Pennsylvania seeks removal of six cent coal surcharge
Harrisburg moves to remove the six cent per ton emergency surcharge on coal carried by railroads to aid Western Pennsylvania bituminous producers. Ohio has refused to allow the surcharge after April 1, potentially shifting price advantage to Buckeye state exporters. Dr. Clyde J. King notes abolition could open Northern Ohio to Pennsylvania coal, widening competition and lowering prices by about 45 cents per ton.
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Harrisburg
INS
Pennsylvania Public Service Commission
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Pennsylvania Commission
Buckeye
Clyde J. King
Keystone
King
Prowler shoots school head's wife in bed
St Louis report says Mrs Anna Schleuter 46 mother of four and wife of Oak Milign school principal William Schlotter was shot in her sleep as a prowler entered their room. The assailant fired twice before fleeing as the principal awakened.
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St. Louis
Mar
Anna Schleuter
William Schlotter
Oak Milign School
Sald
Sententer
Treasury Balance Figures Released For March
Washington reports treasury balance as of March 28 showing $506,737,394.02 with expenditures at $4,797,988.07 and customs receipts totaling $15,459,276.38. The data reflects the government’s fiscal activity for the period.
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Treasury
Washington, Mar
Engineer Flung From Train Rejoins Locomotive in Heroic Rescue
A fast Chicago to New York Atlantic Express bore a dramatic incident as Walter E. Fredericks was blown from the engine by steam. He sought aid at a farmhouse and was ferried to East Corning after M.9. Delap, the fireman, took command and guided the train safely into East Corning.
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New York
Chicago
Atlantic Express
Erie Railroad
Walter E. Fredericks
East Corning
M. 9
Democrats in Harrisburg plan to push their program
Harrisburg March 30. Democrats in the General Assembly will press their plan to exploit Republican split to enact their program. State Chairman Warren Van Dyke said the divided House could be controlled by Democrats, advancing measures like old age pensions beer control and a guaranteed income tax for real estate owners. The prospects look bright for early enactment, with the majority factions needing Democratic votes to pass legislation.
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Harrisburg
General Assembly
Warren van Dyke
House of Representatives
van Dyke
Shrinking Budget May Close Schools in Steubenville
Steubenville public schools will close one month early due to a shrinking budget. Directors propose forgoing summer school to save money and cut operating costs.
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Steubenville, O
Steubenville
An Sons A
Toay
Brody Slayers Return From New York Easter Fashions
Brody Slayers return from New York where Miss Wikia Crawford Miss Ruth Miles and J. Brody spent several days selecting last minute Easter fashions for the Brody Department Store. They report Easter fashions more beautiful than ever.
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Brody Slayers
Wikia Crawford
Ruth Miles
J. Brody
New York
Brody Department Store
Opinion Interpreted As Death Knell Of State Bank System
Washington March 30 INS Interpreted as the death knell of the state banking system the Federal Reserve Board issued an opinion by Walter Wyatt general counsel holding Congress can establish a single national banking system The ruling outlined steps to unify under national supervision including restricting deposit taking to national banks forbidding deposits at non federally organized banks and imposing a tax on checks drawn on such banks The board suggested delaying any effective date to ease the transition and avoid a sudden financial upheaval
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Robert S. Thornburgh
Washington
INS
Federal Reserve Board Today
Walter Wyatt
Congress
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Supreme Court
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Main Street Lights Go Off In Emergency Cutback
Indiana Borough plans to darken 14 of 79 street lights from Fifth Street to the B and O station as an emergency economy measure. The move trims bulb power from 400 to 250 candlepower, saving about 1027 annually, and eliminating 30 lights temporarily yields about 2431 per year compared to prior costs.
