Hull backs U S policy as World Economic Conference aid
Secretary of State Cordell Hull rejected claims that American domestic policy blocks international cooperation at the World Economic Conference. He argued combined efforts are possible and that emergency measures to raise prices and stabilize markets are feasible. The remarks came amid European criticism and continued debate on global recovery prospects.
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George R. Holmes
London
INS
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Hull
United States
Court Beer Decision Defines Residence For Applicants
Center County issued its first rulings under the State Deer Control Act. Judge M Ward Fleming ruled that retailers and wholesalers licenses may apply anytime during the current beer year from June 1, 1983, to May 31, 1984. He held an applicant need not reside in the municipality of his business if he has conducted business there, equating active business location with residence.
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Center County
Belefonte
M. Ward Fleming
Ottavie
Famous Dairy Unveils New Vel Vet Ice Cream Plant
Paul Smith of Famous Dairy announces readiness to serve Vel vet ice cream from a newly built plant with modern equipment and a staffed team of Indiana workers. The facility opens for inspection today and visitors receive a sample cone.
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Paul Smith
Indiana
Mrs Pollocks Pupils At Church In Persian Garden
Pupils of Mrs Ben Pollock present In a Persian Garden a song cycle from Omar Khayyam with music by Liga Lehman in the chapel of the First Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening June 27 at 8 30 daylight time. Public invited. The Garden Inn, formerly Carusovale, now open for business under her management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Klayyam
Liga Lehman
Ben Pollock
First Presbyterian Church
Sheffler Heads State DeMolay
Kane Pennsylvania June 24 Marvin Sheffler of Indiana was elected master councillor of the Pennsylvania Order of DeMolay at closing sessions of the annual state convention. Lancaster named convention city for 1934. Other officers named include William Whitley of Pittsburgh senior councillor Joseph D Pleasant of Duquesne junior councillor William H Herman of Harrisburg treasurer and Tierney Mosley Jr of Jenkintown eribe.
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Kane
Marvin Sheffler
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
William Whitley
Pittsburgh
Joseph D. Pleasant
Duquesne
William H. Herman
Harrisburg
Tierney Mosley Jr
Jenkintown
Eeribe
Mrs. Agnes McGregor Funeral Monday at Indiana home
Funeral services for Mrs. Agnes Craig McGregor 73, who died at 38 North Twelfth Street, will be at 2:30 p m daylight time Monday in her home led by Rev John A Mc Camey of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. Interment Oakland Cemetery. Survived by seven sons, two brothers, one sister and 12 grandchildren.
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Agnes
Craig) McGregor
North Twelfth Street
John A. McCamey
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Oakland Cemetery
Marion Center
Levi Lowmaster
Margaret (Baker) Lowmaster
Indiana
Mothers of Democracy
K. G. McGregor
Livingston, N. J
William J. McGregor
Rathmel
Eugene McGregor
Uniontown
C. L
Max, Nelson
Ralph McGregor
William B. Lowmaster
Kansas
John Lowmaster
Fostoria
Lucy Taylor
Jennings
Bar Association Officers Named at Pennsylvania Convention
Harold B. Beitler was elected president by acclamation at the Pennsylvania Bar Association annual convention in Bedford Springs. John Smith of Harrisburg became secretary, succeeding 16 years in the post. New officers include Wat son R. Davison and John G. Buchanan as vice presidents, with a slate of executive committee members led by Robert Von Moschzisker Clifford K. Wright and L. Colvin Wright.
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Bedford Springs
INS
Harold B. Beitler
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Beitler
John Smith
Harrisburg
Watson R. Davison
Franklin County
John G. Buchanan
Pittsburgh
L. J. Graham
Erie
Harry
Endsley
Cambria County
State Supreme F Court
Robert von Moschzisker
Clifford K. Wright
Charles B. Stegner
Crawford County
L. Colvin Wright
Bedford
Bunghole Size Debate Sparks Convention Clash
Chicago June 24. Differences over bunghole sizes ignite tensions at the Association of Hopperage Industries Convention. Beer barrel makers resist standardization, arguing for larger bungs on real beer barrels than on near beer barrels. Only consensus: real beer barrels need bigger bungs than near beer barrels.
