The following information is posted for the sole purpose of family research within the Yahoo Group, The Court House Gang. It is not to be published to any other web site, mailing list, group, etc. without prior written permission and guidelines from the group owner, to ensure that proper credit is given to the group and all of our volunteers that helped with this project. RECORD OF LOCAL EVENTS Principal Happenings in Luzerne County for the Year which began December 1, 1933 and ended November 30, 1934 December 1933 Dec. 1--Forty Fort School Director asks ouster of Director A.A. Killian, alleging he had moved out of town. Rev. Thomas W. Swan, pastor of West Ptiiston Church 44 years, dies. Dec. 4--John A. Gallagher admitted to practice law here. State Superintendent of Public Instruction James N. Rule launches inquiry into charges some Luzerne County teachers have to but jobs. School boards of county hold annual reorganization meeting/ Dec. 5--Value of personal property in Luzerne County increased $20.542,985 in 1933, according to Personal Property department. 199 Luzerne and Columbia County farmers get $7,770 for reducing their crop acreage of wheat for coming year. Repeal of prohibition finds Wyoming Valley taking it quietly as only five licenses were granted in County in time for repeal. Councilman Schuler suggests city tax levy be increased to 13 mills. Dec. 6--Tal b. Rowe of Nanticoke wins $250 first prize in Record Want Ad Contest. 15 Liquor stores are allotted to county with three in Wilkes-Barre. Dec. 7--Thomas J. ford, Luzerne Chief of Police 20 years, dies. Dr. Rule assures teachers he will cooperate with them to stamp out kick-backs to school directors. Dec. 8--John J. Maloney, former local editor and publisher, dies. Senator David A. Reed, visiting here, urges immediate stabilization of money. Concordia Society gives brilliant performance in 55th annual concert. City council votes to extend lease of airport from one to five years so field can be developed under CWA. Dec. 9--Court appoints Thomas Walsh, G.P. Blanchford, Michael Purcell, Paul Griglock and Anthony Zajkauski to Jenkins Twp. School Board. William S. Thompkins, insurance broker, dies Dec. 10--Monsignor Charles J. Goeckel of St. Nicholas’s Church is invested as a Domestic Prelate by Bishop O’Reilly. Dec. 11--Grier P. Blanchford, newly appointed Jenkins Twp director, refuses to serve. Death of John J. Williams, Pittston school director. Dec. 12--Death of William J. Schall of Shavertown, superintendent of Edwards, Inc., Kingston. Dec. 13--Bucknell Univ. Symphony Orchestra and Paul Althouse, Tenor, Please large audience here. Plans go ahead rapidly for proposed 300,000 annex to courthouse. Dec. 14--Christmas shopping season opens in city with stores thronged. Dec. 15--Grand Jury approves plan to build new addition to courthouse. Dec. 16--1,700 prospective liquor store employes take competitive tests at Coughlin High School. Dec. 18--Edgar A. Innes, vice president of Thompson, Derr & Company, dies. Ouster proceedings open against four Pringle school directors. Dec. 19--Dr. F.E. Donnelly elected president of Mercy Hospital Staff. Judge W.S. McLean declines invitation of State Democratic leaders to be a candidate for democratic nomination for governor. Dec. 20--Creation of a new anthracite commission to investigate charges of labor abuses in District 1 is urged by the Anthracite Fact Finding Commission. Liquor Control Board selects sites for several liquor stores here. Pardon Board turns down pleas of Frank Stabinski and Anthony Petrosky for commutation of death sentence. Dec. 21--65 new CWA jobs to give work to 4, 086 men are approved. Plans made for new wing to Nanticoke State Hospital to cost $200,000. Dr. E.W. Bixby named president of Luzerne County Medical Socirty. Dec. 22--Representatives of miners and operators fail to agree on any of the 11 points affecting labor which miners want written into contract. Dec. 24--Captain William J. Raeder is promoted to major and given command of First Battalion, 109th field Artillery. 24 liquor store employes names. Dec. 25--Christmas morning fire does $75,000 damage to three-story apartment building in Kingston. Rev. and Mrs. John L. Thomas of Trucksville, married 50 years. Dec. 26--Council abolishes post of city physician held by Dr. Leo C. Mundy and creates job of Assistant City Health Officer. Council also adopts a 13-mill budget. Dec. 29--Two bandits hold up two employes of McCrory Store and get 1,500. Mercury goes below zero here. Attorney E.C. Marianelli appointed solicitor to county controller-elect and John L. Brace named chief deputy controller. January Jan. 1--Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Young of Weatherly married 66 years. Death of Dr. P.F. Lynch, retired dentist. New Year’s Day sees 16 fired and 23 hired at City Hall; Hanover commissioners hire and fire many township employes. Jan. 2--Special convention of United Anthracite Miners adjourns to give to National Labor Board tin=me to settle grievances. Gen. Joseph Haller, Polish hero, is guest of honor of Poles here. Jan. 3--Mont. W. Waters, recorder of Irem Temple 13 years resigns. Judge McLean rules that State of Pennsylvania gets preference standing for the $313,067 it had in Dime Bank when that institution was closed. Lieut. Harry Prentiss made acting captain of No. 3 fire Company. Jan. 4--Dr. Lewis Edwards named president of County Commissioners Board. Employes of Wyoming Valley Collieries Company and West End Coal Company to on strike charging many grievances. Steps taken to abolish homeless mens’ colony on West Side of river in favor of one on East Side. Jan. 5--Rev. Stephen G. Pavolcik of Plymouth dies. Death of Mrs. Gwenny V. Lewis, mother of District Attorney Thomas M. Lewis. Nanticoke plant of general Cigar Company on strike for five weeks. Is shut down by officials. Hanover Twp. Teachers, unpaid for two month, threaten to go on strike. Jan. 7--Thomas Maloney and others leave for Washington in attempt to get local mine union difficulties straightened out. Death of Josiah Beech of Edwardsville. Jan. 8--Frank Stabinsky and Anthony Petrosky electrocuted at Rockview for murder of Mary Malinowski. CWA officials announce $50,000 will be spent to condition the Airport. Jan. 9--Mr. And Mrs. Jacob Fetzer of Wilkes-Barre wed 65 years. Lehigh Valley Coal Company announces opening of Westmoreland Colliery, closed a year. Few changes made by Wyoming Valley banks at reorganizations. Jan. 10--Thomas Maloney, back from Washington, declares Senator Wagner gave the run around to the miners’ delegation. Julius Long Stern, CWA administrator, denies charges of Dr. Leo C. Mundy there is favoritism on local jobs. Jan. 11--William G. Jenkins of Edwardsville is named county mercantile appraiser. Jan. 12--National Labor Board calls attempted United Anthracite Miners strike an unwarranted attack on the NRA. Death of G. Murray Roat, former Kingston Burgess and businessman. John J. Beisel clerk in City Treasurer’s office, dies Monsignor Connell McHugh of Mt. Pocono made vicar general of Scranton Diocese. Local State employment office cleared of favoritism charges by State head. Jan. 13--United Anthracite Miners issue call for general strike. Henry Weigand named chairman of Wyoming Valley Red Cross. Jan. 15--Both sides claim victory in coal strike call. Fire destroys 20-room Cobleigh cottage at Harvey’s Lake with $75,000 loss. Court removes Joseph Clisham, William Conway, Edward J. Keating Jr, John McAndrew and Peter McDonnell from Pittston Twp. School Board for violations of school code. Ashley Borough without a police chief when chief-elect fails to resign his job as school janitor. Jan. 16--B.R. Jones, Jr., Frank J. Williams and Felix Bolowicz named assistant district attorneys. Court grants order directing United Anthracite Miners to show cause why they should not be restrained from picketing at Hudson Coal Company mines. Jan. 17--$100,000 in gold turned into local banks by Valley residents. Ex-councilman Joseph Schuler given testimonial dinner on retirement from public office. F. Allen Dana is ordained into Presbyterian ministry at First Presbyterian Church. Jan. 