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Indiana Evening Gazette

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Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1936

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Night Classes At College Begin In January

The college announces second semester night offerings Friday 5 p m Historical Geology three credits and 7 p m Astronomy three credits. Saturday 9 a m Hygiene Literature II Pros in Ir a Sr 3 8 Ed 3 Music History and Appreciation of Music Visual Education 1 11 a m History of Civilization 3 Physiography U S History 1 Guidance Photo play Appreciation 1. Classes start Friday Jan 21 and Saturday Feb 1. Contact J M Uhler for more information.

J. M. Uhler

Missing girl found safe after long wild cross state trip

Marjorie disappeared and wandered through snowdrifts near Harrisburg before a truck driver picked her up. She rode to Easton, Phillipsburg, and White House New Jersey then to New York, spending nights in hotels and living on toast and cocoa. She grew nervous and finally inquired about a job with Charles O Connor who took her to John Burns Richards's home, where she was reported to suffer no ill effects beyond nervousness.

Harrisburg Easton Phillipsburg N. J Whitehouse New York Marjorie Charles O'Connor O'Connor John Burns Richards

Antis'try to Sidetrack Bill Faces Bipartisan Debate

Lawmakers debate a bill tied to veterans bonuses with estimates showing up to 2.491 billion dollars ultimate cost. Some senators, including Robinson and Harrison, expected to back an override while others oppose new taxes. Funding could rely on borrowing, with Roosevelt’s tax stance uncertain. Donald A. Hobart warned of broader probonus pressure for pensions.

Robinson Arkansas Harrison Mississippi Thomas Okla Roosevelt Donald A. Hobart American Veterans Association

Relief cases rise across Indiana Jefferson Armstrong Cambria counties

The report shows relief case totals by county with figures for applications opened and closed, on relief rolls and expenditures. Indiana records 95 new cases and 135 closures, Jefferson 672 cases for 2,695 people, Armstrong 878 cases for 3,418 people, Cambria 30, with 13,134 on relief and $20,833.03 spent, while other counties report similar activity.

Indiana County Jefferson County Armstrong County Eighly Cambria County Clarion County

Amateurs In Indiana Shine At Legion Event

Amateurs under Indiana Post No 141 The American Legion performed Saturday evening in the High School auditorium. The diverse acts drew a mixed crowd due to weather and other attractions. Notable turns included Arthur Camer and his dog Quinine, Mahonie Valenti with playful tunes, Jack Morrison tapping, Edgar Vernon hosting as MC and ventriloquist, Willie Dee the magician, Bebe Freed on harmonica, Billie Cragin with violin, and Dick Vernon with Ann Carroll singing blues. Eve O'Brien accompanying on piano kept the show smooth from start to finish.

Mahonie Valenti East Side West Side Pretzel Jack Morrison Dracula Notre Dame Edgar Vernon M. C Willie Dee Bebe Freed Billie Cragin Dick Vernon Ann Carroll Eve O'Brien

Relief roll totals and openings in Clearfield County

The relief rolls show expenditures of 2695.05 with 15 cases opened and 21 closed. Clearfield County recorded 207 applications and 2548 cases or 12298 persons receiving relief with 18741.07 spent. One hundred seventy seven cases opened and 22 closed.

Clearfield County

Sub Zero Cold Hits Pennsylvania and Chicago

A severe cold wave caused multiple deaths from exposure across Pennsylvania and Illinois. In Pennsylvania fires and accidents killed seniors and a fireman, while in Greensburg and Venango County a 70 year old man died in his basement. Chicago forecasts warn zero or below temperatures for days with a rising death toll.

Methodist George Long Charles Washabaugh Brownsville Harry Alden Emlenion Road Venango County Mary Willig Clarion William Shanafelter Greensburg New Brighton Fa Vial Aloved Delfole Easton Alvin Daniels, Jr Cralt Robert Darron Coatesville Michael Kapuslick Maizeville Tattsville North Cohunbia Cony Numidia Bloomsburg Bradford County Towanda York Curwensville Lewisburg First Baptist Church Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Passavant Memorial Hospital Rochester Nora Schweitzer Maude Miller New Castle Edna Joyce Carnegie Emmenton Road Alden Jos Mary Jane Willis Willam Shanefeller

Boston trains gain 90 minute concerts for waiting riders

Associated Press reports Boston North Station will host daily 90 minute concerts by PWA bands to entertain travelers. In Alviso volunteers train for potential fires at Gallagher ranch. City actions include a hot water spring melt to clear icy streets. A Milwaukee man calmly finishes a bath as a fire is fought. In Schaffer North Dakota rural mail carrier Herman Gierke uses a truck with a horse to beat snow drifts while delivering mail.

