Lost Plane Lands Safely After Seven Hour Ordeal
An Eastern Airlines transport plane with five aboard landed safely at Rent gobler field Hartford Conn after battling 90 mile per hour headwinds and rain en route from Newark to Washington. Capt Fred Jones reported overshooting radio beam and kept in contact with Newark as passengers, including Philip King and C A Bone, wrote notes to loved ones while aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartford
C. &. Bone
Washington
King
Hartford
Edward Lemieux
Lemieux
Jones
Newark
Tunnels Are Free Of Water In Pennsylvania Route
Harrisburg report says tunnels that will carry the South Penn Highway through the Pennsylvania mountains are free of water from 50 years of disuse. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission indicates construction on the all weather route between Carlisle and Pittsburgh will begin soon. Tunnels were bored by the Vanderbilt Interests for an abandoned 1885 railroad project and will revert to the state after tolls cover costs.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Mountains
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Carlisle
Pittsburgh
Vanderbilt
Family distress may soon end in court action
Snippet recounts ongoing family hardship with a truant officer testifying about Habene Hugene's absences. Dates cited include December 13 to 17 and 20 to 24, with an upcoming visit by Marshall before spring. The piece notes Mrs. Marsh supported her children by working in a canery and recently lost employment. Marsh has spent 326 days in jail over four years in disputes with the school board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy D. Gatshall
Hugene
Marshall
Squire
Marsh
Anniversary of Scouts Tonight
Tonight marks the anniversary of the Scouts with Judge E. EB. Creps presiding on page one. The Gold Award will be presented by Council Scout Commissioner J. J. Redding who will also issue citations of appreciation to Scouters for their work in promoting citizenship among local boys.
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E. EB. Creps
Council Scout
J. J. Redding
Redding
Cranium Crackers Answers on Page Nine
Riddle style questions ask how far the great glacier of the Ice Age stretched across the United States which presidents faces are carved on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota where are the sandwiches and who inspired the naming of the days of the week. A whale doubles its length in six months and grows half again in the next six months. If it grew 15 feet in a year what was its original length.
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United
United States
Mount Rushmore Memorial
South Dakota
Earle Reports on Anthracite Inquiry to Cummings
Governor Earle of Pennsylvania carried a detailed report to Attorney General Cummings about monopolistic control of the anthracite industry. He outlined plans for federal takeover of coal properties with private operation in restricted regions and awaited a Roosevelt meeting for further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Earle
Pennsylvania
Cummings
Walter Gordon Merrit
Anthracite Institute
Dis
Meeting Preview With Council Leaders From Johnstown and Cleveland
Out of town visitors including Howard Knepper of the Johnstown office and George Green of the Greater Cleveland Council are expected at the meeting. After entertainment, the council business session will end, with Robert P. Shotts highlighting progress during the year. The nominating committee report will be acted upon and the newly elected executive board will organize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Knepper
Johnstown
George ©. Green
Greater Cleveland
Hong Kong Fearful Amid Air Raid Preparations
Hongkong frets over safety for its 1,000,000 residents as officials estimate 700,000 more is needed for air raid and gas defense gear. Barracks expansion, new barracks construction nearly complete, and Indian troops to bolster four British battalions. Chinese and Japanese forces clash around Tsiping and along the Yangtze with bombers striking Chekiang waters and the Panay incident context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong
Shanghai
China
Tsiping
Shantung Province
Suchow
Yangtze River
Hohsien River
U. S
Panay
Chekiang Province
Grand Canal
Obituary and funeral notices from Armstrong County
Obituaries for Milton B Mitchell 82 farmer of East Mahoning Township who died at home near Marion Center, born January 22 1855 in Indiana. Widow Margaret Mitchell survives. Funeral Wednesday 2 p m at his residence with Rev Trimmer and Waltmar. interment Marion Center Cemetery. Also notices for Carl Eugene Stephans private family service Wednesday 2 p m Harmony Cemetery near Penn Run. George L Rowe 73 North Fourth Street died. funeral arrangements pending. Peter T Ammon 9 died at home in Roary Valley, Civil War veteran.
