Lindbergh Hears Proposals For Advisory Board In Paris
Lindbergh in Paris weighs offers to form a three member advisory board as a business aid while enjoying talks with aviation experts. He relies on Ambassador Herrick for guidance and plans to visit Le Bourget before speaking at the American Club luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Paris
Ambassador Werrick
Alan Cobham
Byrd
New York
le Bourget Field
Tokio
Herrick
Bleriot
English Channel
Chamber of Deputies
Spectacn
Briand
Memorial Day Orators Named for Indiana Theater Acknowledgment
Prof. J. G. Hill, a faculty member, was announced as the Memorial Day speaker by Indiana Post. The services will be held at the Indiana Theater on Sunday evening May 29 at 7 30 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Hill
Indiana Post
Indiana Theater
Passengers Near Escape on Reading Railroad Crew Car
In Bunbury Pennsylvania on May 24 an incident aboard the Shamokin Williamsport Local on the Reading Railroad near Cable saw a baggage car derail and pull the smoking car. The cars slid over ties toward a forty foot embankment. Several passengers were shaken but none required medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunbury
Reading Railroad
Cable
Here
De Pinedo Forced Down and Being Towed to Port
May 24 reported that Commander De Pinedo was forced down at sea and is being towed toward port by a schooner. The seaplane was sighted 240 miles from the Azores. ships Providence Providenne and Italian and Norwegian vessels are listed. Mussolini ordered Italian cruisers to search for De Pinedo along the Newfoundland to Azores route amid weather doubts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinedo
Montreal
de Pinedo
Rome
INS
Mussolini
de Tinedo
Newfoundland
Azores
Air Ministre
de Piierly
Death Claims Mrs Emma Craft in Rossiter Area
Johnstown May 24 Mrs Laura McDowell learns of the death of her father in Milwaukee Wisconsin Charles Clifford McDowell 87 died after a short illness He lived in West Fairfield and New Florence His wife Mary Smith McDowell died years ago He is survived by daughter Nora widow of Rev J P Dysart and grandson Clifford P McDowell The burial in Union Cemetery at Rossiter will be arranged by Matt Will to officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. McDowell
Johnstown
Laura McDowell
Somerset Street
Charles Clifford McDowell
Milwaukee
Wis
McDowell
West Fairfield
New Florence
Mary Smith McDowell
Nora
J. P. Dysart
Clifford P. McDowell
Nedy
Local Families and Visitors Schedule From Crafton Area
GIPSY Dr Leonard Smith and family spent days with his parents Mr and Mrs B M Smith. Carl Gorman of Wilkinsburg visited with his parents Oran and Mrs Gorman. Lemuel Spicher and family visited with Horace Spicher. Preacher Grasty is in Virginia. Bill Gromley plans to move near Lumber City. John Lydie and family stayed with Byron Lydie of Scottdale. Mrs Susan Ferrier returned to Mrs Ober’s home after Gallitzin visit. Mr and Mrs D Smith visited friends at Indiana Hospital on Wednesday. Kyle Spicher and wife of Hillsdale called on friends here last Sunday. Annie Freno visited Susan Ober Tuesday evening. Mrs Tom Lutsock suffers tonsillitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Smith
Crafton
B. M. Smith
Carl Gorman
Wilkinsburg
Oran
Byron Lydie
Scottdale
Susan Ferrier
Mrs. Ober
Gallitzin
D. Smith
Indiana Hospital
Kyle Spicher
Hillsdale
Annie Freno
Susan Ober
Tom Lutsock
Archie Fowler Dies in West
Word has been received of the death of A. C. Fowler, former well known resident of this city, at his home in Monrovia California on May 12 aged 84 years. We are without further particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Fowler
Monrovia
California
First Social at Rest-A-While Hosts Bridge Club