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Chicago
INS
Association of Hopperage Industries
Disabled Veterans Convene in Cincinnati to Protest Pay Cuts
In Cincinnati on June 24, the Disabled Veterans Against Pay Cuts opened an eight day national conference with about 10 000 veterans anticipated to attend. National commander William Conley of Los Angeles attended the opening session despite neuritis.
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Cincinnati
William Conley
Los Angeles
Cal
Sesson
Woman nursed after seven days of persistent coughing
Mrs. Florence Goik of near Saxonburg has coughed continuously for seven days. She was in serious condition at Butler Hospital with doctors unable to provide a permanent remedy as physicians investigate the inexplicable illness.
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Butler, Pa
Florence Goik
Saxonburg
Hijacked alcohol truck in Newark shocks police chase
Seventeen gunmen hijacked a near police station truckload of bootleg liquor. They disarmed two prohibition agents Frank McLaughlin and Stephen Christian, fled with 250 five gallon tins of alcohol, and returned the agents weapons in a wrapped parcel. Firemen found no blaze but noted the liquor raid.
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Newark
N. J
Prohibition
Diry
Frank L. McLaughlin
Stephen Christian
McLaughlin
Christian
Burns
Down
Prohibition Meeting Planned At First Methodist Church
A mass meeting to support retaining the eighteenth amendment is set for Thursday at 8 PM daylight time in the First Methodist Church. Dr Omer W Poulson of the Pennsylvania State Prohibition Emergency Conference will speak. Local groups from across the county attended a Y M C A gathering vowing to inform voters before the November election and mobilize participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Omer W. Poulson
Pennsylvania State Prohibition Emergency Conference
Indiana
Saba ‘H
Fire damages State Highway office in New Castle
Police and fire authorities investigated a blaze that damaged the State Highway Department headquarters in New Castle resulting in a 1500 loss. Two small trucks were destroyed and seven or eight others damaged by the fire. No cause has been determined.
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New Castle
INS
Judge Upholds Press Freedom in Transcript Case
In Montrose Pennsylvania on June 24 Judge Andrew P. Smith dismissed the Susquehanna Water Company's bid to restrain Susquehanna Evening Transcript editor A G Baker from criticizing water rates. The judge ruled Baker was within his rights and the press may continue its attacks on the rate hike efforts.
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Montrose
INS
Freedom of the Press
Andrew P. Smith
Susquehanna Water Company
Susquehanna Evening Transcript
A. G. Baker
The
Transcript
Smith
Baker
Justice Maxey Not A Candidate For Governor
Erie pa June 24 supreme court justice George W Maxey of Scranton said I like my job too well when asked about reports he might run for governor of Pennsylvania He spoke to the Erie Bar Association while in town for a July 3 address and to note the last day to pay county and borough taxes for a 6 discount.
