Matrimonial Agent Delays Horror Detail
Clarkesburg dispatch reports police awaiting confessed motive from Harry Powers the matrimonial agent linked to the disappearance of a Park Ridge widow and her three children. Bones found in a burned cottage chimney corroborate claims of starvation and beating. Powers admitted guilt and sought counsel before a full statement. Authorities fear more victims as letters indicate visits planned to two other women.
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Clarksburg
W. C A
Harry F. Powers
Park Ridge
Poy- S
Aste Buick Efcher
Powers
Ruilty
Illinois
Harrison County
Aas
Gleton
Cornelius Orgin Pierson
Virginia J. Bell
Winter Street
Hagerstown
Bessie G. Storrs
Clinton Street
Olean
N. Y
ABE
Romeo
W. Va
Aste Buick Eicher
Cornelius Orvin Pierson
Clarksburg, W. van
Park Ridge, St
Miss Elder Is August Bride in East Aurora
Miss Martha Elizabeth Elder married Louis Andrew Sharpe in Hubbard Memorial Chapel East Aurora on Friday afternoon August 28. The couple plan a eastern trip then reside at the Elder apartments South Seventh street after September 15.
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Hubbard Memorial Chapel
East Aurora
N. Y
Martha Elizabeth Elder
Margaret Watson Elder
South, Seventh Street
Louis Andrew Sharpe
William H. Sharpe
Johnstown
Elder Apartments
South Seventh Street
Miss Elder
Indiana High School
Sharpe
Pennsylvania State Highway Department
Indiana
Hollidaysburg
Central Charities urges end to waste with canning drive
The Central Charities Organization seeks unused jelly jars, fruit jars and canning vessels to store surplus fruits and vegetables for the needy this winter. A collection will be made Monday at 1 PM with trucks dispatched across the borough, led by Scout leader Ralph Mattison and his group. If absent, call Scout Headquarters for pickup. Also Thelma Moorhead Goeltz announces a fall term piano studio opening, enrollments welcome.
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Central Charities Organization
Central Charities
Ralph Mattison
Call Scout
Nature
Butler’s retirement speech urges balance of education and action
At Quantico Major General Smedley Butler, nearing retirement, told Marine officers at the Marine School opening not to be too educated to work or too efficient to fight. He warned education can remove fear yet excessive study may paralyze action when confronting consequences.
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Quantico
Smedhey C. Butler
Marine Corps
Marine School
Butler
Former Mahaffey banker for court
Pittsburgh Aug 29 William Lysle Stephenson of Mahaffey Pa who hitch hiked across the continent to answer charges of embezzling 15000 from the Mahaffey National Bank where he formerly worked was held for court after a hearing before U S Commissioner Roger Knox Bond set at 5000 Stephenson’s case will come before the grand jury at the September or November term of court according to the U S Attorney’s office He surrendered to the Marshal’s office Tuesday on a warrant charging him with the defalcation while a bookkeeper in the bank.
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Pittsburgh
William Lysle Stephenson
Mahaffey
Mahaffey National Bank
U. S
Roger Knox
Stephenson
Grand
U. S. Attorney's Office
Marshal's
Decella Freed on $500 Bail Bond
John Decella of Beyer was arraigned on a violation of prohibition laws before Squire Walter H. Jackson and waived a preliminary hearing. He was released on a $500 bail bond for his appearance after the raid on his home yielded four barrels of mash a quart of liquor and a still gas burner found by Constables J. Clair Irwin Thomas Moorhead and Guy Fetterham.
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John Decella
Beyer
Walter H. Jackson
Decella
J. Clair Irwin
Thomas Moorhead
Guy Fetterham
Treasury net balance and Aug expenditures report
Washington Aug 29 The treasury net balance on Aug 27 was 146090129.61 Expenditures for that day were 7892844.08 Customs receipts for the month through Aug 27 were 33374992.92
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Washington
Treasury
China Flight For Lindberghs
Tokyo Aug 29 UP Cal and Mrs Charles A Lindberghs, in Tokio as honored guests, may extend their vacation flight to Europe via Russia. They eye a China visit within days, while denying definite plans. Lindbergh said no firm itinerary unless needed, after meeting Soviet embassy officials and China’s legation.
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Tokio
Cal
Charles A. Lindbergh
Europe
Russia
China
Col. Lindbergh
Avraga Siberia
Siberia
Legation
Manila
U. S
W. Cameron Forbes
Speller Champ Misses Speakeasy in New York
William E Crane a Georgia schoolmaster and champion speller failed to visit a speakeasy or any night club during a week in New York. Sent to see sights as a reward for defeating southern rivals, he regretfully noted about 40 000 speakeasies and many clubs in the city but had no guide.
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New York
William E. Crane
Chattahoochee Valley
Georgia
Drane
Columbu
Wnquirer- Sun
Frustrated Store Robbery Foiled by Night Clerk
An attempted robbery of Daugherty's Drug Store was foiled when night clerk Albert Flounders saw a man smash the front door glass with a hammer between 11:30 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. The suspect fled to an Auburn coach with three accomplices. Police seek the car owner from the license plate as officers trace the vehicle through Philadelphia street and the Benjamin Franklin Highway.
