Stahmecker Seen as Secretary in Pinchot Cabinet
Reports from Philadelphia on December 4 indicate that P. M. Stahmecker, secretary and campaign manager for Governor-elect Gifford Pinchot, may join the incoming cabinet. He would head the Commonwealth Department, enforcing voting machine use, aligning with Pinchot’s agenda amid ongoing conferences with state leaders.
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Philadelphia
INB
Stahmecker
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Brahinecker
Commonwealth
Raporta
Eldst
Tharra- Durg
Stahmnecker
Tor
Sla
Governor-Cioet
Star-Board
Philadélphia
Samuel W. Salas
Pinghot
Grand Jury Completes Work on Multiple Indictments
Rosea as the intoxicating liquor and Clara Bradbury face liquor possession charges. Leonard May receives accusations of interfering with an officer, destroying government evidence, and assault. Arthur Long is charged in four indictments with fraudulent conversion and larceny, with Charles Long facing twenty indictments in similar counts. M Heisey and C J Heisey are named in larceny counts. Frank Oravee charged with larceny. Today the jury inspects county buildings.
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Rosea
Leonard May
Clara Bradbury
Arthur Long
Charles Long
M. Heisey
C. J. Heisey
Frank Oravee
Treasury chief says industry activity grows on incomes
Secretary Melton warns of a probable 180 million deficit in government revenue by June 30 and asks Congress to authorize 6 billion dollars in bonds under the Second Liberty Bond act to fund remittance of 7.5 billion in Liberty bonds over three years. He urges flexible debt management and tax exemptions to avoid higher interest costs and inequities between individuals and corporations.
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Melton
Congress
Honda
Treasury
Treasury Department
Mellon
Pilot bruised in plane crash near Wooster
A Continental Airlines mail plane on a Cleveland to Louisville run crashed near Wooster Ohio. Pilot Marvin O'Dell was slightly injured as the craft, badly damaged, carried no passengers.
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Wooster,o
Continental Air Lines Company
Cleveland
Louisville
Marvin O'Dell
Six lunatics escape at Mattewan State Hospital
BEACON N Y December four three men former inmates invaded Mattewan State Hospital for the insane and overpowered guards. They released six lunatics including murderer Frank Vandentaylor and aided in an eight-man escape. The inmates fled together after freeing workers and locking staff in a room. Authorities identified the escapees as Vandentaylor Atley Biggin Kaylor Gordon Gambill with Vandentaylor described as the murderer.
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Beacon
N. Y
INS
Mattewan State Hospital
Gunarde
Joe
Frank McGrath
Dufford Cooper
Hoover names George GC Butte Vice Governor of Philippines
Washington December 4 President Hoover named George GC Butte of Austin Texas as Vice Governor of the Philippines Butte a Texas Republican and former gubernatorial candidate has held a Postoffice Department appointment under the Hoover administration
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Washington
INS
Hoover
George GC. Butte
Austin
Texas
Philippines
Butte
Points on People and travel notes from Indiana area
Friends of Master Harold McFarland, son of Mrs. S H McFarland of 506 Grant Street, show improving condition at the Indiana hospital. M B Carney and R V Duncan of Strongstown report two days hunting in Elk county with fine buck. C B Mack of New Florence and other readers visit County Treasurer's office for hunting licenses. Mr and Mrs T F McCarthy and Mrs N Dewitt Ray travel to Washington D C for a few days. Mrs Thomas Pepler of Chestnut Street returns from a motor trip including Kingston Saratoga N Y and Boston Mass. George Moorhead of Kittanning visits Indiana and spends day with friends. Raymond F Smith Frank J Neff John D Jahnston Roy Stephens of Indiana and Prof John Davis of Clymer return from Philadelphia.
