Jersey Justice Inning In Blacklick Liquor Case
A Blacklick liquor raid led to multiple sentences in Indiana courts. Tony Georgeum faced $500 fine and 1 to 2 years in Allegheny County Work House after waiving hearing. Angelo Parr Pauline Parris fined $200. Lipinak y 60 days jail with costs. John Stock $100 fine for manufacturing liquor and another for maintaining a disorderly house.
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Jersey
Indiana
Tony Georgeum
William Penn Highway
Blacklick
Georgetum
Allegheny County
Angelo Parr
Pauline Parris
Charles Lingenfelter
Wasco Lipinaky
John ‘Belles
Mary Belles
John Stock
Stock
Would Divide Motorist Fines
Hanover, Pa June 5. IN S vision of motorcade violation fines with municipalities would result. registrar of motor vehicles Benjamin G Renon told the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs in session here. He urged amending the law so that fines beyond speed and weight go to local authorities to support enforcement. He said motor patrol aims to prevent and punish infractions and reduce accidents through better local cooperation. He warned against a return to fining mills and blamed a small group of chronically reckless drivers for most accidents and deaths.
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Hanover
INS
Benjamin G. Renon
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Tnday
Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs
Eynon
Pennsylvania
Road meeting to discuss Dayton to Punxsutawney highway
A gathering is planned for next Wednesday night at 8 oclock in Smicksburg to promote the proposed road from Dayton through Smicksburg and Trade City to Punxsutawney. An organizing meeting was held weeks ago, petitions circulated, and local efforts intensified. Residents and business people are urged to attend to show support though the project benefits Punxsutawney and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Smicksburg
Trade City
Punxsutawney
Sinicksburg
Graduation Day For Homer City Class Of 1928
Commencement exercises honored 31 graduates from Homer City High School in a capacity crowd. Prof. Chapman awarded diplomas as the stage bloom with spring flowers provided a festive backdrop. The program featured student musical performances and a benediction by Rev. Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
Chapman
RE. L. Ritchie
Lutheran Church
Althea DeBoney
Kenneth Davis
Margaret Caldwell
Flowerer
Joseph Gatti
Louise Pace
Vernon Philippi
Salo
Leonard Hart
Mary Ann Labode
Harold Rager
Eugene Weamer
Wynetta Flickinger
Prof. Chapman
Our Old High
Myers
Kidnapers Force Jeweler to Drive to Store Robbery
Chicago June 6. John Wohl wealthy jeweler was kidnapped by two bandits as he left his Oak Park home early today forced to drive to his Madison Street store near the Worlds busiest corner admit his kidnappers and watch them flee with thousands of dollars worth of gems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Wohl
Oak Park
Madison Street
Big Week at West End Field Opens With Henry Kerr’s All Stars
A big week unfolds at the West End diamond with Henry Kerr's All Stars set for Wednesday night at 6 30. Thursday features Marion Center in action while an effort aims to land Arcadia for Friday evening games also at 6 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Henry Kerr
All Stars
Marion Center
Arcaidia
Prisoners Sent To Atlanta In special train from Pittsburgh
Twenty six prisoners bound for the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta left Pittsburgh with U S Marshals and guards. Included were three alleged narcotics ring members from Southwestern Pennsylvania, plus Monessen officials convicted of liquor conspiracies. Homestead officials, including councilman Samuel Horgan, received four year and one day terms after lengthy appeals.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Federal
Atlanta
U. S
Southern Penal Institution
Pennsylvania
Joseph Pandaglio
Tabie Murphy
Anthony Klavon
Scottdale
Monessen
William A. Horne
Walter Wyatt
Joseph Mocdinally
Samuel Horgan
Homestead
Horgan
Strawberry Supper by First Presbyterian Church Society
The Marie Woodward Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church hosts its annual Straw berry Supper in the Church Social Halls on Tuesday June 12. Supper will be served from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
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Marie Woodward
Chronology of the Southern Cross Air Journey
Oakland dispatch records the historic three stop attempt by the Southern Cross between the United States and Australia. Timings in Pacific Coast time note May 31 departure from Oakland 8 49 a m for Hawaii Wheeler Field arrival June 1 12 19 p m. June 2 departure 7 p m for Barking Sands Kauai. June 4 arrival Suva Fiji 6 20 p m. June 8 departure Barking Sands 7 50 a m for Suva. total distance 6 562 miles.
