Officials warn against unofficial security number plates
Richard C. Westling of the Social Security Board in Johnstown says the board has not authorized the manufacture or sale of metal plates bearing workers numbers and names. Field offices were told to stop promoting such devices and avoid plates that imitate official government products.
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Fpcial
Pias
Richard C. Westling
Social Seccurity Boards
Johnstown
Rgay
U. S
Social Security
U. S. Department of Justice
Mr. Wrestling
Wrestling
Windshield collision leaves child unharmed in roadside crash
A Penn Run Route 553 wreck hurled a father toward the car interior as his two year old daughter Betty rode on the front seat. Lobanosky saved her from the windshield while being taken to Indiana Hospital. Trial looms for Lobanosky S against Franklin Insurance seeking 291 333 33 in a fire loss case.
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Pennsylvania
Penn Run
Lobaosky
Betty
Lobnosky
Indiana Hospital
Franklin Insurance Co
Edwin M. Clark
Lobansky
Rossiter
Sal
Aid New England Fleet Responds To Flood Emergency
A Bell Telephone Co. of Penna convoy of ten trucks departs Indiana to aid New England flood and hurricane relief. The group includes 22 linemen and repair crews from Greensburg New Castle Warren and New Kensington, with thirty long distance operators from Philadelphia and ten service crews via rail from Pittsburgh. At the fairgrounds a racing car crashed into a wall while several injuries and fatalities are reported in multiple towns including Altoona Scranton Williamsport Uniontown Greensburg and Eric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Bell Telephone Co
Penna
Indiana
Rejsuue
Greensburg
New
Allentown
Roy Lake
Fairbanks
Calif
Fair Grounds
Altoona
Frank Tavis
Scranton
Carl McLain
Sterling
Williamsnodt
Thomas Deehan
Renovo
Uniontown
J. E. McDowell
Wilkinsburg
Peter Archer
Irwin
Eric
John P. Butler
Butler
Obituary notices for Miller Feser Groff in Indiana and Barnesboro
Obituary items note George Miller of Homer City tied to Tide Mine and St Mary Greek Catholic Church with 2% years in Homer City and relatives in Indiana. Belle McCardell Feser dies in Charleston Me aged 38 with three children Ruth Gathering and Martha Ann and brothers Guy and Ralph. William Alonzo Groff 80 former farmer of Cherryhill Township dies in Bucks County born January 8 1858 in Indiana County survived by two daughters Hazel and Leda and 16 grandchildren with services in Clymer Christian Church and burial at Sample Run Cemetery.
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Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
Tide
St. Mary Greek Catholic Church
Homer City
United Mine Workers of America
Indiana
My. Miller
St. Mary Congregation
Greek Catholic Youths Club
George
Stephen
Mary
Eva
Anna Miller
Europe
St. Mary Church
John J. Baytura
St. Bernard Cemetery
Belle (McCardell) Feser
Walter R. Feser
J. D
Charleston
E. B. McCardell
Barnesboro
Fesery
Barnesbore
Be, B. McCardell
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Westover
Clearfield County
Hastings
Feser
Matilda Moore
McCardell
Indiana State Teachers College
Gathering
Ruth
Martha Ann
Guy McCardell
Ralph McCardell
Johnstown
W. W. Adams
Philadelphia
J. Lillian Jones
Barnesboro Baptist Church
Westover Cemetery
William Alonzo Groft
Cherryhill Township
Bucks County
Indiana County
Jennie Howe
Hazel
Mack Dias
Dillflown
Leda
Ralph Houck
Gridley
Calif
Clarence
Delos
Nellis (Groff) Crouthamnel
Christian Church
Clymer
Sample Run
Es Gebt Los German Frontier Tension Grows
Public anxiety rose as German troop movements intensified toward the Czechoslovak border ahead of Hitler's speech. Reports describe Sudeten German forces outnumbering Czech troops and smashing some vehicles while crowds cry Es geht los as renewed aggression looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ober Lohnyja
Egg
Asch
Egay
Henlein
Berlif
Czechoslovakia
Reichs
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Germany
Rhineland
British and German tensions rise over Sudeten demands
Officials warn march into the Sudetenland may not be bloodless and preparations shift to potential war. British and French leaders seek Hitler’s response while Berlin orders evacuations and Red Cross nurses mobilize for duties. Chamberlain and Daladier exchange personal appeals as Parliament to convene Wednesday.
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Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Godesberg
Rhineland
Austria
Berlin
Germany
Prague
Prgue
Red Cross
Frankfurther Zeitung
London
Chamberlain
Daladier
Florace Wilson
Foreign Office
Alr
Bonnet
Hiller
Jones Mundy To Come Here In Campaign Swing
Harrisburg September 26. Democratic and Republican candidates begin a busy week of speeches. Republican candidates including Judge Arthur H. James and James J. Davis plan appearances from western counties to Lehigh. Governor Earle and Thomas A. Logue head northward through multiple counties. Jones and Mundy for governor and lieutenant governor will tour Huntingdon Blair Clearfield Jefferson Armstrong Butler Beaver Westmoreland Indiana Cambria Bedford. They appear Saturday at Indiana Fair Grounds for 1:00 p.m. Ebensburg 5:00 p.m. Johnstown Fort Stanwix Hotel.
