Krissinger Sworn In as Somerset County Treasurer
R W Krissinger was sworn in Tuesday afternoon as Somerset County treasurer by Recorder George A Carr after bonds totaling 75000 were posted by two bonding firms. The bonds include 45000 county, 15000 for the commonwealth, and 15000 for the poor board. He plans early Wednesday start with auditors finishing the treasurer books and aims to release stopped payroll orders. He will keep the office staff unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Krissinger
Somerset County
Recorder of Deeds
George A. Carr
Simon K. Uhl
Commonwealth
Krissinger
First National Bank
Ilness
Hail Storm Destroys 32 Silos and Fires Damage Across Somerset
Somerset county farm agent C C McDowell reports that 32 silos were destroyed in Monday afternoon’s hail storm. Farmer Ellwood Countryman of Brothersvalley township says 28 of his sugar tree groves were blown down. He counted 100 trees broken between Pine Hill and Berlin. Thousands of trees destroyed and many buildings unroofed in the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. McDowell
Somerset
Somerset County
Ellwood Countryman
Brothersvalley Township
Pine Hill
Berlin
McDowell
Earle Laws Add to Business of Courts in Harfburg
The Earle administration faced challenges to the chain store tax and full crew bills as F W Woolworth sought a court injunction to stop tax collection and the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad challenged the full crew requirement. Other firms also filed actions claiming unconstitutionality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EARLE
Harfsburg
Earle Administration
F. W. Woolworth Five
Ten Cent
Dauphin County
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Mrs Champ Clark Dies in New Orleans at 82
Mrs. Champ Clark aged 82 widow of the late Speaker of the House and mother of United States Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri died today in New Orleans. A famous husband died March 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Clark
New Orleans
United States
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
General Cronkhite Dies in Florida Hospital
Major General Adelbert Cronkhite, 76, retired, died in St Petersburg Florida from pneumonia complicating a kidney ailment after a week in hospital. Funeral services will be held in West Point New York on Saturday and he will be buried there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Petersburg
Fla
Adelbert Cronkhite
West Poin
N. Y
Reilly Denies Blame in Monaghan Death Trial
Fayette county prosecutor James A. Reilly testified he did his duty the night Union town hotel man Frank C. Monaghan died after questioning during Wall slashing case. He said he was in the room briefly, heard no blow, and did not threaten Florence Dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
James A. Reilly
Fayette County
Frank C. Monaghan
Uniontown
John C. Wall
Monaghan
Bertillon
County Detectives
Reilly
Ben
Louis Ford
Ford
Dean
Florence Dean
Jack Hann
Take Gunderman to Pittsburgh 30 Time
District Attorney James A. Reilly of Uniontown faces trial for the death of Frank Monaghan. Trooper Stacy Gunderman was summoned to Pittsburgh to testify for Reilly. Gunderman traveled on a habeas corpus writ to appear as a witness. He remained in custody of Allegheny County deputies until the court completed his testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Reilly
Uniontown
Frank Monaghan
Stacy Gunderman
Pittsburgh
Gunderman
McNaugher
Somerset County
Merle Glessner
Fred P. Hare
Alegheny County
Boswell Sons of Italy sponsor June 20 celebration
The Boswell Sons of Italy Lodge hosts a June 20 event at St. Josephs Catholic church featuring flag dedications at 2 with Italian sponsor Carlo Numbnari and Mrs Victoria Salvia and American sponsor Joseph Turillo and Mrs Grace Tuscano, a 3 pm parade, Hooversville High School Band, parade marshal Carmello Reposa, and gifts including a Kelvinator refrigerator and a Venetian show with a free evening dance and music by a good orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boswell Sons of Italy Lodge
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Carlo Nunnari
Victoria Salvia
Joseph Turillo
Grace Tuscano
Hooversville High School
Carmello Reposa
S. Tuscano
M. Mascio
Carrigo
Uncle Sam
Miss Verna