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Oakland
Cal
INS
Southern Cross
United States
Australia
Oakland Airport
Hawaii
Wheeler Field
Barking Sands Beach
Island
Kauai
Suva
Fiji Islands
Albert Park
June Nuptials Unite Prato and Agnello in Indiana
A Monday ceremony at the Christian Church united Michael Prato of Homer City and Florence Agnello of Indiana. Rev. Walter T. Merrick of McKeesport and Rev. F. Richard Eaton officiated. The bride wore white satin with lace trim and a tulle veil. maids wore peach, yellow, pink, and green frocks with wide hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Michael Prato
Lewis Prato
Homer City
Florence Agnello
Frank Agnello
Indiana
Walter T. Merrick
McKeesport
Indiana Christian Church
F. Richard Eaton
Frances Prola
Mary Agnello
Anna Prato
Rose Tortella
Jennie Ricupero
Miss Agnello
Miss Prato
Miss Tortella
Miss Ricupero
Beauty winner held in robbery
Chester, June 5. Mrs. Vivian McDowell Page, Miss Mobile of 1926 and third place Atlantic City pageant winner, was arrested on a warrant for breaking and entering with intent of larceny after $80 disappeared from a room at the Colonial hotel where she stayed Monday. A hearing was scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
INS
Vivian McDowell Page
Mobile
Atlantic City
Colonial Hotel
Page
Italia Reported Safe On Barren Arctic Tract
A Soviet trawler near Murmansk intercepted a radio report from an amateur at Obdorsk claiming Gen Umberto Nobile said the Italia landed on Franz Josef Land in the Arctic. A relief expedition with Russian scientists is set to depart Archangel for Franz Josef Land.
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Moscow
INS
Murmansk
Archangel
Obdorsk
Umberto Nobile
Franz Josef Land
Arctic Ocean
Nobile
Schmidt
Percy
Russia
Lindbergh Lands Safely in St Louis After Texas Flight
Lindbergh touched down in St Louis today at 10 40 am after departing Fort Worth yesterday afternoon. Robertson Aircraft officials confirmed he flew from the Ozark region. he spent the night at an undisclosed town. The plane remained intact and Lindbergh reported no injuries.
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ST. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Fort Worth
Texas
Lindbergh
Ozark
Missouri
Robertson Aircraft Corporation
International News Service
Woman dies as son is shot in Monongahela
Mrs Elizabeth Melville 79 of Stockdaleton died today after witnessing a gun battle between police and her son Robert 44 who was being held on a disorderly conduct charge in Monongahela jail and took refuge in his mother's home. Physicians attribute the mother's death to shock and the son was reported near death.
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Monongahela
Elizabeth Melville
Stockdaleton
Robert
Melville
Chang Tso-Lin dies after rain bomb wrecks flight to Mukden
London reports Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, former Peking warlord and dictator, died from injuries after a bombing disrupted his rain-soaked departure from the Chinese capital. In Chambersville, three siblings Dororthy Catherine and John Buggey set a local school attendance record with eight years of perfect punctuality.
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London
INS
Chang Tso-Lin
Peking
Mukden
Manchuria
Chambersville
Dorothy
Catherine
John Buggey
Department of Public Instruction
193 Dead from Mather Mine
MATHER Pa June 5 One more body has been removed from the Mather mine bringing the total known dead to 193. Two more bodies are believed to remain in the mine wrecked by an explosion more than two weeks ago.
