Hoover Sees Repeal of National Origins Law
In Washington on June 7 President Hoover pressed for repeal of the National Origins Immigration Law as part of the farm relief fight. Senate battles over the debenture plan and July 1 immigration quotas intensify, with Nye and Allen leading a push to back Hoover’s policy against possible filibuster and shifting votes.
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William K. Watchinson
Cains
Washington
Hoover
Senate
Congress
Nye (R
North Dakota
Allen
Kansas
Nye
Ripon Jubilee Draws Twenty Thousand For Republican Fete
Ripon Wisconsin marks the Diamond Jubilee of the Republican party with a huge parade led by a two ton elephant and a mass gathering at Ripon College amphitheatre. Secretary of War James W Good will speak tomorrow, introduced by Governor Walter J Kohler.
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Ripon
Wis
Hind
Republican Party
Little White School House
G. QO
Ripon College
Wooden School House
James W., Good
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
Julie White
Marl Bovay
Horace Greeley
Gresley
Jackson, Mich
Rebekahs Return From Uniontown Assembly
Mrs J Clair Longwill a delegate and Mrs A S Birdsall D D P of the southern district of Indiana county with Misses Mary Braughter Betty Gray and Laura Lewis have returned from the Rebekah Assembly in Uniontown Birdsall gave the welcome address to the I P of Pennsylvania and Miss Broughley received an honorary degree of Chivalry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Clair Longwill
A. S. Birdsall
Indiana County
Mary Braughter
Betty Gray
Laura Lewis
Rebekah
Uniontown
Birdsall
Ch. P
Pennsylvania
Broughley
Grand Jury Ends Its Labors
The June Grand Jury expedited its work this week and presented findings praising the County Home and Willard Home, noting need for second floor fire escapes and wall painting. It commended Johnston couple and jail and court house conditions, with civil cases dismissed or verdicts noted. Criminal court will begin next week on true bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Michael Knapp
Charles E. Abbott
Alex Slabovich
B. Beers
John Cummings
Percy W. Irvin
County Native Dies Yesterday in Swissvale Home
Dr W N Cunningham aged 79 a Jacksonville native died at his Swissvale home at 2 p m Thursday He leaves two sons Clark G and Dr W L Cunningham of Pittsburgh two brothers Alexander Cunningham of near Jacksonville and Robert Cunningham of Leechburg and a sister Mrs Shields of Los Angeles California Funeral services will be held at his late residence Sabbath afternoon at 4 o'clock Daylight time
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W. N. Cunningham
Jacksonville
Swissvale
Clark G
W. L Cunningham
Pittsburgh
Alexander Cunningham
Robert Cunningham
Leechburg
Shields
Los Angeles
Calif
Meeting at Spruce Grove Rev Swanger to preach Sunday
The Rev J S Swanger of Titusville Allegheny Wesleyan Conference will preach at Spruce Grove near Penn Run Sunday afternoon at 8 80 o'clock. Sunday School will be held an hour earlier. A large attendance is asked and expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Swanger
Titusville
Allegheny Wesleyan Conference
Dixonville
Spruce Grove
Penn Run
Brenizer Team Fails to Return for Indiana Game
Fans at West End field were disappointed as the Brenizer team did not show for the scheduled game in Indiana and did not send word of cancellation.
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West End
Brenizer
Indiana
New Barber Shop Opens in Luther Lewis Building
G Templeton, formerly with Paul Borough, opens a barbershop in the Luther Lewis Building on South Fifth Street offering shaves for 20 cents and hair cuts for 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Templeton
Paul Borough
Luther Lewis
S. Fifth St
Banquet Sentiment Grows for Hospital Campaign Night
Chairman Elder Peeler reports strong response to hospital staff banquet invitations for next Monday. Kiwanis and Rotary, plus the Chamber of Commerce, are invited. Kiwanis will attend as a group, Rotary plans to hear G Dave Fleck of KDKA speak and then join the festivities at First United Presbyterian Church after their meeting. The Indiana Hospital campaign begins in earnest with the slogan Open Your Hearts for Hi.
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Elder Peeler
Hospital Campaign Committee
Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Hoover urges Congress action on prohibition enforcement
President Hoover presses Congress to act on prohibition enforcement and orders tighter controls by the prohibition bureau. He asks for a summer select committee to implement changes when Congress reconvenes in the fall while Treasury mints efforts to clean Detroit’s wet sector and the Wickersham commission grills cabinet members behind closed doors.
