GILDEA, James Hilary, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Coaldale, Schuylkill County, Pa., October 21, 1890; attended the public schools; apprenticed to the printing trade in 1905; engaged in the newspaper publishing business since 1910, when he founded the Coaldale (Pa.) Observer; chairman of the Coaldale Relief Society 1930-1933, and of the Panther Valley Miners’ Equalization Committee; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and to the Seventy-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress, for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress, and in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress; resumed newspaper publishing until his retirement in 1972; superintendent, Coaldale State Hospital, 1962-1965; resumed his career of editing, publishing, and printing; was a resident of Arlington, Va., until his death there on June 5, 1988; interment in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Summit Hill, Pa.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present.

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Coaldale observer. (Coaldale, Pa.) -- 1910-1958

Title:

Coaldale Observer. : (Coaldale, Pa.) 1910-1958

Alternative Titles:

Observer

Place of publication:

Coaldale, Pa.

Geographic coverage:

Coaldale, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania | View more titles from this: CityCounty, State

Publisher:

Gildea Brothers

Dates of publication:

1910-1958

Description:

Began with Oct. 1, 1910 issue; ceased in Aug. 1958?

Frequency:

Weekly

Language:

English

Notes:

Description based on: Sept. 9, 1911.

Editor: James H. Gildea.

Published every Saturday morning.

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