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Daugherty
Albert Flownders
Moore
Auburn
Philadelphia Street
Flounders
Barry
Tiise
Aubun
Benjamin Franklin Highway
Five Arrested In Counterfeiting Ring
Federal officers in Wilkes-Barre report the arrest of Mrs Anne Malone and her three sons along with Peter Sankuz of Cleveland Ohio for alleged counterfeiting activity across Central Pennsylvania. Malone was found with ten counterfeit twenty dollar bills after attempting to pass one at a gas station. Suspects named John Frank and Charles Matcac.
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Wilkes-Barre
Anne Malone
Peter Sankuz
Cleveland
Central
Pennsylvania
Anticoke
Gandhi Sails for Conference in Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi sailed for London to attend the second round table conference amid unprecedented Bombay scenes. Crowds cheered the diminutive leader, many wearing home spun Gandhi caps, as he greeted followers who pressed near the ship.
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Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
London
Round Table
Rajputana
Gandhi
Lord Irwin
India
Krosen Trial in September Heralded for Homer City
The case Commonwealth v A L Krosen of the Jer Manufacturing Co takes a September trial path. Krosen faced August arraignment on securities law and false pretenses charges, bailed at 2000, with a hearing requested. Vetera notice alerts all register assessors to air at polls September 1 and 2 to correct voter lists.
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Commonwealth
Kroser
Ler Manufacturing Company
Homer City
Vetera
Notics AL
Thelma Moorhead Geeks Opens Plano Studio
Thelma Moorhead Geeks announces the opening of a Plano studio on September 1, inviting enrollments for the fall term. Local residents can enroll now to secure spots and participate in early offerings.
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Thelma Moorhead
Plano Studio
Wheat growers press for profits during holiday plan
The Inland Empire plan by Walla Walla area farmers asks the Federal Farm Board to sell 250,000,000 bushels of grain to farmers on credit similar to Germany and China terms. Farmers would idle Idaho Oregon Washington land next year then sell the 1922 crop to repay the board, earning profit from surplus reduction. Senate leaders voiced support. midwest growers were less receptive.
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Inland Empire
Federal Farm Board
Davy M. Rader
Walla Walla, Wash
Germany
China
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Jay
Farm Board
Frederick Steiner
Ore
John W. Sappers
Wash
United Press
Senate
Char
McNary
Kansas City
Pacific Northwest
Middle West
Walla Walla
Evangelistic Meet at Fulton Run Returns Strong Attendance
Evangelistic services at the Fulton Run Church draw a splendid response as Rev. W A Robbie of Manorville Pa delivers stirring messages. The meetings, under the American Sunday School Union, are in charge of Rev. Charles William of Indiana and run nightly at 7 48 for the coming week with public invitation.
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Fulton Run
W. A. Robbie
Manorville
American Sunday School Union
Charles William
Indiana
Buck Jones Hurt in Film Scene Chair Incident
Buck Jones, the cowboy movie star, was hospitalized after a chair thrown during filming struck him in the back, breaking a small bone. Doctors said he would be out for several weeks before he could return to work.
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Los Angeles
Buck Jones
Jones
Eleven Eleventh Elevens Mark Marriage in Chicago
CHICAGO Aug 29 UP At 11 AM on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the eleventh year of the present century Charles and Martha Misage were married with belief elevens bring luck. In a divorce suit filed today Mrs Misage says Charley developed an elev en comple and has since been drunk about eleven days each month.
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Chicaco
Charles
Martha Misaga
Gypsy Wanderers Pay Fine After Indiana County Case
Gypsy echoes silenced for 99 years after Judge Langham sentenced five Romany Wanderers who appeared in Indiana county court. Rosie Marks pleaded guilty to blessing Mrs Bruno and taking $1,000. Theodore and Ruby Steyings, Davis Marks, and Pete Marino pled nolle contendre as accessories after the fact. Sentence required restitution to Mrs Bruno, costs, and agreed expenses. suspension while all refrain from Gypsy activity within the county, with future proceedings if any are found. The defendants left Indiana County hastily exclaiming no more Indiana County for us.
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Diana County
J. N. Langham
Joe Brun
Philadelphia
Nolle Contendre
Bar of Justice
Lang
Indiana County
Indiana
Langham
Bruno
Rosie Marks
Theodore
Ruby Steve
Steyings
Davis Marks
Pete Marino
Walter H. Jackson
Gold Star Mother Dies Aboard Ship
Mrs. Mary Jones of Meyersdale Pennsylvania, a Gold Star Mother, died aboard the S. S. America en route home from a Gold Star Mothers tour of France. Death was due to heart disease induced by an internal goiter. She was 69 and had been ill abroad.
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America
Mary Jones
Meyerndale
France
German Flying Ace Ernst Udet Visits Indiana Airport
Commander Ernst Udet, famed German ace, visited Indiana Airport with his mechanic on Friday afternoon. They flew a German Flamingo aircraft powered by a seven cylinder Siemens-Halske engine, communicating with officials through the air’s language. The Flamingo lifted again at 4:15 en route to Cleveland, with a parachute-into-air show planned at the airport tomorrow.
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Ernst Udet
Cleveland
Inediana
Uder
Indiana
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