Canal greeting and prisoner tale linked to Franco era
A fragmented report recalls a wartime scene where Harold Dahl and his platinum-blonde wife pose in a photo said to have influenced General Franco. The piece centers on a pursuit pilot captured in 1937, courtmartialed and later spared, amid war weariness and the couple’s dramatic exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Franco
Elmal
Harold
Iva
Dahl
Franco
Dall
Madrid
Hid ‘Pirina
Court House Moves Old Bell to Pottsville Exhibit
The article notes the Schuylkill City Historical Society abandoned a restoration project for the courthouse now idle after 40 years. County commissioners plan to move the old bell once used to summon court to Pottsville for exhibit by the society or in the present courthouse.
Accident Hinders Man After Car Collision
Continued from page one the accident involved Evelyn Mikesell 26 daughter of the victim and Elvin Mosler 32 of Waltersburg Fayette County. Mosler struck the Mikesell vehicle from behind, pinning the man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Mikesell
Elvin Mosler
Waltersburg
Fayette County
Mikesell
Rupture Relief Demonstration in Indiana Pa
An invitation announces free demonstrations and private trials of a new rupture support at the India Hotel in Indiana, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday March 20. Rice Fitting Experts offer a 30 day trial, with no binding or cost to attend, and promise comfortable even pressure and courteous treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India Hotel
Indiana
Mxpart
Howe
Rica
Ries
Senate Hatches Fight Over Hatch Bill in House
Washington March 18 The opposition to the Hatch bill to broaden the present law and bring state employees paid partly with federal funds under political activity limits gathers in the House pigeonhole. Senate leaders debate parity funds and a three year extension of the reciprocal trade program as major postures in a broader legislative clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Amodalla
Senate
House
Bankhead
Rayburn
Selmton
Minton
Hatch
Barkley
Senate Appropriations Committees
Russell
D-Ga
Pittsburgh area deaths dominate weekend highway toll
State Motor Police reported multiple crashes on Route 56 and Routes 22 and 402 near Armagh and Yatesboro. Victims included Elizabeth Mikesell, 75, and Alexander Patterson, 32, with injuries ranging from contusions to concussion. Other fatalities occurred in Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, as well as a fatal gas incident in Philadelphia. A note mentions Norway's platinum fox, one of 300 pairs remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armagh
Mosier
Mikeselt
Mikesell
Elizabeth Wagner
Homer City
Alexander Patterson
Yatesboro
Indiana Hospital
Alphonse Vitello
Greensburg
Dewey McCune
Dilltown
Vitello
Jerome Mancuso
Hastings
Lee Hospital
Johnstown
Blairsville
Miss Mancuso
McCune
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
John H. Harglerode
Philadelphia
William H. Allman
Douglassville
Hamburg
David MacCormick Cox
North Canton
Ohio
Stroudsburg
William ©. Edmond
WPA
Freedom-Rochester
Theresa Weber
Nathan Guttman
Michael Badic
George Mordovants
Irwin
Olga Hawrylink
James Kildeo
Butler
Obituary notices from a Western Pennsylvania paper
Obituaries list Ernest Avena of Youngstown Mrs John Garsick of Ernest and Mrs A Gabriel of Apollo with funeral at Assumption Church and burial in St Bernard Cemetery. Elizabeth Jane Marshall of Lewisville dies, service at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church and Lewisville Cemetery burial. Mary E Cochran Thompson of Blairsville dies at 46. survivors include husband William H Thompson and several relatives. funeral at Ferguson Funeral Home Blairsville. Joseph Heckman, 68, dies at home in Shelocta. services at Mount Union Lutheran Church. burial in church cemetery. wife and children named. Paul Lagoda, 59, dies in Graf ton near Blairsville. survived by wife Victoria and children Anthony, Walter, Carl, and others. Ida Pollgoer, 61, formerly Rochester Mills, dies in Mars. survived by husband Gamal A Pollock, children, and grandchildren. services arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
Samuel Avena
Youngstown, O
John Garsick
A. Gabriel
Apollo
Assumption Church
Emilio Farri
St. Bernard Cemetery
Indiana
Elizabeth Jane Marshall
Lewisville
Ebenezer Presbyterian Church
David H. Crawford
James G
Mary Ann (Miller) Shields
Plumville
Ebenezer Church
A. &. Templeton
David L. Marshall
William H. Thompson
Mary E. (Cochran) Thompson
Enterprise
Blairsville
John W
Jane &. (Hancock) Cochran
Lutheran Church of
Ladies’ Auxiliary
