Firemen Parade Delights Meyersdale In Western Pa gala
Meyersdale Pa hosts a gala parade and convention events with about 5 rock companies and 40 bands in the march. The Union town contingent will include 150 firemen plus a drum corps and apparatus as the Western Pennsylvania Firemen’s Association meeting proceeds with revelry and competitions. East Pittsburgh is set for next year’s convention. The Westinghouse area beat Ambridge 390 to 323 for the site vote. Harry Musser of New Kensington won the presidential post 381 to 359. Other elected officers include George Dietrich Mona co Christ Becker Stowe Township John Franco Glendale and Fred Merringer Cherry City as vice-presidents.
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Meyersdale
Western Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse
Amibridge
Harry Musser
New Kensington
George Dietrich
Monaco
Christ Becker
Stowe Township
John Franco
Glendale
Fred Merringer
Cherry City
Hoover campaign plans hinge on mobilizing voters
Republican candidate Herbert Hoover aims to rally voters who vote but do not always engage, focusing on women and social reform. He plans a regional office campaign with a few speeches, visiting Santa Barbara Los Angeles and the Grand Canyon, then Iowa and Topeka before returning to Washington. Morris death shocks New York campaign timetable.
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Hoover
America
Washington
East
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Charles Curtis
Topeka
Kas
Kansas ‘City
West Branch
Iowa
New York Republicans Eye New State Party Leadership
George K Morris, aggressive chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, had shaped plans to defeat Governor Al Smith in New York. Leaders say it will take about ten days to assemble a new State Committee and perhaps two more weeks to reassign campaign duties and new figures. Sarah Schuyler Butler, daughter of Columbia University president Nicholas Murray Butler, travels from Southampton to assume nominal direction of the state headquarters as women assume top roles in the GOP in New York for the first time.
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George K. Morris
Republican State Central Committee
al Smith
Empire State
Mortishead
State Committee
Sarah Schuyler Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Republican State Committee
New York
Southampton
L. I
Italian Captain Amundsen Missing After Tromso Landing
The Italian expedition leader Roald Amundsen and five companions have not been heard from since they left Tromsø, Norway, on June 18 in a French seaplane to aid the stranded Nobile explorers. In a separate report, the American tanker Legionnaire rescued four of the General Machado plane's crew between Key West and Havana during a gale, but one crew member, C Norman Ageton, was reported killed in a later Coast Guard transmission.
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Roald Amundsen
Trompsee
Norway
Key West
Fla
INS
Legionnaire
General Machado
Havana
Robert H. Fatt
Angel Alfonson
Luther Ritz
C. Norman
Ageton
Flushing
Naval
Coast Guard
Saukee
St. Petersoure
Milton Wachob Injured In Train Stop At Water Street Crossing
Milton Wachob applied brakes as train halted before Water Street crossing. Streams ambulance rushed him to Indiana Hospital where he remained conscious and helped himself onto the ambulance cot. Mrs Wacholf witnessed the scene from the front porch. General condition reported good.
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Gineer
Water Street
Streams
Indiana Hospital
Wasnob
Death of John Boyle Marshall in Blairsville area obituary
John Boyle Marshall dies at his Blairsville home at 2:30 PM tomorrow conducted at the Marshall residence by Rev J Norman Hunter First Presbyterian Church interment Blairsville Cemetery. He was born in Blairsville graduated Blairsville High School in 1925 member of First Presbyterian Church. He leaves six brothers Edward Marshall Clair Marshall Charles Marshall James Marshall George H Marshall and Frank Marshall at home and a sister Mrs John Y Lintner of West Market street.
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Marshall
Maple Avenue
J. Norman Hunter
First Presbyterian Church
Blairaville
John Boyle Marshall
Blairsville
Blairsville High School
Edward Marshal
Clair Marshall
Campbell Street
Charles Marshall
Short Street
James
Parker brothers held on liquor transport charge
Beer cache found in court house cellar led to Parker brothers being charged with transporting in a tiny liquor. Sheriff Elmer Borland took the beer into custody and they furnished $1,000 bond each to secure appearance. They claimed to be moving beer from Reading to Pittsburgh but refused to reveal source or final destination. A fleshwite content test will precede a hearing.
