Mrs Segner Faces Manslaughter Charge In Truck Collision
Coroner's jury recommends grand jury hold Mil Edward Segner of 56% Clark street for involuntary manslaughter and failing to stop after a collision with a borough truck at Fifth and Water streets. Mrs Segner released on $1000 bond pending January 31 hearing. Witnesses described speeds and the crash.
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Mil
Edward Segner
Clark Street
Charles A. McKelvey
Coroney I. W. St. Clair
Indiana
Segner
Justice of the Peace
Walter H. Jackson
Hor
Water Street
North Fifth Street
Raymond Hess
Borowzh
Wie
Hess
First New Pastor at Rehoboth Church Inducted
Charleroi Jan 19 Rev Albert Gaffney of Kansas City became the first new pastor at the historic Rehoboth church in two decades. He assumed duties after a colorful afternoon service. The church, dating to 1780, is linked to local lore including a tale of George Washington at its yard.
George Washington University Student Death Inferred From Torn Letter
Andrew Malnar a 26 year old sophomore at George Washington University shot himself in his dorm room. Police found the torn end of a letter and a received envelope on his desk and in the waste basket. The self inflicted death occurred last night and the room reportedly contained a note beginning a letter.
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Washington
INS
Andrew Malnar
Campbell C
George Washington University
Malnar
Hiccup Mystery Baffles City Hospital Staff
In New Kensington Pa on January 19, Miss Bertha Hikens a 16 year old from Edmunds is reported to hiccup only when awake and in the presence of visitors. Doctors at Citizens General Hospital have begun oxygen therapy and placed a no visitors sign to aid sleep while hoping the ailment resolves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Kensington
Hiccoughs
Citizens General Hospital
Bertha Hikens
Edmunds
Judd Reveals Inside Story Of Velvet Murder
Winnie Ruth Judd testifies at a preliminary hearing about the so called Velvet Murder case. She describes a jealous, violent night that left Agnes Anne Lera and Namy Samuelson dead, and accuses J J Halloran of complicity. Visitors and court staff are moved by her emotional recounting as she fights hysteria and insists she was silenced by others.
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Edward Labowitch
I. N
Phoenix
Ariz
Jack
Winnie Ruth Judd
Iight
Crank
Agnes Anne Lera
Namy Samuelson
J. J. “Wappy Dack” Halloran
Stirling
Agnes
Sammy
Halloran
Soviet suspends marital registrations in Russia
Moscow reports no notices posted in registrations bureaus announcing suspension of all marriages adoptions and divorces in Soviet Russia until further notice. No official reason given. belief cites preventing loss of passport eligibility through marriage or adoption. Also, S. & RR. Motor Co. of Indiana buys Pierpont Motor Co. inventory and plans sale of 150 used cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet
Russia
S. & RR. Motor Co
Indiana
Pierpont Motor Co
Pittsburgh
Shippensburg President Graduation Speaker Here
Shippensburg State Teachers College announces president Albert Lindsay Rauwland will be commencement speaker for mid year exercises in the Indiana College auditorium tomorrow at 2 15 o clock. Rev Roger Charnock to offer the invocation and Dr Charles Foster will present diplomas. College orchestra to play processional and recessional. Chorus to sing Jesu Priceless Treasure before and The Silver Swan after. Commencement dinner at 12 20 and faculty reception at 4 60. List of graduates includes Irene Colestock New Oxford and Elizabeth Mary Sweeting North Braddock among others. Continued on Page Three.
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Bael
Gibbous Postly
Recreation Hall
Clearfield
Gladys Collinshead Miley
Uniontown
Eligabeth Mary Sweeting
North Braddock
Adelaide Zoldak
Greensburg
Thomas Enters Embalming School
Sim Thomas, assistant in the Thomas Funeral Tome, has entered Nebles College of Dmbalong in Philadelphia to prepare for the State Board of Undertakers exam. An alumnus of Marion Center High School, he is remembered for his senior year basketball prowess.
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Sim
Thomas
Marion Venter
Nebles College of
Dmbalong
Philadelphia
State Board of Undertakers
Marion Center High School
Demand for relief grows as Harrisburg faces hunger
The State emergency relief board doubled down on the community market plan, estimating at least 100 million dollars will be needed for relief this year. It warned funds are uncertain but said markets would stretch money to cover basic needs. Food costs alone may reach 70 million annually with 2 to 4 hundred thousand on relief by year end.
