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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1937
Page
2
F A Pitkin outlines Pennsylvania soil erosion threats and long term fertility decline. He notes a loss of topsoil over a century, smaller average farm sizes, and rising yields from improved seeds and methods. Despite mechanization, many fields suffer from erosion, leaving barren subsoil pockmarked by historical plowing.
A United Press dispatch from Moscow quotes "K. Redmill" claiming the Communist Party led and supported sit-down strikes in the automobile industry. The report says Communists assisted strikers, gathered funds, and organized solidarity demonstrations, with guidance published by the Communist Party through the New York Daily Worker influencing the GM strike strategy.
The Last of Mrs Cheyney with Joan Crawford and William Powell closes Thursday at The Manos Theatre, London society intrigue in a dazzling stage run. Maytime, starring Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, opens a four day engagement Friday with songs like Will You Remember and Carry Me Back to Old Virginny. Quality Street with Katharine Hepburn and Franchot Tone comes to The Manor Theatre April 14 for two days. Maid of Salem, Frank Lloyd's new romance starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, plays Friday and Saturday April 16 and 17 at The Manos with a large supporting cast.
Inspector Homer Trask and trainee Andy Fletcher solve a Hollywood style radio murder in a city court. John Nelson is shot while listening to a loud radio. investigators trace the bullet to a dented rifle found with prints on an empty cartridge shell. The Robinsons’ alibi crumbles as fingerprints link the weapon to the crime.
Andy Yacas, convicted of first degree murder in Indiana County for killing Mrs. Anna Spelock and sentenced to death by electrocution on February 15, 1937, has applied for clemency. The Board of Pardons will hear the petition on April 2, 1937, at 9:00 A.M. in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Attorneys R. J. Hogan and James W. Mack Jr. represent Yacas.
An order of the Orphans Court of Indiana County Pa dated April 5 1937 directs sale by public base on the premises in Rayne Township Indiana County Pa at an upcoming public sale. Attorneys H J MecElhoes and L B H Miller represent the estate in this matter.
Thursday April 29 1937 at 2 00 oclock PM auction of 44 acres 162 perches more or less with a frame house stable and outbuildings on lands of M L Wissel and others in Indiana County. The sale excludes coal and mining rights as described in title deeds. Conducted by A M Buchanan and J B Doty administrators. Sale by court order. Sheriff H Kooser and Clerk W B Calhoun. April 7 1937.
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