U. S. Control of Coal Urged
Dr. Stephen P. Burke urged full government regulation of the soft coal industry before the National Bituminous Coal Commission in Johnstown. He warned partial control under the Guffey-Vinson act would harm industry and cited price disparities between regulated and unregulated markets as a disaster for coal selling at two dollars a ton versus a dollar seventy.
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Johnstown
Stephen P. Burke
West Virginia University
Burke
District Coal Board No. 3
West Virginia
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Commission
Pennsylvania
Stock Losses Heavy Today In Widespread Selloff
Reading stocks fell sharply in New York as losses ran up to four points with many issues hitting two year lows. Markets opened weak and ticker tape ran two minutes late. Liquidation at home and abroad prompted by talks between Morgenthau and Phillips spurred fears of heavy foreign selling. Prominent names dragged the decline including U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Westinghouse U S Rubber Loew’s D Pont Allied Chemical Anaconda Kennecott Case Deere Santa Fe Eastman Kodak National Steel Phil Morris Sears Roebuck and Douglas Aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Morgenthau
Phillips
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Westinghouse
U. S. Rubber
Loew's D
Obituary notices and death notices from Indiana area pages
Continued obituary notices report deaths and services in multiple communities. Individuals named include Kern Bittinger. Dr John A Newcome. Mrs Catherine Mathilda Chapman. and family relations across Vandergrift, Wilkinsburg, Punxsutawney, Clymer and nearby towns. Services set for Saturday and Sunday with church burials, noting cemeteries and memorials and listing survivors.
Roosevelt Tours West Gauging Objectives on the Road
President Roosevelt travels by the Roosevelt train toward Seattle with stops in Cheyenne Wendover and Casper. He says he is not in love with any method but pursues objectives such as farm price stabilization without bankrupting the government. Crowds greet him in Iowa as he stresses hearing conditions firsthand and avoiding a campaign trip.
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Roosevelt
Seattle
Avetin
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Senator O'Mahoney
O'Mahoney
Mr. Roosevelt
Wendover
Casper
Schwartz
Cinton
Carroll
Tong
Marshalltown
American
Two Ohio women funeral notices of Stella Burtyk and Mrs Peter Burtyk
Stella Lus Sick Burtyk, 36, died after prolonged illness in an Indiana hospital. Surviving husband, son, three daughters, five brothers and three sisters. Funeral plans not yet complete. In a separate notice, Mrs Stella Burtyk Bowder Bowder, born near Cantor Ohio, died Sept 18 1937 in Akron after eight months illness. Survived by husband Eugene Bowder stepchildren Imagerie Craft Evon Hough sisters and brothers. services held in Akron and Pine Grove Church. interment Thompson Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Newcome
Vander“grift
John D. Johnston
Indiana
Frost
Vandergrift
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Fraternity
Virginia Richards
Arveta McKim
Wilkinsburg
Geona
W. C. Newcome
Big Run
Linus Newcome
Punxsutawney
Charles Shaffer
Lucy Newcome
Hamilton
Catherine Mathilda Chapman
James U. Chapman
Adams Street
Clymer
Indiana Hospital
Chapman
Charles Schumaker
Distant
Thomas Walker
Hooversville
Harry
Walter
Windber
Lincoln Sample
Ford City
John Sample
Tarentum
James Sample
Claremont
Joseph Sample
NuMine
Fred Sample
Curlisville
Carria Ford
Reynoldsville
Clymer Methodist Church
Trimpey
Self
Cantor
Ohio
Just-a- Mere-Home
Akron
E. W. Bowder
Montgomery Township
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Eugene Bowder
Imagerie Craft
Evon Hough
Erma Rager
Edna Romey
Earl
Virgil Sell
Pine Grove Wesleyan Methodist Church
Arcadia
C. C. Cross
Donald Swinehart
Rex Brickell
Thompson Cemetery
Peter Burtyk
Stella
Lus
Mary Sesock
Clune
Anna Trimble
Detroit
Margaret Lassick
Young Township
George Lassick
Farm Leaders Deliberate On Labor Program Identity
Bosch notes 30,000 members in the farmer holiday group while leaders debate the program to meet the needs of two producing groups. The discussion centers on naming and defining the agricultural labor coalition and its aims.
