Studying Two Flood Control Plans For Conemaugh River
Harrisburg officials and state and army engineers evaluated two flood control options for the Conemaugh river watershed near Johnstown. One plan would widen and deepen channels through Conemaugh, Little Conemaugh and Stoney Creek. the other proposes one to three small reservoirs in headwaters to cap high water. Engineering estimates discussed would adjust river depths and widths, with debris removal and cost considerations guiding the chosen method within years.
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Harrisburg
State
Army
Conemaugh River
Johnstown
G. Gale Nixon
Mood Central
Pennsylvania
Conemaugh
Little Conemaugh
Stoney Creek
Dixon Aeid
Dixon
Obituary notices for Mrs Sara Baylor and W J Elkin
Obituary notices record the January 12 death of Mrs Sara Burd Baylor 58 widow of Harry N Baylor with children Albert Blair Glen and Helen McClelland of Pittsburgh seven grandchildren plus siblings. Funeral held January 15 in Pittsburgh. A second death in Smickshore Wilkinsburg Plumville area lists W J Elkin born April 24 1870 son of James and Jennie Elkin. He worked 47 years as a plum seller or worker. Funeral arrangements noted with Bowser Turner and Woodlawn Cemetery interment.
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Sara (Burd) Baylor
Harry N. Baylor
Albert
Blair
Glen Baylor
Helen McClelland
Pittsburgh
Elkin
W. J. Elkin
William Edmunds
Smickshore
Bowser Funeral Home
Plumville
Turner Funeral Home
Wilkinsburg
Woodlawn
West Mahoning Township
James
Jennie Elkin
Elkin and Campitello Obituaries Highlight Local Figures
Wilkinsburg and Smicksburg residents mourn as Mrs Elkin dies after eight years in the area. Surviving Elkin relatives include Vera, Lorena, Anna, F B Elkin, J FE Elkin, R D, David A Elkin, and Herman Elkin. Antonio Campitello, 40, of Saltsbury, dies of a heart attack at Keystone Coal Co. Mooween, leaving Rose Campitello widow and eight children. Funeral plans are pending for Campitello. arrangements incomplete.
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Ber
Wilkinsburg
Indiana
Smicksburg
Vera Elkin
Lorena Anderson
Anna Edmunds
F. B. Elkin
North Point
J. FE. Elkin
R. D
David A. Elkin
Cadiz
Herman Elkin
Utah
Antonio Campitello
Saltsbury
Keystone Coal Co
Mooween
Rocco and
Rose Campitello
Nicola Campitello
Syracuse
Early says no revival and holding company limits
A fragment notes President approval of a council statement and cautions against cheapening the dollar. It urges limiting campaigns to eliminate only unnecessary holding companies, not all, with the President’s stance referenced as support.
Renomination Battles Beset Roosevelt Administration Senators
Washington January events show looming renomination fights for two Democratic Senate leaders, Barkley of Kentucky and Dieterich of Minnesota, amid hints Gov. Chandler may oppose Barkley. President Roosevelt weighs backing decisions as primaries approach and several incumbents face opposition from allies and foes alike.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
C¢Andi
Davies
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Dieterich
Minnis
A. B
Happy
Clark
Missouri
George
Georgia
Gillette
Town
McCarran
Nevada
Smith
South Carolina
Ney
Robert H. Jackson
Wagner
Farley
Hig
Ellender
D-La
Connally
D-Tex
Norris
Ind-Neb
John Milton
New Jersey
Harry Moore
Milton
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Hague
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
Roosevelt Year in Review and Court Clash Deepens
Roosevelt marks the first year of his second term amid a recession and bitter Supreme Court battles. The article details bold plans, court-packing controversy, wage hour debates, and shifts in party unity as Congress adjourns for a November special session. References to NRA ideas, labor disclosures, key figures like J P Hogan and Harriman, and the looming auto industry sit downs anchor the narrative.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Robinson
Harrison
Mississippi
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Black Dalal
Sar
Pardon Board Weighs Pleas Of Many Convicted Slayers
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania pardon board met in executive session to consider clemency for capital cases including four inmates set for execution at Rockview Penitentiary. The session reviewed petitions, with relatives and local authorities offering testimony on the death penalty and alleged rights violations.
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Pardon Board
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Rockview Penitentiary
Roy Louvhard
Margaret Karmendi
Bigit County
Karmendi
Seath
Joan Orescak
Edweard Rose
Theodore Duminiak
Chester
Alliwil Po
Roosevelt Years Of Turmoil Shape Early New Deal Efforts
The passage notes Roosevelt’s first year marked by mixed success and stalled key reforms. The farm and housing bills advanced, but wage hour and broader tax actions stalled. The Panay incident spurred a stern Japanese demand, while Sutherland’s retirement enabled Reed’s nomination. An ongoing coal lands plan faced a $200–250 million investment outlook.
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Japan
China
Sutherland
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Stanley F. Reed
Stock market shorthand reading of corporate shares
An OCR style listing shows many company names with percent figures and stock shorthand such as Am Can Am Coml Am Tel and Tel Charters and others. The fragment includes percentages like 8% 14% 50% and financial abbreviations for firms including General Electric Ford Motor Chrysler Colum G and El Bly Coml Solvents and more. The text reads as a dense stock table with numerous companies and percent values rather than a narrative.
