Reward Offered In Case Of Missing Four-Year-Old Girl
Bradford May 17 awards totaling 1200 dollars were posted for information leading to solving the disappearance of four year old Marjory West. State police believe abduction or accident possible as Indian trackers from the Cornplanter Reservation joined the search. The woods search was suspended after a report of a freshly dug apparent grave proved to hold a barrel of aging wine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Marjory West
P. W. Foote
Marjory
Pennsylvania
American Legion Post
Hugh J. Ryan
Political primary battles roil Pennsylvania slate
The Democratic contest near the finish saw bitter clashes as Charles Margiotti opposed by S Davis Wilson for Senate and Eddie McCloskey in the field. Guffey and Lawrence split over a gubernatorial candidate amid graft probes and a grand jury inquiry delayed by the state Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guffey
Lawrence
Vithielle
Margiotti
General Assembly
State Supreme Court
United States
George H. Farle
S. Davis Wilson
Eddie McCloskey
Charles Alvin Jones
Charles J. Margioiti
Thomas Kennedy
Leo C. Mundy
Ralph H. Smith
John J. Maluska
Thamas A. Logue
Mys
Edith B. Dewitt
Heavy Balloting Marks Primaries Amid Party Split
Voters head to polls as campaigns end in bitter exchanges. The final push follows months of factional intraparty strife with Farley warning that the attic of conflicts could derail the Democratic party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farley
Democratic Party
Administration Fights Conservatives In Southern Primary Elections
Washington May 17 The division of Gov Olin D Johnston of South Carolina announced plans to oppose Ellison B Smith in the Democratic senatorial race asserting loyalty to Roosevelt and the party platform Johnston, a New Dealer, and Smith, a long-time agriculture leader, clash as the anti admin push in the South gathers pace with other candidates also entering. Roosevelt aides and Georgia Gov Rivers spark speculation of cross state rivalries as wage hour and court reform issues enter the campaign landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Congress
Johnston
White House
Senate
Ellison B. Smith
Smith
Agriculture Committee
Pepper
Florida
Hill
Alabama
Barkley
Kentucky
Duffy
Wisconsin
McAdoo
California
Pennsylvania primary eyes loom over Kennedy Earle clash
A heated fusion debate pits John L. Lewis backed Kennedy against Governor Earle for the Democratic senatorial nomination with May Davis Wilson also contending. Candidates and party leaders hoopla over Roosevelt endorsements, party bosses, and pledge to repudiate outside interference as 2,000,000 plus voters prepare to cast ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
Fairey
Thomas Kennedy
George H. Earle
Philadelphia
S. Davis Wilson
Earle
Senate
Charles Alvin Jones
Kennedy
Death in 1931 ruled accidental in Nearhood case
In Lewisburg on May 17 the death of four year old Mabel Verdilla Nearhood was ruled an accident and her father Arthur B Nearhood was absolved. The grand jury found no connection to seven year old Jase Nearhood who was said to be killed by a pistol that fell from a mantle on Christmas Day 1981. The case had seen the mother Edna Nearhood accuse her husband of deliberate murder, with her silence attributed to threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
Mabel Verdilla Nearhood
Union County Grand
Arthur &. Nearhood
Jase
Nearhood
William E. Roth
Edna
Tam Not a Good Republican A New Dealer
A wire cites Alf M. Landon saying if you are not a good Republican, you are not a good Republican, a remark framed as settling the matter. The speaker urges joining without bitterness to remove from Harrisburg the officials who replaced honesty with spellbound government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Alf M. Landon
James
Harrisburg
Republican ticket forecasts in state election race
Campaign bets sight 75 000 votes for Pinchot nomination and 100 000 margin for Owlett. Davis laments centralization while Home Rule advocates appeal to labor youth and farmers. James and Pinchot camps offer optimistic turnout guesses as managers name party candidates in a statewide race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinchot
James
Owlett
Davis
Washington
Harrisburg
James Camp
P. Stephen Stahmecker
U. S
James J. Davis
Mason Owlett
Edward Lowther Stokes
Arthur H. James
Frank P. B. Thompson
James M. Jones
Gifford Pinchot
Samuel I. Lewis
Frank J. Harris
William #. Brown
William S. Livengood, Jr
Renejamin C. Jones
Frederic A. Godcharles
Philip H. Dewey
John A. de Renzo
Obituary notices from Deckers Point and nearby towns
Obituary continuation lists Maisie Clara McQuown 51 of Deckers Point died at home after asthma. Survived by husband Murray C. McQuown three sons Clifford Ronald McQuown two daughters Thalia Mae Dorothy McQuown mother Daisy Kinter and brothers Roy Clair James. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. at home and Best Cemetery. Also notes burial for Anthony Gulakowski in St Bernard Cemetery after Assumption Church Ernest officiated by Father Emilio Farri. Rebecca Rankin funeral in Wareham Home Wilkinsburg. burial in Washington Pa. Carrie Nihiser death in Cleveland. three sisters and a brother survive. Mrs Alexander Graham services at Ebenezer Church. daughter Mrs Jean G. Hilty survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray C. M'Quown