the Brotherhood of Railroad
David Mahoney
Blacklick
David W. Thompson
Aspinwall
Robert B
James R
Gail C. Thompson
Harry A. Cochran
Robert C. Cochran
John ¥. Cochran
Pittsburgh
John E. Mahoney
David A. Mahoney
Ferguson Funeral Home
Blaksville
W. W. Zundel
Blairsville Cemetery
Joseph Heckman
Shelocta
R. D
James B
Barbara (Schall) Heckman
Mount Union Lutheran Church
Robert C. Richter
Jemima (Wells) Heckman
James
Harry A. White
Vandergrift
Harry
Andrew Heckman
Kenneth Heckman
New Kensington
George Foose
Dime
Wy Ne
Ohio
Daid
Samuel
Gideon
Gilmore
Harvey
Heckman
Gas Company
Paul Lagoda
Grafston
Poland
Bell's Mills
Victoria Lagode
Anthony
Walter
Carl
Catherine Weightman
Nellie Jones
Homestead
Nicholson
Blacklick Presbyterian Church
Coral Cemetery
Ida Pollqoer
Rochester Mills
Mars
Butler County
Rochester Mills Presbyterian Church
Gamelel A. Pollock
James Campbell
Mirl Soares
Myona
Fred
Mare
John Rochester
Canien
O. O
Funer Funeral Home
The Story of Democracy and Athens' Downfall
A reflective critique on Athenian democracy as Thucydides records the Peloponnesian War. The piece compares Pericles era leadership to demagogues like Cleon, arguing democracy collapsed from internal strife and degraded leadership, yielding a modern warning about enlightened rulers and mob rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Pericles
Thucydides
Cleon
Plutarch
Mytilene
Peron
JOHN BARRETT FUNERAL SERVICES IN ST STEPHEN CHURCH
Funeral services for John Barrett a former Punxsutawney and Indiana resident were held at St Stephen Catholic Church. He died aged 71 born in Scotland came to the U S at age nine Interment followed at St Joseph Cemetery Surviving daughter Mrs Francis Diamond Oil City and son Hugh Barrett Indians Pennsylvania
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barrett
St. Stephen Catholic Church
City
Punxsutawney
Indiana
St. Joseph
Scotland
Francis Diamond
Oil City
Hugh Barrett
Economist forecasts April unemployment near nine million
An economist notes that if seasonal factors work this year as usual, unemployment could drop to about 9,006,000 by April despite uncertainties from recent business dealings. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics expects a reversal of the downturn in activity and an improvement thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Roundup Continued From Page War Economy Notes
A compact roundup item continues on page with brief notes on weather, orders, and three realigned seats. The item mentions ongoing wartime logistics, with sparse details suitable for a quick update. Local names or exact figures are not clearly readable from the fragment.
Payrolls Continue From Page On A Street
Fragmentary OCR shows payroll figures and names scattered across a page. Some words appear garbled but indicate earnings, wages, and payroll components. No clear dates or full entity list available.
Russell cites large share of unemployables in relief rolls
In a weekly statistical report, Russell notes about 180,000 people on public relief are unemployable, compared with an estimated 68,000 ineligible. Of 446,000 age 16, 1,600 were on the rolls one or more times in 1989. Relief rolls declined to 609,000 by March 9, with 11,114 new applications and $1,435,643 spent that week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Board of Pardona
Mike Imburgia
Carl Joseh Lucas
Allegheny County
George Henderson
Cambria County
Albert Toms
Crawford County
Thomas William Talbert Thompson
Fayette County
Antonia Elia
Montgomery County
Bonifacio
Edison Light and Power Company
York
U. S. Supreme Court
City Water Company of
New Castle
Russell
Pennsylvania
Brookwood Mine Shutdown Leaves 275 Men Jobless
In Vintondale on Palm Sunday a Brookwood Coal Company mine in Housedale Clearfield County shut down leaving 275 miners facing a second strike in three years. Citizens raised funds including 53000 from Bird Cogl Company Johnstown and 10000 locally while former Governor Earle offered 5000 to pump out the mine. The district once vital to mining now dwindled as veins thinned and operations moved elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookwood Coal Company
Housedale
Clearfield County
Madeira Hill Coal Company
Chamber of Commerce
Brookwood Company
Bird Cogl Company
Johnstown
George Earle
Brookwood Concern
Stock Market Wide Slump Picks Up Few Bright Spots
A broad list of corporations including General Electric, General Motors, IBM, and Chrysler shows mixed activity as investors weigh domestic and industrial prospects. Trading centers report varied gains and losses across sectors while energy and materials names move with sector trends.
