Italy on Full War Footing Mobilizes for Africa Drive
Rome reports Premier Mussolini ordered full war footing with 15,000 man new army division and a blackshirt unit of equal size. Plans call for 1,000 light planes to East Africa, plus mobilization of 108 1810 and 1912 engineer corps and ambulance drivers. Total troops abroad or bound for Africa reach 200,000 with five more Blackshirt divisions planned. General Terruzzi to command the departing unit. Italy rejects peace proposals to Britain or the League. Stampa urges restoring prestige lost at Adowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guglielmo Emanuel Li.s
Rome
INS
Mussolini
Waly
East Africa
Italy
East
Africa
Terruzzi
Great Britain
League of Nations
Stampa
Coarmnce Tine
Indiana Glass Plant Reconstruction Plan Revealed
A detailed account outlines employee counts from 1928 to 1931 at the Diamond Glass Company plant in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and lists local purchases needed to operate the furnaces. It notes scarce hand made glass-making plants in the U S and describes a subscription agreement to fund a new corporation to run the plant once a Reconstruction Finance loan is approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Chamber of Commerce
Diamond Company
United States
Robin P. Martin
F. L. Neff
J. Arthur Robinson
A. J. Stahura
Walter Fish
J. Anthony Grass
D. W. Simpson
Hart B
Daugherty
H. J. Brody
Dewitt
Robert Jamison
Wei
Diamond Glass Company
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Paul J. Straitiff
David W. Simpson
William Ruddock, Jr
Frank L. Netff
Tafe
West Branch Youth Killed in Md. Auto Crash Near Camp
Anthony Chernicky 18 of West Branch near Barnesboro a CCC camp member at Big Pole Maryland was killed Saturday night in an automobile accident near the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
Anthony Chernicky
Barnesboro
CCC
Big Pole
Punxsutawney Applies for 160000 Loan for Annex
Harrisburg report from Judy Harris notes total PA public works loan requests and grants amounting to 12,888,102 from the Federal PWA. Largest is 6,250,000 by Greater Pittsburgh Exposition Society for an exposition building. Other requests include school districts and municipal buildings across Brookville Cresson East Vandergrift Roaring Spring Zelienople Kittanning with sums from 40,000 to 214,091 for schools, gymnasiums, and additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Judy
INS
Pennsylvania
PWA
Greater Pittsburgh
Punxsutawney
Brookville Borough
Cresson
East Vandergerift
Roaring Spring
Zelienople
Kittanning
September 15 Adjournment in face of final vote
The piece notes September 15 adjournment aims and the hope Congress would finish by August 17 to allow a continental tour. It cites officials urging heroic effort to push the tax-the-rich program, mentions Senator Barkley and Rep Rayburn aboard the presidential boat as pro administration for utilities regulation, and Roosevelts push to remove utilities superstructures despite House defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Congress
Barkley
Rep. Rayburn
House
Roosevelt
Relief costs fall as unemployment aid shrinks in 1935
Harrisburg reports the week ending July 6 shows the lowest new relief applications of the year at 10,488 and 16,000 people dropped from relief lists. Total expenditures reach 3,599,757.82 while recipients decline to 1,615,822, down from an April peak. Several new 1935 laws also took effect as relief cases continued to drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Relief Board
Novel sight seer is electrocuted in Altoona
William McDermott, 13, died when he touched a 46,000 volt power line while attempting to view Altoona from Brush Mountain. He was hurled five feet to the ground and died en route to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
INS
William McDermott
Brush Mountain
Thousands Die As Chinese Rivers Flood Huang He Yangtze
Thousands dead as the Yangtze and Yellow rivers overflow their banks threatening cities. Hankow reports about 12,000 deaths in recent days while corpses drift with wreckage as workers brace dikes against a feared river course shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Mankow
Hankow
Shantung
Yellow River
al Hankow
Yangtze
Han River
One Year Ago Today in National A A U Championship
Paul Friese won the National A A U Junior 220 yard breaststroke title at Jones Beach Long Island. Five years ago Bat Battan then featherweight champion knocked out Ignacio Fernandez Filipino in Hartford Connecticut in the fifth round of a 16 round bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Friese
Jones Beach
Bat Battalino
Ignacio Fernandez
Hartford
Conn
St Swithin’s Day Weather Spoiled Western Pennsylvanians Hope
