Prohibition Poll Shows Dry States Expand Lead
The Literary Digest reports three more states go bone dry in its main Prohibition poll, with Kansas and Arkansas trending for enforcement while Connecticut New Jersey and Rhode Island favor repeal. Totals show 4,150,017 votes with enforcement 1,248,580, modification 1,231,849, and repeal 1,669,579, amid a continuing trend toward stricter enforcement and regional shifts.
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Literary Digest
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Garden Club Notes On Planting And Care
Garden club page continues with monthly tasks including Bordeaux mixture treatment, lead arsenate application, sowing sweet alyssum, weed control on paths, planting tuberoses and pond lilies, pruning shrubs after bloom, taking cuttings of house plants, careful maple pruning during bud burst, planting beech and birch, bone meal for shrubs, and watering evergreens recently transplanted.
Dairymen at Penn Run Plan Meeting
Dairymen in Penn Run will gather Thursday evening May 11 at the Penn Run building for a meeting. County Agent J. W. Warner and Dr. N. Crate will address the group about dairy organization and a milk rota may be started.
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Tauraday
J. Wo, Warner
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Penn Rub
Reckless driving fines in Johnstown crash case
Abrams faced charges after an eastbound truck forced him to block another car, causing a collision that sent the Williams vehicle into a telegraph pole. The pole shattered, the Johnstown machine wrecked, and Abrams was jailed by Chief H. R. McMillen. Sergeant G. McCartney filed the case. Justice Ralph C. Brown fined Abrams $25 plus costs at yesterday’s hearing.
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Williams
Johnstown
H.R. McMillen
State Highway Patrol
G. McCartney
Justice of the Pesce
Ralph C. Brown
Blind Bogey Golf Match Sparks Club Dispute Finalized for May
The club schedules a return match after a dispute over grounds and governance in Pennsylvania. A Blind Bogey event followed the protest, with Engineers led by Thomas Pealer and a Doctors team led by C E Rink posting scores as the standout contestants. The next club event is set for May 15.
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Greens Committee
Weather Man
Pennsylvania
Engineers
Stocks Lead with Public Utilities in Moderate Rise
New York May 9 public utility stocks and specialties including motion picture shares led a modest advance amid a dull irregular market. Copper and oils gained on tank wagon price rises in the East while Loews and Radio Keith Orpheum rose on merger rumors. U.S. Steel touched 170 with several major utilities advancing, and a broad list of industrials and oil issues showed fractional gains and steady activity.
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Keith Orpheum
Fox Film Companis
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Public Service
N. J. Consolidated Gas
Electric Power
National Power and Light
American Can
Ches
Ohio
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Mastman Kodak
Ee Rady
General Motor
Nitkel Co
Aig
Gilles Berview
Vpennland Corps
Willys-Overland
Curtis-Wright E
Miami
Nash Motor N.Y. Central
Worf
West Penn
Pullanien Pure Oil
Ricio Corp
Sinclair Oil
Standard Oil
Studebaker Trans Airwa
U.S. Steed
White Motor
Westinghouse Elev
C. M. Stu. RP
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DuPont
German Band A Big Success At Cliffside Park
Tom Garnn and his Sons of California opened Cliffside Park to about five hundred couples. The crowd was the largest ever at the park dance with perfect weather and a lively mood. Return engagement planned after Chicago stay. C Lloyd Major and next week Jos Nesbitt and its Pennsylvanians also featured.
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Sonn
Callifornia
Cliffside Park
Tom
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Cnat
Jos Nesbitt
Prison riot roils Columbus facility as guardsmen clash
In Columbus a prison lockup faced a tense night as convicts shouted epithets and hurled bread, while a nervous guardsman fired a stray rifle shot at a moving object. Firefighters were not posted inside the walls and 56 inmates were moved to Mansfield and 44 to London Prison Farm amid plans to expand London Prison Farm capacity to 2,500 at an estimated cost of 500000.
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National
A. E. Nice
Robert Haubrich
Haubrich
Nee
Penitentiary
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
London Prison Farm
J. C. Woodard
Myers ¥. Cooper
Prison Commission
Fisher's Choice and the Gubernatorial Endorsement Question
The piece outlines Governor Fisher's reluctance to endorse a successor, noting his dry stance on alcohol, respect for courts, and silence as rumors swirl about potential candidates. It recounts past ties to Pinchot and Brown, denies support for Phillips, and recalls a failed bid to create a Department of Commerce during Pinchot’s administration.
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Benson E. Taylor
Gifford Pinechot
Francis Shunk Brown
Pinchot
Department of Commerce
Fisher
Governor's fractured stance in Davis Brown campaign era
The breach between the Governor and allies widened with no signs of rapprochement. His long opposition to Ware and Philadelphia methods raises doubt he will publicly back Francis S. Brown. Ware's plan to lead the Davis Brown campaign failed to soften Fisher's attitude as the Governor lingers, letting administration members drift away.
