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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1925
Page
4
A notice to election boards reports irregularities from the recent primary. At least 58 votes were illegal due to party changes and 466 for list additions. The document lists precinct by precinct tallies for party affiliation changes and added names, noting widespread use of assist ance blanks raising suspicion of improper ballots.
Christ's Episcopal Church will have Rev. Dy. Roger Charnock as rector in charge beginning Sunday after 4 fifteen years in Butler Pennsylvania. He cited his son's move to Chymer and hospital work at Tr. Coo as pivotal to the change. The community congratulates the parish on securing a respected leader with a strong parish-building record.
New York authorities show interest in the recovery of 85000 dollars worth of jewels believed stolen from Mes. Liechtenstein. The jewels were supposedly hidden in a bag in a drawer, then found knotted in a handkerchief in another drawer after a private detective questioned servants.
Washington dispatch details Col Wimn Mitchell's defense against charges of conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline. The judge advocate Sherman Moreland argues that soldiers must observe traditions and military customs. Mitchell's critics are treated the same as any citizen who disrupts public order, Moreland contends.
A local committee in Indiana completes plans for a Halloween celebration with stores asked to close six to ten. Paraders meet at Ninth and Philadelphia Streets at six. A big Halloween party follows at the Amory Friday night with costume prizes music and entrance at one dollar per couple. Proceeds support Cy. Fy and the American Legion.
A report from Dr. Francis BH Heas shows fifty state colleges and universities enrolled 45,959 students for 1926-27, with fourteen state normal schools registering 8,010. Indiana Normal leads, surpassing West Chester and Bloomsburg, while Pennsylvanian institutions list enrollments across Bloomfield, Temple, Pitt, and State College among others.
Miss Mildred R. Vineberg of Trenton was wed by proxy to Edward Winfield of Chuquicamata Chile. The ceremony was performed by Dauphin county prothonotary Mrs Annie C N Etter with the groom’s father standing in. A proxy consent from Chile and telegrams from the bride’s parents accompanied the ceremony. the bride is under legal age and will join her husband in Panama after the nuptials.
Martin J. Durkin, accused of killing DOJ agent Edwin C. Shanahan, remains at large in Chicago after a night shootout with police in which three were wounded. Durkin owes his escape to his sweetheart Miss Betty Warner who shielded him. Detectives in New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana had hunted him for weeks.
The Alabama Power Co and Associated Southern Power Companies submitted a joint offer to the Muscle Shoals Commission seeking a fifty year lease of the water and steam plants. They propose guarantees for fertilizer manufacture and nitrate plant maintenance, aiming to return the government 4 percent on its investment. The Wilson Dam, completed at about $60 million, would yield an annual rental of roughly $2.09 million, with a plan for a new dam costed near $1 million to ensure full power generation.
Ins launched investigation after letters sent to twenty Italians in Hays warned them not to vote under the threat that their homes would be dynamited if they voted. The identical letters urged recipients to stay away from the polls and claimed the Ku Klux Klan “don’t need your vote” while warning of house bombing.
Devotional exercises led by Rev. Hinitt opened the day. Dr. Ellis defined teaching as a relation and urged language clarity to convey lesson implications. Brumbaugh argued reading serves two ends, learning to read and gaining knowledge, stressing that reading requires grasping the author’s thought.
The Rev and Mrs J C C Mc Cracken celebrated their silver anniversary with Juniata Presbyterians Saturday night. Men presented the couple with treasure sacks containing 25 silver dollars. Mrs Mc Cracken was formerly Miss Margaret Adair of Indiana. Their son Henry teaches at Kiskiminetas Springs School and Joseph attends W. and J.
Mineola Ky October 29 Mrs Kath arine Frey of Lewisville Ky wins an additional victory over Wilda Bennett comedy star as Supreme Court Justice Leander B Fahey refuses to set aside the $37 500 verdict Bennett must pay for alienating the affections of her husband Charles Frey.
Akron police investigated a brutal murder at a warehouse where 50 year old Joseph Obermier, a watchman, was beaten to death with a hammer. gasoline poured over the body and a match set it alight. A Halloween Armory party followed that Friday night with prizes, music, confetti, and admission fees to support the American Legion and charity.
Grant McElhatten of Oil City wed Miss Bernice Ingham at the Second Presbyterian Church. His flivver parked on a steep hill rolled away crossing streets and a 12 foot embankment before landing upright on railroad tracks. The couple recovered the car with only minor damage.
New York report on a three day conference on modern parenthood urges updating heavenly ideas to fit present youth. Dr Miriam Van Walters of the Los Angeles juvenile court says abolishing hell isn’t enough and harp music won’t satisfy youths who favor jazz as expression.
Districts across the county contributed to Salvation Army Red Shield Day with amounts ranging from Blairsville to Marion Center. The current total nears 1283.08 with expectations it may reach 1400 or 1500, but a significant deficit remains. Voluntary gifts have pushed the overall to 8444.67, with cash and pledges split. only cash on hand is allocable. Continued on page 2, col. B.
Raymond Bi secretary of the In sana Chamber of Commerce represented Indiana County at a Findlay meeting on Tuesday evening about a transcontinental highway from Atlantic City to San Francisco. The proposed route passes Hutler Worthington Kittanning Whitesburg Miderton and Indiana. The Benjamin Franklin Highway name was chosen with plans to build an effective eastern organization before expanding west of the Mississippi River.
In Pottsville Pennsylvan ia miners from several unions react to Samuel D Warriner chairman of the anthracite operators proposing a no strike clause. They fear it would bar resuming work during deadlocks and expect an all winter strike as a result, disputing how such a plan could function in wage negotiations.
Myrtle R. Allison of Indiana and Abner K. Bloom of Clearfield wed at 11:00 AM. Rev. F. W. Hinitt officiated at First Presbyterian Church. They depart for a trip and will reside after November 16 at 843 Philadelphia Street. Bloom works in the C B C Corporation Engineering Department. Both receive best wishes from friends and colleagues.
Dense snow flurries sweep the region this afternoon with a sharp fall in temperatures. A severe cold front moved from the central Dakotas toward the east, predicting subzero readings in rapid fashion and a high wind chill as temperatures plummet tonight into Monday.
Fragmentary report mentions Theodore Joseph May, a young man linked to a millionaire Mayer, a university student in journals and discrepancies in disappearance. Notes scattered across cities Los Angeles Palo Alto and false leads about plans and local events.
Paris October 29 The probable lineup of the new French cabinet with Paul Painleve at its head emerged from conjecture as the fall of the Painleve government spurred a new administration. The Chamber of Deputies will reconvene this afternoon, though the first session after formation is expected to be private. Former premier Edouard Herriot is mentioned in the context of the ceremony for the president of the Chamber.
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