Basques Send Loved Ones Out of Danger
Basque civilians, including about five thousand women and children, fled Bilbao for France aboard government ships Habana Izarra and French liner Calamare under British warship escort. Insurgent air raids and bombardment accompanied the evacuation as Basques vowed to resist General Franco's forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Parker
Bilbao
Spain
France
Habana
Izarra
Calamare
Bordeaux
Basque Country
Bay of Biscay
Almirante Cervera
Velasco
Royal Oak
Larrauri
Munguia
Urremdi
Cafe Haven
Francisco Franco
Mob Breaks Into Apex Hosiery Mill in Sit-Down Clash
A Philadelphia crowd estimated in the thousands forced entry into the Apex Hosiery Company mill, injuring seventeen as police tried to stop the rush. Windows shattered and desks overturned followed by arson-like chaos. William Leader denounced the action as a sit-down strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Apex Hosiery Company
William Leader
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
William Myers
F. Elwood Strube
Roper
Leo Driscoll
The
Committee For Industrial Organization
Snyder seeks federal park for George Washington grist mill
Representative J Buell Snyder of Perryopolis Pa asks Congress to authorize the interior secretary to acquire the George Washington grist mill in Perry township Fayette county Pennsylvania to establish a national park or monument titled George Washington Great Meadows Memorial Park. The request notes appropriation requirements and aims to preserve the site as a memorial to George Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Buell Snyder
Perryopolis
Congress
Interior Secretary
Perry Township
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
George Washington
Great Meadows
Auxiliaries Inspected at Meyersdale and Somerset Lodges
The ladies auxiliary units of Meyersdale and Somerset Sons of Union Veterans underwent their annual inspection at the S U V hall in Somerset. Miss Daisy Erdsman led the inspection of two drilling teams in blue and white uniforms as charter-retaining compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyersdale
Somerset
Sons of Union Veterans
S. U. V. Hall
Daisy Erdsman
Sons of Veterans Group
Alva Bittner
Sadie Murphy
Grace Gauntz
Margaret Robertson
Frank Brown
Charles Beal
Charles Long
Calvin Lint
Merie Diveley
Mary Beal
Rose Linderman
Philip Hay
John Harding
Charles Hutzell
Samuel Kirchner
No Statements From Margiotti On Monaghan Case
Harrisburg May 6 Attorney General Charles J Margiotti said he would not comment on the Monaghan case before next weeks trial of Fayette county District Attorney James A Reilly charged with murder in the death of Uniontown hotelman Frank C Monaghan Margiotti noted Reillys claim that Anthony Sainte who was acquitted at Somerset was discharged from the state police for refusing to alter his story He said the trial is of great importance to all and that both sides deserve a fair impartial proceeding and that evidence will be presented to an Allegheny county jury without press statements prior to the trial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Charles J. Margiotti
Monaghan
James A. Reilly
Fayette County
Frank C. Monaghan
Uniontown
Margiotti
Reilly
Anthony Sainte
Somerset
Commonwealth
Park
Allegheny County
Bible Lectures Deferred In Ursina Church of God
A series of illustrated Bible lectures by Rev. and Mrs. John H. Gonso in Ursina’s Church of God titled Go Through the Bible With Pictures has been indefinitely postponed. The lectures were scheduled to begin May 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Gonso
Church of God In
Ursina
May Festival Hour Changed in Somerset Township
Fred P. Hare Jr announces the May Day music festival moved from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday May 8 with illuminated grounds and a dress rehearsal for the queen’s procession Saturday morning. The Somerset senior class plans a May 27-28 trip to Washington, with guides and chaperons arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred P. Hare, Jr
Somerset Township
Capitol
Washington
Cairo
Q Street
Congressman Snyder
Ralph E. Barnett
Samuel Green
Vernom O. Lease
Ray E. Speicher
Fred P. Hare
Park Pile
Coleman
Alma Long
Rebecca Mosteller
Hare
Wills Lutheran Church
Somerset Township Board of Education
Southside
Widow Minnie Clouse testifies at La Follette hearing
