Four Cambria county men electrocuted at Rockview Penitentiary
Aug 17 in Bellefonte Pennsylvan ia four Cambria county men were executed for the July 14 1928 murder of Louis Hoffman during an alleged hijacking attempt. The executions marked the first quadruple sentence in the state in over four years with Carl Crow Joseph Parsi Frank Cantilla and Frank Powell of whom Parsi pleaded guilty The scene included a showing of The Last Parade and a somber tone as the condemned faced dawn with no prisoner demonstrations.
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Bellefonte
Cambria County
Rockview Penitentiary
Louis Hoffman
Adams Township
Pennsyvania
Carl Crow
Joseph Parsi
Frank Cantilla
the Ace of Spades
Frank Powell
Parsi
Death House
Crow
Robert Elliott
New York
Pennsylvania
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Irene Schroeder
Glenn Dague
Hoffman
United States
Frank H. McCreesh
Champlain
Murder Suspects Taken In Johnstown
Johnstown Aug 17 James Missentigia was arrested while en route to New York and jailed on a suspicion charge. Police say he may be linked to the Aug 7 murder of Norman Fox near Seward, whose body was placed on Pennsylvania Railroad tracks to fake a passing train strike.
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Tohnstown
New York
James Missentigia
Norman Fox
Seward
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lraln
Last Call For Local Auditon Atwater Kent Foundation
Enrollment blanks must be returned to active chairman Rosa Woll yath Buchhheit at South Seventh Street. Audition set for August 27 at 8:00 PM in the Presbyterian Church. One man and one woman ages 18 to 25 will be chosen by competitive audition in the community and advance through state and district auditions. Continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana-Jefferson-Clearfield County
Atwater Kent Foundation
Rosa Wollyath Buchhheit
South Seventh Street
Presbyterian Church
Buchheit
Automobile Club Picnic at Camp Rest-a-While
Auto club holds Corn and weiner roast at Camp Rest-a-While on Wednesday afternoon August 19 for members and their guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile Club
Senator Yates Payroll Probe Hints at Patronage
New York Aug 17 UP reports that the family of Senator Roy T. Yates is linked to a state payroll inquiry. The item suggests possible patronage connections, with ongoing scrutiny from officials and political observers.
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New York
Roy T. Yates
Indiana Tax-Justice League forms at county meeting
Indiana County judges and farmers convened at the Court House in Indiana for the August 29 session to organize a permanent Tax-Justice League. C M Millard of North Mahoning chaired, A B Ansley of Rayne served as secretary, with plans to appoint standing committees and choose delegates to the State league. Elder Peeler urged delegates to invest effort to shape the movement.
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Court House
Indiana
Indiana County
Tax-Justice” League
C. M. Millard
North Mahoning Township
A. B. Ansley
Rayne Township
State League
Elder Peeler
Tax-Justice League of Indiana
Young People's Picnic in Indiana County on Aug 19
A round up of county youths under the Indiana County Sabbath School Association is set for Paly Grounds Indiana on Wednesday August 19. The program starts at 3:00 pm with games led by J W Everett Y M C A general secretary. A 6:00 pm picnic supper follows with a devotional program and speaker. A campfire and songs led by Ralph Harrison will close the day urging every county youth to attend.
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Indiana County
Indiana County Sabbath School Association
Paly Grounds
Indiana
J. W. Everett
Ralph Harrison
Maltas Corn Roast at Woodlawn Park This Week
Maltas announce a corn roast at Woodlawn Park between Home and Marion Center on Thursday evening August 20 at 7 o'clock. Maltas Dames and their friends are invited to attend.
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Maltas
Woodlawn Park
Home
Marion Center
Dames
Nine Injured One Critically In Highway Crash Near Sykesville
Nine people were injured in a head on crash near Sykesville on the highway last evening. Mrs. Sprankle and Albert Sprankle of Indiana were among the injured, with the latter having a compound fracture of the left arm and critical condition. The accident involved a Plymouth sedan and a Pontiac coupe, and victims were taken to Punxsutawney Hospital by passing motorists.
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Sykesville
Punxsutawney Hospital
John Sprankle
Chestnut Street
Indiana
Albert Sprankle
David Coffman
David Coffman, Jr
Sprankle
Blairsville Young Men Are Dentists in Pennsylvania
Two Indiana County residents, Eugene L. Dimeo and Francis B. Reilly of Blairsville, plus Dwight W. Heslop of Johnstown and Joseph G. Lucue of Patton, among 59 applicants who passed examinations to practice dentistry in Pennsylvania.
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Indiana
Pennsylvania
Eugene L.dimeo
Francis 8. Reilly
Blairaville
Dwight W. Heslop
Johnstown
Joseph G. Lucue
Patton
Joseph of
Derkheimer
Osterburg
Badford County
Automobile Club Corn Roast At Camp Rest-a-While
The Indiana County Automobile Club invites members families and friends to its annual corn roast at Camp Rest-a-While on Wednesday August 19. There will be plenty to eat music water and outdoor sports in the evening. A notice touts ten day pricing and a new Sanitary Method with Fitch's Sanitary Shaving Cream Dispenser and clean linens. three operators from Moore Hotel Barber Shop emphasize sanitary tools and procedures.
