Jewish War Veterans end encampment and 1987 conclave picks
Harry M. Schaffer of Pittsburgh named commander in chief at the 41st annual encampment closing in Pittsburgh. Asbury Park, N J chosen for the 1987 gathering. Maxwell Cohen Boston named senior vice commander in chief and Michael Weinstein Asbury Park junior vice. Ladies Auxiliary picks Dorothy Kurman Brooklyn national president, Blanche Brams Newark senior vice president, and Jennie Silverman Chelsea junior vice. James Van Zandt of Veterans of Foreign Wars urged strong national defense as key to peace, backing an army of 165000 enlisted, 14000 officers, a National Guard of 200000, and 2300 aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United States
Harry M. Schaffer
Asbury Park
N. J
Maxwell Cohen
Boston
Michael Weinstein
Ladies Auxiliary
Dorothy Kurman
Brooklyn
Blanche Brams
Newark
N. d
Jennie Silverman
Cheslsea
Mass
James van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
America
van Zandt
Indiana State Relief Population Update
Relief data for Indiana shows 98 new applications in the week ending August 29, raising active relief cases to 1,388 covering 5,877 people. Week expenditure reached 10,352.02 dollars with 77 cases opened and 214 closed, net change minus 137. Private employment losses accounted for 46 cases, W P A employment for 24, and other causes seven.
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Indiana
Weekend Tragedies: Aged 21 Dies After Coal Yard Work
A 21-year-old McIntyre man died at Indiana Hospital after a skull fracture and serious injuries suffered in an accident while driving toward Indiana. He had loaded eight coal cars the prior day, reported abdominal pain Saturday, and died Saturday night. Funeral services were set for 4:30 p.m. at the Catholic Church in McIntyre with burial in St. Bernard's Cemetery. The coroner was still determining how the fatal injuries occurred and investigated Savoy's release on recognizance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIntyre
Indiana
Yanas
Savoy
A. Gawronsky
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Forsha
White's Wood
Ford Coleman
Fourth Ward
Youth Temperance Meet At Armagh Held In Arbutus Park
The Armagh Chapter of the Temperance group reports a retreat at Arbutus Park on Aug 3 and Sept 1, with 30 members present. Mrs. Susan Bracken hosted, Mrs. Mary George presided, and Miss Annabelle Hutchison outlined the year’s program. Six new members joined as the chapter continues its membership drive. A lunch followed a social hour, and next meeting will be at Harry Carney’s home to discuss what the political parties offer.
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Youth Temperance Council
Arbutus Park
Armagh
T. CG
Susan Bracken
Mary George
Annabelle Hutchison
Harry Carney
Despondent man found dead after missing week
Forsha, believed to have died by his own hand after being missing for over a week, was located following information from George H. Luker in the old stone house. He was buried at Oakland Cemetery after services by Rev. R. B. Hurt. In other notes, two injuries occurred in Route 119 crashes near Indiana, and multiple deaths were reported across Pennsylvania from holiday traffic and a Pittsburgh-area airplane disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieved
Forsha
George H. Luker
Atone
Luker
Oakland Cemetery
R. B. Hurt
Indiana Christian Church
Katie Legivitch
Lucerne Mines
George Luckick
Nick Biasella
Cleveland
Indiana
T. R. Tubbs
Biasella
Tubbs
Roy E. Fyock
Joseph Toth
Kent
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Altoona
Florence Nash
Canoé Creek
pRose Altoona
Guy Ling
William Cesare
West Bangor
Pen Argyl
John Smith
Ne&ro
Philadelphia
John Miller
Shoemakersville
St James Lutheran Church Plans Home Coming Event
St James Lutheran Church invites the community to a two day Home Coming starting Saturday with arrival and registration followed by a dinner under the willows and a history themed service. Sunday features worship, Sunday School, and the annual Home Coming Service. The church sits on a grassy bank near the Perryville to Saltsburg road, with a long standing presence in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Lutheran Church
St. James
St. James’ Lutheran Church
St. James’5
Perryville
Saltsburg
Church of Christ
Tragic Traffic Toll Reported From Three Cities