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Milton BE. Mitchell
East Mahoning Township
Marion Center
Indiana
Johnston
Eugene Stephene
Carl Eugene Stephans
Yating Sor
Gertrude
Stephens
Penn Run
Indiana Hospital
Harmony Cemetery
George L. Rowe
North Fourth Sweet
Los Angeles
Peter J. Ammond
Armstrong County
Peter T. Ammond
Ammond
Roral Valley
Senate filibuster reshapes speech rules and fate of bill
A filibuster imposes strict speech limits with each senator allowed two talks on a bill. Supporters vow to hold the measure before the Senate until passage or defeat by vote. Senator Byrnes (D-SCt) warned the bill could not be passed and predicted its outcome.
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Senate
Byrnes
D-Sct
Senate filibuster looms as housing and farm bills move
As the filibuster on a housing bill continues, senators pace the floor while observers expect an early end to the standoff. Pepper’s pledge by 24 senators fuels expectations that the will may fail. Conferees press ahead on the farm bill and the House weighs minor measures, as a $476 million two year road appropriation faces hearings despite Roosevelt’s pleas to cut highway spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepper
House
Rqgads Committee
Roosevelt
Bank holding companies spark debate on branch banking
Roosevelt comments on holding companies and branch banking stir, while Congress weighs Glass-Magill style reforms. Analysts note 23 bank holding firms control 400 banks with 6.5 billion dollars in deposits, plus 40 minor holdings owning 160 banks, representing substantial federally insured deposits.
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Glass- Morgenthal
Roosevelt
Congress
Federal Deposit Insurance, Corporation
United States
COUNTY WINS PRIZES AT SHOW
The Indiana county fair featured a 4-H potato exhibit with a seventh place finish. The Indiana county fruit judging team placed seventh. Indiana Grange earned third in the western district of the State Dramatics tournament with six plays from each district. Sam Kuntz of North Mahoning exhibited Belgian horses and won grand champion and several other awards. A Grange meeting and a Vegetable Growers School were announced for late January at Parkwood and the county courthouse respectively, with Penn State instructors and local growers presenting demonstrations.
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Page One
Indiana County
Lewis
Lawrence Nibert
Wayne McHenry
Blaine Fyock
Indiana Grange
Sam Kuntz
North Mahoning Township
Sch
Hylimede Farms
R. K. Mellon
Sud
Ally
Kubt
Berkshire
Indiana County Grange School of Instruction
Armstrong Grange
Parkwood
Court House
QO. D. Burke
Penn State
Piso J. M. Huffington
Fred Brehm
Dilltown
Philadelphia Council Faces Sales Tax Fight
City council supports a two percent sales tax and a four mill levy on mutual savings and insurers as an emergency measure to balance a 1938 budget. Merchants association and Chamber oppose, calling it "soak the poor" and "crazy." Officials say these taxes would raise about 4.3 million dollars to pay 19,000 unpaid city workers. The tax would apply to most purchases except food, drugs, newspapers, and periodicals.
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Phil
Adelphia
Philadelphia Merchants Association
Chamber of Commerce
Davis Wilson
Colnell
Connell
Mutual Savings Societies
Supreme Court
Wilson
James §. Walsh
The
Merchants Association
Countywide Bang Testing Plan Set At Grange Hall
County Agent Warner discusses the value and provisions for bang testing at a Willet Grange Hall meeting. About half of Indiana County townships are qualified, with plans to qualify the entire county by mid March as meetings continue in remaining townships.
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Willet Grange Hall
Warner
Indiana County
Indiana Will Lose Offices
Changes at the Indiana headquarters include Col Weeks of the Coast Artillery Corps ordered to the Army War College in Washington. Major Frank C. DeLangton, executive officer, moved to duty with the Eleventh Cavalry at Monterey. Fourteen on duty are reserve officers subject to relief or transfer. There are 42 civilian employees. Lt Col Thompson Lawrence named new commanding officer at New Cumberland.
