Bread Lines Impress Women of the Nation
Former Wyoming governor Nellie Tayloe Ross, a key Democratic leader, says breadlines shape the 1932 election as women realize voting is a humanitarian duty. She leaders the movement for new leadership, pledging active support for relief measures and critiquing Hoover’s tariff policy and prohibition’s role in the campaign.
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Dorothy Ducas
UNS
INS
Washington
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Movement For New
Democratic
Mr. Hoover
Dr Gates Denounces Mud Slinging In Politics
Indiana Pa April 22 1932 Edward B Bennett writes against mudslinging in campaigns praising fair play. He argues that leaders chosen by misstatements lose respect among decent people and wishes success in Tuesday's primary election.
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Indiana
Edward B. Bennett
Stamp on Evil: Science Links Criminals to Body Build
Philadelphia April 23 INS Science surveys time from Eocene era to today. Dr Glenn Ly Jepson Princeton cites fossil remains dating to Eocene. Dr Ernest A Hooten Harvard discusses link between body type and crime, 2000 measurements of 16000 convicts across five years. Gro здан
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G Myers
UINS
Philadelphia
INS
Science
Glenn Ly Jepson
Princeton
American Philosophical Society
Wyoming
Ernest A. Hooten
Harvard
U Maoten
Charming 25 Year Old Girl Rules Louisiana Today
Baton Rouge dispatch reports Miss Alice Lee Grosjean, 25, serving as acting governor of Louisiana during Governor Alvin O. King's trip to Richmond. As secretary of state she is next in succession, though Louisiana lacks lieutenant governor and Senate president due to political feud. King’s absence lasts ten days.
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Alice Lee Grosjean
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Alvin O. King
Richmond
Conference of States’ Executives
Miss Grosjean
Senate
Huep P. Long
Paul N. Cyr
Louisiana Ab
Ballot for Tuesday Primary Election Candidates
Republican candidates for Congress in the 27th district include Nathan Strong from Jefferson County and Robert McEldowney from Cambria. Also listed are Steele Clark of Indiana County and other delegates, with further pages continuing the ballot details for General Assembly and National Convention slots.
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Congress
General Assembly
State Committee
United States
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Republican Congress
Nathan , Strong
Jefferson County
Robert McEldowney
Cambria County
Steele Clark
Indiana County
Forest fires claim large toll in Gallitzin District
Forest fires swept through hundreds of acres in Gallitzin District yesterday with more than twenty smaller blazes across the region. District Forester T S Shirey and staff pursued investigations into possible arson and prepared to prosecute if fires were started deliberately. Major blazes occurred on Rager Mountain in West Taylor township Cambria County and north of the William Penn highway near Nant-y-Glo, with additional fires near Westover in Clearfield County. Fire crews stayed on duty late to battle the flames and tally the toll.
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Gallitzin
Indiana County
T. S. Shirey
Blair County
Rager Mountain
Laylor Township
Cambria County
Jackson
Cambria
Keystone
Nant-y-Glo
Westover
Clearfield County
Dairy Locals Plan Meeting
A joint meeting of the Indiana and Marion Center locals of the D. Co. S$. Co. will be held Monday, April 25, at 8 p.m. at the Court House. H. Bailey, Penn State extension specialist, will lecture on Factors Affecting the Quality of Milk. A Pittsburgh Dairy Council representative will speak. Members should bring certificates for transfer. Bailey will stress sanitary measures to prevent losses to dairymen.
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Indiana and Marion Center
Court House
DP. H. Bailey
Penn State
Pittsburgh Dairy Council
Bailey
Two Injured As Car Overturned On Highway
Don Greene 23 and N B Putman 48 of Johnstown were injured when their car overturned three times on the William Penn Highway near Chickasree Hill. They were taken to Johns town hospital by passing locals Alderman Schwing and George Miller. Putman suffered cuts to left leg arm and hand. Greene had extensive facial cuts. Both were reported in good condition.
