Lloyd Waner Seriously Ill With Pneumonia
Oklahoma City January 21 Lloyd Waner Pirates outfielder is seriously ill with pneumonia. Doctor Leonard Williams says condition satisfactory and crisis today or tonight. Waner’s health had been critical earlier and pneumonia settled in the left lung after infection cleared in the right. Mrs Waner notes long illness. Brother Paul Waner urged to travel from Sarasota. both Pirates players nicknamed Poison brothers.
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Oklahoma City
Lloyd Waner
Pittsburgh Pirates
Leonard C. Williame
Waner
Williams
Kiwanis Club Marks 21st Anniversary in Indiana
Kiwanis members gathered at Rustic Lodge as the Indiana Club celebrated the organization’s twenty one years. Clinton M. File chaired the event with Elmer W. Allison reading a birthday message from International President Harper Gatton. A membership quiz, a Board report by Charles H. Russell, and a Kiwanis Call to Service were presented. President Wilber Emmert led a pledge as members pledged “I do” and musician David Berti provided concertina solos.
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National
Rustic Lodge
Indiana Club
Clinton M. File
Elmer W. Allison
Harper Gatton
Madisonville
Kiwanis
Charles H. Russell
Board of Directors
Mgr. File
Wilber Emmert
David Berti
Colleges Consevatory of Music
Green Township High School Play Postponed
The public speaking class presents The Rebellion of Youth at Green Township High School was postponed due to weather and rescheduled for February 11 at 8 p.m. The original January 22 8 p.m. performance is cancelled.
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Green Township
Green Township High School
Road and Rail Travel Normal After Blizzard Deluge
Thousands of highway workers labored in near freezing temps to clear Pennsylvania roads. The William Penn highway from Jonestown to Hamburg reopened one way eastbound and detours guided traffic toward Allentown with two way travel expected by 6 p.m. Many minor roads remained closed while townships stayed blocked. Snow totals included 24 inches in Somerset and additional accumulations in Pike. Cold temps followed with Monroe eight below, Wayne five below, and other counties at or near zero.
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Associated Press
Highway Department
Pennsylvania
Jonestown
Hamburg
Lebanon
Allentown
Family Upstairs at Indiana High School
The Junior and Senior Dramatic clubs present The Family Upstairs at Indiana High School in the auditorium on Thursday and Friday evenings January 23 and 24 at 8 15. A three act comedy of home life follows Louise and Charles Grant as they navigate engagement and parental bluffs in a typical American household.
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Indiana High School
Joe Heller
Earl Gardner
Louise
Ruth Wells
Josephine McCreight
Willie
Donald Hess
Annabelle
Barbara Prothera
Charles Grant
John Woods
Mother
Grant
Jean Lanich
117 WPA school projects completed in Harrisburg area
Harrisburg Jan 21 State Works Administrator Edward N Jones announced 117 modernizing school projects finished reaching about 1000 communities with 496 in operation. WPA labor cost 2 939 913 dollars plus sponsors 1 008 765 dollars. Several hundred more projects expected. US completed projects employed 14 764 and paid 311 672 in wages. New schools and additions listed across multiple counties.
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Harrisburg
Edward N. Jones
WPA
Jones
Sharon Hil
Delaware County
Nippenose
Plunkett Creek
Lycoming County
Shuman
Columbia County
Dalmatia
Northumberland County
Shanksville
Somerset County
Albion
Erie County
Kerrtown
Crawford County
Ellport
Lawrence County
Clifton Heights
Shillington
Lemoyne
Marstinsburg
Shippenville
Montgomery
Vernon Township
Snowden Township
Allegheny County
Seipsville
Northampton County
Royal Family Mourns Death of King George V
The aged king died at Norfolk estate shortly before midnight with family by his side. Edward VII left Sandringham for London's accession ceremony as mourning filled the realm. Queen Mary, mourning with “magnificent courage,” led the royal family at church as flags bent in the wind.
