Believe It or Not Contest Seeks Amazing Facts
Indiana Jivening Gazette and Robert L Ripley seek the most amazing facts in America offering grand prizes including a Curtiss Wright airplane two Cuba trips a Quebec Province trip and more Final judge Ripley will select winning entries and the Believe It or Not facts may come from everyday home life Readers are urged to submit entries promptly and note many famous facts originated in ordinary newspapers
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Indiana
Cuba
Ward Line
National Hotel
Havana
Province of
Quebec
Rockne
RCA - Victor
Jenkine
Radiovisor
Encyclopedia Britannica
Wm. A. Rogers, Ltd
Gruen Guild
Ripley
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Alcock
Brown
America
Veterans of Foreign Wars Band Leads May 30 Concert
The Veterans of Foreign Wars band, reorganized under Henry I Wilson, Esq, reports splendid progress. A concert is set for Memorial Day evening at 7 00 on the balcony of the Moore Hotel. The band aims to be the largest organization in Indiana county by year end.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Henry I. Wilson
Moore Hotel
Indiana
Indiana County
County fund relief grants reported by state
County commissioners received a third relief check from the state totaling 10 332.70 as part of the Talbot relief bill. Indiana County will collect over 53 000 dollars in all, to be used by the Poor Board as outside relief. King Canute Cantata by the Monday Musical Club presented at the M E Church tonight at 8 15 admission 26c.
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Talbot
Indiana County
Indiana County Poor Board
King Canute
Monday Musical Club
M. E
White Russian dies for France dies for France
Paris dispatch reports May 9 that Premier Andre Tardieu's government was crushed in elections and he will resign tomorrow night. Edouard Herriot, radical socialist leader, appears set to become premier as the new chamber convenes in June. A White Russian, Sergius Dimitrieff, killed himself after noting I die for France, believing Doumer's assassin was also White Russian.
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William Parker
INS
Paris
London
Andre Tardieu
M. Tardieu
Elysee Palace
National Assembly
Paul Doumer
Tardieu
Edouard Herriot
Sergius Dimitrieff
Paul Jouguloff
Doumer
Dimitrieff
France
Mrs Massie Leaves Hawaii Aboard 88 Malolo
Thalia Massie sailed from Honolulu aboard the Malolo bound for San Francisco after a confrontation with subpoena servers. Captain Ward Wortman intervened to shield her at the dock, allowing her to board and avoid immediate testimony in the trial of four surviving defendants linked to the Ala Moana assault. Her husband Lieutenant Thomas Massie and her mother accompanied her.
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James Adam
Malolo
San Francisco
Honolulu
Thalia Massie
Hawaii
Ward Wortman
Magsie
Ala Moana Boulevard
Wortman
Massie
Harrisburg Dismissals and New Appointments Across State Departments
State personnel records reveal 34 dismissals and 33 new hires across departments led by Revenue Labor and Industry and Health Services. Dismissals include officials in Patterson Carter Philadelphia and Shamokin with wages listed. new appointments cover Health Greater Pennsylvania Council and Labor and Industry with multiple named individuals and salaries.
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Harrisburg
INS
Department of Revenue
Department of Labor and Industry
Patterson Carter
Philadelphia
W. W. Crutzer
New Kensington
Lillian
C. Morgart
Pittsburgh
Adam Ci. Schae
Frank H. Anthony
Media
Jacob R. Heilman
Annyille
John H. Hilton
Milford
Joshua P. Kennedy
Aliquippa
F. Whitney Davis
Scranton
Anna FP. Halkovich
Olyphant
Sara Livingston
Margaret M. Berger
York
Wallace J. Cramer
Waymart
Greater Pennsylvania
Ralph W. Evans
Franklin
John F. Ross
Library
Paul V. Rice
Sunbury
Claire P. Redmond
Overbrook Hills
Harold F. Bucher
Benjamin F. Davis
William A. Edwards
Dr. Chester
John A. Griffiths
Forty Fort
George M. Herringer
Allentown
Michael Markowitz
Swoyedsville
Augustus A. Brinkheide
Ida M. Gable
Johnstown
John F.ellister
Shamokin
Robert E, McNamara
Bethlehem
Harry F
Aaltman
Latrobe
Clayton A. McKinney
Spring Mills
Equitable Agents Dine at Moore Hotel Meeting
Edward A Woods Agency agents for the 53rd district held a dinner at the Moore Hotel Friday night. Representatives from Indiana border counties attended with Beryl L Seanor presiding. Guest speakers were William Bawney of Pittsburgh and John M Pfeil from New York.
