Groups Merge on Benjamin Franklin Highway Consolidation
At a Tiffin Ohio meeting all Benjamin Franklin highway organizations merged into a single agency. A new constitution created officers led by President John H. Williamson Findlay and Vice President Thomas M. Boyle Newcastle secretary treasurer Naylor Biggs. An executive committee of six was named by Williamson: Robert Frye Ottawa Hon Guy Murray Ashland C Nicodemus Wadsworth Hon George Burkhalter Butler Pa Earle Raymond Indiana Pa and Hon Frank Door Ebensburg Pa. A highway tour west to Omaha was planned with state slate announcements to follow. Next meeting set for September in Newcastle Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffin
John H. Williamson
Findlay
Thomas M. Boyle
Newastle
Pas
Naylor Biggs
Williamson
Robert Frye
Ottawa
Guy Murray
Ashland
C. Nicodemus
Wadsworth
George Burkhalter
Butler
Earle Raymond
Indiana
Heat harms several as city endures record temperatures
Physicians said several victims collapsed from heat and heart weaknesses. Names mentioned include William Stewart aged 70 and Edward Lemke aged 49 who died from heat induced heart failure, while Louis Toggar and Alex Krascewski 39 also suffered collapses. Others listed: Andrew Knofel 22 and John Tar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Toggar
William Stewart
Edward Lemke
Alex Krascewski
Andrew Knofel
John Tar
New Cure For Driver's Jitters Promoted By Senator Davis
Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania urged praising careful drivers to ease America’s driver’s jitters. He backed condemnation for reckless driving but warned excess focus on recklessness harms public mood. The statement circulated through the Automobile Club of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
America
Davis
Automobile Club of America
Weather Front Brings Showers and Heat Across Regions
Forecaster J J Lloyd predicted thundershowers in Chitego and scattered showers in Michigan. The outlook echoed in Virginia and New England with fair and warmer temperatures, possible night showers. A Missouri Valley prayer service coincided with Waukon recording 1.04 inches of rain. A drowning occurred near Medora ND amid a cloudburst. Rain cooled the region from Sheridan WY to South Dakota and Montana. temperatures dropped to the 60s. News notes speak of drought relief hopes amid lingering heat in Illinois Wisconsin Michigan and Pennsylvania with top readings near 110 degrees in Eau Claire and 1125 in Ke Wwanee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Illinois
Michigan
Plains
Middle Atlantic
Wyoming-Montana-Dakota
New York State
New England
Nebraska
Georgia
South Carolina
Connecticut
Waukon
Medora
N. D
Sheridan
Wyo
South Dakota
Montana
Gillette
Wye
Katispel
Mant
Ke Wwanee
Ill
Eau Claire
Wis
Grand Rapids Mid
Davenport, Town
Detrait
Pittsburgh
Phlladelphia
Indiana rifle club hosts large tourney close to finish
The Indiana Rifle Club wrapped up the largest small bore event in the nation with 146 official entrants. Local shooters Alan B Salkeld and William P Patriquin posted top finishes in multiple events, while Dewar Two Man Team and Pennsylvania Ontario matches highlighted the closing day. Indiana eyes a bigger 1937 international affair.
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C. W. Bickerstaff
WG. Patri Quin
Ernest
Indiana Rifle Club
Alan B Salkeld
William P. Patriquin
Salkeld
Milos Altimus
Nant-y-Glo
Miles Altimus, Sr
Salkeid
Patri« Quen
United States
National Rifle Association
Indiana
Bob Liggett
Bill Patriquin
Moody McGuire
Myron Wolfe
Alan Salkeld
Dewar
Metallic Fights
Canfield
Akhon
Ohio
A.L. Darkow
Akron
H. D. Griffith
Pittsburgh
W. Crosley
New Kensington
Alan B. Salkeld
W. G. Patriquin
R. D. Berkheiser
Palmyra
Paul Baumgardner
Western Europe Accord Seen After Austro German Pact
Paris reports outline of French demands for a Locarno conference at Brussels amid the Berlin Vienna accord, with Germany’s participation, Britain’s stance, and a potential Western bloc to counter Eastern Europe. Possible Austrian annexation and moves against Danzig and Czechoslovakia suggested. Italy noted for aiding negotiations.
