Superstitions of Movie Stars In Hollywood
Hollywood actors reveal quirky beliefs and lucky talismans from jade idols to wedding rings. A survey finds seven of ten actors carry a superstition object, with stars like Jolson Powell and Stanwyck tied to specific mementos. The piece notes Friday starts and Friday the thirteenth superstition avoidance. The Commerce Department estimates restaurants capture 20 percent of tourist spending.
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Wallace X
Rawles
Hollywood
Verce Teasdale
Warren Willson
New Enterprises
Aline MacMahon
Dick Powell
Pittsburgh
Jolson
Edward QC
Robinson
Tito’ Schipa
Joe BE. Brown
Guy Kibbee
Ann Dvorak
Barbara Stanwyck
U.S. Department of Commerce
Senate Faces Final Showdown on Court of International Justice
Washington January 28 The Senate weighs entering the Permanent Court of International Justice amid bitterness and reservations including debt issues The administration predicts rejection of all remaining reservations Senators Johnson California and Borah Idaho lead anti League opposition, echoing 1926 debates and past negotiations before a final vote possibly late today
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William K. Hutchinson
N.S. Sta
Washington
Cains
Senate
Permanent Court of International Justice
League of Nations
Taz
Wrio
Johnson
California
Borab
Idaho
League
House By William 8 Neal on Congress Relief Bills
Washington dispatch reports Democratic leaders pressing Congress to act on emergency relief and RFC extensions as world court debate delays the $4.88 billion work relief bill. Bond authority rises $11.6 billion, with foes wary of tax exempt bonds. The House aims to pass the RFC expansion this week while relief funds near exhaustion. Columbus charity drives note 20 percent of $4000 raised locally for war on infantile paralysis. towns echo nationwide fund-raising with hopes to top 1935 totals.
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Ln.s. Stall
Washington
INS
Congress
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
RFC
Senate
Treasury
House
Indiana
Commission
Columbus
Ohio City
Indiana Armory Birthday Ball Promises Mass Social Event
Column notes Col Henry L. Doherty as national chairman of the Birthday Ball program amid talk that the 1985 presidential birthday celebration will be a historic humanitarian event. Indiana’s Ball is set for Wednesday January 30 at the Armory from 9 p.m. to midnight with admission one dollar and tickets for two persons. A local orchestra will perform and details of Indiana’s participation will appear next Tuesday. Seventy cents of every dollar goes to philanthropy.
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Henry L. Doherty
Col Doherty
Indiana
Armory
Tom. m
Mothers Waiting List and Aid Funds Administration
The article notes ongoing hardship for mothers and children while state and county funds align dollar for dollar. It explains legislative action expanding mothers assistance trustees duties to include blind pensions and old age assistance, all administered by seven governor-appointed women serving six-year terms without salary.
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Mothers Assistance Fund
Obituary: Local woman recalled as loving mother and homekeeper
The deceased moved to Rochester Mills for 22 years and lived near Clymer for 30 years and in Indiana for 15 years. Survived by husband Braughler and six children, including J W Miller and Everett Braughler, two sisters, a brother, 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at her late residence at 2 pm Wednesday with interment in Ruffner Cemetery.
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Rochester Mills
Near Clymer
Indiana
Braughler
Tanoma
Everett H. Braughler
Seward
Vane Braughler
River Front
Saskatchewan
Canada
Luke A. Braughler
Brook R, Braughler
Henry Schroeder
Cleveland
William Sheesley
Elizabeth Sheesley
George Snyder
Ruffner Cemetery
Young G. O. P. Group Split in Pennsylvania Factions Form
Internal dissension splits the Young Republicans of Pennsylvania into two factions. The executive committee under John Wills abolished the honorary chairmanship held by Charles W. Carroll and voted to limit membership to under 40. Carroll leads a Philadelphia contingent criticizing the state committee. The group screens a constitutional revision as hastily conceived, while other notes mention a Dutch line matching European routes, Japan’s island airline plans, and Woodrow Wilson buried in Washington.
