Laura Ingalls resumes bid to break transcontinental record
Laura Ingalls, a daring woman flyer based in Los Angeles, resumed her attempt to beat Amelia Earhart Putnam’s transcontinental record from West to East. After engine trouble and weather delays, she took off at 1:14 a.m. PST in a powerfully fueled monoplane, aiming to reach New York within about 16 hours, with favorable conditions anticipated along the route.
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Union Air Terminal
Los Angeles
Laura Ingalls
Misa Ingalls
Miss Ingalls
Amelia Earhart Putnam
West
East
New York
Los Angtes
Mrs. Putnam
Flug und Miss Ingalls to pilot Lockheed ship route
A narrative fragment describes Miss Ingalls preparing to fly a Lockheed aircraft along a route that includes Kingman Arizona Albuquerque New Mexico Wichita Kansas City Columbus and Pittsburgh. The craft features advanced navigation gear and a one way radio to receive weather reports and instructions but cannot transmit to other stations.
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Ently
Kingman
Ariz
Albuequerque
N. M
Wichita
Kansas City
Columbus. O
Pittsburgh
Miss Ingalls
High Ranking Work Relief Debate Overbillions
The article describes a heated disagreement between Jebes, THooking, and Hopkins over billions in work relief spending. Projects span roads, housing, rural electrification, and resettlement with Q4,000 puri te works and 34,000,000,000 proposed. President Roosevelt aims to rearrange earmarks amid remaining funds and persistent unemployment.
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Lion and Dvigaton
Army
Jebes
Thooking
Lekes
Hopkins
PWA
Ickes
Teles
Federal Allotments Board
Court of Real
Roosevelt
Safety Rally Returns to Former Jobs After Amputations
A safety rally notes the ability of an individual to return to former employment following severe injuries including loss of legs, arms, hands, feet and eyes. The report highlights ongoing injury counts and implications for workplace accommodations.
Better Homes Movement District 4 Program Details
A Better Homes Movement program for District No 4 of Indiana County Sunday School Association. The first meeting will be at Commodore Methodist Episcopal Church on Sunday evening September 15 at 6 30 with Dr M S Bepls Ebensburg county superintendent delivering Parent Training and Better Homes. The next meeting will be at Pine Grove Church of God on Sunday September 29 at 7 30 with Rev Ivan Fetterman Glen Campbell speaking on The Home and the Church. Invites extend to all community members and offerings will fund ongoing work in District 4.
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Indiana County Sunday School Association
Methodis Episcopal
Ivan Fetterman
Glen
Campbell
District 4
Safety reforms urged after coal mine fatalities and injuries
A 1934 summary notes about 16 000 mine workers injured and 100 losses per fatality across Pennsylvania bituminous mines, with 1924 employment totaling 127 808. It argues fatalities and injuries are preventable, praises high safety records in many mines, and cites Holmes Safety Association and the Appalachian Agreement as guiding frameworks for cooperative safety efforts by owners and workers.
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Pennsylvania
Jim
Holmes Safety Association
United States
Funeral dirge and mourning mark Senator Lang’s death
Gov declares mourning period as state houses close. Baton Rouge and national figures attend a state funeral for Senator Lang. A crowd lines the Capitol as Lang rests in state, while investigators probe a possible murder conspiracy involving Dr. Carl Weiss and others.
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Allen
State House
John H. Overton
Long
United States Senate
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Thomas Schall
Iron Minnesota
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Capitol
Joe Funda
Burl Christenberry
Lang
Carl Weiss
Eye
Inlaw
B. H. Pavy
Weiss
Christenberry
Lot Vind
Sam
Lot
Huey Long's early rise from traveling salesman to attorney
Edward B. Lockett outlines Huey P. Long's youth in Louisiana, detailing his start as a traveling salesman, his knack for building vast local contacts, and his rapid motion into law study. The piece notes his courtship with Rose McConnell, marriage, and the decisive move to Tulane Law School aided by persistence with the Louisiana Supreme Court.