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Erie
INSJ
Supreme Court
George W. Maxey
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Maxey
Erie Bar Association
Chest Elects New Officers For Community Chest
Rev Arthur J Prohl was elected president of the Indiana Borough Community Chest at the annual meeting in the M G A building He replaces Dr J J Mellvaine who served as president the past year Other officers include Dr Charles R Foster A J Musser E J McLuckie and a 10 member executive committee They will assume duties at the July meeting to plan the fall campaign and budget allocation for supported organizations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Prohl
Zion Lutheran Church
Indiana Borough Community Chest
Z. H. Fisher
Paul Hasinger
James W. Mack
Ralph W. McCreary
J. J. McIlvaine
Thomas Sheche
EB. Dale Timberlake
Florence Wallace
Gilbert Wolfenden
Mollvaine
P R R Income Rises in May and Reading Also Up
The Pennsylvania Railroad reported May 1933 operating income of 5,091,900, up from 4,675,960 last year, while first five months show 16,621,219 versus 20,660,350. Reading Company May income reached 1,231,993, up 314,686. five month 1932 total 455,049, up 204,852 from the prior year.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Today
Reading Company
Ritz Organist Hal Beech Bids Theatrical Farewell
Hal Beech, beloved Ritz Theatre organist, will depart next week for a vacation until Labor Day, planning several special programs during his farewell week. He is expected to return to aid Wally Nordby and crew as the new show season opens, described as an eventful start. The piece notes the Ritz as a rare venue for melodious organ music and hints at continued collaboration after his break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Beech
Ritz
Wally Nordby
Hal
Trouble follows this young man Petruska after explosion
Pittsburgh June 24. Michael Petruska burned by exploding gasoline then arrested at St John’s hospital for stealing gasoline from an auto tank. Police said the fuel ignition occurred as he drained fuel from a tank owned by R.GC Straitiff.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Michael Petruska
St. John’s Hospital
Petruska
R.gc
Straitiff
Jefferson Town Votes on Beer in Corsica Pact
Corsica residents may vote on beer in November after wets collected enough signatures to petition. The move centers on Sara L. McKee, Jefferson County WCTU president, and Corsica currently has no licensed beer outlets. The petition asks voters to decide the issue at the statewide election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookville
Corsica
Sara L. McKee
Jefferson County
Johnson speeds plan for advisory committee on fair practice
Washington June 24 Plans to appoint a consumers advisory committee to guard against profiteering under the new industrial codes was being pushed by Hugh S Johnson administrator for national recovery The first hearing on a code of fair competition is set for next Tuesday with textile operators presenting their agreement Johnson is expected to name his committees today on Monday The act aims to raise prices to ensure living wages and reduce hours of labor across industries
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Washington
INS
Consumers’ Advisory
Hugh S. Johnson
National Recovery
Johnson
Death Takes Jinliday at College Monday Night
Indiana State Teachers College presents Death Takes Jinliday at 8 30 p m Monday in D S T The same cast performs for the third time with seating for about 160 townspeople Tickets cost 50 cents and are available at the College before show time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jinliday
Indiana State Teachers College
Republicans to Base 1934 Drive on Roosevelt Program
Washington June 24 The Republican campaign committee chair Senator Dickinson outlined a plan to denounce Roosevelts recovery program as expanding presidential power and to frame the race as a defense of constitutional government They aim to win control of the House and possibly the Senate by stressing federal economies reorganizations industry regulation and farm price fixing with a militant, joint effort by the House and Senate committees starting next month.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Dickinson
Rep. Snell
Republican House
More Employed At Altoona Plant Increases Planned
Altoona Pennsylvania June 24 Increases in employment for all department workers at the Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona plant take effect immediately. July schedules call for the heaviest activity in years with 75 percent full time in locomotive and car repair shops. Car shops will install gooseneck systems for parlor and dining cars. The shops are finishing an order for 110 new automobile cars and 61 locomotives and new orders for freight car repairs. No new hires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
First to Escape From New Pen Found by U S Guards
In Lewisburg Pennsylvania on June 24 the federal government reported its first escape from the new escape proof penitentiary. Fugitive Anthony Balses U4 who wore blue desham No 247 escaped and founded the A W O L Club following his sudden departure.
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Lewisburg
Anthony Balses
Halses
Desham
Coal operator Bert Tressler killed in boulder collapse
In Meyersdale Pennsylvania on June 24, Bert Tressler a prominent local coal operator died after a five-ton boulder toppled onto him as he separated from his son following a long talk. The accident occurred at the Tressler yard or works.
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Meyersdale
Bert Tressler
Tressler Ying
Treasury balance figures released from Washington report
Treasury balance as of June 24 shows a total of $995,269,912.75 with spending of $7,613,219.54 and $16,343,555.94 in customs receipts, as government finances are summarized in the daily report. This notice lists balances and receipts for the period.
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Treasury
Washington
Sanford University Seeks Hoover Back To Work Soon
Herbert Hoover plans to return to work at Sanford University California after leaving the White House. A new workshop is being erected as he moves in to direct a staff of research experts studying secrets of modern history. He aims to edit material for publication while keeping many papers sealed for years or until certain governments fall.
