Long detour as new bridge work slows Leechburg area
Westmoreland county motorists faced a long detour as the Leechburg bridge project shifts traffic toward Vandergrift and Hyde Park. Crews rush to complete piers amid unseasonal weather, with razing of the old span set to begin soon and traffic rerouted through Freeport and surrounding Westmoreland and Armstrong towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandergrift
Westmoreland County
Kiski
Armstrong County
Leechbure
Leechburg
Hyde Park
Freeport
Allegheny Valley
Fonteon Bridge
Welne
Leechburgh
Killanning
Armstrong
Apollo
North Vandergrift
Miss Grassmuck to Speak on European Peoples in Echo School
Miss Erna Grassmuck head of Geography at Indiana State Teachers College will lecture on the life of European peoples, illustrated with lantern slides, at 7:30 Friday evening in Echo School East Taylor Township. The event, by teachers and pupils, highlights her wide teaching career and travel in the United States Canada South America and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erna Grassmuck
State Teachers College
Indiana
Echo
East Taylor Township
Pennsylvania State College
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pennsylvania
THEATRES SPONSOR MODEL AIRCRAFT CONTESTAT RITZ THEATRE
The Aero Nautical Club hosts a county wide model flying scale contest with prizes including two Ritz and Indiana jet prizes and week passes. Judges will assess craftsmanship originality and design. entries accepted April 24 25 from 4 30 to 5 20 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritz
Indiana
The
Ratz
Aes
Thea
Tonson
Eraftmenshin
Te. Hlaue
Ward Johnson
Drmagment of
Iiiané High School
Aero-Nautical Club
Fiddlers Plan For Big Contest
Judges for the old time fiddling contest at Leechburg High School on Saturday include Logan Agshbatah Leechburg music teacher William Metntine Dan Sehalh Riderson Raymond Campbell Vandereritt Duane dance val ler and Charles unkopf DiBos VEW commander Civic leader More than a dozen door prizes and a $10 basket of groceries donated by West Seeesbury Steel will be awarded by patrons. Six fiddlers have signed to compete for the Western Pennsylvanian title and the $20 prize. favorites include Old Dad Sheriff fiddling comedian now at KDKA Squire Booker 75 year old from Freeport Dic Moore of DuBois undefeated last year Hank's Hillbillies of Greensburg gisa will entertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leechburg High School
Leechinirg Vetarais
Logan Agshbatah
Leechburg
William Metntine
Teechburg
Dan Sehalh
Riderson
Raymond Campbell
Vandereritt
Duane Dance Valler
Charles Unkopf DiBos
VEW
West Seeesburge Steel Company
Old Dad Sheriff
KDKA
Seodine Junes
WHJR
Greensburg
Squire Booker
Freeporiey
DuBois
Dic Moore
Apatla
X Ray Screenings From Indiana Blairsville and More
Chest x ray pictures taken and reports sent to family physicians as pupils and parents review results. Indiana, Blairsville, and Clymer groups have been x rayed with remaining Blairsville and Clymer cohorts this week and next. Tuberculosis is no longer incurable and is fought with tuberculin testing and x rays to detect germ presence and lung damage. Pneumothorax is among treatments, reducing bed rest and speeding return to activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Blairsville
Clymer
Kelly Given a Fair Chance in House History
A fragment notes Kelly, long a Congress member and former chairman of the House Post Office committee, famed as "the father of the air mail," received recognition after a discharge incident at a summer home with Kelly and four daughters present. he was rushed to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Smeaton
Kelly
M. Kelly
Congress
Times L. Quinn
House Posiiffice
Washington
United States
Air Mail
Obituary notices from Canoe township and Hastings districts
Obituaries recall Mary Smith Tilker born 1836 in Canoe township near Rochester Mills wife of Jacob Tilker, died aged many, survived by Mary Jane White Harvey Irvin and nine grandchildren etc. Also Marcellus McMullen age 76 of Hastings died of pneumonia with funeral at St Barnard’s Hastings and long list of survivors. Edward Fogle, 63, Chest Springs, death after heart attack with extensive surviving relatives and funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canoe Township
