Miss Armstrong Becomes Bride of David Lewis
Miss Helen Elizabeth Armstrong daughter of William M Armstrong of Los Angeles and Mrs Helen Elkin Theiss of Washington wed David Norman Lewis son of Enzer and Mrs Lewis of Indiana in Christ Episcopal Church. The bride wore ivory antin gown with a pearl coronet and carried calla lilies. She was given in marriage by her mother and escorted by cousin John P Elkin Stewart. Maid of honor Katharine Blair and bridesmaids Ann Page and Frances Waggaman wore ivory mousselina de sole with Empire gowns and colored turbans. Best man Robert Lews and ushers included George A Scheller Newark and Nelson C Ran. (Continued on Page Two)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Elkin
Francis Elkin
Helen Elizabeth Armstrong
William M. Armstrong
Los Angeles
Calif
Helen Elkin Theiss
Washington, D. C
David Norman Lewis
Enzer Lewis
Indiana
Christ Episcopal Church
Roger Charnock
John P. Elkin Stewart
Lock Haven
Katharine Blair
Misa Ann Page
Frances Waggaman
Miss Blair
Miss Page
George A. Scheller
Newark
N. J
Nelson C. Ran
Pinchot Protest Over Local Relief Buying in Indiana County
Senator Edward 8 Bennett presented a petition to Governor Gifford Pinchot and the State Emergency Relief Board signed by about two thousand five hundred Indiana County citizens. The group urged local purchase and distribution of relief, citing past practice, with letters and telegrams from prominent residents and two assemblymen supporting the protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward 8. Bennett
Gifford Pinchot
State Emergency Relief Board
Indiana County
Indiana Chamber of Commerce
State Relief Board
Strange Kidnap Tale of German Girl Hedwig
A six year old German girl named Hedwig was reportedly kidnapped from a Hamburg home, brought to New York then abandoned and found by a stranger who cared for her before handing her to authorities in Los Angeles. The child recalls only the name Hedwig and was turned over to officials by a man who said he found her at a New York railroad station.
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Hamburg
New York
Los Angeles
Hedwig
Roosevelt plans Nassau fishing trip while aides map spoil system
Miami dispatch reports President elect Roosevelt aboard Vincent Astor’s Nourmahl en route to Nassau to fish and collect a guide and bait. An aide relayed plans to use regular channels for dispensing positions, with senators congressmen and party leaders involved. Progressives in the senate reportedly perturbed by personnel removals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Durno
J. Ais Roe
Miami
Fla
INS
Roosevelt
Bahamas
Miami Ap
Vincent Astor
Senate
Butler Blaze Destroys Three Stores in Town Center
Butler fire razed three adjacent stores starting at the Drake Auto Accessory Shop. The blaze spread to the Charngold General Store and the George Restaurant, leaving a blackened mass after more than three hours of efforts. Estimated damage listed as $20,000.
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Butler
Losa
Drake
Charngold General
George
Wife of Los Angeles Musician Held For $10,000 Ransom
Mrs. Mary H. Skeele, 65, wife of University of Southern California College of Music dean Dr. Walker K. Skeele, was kidnapped in Los Angeles. Kidnappers demanded $20,000 and left a threatening note at the elder Skeele’s home after luring her with a phony phone call and car trap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
INS
Walker K. Skeele
College of Music
University of Southern
Aitorse Wan
Church
Mary H. Skeele
Franklin Skeele
Dr. Skeele
Havn
Hitler Adopts Press Gag Law in Berlin Crisis
Berlin's government acted to curb violence with a sweeping press gag law allowing up to one month suspension for false state news and forbidding incitement of strikes or disobedience. Police advance notice required for political meetings supervised by detectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Deuss
Berlin
INS
Adolf Hitler
German Republic
von Hindenburg
Diet
Hitler
Franz von Bane
Progsian Yomuissar
Atto Braun
Attering
Supreme Court
Death Comes Suddenly For 2 Coal Company Members
The Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company mourns multiple deaths in its Indiana area office. Ernest C. Pilkington died in Indiana Hospital from double pneumonia with complications. Thomas Clark Redding died at his home after a heart attack. Also listed are Theodore A. Gaertner and William F. Herpel among the official family. Pilkington, a 15 year employee and machinery inspector, leaves a widow Johanna and daughter Mary Jo. Redding, a 40-year company veteran in auditing, is survived by his wife Enna Gillespie, two daughters, siblings, and in-laws. Funeral arrangements and services are noted for both, with services at Robinson Funeral Home and Circle Hill Cemetery Punxsutawney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
