Death case still open in Evelyn Hoey inquiry
In Downingtown on September 14 authorities continued to treat Evelyn Hoey death as an open case. Fingerprinting and ballistics tests follow bail releases for Henry Huddleston Rogers Jr and William J. Kelly as investigators examine possible self-inflicted death and alternate theories amid a public morgue crush. A district court inquest is set for Thursday night.
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Evelyn
Hoey
Henry Huddleston Rogers, Jr
William J. Kelly
Union City
N. J
Chester County
West Chester
Rogers
Kelly
Miss Hoey
William A. Parke
Francis Grubb
George Yamada
Frank Cala
Claude Battin
Credi
Grubb
Mine Safety Rally to Promote Voluntary Improvements
J. J. Forbes, supervising engineer of the safety division at the Pittsburgh station, will address the Indiana safety demonstration next Saturday. He stresses that the bureau advises but does not enforce, relying on voluntary adoption by mine owners and workers to reduce fatalities and injuries through experiments and improved mineral resource use. The Pittsburgh station leads in mining research with an experimental mine at Bruceton, 13 miles south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lves
Pittsburgh
Bruceton
J. J. Forbes
Forbes
Indiana
Mussolini Defies World On Ethiopian War Plea
Mussolini declares Italy will pursue its East Africa plan despite British French League opposition. In a four hour cabinet session he calls the Italo Ethiopian quarrel a colonial conflict and rejects sanctions or compromise. Ethiopian leaders announce mobilization as war drums beat.
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Mussolini
Guglielmo Emanuel LII
Rome
INS
Benito Mussolini
Great Britain
France
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Italy
East Africa
Il Duce
League
Tr Duce
Russia
Appreciation Ad Endorses John M Thompson for Clerk Role
A political advertisement lauds John M Thompson Blairsville as a capable, courteous leader for the Commissioners' Clerk role. It compares him to Walter Ayars and W Earl Long, praising Thompson’s knowledge of the office, Princeton graduate status, teaching and World War veteran background, and business experience.
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Walter Ayars
W. Earl ‘Long
John M. Thompson
Blairsville
Walter Ayers
W. Earl Long
Commissioners
John Thompson
Princeton University
Emperor weighs Geneva risk and Ethiopia arms gap
The decree is ready but the emperor prefers Geneva sanctions before mobilizing. He fears Africa mobilization means war, while Geneva actions may lag. Meanwhile Mussolini can mobilize 2,000,000 overnight, whereas Ras Kassa’s Ethiopian force has 200,000 men with 160,000 rifles, only 30,000 modern, and 40,000 armed with spears or swords.
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Geneva
Africa
League Council
Italy
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Ras Kassa
German Judge Sentences US Seaman in Hamburg
William Francis Gill a 26 year old American aboard the Manhattan was sentenced to four weeks in jail in Hamburg for insulting Adolf Hitler. The Bremen incident referenced by a local magistrate influenced the verdict and the consul urged suspension but Gill remained imprisoned after brief return to his ship.
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Hamburg
Germany
INS
New York
William Francis Gill
Boston
United States
Manhattan
Adolf Hitler
Louis Brodsky
Bremen
New York Harbor
Hitler
Gill
Wrecks Involve CCC Workers And Local Residents In Pennsylvania
Philadelphia and Old Forge youths William Yearick and Mike Lockmonic face charges after a collision near Clymer involving a Dixonville car. George Vascovich of Dixonville and S E Clark of Indiana were injured drivers admitted fault. A Creekside crash between C L McCurdy and John Ritchie left no injuries. Emma Pennington of McGees Mills suffered serious injuries when a Pittsburgh car overturned near McCees Mills. Police investigations continue with multiple licenses and permits under review.