Mrs Minnie Clouse widow of Lloyd Clouse an organizer for the United Mine Workers of America testified in Washington after recounting the murder of her husband in Harlan county Kentucky with one of her ten children in her arms The hearing followed testimony from her brother in law Jasper Clouse a miner who said he saw his brother Livya Clouse shot by two mine guards employed by a coal corporation ten days earlier Central Press
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Clouse
Lloyd Clouse
United Mine Workers of America
Harlan County
Kentucky
la Follette Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Washington
Dr Schaeffer Addresses F and M Alumni Banquet
Dr John A Schaeffer president of Franklin and Marshall College spoke at a Somerset county alumni banquet held at the Ferner hotel. He outlined a three point program including a $50,000 library gift by Dr B F Fackenthal and a goal of 850 students for fall enrollment. Endowment aims rose from 1 077 000 to 2 000 000 with a coast to coast campaign May 8 to 21. Tributes to late Dr F W Bieseker and centennial plans for the college were noted. officers elected and a long roster of attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Schaeffer
Franklin and Marshall College
Somerset County
Ferner Notel
Schaeffer
B. F. Fackenthal
Board of Trustees
Fox
Union College
Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jeff
Union Pacific Railroad
George W. Richards
General Synod of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church
The
Theological Seminary
F. W. Bie- Secker
Robert J. Pilgram
J. Harvey Mickley
W. H. Kretchman
Fackenthal
John D. Meyer
Tyrone
J. Floyd Buzzard
Altoona
E. P. Skyles
Cumberland
Johnstown
Bertram S. Walker
James L. Brant
Robert Pilgram
Harold C. Baer
Charles C. Barchfield
Robert Brill
Willard H. Flick
H. G. Gross, Esq
W. E. Griffith
William H. Kretchman
J. Edgar Lohr
H. H. Delong
M. A
Leroy Menser
Lee Moore
George Morocco
George L. Roth
D. D
C. F. Roy
Fred B. Shaffer
Somerset
Eugene K. Robb
W. Edgar Shealy
H. R. Ash
H. H. Glessner
R. T. Hillegass
I. C. Miller
O. Ream
J. K. Stutzman
B. J. Walker
F. D. Witmer
D. Sni
A. L. Creager
Marietta
Sedans Crash on Jersey Hollow Road
Two Confluence drivers Eli Bubb and Robert Tannehill collided on the Jersey Hollow road near Ursina. Each car sustained 40 and 30 dollars in damage respectively as patrolmen cited a narrow macadam road and released the drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey Hollow
Route 53
Confluence
Ursina
Eli Bubb
Robert Tannehill
Confluence R. D
Tannehill
Rugg
Quash Bruno Indictments in Schuylkill Case
Judge Cyrus M. Palmer quashed indictments against Mrs. Antoinette Billig of Kelayres and Guy Irving of Cressonna over charges they aided the December escape of Joseph Bruno from Schuylkill county officials. The decision removes pending criminal allegations tied to the December incident.
Senate confirms seven for national coal commission
Washington May 6 The Senate confirmed today the nominations of seven members and the consumers counsel of the national bituminous coal commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
National Bituminous Coal Commission
18 Major Accidents to Dirigibles
Washington reports a tally of 18 major dirigible disasters over 23 years, naming the Akron Macon Shenandoah and other airships. The list covers crashes and explosions from 1912 to 1935, with deaths totaling dozens and survivors noted in several incidents.
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Washington
England
India
Arctic
North Pole
United States
Ohio
Mediterranean
Rome
Hindenburg Log Showed Slow Transatlantic Flight Before Disaster
The Hindenburg, in the air over 76 hours, traced a route from Frankfort to Lakehurst with successive positions over Cologne Scilly Isles Yarmouth Boston and New York. The craft exploded at Lakehurst while attempting to moor after daylight flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
Boston
New London
Conn
New York
Lakehurst
N. J
Germany reels as Hindenburg disaster shocks Berlin
May 7 reports from Frankfurt and Berlin depict a stunned Germany reacting to the Hindenburg catastrophe. Officials questioned initial claims of safety as news spread, with travel and corporate figures aboard the airship noted, including John Panners and the Zeppelin passengers’ entourage.