The opening social of summer at Gamp Rest-a-While featured Miss Jeannette Kepps entertaining the Monday Night Bridge Club in the new enclosed clubhouse porch. Guests danced and played bridge before a luncheon served by Mr and Mrs McCann who will run the camp over the summer season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamp Rest-a
Jeannette Kepps
Warship Home for Lindbergh Announcement
Assistant Secretary Robinson announced that a U S Navy warship will bring Captain Charles A Lindbergh home if he agrees. Six ships will sail from Europe on June 14 and Lindbergh may select any to make the homeward trip as announced from Washington on May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wastington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Robinson
Navy
Europe
Lindbergh
Spinning Out Of Fashion In Marion Davies Film
A lively column notes the decline of spinning and weaving skills as Marion Davies shoots Quality Street for MGM. It laments modern girls, mocks vaudeville tours of a star named X, and recalls critics arguing a play breaks Aristotle’s laws due to X’s cast presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Davies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Chicago
Local Social Notes From Rochester Mills Area
Miss Bertha Gibson of Indiana spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs William Gibson. Many Indiana visitors including Homer Tyger Joan Warner Commodore and John Hurd family groups stopped by for Sunday visits with Mrs Ella Hurd. Cevilla Works joined W D B Smitten at Oakland Rest and attended Mrs W B Smitten's funeral at Marchand. Frank Gaston of Canoe Ridge visited town on Friday. James Miller and R M Dodson were Indiana visitors on Saturday. Homer Downey of Indiana spent weekend with grandparents Mr and Mrs David Gibson. H M Wells, employed in Pittsburgh, spent the weekend with family. I Roe Elder and daughter Fanny visited Punxsutawney on Saturday. Clair Sin employed at Mayville Center spent Sunday with parents. Gaynelle Dodson and Fanny Elder were guests of Mrs Ray Henry at Ganoe Ridge Saturday. Gladys Tyger and Mrs A D T Smith and Mrs Clell Crawford were Punxsutawney callers on Saturday. The I O C F of this place attended the funeral of Walter Crawford at Rossi ter. Subscribe for the Evening Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Gibson
Indiana
William Gibson
Homer Tyger
Parnassus
Joan Warner
Commodore
John Hurd
Ella Hurd
Cevilla Works
W. D B. Smitten
Oakland Rest
W. B. Smitten
Marchand
Frank Gaston
Canoe Ridge
James Miller
R. M. Dodson
Homer Downey
David Gibson
H. M. Wells
Pittsburgh
I. Roe Elder
Fanny
Sharkey's Punch Sparks New York Boxing Speculation
In New York on May 24, observers debate whether Jack Sharkey now possesses a knockout punch. The piece weighs Sharkey's defense and recent knockout of Jimmy Maloney against past exhibitions showing uncertain punching power, noting that Sharkey’s current ability could elevate him to the status of a top heavyweight contender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis J. Walsh
CN. S
New York
James J. Corbett
Sullivan
Jeffries
Fitz
Dempsey
L. A Corbett
Jack Sharkey
Jimmy Maloney
Corbett
James
Floyd Fitzsimmons
Sharkey
Floyd
Maloney
Jack Delaney
Delaney
Ma Toney
Huffman
Michael McTigue
Flying Navy Church Flag Description
A navy church flag features a blue cross on a white field in three sizes. The smallest measures about feet long and 2 feet wide, the cross length is 82 feet, and the cross width at the base and top is 3 inches with a crossbar of 14 inches. The hoist end of the cross on the flag should be placed toward the Ragpale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Church
Population of major eastern cities in the torrid zone
The largest eastern cities are Calcutta Bombay and Madras in British India. Calcutta and Bombay each exceed a million residents while Madras has about half a million. Other major cities include Bangkok Singapore and Hongkong in Southern China.