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Harold McFarland
S. H. McFarland
Grant Street
Indiana Hospital
M. B. Carney
R. V. Duncan
Strongstown
Elk County
C. B. Mack
New Florence
T. F. McCarthy
N. Dewitt Ray
Washington, D. C
Thomas Pepler
Chestnut Street
Kingston
Saratoga
N, Y
Boston
Mass
George Moorhead
Kittanning
Indiana
Chip Friends
Raymond F. Smith
Frank J. Neff
John D. Jahnston
Roy Stephens
John Davis
Clymer
Philadelphis
Plane Victims Swim to Safety Near Tyrrhenian Coast
Rome dispatch reports a plane wreck about three kilometers off land. A female passenger and her injured male companion swam to shore to summon a rescue party. Windfred B. Spoon, an English traveler, is en route to Capetown in five days. Clark Wainwright of Livermore was in town yesterday.
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Rome
B. Spoon
England
Capetown
Clark Wainwright
Livermore
Yeaterday
Three Dead in German Riots Continue From Page One
In Berlin riot scenes erupt as National Socialists, fascists, Steel Helmets and unemployed clash in streets. Police fire warning shots as demonstrators loot shops and shout hunger. Rioters threaten, police rush water cannons. 136 arrested in Chemnitz. deaths in Leipzig and Hamburg deaths reported with injuries. Continuous unrest across Germany.
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Heinrich Brucing
Berlin
Belin
Chemnitz
Leipzig
Hamburg
Canallate
Upper Silesia
Linton Sinking Claims Entire Crew Of Eight
Yarmouth N S Dec 4 The eight man crew perished when the 491 ton motor ship Linton foundered during a gala off West Cape. First Mate Carmen Frye's body washed ashore as wreckage drifted in. The vessel left port at midnight Monday bound for Port Selmah carrying pulp, with Captain Percy Richards in command. James R Kerr of Glen Campbell visited Indiana friends yesterday.
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Yarmouth
Linton
West
Carmen Frye
Percy Richards
Port Selmah
Hants County
Early Christmas Shopping Push Aims To Save Time
Readers are urged to shop early this year to avoid last minute crowds and stress. The piece emphasizes advantages of early purchases and suggests starting now to reduce anxiety and improve planning.
Relief Show Ticket Sale At Moore Hotel Tonight
A county level Charities Association meeting called by Chairman Stanley Elkin will hear reports from the constitution and by law committees and discuss other business at eight o'clock tonight in the Moore Hotel room. Members of the public may attend if arrangements can be made. Seek Stagger System. Pittsburgh December 4. Leaders urge J Rogers Flannery head a Hoover unemployment commission sub committee with power to appoint personnel. Miller plans to brief Col Woods and President Hoover on the stagger system for employing Pittsburgh workers and to push rapid action on building relief projects and job creation.
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United States
Mellon
Hon
Justice Department
Prohibition Bureau
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Washington
Senate
Hoover
William N. Doak
James J. Davis
Doak
Bwangon
William Goon
American Federation of Labor
Dlark
Mr. Moorer
Henry P. Wratcher
Pennsylvania
Edgar B. Brossard
Utah
Thomas W. Page
Virginia
John Lee Coulter
North Dakota
Lincoln Dixon
Indiana
Alfred P. Nounts
Maryland
Power Commission
George Olle Smith
Geological Survey
Frank B. McNinch
Charlotte
N. C
Ralph H. Williamson
Yakima
Wash
Marcot Garland
New Orleans
Claude L. Draper
Wyoming Uttistics
Rand
Moore Hotel
Pittsburgh
J. Rogers Flannery
Pittsburgh Industralist
Harry L Miller
Arthur O. Woods
Miller
Flannery
Colonel Woods
Coleonel Woods
Senator Davis
John &. Fisher
B. T. Whiter
R. B. Mellon
James Rae
Chamber of Commerce
I. Lamont Hughes
Carnegie Steel Company
Terrific gasolene blast causes massive loss in Brooklyn
Damage of 2,000,000 was estimated from a series of terrific explosions and fire that swept 18 gasoline and oil tanks of the Standard Oil Company in New York's Brooklyn district early today. The blaze was checked after 15 fire boats battled the flames.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
Brooklyn
Higher steel prices foretell broader cost hikes
Pittsburgh, Dec 4. Higher prices for all steel products were expected today after new prices were posted for plates shapes and bars. The increases apply to business booked for delivery in the first quarter of 1981. Carnegie Steel first announced the schedule with a $1 per ton rise on finished products, followed by Bethlehem Steel Youngstown Sheet and Tube and others.