Miss Constantine
Frank Maruca
James Pollicchio
Bruno Deluca
Frank Lamonica
Rose Nunnari
Pasqualina Lamonica
Catherine Calderone
Frances Pellicchio
Mildred Codispoti
Kelvinator
Free Colvin Released on Bond After Shooting Claim
Dr. R. P. Colvin 62 was freed from Somerset county jail on $500 bail after waiving a hearing to face grand jury charges of felonious pointing and discharging firearms. E. S. Brant accuses Colvin of firing into Brant’s car near Minnick's hotel on Lincoln Highway. Colvin says Brant struck him first, he fired to scare him, and Brant then fled. Colvin denies seeing Mrs. Brant and his lawyer notes her employer says she was working all evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Colvin
Somerset County
Grand Jury
Squire H. S. Whipperman
E. S. Brant
Somerset
Vannear
Billie
Minnick
Dr. Colvin
Colvin
Brant
Jacobs
Leland W. Walker
Schellsburg
Minnick’s
Mrs. Brant
Seven Fishermen Drown After Boat Sinks Off Delaware
A 35 foot fishing craft Teal sank six miles offshore near Bowers Beach after drifting driftwood caused a leak. Seven men died, three survived, and one remains missing. Survivors include F C McKee and J E Stine. Rescuees were taken to a Dover hospital for exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowers Beach
Del
Delaware Bay
William Busard
Altoona
William C. Dublin
Herbert Lynn
Theodore Watson
State College
Clyde W. Fishburn
State Colege
William Ebner
Lloyd Davis
James Dublin
William Dublin
Stoddart
Story Stoddart
Dover
Davis
McBee
Stine
Edward Dublin
Busard
Lynn
Freckles
Coast Guard
Skipper
Watson
Liquor Stores Closed Within 30 Miles of Johnstown
Governor George H. Earle ordered state liquor stores near Johnstown closed within a 30 mile radius as strike tensions spread. Somerset and Windber outlets notified by noon, with Rockwood Meyersdale remaining open. Johnstown steel strikers had already appeared in the area to buy liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel
Somerset County
George H. Earle
Somerset
Pittsburgh
Rockwood
Meyersdale
Windber
Liquor Stores Across Western Pa Close During Strike
Governor Earle declared a state of emergency as liquor shops from Johnstown to Ambridge shut their doors. Dozens of licensed selling places in Cambria Indiana Somerset and Westmoreland counties plus Allegheny Fayette Washington and Beaver counties halted business amid labor unrest and mine shutdowns tied to steel strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
Johnstown
Barnesboro
Cresson
Nanty-Glo
East Conemaugh
Gallitzin
Patton
Ebensburg
Portage
Dunlo
Beaverdale
Hastings
Lilly
Cambria County
Blairsville
Indiana
Clymer
Homer City
Indiana County
Latrobe
Derry Ligonier
Westmoreland County
Windber
Central City
Somerset
Boswell
Hooversville
Somerset County
Russellton
Allegheny County
Brownsville
Connellsville
Republic
Fayette County
Bentleyville
Marianna
Washington County
Ambridge
Beaver County
National Electric Products Company
Sayre Urges Christianity at Wilson College Graduation
Chambersburg June 15 Francis B. Sayre assistant secretary of state told Wilson College graduates to follow the fundamentals of Christianity and to perceive the folly of building civilization on materialism and brute force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sayre
Chambersburg
Francis B. Sayre
Wilson College
Pleasant Hill Lawn Fete At Evangelical Church
A public lawn fete will be held at the Pleasant Hill Evangelical church on Thursday June 17 at 7 30 p m with activities planned for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill Lawn
Pleasant Hill Evangelical Church
Connery Dies Of Food Poison At 48
Democratic representative William P. Connery Jr. of Massachusetts died at a Washington hospital at age 48 after food poisoning. He had just returned from Massachusetts where he spoke in Springfield and visited a civilian conservation camp at Chicopee. A leading labor advocate, he chaired the House labor committee and helped push labor measures, coauthoring key wage and hour and child labor bills and supporting a permanent Civilian Conservation Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William P. Connery, Jr
Massachusetts
Connery
Homepathic Hospital
Springfield
Chicopee
Congress
House Labor Committee
House
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Strike settlement vain as sitters stay at Buffalo plant
