Mellon Dinner reshapes race as candidates withdraw
Reports of withdrawals and a looming deal circulate after a Mellon dinner amid intra party tension in Pennsylvania. Governor Fisher returns from New York and signals support for Grundy against Lewis while hoping for a definite peace accord soon. Leaders weigh a Grundy Lewis ticket and possible cabinet posts as negotiations continue.
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Philadelphia
Brown
Davis
Fisher
Harrisburg
New York
W. L. Mellon
Republican State Committee
Mellon
Senator Grundy
Lewis
Chary
Hey
Indiana
Pittsburgh
W. S. Mellon
Edward Martin
Cyrus E. Woods
Mel
Political realignment whispers at Pittsburgh GOP meeting
Local political observers say the Republican chiefs in Pittsburgh signaled dissolving the Grundy Lewis ticket to restore party harmony. The scrapping of this alliance, formed in recent months, is rumored as a step to ease discord within the party.
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Ikka Mohler
INS
Pittsburgh
Grundy-Lewis
Pennsylvania Republicans mull Fisher Morchizisher ticket
A meeting in Pittsburgh considers a cross faction ticket uniting Governor John S Fisher and Chief Justice Robert Von Moschiziaker with Allegheny and Philadelphia County party backing. Potential swaps include Grundy Lewin Brown, while Davis remains aligned for the Senate. Mellon marks his 75th birthday with a quiet home celebration as Treasury secretary.
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Lon
Pittsburgh
Grundy-Mallon« Ieaders
Grundy
Lewis
J. Russell Leech
Floensburg
James F. Woodward
Allegheny County
Supreme Court
Benjamin R. Jones
Luzerne County
Grundy-Mellon
Arthur H. James
Brown.Davis
Brown-Davis State Committee
Brown
James
John §. Fisher
United States
Robert von Moschiziaker
Allegheny
Philadelphia County
W. T. Mellon
A. W. Mellon
The
Treasury
Joseph R
Joe
Pennsylvania
John S. Fisher
Edward Martin
Samuel 8. Lewin
Francis Chunk Brown
Grundy Ia
Lewin
Davis-Brown
James J. Davis
William Penn Hotel
William H. Ziefel
Republican Harmony
Fisher Morchizisher
Stocks at 1:30 feature broad gains and losses
A mixed session shows American Can at 147, Bethlehem Steel 103, General Motors 49, IBM 0, and several others like Chrysler 30, Coca Cola 170, Eastman Kodak 290, United fractions including N Y Central and Radio Corp. Prices vary with big movers such as North American 220 and Koln 2514 percent.
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Loto
Eee
Atchison Ty Ty Py
Bethlehem Steel
Canadian Pacit
Ches
Ohio
Chrysler vi
Eastman Kokak
Evia R. R. Co
Cece Seree
See E
BBY General Motor
Ecereresenere
Int
Nickel
Ccuerereeseess
Kolvinator
Seereaeceseteoens
Kennecott
Cyeereesseneee
BSG Willys Overland
Ecreeree
Curbis- Wright
Eseeseeeseree
Asso, Gas-Elee
Eseeseseree
Veceseeseeveres
IBM Miami Copper
Ccsesereeecare
Nash Motor
Cpeeseeseesere
N.Y. Central
Iisssceeseverae
N.Y. NW
A. J Pen
Pullman
Pura Oil
Radio Corps Sinclair Oil
Standard Oil
N.3
Studebaker Motor
Ceees Trans. Airways
Csceeseceeenne
U.S. Stoel
Sceeseesceveens
Cseceeneweaye
West
TMG
Civeepereerevecees
M. St. P
Mellon Celebrates 75th Birthday Quietly at Home
Andrew W. Mellon secretary of the treasury under three presidents marks his seventy fifth birthday in Pittsburgh. He plans to spend the early days of his seventy sixth year away from office with a dinner at the Pittsburgh Golf Club hosted by friends who admire him as the greatest secretary since Alexander Hamilton. He dismisses requests for a birthday statement and reflects on nine years in Washington with a light touch as he bears the financial responsibilities of the nation.
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Mellon
Washington
INS
the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Pittsburgh
Harding
United States Treasury
Pittsburgh Golf Club
Treasany Oiauge
Alexander Hamilton
Fven
County S. S. Conference to Hear Parent Training Talk
County S S Bible Class and Dr Lt KE of Greensburg will speak on Parent Training and provide insight into this key work. Afternoon session features open discussion on all major aspects. All teachers officers and adult school members urged to attend. county officers strive to make the conference highly instructive and beneficial for Indiana county schools.