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Edward A. Woods
Equitable Life Assurance Co
Moore Hotel
Indiana
Beryl L. Seanor
William Bawney
Edward A. Woods Co
Pittsburgh
John M. Pfeil
New York
Oil Feeds Flames In Brookville's $100000 Fire
Fire in Brookville Ia caused an estimated 100000 in damage as three carloads of oil fed flames in a block of industrial establishments. Rain and heavy firefighting from multiple towns limited losses while lightning is blamed for starting the blaze at the five story Wagon Works. Additional losses included Monumen t Works shop and several residences with various totals.
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Brookville
du Bois
Panxsutawney
Reynoldsville
New Bethlehem
Clarion
Pampas
J. M. McDonald
Monument Works
J. F. Sanger
Frick Reid Supply Corp
Handle and Bird Gas Co
P. D. Bullers
Blake Kroh
Green Township Commencement and Play Announced
On May 12 at eight o'clock the Senior Club presents a four act college comedy The College Hobo in the High School auditorium with admission charged. The baccalaureate by Rev. Arthur Pfohl of Zion Lutheran Indiana PA is May 15 at Green Township Community Building Cockport at three PM. Commencement is May 16 at eight PM with Prof. J W Yoder delivering the address and diplomas by Prof. Joseph H Weaver. Williamson's Orchestra will play at both events. The graduating class of 1932 is listed.
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Clab
Arthur Pfohl
Zion Lutheran Church
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Green Township
Cockport
J. W. Yoder
Juniata College
Joseph H. Weaver
Indiana County
Williamson
Smilin Through at Rossiter High School
Rossiter High School senior class presents Allan Langdon Martin’s Smilin Through at the Victory Theatre on May 26. The world famous comedy drama features amateur actors in a period piece about a rejected suitor and a dramatic wedding night. Continued on page three.
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Allan Langdon Martin
Jane Cowl
Rossiter High School
Victory Theatre
Rossite
Boy from Home Pa Defies Illness With School Adherence
Kenneth Adams, an eleven year old from near Home Pennsylvania, has missed only two days of school in five years. He attempted a school record but was struck by influenza. Also advertised are lawn mowers sharpened and reconditioned by J. MM. Stewart & Co at The Big Warehouse.
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Kenneth Adams
Near Home
J. MM. Stewart & Co
Hoover backs Senate push for tax and economy bills
President Hoover moves to rally a Republican Senate majority to pass the administration tax bill of 1.01 billion in income and then revive the National Economy bill. He seeks deep cuts in federal expenditures and a possible furlough for government workers, aiming to pressure the Democratic House into action. Curtis and Mills join the strategy as Vice President Curtis takes part in late night conferences.
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George EK
DU Eng
Washington
Hoover
Senate
Congress
House
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury Mills
Curtis
Mills
Senate Appropriations Committee
Scenari
Repubean Senate
Parachute Jumps Draw Crowds at Local Airport
Captain Garry Garrison and Miss May Wonn staged parachute jumps at Indiana Airport yesterday. Garrison jumped about three o clock, rebounded and landed unharmed after a second descent. Miss Wonn followed after six, making a graceful landing on the field. Visitors enjoyed their first air experiences and shared various impressions of flying with friends.
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Garry Garrison
Miss May Wonn
Indiana
Garrison
Miss Wenn
Jean Calloway's Band Tomorrow at Armory Dance
The Young American Girls Club gears up for Jean Calloway and her band to perform tomorrow evening at the Armory. The sensational colored singer and her Victor Recording Orchestra are highlighted as a major dance season attraction likely to draw a large crowd, with radio helping popularize her music to millions.
