Five Young Men Die in Railroad Abutment Crash
Five young men including W Wheeler Watson son of Federal Judge Albert I Watson died in a crash near Lewisburg Pa when their car struck an abutment of a railroad underpass across the Susquehanna River. A sixth passenger Paul August of Watsontown was injured. Coroner Josep Fisher opened an inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
W. Wheeler Watson
Albert I Watson
Wilkes- Barre
Here
Pennsylvania Railroad
Watson
Robert Wilson
Wilbur Gair
Herman Gair
Watsontown
Arthur I Rohn
Canton
Paul August
Josep Fisher
Tt Waa
Lewisburg Bridge
Susquehanna River
Seeks 50000 For Her Husband s Death
Summary of multiple civil actions from an Indiana court segment notes Pearl, plaintiff, sues Prudential Life Insurance for 50000 over her husband's death. Other cases include Alice Wenick appealing from viewers award in Indiana County Center Township, Blairsville entities involving BP Gr Ganavan and Blairsville Savings Trust. Verdicts include 250 dollars to plaintiff and ten shares of Blairsville Savings stock to plaintiff in separate actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl But
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Amend, Neenumite
Tn Agsumpalt
Rove Delesaino
Angel Schliano
Superior Wire Insurance Gcompany of
Pittsburgh
Wssumpasit
Alice Wenick
Indiana County and
Center Township
Indiana-Saltsburg Transportation Company
BP. Gr
BP. Gr. Cganavan
Mary Pranely Mckight
Sara Davis
The
Blairsville Sayings and Trust Company
Marry T. Davis
Blairsville Savings and Trust Company
Auxiliary Were Fine Hostesses at Christmas Party
Members of the G A R and Sons of Union Veterans guests joined the Ladies Auxiliary at Memorial Hall for a Christmas party. Assa Scott William Stahl and John H Hill spoke. After a covered dish dinner a grab bag distributed gifts to all attendees. Mrs Beulah Cummins led a fun gift drawing and the rest of the evening was socializing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G A. BR
Sons of Union Veterans
William L. Buchanan
Memorial Hall
G. A. BR
Assa Scott
William Stahl
John H. Hill
Beulah Cummins
Community tree plans in Hormer for Christmas setup
A committee from the American Legion Past and a committee from the Thors Club are arranging plans for a community Christmas tree in Hormer. The logan has not yet announced, but men hope to have the tree set up Saturday afternoon.
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Homer Ciy
American Legion
Thors Club
Cnikine
Eherwe
Senator James Davis Defends Hoover at New Jersey Meeting
Senator James Davis urged support for President Hoover at the New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania event. He predicted a $600 million public works bill would pass before Congress, arguing the nation would recover from the current low mood and unemployment, citing past recoveries and urging unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turbert Hoover
U. S
James Dr. Davis
New Jersey Society of Pennsylyaia
Willave
Hoover
Davis
Pennsylvania
Horna
Livia
United States of America
Grangers Hold Fine Meeting at Indiana County Grange
Mr A O Roamusaan extension landscapn specialist at Penn State led a Pomona Grange meeting with readings instrumental music and songs by ten trained boys. More than 300 attended and new officers were installed. Creekside Grange members presented readings dialogue and a play. Next Pomona Grange set for last Thursday in March at Marchand. The group donated 26 to Indiana County Scouty for State Grange service. Pomona Grange accounts show 498.59 balance. Grange surpasses 1,000 members in good standing and backs law enforcement civic virtue and rural community life.
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A. O. Roamusaan
Penn State
Paul Dinok
Harry Nolf
South Mahoning Township
Ira Matlin
Washington Township
Roy
Boston
Creekside Grange
Pomona Grange
Marchand
Indiana
Cowell
Toy Scouty
Arochen
Grange
Indiana County
To Grange
Grove City Youth Disappears in Cleveland Search
Cleveland report tracks Colby Easterbrook an 18 year old Grove City Pa youth who left home Sunday night saying he would quit school to find work after angrily slamming his algebra book. Authorities centered the search in Cleveland where he was seen in a bread line by a food checker, listed as missing by his parents Mr and Mrs G S Easterbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Grove City
Colby Easterbrook
G. S. Easterbrook
Ather
Remains of Romanov Family Recounted in Siberia
General Janin said remains of Russia's lost royal family were buried in a Paris family vault after others refused custody. Clarkin, present in Siberia during the revolution, noted no living Romanov wanted charge and feared public hostility and liability. Marie of Colonodore traveled to Indiana yesterday for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Janin
Paris
Russia
Romanov
Clarkin
Caar Nicholas
Annaset
Former Pastor Dies Suddenly
Berlin and Barnesboro obituaries report the death of Mrs Elizabeth J Schroyer 54 of Allegheny township after a long illness. She leaves husband William and children Alma Mabel Rubright Laetla Dorothy and Leon at home. Funeral Sunday at the Sarvar church and burial in Dividing Ridge Cemetery. Also cited is Mrs Fedith Sylvania Brown 49 of Barnesboro who died after a two week illness. survivors include husband Robert and children Eva Trilbia Genevieve, with siblings named in Spangler Nant-y-Glo Clymer and Ramey.