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Edward VII
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Norfolk
Mary
Princess Royal
George
Saint Mary of Magdalene’s
British Empire
Prince of Wales
Britain
Sandringham House
Duke of York
Bercham, Newton
Anecdotes Of The Late King George V Recall Warm Times
Read by subjects, anecdotes reveal King George V’s human side. A London Wet Day joke after he stepped in mud, Queen Mary’s hush, and a royal box moment with Sir Harry Lauder. The king weighed ten stone ten pounds and joked about not being mistaken for other Georges. He admired coinage design and was a skilled rifle shot and gramophone aficionado.
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Queen Mary
Sir Harry Lauder
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London
Royal Box
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Fred
Harry
Death of King George VI Leaves Empire in Mourning
News from Norfolk and London recounts the king's final hours and the royal family's grief as Prince of Wales becomes king with his father's passing. Queen Mary, the Duke of York, and others witness the vigil while messages of condolence flow worldwide and plans form for Westminster Hall state and Windsor interment.
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Edward VIII
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Thames
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Charles 1
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Empire
Canterbury
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Duchess of Kent
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Princess Royal
Earl of Harewood
Duke of Gloucester
Buckingham Palace
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F. Stanley Hewett
Lord Dawson of
Princess Victoria
New Dealerships Form as Democrats Pick Slate in Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Democratic leaders met in Harrisburg to finalize a slate of candidates for State offices and National convention delegates. Reports say Warren Van Dyke and Arthur Colegrove are among potential candidates for Auditor General and State Treasurer, with talks mentioning Major General B. C. Shannon as a possible but uninterested option. Governor Earle reportedly would not oppose Shannon as a Democratic candidate.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Allentown
Warren van Dyke
Arthur Colegrove
C. Shannon
Pennsylvania National Guard
Earle
Shannon
Edward VIII to be proclaimed king after George VI dies
The text outlines the swift succession after King George VI’s death, noting his son the former Prince of Wales will become king as Edward VIII. It describes mourning customs, the line of succession including Princess Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, and plans for George VI’s body to be moved from Sandringham to London with royal guards and a gun-carriage.
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Edward VII
Queen Victoria
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Privy Council
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Edward P
Edward
Duke of York
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Kent
David
O Neill Held for Grand Jury
A man named Presgygoda died after a fast collision on a slippery road. The incident occurred as he left Clymer for Egypt, near Diamondville, with liquor fragment evidence found at the scene. O Neill admitted on Friday involvement, prompting state highway patrol and local authorities to pursue a grand jury investigation.
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Presgygoda
Clymer
Egypt
Diamondville
L. R. Fetoni
Indiana
State Highway Patrol
H. A. Stephens
Greensburg Barracks
Askey
O'Neill
Jas
Drexler Takes Stand In Westwood Slaying Case
In Pittsburgh on January 21, Tim Drexler, injured in an automobile crash, arrived in a wheelchair to testify for Justice of the Peace James J. Westwood accused of killing his year-old wife Martha last July. Drexler, an accessory, claimed Westwood was with him at a night club during the alleged half hour of the slaying while witnesses placed the squire at Peyton's road house at 1 45 a m. Alibi witnesses including Eddie Peyton and Peg Moran Belmas testified to Westwood's presence at the club, with prosecutors pressing for time corroboration.
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Tim Drexler
Tench Ty
Justice of the Peace
James J. Westwood
Martha Westwood
Drexler
Westwood
Squire
Eddie Peyton
Bertha
Commonwealth
Coroner’s Jury Recommends Grand Jury Probe
Testimony outlined possible vehicle involvement with a miner’s death. Witnesses described marks on the chassis suggesting the car scraped clothing. After hearings, the coroner's jury urged the grand jury to pursue further investigation.
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Sar
Presgygoda
Edward on the throne and the Empire bond
An aging King George is succeeded by his son, the 41-year-old Prince, whose firm chin and steady devotion to duty are highlighted. The piece argues the King Emperor’s role as a political symbol binding diverse peoples across the Empire, with PMs seeking his guidance and princes noting his unifying force.
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Weith
Empire
King George
England
London
India
Gwalior
King Edward Seized Crown as Prince of Wales
Dewitt Mackenzie recalls the reign change triggered by the death of the King and the succession of Edward, Prince of Wales, highlighting the burden of sovereignty and the prince's reluctance to ascend the throne amid Britain’s troubled era.