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Edward B. Lockett
Sta
Washington
INS
Huey FP
Long
Huey
Louisiana
Jeong
Huey Lang
Winny Sela
New Orleans
Shreveport
Houston
Lang
Huston
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
State University Law School
Norman
T. Norman Long
Kansas City
Winn Parish
Ine
Miss McConnell
Memphis
Tenn
Huey Long
Ruotaus
Muey
Stuey Long
Winonield
Rose McConnell
Grand Opera House
Miss McConnell Brough
Winnefield
Louis
Tulane University Law College
Perio
Baton Rouge
Jression
Frank A. Monroe
Louisiana Supreme Court
Busi
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Tulane University
Jis
Gretna Green Marriages May Be Voided
Pittsburgh report notes Judge Ralph Smith voided the Wellsburg marriage of Rose Elizabeth Pfeil and student Clay C. Stoller on grounds of fraud over her claimed age. The ruling could permit other parents to seek annulment if a false age was used on licenses.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Greina Green
Wellsburg
W. Va
Ralph Smith
Rose Elizabeth Pfeil
Clay C. C. Stoller
University of Pittsburgh
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court
Miss Pfeil
Lcense
Stotler
Smith
Campbell Murphy dies, longtime newspaperman
Johnstown editor J Campbell Murphy aged 48 died after months with a brain tumor. He had been city editor of the Johnstown Tribune and earlier built a career in Atlantic City and Philadelphia. Funeral services set for Saturday with burial in Johnstown. He leaves a widow and daughter. Murphy was son of Joseph Murphy, former Philadelphia Inquirer editor and later U S Mint cashier in Philadelphia.
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Johnstown
J. Campbell Murphy
Johnstown Tribune
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Murphy
Joseph Murphy
Philadelphia Inquirer
U. S. Mint
Mahoning Cattle Meeting Seeks Bangs Disease Testing Details
Next Tuesday evening September 17 at 7 30 p m South Mahoning township cattle owners are invited to a meeting at the Denton Grange Hall County Agent Warner will explain Federal and State plans for Bangs disease testing with government funding and indemnity up to 26 per cent on grades and 50 per cent on purchases More than 600 herds have been tested in Indiana county and buyers prefer tested cattle The Bangs disease committee for South Mahoning includes Le S Wells Dale Marshall and A P Marshall who have forms available at the meeting
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South Mahoning Township
Denton
Warner
Indiana County
le S. Wells
Home
Dale Marshall
Boyer
A. P. Marshall
Smithsburg
Obituary notices for Woolweaver Trimpey and Bortz
Funeral services are planned for Harry Woolweaver at his home on School Street with ministers from Saltsbury and Indiana Wesleyan churches, burial in Oakland cemetery. J F Trimpey, 53, contractor, died after a sudden stroke at his Rockwood home. services were led by Methodist pastors in Connellsville and Somerset with interment in Husband's Cemetery, Somerset. George J Bortz of Apollo, a longtime hardware dealer and bank director, died after weeks of illness. public funeral at his Apollo home, interment private, with surviving family and a long record of community service and floral hobby.
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Harry Woolweaver
Matilda J. Woolweaver
School Street
Corlay
Saltsbury
John F. Trimpey
Rockwood
Ellen Trimpey
Paul E. Trimpey
Methodist Episcopal Church
Clymer
Sara Evelyn
Martha Ellen
Trimpey
Indiana State Teachers College
Connellsville
Somerset
L. & Elliott
C. A. Tracey
Methodist Episcopal
Husband's Cemetery
George J. Bortz
Apallo
Mr. Bortz
North Washington
Westmoreland
Armatrong
Ele
Babara Ellen Bortz
Roland G. Bortz
Palmerton
James Buntard
Denville
Forrest Riordan
Philadelphia
Harvey Rouzer
Forrest Riordan, Jr
M. L. Clare
First Lutheran Church of
Apollo
Borlz
Armstrong County
Harm on Harmon Spence services held at Creekside church
The funeral of Harmon Franklin Spence occurred after death on Sabbath at 230 p.m. in the Methods Episcopal Church Creekside, conducted by Rev. Bert Jones. Interment followed in Presbyterian Cemetery Creekside with many friends in attendance attesting to the esteem in which he was held.
