Hoover machine heads toward sweeping Republican victory
Kansas City dispatch notes Hoover's strong early lead in 73 delegate contests at the Republican National Committee. After two days of results Hoover has won 36 of 37 judged and aims to seat two Louisiana negro leaders for organizational reasons. The piece highlights the party's momentum and the apparent disarray of the opposition as the process moves forward.
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George R. Holmes
CL. N. S
Kansas City
Hoover
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Louisiana
June Grand Jury Reports Partial True Bills
The June Grand Jury presented a partial report to the Court on Thursday afternoon listing True Bills for Curtis Radford murder Joe Giroden pointing firearms Sentimo Manstreno and Angelo Bresiosio larceny tampering with a motor vehicle James R Layton operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor Pete Cantonese selling and possessing intoxicating liquor Dale Pennington and Andy Raynock felonious entry and larceny Charles Palmer felonious larceny Not True Bill Samuel Manerella murder
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Curtis Radford
Joe Giroden
Sentimo Manstreno
Angelo Bresiosio
James R. Layton
Pete Cantonese
Dale Pennington
Andy Raynock
Charles Palmer
Car Stolen From Robert Longwill’s Garage
Robert Longwill, a well known contractor of 910 Water Street, reports his Oakland touring car taken from his garage last night and not returned. License number 219 776. He demands the return at once and warns trouble for anyone holding the vehicle.
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Robert Longwill
Water Street
Bob
Birth announcement and family reunion notice in Homer City
Mr and Mrs John Savage of Homer City announce the arrival of a daughter Margaret Louise born June 1 weighing nine and a half pounds both mother and baby doing nicely The Wiggins reunion will be held at the home of Mr and Mrs W A Byers near Parkwood on Saturday June 2 details unspecified
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John Savage
Homer City
Margaret Louise
Wiggins
Mrs. W. A. Byers
Parkwood
Balloonist Leaves Hospital After Lightning Strike
Greensburg Pa June 6 Ward T Van Orman balloon pilot with a broken leg after his craft was struck by lightning and forced down near Greensburg during the national elimination balloon races has been discharged from Westmoreland Hospital to his Akron home J F Cooper another balloonist burned by lightning remains hospitalized
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Greensburg
INS
Ward T. van Orman
Westmoreland Hospital
Akron
J. F. Cooper
Seven Brubaker children die in Auburn auto collision
An inquest opens in Springfield into the deaths of seven children when their car was struck by an IH Illinois Traction interurban at Auburn, twelve miles south. Six victims were Brubaker children from Virden, with Wiley as a playmate. Samuel Brubaker, 19, drove the car. the motorman claims the car paused then surged forward at the crossing.
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Springfield
INS
Auburn
Here
Ihnois Traction System
Doren Brubaker
Virden
Wiley
Brubaker
St. Louis
Samuel Brubaker
Muscle Shoals Bill in Balance
Washington dispatch reports the Muscle Shoals bill hung in the balance with signs it will die by pocket veto if President Coolidge does not sign by tomorrow. Congress faces possible defeats on two other measures including veterans civil service preference a five year fisheries building program and restoring a cadet to the Naval Academy.
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Washington
INS
Muscle Shoals
Coolidge
Congress
Bureau of Fisheries
Naval Academy
Motoring Trip Over Week End
Dr and Mrs William A Simpson and sons John and Thomas returned Tuesday afternoon from a weekend motor trip visiting Buffalo Niagara Falls Welland Canal Chautauqua and Jamestown New York.
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Wiliam A. Simpson
John
Thomas
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Welland Canal
Chautauqua
Jamestown
N. Y
Former Resident Will Visit Here
Mrs. F S Crawford of Bridgewater Conn wife of a former minister of the Presbyterian Church here will visit Mrs. Thomas Sutton from Thursday afternoon until Friday afternoon and will be glad to meet her old friends.
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F.S. Crawford
Bridgewaver, Conn
Presbyterian Church
Thomas Sutton
Cookport Fair Scheduled for September 21 in Indiana County
Indiana county fair season nears as organizers finalize plans for the Gookaert Fair set for September 21. The Marie Woodward Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church will hold its annual Strawberry Supper on Tuesday June 12 from 6 to 7 PM in the church Social Hall with proceeds supporting missions.
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Indiana County
Marie Woodward
Radium Corp Faces More Damage Suits After Settlement
New York June 6 An INS dispatch reports the United States Radium Corporation faces additional lawsuits after settling 10 000 dollars cash and 600 dollar annuities for five young women alleging radioactive poisoning. Dr Harrison Martland says many requests for examination were referred to a private physician Mrs Marian Clapper Valese of East Orange who worked for the company in 1924. Two settle rs Mrs Elina Hussman and Miss Katherine Sehaub may have cases against Juminite Co of Newark as talks to compromise continue.