Boston North Station PWA Mark Twain Lava Hot Springs Idaho

Frigid Wave Hits Washington and Nation in Severe Cold

A sweeping cold wave grips Washington with a 16 degree low at Spokane and expands across the nation. Snow blankets northern states as far south as North Carolina. New York City reports 23 at midnight and many roads remain blocked. Storm Kings Mountain maroons 700 passengers. a freight wreck disrupts traffic. Ohio leads weather deaths with 39, total 402 for the year. Illinois 37, Pennsylvania and Indiana 27 each.

Pacific Coast Washington Oklahoma Texas Florida North Carolina New York City Upstate Kings Mountain Hudson River New England New Haven Greenup Cincinnati Toledo Columbus St. Louis Ahehorage Alaska Ohio Illinois Pennsylvania Indiana Michigan New York Maryland West Virginia New Jersey

Lawyer Seeks Eight Thousand Dollar Fee in Commutation Case

An agreement between Attorney Ross and Mrs. Mountz states the plaintiff was to receive ten thousand dollars for legal services, of which two thousand has been paid. On September 5, 1920, after Mrs. Schrader’s conviction for killing Highway Patrolman Brady Paul, she sought Rose’s aid for an appeal to commute the death sentence. The arrangement fixed Rose’s fee at ten thousand dollars.

Ross

Crowds Line Thames for King Edwards Funeral Procession

Thousands queued for hours despite rain as London prepares for King George's funeral. King Edward VII returns to Buckingham Palace from Fort Belvedere while King Carol of Romania arrives for the event. Westminster crowds, police, and officials coordinate tomorrow's procession from Westminster Hall to Paddington and Windsor.

Thames Edward VII Buckingham Palace Fort Belvedere Carol of Romania Dover London Westminster Vauxhall Bridge Scotland Yard King Edward Baldwin Westminster Hall Paddington Station George Windsor Edward

King's Funeral Route and Windsor Service Details

A royal funeral plan outlines a 9 45 a m departure from Westminster Hall for a mile long procession to Windsor with a 12 35 p m arrival and 1 15 p m service at St George's Chapel. The Archbishop of Canterbury will lead the service with the Archbishops of York and Winchester assisting. The funeral train locomotive once driven by King George in 1924 will pull the train.

King George United States Westminster Hall Windsor St. George's Chapel United Kingdom Canterbury Westminster Abbey York Winchester Queen Mary

Punishment for motorists proposed at highway safety meet

New York State Senator Walter W. Stokes urged red lines around license plates for 60 days after highway accidents at a nine state conference on highway safety. Other speakers called for stricter licensing, harsher DUI penalties, school safety courses, prohibition of mail licenses, speed engineering checks, and fraud prevention for out of state licensees. A related case in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, saw a jury award $3,000 to a couple against a truck driver in a collision with a railroad train.

New York Walter W. Stokes Cooperstown N. Y Stokes Mark Graves New York State E. W. Wendell Pennsylvania Brannelly Sunbury James Mattro Carmel Lester Kimmel Orwigsburg Mattro Kimmel Lehigh Valley Railroad Kimemel Shenan

Sheep and Wool Men to Meet at Zion Lutheran Church

The Sheep and Wool Growers Association will hold its annual meeting at Zion Lutheran Church this Wednesday at 1:04 p.m. A noon dinner follows the forenoon session, with reservations via J. W. Warner. Speakers include W. B. Connell and P. T. Ziegler of Penn State and discussions on the wool pool ram sale and 4 H lamb feeding club.