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Western Europe
Robert B. Parker
Associated Press
Paris
Prenel
Berlin
Vienna
Austria
Brussels
J. Geriathy
Mary
Rhineland
Germany
Hitler
France
Reich
Belgium
League of Nations
Ment
Fuéhrer
Schuschinigg
Sun
Free City
Danzig
Czechoslovakia
Gers
Italy
Europe
London
Rhine
Great Brilian
Russia
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Aggregate scores and prize notes from Camp Perry events
The report lists participants from Akron Toronto Dallas and Pittsburgh with aggregate scores for the 60 meter event and two-man teams. Prizes are described as large cash awards, with a state champion trophy to Gov. George H. Harle. A separate health relief note shows weekly expenditures totaling $1,229,909.08, up by $9,880.47 from the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Perry
Dewar
A. L. Darkow
Akron
Thurman Randle
Dallas
Texas
V. Z. Canfield
H. D. Griffith
Pittsburgh
C. W. Bickerstaff
New Kensington
George H. Harle
Girl recounts alleged plot to color Luciano tale in New York
A Florida born girl testifies that Luciano’s representatives offered $500 to publish a favorable article picturing him as framed. She fled to Washington where two New York detectives questioned her about the scheme. She used multiple aliases and named meetings in Cincinnati and New York while denying any damaging grand jury testimony.
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Luciano
New York
New Hampshire Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
P. Lockwood
J. Dwyer
Washington
Lakeland
Fla
Margaret Louise Bell
Jean Costello
Jean Louis
Jean Arnold
Cincinnati
Luei- Vana
Pennsylvania relief rolls update shows net increase and WPA impact
During the week ending July 4 relief cases totaled 5,984 with private employment closing 2,771 cases and WPA closes at 2,017. Openings were 136 with 46 closings, net relief load plus 80. Private jobs produced 47 closed cases, WPA 3, and other causes 6. Of 6,034 openings, 3,411 lost private jobs and 1,943 lost WPA employment. Net effect: private employment raised direct relief by 640 cases, WPA employment reduced it.
Resignation Confirmed After School Board Meeting
Smith's resignation was confirmed after a board meeting where David Dale McMaster named president of the institution. President Thomas Sutton said Smith declined to vote. Trustees, eight named by Governor Earle, had recently decided to terminate Dr. Foster. Foster resigned, calling politics dominant, and will not serve until September. The bursar William Schuster also resigned after one year.
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Smith
David Dale McMaster
Johnstown
Thomas Sutton
Earle
Dr. Foster
William Schuster
Cadman Dies United States Clergy Leader Cadman dies in New York
Dr Cadman a British born preacher who rose from Millbrook NY to Yonkers and Brooklyn churches planned national radio services reaching up to 100 million. He began broadcasting in 1923 and wrote a dozen religious books. He leaves wife Esther and three children. Funeral in Brooklyn.
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Gied
America
Central Methodist Church
Yonkers
Metropolitan Temple
New York
Central Congregational Church
Dr. Cadman
Brooklyn
Francis J. McConnell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cadman
Methodist Church
National Broadcasting Company
Wellington
Shropshire
England
Wesleyan College
Surrey
Millbrook
N.Y
N. Y
Als
Esther Lillian Wooding
Frederic Leslie
Marie Isabel
Lillian Esther Cadinun
Ten shaken up two injured in Route 422 crash
Eric Moller, 36, of Cleveland, sustained bruises after a Saturday night collision on Route 422 two miles east, with two others reported shaken up. The incident occurred in the vicinity of the highway, with police and EMS responding to transport injured parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Moller
Cleveland
Ralston and Henderson Rites Scheduled in Vandergrift
Mrs Cora Ralston 65 died at home after a yearlong illness in Vandergrift. Funeral at 2 30 pm Tuesday from 501 Hancock Ave with burial in Vandergrift Cemetery. Survived by husband Edward Ralston and children Nina Paul Grace. siblings Hugh and William Holmes and others. Mrs Henderson died Saturday in Woodville. funeral at her residence Tuesday morning.