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Clymer
George Vascovich
Dixonville
S. E. Clark
Grant Street
Indiana
Clymer Sergues
Vascovich
Mike Lockmonic
Lockmante
Creekside
C. L. McCurdy
John Ritchie
Homer City
Chambersville
Pine Flats Road
McCurdy
Pine Flats
Ritchie
Let Us Ask Ourselves Some Questions About Home Rule
A public pontification contrasts preserving local liberties under current home rule with the prospect of central control from Harrisburg. It argues the people should decide whether roads schools and local government remain in local hands or be overseen by a distant central authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Harrisburg
Hughes Aims Fresh Attempt After Crashing Record Flight
Santa Ana Cal Sept 14 Not satisfied with his new land plane World speed record of 347.29 mph and undaunted by his brush with death How ard Hughes millionaire oil man and movie producer today was determined to make another assault on time “Sure I am going to try again” he declared after climbing from the wreckage of his plane which cracked up following the record flight
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ana
Cal
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Stork Reaper Work Overtime in 1934 Pennsylvania births deaths
Harrisburg report shows live births in Pennsylvania increased from 157,046 in 1933 to 160,232 in 1934 while stillbirths fell to a record low. The birth rate was 18.3 per 1,000 and deaths rose with a rate of 11.2 per 1,000, totaling 100,622 deaths excluding stillbirths.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Stork
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Bureau
Obituary notices for Loughry Wolfe Alexander and Rager families
Obituaries report the deaths of Josiah Loughry 15 and Elmer E Alexander 73 in Tunnelton and North Irwin, plus Mary A Wolfe 63 in Penn Run and Lula Schrack Rager 40 of Blairsville. Loughry widow Marian Duncan Loughry and sons Harvey and Edward. Wolfe husband John and children Alvin, J M Decker, Albert Jarvie, Ray, Wyone, Wayne. Alexander widow Vinnoria and sisters Elizabeth Fowler Julia Lulu. Rager children Evelyn Josephine Gilbert Robert Samuel Ralph Nelson. Funeral arrangements list Mon and Sun ceremonies and interments at Edgewood Cemetery Salisbury Bethel Cemetery New Florence Blairsville.
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Josiah Loughry
Tunnelton
Mathew
Mary
Lydie) Loughry
Marian
Duncan) Loughry
Harvey D. Loughry
Salisbury
Edward H. Loughry
Stanard Loughry
Indiana
Edward
Mary A. Wolfe
John Wolfe
Penn Run
Alvin Marsh
Clymer
J M. Decker
Albert Jarvie
Ray Wolfe
Wyone
Wayne Wolfe
Manor Cemetery
Elmer E. Alexander
Pennsylvania
Foster Avenue
North
Irvin
Alexander
Board of Viewers
Westmoreland County
Indiana County
William and
Margaret Liggett Alexander
Pennsylvania Railroad
First Presbyterian Church
Irwin
Derry
New Florence
Vinnoria (Vance) Alexander
Elizabeth Fowler
Julia
Lulu Alexander
Margaret Alexander
Bolivar
North Iewin
Bethel Cemetery
Lamonte Lodge
A. M
Lula (Schrack) Rager
Blairsville
Pittsburgh
Ebensburg
Evelyn
Josephine
Gilbert
Robert
Samuel
Ralph
Nelson
Rager
Blairsyide
Curtis Reger
Johnstown
State Takes County Bridges Under State Control
Bridges taken over September 1 will fall under state authority impacting 7500 additional county and township bridges on state highways and rural routes outside boroughs. By January 1, 1936, bridges in boroughs or elsewhere along routes to be state controlled join the deck of state supervision.
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Jess
Eight Million For Schools And Needy Spreading Funds
Checks totaling eight million dollars were mailed from the State Treasury to fund subscriptions of the fifty million dollar tax anticipation notes. Five purchasers advanced payments at the request of fiscal officers, enabling about four and a half million to school districts and three and a half million to state aided institutions for past-due subsidies.
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Harrisburg
Naphtha Blast Threatens Town in Baltimore Suburb
In Baltimore Canton, a fire at Standard Oil refinery threatened the suburb until early today after 700,000 gallons of naphtha were destroyed. Firemen battled the blaze and a later explosion ripped the tank roof sending flaming missiles in all directions.
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Baltimore
Canton
Standard Oil Company
Railway Express Granted Authority for Test Freight Rates
The Public Service Commission approved the Railway Express Agency to handle less-than-carload express shipments at reduced rates for one year. The trial targets motor truck competition and covers segments on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad south of Pittsburgh and Johnstown to the state line, and to and from the Pennsylvania Railroad area south of Oil City and west of Harrisburg.
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Harrisburg
INSJ
Railway Express Agency, Inc
Public Service Commission
Express
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
State Line
Pennsylvania Railroad
Oil City
Van Dyke Kin Granted Funds For State Road Plan
Van Dyke Kin announces a state highway safety and road betterment program with a total expenditure of 32 million dollars. The State will provide 3 million, funds target highway widening, bank removal, grading, drainage, and road stabilization to boost labor. Major Gravell denies resigning as acting State director of the Public Works Administration.
