Wool Meeting Draws 75 at Sheep and Wool Gathering
The Sheep and Wool Growers Association annual meeting and dinner drew 75 attendees. Directors elected for 1936 include President W. R. Thomas and vice president Marry Leech. The treasurer reported receipts of 12040.56 and expenses of 12078.00 with a 261.63 balance. Ten prizes offered as subscriptions to The Sheep Breeder were won by several members. Professor P. T. Ziegler spoke on meat curing and market meats, with William B. Connell reviewing wool marketing across Pennsylvania.
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Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association
W. R. Thomas
Indiana
Marry Leech
R. DB
Clayton Miller
Creekside
Alex Tolurett
Homer City
Harry Neal
H. M. Brown
Fulton Simpson
Blaine Miller
Sheloca
Vick Stephens
W. S. Brown
Marion Center
Clyde M. Bell
Home RD
Lamb
Pittsburgh
Lutheran Church
Dick Stephens
Mr. Stephens
W. B. Connell
P. T. Ziegler
Pennsylvania State College
Chicago
Ill
Robert Kimmel
Shetoda
Frank C. Rowe
R. D
R. W. Beamer
S. Ith St
P. L. Hamill
H. W. Leech
Harrisburg
Danny Nirella's Orchestra ignites rural dance with ambulance parade
Rural roads attract crowds as Danny Nirella's Orchestra boosts interest in a Clearfield dance. An ambulance ferries effigies of a paralyzed boy and a girl with a Pleading sign while Boy Scouts sell birthday greetings for the President, funds aiding the event. Proceeds are expected to exceed last year. multiple towns contribute to Tioga County Crippled Children's Society.
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Clearfield
Johnstons
Robert T. Fl Hickman
Irom
Hanover Committee
Altoona
Tioga County
Crippled Children’s Society
Warren
War at a Glance and Addis Ababa Skirmishes Rise
War briefing notes Italian and Ethiopian clashes in East Africa with 34 Fascist soldiers killed and four trucks captured near Addis Ababa. Mussolini pressures for fresh confabs. Paris signals peace pledge under new Prime Minister Sarraut amid ongoing fronts. Local events include Ras Sey birthday observance and charity drive by 2,500 tickets.
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Mussolini
Fas
East Africa
Addis Ababa
War Office
Shale
Ras Sey
Oum
Pierro Badaglo
Makale
Paris
France
Pre Mier
Aibery Sarraut
Farm Bill Strategy Ahead of House Vote
The House agriculture committee plans to advance the farm bill after discussing it with farm groups and Senate debate. Chairman Jones says the bill will be broadened with multiple devices to boost farmer prosperity. Chester Gray from the American Farm Bureau notes the House bill may include export debit or land rental provisions to curb surplus acres. The committee intends to take up the bill Saturday.
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Senate
Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Chester Gray
American Farm Bureau Federation
House
Census Expansion Promises Broad Business Coverage
A can vassing effort led by William Gaffney will train assistants for a sweeping business census. The survey extends beyond prior bounds to include professional services, theaters, hotels, banking, construction, transportation and insurance. More than 100 representatives helped shape questions for a fuller view of firms, payrolls, and annual business volume.
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William Gaffney
van Ashlen
van Asdiek
Wade
Austine
Contra¢Tore
Ict
Borough tightens gun limits under strict enforcement
Police Department announced a Borough ordinance prohibits gun use within Borough limits and will be strictly enforced. The report hints at a census of gun owners and potential disclosure of other involved individuals as part of ongoing investigations.
Amusement Permits and Slot Machine Tax Guidance
The Department of Revenue requires permanent amusement permits for venues serving food or hosting dances with music plus yellow and liquor permits, and monthly tax remittance. State permits also apply for charged admissions or privilege events, with taxation per the Amusement Tax Act. Slot machines need a Department of Revenue permit per machine, and taxes apply. this does not authorize violations of laws.
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Cunbarely
Department of Revenue
Liquor Control Board
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Plaza
Pittsburgh
G O P Hails Borah Speech Critiques New Deal
G O P leader denounces the New Deal as delaying prosperity and attacking “half-baked legislation” and centralized power. He calls Republicans to acknowledge good points of opponents while criticizing administration failures and urges a cheaper, simpler relief system and broader recovery strategy.
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Barks
London
Washington
Chalian
Supreme Court
Football Rules Committee Faces Broad Agenda Ahead
Plymeburgh January 30 The American Football Coaches Association rules committee will meet in a closed session Saturday to draft recommendations for the National Rules Committee. Led by Jock Sutherland in place of ill Lou Little, proposals focus on eliminating the slow whistle and moving goal posts back. Other items include legality of forward passes at any point behind the line, extending intermission, and yardage penalties for pass interference.
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Plyesburgh
vPi
American Football Coaches Association
National Football Rules Committee
Lou Little
Columbia
Coaches’ Committee
Jock Sutherland
Pitt
Little
New York
Prisoner Stabbed at Stateville Ends Loeb’s Life
In Stateville jail Richard Loeb, longtime partner of Nathan Leopold in the Bobby Franks murder, was stabbed to death by convict James Day. State's Attorney McCabe announced plans to question Leopold away from officials and seek indictments. Coroner’s jury marked Day for homicide.