Sheep and Zion Lutheran Church J. W. Warner Phorle W. B. Connell Penn State P. T. Ziegler School of Agriculture

Mansfield elected president of Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Assn

William D. Mansfield former State Senator and McKeesport Daily News publisher was elected president of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association. Lloyd E. Johnson and Howard Reynolds were named vice president and secretary treasurer respectively. The executive committee and district representatives were also listed. The group urged stricter motor vehicle code enforcement, statewide advertising programs for opportunities and delinquent taxes, election proclamation timing changes, and liquor license notice requirements with public hearings.

Harrisburg William D. Mansfield McKeesport Daily News Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association Lloyd E. Johnson Royersford Advertiser Howard Reynolds Quarryville Sun J. L. Stackhouse Easton Express LZ. Buckwalter Lancaster John O’donnell Oi Cily Derrick Wr. Dershuck Hazleton Plain Speaker Standard Sentinel E. B. Airhouse Sellersville Herald N. A. Frantz Stroudsburg Record Frederick T. Gelder Forest City News H. W. Young York Dispatch R. Evers Whitmore New Holland Clarion Frank D. O'Reilly Lock Haven Express Wiliam D. Fish Coudersport Potter Enterprise John T. Robinson Monongahela Daily Republican G. C. Kushnert McDonald Record-Outlook Lartz Sharon Herald Will Rose Cambridge Springs Enterprise-News

Toothbrush Murder Shocks Bucharest Stage Star

In Bucharest on January 27 police say Miss Romania, Tita Cristescu foremost beauty and Queen Marie Theatre actress, may have been killed by a toothbrush poison. Initial suicide theory abandoned after a chemist found traces of poison in her blood and investigators noted the actress’s tooth and other toilet items had been dipped.

Bucharest Rumania Tita Cristescu Queen Marie Theatre

Groundhog Lodge elects Finland president as honorary member

Slumbering Groundhog Lodge, famed for its silk hat pilgrimages, announced Pehr Svinhgaard, president of Finland, as an honorary member saying Finland is the only country that pays its debts to the United States. The membership is transmitted by the state department. J Hansell French and John McCullough were admitted and will be initiated Feb 2.

Quarryville Groundhog Pehr Svinhgard Finland United States State Department J. Hansell French John McCullough Philadelphia

Harmony Gospel Plans Week of Nightly Services

The Harmony Gospel team led by Misses McVicar and Legh will hold a week of special meetings at the Royal Salvation Army Citadel 635 Watley Street, starting tonight at 7 45 p m. The public is urged to attend as the pair are noted for music and capable speaking. In other news from Rome Marshal Badoglio reports Ethiopian casualties rising to 10000 on the southern front bringing total to 15000 since last Saturday with 5000 killed or wounded on the northern front. notice centers on fighting north of Dolo.

Harmony Gospel Royal Salvation Army Watley Street McVicar Legh Army Rome Piegno Badoglio Dolo

Patricia Kelly Lands WPA Typist Job in Bold Fight for Work

Eighteen-year-old Patricia Kelly visited Detroit WPA offices to claim her family’s right to a substitute job. She argued her ill father and hospital-bound mother justified her taking the foreman slot, but was redirected to a typing post after Mrs. Chittenden’s proposal. The Dearborn family residence is 7319 Neckel Avenue with Mrs. Kelly ill and Henry Ford Hospital treating her husband. Patricia has siblings William 16 Robert 14 and Betty Lou 16.

Patricia Kelly Detroit Works Progress Administration Patricia Jokvee Cecil R. Chittenden Michigan Federal Writers’ Projects Mrs. Chittenden Kelly Neckel Avenue Dearborn Mra Henry Ford Hospital Edward Kelly William Robert Betty Lou

Newspapers as a force in education, Lafayette president says

Harrisburg January 27 Dr William Mather Lewis president of Lafayette College calls newspapers a force in education He asserts fifteen minutes of intelligent reading of three newspapers daily will educate more than a university He notes the press can stabilize emotions with balanced news and restraint on crime dramatization.

Harrisburg William Mather Lewis Lafayette College Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers’ Association Lewis

Reserve Board Members Named in Roosevelt Nominations

President Roosevelt named six of the seven members for the new federal reserve board to start February 1. Headed by Mariner S. Heeles of Utah, the board includes Joseph A. Broderick of New York for 14 years, M. Szymczak of Chicago for 12 years, Ronald Ransom of Georgia for six years, John K. McKee of Ohio for 10 years, and Ralph W. Morrison of San Antonio for two years.

