Adjournment Hopes Rise as Harrisburg Sings Goodbye
In Harrisburg on May 4 members of the House gathered before the session and sang farewells to Pinchot and key measures. Senate moves toward final passage of the general appropriation bill aim to fund state government next biennium. Budget girded at 148,630,844 with a 25 million bond conditional on voter approval in November.
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Harrisburg
Ant
William J. Kelly
NLS
INS
General Assembly
Senate
Gifford Pinchot
Punt
California
East Strouderr
West Chester
Drink
Shamakin
Soasdale
Harry RB. Scott
Centre
Conference Committee
Scott
Armed attacker sought after Wilkinsburg girl assault
May 4 report from Pittsburgh says police seek an armed man who attacked a 19 year old Wilkinsburg girl after binding her escort to a tree. The victim was taken to Montefiore hospital in serious condition after escaping the wooded area. Escort Robert Heintzelman freed himself and notified police.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Wilkinsburg
Montefiore Hospital
Robert Heintzelman
Etree
Teachers Lead Coastwide Life Saving Courses in May Week
A national corps of about 7000 examiners conducts American Red Cross style life saving and swimming instruction across the United States. Courses cover diving to recover bodies, rescue approaches, escapes from holds, towing, resuscitation, head protection, and recreational swimming with field staff traveling coast to coast. Mr. Young will visit Todinna State Teachers College May 6 to 11. senior students may apply through May 5.
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United States
Cea
Nntia
WIS Ras ‘B
Young
Todinna State Teachers College
Titocea
M. i Sanders
Seven Weeks of Hiccoughs End for Belle Boyd
Miss Belle Boyd, 24, of near Marionville, was believed cured today after a seven weeks siege of hiccoughs. Home remedies failed, her case reached Kane where hiccoughs stopped three weeks ago but resumed briefly, leaving her weaker though out of danger per physicians.
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Kane
INS
Belle Boyd
Marionville
Austrian Nazi Plot Foiled in Austria
Vienna May 4 official government statement revealed a sensational Nazi plot to overthrow Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss. Nazis planned to oust the government by force and press for immediate Austro-German union.
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Vienna
INSJ
Nuagis
Engelbert Dollfuss
United States Closes Mails To State Rabbit Racket
The U S Post Office Department issued a fraud order against Eastern Rabbitry and Eastern Rabbitries Inco and closed the mails to a scheme promising high profits from selling rabbits. Alvin J. Keeny admitted the business was recently incorporated to dodge obligations, with false claims of rapid returns and guaranteed prompt payments. Dozens of complaints from breeders showed shipments were unpaid and the operation was not financially sound.
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United States Post Office Department
Eastern Rabbitry
Eastern Rabbitries, Incorporated
New Freedom
Pennsylvania
Farley
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Solicitor Donnelly
Post Office Department
Alvin J. Keeny
Incorpore
Ated
Fire Rages Through Sayre Hospital Killing One Patient
A hospital fire at Robert Packer Memorial Hospital Sayre Pa destroys the building except the office area. One patient died at Tioga Hospital in Waverly N Y and a maternity ward mother gave birth to a son on a Coleman Memorial Parish House table. Firemen rescued 226 patients as crews from nearby towns aided. The blaze started in a ground floor room during drizzling rain. An investigation into the fire’s cause began immediately.
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Sayre
Robert Packer Memorial Hospital
Coleman Memorial Parish House
Ray Lewis
Charles Mayo
Tioga Hospital
Waverly
N. Y
Lowng
National Farm Holiday Convention Opens in Des Moines
Delegates from seventeen states and Canada gather for the National Farm Holiday Association first annual convention in Des Moines urging a national strike set for May 15. They demand suspension of mortgage foreclosures and guarantees that farmers receive cost of production plus a moderate profit. The plan calls for withholding market delivery of wheat corn cotton cattle and hogs until prices rise.