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New Cumberland
Col
Thompson Lawrence
Jobless Feet Keep Off Grass Political Rally Notes
Republican leaders from twenty northwestern Pennsylvania counties gather in OU, CITY, Pa for a conference as W. K. Borland signals possible picks for governor, lieutenant governor and state senators. The piece hints at debates on local self-government and relief administration costs.
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City
Pennsylvania
W. K. Borland
Northwestern Pennsylvania Republican Association
No Laurels for Stanley Laurel in Divorce Case
Stan Laurel admits personal faults in intimate letters used in court by wife Ruth Laurel as she seeks to set aside his divorces. The filings reveal his marriages to multiple spouses and a plan for reconciliation with Ruth amid declarations of past drinking. A court hearing was scheduled after judge Goodwin J. Knight ordered both sides to present their clients.
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Los Angeles
Stan Laurel
Virginia
Ruth Laurel
Laurel
Vera Shuvalova
Ruth
Goodwin J. Knight
Sudden Storm Damages Across Regions
Storms and high winds battered the Midwest and Northeast causing power outages and flood fears. In Pennsylvania winds toppled trees and cut lines while northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin reported flooded farmlands and drowned two people. A Coast Guard cutter failed to reach marooned men near Cat Island after Take Superior weathered hours of delays. Firemen were overcome by smoke in a Pittsburgh Arc blaze on Craig street causing about 12000 dollars in damage.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Illinois
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Minnesota
North Dakota
Eastern Airlines
Hartford
Conn
Newark
Washington
Pittsburgh
Craig Street
East Kind
Nicholas Phelan
PUC Reopens Williamsport Gas Rate Battle After Years
The Public Utility Commission resumes consideration of Williamsport’s seven year gas rates case seeking to lower the base rate from about 1.90 to 1.48 per thousand cubic feet. The dispute centers on a costly 5 mile pipeline and seeks reparations over the long court fight with Williamsport and local consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PUC
Williamsport
Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
Richard J. Beamish
Aeturga
Utility Commission
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
Beamish
Charles D. Wolfe
Piogs
Ges
Williamgaport
Pitteburgh
Oil Commission Defends Subpoena Power in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg officials argued in Dauphin County Court to uphold the oil commission’s authority to demand confidential records from oil companies as part of an investigation into Pennsylvania’s petroleum business. A temporary injunction blocking records from the Petroleum Corporation of Philadelphia was challenged, with hearings set for February 1 in Philadelphia. The commission had halted about 100 firms in early January and sent questionnaires to 30 600 refiners distributors and service stations seeking sensitive data. Governor Farrell cited Madison Wisconsin price fixing cases to justify the commission’s actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Gore Mission
Dauphin County
Pennsylvania
Patrol Corporation of
Philadelphia
Commission
Petral Corporation
William HH. Godfrey
Oil Commission
Ralph H. Smith
Pittsburgh
Smith
Farle
Pennsylvania Commission
Madison, Wis
Market and livestock notes from Pittsburgh and Chicago
Pittsburgh markets report slow demand for apples and potatoes with specific carriage lot prices. Livestock figures show hogs steady to mixed, cattle and calves steady with good and choice selections, and lambs with prices noted. Chicago wheat and corn futures rise after early hesitation, supported by strong winds and dust in western areas.
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Pittsburgh
N. Y
W. Va
G. Mts
Idaho Burbanks
Chicago
Sothwest
Market names list drops into a stock index scan
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous companies and sectors including Am Refining Bald Loco, Chrysler, General Electric, IBM equivalents, Stand Oil, United Aircraft, West Union Tel, Woolworth, Penn RR, and various percentages and figures, suggesting a market snapshot or index compilation rather than a narrative report.