18--Death of Mrs. Joseph H. Glennon, Pittston philanthropist. Office of Kehoe Berge Coal Company at Pittston bombed. United Anthracite Miners vote to ask President Roosevelt to appoint impartial Board of Arbitration. Jan. 19--Shelby Dimmick is reelected potentate of Irem Temple. $50,000 fire damages Scureman Drug Store and Levi Clothing Store at Nanticoke. Jan. 21--Hanover School Board appeals to court for assessment and revision of taxes. Dynamite blasts damage five Plains homes. Jan. 22--Captain Mark Henry retires from City Fire Department after 27 years of service. Glen Alden orders striking miners to return to work or remove tools, 80 percent reported working. Oscar S. Parker, banker and deputy director of City Department of Accounts and Finances, dies Jan. 23--$8,000 fire in Lee Park apartment. Evan J. Wolfe of Edwardsville, former state legislator, dies. 2,200 miners at Prospect and Henry Collieries of Lehigh Valley Coal Company vote to return to work. Jan. 24--U.M.W. of A. claim 35,000 men working here. Jan. 25--New York Grand Opera Company opens here with “11 Trovatore”. John B. Corcoran, Samuel Latore, James Murray and John J. Mangan named to Pittston Township School Board. Jan. 26--H. Guy Haupt, city retires as head of Anthracite Forest Protective Association. Five Newport Township school directors, Ignatz Grochowski, John Dolinski, Stephen Sweeney, Cahrles Ruptic and Paul Matusavage, Ousted by court. President Maloney says new union will not submit its grievances to Anthracite Conciliation board. Jan. 28--Chance of getting a new courthouse annex remote when county officials say they do not have necessary funds. Death of Walter J. Kressly, Stationer. Jan. 29--Three persons killed, one hurt when Lehigh Valley train hits truck at Port Blanchard. Water Company files new lower rates with Public Service Commission. Mercury drops to zero here. Jan. 30--Lord Butler Hillard, president of County Prison Board, dies. 7,000 attend balls here on President Roosevelt’s birthday anniversary. Court appoints as Newport Township School Directors George Smith, Willard Thomas, Ben Farnucci and Joseph Mras. Jan. 31--Irvin C. Davis is named postmaster of Shavertown. John Conyngham resigns presidencies of United Charities and Luzerne County Humane Society after serving 32 years. February Feb.1--Bishop Walenty Gawrychowsky, head of Polish National Catholic Church in eastern U.S., former Plymouth pastor, dies at Massachusetts. Nanticoke American Legion awards medal to Mayor Evan J. Williams for his services. Home of August Lippi, U.M.W. district board member, at Exeter is bombed. Feb. 2--Order Ousting Plymouth township supervisors handed down by recommends retention of present 7.8 millage although county revenue is $78,00 less. New Lehman township grade school dedicated. Feb. 4--James A. Gorman of Hazleton, umpire for Anthracite Conciliation board, is named as sole authority in adjudication of all miners’ grievances by National Labor Board. Feb. 6--City Council orders inquiry into light rates in Wilkes-Barre. 300 attend dinner for Mayor Charles N. Loveland at Hotel Redington $20,000 damage don’t to Holy Trinity Slovak Church at Swoyerville by fire. Members of Anthracite Mine Workers Union in special convention here ignore plea of Monsignor J.J. Curran that strike will call be rescinded. 5 Miners Mills homes damaged by dynamite; 3 suspects arrested. Feb. 8--Temperature drops to 17 degrees below zero in this city and 22 below at Harvey’s Lake. Thomas Boylan of Ashley is ousted as Democratic chairman of Second District and Frank McCormick is elected. Feb. 9--General strike called by Anthracite Miners is rescinded and men prepare to resume work. Jacob P. Breidinger, 72 retired principal of Coughlin High School, dies. 18 fires in Wilkes-Barre attend cold weather. Feb. 10--Death of Arthur R. Colley, Pharmacist. Democratic State Committee picks Thomas Kennedy of Hazleton as candidate for Lieutenant Governor. Feb. 11--35,000 men at 49 operations retuen to work. Feb. 12--Dr. C.A. Mortimer, city elected secretary-treasurer of State Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs. Jenkins Township School board allows Yatesville students to continue in high school on latter board’s promise to pay current tuition. Feb. 13--William T. Harris, Nanticoke, elected vice-president of State Association of Directors of State Teachers’ Colleges. Court Ousts Frank Handley, Alex Seleski, John Hagan and Michael Madar as Pringle school directors and appoints John McNey, Peter Berry and James Sutliff, no one being named to Madar’s place as his term expired. Thomas Maloney urges all miners to work until Umpire Gorman holds hearings and gives decisions. Feb. 14--Fred Bittenbender, Huntington Mills, reelected president of Luzerne County Agricultural Association. Lehigh Valley Coal Corporation shows earnings of $401,867 in 1933, compared with $1,700,000 loss in 1932 Feb. 15--4,000 spectators see 3,000 Boy Scouts in annual rally. Anthracite Conciliation Board selects Wilkes-Barre as hearing place for mine grievances. Feb. 16--General Cigar Company plant at Nanticoke, closed by strike since December 2, resumes work. Irem Temple packed when Cleveland Symphony Orchestra plays. Feb. 17--George H. Smith, general manager of Wilkes-Barre Lace Company dies at Philadelphia. Death of Rev. John B. Davies, pastor of First Welsh Congregational Church 12 years. Feb. 18--Second Welsh Congregational Church sixtieth anniversary. Death of David Lippincott, musician Feb. 19--Relief cases drop 21,000 in Luzerne county since September according to Relief Board. All local collieries rushed as cold weather causes flood of orders. Feb. 20--Julius Long Stern resigns as Luzerne County CWA administrator. Death of councilman David W. Thomas, long active in politice. 59 Hanover elementary teachers turn down proposed new salary schedule. State Armory Board allocates $75,000 for addition to West Side Armory. Feb. 21-W.T. Payne, Kingston coal operator, starts suit in Montreal, Canada, to nullify will of sister by which she left $1,000,000 estate to McGill University. Jewel thief gets $30,000 haul in daylight theft at Jerome Meyer and son jewelry store. Feb. 22--James F. More, Scranton named acting CWA administrator for Luzerne County. Washington’s Birthday, when mines usually close, finds all working to catch up with coal orders. Feb. 23--Transfer of headquarters of Battery B, 109th field Artillery, from Tunkhannock to West Pittston seen when Armory Board rejects plan to build Armory at Tunkhannock but approves one for West Pittston. Jacob Kuhl, Hanover Township Comissioner, is sentenced to pay $100 fine. Serve one year in county jail and is ousted from office. Feb. 25--Thomas Sheridan, jail keeper and ex-legislator, dies. Kingston Bank and Trust Company becomes Kingston National Bank. Feb. 26--Worst snowfall since 1926 hampers traffic in county considerably. Feb. 27--11 persons overcome in their homes when gas main breaks in Kingston. Death of John H. Buhsmer, veteran printer. Feb. 28--Names of 37 candidates for city council manic vacancy are studied by councilman. Jacob Stack, prominent insurance man, dies. New board named to guide work of Luzerne County Emergency Relief has as members Attorney Gilbert S. McClintock, Rev. Dr. Leon K. Willman, William J. Kromelbein, Rabbi Samuel Wolk, city; Paul T. Bevan, Pittston. March Mar. 1--Dr. Leo Mundy sworn in as Collector of Internal Revenue for Middle District. Mar. 2--40-hour week for miners is containe4d in proposed code for coal industry. Mar. 4--Death of George H. Royer, inventor and manufacturer. Mar. 5--Ashley business man told by railroad officials that Ashley shops of Central Railroad will not be abandoned. River reaches 20-foot mark here and weakens North Street Bridge. Mar. 6--City councilmen discard 22 names proposed for council manic vacancy. North Street Bridge closed when pier is washed out. Councilman Noble requests council to take over equipment of Pennsylvania’s Power & Light Company and operate the light service. Mar. 7--Mrs. George C. Westberg, wife of Wilkes-Barre minister, wins grand prize in Record’s Bible game contest. County, Commissioners borrow $700,00 in New York for expenses. Mar. 8--Death of Andrew M. Freas, former Orphan’s Court Judge. Ed Wynn, famous comedian, attracts big audience. James J. Gibbon, former councilman and legislator, dies. Death of W.J. Davidson, Avoca undertaker and deputy corner. 