Wickersham Report Recommends 11 Judicial Changes
The Wickersham Commission advised “serious consideration” of eleven reforms in U S judicial practice aimed at correcting injustices. Proposals include statutory defense prep time, automatic disqualification for judges with certain affidavits, required witness lists, right to counsel in most cases, and limits on prosecutorial costs, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Wickersham Commission
Hoover
Ips
Costa
Naked Ugly Facts: 10 U.S. cities cited for police brutality
Wickersham Commission report to President cites ten cities where police third degree methods were used. The cities named are New York Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Denver Los Angeles San Francisco Seattle Newark and Detroit. Boston Philadelphia Cincinnati and El Paso were cleared on these charges while Dallas was not concluded.
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Paul R. Mallon
Washington
Wickersham Commission Today
Yver
Mooney-Billings
New York
Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Newark
Detroit
Boston
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
el Paso
Dallas
Tex
States
Congress
Hoover
California
Texas
Bandits Rob Woman of 500 Dollars in Greensburg
Four bandits attacked Mrs. John Young as she sat on the porch near Greensburg Pennsylvania. They wounded her in the shoulder, then looted her husband of 6090 in cash before fleeing in an automobile. Mrs Young’s condition is listed as not serious.
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Greensburg
John Young
Penni
Young
Commission Urges Broad Overhaul of Criminal Procedure
The commission denounces aggressive prosecutors and calls for urgent reform of American criminal procedure. Eleven corrections were sent to Mr. Hoover, urging public opinion to curb unfair policing. It urges magistrates to appraise prisoners, notes past cases like Mooney-Billings, and exposes widespread police brutality including third degree methods in ten cities and 106 appellate cases.
20 Boys And Girls At 4 H Club Week
Indiana County sends 20 youths to the 4 H Club Week at Pennsylvania State College. County Agent Warner leads the boys and Mrs. Lisle Diven oversees the girls. Leaders James Bence Robert Wetzel Ernest Elder George Parnell attend the Leadership School Tuesday.
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Indiana County
Pennsylvania State College
Warner
Lisle Diven
Pearl Marion Smith
Marion Center
Ruth
Jean Wetzel
Walter Wolfe
Glenn Fleming
Blairsville
Blairsville Potato Club; George Cornell and Robert Flenniken
Walter Rice
Charlie Skein
Purchase Line
Calff Club
Cloyd Altman
Walter Braughter
Savan Potato Club
James Bence
Robert Wetzel
Byron Swan
Harold and
Howard Kinter
Home Potato Club
Ernest Elder
George Parnell
George T. Buchanan Dies at Home After Civic Life
George T. Buchanan, dies at his home after a lifetime as a respected builder and Rotary district governor. He leaves widow Jennie Davison Buchanan, daughter Edith Wolfenden, three grandchildren, brother W C Buchanan. former son William Paul Buchanan preceded him in death. Services at First Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev Robart J. Clark Jr. burial at Oakland Cemetery.
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Buchanan
Rotary International
Pennsylvania
Rotary
George T.buchanan
Jennie (Davison) Buchanan
Edith
C. Milbert Wolfenden
Gilbert Wolfenden
George Buchanan Wolfenden
Richard James Wolfenden
W. C. Buchanan
Irwin
William Paul Buchanan
First Presbyterian Church
Robart J. Clark
Jn, BT
Oskland Cenetery
Sudden Death Toll Pops Up In County Notices
Multiple obituaries recount sudden deaths in Indiana County. Taylor Rankin McCullough, remains of an older resident with modest means, leaves a niece in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Wilson M. Piper of Saltsburg, 81, died after a long life in the county with several children and siblings named. Funeral plans for Mrs. Piper and the Riddle, Plkhe, and Chido families are noted with church services and interments scheduled in Edgewood and Newrytown cemeteries.
