Punxsutawney Youth Charged With Multiple Car Thefts
Paul Redding 19 of Punxsutawney is jailed in Pittsburgh after stealing two automobiles and attempting a third. He allegedly held up Patrolman Paul Connor in Indiana, fired twice, then fled in the car. After halting near Wilkinsburg Redding fired again and left the vehicle, later meeting Raymond Bates in Pittsburgh.
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Paul Redding
Punxsutawney
Pittsburgh
Redding
Indiana
Paul Connor
Connor
Wilkinsburg
Raymond Bates
Funeral of Ellsworth Bird
Ellsworth Bird formerly of Sebeth a Kansas died at his residence near Howe station Monday morning at 2 20 afélock after a stroke he had not been ill severely before. He leaves widow Josie Stitt Bird a son Leo Bird and grandson Leo Bird Jr of Chicago along with brothers and sisters R L Bird Placentia Calif Mrs Mary Laub Tarentum Mrs Dora Yeagley Mrs Verne Nedrow Wiss Ida Bird P F Bird A L Bird of Confluence Pa Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 pm in his later residence by Rev J Norman Hunter Blairsville with interment in Blairsville Cemetery.
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Calif
Mary Laub
Tarentum
Dora Yeagley
Verne Nedrow
Wiss Ida Bird
P. F. Bird
A. L. Bird
Confluence
J. Norman Hunter
Blairsville
Blairsville Cemetery
Pandorean Webster Meet Fifth Annual Student Contest
The Pandorean Literary Society and Webster Debating Club will hold their annual contest Thursday evening May 3 at eight in the High School Auditorium. The event features a debate orations essays and readings. Sponsored by the New Century Club this is the fifth year a cup is awarded to the winning organization. The rivalry is strong and students seek parent and citizen support to ensure a successful program.
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Pandorean Literary Society
Webster Debating Club
New Century Club
Iselin Tenderfoot Scout Saves His Brother Life
A Sunday accident in Iselin near 6 30 p m involved a broken power line falling on a fence. Nine year old Andy Jacobs touched the live fence and could not free himself. His brother George Jacobs, a Tenderfoot Scout, used Scout training to grab the sleeves and jerk Andy free, sparing him serious harm.
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Iselin
Pittsburgh Gas and Coal Company
James Prenny
Andy Jacobs
Church scandal rocks two continents at Methodist conference
Bishop Anton Bast of Copenhagen, a central figure in a church scandal spanning two continents, arrived unannounced at the Quadrennial General Conference in Kansas City. Suspended pending trial after Danish court conviction, his presence here signals an immediate church trial and possible expulsion or exoneration.
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Kansas City
Anton Bast
Copenhagen
Denmark
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bast
Poultry Club Meeting Set At Indiana Court House
The Marion Center and Indiana Poultry Record Clubs will meet at the Court House in Indiana on Friday evening May 4 from 8 P M H H Kaufman poultry specialist from State College will summarize April records discuss summer management and answer brooding questions Motion pictures will be shown All poultrymen invited Trout fishing is at its height Get tackle at J M Stewart & Co 212x.
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Marion Center
Indiana Poultry Record Clubs
Court House
Indiana
H. Kaufman
State College
Al 59
National Red Cross Life Saving Expert Here Shortly
Captain Keith, a National Red Cross life saving expert, arrives Friday and Saturday to pass exams and instruct on life saving methods. He has taught Water Safety to thousands in the East and cites a dramatic double rescue at South Norwich, Connecticut, where two girls were revived after near drowning during a live class. He urges examiners to learn life saving, stressing preparedness when lives depend on knowledge. Indiana arrangements will be made to accommodate interested parties through the Y M C A office.
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Keith
Red Cross
United States
South Norwich
Connecticut
Indiana
Kalb
Rubber heels boost kiss electricity say Danish doctor
Berlin May 1. A Danish medical journal reports Dr Pontoppidan says men should wear rubber soled shoes to maximize kissing. He claims a kiss is an electric shock and rubber soles isolate the kisser from the ground to store up electricity.
