Fugitive bank clerk jailed after New York capture
W ben Smith once with Oakland Savings & Trust vanished August 15 with about $110000 in securities and travelers checks. Returned from New York by Detective Thomas Morgan, he faced larceny forgery and embezzlement charges after being arrested with 6 000 to 7 000 dollars in cash. He blamed his downfall on high living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Ben Smith
Oakland Savings & Trust Company
Central Police
New York
Thomas Morgan
Smith
Health Board Warns Against Heat and Overeating
The Health Board warned that resistance can falter in heat and illness, advising light clothing, shade, and careful feeding. It urges avoiding heavy meals and heat-generating foods during hot dry spells to protect children.
New Direct Route Links Bedford and Indiana Counties
State aid road improvements in West Wheatfield township will create a direct Bedford to Indiana route, replacing the Sproul plan and tying all county seats in the state. In Cambria and surrounding townships, several small road segments totaling about 1.52 miles will connect to Johnstown and Route 56, with state and township funding. Contractors Corrado and Galiardi, Eastern States Construction, D R Devil, and R Cooper are listed with project values ranging from about 34 thousand to 458 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Bedford
Sproul
Indiana County
West Wheatfield
New Florence
William Penn
Robinson
Armagh
Stoneycreek
Ship
Cambria County
Berndale
Kring Station
Johnstown
Lorainborough
Corrado and Galiardi Constructing Company
Connellsville
Eastern States Construction Company
Meadville
D. R. Devil
Westmont
R. Cooper
Idamar
Rene Family Holds Reunion at Marlon Center Park
The W. J. Rising family reunion at Labor Day in Curry's Run Shelocta gathered many relatives from Indiana Trafford Latrobe Wilmerding and elsewhere. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rising and son Wallace. Mr. and Mrs. James Rising and family. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rising and family. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Kislinger and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Rising and family. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rising and family. Mr. and Mrs. Lisle Thomas and family. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Rising. visitors Helen Miller and Zelda Miller. A noon and evening meal followed by an afternoon program and games, with everyone reporting a fine time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Rising
Curry’s Run
Sheslocta
Labor Day
Marlon Center Community Park
Wallace
Shelocta
James Rising
Trafford
Walter Rising
Wil 4Nerding
Vincent Kissinger
Latrobe
John Rising
Elmer Rising
Bank insurer vows action over Telluride bank loss
The report notes a bank insurer pledges actions to protect the Bank of Telluride and recover funds deposited by a missing man. State bank examiners under MacFerson oversee the bank’s affairs, while Norwood, Colorado, and unspecified parties are involved in the unfolding situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eed
Bank of Telluride
Jaggoner
MacFerson
Norwood
Colo
Bank of
Johnstown Hospital Notes Injuries Reported After Weekend Incidents
George Plowman of Wintondale fractured left leg in a lawnmower collision and was admitted to Memorial Hospital at Johnstown. William Russell, 65, of Tub Creek Colliery Company, admitted with a fracture from a fall at home. Robert Boring, three, son of Hershel and wife, severely burned after a tub of water spill and rushed to Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Plowman
Wintondale
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
William Russell
Tub Creek
Robert Boring
Hershel Boring
Peccato
Leydics Home From West Coast Ends 10,000 Mile Tour
Mr and Mrs George Leydie and family returned Saturday from an extended motor tour to the Western Coast. They passed through 25 states covering over 10000 miles on a northern route out and a southern route back. Highlights included the Grand Canyon Yellowstone Yosemite Cheyenne Portland Seattle Los Angeles and San Francisco with a visit in Portland to William E Kemery and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Leydie
