Self-inflicted deaths shock Cambria County area
Edmund Deschamps of Patton and Bilis Davis of Barnesboro ended their lives by suicide within one day. Deschamps, 65, died at Miners Hospital Spangler from abdominal wounds after family found him with a butcher knife. Davis, 77, shot himself after involvement in a Philadelphia murder case. coroner notes illness and knee injury contributed. Funeral plans and career histories are noted for both men.
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Camserla County
Edmund Deschamps
Patton
Bilis Davis
Barnesoro
Deschamps
Miners Hospital
Spangler
Louise Deschamps
Harry
Louis
Sylvie Kuhnley
Akron
Charles Stickler
St Benedict
Belgium
Colock
Kenneth Grove
Presbyterian Church
Fairview Cemetery
Barnesboro
Philadelphia
Cyrus W. Davis
Glenn Adams
Ebenaburg Barracks
Po~ice
Dean Whited
Town of 1 000 Auctioned in Historic Sale
Elizabeth weeps as the town of 1 000 is auctioned. A miner husband lost his leg in a mine accident and cannot work. Kin Loch disaster claimed two brothers and a brother-in-law. Real estate broker F Moran lists every building and designates nameless streets Chicago and New York avenues for the sale. Most signs have been torn down or defaced.
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Elizabeth
New York
Exonerated in Priest Death Case
Continued from page one the report states the priest’s death was investigated with focus on alert testimony and evidence. The article notes exoneration for the involved party, detailing the proceedings and outcomes without graphic description.
Obituary notices from Washington Township and area
Several obituaries recount the deaths and funeral plans of residents including Simon Yf. Bortz of Washington Township, eight children, and interment near Perrysville. Donald Wineski of Iselin, and David Nathan cla Ban of Banks Township. and long-time East Mahoning resident A M Hopkins. Services span Poke Run Church, Holy Cross Church Iselin, and Mahoning Church with interments at St James Cemetery Frye Cemetery and local churchyards.
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Simon YF. Bortz
Washinon Township
Westmoreland County
Mr. Bortz
Peter
Hettie Rowes
Bortz
Poke Run
Nannie E. Bortz
Roy D
McKeesport
Tidith
Irene
Orville Bortz
New Kensington
George R
Pire Vella McCracken
Apollo
R. D
Maude Masters
Pauline Shaffer
Salina
Lye
J. L. Kuhns
Marshall D. Berryhill
Poke Run Presbyterian Church
St. James' Cemetery
Perrysville
Donald Wineski
Stanley
Anna Cocovich Wineski
Iselin
Indiana Hospital
Holy Cross Catholic Church
S. A. Gawronsky
Iselin Union Cemetery
Banks Township
Smithport
David Nathan Cla Ban
Knights of Ipthias
Leora
James
Arcadia
Leonard
Glen Campbell R
Rex Brickell
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Frye Cemetery
New Thrills Promised With Russian Singers in Johnstown
Continued from page one, workers see progress on Community Concerns and aim to reach 500 adults and 200 students in ticket sales. The Russian Imperial Singers will headline, returning after drawing the largest audience last season. Indiana High School director Harry Canfield chaired the dinner, introducing Rosa Vollrath Buchheil who sang two pieces. Johnstown campaign leader Mr. Hookes praised progress and invited Indians members to concerts. Altoona joins as a cooperative plan with richer programs for Indiana members. Mr. and Mrs. Hanks of Johnstown accompanied attendees.
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Johnstown
Harry Canfield
Indiana High School
Rosa Vollrath Buchheil
Hookes
New York City
Altoona
Indiana
Hanks
Campaign Campaign Campaasan Ticket Sales Outlook
Me Hookes reports optimism for the campaign as Mrs Mabel Embree, managing Indiana campaign, notes progress on ticket sales. She urges completing the full quota by Saturday before leaving town, warning that those without tickets should buy now to avoid missing the closure.
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Hookes
Mabel K. Embree
Miaragar
Indiana Campaian
Highways and Stills: Big Stills Found Across Eastern Pennsylvan ia
Officials describe crackdown on liquor operations as agents raid Robeson township Berks County and Easton stations. A $10 000 Long Pond Monroe County plant produced about 1100 gallons daily. Proximity to New York Newark Philadelphia and Wilmington markets noted as driver. Alcohol sold to the underpaid and odor of cooking alcohol and sugar purchases aid detection.
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Robeson Township
Berks County
Easton
Long Pond
Monroe County
Pennsylvania
New York
Newark
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Two Boys Hurt When Struck By Car Near Hoffmans Bicycle
William Brady, an Allegheny Steel Co worker, struck two boys on the highway after failing to see them. One youth was in critical condition. Brady told Constable Walter Beck he hurried to fetch a physician for his four year old son. He spent the night in jail unable to post $1,000 bail as a charge of manslaughter was filed. A doctor was sent to the scene.
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Meee
Lindsay
North Cambria
Ebensburg
Davis
Father Kozakevich
Colver
Miners Hospital
Spangler
Davis J
Hoffman
William Brady
Allegheny Steel Company
Walter Beck
Brady
President Roosevelt at Harvard Tercentenary Parade
President Roosevelt travels to Cambridge to celebrate Harvard's 300th anniversary with graduates and students. He plans to speak at 2 10 p m in the tercentenary theatre after a day of meetings with educators and business leaders.
