Vintondale Miner Loses Feet In Suspected Railroad Incident
John Sustarsic, 50, of Vin ton dale, was found injured along the Cambria Indiana and Blacklick Railway between Revice and Bellano after disappearing from a family picnic. He lies in a hospital in critical condition with both feet amputated and head injuries prompting a police inquiry into possible foul play. Detectives, tracing trains Friday night to Saturday morning, seek to establish where he was since Thursday and with whom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sustarsic
Vintondale
Johnstown
Cambria, Indiana & Blacklick
Revice
Bellano
Patrick McDermott
Hastings
Sustarsic
Kenneth Patterson
County Workers Vote to Preserve Officers in Strike Ballot
Harrisburg dates June 21 23 report a test vote keeping current officers of the county workers union led by President William Buggy Sr with Vitamin confusion over name changes. New vice president Robert Wilson of Saltsburg elected replacing vacancy. delegates cited relief discrimination cases and alleged misuse of clothing shipments and funds amid red tape and surplus staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ings
Harrisburg
William Buggy, Sr
Chambersville
Mike Colgan
Rochester Mills
James Smith
Wil Bus
Allen Banks
Earl Byers
Indiana
D. L. Smith
Arcadia
Thomas Banks
A. F. Gromley
C. W. Dilts
W. W. Rydbom
Glen Campbell
Robert Wilson
Saltsbury
Smith
Buggy
Indiana County
Joint Legislative Committee
Pittsburgh
P. 5.L
Babe Ruth Ends Braves Era In Unconditional Release
Babe Ruth clashed with Fuchs over an exhibition in Haverhill, saying he would not play and that he would not be wheeled out as a box-office draw. After a knee injury, Ruth was released by the Braves following a conference with NL President Frick. He left for New York amid confetti for a wedding couple, ending a dramatic spring of upheaval.
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Ruth
Fuchs
Haverhill
New York
Normandie
Fucha
Babe
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Boston
Winningham
McKechnie
National League
Ford C. Frick
Braves
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe Awarded OBE in Birthday Honors
London notes Dr Allan Roy Dafoe of Callander Ontario receives an OBE for devoted public service as the King honors ongoing births and growth of quintuplets. North Bay reports the Dionne quintuplets in quarantine from mosquitoes at the hospital and Dafoe’s comment on adjusting to small irritants.
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London
Quintup
George
Allan Roy Dafor
Callander
Ont
North Bay
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dr. Dafoe
Babe Ruth Leaves Boston amid Confetti and Golf Plans
A small crowd watches Babe Ruth depart with his wife and daughter as confetti showers down in Boston. Ruth announces a sixty day vacation from baseball under voluntary retirement, vows to stay in the game as long as he can stand, and jokes about golf as his future, dismissing restaurant business talk and teasing Judge Fuchs’ claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baseball
Swat
Babe
Boston
Judge Fuchs
Braves
Fred” Ruth
New York
Mil Slick
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
No Serious Motor Wrecks Reported In District
Reports to the Indiana state highway patrol describe a wreck where a vehicle overturned after swerving to avoid a stopped truck. A Belsano woman Nell Faulkner and her husband J W Faulkner were injured. their passenger Steve Naveski also sustained head lacerations. A Johnstown youth Joseph Gritzer died from burns after a gasoline can exploded in a truck cabin. Highway patrols note multiple fatal and serious injuries across Western Pennsylvania during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Robert L. Rupert
R. D
Vandergrift
Rupert
Belsano
Nell Faulkner
Cambria County
Indiana Hospital
Nant-y-Glo
Twin Rocks
J. W. Faulkner
Steve Naveski
Ebensburg
Faulkner
Audrey Orr
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
INS
Joseph Gritzer
Burns
Steve Petro
Clifford Zimmerman
OG. K. Brown
Relief chief orders removal of chronic unemployables from aid rolls
Harrisburg June 3 State Relief Director Robert L Johnson ordered county administrators and poor boards to remove all families on State aid who can be classified as chronic indigents from emergency relief rolls. The move follows a 13 846 person drop in aid recipients to 1 680 480 on May 25 and is expected to reduce thousands more from relief lists as officials target long term unemployables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Robert L. Johnson
Johnson
Relief Board
Normandie Sets Transatlantic Speed Record for 4 Day Crossing
The French liner Normandie, arriving at New York Harbor on June 3 at Ambrose Light, carved a new world record for the North Atlantic crossing of four days 11 hours 42 minutes and two seconds. It logged 3,192 miles from Southampton breakwater to Ambrose Light, averaged 81.55 knots in a 24 hour run, and drew a huge crowd as stewards handed out commemorative medals to a celebrated passenger list. The previous records cited include the Europa and Rex, with the Rex noted as fastest overall.