A skidding motorcycle in Pittsburgh killed driver Joseph Sebeck, 22, and injured passenger Alois Brosensteh, 22. In Simpson, Charles Rolapido, 40, died after a turning incident. In Philadelphia, Evelyn Seale, 14, died from injuries in a mobile collision that also injured nine others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Joseph Sebeck
Alois Brosensteh
Sebeck
Philadelphia
Evelyn Seale
Labor Day speeches push unity amid Roosevelt era unions
The Pittsburgh area rally featured Gov Earle Senator Guffey and Philip Murray praising Roosevelt as 200000 turnout at South Park while miners march in support of the United Mine Workers. Union leaders warned against division within the AFL and urged continued labor-advanced reforms.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
Col
Frank Knox
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
South Park
Earle
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
Philip Murray
Commonwealth
National Guard
Guffey
Murray
United Mine Workers
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Keystone
Allquippa
Central Labor and Building Trades Council of
Beaver Valley
United Mine Workers, Retail Clerks’ Protective Association
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Borough Park
Michael A. Musmanno
Allegheny County Court
Uniontown
Political aces watch state in race and campaigns
In several states Republicans and Democrats sharpen campaigns as unemployment and reform issues surface. Otto Case backs job production via factories, Hartley seeks GOP nod alongside four rivals. Johnson and Sweet seek Democratic senator bids in Colorado. vacancies and unopposed races appear in various states. Maine voters hear Woodring and Roosevelt as the campaign enters its final week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Case
Roland H. Hartley
Colorado
Ed C. Johnson
William E. Sweet
Congress
Mra
Isabella Greenway
Roosevelta
Arizona
Townsendite
B. B. Moeur
R. C. Stanford
Superior Court
Vermont
Rerl
Election speakers duel over New Deal era tone
New York and Washington dispatches describe Woodring and Roosevelt trading lines on the New Deal during a campaign. The piece notes Maine’s political echo, bids for state offices next Monday, and Republican charges of WPA abuses in Pennsylvania with calls for registration shifts. Norman Thomas challenges Lemke to a debate, while party leaders claim prosperity from fiscal policies and critique the forgotten man’s tax burden.
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Woodring
War Department
Eastport
Roosevelt
Old Orchard
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Maine
Union
F. Harold Dubord
Ralph O. Brewster
Thomas
Temke
New York
Norman Thomas
Union Party
William Lemke
Lemke
Charles E. Coughlin
United States
Charles B. ‘Coughlin
Father Coughlin
Gerald Smith
F. E. ‘Townsend
Washington
Republican National Committee
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Schuylkill County
Pennsylvania Senate
New Deal
Ralph E. Spencer
WPA
Curwensville
Ralph P. Tannehill
State Emergency Relief Board
Rachael Shallenberger
Altoona City
Charles McDonald
Blair County
Altoona
Joseph Weinberg
Harry D. Johnson
We the People
Edward N. Jones
Priest Ends Hunger Strike Over Oriental Rite Ban
Rev Baycura claims success in protest to Msgr Hyland about a 300 year policy that barred ordained married men in the Oriental Rite. He warned he would continue fasting until his stance is heard, photographed in a Washington hotel as he fasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baycura
Francis Hyland
Father Baycura
Baycard
Msgr
Hyland
Ford
Washington
Candidates And Issues In 1936 Campaign Touches
In Topeka Governor Landon returns from Wichita where he delivered a Labor Day speech. President Roosevelt plans a Smoky Mountains trip ending in Knoxville. Rep. Lemke, Union Party hopeful, criticized major parties as outlived. Norman Thomas condemned the labor split as unnecessary. Earl Browder denounced the AFL suspension as a colossal crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Topeka
Kans
Landon
Wichita
Washington
Roosevelt
Great Smoky Mountains
Knoxville
Tenn
Chicago
William Emke
Union Party
William Hale
Big Bill) Thompson
Lemke
Nyack
N. Y
Norman Thomas
New York
Earl Browder
A. F. of L
Old Donaldson Home At Ridge Repaired For Restoration
The El der's Ridge residence of the Donaldsons is near recovery after debris removal and a new roof. Plasterers and paper hangers are upgrading rooms, with women described as brightening the home. by October it will be converted into two apartments as part of community restoration efforts.
