Indiana County Wins Large $250000 Road Program Approval
County officials must act before construction begins as the Pennsylvania State Highway Department funds the project. Estimated county cost is limited to damages, projected under $5090, with labor comprising about half of the total. Route details include a 12.53 mile section on Route 54 from Clymer to Strongstown and various other segments through Elders Ridge, Lucerne, and Fulton Run, expected to boost jobs and business.
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Indiana
E. P. Winn
State Highway Department
Clymer
Strongstown
Indiana County
Pine Flats
Kenwood
Finn
Elders Ridge
West Lebanon
Lucerne
Meco Road
Strongatown
Alverda
Fulton Run
Creekside
Onberg
Ideal
Cookport
Hazlett Church
Nashville
Deckers Point
Georgeville
Elkin
Hamill
Smicksburg
McCormick’s Station
Rossiter
Smithport
Highway Department
Findley Carney Celebrates 97th Birthday in Indiana
Findley Carney the oldest G A R member in Indiana marks his 97th birthday today. He attended Memorial Day services at First Presbyterian Church and Memorial Park and has long been a staunch Republican voting for Lincoln Hoover and every Republican candidate since.
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Findley Carney
Indiana
Carney
First Presbyterian Church
Memorial Park
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Hoover
Philadelphia racketeers nabbed in New York city
Philadelphia detectives captured two men, Thomas Foley and Thomas Rock, tied to the numbers racket, on the Times Square fringe in Manhattan after an anonymous tip. The suspects fled Philadelphia to avoid indictments for lottery operations and were returning to the city.
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Philadelphia
New York
Thomas Foley
Thomas Rock
Times Square
Manhattan
Gordon Society Postpones Meeting to June 29
Owing to inclement weather the Gordon Literary Society meeting was postponed from June 22 to Friday night, June 29. Members are urged to note the new date and venue.
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Gordon Society
Gordon Literary Society
Roosevelt on Air Thursday Promises frank national address
President Roosevelt will speak to the nation via national radio at 9 30 p m EST on Thursday night. He will review the 73rd congress, the recovery congress, and hint at future administration policies. He arrived from New York and New England and aims to sail from Annapolis on a Caribbean and Pacific cruise visiting Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, through the Panama Canal, to Hawaii.
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Roosevelt
73Rd Congress
Recovery Congress
New York
New England
Annapolis
Pacific
Puerto Rico
Virin Islands
Payame Canal
Hawai
Astor Ill Before Wedding as Bridegroom Nears
New York June 26 INS John Jacob Astor II is described as a very sick man by the New York Evening Journal. He was ordered to bed with a bad cold and high fever. Friends fear he cannot proceed with his marriage to Ellen Tuck French next Saturday after visiting city hall earlier that day for the license.
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New York
John Jacob Astor II
New York Evening Journal
Newport
Toay
Ellen Tuck French
the Journal
Young Astor
City Hall
Milk Control Field Men Visit Indiana County for Violations
A. M. Winnett Jr. of Welle Vernon and W. J. Chayutoin of New Castle, field investigators for the Milk Marketing Commission, arrived in town to probe violations across seventeen western Pennsylvania counties. A meeting with milk dealers is planned for June 29 at the courthouse to discuss a new order effective July 1, likely raising prices, with emphasis on maintaining set retail and producer rates.
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A. M. Winnett Jr
Welle Vernon
W. J. Chayutoin
New Castle
The
Milk Marketing Commission
Pittsburgh
Milk Control Board
Pennsylvania
Erie
Cambria
Indiana
Court House
Winnett
Threats to poison drinking water shake Uniontown area
In Isabella the Weirton Coal Company plant faced picketing by union miners aiming to protect families relying on local wells. Dan Sabula of USW local warned of poison reports and said cars halted on highways required ID as more than 1,000 residents live at the site amid a weeks-long strike.
