Deaths of John J Dixon and Minnie Bates Noted in Blairsville
John J Dixon 82 former Pennsylvania Railroad freight conductor died after being struck by a Greensburg driver while crossing Market Street Blairsville. He suffered skull fractures and other injuries and died at Indiana Hospital. Survived by widow Delmora Dixon son Homer Dixon and siblings. Minnie Bates 44 of Creekside died at home after complications. Funeral set for Creekside M E Church with Rev. continuing notes.
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John J. Dixon
Blairsville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Indiana
Dixon
Donald Behr
Greensburg
Market Street
William Penn Highway
Walnut Street
Indiana Detachment
Ferguson Funeral Home
W. Jewart Milter
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Mr. Dixon
Tunnelton
Indiana County
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Delmora Dixon
Homer ‘Dixon
Joseph Dixon
Samuel Dixon
Pittsburgh
Charles P. Dixon
Oakmont
Ida W
Sue Dixon
Tahetton Ya
J. T. Baten
Minnie Bates
Creekside
Bates
A. Gibson
Elisabeth Gibson
M. E. Church of Creekside
J. T. Bates
Mary Ellen Bates
Ruth Bates
Creekside M. E. Church
Dillinger Escape Rumors Tie Bank Loot to Release
Camden reports revived word that outlaw John Dillinger may have bought freedom with part of $130,000 from a Crown Point jail break rather than the Pennsgrove bank holdup. New Jersey officials broadened a sweep into $22,450 missing after the Pennsgrove arrests of nine suspects including three men and six women.
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Camden
N. J
John Dillinger
Dunlap To Sell Fish Hunt Permits
R H Punlap a Cherry Tree merchant is appointed agent for County Treasurer Charles C W McLain to sell fishing and hunting licenses at Dunlap. The change will ease access for local fishermen and hunters in the area.
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R. H. Punlap
Cherry Tree
Charles C. W. McLain
Darwin Vindicated And All That Sort Of Thing
A Chicago report notes a baby born with a two inch tail reported by the Journal of the American Medical Association. The London correspondent cites Professor Julian Huxley on embryonic development rates. The piece bridges Darwinian theory and Webster's dictionary in a light discussion of natural selection and tails in newborns.
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Mary
Darwin
Lidy
Lady Derwin
Chicago
American Medical Association
London
Eng
Metropolitan Hospital
Julian Huxley
Mr. Webster
Charles Robert Darwin
Alimony Club Demands Jury Trial For Payments
New York March 12. The Alimony Club vows to seek a jury trial for anyone jailed for alimony nonpayment. At the George Washington hotel a large mixed group of members former prisoners and their partners discussed reform of alimony laws. President Merritt Crawford said the club exists to aid its members and the forgotten victims of unfair statutes.
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Navid P
Sentner GN
Star Correspondent
New York
INS
Newspaper code authority forms. appoints manager
The code authority of the daily newspaper publishing business in New York on March 12 announced it has completed organization and is ready to function. Samuel M. Williams is named manager and Charles R. Butler field representative. Four publisher representatives for the news paper industrial board were chosen: Merrill M. Lord, E. HR. Harris, Manuel Levi, and Harvey J. Kelly. Williams also serves as secretary and treasurer.
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New York
Mar
INS
Code Authority
Daily Newspaper Publishing
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Samuel M. Williams
Ridder
Charles R. Butler
Inland Daily Press Association
Lexington Avenue
BOON
Daily Newspaper Code
Newspaper Industrial Board
Merrill
Louisville Times
Harvey J. Kelly
Chicago
Williams
30 Japanese Sailors Lost With Wrecked Torpedo Boat
Tokyo March 12 with storm wreck near Goto islands the 627 ton torpedo boat Tomotsuru was disabled and adrift off Kusuku island while 30 sailors remain missing after SOS calls were heard until 4 a.m. The 21st Flotilla from Sasebo rushed to locate the craft but found it abandoned with the crew missing.