Maisie Clara (Kinter) McQuawn
Murray C. McQuawn
Deckers Point
Wiliam H
Sophia C. Kinter
Indiana
Williard McQuown
Clifford
Ronald McQuown
Thalia Mae
Dorothy McQuown
Daisy
Roy Kinter
Jacksonville
Fla
Clair Kinter
Marion Center
James Kinter
Dixonville
Best Cemetery
Anthony Gulakowski
St. Bernard
Assumption Church
Ernest
Wey
Father Emilio Farri
Wilbert H. Rankin
Todd Wilson
James Wells
H. C. Farren
Charlotte Armstrong
Rebecca
Carrie
Thompson
Nt.hiser
Charles Williams
Grant Kunkle
Paul Barron
Cleveland
Williams
Kunkle
Thompson) Nihiser
Huron Road Hospital
Nihiser
Robert Nihiser
Burigl
Crown Hill Cemetery
Alexander Graham
Ebenezer Presbyterian Church
Messrs
J. C. Mountain
John King
Jean G. Hilty
Joan G. Gilty
Stotesbury Career Ends in Death at 80
Edward T Stotesbury 80 famed Philadelphia banker and art patron died after a car accident near his Chestnut Hill home. He rose from a $18-a-month clerkship at Drexel to head of the firm and a leader in Morgan interests. He owned Whitemarsh Hall, donated to charities, and served as Reading Company director. He chaired Reading’s executive committee and backed Republican campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Edward T.stotesbury
Tower of Art and Horses
Chestnut Hill
Reading (Railroad) Company
Stotesbury
Drexel & Co
Philadelphia Grand Opera Company
Reading Company
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway Company
Republican National Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Officials and Employes Plane Vanishes Over Mojave Desert
A Lockheed 14 transport with pilot Willey vanished after weather turned rough near Daggett California while en route to Las Vegas. With 500 gallons of fuel the craft could stay aloft about 74 hours at 280 mph. CCC enrollees searched 50 square miles for the missing plane amid scattered cloud banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willey
Daggett
Mojave Desert
Las Vegas
Nev
Warsaw
Northwest Airlines
Lockheed
Bridger Mountains
Montana
CCC
Sunday School Group Meeting in Tabernacle
The semi annual gathering of the American Sunday School Union for Cambria Armstrong Westmoreland and Indiana Counties met at the Tabernacle. Rev. Charles Williams heard the group through Bell Telephone and Blair Uber. Twenty two schools reported progress and a lunch was served cafeteria style. The program included musical duets by the Pierson Brothers and others, with addresses by John Hennett and Dixon of Lucerne. Rev Swinehart preached on the Blood Atonement. The event was well received and plans for the next meeting were set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Sunday School Union
Cambria
Armstrong
Westmoreland
Indiana
Tabernacle
Charles Williams
Bell Telephone Company
Caurlegy
Blair Uber
Williams
John Hennett
Dixon
Lucerne
Kherji
Cleveland
Swinehart
Deadly Atlanta hotel fire leaves twenty seven dead
May 17 Atlanta firemen searched charred ruins of the Sve story Terming Hotel for additional bodies as officials called it the deadliest blaze in the city. Twenty seven people are confirmed dead with several more still unidentified. Fire Chief J Parker predicted more victims would be found as investigators probe the top to bottom blaze started after 3 p m yesterday and trapping guests estimated at 60 to 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Sve
Adignty
J. Parker
Parker
Avante
James
Start Demanded On Works Program Reorganization Dead
Washington May 17 Senate leaders pressed a quick start for the 4.6 billion relief and public works program urging federal agencies to list projects that can begin within 30 days once legislation passes. Senator Hayden Aziz led a push for action avoiding red tape while Hopkins WPA chief was questioned on expanding rolls. The Senate aims to vote next week as wage hour and reorganization bills loom. civil aviation regulation passes in the Senate, House considers similar action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Hayden’b-Aziz
Tekes and
Wallace
Senator Adams
D-Cole
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Hopkins
National Youth Administration
House
Barkley
Markets and Livestock Prices From Pittsburgh May 17
Market news from Pittsburgh reports fair demand for produce with apples and potatoes listed at near steady levels and various regional price ranges. Livestock quotes include hogs 50 in total with active bids up to 15 cents higher, cattle steady with good and choice at 9.50 to 10.00, and sheep steady with spring lambs at 11.00 and lambs 7.75 to 8.25. Chicago grain markets drift lower on Liverpool data and damp domestic moisture, with wheat down and corn also lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
New York
Baldwins
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maine