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George R. Holmes
INS
Washington
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Congress
Prohibition Bureau
White House
Detroit
Wickersham
St Clairs Head East for College Anniversaries
Dr John M St Clair of Philadelphia and his son Fred St Clair of Pittsburgh left yesterday for Easton to attend the 58th anniversary of the doctor’s Lafayette College graduation and his son’s 10th anniversary. Mrs John M St Clair and Miss Alice St Clair depart tomorrow for Reading to visit their son and brother Lisle St Clair, a florist.
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John M. St. Clair
Philadelphia
Fred St. Clair
Pittsburgh
Easton
Lafayette College
Alice St. Clair
Reading
Lisle St. Clair
Mary McManus Rites Set After Taylorsville Death
Funeral services for Mary McManus of Taylorsville will be held at 2 50 PM Thursday in the Allon pews Indiana county church. Burial follows in the church cemetery. Also note a church supper by the Young Women's Missionary Society on June 12 from 6 to 7 PM. Proceeds benefit church work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McManus
Taylorsville
Allonpews
Indiana County
Church
Young Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyt Church
Coal operators lose bid for Lake Erie shipment rate
Pittsburgh June 7 The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected Western Pennsylvania coal operators plea to reopen and reconsider. The ruling sets a permanent twenty five cent differential for coal shipped to Lake Erie ports, reversing prior stance toward the district.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Western Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
West Virginia
Legion Dance At Cliffside Park Next Monday
Indiana Post 141 American Legion to host a dance series at Cliffside Park with Jor Graf and his Rhythm, Boys of Akron Ohio, providing music. The band recently finished a nine month engagement at Eagle Dance Palace Akron. Cliffside Park is easy of access and expected to be well patronized.
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Indiana Post 141
American Legion
Cliffside Park
Jor Graf
Boys of
Akron, O
Eagle Dance Palace
Akron
Enterline Pleads Guilty in DUI Case
A. H. Enterline pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated at a hearing before Squire C. C. McLain. He was committed to jail in default of $500 bail after arrest by Constable R. Steetle on the Home Plumville highway segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. HL Enterline
Squire C. C. McLain
Pastor and wife attend world church council
The Rev and Mrs William Mae Tavish left early today for Beulah Beach Ohio to join the annual council of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Representatives from every country are expected. The Indiana couple will return next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mae Tavish
Beulah Beach
Ohio
Council of the Christian and Missionary Alliance
Indiana
Orison Pang Improves in Indiana Hospital Care
Improvement in the condition of Orison Pang, a Pitt University student, was reported from Indiana Hospital this morning. Pang sustained a fracture at the base of his skull in a motorcycle wreck Monday morning west of Blairsville. His home is in Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovison Pang
Indiana Hospital
Pang
Pitt University
Blairsville
Isis
Honolulu
New arrival in Sanford home births and local sales
Mrs Howard Sanford of North Fourth Street welcomes a seven and one half pound baby born Thursday at 6 20 PM to Robert Ness and his mother. Dick Thompsons Pistons offers car parts at Ritz Theatre Building Supper Place Presbyterian Church hosts a meeting for Rural Delivery carriers June 16 at 7 30 PM with all members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Sanford
North Fourth Street
Robert Ness
R. D
Indiana Post Office
Mussolini and Cardinal Gasparri Sign Lateran Pact End Rift
Rome June 7 1939 Premier Mussolini and Cardinal Gasparri ratified the Lateran treaties restoring Vatican state relations after a sixty year estrangement. Mussolini arrived by car to Vatican Hill and was escorted to Gasparri's private apartment amid Papal Swiss Guards ceremonial honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guglielmo Emanuel VII
Rome
Henrio Mussolini
Cardinal Gasparri
Vatican
Pius XV
Mussolini
Vatican Palace
Vatican Hill
Chigi Palace
St. Damascus
Monsig
Pittsburgher Is Fined for License Violations
J. D. Pennell of the mort Pitt hotel Pittsburgh pleaded guilty before Squire G C McLain after arrest by Private Charles Haxton of the local state police for operating a car with wrong plates and lacking an operator license card. He was fined $35 and costs. He was arrested yesterday on the BP highway north of Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Pennell
Mort Pitt Hotel
Pittsburgh
Charles Haxton
Squire G. C. McLain
B.P. Fighway
Indiana
Blairsville Here Tonight Versus Blairsville Nine
This evening at 5 30 the first End team seeks revenge as they host Blairsville in the second meeting of the season. Blairsville showed strong play in the initial clash and is favored to perform well here. Tomorrow afternoon at 4 Lardusboro faces Last End in Gradation coverage.