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Berlin
Pontoppidan
Dental Health Week Observed in County Schools
Under the State Dental Association, May 16 is set aside as Dental Health Week to raise public and school children awareness of dental services and care. Local chairman distributed 8,000 dental pamphlets to county schoolchildren, and city schools held a poster contest with over 150 entries on display in drugstore windows.
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State Dental Association
Dental Health
Drogatore
Roy Hill Becomes Embalmer at Local Funeral Home
Roy Hill of Church Street has joined the embalming department alongside long time associate Day Myers after returning from Philadelphia where both men graduated from H. B. Eckles College of Embalming. They had roomed together in college, marking the 20th anniversary of the graduation of their former employers Silas Streams and George Loydie who were also Eckles classmates. A glass substitute called Gell-o-glass is advertised as unbreakable and durable, available at J. M. Stewart & Co.
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Roy Hill
Church Street
George Leydic
Day Myers
Philadelphia
H. 8
Eckles College of Embalming
Roy
Day
Eckler College
Silas Streams
George Loydie
Taylor Car In Fatal Accident in Pasadena
Miss Melinda Byers of Hagerstown Maryland a nurse in the Taylor family was instantly killed and Virginia Taylor daughter of Mr and Mrs Vernon Taylor was probably fatally injured when the Taylor car was head on struck by another car driven by a woman that suddenly cut from a side street onto the main thoroughfare in Pasadena California late Monday afternoon The Taylors had been wintering in Pasadena for Virginia s health and planned to leave for Indiana on May 10
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Melinda Byers
Hagerstown
Taylor
Virginia Taylor
Vernon F. Taylor
Pasadena
Calif
Virginia
Indiana
Farmers' Night Set for May 7 in Indiana
Next Monday evening May 7 the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs of Indiana host Farmers' night inviting each member to bring a farmer guest. Dinner and meeting at 6 15 at First United Presbyterian church. Dr R A Dutcher head of Agricultural and Biological Chemistry at Pennsylvania State College will speak on Some Recent Developments in Human and Animal Nutrition.
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Rotary
Kiwanis Clubs
Indiana
First
United Presbyterian Church
R. A. Dutcher
Pennsylvania State College
Dutcher
Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Committeemen Talk Kiwanis Committeemen Night Recap
At the Kiwanis Club weekly supper at the Indiana Hotel committee chairmen outlined their branches’ activities. Lisle Flickinger of Himer City, newly becoming a father, was presented with cigars during the evening.
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Kiwanis Club
Indiana Hotel
Lisle Flickinger
Himer City
Judge Langham Delivers Sentences In Liquor and Assault Cases
Sentences handed down include Pete Chocket for assault and battery with costs, a $10 fine, and 10 days in jail. Katherine Hiltakurka convicted of liquor law violation with costs and a $200 fine. Joe Varchusky likewise cited for liquor law violations with costs and $200 fine. Barber shops to close Thursday afternoons beginning May 3.
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D. N. Langham
Pete Chocket
Katherine Hiltakurka
Joe Varchusky
Butler Man Faces Personal Crisis After Third Auto Crash
Butler Pa May 1 A Butler man described as suffering neurosis causing fear of wrecks killed himself by firing a revolver at his temple after escaping a crash that damaged his car. Deputy Coroner Clarence Key 24 had been injured in prior crashes and was reportedly engaged to a student nurse due to graduate in June.
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Butler
W. F. Pohl
Clarence K. Key
Key
Kittanning
Dusen Ferboyiteh
R. I. Painter
Walk Chalk
Painter
Expunse
Butler Hospital
Ifis
Here
Witlys-Knight
Perkovich
Walk
Birthdays of Hermann Koehl and Bremen crew thrill New York
Captain Hermann Koehl, pilot of the Bremen, rose early to test the Junkers F-13 at Curtiss field. He flew four short hops totaling forty five minutes, an unplanned afterglow following the crowded day when 2,000,000 New Yorkers cheered Koehl von Hunefeld and James FitzMaurice.