Leydie
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Yellowstone Park
Yosemite Valley
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Portland
Oregon
Seattle
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Calif
Cliffside Park hosts six night block party with top bands
The weeklong event opens with six nights of dance music led by the Alabamians from Kansas City and Hal Kemp and his Hotel Manger orchestra of New York under Indiana Post 141 American Legion at Cliffside Park. The Alabamians, touted as the best colored band, bring jazz energy as old friends reconnect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliffside
Hal Kemp
Hotel Manger Orchestra
New York
Cliffside Park
Indiana Post 141
American Legion
el Torreon Ballroom
Kansas City
Alabama Deejays Ignite Legion Dances With Kemp Band
Wright's colored orchestra from Columbus, Ohio, energized Indiana dance scenes years ago. Hal Kemp and his university trained group supply nationally famous records. "You can't go wrong on a Legion dance" is set to draw crowds Thursday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Columbus
Ohio
Indiana
County stock shows at Fair Grounds featured by bees and thrillers
Stock associations hold annual shows at the Fair Grounds with Jersey and Holstein breeders and the County Horse Association. An exhibit of honey by Clover Ridge 4-H Bee Club will be in the Horticultural Hall. Flying Sullivans and the Aerial Youngs will perform daily at the grandstand. War veterans and county school children will tour Wednesday with free badges. Admission 50 cents, youths 25 cents, grand stand 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thersey, Jersey and Holstein Breeders
County Horse Association
Pennsylvania
Clover Ridge
Marion Center
Flying Sullivans
Aerial Youngs
Jerusalem Jewish Accountability Rumors Stir Arab Attacks
The Grand Mufti and others allege that Jews provoked Arab attacks in Jerusalem by inflammatory acts and symbols as violence surged from August 23. Rabbi Sonnenfeld condemns the violence, stating promises of government safety were broken and demanding severe punishment for attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Rabbi Sonnenfeld
Palestine
Tariff Wars Continues as Coalition Attacks Rates
The article notes ongoing tariff battles with the coalition denouncing administrative features and attacking the rates. A farm group is mentioned among the parties taking a stand, signaling expanding industrial and agricultural stakes in the dispute.
McGregor and Thomas Bus Company Timetable Entry
Indiana to Punxsutawney and back routes with daily times listed. Connections at Big Run to DuBois noted. Sundays show Indiana to Punxsutawney and return schedule with morning and afternoon departures and arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor & Thomas Bus Company
Indiana
Punxsutawney
P.M
Puntsutawney
Civsanee
Big Run
Bus Connectio
DuBois
Farm groups press higher duties on farm products in tariff row
National Grange and American Farm Bureau lead a farm appeal for steeper tariffs on sugar tobacco cattle cheese flaxseed potatoes wool hay and vegetables. Insurgent Democrats threaten to push farm rates higher while opposing industrial rate increases, complicating the tariff battle in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
National Grange
American Farm Bureau
Middle West
Death claims Stumpf and others in multiple obituaries
Obituaries report Ralph Stumpf of Indiana with three sisters, John G. Hill of Seward dies at 65 after long illness, Mary Caroline Stackman preceded him. Also mentions William Hildebrand of Richland township, Nora Stanley of Brookville death after stair accident, and extended Stanley family survivors and funeral details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Hill
Seward
Cleanfield Hospital
Clearfield
Hill
Citizen’s National Bank
St. Clair Township
Mary Caroline Stackman
Caroline
Minnie
Ada McFarland
Penn UN
C. A Waltman
Marion Center
Armagh Cemetery
Mr. Hill
Quarterly conference members listed for various communities