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van Dyke
Pennsylvania Parks Association
Johnstown
William H. Gravell
Public Works Administration
PWA
Constitution Day call to vote on a new Pennsylvania constitution
Gov. George H. Earle urged Pennsylvanians to observe Constitution Day by voting in the primary next Tuesday to decide if a constitutional convention should be called to revise the state's 81 year old charter. The day marks the 148th anniversary of the U S constitution signing.
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Harrisburg
INS
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
United States
Earle Sid
Baltimore
Nice
Maryland
Philadelphia
Altoona
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Jury will get Aber case today
Pittsburgh Sept 14 The question of whether Miss Martha Aber was the common law wife of the late Frederick J Osterling and entitled to a widow's share of his 1.5 million estate will go to Judge Edward C Chalfant today Attorneys Eaton for the Osterling heirs says he will press that Aber’s past linked her to many men He presented witnesses who knew her as Mrs Harry Brownlow and a former husband’s claim that she was with Osterling at a destiny wedding without clergy Martha Pugliese counsel for Martha will rebut with the claim the wife was not away from him on the wedding day Judge Chalfant is expected to take weeks or months to study the case before verdict
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Pittsburgh
Martha Aber
Frederick J. Osterling
Edward C. Chalfant
Oliver K. Eaton
Osterling
Eaton
Aber
Severaal
Miss Aber
Harry Brownlow
Chalfant
Four Thousand Gallons of Bean Soup for Snyder County Event
McClure Pa Sept 14 Four thousand gallons of bean soup are being prepared for the 44th annual bean soup festival in Snyder County township. The Sons of Union Veterans sponsor the event and will pay tribute to Civil War survivor Jacob Nearhood. Col Theodore Roosevelt is the principal speaker with M Harvey Taylor U S Representative Focht Dr G Morris Smith and Judge Marion D Patterson also on the program as festivities near their climax.
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Mcclure
Snyder County
Sons of Union Veterans
Jacob Nearhood
Theodore Roosevelt
M. Harvey Taylor
U. S
Benjamin K. Focht
G. Morris Smith
Susquehanna University
Marion D. Patterson
Supreme Court
Respite in Clarksburg school strike over Darwin dispute
In Clarksburg Harrison county, the school board will meet next Wednesday to debate transferring Miss Virginia Fisher, the science teacher accused of preaching Darwinism. The board denied propagandizing evolution amid mounting parent pressure as both sides brace for a showdown. In Lumberport, about 26 parents voiced support for striking students. A South African tribe believes the body has three souls in the head, stomach, and big toe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Harrison County Schiool Board
Virginia Fisher
Lumberport
Here
Fire damages Uniontown meat shop in hotel blaze
Uniontown authorities estimated $5000 in damage after a fire swept a meat shop on the ground floor of a hotel. Firemen rescued three hotel residents when James cut off other means of escape.
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Uniontown
James
Local flower show opens with 48 exhibits and 281 entries
The fall flower show opened last evening displaying 281 entries from 48 exhibitors, about half again as many as last year. William Comb of Walker won the highest number of points. The award list will be published Monday. The sewer show is open all day and this evening in the Buick Garage on North Eighth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Comb
Walker
Buick
North Eighth Street
To the Voters of First Ward Council Candidate Address
A long block note urged First Ward voters to consider minor offices while stressing attention to the major race. The candidate claims 46 years residence in the ward and 30 years of property taxes, noting he is the only candidate from a dirt street and will be at the polls Tuesday to seek votes for Council, asking support for H. E. Studiel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usinor
McAdoo to Wed Doris Cross in Maryland Ceremony
United States Senator William Gibbs McAdoo, 71, will marry 26 year old Doris Cross in a late afternoon ceremony at a Maryland home near Washington. The nuptials follow a courtship that began in Santa Barbara two years ago and will be attended by several of McAdoo’s children from previous marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
William Gibbs McAdoo
California
Doris Cross
McAdoo
Landover
Brice Claggett
Maryland
Adoo
Miss Cross
Meadeville Woman Faces First Degree Murder Charge
District Attorney Stuart A. Culbertson announced he will seek a first degree murder verdict against Mrs. Ann Shellenberger aged 19, accused of killing her husband with a shotgun as he slept. No motive given. Sheenlberger was returned from the state hospital for the insane at North Warren after being declared mentally responsible.
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Meadville
INS
Stuart A. Culbertson
Ann Shellenberger
St North Warren
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