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Joliet
William R. McCabe
Wil Voutly
Nathan Leopold
Stateville Prison
Richard Loeb
Leopold
Bobby Franks
James Day
Franks
McCabe
Day
West Cheister
Major L. Leroy Deininger
Phoenixville
Philadelphia
William H. Clark
Harrisburg
Deninger
Clark
Louis T. McFadden
Towanda
Congress
15Th
Horseshoe
McFadden
House
C. Elmer Dietrich
House Banking and Currency Committee
Herbert Hoover
Illinois State Penitentiary
Stateville
See
Chicago
Poll C of C Members Debate Government Control
The newly elected board of directors deferred officer elections while reviewing findings on government control of industry. Delegates criticized a Senate plan for government ownership of railroads, urged a state cost survey, praised highway safety efforts, and backed removing the long and short haul clause from the Interstate Commerce Act.
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U. S. Senate
War veteran leads Lincoln county bonus payment claim
Fayettville Tennessee reports Glattis H Sherwood a 44 year old World War veteran as the first Lincoln county resident to apply for a new payment law. He died an hour later of a heart attack leaving beneficiaries to receive the bonus. The rest is a jumble of unrelated notices and weathered items from elsewhere.
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Fayetteville
Tenn
Glattis H. Sherwood
Lincoln County
Obituary: Anna Benedetto Benedetto of Blairsville Dies at 60
Mrs Anna Benedetto 60 died at her home 118 North Brady Blairsville after a six month illness of complications. Husband Dominic and children Louis Nicholas Benedetto Consette Delecco Mary Coccomese Lena Rose Anna Benedetto survive. Funeral at SS Simon Jude Blairsville 8:45 am with Blairsville cemetery interment. Also Sister M Gerald Mariw IHJ Scranton died Friday January 24 in Coaldale. Parents John and Mable Hollern Homer City. Surviving siblings James Windber Howard Altoona Gerald Paul Regis Joseph Matie Dorothy Hilda Rita Ann.
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Benedetto
North
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Blairsville
Dominic Benedetto
Louis
Nicholas Benedetto
Concette Delecco
Mary Coccomese
Greensburg
Lena
Rose
Anna Benedetto
M. Gerald Mariw
The
Immaculate Heart Order
Scranton
Carbondale
John Hollern
Homer City
Ashville
Cambria County
Howard
Altoona
James
Windber
Gerald
Paul
Regis
Joseph
Matie
Dorothy
Hilda
Rita Ann
Snowstorm Drives Large Snow Cleanup and Fatalities
The state highway department mobilized over 21,000 workers on secondary roads and rural routes, the largest single deployment to date. Weather froze three more people, bringing cold wave deaths to 42. Henry H. Lang died at 75 in Meyersdale from exertion causing a heart attack while clearing snow. Cleophant Le Roy, 85, was found frozen at Point Marion and John Mackey, 40, was killed by a trolley car in Pittsburgh. Show drifts halted raffle on the.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
McNair
Philadelphia
Mechanicsburg
Nat Reading
Heler
Kensey
Rochester
Foundry Manganese Company
Conshohocken
Curwensville
Roy Foulk
Berwick
Passavaint
Rush
Malvern
Pleasant Mount
Johnstown
Catawissa
Henry H. Lang
Meyersdale
Cleophant Leroy
Point Marion
John Mackey
SINGERS TO PERFORM FORD AT DEARBORN TRIP
Washington and Jefferson College Glee Club plans a three day visit to Henry Ford in Dearborn Michigan. The 33 members will travel Monday to receive training in the quadrille dance and stay as guests of Ford. The group previously learned the dance on a prior trip and found it a rigorous workout.
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Washington
Star Singers
Washington and Jefferson College
Glee Club
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Treasury balance reported at 2.07 billion dollars
Washington reports treasury balance at 2,066,279,770.07 with receipts of 4,858,673.73 and expenditures of 13,623,992.46 on January 28. Customs receipts for the month reach 30,475,543.90 amid ongoing Treasury activity.
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Washington
Posttich of Treasury
COAL WOMAN TO ADDRESS MEET AT UMW CONVENTION
Miss Josephine Roche, assistant secretary of the treasury and longtime coal operator, will address the United Mine Workers convention in Washington today. Delegates from several districts push autonomy, opposing continuation of provisional officers appointed during NRA days. A standing vote favored keeping provisional districts 1,014 to 602. a roll call may follow.
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Joseph L. Miller
Associated Press Star
Washington
Josephine Roche
the Treasury
United Mine Workers' Convention
Miss Roche
Colorado
United Mine Workers
NRA
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Tenois
Southwest
International Organization
John J. Lewis
Alive Again After Nine Years Dead Alive Again After Nine Years
Marie Hamilton Hambley, declared legally dead nine years ago, returns to claim her share of her father's estate. Her attorney Virgil L. Johnson seeks annulment of the death sentence and restoration of legal rights. Court records reveal 1927 efforts to locate her were false and reports claimed she had been missing since July 1915.
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Mercer
Marie Hamilton Hambley
Virgil L. Johnson
Enurl
House Burns as Snow Drifts Block Road
Carlisle, Jan. 40. Fire destroyed the farm house of James Rifle near Avewston while he was away for the first time in three weeks. Rifle, 78, lived alone and had gone to Carlisle for provisions. Roads blocked by snowdrifts prevented fire apparatus. neighbors summoned by telephone saved a few kitchen items.
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Carlisle
James Rifle
Avewston
Rifle
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