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Mather
INS
New arrival at Hutchison home in Homer City
Mr and Mrs George Hutchison announce the birth of an eight pound girl on June 2 at their home in Homer City. Mary Marian and her mother, the former Miss Nelle Phillips, are doing nicely. Also advertised Delux Chairs in grey red mahogany and walnut fold into a compact size for porch or lawn priced at $3.00 at Buchheit Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hutchison
Homer City
Mary Marian
Delux
Buchheit Bros
Romance of Lady Lindy in Early Love Flight Tale
In Medford Massachusetts on June 5 the romance of Amelia Earhart known as Lady Lindy emerges from friends and acquaintances. The notes recount a meeting with Samuel Chapman a Tufts College graduate from Marblehead once in Los Angeles. The story frames a budding romance as Earhart moves from Southern California to the east and contemplates a voyage in the three motor plane Friendship.
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Medford
Mass
Amelia Earhart
California
Lindy
Hemisphere
Los Angeles
Earhart
Samuel Chapman
Tufts College
Marble Head
Death claims an aged resident in Indiana decline
Mrs. Malissa McKissen Walker aged 81 died Monday night at her grandson’s home 851 Maple Street after years in Young township Sheloca and Indiana She was a daughter of James and McKissen and a member of First United Presbyterian Church She leaves four grandsons Allshouse Glen Marlin and Lisle Walker Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10am at the Allshouse home with Rev J C Pinkerton and burial in Shelocta Cemetery Also noted Beaveredall funeral for Anne McIntyre Cook 67 whose death occurred Sunday with services Wednesday in the Christian and Missionary Alliance tabernacle conducted by Rev William McTavish of Indiana Interment in Dunlo cemetery Mrs Cook survived by several children Matthew and Alex Cook.
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Malissa McKissen Walker
MacAllshouse
Maple Street
James McKissen
Young Township
Sheloca
Indiana
First United [Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Allshouse
Glen
Marlin Walker
Pittsburgh
Lisle Walker
Kalamazoo
Mich
J. C. Pinkerton
Shelocta Cemetery
Beaverdall
Anne McIntyre Cook
Christian and ‘Missionary Alliance Tabernacle
William McTavish
Dunlo Cemetery
Bald headed artist tied model for Indian scene attack
Chicago authorities search for a bald headed artist who lured Margaret Smith a 26 year old model to a lonely spot near Lake Forest where he bound her to a tree and attacked her brandishing a hatchet before leaving her able to free herself in the deserted woods.
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Chicago
Margaret Smith
Lake Forest
Death By Own Action. Despondent Youth In Critical Condition
Maurence Fiasco, 19, Hastings near Johnstown, Pa., was in critical condition after a bullet wound to the left breast in what police say was her second self inflicted attempt in a year. A year earlier she slashed her throat with a razor.
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Johnstown
Maurence Fiasco
Hastings
Here
Miss Fiasco
Miss Walsh Completes Graduation At Highland Hall
Mr and Mrs M J Walsh and Mrs M Gilchriest from State Teachers College attend Commencement at Highland Hall with Dr C Paul Reed’s family and Miss Elinor Gordon. Mary Frances Walsh is in the graduating class of 1950. Refrigerators advertised with price ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Walsh
M. Gilchriest
State Teachers’ College
C. Paul Reed
Elinor Gordon
Hollidaysburg
Highland Hall
Mary Frances Walsh
Blairsville High School 37th Commencement Tonight
Blairsville, June 5. The 37th annual Blairsville High School commencement will be held at 8 15 pm in the First Methodist Church auditorium. Eighty graduates will receive diplomas as Dr James P Whyte of Bucknell University delivers the commencement address.