In Buffalo New York on June 15 700 I O sit down strikers refused evacuation after company announced a quick settlement of a strike that closed the Buffalo Fish er Body plant and nearby Chevrolet assembly plant union leaders said workers would stay inside overnight until seniority rights demands are met by the company Parker Defense Closes Newark New Jersey June 15 Detective Ellis H Parker and his son faced conspiracy charges in the Paul H Wendel kidnapping case but the defense came to an abrupt end without Parker testifying in his own defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Co. I. O
Buffalo Fisher Body
Chevrolet
George S. Wilson
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Mahlon Miller Undergoes Major Hospital Operation
Mahlon Miller of Fairhope underwent a major operation at the hospital on Tuesday. The patient is reported in stable condition with medical teams continuing post operative care and observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahlon Miller
Fairhope
Tueaday
Buckman and Courtner Sentenced on Costs After Not Guilty Verdicts
R E Buckman and Thomas Courtner, awaiting retrial on corrupt solicitation convictions, were ordered to pay the costs on two charges where they were found not guilty. The jury acquitted on bribery and embracery tied to alleged efforts to contact the jury in Trooper Stacy Gunderman’s murder case. Court continued the retrial motion as Buckman remains free on bond while Courtney is jailed. Attorney Frank Holbert said no retrial ruling until the Monaghan case in Pittsburgh is resolved. Ernest Kinsey was jailed for inability to pay a fine from a speeding case. Coroner W J Logue testified on his petition for $308 in fees from investigations into sudden deaths, with a ruling deferred after briefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Buckman
Thomas Courtner
Norman T. Boose
Commonwealth
Stacy Gunderman
Frank C. Monaghan
Buckman
Liberty
Bond
Courtney
Frank Holbert
Holbert
Monaghan
Pittsburgh
Ernest Kinsey
Bedford County
Boose
Central City
Common Pleas
Company Union Is Lawful
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a National Labor Relations Board order requiring Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines to reinstate five Pittsburgh garage employees but refused to force withdrawal of recognition from the employees association, a company union. Judge Joseph Buffington said the board’s order relating to the union lacks statutory warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc
Pittsburgh
Employes Association
Joseph Buffington
National Labor Relations) Act
Earhart Makes Fourth Continent Landing Amid Arabian Route
Amelia Earhart steps from her flying laboratory in Karachi after a 1400 mile hop from Assab Eritrea across the Red Sea and Arabian Desert. She plans a Thursday takeoff weather permitting with stops at Darwin Australia and then Pan American routes across the Pacific. Her Eritrea leg was unreported for over 20 hours due to communications gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.S.T
Assab
Eritrea
Red Sea
Arabian Desert
Arabian Sea
Miss Earhart
Darwin
Australia
Pacific Ocean
Pan-American Airways
Massawa
Miami
Fla
Police quit as Burgess supports C10 plant clash
Ambridge June 15 More than 500 workers clashed as John L Lewis followers fought AFL adherents attempting to reopen a strike closed plant. Burgess Caul threatened inciting riot charges against out of town participants. Acting Police Chief ONeill and three officers resigned after tear gas was used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambridge
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Burgess P. J. Caul
National Electric Products Company
Burgess
Richard O’niell
United Electrical and Radio Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Brotherhood
Pittsburgh
Edith Maxwell Wins Appeal Bond Release in Virginia Case
Six bondsmen this afternoon posted bail for Edith Maxwell, a Wise County teacher, after the Virginia Supreme Court granted her the right to appeal her second conviction for the 1935 death of her father, Trigg Maxwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Maxwell
Wise
Virginia Supreme Court
Trigg Maxwell
Tax Anticipation Notes Sold By State Bidder Halsey