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Uniontown
INS
Isabella
Weirton Coal Company
Uion
Dan Sabula
United Mine Workers Local Union
Sabuta
Weirton
Hosiery Mills in Harriman Shut Over NRA Eagle Row
Harriman Hosiery Mills, a southern giant, closed its doors after losing the NRA Blue Eagle on April 20. 653 workers are jobless as the firm blames the National Labor Board for the removal, claiming bias and unfair pressure from the AFL. A letter to NRA chief Johnson and a copy to President Roosevelt allege attempts to wreck the business and cite boycotts by 69 local firms.
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Harriman
Tenn
INS
NRA
Blue Eagle
Harriman Hosiery Mills
South
Hugh Johnson
National Labor Board
Johnson
Roosevelt
Labor Board
Asbury Wright, Jr
Mill
Wright
American Federation of Labor
Economic Death Sentence Reported By Washington Desk
By William S Neal CI N S Staff Correspondent Washington June 26 The sentence of economic death is described in dramatic terms as a policy implications unfold and experts weigh potential consequences for markets and households. Continued on Page Two.
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Washington
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Tuberculosis Society Plans 1934 Work Program and Camp Sunshine
The Indiana Tuberculosis Society met at the county agent’s office Monday night to map its 1934 program. The group will expand educational work and operate Camp Sunshine for exposed or undernourished children. A camp committee of Harold Williams Mrs Forrester and Mrs George Lindsay was named to start immediate action and an executive is to be employed beginning Sept 15.
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Indiana Tuberculosis Society
Harold Williams
R. Forrester
Indiana
George Lindsay
Heilwood
Altoona Victrolites Meet Gipsy Club in July Fourth Doubleheaders
The Altoona Victrolites colored baseball team will play four doubleheaders against the Gipsy ball club on the Gipsy field on July 4. Spectators recall their prior Independence Day clash, noting the demonstrated skill of the colored players.
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Altoona Ball Club
Altoona Victrolites
Gipsy Ball Club
Du Pont Breaks World Record in Motorless Flight
Richard C. Du Pont, heir to the Du Pont fortune, set a new world record for motorless airplane flight by gliding Alba tross II 156 miles from Elmira to Somerset in 5 hours 50 minutes. Competing pilots Martin Schempp and Paul Sweet failed to match the distance, with Schempp landing near Towanda after about 40 miles and Sweet reaching Nichols, New York. Du Pont inquired about his wife Allaire Crazer, Philadelphia, who reportedly qualified for a C glider pilot license after the flight, a claim officials had joked about earlier.
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N. J
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Richard C. du Pont
A. Felix du Pont
Wilmington
Del
Somerset
Elmira
N. Y
Guenther Groenhoff
Germany
du Pont
Soaring Society of America
Martin Schempp
Syracuse
Towanda
Paul Sweet
Nichols
N.Y
Allaire Crazer
Philadelphia
Treasurer's Sale Tomorrow in County Courthouse
Delinquent tax properties will be offered at a treasurer's sale in the court room starting Wednesday June 27 at 1 00 p m County Treasurer C C McLain announced this morning.
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Salea
C. C. McLain
Bootlegging Costs U S Over Two Hundred Million Yearly
Washington June 26 illicit distilled liquor sales cost the government about 125 million in tax revenue yearly against Roosevelt’s estimate of 600 million from legal liquor with another 75 million lost on mass liquor and wine. Officials plan extraordinary measures to curb leakage while urging tax cuts to aid legal brewers. Doran warns that repeal consumption estimates differ from tax paid withdrawals, noting roughly two untaxed gallons per taxed gallon, based on early figures.
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Roosevelt
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Doran
J. M. Doran
Distillers’ Code Authority
Hugh S. Johnson
Treasury
Nus
Prank by Veterans Leads to $50,000 Suit in Hanover
Samuel Copenheaver a World War II veteran announced plans to sue the borough of Hanover for $50,000 claiming police failed to stop delegates from cutting off his side whiskers at a state Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. He said the facial hair was essential to his sales identity and valued at $60,000 in loss.
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York
Samuel Copenheaver
Hanover
Copenheager
Copenheaver
Elderly Millionaire Daddy Browning Near Coma
Elderly millionaire Daddy Browning, long a staple of front page headlines, is reported to be in a coma after years of national notoriety. The development marks a potential turning point in a life once widely covered by newspapers.