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S.S. Normandie
New York Harbor
Southampton
Ambrose Light
Ambrose
Europa
Hudson
Auto Fatally Crashes Across Central Pennsylvania Area
Percy Trusty of Markham says Cochran was driving on the wrong side of the road. Victims include Edward Collins six Philadelphia. William Watkins 25 Philadelphia. Daniel Garvey 73 Canshohocken killed at Center Valley near Allentown. Hy man Schmuckler 45 Philadelphia. an unidentified man about 50 killed crossing a South Philadelphia street. Hanover youth Charles Raymond Arter 18 killed when his car overturned on Hanover Baltimore Pike after racing. Three youths injured at Landsville race track when struck by a car speeding off the pace. event halted. Many others injured in crashes throughout the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Trusty
Markham
Delaware County
Cochran
Edward Collins
Philadelphia
William Watkins
Daniel Garvey
Canshohocken
Center Valley
Allentown
Hyman Schmuckler
Pennsylvania
Charles Raymond Arter
Hanover
Hanover-Baltimore
Palice
Landsville
Lancaster
Borah Warns on Supreme Court Power Expansion
Senator Borah defends constitutional limits, arguing the Court must heed written terms, Congress retains federal power, and states control within their borders. He rejects emergency exceptions as grounds to bypass the Constitution and calls for constitutional amendments if broader powers are sought. He urges restraint against what he views as riotous expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Congress
Idaho
Earle Urges Grads to Embrace Liberalism at Susquehanna
Governor George H. Earle addressed Susquehanna University graduates urging liberalism over conservatism. He named liberal duty as sacrifice for public welfare, warned of propaganda, urged critical judgment, and urged initiative while keeping open minds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selinsgrove
Susquehanna University Today
George H. Earle
Supreme Court Adjourns After Momentous Term
Washington June 3 The Supreme Court closes a pivotal term as it retires to a new temple of justice. The pending fate of New Deal measures looms with reconvening in October 7. Justices show no plan to retire, while legal challenges to the NRA and other laws loom. Labor leaders plan to mobilize economic pressure to curb wage cuts and longer hours.
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Supreme Court
William. S. Neal
Washington
UINS
Roosevelt
NRA
Capitol
Temple of Justice
Congress
AAA
Conress
Sumners
Labor Federation
UNS
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Organized Labor
Green
Federation
Obituary notices for Crispin and Sansom in Indiana area
Frank C Crispin 56 a Derry railroad brakeman missing since May 26 was found hanged at a ridge road near his home. Survived by wife Nettie and three sons. Burial at Derry cemetery after service at his home. John Philip Sansom died at Baltimore May 30 after months of heart illness. youngest son of James Buchanan Sansom. Brother of late Franklin Sansom, former Indiana Democrat publisher.
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Frank C. Crispin
Frank C. Crigpin
Derry
Torrance State Hospital
Mjnbank
R. K. Crussan
Centre County
Nettie Stiffey Crispin
Charles F
Francis W
Vaughn L
Brotherhood of Railroad
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
W. A
John Philip Sansom
Baltimore
James Buchanan
Sarah Leader Sansom
Indiana
McConnellsburg
Franklin Sansom
Indiana Democrat
$200000 Ransom Money Not Worth Ten Cents On The Dollar
International News Service reports on the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping ransom, detailing Hoover's arrangement of the $200,000 in Federal Reserve notes and the 55 page Book of Numbers. The notes were purposely chosen to mislead, with 20,000 deadly clues embedded for investigators, and the ransom split into $50,000 in fives, fifties, and twenties. Hoover’s plan aimed to outsmart the criminals, while all bills remained unspent by the kidnapers and monitored by federal agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G-men
Courtney Ryley Cooper
International News Service
Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
INS
United States
United States Department of Justice
John Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kid- Napers
George Weyerhaeuser
America
Hoover
Federal Reserve
Jewish Fete Observed With Shabuoth Confirmation
Next Friday Shabuoth will be observed by Jews marking Sinai revelation and confirmation for boys and girls. The festival honors the law given at Sinai, recalls spring harvest with first fruits, and includes Ruth story readings and floral decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Sinai
Temple
Jerusalem
Moses
Sinai
Obituary Notes From Punxsutawney And Saltsburg
Multiple obituaries detail deaths in Punxsutawney and Saltsburg with survivors, brief bios, and funeral plans. Dr. R. K. Dalrymple of Punxsutawney, Orin Lee Neal of Perry Township, and Mary Evaline Leech of Saltsburg are cited, noting their careers, wartime service, family connections, and burial arrangements.
