Offensive Prohibition Fight Moves to Hearings
The American Legion league urged dry supporters to flood Washington with protests against any modification of the Volstead Act. George D. Selby led appeals urging vigorous telegrams or mail protests and urging residents to tell lawmakers their local stance before and after prohibition changes. They advised writing U S Senators and representatives to oppose weakening enforcement as wets prepare countermeasures at Senate hearings. The hearings continue with drys and wets expected to present testimony through next Tuesday and a rebuttal window thereafter.
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George D.selby
League
Washington
Wayne
Wheeler
United States
Nets
Legend of Diamond Diamonds in Betrothal Lore
The tale credits Louis de Berquem of Bruges with discovering the diamond cut in 1470. A Flemish jeweler's clerk, he dreamt a method to beautify stones, and tradition holds that his fortune allowed him to wed the Ischolee maiden. Read the Gazette Classified Ads.
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Ischolee
Louis de Berquem
Flanders
Bruges
Laura Smith again heads Blairsville club at Blairsville
Mrs Laura Smith again heads the Blairsville club as dues rise from one to one and a half dollars. The resolution bans cemetery area across the cemetery from use as a dumping ground. The Y M V Fire Company receives a fifty dollar donation for hosting the meet ing place. Mrs C R McKinniss will attend the Atlantic City biennial meeting May 24 to June 1 with Mrs B F Sheriff as alternate. Volleyball title decides league champion with Methodist and Bankers tied at 11 wins and .785 standing. Three twenty minute games Wednesday on the Armory floor determine the champion. trophy presented at Thursday banquet by league officials led by president R F Bell.
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Y. M. V. Fire Company
C. R. McKinniss
Atlantic City
B. F. Sheriff
Blairsville Valley Ball League
Armory
Methodist
Banker
Bankers
Methodists
R. F. Bell
Confession Of Murders Joke Sparks St Louis Inquiry
A former New Jersey woman now living in St Louis is linked to a claimed confession that she murdered her former husband James Webster and his brother in law Thomas Plaven eleven years ago in Union Hill New Jersey. Police seek to verify the sensational claim and whether the deaths were staged as accidental to collect life insurance.
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St. Louis
New Jersey
St.Louis
C. W. Meagher
Union Hill
N. J
James Webster
Thomas Plaven
Webster
Frank MecCaffrey
Meagh
Clergyman and Family Found Dead in Fire Scene
A clergyman Rev. Father Nicholin his wife and their son were found dead after a fire in the rectory. Neighbors said the clergyman had recent health issues and had returned from a sanitarium. Police cannot determine the fire's origin and no letters of explanation were found.
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Clergyman
Wendell Richards
Father Nicholin
President predicts brighter US Latin America press ties
The President reviewed fifteen years of trade with Latin America to illustrate strong ties and set out forecasts from historians and leaders that the twentieth century would mark rapid development in the region. He cited rising exports and imports between the United States and Latin American republics and noted past assertions by Elihu Root and Theodore Roosevelt confirming this momentum.
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United States
Latin America
New World
America
Elihu Newt
South America
Theodore Roogavelt
Brazil
Yeggs Net About Five Thousand In Bank Hold-Up
Westmont National Bank opened to find teller John Kirkbride and Miss Frances O'Sullivan bound and gagged along with a deposit customer. Three unmasked robbers arrived in a car with Pennsylvania plates, secured the cash from the cashier cage, and fled in the awaiting automobile with nearly $5,000.
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Westmont
N. d
Westmont National Bank
John Kirkbride
Frances O'Sullivan
Pennsylvania
Byrd Plans Polar Flight Bases and Safety Measures
Washington. Lieutenant Commander Richard Byrd, in command of the naval detachment of the MacMillan Arctic expedition, outlines operations for three navy amphibian planes. Plans include bases, base locations at Cape Columbia or Cape Thomas Hubbard, intermediate bases, radio sets, dog teams, and two-person aircraft limits to maximize flight range and safety.
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Washington
R. B. Byrd
National Geographic Society
Navy Department
Navy
Polar Sea
Cape Columbia
Grant Land
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Aral Helberg Land
Utah
Naval Uniit
Japs Develop Periscope Camera for Submarine Use
Sasebo Japan naval official announces rapid improvements in optical gear. A perfected periscopic telescope camera would record enemy ship movements without revealing the submarine. Testing proceeds with plans to equip all Japanese submarines if successful.
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Sasebo
Japan
Gaga
Only 60 000 Cash Found in Dead Mail
A Wis resident writes to Postmaster General Newto ask for a draft of sixty thousand dollars found in read letters. He claims many owners cannot trust, pleads for a bank draft within ten days, and prays for divine blessing. The fragment reflects a plea tied to a dead mail incident and a demand for money.