Rochester Mills
George
Mary Smith
Jacob Til Ker
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Mary Jane White
Indiana
Harvey and
Irvin ‘Tiger
Maria Cochran
Fairview Church
Fairview Cemetery
Matthew Jordan
W. B. Tobias
Marcellus M'Mullen
Hastings
Clara
Michael Cavanaugh
Nant-y- Gini
Gertrude
Elmer Creenland
Anna
Michael Stock
Loretto
Nora
William Handley
Lena
Charles Noel
Blader
Luba
Richare Bridiey
Ebensburg
Sarah
Luke Noel
Dixonville
Rose
Joseph Dieitellie
Elder Townshig
Joseph McMullen
Helen Gray
Carrolltown
Edward Fogle
Chest Springs
John and
Mary
Willis) Foyle
Emma (McLucas) Foyle
Sigtur
Joseph Sharp
Loretta
Mes
Annie Maloney
Altoona
Gerald
Blairs
Mille
Vincent
Clarence
Honolulu
United States Army
Sabilly
Silverius
Robert
Respite Granted in Strawser Case Amid Clemmency Pleas
Harrisburg April 24. Sherman L Strawser held to death row for murder in employer Charles Gable case gets postponement until August 8 to allow his fiancé Zella Gill to testify and for the Gills to face murder charges. Attorney General Margiotti criticizes Snyder County DA Sommers and calls for a special prosecutor. board will recommend a further delay to aid Strawser’s clemency petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
INS
Sherman L. Strawser
Farmhayd
Tor Diy
Sweet- Heart
Charles Gable
Charles A. Maragiotti
Lester Gill
Zella
Strawser
Gill
Gable
Henry J. Summers, Jr
Snyder County
Margroth
Margiolli
George H. Earle
Straweser
Sommers
Gills
Pennsylvania
Mae West marriage rumors spark courtroom confusion
Hollywood reports claim Mae West denied records showing a 1927 marriage to a New York man and rejected rumors of a 1911 Milwaukeee wedding with Frank Wallace. The confusion follows public scrutiny of her single status and past relationships as she dismisses wedding tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae
Mae West
Wallace
Miss West
Miss la May
Hollywood
Cins
U's
New York
Frank Wallace
Milwaukee
Tpsets
Tiam
Lil
Relief Officials to Be Guilty Hearings In State
A report cites a high level conference with Robert J. Johnson on relief administration. Horst notes a public hearing plan and county inspections, with a committee meeting after a Biddle talks. Gibbs dismissed as supervisor of the Pittsburgh Federal State Employment Service by Edward N. Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Murphy
Pittsburgh
Gibbs
Western Pennsylvania
John F. LaBoone
James L. Stuart
Allegheny County Emergency Relief Board
Clones
Employment Service
Pinchot
Tensard DeWolf
Morals Court of Fittsburgh
Mr. Gibbs
Robert J. Johnson
Johnson
Horst
Relief Administration
Biddle
House
First commercial Clipper flight Hawaii to San Francisco completed
A Pan American Clipper flying boat from Hawaii landed at Alameda Airport near San Francisco Bay at 2 58 p m after a sub 40 hour round trip. Abe Marks head of the Chamber of Commerce Marine Department announced Clippers will be listed in maritime news. The crossing followed a 17 hour 43 minute Honolulu flight and a 20 hour 49 minute return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Register of
Abe Marks
Chamber of Commerce
Marine Department
Land's End
Golden Gate
Marks
Alameda Airport
San Francisco Bay
Hawaii
Honolulu
Toothpick bacteria scare triggers U S health probe
Washington reports evidence that bacteria laden Japanese toothpicks are sold nationwide. Public Health Service scientists are investigating after American manufacturers combat sales in a price driven market. The product is packed by children in slum areas and sold cheaply in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
United States
Washington Parade Notes On Mellon Kennedy and Roosevelt Relics
INS dispatch surveys Depression mood and policy figures. Andrew Mellon faces panic talk while Kennedy seeks SEC rule changes to curb trading and protect investors. Admiral Peoples recalls prohibition era dirigible flight. Roosevelt office displays knickknacks including toy donkeys ship wheel and clock. White House press conferences rebound to full attendance as Navy presents steady show.