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Don Greene
N. B. Putman
Bert Wayne
Ind
William Penn
Chicksaree Hill
Johnstown
Mmil C. Schwing
George K. Miller
Putman
Greene
District YMCAs Girls Organize at DuBois Meeting
About 125 members from six Y M C A districts attended the second annual Girls’ meeting in St Pauls Lutheran Church DuBois Friday night. Officers elected were Esther Van Brunt president Lilian Peterson vice president and Betty Uplinger secretary treasurer. DuBois Alpha Beta Gamma and Kenowist clubs hosted with attendees from Punxsutawney Ridgway Brookville Clearfield and Indiana. Group singing opened the program and Rev J G Klingensmith led devotionals before officers were introduced.
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Alpha Club
Punxsulawney
Lillian Peterson
du Bois
Bbtty Uplinger
Brookville
Alpha Beta Gamma
DuBois
Punxsutawney
Ridgway
Clearfield
Indiana
J. G. Klingensmith
Liquor Truck Confiscated on Penn Highway
William Ramon 21 of Wilmerding and Frank Scapa 22 of Philadelphia were held in Pittsburgh after prohibition agents confiscated a truck on the William Penn Highway near Blairsville. The vehicle carried 140 cases of liquor in a hidden compartment en route from Trenton, New Jersey to Pittsburgh. Each man denied knowing the other and gave conflicting stories about how they met. neither had an operator's license.
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William Ramon
Wilmerding
Frank Scapa
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
William ‘Onn
Blairsville
Frenton
Nvd
Scapa
Ramon
Harrisburg
Ebensburg
Trenton
Lutheran Synod Leader to Retire in Philadelphia
Rev. Dr. 8 D Daugherty 75 will retire June 1 after 31 years as superintendent of home divisions and church extension for the East Pennsylvania Lutheran Synod. He established 57 churches, 41 in Philadelphia area. Born in Indiana County he studied at Gettysburg and Seminary and has spent 41 years in the ministry. A May 10 trib ute by pastors and readers will honor him in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
8. D. Daugherty
East Pennsylvania Lutheran Synod
Daugherty
Indiana County
Gettysburg College and Seminary
Greta Garbo Not Engaged Says Sweden Mother
Greta Garbo is not engaged her mother denies a London report. Mrs Gustafson and Greta's brother Sven say the London paper is a farce. They note Greta's friendship with Wilhelm Soerenson and that she will decide whether to return to Hollywood or stay in Sweden this summer.
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Stockholm
INS
Greta
Greta Garbo
London
Sweden
Gustavson
Sven
Miss Garbo
Wilhelm Soerenson
Ewedich
Soerenson
Gretavson
Hollywood
Aviator's Death Still a Mystery
Miami officials awaited a letter from Haden Clarke’s brother Beverly Clarke to shed light on the 11-year-old aviator’s death by shooting at Mrs. J. M. Keith Miller’s house. Flight figure Captain William N Lancaster and Mrs. Keith Miller remain detained as the inquiry continues. handwriting analysis will compare the letter to notes found at the scene.
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Miami
Fla
INS
Haden Clarke
J. M. Weith-Miller
Keith-Miller
William N. Lancaster
Vernon Hawthorne
Clack
New York
Beverly Clarke
Somerset School Slashes Salaries and Cuts Tax Rate
The Somerset borough school board approved a five percent salary reduction for teachers and staff and reduced the 1952 tax rate by one mill at a Thursday night meeting. Additional economies enabled the millage cut. William S. Livengood was re elected athletic coach and Miss Mary Weber retained as head of girls physical education. these posts had been vacant at the April 15 faculty vote.
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Somerset
William S. Livengood
Mary Weber
Department of Physical Education
Failure to identify body found in swamp
Police seek identity of a woman found murdered in a swamp near Punmutuning Swamp. A doctor and physician examined the remains and say she was likely slain about six months ago. Age estimated 40 to 40. She wore professional clothing. Norman Thurtung of Warren, a former Michigan student, found the body near a dirt road while searching the swamp for papers. State police suspect the murder occurred in Ohio.
