Whites Accuse Scottsboro Case Clash in Alabama
Sheriff Sandlin said white attackers planned the skirmish as two Scottsboro defendants were moved from Decatur toward Birmingham. Powell and Blalock were wounded, guards and National Guardsmen guarded the hospital, and a retrial delay followed. Knight defended officers’ conduct amid accusations by the Scottsboro Defense Committee and ILD leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Aladan
J. Street Sandlin
Ozie Powell
Sandlin
Edgar Blalock
Powell
Roy Wright
Decatur
Blalock
National
International Labor Defense
Alabama
New York
Thomas
Scottshore
Michael Walsh
Scottsboro
Heywood Patterson
Legion Amateurs Here Tonight at Indiana High School
Ten acts perform in a variety show tonight at the Indiana High School with acts from a ventriloquist to a blindfolded harmonica performer. Featured are Jonnie Valenti playing faw tire pumps and other instruments, Ray Janis impersonating stars, Jack Morrison a flexible dancer, Edgar Vernon the Ventriloquist, Willie Dee with rapid hand work, Bebe-Freed with singing harmonica, Billie Cragin on violin, Dick Vernon and Ann Carroll blues singers, Eve O’Brien on piano, and more. The event, presented by Post No. 141, runs at 7:30 and 9:00 PM, promising a full night of entertainment and fundraising for the Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonnie Valenti Ag
Ray Janis
Jack Morrison
Edgar Vernon
Willie Dee
Bebe - Freed
Billie Cragin
Dick Vernon
Ann Carroll
Eve O'Brien
Ivories
Indiana High School
Legionnaires
Arthur Camer
Returns On Tuberculosis Seals Boosted by Local Society
Indiana County Tuberculosis Society reports many people are paying for Christmas seals at Room 24 Smith Ridge 713 Philadelphia Street. President Beryl L. Seatier praises support while urging late contributors to respond. Tuberculin tests and X ray exams at Indiana County Hospital aided earlier work and will reach larger groups the week of March 9. Early detection through this program can reduce months of sanatorium care. seek physician if fatigue weight loss indigestion or persistent cough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Tuberculosis Society
Smith Ridg
Philadelphia Street
Beryl L. Seatier
Indiana County Hospital
Missing Girl Reported After Runaway
State police said the missing person case involves a girl believed kidnapped in New York, with authorities issuing a general alarm as the search continues and the victim remains unseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Indiana Has Even Chance in Airport WPA Program
State officials push for WPA airfield expansion with 40 airports planned to mark routes and employ 30,000 to 35,000. About 100,009 weekly pays to 5,000 workers on seven projects. 39 more airports to begin within two months led by Philadelphia project expected to employ 10,695 within three weeks. Additional sites include Allentown Danville DuBois Matamoras Pittsburgh Reading Warren Williamsport Wilkes Barre Coatesville Waynesboro with 5,500 to start in ten days. Six projects ready for Bureau approval would add roughly 4,000 jobs in two weeks at Erie Franklin Kane Latrobe Meadville Oil City.
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Jones
Philadelphia
Driftwood
Cherry Springs
U. S. Bureau of Air Commerce
Atl
Allentown
Danville
DuBois
Matamoras
Pittsburgh
Reading
Warren
Williamsport
Wilkes-Barre
Coatesville
Waynesboro
Bureau of Air Commerce
WPA
Erie
Franklin
Kane
Latrobe
Meadville
Oil City
Bradford
Emporium
Punxsu
Awney
Sharon
Somerset
Titusville
Tyrone
Uniontown
Washington
Waynesburg
WPA considers six state owned and five federal airfields for work
Six state owned landing fields and five Federal fields are under consideration for WPA projects to employ about 1,400 men in two months. The WPA allocated 677,280 dollars for the work with sponsors contributing 40,500 dollars. Fields include Blain Ebensburg Mt Pocono Siddling Hill St Thomas Towanda Belle fonte Brookville Beaver Falls Everet Mercer. Plans for ten state fields at Centerville and Williamsburg were abandoned after WPA engineers found sites inadequate. Other abandoned airport proposals were Blacklee's Corners Butler Corry Coudersport Easton Greensburg Greenville Lewistown Rochester Shamokin York and Pottstown.
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WPA
Jones
Blain
Ebensburg
Mt Pocono
Sideling Hill
St. Thomas
Towanda
Bellefonte
Brookville
Beaver Falls
Everet
Mercer
Center
Blacklee's
Fire destroys three Avella buildings in cold water setbacks
A brisk basement fire near a coal bin in Avella caused $50 000 to $75 000 in damage to three buildings. Morris Ross owned a clothing store and Ress owned a grocery and meat market. Firefighters faced below zero temps and had to cut through a foot of ice to draw water from a creek. Mrs Curtis and Mr Scouvart escaped unharmed. Avella Washington county near the West Virginia border.