11,174,918 tons of anthracite mined in Jan. and Feb. is largest amount in seven years. Mar. --Death of attorney David B. Gildea, 76, of Luzerne. Attorney Frank J, O’Donnell of Scranton named U.S. District Attorney for Middle District. Mar. 10--Ex-councilman Joseph Schuler is named chief finance officer of Internal Revenue Bureau at Scranton. Michael H. Sigafoos, former general manager of Hazard Company,, dies. Mar. 12--18 postulants receive habits in Sisters of Mercy ceremony at College Misericordia. Mar. 13--Exterior of new Y.M.C.A. near completion. Mar. 14--unusual case ends when jury decided that paper found in a wash tub is not will of the late Mrs. Kate Dinan and $9,000 estate will revert to State. John H. Kashenbach, 70, prominent merchant dies. Lehigh Valley Coal Company reported considering Maltby Colliery closed 2 years. Mar. 15--Wilkes-Barre and Scranton area residents paying $217,000 more income tax than in 1933. Mrs. Katherine Toohey, city and James H. Powers, Hazleton, added to County Emergency Relief Board. Mar. 16--James More succeeded as County CWA administrator by Henry Gabell. First State bonus checks are received by veterans. 2,000more Republicans registered in County than last year. Mar. 17--Hugh Weir, newspaperman and author, dies in New York City. Death of Dr. Walter B. Newsbigle, city. Newport Township teachers vote to take 5 per cent cut demanded by taxpayers. Mar. 19--Kathryn Meisle, contralto sings at Irem Temple. Mar. 20--J.R. Brotherton, 75, White Haven retired lawyer, wins spelling bee held by county superintendent of Schools. Death of Wood Unger, instructor at Pennsylvania State Extension School. Council by 2-2 vote disposes of 26 councilman candidates. Mar. 21--Potentate’s ball revived at Irem Temple with 500 present. Mar. 22--Department of Justice and House Judiciary Committee wash their hands of investigation of bankruptcy case handled by Middle District. Appointment of city councilman goes to court as time limit expires. Rev. John M. Owen ordained and installed as pastor of Second Welsh Congregational Church. P.J. Burke, superintendent of mails at Post Office, to retire. Mar. 23--$25,000 fire at Consumer’s Ice Company plant in Lee Park. Mar. 24--Mrs. Maria Marshman of freeland observes 100th anniversary. Mar. 25--Second theft of year at Jerome Meyer & Sons store yield $1,200 in jewels. Rev. Basil P. Koskores named pastor of Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation here. Mar. 26--Bank statements show big jump in deposits in the last three months. Water floods mine at Wyoming killing one man and endangering 30. Mar. 27--Death of Alexander Sloane, 88, vice president of Pittston-Jenkins Poor Board. George E. Gwilliam of Plymouth files as Republican candidate for Lieutenant-Governor. Mar. 28--P.W. Dershimer, Pittston business man and bank director, dies. Police and coal train raiders have pitched battle in Wilkes-Barre Township and 11 of latter are arrested. Benny Hendricks, 7, of Larksville found suffering with rare disease and is believed slowly turning to stone. Mar. 29--Death of Rev. John E. Bone, 79, forty Fort, retired Methodist Episcopal minister. Gas explosion at Dorrance mine kills 3 men, injures 4. Mar. 30--Jenkins Township teachers get two months’ pay when State advances $20,000 to District; Pittston Township tutors get one month of 11 owed them. April Apr. 1--Dr. Charles J. Barrett, 77, of Pittston dies. Apr. 2--City School Board rescinds its previous order requiring all teachers to live in Wilkes-Barre. Curtailment of PWA funds leaves County without means to build Courthouse Annex, officials say. Apr. 3--C.F. Goeringer Company gets contract to repair city streets for two years. Apr. 4--Attorney John R. Brotherton of White Haven loses out in finals of spelling match in Harrisburg. Apr. 5--Rev. T.C. Harwood, pastor of Askam Methodist Episcopal Church, announces retiremant. Apr. 6--Attorney W.A. Valentine Jr., 28, son of Judge Valentine, publishes volumn on criminal court procedure. Michael W. Gillespie named postmaster of Plymouth. Charles F. Rockafeoolw, 82, scion of old family here, dies. Apr. 7--Attorney Joseph E. Fleitz, city named to Board of Incorporators of Dickinson Law School. Many local lawyers attend centennial exercises at Dickinson. Apr. 8--Rev. Dr. Herbert F. Randolph, pastor of Cnetral Methodist Episcopal Church, announces change of pulpits with Rev. Verne L. Smith of Greenfield, Mass. $10,000 loss in fire at Jr. O.U.A.M. Hall, Slocum. Marion Dodd, eighteen year-old daughter of Rev. and Mrs. M.J. Dodd, city, preaches her first sermon. Apr. 9--Eugene T. Giering, editor of the Wilkes-Barre Record and active in civic enterprises, dies at his home following a long illness. City Council votes to take over land at Airport so it can be improved with Federal money. Death of James B. Harris, Kingston, business leader. State Supreme Court reverses decision of Luzerne Court on ousting Ellsworth Davis and John Kinsel as Wilkes-Barre Township school directors. 1,200 members of United Anthracite Miners attend dinner for Monsignor J.J. Curran. Apr. 10--Mrs. Lyndal Mathis, pastor of Glen Lyon Methodist Episcopal Church, to retire. A.P. Cope is re-elected County Superintendent of Schools at annual convention in this city. Most independent school districts re-elect their superintendents. Apr. 11--Estate of late Mayor Daniel L. Hart found insufficient to pay claims against it. Apr. 12--Parsons Baptist Church names Rev. Kenneth Mead, Middletown, N. J., pastor. Funeral of Eugene T. Giering attended by hundreds. Apr. 13--Fire causes $10,000 damage to Spaide Building at Nuangola. Apr. 14--John M. Bauman, Woolworth executive, dies in his office here. Apr. 15--Six-hundred attend dinner for R.H. Buchanan, president of Wyoming Valley Collieries Company. Hazleton people protest contemplated use of soft coal in remodeled Post Office. Apr. 17--Methodist clergy and laity from Wyoming Conference gather at Forty Fort for annual sessions. Many changes in Nanticoke City employes occur when Council control shifts. Detectives raid 12 places in city on complaint of licensed liquor dealers. Apr. 19--Benjamin F. Williams, banker appointed by court to fill vacancy on Wilkes-Barre City Council. Edward Fox named Hanover Township Commissioner. Ill health prompts resignation of Rev. Carlton N. Jones, pastor of Moriah Congregational Church, Nanticoke. Apr. 20--Dupont taxpayers petition court to oust 4 school directors. Councilman Williams is assigned to Department of Streets. Congress decides Congressman C. Murray Turpin of Kingston was legally elected. Apr. 21--Summer home of J.R. Davis at Idetown burned, $18,000 loss. Rev. Otto W. Mappes retires as pastor of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, city. Apr. 22--Wyoming Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church assigns seven new pastors to charges in Wilkes-Barre District. Rev. George M. Bell of Binghamton, becomes superintendent of Wilkes-Barre District. Attorney Albert W. Brobst is named to Wilkes-Barre School Board to succeed Eugene T. Giering. Hanover Township School Board prepares to float a $200,000 bond issue for current expenses. Apr. 23--Mr. And Mrs. William J. Devancy of Pittston married 50 years. Apr. 24--Council bans parking on West Market Street to relieve traffic jams caused by North Street Bridge closing. Leonard Alksmont, 10, Plymouth, blind since birth, regains his sight through operation. Apr. 25--Registration figures show Nanticoke swings back into Republican fold with 1,800 margin. Mrs. C.S. Williams, city, re-elected president of County Federation of Women’s Clubs at annual meeting. Apr. 27--Grand Jury fails to return true bills in gambling cases and draws rebuke for Judge Fine. Robert Hughes and Joseph P. Tigue, Avoca, get Carnegie medals for saving companions caught in mine cave-in. Apr. 28--G.O.P. has gain of 8,000 in county while