A weather adage about St Swithin’s Day prompted hopes in Western Pennsylvania, especially Pittsburgh, for mild conditions. Rain with thunder and lightning fell shortly after noon, while eastern districts saw generally fair weather and some evening showers. central areas remained cloudy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Ay Thase
Pittsburgh
Blind beggar admits killing blind sweetheart in Boston tragedy
Forrest R. Welle, 30, a blind Columbus, Ohio man, told police he killed Hazel Martin by throwing her from a third story hotel window in Boston after a heated quarrel. He claimed he loved her and said she was helpless and had no friends or money. Police found the body in an alley and a dog at the scene. Welle was arrested on suspicion of murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
INS
Columbus
Ohio
Forrest R. Welle
Hazel Martin
Los Angeles
Miss Martin
Wells
Ennis
New York
City Hospital
Eight Injured in Auto Crashes In Strongstown
Eight youths were hurt when a car driven by Frank Sciolto struck them on the Benjamin Franklin Highway in Strongstown. Howard Conrad 18 and Albert Tate 17 were taken to Indiana Hospital with head lacerations and body bruises. Joseph Tate 19 sustained body bruises. the 17-year-old was later released. Sciotto blamed a blinding truck headlight for failing to see the pedestrians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strongstown
Frank Sciolto
South Fourteenth Street
Indiana
Howard Conrad
Albert Tate
Indiana Hospital
Conrad
Joseph Tate
Sciotto
Ghost City near Mahaffey to rise for camp meeting
A temporary town of over 3,000 will spring up on the Susquehanna river shore near Mahaffey in Clearfield county for a ten day July camp meeting. The Susquehanna Park Camp Meeting Association, led by Rev. S. W. McGarvey, will house attendees in cottages dormitories and tents with a large dining hall and a camp store subsidizing meals at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxgutawe Ney
Susquehanna River
Mahaffey
Clearfield County
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Susquehanna Park Camp Meeting Association
Association
Camp Association
Young Peoples
A. m
Tabernacle
Obituary of Derry Freight Conductor Trimble
The obituary notes the death of a years old freight conductor for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company who died Saturday at his Derry home after an extended illness. Surviving are his widow Lillian L. Allshouse Trimble and three daughters, plus a sister and a brother. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Knights of Malta. Funeral services are set for 2:30 PM Tuesday at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church, with interment in the family plot of Derry cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Derry
Trimble
Hillside
Lillian L. Allshouse Trimble
Robert W. Patterson
Blairsville
F. B. Musick
Ligonier
C. C. Akins
A. T. Foster
J. C. Trimble
Greensburg
Richard Grant
Indiana
Brotherhood of Railroad
Knights of Malta
A. G. Fischer
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Mrs Margaret Stiles Hartman, 82, Dies at Nant-y-Gip Home
Mrs Margaret Stiles Hartman, 82, widow of Owen Hartman who died in 1903, died at 6:55 pm yesterday at the home of Mrs Gertrude Dukes in Nant-y-Gip. Born October 17 in Brush Valley, Indians jogvaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Stiles) Hartman
Gertrude Dukes
Nant-y-Gip
Owen Hartman
South Fork
Brush Valley
Jogvaty
Wealthy man keeps faith in share the wealth plan
Wellesley Mass July 16 Alexander Hector or Munsell who astonished the world last year by giving away a million dollars to promote his share the wealth program remained glad he did it. Wearing a seersucker suit he attended the Institute of Social Progress at Wellesley college where he once studied. He married a Wellesley senior Margaret Jean Dodd and now lives on Swan's Island Maine with their three children. He says he is not sorry for giving away the money and that he believes nine tenths of the people live poorly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Mass
CINS
Alexander Hector Ore Munsell
Munsell
Institute of Social Progress
Wellesley College
Harvard
Fleeing Tar and Feathers in Erie Mob Scene
In Erie Pennsylvania a mob of 700 threatened to tar and feather Julius Sweitzer age 60 and his 86 year old wife Mary King after Sweitzer’s elopement with her. Police evacuated the couple to Corry jail and then Union City jail as crowds gathered outside their home and at a local hotel. District Attorney Mortimer Graham was to meet with Sweitzer and Mrs King to discuss safety measures. Fields’ shooting by Guy King intensified community anger. Police feared further violence as the crowd pressed toward the police HQ, but the mob dispersed after officials moved the pair to safety. Sweitzer claimed the marriage was for Mrs King’s protection and not monetary gain.