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Bosch
America must give China aid and defend nine power pact
The premier argued the United States must support China in the Sino Japanese war, noting America’s role in the Washington disarmament talks and the nine power pact. He emphasized that China fights for existence and for the principles of the nine power pact and League covenant, with signatories urged to back China. The article recalls the 1922 nine power pact aims to preserve China's territorial integrity. The khaki clad generalissimo appeared vigorous, ending on a note of resolve.
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America
Washington
China
United States
Britain
France
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Belgium
Japan
Arthur F Kane at Lions Festival at Indiana High School
Arthur F Kane, traveler and journalist, headlines the Lions Festival second evening at Indiana High School auditorium on Tuesday September 28. He recounts journeys from Greenland to Africa and Venice to China in a intimate chat, wearing costumes from his travels and engaging with the audience.
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Arthur F. Kane
Idiana High School
Kane
Greenland
Africa
Marco Polo
Venice
China
Mme
Murano Polo
Chiang Kai-shek warns neutrality impossible amid nine power pact
Chiang Kai-shek told American correspondents neutrality for the United States is impossible while the nine power pact stands. He said America’s present attitude is not the real one and expressed confidence that justice and law will prevail. He declined comment on arms embargo and praised American reports on the war. He spoke of inexhaustible Chinese manpower and resources.
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Lang
United States
Chiang
America
Gen
China
League of Nations
Chiang Kai-shek
Bombing of Hankow and Shanghai Ravages Central China
Nine Japanese planes bombed Hankow in the Yangtze valley killing about 100 and wounding twice as many. Bombs hit crowded districts and river areas near the British gunboat Aphis. about 100 buildings damaged. Shanghai reports its worst cholera epidemic as Japanese troops press defense lines near Paoshan and Lotien. Canton was bombed. 2,000 civilians killed in two days. An American group of 101 missionaries arrived in Shanghai from Mokansan g Mountain.
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Shanghai Shangghai
Hankow
Yangle River
Wuzhang
Yangtze
Wuhan
China
Shanghai
Paoshan
Lotien
Shanshai
Nanking
Tokyo
Great Britain
Russia
France
Germany
Italy
Canton
Mokanshang Mountain
Ningpo
Southern Methodists
Southern Presbyterian
Northern Baptists
Southern Baptists
United States will not recognize new Japanese territorial claims
Washington observers reaffirmed that regardless of the Sino Japanese war outcome the United States will not change its foreign policy. The government has withheld recognition of the Japanese dominated Manchoukuo and Italian annexed Ethiopia in line with established policies.
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Washington
United States
China
Iit
Fan Choukuo
Market Gauges Mixed U.S. Stocks As Ticker Lists Edge Higher
A broad array of stocks including Am Can, Anaconda, Am Tel Tel, Chrysler, Coca Cola, Du Pont, Eastman Kodak, General Motors, IBM, Pan Am, Phillips Pet, Reading Co and Union Carbide show modest gains and varied swings in today’s market. Several utilities, steelmakers, and consumer firms move within narrow ranges as traders weigh inflation and demand signals.
Harrisburg Governor Learns to Fly a Plane
Harrisburg reports Governor George H. Earle, confident from 1,200 flying hours, took a lesson in piloting a Stinson with state aeronautics experts. He praised flying as safer than driving, warned about weather and rules, and noted personal risks from past injuries while stressing not to rely on a single pilot or plan.
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State
Asrdsnautics Bureau
Dabln
Stinson
Earle
Itfy
Capitol
Vany
US China policy shaped by Bryan and Stimson doctrine
The text recalls William Jennings Bryan and Henry L. Stimson asserting the United States would not recognize infringements on Chinese territory or sovereignty amid Japanese demands. It notes Bryan’s warning to both nations and Stimson’s later strong application of the doctrine, which the League of Nations later adopted in a treaty.