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Avella
Morris Ross
Ress
Frank J. Scouvart
Andrew Curtis
Jourgeltstown
Slovan
Avelia
Washington County
West Virginia Panhandle
Army Airmen Die In Lake Field Crash After Landing
Capt Joseph H Twenty an intelligence officer says all might have bailed out if planes had not flown so low as they prepared to land Nine planes in formation crashed near Lake Field within a thousand feet of naval fuel tanks The blast lit Waikiki and Honolulu heard the roar as flames shot from the wreckage Wreckage was cleared leaving seven planes still airborne
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Twenty
Army
Lake Field
Beard
Naval Air Base
Honolulu
Waikiki Beach
John K. Gerhart
Publishers Talk of Taxes And Social Security
Harrisburg January session of the Pennsylvania publishers annual convention focused on tax policy social security unemployment compensation payroll forms and related legislation. The legislative committee led by George J Campbell addressed workers compensation laws newsboy statutes sales tax libel and contempt laws. Speakers included Douglass B Storey and J C Perrine with Will Rose and other publishers presenting in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Douglass B. Storey
George J. Campbell
Farm Show Ends After Record Exhibits and Turnout
The 20th annual Farm Show drew 240,000 amid snowstorms. 10,300+ exhibits and a peak in exhibitors set records. 4-H champion cattle sold for 82 cents a pound. grand lamb sold for 35 cents. Rural drama, music, and instrumental contests awarded top honors to Forks Church Dramatic Club, Newport P T A Mixed Quartet, and Pine Creek Orchestra.
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Harrisburg
J. Hansell French
Arbogast and
Bastian
Allentown
Paul Buss
Buss
Bast
R. D
Margaret Buss
Centre Hall
Forks Church Dramatic Club
Northampton County
North Washington Grange
Butler County
Valient
Newport Parent-Teacher Association
Dushore Music Club
Pine Creek Orchestra
Luzerne County
Intrumental
Obituary highlights for Julia Agnes Vozer and local figures
Obituary notices announce the death of 73 year old Julia Agnes Vozer of Alverda after a long illness, with four children surviving and funeral services at St Nicholas Church Nicktown. Also noted are the deaths of Walter J. Sturgeon of Kittanning a prominent druggist and cattleman, D T Sipe Latrobe businessman, with details of their careers, affiliations, and funeral plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Agnes
Weciun) Vozer
Alverda
Joseph Vozer
Alma Vozer
Mary Lecherchick
Erle
Julia Leone
Hellwood
St. Nicholas Catholic Church
Nicktown
Poison Egg Nog Murder Convicts Two in Texas Case
A Nassau county jury sentenced Mrs. Mary Creighton and Everett Applegate to death by electric chair for poisoning Ada Applegate with lethal eggnog. The trial revealed illicit relations with Creighton’s daughter Ruth and the two families’ complex entanglements. Judge Johnson scheduled January 30 to formalize the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy P. Porter
Associated Press
Mineola
Mary Franneé
Creighton
Everett C. Applegate
Applegate
Ada
Nassau County
Cortland A. Johnson
Sdate
Latrobe businessman Sipe dies after heart episode
Latrobe honors fall of Anderson Sipe a key local figure with roles in Lincoln Fuel Co and Latrobe Trust Co. He collapsed after a heart spell returning from his office and died at once. Survived by Olive, two daughters Mrs Herndon and Mrs Robb, a son Carl, and several siblings. funeral Monday at 2:30 p.m. Also noted Jennie Harkleroad of Rural Valley dies in Indiana Hospital at 65. services Monday at Elderton Methodist Church followed by burial in Elderton Cemetery.
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Walter J. Sturgeon
Kittanning
John Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Surgeon
Killanning
Drug Association
National Retail Druggists' Association
Pennyslvania Pharmaceutical Association Vaince
Rexall Company
American Pharmaceutical Association
Sturgeon
North
Buffalo
Masonic
Blgg Lodge
Orient Royal Arch
Council of Royal and Select Master Masons
Pittsburgh Commandery No
Pittsburgh
Syria Temple
Michael M. McDivitt
First Presbyterian Church of
West Glade Run Presbyterian Church
Church
D. T. Seip
Latrobe
D. T. Sipe
Weldon Street
Mr. Sipe
Magee Hospital
Pinge
Tun Ald
Sipe
Lincoln Fuel Company
Gult
Olive. Anderson Sipe
Leon Herndon
Daytona Beach
Florida
John Robb
Carl Sipe
Beaver Falls
Lloyd G. Sipe
John B. Sipe
Warren, O
W. J. Shear
Elizabeth Dodds
Margaret York
Mooresport
Jennie Harkleroad
Rural Valley
Indiana Hospital
Frank Hapkleroad
Edward Buchhelt
Vandergriff
Robert Mahan
Ethel Johnston
Elderton Methodist Episcopal Church
G. A. Stephens
Elderton
Legislators Divided Deliberates New Tax Needs
Legislators remain split on fiscal policy as discussions continue on Page One. The article notes that additional taxes would be required to fund proposed programs.
Reopening of York factory amid health concerns urged
State officials urged Governor Earle to reopen part of the General Electric plant in York with ventilation and sanitary measures after a dermatitis outbreak sickened over 100 workers. Dr Edith MacBride Dexter and Ralph Bashore led the study and will monitor air quality and safety.