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Tokyo
INS
Tomotsuru
Goto Islands
Kusuku Island
Sasebo Naval Base
Indiana School Board Item Unsigned in Gazette Teaser
A Gazette notice claimed a superintendent would be elected for Indiana schools on Tuesday evening April 10 1934 for a four year term and invited counsel with the Board of Education. The item should have been signed Indiana School Board as it was a statement from that body.
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the Gazette
Schools of
Indiana
Board of Education
Indiana School Board
Walkers Denies Tax Malfeasance Amid Mellon Probe
James J Walker former New York mayor declares his income tax paid in full and denounces the Mellon led grand jury inquiry as political this comes as Andrew Mellon former secretary of the treasury defends his taxes and says he welcomes the chance to let courts decide while naming four others cited for investigation and promising more cases to follow
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New York
Mellon
Dorking
Surrey
Eng
INS
James J. Walkers
Washington
Department of Justice
the Treasury
Anedrew iMellon
Truck Struck By Branch At Homer City Crossing
A truck owned by T A Jones of Homer City was struck by a passenger train near North Homer City while waiting on the Indiana highway crossing. The collision damaged the truck but caused no injuries. Jones and two boys attempted to flag the train but failed, and he jumped clear as the front of the car was struck. The train suffered only minor front-end damage.
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T. A. Jones
Homer City
Indiana
Miners fight blaze at Soudan mine near Monongahela
Washington March 12 In a Valley Camp Coal Co. Soudan mine near Monongahela machinery damaged by fire at a loss of about 20000 dollars was being repaired to resume operations. The fire started 4000 feet from the mine opening in a room and workers fought the blaze for seven hours. Approximately no men employed at the mine.
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Washington
Mar
INS
Soudan
Valley Camp Coal Company
Monongahela
Assessors to Sit on March 14 at Polls
Registry assessors will sit at the polls March 1 from 10 o’clock to 3 and from 6 to 9. Voters may change party affiliation or make other corrections during the hours listed.
Four GOP hopefuls line up for Pennsylvania governor race
Harrisburg report outlines four seeded candidates Edward G. Shannon William A. Schnader Charles A. Waters and Edward Martin preparing formal announcements this week. United States Senator David A. Reed plans re election while McFadden may join Pinchot contest. A broad gubernatorial slate ties gubernatorial and senatorial bids as filing nears.
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G. Hverett Doxing
INS
Harrisburg
Edward G. Shannon
William A. Schnader
Charles A. Waters
Edward Martin
Shannon
Philadelphia
Martin
Schnader
Waters
Schnaders
United States
David A. Reed
Louis T. McFadden
Canton
Gifford Pinchot
McFadden
Thomas W. Phillips
Butler
Charles Carroll
Young Republicans
Phillips
Grovers .Talbot
Delaware
Central
Meet Uncle Sally Said Good Play at First U P Church
The King's Daughters' Class of the First U P Church presents the annual play Meet Uncle Sally this Thursday and Friday in the church social hall. The evening promises entertainment with a wart between Sweden and England and several comic plot twists including two romance lines and humorous misunderstandings. The show begins at 8 15 o clock with the minister portraying a key role and culminating in humorous misadventures.
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King's Daughters
U. P
Sally
Sweden
England
Dorinda
First United Presbyterian Church
Former Brookville Banker Ill After Shortage Probe
Philadelphia on March 12 Leonard B. Shannon, former president and conservator of Jefferson County National Bank at Brookville, where a government investigation into a roughly $200000 shortage is underway, has suffered a nervous breakdown and been hospitalized for over three months. An official said he entered Misericordia Hospital in November as a physical mental wreck.
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Philadelphia
Leonard B. Shannon
Jefferson County National Bank
Brookville
Shannon
Miseracordia
International
Treasury balance report and receipts totals
Washington March 12 INS Treasury balance as of March 9 shows 4 827 973 703 45 dollars. Internal revenue receipts total 5 042 951 19 and customs receipts 7 726 954 85.
