. McDivitt
First Presbyterian Church
Templeton
Mr. Kennedy
Kittanning
Inauguration Parade Plans Draw Officials and Cadets
About 25,000 Pennsylvanians led by Governor Earle travel to Washington for Roosevelt’s second inauguration. The procession includes two divisions with military bands, West Point cadets, Naval Academy corps, CCC units, and naval and coast guard members. Governors, aides, and Philadelphia, Allegheny leaders attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
West Point
Naval Academy Corps
CCC
National Youth Administration
Infantry
Artillery
Marines
Bluejackets
Coast Guard
Earle
White House
Joseph F. Moore
Ardmore
Pennsylvania
Moore
Roosevelt
Michael Francis Doyle
Philadelphia
Lancaster Cows Like Swing Music in Barns
Miller installed a radio in the barn to calm cows and boost work vigor. He notes cows show immediate interest to catchy tunes and become bored without swing, comparing the effect to lights in hen houses that boosted egg production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Trotting Picket Line Ends After Day of Clash
Large gate area held 2000 workers with tear gas but no major injuries. A first aid station near a beer garden treated only a few. After plant closure, crowd dwindled to about 100. Gov Murphy in Washington seeking a peace conference as auto and coastal labor disputes stall. Negotiations bogged down amid accusations of breach of a 15 day truce. Maritime talks on the West Coast collapsed over longshore pay demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
United Automobile Workers of America
Frank Murphy
Washington
Labor Department
General Motors Corporation
Pacific Coast
Michigan
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Bopgevelt
Obituary notices from multiple boroughs and towns
Obituary items report funeral services for Almeda Fiscus Elgin widow of William Elgin of Rural Valley with rites at Rural Valley Methodist Church, burial in Elgin Cemetery. George M Harmon 17 of Washington township to be laid to rest at Harmony Grove Church Cemetery with long community ties. Jacob Kesslar of Punxsulawney dies at 80 with services in Coral and Greenwood Cemetery. John Blanc of Coral mourned with funeral at St Francis Church. Russell F Wetmill er, 64, New Florence area farmer, to be buried in LO C F Cemetery Berlin. multiple survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almeda (Fiscus) Elgin
William Elgin
Rural Valley
Frank Peters
Akron
Harold Elgin
Rochester
N. Y
Methodist Episcopal Church
Elgin Cemetery
George M. Harmon
Washington Township
Plumville
Harmony Grove Church
Five Points
Fred Sleuber
Emma Jana (Stewart) Harmon
Walter Harmon
Creekside
R. D
John Kough
Shelocta
Sarah Brown
Jacob Kesslar
Punxsulawney
Graffitis Avenue
Crist Kexslay
Yount Township
Jennie Trusell
J. F. Kelly
George
Indiana
Fred
DuBois
Clayton
Sheesley
California
Abe
Harry
Winslow
John Blanc
Coral
St. Francis Catholic Church
M. A. Yanosek
Russell F. Wetmiller
New Florence
Ligonier
Alock
Bertin
Hattie
Bert
Pittsburgh
Alvin
Meyersdale
Lloyd Prenner
New Florence R. D
George Caughman
Ebensburg
Richard Zimmerman
Homer City
Samuel Wermiller
Wermiller
F. W. Henry
Greensburg
LO. C. F
Berlin
New Type Test for High School Entry
An eighth grade objective test will be given for high school entry in September 1937. D. IL. Winger, county superintendent, said the test will mirror last year’s format and be prepared in the superintendent’s office. The article notes the breadth of ongoing labor strikes across multiple cities and industries, highlighting unrest and planned actions by unions and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. IL. Winger
Pilot's Widow to Receive 3000 in Pennsylvania Award
The widow, Mrs Helen Eric Beckley, will get 3000 from Pennsylvania for her pilot husband's death. Referee David B Roberts ordered 10 dollars weekly for 300 weeks. He died with nine others when a sight-seeing plane crashed near Allegheny County Airport last September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Helen Eric Beckley
Pennsylvania
David B. Roberts
Hames
Allegheny County
Skyways
Public Charities Leader Orchestrates Erie Mercer Trip