Democrats lose 233. Attorney A.A. Maguire of Plains, named assistant U.S. District Attorney for Middle District. Democratic candidates speak at Jefferson Day dinner here with 800 present. Edward Quinn, city, Jerome C. Rooney, Swoyerville, Patrick C. Reilly, Pittston, ordained into Roman Catholic preisthood at Scranton. Apr. 29--Matt Ryan, 81, one time prominent local dies. Forest fires endanger property on outskirts of valley. Apr. 30--Death of Samuel Bloch, 80, oldest employs in point of service at Courthouse. Luzerne School Board dismisses supervising principal and seven teachers. Real estate men report many families setting up house keeping again as men get work. May May 1--200 blind of 400 in County apply for State pensions. Mrs. Sadie Blackman, city, who suggested a Mother’s Day postage stamp will get first one sold in Wilkes-Barre. City Council decides to invite the public to meeting to get views on whether Wilkes-Barre should have Daylight Saving Time. Nanticoke Legionaires dine Rev. H.R. Tazdal. May 2--Longest telephone call ever received here when Miss Mary Koons telephones from ship in Hong Kong harbor to Wilkes-Barre. W.O. Washburn is elected president of Kislyn board of directors. Dogs from all over East are entered in annual dog show which opens at West Side Armory. May 3--William H. Woodin, Berwick native and former Secretary of the Treasury, dies in New York City. Harry M. Carey, executive director of Community Welfare Federation, accepts similar job at Providence, R.I. 4,500 persons hear Attorney William Schnader, G.O.P. candidates for governor, at Armory. May 4--Allan P. Kirby is reelected president of Chambe of Commerce. Rev. H. G. Russell, pastor of Plains Primitive Methodist Church, is transferred to St. Clair. May 6--Death of Rev. William H. Littebrandt, 57, assistant rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Dr. W.B. Foss, Ashley physician and bank president, dies. May 7--Frank W. McGuigan, John B. Szabo and John H. Hersker are admitted to Luzerne County Bar. Dr. T.J. Dailey, Plymouth aye specialist, dies. Allan E. bacon is named acting superintendent of schools during illness os H.H. Zeister. May 8--A.E. Burnaford, city is elected head of Pennsylvania Knights of Malta. Bishop Frank W. Sterrett speaks at annual diocesan convention held at St. Stephen’s Church. 4 persons burned and $30,000 damage suffered in Nanticoke fire. Rev. Thomas Jones of Nanticoke Methodist Church. May 9--Death of H.H. Zeiser, lawyer and superintendent of Wilkes-Barre Schools for 16 years. $50,000 fire destroys building at Matheson Plant in Forty Fort. May 10--Wilkes-Barre Symphony Orchestra, Prof. Paul Geis of Bucknell faculty conducting, gives concert at Irem Temple. Cloudburst hits Nanticoke and ties up traffic. May 11--2,000 attend funeral of H.H. Zeiser. May 12--Dr. A.M. Northrup, city, elected president of First National Bank of Ashley to succeed late Dr. W.B. Foss. Business men do not take kindly to daylight saving time idea here and it is abandoned. May 13--Congregation of Zion Primitive Mathodist Church, Nanticoke, dedicates its new building. May 15--County voters favor Pinchot and Schnader on Republican ticket and Guffey and Earle on Democratic ticket for U.S. Senator and Governor. Fairview Township voters approve $34.590 bond issue to build addition to the high school. May 16--Judge W.S. McLean, Col. Dorrance Reynolds and Julius Long Stern are names to Board of Trustees of Bucknell University. County Commissioner John Carroll announces he will try to oust Dr. Leo C. Mundy as County Democratic chairman. May 17--10,000 attend eucharistic conference of Scranton Diocese at St. Gabriel’s Church, Hazleton. City schools will lose $200,000 in revenue for next school year due to cut property valuation. May 18--North Street Bridge, closed for 2 months for repairs, is reopened. May 20--L.B. Squier resigns as supervising principal of Lehman Township Schools to become head of Nicholson Borough Schools. May 21--Rev. James P. Ware, rector of St. James Episcopal Church, Drifton, 27 years, dies. 100 delegates attending Girl Scouts regional conference being held in Irem Temple Country Club. May 22--Death of William S. Grof, lumberman and banker. Record’s Cooking School opens with big attendance. May 23--Major John Collbaugh, officer of old 9th Regiment, dies. May 25--Death in Florida of Dr. J. Arthur Bullard, Wilkes-Barre physician for 50 years. Hanover School Board discharges 49 instructors. May 27--Only one Civil War veteran, George Robbins, attends Serve-Your-City Club Memorial services on Public Square. 5 Luzerne County young men are ordained into Roman Catholic priesthood: Rev. Charles C. Zawol, Rev. Fabian Onderovsky, city; Rev Joseph Rapczynski, Edwardsville; Rev. Thomas Gildea, Luzerne, and Rev. James Sheridan, Avoca, the two latter being ordained in Rome, Italy. May 28--City Republicans reelect Olin W. Evans as chairman. May 30--Early morning fire destroys Henry German Bakery at Forty Fort with $50,000 loss. Memorial Day celebrations and parades in Wyoming Valley are attended by thousands. May 31--Memory of Captain Gerald MacDonald, Sugar Notch native is honored in New York City when bronze statue is dedicated. Byron S. Hollingshead, Kingston, of Bucknell Junior College faculty, becomes president of Scranton-Keystone Junor College at LaPlume. June June 1--Luzerne County Democrats split and two groups hold county conventions, one electing Dr. Leo C. Mundy county chairman, and the other choosing County Commissioner John A. Carroll. Wild disorder marks both meetings. Henry W. Merritt is elected president of Pennsylvania State Shrine Council. Federal men find $25,000 alcohol still at Pittston. Coal valuation in Luzerne county for 1934 is $115.934,810 or $4,700.000 less than 1933. Bucknell Junior College takes over entire building of Wilkes-Barre Business College for next term. Death of Thomas I. Ramer, local insurance executive. June 2-- Mine trouble averted here when Thomas Maloney, district president of United Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania, persuades Glen Alden general grievance committee to defer strike call until Conciliation Board completes its work. William Robinson of taylor is named supervising principal of Shickshinny schools. June 4--Wilkes-Barre School board elects Allan E. Bacon superintendent in place of the late H.H. Zeiser. 600 delegates gather here for 187th annual convention of Evangelical Luthern Ministerium of Pennsylvania at St. John’s Church. Rev. Dr. H.H. Crane speaks at annual Kirby Day exercises. June 5--S.K. Mitchell selected as chairman of Welfare Federation’a drive. June 6--Fire destroys three East End homes and damages six. Citizens protest alleged delay of fire department and insufficient water; council promises investigation. June 7--Coucilman B.F. Williams, Thomas A. Mackin and Nicholas S. Burns selected as commission to investigate East End fire. Milk producers from 8 counties meet in this city and form milk marketing committee. June 8--George B. Kirkendall, assistant executive director of Welfare Federation, becomes head of Lansing, Mich., Community Fund. Dean Wilbur H. Fleck of Wyoming Seminary receives L.L.D/ degree from Lafayette College. Edwardsville opens Old Home Week, marking fiftieth anniversary of its incorporation as a borough. June 9--Rev. F.W. Willis, pastor of Wanamie-Alden Methodist Episcopal Church, dies. June 11--Rev. C.S. Roush, pastor of First Baptist Church, gets D.D. degree at Bucknell University as his son is graduated with B.S. degree. Harry D. Adamy and George M. Huey elected president and vice-president respectively of Wyoming Valley Merchants’ Association. June 12--$100 first prize in Record’s Sayingame Contest is won by Mrs. Ruth M. Schooley of West Wyoming. Charles A. Hanlon is named postmaster of Hazleton by President Roosevelt. Government approves site of new Plymouth Postoffice. June 13--Superintendent of Schools Allen E. Bacon takes oath of office from Judge C.D. Coughlin, his onetime teacher. City Democrats elect E.J. Quinn chairman. June 14--Arthur A. Bloomburg is named executive secretary of Welfare Federation. Central Railroad officials promise City Council that their trains will not block grade crossings in the city in the future. June 15--Parade and address by Congressman Jennings Randolph of West Virginia close Edwardsville’s Old Home Week. Mr. And Mrs. Conyngham complete their magnificent summer home at Huntsville. 