GOP set to hear Davis for state senator race
Republican nominee for state senator Davis prepares for a large gathering while J T Stewart and J Clair Sloan are renominated to seek reelection to the state assembly. Don Martin reports all preliminaries for the reception and grounds committee have been completed to ensure comfort for the expected crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Stewart
J. Clair Sloan
Don Martin
Conventénce Day Picnic Promised Despite Weather
Chairman Thomas announced a community picnic will proceed for many families, with a basket lunch and free coffee planned. The event aims to run regardless of weather, inviting broad participation.
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Tha Conventénce
Thomas
District's WPA quota clarification on employables
The statement clarifies that the WPA cannot add workers at will and cites a fixed quota. On September 18, Army engineers from Pittsburgh visited Greensburg seeking eight hundred men for flood control in Armstrong County, but WPA relief workers were exhausted there and could not assist.
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Army Engineers
Pittsburgh
Greensburg
Armstrong County
Coast Guard reports nine foot tide floods Pacific island
A nine foot tide overwhelmed an island off the Atlantic coast last night, damaging homes of 400 residents with no loss of life. Meanwhile a tropical storm shifted northwest as coast guard and Weather Bureau officers tracked the system, with warnings for New Jersey and New York areas and Red Cross preparations underway.
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Coke
Atlantic
Associated Press
Norfolk
Carolinas
Virginia
West Indies
United States Coast Guard
New Jersey
New York
Coast Guard
Red Cross
Government Weather Service
James H. Kimball
Great Lakes
Kimball
Tropical Eye storm unnamed heightens east coast turmoil
United States weather reports warn of a tropical eye like disturbance turning counterclockwise over the mountain hemisphere with potential hurricane strength if winds reach 75 mph. In Newport News Virginia and Ocracoke North Carolina, residents faced 10 to 12 mph gusts and a nine foot tide as the great windstorm moved northward, trapping hundreds on the Outer Banks and driving coastguard evacuations and lighthouse sheltering.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Weather Bureau
Red Cross
Naval Hydrographic Office
Equator
Earth
Tropics
Associated Press
Norfolk
Ocracoke Island
N. C
Carolinas
Virginia
Ocracoke
Syndicalists push plan for revolutionary Spain and defense
Syndicalists demand a sweeping social and political overhaul in Spain including socialization of banks railroads and church properties a national council of defense led by Premier Largo Caballero and a militia driven regime while foreigners face identity demands and expulsion orders. The unrest coincides with mine explosions in Toledo and government countermeasures as authorities tighten foreign stay and bolster Catalonia forces.
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Alcazar
Toledo
Madrid
Spain
Catalonia
Siguenza
Judiciary
Syndicatists
National “Council of Defense
Largo Caballero
Manuel Azana
Larga Caballero
Ministry of Interior
Mwisa urged Swiss defense loan amid rising European tensions
The Mwisa council urged Swiss citizens to subscribe to a defense loan of 298,006,000 francs (about $76.9 million) as European antagonism grows. The government warned that efforts by opposing forces could precipitate catastrophe as grave as 1914.
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League Council
Mwisa
Europe
Post-Graduate Institute Hosted by Local Church
Sponsored by the Commission on maternal and child welfare and the Department of Health a post graduate obstetrical institute will be held at First United Presbyterian Church Indiana on Tuesday September 22 at 10 am Speakers will include University of Pittsburgh faculty and Indiana Armstrong county medical society representatives The local speakers are Drs Bushnell and A H Stewart Indiana County and Drs Boyd and Wyant Armstrong County Luncheon follows at noon and golf after the meeting.
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Commission On Maternal and Child Welfare
Department of Health
First United
Presbyterian Church
Indiana
University of Pittsburgh
Armstrong County
Mrs Pawnee Bill Bride Dies After Pneumonia Injury
Mrs Lillie, wife of showman Major Gordon W. Pawnee Bill Lillie, died in Pawnee Oklahoma from pneumonia after injuries suffered in a new golden automobile given by admirers at the couple’s golden wedding anniversary. The death ends a 50 year western arrival as a Quaker girl who became world famous as a showwoman. The couple had just celebrated their 50th anniversary two weeks earlier and old frontier residents mourn with Major Lillie.
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Pawnee
Okla
Frontier
Gordon W
Bill) Lillie
May Manning Lillie
Pittsburgh report shows district business index slip
The University of Pittsburgh bureau of business research reports tin plate operations and trade declined, with the district business index dropping to 97.2 from 98.7 percent of normal for the week ended Sept 5. The index remains 2.86 times higher than the same week last year.
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Pitstburgh
Bureau of Business Research
University of Pittsburgh
New Law Aims to Train Learner Drivers Nationwide
Harrisburg September 18 John B Kelly secretary of revenue said he would ask the 1937 legislature for a law requiring 80 hours training in driving between request for a learner permit and examination to drive The proposed rule could be added as an amendment to the vehicle code Kelly says it is another step in the department drive to cut down the ghastly death toll on highways.
