Fearful AVER ICE ONSET near Helsinki fronts attacks
Finland faces potential Soviet thrust from Estonia as freezing seas hinder naval movement. Reports say Finnish forces fortified coasts at Hanko with barbed wire while air raids intensify across Karelia and Ladoga regions. Finnish air force bombed Soviet bases, and Kronstadt and Baltiski were attacked as the war widens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Gulf of Finland
Finland
Estonia
Sucéteg
Hanko
Eyst
Baltiski
Russia
Reds
Ulesborg
Bothnian
Karelian Isthmus
Lake
Ladoga
High Command
Oslo
Kronstadt
Film stars top salary list as industry pay climbs
Salaries for film and industry executives show major names earning large sums with Warner Baxter at 279807 and Darryl F Za buck at 265000. Other paydays include Bing Crosby 260000 and Henry Fonda 105000 while executives at GM and Bethlehem Steel also rise or fall in the latest tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Gable
Myrna Loy
Bette Davis
Paul Muni
Greta Garbo
Warner Baxter
Darryl F. Zabuck
Bing Crosby
Jack Benny
Paramount Pictures
Shirley Temple
Leslie Howard
Loretta Young
Fred McMurray
Henry Fonda
George Raft
Gary Cooper
John Barrymore
Bob Burns
Joel McCrea
Marlene Dietrich
Charles Boyer
Frederic March
Tyrone Power
Roy del Ruth
Samuel Goldwyn
Helen Hayes
Heron Productions, Inc
E. G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel
George Washington Hill
American Tobacco Company
W. 5
Knudsen
General Motors
Edsel Ford
Walter P. Chrysler
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Charles F. Kettering
Allegheny Republicans mull treasurer candidate and senatorial support
Pittsburgh memo reports Allegheny County Republican leaders weighing Artemas Leslie or James Malone for state treasurer while backing Jay Cooke for U S senator. Frank J. Harris protests county input. Cooke plans county visits. Torrance touts a united western Pennsylvania ticket ahead of the April 28 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Fae
James F. Torrance
Artemas
Leslie
James F. Malone
Allegheny
Cooke
Allegherty Committee
Izzard
Torrance
Pennsylvania
United Front
Fred T. Golder
Susquehanna County
U.S
David A. Reed
John W. Kephart
State Supreme Court
Obituary notices from Indiana County patient deaths
Obituaries list multiple local residents who died from heart attacks and cold related causes. Names include Donna Joanne Coy Leroy Schrecengost Gost Mrs Mina Caldwell Kerr and Mrs Emily Kerr, with survivor details and funeral plans in Clymer Elderton and Bowdertown. Disturbing weather fatalities across the region are noted with survivor and service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Cramer
Cherryhill Township
M. D. King
Clymer
Robert Haupt
E. J. Mitchell
St. Benedict
Haupt
John Little
Clymer Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemtery
Indiana
Donna Joanne Coy
Frank Coy
Indiana Hospital
Lyle Frank
First Street
Harmony Cemetery
Leroy Crawford Schrecengost
Armatrong County
Elderton
Carl Gaab
Pittsburgh
Israel
Christine
Hartman) Schrecengost
Leslie Rosensteel
Albert Irwin
Vandergrift
Gaab
Lloyd
Dorothy Rosensteel
Mina (Kerr) Caldwell
Mark and
Matilda (Mitchell) Kerr
Emily Catherine (Johnson) Kerr
Bowdertown
Hillsdale
Indiana County
Kerr
Cherry Tree
Mathus and
Mary (Herrit) Johnson
John Kerr
Mamie O'Harrah
R. D. Boyd Kerr
Annie Kerr
Youngstown
Nancy Kavanah
Frances Adams
Allenville
Harvey Johnson
Warriors Mark
National convention of the 28th Division to be held at Lancaster
The national convention of the Society of the 28th Division the A E P will be held July 11 19 and 13 at Lancaster following a National Executive Committee meeting in Wilkes-Barre yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Jan
Lancaster
National Executive Committee
Accidents and Ice Floods Strain Western Pennsylvania
A night crash on a Johnstown street injures Mrs. Gillespie after her husband Captain Gillespie lost control on an icy rut near a street car track. Johnstown, Ebensburg, and Uniontown areas report coal and weather impacts. Three deaths blamed on freezing weather include Gannan, Fuller, and Crondale, while Frank Varollo of Philadelphia succumbs to weather related causes. Coal demand surges as ice jams ease and river traffic slows in Philadelphia area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Jones
Thomas
Bertha
Leek
Coaldale
Uniontown
Thomas Powell
Fannie Wolf
Joseph Disemone
Brownsville