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Pia
United States
IBLE
William Jennings Bryan
China
Japan
Henry L. Stimson
League of Nations
Poultry Inspectors Screen Birds Across Pennsylvania Farms
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture inspectors tested 37 247 birds on 66 farms last month as part of nationwide poultry improvement. The selected chickens met all program requirements.
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Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Republican State Committee Meeting at Altoona
Republicans urged to attend the State Republican Committee meeting at Jaffa Temple Altoona on Saturday September 25 reporting at the Court House by 7 30 a m EST. Organizers seek strong Indiana County turnout with a banner in the temple as a rallying center. A H Stewart, Chairman Rep Co Com.
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Jaffa Temple
Altoona
Court House
Indiana
Growth Rate Report on Grimes Apples in Pennsylvania
Apple growth tests by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture track Grimes variety performance in the first twenty five days after petal fall. Weight rose from 5340 apples per pound to 62 per pound, indicating rapid early development.
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Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Gangster Tales Blamed In School Shooting
Toledo police report a 12 year old pupil Robert Snyder shot Miss Jund Mapes Arlington School principal in her office then shot himself after listening to crime tales and bandit stories. Principal’s condition favorable. student in Mercy Hospital with self inflicted wound to head. Detective Lt Murphy said motive appears to be demonstration of toughness before a classmate.
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Toledo
Jund
Mapes
Arlington School
Robert Snyders
A. W. Bernhagen
Mercy Hospital
Bernhagen
Ralph Murphy
James Foltz
Snyder Boy
Robert
Murphy
Doherty Takes Legion Reins in New National Command
New national commander Daniel J. Doherty of Woburn Mass vows no raids on the treasury in the coming year. He sails for France to join the veterans pilgrimage and urges Legionnaires to act as private citizens on labor disputes while prioritizing Americanism and equalizing veteran wives pensions.
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New York
Daniel J. Dohertey
Stocky Woburn
Mass
Navy
American Legion
National Treasury
France
Doherty
Legion
National
Butter usage trends since 1889 show rise in substitutes
Since 1889 butter substitutes consumption surged from .54 to 2.28 pounds per year while per person butter consumption fluctuated between 16 and 18.6 pounds annually.
Markets page from Pittsburgh dairy and livestock market report
Markets from Pittsburgh dated Sept 24 show moderate demand for produce with apples selling in various price ranges across Delaware Jonathan, New York Wealthys, Jonathans, Delicious, and Burbank varieties. Potatoes steady at 100 pound sacks. livestock includes hogs at 12.00-19.15, cattle up to 12.50, calves around 13.00, and sheep mostly steady with spring lambs at 6.75-6.00.
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Pittsburgh
Delaware
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
New Jersey
Maine
Idaho Burbanks
Caliifornia Burbanks
Local gas rate hearings held for multiple firms
Four companies were heard at Widgwey and nine at Bradford this month with others to be announced after all are considered. Allegheny Armstrong Butler Clarion Indiana Jefferson Westmoreland and Beaver Butler counties are involved alongside Acme Natural Gas and Beaver Buller Gag Company.
Doctor's Prescription Vree For Tiquor
An old print ad promotes a Western Chemicals, Inc. home treatment to curb liquor addiction with a free trial offer. It claims “proper results or money back” and promises immediate plain-wrap shipment from Seattle Washington.
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New
Aida
Western Chemicals, Inc
Seattle
Washington
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Dayton
Kern Bittinger
Jacob F. Painter
Belknap Reformed Church
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Belknap
Eyta Bowder
Isaac and
Jeannette
Stuckey
Moorhead
FDR
Luzon
Yangtze River
Nelson T. Johnson
Ching
Alco
Harrisburg
George H. Barts
A. H. Stewart
Rep. Co. Com
APPLE
Treasury
New Head
Major Smith
Georgia Tech
Broadway
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