Bondholders plan to buy Quemahoning coal mines
Bondholders protective committee met in Somerset to discuss reconstructing the Ralphhton No 5 mine. County commissioners offered return of the Quemahoning property for 40000 dollars with 4000 acres of coal land and 120 houses. Estimated costs for refurbishing and equipment total near 100000 dollars. RFC potential support and talks with Fidelity Trust noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bondholders Protective Committee
Quemahoning Coal] Company
Somerset Drum
Ralphton No. 5
Bondholders’ Committee
Somerset County
Quemahoning Coal Company
E. O. Koper
James H. Moore
Maurice Shoemaker
Edward McFadden
Ralph E. Dickey
Bondholders Protective Comeee
Ralphton
E. O. Kooser
Joseph Levy
Halverson
Quemahoning
Jenner Township
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jean
RFC
R. W. Trevorrow
E. O. Kooger
W. E. Hepburn
Bondholders’ Protective Committee
Philadelphia
Hepburn
Prisoner Plunges Strikes Skull at County Jail
A federal prisoner, Adam Belicke 48 of Monessen serving 30 days for a squor law violation, leaped from a second tier cell to the stone court at Westmoreland county jail fracturing his skull. He was returning with fellow inmates from a trip to the bullpen when he broke loose and jumped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Stone Court
Westmoreland County
Adam Belicke
Monessen
Army planes aid relief for Cagayan flood victims in Philippines
Army authorities dispatched fighting planes to rushed relief into the flood stricken Cagayan valley where thousands are dead and missing. At least 54 villages inundated with crops and livestock washed away. Red Cross and government crews mobilize supplies as isolation hampers aid.
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Manila
Cagayan Valley
Cagayan
Army Air Service
Red Cross
Van Swearingen brothers regain empire control via option deal
Senate investigators heard that Van Swearingen brothers of Cleveland regained control of their rail and industrial empire with a ten year option on 8250 Mid-America Corp common shares at 1 each. The contract was signed with George Bal after their earlier auction loss. Ball testified the plan shielded creditors and drew a $100 000 drawing account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sec
Senate
van Swearingen Prothers
Cleveland
Wheeler
D-Mont
O. P
M. J. van Swearingen
Mid-America Corporation
van Swearingen
Houdini
van Swearingens
George A. Bal
Muncie
Ind
Mid-America Mid-America Corporation
Ball
George A. Tomlinson
Tomlinson and
Midland Bank of
Mid-America
John P. Murphy
van Swearingen Railroads
Bride-Elect Fatally Struck by Longtime Friend in East Lansing
Elizabeth Giltner 25 daughter of a Michigan State College dean was shot and killed by Hope Morgan 25 a close friend helping with wedding invitations. Morgan confessed saying she acted on impulse. Morgan labeled mentally ill by doctors and faces first degree murder charges and a sanity commission.
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East Lansing
Mich
Elizabeth Giltner
Harold Mulbar
Hope Morgan
Giltner
Mulgar
Miss Morgan
Elizabeth
Miss Giltner
Dean Ward S. Giltner
Veterinary Science Department
Michigan State College
Mulbar
Stewart Morgan
Battle Creek
Kalamazoo
Portland
David Giltner
Friends
Lemoine Snyder
Dan D. McCullough
Sanity Commission
Dean Gilmner
Brotherly Love urged at 64th State Grange convention
State Master J A Boak urged 800 delegates to foster brotherly love over supremacy and militarism. He cited the 150th anniversary of the Constitution and pressed for unity amid global tensions. Nine new granges and 13 juvenile granges were reported. Past State Masters assisted in ceremony as hundreds more delegates were expected to join the three day meeting in Altoona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
J. A. Boak
Boak
South America
John A. McSpar- Tan
Lancaster
E. B. Dorsett
Mansfield
Philip H. Dewey
Harrisburg
Six Below Zero Delays Pittsburgh Winter Outing
A six below zero temperature greeted workers as they prepared for the first winter sports outing for a trainload of Pittsburghers on Sunday.