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Donaldson
Elder's Ridge
Challenge to Other Nations Opens Power Conference
A global tension frame marked by rapid armament buildup and rising militarism shaped the session. Dr Julius Dorpmueller, head of the Reichs delegation and director of German railroads, answered the welcoming address as he formally opened the conference in his role as acting president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julus Dorpmueller
Reich
Summary of midwest stock market compendium and names
The ledger lists numerous industrials and utilities from Adams to Woolworth with tickers and percent figures. It includes Am Air, General Electric, Bethlehem Steel, US Steel, Penn Central and multiple Lehigh Valley lines, along with JI cases of percentage values and price-like strings.
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Gen Foods
Gillette
Hard-Walker
Homestake
Hudson Mat Int Harvest
Nick Can
Johns-Manville
Kennecott
Lehigh Port
Lehigh
Lehigh Val RR
Ligg
Mers Loews Lorillard
Mack Trucks
Monty Ward Nash
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Nat
Nat Pwr
North Am Penn RR
Phila
Reading
Repub
Sears Rock Socony-Vacuum
Ry Spiegel
May Stern
Cal
Ind
Studebaker Texas Corp
Transamerica
Aire Corp Unit Corp
Unit
Gas Imp US
Indus Airo US Rubber US
M Woolworth
Curh
Elecond
Sir Pennroad Corp
Milk Dealers Appeal On Dauphin Dockets
In Harrisburg on September 8, 41 appeals by Pennsylvania milk dealers against the Milk Control Board price order were heard in Dauphin County Court. Ryder Dalry Inc of Lemoyne led the first appeal, a test for 21 other area cases, with ten dealers withdrawing earlier. The board fixed 10 cents per quart to consumers and 2.19 dollars per hundred pounds to farmers. Attorney General Margetting said the prices benefit the public and safeguard milk supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pannsylvania
Milk Control Board
Dauphin County
Harry Polikoff
Milk Board
Ryder Dalry, Inc
Lemoyne
Pitty-one
Ten
Pennsylvania
Charles J. Margiott
Commonwealth
Squeezing Science Hark Orange Vitamin Study Note
Dr Nicholas A Milas and Dr Richard H Farmer of MIT describe a device to measure vitamin content by comparing two light frequency intensities in photoelectric cells. The report also covers carbon monoxide studies linking gas presence to potential mine fires and spontaneous coal heating, with tests on 16 coal and rock samples from Locust Gap Pennsylvania and other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas A. Milas
Richard H. Farmer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
U. K
Fittsburgh
Sept
American Chemical Society
G. 5. Scott
G. W. Jones
U. S. Bureau of Mines Experiment Station
Mammoth
Locust Gap
Washington State
Colorado
Scott
Fascists Move In Four Columns In Madrid Crisis
Paris faced tension as Fascists move in four columns after Paris arms shipments to Socialist Madrid. A one hour metal workers strike failed to push Premier Leon Blum from his non intervention stance. Communist sources say they will not force the government or withdraw support from the front coalition.
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Page One
Paris
Madrid
Leon Blum
People's Front
College All Stars Triumph Past Pros in Texas Bowl
In 26,000 heat at the Texas Centennial Exposition Cotton Bowl the College All Stars defeated the Chicago Bears 7–6. Jim Lee Howell intercepted a pass, Abe Mickel and Talton Manton scored for the All Stars, while George Musso blocked Jack Manders field goal and Nagurski scored for the Bears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Chicago Bears
South
Southwest
Jack Manders
Jim Lee Howell
University of Arkansas
Gene Rozani
Bruin
Rozani
Abe Mickel
Louisiana
Stete
Marvel
Husky Taldon Manton
Texas Christian
Bears
Collegians
George Musso
Michal
Branko Nagurski
Bob Reynolds
Stanford
Manders
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Indiana County
Arden Downs Speedway
Mike Cash
Stubensville
Scranton
Charles Rolapido
Simpson
Margiotti
President Hoover
Congressman Gray
New York City
Central Labor Union
Supreme Court
John Ghizzoni
Mine Workers
J. J. Forbes
United States Bureau of Mines
John Torquato
War and Peace
Cordell Hull
Rochester, N. Y
Moorhead
Portland
Theodore Roosevelt
Ruth Muir
San Antonio
la Jolla
Calif
San Diego
Louise Teuber
Black Mountain
Hazel Bradshaw
W. B. Ribbens
Della Cota
Virginia Brooks
Ridge
Dauphin
Geo. D. Leydie
Weyns Avenue
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