Economists See Improved Business Outlook in December
Washington reports indicate both federal and private economists see a notably improved business outlook over the past month. They caution the trend is uncertain, noting rising employment in textiles and shoe manufacturing, a NY raw material price steadiness, and stronger year end retail figures near 1936 levels. Roosevelt pushes auto industry to reform practices and stabilize production and sales, seeking broader ranges of long term efficiency.
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Washington
Jan
New York City
Roosevelt
Edsel Fare
Ford Motor Company
William S. Knudson
General Motors Corporation
K. T. Keller
B. E. Hutchinson
Chrysler Corporation
Alvin Macauley
Packard Motor Car Company
T Taiha
Obituary notices for Mrs. Jennie Ressler and Mrs. Elder
Mrs J N Elder continues under the Reverend Harry Burton Boyd and burial is in Oakland Cemetery. Mrs Jennie Ressler, 18, died at home in Cramer. services at the Ressler home with interment in Armagh Cemetery. Surviving children and grandchildren list notable relatives. multiple Ressler family members reside in Johnstown Winterdale and Seward areas.
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Harry Burton Boyd
D. D
Oakland Cemetery
Jennie Ressler
Nnn
Martin Ressler
Cramer
Ressler
Armagh
H. D. Clarke
Seward Mortician
Elias Ressler
Mary
George Plowman
Joseph Plowimas
Wintondale
R. 1
Mont Ling
Alka
Winterdale
R.D
Charles Ressler
Fairfield Avenue
Johnstown
Edward Ressler
Johnston
Harry Rester
Seward
Fier Detweiler
Weston Detweiler
Strongstown
Jemima Resster
Pioneer plan trip down river to Marietta
A band of 38 fur canoed pioneers from West Newton begin a 500 mile voyage down the river toward Marietta tracing the 130 year old Northwest Territory route. They aim to finish in about 19 weeks by building a flat boat and several canoes along the way and reach the first Northwest settlement around April 7.
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West Newton
Vauthen
Marietta
Te Ee
Northwest Territories
New England
Cannes
Northwest Territory
Peace settlement plans amid diplomatic exchanges
Continued discussion on postwar reconstruction and economic management. Ministers express gratitude for friendly understanding by the United States and Britain enabling a peaceful settlement, with focus on stabilization and cooperation in the region.
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United States
Britain
Legislative Jam Pushes End to Filibuster Pressure Grows
In Washington the Senate calendar fills with urgent measures as a filibuster stalls passage. Southern senators plan to caucus to pressure action on anti lynching legislation while two major House bills, including a 553 million appropriation and a housing conference report, await Senate fate. Senator Connally predicts shelving the anti lynching bill. Van Nuys says it could pass in a week or 10 days. The week ends with Senate and House idle, awaiting decisions on Tod Milton's seat and possible investigation into his qualifications.
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Washington
Dan
Senate
Strategs Iia
House
Connally
Tod Milton
New Jersey
Borah Oa-Idahad
Milton
Japan seeks cooperative China regime amid long road to settlement
Foreign Minister Hirota outlined peace terms offered through Germany to China. Chiang Kai-shek rejected them. Terms call for China to abandon pro Communist policies, de militarized zones, an economic agreement with Japan and Manchukuo, and China to pay indemnities.
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Amerivatt
Panayy
Japan
China
Konayoe
Hirota
Germany
Chiang Kai-shek
Manchoukuo
Manchukuo
U.S. Steel Sees Modernization Amid Reduced Production
U S Steel executives note modernization plans while operations run at about half normal hours. Subsidiaries follow a policy of paying high wages and payroll costs equal roughly to half of sales receipts. Production drives wage payments as prices rise to cover higher labor costs, sufficient only in the prior third quarter.
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U. S. Steel
Proddiudion
State funds promised to districts for teacher salaries
Trials for the six months ending February 1 saw Roberts forward requisitions to the State Treasury for issuance of checks. The state provides districts a percentage of minimum teacher salaries, ranging from 50 to 75 percent. County aid totals include Allegheny 289,688 dollars, Armstrong 128,288, Butler 4116,317, Cambria 291,083, Clarion 117,433, Clearfield 177,990, Indiana 171,800, Jefferson 152,666, and Westmoreland 170,356.
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Roberts
Allegheny
Armstrom
Butler
Cambria
Clarion
Clearfield
Indiana
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Microbe Hunter Faces Speed Violation Case
Harrisburg report says Dr. Paul De Kruif known as the microbe hunter was arrested January 1 amid Pennsylvania speed law enforcement actions. State police chief H W Ditton noted De Kruif would be summoned to a speeders court in Pittsburgh for alleged violations.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Paul de Kruif
Caplan H.W. Ditton
Waal
Dutton Sad de Kral
Oreland
Moe
Bultsburgh
Tomar Lals
Dutton
Gewurrars Farle
China Clipper Lands Safely After Mechanical Trouble
Pan American Airways China Clipper, stranded about 600 miles off the California coast on a flight to Hong Kong, successfully landed at San Pedro California at 6 35 a m after abandoning the wheel with a tip and enduring severe delays.
