Commencement address uplifts Indiana High seniors
The Rev Carl Petty pastor of First Baptist Pittsburgh defended youth and reflected on past and present youths while addressing Indiana High School seniors at Friday evening commencement in a full auditorium. He spoke intimately to the class about calm seas ahead and warned of rocks, urging a life of faithful service. The program featured Rachmaninoff Prelude, selections from Babes in Toyland, Regimental March, and a mixed quartet rendition of The House by the Side of the Road. Alma Mater and Class Song closed with invocation and benediction by Rev Roger Charnock of Christ Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Wallace Petty
First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh
Indiana High School
Kipling
Earth
Rachmaninoff
Herbert
Floyd St. Clair
Gulesian
Roger Charnock
Christ Episcopal Church
Luxenberg clock stops. Campbell and Kozusko win watches
The Luxenberg clock stopped at 2 48 p m yesterday with the hands pointing to two seniors of Indiana High, Miss Alice Campbell and William Kozuske. Each wins a Bulova wristwatch valued at 37.50. Campbell lives with her grandmother at 980 South Street in Peng Run, Kozusko is son of Mr and Mrs Charles Kozusko of Fifth and Oak streets. A large crowd witnessed the stop, with Ernest Stewart and others prominent in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luxenberg
Indiana High
Alice Campbell
William Kozuske
Bulova
Luxenberg’s
Alice R. Mahan
South Street
Peng Run
William Kozusko
Charles Kozusko
Fifth and
Oak Streets
Ernest Stewart
William Ruddock
Thomas Thomas
Dick Thompson
Sam Calderone
Roy Stephens
Philadelphia Pair Attends Pittsburgh Bridge Luncheon
Mrs William Mc Connaughsy and Miss Helen Coon host a bridge luncheon at Beechwood Boulevard Pittsburgh this afternoon. Guests include Mrs Noble Miller of North Sixth Street and Flder Peeler of Philadelphia Street among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flder Peeler
Philadelphia Street
Noble
Miller
North Sixth Street
William McConnaughsy
Helen Coon
Beechwood Boulevard
Pittsburgh
Indiana driver waives hearing in DUI case after collision
Laula Troell of Indiana was arrested yesterday on the Tridiana-Clymer road for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Troell has waived the hearing for September court following a collision with a vehicle driven by Rev. Father Istocin of Graceton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laula Troell
Indiana
Tridiana-Clymer Road
Father Istocin
Graceton
New Charges Filed in Indiana Store Disturbance
Abraham Albert of Josephine, recovering in Indiana Hospital from injuries from a Friday store disturbance, appeared before Squire C C McLain and charged Stanley Kodilaski of Josephine with larceny and felonious assault with intent to murder. Kodilaski was arrested after the incident and remains jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Albert
Josephine
Indiana Hospital
Squire C.C. McLain
Stanley Kodilaski
Kodilaski
Albert
Elder's Ridge Alumni Plan Banquet at Church
The Elder's Ridge Alumni Association will hold its annual banquet at Elder's Ridge Presbyterian Church on Friday evening June 14 at 7 o clock. All graduates of the School of Academy are invited. Reservations should be made with Miss Charlotte Rosensteel at Elder's Ridge by Tuesday June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elder's Ridge
Birthday Party for Miss Freda Nolf in Smicksburg
A birthday party was given recently for Miss Freda Nolf at her Smicksburg home. The evening featured games and music followed by luncheon. Guests included Gladys Crissman Etheline and Loelia Davis Martha and Olive Uncapher Violet Kerr Florence Rearick Jessie McClain Edna Haskell Flora Nolf Bert Elkin Ray Good Marvon Good Ray Beck Carl Wagner Dale Coleman John Uncaher Lewis Walker Leonard Cassidy John Nolf Clifton earick and Wilfred Kerr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freda Nolf
Smicksburg
Gladys Crissman
Etheline
Loelia Davis
Martha
Olive Uncapher
Violet Kerr
Florence Rearick
Jessie McClain
Edna Haskell
Flora Nolf
Bert Elkin
Ray Good
Marvon Good
Ray Beck
Carl Wagner
Dale Coleman
John Uncaher
Lewis Walker
Leonard Cassidy
John Nolf
Cliftoneearick
Wilfred Kerr
Vatican Pact Opens Holy See To Public
In Rome the new accord between the Roman Catholic Church and the Italian Government began operating. Thousands gathered as the Vatican walls and the bronze door to St Peter's Square were opened for the first time in sixty years. Mussolini and Cardinal Gasparri witnessed ratifications unsealing decades of tension and restoring the Pope's temporal powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guglielmo Emanuel
INS
Vatican Gity
Tony
Vatican
St. Peter's Square
Holy See
Benito Mussolini
