Panama Canal Defense Strengthening Sought in Next Session
The War Department will ask Congress to fund immediate strengthening of Panama Canal defenses, focusing on anti aircraft works. Up to 30 million dollars may be requested, with funds sought in regular appropriations or via the PWA, aiming to protect the canal from air attack as strategists foresee it as an initial target in any Pacific war. Philadelphia reports over 50 pickets arrested as knit goods strike widens, with 1,500 idle workers and mills facing reopening.
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Kingsbury Smith
Canal Zone
Congress
Reguar War Department
PWA
Douglas MacArthur
Panama Canal
Dern
MacArthur
Pacific
Philadelphia
Knit Good
Executive Council
The
United Textile Workers
Washington
Portage silk workers back on job amid union talks
Washington dispatch reports Portage textile workers, 300 at Everett plant, resume work as owners weigh Roosevelts appeal. Union aims to organize all textile workers while Winant board favors plant to plant bargaining. Roosevelt expected to set up labor board to enforce textile code.
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Everett
Baltimore
Washington
Roosevelt
United Textile Workers of America
Gaess
Francis J. Gorman
Winant Board of Special Inquiry
Inustry
Indusry
Winant Board
Deaths From Motor Accidents Across Several Towns
A string of fatal and near fatal motor incidents across Cherry Tree Seward Whitesburg and surrounding areas leaves several victims. Vitzen and Rehrig die from crashes while Catherine Filo and Anna Cruse suffer critical injuries in separate collisions. Autopsies and coroner inquiries are under way as authorities identify causes and circumstances.
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Cherry Tree
Seward
Whitesburg
Eloping couple in deadly highway crash in Pennsylvania
A Philadelphia heiress Virginia Gates, 22, and her husband Daniel McAafferty, a former taxi driver, were injured in a head on crash near Black Lick area. The collision killed a seven year old girl Nell Johnson. The driver fled the scene and was found later. others injured included a nine year old Sagamore boy and several adults. X rays to determine extent of injuries for Gates and McAafferty were ordered.
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Johnstown
Catherine Filo
Indiana-Johnstown
Seward
Westmoreland County
Nicholas Polak
Polak
John Polay
Mya
Charles Ziga
Roy McDowell
H. Albert McMurray
Westmoreland Vaunty
Sacramento
Gal
Virginia Mwing Gates
Philadelphia
Daniel McAafferty
H} Centro
Cal
Nell Johnson
Thomas Gates
University of Pont Iitanie
Tha McCaffertys
Joseph McCafferty
Black Lick
Francis Xoveman
John Speaggs
Louis Strini
Graceton
Strate
Indiana
Sagamore
Joseph Knapic
Plumville
Alfred Nylund
Blairsville
Cliffside Park
Edwin Runne
Homer City
Indiana Franklin Company
Brushvalley
Neisse M. Thomas
Clymer
Ralph Ramsay
L. B. Ellenberger
Reynoldaville
Gene Francke
Heneryville
Ind
William Penn Highway
Mundy's Corner
Ebensburg
Ebenberger
Warms seeks custody of Alagna amid shipboard fire claims
George Rogers chief radio operator is accused of aiding Alagna and Warms outlines plans to trap him. Warms denies Alagna testimony claiming SOS was sent with proper orders and says Alagna showed few times on the bridge after the blaze. He cites no door closing rules and says new crewmen learned procedures on joining. Board chair Weaver notes locking five locker doors might have stamped out the fire.
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Rogers
George Rogers
Caplain
Warms
Alagna
Jst
Jts
Able Burat Oflame
Dickerson Weaver
Works Division Projects Here Continued From Page One
The article notes ongoing Works Division projects and mentions arranging for a representative of the Reconstruction Finance Division to speak with interested parties. It emphasizes collaborative scope and public engagement for upcoming work.