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Kane Kane
Dec
The
Mercury
Profit Sharing Holiday Boost For Somerset Stores
A Somerset report details the grand prize in the merchants profit sharing promotion awarded to Homer Faust of Simpson Auto. Fifty percent of readers share coupons are urged as the program grows with 60 000 coupons in one award and over 100 000 expected for the December 21 draw. Stores will stay open evenings until Christmas as enthusiasm rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American
Simpson Auto Store
Homer Faust
Simpson
Faust
Miller Barber Shop
Jack Langley
Park Theater
Somerset
Somerset County
Mr. Langley
Langley
Jury Ready to Try Wagner for Murder
Greensburg report states attorneys completed jury selection of twelve jurors and two alternates, six women and six men, for the Kenneth Wagner murder trial. The 30 year old aluminum worker faces charges over the poison death of his 14 day old baby. District Attorney Richard D. Laird questioned 120 talesmen before final selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Kenneth Wagner
Richard D. Laird
Administration reveals 1937 farm program curbing corn crop
Washington officials unveiled the 1937 federal farm program aimed at direct control of crop production, with a focus on reducing corn output. The announcement signals a new approach by administration leaders to manage farm supplies and stabilize markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Five physicians head county school boards in reorganization
Five physicians were named officers of county school boards at reorganizations across scattered districts. In Somerset borough, Dr Charles C Barchfield was reelected president. Dr Charles J Hemminger, vice president. James L Poovaugh, secretary. Harry S Wolfesverger, treasurer. Berlin borough saw Dr I C Miller reelected president with H F Ball as vice president and W A Johnson as secretary. Additional boards in Stoystown, Windber, Confluence, Boswell, Jerome and Meyersdale also elected presidents and vice presidents, with Salisbury postponing its election to December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Barchfield
Somerset Borough
Charles J. Hemminger
James L Poovaugh
Harry S. Wolfesverger
Joseph Levy
Berlin
I. C. Miller
H. F. Ball
W. A. Johnson
Dr. Miller
A. M. Uphouse
Stoystown
Herman F. Krause
R. G. Stringer
Te Windber
George L. Daly
B. A. Murray
H. M. S. Gimber
Summit Township
Cyrus M. Bird
Galen Feek
Daniel W. Long
Carl Clapper
C. M. Bower
M. M. Brooke
Confluence
Boswell
Milton B. Mowry
Herman F., Krause
Kilby N
M. L. Barber
P. W. Layton
R. G. Miller
W. H. Gill
Salisbury
Pen of Lambs Opens College to Farm Boy
Raymond Simpson a 17 year old high school student sold his prize winning pen of three lambs at Buffalo New York s junior livestock show and earned 256 80 He expressed his plan to study agriculture and attend Cornell University saying the sale funds make it possible The show drew 4 H Club exhibitors from New York Ohio and Michigan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Raymond Simpson
Cornell
Raymond
Caledonia
New York
Ohio
Michigan
Zimmerman Bags Buck On Pete Yinkey Farm
George Zimmerman bagged a six point buck weighing about 150 pounds on the Pete Yinkey farm along Water Level Road around 2 Tuesday afternoon. He said the kill came from the same farm where Ralph Rose, a Somerset mail carrier, shot a deer Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George’ BE
Zimmerman
Pete Yinkey
Water Level
Ralph Rose
Somerset
Simpson seizes on love vow to wed Edward VIII despite throne
Reports from Cannes say Wallis Warfield Simpson remains determined to marry Edward VIII in a morganatic union, with both sides supporting a non queenly marriage. Friends cite strong belief the public vow was guided by close advisers while mystery airplane linked to Croydon flight splashed Riviera talk. The travelers include Theo dore Goddard of the decree nisi firm and Doctor Douglas Kirkwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kennedy
Cannes
France
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward VIII
Mrs. Simpsons
Edward
Mrs. Simpson
Theodore Goddard
Simpson
Ernest A. Simpson
Sidney Baron
Douglas Kirkwood
Goddard
Treasury
Coroner's Inquest Recommends Wider Highway for Safety
A coroner's inquest into Frank Hilyhanksy death near Rockingham recommended widening the highway to improve snow clearance on berms and concrete. The driver Steve Har rise of Rockingham was exonerated. Coroner W J Logue said the road's 18 foot width endangers pedestrians including schoolchildren and business people. An inquest into Armour Snyder death in Confluence RD 2 was scheduled for Wednesday.
