Congress Opens Week of Intense Labor in Washington
Congress began a new work week with relief and budget issues looming. Roosevelt expected to request substantial relief funds while tax projections and farm bonus costs dominate debates. Senate and House panels plan hearings on Hearst telegraph matters, Townsend pension, and navigation aid concerns as the Supreme Court weighs the sugar institute anti trust case.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
Roosevelt
Treasury
Senate Lobby Committee
Asgin
Willian Randolph Hearst
Sanale
House
Townsend
State Department
United States
Supreme Court
Sugar Institute
Obituary Roundup for Indiana County Figures
Obituaries notice multiple local residents from Homer City to West Wheatfield and Dormont. T. J. Brandon aged 47 dies at home. Anna Mary Hood 73 passes near New Florence. Ralph Radcliffe 57, Dormont schools superintendent, dies in Pittsburgh hospital. Cyrus Prindle Rank 34 dies on Montgomery Township farm. Mary Moorhead Houser 58 dies near Washington Church. Funeral plans listed.
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Ralph Radcliffe
Dormont
St. Joseph's Hospital
Pittsburgh
Professor Radcliffe
Glen Campbell
Indiana County
Indiana State Normal
University of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Volunteer
Prince Serge Mdivani dies after polo accident in Palm Beach
Palm Beach Fla March 16 death shocks society as 83 year old Prince Serge Mdivani dies from a cerebral hemorrhage after being kicked on the head by his horse during a polo match. His bride, former Louise Astor Van Alen, collapsed from grief beside him.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Serge Mdivani
Mdivani
Louise Astor van Alen
Newport
R. 1
Serge
Prince Alexis
Spain
Prince Serge
America
Cecil Smith
Smith
Dawn
Pola Negri
Mary McCormic
Buffalo
N. Y
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow
Heno
New
Prince David
Mse
Murray
California
Alexis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princess Louise
American Napatha Oil Corporation
Britain faces crisis as Germany breach of pact looms
Britain weighs a tough stance as Germany's Locarno violation tests the League of Nations. Paris and London debate whether to back France or risk German isolation, amid Hitler insisting on full equality and a rapid review of new treaties. Belgium supports France while Germany tours military displays. Concerns ripple to Austro-Hungarian talks in Rome.
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Great Britain
France
League of Nations
London
Germany
League
Hitler
Europe
Paris
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Hague
Locarno
Belgium
Berlin
Frankfort-on-Main
Rome
Haly
Geneva
Ethiopia
Austria
River Rampage Fallout Shapes Regional Plans Amid Flood Losses
Jones said projects in Wilkes Barre Williamsport Allentown and Bethlehem and other places are contemplated. The flood caused five state deaths. Charles Books 68 of Linglestown died guarding a barricade near Harrisburg. Four family members perished from gas fumes in Wilkes Barre. A Cance Township supervisor report corrected an item. rent heat and light should read 10 for opglagering.
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Jones
Wilkes-Barre
Williamsport
Allentown
Bethlehem
Charles Books
Linglestown
Harrisburg
Board of Supervisors
Cance Township
Oklahoma Republican Convention Opens With Lands Backing
Oklahoma City to host the Republican convention as delegates vote on Lands endorsement. Publican leader Veasey backs Gov. Landon for president and denies talks with Standard Oil executives. Rep. National Committeeman Skelt dismisses Standard Oil interference as irrelevant.
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Campaign Funds Committee
Frs
James Veasey
Tulsa
Ruf M. Landon
Kansas
Standard Oil Company
W. G.skelt
Borah
Standard Oil
Oklahoma City
Anglo French Actions Blamed For Breach Of Pact
March 16. La Tribuna editorial blames France and Great Britain for breaking the Locarno pact over Germany's remilitarization of the Rhineland. It says the pact was destroyed by an external blow the Franco Soviet treaty and by internal blows including British naval concentration in the Mediterranean, Franco British naval cooperation, and sanctionist policy against Italy.
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Rome
la Tribuna
Rhineland
France
Great Britain
la Tiiuna
Mediterranean
Raly
Hearst Issues Black Subpoena To Senate Lobby Chief
Senator Black of Alabama, head of the Senate lobby committee, was served a subpoena to appear before the District of Columbia Supreme Court in an injunction suit by William Randolph Hearst. Deputy Marshal Harry C. Allen delivered the papers during a committee session. Senator Schwellenbach of Washington called it an effort to halt the investigation.
