Tragic flood devastates Indiana County mine area lives
A breached dam unleashed a ten acre flood sweeping homes from McIntyre mines and surrounding towns. Coroner and sheriff assisted in search for Mrs Saye and young Dora, aged 4, with two other children found. rescue efforts saved a boy on a roof by rope life line. Red Cross volunteers, National Guard and local firemen aided victims as dozens of homes and cellars flooded and roads washed out across Indiana County.
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Huff
Seward
Roy Beal
Frank Biffle
Andrew Shaftrick
New Florence
Conemaugh River
Tey
Mige Company
Andrew Swarts
Red Cross
Indiana
Irvin Glasser
National
110Th
Infantry
Blairsville
Cokeville
Bairdstown
Bairdstown Homie
Thomas Mahood
Wadding
Company L
National Guard
Fhe
Indiana Company
Cummings
Charles Cummings
Grafton
Indiana Red Cross
Indiana Volunteers
Indiana Volunteer
Indiana Sremen
Jona Daugherty
James Jack
Paul Lewis
O. C. Barry
William Moore
George Marlin
McIntyre
Indiana Safe From Floods After Townwide Damage
Flooding ravaged Indiana and nearby towns with the Susquehanna rising in Cherry Tree and Black Legs Bridge failing near Saltsburg. Rail service along the Pennsylvania Railroad and Baltimore and Ohio branches was halted, pumping stations disrupted, and residents faced evacuations while utilities struggled to resume normal operations.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Indiana
Blairsville
Mundy's Corner
Twolick
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Wash- Punxstitawney
Punxsutawney
Saltsburg
Black Legs
Johnstown
Harry Phargah
Tree the Susquehanna
Cherry Tree
Fromh
Car
Patchin
Bank
Ve Company
Survivor recounts rescue as family perishes in flood
A river flood claimed a father and Dora, with two others found later about two miles away. A survivor credited unnamed boys who heard cries and pulled him from the water using a bull rope. The Saye home and nearby structures were wiped out when mine dam water surged past weakened fill. The bodies were prepared for funeral services locally with transit to Punxsutawney for burial after inquest. Radio beacons on the Federal Airways System are monitored to ensure proper operation.
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Dora
T. R. McCracken
Mahaffey
Punxsutawney Funeral Home
Saye
Flooded Allegheny Towns Hit by Rains and Snow
A flood and snow disaster across Western Pennsylvania leaves Greensburg Davis and three others stranded with frozen feet after hours in a tree near Boltz. Clarion endures sleet as trees and poles topple. Mercer roads blocked by 18 inches of snow. Hollidaysburg waterways flood streets. Lock Haven and Renovo drowned, while a bridge fails at Emporium. Troop G horses removed from flooded stables. Portstown families flee Juniata floodwaters. Jacksonville reports a derailed train. Multiple towns evacuate, bridges washed out, and reservoirs feared as rivers rise again.
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Greensburg
Ralph Davis
Cambria County
Westmoreland Fospital
Davis
Boltz
Johnstown
Lock Haven
Susquehanna
Renovo
Drury's Run
Emporium
Flood relief plan hearing set before Army Engineers
Spokesmen for flood stricken districts in New York and Pennsylvania will ask approval of a 34 million dollar plan at a Board of Army Engineers hearing. They dispute the engineers findings citing higher estimated food control costs and a supposed cost share by the states. Representatives from New York and Pennsylvania water resources boards highway commission and civic leaders will testify.
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Washington
New York
Pennsylvania
Board of Army Engineers
Roosevelt
New York Flood Control Commission
Flood Control Council of
Central
R. J. Gillis
Bureau of Entrenchment
Pennsylvania Water Power Resources Board
Arthur W. Brandt
State Organizing Johnstown Relief
Harrisburg March 18 The Pennsylvania state government organized relief for fraud sufferers in Johnstown and other communities. State agencies met in Governor Earle's office after midnight to survey the situation and plan relief. State Police and Highway Patrol dispatched to Hooded districts. National Guard units from Indiana Blairsburg Altoona ordered to assist Johnstown authorities. N Jones State WPA Administrator ordered district directors to stand by for flood relief work.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Earle
Highway Patrol
National Guard
Indiana
Blairsville
Altoona
Aid N Jones
WPA
Warren van Dyke
Flood relief plan outlined for Harrisburg to Johnstown route
A conference of state leaders including the Secretary of Highways and the Welfare Secretary concluded that blocking both railroads and highways between Harrisburg and Johnstown hindered relief. An airplane would depart at daybreak to move Major General Reward C. Shannon and medical supplies from the Pennsylvania National Guard to Johnstown.
