Nine Injured Over Holiday at Western PA Tracks
Nine people were injured in Memorial Day auto speedway races across four western Pennsylvania tracks. Among the injured are a Detroit woman, a child, and drivers including Shorty Wolf of Columbus and Raymond Scholz of Pittsburgh. Two may be fatally hurt. incidents occurred at New Kensington, Monongahela City, Butler, Arden Downs, and Washington venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Margaret Sacchetto
Detroit
Shorty” Wolf
Columbus
New Kensington Speedway
Earl Cashdollar
Trafford City
W. H. Thomas
Wheeling
W. Va
H. M. Amsler
Clairton
Arden Downe Speedway
Raymond Scholz
Monongahela City
Pullman Cars Added to Buffalo Pittsburgh Trains
Beginning June 6 the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh railroad will run a regulation Pullman parlor car on flyers through Punxsutawney each afternoon. The line will also add a combination observation and chair car on trains between Pittsburgh and Rochester, attached to the Buffalo Pittsburgh service. The change eases crowded seating during summer months and will be appreciated by travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Rochester and Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Rochester
Ponzi and wife flee to Canada as sentence nears
Boston June 1 Charles Ponzi ex wizard of finance and his wife were believed to be fleeing to Canada today. In Superior Court Ponzi was in default for sentence after not appearing in the larceny case involving about $10,000 from his coupon scheme. The Supreme Court had overruled defenses and Ponzi faced a five to seven year sentence. A Florida larceny complaint over a land scheme also looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charles Ponzi
Wizard of Finance
Canada
Ponzi
Supreme Court
Florida
Girls Injured When Car Burns Near Bryan Hill
A car collision on Bryan Hill northeast of town last night left Mrs Grace Hebrank and Miss Genevieve Cochran of Plumville injured and hospitalized after their Chevrolet sedan was struck and set ablaze. Mr J N Cochran and their daughter Genevieve were passengers. Mr Cochran was knocked unconscious, others dazed, and the driver of the other vehicle fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryanhill
Grace Hebrank
Genevieve Cochran
Plumville
Inediana Hospital
Normal School
Ritz
Car Fire Rescue Erupts in Plumville Collision
Consciousness remained as a car burned. A passing motorist and another hit driver aided by pulling the two women from the blaze. They were taken to Indiana Hospital with facial and hand cuts. both Mrs Hebrank and Miss Cochran are recovering well. Mr and Mrs Cochran suffered minor injuries and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Hospital
Jealous Spaniards Hid Wives and Venetian Blinds
The Venetian blinds originated in Spain where they were called Jealousies. Spanish husbands kept their wives secluded and barred them from drawing up the blinds, though wives could peep out through narrow slits between the laths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Spain
Contrasting English Counties in Gazette
Lincolnshire is described as the flattest English county while Westmoreland is noted for being the most hilly. This brief feature contrasts county terrains and invites readers to subscribe for the Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincolnshire
Westmoreland
Robbery at Bon Ton Sparks Police Probe
White called Bon Ton manager and Chief OConnell reporting a daring break in. Yeggs used jimmying, nitro glycerin and a dynamite charge to blow open the safe and vault, taking cash while checks were left behind. Evidence found includes a medicine dropper and a Colonial Trust Company canvas bag. Descriptions from a Hotel Moore guest may help identify suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
John ‘Oates
Bon Ton
George O’connell
Samuel W. Rose
Greensburg
Rose
Indiana
O’connell
McClurkin
Colonial Trust Company
Pittsburgh
Geggs
Pennsylvania
Moore
High School Commencement Tonight With Noted Program
The commencement exercises will be held in the auditorium this evening at 8 o'clock with a program of interest. Graduates and faculty will close the High School year tomorrow with an all day picnic at Campalls Mills tenting. Local notes mention a five alarm over Tom to be installed at a cost of 9 060 in Blonesdale and a building project in Scottsdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Indiana
Irving
Ritz Theatre
Emerson Collins
Williamsport
Refectory
Camppall
Milla Tenting
Tierra Blonesdale
Passengers on liner safe after Great Gull Island grounding
The Fall River liner Priscilla carrying about 700 passengers grounded on a bar off New London. It was towed toward New London with all aboard safe as Coast Guard cutters and other ships evacuated guests. The wrecking crew freed the vessel from the island and resumed voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie
Harry Swalter
New London
Conn
Pittsburgh
Priscilla
Great Gull Island
Coast Guard
Scott
Stock Row Reflects Mixed Wholesale Prices
The list records varied stock quotations as reported by A. E. Masten & Co of Pittsburgh, showing gains and declines for many firms. Highlights include Ajax Rubs up 8 percent, Baldwin 82 percent, Hayes Wheel at 324, Royal Dutch and Sinclair Oil around the mid twenties to high thirties, and Studebaker and Willys Overland in the upper teens to mid thirties range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amn