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Frank Hilyhanksy
Rockingham
Central City
State Highway Department
Steve Harrise
Hilshanksy
Havrille
W. J. Logue
Highway Department
Logue
Armour Snyder
Confluence R. D. 2
J Thomas Lenhart
Listonburg
Coney
Stony Creek Valley Community Meeting Sets Dec 11
The Stony Creek Valley Community Association will hold a Friday evening meeting on December 11 at 7 30 in the high school auditorium under educational committee chairman James E Lauer. Panel topics cover School and Community Relationships with a public portion and musical numbers by the community chorus the girls glee club and the school orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonycreek Valley Community Association
James E. Lauer
B. L. Savitz
Alvin Knepper
Board of Education
Leora Burnett
W. M. Sparks
Elsie Rayman
Claude Bauermaster
Horace Landis
Girl's Glee Club
Japanese Holds First in World Three Cushion Billiards
Kinney Matsuyama, the diminutive Japanese star, defeated Otto Reiselt of Philadelphia 50 to 33 in 38 innings to seize undisputed first place in the world three cushion tournament. Matsuyama now has six wins and two losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kinney Matsuyama
Otto Reiselt
Philadelphia
Matsuyama
No Sign King Has Decided
London officials and sources report no decision by King Edward regarding abdication or marriage to Wallis Simpson. By early morning no official statement had emerged and any abdication would require cabinet and dominion approval, while some observers thought Simpson’s offer might influence a keep-the-throne outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward
Wallis Simpson
Mrs. Simpson
Who's Who in Fayette Co Court Deliberates DA Office Charge
Fayette county court asked to determine who runs the district attorney’s office after Attorney General Margiotti named successors for Reilly and Byrne. Margiotti appointed Davis W. Henderson and Thomas J. Waggoner Jr. as prosecutors and later Wade K. Newell to assist in the Monaghan murder case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Clark W. Martin
Fayette
Martin
Charles J. Margiotti
James A. Reilly
Harry W. Byrne
Reilly
Byrne
Margiotti
Supreme Court
Davis W. Henderson
Thomas J. Waggoner, Jr
Charles Lewellyn
Fred Brothers
Marge
Frank C. Monaghan
Monaghan
Bertillon
John C. Wall
Henderson
Wade K Newell
Charngs
Linn
Assault at Bowser garage leads to arrest
At the Bowser garage in Berlin Pamela Bowser reports a customer who refused to leave, assaulted her. her sister and friends intervened. Oscar P. Coleman is jailed on an assault and battery warrant sworn by Evelyn Bowser, 17, who works there. Also noted is a separate case of a New York man charged for gasoline and later returned to Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Evelyn Bowser
Bowser
Oscar P. Coleman
S. W. Smith
Coleman
Miss Bowser
New York
Bedford
Justice of the Peace
Dr. J W Heslop Chiropodist Reopens Office
Dr J W Heslop, chiropodist, announces the reopening of his offices in the Schell Building after a vacation in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Heslop
Schell
Florida
Edward and Baldwins Hold Key Dinner In Crisis Talks
Edward of England, with two royal brothers and Premier Baldwin, debated the Wallis Simpson crisis at Fort Belvedere. Mrs Simpson’s attorney and entourage flew to France while mystery swirls over a possible settlement and a pending cabinet meeting in London.
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Witt Hancock
London
Edward
England
Stanley Baldwin
Wallis Simpson
Fort Belvedere
Duke of York
Duke of Kent
Simpson
Theodore Goddard
France
Cannes
Cumberland Terrace
Europe
Bessie
D. B. Merryman
Washington, D. C
Belvedere
Baldwin
Dukes of
Kent
York
Commons
Mary
Marlborough House
Princess of Connaught
Canterbury
Tuberculosis Clinics Spread Across New York and Nation
The New York Throat and Nose Hospital opened a dispen sary class for patients and families, followed by clinics nationwide. In 1904 the Health Department created a Pulmonary Diseases Clinic for tuberculous poor, teaching patients how to live well as funds from Christmas Seals support many clinics today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Throat and Nose Hospital
New York City
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Wagner
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Somerset Board
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Pen OF Lambs
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Eddie
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