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Alco
Ohio
Jay Bendix
Beth Steel
Briggs
Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Colum G
el Bly
Corwith
South
Cons Edison
Galg Crane Co
Douglas Aircraft
Eastman Kodak
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Hudson Motor Sa
Int. Harvester
Nick Can
Tel
Kennecott
Kresge
Lehigh Port C
Lehigh Val Coat
Val RR
Gilg Loew's Inc
Mack Trucks
Montgom Ward Baly Nash-Kelvinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Distillers
Nat
Pure Oil Radio Corp of Am Reading Co
Repab Steel Reynolds
Sears Rock Socony-Vacuum
Southern Pacific Southern Ry Sperry Corp
Cal
NJ Studebaker Corp Texas Corp Transamerica
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp US Rubber US Rubber US
M US Steel Vanadium Corp West Union Tel West
Lynn G. Adams Can't See Race
The piece continues on page one with a blunt critique of speechwriting and police experience. It condemns confidence men who rely on persuasive voices and rosy promises to exploit trust. The writer warns against false assurances and deceitful rhetoric used to influence the public.
Miners oppose federal purchase of anthracite lands
In Pottsville a miners group rejected Gov Earle’s plan for the federal government to buy Pennsylvania anthracite fields and lease to private operators. P Joseph Brennan says federal control is needed only to ensure transport and distribution, calls for a special legislature session and state control to cut production costs and curb executive pay and overcapitalization.
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Pottsville
George H. Earle
P. Joseph Brennan
Heckscherville
Independent Miners and Truckers Association
Schuylkill
Northumberland
Pennsylvania
Brennan
Earle
Jin
United Mine Workers
Pittsburgh market roundup livestock and produce notes
Livestock market reports from Pittsburgh dated January 20 show hogs sold steady to 10 higher with 709 direct, cattle 356 with 300 direct, best steers around 8.25, calves steady with good and choice dealers 12.00–13.00, sheep 900 with fat lambs top 9.00. produce demand slow with fruit and vegetable bids mixed including apples, 11 cars steady, No 1 New York Baldwins at 0–1.00, Staymans 1.00–1.10, Romes 1.15–1.25, Maine Green Mountains 1.25–1.35, Idaho Burbanks 1.75, Florida Triumphs 2.00–2.15.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Baldwins
Hubbards
Virginia
W. Va
Maryland
Maine
Green Mountains
Idaho
Burbanks
G. Mtr
Florida Bliss
Freak wrestling curfew and bans in Pennsylvania
In Pittsburgh on January 20 the State Athletic Commission chaired by Dr. W D McClelland barred freak wrestling matches featuring more than two women. The board also approved a 1 am curfew for all amateur and professional boxing and wrestling to curb late night tournaments lasting until 3 or 4 am.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
W. D. McClelland
State Athletic Commission
McClelland
State Taxes Not Driving Out Industry says Krekstein
Pittsburgh January 20. I H Krekstein deputy secretary of revenue told the Pittsburgh chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants that taxes are not driving industry from Pennsylvania. He noted interstate competition and low taxes elsewhere, citing a general fund budget of 30 million with 139.5 million for unemployment relief and related programs, and warned severance taxes could hurt the anthracite industry.
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Krekstein
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
I. H. Krekstein
National Association of Cost Accountants
Presi
Dent
Congress
Commonwealth
Texas
Spanish Rebels Seize U S Tanker Nantucket Chief
Paris reports two insurgent warships seized the American tanker Nantucket Chief off Barcelona. The ship flew the American flag and carried an American crew with oil from Tuapse to Barcelona. Washington and Paris sought further details while Lackey’s command faced no immediate action.
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Paris
Barcelona
United States
Henry &. Lackey
European
Lackey
Washington
Vauquelin
Palma
Mallorca
Mediterranean
Balearic Islands
Nantucket
Tuapse
Black Seca
Spain
Search for Anders intensifies in Ross kidnap case
FBI agents in St Paul pursue hard clues in the Ross kidnapping slaying case involving Peter Anders. Hoover says Anders confessed to abducting and killing Ross and to slaying an accomplice, J Atwood Gray. Authorities seek bodies and potential ties to other disappearances, while questions wing toward other cases.
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ST. Paul
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Peter Ancers
Los Angeles
Chas
Ross
Chicago
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Anders
J. Atwood Gray
Hoover
Hoovre’s
Gray
Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Friend
White Plains
Revival Sessions at Indiana Gospel Tabernacle Continue Indefinitely
Rev. Culp leads ongoing revival meetings at the Indiana Gospel Tabernacle with sermons from I Kings 1 13 referencing the Queen of Sheba. Evangelist Mina Seaholm to continue, as the Trafford Gospel Tabernacle quartet performs and a tabernacle orchestra forms.
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Culp
Indiana Gospel Tabernacle
Mina Seaholm
Trafford
Buckley’s Canadian cough remedy marketed for quick relief
An advertisement touts Buckley’s cough and cold syrup as a superior, drug free option for children to rapidly end lingering colds. It claims fast action, safety, and widespread availability in Canada with over a million bottles sold, listing Jos. S Drug Store and Cube Bag Stores as retailers.
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Buckley
Canada
Jos
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A. Harry Moore
Moore
Port of New York Authority
Frank Wlague
Early
Quality
Moorhead
NRA
White House
J. P. Hogan
Corbeil Féciaea
Harriman
Ers
Delaware County
Northumberland County
Frank Stelma
Mt. Carmel
Joseph Doyle
Stelma
John G. Polens
Joseph Senauskas
Warren County
Samuel G. Weiss
Mary Seminak
Metro Seminak
Polens
Sensguskas
Smings
Quebec
College of the Sacred Heart
St. Hyacinthe
W. Jett Gauck
Pennsylvania Anthracite Commission
Gildea
U. S
Joseph Guffey
Boland
Lynn G. Adams
Admiral Lackey
Chas. Mattson
Goughs
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