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A. P. Foreign Service
Britain
Edward
Prince of Wales
UT71 Acres Of Game Lands Acquisition Report
HARRISBURG Jen 21 The Game Commission reported it acquired 2771 acres in recent weeks raising total state refuge and public hunting grounds to 491318 acres The tracts include 2160 acres in Lycoming County on Larrys Creek Mifflin and Coghas township 262 acres in Columbia County 1133 acres in Northumberland and Montour counties on Montour Mountain between Danville and Northumberland 1678 acres in Pike County in Lackawaxton and Shohola townships between Greenley and Shohola 564 acres in Huntingdon County 1634 acres in Somerset County in Turkeyfoot township and 884 acres in Berks and Schuylkill counties In the past 10 years the commission has acquired title to 398678 acres
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Montour
Montour Mountain
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Pike County
Lack
Prince of Wales Becomes King Amid War Talks
The Prince of Wales ascends as Britain’s king amid European tensions and ongoing League of Nations efforts. The article notes his bachelor status, lineage, and the succession’s historic context, with references to Eden, Baldwin, and global power dynamics.
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Prince of Wales
Great Britain
Europe
Anthony Eden
United States
Stanley Baldwin
League of Nations
Italy
Germany
Mediterranean
League of Nations Council
Death Tunnel Charge Probed at Hawk's Nest
Washington Jatt 21 reports a House labor subcommittee subpoenaing FER A records in a survey of living conditions for Hawk's Nest tunnel workers in Gauley Bridge W Va. Four witnesses described top speed drilling and dry drilling creating silica dust. Rep Marcantonio cites 476 deaths and 1500 latent cases from silicosis. contractor disputes claims of coercion and violence against workers drawn into the dust filled tunnel.
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Jatt
House Labor
Hawk's Nest
W. Va
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Emergency Relief Administration
Gauley Bridge
Marcantonio
Arthur Peyton
Glen Ferris
Japan dissolves parliament triggers Feb election
Tokyo January 21. The Japanese Parliament was dissolved after one non confidence resolution in the lower house. A general election was announced for February 20. The Seiyukai majority party proposed the measure against Premier Okada, who declared dissolution and said Japan's foreign policy would not be affected.
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Seiyukai
Okada
Japan
Bond Issuers Hailed To Court In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh January 21 Michael De Rosa Jr 32 East Liberty Alderman and two others were marched into police court on charges over illegal bond issuance. Police Inspector Albert Flerig arrested Leonard Sablowski 22 who faced accusations that bonds totaling 100000 to 200000 were placed on Sablowski's property valued at 10000 to 15000.
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Jan
Michael de Rosa, Jr
East Liberty
Albert
Flerig
Leonard Sablowski
Sablowski
Obituary: Francis Henry Knox 70 Pioneer Street Rail Engineer
Francis Henry Knox 70 longtime street railway engineer and public utilities leader, died of a heart attack in Spartanburg South Carolina while driving his car Tuesday January 14. He was born in Dayton Pa and lived in South Carolina 40 years. He helped electrify Charleston street railway in 1887 and participated in other major projects. Burial followed in Kittanning cemetery with services by Rev E H Bauder. Multiple relatives listed in White Armstrong Arm strong townships Greensburg Livermore and Pittsburgh.
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Pioneer Street Railway
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Spartansburg
S. C
Kittanning
E. H. Bauder
Episcopal
Mr. Knox
Dayton
Joseph and
Rebotea Knox
Hannah Buffington
Vine Street
Knox
Charleston
Impeachment Bomb Turns Out To Be Dud
Trenton N J Governor Harold G Ruffman faced impeachment chatter after granting a 30 day reprieve for Bruno Hauptmann but the move was dismissed as a dud. He addressed lawmakers at a joint session and spoke on social security while a stray line mentions a distant star.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Ruffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Tarentumites Dead in Crash
A car driven by D. Lee Cunningham and carrying Mrs Susie Cupples was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train at the Corbett street crossing Tarentum. The crash hurled the car 1000 feet along the tracks and left Mrs Roxie Cunningham and Mrs Rora Snyder injured. Coroner's investigators noted the automatic gates did not fall as the train neared.
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Corbett Street
D. Lee Cunningham
Susie Cupples
Roxie Cunningham
Rora Snyders
Brackenridge
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cunningham
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