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New York
Bears
Loverg
Consolidated Gas
Steel
Union Carbide
Radio
Columbia Gas
Bears Roebuck
DuPont
G. B
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Steel Company
United States Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet and ‘Tube Company
Weekend visits and social rounds in Homer City area
Mr and Mrs S I Duncan and family visited in Jons own. Merle Brandon and Mildred spent the weekend with Lloyd Mack in West Newton. Thelma and Eileen Johnston were guests of Bella Phillips in Leechburg. S G Steele of Johns Town visited his parents. Abdalla Piucalli Fanks Windber and F Hayes Portage and Anna Nassar Wilkes Barre visited Indiana area families. D A Ferrier returned from Indiana. R D 8 Duncan called on Blairsville. Teresa Raymond hosted twenty friends at College Inn Indiana. Mrs P B Warren Blairsville stayed with C A Rowe. Mary McCully Ligonier visited H R Grumbling. Howard Bennett and Trevo visited Robindale relatives.
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S. I. Duncan
Howard Bennett
Treva
Bolaieniis
Jonsown
Merle Brandon
Mildred
Lloyd Mack
West Newton
Charles Johnston
Thelma
Eileen
Bella Phillips
Leechburg
S. G. Steele
Johnstown
Steele
Abdalla
J. Piucalli
Franks
Windber
F. Hayes
Portage
Anna Nassar
Wilkes-Barre
Albert Phillips
D. A. Ferrier
C. C. Ferrier
Indiana
R. D
T. Duncan
Blairsville
Teresa Raymond
College Inn
Pb. Warren
C. A. Rowe
Mary McCully
Ligonier
H. R
Trevo
Robindale
Levine Of Youngstown Seeks Dismissal Of Widow Suit
Isaac Levine president of Sharon Tube Co and father of aviator Charles Levine asks Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to dismiss Regina Katz widow s breach of contract suit. He argues no legal basis and recounts prior disorderly conduct charges in which Katz demanded money and a diamond ring. Levine notes meeting Katz in Germany after supporting his son s Atlantic flight and mentions Charles Levine s Vienna counterfeiting arrest.
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Youngstown
Dee
Isaac Levine
Sharon Tube Company
Charles Levine
Ocean Flyer
Regina Katz
Berlin
Mahoning County
Long Island
Katz
Germany
Clarence Chamberlin
Atlantic
Levine
Kats
Vienna
Polic
Funeral Notices From Blairsville and Johnstown
Obituaries and funeral notices list Mrs Devinney widow Mrs Sara Carnathen sons John B Harry James Carnathan sisters Elizabeth George Celia Wehr. services at Brick Church. Also Valentine A Flowers 85 dies East Market Street, SS Simon and Jude Church service. Joseph A Jordan dies near Walter at 78, buried Marchand Cemetery. Harry E Mitchell 50 railroad engineer dies Mercy Hospital, funeral at 412 Messenger Street with burial Grandview Cemetery.
