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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1926
Page
1
Governor Pinchot appears unlikely to oppose the national administration strongly in his Senate bid. An excerpt from Goodnough’s letter indicates he will back economy and good government and cooperate with national efforts. Goodnough visited the executive offices Tuesday.
Nicholas McGaugher was killed in the mines at Meco. Joseph McGaughey and his mother died when struck by a train near the station while en route to church. John W Henderson, the father-in-law, was killed when a team of horses ran away. Funeral services at 2 pm Friday in Armstrong township, burial at Parkwood cemetery.
Capital aghast as charges of intoxication and conduct unbecoming an officer are prepared against Col. Alexander Williams former commander at San Diego Marines base. Brig. Gen. Smedley Butler announced papers have moved to Washington and any official comment must come from Navy authorities.
The text outlines a United Nations style council dispute with Germany and Great Britain seeking membership. Swedish delegate M Andersen vows to veto enlargement except Germany. Brazilian Mellefranco and Spaniard Senor Yanguas threaten to use temporary seats to block Germany unless they receive permanent seats. Read the Gazette Classified Ads.
In Battle Creek, Arthur Rich receives a life sentence after a brutal attack on Miss King at the Battle Creek Country Club golf grounds. The defense argues provocation and complicity by the victim, while the prosecution asserts the jury must protect mothers wives and sweethearts.
Burgess George W Stephenson of West Brownville was stopped in Dormont for speeding. Bus operator Anthony Rocupero, following, was also detained. Both appeared before Burgess Haddock who discharged them after they explained they were rushing to a Pittsburgh PSC hearing on Rocupero’s bus line extension.
Premier Primo De Rivera announced that the Ne Plus Ultra aviators will receive a historic reception in Spain. The voyage will be a triumphal tour from Palos de la Frontera to Seville with the king, cabinet members, and dignitaries on hand. In Huelva, preparations include repaving streets and mandatory flag display for residents on arrival day.
Forecaster Lorentz predicts rain and warmer conditions today with unsettled rivers. A western disturbance brings rising temperatures and rain across a large area, then colder and stormy weather with snow flurries by tomorrow evening before clearing.
A frightened young girl described a nightmare at a North Side hotel. She said two men forced her to strip and threatened her, then beat and bound her during a three day ordeal. After hospital treatment she was haunted by memories and a road house party she linked to the attackers.
In Pittsburgh on March 11 Mrs. Ella M. George, president of the Pennsylvania W C T U I A, assailed newspaper polls on prohibition. She urged that no referendum by a newspaper or group can alter the 18th Amendment or the Volstead Act, and said such votes do not reflect community or reader opinions.
Westchester Medical Examiner De Amos Squire told White Plains Rotary Club that in a survey of 1,217 Sing Sing prisoners 777 were total abstainers and 440 drank. He found 1,027 used tobacco among inmates, with 670 unmarried, 502 married, 80 widowers and 15 divorced. 151 chauffeurs were listed, more than any other trade, followed by 115 laborers and one actor.
An old advertisement touts Bulgarian Herb Tea as a family medicine for stomach issues liver troubles and blood improvement. Claimed to cure various ailments, it urges nightly use and lists price options and multiple vendors among druggists.
Edna May Bush of New Florence earns second prize in a national humor contest and sees her epigrams and humor pieces published in several magazines including Judge Whiz Bang Ziffs and Laughter. Her fiction has been accepted by Popularity Magazine Gait and other publishers.
Harrisburg March 11 INS reports tentative teaching criteria for state normal schools call for a bachelor degree and two years of teaching experience or equivalent. About 600 teachers work in normal schools. 387 already meet the new bar. Officials say few will fail to qualify when the four year program is adopted next fall. No deadline yet set for instructors to meet the requirements.
Death notices from Rochester Mills and nearby towns list Mrs Hannah McIntyre, Mrs Mary Fleming, John Cramer, and Mrs Jennie Hawksworth among others. Obituaries note parental links, residences, and church affiliations. services held at United Brethren Church and M. I. Cemetery with varied funeral details. The piece mentions Klansmen attending Hawksworth's funeral and ties to local organists Cora Perthi cord and Mrs Hawksworth.
In a Lenten address at the Garrick Theater Philadelphia Bishop Granville Bennett of Duluth states life is guided by two distinct philosophies the material and the spiritual He notes most pew sitters lack a defined life philosophy living day to day with many ideas ending at the grave He contrasts the deduction philosophy from religious faith and consciousness.
Mrs George Little departed this morning for a visit with relatives in Leechburg. EF E Lewis, cashier of the Savings and Trust Company, was a Blairsville business visitor today. Harvey Cunningham returned home yesterday from Florida where he had spent the last sixteen months. Rev and Mrs Josephine Caldwell of Baltimore Md are guests in the home of Rev Caldwell's sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Thomas Pealer Dr Fred St Clair Murray Peeler Esq Dr B F Coe and Minot B Mitchell were attending a compensation hearing in Punxsutawney yesterday. Miss Margaret Plotzer left this morning for Pittsburgh where she will spend the day with Thienes. Charles Phillips special officer for the Potter Coal and Coke Company at Coral was an Indiana business visitor today. Thomas Walke of Cleveland in visiting the home of Mr and Mrs Gd CG Dias Fourteenth and Oak streets Mr Watke was a former resident of Indiana Mr and Mrs J Lucas of Brush valley are visitors here today and called to see through the Evening Gazette office.
Briand contends leaders must settle their differences first, then guide smaller nations. Reports claim Italy may align with Spain and Brazil, complicating deadlock. Locarno pacts aim to secure Europe with peace, tranquility, and prosperity, and to reassure the United States that Europe desires peace.
The Rev. Dr. Percy G. Kammerer, rector of Trinity Protestant Church Pittsburgh, condemned industrialism at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. He warned big industries treat men as means, praising sympathy between employers and employees and within families. Pittsburgh embodies American industrialism at its best and worst.
Cap Berger of Wisconsin urged President Coolidge to restore citizenship rights to Eugene V. Debs the longtime Socialist candidate jailed for anti war speeches. Berger argued other nations have treated political cases differently noting 23 people jailed for opposing the war in Britain.
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