Benn Deposits Under Scrutiny In State Probe
Gov Pinchot claims James Benn Philadelphia ex PSC member deposited 650000 in Philadelphia banks over ten years. He cites 150000 in one year and 375000 in three years, with a commissioner’s salary at 10000 annually. Benn, in Europe with Charles English, left after Amey charges. Senate probe urged to begin promptly.
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Hargusburg
James 8. Benn
Philadelphia
Public Service Commission
Miladelphia
Pincho
Vienn
Senate
Benn
Pinchot
Enn
State Supreme Court
Ulat
S. Ray Shelby
Supreme Court
Jon William C. Sproul
Gov. Fisher
Europe
Charles H. English
Pennsylvania
Amey
W. D. Ik. Ainey
Bennett Rider Breaks Arm in Kittanning Fair Race
Charles Meadows of Lewistown riding for William Bennett of Indiana sustained a double fracture of the left arm and facial lacerations when his horse M. Hedgewood stumbled in the third heat of the opener at the Kittanning fair. He remained in Kittanning hospital overnight and was later returned home to Lewistown.
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Charles Meadows
Lewistown
William Bennett
Indiana
Kittanning Fair
M. Hedgewood
Heepen
Kittanning Hospital
New attempt at channel fails near Dover
Dover, Aug 12. A London insurance clerk, E H Temme, failed in a second Channel swim. He gave up last night after swimming to within four miles and a half of the French coast.
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Dover
Eng
Temme
London
New Volpe Meets Death at Juniata Baseball Game
Anthony Volpe, 30, of Juniata, died in Connellsville State Hospital from stab wounds after an argument at a Juniata baseball game yesterday. Peter Ambrose and his two sons, Anthony 44 and Phillip 16, were held for questioning in Fayette county jail. no charges filed. State police said the stabbing followed a dispute between Volpe and Ambrose families. The Pittsburgh report notes the body of John Bazzano, Volpe associate, was returned home after being stabbed in Brooklyn, deepening underworld puzzlement.
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Connellsville
Anthony Volpe
Juniata
Connellsville State Hospital
Peter Ambrose
Anthony
Phillip
Fayette County
Uniontown
Menieta
Volpe
Ambrose Famies
Pittsburgh
INS
John Bazzano
Volpe Brothers
Brooklyn
Underworld
Muzzle Press Aim At Madrid Conference Prompts U S Call
Foreign delegates preparing at Madrid for the September International Radio Telegraph Conference plan peacetime censorship of the press. An Imperial editorial urges President Hoover to boost the American delegation with experienced newspapermen and vows to fight any effort to muzzle the U S press.
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New York
INS
Internation Radio-Telegraph
Madrid
Hoover
Europe
Far East
Rodeo Rider Trampled by Steer at Fair Grounds
Guy Dodgen, rider with the California Frank Rodeo, was rushed to Indiana Hospital last night around 10 80 after a steer trampled him during pre program work. Doctors assess a possible knee fracture.
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Guy Dodgen
Fair Grounds
Indiana Hospital
Dry leaders condemn Hoover policy as betrayal
Washington August 12 United States News Service dry leaders attacked President Hoover for his stance on prohibition calling it betrayal and surrender. They warned his support for state control could cost votes and push duty forces toward a third party. Union officials argued a constitutional move would acknowledge the legality of liquor against the eighteenth amendment.
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Washington
INS
Hoover
Dity
Canon William Sheafe Chase
International Reform Federation
Prohibition Board of Strategy
Supreme Court
Tire Load Hijackers Loot $10,000 In Pittsburgh Area
A truckload of tires worth $10,000 was hijacked by six armed men on the William Penn highway near Burke's Glen. The bandits halted the truck and stripped the cargo before fleeing eastward. State police investigate. The tires and truck belonged to Mohawk Rubber Co. of Akron, Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
William Penn Highway
Burke's Glen
Mohawk Rubber Co
Akron
No Taxes In Jennertown
Jennertown officials declare no borough taxes will be levied for 1932 after council meeting funds on hand cover expenses. Treasurer instructed to refund prior payments. bond income and a $17,000 emergency fund are cited as backing. Four years of high voter turnout are noted in records.
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Jennertown
Will of Glenburney recluse shocks Natchez crowd
The 68 year old Natchez recluse Janet Surget Merrill’s will filed in Adams County Chancery Court bequeaths a fortune and lands to Duncan Minor with instructions that his role as executor distribute to Merrill’s nieces and other relatives. The estate is valued above $250000 and the document reflects her secluded antebellum lifestyle.