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Calcutta
Bombay
Madras
Bangkok
Siam
Singapore
Hongkong
China
Long Wait Sign at Cumberland Business Door
Cumberland Md News reports a hand written sign on a local business door noting a long wait and a barber hop for a shave returning around 4 PM with an implied delay in service. The note reflects routine small town commerce and daily customer flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Business
MA G'S Allies
Cumberland
Ancient Church Floor Fragment Recovered at St John the Divine
The old 44nel square piece from in front of the altar at the cathedral of St John the Divine was taken from the ancient church of St John the Divine built by Emperor Justinian at Epheus around 340 A D on the site believed to be John the Apostle's grave location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John the Divine
John the Divine
Justinian
Rome
Ephesus
John
Hawaiians Speak English Tawaui Pronouncement
A Hawaiian territory report notes compulsory education for all Liawali children aged six to seventeen and states English is the prevailing language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tawaui
United States
Liawali
Siy
Knights Templar Parade in Philadelphia Conclave
In Philadelphia May 24 the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Pennsylvania parade in the 74th annual conclave with over 18 000 delegates in colorful uniforms. Opening session at the Masonic Temple today followed by a Palestra ball. officers to be installed tomorrow. Past Grand Commanders' Association dinner held last night and Dr Paul J Pontius to retire as Grand Commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Grand Commandery
Knights Templar of Pennsylvania
Masonic Temple
Palestra
University of Pennsylvania
Grand Commanders' Association
Paul J. Pontius
Britain sever(s) Soviet trade concord on espionage
Britain plans to cut diplomatic ties with Soviet Russia amid a probe exposing Soviet agents active in Britain and America. Documents seized reveal photostatic copies, a Soviet House room used for espionage, and instructions from the Internationale of Trade Unions. London withdraws its trade delegation and diplomacy. U.S. officials weigh non intervention policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quiry
United States
Great Britain
America
Internationale of
Trade Unions
Moscow
Washington
INS— Administration
Soviet
Russia
Kellogg
Hughes
Costume musicale by church circles set for two nights
A costumed musicale by the Neighborhood Circle of the Young Women's Club of the Presbyterian Church and the Lutheran Church choir will be staged on Tuesday May 31 at the Presbyterian chapel and Thursday June 2 at the Lutheran church. Tickets are 34 cents for members and at the door. After the show ice cream strawberries and cake will be served in each church social hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women's Club
Presbyterian Church
Lutheran Church
Lutheran Ghureh
Indiana Council Seeks to Amend Gas Tank Rule
A special Indiana Council meeting discussed amending storage limits for gasoline at filling stations. Gulf Refining Co seeks two tanks at the southeast corner of Fifth and Water streets. proposed change allows larger tanks up to 4500 gallons but no single tank above 1000 gallons. Borough Solicitor John S. Taylor was directed to prepare the amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
van Weld
Gulf Refining Company
Fifth and Water Streets
John S. Taylor
Points on People! Locals visit Indiana and surrounding towns
Carl Moorhead returns from Daytona Beach Florida and will spend the summer at aple street. Blair Ansley of Rayne township the County Inspector of Weights and measures was in Indiana. Mr and Mrs 7 B King of Pittsburgh were guests of Indiana friends. Dr Wallace Driver ofCollensburg spent Monday with Indiana friends. Capt H Clyde Caldwell of Johnstown, representative of the Relliv Brock Stock and Bond Co of Philadelphia, called on Juana bankers. Mr and Mrs Harald Snyder of Erie were guests in Indiana Hotel Monday. Marty Thomas a Justice of the Peace of Glen Campbell was a caller in the Court House yesterday. H R Chambling former county mercantile appraiser Indiana visitor today. T C White tax assessor Center township among Indiana visitors. W H Gemmell of Young township transacting business in Indiana. Mr and Mrs R J Weithon of Pittsburgh spent Monday with friends in the Moore Hotel. C G Cessna Glen Campbell merchant was an Indiana visitor yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Clyde Caldwell
Johnstown
Relliv. Brock, Stock and Bond Company
Philadelphia
Ministers on special train to Washington for church assembly
The Rev J C Pinkerton and Elder Harry Carson depart at 8 25 this morning as commissioners for the Presbytery of Conemaugh to attend the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in Washington D C They join many commissioners on a special train arriving this evening An evangelical conference will be held this evening and tomorrow The Assembly opens tomorrow with sermon by retiring Moderator Rev R A Hutchinson The Assembly will continue for four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Pinkerton
