Russia sent an army of 100,000 to mass along the border between Russia and Manchuria in the fall of 1931. The force was well equipped for winter weather and ready to strike at any moment. A possible accord between Russia and Japan was suspected in view of the respect paid Russia’s “sphere of influence” in Northern Manchuria by the Japanese military authorities in their recent occupation of Manchurian territory, although Russia ostensibly was supporting the Chinese.
Japanese newspapers said that the U. S. was among the leaders in the movement to retard Japanese development.
A new serial was introduced in the Herald in mid Oct., based on the picture version of Mildred Gilmore’s novel, “The Sob Sister,” with a chapter appearing each day.
Beauticians who dictated the styles of women’s hair decreed a new vogue of short hair and profuse waves. Then “Bob” as the style was known had the sides cut short so they could be made to wave softly over the ears. The top of the head was smooth in the interest of the new hats of the period, but below that the hair swirled and curled in reckless manner. Three inches below the hair line was the proper length for the back hair, but those three inches must curl above the hair line.
Continuing with a sign of the times, Frank Schmidt, a banker from Ardmore, was arrested on a warrant that Schmidt made false statements regarding the conditions of a state banking institution. If convicted, that carried a penalty of five years in prison plus a $5,000 fine.
A large crowd of men and women representing the borough of Tyrone and Antis, Snyder and Tyrone townships greeted Republican candidates for Blair County offices at a Republican rally held in the Municipal Building.
Andrew Palmer, borough chairman, introduced William H. Orr, Blair County chairman, who presided over the rally. Orr introduced Mrs. A. S. Koch of Altoona, who impressed her audience with the necessity of Blair County electing the straight Republican ticket.
At the El Patio Theatre, “Transatlantic,” with Edmund Lowe and Lois Moran was playing. Later in the week, James Dunn starred in “Bad Girl.”
New regulations for hunters were in effect for the Dec. 1-15, 1931, deer hunting season.
A hunter may kill only one deer, either a buck or a doe. A legal deer must have two or more points visible to one antler, or be without visible antlers and weigh at least 40 pounds with entrails removed.
It was unlawful for any body of men either camping together or hunting in unison or in any manner cooperating with each other to kill or be possessed of in one season more than six legal deer.
No special license was needed to hunt deer. Both resident and non-resident hunting licenses permited the killing of both sexes of deer. The 1931 PA legislature removed the special deer license feature from the game laws. A license issued in one county was good in all other counties.
There was an elaborate ceremony to open the new George Washington Bridge- a new span over the Hudson River that linked New York and New Jersey. Charles Francis Adams, Secretary of the Navy and relative of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, was the principal speaker, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, and Governor Morgan Larson of New Jersey, formally opened the span by cutting a ribbon stretched across the roadway midway between the two states. The bridge cost an estimated $60 million to complete.
State policemen, on duty at Huntingdon, made a rich haul. Early Sunday morning while making routine checks of trucks and commercial cars to ascertain length, width, heighth, tonnage and equipment, they stopped a Chevrolet truck owned by Enrico Sabatino of Spruce Avenue, Altoona. The driver, who gave his name as Charles Pagliora of Altoona, informed the officers that his cargo consisted of grapes.
Examination revealed that the grapes were some kind of liquid. It was discovered that the “grapes” were genuine beer. On the head of each barrel was stenciled “Katz Brothers Brewers,” and consisted of approximately 400 gallons of the illegal brew.
The National League MVP was second baseman Frankie Frisch, “the Fordham Flash” of the NL champion St. Louis Cardinals
On Friday, Oct. 30, 1931, Tyrone improved their record to 5-0-1 by blasting Bellefonte 47-0 in an afternoon game.
The Black and Orange, coached by Walt Mensch, celebrated a win on Halloween and then got back to Tyrone in time for the big parade.
Wasting no time, Tyrone opened up right away. The Eagles marched down the field notching five first downs along the way and taking advantage of a 15-yard Bellefonte penalty and “Bubbles” Robinson plunged over the goal line for the first score.
Hutchinson got his first TD of the season in the second quarter and Jim Hildebrand scored a six-pointer in the third quarter.
It was the fourth quarter that really put points on the board however.
Burget and Haag scored for the Eagles, then Hildebrand raced 80 yards for his second touchdown of the day. Bellefonte went to the air to try to move the football. The Red and White, under head coach John Miller, was successful for a while, but then Burget intercepted a Bellefonte toss to stop the attack and raced all the way for a touchdown to add the final TD.
Getz booted three successful PAT kicks and Hildebrand added a pair of runs for extra points