Cardinal Gasparri
Pius
Mus
Indicted Count Goes to France In Bootleg Case
Maxence de Polignac, a French noble arrested for alleged involvement in an international bootleg ring serving New York's Four Hundred, left for France aboard the Liner Paris after posting 26000 cash bail to assure return for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maxence de Polignac
Paris
France
Lindberghs Secluded in Fog Off Maine Coast
In a misty Secluded scene off Rockland Point Pemaquid Lindbergh and Mayette enjoy privacy aboard the Mouette as fog shields their craft. Golovel Lindbergh steers toward an anchorage while William Wincapaw of Curtiss reports the arrival unseen by planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Quinn C
INS
Doothbay Harbor
Mayette
Lindbergh
Point Pemaquid
William Wincapaw
Curtiss Flying Service
New York
Fine new home for Studebaker in Indianapolis area
B R Williams owner of Indiana Sales and Service, a Studebaker Erskine dealer, has contracted a modern brick tile and steel garage at Philadelphia and Eleventh streets. The 72 by 145 foot building includes a central showroom, parts room and wash rack, rear service station 70 by 25 feet with sky lighting and three sided windows, and a postless interior with heavy steel beams. Flood lit showroom spans the front for displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Williams
Indiana Sales and Service
Studebaker-Erskine
Philadelphia
Elevenths Streets
Philadelphia Street
Eleventh Street
An Honor Man Sidney Handler
Sidney Handler son of Mr and Mrs L Handler of Waterstreet will graduate and receive his A B degree from Dickinson College Carlisle Pa next Monday at the annual commencement exercises. Sidney, an Indiana High School honors student and debating team member, was also an Eagle Scout and has completed two years in Dickinson Law School along with his regular course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Handler
Legion dance returns with Graf orchestra at Cliffside Park
The American Legion sponsors summer dances with Joe Graf and his orchestra performing at Cliffside Park Monday night. Graf, famed for his Library Hall years, recently finished a long Akron engagement and is freelancing through Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Graf
George
Tatoo
Library Hall
Akron
Pennsylvania
Graf
Cliffside Park
American Legion
Mrs Thaw in Critical Condition in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on June 8 a crisis in the illness of Mrs Mary Copley Thaw 86 mother of Harry K Thaw intensified as doctors reported her condition was low after pneumonia contracted Sunday following a three year hip injury. Her temperature was 102 degrees last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mary Copley Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Evangelist Smith Opens Fulton Run Meetings At 7:30 PM
Evangelist Mark R. Smith of Sligo begins old-time Gospel meetings at the Fulton Run church with nightly sessions at 7 30 p m. The public is invited to attend. A public sale of household goods and beauty parlor equipment is listed for 1 P M on Wednesday June 12 1929 at 909 Oakland Avenue opposite the Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark R. Smith
Sligo
Fulton Run
Smith
Oakland Avenue
Baptist Church
Complaint against Pittsburgh Motor Transport overunlicensed freight service
The Pennsylvania Railroad Rail way Express Agency Inc and West Penn Railways filed with the Public Service Commission a complaint alleging the Pittsburgh Motor Transport Company operates motor freight hauling as a common carrier without a certificate of public convenience. The route runs between Johnstown and Pittsburgh with intermediate points Irwin Jeannette Greensburg Derry Latrobe Blairsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Motor Transport Company
Public Service Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railway Express Agency, Inc
West Penn Railways
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
Irwin
Jeannette
Greensurg
Derry
Latrobe
Blairsville
Indiana Churches Observe Children’s Day Across State
Children’s Day exercises will be observed in several Indiana churches tomorrow with pastors delivering short youth messages. Ray C. Brown and his wife speak at First Baptist Church after travels in French Equatorial Africa. Pastor Arthur B. Fowler is away in New York state. Evangelistic services begin Sunday evening at Marion Center M E Church with Rev. C. H. Krenz of Cresson as speaker for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ray C. Brown
French Equatorial Africa
First Baptist Church
Arthur B. Fowler
New York State
Houghton Colege
Marion Center Methodist Episcopal Church
C. H. Krenz
Cresson
Krenz
Pennsylvania
Teacher Ends 52 Years of Service in Greensburg