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Blairsville
Blairsville High School
First Methodist Episcopal Church
James P. Whyte
Bucknell University
Berlin Empfield
R. BE. McClure
Alfred E Smith
Elizabeth Silvis
Elizabeth Vorlage
Eleanor Sheriff
Herbert Hoover
Eleanor Adams
Howard E. Lloyd
Heiress in Critical Condition in New York
Mrs. Arthuro Teralta Ramo formerly Countess Salm von Hoogstraten lies ill with double pneumonia at her father Fr H Rogers home in Southampton Long Island. Though family says condition not serious, her mother hastily sails from Paris on Leviathan to New York after learning of the illness.
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New York
Arthuro Teralta Ramo
Salm von Hoogstraten
Fr. H. Rogers
Southampton
L. I
Rogers
Paris
Long Island
Ku Klux Klan Meeting Moved to High School Tonight
Imperial Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans will address the Ku Klux Klan gathering in the High School building this evening at 8 o'clock. Bad weather forced the change from the Klan Farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Wesley Evans
Ku Klux Klan
Pigeons Fly 302-Mile Race Beats Previous Record
In Richmond Indiana a 64-bird pigeon race covered 302 miles with Sam Bullock's Splash finishing in five hours, 49 minutes and 88 seconds at an average speed of about 1520 yards per minute. Ben Raybould Lefty and Sam Young Flapper followed. Archie Palmer King Tut also placed high as the club praised the event and noted returns were complete. A future race from Green Castle Indiana will cover 412 miles.
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Richmond
Indiana
Sam Bullock
Ben Raybould
Sam Young
Archie Palmer
Greencastle
State Health car to visit Indiana counties this week
The State Health car from the Department of Health is in Indiana today and will stay through Wednesday and Thursday. Superintendent Harry V. Herlinger urges parents of all children entering public schools this fall to visit the car and follow the health guidance. A detailed schedule lists dates and local chairmen for Indiana and Indiana County with multiple towns and contact names.
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Department of Health
Harrisburg
Indiana
Harry V. Herlinger
Indiana County
Elizabeth Lowry
Saltsburg
Harry C. W. Patterson
Blairsville
Jesse Curry
Armagh
J. J. Hutchison
Homer City
Emma_ Love
Jacksonville
C. C. ‘Boal
Cherry Tree
J. F. Murphy
Arcadia
Ella Chase
Clymer
J. E. Steele
Heilwood
C. E. Kirker
Rossiter
Love Loser As Poison Kills Girl
CHICAGO June 5. Love was loser today in the fight to restore to health Miss Helen B Owens medical student at the University of Chicago. Three weeks ago she swallowed a slow acting poison while despondent over parental objections to her marriage to John Meyers a Pittsburgh engineer. She died last night after a valiant fight to live. Her parents Prof and Mrs Frederick W Owens of State College PA rushed to her bedside with Meyers. The trio kept vigil as doctors fought the insidious poison with transfusions and every known remedy but a final victory eluded them.
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Chicago
Helen B. Owens
University of Chicago
Mayers
One Drunk in Punxsylvania Is Detained by Police Chief
A drunken man from Dayton was jailed in Punxsutawney after causing a disturbance on Front Street. Chief Hilton warned him, Wardens threatened with a hose, and the inmate was ducked with water by Warden Jacobs, then released to the street amid a defiant gaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Punxs’y
Hilton
Front Street
Vaol Af
Jacobs
Mr. Jacobs
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Blacklick Liquor
Georgeum
Bynon
Edison Phonographs
Buchell Bros
Belle Mill Park
Homer High
Clymer High
West End Field
Italia
Lady Lindy
Europe
O. K
Trepassey Bay
N. F
Atlantic
Wilmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
England
Lindy Safe
Edgeworth Tobacco
Johnston
Badia
Hutchison
Allshouse Home
Mrs. Anne Cook
Miss Walsh
KLAN
J. M. Stewart & Uo
State College
J. M. Stewart & Co
McQuay-Norris
Auto Parts Co
Ritz Theatre
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