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Natosez
Miss
Janet Surget Merrill
Adams County Chancery Court
Duncan Minor
Belgium
Mississippi
Natchez
Minor
Glenburney
John B. Dicks
Margaret and
Mary Merrill
Linton Merrill
Henry Olsen
New York
Chatterton Won’t Chatter About Divorces and Marriages
Actress Ruth Chatterton, back from Europe, praises Ralph Forbes as a darling while declaring she is divorcing him. She also says she might marry George Brent, her former leading man, within 36 hours or 36 years, noting two years of talks on divorce but hesitation to start it.
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New York
Ruth Chatterton
Europe
Ralph Forbes
George Brent
Mr. Forbes
Judge Denies Receiver for Penn Central Light and Power
Federal Judge R M Gibson refused to appoint a receiver for the Penn Central Light and Power Company of Altoona while not dismissing the case brought by Arthur J Downey of Boston holder of 3000 in bonds. Downey alleges fund manipulation falsified records and improper dividend withdrawals from capital.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Penn Central Light and Power Company
Altoona
R. M. Gibson
Gibson
Arthur J. Downey
Boston
Power
Downey
Weather brings showers and cooler trend this weekend
Heavy showers with thunder storms are forecast for the next few days by local observer B C Lorentz. Today will be fair with warmer and increasing cloudiness and showers and thunderstorms. Tomorrow expects showers with thunder storms followed by cooler weather. Rayne Presbyterian Church schedules Sabbath School at 10 and preaching at 11 40 on Sunday August 14.
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B.C. Lorentz
Rayne Presbyterian Church
Beulah Baptist Revival Begins August Sixteenth
Beulah Baptist Church begins revival Sunday August 16 at 7 00 p m under Rev B Mason of Pittsburgh with invitation to all. Revival aims to save souls and calls “Whosoever will, let him come.” G 43 Refrigerator sale offering three salts pressed for 1 00 appears in notice.
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Beulah Baptist Church
B. &. Mason
Pittsburgh
Former closed bank head held for embezzlement
Harrisburg August 12. E Bruce Taylor former president of the Mechanics Trust Company of Harrisburg was arrested on embezzlement charges. The State Department of Banking filed four warrants accusing him of long series of entries or commissions to insure and defraud the bank and deceive the State Secretary of Banking. Bail set at 2500 on each charge.
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Harrisburg
INS
E. Bruce Taylor
Mechanics ‘Trust Company of
State Department of Banking
Taylor
Ball
Former resident dies in Seattle two ministers remembered
Word comes from Seattle Washington of the deaths of Rev J Y Easterbrook and his wife Mrs Gillen McMullen Easterbrook. Ellen McMullen Easterbrook was a longtime Indiana resident and longtime mission worker who helped build church life. Both had suffered ill health before passing, leaving many noting their faithful service to the Presbyterian churches.
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Seattle
Wash
J. Y. Easterbrook
Gillen McMullen Easterbrook
Indiana County
Indiana
Mr. Easterbrook
Ellen McMullen Easterbrook
Alexander McMullen
Center Township
Rebekah (Campbell) McMullen
Joseph Campbell
Annie Hovis
Wilkineburg
C. B. McMullen
Brushvalley
A. W. Robinson
Ellen McMullen
First Presbyterian Church
Free Mining Classes Announced In Homer City And Blairsville
Free mining classes start September 1 in Homer City and Blairsville with evening courses through State College, directed by William Dunkin of Connellsville. Instructor James Horvath, a State graduate, will lead and has taught seven terms. Enroll by August 25 by sending name and address to J. B. Vanity, Homer City, Pa. Box 33.
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Homer City
Blairsville
State College
William Dunkin
Connellsville
James Horvath
State
J. B. Vanity
Deadly Tailspin Fatal to Pilots in Test Flight
Two young pilots died in a Roosevelt Field biplane tailspin during an experiment to study safeguards against the deadly maneuver. Robert McRae, 25, Morristown New Jersey, and John F Walsh, 27, took off and entered a tailspin at about 1000 feet, failing to recover.