Tel Anaconda Siisees A. T. S
Ajax
Baldwin
Ierueipe
Kans
City
W.cssosereee
Prvereverene I C. M. St. Po
Pere Mar
Rep
LS. Secerescsue
Royal Dutch
Jsssesee Weiee
Sinclair Oil
Sscevene
South Pac
Stand O
Cal
Studebaker
Ind
E.ee
Stand
St .Paul
Cceensseee
Willys Overland
Prairie Pipe
Csneeree
Cere de Pasco
Agri Pidesseeven
West Md
Seeswerew
Ceeeeeee Bom
Davison Chem
St Lands W
Aam Steel Fdy
Ray Consol Con Gas
Barnsdall Ave
Motors
Otis Steel
Packard Motor Mariner
Pierce Arrow
Radio Movies Only A Matter of Speed Expert Tells Engineers
David Sarnoff, RCA official, told the National Electric Light Association in Atlantic City that radio movies may take time to realize. He foresees radio television as a future speeded transmission of moving pictures, enabling home reception of sound and action from distant places. He linked the advance to dramatic shifts in commerce and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
National Electric Light Association
David Sarnom
Radio Corporation of America
Radio Scientasrs
Gervica
Atlantic and
Pacific Ocesse
Sarnoff
Pleads Guilty in Murder Case Life Sentence
Asa Bartlett pled guilty to the murder of township supervisor August Krubaech and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He admitted making and mailing a bomb that killed Krubaech, his daughter Jeannette, and William Frank of Chicago, in a mail bomb case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon
Mich
INS
Asa Bartlett
August Krubaech
Rubaech
Jeannette
William Frank
Chicago
Bartlett
Krubsech
Leroy Steele Cochran Dead
Infant Leroy Steele Cochran, son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Cochran, died at Indiana Hospital on Sabbath May 30 at 2 40 PM aged one year and 22 days. Funeral services will be held at the parental home in Homer City on Wednesday at 2 30 PM. Body to be taken to Indiana for burial in Oakland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Steele
Samuel Cochran
Indiana Hospital
Homer City
Indiana
Oakland Cemetery
Pine Two school directors meet to elect teachers
Gomer Smith president and T E Engle attest announce a June 6 1926 meeting at Heilwood High School to elect 22 teachers for the next school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Two
Heilwood
Gomer Smith
T. E. Engle
Memorial Day Observed Here In 1926 Community
Memorial Day events included a Memorial Tree service, a park service by Woman's Relief Corps No. 70 led by Mrs. Clara Bolvin, and a Salvation Army blessing by Captain Flynn with Lisle Walker’s taps. An evening Memorial Hall supper followed, featuring ample food, music by Dr. William Hosack and E. M. Lydick, and high community satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers of Democracy
Pinkerton
Cliffside Park
Woman's Relief Corps No. 70
Clara Bolvin
Memorial Hall
W. R.C
William Hosack
E. M. Lydick
Meeting at Kittanning elects fourteen new executives
Fourteen additional members were elected to the executive committee of the association. Names from various towns including Marshall, Sutton, H. W. Theffinger, Meredith, Widnoon, Heidrick, Snyder, Dearolph, Peart, Turner, Sober, Schall, Arnold, Simmaen, Klingensmith, Owens, Griffith, Ralston, Mears, Barnhart, and Core are listed as new or continuing members. The group is tied to regions around Kittanning, Leechburg, Freeport, and nearby towns. a related note mentions building plans for a woodworking plant along Route 216 possibly at Shippenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmutt
Association
Marshall
James S. Sutton
Payton
H. W. Theffinger
Distant
Meredith
Widnoon
H. A. Heidrick
Charles Snyder
Cowansville
A. J. Dearolph
Parker
L. B.peart
Reesedale
W. Fred Turner
Freeport
D Oh Sober
Leechburg
D. H. Schall
Whitesburg
Benjamin L. Arnold
Freepor i Shrader
Vakoeas
Peter Graff
Worthington
Corbett
New Bethlehem
E. Ambrose
Burn Valley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pullman O. R., R. & P. Train
Bryan Hill
Fred Etchen
Coffeyville
Kan
Kansas State
Ill
Oakland
Maine
Waneralby
Pupue Geuvenet
Oshtend
Pontiac
General Motors
General Motqoasb
H. E. Lundquist
Willcox
Ariz
T. Shaffer
A. M. Walker
A. B. Lute
Milo Luther
Weat Wheatfield
William Scott
Paul Reed
North Seventh Street
Bertha Clark
Philadelphia
Abe Buchanan
Mmfrllsville
A. B. Agnew
James Watson
Templeton
George Daugherty
Billie
Kittanning
A. G. Fisher
Juliet
Helen
Juliet White
Watson
Dewitt Ray
Clair Sloan
Edward Moorhead
West Newton
Joseph Stern
Morris
Jas
Dick Slater
Charles Nolenherrer
Steve Balough
Iva Patterson
Beaver Falls
Mr. Patterson
Mrs
Jess Patterson
Waynesburg
Downey House
Huntsdale
Floyd
Huff's
Clayton
Lansdale
Colmark
Verona Hockensmith
Eugene of
Punxsutawney
Jeff Beatty
Mrs. Nesbit -Ralston
Iamily
Elderton
Col
Richard W. Watson
Mt. Gretna
Betty Long
Wilkinsburgh
Ethel Ruffner
Mt. Washington
Aletha Beatty
Irene Green
Mary Boreland
W. Philadelphia Street
George McGaughey
Altoona
County Register and
Dollie Ayers
Pop” Lowry
Betty
H. WH. McLain
Wilkinsburg
Monty
G. A. McLain
Clyde Gibson
Joseph T. Shaffer
Dewey Riddle
Robinson
Oliver Barry
W. L. Shields
Robers
Seward
C. M. Greek
Manor
Kensoh N.Y
A. E. Masten & Co
Pittsburgh, Pa
Cena
Atlantic
David Sarnoff
Leroy Steele Cochran
Shippenville
Knox
Galston
Ing
Glasser's Shoes and Hosiery Deposit Bank
Indiana, Pa
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