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Qttzabeth J. Schroyer
Berlin
Elizabeth J. Schroyer
William Schroyer
Allegheny Township
Brothersvalley Township
Philip Weigle
Johnstown
Charles Weigle
South Carolina
Sadie Hall
Susy Hoffman
Ida Miller
Ella Long
Della Weehtenhiser
Sarvar Church
Dividing Ridge
Barnisbury
Fedith Sylvania Brown
Robert Brown
Eva
Trilbia
Genevieve
Emus Caldwell
Spangler
Sarah Caldwell
Nant-y-Glo
W. J. William
Ramey
E. R. Williams
Clymer
Fred Williams
Barnesboro
Fire Devastates Donora Steel Plant Powerhouse
A fire at the Donora plant of American Steel and Wire Company burned for about four hours destroying the pipe shop and millwright’s department, crippling the factory. Police estimated damage at $50,000 as crews struggled with low water pressure and flames spread from the smaller shops to the powerhouse.
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Donora
American Steel and Wire Company
Aramen
Teachers in jobless army urged to aid peers
Washington dispatch says many public and private school teachers drafted into the service have prompted the National Education Association to form a committee to find jobs for them and to raise funds from currently employed teachers. A $1,000 donation to Dr. W C Bagley leads the committee, which includes William John Cooper and A S Commissioner of Education, among others. The plan asks higher paid teachers to give at least six tenths of 1 percent of salaries and apportions funds to local communities and a state-wide equalization fund.
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Washington
National Education Association
Association
W. CG. Bagley
York
Willam John Cooper
A. S
A. S. Commissasioner of Education, and Mra
Susan M. Dorsey
On Angeles
Calif
Focal Associations
Otnl
Pennant operetta sale opens at high school
Reserved seats for The Pennant operetta to be staged in the High School Auditorium Tuesday evening Dec 22 drew strong early demand. The comedy, mixing romance with college life, features Dan Martin as Verdant Green and the Glee Club core portraying the football team with Ralph Allen Calvin Buchheit James Buchhart L D Lewis Fred Mack and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Martin
Glee Club
Ralph Allen
Calvin Buchheit
James Buchhart
L. D. Lewis
Fred Mack
Harry Htaming
Wallace Pifer
Don Pollock
James O’hara
Howard Reese
Howard Strauiff
John McQuillan
Lord Woodby Rich
Mariage
Emil Martin
Levi Lender
Tenderfoot Scouts at Barr Earn Test Honors
Five boys passed the Tenderfoot test in Scouting at Barr's last regular meeting. County Scout Executive Ralph W. Harrison and Mr. Gressley of Indiana attended and spoke. Eleven boys are learning the bugle and five more practice with the drum.
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Barr
Ralph W. Harrison
Mr. Gressley
Indiana
P T Association Meets Monday
The Parent Teacher Association will meet in the Second Ward school at 3:30 Monday afternoon December 22. After the Christmas program at 2:30, Miss Anne Schlagenhaupt school nurse will discuss colds. Music is by supervisor Miss Lola Beelor. Members and friends are invited to attend.
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Second Ward
Anne Schlagen- Haupt
Lola Beelor
Stimson and Doak Clash Over Immigration Policy
Secretary of State Stimson and Secretary of Labor Doak warned at a Senate immigration panel that any two year restriction bill would destroy the national origins policy. They argued the measures would tilt entry toward Southern Europe and away from Northern Europe, urging a 90 percent cut instead. Senator Reed said he was shocked by the stance, while Reap Johnson sponsored the House bill, aiming to bar foreigners from jobs Americans could take.