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Harmon Franklin Spence
Method S Episcopal Church
Creekside
Bert Jones
Presbyterian Cemetery
Promptly Relief for Rheumatism and Neuralgia Pills
An ad touts a swift acting prescription for rheumatism neuritis sciatica and lumbago caused by excess uric acid. It promises relief in 44 hours and costs under 3 cents per dose. It urges readers to ask for and obtain an 8 ounce prescription.
Radio Star Shot to Death At North Farmhouse
Kelly, an actress, was found dead in Rogers’s upstairs bedroom after a party at a Lyndell farm six miles from town. Rogers, a brother of Count Ludwig Salm, faced an inquest with bail set at 1000 dollars. The scene included two pistols and a shotgun, one pistol fired the fatal shot. Neighbors described a boisterous gathering as police pieced together events surrounding the shooting and the break in communications.
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Kelly
Rogers
Icent Rogers Salm
Virginia Lincoln
Ludwig Salm von Hoogstraefen
Arthuro Ramos
Glisson
Upstaira
New York
Thomas Richmond
Cox
Francia Grubb
Chester County
Two Dead in Minneapolis Shootout Tragedy
Police guns fatally wounded Melvin Bjorklund 21 and Eugene Casper 18 during a crowd clash in Minneapolis. Bjorklund was waiting at home from church when struck by a stray shot. Hospitalized near death were Fred Watter Hoger 60 and Frances Olson 35 with shotgun wounds. Three others injured plus many suffered nonfatal injuries as ambulances cleared the scene.
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Melvin Bjorklund
Eugene Casper
Fred Watter Hoger
Mies Frances Olson
Fire destroys Crystal Beach bathhouse in Jongstown
A fire swept the Crystal Beach bathhouse near Jongstown early this morning, leaving the building totally destroyed. Damages to the structure exceed 15,000 dollars, while equipment value in the building was about 4,000 dollars. Five fire companies responded and fought the blaze, using water from the pool to combat the flames.
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Fie
Crystal Beach
Jongstown
Remen and Lorain Steel Companys
Charles Fulmer
Freeony Panies
Spence Family Remains and Survivors Listed
Obituary item notes the survivors of Mr. Spence including widow Mrs Lillie Craven Spence and children Clarence M Creekside Florence M North Jerome Pa Rober B Spence Creekside R D 4 Elder D Spence Indiana Esthar B Johnson Lakewood Thyra M Morganti Creekside William Clair and Silas W Spence all at home along with 19 grandchildren a sister Mrs Joseph Fath a half sister Mrs Jeanie Munghower and a half brother Westley R Spence Creekside.
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Joseph Fath
Indiana
Jeanie Munghower
Westley R. Spence
Creekside
Italians Plan Celebration In Somerset County Park
Ital ians plan a large Italian Day celebration at Recreational Park Windsor on September 15 with General Chairman Albert Torquato leading a 110 member committee and 50 women. Noted speakers include Governor Earle Attorney General Margiotti and other officials. A large program features addresses amusements rides dancing and refreshments for thousands of attendees with guests from Somerset Cambria and Indiana Counties and groups arriving by groups.
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Planaor
Somerset County
Recreational Park
Windsor
Albert Torqiato
Baorga H. Earle
Charles J. Margiotti
Ralph Bashore
Labor and Industry
N. P. Fitagerald
Workmen's Compensation Board
Lee Lichiller
Game Census Counts Wildlife in Armstrong Indiana Areas
A detailed account of a scientific game census across 20 one square mile areas in Armstrong and Indiana counties. A crew of 12 to 14 men records all wildlife sightings, flight direction, feeding behavior, and feeding sources to estimate total regional game and guide conservation efforts.
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Armstrong
Indiana
Michigan
New York
Iowa
Wisconsin
Ohio
Wildlife Department
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Better Homes Movement
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Huey Pierce Long
Huey P. Long
Gretna Green
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