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Air Reduction
St. Am
Anaconda
Bald Loco
Balt
Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel Briggs Mig
Burt Add Mach
Calumet
Hee Canad Pacific
Cerro de Pas
Ches
Chrysler Corp
el Com
Salvents
Comwith
South
Cons Edison
Consol Oil Corm
Det Lack
West Douglas Aircraft
du Pont
Det
Eastman Kodak
el Auto Lite
Gen
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors Gen
Gillette
Hard-Walker
Int Harvester Int
Nick Can
Tel
Kennecott Cop Kresge
Loews Inc
Mack Trucks
Monigom Ward Nash-Kelvinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat
Dairy
Nat Distillers
NY Central RR
North Ameria Penn RR
Phillips Pet Pub
Soe NJ Pure Oil Reading Co
Repub Steal
Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck Socony-Vacuum
Southern Pacific Southern
Local College Weather Update
Snow continues and likely colder conditions this afternoon. An unsettled and colder pattern on Wednesday. At 8:00 a.m. the temperature stood 2 degrees above zero with a high of 51 degrees and a trace of rain in the last 24 hours.
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Zarg
Loweal
Noes Condition Still Critical Clergyman Noe
In Memphis on January 25 doctors said it is too early to tell if Rev Israel Harding Noe will recover after 22 days of fasting. The 47 year old former dean remains frail yet shows slow progress, with a three month recovery forecast and renewed fasting plans once well. He pursued a program to prove man can embody divine power with strength transmuted from the Father’s life.
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Memphis
Tersh
Israel Harding Noe
Council to consider expelling unions at two-week session
The state federation plans a two-week council session to decide on expelling the mine workers and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers headed by Sidney Hillman, with potential action against other CTO unions. The move is described as an appeal by the state.
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Sidney Hillman
CTO
Theatre industry discussed by Wadking at Rotary meeting
Wadking, manager of the Manos and Indiana Theatres, spoke at the Rotary Club in Hotel Indiana about the theatre industry and its growth and influence. A man robbed a downtown theater cashier of over 100 dollars, fleeing as pedestrians watched. Harriet Jackson, 24, was the cashier.
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Wadking
Manos
Indiana
Hotel Indiana
Pittsburgh
Golden Triangle
Harriet Jackson
Dealer and two aides fined after quarantine breach
Pittsburgh, Jan 28. A furniture dealer Max Abramovitz and two assistants were fined $100 each for entering a quarantined house where Constable Andrew J. Conroy was killed by a Negro tenant. Abramovitz claimed fog blunted sight of the quarantine sign. the three men entered last Friday to aid a writ of sale for back rent. The tenant Alexander Cole, a 48 year old WPA worker, was charged with murder.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew J. Conroy
Max Abramovitz
Thomas M. Geary
Henry Boesing
Alvin Weston
Abramovitz
Conroy
Alexander Cole
WPA
Cole
Buck Ten Brook Named for Hodge in Centennial Year
John Hodge influenced Ten Brook’s naming in 1878, adding several middle names after his father’s friend. Born in Lockport, Ten Brook today answers to the nickname Buck, reflecting his full given lineage from John Hodge and Samuel J. Tilden era loyalties.
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Olcott
John Ten Brook
Ten Brook
John Hodge
Lockport
Hodge
Samuel J. Tilden
Philadelphia
Samuel Jr
Tilden Ten Brook
Buck
Revival tabernacle opens evangelistic services led by Minna Seaholm
Evangelist Minna Seaholm of Chicago leads opening night at Revival Tabernacle with primary message from John 15 7 about abiding in Christ and God’s will to save souls. Despite small attendance, speaker shares personal experiences and urges public turnout for sessions Friday night Saturday 7:30 and Sunday with Sunday school and services.
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Tabernacle
Minna Seaholm
Chicago
S. S
Stop Mysterious Pains Stop Mysterious Pains
The kidneys filter poison from blood and when clogged can cause mysterious aches, especially back pain. Clean out and stimulate the kidneys with Thompson's Barolma Tablets. Notice quick relief and demand genuine Thompson's Barolma Tablets at drug stores. If constipated, try Golden Lax Tablets at Daugherty's Cut Rate Drug Store.
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Thompson
Daugherty
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Charles E. Beary
Temple University
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University of Pennnsylvania Law School
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James Gay Gordon
Grover C. Tadner
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