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Harrisburg
John B. Kelly
Secretary of Revenue
Kelly
Mrs Roosevelt Improves After Flu Attack
Washington Sept 18 Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt ill with influenza shown improvement this morning by White House physician Dr Ross T McIntire He said she should stay in bed over the weekend President Roosevelt meanwhile telephoned from Cambridge Mass where he is speaking at Harvard University and will head back to Washington rather than to Hyde Park New York
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F. D
Roosevelt
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
James A. Farley
New York
Perkins
William H. Standley
Naval Operations
Farley
James A. Cox
White House
Curley
Massachusetts
Senate
Bay State
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Thomas
Johnson
Omaha
St. Louis
Oklahoma City
New Mexico
Pueblo
Denver
Washington
Franklin B. Roosevelt
Ross T. McIntire
Harvard University
First Johns town Student Teachers Club Meets in SHARON-A
The first meeting of the Johnstown Student Teachers Club was held in the M C A building Wednesday evening. Officers elected for 1936 37 include Paul Berkebeite president Edward Thomas vice president Emma Shafer secretary Harriet ta Blackburn treasurer and Paul Lott publicity manager. Dr Wilda Li Montgomery supervises the club. Robert Millican praised the organization. Total membership reached 17 with 14 secondary education students and 3 home economics majors. Meetings set for the first and third Wednesdays each month. A play is planned for the next meeting and committees for refreshments were formed.
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Johnstown Student Teachers Club
M.C. A
Paul Berkebeite
Edward Thomas
Emma Shafer
Herriatta Blackburn
Paart Lott
Wilda Li Montgomery
Johns« Town Student Teachers
Robert Mill
Pocketbook Facts About Your Taxes
Under London policies the per capita costs of State and local governments in Kansas fell from 71 in 1929 to 52 in 1935, a 19 drop or 26 percent. Nationally the 1929 per capita cost was 71.29, with 1934 nationwide average at 60.53, down 15 percent. relief spending shifted to the federal level while Kansas state costs trended downward.
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Kansas
United States
United Brethren in Conference Names New Leaders
The Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church in Johnstown chose Rev. E. B. Learisn as superintendent, succeeding Rev. W. S. Wilson. DelegatesAlso elected Rev. J. A. Funk as corresponding secretary and Rev. W. G. Fullon as statistical secretary. Laymen's Association named R. A. Foster as president and William Fox as vice president. Sessions opened with Bishop Grant D. Battdorf presiding and run through Sunday. Pittsburgh visit featured Robert A. Taft delivering Constitution Day remarks arguing against constitutional attacks.
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Johnstown
Allegheny Conference
United Brethren Church
E. B. Learisn
W. S. Wilson
J. A Funk
Huntingdon
W. G. Fullon
Punxsutawney
R.A. Foster
McKee
William Fox
Connellsville
H. M. Miller
Wilkinsburg
Grant D. Battdorf
Harrisburg
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Els
Barneshoro
South
George C."tompkins
Effingham
West Branch
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Company
Ellis Davis
Maria (Burns) Davis
George Davis
Robert Davis
Windber
Haig Davis
Johnstown Lodge
Free and Accepted Masons
Jaffa
Paga Ong
Moorhead
Judiene’s Finest Men's Store
Alexander Murray Hopkins
Miriam
Work) Horking
A. B. Hopkins
East Mahoning Township
Rosetta Hamilton
Mark
Portland
Ore
Mary
Lester Steele
East Mahon King Township
Grace
Amanda Margaretta Thormpson
Myra Cole
Fort Morgan
Colo
Horace
Donald
Marjorie Steele
Hopkins
Mahoning
Mahoning Church
Samuel W. Shane
Awl
Landon
Ely
Reed
San Angelo
Tex
Concho River
Calintias
Hecgephiere
Newport News
Larley Field
League
Joseph E. Sharkey
Geneva
Ethiopia
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Duce League
Haile Selassie
Benito Mussolini
Oregi
Peasion
Sharon
John Michalko
Adlatis
Paw Ath
Auburn
Baldwin Lee
Balt and Ohlo
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Beth Sti
Blaw-Knox
Borden
Borger Miet Briggs
Burrarr Stach
Canad Pac
Chrysler
Conrell
del Lack
Doug Aire
Eastman Rod
Elec Auto L
Gen Foods
Gillette
Hudson
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
NY Central
Nat Pow
NY_NH
North Am Penn RR
Phila RC
Phillips Pet
Svea
Reading
Repub
Rey Tob
Sears Roeb
Socony-Vacuum
Spiegel May Stern
Cal
Ind
Studebaker
Texas Corp
Transamerica
Unit
Air Corp Unit Corp
Ta Unit
Gas Imp
US Indus Also
US Rubber
US Steel
Woolworth
Curb Ark Nat Gas & Cities Service
Elec
Pennroad Corp Sih
United Brethren IN Conference
Robert A. Taft
William Howard Taft
Iceberg Lge
Bartlett
Malaga
Green — Peppers
Doz
Elberta
Tokay Grapes
Sunkist
Tocci Bros
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