700 seniors graduated by three high school in this city. June 17--Postoffice and other Federal departments move into new building. Otis S. Sked, Sr., city becomes professional rifle champion shot of State in Reading tournament. June 18--Princeton University names Attorney Paul Bedford a life trustee. Miss Clara Winans retires as assistant county superintendent of schools. June 19--Albert E. Merrel, businessman, dies. Miss Eva E. Dean, superintendent of Homeopathic Hospital, is named superintendent of Nanticoke State Hospital. June 20--Court appoints H.C. Hunt of Pittston to Pittston-Jenkins Poor Board. John C. Vaughn is named to Kis-Lyn Board. June 21--Public Service Commission hands down decision in long fought water rate case. Sustaining complaint of Wilkes-Barre City and other municipalities and orders new rates, sets lower values for water company’s property and slashes its earnings to 6 %. Move of Mayor Loveland to add three more men to fire department fails when none of the councilmen will second his motion. June 22--County prepares to spend $40,000 on repairs to Carey Avenue bridge. Corner Stone of new Y.M.C.A. is laid . Joseph Lynch dies in futile attempt to rescue Ross Randazza who was overcome by black damp in a bootleg mine at Hughestown; 6 other men overcome. June 25--George M. Evans, principal of South Main Street School, and Miss Anna E. Garrison, teacher at Centennial School, are retired on pension. June 26--Three hundred persons meet at City Hall and organize to fight high electric light and power rates. Safety device saves 10 men when mine cage at Alden Coal Company falls 1,250 feet down shaft. June 27--Public Works Administration announces grants and loans of $300,000 to Wilkes-Barre for sewers and bridge; $21,500 to Hughestown for high school and $350,000 to County for Court house annex. R.W. Wilcox, postmaster at Mountain Top for 16 years, dies June 28--Wesley E. Davies of Nescopeck is named assistant county superintendent of schools. June 29--Temperature hits 100 degrees in Wyoming Valley. One man is killed, three injured and 10 entombed for short time when water floods Dial Rock mine at Wyoming. July July 1--Weekend accident brought death to four Luzerne County residents and injuries to a dozen more. Michael Hronulak, 50, of Edwardsville, found hanging from tree on Woodward Hill. 12,000 persons attend Polish National Alliance field day at Sans Souci Park and Italian Day at Fernbrook Park draws another 12,000. July 2--Mrs. E.K. Conrad named to office staff of Girl Scout Council. All teachers principals and supervisors reappointed by Wilkes-Barre City School District Board. July 3--Hearing before special commission fails to fix blame for East End fire June 6. Franklin R. McKeever, executive director of United Charities, resigns to become field director of temporary Emergency Relief Administration of New York State. Mrs. Mary Wolk named temporary successor . Dr. Dixon Ryon Fox, president of Union College, speaker at Wyoming Monument. July 4--Firecrackers result in injuries to 17 in county, though Wilkes-Barre City, fireworks banned, had only one injury. Highest temperature 78 at 2 p.m. Calm prevails in city. Resorts crowded. July 5--Body of Joe Morreal, 35 alias Joe Guiseppe of Pittston, found along highway near Endicott, New York., shot to death and stabbed. Five more injured in post-Independence Day firecracker accidents. Jult 6--Terrific heat grips Wyoming Valley, official temperature 98 but unofficial readings go as high as 112. 1,100 miners vote to return to work at Harry E. and Forty Fort Collieries. P.S.C. orders new span for Carey Avenue bridge over D.L. & W. tracks at Plymouth, to cost $40,158. July 7--Week end storm bring temperatures down from nearly 100 to 67. Franklin B. Spry, president of First National Bank of Plymouth, dies. July 8--Jack Boyle, 49 vaudeville actor and native of Plymouth, dies at Lynbrook, L.I. Plains Methodist Episcopal Church begins three-day celebration of fiftieth anniversary. July 9--Umpire James A. Gorman of the Anthracite Conciliation board urges two anthracite unions to merge for restoration of prosperity and tranquility in the field. John Jabeszka, 18, of Dupont, drowns at Rocky glen. July 10--William Jones, 57, Edwardsville, killed at Hillman Slope on its last day of operation. Charles Lahr of Wyoming elected Northeastern District president of Pennsylvania State Christian Endeavor Union. Fred C. Jayne joins Clyde Eddy Colorado River Expedition in charge of photography. 2,200 citizens protest firing of 30 Old Forge school teachers. July 11--Louis H. Smith, Executive secretary of Y.M.H.A. for 10 years, guest of honor at testimonial dinner. July 12--County Commissioners decline Federal loan of $350,000, deciding not to build proposed courthouse annex. Ground settling over Harry E. workings affects 25 Forty Fort homes. Child saved from disastrous Kingston fire when it is tossed out second story window to stranger on street. Dinner of 18 rotary Clubs at Irem Temple Country Club. July 13--Lightening hits Atlas Powder Company mill at Suscon, causing explosion during terrific storm in the upper part of Luzerne County. Superior Court refuses to remit P.S.C.’s order for lower rates for Scranton-spring Brook Water Service Company. July 14--Shelby D. Dimmick, general manager of Glen Alden Coal Company, dies at General Hospital. Dorothy V. Ashelman severely injured when she falls into propeller blades of motor boat at LaGrange. July 16--J. Frank Dennis named principal of Meyers High School succeeding Allen E. Bacon, new city superintendent. July 17--Funeral of Potentate Shelby Dimmick attended by 10,000 in Irem Temple. Hugh Herndon tells Rotary of world flight with Clyde Pangborn. Miss Eva Dean of Wyoming Homeopathic Hospital named superintendent of Nanticoke State Hospital. July 18--Two bandits hold up Bell Telephone Company employe and seize $4,920 in currency and checks. Margaret Rees, 12 of Nanticoke, dies in Temple University Hospital after being taken by airplane for emergency operation of the brain. 500 members of Unemployed Councils of Luzerne County protest to Central Poor Board and Emergency Relief Board, alleging inadequate relief. July 19--Rev. C. J. Cosgrove given farewell party by St. Aloysius’s parishioners prior to departure for St. Rose’s Hospital, Carbondale, where he assumes post of chaplain. July 20--Joseph F. Gillis, manager of Scranton District, Home Owners Loan Corporation, and Thomas J. Boland, fee appraiser, resign. Alexander Kresge 19, of West Pittston, counselor at St. Stephen’s Camp, Vosburg, fatally injured on fall from ledge. July 22--Police, Fire, and Health departments of the city join hands to eliminate alleged disorderly houses and other forms of vice. Harry Cavalier, 38, proprietor of Park Inn, West Hazleton, found riddled by 11 bullets near Harwood. Forest fires at Harvey’s Lake, rages sporadically for four days, threatening cottages near Point Pleasant. July 24--Fire prevention conditions studied for city by representatives of National Board of Fire Underwriters. American Stores Company bakery truck slightly damaged by dynamite explosion while parked in front of Race Street bakery. Subsidence under Hanover Township Memorial High School causes water pipes to break and flood auditorium. July 25--Carl Cessaro, 30 and Peter Hnatnuick, 15 arrested in murder of Harry Cavalier as they stand at dead man’s bier. Joseph Ford, 36, of Pittston, playing with child rolls on revolver and dies from wounds. July 26--Razing of numerous South State Street buildings and their replacement by legitimate business places or parking lots suggested by city to property owners. Mrs. Harry D. Adamy of Kingston wins low gross prize at Abington Country Club golf Tournament. July 27--Hanover Township Commissioners adopt resolutions to borrow $120,000 for interest on bonds and teachers’ salaries. Martin