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Washington
Dev
INS
Stimson
Labor
Doak
Congress
Senate
House
United States
Senate Immigration Committee
Europe
Reed
Negro confesses death of teacher in Missouri
Reymond Gunn, a Negro ex convict, confessed to killing Velma Colter, a 19 year old school teacher, in Maryville Missouri. He was held in a St Joseph jail after the confession amid fears of mob violence and was linked to Dr Claude Anderson of the Indiana Hotel who had been in Pittsburgh recently.
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Maryville
Reymond Gunn
St. Joseph
Velma Colter
Gunn
Colter
Claude Anderson
Indiana Hotel
Pittsburgh
Nine Believed Drowned As Fishing Launch Capsized
SAN FRANCISCO December 19. Nine missing after a fishing launch capsized off Tomales Bay Marin County. Victims include Jack Freas owner and eight others from Marshall. Rescue attempt by Ornburn and Grant Gray failed as two women and a man were pulled from the boat before it swamped. One woman sank immediately and Gray later lost his grip while trying to reach shore.
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San Francisco
Tomales Bay
Marin County
Marshall
Point Reyes
Jack Freas
Henn
Mary Fras
Manuel Augustine
Gertrude
Virginia
Daniel
Song
Mre
Tony Augustine
Ornburn
Grant Gray
Ornburn Gray
Rail merger plans near completion across eastern railroads
New York Dec 19 Officials of the Pennsylvania New York Central Baltimore and Ohio and the Van Sweringen lines are due to meet next Tuesday amid reports that a merger plan to unify four eastern trunk lines is close. A fifth trunk line is reportedly abandoned, with shifts in holdings and routes among the four railways to gain direct New York access and improved Buffalo access. Harvard’s Ripley urged consolidations balancing economy and competition. Also Pittsburgh fraternal divisions protested the proposed Lake Erie and Ohio river canal and the unrestricted use of trucks and buses.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
van Sweringen
L. F. Loree
Delaware and Hudson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lehigh Valley
Chesapeake and Ohio
van Sweringen Brothers
Reading
Jersey Central
Lackawanna
Buffalo
William Z. Ripley
Harvard University
National Association of Owners of Railroad and Public Utility Securities
Ripley
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lake Erie and
Ohio River
State Police Seek Missing Greensburg Banker O A Adrian
State police under backing from the state banking department search for O A Adrian former secretary treasurer of Safe Deposit and Trust Co Greenshire missing since November 18. He faces embezzlement charges involving about 55000 and is under warrant as investigators review loans and the bank merger to absorb Safe Deposit into Barclay Westmoreland. Further charges are anticipated as probe continues.
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Greensburg
INS
State Banking Department
O. A. Adrian
Safe Dyposii and Trust Company
Greenshire
Adrian
Carter Bank
Barclay Westmoreland
Galacantes
Bhank
Income taxes near 300 million in mid December totals
Washington reports December 1 to 17 tax receipts at 290.736 million, about 64 million below the same period last year. July 1 to December 17 collections reached 901.222 million, down 32 million. The Treasury said delinquencies from weak business conditions are not expected to greatly affect December totals.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Department
Neff duo among top life insurance producers in November
Representatives of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company led by Frank L. Neff and his son, recorded strong results in November. Word arrived noting they ranked among the first ten in the United States for life insurance volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neff
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
United States
L. Neff
Indiana visits and court notes mix with rail transit figures
Frank Smith and Mrs Smith with two daughters visited Indiana friends yesterday while Prof Hugh Sinnell nears discharge after hospital care. Local visitors include Mrs Ella Hill and Mrs Jennie Langham among others. New York traffic trends cited show motor transport eroding rail use. Reading railroad passenger totals fell from 11 086 984 in 1928 to 7 080 681 in 1929. Truck hauling of anthracite last year reached 150 000 tons to nearby cities. trucking undercuts rail rates per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Smith
Cook’s Forest
Y. Ia Leyarmin
Indiana
BR. D
Court House
Ella Hill
Blairsville
Jennie Langham
Hillsdale
Blair Wyncoop
Marion Center
Martha Meller
Hamilton
New York
Edward D. Hillery
Reading Railroad
Hiss
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic City
Hillery
Pennsylvania
Reading
Lebanon
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Carlisle
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R. R
Hormer
James Davis
Grangers
Mariime
Colonedore
Stahara’s Market
Carpenter
Richard
Peter Johnston
Scotland
Carruthers
White
Gillia
Windher
Patterson
Yatesboro
Edith Brown
Tenderfoot
P.T. Association
Hgo
Moorhead
Moorhead’s
Boy Scout
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