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Harrisburg
INS
State Emergency Relief Board
Commonwealth
International speaker set for dinner lecture evening
Lieutenant Alden G Alley of New Jersey, history professor at Dana College, will speak on Europe and America at a First United Presbyterian Church dinner and lecture Monday January 23. Tickets available at the door. reservations due January 21. Admission for non-dinner attendees 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Presbyterian Church
Liewt
Alden G. Alley
New Jersey
Dana College
G. Christy
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions Clubs
New Century Club
Alley
Europe
America
State Teachers College
Entertainment Tonight at Reider Schoolhouse Evening Program
Tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock residents of Indiana county will gather at the Reider schoolhouse to meet their senator and assemblymen for an open discussion on tax legislation. Miss White and the schoolchildren will present readings and music in the program directed by their teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
At & O'Vlock
Reider
Indiana County
Banking Bill Showdown As Democrats Seek Vote
Senator Garter Glass of Virginia leads a group backing a rule to end debate on the Glass banking bill with a vote looming in Washington. Senator Long of Louisiana signals readiness to end his filibuster as the banking bill hangs in the balance.
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Garter Glass
Virginia
Senate
Washington
T (Hough
Long
Louisiana
Aboy
Ilney Long
Curtis Gregg Dies Former Representative and Parcel Post Co founder
Curtis H. Gregg former Representative and co founder of the parcel post system died at his Greensburg home. He was 68 and served in the 62nd Congress representing Westmoreland and Butler counties from 1901 to 1912. Funeral services are set for Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church with interment in St. Clair Cemetery.
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Greensburg
INS
Curtis H. Grege
62Nd
Congress
Parcel Post System
Gregg
Roosevelt
Chicago
United States
Pittsburgh
Westmoreland
Butler
Lincoln Highway
Zion Cutheran Church
J. Paul Harman
Will Ble
A. W. Steinfurth
St. Clair
Attorney Crege
Adamebury
James Gregg
Eliza Gort
Byerly Gregg
Pmblic
Auditors Tally Big Figures For County Expenditures
Indiana county auditors report preliminary totals for 1932 showing 627000.60 spent by county offices. General fund outlays reach 252091.68 with 40 to 75 thousand paid for late 1931 contracts. Bond and sinking fund costs also noted, roads and interest accounted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Harry Nichol
Luther Williams
John Smith
Tarzan Corcoran Prepares For Wolf Island Jungle Show
The account describes Denver Wright delaying a lions act on Wolf Island Mo until weather improves. Jimmie Tarzan Corcoran is quoted as a lion taming figure in the festivities. Lions Pat and Jake nicknamed the jungle pair, await Wright’s signal after conditions are ideal from the weatherman. Wright plans to wait for sunshine before cages are opened and elephants armed. Contibed on Page Two.
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Tilitor
Denver Wright
Wolf Island
Wright
Jimmie
Tarzan
Corcoran Cuetired
IN. S
Wolke
House of David
Jake
Corpus Dennett
Lang
Denver
Pat
Surtemaan Wright
Kidnap Threats Target Beverly Mergner in Punxsutawney
Police probe threats to a one year old Beverly Mergner over five days in Punxsutawney. A man and a woman, using either voice, warned the family to watch the infant lest she meet a Lindbergh fate. Parents, daughter of Indiana street residents, grew alarmed and notified authorities. Police expect a quick breakthrough as theories mount and officers pursue leads this week.
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Beverly Mergner
Merogner
Beverly
Lindbergh
Mergner
No inquest ruled in Pennsylvanian engineer death
Coroner IF W St Clair announced no inquest would be held into the death of A G Gascoyne the Ventald Pennsylvania Railroad engineer killed when a westbound Cone maugh Division freight struck rocks on the Bolivar Branch near Blairsville. Gascoyne was wedged in his cab as the locomotive overturned and he was scalded to death. Fireman Charles McGraw 51 of New Florence was in good condition after being scalded. Brakeman E M Snyder of Sharpsburg was only slightly injured and the crew other than doctor Clarence Fishell remained.
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IF. W. St. Clair
A. G. Gascoyne
Pennsylvania Railroad
Conemaugh Division
Bolivar Branch
Blairsville
Gascoyne
Charles McGraw
New Florence
Indiana
McGraw
E. M. Snyder
Sharpsburg
Clarence Fishell
Political Battle of the Century in Pittsburgh Hearing
Pittsburgh police report a hearing in the county government amid claims of a lack of fuse economy and alleged pilferage among county employees. County Controller Robert Woodside will present his side as commissioners James McGuire and others promise a vigil like a semi judicial proceeding at the target meeting room today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Tnnrget
Robert Woodside
James McQaveern
Law Library Receives 1300 For Upkeep In County
The Indiana Law Library on the second floor of the Court House will receive 1300 for upkeep this year, a 200 reduction from last year, per a court order filed with the clerk of courts. The library is property of Indiana County and its budget reflects county economy measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Law Library
Indian County
Court House
Indiana County
Local College Alumnus Dies in Leechburg Burial
Mire Magni Marvin Huglott of New Wensington, a descendant of the Bow then and Levewill families and a graduate of Juliana State Teachers College, died Tuesday and was interred in Leechburg cemetery this afternoon.