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Court House
Elmer Borland
Parker Brothers
Squire C. C. McLain
Reading
Pittsburgh
Parker Boys
Mine blast under investigation by Bureau of Mines
Ira H. Thomas deputy state inspector of mines attended the scene as Federal Bureau of Mines crews aided cleanup. Officials offered no official cause but Bureau men suspected a gas and dust explosion at the mine section rocked by the blast.
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Ira H. Thomas
State Inspector of Mines
Federal Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Mines
Treasury to Stage $2.5 Billion War Bond Turnover Sept 15
Washington reports the Treasury will execute a massive one day financial turnover on September 15 involving about 2.5 billion dollars. It includes retiring roughly 1.1 billion of the Third Liberty Bond Issue and issuing new securities amid tax receipts and expenditures. Secretary Mellon is abroad. undersecretary Mills in New York on vacation. Two bond issues with different maturities anticipated. December 15 plans call for near 2 billion in operations with 850 million in government outlays and 425 million in income tax receipts. Interest on war debts totaling 97.9 million due December 15, mostly from Great Britain.
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Robert S. Thornburg
Washington
INS
Treasury Department
Mellon
Europe
Ogden L. Mills
New York
Treasury
Great Britain
Irvona mine blast claims fourteen workers in Coalport area
At Irvona mine in Coalport area fourteen men were killed when a blast ripped the mine as a day shift was ending. Names listed include Tony and Ed Abaranovich of Coalport and James and Ray Hunt of Irvona. Rescue teams found a brief spark of life in one worker, but it was short. The disaster followed a search for cause by Casory inspectors, with superstition recalled about luck and family ties.
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Coalport
Irvona
Pat Collins
Will Smail
Tony Abaranavich
Edward Abaranavich
James Hunt
Ray Hunt
Trvona
Herman Britton
Osceola Mills
Harley Richards
Madera
Charles Kubisina
Madara
D. Vorada
Emory Shanier
Joe Fulare
W. Mayes
Ek We Me
James
Tony
Ed Abaranovich
Ed Abaravanich
Quarrelled twist of fate spared miners at blast site
By a queer twist of fate the men left their workings exactly when due to start for the mine mouth. Coccin, the only man at the scene, quit work and began to lie down in the entryway as the blast occurred, narrowly avoiding death.
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Coccin
Swell
College youths pursue northern voyage amid wilderness risk
A four man college party led by John Fuller and Max Kane left Iowa City May 20 aiming for Chesterfield Inlet. In the North, Andy Taylor the prospector endured seven weeks of hunger living on frogs and dead fish until Fred Coleman and Captain Kenyon located him near Burntwood. Taylor, barely able to walk, described days of extreme weakness and eating raspberries and wild fish before rescue.
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John Fuller
Keokuk
Max J Kane
Iowa City
Gordon Armstrong
Lake Iowa
Peddard
Pas
Andy Taylor
Prospector
Fred Goleman
Ontario
Kenyon
Western Airways
Burntwood
Coleman
Taylor
Burnts Wood Lake
Gold Lake
O'Leary Death Sparks Double Crime Probe
Detectives chase a possible escaped convict after the O'Leary killing. Three women were detained and released. A dark 18 year old girl who was with O'Leary at the time is the focus, believed to have lured him for a planned attack linked to Hughey McLoon's earlier murder. McLoon and companions were nearby when shots were fired.
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O'Leary
Hughey McLoon
Athletics
McLoon
William Meister
Joseph Fries
Medical Association Meeting At Torrance State Hospital
Aug 16 report from Blairsville notes Indiana Cambria and Westmoreland medical societies will meet Aug 22 at Torrance State Hospital. Dr C R McKinniss hosts as visiting doctors tour grounds to back welfare bond issue. Speakers include Dr William Mayer Dr William Sandy and Dr C G Wholly. Motion pictures will be shown.
