Colossal Blunders In Lock And Dam Construction
Finger prints identify two slain gunmen in a Citizens Bank of Clinton robbery after a 50 mile chase through Indiana and winds highways ending in a cornfield. Three bandits killed and three wounded. one surrendering, another captured. The raid yielded $8000 in gold coin. Sheriff Joseph Walker was fatally wounded.
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Chicago
Joseph Walker
Dana
Ind
F. J. Gilbert
Ins
BK. J. Sunter
Walter Burnside
Clinton
Willliam Long
Five Days to Earn Votes on Double-Quick
Campaign guidance urges hard work this week as pivotal five day period drives vote totals through new and club subscriptions. The plan lists vote values for 1-year, 2-year, and 4-year subscriptions, with bonuses for clubs and First Week coupons, outlining four campaign periods ending December 22.
Period Schedule Declines Each Quarter to December 22
The text notes that the second period schedule is shorter than the first, the third shorter than the second, and the final period the shortest of all. It urges consideration of advantages that will become history after December 22.
Square Dance at Armory Promises Holiday Fun
The Armory hosts a Thursday eve square dance under Company I N G 1 auspices with Bracken's Orchestra and John Warner calling figures. A pre Christmas dance aims to accommodate a large crowd while turkey prizes draw interest. Also noted are the regular Friday shooting match and local court attendance by attorney Harry Heilman and visits by William and Harry Wetzel of Marion Center.
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Company I
Bracken
John Warner
Harry Heilman
iKttaining
William and
Harry Wetzel
Marion Center
County Farm Bureau
Court House
Court fight enters Senate over court adherence plan
The article details a heated Senate debate on whether to report the court issue to the floor. Borah argues action should yield consequences, while others fear early fight with weeks left in the 71st Congress. Defeat and retirement have altered support since 1926, with potential opposition totaling around 30 senators and a two thirds vote needed for ratification.
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Senate
Borah
Hoover
United States
Florida
Goff
West Virginia
Gillett
Massachusetts
Gould
Maine
Heflin
Alabama
McMaster
South Dakota
Phippe
Colorado
Ranadell
Louisiana
Simmons
North Carolina
Steck
P T Meeting Highlights School Safety Talk Brushvalley
State Factory Inspector George Edwards of Plumville and Mrs George Lindsay of Heilwood led Brushvalley township Payment Teachers Association at Mechanicsburg last night. Edwards urged PTA and Pennsylvania Safety Council cooperation. Lindsay reported on the state convention and its activities. A musical program followed with local performers. Also noted was John Lewis Shade Post 6 American Legion anniversary observance in Clearfield and Rev John Boston calling on friends in Creekside.
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George Edwards
Plumville
George Lindsay
Heilwood
Payment Teachers Association
Brushvalley Township
Mechanicsburg
Edwards
Parent‘Teachers’ Association
Pennsylvania Safety Council
Lindsay
Waywards
Clearfield
John Lewis Shade
The
American Legion
Harbor pilots blast U S engineers over river projects
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Harry Black of the Harbor Pilots Association says government engineers err in lock and dam plans. Pilots seek mandatory input on new locks and dams and demand their opinions be respected. They criticize Dunlevy and Bamford site choices and call Davis Island and Riverton bridge piers blunders.
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Pittsburgh
National Association of Harbor Pilots
Harry Black
Harbor 25
Pilots Association
Col. G. W. Spaulding
U.S. A
St. Louis
Black
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
Monongahela River
Monessen
Dunlevy
Bamford
Davis Island
Riverton Highway Bridge
Spain Nearing Normalcy Amid Civil Unrest
Reports from Perpignan show Spain rebuilding after martial law and widespread strikes. Royal government troops, including Moroccan Legionnaires, fight ongoing fires of rebellion as frontier reports flood in from Coruna to Zaragagela. U S Army Sergeant Laburn Wolfe, formerly of Stafford, visited town.
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Pea
Coruna
Helga
Jamen
1Egrono
Navarro
Santander
Viscaya
Zaragagela
Cordoba
Granta
Sevida
Seville
Perpignan
Pranco
Spain
Morocco
France
Laburn Wolfe
U. S. Army
Stafford
Card of Thanks for Mrs. W. T. Long
We express heartfelt appreciation to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of our mother Mrs. W. T. Long. Thanks also for use of ears. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Glassford and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Getty.
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W. T. Long
R. N.glassford
W. A. Getty
Jersey jurist questions 18th amendment ratification
A Newark judge ruled the 18th Amendment was never properly ratified, potentially affecting Volstead enforcement. The decision drew mixed reactions from lawmakers, with some urging Supreme Court review and others defending the 1920 ruling upholding prohibition.
Governors See Hoover Then Go Into Session
Washington dispatch reports governors gathering to decide the next annual governors conference location and date. Franklin D Roosevelt hopes to convene in Albany late next summer while the group weighs the Clark decision on the 18th amendment and its implications for states.