Local mine to relaunch with Chamber promotion effort
The operation has suspended due to unprofitability and local residents, led by the Chamber of Commerce, plan a new promotional campaign to attract a local operator to restart mining locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Explosion at drift mine claims several lives
Rescue workers reported ten and John Marks among the dead, with John Richards the mine superintendent and Howard Sanders the tipple foreman killed in an early rescue attempt without gas masks. About 115 miners were treated for gas fumes. many were taken to Martins Ferry Bellaire and Wheeling hospitals. The drift mine produced 4,400 tons daily and employed about 500 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ten
John Marks
John Richards
Howard Sanders
Tipple
Martins Ferry
Bellaire
Wheeling
Hitler Mussolini Meet in Alpine Secret Talk
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini conferred for about two and a half hours at Brennero Italy in a surprise Alpine meeting. The talks started in Mussolini’s parlor car with diplomats present and a bare ceremony. A brief communique described the conversation as cordial as both leaders prepared for potential peace efforts amid ongoing European war concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brennero
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Benito
Mussolini
Hitler
Ber- Hin
Rome
IH Duce
Alpine Frontier
Il Duce
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Curtaina
Fuehrer
Byessanone
Ciano
Trcily
Hans-Georg Viktor von Mackengen
Bresssnone
Alps
Frontier
Bolsa
Pittsburgh March 18 political maneuvering in Allegheny county
A Pittsburgh program gathered two Republican nomination candidates seeking independent support from Frank J. Harris Allegheny County chairman. Harris may back James F. Malone Jr for state treasurer after aligning with a liberal progressive policy. Timing includes East candidates Jay Codke and Frederick T Gelder meeting officials. Frey plans to stay in the state senate amid DOJ and court guidance on a possible special election for his seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Frank J. Harri
Allegheny County
Harris
Jay Codke
Philadelphia
Frederick T. Gelder
Susquehanna County
State Senate
Alleghany
James F. Malone, Jr
Fittsburgh
Republican State Committee
Malone
Orkney raid claimed heavy ship damage by German bombers
German air assault on Scapa Flow and Orkney Islands disrupted British defenses. Officials said four of Britain’s top ships faced direct hits, including the Hood, Renault, and Repulse, though Britain later reported only minor damage to one vessel. Bombing targeted Stromness Kirkwall and surrounding airfields, with civilian casualties noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenner Pass
Germany
Britain
Eland Vangers
Orkney
Hood
Royal Navy
Scapa Flow
North Sea
Stromness
Kirkwall
Earth House
Islands
Frits Doench
Orkneys
Thompson's Borsoma Tablets Potent Remedy Misread Ad
An unclear OCR fragment touts Thompson's Borsoma Tablets as a remedy for aches and pains with vague claims and misread terms. The text mentions relief from various pains and references a medical purchase but provides no concrete details or verifiable information.
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Court House
Fm House
Norway
Arolyn
Shire Arrow
Saturday Evening Post
Arolyn Tely
Moorhead
Eaclosive Arrow Headquarters
Mandeth Willem van Leon
Deborah Cunnings
William C. Cunnings
Adrian Hospital
Punxsytawney
Morrison Funeral Home
Pearce Cemetery
Israel Spencer
Banks Township
Cunnings
Ebhel
Cloe Methodist Church
Wilbur Cunnings
Ebel
H. J. Purdy
Detroit
Mich
Henry Graffiuse
John Shaffer
Punxsutawn
Theodore Kolinchuk
Waterman
Tide Kings
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
Tide
Philip Kelinchuk
Austria
Greek Orthodox Church
Nancy Kalinchuk
Helen
Btefie
Mildred
Watermanuss
Joan J. Peers
Hemer City
St. Bernard's Church
Thay
Mark
Vintondale
Atl
Bald Loco Ct
Bald
Bendix Aviat - Beth Steel Briggs
Budd Mfg
Burr Add Mach
Chrysler Corp
Column
el Coml Solvents
Cong Edison
Consol
del Lack
Douglas Aircraft du Pone
del Eastman Kodak
Auto-Lite
Gen
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors Gen
Gillette
Sat R
Greyhound Corp
Hard-Walker
Interlake Iron Int
Nick Can Int
Tel and Tel
Kennecott Cop Kresge
Lehigh Val Coal Loew's Inc
Mack Trucks
Montgom Ward Nash-Kelvington
Nat Biscuit Nat Dairy Pr Nat Distillers
Nat Pow
Lt North Ameria Peckard Motor Penn RR
Phila Read Can
Phillipa Pet Pub
Sve NJ
Pure Oil Radio Corp of Am
Repab Steel Reynolds
Tob
Sears Roebuck
Bocony Vacuum
Southern Pacific
Southera Ry
Bindebaker Corp
Texas Corp
Timken
Soviet
Russia
Balkans
Allegheny County Chetreman
Edward R. Frey
Department of Justice
Frey
Aullers Olten
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