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Washington
Mar
Black
D-Ala
Senate Lobby Committee
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
William Randolph Hearst
Harry C. Allen
Schwellenbach
D-Wash
Schwallenbach
Civil Cases On Trial This Week In Common Pleas Court
A new panel of traverse jurors reported to President Judge RE Creps as 18 civil cases were listed for trial this week in Common Pleas Court. Forty eight jurors were summoned for the civil list, which is expected to be completed this week.
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Traverse
RE. E. Creps
Common Pleas Court
Tomcat chase leads to shooting in Gibsonia
Richard T. Jones, 48, of Gibsonia, pursued a tomcat that disturbed his sleep, tripping over a rug and firing a 22 caliber pistol. He was hospitalized with a bullet in his neck after the incident in Pittsburgh on March 18.
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Pittsburgh
Richard T. Jones
Gibsonia
Jones
Rug Tripled Gun Accident Leaves Man Wounded
A man tripped over a rug when a gun in his possession discharged accidentally. The bullet pierced his neck, causing injury. Authorities reported no foul play and are investigating the incident on site.
Dairy Case to Supreme Court
Harrisburg March 16 The superior court sent the Meadow Farms Dairy Inc case against the state milk control law to the supreme court without ruling on the act's constitutionality.
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Harrisburg
Superior
Meadow Farms Dairy, Inc
Supreme Court
Hollywood Short Takes On Thalberg And Studio Life
Hollywood dispatch recounts Irving Thalberg in his office with the Marx brothers awaiting him and toasting lunch. It notes Mary of Scotland upcoming casting without Elizabeth, mentions Frederic March, Ian Clare, and a California race ban notion, Santa Anita costs, and truancy. It lists Anne Schaeffer Peggy Montgomery and others as extras, then reports Elaine Bargie Barrymore lunch scenes, Dorothy Stone screen tests, Charles Collin in Dancing Pirate, Patricia Eilis age confusion and Murder in Sing Sing, with Grace Moore and Nelson Eddy rumors ahead of a potential project alignment.
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Hollywood
Irving Thalberg
Marx Brothers
Big B-G-Man
No Need for a Clock in Raeford
Raeford, N C reports a clothing store owner D C Qdom says his shop can see the Welfare office and will close when assistance ends, noting it is too late to sell goods. A Topeka museum inscription features a Mexican captain’s sword, and a Chicago police stop finds Carl W. Giebel asleep in a car after being charged with intoxication.
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Raeford
N. C
D. C. Qdom
Chicago
Carl W. Giebel
Carl
Twelve Die In Weekend Pennsylvania Accidents
A weekend span in Pennsylvania left twelve known dead in various accidents across the state. Victims include Mary McCologne in Philadelphia and Charles Younghans in Erie, with others killed or fatally injured near Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, and Cambria County. Disturbing incidents involve an overturned vehicle, a truck collision, a trestle fall, and a shifting engine incident.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Mary McCologne
Philadelphia
Erie
John P. Corley
Lakewood
Ohio
Charles Younghans
John
Obituaries Report Multiple Local Deaths and Services
George N Beyers died at his Chevy Chase home at 2 a m today funeral plans pending. Lester B Shaffer 60 of Strongstown died at Lee Hormeopathic Hospital Johnstown after months of illness, survived by a wide family. interment in Lloyd Cemetery Ebensburg. Emma Miller Graff 74 of Blairsville area passed away Saturday evening at her son Henry Graff's home Blacklick. services pending. Elizabeth Stiles Sherry 77 died Friday night. funeral tomorrow at Strongstown Methodist Church with procession from Ebensburg.