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Indiana
Connell
Associated Gag & Electric Co
Philadelphia
Fifth Street
Architectural Survey Notes Seeks Indiana County Help
A Western Pennsylvania Architectural Survey by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Institute of Architects asks Indiana County residents to share in the work. The survey covers public buildings and numerous structures dating before 1869 and aims to collect drawings rubbings photos and landscape notes. Contact Mrs Jesse W Cary 105 Oak Street Indiana Pa or call 633 d for more information.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
American Institute of Architects
Indiana County
Jesse W. Cary
Oak Street
Indiana
Pennsylvania Rail Line Plans Beer in Diner Service
Pennsylvania railroad officials said they are considering selling beer in dining cars. The move follows a ban lasting 21 years next July since beer and liquors were removed from the system. The decision hinges on actions in 13 states where the railroad operates. Representatives are monitoring relevant legislation.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Alaskan Governor John W. Troy Named by Roosevelt
John W. Troy is appointed as Alaska's new governor by President Roosevelt. Troy, a publisher from Junion, Alaska, is introduced in the White House as he assumes the post.
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John W. Troy
Alaska
Roosevelt
Mr. Troy
Junion
Firit
White House
France Plans Early Payment Of Her Debt Installment
President Roosevelt secured assurances from French sources that France will soon pay the 519 million dollar debt installment deferred last December. Andre de Laboulaye, the new French ambassador, is expected to deliver formal notice in two or three weeks. France delayed to avoid paying Hoover, a political stance now easing as France seeks equality with other nations pursuing debt revision.
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Kingsbury Smith
UNS
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
France
Andre de Laboulaye
Hoover
French Chamber of Deputies
Bankers Await for New Deal
Banking leaders in this city and beyond await a Treasury ruling permitting member banks of the Federal Reserve system under conservators to resume business on a limited withdrawal basis. Officials report no official notice received by late hour, but optimism says the measure could loosen frozen assets in national and state banks.
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Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Mrs Sara Ann Corrigan Passes in Indiana Hospital
A longtime county resident active in church and the Tadies Auxiliary of the American Legion, Mrs. Sara Ann Corrigan 54 wife of John H Corrigan of Clymer died at Indiana Hospital at 5 00 p m from uremic poisoning Born October 6 1879 in Sample Run Cherryhill Township she is survived by her husband and three sons John J Corrigan Jamerson A Corrigan and Emmett J Corrigan Funeral arrangements are pending with interment to be in Greenwood Cemetery
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The
American Legion
Sara Ann (Howearth) Corrigan
John H. Corrigan
Clymer
Indiana Hospital
Sample Run
Cherryhill Township
John J. Corrigan
Forest Hills
Long Island
N. Y
Jamerson A. Corrigan
Irwin, Pa
Emmett J. Corrigan
Ford City
U. S
Disianno
Corrigan
Christan Church of
Capital's Newest Cub Reporter
Washington dispatch reports the Capital's newest cub reporter assigned to cover the White House is Franklin D. Roose from Hyde Park New York. His appointment followed President's presentation of a National Press Club membership card last night.
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Washington
White House
Franklin D. Roose
Vest
Hyde Park
N. Y
New York
National Presa Club
13 Year Old Boy To Stage Debut In Local Theatrical Act
Peter Myers, age 13, kidnapped March 15 and released after a $300 ransom, was booked with his sister Helen 44 for a local theatre stage appearance. The pair will perform a dancing act after years of preparation under their father's support.
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Suaron
Peter Myers
Mareh
Peter
Helen
Unemployment Relief In Doubt For Pennsylvania April
Pennsylvania faces doubts over the unemployment relief program as cash on hand for April totals about 3.7 million to cover an estimated 6.7 million in expenses. February jobless total reaches 1,321,842 or 35.5 percent of the state’s workforce with funds limited to the first two weeks of April. Governor Pinchot notes awaiting federal loan decisions while counties await allocations and possible Talbot bill funds.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
State Emergency Relief Board
Talbot
Pace Woman Begins Prison Term for Husband's Death
Uniontown reports Luella Pace, 27, of Maxwell, began a 6 1/2 to 12 year sentence after pleading guilty to killing her husband James Pace. She told Judge Henderson she loved him and was sorry, stating she did not mean to kill him.
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Uniontown
INS
Luella Pace
Maxwell
James
Bomb damages home of radio pastor in Detroit
Royal Oak police report the home of Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, the shrine of the Little Flower pastor, was bombed. No injuries and only four broken cellar windows were noted as the crude device was placed in a food cellar beneath his bedroom. Police said it was not powerful enough to cause serious damage. Unemployed Meet Workers' Unemployment Council Indiana Local No. 3 meets at Court House at 7:30 tonight.