Andy Kish
Andy Nagy
Pittsburgh
George Hoffner
Norristown
John Murduh
Hunlock Creek
R. D
Wilkes-Barre
Elizabeth Potter
Hazleton
Sarah H. Holton
Towands
Elmira
Henry Collingwood
Franklin
Margaret Scott
Philadelphia
Willigns, Jr
Pen Arayl
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
Columbia
N. J
F. J. Gitléapie
CCC
Johnstown
Gillespie
Memorial Hospital
Bedford Street
Joseph C. Miller
Nicktown
Culver Hospital
Miller
Ebensburg Coal Company
Gussie Way
Culver
George Way
State
West Ebensburg
Earl Lambes
Roy Lambes
Wintondale
Johnstown Memorial Hospital
St. Patrick's Day
Pennsylvania
Schuylkill
Allegheny
Monongahela
Youghiogheny
Ohio
Mont-gomery
Blue Mountain
Schuylkill River
Army
Delaware River
Fayette County
John Gannan
Scott Township
Allegheny County
Lester C. Fuller
Hillerstown
Perry County
Samuel Crondale
Yeadon
Frank Varollo
Ellis Parker in hospital amid suspected mild stroke
Ellis Parker, 82, a former Burlington County detective now serving a year in Northeastern Penitentiary, is under observation for a condition suggestive of a mild stroke. Doctors say his condition is not serious. Parker and his son were convicted in a conspiracy to abduct a Tremont man during the Lindbergh kidnapping investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisbung
Eiia H. Parker
Burlington County
N. J
Northeastern Penitentiary
Parker
Ellis Dref
Trenton
Lindbergh
Orazio Passenger Ship Fire Sparks Mediterranean Rescue
The Orazio burned off the French coast after a fire broke out about 20 miles off a falon. Survivors, including Renato Firenze and possibly Paul Van Zeeland, were rescued by French and Italian ships as lifeboats drifted in heavy seas. Estimates of aboard range from 806 to 240 with persistence of unidentified casualties. The Washington joined the search, and the ship, launched in 1928, headed from Genoa to Valparaiso.
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Panama
Renato Firenze
Paul van Zeeland
Oranle
United States
Washington
New York
Genoa
Marseille
Fie
Orazio
Conte Blancamane
Rome
Mediterranean
Valparaiso
Chile
Barcelona
Fires and ship incident create widespread damage and mystery
A Blairsville fire destroyed the home of E. J. Smith forcing his family to flee in night clothes as flames consumed curtains on the sun porch. Damage estimated at 6,500 with cause undetermined. In a separate report, the Drazid remained burning at noon and Italian diplomats were among missing passengers aboard a distressed vessel. multiple Italian ships and French support craft were involved in the search and response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Smith
Blairsville
Indiana Fire Association
East Pike
Tra C. Edwards
Willard Jacobs
Blaine Short
Wner
Toulon
Orazio
Colombo
Cellina
Edera
Governor Assails WPA Delays in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg January report quotes Governor James condemning the Works Progress Administration for failing to meet promises and achieve state quotas. He claims Pennsylvania has suffered reduced WPA activity since switching to the Republican party and asserts the state has more funds and projects than before while transport limits hinder progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Jamen
Eliaves
Pennsylvania
WEA
WPA Hee
WPA
Philip Mathews
Rescue Efforts Continue After Fire Aboard Orazio
A fire swept the poop deck of the Orazio as flames spread toward the bow while heavy seas forced the tugboat to retreat to Toulon. Rescue ships pressed on, picking up survivors, with the first rescuers sighted at 4 30 p m about 24 hours after distress signal. Strong winds hampered work. Van Zeeland’s presence remained unclear as he had left Brussels January 18 to sail to Venezuela en route to the Dominican Republic and New York, serving as chair of a refugee coordination foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulon
Orazle
Orazio
Barcelona
van Zeeland
Brussels
Venezuela
New York
Dominican Republic
Coordinating Foundation For Refugees
Britain Faces Diplomatic Tug-of-War Over Shipping Losses
Shipping and food supplies, together with doubts about the safety of convoyed ships, sparked a diplomatic headache for Britain. US officials watched American export markets shrink as British restrictions bite, while Tokyo pondered a protest over the liner Asamia Maru. Weekend losses included Grenville and eight other ships, with several mines causing sinkings and crew salvages.