Finus, 55, struck by lighting two days before, dies in General Hospital during severe electric storm. Much damage to Pittston area. July 29--Proposal of Glen Alden Coal company to purchase assignments of unpaid salaries in Hanover Township meets vigorous objection by school board. Gwilyn Gwent, composer, honored on 100th birthday anniversary by local Welsh. July 30--Hanover Township Federation of Teachers unanimously and caustically refuses Glen Alden proposal to buy salary assignments. Truck bearing $5,000 worth of cigarettes hijacked in Pittston as it stops for traffic light. July 31--Body of Freda McKechnie, 26, of Edwardsville, taken from Harvey’s Lake. Robert Edwards, 23, also of Edwardsville, her companion when last seen, detained for questioning when it is decided she was not a drowning victim. August Aug. 1--P.J. Kearney, former Pittston councilman, dies at 58. Merchant’s Association backs Councilman Williams proposal to ask Glen Alden Coal Company to rebuild Stanton Breaker Aug. 2--J.B. Carr heads Thomas & Clarke Biscuit Company, Peoria, Ill. Max Gerstein, Plymouth merchant, dies at 58. Grading of landing field at Airport, giving work to 200, begins. Aug. 3--Hundreds of mourners and curious attend funeral of Freda McKechnie. Aug. 6--Clyde Beatty thrills large audiences as lion tamer in Hagenback-Wallace circus. Roger J. O’Donnell files as voluntary bankrupt. Mineral Spring Colliery Parsons, leased by Lehigh Valley Coal Company to West End Coal Company. Aug. 7--District Attorney Lewis announces six murder cases and 1,000 transcripts for indictments for consideration by August Grand Jury. Jacob F. Parker, 93 Civil War veteran not member of G.A.R., celebrates birthday anniversary. Former Mayor William H. Gillespie of Pittston named head of Chamber of Commerce of that city. Aug. 8--General grievance committee of Glen Alden Coal Company employes affiliated with U.M.W. moves to have all employes of that company enrolled in United Mine Workers of America. Attorney T.M. Coniff celebrates 80th birthday anniversary. Judge W.S. McLean restrains Hanover Township Commissioners from levying tax in excess of 6.15 mills for this year. West Pittston’s athletic stadium completed at cost of $36,500. Courtdale Borough Council control shifts. Aug. 9--Burglars get $470 from Pennsylvania Power & Light Company office safe. Stanley B. Janowski, Democratic leader, succeeds Thomas J. Morgan as Nanticoke postmaster. Aug. 10--County Commissioners move to collect $52,000 in 1932 and 1933 taxes from coal companies. Aug. 11--Formal wedding takes place in courthouse as Alexander Vezendy and Mary Fedin, both of Berwick, accompanied by formally dressed attendants, take vows before Justice of the peace William E. Jones. Aug. 12--Twenty-one West Side residents injured, one fatally, when truck carrying them from corn roast at Tom’s Roman’s farm hits culvert at Meeker; a total of 34 injuries and three deaths is toll of week end accidents. Aug. 13--John MacLuskie elected president of Pennsylvania Register of Wills Association in convention at Sterling Hotel. Pittston Company officials must quit politics, is president order. Aug. 14--Leo Ulrich, 20 of 117 Burke Street, Plains, dies from wounds suffered in a fight at grand opening of Wilson’s Corners Café, Plainsville. Hanover citizens vote overwhelmingly for $450,000 bond issue to pay back salaries. Black Creek Township voters reject proposal of school district to issue $50,000 in bonds to erect new building. 200 persons in riot as constable attempts to evict Heights tenant. Locals 898 and 211 of U.M.W. of A. Susquehana Collieries Company bolt and join new union. Aug. 15--John r. Hessel elected potentate of Irem Temple, succeeding late Shelby D. Dimmick. 5,000 attend Welsh Day outing at Fernbrook Park. Truck in use on Ashley Planes road construction gets out of control and plunges 80 feet into chasm; driver leaps to safety. Aug. 17--George F. Buss, 62, former county treasurer and sheriff, dies in 200-foot auto drop from highway at Wyalusing Rocks. Kingston Borough gets $35,000 PWA allotment for sewer construction. East End boulevard repair contract awarded to B.G. Coon. Mrs. George B. Reynolds, great granddaughter of first U.S. Treasurer, General Samuel Meredith, dies. 5,000 Grange members attend picnic at Patterson Grove. Aug. 18--Stanley Marchlewski 40, Plymouth dies of heart attack following fist fight with John McCue, 30, of Hanover Township. Berwick fireworks display draws estimated largest crowd in the history of the display. Aug. 20--Bernard Lawson, 10, underwater for 12 minutes before his rescue by John Anglowchik in Susquehanna River, is revived after 30 minutes work by his rescuer, physicians, police and firemen. Mrs. Veronica Yonkoski, 46, widow with six children, is killed by Jersey Central flyer as she walks trestle over Mill Creek. Aug. 21--Edward Griffith, general superintendent of Southern Division, Glen Alden Coal Compant, is elevated to posts of vice president and general manager, succeeding Shelby Dimmick. Aug. 22--State Democratic Committee votes to have Dr. Leo Mundy retain county chairmanship of Democratic Party. 1,000 playground children “whoop it up” at colorful Indian pageant. Old-time German outing held at Sana Souci Park. Aug. 23--M. Harvey Taylor, Republican State Chairman, addresses Republican women of Luzerne County. Councilman William White of Pittston dies. Aug. 24--Survey by Record reveals banks of Wyoming Valley enforcing three sets of regulations governing checking accounts. Aug. 26--Stanley J. Mitarnowsky of Nanticoke elected president of district 7, Polish Falcons. Aug. 27--John Malinowski, Nanticoke banker, succeeds Dr. Leo C. Mundy as Democratic county chairman. Aug. 28--A.P. Ward 83, former wholesale liquor dealer and student of Irish history, dies at Trucksville home. Mrs. Samuel Wolk assumes duties as acting executive secretary of the United Charities. Aug. 29--Four thousand U.M.W.A. strikers of Susquehanna Collieries Company at Nanticoke enlist support of Shamokin area employes of same firm. Aug. 30--Dedication of new $400,000 post office and Federal building at Wilkes-Barre by Postmaster General James A. Farley draws crowd of 4,000; Farley dinner at night in Irem Temple attended by 1,000. Mayor, C.N. Loveland, treasurer of complaints committee in water rate fight, releases financial statement showing expenses of controversy. Mr. And Mrs. Llewellyn Lewis of Edwardsville celebrate golden wedding anniversary. Aug. 31--Seventy school boards and municipalities of the county requested through Mayor Charles N. Loveland to contribute to complainants side in superior court fight against Scranton-Spring Brook Water Service Company rates. Susquehanna collieries Company superintendent denies company is favorable to new union bringing about idleness at its collieries. Greyson P. Troutman of Kingston named general manager of Southern Division Glen Alden Coal Company, succeeding Edward Griffith. September Sept. 1--Judge John S. Fine announces Governor Pinchot will not be independent candidate for Senator in November at biennial Republican county Convention. Attorney Frank McGuigan retained as chief counsel for Robert A. Edwards. Benjamin F. Myers, 87, Civil War veteran and former Wilkes-Barre police chief, dies. Sept. 3--Miners of new union hold Labor Day parade and mass meeting in Kirby Park. Attendance is 25,000. George Reynolds and Dorothy Boone winners in singles of tennis tournament finals. Mary Mahon, known as Dolores Kay, named “Miss Anthracite” and given trip to World’s Fair. Very Rev. Justin Figas addresses Polish national alliance at Plymouth. Emanuel Thomas dies after hearing he was not appointed teacher in Hanover Township. Sept. 4--Wikes-Barre City School Board grants use of school buildings to unemployed organizations for meetings. Council clears way for operating airport and hears report of 500 complaints on excessive charges by Pennsylvania Power & Light Company. James Langan of Pittston chosen president of Pennsylvania State Association of Letter Carriers. Charles F. McGuire, 35, teacher at Port Chester, N. Y, formerly of Georgetown and Ashley, kills Mrs. Dwight P. Danyew,26, teacher after she tells of marriage, and takes his own life. Sept. 5--Widening of Market Street, Kingston, and building of Ashley bipass for total of $473,000 announced by Judge John S, Fine. $2,500 fire in Forty Fort Dining Room. Sept. 6--Walter J. Piszczek of Plymouth president of Polish alliance of America for 38 years, reelected at convention in Plymouth. 