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Iblairsville
Indiana County Medical Association
Cambria County Medical Association
Westmoreland County Medical Society
Torrance State Hospital
C. R. McKinniss
Pennsylvania
William Mayer
Pittsburgh
William ©. Sandy
Harrisburg
C. G Wholly
R. McKinniss
County commissioners return missing cowgirl to home
A story fragment notes that a cow named Bogdon Lass delivered milk while county commissioners took charge of a little girl and returned her to her home last evening.
Blairsville Local Notes and Rail Strike Outlook
Day By Day In Blairsville reports residents at vacation spots and local visitors. A forecast of a looming joint strike by the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the order of railway conductors cites telegrams to A F Whitney, with about 80 roads west of Chicago likely to cut wages 10 to 18 percent, affecting 18 percent of mileage.
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Ora
Brotherhood of Railway
A. F. Whitney
Chicago
Smith Labor Opinion Cautions on Presidential Vote
A statement from SMITH expresses that employees should vote according to their own judgment while noting that individual votes do not reflect the company stance. The remark emphasizes employee independence in political choices without binding organizational position.
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al Smith
Court hears coal rate case across four appeals
The Supreme Court considers four appeals from northern coal interests against a Charleston, West Virginia court order blocking a twenty cent per ton rate cut granted by Southern railroads. The case pits Western Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia against Southern Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia coal suppliers in a freight rate dispute affecting Western markets.
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Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Louisville
Nashville
United States
Mascot of Athletics Slain in Philadelphia Shootout
Philadelphia police announce two arrests in the slaying of Hughey McLean beloved as a former Athletics mascot. A third suspect expected soon, with Samuel Grossman charged with murder and Mary Gilbert, 23, charged with being an accessory before the fact. The killings mark a brutal year of gun violence in the city with 18 lives lost.
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Philadelphia
Hughey McLean
Philadelphia Athletics
Samuel Grossman
McLoon
Mary Gilbert
Daniel O'Leary
McLean and
O'Leary
Gane Ware
Rail Strike For Next Month In Cleveland News
Cleveland reports a forthcoming rail strike affecting seventy thousand workers across the industry with impacts anticipated next month. Officials warn of travel disruption and freight delays as negotiations continue and unions mobilize for action.
Bandits hold up Syracuse importer in Dublin road
A trio of robbers at pistol point stopped S. K. Kaleh in Dublin, New Hampshire, forcing him to abandon his car as they stole $25,000 worth of imported linens from his vehicle and loaded them into their own. Police scoured the countryside for the suspects.
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Keene, N. H
S. KE. Kaleh
Syracuse
N. Y
Dublin
Mark R Smith Evangelism Meetings Continue Strong
Mark R Smith evangelistic meetings on Church Street Homer City grow in attendance with a tent overflow last Sunday. Plans call for enlarging the coverage to seat 200 more. Rev Smith preaches strong messages and audiences respond with interest. Music features include English concertino led by Rev Harry Rutchell of Kittanning and instrumental pieces by Frank A Gray of Pittsburgh. meetings run nightly except Mondays at 7 45 pm with Sunday services at 2 30 pm and 7 30 pm, inviting all.
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Mark R. Smith
Church Street
Homer City
Smith
Harry Rutchell
Kittanning
Helso
Frank A. Gray
Pittsburgh
Reunion notices for Reasinger Shafer and Jobe families
The Evening Gazette lists two upcoming reunions. The Reasinger Shafer gathering will be at the home of Mr and Mrs William Russell in Du Bois on Thursday August 2. The Jobe reunion is set for Colonial Park near Harveys Five Points Westmoreland County on Saturday August 18.
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Reasinger-Shafer
Reasiser-Shafer
Willam Russell
du Boi
Jobe
Colonial Park
Harvies Five Points
Westmoreland County
Who Is Your Skinny Friend Ethel
Advertisement for McCoy's Tablets claims to build flesh and weight for thin men and women. It promises an ironclad guarantee of at least gaining weight after four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes. Drug stores nationwide carry McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets.
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McCoy
Daugherty's Drug Store
America
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