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Washington
INS
Executive Council
The
Governors’ Association
Goy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Albany
White House
Hoover
Wm. O. Clark
Prohibition Case Paths After Clark Ruling in Newark
The government will avoid trying further prohibition cases before Judge William T. Clark in Newark due to his ruling that the 18th Amendment is not properly part of the Federal Constitution. Pending cases will be referred to other judges, with appeals possible to the Third Circuit or Supreme Court.
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Clark
William Sprague
Wantage Township
Sussex County
N. J
United States
Volstead
ST. Paul, Minn
INS
United States Supreme Court
Andrew Volstead
William Clark
Newark
Capitol
William
Neal
Washington
William T. Clark
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Congress
Department of Justria
George 5. Graham
Pennsylvania
House Judiciary Committee
James M. Beck
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Ciry
Senate
Walsh
Guy D. Goff
West Virginia
Goff
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Jones
Sheppard
Prohibition
Norwalk
Genu
Edwin §. Thomas
Connecticut
Guinan
New York
Ord
York
George Dern
Utah
John G. Pollard
Virginia
Roosevelt
Wm. T. Clark
New Jersey
Third Circuit Court
Wih
Philadelphia
Circuit Court
High Court
Third District Court
Third Circuit
Gourt
Raper's Case Is Continuing In Leechburg Murder Trial
In Kittanning on December 17, defense testimony was set for William Raper, Leechburg high school basketball coach, charged with killing Joseph Conto, a Leechburg soft-drinks maker whose headless body was found buried September 24. County Detective Charles Best testified to locating the body, a cigar, and a finger fragment at the scene. Witnesses placed Raper with Conto on September 21, and a map of the search area was used in court.
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Best
Raper
Conto
Two Men Hurt By Fall Of Slate In Keystone Mines
Dee Greensburg, 17, was in Westmoreland Hospital with serious injuries after being pinned beneath a slate fall in Keystone Coal Company mines yesterday. Yasher Nichols, 25, of Bovard, also taken to the same hospital with serious injuries. Bereberina Nicholas, 24, of Export, sustained lesser injuries.
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Greensburg
Dee
Nichols Yasher
Bovard
Westmoreland Hospital
Keystone Coal Company
Nicholas Bereberina
Yasher
Lindberghs Fly to Washington From New Jersey
Hasbrouck Heights N J Dec 17 Colonels Charles A Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh departed Tetar goro Airport shortly after 10 A M for an overnight trip to Washington D C The purpose of the journey was not disclosed by Colonel Lindbergh.
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Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
Charles A. Lind
Bergh
Lindbergh
Tetargoro
Washington, D. C
Pennington Obituary Notes and Related Notices
Pennington obituary notes from Indiana, surviving children Faye and Ernest, funeral at 1:30 at 207 North Ninth Street with Rev. Robert K. Clark Jr. Interment Oakland Cemetery. Also death report of Dr George Neff, 85, Masontown, funeral in Masontown Thursday. Major Geo W Neff pallbearers named by daughter Mrs W Q White. Neff died after pneumonia in Uniontown Hospital. Richard Crago, 74, Barnesboro miner and United Mine Workers figure, dies in Spohniter Hospital pneumonia. funeral Thursday from his residence, interment North Barnesboro Cemetery.
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Indiana
Louisa B. Kline
Faye. Pennington
Lorain
Ernest B. Pennington
Vandergrift
Clarence A Pennington
Je Pennington
Margaret Parks
North Ninth Street
Robert K. Clark, Jr
Oakland Cemetery
George Neff
Masontown
Lingle
Uniontown
Graceton
Geo. W. Neff
Uniontown Hospital
W. QO. White
Major Neff
Richard Crago Barneshond
Richard Crago
United Mine Workers of
Amogina
Spntttrer Hospital
Pseumonia
William
Kittanning
Jamie
Detroit
Mich
John
Richard
Toward
Elizabeth
Darnesboro
Harry
Schenectady
N. Y
Souwth Fork
Legion Heads Visit Indiana During Round-up Week
The American Legion, Department of Pennsylvania leaders will visit Indiana Post No. ddl during Round-up Week from January 5 to 10. A caravan of Legion members will escort the group, with about 100 new members expected to be initiated as part of the event. The post currently reports over two hundred paid up members.
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American Legion
Department of Pennsylvania
Indiana
LeGion
Holiday wine seizure nets over a thousand gallons in Farrell
In Farrell Pennsylvania county officers and a constable raided for pre holiday liquor, confiscating more than 1000 gallons. Joe Senunic and Matt Vatavich of Farrell were arrested and held for court by Alderman Henry G. Thomas of Sharon in connection with the seizure.
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Farrell
Joe Senunic
Matt Vatavich
Henry G. Thomas
Sharon
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Weudl
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Hovisry
Bae
Moorhead
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P.T
Brushvalley
John Boston
Creekside
U. S
Jersey
United States Supreme Couse
Lindberghs
Ine
Chamber of Commerce
Pennington
H. T. Lambert
IL. T. Lambert
Oklahoma City
Okla
Caroline Lambert
Lamberts
Lambert
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