Notable local figures honored in a day of obituaries
Funeral services planned for 73 year old John B Eberhart a Punxsutawney merchant former chamber of commerce and Rotary club president. Edward A Dilby 46 of Derry a railroader died in Pittsburgh of disease. survived by widow Minnie and three children. Funeral set for his late home with private interment at Coles cemetery. Mrs William Shoultz dies at 85 in Seward after four year illness. Survivors include husband and four children with services at residence. Dr Norman B Carson famed surgeon and dean died at 86 in St Louis after six months illness. Born in Somerset he moved to St Louis as a child and rose to prominence. Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Steel widow of John C Steel dies at 89 in Wolfe Lake Westmoreland County. funeral in Fenneltown Reformed Church with burial in church cemetery.
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Dorothy Mae Plkhe
Dorothy Mae
Mre
Fred J. Plahs
Saltsbury
Baley
Olalock
Newrytown
Blasi Chido
Philadelphia Street
Mr. Chido
Indiana
Roman Catholie Clurch
Mary Chids
Arthur
Joseph
Philip
Town
John
Farrell
Hns
Tresga
St. Bernard's Catholic Church
Tne
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
John B. Eberhart
Punxsutawney
Eberhat
Chamber of Commerce and
Rotary Club
Edward A. Dilby
Chestnut Street
Derry
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
B. of L. E
Minnie Dilby
Lewis Edward
Mary Herrings
Coles Cemetery
William Shoultz Seward
William Shoultz
Shoultz
CG. C. Shaffer
Homer City
Wakefield Cemetery
Norman B. Carson
T. Louis
Norman Bruce Carson
Washington University Medical School
Carson
Somerset
Sarah Elizabeth Steel
John C. Steel
Bell Township
Effie Nichols
Wolfe Lake
Salem Township
Westmoreland County
Fenneltown Reformed Church
Ray, Fisher
Steal
Kimmel Heads World War Veterans Group at Mt Gretna Reunion
Donald M. Kimmell of Somerset Pa was elected president and Moorhead of School Street Indiana elected secretary of the World War Veterans Association of the 110th Regiment at the 28th Division reunion held at Mt Gretna over the weekend. Forty Indiana men who served overseas with the 28th Division attended. Charles Nippia, Blacklick truck farmer and county commissioner candidate for the Republican ticket, visited Indiana friends.
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Donald M. Kimmell
Somerset
Fifhe Moorhead
School Street
Indiana
Mt. Gretna
Charles Nippia
Blacklick
Lebet
Indiaaa Friends
Bride-Elect Is Honored In Pittsburg Area Breakfast Bridge
Bride-elect Misa Bernice Hammer was honored at a breakfast bridge hosted by her mother Bertha Hammer of 880 Vickrey-Farn dale. The event announced her betrothal to David M. Boyd, former Ferndale athlete and athletic director in New Castle schools. Sixteen guests attended including Mrs. Robert A. Cooley, Mrs. Glenn Weaver, and Miss Alberta Gregory.
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Johnstown
Bertha Hammer
Vickrey
Farndale
Misa Bernice Hammer
David M. Boyd
Glenn Weaver
Alberta Gregory
Misa Hammer
Robert A. Cooley
Pittsburgh
Indiana
Misa Margaret Fleming
Erle
E. Hallgren
New Castle
Ephraim Brant
Somerset
Misa Geraldine Boyer
Windber
Local Golfers Beat Oakmont in Indiana Exhibition Match
Indiana defeated Oakmont 7 to 3 on the local course in a first time meeting with Pittsburgh’s top golfers. Notables like Fred Wesspner Tom Norton George Ormiston Thos Jamison Sr Jr and Sunny Price played. Morning nine hole low ball and afternoon 18 hole raw ball matches drew a full clubhouse dinner and a strong turnout.