Greensburg Pennsylvania June 8 INS news reports that Mt Odin school near Greensburg will close this semester marking the end of J A Hayss 52 year career in Westmoreland county schools He has taught at Mt Odin for ten years and served as principal of North Huntingdon and Mt Pleasant township schools the past four years He is over seventy years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Mt. Odin
J. A. Hays
Hays
Westmoreland County
North Huntingdon
Mt. Pleasant Township
Blairsville Native Charles Sowers Dies in Milwaukee
Blairsville native Charles Sowers, 62, son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Sowers, died Thursday in Milwaukee where he had lived 18 years. He leaves a widow and three children in Milwaukee, his parents, and five brothers in Blairsville. Funeral services were held today in Milwaukee and he was buried there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sowers
Daniel Sowers
Blairsville
Milwaukee
Wis
Miss Cameron Becomes Bride in Washington婚
Mrs. Cora Cameron announces the marriage of her daughter Selen to Frederick Weitzel son of Mr and Mrs Joseph C Weitzel The ceremony was performed by Rev F Richard Eaton at his North Ninth street residence The couple were attended by Clyde H Bath and wife After a short wedding trip to New York and Canada they will reside in Indiana
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Cameron
Washington Street
Selen
Frederick Weitzel
Joseph C. Weitzel
West Water Street
F. Richard Eaton
The
Christian Church
North Ninth Street
Clyde H. Bath
New York
Canada
Four Escape In Auto Crash Near Blairsville
Four persons escaped serious injuries when a car driven by Jack Crookshank of Blairsville skidded on the William Penn highway and struck a concrete abutment one mile east of Blairsville late last night. The report also notes valves and valve springs for all Parts Co. Ritz Theatre Bldg. Supper The Annual Strawberry Supper by the Young Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church will be held June 14 from 5 to 7 PM in the Church Social Hall. Price 60 243x.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Crookshank
Blairsville
All Parts Co
Ritz Theatre Bldg
Young Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Trans Atlantic Hop Delayed By Mid Atlantic Storm
Old Orchard Beach Moe June 8 The hurricane level storm in mid Atlantic holds up the proposed take off of two trans Atlantic planes. Dr James H Kimball New York meteorologist predicts little change for at least 24 hours. Captain Lewis A Yancey navigator of the Green Flash says the American craft and the Yellow Bird cannot depart today and probably not tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Moe
mid-Atlantic
James H. Kimball
New York
Lewis A. Yancey
Regulations Governing Industrial Police Enforced
Harrisburg workers observe stringent code for industrial police replacing Coal and Iron Police from October 1. Corporations must file property plans, appoint police by corporate request, and obtain three citizen signatures per applicant. Governor Fisher will receive monthly reports and may revoke commissions. corporations must share police conduct regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
INS
Coal and Iron
Fisher
Rochester bridge work tragedy over Ohio River
A broken guy wire at the Rochester Monaca bridge construction caused a derrick to topple, sweeping five men into the Ohio River near Rochester. Frank Waller, 28, of Washington, Pa, drowned. his body was recovered hours later. The accident occurred on the Rochester side of the bridge where workers stood on a stone pier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocchester
Ohio River
Rochester-Monaca
Frank Waller
Washington
Rochester
40 Arrested in Shooting of Cops at Loray Mill
Gastonia North Carolina June 8 More than two score people were arrested early today in connection with the shooting of four police officers and a civilian during a night of disturbance at Loray Mill The charges against the prisoners were secret assault with intent to kill If Police Chief C F Adderholt dies the charges will probably be changed to murder officials said at headquarters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
N. C
INS
Loray Mill
C. F. Adderholt
Local Legion Post Meeting Ends with Delegates Elected
An enthusiastic gathering last evening elected delegates to the state Scranton convention. Plans were laid for the annual picnic and an aviation meet for boys under 18 with model plane prizes. Legionnaires from Homer City Blairsville and Saltsbury were welcomed, with J C Klingensmith on violin and Mrs Walter H Jackson at the piano providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Homer City
Blairsville
Saltsbury
Legion Post
J. C. Klingensmith
Walter .H. Jackson
Beekeepers Fined in Indiana County for Neglect