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Young American Girls Club
Armory
Jean Calloway
Victor Recording Orchestra
Fraudulent Check Passer Arrested by Local Police
An out-of-town woman was arrested Saturday on charges of possessing fraudulent checks. Police report she was seen passing bad checks to Indiana merchants. identity could not be established from available descriptions.
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Indiana
Dimeo Store Held Up In Blairsville Robbery
Blairsville fruit store proprietor Andy Vimeo was slugged and robbed of 1500 dollars by an unidentified man around 10 30 a m The offense happened at the Dimeo store on East Market Street after the owner returned from a Blairsville bank A bandit about 35 years old was described to state police Blairs ville and Greensburg troopers aided investigations The robber struck Dimeo knocked him unconscious then cut phone lines and fled with the cash on pay day for the Pennsylvania Railroad
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Andy Vimeo
Blairsville
Dimeo
East Market Street
Greensburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Local Obituaries: Mrs Lucy Mae Hasinger Dies at 11:20
Community mourns the death of Mrs. Lucy Mae Taylor Hasinger wife of Paul B. Hasinger at their Wayne Avenue home. Heart complications cited after a long illness. Born October 3 1894 in Medina Ohio she taught at Indiana State Normal School Salt Lake City Richmond and Waterbury. Surviving are husband John David and sister Helen Milliken. Services private. Also Alfred Sterner a Montgomery Township resident dies at Clearfield Hospital. funeral Tuesday at Mast Mahoning Baptist Church. Burial in church cemetery.
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Lucy Mae (Taylor) Hasinger
Paul B. Hasinger
Wayne Avenue
David and
Bertha Taylor
Medina
Ohio University
Indiana State Normal School
Indiana State Teachers Coners Fousiiur Sgala
Salt Lake City
Richmond
Ind
Waterbury
Helen Milliken
Columbus
Alfred Sterner
Montgomery Township
Hillsdale
Clearfield Hospital
Jacob Sterner
William
Herbert
Viola Wilt
Arcadia
Mont
Hilldate
Mast Mahoning Baptist Church
Church
Eleven Nurses to Be Graduated at Indiana Hospital
Public invited to annual commencement at First Methodist Episcopal Church on Tuesday evening May tenth at 8:15. Eleven young women will receive diplomas from the class of 1982 including Ethyl Carlyn Bence Marion Center dune Viola Lakehart Creek side Helen Elizabeth Widemire Indiana Mary Loretta Ferrier Fulton Run Laura Caroline Gearhart Plumville Sara Jane Wilden Ernest Geneva Sue Ginter Indiana Edita Pearl McCune Utica Thelma Jean McCune Utica Mabel Alice Ray Maidville and Clee Bavas Whites ford Barnesboro. Program features processional organ address group of songs and diplomas presentation. National Hospital Day observed with open house at Indiana Hospital Thursday May 12 2 to 4 pm tea served and tours available.
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Indiana Hospital
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Ethyl Carlyn Bence
Marion Center
Dune
Viola Lakehart
Creekside
Helen Elizabeth Widemire
Indiana
Mary Loretta
Ferrier
Fulton Run
Laura
Anna Simpson Gile
Logan Houck
John G. St. Clair
Elizabeth Carson Canfield
Largo
Handel
Rachmaninoff
Arthur J. Pfohl
Rosa
Vollrath Buchheit
Bruno Hahn
Henry Hall
Nightingale Pledge
Scott
J. A. McCamey
D. D. Revessional
W. BP
Paradox of Prohibition Parade Unfolds in Camden
Camden May 9 The INS reports a “We Want Beer” parade in support of repeal but spookshops will close for four hours. Beer venders promise a sober appeal by sober men and women with parade organizers stressing orderly conduct led by Fred Steubing.