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Washington
INS
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Arlington burial for Private Sell after fatal Daytona crash
Ernest B Sell of Shelocta 26 year old Army flyer killed when the mail plane he helped operate crashed at Daytona Beach Fla He will be buried at Arlington Cemetery Washington D C tomorrow with family survivors listed The article notes supports Boy Scout funding in Indiana County and urges local investment in youth programs as a remedy to delinquency
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Daytona Beach
Roosevelts
Greaterafety
Ernest Bu Sell
Ernest B. Sell
Shelocta
Fla
Arlington Cemetery
Washington, D.C
Mary ‘Sell
Water Street
Clark Uber
Indiana R. D
Joseph M. Sell
New Kensington
Samuel W. Shane
Second United Presbyterian Church
Washington
Amelia P. Sell
Jacqueline
Civil cases postponed in Indiana County term
Judge J N Langham, at the request of Indiana County Commissioners, postponed all civil cases listed for the March term to the week of May 7. The move aims to conserve county cash as the next week’s civil list would require a full jury panel and about 1250 dollars. Criminal court starts today with a district attorney led schedule this week. jurors called for court will be notified they will serve in May.
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J. N. Langham
Indiana
William Ruddock
Hoot and Jane Make Great Pair at Ritz Midnight Show
Large crowd at the Ritz greeted Hoot Gibson and Jane Gale as they appeared in person. The celebrity duo drew a warm reception from a sleeping audience and Indiana’s popular theatre shows promise more famous visitors if attendance continues.
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Ritz
Hoot Gibson
Jane Gale
Indiana
International gold price dips in London market
The international price slid to 156 shillings 10 pence per ounce, about $34.67 at an 85.07 percent exchange rate. A sale of 129 gold bars valued at 350,000 pounds sterling was announced at the new rate.
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London
Safety plans may be made by Wednesday
Washington March 1 The air mail was speeded to counts on fast one very mail carrying airplane stounded as the result of air new mounds in various cemeteries Twelve hours after President Roosevelt instructed Secretary War Dern to curtail the stritus complete safety as continue deaths in the Air Corp stop Major General Benjamin Foulois late yesterday halted e mail plane until a modified schedule 39 formulated that will assure the Pilot's safety This was expected to be ready by tomorrow at tha The ten new graves are Various members of Co have deplored the tragedie legalized murder and demanded the service be returned privata companies The Senate Office Committee started th today on bill legislating turn of the service to commi aviation Mr Roosevelt h that the law be enacted qui Meanwhile Hiram Bingh sident of the National Aeronas Association said he would who assured Mr Roosevel Army Air Corps could fly the Bingham quoted a statement Mr Roosevelt's letter to Dern whi said This action waa definite assurance given 1 Army Air Corps could TM mail 2 tied ne eas a new routes Aix corps officers whiy a dogen of the 18 be operted Tie ue 3 When the first army mail ascends again it will have is radio Communication and been tuned 6 utmost operation fficiency Were busy today checking and selecting the best available th trained in lind flying and country work of the most type Night flying will be oral idea is to move the we ary mail With safety and to tak no chances no Major transcontinental and the larger arterial lines operated when flying the resumed The President has interm rected those in charge of the to pacrifice everything for Saturday Dern consulted Co Charles A Lindbergh on the a air mail problem Mr Roosevelt has faced Continued on Page Two
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Prési
Roosevelt
War Dern
Air Corp
Benjamin Foulois
Tha
Senat Office
Commi Aviation
Roosevelt H
Hiram ‘Binghsident
National Aeronas Association
Roosevel
Dern
Charles A. Lindbergh
Movie manager threatens action over theater turmoil
Police debate actions against Bernard H. Blural, manager of a Monongahela cinema, after he threatens consequences amid nearly daily Sunday show disruptions and mounting trouble at the theater in May.
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Monongahela
May
Joh Ia
Mar
Bernard H
Lural
Ter
House Again At Grips On Soldier Bonus Issue
Washington March 12 INS The House confronted the soldiers bonus issue anew with President Roosevelt warning of a veto. The bonus bloc planned to call up the Patman bill for cash payment of the 2.4 billion dollars in adjusted service certificates, aiming for a favorable vote. The measure faced discharge from committees before debate and amendment.
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Patman
Washington
INS
House
Roosevelt
Rep
Heace
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Meritt Crawford
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James J. Walker
Thomas
Lamont
J.P. Morgan Cossbrokers
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