Green Mountains
Florida Spaulding Rose
Alabama Bliss Triumphs
South Carolina Cobblers
Livestonk
Chicago
Liverpool
Major 1960s-70s U.S. industrials and majors list scene
A dense roster of prominent corporations and brands appears, naming companies across oil, steel, cars, chemicals, utilities, and mailers. Firms include Amoco, Alcoa, American Can, Ford, General Motors, IBM, Kodak, Chrysler, Du Pont, U.S. Steel, Texaco, Pennroad, Studebaker, Woolworth, Westinghouse, and many others, suggesting a stock market or industry-wide reference page or index.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atl Refining
Ball and Ohio
Bald Loco Ct
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steal
Beth Steel
Calumet
Hee
Cenad Pacific
Ches and
Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Cons Edison Cong Oil
Lack
West Couay Aircraft du Pont de N Eastman Kodak
Ti Auto Lite
Gen Free
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Hard-Walker
Int Harvester Int
Nick Can
Tel
Tel Kennecott Cop Toen's Inc
Mack Trucks
Montgom - Ward Nash-Kelvinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pr Nut Distillers
Nat Pow
NY Central BA North Ameria
Packard Motor
Penn ‘Rr Phillips Pet Pub
Sye NJ Pure Ol Radio Corp
Repab Steel Pynolds
Tobears Roebuck
Socony
Waguum
Southern Pacific
Southven Ry Sperry Corp
Cal
Ind
Studebaker Corp
Texas Corp
Timken
Transamerica
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp US Rubber US
US Steel West Union Tel West
Mig
Woolworth Wah
Cities Service
Alec Bond and
Pennroad Corp
Beaver Woman Charged With Murder Over Stabbing
Lois Ralston of Beaver is charged with murder for stabbing Anthony Grant in Rochester after he followed his estranged wife there. Grant died from a shoulder wound severing an artery at Rochester Hospital. Rita Grant is charged as an accessory. Both women are in Beaver jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver
Lois Ralston
Rita Grant
Rochester
Anthony Grant
Harry Anderson
F. A. Cline
Justice of the Peace M. B
Wallover
Chicago Relief Crisis Deepens As Funds Run Out
Chicago officials report a looming relief crisis with 34 000 families affected. The Emergency Relief Commission orders relief stations closed tomorrow for lack of funds. About 1500 of 1900 employees face layoffs as Governor Horner calls a special legislative session to bridge a monthly gap between 1.9 million dollars from the state sales tax and 3.4 million needed to aid 93 000 families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wlingis Emergency Relief Commission
Henry Horner
Women jurors must be bareheaded in court says judge
In White Plains on May 17 Justice Abram Zoller ruled that women jurors should sit bareheaded to keep focus on the case rather than on others hats. He praised their work but said the style distracts from duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Abram Zoller
SEEK FUNDS TO HALT SUFFERING IN CHINA DRIVE
Washington May 7 The Red Cross today sought funds to aid suffering Chinese civilians. Roosevelt appealed for gifts to meet humanitarian need, with Norman Davis noting $170,000 raised since January plus $200,000 from the treasury. The goal is $1,000,000. Mrs Helen Glasher said no local drive but contributions are welcome at Indiana County Chapter headquarters in the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Red Crowt
Mra
Helen Glasher
Indiana County Chapter
Supreme Court strengthens Wagner Act influence in labor cases
The Supreme Court ruled the worker on strike remains an employee under the act and upheld the National Labor Relations Board procedure in Mackay Radio case. The decision boosts the board's stance against unfair labor practices and fuels calls for potential amendments, though lawmakers urge a hands off approach pending board performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Mackay Radio and ‘Telegraph Company
Burke
D-Neb
Thomas
D-Ulah
Senate Labor Committee
Labor Board
Wagner
Mackay
San Francisco
Beekeepers to Meet Friday With Two Demonstrations
Beekeepers plan two Friday demonstrations on May 20. The morning session starts at 9:00 a.m. at the Ployd Stear farm near Georgeville and the 2:00 p.m. session takes place at J. T. Porsha apiary on W. Rawson Avenue in Blairsville. Penn State Bee Extension Specialist Arthur Freeland will lead talks on seasonal bee handling, summer swarm prevention, super manipulation, hive ventilation, and other key duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ployd Stear
Georgeville
J. T. Porsha
W. Rawson Avenue
Blairsville
Arthur Freeland
Penn State
Paris
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Bradford Wooda
Bush
CIO Major
Hamilton
John M. Hamilton
Charles J. Margiotti
Barle
G. Mason Owlett
Kennedy-Wilson
Earle-Jones
U.S
David
Wilson
Cuffey
John B. Kelly
Jim
Parley
Jones
Johnstown
State
Democratic Committee
David L. Lawrence
Thomas A. Logue
Wilkes- Barre
Carnegie Hall
Hazleton
Farle
Mundy
Democracy
BOY Scout
Oxfords
Boy Scout Equipment Service
Moorhead
Republican Aim
Red Cross
China
Montis
Ralcher
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