Ernest C. Pilkington
Indiana Hospital
Thomas Clark Redding
Lewis
Theodore A. Gaertner
William F. Herpel
Clark Avenue
Pilkington
Philipsburg
Clearfield County
Indiana County
Johanna Pilkington
Mary Jo Pilkington
Patton Blie Lodge
A. M
Altoona Shrine
Coudersport
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
Indiana
Robinson
Thomas. Growden
Thomas’ Growden
White Township
Evangelical Church
A. B. Hosbach
Greenwood Cemedy
Blanche McCutcheon
Genevieve
Secreta
Charles Humm
Martha Growden
Collins
William Growden
Thirteenth Street
Oakland Avenue
Oliveburg
Jefferson County
William H
Mary Jane (Hadden) Redding
Punxsutawney
Lindsay
Redding
Rochester
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Misaenna’ Gillespie
Verne Houghton
Pittsburgh
Circle Hill Cemetery
First Presbyterian Church
Robert L. Clark
Hia
Ten Escape Fire Rages Through East New Kensington Home
Awakened by a three year old, a mother fled with her husband and eight children as flames consumed their East New Kensington house. The family crawled through a smoke filled stairwell and escaped via the porch roof. Loss estimated at $5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Kensington
East New Kensington
Doctor Allison Paroled After Conviction
Dr H M Allison convicted of unlawfully practicing medicine and surgery received a suspended sentence and parole from Edge J Frank Graff in Kittanning. He must pay prosecution costs and promise not to practice in Armstrong county. A petition for a new trial filed last month was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Allison
Edge J. Frank Graff
Kittanning
Allison
Armstrong County
Mob of 300 stone strike breakers in Detroit trolley attack
In Detroit on February 6 a mob of about 300 Briggs workers, many strikebreakers, stoned a trolley near the East Side Briggs plant injuring a man and a girl from flying glass. Twelve strikers were injured in a prior attack. bricks shattered four trolley windows as 26 passengers ducked for cover before police arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Brigga Manufacturing Company
East Side
Harrison City Hotel Burned In Blast Fire
Firemen and volunteers search the ruins of the 20 room Commercial Hotel for Nicholas Clarieplio missing since a blast and fire. His wife and children were away visiting relatives in Homestead. gas is suspected though a bomb is also considered. An adjacent barber shop was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison City
Commercitl
Nicholas Clarieplio
Clarieplio
Homestead
Disappearance cases in Armstrong County closed as mysteries
Two long unresolved cases in Armstrong County ended with authorities dropping inquiries. Martha Shaffer, 17, vanished from near Olivet last July after flagging notes she left behind, while Harry Nary disappeared during a hunting trip near Shady Plain in December. Despite searches by neighbors, state police, and farmers, no trace of either person was found, leaving families without answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong County
Martha Shaffer
Elder's Ridge
Harry Nary
Shady Plain
Shaffer
Olivet
Nary
Verigin Deportation Stay Sparks Flight From Winnipeg
Halifax February 6 Victorious in their bid to halt the Doukhobor leader Peter Verigins deportation three of his followers flew from Winnipeg to Halifax aiming to secure his freedom at a court hearing scheduled for tomorrow. Verigin was ordered deported to Russia after a perjury conviction and his followers acted to delay the removal aboard the outbound sailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
INS
Peter Verigin
Canada
Verigin
Russia
Winnipeg
Verigins
Hold Wife in Fatal Shooting in New Castle
In New Castle Pennsylvania on February 6 Mrs Anna Mae McNeil age 30 mother of two children was held in Lawrence County jail pending a coroner inquest into the fatal shooting of her husband Harold McNeil forty four during a domestic quarrel at their home yesterday. The couple's three year old son Lee visited his mother at the jail and was later turned over to her parents Mr and Mrs H A Jones of Martins Ferry Ohio who had been caring for another McNeal child a girl.