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John D. Pennington
Edith MacBride Dexter
Robert L. Myers
Harrisburg
Johnstown
Reward C. Shannon
Pennsylvania National Guard
Pennsy Trains Rerouted Over Four Lines Due to Floods
Pennsylvania Railroad diverted midwest bound trains over four lines outside the state because tracks flooded in Western Pennsylvania. Inundations hit Union Furnace and Lilly, with water covering all four tracks at Union Furnace and Lilly. New York to Midwest trains used New York Central and Lehigh Valley paths. Washington to Elmira used Erie tracks to Mansfield. New York to St. Louis rerouted via Washington, Cincinnati, and Baltimore and Ohio.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Midwest
Pennsylvania
Union Furnace
Tyrone
Lilly
Altoona
Johnstown
New York
New York Central
Lehigh Valley
New York State
Washington
Elmira
N. Y
Erie Railroad
Mansfield
Ohio
St. Louis
Washington, D. C
Baltimore and Ohio
Cincinnati
Three Feet of Snow Falls on Corry After 20 Hours
Three feet of snow blanketed Corry today after twenty hours of steady fall. Rural roads through PaYVOIQ tam JolAISIpayy ind and many residents in outlying sections were marooned. Roads and buses ran late despite efforts by Highway Department workers and railroad crews to keep routes clear.
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Corry
Payvoiq Tam Jolaisipayy Ind
Highway Department
Morris Announces for Congress Post in 27th District
Walter E. Morris, Punxsutawney attorney and twelve year Jefferson County district attorney, formally seeks the Republican nomination for Congress in the 27th District. A World War captain and adjutant, he touts a strong legal career, self financed education, and deep local and civic ties including church, Masonic, Grange, and Shrine affiliations. He and his wife have two daughters ages fourteen and nine.
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Walter E. Morris
Punxsutawney
Jofferson County
Morris
54Th
U. S. Infantry
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Oregon State College
Law
University of Michigan
America
J. B. Morris
Punxsutawney Presbyterian Church
Coudersport
Jatta Temple
Altoona
Ohio's rapid rise closes steel mills in Wheeling area
Flooding along the Ohio River forces closure of Wheeling district steel plants and suspends rail service between Wheeling and Parkersburg. River at 31.6 feet rising toward 45 feet, impacting highways, schools, and thousands of workers including over 10,000 steel employees and numerous miners. A child drowns in Martins Ferry creek amid the flood.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohin
Ohio
Fife
John Phish
Martins Ferry
Ohio River
Parkersburg
West Virginia Panhandle
River Front
European Situation At A Glance
London reports the League of Nations council ready to brand Germany a treaty violator for remilitarizing the Rhineland. France rejects a Franco German demilitarization scheme and demands Germany submit to The Hague Court when citing the Locarno breach. Berlin notes Hitler resumes campaigning for March 28 elections as army veterans express approval of Rhineland action.
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London
League of Nations Counscil
Rhineland
France
Rhine
T Hitter
Council
Germany
Hague
Berlin
Hitler
Funeral for Wilson G. Sarig In Temple Services
Funeral services were held for Wilson G. Sarig Speaker of the House in Temple with state leaders and hundreds of mourners in attendance. The late teacher at Muhlenerg grade school was honored by public rites at Grace Alsace Reformed Church with readings by Rep. Frank Ruth and a sermon by Rev. Jesse Mengely.
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Reading
Wilson G. Sarig
Temple Lodge
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Saing
Temple
Muhlenerg
Sarry
Earle
State Senate
House
Grace
Alsace
National Tube Company Wins $3,500,000 Pipeline Order
The National Tube Company announced receipt of a 3.5 million dollar contract from Columbia Gas & Electric to build a seamless natural gas pipeline to Detroit Michigan. Construction will employ more than 5,000 workers for over two months, with much pipe produced at Lorain Ohio and McKeesport Pennsylvania plants.
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Pittsburgh
The
National Tube Company
Detroit
Mich
Columbia Gas & Electric Corporation
Lorain
Ohio
McKeesport
Johnstown Flood Survivors and Rebuilding Drive
Survivors describe the Conemaugh Valley disaster and the rush to bury the dead. A relief fund exceeding 3 million dollars supported relief efforts. About two thousand unnamed victims rest in Grands View Cemetery as Johnstown rebuilt and prospered within years.