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San Pedro
Calif
Pan American Airways
California
Veteran Civil War veteran dies in Altoona aged 93
Jacob Zimmerman, 93, of Cossport, Pennsylvania, a Civil War veteran, died today in Altoona. He enlisted at age 16 and served until the war ended. He was born in Teenie, Schuylkill County, and is survived by four children and a brother, Cyrus Zimmerman of Cresson.
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Altoona
Jacob Zimmerman
Cossport
Pennsylvania
Zimmerman
Teenie
Srhuytka
Suoviog
Cyrus Zimmerman
Cresson
Gruesome Kidnap Slaying Leads to Death Penalty
Peter Anders faces rapid removal to Chicago, swift trial, and execution in the electric chair for the Ross and Gray kidnapping murders. FBI chief Edgar Hoover calls him the most dangerous man known, as evidence ties him to cave burials, ransom stockpiles, and a planned future in crime.
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ST. Paul
Chicago
Charles S. Ross
Peter Anders
Anders
Ross
James Atwood Gray
Wisconsin
Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
Ross and
Gray
Spooner
Wis
Minnesota d
A Book a Day New Book Makes Puppy Love New and Appealing
Bruce Catto surveys a Robert Nathan novel revealing a melancholy tenderness toward doomed dreamers and the fragile charm within. The review notes Nathan’s avoidance of sentimental cynicism while following a young couple, their budding romance, and the era’s literary mood.
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Bruce Catto
Robert Nathan
Mr. Nathan
Gary
No Baby Talk, Miss Redd Warns Against Baby Speak
Jan 22. Miss Marion Redd of the University urges young women to avoid baby talk even if suitors favor it. She says grown-up language wins dates and that baby talk faded after grandmother's era.
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Marion Redd
Inday
Youths Freed From Prison After Grave Mistake
Pittsburg January 22 Two 19 year olds from western Pennsylvania were released from the Western Penitentiary by Judge Frank P Patterson who called their imprisonment illegal and said they were victims of a grave mistake. George Seichen Irwin Westmoreland County and Robert Clark Pittsburgh had been moved through Morganza Huntingdon and finally to the penitentiary without proper court orders.
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Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania
Western Penitentiary
Frank P. Patterson
George Seichen
Irwin
Westmoreland County
Robert Clark
Seichen
Morganza Training School
Huntingdon
Morganza
Clark
Allegheny County
Patterson
Local Social News From Blairsville and Surrounding Areas
Blairsville residents and visitors frequent Indiana and Black Lick on a busy week. Names include Josephine Sanford Shaffer Edith McCurdy Raymond Shaffer Kenneth Shaffer and George Miller. Visitors and shoppers gather at Iselin Homer City Palmertown Black Lick and Bellefonte with many called on or visiting homes.
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Sanford Shaffer
Blairsville
Edith McCurdy
Raymond
Indiana
I. J. Smith
Pilgrim Holiness Church
R. B. Henry
Wm. Quick
Iselin
Louis Wills
Homer City
Joe Polvic
Graceton
Andrew Churilla
Kenneth Shaffer
George Miller
Harry Hershberger
Sagamore
FE. M. Bushner
Harry Spahn
Gearharts Curve
Robert Hancock
Palmertown
J. W. Mew
Bertha Risinger
Wilbert Risinger
Geo, Howard
Black Lick
Clair Dunlap
Roy Brickel
W. C. Webber
Sanford @haffer
Winter in April: Nathan’s Deeply Moving Novel
The reviewer highlights the novel as a vivid, humbling study of youth and passion. It portrays intense emotion as sacred to the young, with innocence and ardor shaping experience. Nathan’s writing renders the romance and storm of youth in a powerful, lyrical voice.
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Mr. Nathan
Hopkinsons Like Old Penn
Francis Hopkinson, the University of Pennsylvania’s first undergraduate, began a multi generation Penn lineage. Since 1753 five generations of Hopkinson descendants have studied at Penn. The poet and Declaration signer graduated in 1757, with his diploma a prized exhibit.
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Philadelphia
Francis Hopkinson
University of Pennsylvania
University
Hopkinson
Penn
Thomas Hopkinson
Francis
Benjamin Franklin
Rowf
Washington visits and local social notes reveal regional ties
Washington Virgil Childers and Florence Moore of Abengdon Illinois visited Monday with her brother William G. Moore, Mrs. Mary Hicks of this place and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ashmon and son Bobby of Punxautawney visited Sunday with the formers daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs Blair Shank of Edgewood. Many kin and neighbors are noted in calls and visits across Punxsutawney Albion Rossiter Marion Center and Cleveland with exchanges of hospitality and daily life references.
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Virgil Childers
Florence Moore
Abengdon
Ill
William G. Moore
Mary Hicks
Howard Ashmon
Bobby
Punxautawney
Blair Shank
Edgewood
Ralph Cochran
Albion
Homer Jefferies
Marion Center
J. L
Local College Weather Report Unsettled Rain Sunday Snow
Unsettled with rain today and Sunday with possible snow. At 8 a.m. the temperature was 33 degrees above zero. The high for the 24 hour period ended was 39 degrees above zero and the low was 33 degrees above zero.