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New Castle
Anna Mae McNeil
Lawrence County
Harold McNeil
Martin’s Ferry
McNeal
Youth suicide reported at Sumeg fortress ruins
In Bucharest Budapest Feb 6 an American youth, Bobby Heart aged 19, son of Percy Heart of San Francisco, was found dead at the base of a 90 foot tower at Sumeg fortress ruins in North Hungary. A note in his pocket read Life has no more appeal for me signed Heart. He had been missing from home for two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
INS
Bobby Heart
Percy Heart
San Francisco
Sumeg
Hungary
Heart
Two Flyers Set for Africa Flights from England
Squadron Leader P E Nicholetts departs Cranwell at 7:00 am for a non stop hop to Cape Town South Africa in an attempted to fly Cape Town. Capt J A Mollison leaves Lympne at 7:11 am in the Heart's Contest on a solo 4800 mile flight to Brazil via Senegal and French West Africa. The Brit trans Atlantic flyer aims for three and a half days total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranwell, Eng
INS
P. E. Nicholetts
Here
Cape Town
Lympe
Eng
J. A. Mollison
Brazil
Via
Senegal
French West Africa
Oan
Treasury balance and federal receipts report
Treasury balance as of February 3 stands at 440,100,938.37 dollars. Expenditures total 12,448,730.43 dollars and customs receipts amount to 2,097,936.67 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Unemployed Meeting in County Court Room Saturday
Crowded session in the county court room focused on relief for the unemployed. Edward Biddings opened, Rev. Miner led the Lord's Prayer, signatures supported protests against relief wages, and A W Walley outlined Westmoreland County efforts and the National Unemployment Council of the U S. Debates covered forming a county council versus joining the national body, with future actions planned on by land and relief strategies.
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Terradén
Halled
Edward Biddings
Chevy Chase
Miner
Saltsbury
A. W. Walley
Greensburg
Westmoretong County
National Unemployment Council of
U.S
Reynolds
Detroit
Mich
Walley
Indiana County
National Association
Blairsville
Blacklick
Indiang
Capitol Showdown on Rate Bill Frays House Agenda
Harrisburg dispatch reports a tense Capitol scene as the rate bill faces a pivotal week. Secretaries and backers push for amendments or votes while a Sunday law and Sabbath baseball debate loom. Liberals aim to pass relief measures, with Senate prospects unclear by midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forert
INS
Harrisburg
House
Prin Pealer
Elections Committee
John W. Howel
Senate
Bayond
Achiev
District Attorney Pursues Extradition of Local Suspect
District Attorney E. Koozer and Deputy Elmer Borland prepared for a Frankfort hearing tomorrow as Jesse Hayes, 26, of Brushvalley village, is sought on a charge tied to the November 28 nighttime shooting that left John Bellas dead and Mia Bellas wounded after objecting to Hayes attentions to Bellas’s 15 year old sister. Hayes was captured January 27 and is held for extradition. Governor Pinch has not granted waivers. The transfer 247 miles to the state capital was arranged to occur this afternoon, relieving local officers of continued custody duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Ruddock
E. Koozer
Elmer Borland
Yestering
Frankfort
Jesse Hayes
Brushvalley Townahi
John Bellas
Bellas
Heshibow
Gifford Pinch
Kentucky
Thuve
A. Eugene Wilson
Harlan
Hayes
Mia
Hellas
Seised
Koozer
Mutinous Dutch Battleship Seized by Native Crew
In Batavia Java on February 6 nine officers were shackled in the brig aboard the Dutch battleship De Zeven Provinciën, seized at Olehle Harbor Sumatra by 400 mutinous Sumatran sailors seeking higher pay. The pursuing Aldebaran steamer carried 10 East Indies naval officers and sub-officers, with two Dutch cruisers 1,509 miles away. Officials warned mutineers might loot southern East Indies towns if overtaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Java
INS
Indian Ocean
de Zeven Provincien
Olehle Harbor
Sumatra
Aldebran
East Indies
Dutch East Indies
Sqilora
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Miss Armstrong
David Lewis
Episcopal Church
Pinchot
Inner Guard
Capitol Notes
Blaze
Japan
Tokyo
League of Nations
Japanese League
Uchida
Yosuke Matsuoka
Hirohito
Chine
League
Matsuoka
Geneva
United States
Manchuria
Sterling
Bara Wake
Johnstown
Wakefield
Valley Pike
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Ohio
C. EB. Wharton
Kenton-merchant
National Farm Council
Morris Self
Iowa
Midwest
Bucharest
Africa
Kresge
Prince
Doris Mercer Kresge
S. 8
Farid Khan Sadri
Persia
Paris
Farid
Westmoreland County
Capitol
Alice
Hague
Deeen En Provinciens
Neers
Qolehle
Hogisbay
Hogisl
Batavng
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