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The
Obituary notes Jones and Ramey in Spangler and Smicksburg
Chares R Jones 69 prominent Spangler merchant died early Saturday of pneumonia eight days after his brother Penrose Jones funeral in Philadelphia. Services at his Jones residence with interment in Williamsport. survivor list includes widow Elizabeth Paul son and siblings. William Streamer Ramey born August 8 1860 in North Mahoning township died Tuesday at home in North Mahoning township survived by eight siblings. funeral held at Smicksburg Zion Lutheran Church with Rev J B Troutman and interment in Smicksburg Lutheran Cemetery.
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Woods
Gibala
Cherry Tree Dam
Witzen
Spangler Hospital
Priday
B. W. McClusky
Indiana
State Highway Patrol
Vitzen
St. Edward’s Catholic Church
Barnesboro
Holy Cross
Spangler
Chares R. Jones
Jones
O'Clark
Ellis
Williamsport
Penrose Jones
Philadelphia
Brockwayville
Elizabeth {Reilly) Jones
Paul
William
New York City
Ardella Jones
J. A. Alfler
Los Angeles
Cal
William Streamer Ramey
Indiana County
W. A. McCormick
North Mahoning Township
Franklin
Sarah Ann (Fleck) Ramey
Samuel Ramey
Punxsutaw Hey
George Ramey
Mount Union
Aaron Ramey
Martinsburg
Russell Ramey
Brookville
Charlonte Fleck
Sinking Valley
Catherine Cressley
Big Run
May Musselman
Jennie Haddick
Harmony
Smicksburg Zion Lutheran Church
J. B. Troutman
Lutheran Cemetery
Smicksburg
Hunt Women Pickpockets As Pals of Hauptmann in Plot
Finn in charge of the New York City kidnap case says Hauptmann is the key man in the crime and possibly not alone. He aims for a full confession or strong circumstantial evidence to convict Hauptmann as a sane, sole architect, while noting talks of an accompanying gang and a Bronx-based carpenter or mechanic as a potential accomplice.
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Hauptmann
Shoenfeld
Finn
Shhoenfeld
Hauptman
New York City
Nauptmann
Neicher
Barry Faris
Gardier
Mechanic
Bronx
Aged Republican Loses Pocketbook at Fair Grounds
A well known aged Republican at Montgomery township lost his pocketbank during a rally at the Fair Grounds grandstand. It contained $11 and a watch key. The finder is asked to return the pocketbook to the Gazette office for safe return to the owner.
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Montgomery Township
Fair Grounds
Gazette Office
Fire destroys Mayer-Graff coal tipple on Coal Hill
A Mayer-Graff Coal Company tipple on Coal Hill across the Conemaugh river from Blajraville Plate Glass plant burned last night. The Blajraville Fire Department responded to a general alarm but could not save the structure. Loss estimate not available this morning.
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Mayer-Graff Coal Company
Coal Hill
Conemaugh River
Blakeville
Columbia Plate Glass Corporation
Blajraville
Racing Pigeons Reach Home From Riverside Release
At 9:02 a.m. last week pigeons released by Express Agent William St. Clair from Riverside Racing Lofts in Salamanca, New York, returned home by 12:09 p.m. a flight of about three hours and seven minutes covering 1008 yards per minute.
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Riverside Racing Lofts
Salamanca
N. Y
Express
William St. Clair
Lindbergh Kidnap Case Extortion Hearing Initiated
Hauptmann faces an extortion charge as a Bronx grand jury is convened. Court proceedings feature a guarded, silent suspect, with New York detectives and a large crowd outside West Farms Court. Extradition talks continue with New Jersey authorities as investigations broaden.