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Harrisburg
George H. Earle
General Epectric Company
York
Edith MacBride
Dexter
Ralph M. Bashore
Labor and Industry
Bashote
Synthet
Willam B. Fulton
MacBride-Dexter
Bashore
Bonus billdebate stirs tax and debt questions amid farm program links
Congress wrestles with tax needs and public debt as leaders debate the bonus bill that would issue $50 baby bonds to Adjusted Service Certificate holders. House rushed passage while Senate anticipated limited discussion, aiming to avoid delaying the legislation. The bonds would be redeemable at post offices after June 15 with 3 percent interest.
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Senate
House
Blizzard isolates towns as relief workers rush to help
Snowbound villages face food shortages as 14 families in East Freedom Blair County await help after a blizzard. WPA crews clear a path to Marsteller, where residents had been cut off since Wednesday. A mail and bread convoy reaches the isolated village using mine cars. In Nicktown a principal's wife is rushed to hospital. a fire threatens Sheffield. a furnace fire damages a church near Wilkes-Barre. The Rev John H Hosbach dies near Erie.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
WPA
East Freedom
Blair County
Barnesboro
Edward Walsh
Marsteller
Spangler J
Miners’ Hospital
Spangler
Sheffield
Warren County
CCC
Glen Lyon
Wilkes-Barre
Souderton
Brotherton
Somerset County
Multiple marriages and a cat trigger lights in North Carolina tale
A North Carolina oddball report recounts Jeannette Minshew or Mrs. Coley Day Edwards Scott and Day remarrying across decades with seven men. A house light prank by a cat named Blackie is noted. Robberies hit five Hickory businesses, breaking the Box Company safe, while a Connecticut tale ends with an ambiguous line about a fatal event.
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Golbshoro
N. C
Jeannette Minshew
Eureks
Bill Coley
J. F. Day
Day
Edwards
Walter Scott
Bott
Coley-Day-Edwards
Scott
Royalty converges on London for King George V funeral
European monarchs gather in London to pay respects at George V lying in state in Westminster Hall while Edward VII handles state affairs. Crowds form as funeral plans unfold. processions, royal sighting, and route prep along with security and public interest set the scene.
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London
George V
England
Edward VII
Westminster Hall
George
Edward
Paddington Station
Windsor
Haakon VII
Norway
Maud
Boris
Bulgaria
Sofia
Carol
Romania
Bucharest
King Leopold
Belgium
Prince Axel
Denmark
Ingrid
Fort Belvedere
Church League Games Postponed Amid High School Play
Due to the high school play, City Church League basketball games scheduled for Monday January 27 are postponed to a later date. A coaches meeting will be held at Par Nell's office at 7 PM Monday to settle league policies. all coaches should attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Church
Ravatte
Parnell
Jury Receives Case At 11 15 In Death Penalty Case
The jury was given the case at 11 15 am in a death penalty matter. The trial continued with testimony about the fatal shooting of Mrs Westwood a 36 year old mother of three.
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McKees Rocks
Andrew T. Park
Squire
Redie Peytor
Sophie Sehar
Westwood
McNaugher
Commonwealth
Lloyd, Friend of Lincoln, Historian, Dies at 80
Col Thomas W Lloyd a noted Williamsport newspaper man and longtime Lycoming Historical Society secretary died at 80. A Pennsylvanian historian, he lectured on Civil War President Abraham Lincoln and authored a county history. He survived by two brothers a son Curt and other relatives.
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Williamsport
Jan
Thomas W. Lloyd
Apraham Lincoln
Lloyd
Pennsyvania
Lycoming Historical Society
Clinton Lloyd
Nation House of Representatives
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Richards
Marjorie Richards
Karl E. Richards
Dauphin County
Kidna P
Indiana
H. Wallace Thomas
Sehnol
Gudst Bureau of Circulation
J. C. Perrine
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Irving O'Hay
Will Rose
Cambridge Springs
D. Phillip Young
Stout
John H. Hosbach
Arthur Hosbach
Ligonier
Gil
J. P. Brown
Blackie
Esort
Hickory
Hickory Paper Box Company
East Hampton
Conn
Curtis Pub
Curtis
Dale Aby
Curtiss Wright
Curtiss Wright A
Deere and Co
del Lack and
Douglas Aire
DuPont del
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el Boat
Indust Ray
Harvest
Nick Can
Johns Manville
Kelvinator
Kennecott
Kresge SS
Lehigh Port
Ole Libbey
Ligg and Myers Loews
Lorillard P
McCrory Sirs
McIntyre Pore
Ati McKees
Rob
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McLellan Sirs L
Mesta Mach
Minn McImp
Monty Ward
Murray Corp
Nash Mat
Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Dept
Nat Distill
Fly
North Am
Northern Pac
Qhia Oil Ibs
Packard
Penney JC
Tika Penn
Trans-America
Trans and West Air
UN Carbide
Air Lines Yte
Airc Corp
United Corp A
Warner Pict
West Mary
West Mary Gh
Bly Dan Wast UN Tel
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Wilson and Cs
Woolworth
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Eester
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Beavers Falls
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