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Harrisburg
Ilan
Young Republiciss of
Pennsylvania
John ¥. Wills
Duncannon
Charles W. Carroll
Philadelphia
Carroll
Mary Fisher Brown
John S. Fisher
Constitution Bill In Final Vote Tonight
Harrisburg reports the administration seeks final House passage of a bill to draft a new state constitution by January next year with a Senate delay over referendum provisions. Open hearings are planned on constitutional changes as rival bills aim for a 1937 timeline amid Republican opposition.
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Sydney H. Eiges
Lon
Stale
Harrisburg
INS
House
Franke W. Ruth
Berks
Senate
G. Mason Owlett
Tioga
Constitutional Changes Committee
George L. Woodward
Philadelphia
George H. Earle
NRA
Thompson
Geider
Harmuth
James J. Coyne
Pittsburgh
Earle
Richard J. Beamish
Commonwealth
Workmen's Compensation Board
Norbert J. Fitzgerald
Erie
Republican
Washington Parade on Way to New Deal Reforms
Washington insiders fret over how the House rush on the 4.88 billion work relief bill may signal future steps. Democratic dissent grows over gag rules and power delegation to the president, with questions about senate revision and the Supreme Court’s views.
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I. N.S
Washington
Congress
House
Rep
Wm. P. Connery
Senate
Supreme Court
NRA
Long charges martial law plot in Louisiana race
A Baton Rouge anti Long leader alleges Huey Long used his political machine to stage opposition meetings and declare martial law to seize city and parish control. He claims a life plot against Long was a hoax and warns of reprisals, citing military district rules banning critical publications. The accused deny involvement, while Square Deal leaders claim Long forces organized mass meetings before martial law.
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Robert G. Nixon
N. 8
Baton Rouge
INS
United States
Huey Long
Long
St. Bernard Parish
Drumhead
Prohibition
Square
Square Deal
Sav an Garange Meeting on February 1 1935
Sav an Garange hosts a February 1 1935 meeting with autos theme. Members are urged to name favorite automobile and discuss road improvements. Roll call and prizes for ownership, mileage, and travel. debate on whether automobiles boost or hinder rural social events.
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Topis
C. H. Hughes
C, C. Steele
Harry Mauk
Hope Stanly Deny
F.P. Noerr
Elizabeth Elder
Automobile Games
Soviet Debt Talks Open With Russia in Washington
Soviet Ambassador Alexander Troyanovsky will resume discussions at the State Department on paying the $400,000 American debt and damage claims. Moscow had sought a loan ratio of 2 for 1 and will respond to the offer of a five year revolving credit fund worth about $100.9 million in exchange for paying between $100 and $200 million on American claims to finance expansion of U S exports to Russia.
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Washington
INS
Uncle Sam
Russia
Alexander Troyanovsky
State Department
Moscow
Trussia
Hauptmann Admits Money Kept From Wife During Ransom Case
The attorney general's cross examination portrays Bruno Hauptmann in a calmer style while forcing admissions on funds, forged spellings, and hidden cash. He recalls trips to California, a $14,800 sum in his garage, and decisions to withhold money from his wife as the Lindbergh kidnap case unfolds in court.
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Hauptmann
Anna
California
Isidor Fisch
Wright
Wil
Wall Street
Wi Jentz
Warner Brothers Studt
John F
Jessie’) Condon
St. Raymond's Cemetery
Bronx
Lindbergh
Mra
Europe
Edward J. Reilly
Ciorney
Bob Treen
Thomas W. Trenchard
Ten Defendants Sentenced In Court Here
Ten defendants received sentences ranging from six months to a year in the workhouse. Bankavich pleaded guilty to breaking into the Graceton, Mahoning, and Tunnelton area stores on November 24, 1933. Ife was turned over to Indiana county after release from Cambria jail where he served 14 months for burglary. Judge Langham gave suspended terms to Charles Duncan and Clarence Harman for robbery after their 38 months in workhouses in Westmoreland and Armstrong counties. Harman to Allegheny county for detention. Raymond Swartz pled guilty to assault and battery for the September 16, 1931, Tunnelton hold-up and was sentenced to 10 days in county jail.