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Des Moines
INS
National Farm Holiday Association
Canada
Fire destroys Applewold tipple in $70,000 loss
Five buildings at Mohawk Mining Company in Applewold near Kittanning were razed, with losses estimated at $70,000 and partial insurance coverage. Firefighting units from Kittanning fought the blaze as investigators opened inquiry into a possible incendiary origin. The mine has been idle since April 1 after miners walked out over wages.
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Kittanning
INS
lFive
Mohawk Mining Company
Applewold
British exchange fund to be more than doubled
London May 4. In a bid to curb dollar fluctuation Chancellor Neville Chamberlain will seek to raise the British exchange equalization fund from 150 million to 340 million pounds sterling. The official announcement named the move as an effort to stabilize the depreciated American dollar.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Brody Brothers Celebrate 20th Anniversary
Brody Brothers marks twenty years serving Taciala Valley. The store began in a small room next to Moors Hotel and expanded through relocations while remaining under original management. The two founders, teens at opening, built a lasting local business.
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Taciala
Vaildy
Brody Brothers
Treasury balance update May 2 reports large figures
Treasury balance as of May 2 stands at 545,800,980.91 with expenditures at 7,500,210.01 and customs receipts at 1,037,057.88, according to INS dispatch from Washington dated May 4.
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Washington
INS
Treasury
Three youths arrested for sugar thefts in Blairsville
Blairsville police arrested Jack Dudash 26, Josiah Dudash 22, and Kenneth Bates 17 after they admitted stealing 400 pounds of sugar from KE& Gilmore department store warehouse in Blairsville. They were arraigned before Justice Ralph C. Brown and released on bond with restitution and costs.
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Blairsville
KE. &. Gilmore
North Side
Pearce
Ralph C. Brown
Jack Dudash
Lewisville
Josiah Dudash
Kenneth Bates
Robert D. Neal
Alex B. Watson
Bates
Latrobe
Neal
Watson
Dudash
Joseph
Maple Avenue
Joseph Dudash
Burrell Street
Brothers
King Kong at the Ritz prompts city stir
A sensational preview announces the giant ape King Kong at the Ritz next Monday through Wednesday. The 50 foot creature, terrorizing and powerful, battles prehistoric foes and clashes with civilization in a tale starring Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, and Bruce Cabot.
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Kong
King Kong
Fay Wray
Robert Armstrong
Bruce Cabot
Ritz Theatre
Camerman
Man
Hollywood
New York
Chasing Fire Engines Is Ended in Kane
Kane resident reports the fire engine chase has ended as youths lose interest. The horses were retired first, and Burgess E W Albertson orders fire companies to observe all traffic laws en route to fires.
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Kane
Burgess E. W. Albertson
Woman Held In Auto Case in Homer City
Wilda Kelley aged 83 of Indiana faces charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence after her car failed to stop following a collision in Homer City. She was arrested by a state highway patrolman and jailed pending a preliminary hearing. Leonard Olson, 27, of Indiana, who drove the car, was arrested for driving without a license and jailed yesterday afternoon. continued on Page Two.
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Wilda Kelley
Indiana
Homer City
Leonard Olson
Peggy
MeeMath
Lee
Hughes
Hug
Harwich Grammar School
Cape Cod
Lieut
Voopers
Lindberg
Needham
Pur
Gatéry
Upturn in Western Pennsylvania Industry Prompted by Recalled Workers
A district survey by I. N. S. shows factories ramping up activity across Western Pennsylvania. Standard Steel Spring and Pittsburgh Forgings in Coraopolis run day and night shifts. Neville Island’s Pittsburgh Screw and Bolt expands. 600 at Creighton Plant, Pittsburgh Plate Glass recalls. Pittsburgh Crucible Steel restarts Midland plant. Jones & Laughlin restarts Aliquippa furnace. MacBeth-Evans reports 21 percent gains at Charleroi. West Penn Cement recalls 125 at West Winfield. Wightman Bottle and Glass plans higher output at Parker City and Knox. Butler Rolling Mills and Sharon Westinghouse Electric show gains.