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George Nelson Beyers
Chevy Chase
Lester B. Shaffer
Strongstown
Lee Hormeopathic Hospital
Johnstown
Elsh
Emma (Shultz) Shaffer
Pittsburgh
Hermitage Street
Pittsburgh Railways Company
Belsano
Tilsie (Reed) Shaffer
J. H. Altenus
Ebensburg
R. D
Emilie Mae Altimus
Charles
Slickville
William
Homer
Wintondale
Clarence
Adamsburg
Logan
Beacon
Zohra Huey
Mary Shaffer
Herbert
Emma (Miller) Graff
Henry Graff
Blscklick
Graff
Blairsville
Hugh P. Liggett
Alvar Liggett
Huff
Jesse B. Lintwe
John M. Graff
Elizabeth {Stiles
Edensburg
Ernest Powell
Elmer Sherry
Barr Township
Mary Zaplach 45 Dies After Illness in Indiana Hospital
Mrs. Mary Zaplach wife of Peter Zaplach of Rayne township died after a short illness in an Indiana hospital at 2 a m She was born in Austria and lived in Webster Pa before 1916 Surviving are her husband her parents and children Anna Veder Fulton Run Ematine Voick at home Peter and Edward Cleveland and Martha Mary Margaret at home The body rests at Levdie Funeral Home Wayne Avenue and will be taken to Ernest Roman Catholic Church for a 10 a m requiem mass with burial in St Bernard's Cemetery
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Anna Mary (Maron) Hood
Robert J. Hood
Indiana
West Wheatfield Township
New Florence
Hood
West Wheatsfield Township
Thomas Jr
Nancy (Milliken) Mabon
Charles Antonio
Bolivar
W. B. Mabon
Johnstown
Ella E. Hood
Hood Home
N. B. McClung
New Florence United Presbyterian Church
Bethel United
Presbyterian
Peter Zaplach
Mary Zaplach
Rayne Township
Indiana Hospital
George
Mary (Yanosick) Bandzal
Austria
Webster
Zaplach
Assumption Roman Catholic Church
Ernest
Emilia Farmi
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Here
Jafsie Inquiry Urged After Lindbergh Trial
January 16 report notes Jafsie urging that Dr Condon be questioned over statements made after the Hauptmann conviction. The New Jersey governor ordered Col H Norman Schwarzkopf to reopen the Lindbergh kidnapping probe on January 26 and provided a list of questions to be answered.
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Dr. Condon
Hauptmann
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
New Jersey
Lindbergh
Dust Storm Sparks Child Missing Alert Across Several States
A family searching for their child during a dust storm reports the boy missing after the duster swept through the area. Rescue teams feared the baby could be buried in brown drifting sand between Lamar, Cole, and Garden City with reports of visibility near zero. The storm also tracked into the Oklahoma Panhandle, Texas and eastern New Mexico, described as the worst since last April.
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Robert Benson
Lamar
Cole
Garden City
Kas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Texas
New Mexico
Seizure of President Zamora’s Property Rocks Madrid
Extremists seized extensive property owned by President Nicelo Alcala Zamora in Madrid. An aunt of the president was attacked but saved by police from serious injury. The assault came despite leftist orders to end demonstrations.
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Madrid
Nicelo Alcala Zamora
Bank Condition Call Issued by National Banks
Washington March 1 The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks as of close of business Wednesday March 4 Harrisburg March 18 The state banking department called for a report on the condition of all supervised banking institutions as of March 4 Publication of the report is required.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Harrisburg
State Banking Department
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T. J. Brandon
Homer City
C. E
Trinity Lutheran Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Thirty-ninth Ward
Western Pennsylvania
State Educational Association
National Education Association
Radcliffe
Phi Delta Kappa
Mt. Lebanon
Dormont Rotary Club
Bones of Managers
Martha
Ralph, Jr
Mary Gorman
Margaret Stafford
Edith Radcliffe
William Stirling
Olive Radcliffe
Waite Bacon
Samuel
Glenn
Beinhauer
West
Liberty Avenue
United Presbyterian Church
Cyrus Prindle Rank
Montgomery Township
Pine Grove
Laura J. Hazlett
Clarence H
Mary I. Rank
Ranks Farm
Mary (Moorhead) Houser
J. B. Houser
Raynes Township
Washington Church
Zella
A. B. Ansley
Effle
Wilkinsburg
Joseph
Girty
Grant
William and James
Youngstown
Jerry
Nebraska
Charles F
Plumville
MecIninch
Punxsutawney
Joseph Kuhn
S. F. Houser
Home
R. C
Samuel G. Moorhead
Houser
J. K. Boston
Church
Moorhead
Dobbs
Stetson Lee
Cincinnati Reds
Miami
Perto Rico
Charley Dressen
Hearst
Hollywood News
Paul Harrison
Alming
Mary of Scotland
Queen Elizabeth
Bothell
Frederic March
Elizabeth
Ian Claire
Santa Anita
Anne Schaeffer
Vitagraph
Peggy Montgomery
Peggy
Shirley Temple
Elaine Bargie
Mr. Barrymore
Mama
Dorothy Stone
Stones
Charles Collins
Fead
Technicolor
Patricia Eilis
Sing Sing
Doug Fairbanks, Jr
Grace
Moore
Nelson
Eddy
Topeka
Coronado
Motile
Louis Borant
Latrobe
Otis Blew
Sient Amadia
dJeines Cameron
Carnegie
Pennsylvania Railroad
William Phillips
Knoxville
John Dale Brown
Titusville
James H. Albright
Pennnsylvania
Enola
Mary Fantino
Vandergrift
Brownsville
May Wymer
Marry Fetterman
Waterstreet
Oakland Cemetery
Jafsie Due
New York
Madge Evangwa
Thaalee
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