Firemen Injured in Pittsburgh Blaze
A four alarm fire swept Pittsburgh's Strip District injuring Fire Chief Nicholas Phelan and 11 other firemen. The blaze started in a warehouse then spread to Pittsburgh Box Company and Reliance Steel Casting Company. About 100 plant workers fled. losses at the box company were estimated at 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Nicholas Phelan
Pittsburgh Box Company
J. C. Robinson
Reliance Steel Casting Company
Smallman Street
Phelan
Steel Company
Zeppelin Hindenburg’s 1936 flights end in disaster at Lakehurst
New York May 6 The airship Hindenburg Germanys flying hotel burst into flames at Lakehurst after a record year of trans Atlantic service. It made ten crossings in 1936 carrying 21 to 57 passengers per voyage and shipped mail and express. The last return trip never occurred, with cargo including an airplane, garments, radio parts, silk hosiery and grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Germany
Lakehurst
Friedrichshafen
Sne
Frankfort
Jersey
Friedrichshat
Los Angeles
Frankfurt
North Atlantic
Gilbert Miller
Roosevelt Deplores Hindenburg Disaster To German People
President Roosevelt sent a message of deepest sympathy to Chancellor Hitler and the German people after the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst New Jersey. He extended condolences to the families of passengers officers and crew who perished in the airship fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Roosevelt
Lakehurst
N. J
Hitler
Berlin
White House
Hindenburg
College dorm attack leads to confession denial of intent
In New London Connecticut Police Capt. William Babcock said Carl Phillips 22 confessed entering a Connecticut college student room early today but denied intent to molest. Miss Frances Henretta 20 of Kan Pa was confined to the Connecticut College infirmary after the dormitory assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
William T. Babcock
Carl Phillips
Nagro
Connecticut College
Frances M. Henretta
Kan
Conneticut College
Hindenburg Disaster Survivors Reported At 64
At 11:05 p m the American Zeppelin Transport Corporation press aide said thirty three of ninety seven aboard the dirigible Hindenburg were lost. He noted thirty six passengers on the Germany to United States flight with twenty saved plus forty four of sixty one crew saved, totaling sixty four survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
N. J
Harry Bruno
American Zeppelin Transport Corporation
Bruno
Germany
Hindenburg star of airship design at 803 feet long
The Hindenburg, largest Zeppelin built at 803 feet, had four 1,000 horsepower diesel engines, a top speed of 84 mph, and capacity for 50 passengers and 40 crew. It offered luxurious interiors, a 190 foot glass promenade, onboard kitchen and dining, and 8,500 mile range for non stop transoceanic trips with options to carry cars or light airplanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carrie
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Cnina
Passazzany
Lakehurst
Germany
Shanghai
China
Brockway Publisher Dies
Brockway May 6. J. Durbin died after a two months illness. He was editor and publisher of the Brockway and a former postmaster for 21 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockway
Brookway
J. Durbin
The
Postma On
Hindenburg Disaster At Lakehurst Claims Many Aboard
The German airship Hindenburg exploded and burned at the U S naval air station in Lakehurst New Jersey during its maiden 1937 voyage. Surviving reports vary but authorities said at least 31 people remained accounted for as hospitals filled with injured passengers and crew. The cause was debated with theories of a gas cell detonation or a spark from static or engine ignition amid a rainy landing, as ground crews struggled to rescue those on board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
N. J
U. S. Naval Air Station
Germany
New Jersey Coastal Plain
Ernest Lehmann
Lehmandgi
Max Pruss
Harry A. Bruno
Zeppelin Com
Timothy W. Margerum
Lakewood
Naval Station
Magerum Re
Navy Department
Oeton
Robb Wilson
Fie
Hindenburg
F. W. von Meister
Pelin Company
U. S
Zeppelin
Naval Air Station
von Meister
Suspended Sentences for Four Baker Heirs in Mail Fraud Case
Four defendants in the Jacob Baker estate mail fraud cases received suspended prison terms and five years probation. Albert P. Baker and his wife from Pana, Milton Kest of Greensburg, and Mary Baker Kelly Best offered no defense. The defendants claimed no intent to violate the law and cited believed Baker estate realty holdings in Philadelphia and other Pennsylvania towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Jacob Baker
Albert P. Baker
Pana, Jr
Milton Kest
Greensburg
Mary Baker Kelly Best
Baker
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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AUTO
Alvin MacCaully and
T. G. Graham
Secretary of
Francis Perkins
Labor and Industry
Alvin MacCaully
Packard Motor Co
Detroit
Goodrich Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Central Press
Meyersdale Ladies
Friedens
Mrs
DR. Schaeffe
F&m College
Somerset County Sons
Lancaster
Jersey Hollow Road
Italy
Hampton Roads Army Base
Humber River
Howden
Chicago
North Sea
Vienna
Heligoland
Johannisthan
Atlantic City
Associated Press
Frankfort-on- Mair
Frankfort-on- Main
Cologne
Scilly Islands
Cape Race
Wea Ein Aethanet
Sige
Hugo Exkener
John Panners
Pasenger
Hamburg American Life and
North German Lloyd
Vice
Pittsburgh Blaze
Zep
Robert Okin
Brothersvalley
Philson National Bank
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