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New York
Robert. McRae
Morristown
N. J
John F. Walsh
Roosevelt Field
Reynolds heir leaves will not naming Libby Holman
Zachary Smith Reynolds, 20, heir to part of the R J Reynolds fortune, executed a will in 1931 leaving $15 000 000 to his sisters and brother and filed it in New York. The will omits his widow Libby Holman, his former wife Anne Cannon, and any child. The document, intended to influence estate distribution, may face probate in New York as part of broader questions in the late J Reynolds estate.
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Libby
David BP
Sentner
INS Star
New York
Zachary Smith Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Libby Holman Reynolds
Ab Walker
Ann Cannon
Concord
N. C
Libby Holman Reynolds Hag
Smith
North Carolina
Smith Reynolds
Reynolds
Penn Run Revival Services Active in Ackerson's Grove
Services in Ackersons Grove at Penn Run grow in interest and attendance. Evangelist Rev. Charles West delivers old fashioned gospel messages. Meetings begin each evening at 7 45 with morning, afternoon and evening services on Sunday.
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Ackerson’s Grove
Penn Run
Charles West
Mine Blast Negligence Verdict Returns For Jerome Disaster
A coroner's jury in Somerset finds Hillia Coal and Coke officials negligent for a July 28 gas explosion at Jerome mine killing three men and injuring another. Foreman Delbert Parks blamed for excess gas in breaks and for driving troughs beyond legal distance. (Continued on Page Two) Pound Dance tonight. Bouky dlunn Park, 298
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Somerset
Hillnia Coal and Coke Corporation
Jerome
Delbert Parkins
Hoover signals shift on prohibition to state control
President Hoover indicated he favors ending national enforcement of Prohibition and returning liquor control to the states with federal safeguards. He argued for constitutional guarantees preventing inter-state saloon influence while maintaining dry protections for states choosing prohibition. The speech marked a break from prior dry stance and aligned him with a reform path beyond the 1928 platform.
Staked to Room Man Ends Life in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Aug. 12 INS Braked to a hotel room here three days ago until money arrived from his Chicago home C H Hulburt 40 was dead today believed to be the victim of alcohol Hotel employes said Hulburt had not been seen since he acquired the room When his money arrived last night he failed to respond to a knock on the door Officers forced their way in to find Hulburt sprawled on the floor surrounded by empty bottles believed to have contained alcohol
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
C. Hulburt
Hulburt
Democrats Name Fund Chairman for Roosevelt Drive
Evans Woollen of Indianapolis, a banker, was appointed chairman of the Democratic finance committee. He will direct the national drive for funds for the Roosevelt campaign. Woollen was the Indiana Democrats’ favorite sun candidate for the 1928 presidential nominating contest.
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Evans Woollen
Indianapolis
Democratic Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Woollen
Sun
Indiana
Funeral Director Attends Butler Meeting
Donald S Bowser funeral director from Plumville travels to Butler for a monthly Butler County Funeral Directors Association meeting at Edward Diebel Funeral Home. Arrangements will be made tonight for their annual banquet to be held at the Nixon Hotel in Butler in September.
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Donald S. Bowser
Plumville
Butler
Butle County Funeral Directors Association
Edward
Treasury Balance Report Shows Large August 10 Balance
Treasury balance as of August 10 stands at $402,151,672.54 with expenditures and receipts listed. Custom receipts amount to $457.41, reflecting a portion of the period's financial activity reported from Washington.
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Washington
Treasury
Morning Bride Miss Seanor Marries in Home Ceremony
Miss Mild Alive Seanor, daughter of Mr and Mrs Beryl L Seanor, and Hudson Virgil Grambling of Homer City wed in a morning ceremony at the Seanor home. Rev Orville J Fleming officiated before immediate family as Leone Kring provided musical selections. The setting featured banked garden flowers in an alcove of the hall.
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Mild
Seanor
Beryl L. Seanor
School
Hudson
Virgil Grambling
Hudson Row Grambling
Homer City
Orville J. Fleming
United Presbyterian Chr
Trwin
Leone Kring
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Bennett
New Volpe Meets
Death
Jimmy
Mrs
Jimmy Walker
U.S. A
Qhioan
James Dunn, Jr
Cleveland
The
Knights of Pythias
Supreme Lodge
Kansas City
Odd
Chatterton
Beulah
Auto F. Pauch
298 Parts Co
Boukydlunn Park
Olive Branch
George R. Holmes Iis
Jef
Weete
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Democrats Name Fund
Butler Meeting
Miss Seanor
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