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New York
INS
United States Radium Corporation
Harrison & Martland
Essex County
N. J
Marian Clapper Valese
East Orange
Eilna Hussman
Katherine Sehaub
Juminite Company
Newark
Arthur B. Rodgers
Health tests proceed at Indiana High School
State Health Department staff arrive to examine children in free, complete physicals. Despite bad weather, many mothers bring kids up to age six to Indiana High School. The Health Car will stay until Thursday at 5 PM, with hours 9 to 12 and 1 to 5. One specialist offers five languages.
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State Department of Health
Indiana High School
Indiana
Hawthorne School Reunion Set For June 21
Hawthorne alumni and former teachers are invited to a Hawthorne School reunion on Thursday June 21 at the Indiana Fair precincts along Crooked Creek. Organizers report many responses and expect a strong turnout to renew longtime friendships.
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Hawthorne
Indiana
Crooked Creek
Lady Lindy Sets Out For Atlantic Flight
Amelia Earhart and Wilmer Stultz prepared the Fokker Friendship for a transatlantic hop to England. Weather looked unfavorable but fueling was completed and final checks were made as the trio awaited favorable conditions.
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Trepassey
N. F
Atlantic
England
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stultz
Stultz
Louis Gordon
Guide Reacts To Coolidge Fishing With Worms
Brule Wisconsin June 6. Antoine Dennis a Brule river guide jokes that President Coolidge used worms for trout fishing last summer in the Black Hills and may try again this summer in northern Wisconsin. He says guides up north favor dry flies and offers to teach the President how to use them to lure big trout.
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Brule
Wis
INS
Antoine Dennis
Brule River
Coolidge
Black Hills
Wisconsin
Dennis
Veterans want service man as vice president
Washington June 6. Representatives of veterans organizations said they will push to have a serviceman chosen as vice president by both Republicans and Democrats. Leaders from several groups decided on this plan and will not commit to any one candidate. Mass meetings of ex service men are to be held in Kansas City and Houston before the conventions.
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Washingtonn
INS
Kansas City
Houston
Doubts On Nobile Arctic Rescue Deepens In Moscow
Soviet experts cast doubt on fragmentary radiograms said to be from Italy. A government relief committee hesitates to act without clearer data on Gen Nobile and his 17 companions. It remains uncertain if a Russian expedition to Franz Josef Land will proceed. A Soviet sea-cutter Malion with an airplane heads to Archangel to join the search. Everything for the garden seeds in bulk and cultivation implements advertised by J. M. Stewart & Co.
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Moscow
Lins
van Naittee
Nobile
Josef Land
Italia
Malioin
Viza
Archangel
Russia
Franz Josef Land
J. M. Stewart & Co
Catholic Men Gather June 10 at Ritz Theater
Indiana County Catholics convene a county rally at the Ritz Theater on Sunday June 10 at 7 30 p m to boost Holy Name Society activity. Speakers include Rev James A Delaney James A Beck and Bishop Hugh Boyle of Pittsburgh. The Holy Name Society stems from the 1274 Second Council of Lyons and now counts millions of Catholic men worldwide with broad welcome.
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Indiana County
Ritz
Holy Name
Holy Name Society
Pittsburgh
James A. Delaney
James A. Beck
Diocesan Union
Hugh (. Boyle
Lyons
United States
Take-off site found for Southern Cross to Brisbane
Captain Kingsford-Smith and crew select a 20 mile stretch at Nasebi near Suva Fiji as the take-off point for the 795 mile hop to Brisbane. The crew, after flying 6498 miles from Oakland to Suva, plan to depart from Albert Park early tomorrow with 450 gallons of gasoline aboard.
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Suva
Islanus
INS
Charles Kinesford-Simith
Crete
Nasebi
Brisbane
Australia
Kingsford-Smith
Oakland
Cal
Honolulu
Albert Park
Nasolai
Plate
Islands
Return Home From Rimersburg
Mr and Mrs Todd McGaughey entered Rimersburg to visit relatives and spent the weekend there They were accompanied home by Myre Rood Melzer and Mrs Samuel Cooningham and her daughter Mario of Rimershure Mrs Cunninghian is a daughter of Mrs Alex Johnston of West Philadelphia street and will stay there during the week
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Todd McGaughey
Rimersburg
Myre. Rood
Melzer
Samuel Cooningham
Mario
Rimershure
Cunninghian
Alex Johnston
West Philadelphia
Will Rotall
Battery blamed in Mather mine disaster in Pa
June 6 report from Waynesburg Pennsylvania states the coroner's jury found the Mather mine disaster on May 1 caused by an explosion of coal dust and gas. The state mine inspectors conclude the proximate cause was a storage battery locomotive, with ignition source evidence inconclusive. John Ira Thomas of Johnstown attended as state representative.