Philadelphia attorney and president of the Public Charities Association of Pennsylvania planned a luncheon speech in Erie but missed Indiana by rail. Mrs. Denman arranged rail passage for Mr. Harrison to Mercer, then drove him back to Indiana. The audience rewarded her with praise for coordinating the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Public Charities Association of Pennsylvania
Erie
Indiana
Market Movers List Reflecting Major Stocks and Percentages
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous companies across industries with associated share percentages or values. Entities include Am Can, General Electric, Chrysler, DuPont, Eastman Kodak, International Harvester, IBM, Nat Dairy Prod, Packard, Studebaker, US Steel, Woolworth, and Westinghouse, among others, with various price or percentage indicators. The text resembles a stock market ticker page or sector snapshot from a historical newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ches and Ohio
Chrysler
Doug Aire
DuPont
Elec
Geo Foods
Gillette
Hershey
Uudson
Nick Can
Johns-Manville Kresge
Lehigh Port
Lehigh Val
Lehigh Val RR
Loews Lorillard
Mack Trucks
Marshall Field
Monte Ward
Nash Kelvinator
Nat Acme
Nat Biscuit
Nat Distill
Nat Pwr
NY Central
North
Radio
Sears Roebuck
Spiegel May Stern
Studebaker
Texas Corp
Transamerica
Ohio Flood Menace Sweeps Eight States Across the Midwest
The Ohio River surged to flood stage along its 680 mile course with widespread devastation. In six deaths across Illinois Indiana Kentucky Missouri and Ohio rising waters forced thousands from their homes. WPA Red Cross and engineers mobilized, sandbags rose, and relief centers formed as rivers threatened Parkersburg Evansville Cincinnati Newport and other communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
Middle West
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ilinois
Missouri
Ohio Valley
Newport
Parkersburg
W. Va
Red Cross
Evansville
Ind
St. Francis
Allegheny
Monongahela
Conemaugh
Johnstown
Indiana County
Labor board measure debated amid relief funding moves
The legislature debated a labor relations bill creating a three member board with $4,001 annual pay to handle complaints and issue orders against employers. Examinations would select most staff, while attorney appointments were exempt. Relief funding dominated sessions as a $4.8 million appropriation was advanced to address immediate welfare needs, aided by $500,000 leftover and prior $45 million. A second resolution pressed utilities rate cuts, aiming to halve residential and plural customer bills, potentially saving $40 million yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Pennsylvania
HM. Jerome Jaspan
Philadelphia Democrat
Public Service Commission
Electrc
Jaspan
Death in the Opera House Ends in Fatal Stabbing
A alleged alcoholic disturbance during a speech by Grover A. Whalen at a banquet led to the fatal stabbing of Frank Cicero, 33, of Stamford, Conn. After two days of questioning 150 attendees, two suspects fled the scene before police arrived. Relatives of the men promised surrender. investigators narrowed the list of 667 guests from the Aliated Ladies Apparel Carriers Association and the Garment Truck Men's Benevolent Association event. A separate note mentions a meeting of the Fish and Game Association in Union Hall on January 20 at 8:00 p.m. and a plan for Indiana sportsmen to gather at the Moore Hotel by 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover A. Whalen
New York
Frank Cicero
Stamford
Cicero
Ladies Apparel Carriers' Association
Garment ‘Truckmen's Benevolent Association
Fish and Game Association
Lite Disna County Fish and Game Association
Union Hall
McIntyre
Indiana
Moore Hotel
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New Yorker
Tuberculosis Society
Woolwear and
Seinsheimer
Moorhead
Lancaster
Arthur Cramer
Culver
Buril
United Brethren
Belsano
Los Angeles County
Harold Pomeroy
Pittsburgh Plate
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Toledo
Ottawa Hills
Minnesota
Cloquet
Minn
Terre Haute
Continental Rubber Workers
Evie
Labor Relations Board Measure
Opera House
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