State issues order to register employable relief recipients
Roger R. L. Johnson, state emergency relief administrator, orders all employable relief recipients to register with state or national employment services by June 16. Those already registered are exempt. Temporary offices will be set up, and failure to comply will remove individuals from relief after June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Johnson
National
Johnson
Legislature In High Gear But Senate Fate Uncertain
House moves to pass Sunday motion pictures under local option while a Cambria County Democrat seeks to calendar a state civil service bill. In Washington, debate over a new national banking policy pits Glass against Eccles with Roosevelt seeking a compromise before open hearings close.
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House
Senate
H. G. Andrews
Cambria County
State Capitol
Edward B. Lockett
Sparks
Glass
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve Bank
Reserve Board
Quetta Earthquake Devastates City and Survivors’ Tales
The quake struck at dawn flattening homes and the bazar while engineers blew rubble to halt disease. Survivors spoke of ruin and fear, with ninety percent of lowland residents killed and many injured as they awaited fate in their homeland.
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Bazar
Adam Henry Painter Dies at 68 in Zion Valley Home
Adam Henry Painter 68 farmer of Armstrong county died at his Zion Valley home near South Bend at 6 30 p m yesterday. He is survived by daughter Margaret Heilman of Kittaning a brother James Painter of Vandergrif f and sisters Margaret Rowley of Zion Valley and Elizabeth Fulton of Zanesville. Funeral services will be held at his late home at 2 30 p m Wednesday with interment in the South Pend cemetery.
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Orinle& Neal
Jack
Frostburg
Neal
Punxsutawney
Sanford
Mr. Neal
Perry Township
Perry Presbyterian Church
David Carrick
C. M. Capper
Washington,d. C
Circle Hill Cemetery
Funxsutawney
Mary Evaline
Basu) Leech
John P. Leech
Saltsburg
William and
Abigail Bush
W. Nelson Leech
Rudolph Miller
Edgewong
Adam Henry Painter
Armstrong County
Zion Valley
South Bend
Margaret Heilman
Kittanming
James Painter
Vandergriff
Margaret Rowley
Elizabeth Fulton
Zanesville
South Pend
Tornado and flood devastate six states with 88 dead
Disaster spreads across Colorado Nebraska Missouri Kansas Wyoming and Texas as floods on the South Platte and Nemaha rivers and a York Nebraska tornado leave 88 known dead and 11 million dollars in property losses. Rescue crews pull the injured and bodies from southwestern Nebraska while residents endure more storms in Louisville near Omaha.
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Denver
Colo
York
Omaha
South Platte
Ogallata
Neb
Nemaha
Falls City
Nebraska
Colorado
Missouri
Kansas
Wyoming
Texas
Louisville
St Paul Holds Volney Davis Case At FBI Bolstered Efforts
Federal agents push a nationwide search for ransom bills linked to the Volney Davis case in St Paul. Authorities note most notes originate from the San Francisco Fed with serials starting L and ending A. Washington state death penalty possible. DA says life in federal court, but state law may allow execution. An FBI guidance memo urges citizens to report any currency linked to the ransom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
G-men
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Federal Reserve Bank of
San Francisco
State of Washington
U. S
J. Charles Dennis
Dennis
Woaver
Secretaries of U M W A discuss coal mine strike orders
The U M W of A secretaries report that mining will cease at midnight June 16 unless Congress acts on Guffey or similar bill. Operators face no guaranteed scale and many have already signed delivery contracts below code prices. The strike aims to stabilize the industry amid broader economic collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Eagle
Supreme Court
United Mine Workers
NRA
Congress
Guffey
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
International Policy Committee
Cambria County
Mark
Washington
Jacksonville
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Rumor
Contetti
King
Moorhead
Uedinap
sBy International News Service
Dolores Jabicki
McKeesport
J. J. Brown
PWN
Rom
Seiwigus Burns
William B. Cochran
William Kevanaugh
Kennett Square
Poor Board Rolls
N. Y
Borah
Earle
Smithport Methodist Episcopal Church
Urey Cemetery
Eureka Mutual Life Insurance Company
Amelia Lereh
Andrew W. Wilson, Jr
William L. Sansom
Clarion Democrat
Clarion
Adelle Asendorf
R. K. Dalrymple
Punxsulawny
West Penn Hospital
James
Eleanor Chapman Dalrymple
Bell Township
Jefferson County
Buffalo Medical College
Troy Hill
Richard
Eleanor
William
Jennie
Burnside Cemetery
Roger
Legislature
Quetta
City OF
West States
ST. Paul
Volney Davis
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