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Ke, Bair
Greensburg
Indiana County
Tariff Revisions Offer Single-Item Changes Plan
Senate debate centers on eliminating wholesale tariff revisions and adopting a system where the President and the U S Tariff Commission recommend single item changes. Congress would pass a separate bill for each rate change. The measure includes farm relief debentures and raises duties on building materials. Opponents cite a potential $200 million hit to construction costs. supporters say costs won’t rise significantly.
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U. S
U. S. Tariff Commission
Congress
Senate
Friends of the Bill
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W
Senate sides with farmers as tariff battle reshapes industry
The Senate blocked high tariffs on oil cattle tanning and shoe industries while freeing hat and sugar from increases. It plans to pass the bill amid heated debate with a potential return to committee that could derail a year’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellon
Senate
House
Congress
Midnight Show a Big Success at Ritz
Attendance record for a midnight show fell as Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys performed live. More than 700 paid admissions watched the act with singing, dancing, roping and shooting, plus the feature film Seven Keys to Baldpate with Richard Dix. The crowd lined Taylor Alley to Wehrle's Jewelry for admission. The pair will continue at the Ritz today.
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Otto Gray
Oklahoma Cowboys
Baldpate
Richard Dix
Taylor Alley
Wehrle
Gray
His
Cowboys
Ritz
Evens Family in Flood Tragedy and Obituary Notes
Former Jose al 1904. William T Evans remains in Los Angeles en route east after word of his father’s death. The Evans family lived on Vine Street during the flood. their house was upended, all but Harry drowned. Widow Mrs Margaret Evans and children J Lewis Evans and Margaret Evans survived, with seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral at 2:30 pm tomorrow at the residence, Rev Dr Clifford A Owens in charge. Punxsutawney notes Sara Belle McQuown dies of stomach cancer at son’s home, born 1845 in Rayne Township, longtime Punxsutawney resident, Presbyterian, survived by son David M McQuown, brother Samuel I McQuown, granddaughter Emma Delle McQuown. funeral and interment at Circle Hill Cemetery.
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Margaret (Lewis) Evans
J. Lewis Evans
Morrell Place
Margaret Evans
Clifford A. Owens
Memorial Baptist Church
Vine Street
Mr. Evans
Sara B. McQuown
Punxsutawney
Sara Belle McQuown
David M. McQuown
South Gilpin Street
Rayne Township
Indiana County
David
Isabel Borland McQuown
Presbyterian Church of
County National Bank
Samuel I. McQuown
Emma Delle McQuown
Tupssatawney
Dague Pleads Crime Tied to Corporal Paul Murder
Dague pleads to crime connected to the December murder of Corporal Paul during a Butler holdup. Since and while awaiting trial, she has worked as a school teacher in Viola West Virginia to support two children. She left the county ill and owed.
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Paul
Butler
Viola
West Virginia
Comnty Iil
Trial unfolds as Irene testifies for Dague's defense
From yesterday's report Mrs. Dagua remains in the gallery as her husband faces trial. Irene, already condemned, is expected to testify multiple times in his behalf. Dickey and Jarrett defend Dague, while Britten, Shenandoah agent, opens as the first salesman called and draws a peremptory challenge.
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John T. Britten
Shenandoah
Britten
The
Commonwealth
Two Held After Street Scuffle at Blairs-Villa
Hildebrand questioned suspects as Martin Antonio struck an officer. Nick Antonio joined the fight. all three were arrested after a scuffle. Officer and prisoners treated by Dr. W. I. Benz in Blairsville.
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Hildebrand
Martin Antonio
Nick Antonio
W. I. Benz
Blairs- 1 Villa
Nine Holtup Artists Held After City Confessions
Nine alleged young hold up artists were taken into custody in Pittsburgh after confessions to more than 100 stickup jobs and numerous auto thefts. Three were arrested by State Police from Greensburg aboard an eastbound train. Another trio was stopped in Crafton by police. The remaining three were arrested at the Grand Hotel.
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Pittsburgh
Greensburg
Crafton
Jack Keenan
Grand Hotel
Police kill four bandits in Buffalo shootout
A gang of up to four youths aged seventeen to twenty one was shot dead by police in Buffalo after a Sunday chase. The gang, linked to a killing of a police officer six weeks earlier, included Walter Krajewski 21 Henry Piotrowski 20 Edward Dormickiewicz 17 and John Dzazdynski 20.