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Churchill
Britain
Germany
United States
Washington
Tokyo
Japan
Caroni
Protestlans
England
Feryhill
Nautic
Shetland Islands
Flondria
Listed Stocks Mixed in Wide Market Slump Across Sectors
A broad stock market snapshot shows declines and mixed gains for major companies including Air Reduction, Anaconda, Chrysler, General Electric, and IBM equivalents. Notable movers include Am Can, Am Tel and Tel, Ford, Boeing, and United Aircraft, with several names posting double digit losses or modest gains amid volatility across industrials, utilities, and consumer goods firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atch T
Atl Refining
Bali and Ohio
Bendix
Beth Steel Nha
Beth Steel Pt
Brigas
Chrysler Corp
Colum Gand Et
Int Harvester
Nick Can
Kennecott
Steehd Reynolds Toh
Sears Roebuck
Sacony-Vacuum
Sou Pacific
Sperry Corp
Studebaker Corp A
Texas Corp
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp
US Indus Alco
US Rubber
Fale West Union Tel
Wanlworth
Curb
Pennroad Corp
Engineers say Crooked Creek dam may aid flood control in Western PA
Army engineers warned of potential ice jam flooding on the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. The Crooked Creek dam, 90 percent complete, could be activated to curb rising water, while the Tygart River dam near Monongahela may lower Pittsburgh flood levels by about two feet. Navigation on the Allegheny and upper Ohio halted. Lower Monongahela operates with two barges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piitssurgh
Army Engineers
Dem
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Borges
Crooked Creek
Tygart River
Monongahela
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Pittshureh
McElroy’s Plight Forged Bond With Her Captors
Miss McElroy was kidnapped near Shawnee and held for about 30 hours. Ransom demanded was 60000, settled at 30000. Walter McGee and two others were jailed, while Walter’s sentence was commuted to life by Governor Park. Clarence Click got eight years, released in 1938. Clarence Stephens remains at large. She later helped reform them, visiting, teaching, and sharing books and small gifts. The McGee brothers mourned her death, recalling her kindness and unexpected friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Walter McGee
Miss McElroy
Guy B. Park
Park
George
Clarence Click
Clarence Stephens
McGee Brothers
H B Streams Sells Farm in Rayne Township Sale
H B Streams, noted Indiana County beef cattle farmer, announced the sale of his Rayne Township farm near Tanoma as he retires from active farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Streams
Indiana County
Rayne Township
Tanoma
Streams
College Weather Forecast Update
Snon flurries and slightly warmer today and tomorrow with a reading of 11 and a maximum of 10. Precipitation 0.004 inch and relative humidity 34 percent. Barometric pressure today 20.48 inches, yesterday 29.40.
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Freezing Gulf
Ruel
Salla
Arctic Circle
Markajarvi
Taipale
Karelian
Iit
Turku
28Th Division Society
G. O. P. Hope
Moorhead
Methodist Church
Clara Barto
Evans City
Russell Kerr
Streams Funeral Home
Charles Sinclair Applegate
Oakland Cemetery
Eva Btanavich
Lithuania
Sagamore
Anthony
Alice Monosky
Amy Chesonis
Delancey
Joseph
Segamore
Julia Carol
Wiso
Veronica
Joseph Malinak
Sacred Heart Church
Pake One
Ellis Parker
Jacob
Jake
Judees
College
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