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Mire
Magni Marvin Huglott
New Wensington
William
James
Olive Bow
Amlies
Mme Levewill
Juliana State Teachers College
Leechburg
Treasury Balance Report Sparks Brief Confusion
A scrambled early 20th century item notes a treasury balance of 398 194 293 59 with garbled extra lines mentioning Washington January and various names. The fragment references a chiropodist and a shop listing including a Molly Ann Devis shoppe, with unclear dates and locations.
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Treasury
Man Rede From Atl Romobrow Ready For Any Job
A man releasable after a senseless crime expresses readiness to work. He asserts he can dig ditches and move heavy logs, hoping to earn money quickly. He promises to take a hard job and return to normal life soon.
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Ato
Man Rede
ATL Romobrrow
Roosevelt December call for special session noted
President elect Roosevelt plans a special session of Congress around April 14 to push his Democratic program during the lame duck period. An influential Democrat hints privately he can name the session site, amid expectations for a final inauguration plan to be announced on January 20. London papers discuss possible revision of war debt terms ahead of Roosevelt Hoover talks on foreign affairs. Roosevelt departs for Washington for a high level conference with Hoover and state officials, with Norman H. Davis among those accompanying him. Cyclamen Sale advertised at $1.50 to $2.00 Friday and Saturday by a local floral company.
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Washington
Dan
Wranklin
M Roosevelt
Congress
Angghen
NP i Six Weis
Roosevelt
London
Jan
Today
Hoover
New York
INS
Franklin 2
Hoover Tomo Arrayw
Norman H. Davis
MayWower
Henry J. Stinson
Battle lines Forming Over Sunday Rules In Pennsylvania Senate
Pennsylvania's Senate becomes battleground as wet and dry forces prepare to clash over Sunday observance laws. House hearings will proceed on Sun day measures while Senate debate remains uncertain. Open Sunday momentum faces strong church and temperance opposition, with petitions pouring in as reformers press for floor votes.
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Joseph A. Lofuts
INS
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Senate
House Law and Order Committee
Assembly
House
Wdo
Letter received for Abraham Lincoln in Springfield
A letter addressed to Abraham Lincoln in Springfield Illinois was delivered to a local hotel. The clerk noted deceased on the missive and returned it to the mail carrier, reflecting faded historical mail handling decades after Lincoln’s era.
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Springfield
iChicago
Abraham Lincoln
Ilinois
Oil price cut announced by Joseph Seep Agency
MINSBURGH Jan 14 In a move affecting all grades of Pennsylvania crude the Joseph Seep Purchasing Agency announced a fifteen cent per barrel price cut. New posted prices include South Wes 1.27, Muceka 1.223, Buck vye F107, Thiawater 1.67, and Bradford F137, plus an avid basketball tonite noted as a local item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minsburgh
Pennsylvania
Joseph Seep
South Wes
Thiawater
Bradford
Legion Auxiliary Honors District Meeting At Vandergrift
Two hundred members of the An evigan Legion Auxiliary attended the Tri-County Council at Vandergrift yesterday. Distinguished guests included Mrs. Beadle and state officers. Indiana led the district with the most members present, while Beadle praised relief work and outlined plans focusing on child welfare for the year. Local attendees from Taricapa included Aldoet White Watson and numerous officers and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anevigan Legion Auxiliary
Tri-County
Vanderrift
Ae Lyn
Beadle
Sta
Wy Dressler
Moore
Juliet White Watzon
Ja, Conway
Stes
I. Bair
Somerset
Westmoreland
Gilrless
Peon Crane
Aary Department of Pennsylvania
Aloe Las
Indiana
Indiana Staté
Taciapa
AL Doliet White Watson
Clair Weaver
Ali
J. Moorhead
Arthur Robinson
Dale Timberlake
Earl Long
BE. Blanch
Guy Switz
Guar
Wilbur Widdowson
Def Anderson
J. A. Bacon
Ernest Moorhead
Harry Crea
Roy Penfield
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Chas
Ann McKelvey
Rehobath Church
Carl Cheskey
Velvet Tigress
Trunk
Shippensburg
Embalming
Relief Board
Curtis Gregg
Parcel] Post System
Tarzan’ Corcoran
R.L. T
Felis
Leo
Indiana Floral Co
LAW Library
Treasury Balanes
de, Biehl
Helel
Molly Ann Devis
Thi Litibi
St. Lean
Catiasemn
West Montay
Capitol Notes
London Reports
George Holmes
Ins Stalkidan
Inelign, Floral Co
Harrisburg Dec
Temperance
Legion Auxiliary
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