Twenty four Indiana county bee owners paid fines after a visit by Harry B. Kirk apiarist of Harrisburg. They did not house all bees or care for them per state regulations and were called before a squire to answer the charge. Kirk plans to return to the county later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Harry B. Kirk
Harrisburg
Gyas
Mr. Kirk
Legion First To Aid Hospital Memorial Donation
Members of Indiana Post No 141 American Legion unanimously contributed 1200 to memorialize the Receiving Room on the hospital’s first floor as part of a $250000 campaign. The post reports its action to Campaign Chairman J Elder Peeler, noting other groups are expected to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Indiana Post No. 141
Indiana Hospital
Legion
Clearfield
the Legion
J. Elder Peeler
Indiana County
Indiana Post
L. Murray Peeler
Pennsy Bus Service Debuts Between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad launches its new bus line linking Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with five daily trips, 16 hour run time, fares cheaper than rail. Stops include Turtle Creek, Irwin, Ligonier, Bedford, and Elizabethtown. Some routes start Monday with six more buses added later. tickets may be honored on either mode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Turtle Creek
East McKeesport
Irwin
Grapeville
Greeksburg
Nenison
Youngstown
Ligonier
Laughlintown
Jennerstown
Jenners
Stoystown
Bucktown
Schellburg
Wolfsburg
Bedford
Lancaster
Elizabethtown
Tyrone
Hollidaysburg
Altoona
Cressan
Ebensburg
Blairsville
Wilkinsburg
Monroeville
Murraysville
Export
Delmont
New Alexandria
White Township Supervisors agree to two traffic bound macadam roads
Supervisors of White Township and the Board of County Commissioners signed an agreement for constructing two stretches of traffic bound macadam roads in the township. The project costs 40 percent to the township and 50 percent to the county, with plans to send them to Harrisburg for early approval and completion before fall. The two roads run from Reed Station toward Homer road and Cherry Run dam, and from the Indiana Clymer road to Hood school and Harry Nichol farm, with grading and drainage prepared as for concrete roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Township
Board of County Commissioners
Harrisburg
Reed Station
School House
Camp Rest-a
Homer Road
Cherry Run
Indiana-Clymer Road
Clymer
Hood School House
Harry Nichol
Indiana County
Mutual Life Men Meet Here
The annual meeting of the Indiana agency of Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York convened at the Indiana Country Club. Key speakers included James M. Dalbey and John A. Miller, with remarks by D. F. Rinn, praising the host and the company’s obligations. The gathering listed district managers C. Shaffer, G. C. Painter, A. P. Myers, J. A. Ackerson, D. A. Dunmire, J. C. Boden, Turney, T. H. Horton, George A. Westeroth, and N. L. Duncan among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Mutual Life Insurance Co
New York
John A. Miller
Indiana Country Club
James M. Dalbey
Pittsburgh
Mr. Miller
D. F Rinn
Mr. Dalbey
Miller
Dalby
C. Shaffer
Kittanning
G. C. Painter
A. P. Myers
Carroltown
J. A. Ackerson
Blacklick
D. A. Dunmire
Creekside
J. C. Boden
Saltsburg
Turney
Oral Valley
T. H. Horton
George A. Westeroth
N. L. Duncan
Plane Jumper Jack Somers Plans Two Braebreeze Drops
Jack Somers with about 900 prior jumps will perform two parachute drops at Braebreeze Park, the first at 2 o'clock tomorrow. A new plane arrived at Braebreeze and a licensed pilot will offer passenger flights after 12 o'clock. Electrical Summers offers discounted toasters stoves irons and other items at J. M. Stewart & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Somers
Braebreeze Park
Braebreeze
J. M. Stewart & Co
Two Airplanes Planned for Monday Radio Broadcast
New York June 8 two airplanes will be used in a Columbia Broadcasting Company experiment to coordinate air and ground broadcasting. An orchestra in New York City and speakers in Philadelphia and Washington will participate as the nation wide network transmits a conversation between two planes in flight for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Philadelphia
Washington
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Columbia Company
Columbia Experiment
Teulao
Columbis
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Luxenberg Glock
H. S
Elder’s Ridge
Miss Freda Nolf
Vatican P
Lindberghs
Studebaker
Eleventh Streets
Presbyterian Church
Odd_ Fellows
Miss Cameron
Guy
Legion First TO Aid Hospital
Post
Memorial
Myrtle Gray
Adjt
Pennsy
C. G. Templeton
Paul Borough
Luther Lewis
Fifth St
Brush Valley
Evangelical Church
Country Club
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