Alive and Dead: Painter Fred Sauter Refutes Three Death Judgments
Chicago dispatch reports painter Fred Sauter declares he is alive and in fair health after three court findings of death. An insurance policy paid out $1000 due to his seven year Memphis disappearance. Verdicts in two other suits are being appealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Fred Sauter
Dresty
Sauter
Memphis
Tenn
Chemical Interests Big Part In Recovery Effort
New York April 24 INS A Franklin era speech by Lammont Du Pont at the American Chemical Society tercentenary says the patent chemical industries will aid national recovery by creating more wants and jobs. He cautioned against price controls and subsidies, urged cooperation with other industry, and stressed the chemical sector’s defense value as plants can switch to munitions. The piece highlights the surge of heavy chemical industry since World War I and its link to vital materials for war and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
INS
New York
Lammont du Pont
E.1. du Pont de Nemours and Co
du Pont
American Chemical Society
County PT A to meet in Brush Valley Center
The Indiana County P T A spring meeting will be at Brush Valley Community Center on Thursday April 25. A 6 30 p.m. supper by Brush Valley Association precedes the meeting with lectures by W F H Wentnel on The Sting of Ingratitude and Miss Elizabeth Milley on Community Nurse in Regard to Child Development. Mrs W E Brosius will speak. Miss Kring will lead singing with Brush Valley Quarry selections. Annual officer elections to be held. All PT A supporters invited to attend. The Navy asks Congress for 3200 more for food conduct badges and notes more deserters in 1934 than 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PT. A
Indiana County
P. T.A
Brush Valley
Brush Valley Association
W. FH. Wentnel
Pittsburgh
Elizabeth. Milley
Harrisburg
W. EB. Brosius
South Western
Kring
Heilwood
First Woman Lawyer Admitted at Jefferson County Bar
Brookville April 24 Judge William T Carr welcomed Jane H McClure as the first woman admitted to the Jefferson County bar and courts in Pemnsylvania She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John McClure of Big Run and a Gouher College Baltimore and University of Pittsburgh law graduate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookville
Jefferson County
Pemnsylvania
Lustren
William T. Carr
Jane H. McClure
McClure
John McClure
Big Run
Goueher College
Baltimore
University of Pittsburgh
Dreamland Rink To Be Rebuilt In Ebensburg
James J Cicero, manager of Dreamland Park, reopened the Dreamland Roller Rink at the Ebensburg Fair Grounds, claiming it is among the largest and most suitable rinks in Pennsylvania. Plans are mentioned for reconstruction as Indiana county skaters attend sessions in large numbers. Lien activity looms as county tax collectors must lien about 1834 delinquent real estate taxes by next Tuesday, with an estimated total potentially exceeding two thousand properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Cicero
Dreamland Park
Ebensburg Fair Grounds
Pennsylvania
Indiana County
Cicero
Dreamland
Bus Driver Held for Grand Jury in Fatal Crossing Crash
Percy C. Line, 34, of Hagerstown, driver of the wrecked bus at a railroad crossing in Rockville, Md., April 11, killing two Williamsport High School students, was held for grand jury on manslaughter charges after admitting he drove through without stopping. Train engineers were freed as witnesses testified they blew the whistle before the crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Percy C. Line
Hagerstown
Williamsport
Met
Line
Ene Ginemen
B. & Qoyer
Ten Thousand Miners Plan Rally to Demand State Aid
United Mine Workers delegates from Fayette Washington and Greene counties met in Charleroi for a rally and outlined plans to mobilize 10 000 bitumine gas coal miners to Harrisburg for a march on state security and social legislation. Monongahela Valley and eastern Pennsylvania anthracite miners would join the trek, with travel arranged from Thompson Mine No 210 and a demonstration set to begin Sunday night April 29.