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Graceton
Graceton Coal and Coke Company
Vinton Supply Company
Young Township
Mahoning Supply Company
Center Township
Ife
Indiana County
Cambria County
Langham
Charles Duncan
Clarence Harman
New Kensington
Westmoreland
Armstrong
A. Eugene Wilson
Harman
Allegheny County
Raymond Swartz
Clymer
WSA
Last Effort To Save Edwards From Electric Chair
In Philadelphia on January 28 the defense argued that Freda McKechnie a pregnant murder victim died violently and not beyond reasonable doubt, as Bobby Edwards faces execution. Franklin A. McGuigan led the appeal saying the Commonwealth failed to prove Edwards caused her death.
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Philadelphia
Ains
Freda McKechnie
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Bobby Edwards
Frank A. McGuigan
Commonwealth
Karvis Again Seen in Michigan in Manhunt
Saginaw Michigan January twenty eight. State police blockaded roads in the Saginaw Flint area as the hunt for Public Enemy No. 1 Alvin Karpis and accomplice Harry Campbell intensified. A filling station attendant reported two suspicious men at a station near Saginaw, driving a car with what looked like a machine gun, as they continued southward.
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Saginaw
Mich
INS
Alvin Karpis
Harry Campbell
Michigan
Saginaw-Flint
Boiler explosion burns Edna Greenwald in Emeigh home
A pressure boiler exploded Saturday afternoon in the kitchen injuring Edna Greenwald 24 of Emeigh severely with burns to the chest abdomen and right arm. Dr. C D Early gave first aid and arranged transfer to Miners' Hospital. Her condition was listed as fair today. Mrs. Greenwald is married to John Greenwald. England airlines have sped up schedules with faster planes amid a long distance race highlighting slower British transport.
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Edna Greenwald
C. D. Early
Miners’ Hospital
Anfair
England
Kingfish Plot Alleged In Baton Rouge Airport Shooting
From a hospital bed George Alessi said two men in plain clothes shot him as he walked with arms aloft seeking protection near the airport amid martial law and a Square Deal protest against Senator Huey Long. Alessi blamed nonuniform assailants and described another buckshot attack after the pistol shot.
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Baton Rouge
INS
George Alessi
Louisiana
Square Deal Minute
Hifs
Square Deal Association
Huey Lang
Alessi
Square
Miitiamen
Senator Long
C. P. Starmant
Long
Songey
Lang
Ernst Bourgeois
New Orleans
Inter
White House
Attempted killing cited in Kaiser birthday hush
An attempted killing of former Kaiser Wilhelm at Doorn ten days earlier prompted an unusually quiet 76th birthday observance at his exile home. A demented Doorn chef was blamed for the assault, while German papers noted little on Kaiser Wilhelm I as attention focused on Adolf Hitler's chancellorship anniversary.
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London
INS
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Doorn
Holland
London Daily Mail
Doorn House
Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Oaily
Adolf Hitler
Pet dog blamed as infant smothered in crib death
In Norristown a seven month old girl named Verne Elizabeth Watters died when a pet dog, snuggling beside the infant, is said to have forced its paw toward the baby's face as the child slept. Marian Watters of Valley Forge Manor discovered the tragedy.
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Norristown
Elizabeth Watters
Marian Watters
Valley Forge Manor
Continued Cold With Warmer Tuesday Prediction
Weather observer described a continuing cold snap with subzero readings across districts. He forecast a warmer Tuesday despite Indiana readings likely near zero this morning and record low temperatures previously observed.
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Torss
Indiana
Mercury
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