834 new pupils attend opening day of city schools. Plymouth Post Office plans passed. Ben Levi, President of Liberty Silk Throwing Company, dies. Sept. 7--Attempt to tie up local silk mills makes little headway. Strike of 4,000 miners at Susquehanna Collieries termed illegal by Anthracite Conciliation Board and men are ordered to work. Mrs. G.W. Harrison or Warrior run installed as head of Wilkes-Barre Cambrian Club. Sept. 8--Thomas E. Featherstone, 44, department buyer for The Boston Store, and his nephew, Arthur Sheridan, 8, of this city, perish in Morro Castle fire off Jersey Coast. Mrs. James Sheridan, sister of Featherstone and mother of the boy, is picked up in the ocean and brought to safety to shore. Theodore Dreiser, author of “An American Tragedy”, the plot of which is paralleled in the McKechnie slaying, visits scene of local crime. Sept. 10--Forty-one striking Old forge teachers are dismissed by the school board. 120 Hanover Township teachers asked to take 6 to 8 percent slash in salaries. Walter Young, director of Little Theatre, returns after Summer in Russia. Sergt. James A. Seerey, 41, of State Police, dies of injuries suffered practicing difficult horse jump for rodeo. Sept. 11--Black Diamond passenger train kills Stanley Hydock, 10, of Wilkes-Barre township. Attorney Harold Evans of Philadelphia retained to fight Public Service Commission’s decision in the water rate case before the Superior Court. 500 attend Wyoming Valley Women’s Club Flower Show opening. Sept. 12--Ralph S. Morris of Wilkes-Barre elected State Councillor of Junior O.U.A.M. Teachers of Hanover Township accept compromise salary cit of 4,5 and 6, per cent after long controversy. Thousands attend double funeral of Thomas Featherstone and Arthur Sheridan, local victims of Morro Castle disaster. PWA loan of $92,000 makes possible completion of threes relief projects in Wilkes-Barre. Sept. 13--first violence in connection with local silk strike results in extensive damage at Empire Silk Mill, Lee Park, when windows and doors are smashed and machines and materials damaged. Sept. 14--Carl Kivler, 22 sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of Nick Bottno, 66, sexton of St. Francis’s Church Nanticoke. Robert Kiley 19, jointly indicted, throws self on mercy of the court. Sept. 16--Rev. L. Domer Ulrich, pastor of St. John’s Luthern Church, celebrates 25th anniversary there. Sept. 17--Pomeroy’s Inc. with store in Wilkes-Barre, joins group affiliated with Hahn Department Stores, Inc. Louis Gross, 48, Grassy Pond farmer, dies of wounds suffered in argument over crate of chickens. His uncle Andrew Gross, 62, is held. Sept. 18--Capt. Walker S. Henning of the Lehigh Valley Railroad police through court ruling obtains $2,500 reward offered by Glen Alden Coal Company for information in the pay car dynamiting near No. 20 Tunnel in 1930. He already had been awarded a similar amount offered by the county. Private Fred Clapps, 42, of Troop B, State Police, dies. Jews observe Yom Kipper beginning at sundown. Sept. 20--Albert Alberigi acquitted in murder of George Hudock on plea of self defense. County Daughters of 1812 hostesses to state and local officers. Thomas M. Martin retires as general superintendent of Kingston Coal Company, to be succeed by William D. Thomas. Dr. S.S. Pace of Lee Park receives American Legion distinguished service certificate. Jacob L. Williams acquitted of charge of receiving stolen bonds. Attorney John R. Reap of Avoca named vice chairman of county Democrats. County agrees to join city in leasing airport land. Sept. 21--Two 25-cent dividends declared by Glen Alden Coal Company, first since December, 1931. Sept. 22--Susquehanna Collieries Company officials resign bank directorships in Nanticoke at request of President James Prendergast of Cleveland. Sept. 24--Hanover Township School Directors approve pay roll for 1933-1934, held up for seven months, when Glen Alden and Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Companies pay nearly half million in back taxes, ending lengthy dispute. Bucknell University Junior college adds sophomore courses to curriculum as classes begin for second year in Wilkes-Barre. Sept. 25--Attorney A.C. Campbell named to board of directors of Kis-lyn Industrial School, filling the vacancy created by the death of E.T. Giering. Sept. 26--Rev. Henry W. Coray of West Pittston Presbyterian church announces intention t leave as China missionary despite refusal of Presbytery to grant his release. Jimmy Mattern, aviator, addresses Lions Club. Testimonial dinner given for Stanley B. Janowski, new postmaster at Nanticoke. Sept. 27--New anthracite union officials visit Rinaldo Cappelini, former state president of the union at Graterford penitentiary, and decide to his ignore his peace plan, published in the newspaper previously. Eventful day for Hanover Township teachers, who receive aggregate of $128,000 in back pay. Skeleton of Indian unearthed at Nanticoke. P.O.S. of A. has motorcade of 127 cars prior to initiation. Sept. 28--Court disbars Roger J. O’Donnell for misdemeanors and on other charges. Dinner for Allan E. Bacon, new superintendent of city schools. 3,000 pupils enroll in city as Junior Firemen. Excavation begun for new fire and police headquarters at Harvey’s Lake. October Oct. 1--trial of Robert Allen Edwards charged with murder of Freda McKechnie opens with courthouse crowded. Nationwide interest is manifested and 50 news writers attend trial. Report shows closed Pennsylvania Liberty Bank and Trust Company has made a profit while in the hands of State Banking Department. Oct. 2--800 doctors register for meeting of State Medical Society; Dr. Moses Behrend of Philadelphia is installed as president. Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of Pennsylvania and Delaware opens convention at First Methodist Episcopal Church with 250 delegates present. Death of George H. Bittenbender, 75, of Plymouth. Oct. 3--Officials of national Board of Fire Underwriters charge that Wilkes-Barre Fire Department is undermanned and politics-ridden. 2,000 people attend public meeting in connection with Medical Society Convention, with Dr. Howard W. Haggard of Yale University as speaker. Oct. 4--Leaders of Hanover Township school teachers who have been active in fight to have Glen Alden Coal Company pay its back taxes are demoted by school board. Lewis A. Maue, 48, Hazleton manager for Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, dies. Oct. 5--Work of improving airport expected to start shortly. Community Welfare Federation sets goal of $503,593. Edwards case goes to jury. Oct. 6--Jury finds Edwards guilty of first degree murder and recommends the electric chair. West Pittston High School dedicates its new $35,000 stadium. G.O.P. leads 2 to 1 in county finals registration figures show. Oct. 8--550 Kiwanians register here for annual State Kiwanis convention. Plymouth, Larksville and Kingston residents formally open final stretch of Narrows Road. Oct. 9--Bob Edwards asks for new trial claiming a member of the jury prejudged him. Oct. 10--MalachI J. Redington, 68, retired business man, dies. Oct. 12--Umpire James A. Gorman of Anthracite Conciliation board presents report on adjustment of unemployment problems in District 1 and asks that a study be made with a view to rehabilitating the anthracite industry and area. Oct. 13--Attorney Paul Bedford presents athletic field to Princeton University. Robert M. Keiser, former county clerk of courts and city treasurer, dies. Death of Isreal P. Pardee, Hazleton banker and honorary president of Lafayette College. Oct. 14--No. 9 Colliery of The Pittston Co. idle for two months, returns 1,200 men to work. Trinity Luthern Church, North Main Street, observes its sixtieth anniversary. Oct. 15--Death of