A compiled list of clergy and lay delegates including Rev Holbach, professors, presidents, and conference attendees from Johnstown, Fairfield Avenue, Solix Elton, Moxham, Garfield Street, Vickrey Avenue, Somerset, Pittsburgh District Indiana, Hyndman, Wilkinsburg, and related locales. Names include C A Mack, M L Weaver, J T Shafer, J G Brown, F D Ellenberger, E W Richell, W W Elrick, A B Hosbach, H M Mohney, J C Lang, J W Begnger, L B Rittenhouse, F W Bartlett, and lay evangelists Mia Sarah Ernest Snyder and Mary Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albright College
Zener
Western Union College
C. A. Mack
Johnstown
First
M. L. Weaver
Fairfield Avenue
Solix-Elton
J. T. Shafer
J. G. Brown
Moxham
F. D. Ellenberger
Garfield Street
E. W. Richell
Vickrey Avenue
W. W. Elrick
Somerset
C. RB
Mee Cauley
Pittsburgh
Indiana
A. B. Hosbach
Marchand
H. M. Mohney
Mechanicsburg
Lewis Steeley
Hyndman
J. C. Powell
A. J. Beal
Lorenz
J. C. Lang
J. W. Begnger
L. B. Rittenhouse
Wilkinsburg
F. W. Bartlett
Mia
Sarah Ernest Snyder
Miss Mary Jones
Wreck of City of San Francisco Claims Eight Victims
Coroner's jury finds death by airplane accident after the T A T liner City of San Francisco crashed on Mount Taylor New Mexico during a flight from Albuquerque to Los Angeles. Six bodies reach morgue. seven more identified elsewhere as rescue operations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas
Valencia County
Bob Roberts
McKinley County
Mount Taylor
Albuquerque
N. M
Los Angeles
Ers
William Henry
New York
Golf Magazine
Campbell
M. M
Cincinnati
Livermore
William
Boston
McGaffey
Amasa H
Raymond
Corina
Glendale
California
Canfield
C. F
Dietel
Edwin A
New Braunfels
Tex
Stone
J. B
Clovis
San Francisco
West
Army of Press
Grants
Jesse Stowe
Edward Dietel
C. F. Canfield
Courier
M. M. Campbell
Wm. Livermore
Wm. H. Beers
McBride
Valencia Co
Kansas City
Western Air Express
City of
Mt. Taylor
New Mexico
Lester Luhnow
J. Harry Coleman
Elizabeth
N. J
Rex B. Clark
Norco
Iran
Rice
Arizona
Mexico
Grant
B. W. Dieber
Evplicit
Courier Johnson
Johnson
Points on People visits and social sightings
Honorable and Mrs J C Clark and sons Aaron and Joseph of Jos Win lodge near Glen Campbell spent a short time in town. Miss Mary Bell of Washington DC, daughter of the late William Bell, visited John M Jamison on North Fifth Street. Mr and Mrs Harry Replogle and two children motored to Brookville to visit friends. Mr and Mrs Harvey Suttor and son of Punxsutawney spent Sunday with the Suttors of Waterstreet. Mrs Mary Graffus of Punxsutawney visits Dorothy Fleming. Bernell Shea, John Risheberger, Harry McCrea and others spent Sunday at La and Harry McLain’s Bast e home. Sergeant Vincent Bunch of the State Police spent Sunday in Johnstown. Ralph Moorhead Jr and his mother returned from Atlantic City. Mr and Mrs Ralph Cummings and family visited Blairsville. John F Clements was guest of Harry Lydick in Twolick Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Clark
Aaron
Joseph
Jos- Win” Lodge
Glen Campbell
Mary Bell
Washington, D. C
William Bell
Indiana
Williamsport
Pittsburgh
John M. Jamison
North Fifth Street
Harry Replogle
Brookville
Harvey Suttor
Punxsutawney
Lafayette Suttor
Waterstreet
Mary Graffus
Dorothy Fleming
Bernell Shea
John Risheberger
Harry McCrea
Harry McLain
Baste
Vincent Bunch
Johnstown
Ralph Moorhead, Jr
Atlantic City
Ralph Cummings
Blairsville
John F. Clements
Harry Lydick
Twolick Gardens
Two-Foot Water Stream Rises 25 Feet After Main Break
Pittsburgh water main on Liberty avenue burst Friday evening, sending a two foot stream 25 feet into the air and flooding basements. Water bureau workers controlled the spill hours later as curious crowds formed water lines. Damage runs into hundreds of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Liberty Avenue
Water Bureau
Soviet bombs Chinese train near Pogranichny
A Harbin passenger train on the Chinese Eastern Railway was bombed and exploded by Soviet forces near Pogranichny, killing two and wounding three, per Japanese sources cited by evening papers. Pogranichnaya was reported afire after the attack on the city by Soviet troops. West Newton building planned for Rees Motor Co in local auto ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INSJI
Pogranichnayas
Harbin
Pogranichny
Today
Pogranichnaya
West Newton
Rees Motor Company
Gisham
Radical Trial Ends Sudden Mistrial In Gastonia Chief Slay
