Flood Wrecks Dam and Floods Central Pennsylvania Creeks
Heavy rain sent Middle Creek to as high as 15 feet above normal sweeping away a 200 foot crest timber dam owned by Pennsylvania Power and Light near Belinsgrove Two bridges were destroyed and about 60 summer cottages along the banks were wrecked Residents fled cottages as waters rose Dr and Mrs John Summers were rescued in a rowboat Debris filled streams as Selinsgrove and eastern Middleburg areas flooded a silk mill and a feed mill were submerged and river traffic halted throughout the area Fill and bridge losses disrupted travel between local towns and the Susquehanna River basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belingsgrove
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
Cate
Power
John A. Summers
Power Land Light Company
Northumberland County Gas ‘and Electric Company
Middleburg
Selingsgrove
Middle Creek
Penn’s Creek
Here
Acquehanna
Obituary notices list friends and survivors for Christian obit
Christian obituary lists a husband and son in Alliance Ohio and a daughter, five grandchildren, and siblings. Details include burial at Greenwood Cemetery after services at the late residence led by Rev J A McCamey. Margaret Edwards Kinter, 80, dies at home in Indiana Street Sunny with family in Rayne and present church transitions. Surviving daughters B R Braughter and Mrs Charles Kline, sisters Mary Edwards and Sophie Ober, brothers James Edwards and David Edwards, 12 grandchildren. Body to rest at home then Rayne Presbyterian Church for 2 pm service led by Rev E Roy Parham. interment in church cemetery. Jonathan D. Rager, 72, laid to rest at SS Simon and Jude’s in Blairsville. service at St Bonaventure’s Church Josephine. Deceased born 1852, lived in Burrell Township. widow Mary Meta Roger and adopted daughter Stella Foreman survive. Other mentions include Loyals Order of Moose honors and local church ties. Deaths listed in Morgantown area newspaper include Mauk, born March 18, Canoetown Up residence, member of Rochester Mills M E and Sundry lodges. survived by widow and three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. McCamey
Greenwood Cemetery
Margaret (Edwards) Kinter
Harvey Inter
Philadelphia ‘Street
Sunny
Jacob
W Catherine (Griffith) Edwards
Indiana
Rayne Township
The
Syne Presbyterian Church
Christian Church
B. R. Braughter
Charles Kline
Fenn Run
Mary Edwards
DuBois
Sophe Ober
James Edwards
Idamar
David Edwards
Rayne Presbyterian Church
E. Roy Parham
Church
Jonathan D. Rager
SS. Simon and Jude’s
Blairsville
St. Bonaventure’s
Josephine
Matthew Yannsick
Burrell Township
Anna Rager
Hopewell Church
Mary
Meta) Roger
Stella Foreman
Roger
Loyal Order of Moose
St. Bonaventure
NT Mauk
Joseph
Mary Mauk
Canoe Town
Methodist Episcopal Ach
Rochester Mills
Rosater Mills Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Daughers
Joseph Pearce
Hela
Lewis Depp
Rochest Mills
H. M. Pifer
Sutawney
Harry
Riots Hit East Liberty Pittsburgh Violence After Dice Incident
In East Liberty Pittsburgh a 24 hour riot spree left six injured and several stores damaged. Police arrested 18 suspects while patrols and detectives patrolled the district. Patrolman Cribbs was robbed and beaten. Joseph Tazzarola and Frank Diagla were shot and critically wounded by mob fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fittsburgh
East Liberty
Nilers
Charles Cribbs
Joseph Tazzarola
Frank Diagla
Palmer dies at 70. leaves large West Wheatfield family
GEORGE W. PALMER 70, a West Wheatfield township farmer, died at his Heshbon area home at 1 15 a m Sunday after two years illness. He was born November 1864 on the family farm. Surviving are his widow Martha Campbell Palmer. three sons W J Palmer of Wellsville Ohio, Russell and Roy Palmer at home. four daughters Minnie Clawson Latta Bracken Blanche Empfield Wisie McConnell all of West Wheatfield or Black Lick. an adopted daughter Rose Palmer. parents William M Palmer and Jane Campbell both deceased. Funeral at Mount Tabor Church on the William Penn Highway near Clyde at 2 p m Tuesday. burial in church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Palmer
West Wheatfield Township
Heshbon
Mr. Palmer
William M. Palmer
Jane (Campbell) Palmer
Martha (Campbell) Palmer
W. J. Palmer
Wellsville
Russell Palmer
Roy Palmer
Minnie Clawson
Latta ‘Bracken
Blanche Empfield
Wisie McConnell
Black Lick
Rose Palmer
Mount Tabor
William Penn Highway
Clyde
Textile Mills Face Greatest Test Today
New England braces for violence as state guards and police prepare for possible clashes during the textile strike. Mills reopen with workers returning under pressure from organized labor and communist threats, while authorities guard borders and threaten arrests to maintain work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
WM. K. Hutchinson
INS
Providence
All
New England
Maine
Connecticut
United Textile Workers
New York
Boston
Louis Brann
Joseph Sylvia