Dr. George R. Drake, physician and for many years coach of Plymouth High School football teams. United Anthracite Miners in convention here adopt a peace proposal, suggesting a test of strength between the two unions. Mrs. Catherine Gabryszenski, 108, of Larksville, believed to be the oldest women in Pennsylvania, dies. Oct. 17--Judge Clarence D. Coughlin refuses petition to oust the Foster Township School Board. Umpire Gorman suggests that Federal government buy 5,000,000 tons of anthracite for relief purposes and help keep 36,000 miners at work. William H. Owens, 75, Nanticoke, former legislator, dies. Jersey Central, Lehigh Valley and D. & H. Railroads promise Mayor Loveland they will help to alleviate the smoke nuisance here. Oct. 18--Edward Griffith, vice president and general manager of Glen Alden Coal Company, is named a director of First National Bank of Nanticoke. County Commissioner open way to widening of Market Street by rescinding all former measures passed on the subject. Mr. And Mrs. L.F. Bachman of East End celebrate sixtieth wedding anniversary. Oct. 19--W.C.T.U. opens its sixtieth State convention in city. Glen Alden Coal Company refuses to deal with new miners union, because of it the contract with United Mine Workers of America. Oct. 20--A.C. “Ollie” Smith, city deputy national president of Order of Eagles and Superintendent of County Road and Bridge Department, dies while at football game in New York City. Oct. 21--Rev. Flavian Wilbur O.F.M. 30, of St. Joseph’s Church, dies in New York City. Oct. 22--Anthracite Miners Union at convention here votes against striking but will seek aid of President Roosevelt of the courts in solving its problems. Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, national W.C.T.U. president, speaks at W.C.T.U. convention here. Rev. A.J. Chapman, former M.E. pastor in city, dies at Endicott, N.Y. Oct. 23--Three Plains boys are killed and two hurt when 1,500 tons of culm fall on them while they are picking coal near Henry Colliery at Plains. Foreclosures of 300 homes in County have been prevented through the Home Owners Loan Corp., of Federal government, according to officials. Miners Savings Bank of Pittston buys $150,000 bond issue of Pittston School Board. Oct. 24--$45,000 fire destroys Traction Company car barn and 9 cars at Dallas. Oct. 25--James U. Nichols, Chamber of Commerce official, is made a colonel on the staff of Gov. Laffoon of Kentucky. First hunting accident of season occurs when Frank Havtezdvich, Plains, fatally shoots self. Oct. 27--Bodies of John Phillips and Carl Gerlach are found in Troy Coal Company mine at West Wyoming 150 hours after they were entombed. Oct. 28--Rev. Raymond Eichman is ordained as minister and installed as pastor of St. Peter’s Luthern Church, city. Oct. 29--Death of Attorney Harris B. Hamlin of Kingston. Judge Valentine cautions Grand Jury against outside influences when they begin work. Oct. 30--Saidee Estelle Kaiser, prominent musician and music teacher, dies. Death of Eugene Sullivan, Avoca coal operator and sportsman. State Highway department announces it will pave Courtdale Avenue, Courtdale, making a link between Larksville and Luzerne. Oct. 31--Death of Rev. Otto W. Mappes, for 17 years. 2,200 of Wyoming pastor of St. Peter’s Luthern Church Valley People help celebrate opening of Effort Mountain Road and Pinchot Trail from Blakeslee to White Haven. Republicans candidates Willian Schnader and David A. Reed speak at the rally here attended by 6,000. Surprise strike called by United Anthracite Miners of Nanticoke causes fights in streets there and ties up Auchincloss, Bliss and Wanamie Collieries of Glen Alden Coal Company. Death of Delbert P. Honeywell, vice president of first National Bank of Dallas. November Nov. 2--Five cent zone fare for Wilkes-Barre Railway Corporation argued in complaint before Public Service Commissioner Herman J. Goldberg here. Scores hurt as miners of rival unions clash in Nanticoke strike. Grand Jury indicts Kingston Borough in cockroach nuisance on Dorrance Street dump. Harold R. Stark, formerly of this city, made rear admiral in Navy. 800 march in White Haven celebration of Pinchot Trail opening. Louis N. Jacobs of Exeter dies. Democratic rally at Armory attracts 6,000; Senator Hugh L. Black of Alabama is speaker. Nov. 3--Strike order withdrawn in Nanticoke and fight to be taken to courts. Mary Nolan, screen star, disappears after party at Green Gables. Nov. 5--John P. Shannon of Georgetown named deputy national president of the Eagles, succeeding late Ollie Smith. Four killed and 14 wounded in machine gun fire directed at political paraders in Kelayres. Nov. 6--Schnader, Reed, and Turpi given leads in county. Forty Fort votes to ban sale of liquor for four years. Nov. 7--Luzerne borough’s business district threatened as $100,000 blaze guts stores, banks, homes. Election officers protest County Controller Multer’s announcement he would not authorize more than $5 minimum pay. Mayor Loveland announces he will replace Fire Chief Thomas Flannery with Ambrose Saricks. Nov. 8--rev. Jeremiah I. Dunn, 76, formerly of Avoca, dies. 109th Regiment officers and reserves give dinner to Major Gen. Paul B. Malone, comanding Third Corps Area. Rabbi Stephen Wise, New York, speaks here. Nov. 9--Fire Chief shift is voted on by council and goes through. Nov. 11--Charles W. Casey of Record elected president of Eastern Pennsylvania-Delaware Typographical Union. Horrors of war cited in Armistice sermons. Nov. 12--National and State retail leaders reassure 500 Wyoming Valley merchants at meeting here. Thirteenth drive of Community Welfare Federation begins. Nov. 14--Home of John Conlon, Jr., Hudson destroyed by fire; four members of household escape. Nov. 16--Nat Meyer and Max Bloch acquitted of conspiracy charge in connection with disappearance of diamond trays in Meyer’s store. Walter Pacewicz acquitted of murder charge in the death of Leo Ulrich. Joseph B. Reap, Pittston, dies. City Council presents engraved resolution of community pride to Fred Morgan Kirby on 50th anniversary of founding first Kirby Store in Wilkes-Barre. J. Frank Wilson, 75, dies. Nov. 17--Dr. Levi L. Sprague, president of Wyoming Seminary for 52 years given testimonial dinner by alumni in Philadelphia. Nov. 18--Leonard D. Morgan, Ex-County Controller and World War veteran, dies of heart attack. Dr. Joseph Moscicki, son of president of Poland, and Stanley Szymczak, former comptroller of Chicago, speak at celebration here of 16th anniversary of Poland’s independence. 61 projects employing 4,166 persons and costing $813,965 approved for Luzerne County. Bicknell Young, Chicago, gives Christian Science lecture. Nov. 19--William Craig of Wanamie, mining engineer summoned for jury duty, dies in court room. Court enjoins miners’ releases in Nanticoke turmoil. Rev. D. Cynon Evens resigns Plymouth pastorate to return to Wales. Nov. 20--Welfare drive closes with $467,615 in donations, 92.9 per cent of goal. Temperatures reaches 75, 25-year high for November. Sergt. Thomas Lavelle retires from Police Department; succeeded by Patrolman Patrick Conwell. Nov. 21--Wilkes-Barre named as city where $25,000 ransom in William Weiss, Philadelphia, kidnaping was passed over. Luzerne County Gas & Electric Company announces proposed cut to save consumers $162,500. Nov. 23--Robert M. Cranston, Plainsville mine owner, dies. Nov. 24--Election officers’ pay cut to $5 upheld by the court. Nov. 25--Nicholas Roosevelt raps inflation in speech here. Nov. 26--Five hundred workers on relief projects hold brief strike and return to work. Nov. 27--Clerk of police record job eliminated, resulting in dismissal of John Swanberry. Firemen’s Ball attracts 3,000. Mayor asks for radios for police cars. Nov. 28--Peter Hnatuick of Hazleton, schoolboy freed of murder charge in shooting of Harry Cavalier. Home of Joseph Sulewski, Nanticoke miner, dynamited while he sleeps. Nov. 29--Football main attraction og thanksgiving holiday. Three sticks of dynamite found with burned fuse in rectory of St. Mary’s R.C. Church. Nov. 30--Court in banc refuses new trial to Robert Edwards. Typed by Pat Dundore, March 2003