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Pennsylvania
Standard Steel Spring Company
Pittsburgh
Coraopolis
Pittsburgh Screw and Bolt Company
Neville Island
Creighton
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Pittsburgh Crucible Steel Company
Midland
Ohio River
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Aliquippa
MacBeth-Evans Glass Company
Charleroi
Buller County
West Penn Cement Company
West Winfield
Wightman Bottle and Glass Company
Parker City
Knox
Butler
American Rolling Mille Co
Sharon
Westinghouse Rblectric
Lad Happy In Separation
Three year old Billy Lesig was seized from his mother by court order and taken to Allegheny General Hospital for tuberculosis of the spine treatment. The child plays under care in the hospital bed while his mother protests the court action.
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Pitfsburgis
Royish Grvins
Billy Lesig
Allegheny General Hospital
Lhe Law
Billy
Obituary for Mrs Jennie Barclay Brown 61
Mrs Jennie Barclay Brown aged 61 widow of Hugh Brown of Young Township died suddenly of a heart condition at her home 1058 Church street Wednesday evening at 5 40 o clock She was born in Indiana Sept 8 1871 and later moved to Center Township where Aultman is now located She married Hugh Brown at age 22 and reared nine children all living The family lived in Young Township then Indiana and later moved back to Indiana eight years ago She belonged to the United Presbyterian Church at Kent and leaves children Anna Hazlett Robert Viola Martha Blue Florence Hertha James Porter Geneva a brother M K Barclay a sister Margaret Barclay Stuchell and seven grandchildren
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Jennie Barclay Brown
Hugh Brown
Young Township
Church
Alexander
Sara (Rankin) Barclay
Indiana
Center Township
Aultman
United Presbyterian Church
Kent
Anna Hazlett
Clune
Robert
Conemaugh Township
Viola
Martha Blue
Florence
Hertha
James
Porter
Geneva
White Township
Nieve
Margaret Barclay Stuchell
Students parade to keep teacher at Youngwood High
In Creensburg May d showing student protest over science teacher Hein whose contract renewal is disputed. Senior students threatened to strike if demands not met but Hein halted the plan. renewal decision not yet issued as the senior board refused to renew Hein and did not sign three other teachers.
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Creensburg
Pua
May
INS
George
Hein
Youngwood High School
Hoin
Hvin
Kidnapped Heiress Peggy McMath In Cape Cod Search
Massachusetts state police intensified a Cape Cod kidnaping hunt for ten year old Peggy McMath. A New York car with three occupants matched the abductor vehicle description and refueled suspicions as authorities across multiple states joined the search. Family spokesmen and investigators warned of possible ransom while noting no contact from the kidnappers.
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Margaret CG. McMath
Francis C. McMath
Detroit
Harwichport
Mass
New England
Neil McMath
Massachusetts
Peggy'’* McMath
Boston
INS
Peggy McMath
Cape Cod
New York
Attleboro
Wrentham
Altho
Motor Vehicles Registry Bureau
Albany
N.Y
Warwich
Poliee
Peggy McMapath
James Hughes
Massachusetts State Police
Landbergh
Harwich
William Lee
McMeath
Ley
Merz
McMath
Margaret
Peggy”) McMath
Neil C. McMath
Mich
Fox
Peggy
New Jersey
Harwich Grammar
Graduates at Har-Brack to wear $1 dresses at ceremony
Har-Brack Union High School graduates plan dresses of white dimity costing about $1 each for the diploma ceremony. The dresses will be made by the girls under domestic science teachers guidance and will be identical in design. The vote favored inexpensive attire over traditional caps and gowns to assist families with limited funds.
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Har-Brack Union High School
Mary Meyers
Margaret Lytle
Helen Stoner
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Herbert Young, JR
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Brody
Gilmore
Lad
Church Street
Buchheit Bros
Kitty State Troopers
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Aaron Davis
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St. Nicholas Club
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William Davis Lee
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