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Harrisburg
Westeern
Lehigh County
Arthur H. James
James J. Davis
U. S
Samuel S. Lewis
Huntingdon County
Blair
Centre
Clearfield
Jefferson
Armstrong
Butler
Beaver
Westmoreland
Indiana
Cambria
Bedford
Jones and
Mundy
Indiana Fair Grounds
Ebensburg Fair Grounds
Johnstown
Fort Stanwix
France Britain agree on war plans amid Czech crisis
The French premier foreign minister and army chief met British ministers to finalize joint war plans as Hitler's demands for Czech partition drew alarms. Britain set home fleet in the North Sea, France fielded over two million troops, and Roosevelt urged continued negotiations.
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France
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Britain
North Sea
Chamberlain
London
Roosevelt
Daladier
Bonnet
Charles Corbin
Gamelin
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Ten Downing Street
Winston Churchill
Court Fails to Act On Jury Inquiry in Gov Case
The Dauphin County grand jury probes charges against the Governor and others, under Supreme Court direction. The court weighs three fast law measures on impeachment inquiry rights, delaying the investigation, and AG authority over a district attorney. Margiotti accuses Democratic leaders of pressuring for deputy firings over political dues. Lawrence reportedly endorsed the idea.
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High Court
Dauphin County
Grand Jury
Supreme Court
House
House Committee
Charles J. Margiotti
Margiotti
Russell Shockley
George Keitel
David L. Lawrence
Charlie
Relief Rise Continues in Public Assistance in Indiana County
During the week ending September 17 the Department of Public Assistance reported a net rise of 1,034 cases and 1,046 persons. Indiana County opened 4, cases totaling 1,404 with 7.74 persons, expenditures 412,304.30. Cases opened outpaced those closed by a small margin, reflecting smaller average case sizes and ongoing private employment gains. Net shift of 759 tasks to direct relief tolls attributed to this factor, the smallest weekly increase since October 1997. Private employment cases opened exceeded closed by a 6 to 1 ratio today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Assiats Ancé
Indiana County
Rolls
Ioesea
Roosevelt Telegraphed Plea Against War and Break in Talks
The article recounts President Roosevelt urging restraint as crisis in Europe looms, warning that war would wreck peace, economies, and social order. It notes hoped German reaction to a draft speech and the roles of France Soviet Russia Poland and Hungary, with appeals aimed at preventing escalation.
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Moscow
Roosevelt
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Czecho- Slovakia
Communist Party
Pravda de
Hitler
Soviet
Russia
Poland
Hungary
France
Europe
United States
Pacific
Truck Strike Begins in New York City
New York Sept 26 Police details patrolled the West Side waterfront as a strike of several thousand truck drivers began, threatening to paralyze the city’s trucking. Early surveys showed many trucks moving near West 42nd Street ferry to Weehawken with no pickets. South of Twenty third Street few trucks moved, despite food deliveries exempt.
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New York
P—Polics
West Side
West 42Nd Street
Manhattan
Weehawken
N. J
Twenty-third Street
Markets Pittsburgh grain and livestock report
Pittsburgh markets report show produce demand steady with apples and potatoes priced across several regions. Livestock notes hogs 9.25 to 9.35, cattle slow with best 6.50 to 6.75, calves 10.30 to 12.00, sheep steady to bid 8.00 for spring lambs, warehouses reporting mixed scores and regional pricing variations.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
New Jersey
Idaho
Capture of Roscoe Stouffert Spurs Bedford Jail Break Case
Bedford Sept 26. Roscoe Stouffert age 32 of Kittanning has been captured, aiding the manhunt for George Wentz, 34, near Roaring Springs. Wentz escaped with Stouffert from Bedford County jail last Thursday. Farmer John Street spotted the pair in the Cumberland Valley south of Bedford, their clothes worn from wandering in the mountains. Stouffert surrendered. Wentz fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Roscoe Stouffert
Kittanning
George Wentz
Roaring Springs
Bedford County
Stouffert
John Street
Cumberland Valley
Polige
Stuffert
Wentz
Hard coal bills move after union input in Harrisburg
Lieutenant Governor Thomas Kennedy and Martin Brennan said the United Mine Workers support the anthracite commission bills for state control of hard coal. Miners from Northumberland and Schuylkill counties pressed for action at the special session while opposing a further study. The Senate considers a 26000 reimbursement for commission members and the House weighs tax abatement, school district mergers, a statewide fireworks ban, and a gambling information devices commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Thomas Kensnedy
United Mine Workers
Kennedy
Martin F. Brennan
Tri-District
Anthracite Commission
Northumberland
Schuylkill
Senate
No Escape for Robbers on Flooded Rock River Farm
Clarence Dobrin reports thieves stole 250 chickens from his farm during floods near the Rock River. He told police the robbers traveled by boat, gaining access to the enclosed property despite rising waters. Local authorities investigate.
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Colona
Clarence Dobrin
Sky
Rock River
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Chicago
Gibraltar
Admiralty
Malta
British Mediterranean
Benes
Vladimir Hurban
Col
Hurban
Czechoslovak
Pravda
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Paris
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Alcogy
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Ohio
Bendix
Greyhound
Harb-Walker and Hudson Motor
Interlake
Kron Gt
Int Harvester
Nick Can
Kresge
Lehigh Val i
Liggett & M
Loew's Inc
Montgom
Ward
Nash-Kelyinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat
Nat Distillers
Pew & Lt
WNY Central
North American Packard, Motor
Penn RR
Phila, Read C
Phillips Pet Pub Svc
Pure Oil Radio Corp of
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Repab Steel
Reynolds
Stand
Gas & ‘el
Ind
Studebaker Texas Corp
Hicken Roll
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Im
U S
Indus Alcoa
US Rubber
Us$ Steel
West Union Tel
West el & Mfg
Woolworth
Curb — Ark
Fennroad
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