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DA Cora Ralston
Vandergrift
Hugh and
Mary (Dunwoody) Holmes
Pine Flats
Edward Ralston
Nina Smith
Paul Ralston
Grace Ralston
Hugh S. Holmes
Clymer
William S. Holmes
Indiana
Agnes Jane McCullough
Commodore
Belle Geesey
Margaret Hines
Ralston
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Spring Church
Hancock Avenue
Johnstown
Margaret (Pierce) Henderson
Randall W. Henderson
Woodville
Automobile incidents and 14 deaths mark Pennsylvania heat rush
A Pennsylvanian sequence shows Burkhart arrested for operating an auto under liquor influence after a crash near Indiana Route 86. A 25 year old African American man, Robert Anthony, escaped injury while another car collided with a machine. police say reckless driving charges may follow. The report details fourteen fatalities statewide from heat waves, drownings, lightning, live-wire contact, and multiple car crashes including victims from Philadelphia York Reading Scranton and Greensburg among others.
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Indiana
Albert Burkhart
Penn Rup
Moller
B. W. McClusky
Burkhart
Robert Anthony
Conemaugh
Anselmo Corbelli
Tubbs
Anthony
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Howard Klenk
Milton Watkins
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Eugene Merriken
Freeland
York
Irene Sicinski
Frances Cannon
Binghamton
N. J
Buller Lake
Susquehanna County
Thomas Glampe
Mcadoo Heights
Hazle~ton
George Sutkas
Forest City
Scranton
Edward Fields
Meadville
Pittsburgh
Susan Murdick
William Entry
New Kensington
Lester W. Haugh
Gorman
William H. Shhellenberger
East Berlin
Shamokin
William Williams, Jr
Atlas
Demcela Dello
Obituary for Mrs. Mary Brown in Hillsdale area
Mrs. Mary Griffith Brown, 76, died Friday night at her Seward area home after a long illness. Last rites conducted at the Brown home. interment in Armagh Cemetery. Funeral services for Mary Brown to be held Wednesday at Ranigh Funeral Home at 1 30 PM, Rev Donald Swinehart to preside. Interment in Thompson Cemetery Indiana County.
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Hillsdale
Ranigh Funeral Home
Donald Swinehart
Wesley M. E. Church
Thompson Cemetery
Indiana County
Mary (Griffith) Brown
Mary Brown
Seward
Brown
Armagh
Obituary notices for Lewis Kerr and Carrie Kerr with kin
Rebecca Stewart Lewis 77 died at home in Heeshdon Brushvalley township after living in Indiana Blairsville. Survived by daughter Mrs Finley son Harry Lewis 16 grandchildren seven great grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral 2 30 pm Wednesday at Finley residence Rev Clawson United Presbyterian Heshbon burial Blairsville Cemetery. Maggie Carrie Kerr 74 died Friday at Apollo home of son Joseph Kerr born Feb 3 1862 to Joseph and Mary Stitt survived by sons Joseph Kerr James Kerr sister Mrs Julia Starry Homer City funeral 10 am today Apollo United Presbyterian church burial Spring Church cemetery.
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IRS
Rebecca (Stewart
Mrs. Finley
Harry Lewis
Heshbon
Finley
Mr. Clawson
United Presbyterian Church of
Blairsville Cemetery
H. C. Thompson
Apollo United Presbyterian Church
Burlat
Spring Church
Boy Scout Camp Opens First Week at Yellow Creek
The first week of a three week camping period opened at Wm. Penn Council Boy Scout Camp on Yellow Creek with many campers arriving Sunday and a full program planned. Visitors are welcome and local officials note potential for a fourth week if interest remains high. Henry Harry Rice, 39, died in Dearborn of a heart attack and was buried there after services. William Kosperski, 46, died in Veterans Hospital Aspinwall. he was buried at St. Bernard Cemetery after services at Lucerne Church. He left a widow and four children.