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James L. Kilgallen
INS
New York
Hermann Koehl
Bremen
Curtiss
Baron Gunther von Hunefeld
James Fitzmaurice
Koeh
Landscape improvement planting at Armagh may 10
On Thursday May 10 a community planting will be held at Armagh with citizens and student body assisting in planting the school grounds. The work is supervised by Emil Kant Extension Landscape specialist and County Agent J W Warner. An illustrated lecture on landscape improvement follows at the school building. Riggs Home made pies and cakes.
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Armagh
Emil Kant
State College
J. W. Warner
Kant
Royal Arcanum Lodge Is Formed At Camp Resta
John P. Elkin Council, Royal Arcanum, formed at a representative meeting at Camp Resta. The new council honors late Justice John P. Elkin of Indiana. Governor John S. Fisher is among members. Officers include E. E. Kerstatter as Grand Regent. Organizer Dr. Ray Alexander and supervisor Howard Frickman spoke. Out of town visitors included Dr. L. J. Beene and others from Bolivar. The Williams Town Council in Indiana will continue to operate.
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John P. Elkin
Royal Arcanum
Camp Resta
Indiana
William Penn Council
John S. Fisher
E. E. Kerstatter
Lewisburg
Pennsylvania
Ray Alexander
Pennsylvania Council
Howard Frickman
Harrisburg
L. J. Beene W
B. Hasaea
Je. J. Sutton
W. Armor
Bolivar
Wilhiam
Overland Trip to New Castle Indiana
Mrs O G Olkiham and her daughter Bethy of Indiana drive to New Castle to see Mis Olham who is seriously ill. They are joined to Dayton by Mrs H Moorhead who will visit Cincinnati for two weeks with her daughter Miss Thelma Moorhead. Round Dance at the Moose Temple Blairsville Pa May 4 admission 74 cents gentlemen 25 cents ladies 25 cents.
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O. G. Olkiham
Bethy
Indiana
New Castle
Ind
Mis
Olham
Dayton,c
H. Moorhead
Cincinnati
Thelma Moorhead
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Moose Templa
Blairsville
Priday
Radio engineering plan faces political opposition
W H Caldwell of the state commission appealed for volunteers to support a simple radio program he terms scientific over political. He warned that opponents threaten to derail progress by exploiting politics and urged backing from engineers and the public to prevent wasted resources and loss of listeners.
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Borts
S. Thorne
Washington
W. H. Caldwell
Caldwell
Valteners
Mit
Ife
Thcian
Mus
Cam
Skiff Collision Near Monongahela City Leaves Nine Missing
In May near Monongahela a ferry skiff between Greensboro and Uniontown struck by a log after melting snow. Of nine passengers, one identified as Gaohia 22 and a Negro mother with four children survived. The skiff owned by Masontown Ferry Company carried about eight persons and operated between Greenstone and Masontown in Greene County.
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Uniontown
Monongahela
Sontown Ferry Company
Pany
Greenstorn
Iand
Masontown
Greene County
Chanticleer to Be On Air Tonight at 7 O Clock
In College, Pa a program called Chanticleer the prize rooster of the season will be broadcast at 7 tonight on WPSC. The item appears in a local listing with other brief notes about ads and parts for sale.
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Stats College
WPSC
Notables Greeted by Indiana Tourists in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg Indiana visitors, drawn by the season’s allure, set records with over 200000 travelers from every state and Canada. Automobiles surged as new highways boosted travel, while the city prepared for next season with plans for sport, entertainment, and notable guests including Clarence Darrow and others.
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ST Petersburg
Pha
John Lodwick
Sperial
Surehine
Indiana
Uhs
Hier
Labor Day
Moses
John Monds
BR. H. Statler
Clarence Darrow
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Ellsworth Bird
Pandorean Webster
Iselin Tenderfoot Scout
Lad
Norway
M. E. Conference
Poultry Club
J. M. Stewart & Co
National Red Cross
Houston
Flouston
Wheeling
Eugene Egan
Claysville
Eekee
Koehl
Capitol
Fitzmaurice
Patricia Fitzmaurice
Alfred Meehan
Walker
Royal Arcanum Lodge
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Chanticleer
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Ats
Auto Parts Co
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