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Indiana County Automobile Club
Camp
Fitch
Moore Hotel
Mrs May Tucker Stuchul Dies in Cambridge Springs Hotel
Mrs May Tucker Stuchul widow of John A Stuchul died suddenly in a Cambridge Springs hotel at 6 00 last evening from a heart attack. She had been in her usual health and was visiting her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Charles E Moody. Funeral notices and obituary will be published tomorrow.
Cuts Teeth at 80 by NEA Servi ARKANSAS
Arkansas City Kans Mrs Louis Logan 60 has new teeth not from the store. She visited a dentist after persistent toothache. The dentist said she was teething and on her 80th birthday the baby molars appeared behind her old teeth. She already had 19 good teeth.
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NEA Servi
Arkansas” City
Kans
Louis Logan
Arkanaan City
Hawks and Tate avoid fines after border stop miss
Captain Frank Hawks and Maude Tate faced fines for failing to report at Swanton and border customs during a Montreal to Burlington flight. Officials may remit Hawks’s 500 dollar fine, citing circumstances and integrity, as they attended an American Legion air meet with Post and Gatty amid publicity.
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New York
Frank Hawks
Fien
Swanton
Montreal
Burlington
Hawks
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Miss Tate
American Legion
Washington
Commissaioner ‘of Customs
Elile
Border Customs Office
Squanton
United Press
Aye Hawks
Maude
Irvin Tate
Customs
Bureau
Lindberghs Receive Warm Welcome in Siberia and Japan
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh rest in Petropavlovsk Kamchatka after a flight from Karaginski Alaska en route to Tokio. They planned to depart Tuesday for Nemuro last stop before Japan with a full day of rest. A Nippo press note adds a greeting from Nemuro Japan with 5000 schoolchildren.
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Petropavlovsk
Siberia
Kamchatka Peninsula
Charles A. Lindbergh
Karaginski
Alaska
Tokio
Nemura
Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
Nome
Japan
Lindberghs
Nemuro
Col
U S W V Picnic Set for August 19 at Risinger Grove
United Spanish War Veterans Camp No 71 and Auxiliary No 55 announce their annual picnic at Merry Maes Risinger Grove north of Homer City on Wednesday August 19 starting 2:00 PM Troop 5 Attention Corn and weiner roast at our Cabin Tuesday evening 6:30 All parents and boys bring cats and come Street Car leaves at 5 80.
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Joseph A. Blakeley Campy
United Spanish War Veterans
Merry Maes
Risinger Grove
Homer City
Our Cabin
Second mixed foursome holds at Indiana Country Club
The second mixed foursome of the year at Indiana Country Club awarded Miss Blanche Bennett and Vernon Fritchman first prize with a gross 87 and net 75, the lowest gross score on the local course for this event. Mrs St Clair and Mr Pealer took second with 108 gross and 78 net, while Mrs Pealer and Mr John St Clair earned third with 98 gross and 80 net under seven-eighths combined handicap. Bennett-Fritchman card details show 43 44 87 12 75.
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Indiana Country Club
Blanche Bennett
Vernon Fyritchman
Little Girl Burned Trying To Light Gas Stove
Beatrice Thomas six years old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Thomas of North Third Street, is in critical condition at home after lighting a gas stove with matches. The kitchen explosion set her clothing on fire. her mother smothered the flames. Burns cover hands arms chest and forearms. prognosis is fatal.
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Beatrice Thomas
Robert Thomas
North Third Street
Martial law ordered halt of East Texas oil wells
Brigadier General Wolters served formal shutdown orders to all East Texas oil and gas wells as Governor Sterling proclaimed martial law to force crude prices upward. Over 1,600 wells affected across Upshur Rusk Gregg and Smith counties as state militia moved in overnight. Prices were expected to rise toward $12 a barrel amid cross border pressure from Oklahoma officials.
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ED Jones
Kilgore
Tex
50Th Cavalry Brigade
East Texas Field
Ross Sterling
W. KR. Murray
Oklahoma
National Guard
Wolters
Austin
Texas
Great East Texas
Upshur
Rusk, Gregg
Smith
Ketstleman Hills
California
Sterling
Murray
Political Picture at Ritz Tonight and Tomorrow
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Politics with Marie Dressler and Polly Moran runs at the Ritz tonight and tomorrow. An old fashioned housewife runs for mayor to clean up a town and rallying support from husbands by a women’s strike inspired by Lysistrata. The film offers witty lines and redeeming comedy for general audiences.
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Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Marie Dressler
Polly Moran
Éavort
Ritz
la Lysistrata
Flower Show Here Aug 29 at Buick Show Room
The second semi annual Flower Garden Club show will be held in the Buick Show Room on North Eighth Street on Saturday August 29. Judges prizes entry list and committees are listed, with various club members named for classifications and organization roles. Also an ad urging silk hose repair by Murray's Dyeing Cleaning Co.
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The
Flower Garden Club
Buick Show Room
North Eighth Street
May Sutton
R. Fe, Young
D. R. Martin
Sloan Beers
David Blair
Nora S. Patton
Harry White
E. E. Lewis
D. M. Thompson
Murray’s Dyeing & Cleaning Co
Tae
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Cambria
Ruth Jayne Cranmer
New Jersey
Yates
Tax-Justice
Punxsy
Blairsville
Washington, D.C
Torch Killer
Grieve
Red Smith
Michigan
Ypsilanti
Bie
Jackson
Marquette
Harriet Hector
Miss Bennett
Fritchman
Counred
Miss Blanche Bennett
Vernon Fritchman
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