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Wm. Penn Council
Yellow Creek
Henry Harry Rice
Dearborn
Indiana
Detroit
Amy Rice
Wills Mary
Margaret Rice
Leroy Cunningham
Wilkinsburg
Rose Rice
Mary Rice
New York City
William Kosperski
St. Bernard
Lucerne Catholic Church
Ladislas Lipski
Veterans Hospital
Aspinwall
Homer City
St. Louis Catholic Church
Lucerne
American Legion
Katherine Kasperski
George
Margaret
Elizabeth
Julia
Apache execution read in quiet tribal court scene
The trial under Apache witnesses and a missionary clergyman unfolds as Earl Gardner receives the death penalty for hacking his wife and baby to death with an axe on the San Carlos reservation. Past acts include a 1925 killing of a fellow tribesman and a seven year prison term. Tribesmen accept white law, noting no Apache uprising since the 1880s and mentioning Henrietta Lehmerler’s 1931 murder.
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F. M. Uplegger
McKinney
Earl
Gardner
San Carlos
Arizona
Nto
Geronimo
Henrietta Lehmerler
Columbia University
Local judge imposes fines and sentences in late court session
Judge Creps denounced late cases and upholding deterrence as several defendants faced penalties. Albert Burkhart of Penn Run received 200 dollars and six to twelve months workhouse for intoxication and driving, while Mary Cindric of Coral was jailed one to two years with costs after concealing an illegitimate death. Merle Stuchell and John McClure were warned and given six to twelve months workhouse and 100 dollars, respectively, for property and theft offenses. Albert Novalis, George Opainick, and Mike Klyap drew four months to two months workhouse and 60 dollars each after pleading guilty to resisting an officer at Indiana Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langham
Fulmer
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Hill
Mack
Creps
Albert C. Burkhart
Penn Run
Indiana
McClusky
Burkham
Route 422
Mary Cindric
Coral
Mercy
Cindric
Merle Stuchell
John E. McClure
Cresson
Stuchell
McClure
Akron
Judge Creps
Cambria County
Albert Novalis
George Opainick
Mike Klyap
Kelley
Indiana Hospital
Legislators rally to fund hunger aid amid shortages
Local reports describe elided relief efforts as counties and cities appeal for state financed emergency aid to feed children and clothe families. Agencies, grocers, and restaurants provide limited relief as checks delay and officials borrow funds to cover sliding scale nutrition support for the needy in York County and surrounding areas.
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Iberto
York
Mem Otheé
Philegg
Polj
Ches Rest
Numeros A
Mayor
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Dorothy Grove
Allegheny
Dam No. 3
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Ohio River
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Second Avenue
Grant Street
Jantzen
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Maton
D. Blakeslee
Lewis Run
Grifith
Darkaw
Virgil Canfield
A. J. Thill
G. Arnold
Hyatsville
Maryland
AL Tarr
Tiefenbrunn
St. Louis
A. Hale
L. C
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Miles Alfimus
Nanty-y Glo
Senate
T. T. Chafton
Munhall
C. P. Black
Harrisburg
J. T. Callahge
Oakmont
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Canada
Maj
J. M. Watson
Toronto
W. J. Young
Dorothea Kelly
Helen Hale
Akron Bex
A. E. Hart
W. WY. Thompson
M. Allimus
Nanty-Glo
D. O'Hare
Maplewood
Thurman
Randie
Minnie McCoy
Steen
Few
Edward McClintock
Anthony Banta
Oakland Cemetery
Robinson Funeral Home
Simon Anthony
Gio
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Helen Comal
Clintbepladd
Med
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Kirk Brown
Charles Branch
J. C. Griffith
Union Street
Alice Hulbert
Bert Collins
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Catt.leran
Belle Jacob
Wellaburg
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