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Grands ‘View
Conemaugh Valley
Johnstown
Obituary of Mrs Anna Tarlay of Starford
Mrs Anna Tarlay wife of John Tarlay of Starford died at 11 45 p m Tuesday after a ten year residence in Starford previously Windburne She was a member of St Elizabeth's Church Starford Surviving are her husband and children John Tarley Morrisdale George Tarlay Sharon Stephen Tarlay Starford and Mrs John Pluto Starford Funeral services will be in St Elizabeth's Church at 9 a m Friday with burial in St Bernard's Cemetery Indiana
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Anna Tarlay
John Tarlay
Starford
Windburne
St. Elizabeth's
John Tarley
Morrisdale
George Tarlay
Sharon
Stephen Tarlay
John Pluto
St Elizabeth's Church
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Indiana
Oil Tanks Afire at Crucible Plant
Fire broke out in the Waverly Oil Works along the flooded Allegheny near Lawrenceville. Oil tanks exploded with a roar, flames sprayed nearby buildings of the Pittsburg Spring Steel Company, and six alarms summoned firemen as traffic halted. Swollen river waters hindered efforts. adjoining Nuttall Westinghouse and Manufacturing buildings housed 350 workers displaced by the blaze.
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Pittsburgh
Mar
Waverly
Allegheny
Lawrenceville
Pittsburgh Spring Steel Company
Nuttall
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Fond
Explosion at Etna factory endangers homes in Pittsburgh area
Fire broke out at the Metzger Bolt and Nut Company near Etna as flood waters rose and carried embers over the town. Firemen could not reach the scene with equipment while dozens of families were trapped inside flooded homes.
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Pitttsburgh
Metzger Bolteid Nut Company
Etna
Oil Production Shows Increase in US Weekly Output
Daily average gross oil production in the United States rose by 49,700 barrels to 2,908,350 in the week ending March 14, per the American Petroleum Institute weekly summary. The increase reflects higher output across reporting regions.
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New York
United States
American Petroleum Institute
Oil refiners report slight rise in East of California output
Reports from refineries owning 89.6 percent of daily capacity show east of California crude output increasing by 52,300 barrels to a total of 2,241,750 barrels. The industry as a whole ran 2,815,000 barrels daily, while the previous week’s average across 89.6 percent capacity at 72.0 percent was 2,725,000 barrels.
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California
Lions Night Dances At Indiana Lions Club Event
The Indiana Lions Club held a semi annual Ladies Night at Rustic Lodge with dinner dance a St Patrick s Party. About seventy five Lions Lionesses and guests attended. Miss Mazel Bowles of State Teachers College gave a talk on the history of dance and its role in life and led a Danish Folk Dance and two original numbers. Lions and guests learned an Irish dance then danced to Norm Park and his orchestra.
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Indiana Lions Club
Rustic Lodge
Mother Thompson
Lion Longwill
Lion Campbell
Mazel Bowles
Plang
Miss Bowles
Thal
Norm Park
Your Children Your Children by Olive Barton
Mary and John marry and build a charming house with a guest room a future baby's cubicle and a sun porch. The narrative sketches domestic details from a blossoming married life with wedding presents and a tidy yard.
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Olive Robbrts Barton
Mary
John
Daddy
Rainfall Records Broken in Diana County
Official measurements from the Soil Conservation Service in Diana County show a record rainfall of 3.08 inches from 2:00 a.m. to 10:46 p.m. yesterday, the heaviest in 27 years. The downpour followed a brightening from 6:30 a.m. Monday to 2:00 a.m. Tuesday and a 0.3 inch fall between 12:35 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. Monday.
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Soil Conservation Service
Tai
Diana County
New Agency for Oil Control Announced in Washington
Secretary Ickes created a new agency named the Petroleum Conservation Division of the Interior Department to replace the Petroleum Administrative Board on April 1. It will aid the Connally Hot Oil law, serve as liaison with the Interstate Oil Compact Commission, and promote oil and gas conservation while studying waste in crude pools. George W. Holland is a likely director.
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Washington
Ickes
Petroleum Administrative Board
Petroleum Conservation Division
Interior Department
Interstate Oil Compzet Commission
George W. Holland
PAB
Holland
Geological Survey
Supreme Court
NRA
Congress
Texas
Marys House Dream Ends In Renters Search
Mary and John planned a forever home with rooms for a growing family and a sunny porch but rapid growth and clutter forced them to rent a smaller, old fashioned house. Jackie’s climbing years, Molly’s arrival, and missed porch space made life crowded and strained. Copyright 1938 NEA Services Inc.
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Mary
Jackie
Straller
Molly
NEA Servigs, Inc
Licenses and names listed amid city ad notes
Fragmentary OCR lists individuals and places including Luther Carl Elbell Glen Campbell Vette C Tyger Rochester Mills Raymond Cramer Homer City Goldie Mac Indiana George Desko Folk Margaret Howells Dixonville with garbled text about a subway in Moscow near Red Square and a city airport project titled Road The Gausile Clagaitiod Ads.
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Luther Carl Elbell
Glen Campbell
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