Treasury Balance Report Shows April 22 Totals
Treasury balance as of April 22 stands at 2 074 763 450 dollars. Internal revenue receipts total 4 966 421 42 and customs receipts amount to 23 715 343 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Doctor at Center of Missing Woman Case Faces Bail
Lancaster April 24 unshaken by bones identified as missing Gladys Lawson 26 Calvert Md. Dr H C Zimmerly Meche anics Grove seeks $10 000 bail while awaiting trial on two illegal operation charges and four narcotics counts. Police say more bones and an acid eaten pail were found at Zimmerly home after an anatomist report confirmed investigators theory he disposed of Mrs Lawson body. Zimmerly defiant, no comment to attorney B F Davis when told police solved the disappearance by the Bucknell expert’s report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
INS
Gladys Lawson
Calvert
Plumcreek Church of the Brethren to Host Dr Kurtz
Dr D W Kurtz president of Bethany Biblical Seminary will inaugurate a two day session at Plumcreek Church of the Brethren starting Saturday evening April 27 with a talk on Ideals in Education. He will preach Sunday at 11 o'clock on Ideals of the Church of the Brethren and speak at 2:30 on Christ the Supreme Artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Kurtz
Lud
Bethany Biblical Seminary
Chicago
Plumcreek Church of the Brethren
Church of the Brethren
Christ
S. A
Tokyo
Glasgow
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Birmingham
McPherson College
Philadelphia
Long Beach
Kansas Authors’ Club
American Academy of Social and Political Sciences
Apollo Steel Plant to Move Amidstrike Fallout
The Apollo Drum Company transfer risks 400 plus workers losing weekly payroll of 2,000. Burgess S. Baldridge warns Apollo Steel Company may not absorb all employees as the strike worsens town conditions. Officials say move planned but cite no strike cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess S. S. Baldridge
Apollo Steel Company
Atterbury Quits as PRR Head Leader in Industry
Former Pennsylvania Railroad chief Atterbury resigns after long tenure guiding the world’s largest transportation system. He valued loyalty above all, earning the respect of workers who called him W. W. and saw him as a friend across ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atterbury
W. W
Newspaper code furrows brows in pre lim session
An early draft note suggests features developing during the preliminary session yesterday, with details to be continued on Page 5. The text indicates a cautious tone about the code’s role as a barometer of better times and hints at upcoming coverage.
McIntyre Coag Run Indiaua Bus Stops Listed
Fragmented OCR lists bus stop locations around McIntyre and Coal Run areas including McIntyre Store Cos Run Store and Moore at Daly Ly. Times appear garbled with multiple numeric codes and partial references to schedules. Reads like a transit snippet with place names and irregular timestamps, lacking coherent narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIntyre Coag
Indiaua
Mcintyre Store
Cos
Moore Ata Daly Ly
McIntyre
Irrivetindinca
SF. F. Ly
Coal Run
MelIntyre
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Kiski River
Leechburgers
Cambria Co
Theatres
Moorhead
Endlana
St. Monica's Catholic Church
Adam Francis Wirdzek
Adan Francis Wirdzek
National Plate Glass’ Company
Cahmnbia Plate Glass Company
Ford City
Mary Wirdzek
Francis
Adan
Philip Wirdzek
Victoria
Antoinette
Anne
Elizabeth Wirdzek
Wacob Gray
Jacob ‘Gray
Gray Station
Clark Bridge
Ferguson
C. P. Salladay
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Joseph
Cal
John Gray
Marjorie Cray
Uaward McClain
Western Union Telegraph Company
Nrah GC
McCunn
Sarah ¢. McCunn
Philadelphia Street
Gita
Stroans
Robert L., Clark
First Presbyterian Church
Oakland Cemetery
Rayne Township
Presbyterian Church
Rayne
Inediaba
Hwt
M. C. McCunn
We ML McCunn
Shendudgah
Laws, Survage
George W. Schall
Homer City
Harry Schull
Val
Harkard Dey
Hotham
Salisbury
William, Daiss
Ratup
N. M
Samuel Hill
Astor
Buxom
Broadway
MR. and
Mrs
H. Ennis Jones
Taxpayers’ Reform
Jones
Allegheny County
San Francisco
Aprilia
Andrew W. Mellon
Middle West
Mellon
NRA
Joseph P. Kennedy
Securities and Exchange ‘Commission
State Department
Cordell Hull
Kennedy
New York Stock Exchange
SEC
Christian J. Peoples
Admiral Peoples
Peoples
Roosevelt
Florida
White House
Navy
Behay
Navy Department
Department
Jefferson CO
Bones
M. D
Mechanics Grove
Plumcreek Church of the Brethen
P. R. R. Head
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