Harrisburg reports that Halsey Stuart & Company won the bid for the 60 million dollar series of tax anticipation notes payable in one year. The notes carried 1.44 percent interest, with a premium of 231720 applied to offset interest, effectively reducing the rate to about 1.14 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halsey, Stuart & Co
Harrisburg
Halsey, Stuart & Company, Inc
Youngstown Workers Press Plans to Reopen Mills
June 15 Youngstown Ohio groups map plans to reopen Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet & Tube plants amid picket lines. Ray L. Thomas representing 10,000 anti strike workers says a conference with Republic president Frank Parnell is set. J L Smith of Independent Federation of Republic Employees backs back to work efforts. Sheriff gains search warrant at Republic Steel for machine guns, finds none. warrant based on informant claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Ray L. Thomas
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Eec J Company
Frank Parnell
J. L. Smith
Pearl Bergoff
Davey
Columbus
Common Pleas
George Gessner
Ralph Esler
Republic Steel Corp
Thomas White
No Inquest Into F. J. Hoffman Death
Freeman J. Hoffman an 82 year old Somerset seed salesman died after a car struck him on West Main street on June 7 making the 15th auto fatality in Somerset county this year. Coroner W J Logue signed the death certificate and ruled no inquest necessary as the accident was unavoidable. Driver W L Morrison was found blameless by borough police after Morrison stopped immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman J. Hoffman
Somerset
West Main Street
Somerset County
Highway Patrol
W. L. Morrison
W. J. Logue
Hoffman
Morrison
Jacob Pile
Jack Langley Announces Punxsutawney Air Show Dates
Fly ing Falcons manager Jack Langley says the Punxsutawney air field will host an air show on Saturday and Sunday June 19 and 20. New acts have been booked this week to join the regular program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Langley
Flying Falcons
Punxsutawney Air Field
Johnstown Strikes Trigger Vigilante Patrolling and White House Reply
Johnstown sees citizen patrols and rising fear as a five day strike in Conemaugh area fuels labor tensions. President Roosevelt at the White House urges verbal bargaining terms with Republic Steel amid threats of violence and further intervention. Local authorities bolster night patrols while residents guard homes, reflecting a tense clash between C I O organizers and steel interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Conemaugh
Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Republic Steel Corporation
Lewis’ C. I. O
Ind ——— Steel
Tf America
Republic Steel
Girdler
Tom Girdler
Steel
Mavor
Citizens’ Committee
George H. Ears
Bethlehem
Hemes
Forecast summary for mid Atlantic and surrounding states
Regional forecast notes largely cloudy with showers in the next days. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia see partly clear to cloudy conditions with some showers, while Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland anticipate fair conditions with little temperature change. The lower Lake region, upper valley, and north Middle Atlantic areas expect showers, with Tennessee and lower Ohio Valley also seeing showers in the period. Temperature changes are described as unimportant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Lower Lake Region
Upper Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Middlelantic States
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George Longridge
Mountain Inn
Laughlintown
Orchestra
ESCO
John L. Knepper
The
Farm Equipment CO
Gen. Kronkhite
Florida
Miss Dean
Stephen Haley
Joseph Sonwell
State Police
Boswell Sons OF Italy
Free Colvin
Squire Whipperman
Co. W. Stoddart, Jr
F. C. McKee
State College Fruit Market
J. E. Stine
Franklin
Bethlehem Steel Company
Central Press
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
India
Arabia
Karachi
Amelia Earhart
Per
O’neil
MILLS
Sheet and Tube
F. J. Hoffman
Punxsy
Republic Steel Tives
America
Tomain
Daniel Shields
Sommi
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Associated Press
United States Bureau
E City
New York
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Enaneeeneree
Steeneey
Louis Abensene
Parkersburg
Payernie
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