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Hautmann
West Farms Court
James Finn
New York
Hauptmann
Bernard Mogilesky
Bruno Hauptmann
John McCarthy
Bronx
Bernhardt Meissels
Mogilesky
Supreme Court
Charles B. McLaughlin
Patrick J. Dwyer
Benjamin Hirshorn
Foley
New Jersey
Justice McLaughlin
Pigotys
Ity
McLaughlin
Belgrade
Ivan Petrovich
Arthur Johnson
New York City
Europe
Petrovich
Horseshoe finalists named for Cockport Fair contest
At Cockport Fair twelve entrants started the horseshoe contest with six advancing to the final. The qualifiers are Harry Altman N A Steffy Wm Washington D B Washington Hay Henry and Dick Fulmer. They will compete at Brushvalley Fair Saturday at 1 p m for a chance to represent Indiana County at the State contest during Farm Show week in Harrisburg next January. H S Lute arranged courts and assisted in managing the event with H C Cunningham set to do likewise at Brush Valley Fair.
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Cockport Fair
Harry Altman
N. A. Steffy
Wm. Washington
H. S. Lute
Green Township
H.C. Cunningham
Five of six stray steers found near Tunnel Hill farm
Four of the five stray steers were located Saturday at the McHenry farm west of Tunnel Hill, reported by W R Spencer who will get three dollars. One steer was found at Ralph McCreary farm reported by Robert Holt Jr who will receive one dollar. Another Hereford steer remains at large with a dollar reward for tip. Reward offered by Producers Cooperative Commission Association Pittsburgh Pa phone Indiana 71.
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McHenry Farm
Tunnel Hill
W. R. Spencer
Ralph McCreary
Robert Holt, Jr
Producers Cooperative Commission Association
Pittsburgh
Indiana
Treasury Balance Reported for September 21
Treasury balance at $2,240,045,065.97 includes Internal Revenue receipts of $3,863,909.89 and Custom receipts of $26,204,048.37. Chicks hatched from large eggs are larger than those from small eggs.
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Treasury
Washington
Legislators Refuse Salary Amid Seven Day Relief Session
Harrisburg report notes Senator Harry Scott turned his $500 salary check to the Clearfield Centre Crippled Children’s Society, joining five others who refused or donated part of their pay. Debate raged over underpayment versus appropriate compensation, with lawmakers citing long sessions and shared funds to public charities.
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Harrisburg
INS
Harry 8. Scott
Centre
Senate
Repubicans
House
Samuel W. Salas
Philadelphia
Leon C. Prince
Cumberland
Gifford Pinch
Pinchot
Dahlia Society Formed Here with Peak Flower Display
A new Dahlia Society is formed here focusing entirely on dahlias of every variety. The display is at its peak this week and expected to attract great interest for its beauty and variety.
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Dahlia Society
Sarah Sloan Wilson Weds Roland Jones George in NYC
Announcement of the marriage of Sarah Sloan Wilson and Roland Jones George in New York City. They wed September 7 at Greenwich Presbyterian Church with Rev. Nelson B. Chester officiating. The bride is daughter of Mrs. Robert M. Wilson and works at the New York Academy of Medicine library. the groom is an investment counselor. They will reside in Greenwich Village.
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Sarah Sloan Wilson
Roland Jones George
New York City
Greenwich Presbyterian Church
Nelson B. Chester
Robert M. Wilson
New York Academy of Medicine
Greenswich Village
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Behrig
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McKees Rocks
Anna Cruse
Anthony Vorse
Ambridge
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Armagh
William Penn
Clifford Moon
Greensburg
Court House
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Margaret Garrahan
N.S
Bruno Richard Hauptmanns
Charles Lindbergh
Richard
Christ Frederickson
Kath
Anni
International
Erich Boy
United States
Isidore
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Fisch
Lindbergh
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Leipzig
Stgude
Hatutah
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Vorce
Dresden
Germany
Kamen
Frau Pauline Hauptmann
Fritz
Kamenz
Saxony
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York
Brono Richard Hauptmann
Landbergh
York County
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Spring Grove
Mout
Mou
Bernard Hauptmann
Pennsylvania
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Horseshoe
Sarah Wilson
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