The trial of seven radical attackers for the murder of Police Chief J. O. Aderholt in Gastonia ended abruptly when Judge M. Barnhill declared a mistrial after juror J. G. Campbell collapsed mentally over the weekend. The court overruled a bid to bond the 18 defendants on the first degree murder charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Aderholt
Barnhill
J. G. Campbell
Aderholt
Gastonia
Garage Robbers Sent To Pen in Washington County
WASHINGTON Pa Sept convict ed of holding up a Spencer garage attendant and robbing the Charleroi garage on May 7. W E Friend of Steubenville Ohio and C J Stindler of Brownsville Pa received penitentiary terms from Judge Erwin Cummins. They bound and gagged the attendant and took the day’s receipts. The pair were captured about a month later in Charleroi. An illegal booklet with safe cracking directions was found in their possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pa
Spencer
Charleroi
W. E. Friend
Steubenville
C. J. Stindler
Brownsville
Washington
Friend
Stindler
Erwin Cummins
Postal Receipts Up In Sixty Cities For August
Postal receipts in 60 industrial cities for August rose 5.62 percent from a year earlier. Total receipts reached 3,289,489.82 dollars, with 8,114,506.48 dollars for the same period last year. Springfield Illinois led with a 30.59 percent gain, followed by Albany New York at 23.45 percent and Springfield Ohio at 27.14 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Post Office Department
Springfield
Tll
Albany
N. Y
Ohio
Few Stars In Action On National Tennis Second Day
Forest Hills scene shifts as only about half the entry plays on Sunday with 14 first-round byes in the men’s national singles tourney. Notables still idle include Henry Cochet’s absence, while Bill Tilden, Johnny Doeg, and Irancia Hunter rest, joining Bunny Austin and George Lott in the action slate. Springfield- Philadelphia Suburban Counties Gas & Electric Company plans to erect test boxes around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Roy
INS
Forest Hills
L. I
Henry Cochet
Big Bill" Tilden
Johnny Doeg
Santa Monica
Irancia T. Hunter
New Rochelle
H. W. “Bunny” Austin
George M. Lott
United States
Wilmer Allison
Texas
Berkeley Bell
Springfield
Philadelphia
Suburban Counties Gas & Electric Company
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WW. E. Smith
Health Board
Rene
Johnstown Hospital
Leydics
West Coast
Am Bank Note
Ceerseep Esc
Alleghney Corp
Amerada Corp
P Andes
Anaconda
Veces
Atlantic
Barnsdall
Beth Steel
Deserees
Chrysler
Calumet and Helen
Col Graph
Col
Gag and
Elee
Commonwealth Power
Eng
Sees Am Loco Co
Fish Rubber Fox Film
Graham Paige
Gen Motors
Hud Motor
Upp Motor
Hayes Body Corp
Independent
Oil and Gascoee
Seve
Kelly Springfield
Seeaee
Kennecott
Kreuger and Toll Co
Bay, Kolster Radia
Sesnisseeacee
Lott, Inc
Sevesesees
Lou Gas and Lee’ Cosaeeass
Man Elec
Miami
Vane
N. Amer Corp
N.Y
Central
Bellas Hess
Packard Rons
Lbl Park
Utah
Serene
Path Ex Inc
Penn RR
Peeverecene
Public Service N
Keith O
Remington Rand “Co
GOH Shell UN
Ciseseersseeees
Sinclair
Ceeseeseeene
Texas Gut
U. Sforeign
H ‘Utilities Pow-Light
U. S&, Smelt, Tererretresseaee
GSU United Corp
Wierectausaseers
Agio
Ae Eeeeepadis U. S. Leather
White Motor
Wilcox Rich
W. Overland
Esees
Warner Bros
Pecessseveees
Elec
Cccseeeseeress
Rete Air Brake
S. Steel
Pang
Hemphill and Noyes Co
Indiana Theatre
Clymer
Dixonville
A.M
Ween
B.R
Mahaffey
Cherry Tree
Barnesboro
Cresson
Heilwood
Sagamore
Ralph Stumpf
J. R. Stumpf
Hulda Stumpf
Kijabe
British East Africa
John Rankin
Alturas
Florida
Henry George
Ash
William Hildebrand
Richland Township
J. C. Seguin
Altoona
Gilmore Hildebrand
D. C. Kinch
Juniata
Edna H. Hildebrand
Richland Cemetery
Nora Stanley
Mrs. Stanley
J. D. McMartin
D. L. Stanley
J. R. Stanley
Phoenix, Ariz
W. B. Stanley
New Kensington
T.E. Stanley
Buffalo
E. J. Stanley
Reynoldsville
M. L. Stanley
New Castle
T. J. Donovan
Carnegie, Pa
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Rev
Holbach
A. B. McGaffey
Geo. Reynolds
Albuqueque
Harris Livermore
Luhnow
Emma Volker Luhnow
Coleman
Chicago
Clark
Deron
Fokker
Gazette
Wil's
Kaeslin
7Th St
Indiana, Pa
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