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Mnmadville
INS
Di¢R Howd
Norman Thurtung
Warren
Pas
University of Michigan
Sine Ag
Ohis
Cookport Meeting Monday Evening
On Monday night April 25 at 8 o'clock a meeting will be held in Cookport with prominent Greene Township speakers discussing current problems. The organizing committee has arranged music and speakers led by Cay Irvin as chairman. A notable local figure Mrs Pangal Learn, 88, from Saull Miboning, will be presented, along with a note about Weadnesday's household duties and a hip-bone fracture incident.
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Greene Township
Conndttee
Cay Irvin
Pangal
Saull Miboning
Itl
Plumsville
Famous Flyers Held in Death
Haden Clark 91 a biographer was found slain in a sleeping porch of her Miami Washington home. Mrs Keith Miller Australian aviatrix and Captain W N Lancaster her companion on many famous flights were held by police. Notes suggest Clark died by own hand due to financial troubles. Police said he and the aviatrix planned to wed.
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Wheb Haden Clark
Miami
Keith Miller
W. N. Lancaster
England
Australia
Clark
Lancaster
Haden
Democrats In Parting Blasts in Pennsylvania Delegates
In Harrisburg on April 28, two Pennsylvania Democratic factions traded blasts as Roosevelt and Guffey claimed delegates. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt was forecast to win 64 of 67 counties. John R. Collins dismissed Guffey’s claim of “4 delegates in his pockets” as humorless and insubstantial, marking a split in the state party.
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Roosevelt
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
INS
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Warren van Dyke
John R. Collins
State
Democratic Committee
Joseph Guffey
Chicago
Collins
Bank
Ex Service Men Rally for Bennett in Rayne Township
About 600 ex service men and supporters from Indiana County gathered at the DeGaetana farm in Rayne Township in support of Edward B Bennett for vice senator from Indiana and Jefferson counties. The meeting showed strong enthusiasm for his candidacy and highlighted local political activity.
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Edward B
Capone denies Lindbergh kidnapping ransom claim
Chicago reports allege Capone offered to help locate the Lindbergh baby if released from jail. Officials doubt Hopewell rumors of a three day restoration, while Capone denies any such state that he made no such statement. In Trenton, Lindbergh team presses ahead as private investigators pursue leads.
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Chicago
Alex
Lindbergh
Capone
Hopewell
N. J
United States Supreme Court
Arthur Brisbane
Oiling Schedule for Indiana County Roads in 1931
Information from Edward A Bennett reports the spring oiling program for Indiana county on April 27. It covers 187 miles of rural lines at an estimated cost around 200000. Routes include Edgewood to West Lebanon, Edgewood to Cherry Run Dam, Chamberville to Garbleton, Trade City to Smicksburg, Glen Campbell to Rost er, Cherry Tree to Are, and Pine Flats to Spruce. The Glen Campbell camp work is underway with 100 men grading stone to a surface course.
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Edward
A. Bennett
Ilix
Indiana County
Wis
Edgewood
Lebanon
Armstrong County
Cherry Run Dam
Chambeville
Garbleton
Trade City
Smicksburg
Glen Campbell
Cherry Tree
Pine Flats
Spruce
Glen Camps Bell
Smitport
Gypsy
Massie Sanity Backed by Alienists in Kahahawai Case
In Honolulu April 2 the mass murder trial heard that Thomas J Massie was sane when the Kahahawai shot was fired. Prosecution sought slow careful rebuttal to counter Darrow’s defense, while psychiatrists Dr Joseph and Dr Paul Bowers affirmed Massie’s normal conduct. The defense argued his confession implicated him after an assault on Mrs Massie.
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Darrow
Joseph
Paul Bowers
Prog Ten
Lisut
Massie
Sey
Grace Hubbard Pforteseya
Tha Hawai
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