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Erie
Corry
Julius Sweltzer
Bridge
Sweitzer
Mary King
Union City
Carry
Union Lity
King
Young King
Fields
Guy
Ing
Kingdome
Herman S. Burlingane
Welter Scott
Limon
Ring
Hartman Family Rites Noted in Nant-y-Glo Area Funeral
Hartman kin list includes Delmas Dukes and several Stiles siblings with services set at the Dukes home in Nant-y-Glo conducted by Rev. Hemans. Burial at Lutheran cemetery in Summerhill under John J. Kreshak direction. Agnes Condron dies at 39 from car crash injuries. services at Bier home in Blawnox with Greenwood cemetery interment. Mrs. Charles W. Stormer, 39, dies in Indiana Hospital. funeral at Robinson Funeral Home in North Seventh Street with Greenwood cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman
Emmanuel and
Margaret (Shack) Stiles
Dilley Altiimus
Nant-y-Glo
W. T. Stiles
Herminie
Delmas Hartman
Pittsburgh
Joseph Dukes
Harry
Edna
Flornell
Fanny
James
Dukes
Rev. C. &. Hemans
Nant-y-Glo Baptist Church
Summerhill
John J. Kreshak
Nant-y
Agnes. Condron
Iran Condron
Blawnox
Floyd Bier
Center Avenue
Greenwood Cemetery
Sharpsburg
Charles W. Stormer
Blacklick Township
Indiana Hospital
Robinson Funeral Home
North Seventh Street
W. H. Nicholson
Black Lick-Presbyterian Church
G A R Women Leap To Death
In Philadelphia on July 16 two women died and another recovered from poisoning after personal crisis. Amelia Smith 62, a widow and longtime G A R Home resident, jumped from a third floor fire escape. Elizabeth Howard 38 died by poison after prior attempts. Doris Schittler 52, a boarding house keeper, was saved from death by poison. Police cited grief over husbands’ deaths and illness as motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Amélia Smith
Home
Elizabeth Howard
Doris Schittler
Mrs Waley Awaits Doom in Kidnaping Case
In Tacoma on July 15 INS reports Margaret E Waley convicted in the 200000 Weyerhaeuser kidnapping prepares for sentencing. Defense plans include a motion for a new trial and an appeal to the US Supreme Court to challenge the seven days presumption clause of the Lindbergh law. Ex-mayor John F Dore will pursue the appeal. Waley criticizes defense remarks about her husband Harmon Metz Waley who sits in McNeil penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Heroux
INS
Tacoma
Wash
Margaret E. Waley
Weyerhaeuser
E. E. Cushman
Stephen O'Brien
Cushman
Dore
Harmon Metz Waley
McNeil
Little George Weyerhaeuser
Waley
Idaho
Washington
Windber Boy Killed In Route 58 Auto Crash
A 14 year old boy died and three youths were hospitalized with injuries after an automobile crash on route 58 near Windber Pennsylvania. Emergency crews transported the injured to local hospitals as investigators began piecing together the cause of the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Route 58
Windber
Clash at Democratic rally pits Musmanno against Margiotti
In Pitts burgh July 15 a raucous Democratic club meeting drew about 5000 as Judge Musmanno accused Attorney General Margiotti of self serving politics and questioned his 1930s record while Margiotti defended the party and its slate of officials. The dispute spilled over with Baris questions and a walkout by Margiotti noted as a sign of tension.
Indiana County Group Sees Underground Railroad History
Honorary president of the Indiana County Federation of Women's Clubs presented a talk on The Underground Railroad in Indiana County. She highlighted stories of stations aiding thousands toward Canada and freedom. Charles W. Schwab, Bethlehem Steel chairman, urged steel industry growth as he spoke at Loretta. The two-day tour included Johnstown and the dam site of 1888 flood. Fisher introduced Schwab and Cann of Altoona presided. Harry A. Jacobs read a paper on the Old Portage Railroad and Monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Federation of Women's Clubs
Indiana County
Canada
Freedom
Indiana
Altoona
Charles W. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Mr. Fisher
Schwab
William P. Cann
Harry A.jacobs
Stock Market Oe Of And T Allied and Associated Firms Affected
A garbled list of company names and tickers appears, naming firms across sectors such as automobiles, railways, chemicals, steel, electronics, oil, and consumer goods. The fragment suggests a stock market roundup or index cross section with many corporate entities and abbreviations.
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Ethiopia
Adowa
Moorhead
Kodiega Fine Men's Store
Punx
Cotage A
Ee ST. Swithen's Pa
St. Swithin's Day
Sweetheart
International News Service
Evening Gazette
West Virginia
Maryland
Mildred Nicholson
Connellsville State Hospital
Walter Vukobratovich
Luther Crawford
Uniontown
Lake Lynn
Morgantown
W. Va
Francis E. Noonan
Buckhorn
Nat Francis
Berry Picker
Somerset
William Emerick
James Younack
Younack
Emerick
C. W. Saylor
Yomack
John Allman
L. H. Landon
Pas
Corry Man
Mrs. Waley
1S Klein
Ersia
Tran
Dariue the Great
Darius
Cyrus
Caucasus
Ahura-Mazda
Persia
Shah Ahmad
NEA Service, Inc
West
Winetizer
When & Towers
Democratic Party
UINS
Gugge M. A. Musemanho
Democratic Supreme Court
Charles J. Margiotti
Aliquippa Democratic Club
Margiotti
H. Edgar Barnes
High Court
Musmaine
Earle
Allegheny County
Cee Musmanno
Barnes
Marglotti
Mustanno
Willock
OF &T
Allied Che Amn
Can
Amn
Loco
Anaconda
Atchison
Atlantic
B&o RR
Beth SU Bordans
Pac
Ches & Orr
Chrysler Columbia Gis Consolidated Oj
DuPont Eastman Kojak Eyle RR
Fed
Freeport
Texas
Elec
Gen Motors
Int
Nickle
T&t JC Penny
Kelvinator
Kennecott C
Lone Star
Miami Cor Mis
Kansas Tx Co
Monty Ward Nash
Mtrg
Nat
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