Five Billion RFC Loans Prompt National Recovery Push
A Washington dispatch reports that authorizations and allocations totaling 5.206 billion dollars were made by the RFC as part of the federal effort to revive a demoralized nation since March 1954. A grand total of 7.944 billion has been expended since the Hoover era, with notes on duplicated or conflicting agency figures in the condensed review by Donald B. Richberg, official secretary of the National Executive Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred T. Newberry
Sta
Washington
Sept. H
INS
RFC
Roosevelt
Donald B. Richberg
National Executive Council
Father and Daughter Arrested for Aid Case Sealed by Court
The court battle in Judge Charles Corbett's chamber ended with an appeal to the Supreme Court that set aside the decision. Litch remarried after the first marriage ended, its second union later annulled. Litch’s father ran Jefferson County National Bank and partnered in Litch Lumber. The son now lives on weekly county relief, in the family home where he was raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Corbett
Supreme Court
Litch
Jefferson County National Bank
Litch Lumber Company
County Relief Committee
Liteh
Grand Jury Returns No True Bills And Guilty Pleas
A county grand jury fails to bring true bills on twelve cases including Bernard Stevens and others tied to a 1931 Tunnelton hold up. Several defendants face serious charges while others, like R L Larson and E H Norris, plead guilty to practicing medicine without a license with suspended sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Stevens
Canoe Township
Steve Brasyda
Blacklick Township
Theodore Doverspike
Charles Duncan
Thermon Haught
Clarence Harmon
Tunnelton
Harry Miller
Somerset County
Henry Gromley
Glen Campbell
Ernest Kuenzi
Wilkinsburg
Sam Brickell
Earl Brickell
Rossiter
Harry E. James
Mike Yankocky, Jr
Dixonville
R. L. Larson
Sioux City
Iowa
E. H. Norris
Des Moines
Langham
Textile strike sweeps mills as workers walk out nationwide
A mass walkout hits New Bedford and other cities as 85,00 strikers attack non strikers and police guard plants. Leaders warn against violence while claims of 800,000 quitting clash with 92,000 as the strike spreads from Massachusetts to New Jersey and the South. In Pennsylvania 126,444 textile workers are employed with 40,000 reportedly joining the nationwide stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
North Carolina
Ehringhaus
Gorman
George A. Sloan
Cotton Textile Institute
Sloan
New England
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont
New Hampshire
Paterson
N. J
Textile strike claims contrast with factory opposition
The textile workers mass walkout entered its fourth day while leaders hailed it as a success and manufacturers called it a monumental failure. Violence and sabotage flared in Fall River and other cities as union leaders urged restraint amid negotiations over peaceful settlements under national scope. Francis J. Gorman signaled openness to locally negotiated deals within union goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Francis J. Gorman
North Carolina
Fall River
Massa
Jamboree Of Young People in Indiana County
The Indiana County Young People's Council of the County Sabbath School Association sponsors the fall jamboree for county youth at Camp William Penn by Yellow Creek. Activities include supervised sports from 3 p.m., swimming if possible, music, ball games, a scavenger hunt, and a hillside service in the creek amphitheatre. Each group brings lunch for a basket supper. all kin dress youth groups are invited with no registration charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Young People’s Council
County Sabbath School Association
William Penn
Yellow Creek
Textile strike spreads in Pennsylvania centers
Union leaders plan a strike campaign outside Philadelphia with Allentown headquarters directed by Carl Holderman and Harry Walton. About 126,500 textile workers are employed in Pennsylvania across cotton mills knitting mills dyeing and finishing woolens and other textiles. Reports show Philadelphia saw nine of 50 mills closed on day one as 6,500 workers joined the strike while 41 mills run with 2,000 union and 10,000 non union workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Milla
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Allentown
William Kelly
United Textile Workers and Strike Generalissimo
William A Getty obituary notices Saltsburg church service
William A Getty died in Saltsbury on Saturday and was buried Tuesday at Edgewood Cemetery after services led by Rev J Stanley Harker of Saltsburg Presbyterian church. The previous Tuesday obituary omitted survivor Mrs Clair Weamer of Saltsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Getty
Saltsbury
Edgewood Cemetery
J. Stanley Harker
Saltsbury Presbyterian Church
Clair Weamer
Saltsburg
Council Lays Off Three At Town Center
Town council announces layoff of three workers at the Town Center amid budget notes. Reported expenses include $812.80 for labor through Avens, $6,224 for service through August 1, and $1,204 in August 1933 for the same service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Street Committee
Burgess B. H Ldehteberger
Indiana
G. E. Simpson
Rossip
Water drains as key home protection
In this installment by housing expert Roger B Whitman, gutters and leaders are urged as essential to manage rainfall. The article details correct design, corrosion prevention, and the use of dry wells to protect foundations, with guidance on ice handling and proper discharge considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger B. Whitman
Federal Housing Administration
Roger B&b
Whitman
Jee
Hoover Piece Triggers Political Feast in Washington
Washington commentary by Karl M. Kahn analyzes Herbert Hoover's print piece stirring anti New Deal sentiment among Republicans and anti Roosevelt factions. It notes GOP doubts about Hoover's 1936 candidacy and questions who will carry the anti New Deal banner at the table of votes. The piece also mentions Liberty League and American Coalition as anti New Deal forces and hints at political maneuvering ahead of 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl M. Kahn
I. N.S
Host Hoover
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Hoover
Houdini
Herbert Clark Hoover
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Senate
Wag
Roosevelt
American Liberty League
Jowett Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
American Coalition
Jouett Shouse
New Deal
New Dealer
Tells of Murder Then Denies It In Kittanning
A fragment reports brothers living in Kittanning involved in a murder claim but the text denies the accusation. The readable portion hints at family dispute and local inquiry without detailing names, dates, or outcomes.