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Sanford University
Cali
Juhe
Herbert Hoover
Sanford Iebratz
Hoover
White House
Hitler Moves to Unite German Churches and Crush Unions
Berlin dispatch reports Hitler appoints Bernhard Rust as special commissar to reorganize Prussian churches under Nazi policy while stormtroopers raid and dismantle Christian labor unions and previously Socialist unions. The plan aims at full compulsory enlistment of German labor into the Nazi fold as readers are told of a mysterious aerial visit to Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Hawley
Hitler
Germany
Berlin
Borough vows strict action over loose dogs
Widespread complaints about dogs running at large and damaging gardens push authorities to enforce state dog laws. Two children were bitten in the past week. Police seek cooperation with owners to reduce strays and avoid impounding unlicensed dogs unless complaints are strong. Citizens urged to report stray dogs to the chief of police.
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Chief of Police
Gas explosion injures dozens in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on June 24 a Tripp warehouse gas cylinder exploded, releasing chlorine gas that swept through three blocks. About 40 people, including many women and children, were overcome. physicians expect most to recover though lungs may develop pneumonia. Two workers bundling the tank were in critical condition.
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Indianapolis
Tripp
City Hospital
Bobbie Parks Breaks Arm in Tree Fall
Bobbie Parks twelve year old son of Mr and Mrs Ward Parks of Olive Street fractured his arm in two places elbow and wrist after a tree climb near home last evening around nine. He was taken to Indiana Hospital for X rays to assess the injury possibly keeping him hospitalized for weeks. Mothers of Democracy Meet at Mrs Albert McCoy home 44 N 12th St at 7 to discuss visiting the late Mrs Agnes McGregor’s home.
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Bobbie’ Parks
Ward Parks
Olive Street
Mothers of Democracy
Albert McCoy
12Th St
T O’elack
Agnes McGregor
Old King Coal Plans to abdicate for New Deal leadership
Pittsburgh June 24 The International News Service reports optimism rising in the bituminous coal industry as operators prepare for National Recovery Act measures. The Pittsburgh Company, a dominant district leader, has called for Western Pennsylvania operators to form a new association to cooperate on rates working hours and scales, signaling a shift from independent to collective action amid market losses and new federal policy.
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Leo Y. Dolan
I. N
Pittsburgh
INS
Old King Coal
Avery
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Company
Coal District
Western Pennsylvania
Three Hijackers Found Guilty in Pittsburgh Case
Three men Benjamin Bondy Louis Essner and He Amovitz were found guilty by a Pittsburgh jury in a four-vehicle hijacking ring case involving stolen refrigerators washing machines and tires from freight trucks on the William Highway. Four others were freed and two defendants were acquitted. Sentencing for the three convicted set for Monday.
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Pittsburgh
William Highway
Pittsburgh-Elsville
Benjamin Bondy
McKeespo Louig Essner
Duquesne
Amovitz
Braddock
Leon Friedman
Fred Hoffman
McKeesport
Harry Soffer
Die Quesne
F, Fogel
Morganetown
W. Va
Patsy
Raymond Tierna
New Alexandria
Indiana Musicians Deliver Spring Concert in Dubois
A large audience gathered at the First Methodist church in Dubois to hear Indiana talent perform. Lehavan’s “In a Persian Garden” featured a 17 member Indiana chorus led by Mrs Pollock with notable soloists. Special numbers by Miss Jean Nichols Miss Duncan and others from Dubois and Indiana capped the program, presented by the church choir and hailed as a successful evening of music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubois
Indiana
First Methodist
Lehavan
Pollock
Jean Nichols
Six Indicted in Pittsburgh Bomb Plot Case
Six men and a woman were charged under a Pittsburgh case after explosives were alleged to be involved. The seven named defendants face counts of maltergly destruction or attempted destruction of property by explosives in a case tied to a May 1 incident under Charles Martin.
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Pittsburgh
Charles Martin
Fire damages double-frame dwelling in Jeannette
A fire at an export site in Jeannette caused an estimated $10,000 in damage to a double-frame dwelling belonging to the Vises family. The blaze injured the home and affected the surrounding structures, with no further details on causes or responders provided.
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Jeannette
Fadune
Visa
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