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Camden
Gamnden
Jimmy Walker
Fred Steubing
Father of Ten in Crisis Ends in Double Shooting
In Jeannette Pennsylvania on May 6 James Copenhazer, 48, a Roey Nobisvillla farmer, killed himself after shooting his wife May Copenhazer, 34, who was seriously wounded at Westmoreland Hospital. The couple fought over her refusal to return home to their ten children. The shooting happened at the Aberhardt residence where Mrs. Copenhazer had lived for four months with two of her children.
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Jeannette
May
James Copnhazr
Westmoreland Hospital
Copenhazer
May Copenhager
Mir
Galvin Aberhardt
Two Arrested in Gasoline Thefts
Two young men were arrested Saturday night by local police for stealing gasoline from parked cars and transferring it to a car used by one of them. Police say they have the goods on them and a hearing is set for this evening. One suspect is from Indiana and the other is from out-of-town. Names are not released at this time.
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Indiana
Banks plan meeting to coordinate new institution
Washington Pa May 9 With thousands of dollars tied up for a year in three closed banks business men and banking officials meet this afternoon to discuss establishing a new institution A reorganization committee will present two plans likely to liquidate frozen assets State Banking Department represented by J D Swigart
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Washington
State Banking Department
J. D. Swigart
Cancellation of the 76th annual fair by managers
The Board of Managers, in Wilson & Evans’s office, voted unanimously to cancel this year’s fair amid economic strain. The 76th annual exhibition, planned for the week of September 13 after Labor Day, was halted as other fairs in Ebenabit and Dawson also faced closures. A circus is slated for next week, likely the season’s sole major entertainment. Selah.
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Ebenabit
Dawson
Ind
Trapped by Fire Ends in Prayerful Death
Jacob Peters aged 74 died in his prayer posture as flames trapped him in his Pennsylvania home. Firefighters found him charred on his bed. The blaze, likely started in his daughter Minnie Anderson's residence, spread to adjacent rooms forcing four others to escape. Anderson suffered minor burns while attempting to reach his room.
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Vent
May
Jacob Peters
Peter
Minniederson
John West
Derson
Anderson
Kline to Take Witness Stand in Male Feasance Trial
In Butler Pennsylvania May 9 The trial of Mayor Charles H Kline of Pittsburgh and Bertram L Succop disturbing director of supplies moves toward the mayor taking the stand in his defense. Judge Finletter’s ruling prompted defense to alter plans and call the mayor to testify. The ruling requires the commonwealth to prove improper motive in awarding city supply contracts and allows inference from the transaction itself.
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Butler
Charles Hi. Kline
Pittsburgh
Bertram. L.succop
Thomas ‘Dy. Finletter
Altho
Commonwealth
Hewitt thanks voters for support in Indiana County race
Hewitt thanks supporters through the press, pledging to work hard for all Indiana County residents during the 1933 state legislative session. He spoke of his sincere appreciation following the April primaries and promised full energy if elected as representative in the fall.
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Indiana County
Adele Astaire Weds Duke's Second Son at Chatsworth
Adele Astaire, famed dancer, marries Lord Charles Cavendish, second son of the Duke of Devonshire, in a private Chatsworth chapel ceremony attended by close relatives. Rev. Foster-Pegg officiated as hymns rang in the village, after which the couple departed for a London honeymoon.
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Adele Astaire
Duke
Charsworth
Derbyshire
Eiy
Charles Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire
Chatsworth House
Dukes of Devonshire
Miss Astaire
Devonshire
Marquis of Hartington
Foster- Pegg
London
Lingmare Casta
Duke of Davonshing
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Danville
Edwin F. Garvey
Beaver Falls
Clayton L. Krum
Center Valley
August Delp
Meadville
Nelson J. Clayton, Jr
Pottsville
Equitable Agents
Green Township Commencement
Rossiter
U. E. Auto Parts Co., Inc
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Auto Parts Co
Imeo
Paul B
Hasinger
Mary Ann Bandleon
Mary Ann Hamilton
Methodist Episcopal
National Hospital
Kline
Hewitt
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