Endeavour and Rainbow Race On Aboard Argo
Endeavour, the British challenger for America’s cup, and Rainbow, the American defender, began their first official race at 10 35 a m on a 15 mile windward return course. A minor tear in the British mainsail delayed the start briefly while both sloops set square sails and jibs amid a 16 knot breeze and choppy seas. Harold Vanderheilt timed Rainbow’s start to better advantage as both boats crossed toward the race committee boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S.C.G. Argo
Endeavour
Rainbow
Hoth
Harold Vanderheilt
Endeavour Andio
Riots and Military Readiness Pressure in New England Mills
Authorities held troops at central points ready to rush to disorder as mill owners threaten to reopen troubled mills in Saylesville and Woonsocket. Riots occurred last week and officials predicted the textile strike would be decided in New England this week depending on mill reopenings and protection for workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saylesville
Woonsocket
New England
Dozens Hurt In Weekend Highway Collisions
A series of weekend crashes across Indiana County left 13 people injured. Victims include Melvin Lau ntz of Johnstown with possible skull fracture after a Hillsdale Gipsy road collision, and siblings Stephen and Mike Nahalka injured in a Homer City turn collision. Others suffer head, facial injuries, or minor bruises as drivers misjudged turns or passed on the wrong side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Melvin Launtz
Spangler
Lauitz
Indiana
Harold , Brady
Gipsy- Glen Trimble
Gipsy
Brady
Wilson Spicher
Launtz
Launts
Hillsdale
Black Lick
Mike Nahalka
Indiana Hospital
Blairsville
Homer City
Stephen Nahalka
Edward J. Nix
Nix
Nahalka
Senate and House Move On Relief Bills
By December 31, 1933, under provision of the transfer bills, the Senate sped relief bills to final passage while the House remained idle with a clear calendar awaiting Senate completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Passenger in ship probed for fire cause on Morra Castle
Hearing details lax crew discipline and safety lapses aboard the Morra Castle. Witnesses describe fire drills missed for tea service, inflammable polishes aboard, a writing room locker packed with blankets, and a door left open in the library. Passenger fear triggered early jumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Morra Castle
Brooklyn
New York
Bernard J. McNally
Bronx
McNally
William O'Sullivan
James Pond
Woodhaven
S.r
Pond
Waerms
Havana
Senate anticlimax of extra meet buries two bills
Senate session ends with little action as only two bills propose. Emergency funds totaling 14.661 million plus added liquor profits are to be drawn from multiple funds including motor, fuel, liquor, school, fire insurance and manufacturing funds. Most items must be repaid except the last two funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Escape on lifeboat during ship inquiry reveals few aboard
Kopf testified he fled in the number one lifeboat with about three passengers aboard after the ship's sinking. He said no crew remained on the boat and the chief engineer Eben Abbott urged lowering the craft as soon as he boarded. The inquiry adjourned for a noon recess at 12 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Ramos
Caldwell
Koph
Pond
Hoover
Iear
Richard Kopf
New York
Kopf
Havana
John L. Crone
Eben
Abbott
Nurses Hear New Ideals In Shorter Day Plan
California uses a universal shorter day that gains approval from patients physicians hospitals and nurses. Mrs Leota Swank of Johnstown presided at a 103 attendee meeting of the Pennsylvania Site Nurses Association fifth district. Indiana County nurses present included Mrs Twila Bottenham Mrs Maud McDevitt Miss Elsie Harmon Miss Gertrude Rogers Miss Francis Shea Miss Lucille Harrison Miss Nancy Bracken Miss Olive Fair Miss Grace Reasinger Miss Esther George Miss Helen Widemire and Miss Lenore Byers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Leota Swank
Johnstown
Pennsylvania Site Nurses Association
Indiana County
Twila Bottenham
Maud McDevitt
Elsie Harmon
Gertrude Rogers
Francis Shea
Lucille Harrison
Nancy Bracken
Olive Fair
Grace Reasinger
Esther George
Helen Widemire
Lenore Byers
Canary bird clinic brings famed canaries to Murphy’s store
H. Betzler, manager of the Bird Health Laboratory of America, New York, conducts a three day clinic diagnosing canary diseases at Murphy’s store. A display features sixteen radio singing canaries, including Howdy the $5,000 canary and Snoball the pure white Startz Mountain canary, with performances by Ruff on a ladder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy’s
H. 8. Wetzler
Bird Health Laboratory of America
New York City
Pittsburgh
Wetzler
Howdy
Snoball
Indiana
Ruff
Wr. Watzler
Plan Revamping of Nation's Banking System