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Indiana
Oakmont
Pittsburgh
Fred Wesspner
Watts Gunn
West Penn
Stanton Heights
Tom Norton
Pennsylvania
George A. Orminston
Western Pennsylvania Golf Association
Thos
Jamison Sr
Jamison Jr
Greensburg
Sunny Price
Footballtar
Tragic Williams Family End in Double Homicide Suicide
Mrs Florine Williams killed her two children and herself to avoid arrest, after moving into a Pine Street apartment with her mother and two maids. Neighbor Mrs Fish recalls rent issues and calls for justice as Florine lay between life and death at Central Emergency Hospital.
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Mrs. Fish
Williams
Florine Williams
W C T U Meeting This Evening
Election of officers and other important business will be conducted at the Women’s Christian Temperance Union meeting this evening. All members are urged to attend. The I T D will meet in the hall at 3 P.M. Wednesday. Bruce Patterson, a Strongstown resident, was seen in town this morning.
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Women's Christan Temperance Union
the . T. D
Bruce Patterson
Strongstown
Buain Nagini
Indiana society notes mixed with regional visits
Robert Gessier of Indiana had not returned from a short tip and departed yesterday for New York State to meet his sister before returning from camp. Numerous social and travel notes list visits by Mrs. Kellam, Miss Wurlitzer, Miss Blair, and others to Pittsburgh, Saltsburg, Laurel Park, and Canada, with many locals attending golf events, summer camps, and library work in China, plus a variety of familial and social visits across Indiana and nearby towns.
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Robert Gessier
Indiana
Feigenier
New York State
Robert Mullen
Windber
J. L. Marks
Kinks School
Salisburg
Robert Iawis
John Blair
David Lewis
James Stewart
Summit Hotel
Uniontown
Wilson F. Marks
Kenneth Rutherford
Ittsburgh
Madvendis
C. B. Bell
Ted Stauffer
Glen Campbell
Toronto
Canada
Bennett Stadtmiller
Ypsilanti, Mich
Camp Twa-Ne-Koh-Tah
St. Clair
Anne St. Clair
Kiski School
C. Paul Reed
Nemacolin
Wilson Marks
Blanche Barrow
Pittedburgh
James Treeple
Clymer
J. Roy Maloney
IM. W. Woodall
Pittsburgh
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Murray J. Booth
Laverne Evans
Homestead Park
Hoffman's Station
Creekside
John Brallier
Latrobe
Doctor Brallie
George Snyder
James Messino
Antony Caruso
Swissvale
L. Coccio
Frank Morabite
West Philadelphia
Don J. Hill
Peanretes
Chardon
William Pollock
Grant Township
Hae
Edward Lydick
Cherryhill Township
H. M. Allshouse
Buffington Rusnehip
John Brilhart
Homer City
John H. Lytie
Pann Run
County Commissioners’ Office
Charles Phillipe
Coral
Court House
Andrew Disk
Joseph White
Centar Township
George Botsford
Rayne Township
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Wickersham Body Reports
H.C. Cohn & Co
Rochester N. Y
NEA
Akron Bureau
Akron
Geo. T. Buchanan
Taylor Rankin
Cullough
McCullough
Banks Township
Chas, Pierce
Sidney
Wilson M. Piper
Maria (Kaney) Piper
Tarentum
Presbyterian Church
W. W. Piper
Beaver Falls
J. F. Piper
R. A. Piper
Milwaukee
Wis
C. P. Snyder
Manor
Slater
Harry Kaney
Saltsburg
Theodore Miner
C. C. McNary
Edgewood Cemetery
Don Kimmel
Oakmont Weppner & Alexander
Jamison Sr. & Williams
Secrist
Ormiston & McHeep
Price & Pealer
Eeeeas McGraw & McGrew
Oakmont McKee & Ormistan
Alexander
Weppner
Rutherford & Hewitt Sr
St. Clair & Parnell
Pierce & Fritchman
Visreseseeees
Norton & Simpson
Pieeseseseeaee
Hewitt Jr
Nix
Wells & Carnahan
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