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Detroit
INS
Royal Oak Police Today
Charles E. Coughlin
Fr. Coughlin
Workers
Unemployment Council
Indiana Local No. 3
Court House
Former Mayor Walker Hurting in Cannes Health Update
Former New York mayor James J. Walker is gravely ill in Cannes due to kidney and heart problems. His brother Dr. William H. Walker said he plans to leave Cannes for treatment as his sister Betty Compton and her mother stay nearby.
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Mareham
James J. Walker
Cannes
Prance
Betty Compton
Wiliam H. Walker
Rex
The
Italian Inc
Iam
Jimmy
Protests Rise Over New Workmen’s Comp Rates
Harrisburg March 30. Mounting protests against the new workmen compensation rates for emergency relief employes threaten Pennsylvania relief efforts. Attorney General Schnader weighs legality of the dollar weekly premium per worker. State Emergency Relief Board members question the excess fee as questions loom over retroactive rate from January 1.
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William J. Kelly
N.S
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
William A. Schnader
Gifféea’ Linton
State Emergency Relief Board
State Insurance Department
Schnader
Pennsylvania Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau
William B. Rodgers
DuBois Men Get One-Year Terms For Counterfeiting
Leonard L. Pierce and Bert Fullerton, both of DuBois, received one year in a Federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to counterfeiting. The case involves nickels, quarters and dollars. Pierce said he learned the craft while jailed in Clearfield County for auto theft.
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Pittsburgh
Leonard L. Pierce
Bert Fullerton
DuBois
Pierce
Clearfield County
Sales Tax Data Receivable Here in Indiana County
The representative for Indiana county will be in the basement of the Court House Friday and Saturday, March 31 and April 2, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., to assist with the filing of Emergency Relief Sales Tax returns and to receive payments.
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Indiana County
Court House
Crash Victim Still Serious In Hospital After Collision
Resting fairly well, Miss Aighe Stadtmiller remains in hospital with a fracture of the right rib, possible lung injury, after being struck by a car on Philadelphia Street at 11:05 Tuesday night. The car operator Friedman, 23, of Ald Ohio, and two others appeared before Justice of the Peace J. D. Hill and were released on own recognizance after an assault charge. four others injured in separate incidents were later reported.
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Diana Hospital
Ben Madoff
J. D. Hill
Ohio City
Eight Aliens Granted Citizenship at Naturalization Hearing
Judge J N Lang admitted eight individuals at the March naturalization session after examination by United States Attorney Louis G Tellner. Recipients include Anna Brnick of Lucerne Mines James Trabiti Blairsville Achi Jorazio Blairsville Philip Minarcik Blairsville George Galido Blairsville Sam Buchman Blairsville and others awaiting final records.
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J. N. Lang
Naturalition Court
United Statetorney
Louis G. Tellner
Regiment of Labor
Anna Br Nick
Lucerne Mines
James Trabit
Dri
Joe Louisa
McIntyre
Achi Jorazio
Blairsville
Philip Tell ‘Seling
George Galido
Sam Buchman
Philip Minarcik
Murder Ends Good Resolution in Arlington Heights
Chicago report says a 30-year-old woman identified as Viole Ganschow of Palatine was found shot near Northwest Highway in Arlington Heights. Police believe she was killed after being tossed from a car during a confrontation, with a pi clue cited in the unresolved case.
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Chicago
Arlington Heights
Viole Ganschow
Palatine
Freshmen Democrats Rally Against World Court Adherence
Washington dispatch reports Democratic freshmen senators plan to bolt President Roosevelt and oppose adherence to the World Court. The group includes Li D of Louisiana Gargway of Arkansas Clark of Missouri McCarran Nevada Bone of Washington Russell of Georgia Di of Illinois Lonergan etc. They pledge against ratification, hindering administration efforts in committee and on the floor as a new push for the World Court protocol faces resistance.
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Ruseevic
World Court
Li D
Louisiana
Gargway
Arkansas
Clark
Missouri
McCarran
Nevada
Bone
Wagington
Russell
Georgis
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Lonergan
Senate
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