Washington reports that a Senate Banking and Currency subcommittee began a push for a total revamp of the U S banking structure. The panel's findings accuse large Detroit and Cleveland banks of mismanagement and warn the current system is archaic and unable to safely serve the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking and Currency
Detroit
Cleveland
Astor Newlyweds Split In Newport Quarrel
New York news reports a quarrel between John Jacob Astor III and his bride Ellen Tuck French in Newport. Mrs Astor denied the dispute as ridiculous while witnesses described an angry scene outside the Bellevue-Biltmore in Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jacob Astor, III
Ellen Tuck French
Newport
Astor
Grand Central Station
Young Astor
Biltmore
Providence
Indiana county fair events and fruit tour notes
Extension news covers Conkport Fair events on September 21 with a 1 p.m. horseshoe pitching contest, semi finals at Brushvalley on September 29, and a state contest in Harrisburg next January. Colt Club judging and farm family eligibility are outlined, followed by a fruit growers auto tour on September 19 visiting Coral and Blairsville orchards with touring experts. A separate note explains seed wheat smut treatment, distinguishes loose and stinking smut, and cites Pennsylvania 44 and Parkoff as resistant varieties. guidance includes copper carbonate dust and a home dust machine, with contact details for the county agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Harrisburg
Colt Club
Cookport Fair
Warner
C. A. Burge
Cockport Fair
H. C. McWilliams
Cambria County
Thomas K. George
Coral
George
A. Woodward Smith
Blairsville
Campbell’s Mills
Smith Station
Smith
Mr. Smith
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Court House
Pennsylvania 44
Parkoff
Girl Mother at Age Eleven Reported in Tennessee
Chicago dated dispatch notes rare case of motherhood by an 11-year-old Jefferson City Tennessee girl. Doctor says about 25 similar cases exist in the United States, with a 10-year-old record cited. Baby weighed seven and a half pounds, daughter’s father a 14-year-old boy, in Sevier County near the Great Smoky Mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Morris Fishbein
The
Journal of the American Medical Associations
Jefferson City
Tenn
United States
India
Fishbein
Sevier County
Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Heiress Virginia McCafferty Marries Hobo Husband in West
Virginia Gates McCafferty, 23, heiress and daughter of Thomas Gates of the University of Pennsylvania, elopes with Daniel McCafferty an unemployed taxicab driver. She plans to settle in California while her father provides a monthly allowance to cover married life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castoday
McCafferty
Philadelphia
Danny
West
California
Pinedale
Wyo
Virginia Gates McCafferty
Wyoming
Thomas
Gates
University of Pennsylvania
Moscow
Idaho
Daniel McCafferty
Chestnut Hill
Althe
Virginia
Cara
Boise
Ida
China Defeated in League Council Re‑Election
Geneva September 17 China failed to win re election to the League of Nations non permanent council seat. Only 21 of 62 delegates supported China, short of the two thirds needed. Turkey appears set to gain the seat with Latin American backing aiding Chile’s rotation while Spain is assured of re election. China’s defeat signals a diminished role at Geneva after renowned figures like Well i Koo Sze and W. W. Yen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Hawley
INS
Geneva
League of Nations
China
League Council
Assembly
Council
Turkey
Panama
Chile
Welli Koo
Alfred Sze
W. W. En
Indiana County Center to Shed Gym Space for Renters
Indiana officials announce that the local community center will convert the gymnasium and bowling alley into offices and storage for renters including the state library and Masonic lodge. The state has agreed to cover labor and material costs, with costs to revert to the Borough at lease end if the center is needed again. Three renters will occupy the building once ready, and local leaders praise the arrangement as self supporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
G. E. Simpson
Council
Tlowever
Indiana
Willzeg
TWC
Hall Blair
Kittanning
RB. J. Maher
RWD
Indiana County
Harry J. Berkey
Harrisburg
HS. Stevens
Also Mentioned on This Page
Selinsgrove
Moorhead
Mark
Marchand
James Hamilton
Corode
Pine Grove Cemetery
Strike Mediation Board
Blunshopen
Hugh S. Johnson
Matthew Woll
A. F
Gorman
Thomas McMahon
Johnson
NRA
George Tomah
Derry
Ratolo
Paul Ujpal
Hastings
Salina
John Machulsky
Blairsville-Derry
Cokeville
Stanley Jakubosky
Brentzer
Cherry Tree
Clel Westover
Cherry Tree District
Westover
Miners’ Hospital
Frank Glassen
Youngstown
Alexander Bell
Okey Odell
Kenton
Odell
Ohio Union
Canary Bird Clinic
Orren Randolph Smith
North Carolina
Congress of the Confederate States
Indiana County Thrift Corporation
Deposit Bank Bldg
Indiana, PA
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