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Waynessburg
Mather
John Ira Thomas
Johnstown
Pennsylvania Bureau of Mines
Impeached State Official Resigns in Boston
Boston June 6 Attorney General Arthur K Reading resigned today after an overwhelming House vote impeaching him He planned to take his case to voters in the fall election Impeachment would have moved forward in the Senate had proceedings continued
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Boston
INS
Arthur K. Reading
House of Representatives
Senate
Outsider Wins Epsom Derby In Stunning Upset
More than a quarter of a million spectators including Royal family members and American tourists witnessed Pelstead, an outsider, ridden by H Wragg, win the world famous Derby at Epsom Downs this afternoon. Flamingo finished second and Black Watch, a favorite, was third. Felstead paid 33 to 1. Lord Derby's Fairway failed to place.
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Epsom
Pelstead
H. Wragg
Epsom Downs
Flamingo
Black Watch
Felstead
Lord Derby
Fairway
Tat Brown Gets Advancement at Haverford
Henry Tatnall Brown Jr, son-in-law of Governor John Wisher, was named director of athletics at Haverford. He succeeds Dr. James A. Babbitt, who resigned after 84 years of service due to illness. Brown joined Haverford in 1927 as dean of freshmen.
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Haverford
Henry Tatnall Brown, Jr
John $. Wisher
Brown
James A. Babbitt
Rural Carriers Meet Saturday Evening
An important meeting of the Rural Letter Carriers Association will be held in the assembly room of the Indiana Post Office on Saturday evening, June 5, at 8 o clock. All members are asked to make an especial effort then present.
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Indiana Post Office
O'Clark
Three Ways Out Pittsburgh Freight Rate Fight
Pittsburgh steel interests plan three avenues to contest Illinois Central rate cuts from Chicago to New Orleans. A 49-member conference seeks joint eastern carrier talks next week to restore pre reduction rates or file a ICC complaint if talks fail. An Eastern traffic executives group will meet in New York tomorrow to discuss a joint conference with local shippers.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Steel Companies
Ilinois Central Railroad
Chicago
New Orleans
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Illinois Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore
Traffic Executives Association of
Eastern Territory
New York
Wedding of Helen Wohlleb and Arthur R. Baker in Swissvale
Miss Helen Wohlleb of Swissvale wed Arthur R. Baker son of Mr and Mrs Ira R Baker of Blairsville at the bride’s father Crist Wohlleb home Swissvale The ceremony was by Rev H E Lloyd The gown was white satin with pearl embroidery A two week Canada tour followed and they will reside in Edgewood Avenue Swissvale Hilda Wohlleb was maid of honor David Britten best man Mrs Sheets provided the music and the couple return to Swissvale after their honeymoon
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Helen Wohlleb
Swissvale
Arthur R. Baker
Ira R. Baker
Blairsville
Crist Wohlleb
H. E. Lloyd
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hilda Wohlleb
David Britten
Sheets of
Braddock
Baker
Canada
H. R. Livingston
Indiana
Business College
Edgewood Avenue
Chang Tso Lin Still Alive After Bomb Attack
London June 6 Marshal Chang Tso Lin former dictator of the Peking government was wounded in a bomb attack while fleeing to Mukden Manchuria. A Tokio dispatch to the Moonline News said he was alive in a Mukden palace in a very weakened condition surrounded by his family five wives and 14 children
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London
Chang Tso Lin
Peking
China
Mukden
Manchuria
Tokio
Moonine News
Chang
Mukden Palace
Miss Chicago Crowned Beauty Queen Of The Universe
ESTON Tex June 6 Ella Van Huesan of Chicago won the Miss Universe title at the international beauty pageant eclipsing 40 rivals. Miss Van Huesan received 2 000 prize money while Miss Kranee took second and Miss Italy third. Other winners included Miss Colorado Mildred Golde and Miss Paris Mile Jaynunda Allin.
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Eston
Tex
Ella van Huesan
Chicago
Miss van Huesan
Dorothy Britton
New York
Mile Jaynunda Allin
Paris
France
Miss Kranee
Signorina Livia
Marracei
Rome
Italy
Mildred Ilene Golde
Denver
Colorado
van Heesen
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Bill Samuel Manerella
Bob Longwill
III
Cookport Fair
Radium Corporation
Felix Morrone
Harry Koozer
Thomas Moorhead
J. Clair Irwin
Fred Bowser
Lindy
Guide
Want Service Man
Bulletin
Fiji Islands
Charles Kingsford
Smith
Rusty Paris Co
Ritz Theatre
Epsom Derby
Illinois Central Railroad
Arthur Baker
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