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Ast
Blairsville Nine
Hhairaville
Blairsville
Tumorrow
Lardusboro
Grandview sewer plan advances after health board note
Grandview council moves to implement a sewer along Grandview avenue after a State Board of Health letter prompts action. The curb market is relocated from North Seventh Street to the Gompers alley community parking grounds to ease road traffic and fire access. capacity for 120 cars is planned. Kellar Harris returns to manage the market openings.
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Grandview
State Board of Health
Pittsburgh
Grandview Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
Seventh Street
Gompers Alley
Carpenter Avenue
South Seventh Street
Kellar Harris
Ocean Hop May Come Saturday
Old Orchard Me June 7 The crews of the monoplanes Green Flash and Yellow Bird were kept idle by hurricane force winds 1200 miles offshore and heavy rain. A double hop-off was planned for this morning but postponed to tomorrow morning at the earliest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard
INS
Green Flash
Yellow Bird
Aviators Set to Break Endurance Record at Mills Field
In a bid to surpass the world endurance mark of 172 hours three aviators will depart Mills Field on Sunday Colonel Harry Abbott and Sandy De Renzo will pilot the craft while James Warner who manned the radio on the Southern Cross during its Oakland to Australia flight rounds out the trio.
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San Francisco
INS
Mills Field
Harry Abbott
Sandy de Renzo
James Warner
Southern Cross
Oakland
Australia
Revival meetings at Tanoma Church begin June 9
A series of revival services at Tanoma Evangelical Church starts Sunday June 9 with a 10 30 a m service led by Evangelist E J Dunlap The Rev Lewis Firalay is pastor of the congregation Also note a local ad promoting the New Perfection oil range by Steve Leevitis with a single all enameled unit offered at a substantial discount Buchheit Bros 242 x
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanoma
Steve Leevitis
Buchheit
Buchheit Bros
Bank Robbery Gang Sought After Central City Hold Up
White remnants of a posse combed swamplands outside Central City Pa for the third day seeking one of four gunmen who robbed the Central City National Bank. The other three fled west in a stolen car. two were wounded and captured. about $6,000 taken. Suspects identified as John Wasmik 35 Pittsburgh and John Misiik alias Krauss of Pittsburgh. Wasmik gravely wounded in hospital. Misiik jailed in Somerset. The escapee with the car remains at large as 400 searchers return from the swamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Somerset County
Central City National Bank
Pittsburgh
Ank
John Wasmik
John Misiik
Krauss
Wasmik
Misiik
Jones Law Targets Socialites in Prohibition Raids
New York June 7 The five and ten Jones law faces a fast track to action as indictments against Count Maxence De Polignac and 33 others loom amid a millon dollar society bootlegging ring. About 150 social register names are under scrutiny as raids sweep Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue locations, with charges including aiding crime conspiring and knowledge of federal violations. The operation marks a bold enforcement push and signals the possible end of Mabel Willebrandt era as prohibition chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David P. Sentner
INS
New York
Maxence de Polignac
Millon Dollar Society
Park Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Count Polignac
William J. Calhoun
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Prohibition Enforcement
Hoov
Lindberghs take dandy honeymoon cruise on Mouette
Colonel Charles Lindbergh and his bride continue their yachting honeymoon aboard the Mouette. The couple paused near Cape Porpoise off York Harbor for the night, sailing east toward North Haven after a brief coastal stop. Local witnesses spotted Anne Lindbergh in a doorway aboard the vessel and described the trip as a “dandy.” A Maine coast maneuver and plans to cruise further east were disclosed by Lindbergh to dock owner Monette. A 13-year-old local girl was credited with information in today’s report.
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Arthur Quininn
UNS
York Hargor
Charles 4
Lindbergh
Cape Porpoise
Monette
Cape — Porpoise
York Harbor
Kennebunkport
Bidstofn Pool
Dindberth
Goat Island
Cape Porpuise
Anne
North Haven
Maine
Hartley Phillbrick
Ture
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Rebekahs
J. B. Parsons, “Foreman
Mt., Clemens
Mich
ST. Clairs
Spike Thompson
Legion
Enterline
Orison Pang
Sanford
Dick Thompson
Auto Parts Co
Ritz Theatre
Presbyterian Church
Italy
Dick” Thompson
Genasco
Gensisea
Ud. ML. Stewart & Oo
Commodore
Commodore Farmers’ Co-operative Association
Purchase Line
Sea B. Formica
Court House
N. 6Th St
Fritt
Bank
Council
Aviators
Tanoma Church
Jones Law
Lindberghs
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