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Coma
Daddy Browning Fights Alone as Death Looms
Edward Browning, the elderly millionaire known for his "Cinderella Man" image, lies in a coma at the Hospital for Joint Diseases. His first and second wives are absent, and his only potential visitor is his adopted daughter Dorothy Browning. Estimates place his estate between 3 and 40 million dollars, with Peaches Heenda likely to inherit if he dies.
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New York
Edward
Daddy
Browning
Cinderella Man
Prince Charming
December
May
Broadway
Alouz
Chicago
Dorothy
Sunshine") Browning
North Carolina
Ualone
Fatalities Rise for Second Straight Month in Harrisburg
Harrisburg June 26 The State Department of Labor and Industry reports May fatalities at 99, up from April. Non fatal injuries total 7,288, down 5 percent from April, while employment rose 2.7 percent. The Vituminous mining area shows the largest drop in accidents, with 22.5 percent fewer incidents. A church festival upcoming with a chicken and noodle dinner on Wednesday.
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Harrisburg
State Department of Labor and Industry
Arcurio Death Ruled Accidental By Coroner Jury
A coroner's jury cleared Leg Arcurio aged 18 of blame after his brother Peter Anthony Arcurio wrestled a .38 caliber revolver from him and a bullet struck the younger Arcurio in the left side. The inquest in the municipal building noted the gun was discharged while being wrestled and found the death accidental. The jury included three men and three women, and Deputy Coroner Dr. M. M. Davis presided.
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Leg Arcurio
Peter Anthony Arcurio
M. M. Davis
Leo Arcurio
Davis
Jennie St. Clair Reed
J. R. Maloney
William J. Kelley
M. F. Coulter
W.C. Moorhead
Charles Brinckman
Rachel Sutton’s failed suicide attempt on Manhattan Bridge
Mrs. Rachel Sutton author of the Judy Bolton mysteries tried to leap from the Manhattan Bridge with her three year old son in her arms. Pedestrians restrained her just as she planned the act. Police said doctors deemed the son's muteness incurable, which led to distrust of her actions.
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Rachel Sutton
Judy Bolton
New York
Manhattan Bridge
Premier's Girl Accuser Tells of Relations in Court
Edmonton June 26 A sensational cross examination opens the trial of Vivian MacMillan alleging seduction by Premier John E. Brownlee dating from 1930 to 1939. The 23 year old stenographer described on the witness stand how meetings occurred on a lonely road and how she sought to end the alleged relationship with the premier. Her father Allan MacMillan and medical student John Caldwell are also involved in the testimony and related claims for damages.
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Edmonton
Alta
John E. Brownlee
Alberta
Vivian MacMillan
Supreme Court
Stencher
Brownlee
Miss MacMillan
Allan MacMillan
Ani
John Caldwell
MacMillan
Caldwell
Hei
Vivian
Six Plea Guilty Before Local Judge Langham
Six defendants pleaded guilty before Judge J. N. Langham. Lawrence Nicholas and Stays Warsink admitted false pretenses and were sentenced to 30 days in county jail with restitution order. Mike Bandick Angy Fillo and Joseph Fillo of Iselin received suspended sentences after pleading guilty to larceny as an automobile and paying $66 each to M. Povich of Cleveland. A further suspended sentence of $60 was given to Frank Gamalion for a prisoner in county jail on April.
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Ed Weftore
J. N. Langh
Lawrence Nicholas
Warsink
Langham
Mike Bandick
Angy Fillo
Joseph Fillo
Iselin
M. Povich
Cleveland
Hay
Frank Gamalion
Exodus of Arcadians in Northeastern Tennessee
James Kr. McCarthy reports in the International News Service on the planned relocation of about twenty thousand Arcadians from four homes in northeastern Tennessee. The mass movement is part of a government program in Pennestea valley, noting generations tied to the land and civic restructuring. Continued on Page
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Tennessee
Jam R. McCarthy
News Service
Hig
Pennestea
James KR. McCarthy
INS Statt
Knoxville
Teno
Tyas
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