Treasury balance figures and early 20th century receipts
Treasury records show receipts of 22 614 809 50 and expenditures of 17 983 983 29 on Jan 2 with a net balance of 2 961 130 033 80. In Taingiao street scenes civilians return to a rising sun era city with trucks and flags as Japan asserts control.
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Kimgnos
Tringtaq
Ching
Taingiao
Tos
Suaing
TVA Power Production Upheld by Court Test Next
The TVA won a three judge federal ruling upholding its power production, flood control and navigation program against private utilities. Utilities to appeal while Gov. Browning proposes state aid to acquire private lines. The decision rejects conspiracy and coercion claims and supports TVA as primarily a flood control and navigation agency with power production incidental.
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Chattanooga
Tennessee Valley Authority
Allty
United States Supreme Court
James Lawrence Fly
TVA
Man Rankin
Power Trust
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Wendell Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Authority
PWA
Wall Street Prices See Widespread Wear on Metals and Cars
A broad list of stocks shows mixed activity across heavy industry and consumer goods. Major gains appear for Anaconda, Bethlehem Steel, Coca Cola, General Electric, and Procter and Gamble while declines show in Am Can, Am Car and Fdy, Distill, and Union Pacific style names. Overall market breadth remains uneven with several key industrials trading near prior levels.
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Anaconda
AL Refining
Douglas Aircraft
My du Pont
Ohio Gilibhig
Otis Steel
Packard Motor
Param Pictures
Penn RR
Pitt Scro and Bolt
Procter and Gam
Pub
NJ Bay Pullman
Pure Qil
Radio Corp of Am
Radio-Keith-Orph
Soviets refuse interview plea in Rubens espionage case
The Soviet government declined the U S request for an embassy official to visit Ruth Marie Rubens held on espionage suspicions in Russia, citing ongoing internal investigations and no exception for the United States. Hull said Soviet authorities said no foreign representative could visit prisoners in this case. Rubens, arrested after entering Russia with a man using false passports as Mr and Mrs Donald Louis Robinson.
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Washington
United States
Ruth Marie Rubens
Russia
Hull
Shots Fired At Somerset Mine In Turkey Foot Township
Jan 22 1944 Somerset Ohio area reports bullets from high powered rifles fired into the boiler room of Fair Oak Coal Company mine in Turkey Foot township. President Leland Walker says 100 000 mine will be abandoned if temporary suspension costs orders.
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Somerset
Leland Walker
Fair Oak Coal Company
Turkey Foot Township
West Virginia
Walker
Areman
CAREERS IN WPA SEEN BY SOLON AFTER INQUIRY
Senate Unemployment Committee findings show many WPA workers appear to make a career in relief jobs with as much as seventy percent drawing checks since 1936. The inquiry seeks causes for long-time relief workers not seeking other employment. A separate report from the United States conference of mayors cites a severe relief problem in sixty large cities and urges expansion of WPA in certain areas.
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Washington
Byrnes
D-80
Senate Unemployment Committee
WPA
Senate
United States Conference of Mayors
Paul V. Betters
Betters
Tn General
Clties
Markets Produce Pittsburgh Rail Snapshot
Pittsburgh markets report January 22 shows fruits and vegetables steady with varied prices. Apples and Deliciots command up to 3.10 per crate, Maine Grech Mountain potatoes 1.25 to 1.40, Idaho Burbanks 0.75, Bliss Florida fruit around 2.00 to 2.10, hogs and cattle steady with direct sales and modest receipts, while Chicago wheat futures rise on Liverpool cues and harvest issues in Australia.
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Pittsburgh
Baldwins
Wealthies
Kings
W. Va
Romes L
Mary and Staymans
Maine
Idaho
Burbanks
Florida
Bliss
Chicago
Liverpool
South Australia
Obituary for Tunnelton resident Mrs Waddle and others
The obituary notes the death of a Tunnelton resident born March 13 1888 daughter of Samuel Waddie and Ida Dixon Waddie. Survived by husband and children Elizabeth Richard Frances Ida Jean Ralph mother and siblings Harry Howard Crone Turnquist Bower McLaughlin Eleanor Waddle. Funeral at Tunnelton Presbyterian Church with interment at Edgewood Cemetery Saltzburg. Additionally John King dies in Clymer with funeral upcoming. obituary to follow.
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Samuel Waddie
Ida
Dixon) Waddie
Tunnelton
Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth
Richard
Frances
Jean
Ralph
Harry Waddle
Washington, D. C
Howard Waddle
C. T. Crone
Kimperfurm
A. G. Turnquist
Pittsburgh
H. G. Bower
John McLaughlin
Eleanor Waddle
Tunnelton Presbyterian Church
M. Rudolph Miller
Saltsburg
Edgewood Cemetery
Saltsbury
Farm Show Attendance: Rural Music Winners Named
The men's octet of the Pals Club from Bucks County captured first place at the annual rural music tournament. Fontana 4H Club trio from Lebanon County took second while Zion Reformed Church mixed octet from Columbia County finished third.
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Pals Club
Bucks County
Fontana 4H
Lebanon County
Zion Reformed Church
Columbia County
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