Nazi Revolt Over Hitler Hearings on War Ties
Hitler says nations avoid war but a small clique of international agitators push conflicts. He pledges to remove the poisonous atmosphere in relations with former enemies while insisting peace remains the global goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Sportsmen Plan Picnic at Rustic Lodge
County sportsmen map a Thursday picnic at Rustic Lodge with committees handling fishing casting trapshooting quoit and horseshoes. Homer Graham leads Plug and Fly casting, James Hileman trapshooting, Paul O Hara quoit and horseshoes, Earl Long and Blair Ansley horseshoe, G G Hill rifle events. Weather permitting the event promises a large turnout for sportsmen and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rustic Lodge
Tme
Homer Graham
James Hileman
Paul O'Hara
Earl Long
Blair Ansley
G. Hill
Indiana County
Hitler Proclaims Thousand Year German Faith at Nuremberg
The Fuehrer declared a millennial German life, attacking rivals and praising the party’s spiritual and organizational power. About 7,000 men attended, with Leni Riefenstahl filming and Viktor Lutze reading the Nazi dead roll call, as Hitler’s new escort marked his expanded authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Fuehrer
Germany
Leni Riefenstahl
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Ernst Boehm
Viktor Lutze
Boehm
Reichswenr
Democrats Press Open Session For Relief Measures
Fayette county leader urged the executive to keep to a plan allowing consideration of relief measures by the legislature. Attorney General Schnader and Public Service Commissioner Stahlecker favored limiting the call to financing relief. Republicans and Democrats wrangled over what the session may consider, with calls for using motor fund and liquor profits to fund relief, avoiding new taxes while avert a political circus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
William A. Schnader
P. Stephen Stahlecker
Schnader
Motor Fund
General Fund
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
White House
Harry J. Hopkins
Pinchot
United States Senate
Gold Bandits Loot Dental Offices In Blairsville and Kimtanning
Police in Indiana Blairsville and Greensburg search for a group dubbed the gold bandits after robbing eight dental offices of gold worth several hundred dollars. Blairsville offices show losses around 310 dollars with three offices totaling 300 dollars in Blairsville and small sums from others, while Greensburg detectives assist. In Kittanning a separate burglary recovered a family heirloom gold watch and minor scrap gold from Dr Sedwick’s office, with two other offices resisting entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Blairsville
Harry Deibler
Paul EB. Naylon
H. A. Gentz
Francis C. Reilly
Greensburg
Kittanning
J. D. Sedwick
Dr. Sedwick
Paul Bayne
E. H. Wright
Frenzied Illinois gunman killed five people before police capture
In Fulton Illinois on September 6 Fred Blink 46 fled a Farm attack spree that left Mrs Jennie Walters 70 Timothy J Gorricky Jr Des Moines Harry Minje John Hamilton Webb Collier 68 and Joe Collier dead. Blink was wounded twice by his own shotgun and a police pistol and remains alive under guard. He aimed to collect profits from a Hamilton farm and was pursued to the Hamilton farm and Clinton bridge where he killed Hamilton and wounded Joe Collier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Ill
Fred Blink
Clington
FIC
Frank Kustes
Blink
John Hamilton
Jennie Walters
Hamilton
Joe Collier
Watters
Hamilton Farm
Minje
Webb Collier
John Pack
Collier
Clinton - Illinois Bridge
Governors plan blocked and payroll tax talk swirls
Governors plan to use $6,000,000 in liquor profits and $14,000,010 from the motor fund was rejected by Hopkins at the Roosevelt home in Hyde Park. A special session of the Legislature is planned for next Wednesday, while Earle dodges a bi partisan relief conference. Federal action centers on shifting relief costs to a payroll tax with a five percent rate proposed to fund unemployment insurance, possibly delaying broader tax reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
George H. Earle
New York
Wilkes-Barre
James Farley
National Democratic
William 8
Neal
Wagner-Lewis
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Poison Pie Slayer Held
Pittsburgh report details Raymond Grabowski murder case as Stanley Grabowski awaits trial in county jail. The mother disputes confession while police describe a pie laced with rat poison and three children fed portions. Raymond, eight, died. Stanley Jr., nine, clings to life. Anna Marie, four, survived by eating only the apples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
INS
Raymond
Stanley Grabowski
Stanley
Ney
Grabowski
Stanley, Jr
Anna Marie
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Stock Market Rally Pushes Shares Higher Amid Mixed Signals
The New York market rallied after a week of decline with mining and government bonds influencing moves. Grains and cotton advanced while steels and rails showed modest gains. Major names like U S Steel, Chrysler, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric and Radio Corp moved in varied directions as investors weighed inflation fears and potential congressional action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Treasury
U. S
Allied Chemical Iat
American Car Felry
American Smelting
Atchison T. S. F
Atlantic Refining
A. T.T
Q. Railroad
Bethlehem Steel
Bordens
Canadian Pacific
Ches, and Ohio R. R
Chrysler
Columbia Gas
Mary Fort Pitt
N.dis
Studebaker
Texas Corporation
United Corporation
United Gas Imp
United States Steel
Warner Bros PLC
Westinghouse Elec
Woolworth
Pennroad Corporation
Commissioner Sales Postponed
The county will offer on October 4 and privately thereafter for sale all properties not settled in full. Several owners with partial payments must complete settlement to save their real estate.
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Department of Labor and Industry Today
United Textile Workers General Strike
Jose
Peter van Horn
Silk Code Authority
Jetter
Harry L. Hopkins
United Textile Workers Union
United Textile Workers of America Today
Moorhead
Jamboree
Fen
Walker
William Getty
Cravenor
Mike Janopy
Court House Ataches
Poison Pie
Sales
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