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Buffalo
N. Y
INS
Walter Krajewski
Henry Piotrowski
Edward Dormickiewicz
John Dzazdynski
Jealous man shoots girl then kills self in Maryland
In Hagerstown Maryland John Crissinger 22 of Mapleville killed himself after shooting Mil dred Martz 19 of Smoketown Wisconsin at Welty Moser's home where Martz boarded. Crissinger fired three shots after ordering Naomi Davis from the room. He also tried to set fire to the house.
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Hagerstown
INS
John Crissinger
Mapleville
Here
Mildred Martz
Smoketown
Wis
Crissinger
Welty Moser
Miss Martz
Naomi Davis
Grissinger
Funeral for Pasteur Head Dr Leteve in Pittsburgh
Funeral services are set for Dr Aime Jules Jean Baptiste Leteve founder of the Pasteur Institute of America in 1899. Public rites will be at Epiphany Church with private burial. The French consul for Pittsburgh since 1924, he was noted for hydrophobia treatment cancer poison tuberculosis research.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Aime Jules Jean Baptiste Leteve
Pasteur Institute of America
Mercy Hospital
Epiphany Catholic Church
Leteve
Louis Passteur
Five Pennsylvanians Earn Gallantry Citations in WWI
Washington reports five Pennsylvania soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces from the 109th Infantry, 28th Division, received War Department citations for gallantry in action near Fismes France between August 12 and 18 1918. Posthumous recognition went to Paul Lotto of Clairton. Citations honored Stitzinger Vandergrift McCormick Zimmer Eisner for bravery including Stitzinger's act of crawling through shell fire to rescue a prisoner.
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Washington
American Expeditionary Forces
War Department
One Hundred and Ninth Infantry
Pennsylvania
Paul Lotto
Clairton
John Lotto
John M. Stitzinger
Vandergrift
Francis P. McCormick
Philadelphia
William L. Zimmer
Clayton E. Eisner
Dacville
Hughesville
Fismette
France
Stitzinger
111Th Infantry
Second Child Dies After Ingesting Pills In Johnstown
Johnstown March 24 Donald George Brown aged 19 months heir to Benjamin and Helen Schmerer Brown of 524 Sherman Street died after swallowing a box of pills. He climbed onto a piano in the parlor while his mother and grandmother worked elsewhere. Medical aid failed and he died within an hour at the parental home. The Rev Dr C C Gohn pastor of the First U P church conducted the services at the late residence. Interment will be in Grandview cemetery.
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Johnstown
Donald George Brown
Benjamin
Helen Schmerer Brown
Sherman Street
C. C. Gohn
Astor
U. P. Church
Grandview Cemetery
German Bank Rate Reduced in Berlin
Berlin March 24 Reichsbank announced a discount rate cut from 6 1/2 to percent. The move aligns with easing in England, America and France. Markets watch for NY Reserve action as German Boerse rebound spurs demand for credit. cheapening of money expected to continue.
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Berlin
Reichs Bank
England
America
France
New York Reserve Bank
Boerse
Germany
Europa Makes Record In Time On Trans Atlantic Voyage
Europa, plowing through the mid Atlantic, held near 28 knots at the half way point. Passengers and crew hope for good weather and a new crossing record as she led Bremen by the last log. If skies stay clear, she may reach Ambrose Lightship by tomorrow.
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Europa
Iguropa
Ambrose
No Eulogy at Guffy Burial
Pittsburgh March 24. No music or eulogy marked the funeral services for Col James M Guffy political leader who died Thursday Services were held at his residence and in line with his wish for simplicity The hymn Abide with Me was read by Dr Hugh Kerr pastor of thehadyside Presbyterian church at the brief ceremonies Andrew W Mellin secretary of the United States Treasury and his brother RB Mellon were among mourners at the last rites for the former millionaire oil operator.
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Pittsburgh
INS
James M. Guffy
Hugh Kerr
Thehadyside Presbyterian Church
Andrew W. Mellin
United States Treasury
R. B. Mellon
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Atock
Hetrick & Wilson Feed
8Th Street
Indiana, PA
Hetrick and Wilson
Globe Feeds
Total Apta E Oy
Eperecetetel
Ro Tebyse
Waeco Batteries
Watson
Monroe
Pxoox Autommns
BOSCH
Aighals
Klaxon
Delco Remy Autolite
5Th St
Hoover
Ken Mellon
S. S
Aen
Willard
Fauter
Bat
Eighth Street
Terv Service
Ose
Dague
Pasteur
Guffy
Abserene Climax
Cleveland
Indiana Wall Paper & Paint Co
N. 6Th Street
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