Washington Roosevelt New Federal Reserve Board Marriner S. Heeles Utah Joseph A. Broderick New York M. 5. Szymczak Chicago Ronald Ransom Georgia John K. McKee Ohio Reconstruction Finance Corporation Ralph W. Morrison San Antonio Texas

Interior Dept Seeks 81 Million for Next Fiscal Year

The Houga today received an 81,221,330 Interior Department supply bill from the Appropriations Committee. The bill includes 990,000 for the Bituminous Cost Commission and funds for other new activities. It is 4,379,754 above the current year's measure but 1,721,111 under budget estimates.

Washington Dan Interior Department Appropriations Committee

Supreme Court upholds corporate net income tax plan

Philadelphia January 27 The Supreme Court ruled the six percent corporate net income tax constitutional, designed to raise funds for unemployment relief. The tax is expected to yield about 23 million dollars in two years and 90 thousand dollars annually thereafter, aiding the budget.

Philadelphia Supreme Court

American Voices 1935 includes Misa Rathisen Simpson entry

The Giang State Teachers College author Misa Rathisen Simpson is among writers included in the American Voices 1935 poetry anthology. The collection features 300 chosen from over 2500 manuscript submissions, aiming to spotlight lesser known authors. The publishers plan a similar book this year and have begun another search for noteworthy writers.

Misa Rathisen Simpson Giang State Teachers College American Voices

Democrats Meet to Choose Slate in Harrisburg

Harrisburg January 27 The Democratic state committee opened the 1936 campaign with plans to form a candidate slate for the primary. Aspirants may circulate nominating petitions Wednesday for president, state treasurer, auditor general, 34 U S representatives, 25 state senators, and the entire state house, plus delegates to the national convention and party committee members.

Harriburg Democratic State Committee U. S. Representatives House of Representatives Republican and Democratic State Committee

Free Coal Scrape Regulators Roil Harrisburg Industries

Governor Earle ordered payment to the state from river bottom coal scrapers, canceling 9,000 dredging permits and instituting a tax schedule. The longstanding practice, vital to the anthracite region, has yielded about 15,000,000 tons retrieved recently per state geologist figures.

Harrisburg Earle George H. Ashley

Hoover Injured in Auto Collision on Blairsville Road

Russell Hoover a 26 year old of Blick Lick sustained head lacerations in a collision with Walter D Peterman 45 of 800 South Seventh Street Indiana on the Indiana Blairsville road near the borough limits. State highway patrolmen reported Hoover was backing into the highway when the crash occurred.

Russell Hoover Blick Lick Himself Walter D. Peterman South Seventh Street Indiana Blairsville Hoovey

Wool Made of Rayon Waste Developed at Georgia Tech

Atlanta Jan 24 A new process to produce wool like fabrics from rayon waste is announced by Georgia Tech. Professor W Harry Vaughan head of the engineering experiment station describes work under Professor C A Jones. Socks and dress goods of the new yarn have been produced and dyed. Suitings and other woven materials are said to be practical.

Atlanta Georgia School of Technology W. Harry Vaughan Engineering Experiment Station C. A. Jones

McNair to sue negligent property owners over city fires

Pittsburgh mayor William N. McNair announced plans to sue owners of buildings damaged or destroyed in three recent fires to attach fire insurance payments and recoup city firefighting costs. He said he would hire extra police to focus on fire investigations and official cooperation from insurers.

Pittsburgh William N. McNair Bittsburgh Sule Liberty Avenue Fifth Avenue McNair

Pledge Aid to Townsend Bill

Washington January 27 The Townsend National Weekly lists 50 Representatives pledged to back a bill to pay 200 dollars a month to citizens over 60. It notes 28 undecided and 14 opposed with California contributing 13 pledges. Among pledgers party breakdown includes nine Republicans two Farmer-Labor two Progressive and the rest Democrats.

Washington Townsend National Weekly Today Pension Plan Sted California T. E. Townsend Pennsylvania Gildea, Crosby, Mertz and Dunn

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