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Sara Carnathen
John B. Carnathan
Westmoreland County
Harry Carnathan
Vandergrift
James Carnathan
Colorado
Elizabeth George
Celia. Wehr
Canada
Brick Church
Hoffmeister
Valentine Flowers
Blairsyville
Valentine A. Flowers
East Market Street
Bertha
SS. Simon and Jude Church
Joseph A. Jordan
Walier
Jefferson County
Robert
Elizabeth Jordan
Methodist Episcopal Church
Harry
Walter
H. P. Graham
New Kensington
Mary White
Juneau
William Jordan
McKeesport
Covode Methodist Episcopal Church
Marchand Cemetery
Harry E. Mitchell
Johnstown
Mercy Hospital
Messenger Street
Seventh Ward
Grandview Cemetery
Latrobe
Robert Mitchell
Jennie Hartsock Mitchell
Altoona
Derry
Hulda Ankeny
Indiana
Gladys Fehn
Pittsburgh
Ralph Mitchell
Elim
McMillen Street
Frank Mitchell
Blacklick
James Mitchell
Coral
A. R. Mulvane
Rochester
Charles Shaffer
Nellis Swanger
A. Y. Johnston
Franklin Street
M. E
Loyal Order of Moose
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Homer Band Makes Hit On The Air
The Melody String Band of Homer City played at Radio Station WJAC in Johnstown with Mies Dorothy Edwards pianist Arthur Holt tenor and the Hyer Ready Quartette. Holt sang three numbers with Alice Edwards at the piano drawing 182 telephone requests from readers across the state and Ohio. The group included J. G. Greane director and guitar Louis Greane guitar Sam Laboda violin Steve Labods tenor banjo and W. W. George of Dilltown.
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Melody String Band
Homer City
Johnstown
WJAC
Mies
Dorothy Edwards
Arthur Holt
Hyer
Mr. Holt
Alice Edwards
Ohio
J. G. Greane
Louis Greane
Sam Laboda
Steve Labods
Three GVIEN Stiff Sentences in Ohio Township Fraud Case
In Belmont county Ohio Judge W W Cowan sentenced Bruce Blake Harry Dallison Harry Thomas and Mrs Mayme McCleary to prison terms for defrauding the township of about 75000 dollars in road funds over ten years. Blake and Dallison received four to 40 years each, Thomas two to 20, while Mrs McCleary faced an indefinite term at Marysville Women's Reformatory.
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ST. Clairsville
Ohio
Pease Tot Ship
W. W. Cowan
Belmont County
Bruce Blake
Harry Dallison
Harry Thomas
Mayme McCleary
Blake
Ohio State Penitentiary
Dallison
Thomas
McCleary
Women's Reformatory
Marysville
First Dummy Removed In Indiana Borough Street Work
Street Commissioners remove the first dummy from Water and Fifth streets in Indiana Borough as Lightcap Electric sweeps in to rewire and replace Stop and Go signals. Work progresses quickly with dummies being removed and lights soon to be hung.
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Indiana Borough
Water and
Fifth Streets
Lightcap Electric Company
Forgiveness After Death Pardon by Husband in Montour
Mrs Ida Sayre of Montour New York died after pleading for forgiveness while husband Albert Sayre was by her side. Coroner ruled in Sayre s favor allowing burial with his consent. John Lynch former husband of Mrs Sayre contested burial arrangements. Deputy Sheriff Bugong W Leon noted as Greenwich visitor.
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Pipysburgh
Ida Sayre
Montour
N.Y
Albert Sayre
John Lynch
Sayre
Lynch
New York
Bugong W Leon
Greenwich
How Old Are You by the Stars in Heaven
An advertisement extols Kruschen Salts and Kru Method as safe fat burning and toxin cleansing. It promises weight maintenance for normal figures, urging daily half teaspoon in hot water before breakfast. An 8th century bottle lasts four weeks and claims renewed youth, clearer skin, bright eyes, and keener mind. Widmann Teah and other drug stores carry it globally.
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Widmann & Teah
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Tyesdy
Pterstate Commerce Commission
JSON
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Cereereeeves
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Pullman
Schulte
Sinclair Oil
Stand. Oil
N. Canadian Pacific
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Tee
Chrysler W.seepeerere
Coca Cola
Con
Can
Cereeees Eastman Kodak
Erie RB. R. Oes
Federal
M. St. P
G. M. St. By
Pennroad Corp
Seqeesy Damereedenay
Matteawan
C. Rowley
Shelocta
James R. Kerr
Glen Campbell
Mrs. Devinney
Homer
W. W. George
Dilltown
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