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Philadelphia
Francis S. Brown
Davis-Brown
Fisher
M. E. Welfare Fund Growing in Pittsburgh Dinner
The Methodist Episcopal Church Union’s social welfare fund neared 229,796 dollars at the fourth report dinner in the Chamber of Commerce auditorium Pittsburgh last night. The drive aims to 300,000 with 50,000 more by Monday’s final report to trigger an extra 25,000. Benedum praised non sectarian work helping underprivileged children and handicapped workers as Dr Corcoran reviewed progress and R E Beddow spoke on child welfare. District contributions lead with Pittsburgh at 71,862 then Allegheny, Slairsville, Washington, McKeesport. Attendance set a campaign record.
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Methodist Episcopal Church Union
Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburgh
John W. Vickerman
Benedum
Church Union
D. R. McKnight
Uniontown Methodist Episcopal Church
Sanford W. Corcoran
R. E. Beddow
Allegheny
Slairsville
Washington
Mc Keesport
Deaths in Johnstown area and Vintondale deaths toll
Mrs Verna May Tomb Matthews aged 46 wife of Charles H Matthews dies in Los Angeles after long illness. born April 3 1884 daughter of the late Dr Robert J Tomb and Mrs Mary A Hill Tomb Armagh. She taught music and married 1905 in Armagh. Survived by husband two sisters two brothers and four Los Angeles children. burial in Los Angeles tomorrow. Jacob Simmons aged 70 dies at home near Vintondale with funeral Saturday at 2 pm at his late residence. interment Wesley Chapel cemetery. Survived by widow a daughter two grandchildren and several half siblings.
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Matthews
Johnstown
Verna May
Charles H. Matthews
Armagh
Los Angeles
Cal
Martha &. Tomb
Robert J
Mary A. Hill-Tomb
Miss Tomb
Indiana State Teachers’ College
Ridgeview Park
Westmoreland County
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H. H. Householder
Housekeeping
Beaver
Jacob Simmons
Wilmore
George
William Simmons
Trafford
Edgar Simmons
Park Hil
Frank Simmons
California
Bryan Bowser
West —Taylor Township
Margaret M. Sill
Altoona
Minnie Price
East ‘Laylor
David Hunt
Conemaugh
Music program at Ritz Theatre delights patrons
Ritz Theater orchestra under Hal Beach presented a National Music Week program featuring the score of My Maryland Stein Lune and Blue For You composed by Philip Runzo. The audience greeted the performance with applause as the program repeats tonight and tomorrow with the feature film Such Men Are Dangerous.
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Ritz Theater
Hal Beach
Maryland
Philip Runzo
Coral Man Given $10 Fine
At a hearing before the justice, Mike Hodus of Coral faced charges of being drunk and disorderly. He was fined $10 plus costs, and when unable to comply the sentence he was committed to jail.
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McLain
Mike Hodus
Coral
Charles Phillips
Farmers' Night Urges Tax Reform For Public Improvements
Rural meeting speakers call for equalized assessments and an income tax to ease rising real estate taxes in Pennsylvania. John W. Warner, Indiana county farm agent, stresses agricultural education. W L Treager highlights town country goodwill. C R Gearhart notes dairy records. local leaders prize attendance.
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Pennsylvana
Pennsylvania
J. W. Warner
John W. Warner
Indiana
W. L. Treager
Greensburg
Westmoreland County
C. R. Gearhart
Extension Department of
State College
Westmoreland
William M. Showers
Chamber of Commarea
J. Norman Hunter
Kiwanis, Club
William P. Critchfield
Rotary Club
Blairsville
Community Figures Attend Indiana County Theatre Show
After a buffet luncheon, farmers and their families were guests of William Lipsie at the Richelieu Theatre for a special motion picture show. Instrumental music by the Schubert Orchestra directed by Rev J Norman Hunter and a violin duet by Mr and Mrs Kart Troxall complemented the program in Blairaville area community event.
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Alvin Pipar
Hlatt McCurdy
Erma Kelly
CM. Cramer
Eugene Altman
Malcolm Dunlap
Russell Stuchell
Roy Howard
Winifred Borbonus
L. M. Piper
Ruth Ridley
Ralph Piper
John Hoenigin
Stanley McCuray
Grace Dunlap
John M. Loydie
Mra
Glyde Lowman
Ira M. Cochran
William Brown
Ray Cosner
Emmeline Hawking
Anna McC
Raymond — Rush
A. R. Cunningham
John K. Kavari
Harry C. Eliott
Jane Duncan
D. E. Denison
A. J. Thompson
A. I. Miller
Maude Smith
P. E. Cobes
Kenneth Lintner
Cecil Stteas
Lucretia Gormley
L. P. Stitt
al. F. Rhoads
Wilma Libengood
W. M. Kunkle
Frank Howard
R. K. Torrance
J. C. Kauffman
H. A. Trauger
RB. Gormley
J. A. Dixon
Stella Kauffman
G.S. Wainwright
William Kunkle
Schubert Orchestra
J. Norman Hunter
Fake one dollar bill machine linked to scam duo
Machine officers say a counterfeit money making device was shown to targets to swindle victims. Three suspects operated across Ohio Pennsylvania and New York and planned to sell the device to prospects for sums over five hundred dollars. They were moved from Greensburg to Pittsburgh for victim identification.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Prospecta
Bird House Display Ends This Week at Indiana Gazette
The Bird House Display will run through Saturday evening at the Indiana Evening Gazette Office. Racks will be dismantled on Monday and any remaining Bird Houses will be given to contest patrons.
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Indiana Evening Gazette
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