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Aske
Washington
Tonthink
Wis
Newt
Indiana Y M C A Triumph Over DuBois Black Aces
Indiana YMCA basketball traveled to DuBois to face the Black Aces. The visitors led early but the home club fired on all cylinders, with precise passes and a fast tempo, earning a 58 to 43 victory as Indiana players returned to the floor for the first time since the tournament. The upcoming Friday 8:30 p.m. rematch on the local YMCA court features Guthrie Crissman Lowry Johnson Fee Widdownson and a lineup including Sayers Elder Patchell Apple Traister.
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DuBois
Indiana
Indianas
Guthrie
Crissman
Lowry
Johnson
Fee
Widdowson
Bawger
Deeee Sykespiper
Apple
Traisfer
Sayer Dodson
Patchell Elder
Seisees
Miners endorse Pinchot for U S Senate in PA
In a union meeting with Districts 1 2 6 7 9 and the International Union the United Mine Workers of America endorsed Gifford Pinchot for the United States Senate. The resolution praises his public service stand for representative government and calls on voters to nominate and elect Pinchot with a large majority.
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John O’leary
International
Andrew Matty
John Youriskin
Thomas Gallagher
C. J. Golden
John Strambo
James J. McAndrews
Phillip Murray
Thos. Kennedy
United Mine Workers of America
International Union
Coal Miners of
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
United ‘States
United States Senate
Gifford Pinchot
Friends of Representative
Gifford ‘Pinchot
Indiana County News Briefs From The Evening Gazette
G E Bowman of Indiana R D 1 and John M Carson of Homer City visited here yesterday. Wood Dick, a noted Homer City contractor, conducted county seat business. Grayton Hammond of Plumville visited yesterday. Republican party candidates in Indiana County are listed in The Evening Gazette Primary on May. Misses Helen Ray Ruth Ward and Helen Hothel, Indiana High School students, spent their May vacation at home in Rayne Township. Mrs L M Kelly of Blairsville, former Second Ward resident, called on friends and did some shopping.
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Wood Dick
Homer City
Republican Party
Indiana County
Evening Gazette
Helen Ray
Ruth Ward
Helen Hothel
Indiana High School
Rayne Township
Hoover Brot Back for Trial in Pittsburgh Case
Daniel I Hoover of Mansfield Ohio is moved to Pittsburgh for trial on charges of stealing $11,650 from the mails at Nant-y-Glo Pennsylvania three years ago. He was arrested recently after a tip to postal inspectors from Altoona official Harry M. Calvert.
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Cleveland
Daniel I Hoover
Mansfield
Nant-y-Glo
Pittsburgh
Harry M. Calvert
Altoona
Mussolini Recovers on Way For Inspection
Mussolini begins preparations for his case with a defense of temporary insanity. An Italian officer reported the attacker was the same woman who recently appeared at Villa Glori during a Fascist ceremony. Across Italy, prayers and impromptu celebrations marked relief at the Premier’s survival as Britain deplored the attempted assassination.
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Tavani
Mussolini
Villa Glori
Italy
London
Magiolini
Daily Express
Franklin Way Indorsed by the U C T
The Indiana county article reports a committee led endorsement of the Benjamin Franklin Highway linking Indiana county with other parts of the Commonwealth. They urge Governor Pinchot and state authorities to support upgrading the roads to Primary Highway status and include permanent construction in 1926 plans. Committee members W F Wettling John Bennett and Walter H Jackson sign.
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Recordi
Indiana County
Gifford Pinchot
Jeannette Blast Mystery Sees Two Held for Questioning
Jeannette Pennsylvania April 8 Two suspects detained by police for questioning over a bomb fire that destroyed a store building and damaged another. They were arrested by state police and Jeannette police after being tailed from Greensburg. Pacelli shoe store owner also in custody for questioning. Names not released.
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INS
King
State Police
Yurt
McKeesport
Greensburg
Phillip Pacelli
Keystone Grocery
Pacelli
Berlins Want Left All Alone
Paris April 8 Irving Berlin seeks to be left all alone after a statement issued for his father in law Clarence Mackay denying reconciliation rumors. Mackay implied press agents stirred talk of a split Berlin, already reticent, asked that they let him work and not intrude in the affair.
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INS
Irving Berlin
Clarence Mackay
New York
Mackay
Berlin
Pressr
The
Crillon
Bulgarian Herb Tea claims blood renewal and youth
An old advertisement promises spring blood renewal and winter poison cleansing with Bulgarian herb tea. It urges investing 35 cents or 75e for health and asks readers to ask their druggist. The copy hints at age reversal from 0 to 80 years younger.
Luther Burbank in grave condition after nervous exhaustion
Santa Rosa Cal April 8 Luther Burbank laboring under nervous exhaustion shows to be in a somewhat grave condition after a restless night. The noted botanist and scientist remains under medical care as doctors monitor his pulse and vital signs.
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Cal
Luther Burbank
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