D. D
Harry Carson
Washington, D. C
Presbytery of
Conemaugh
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church
Washington
R. A. Hutchinson
Pittsburgh
Parallel death case seen as in Snyder murder
In Fall River Mass on May 24 police linked Theodore R. Gibbons’s slaying to the Snyder case. Gibbons’s battered body was found in a well on an East Swan sea farm. His wife and her alleged sweetheart Antone Da Silva were questioned overnight and then arrested for murder. Detectives traced marks of an automobile Da Silva was said to have given Mrs. Gibbons to the area near the well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
INS
Snyder
Theodore R. Gibbons
Swansea
Antone da Silva
da Silva
Gibbons
Million Gallons of Gas Destroyed in Shanghai Fire
Fire at the Standard Oil Company of New York plant in Chinkiang, started by shell fire, burned about a million gallons of petroleum. US and British fire crews, including Ford and Wolverine units, aided in subduing the blaze after a dangerous struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Standard Oil Company of New York
Chinkiang
Sun Chuan Fang
United States
Ford
Wolverine
Telephone calls extended across Atlantic to London all day
Announcement extends transatlantic telephone service hours in Great Britain from 6:40 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, aligning with 12:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. British Summer Time. The four hour expansion increases daily call window across the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Atlantic
Charles G Miller Dies 64 Years After Civil War Wounding
In Grttysbur0 Pennsylvania Charles G Miller age 56 died at his home. He had long claimed he was left for dead in a Fredericksburg Virginia battlefield ditch after severe Civil War wounds and was later found by soldiers sent to bury the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grttysburo, Pa
Charles G. Miller
Fredericksburg
Miller
Fire destroys two Pittsburgh buildings in May blaze
Pittsburgh on May 24. More than 160 persons fled in night clothes as a fire of undetermined origin destroyed two 2 story buildings on Reed Street. Damage estimated at $10,000. The Dresden artworks recover picture the lower floor of one building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
TNS
Dresden Art Works
Reedsdale Street
Sugar Bowl Levee Breach Threatens Flooding East Bank
New Orleans May 24 The Atchafalaya levee on the east bank collapsed just before dawn creating a 730 foot crevasse. The eastern section of the sugar bowl is expected to flood within hours and the west bank levees of the Mississippi are now threatened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Atchafalaya
McCrea
Sugar Bowl
Mississippi
Shields Get New Trial Denied in Bribery Case
Washington May 24 An appeal for a new trial by Daniel J Shields a wealthy Johnstown Pa brewer convicted of bribery of a government employee was denied by Justice A A Hoehling in district supreme court Shields was found guilty of bribing Miss Hila M Hayes a worker in the prohibition unit and faces six years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Daniel J. Shields
Johnstown
Brewer
A. A. Hoehling
District sUpreme Court
Shields
Hila M.hayes
Prohibition
Special meeting on merger proposal for Pittsburgh Johnstown Telephone
Notice announces a special meeting of the stateholders of the Pittsburgh Johnston Long Distance Telephone Company on June 10, 1927 at 2:90 at 124 Jackson Street Johnstown Fun. The meeting considers a merger and consolidation agreement with the Milburgh Johnstown Geng Distance Telephone Company and the Johnstown Telephone Company and votes on adoption of the agreement and consolidation. Secretary HB. TD. SCMWADE signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh-Johnstown
Johnstown Telephone Company
Gajd
Jerges
Raneh of Directors
HB. TD
Scmwade
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Natty Atire
le Bourget
Evening Gazette
Floyd's Register
Providenne
Emma Craft
Matt
Union Cemetery
Rossiter
Archie Fowler
West
Warship
Vazetta
The
Shadow Box
Richard Dix
Thos
Meighan
Adolphe Menjou
Marguerite de la Motte
Charlotte Greenwood
Rochester Mills
Knights Templar
Britain
Copenhagen
Stockholm Tidningen
Carl Moorhead
Daytona Beach
Fla
Aple Street
Blair Ansley
Rayne’ Township
7. B. King
Pittsurgh
Dr. Wallace Driver
Collensbureg
Harald Snyder
Erie
Indiana Hotel
Marty Thomas
Glen Campbell
H. &. Rooney
Oliver Lewis
Court House
H.R. Chambling
T.C. White
Center Township
W. H. Gemmell
Young Township
TR. J. Wiethon
Moore Hotel
Cessna
Ite
Veererenaeanne Aim
Sugar Vaseeeaetas
Gmelts Coessaeven
Woo
Lds
Tel
Saete
Rireeenens Gs
Ove Bantsane
Ajax
Reth Steel
Baldwin Loco
Cirucibla
Wal
Gas
Bath
Fisk UD
Motors Star
Jon Granby
Kelly Spring
Lehigh Val
Wea Mar
Tae Tee Benene
Mit
Egy
Middle States Oil
An “Steel
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Rock Island
Sinclair Qi
South Pac
Studebaker
Eure Bate
Nala
Ind
South Rails
Tim R Bear
Tae
Son
US Steel Pte Thane
West Blec
West Airbrake
Hudson
Stewart
Warner
Assembly
Ndigna
Daugherty’s
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