Veterans at Portland urge repeal of Prohibition and bonus
Fifty thousand World War I veterans at the Portland Am erican Legion convention press for an immediate repeal of the 18th Amendment and cash payment of the bonus. They plan to censure President Hoover over the bonus march crackdown, while Hurley faces a hostile reception from Legion leaders. The clash over prohibition and the president’s actions dominates the gathering as officials prepare for Hurley’s appearance.
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Hoover
William K. Hutchinson
INS
Portland
Ore
The
American Legion
Washington
Hooger
Honus
Legion
Patrick J. Hurley
Nent
Hurley
Henry L. Stevens
Stevens
Parkers Landing Teachers Get Half First Month Pay
Parkers Landing school board paid all high school and grammar school teachers about $3 each on opening day to boost business and morale. Bridge and 500 Ladies Aid of St Bernard's Church announce a card party in the church hall Tuesday September 13.
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Kittanning
Parkers Landing
Bridge
St. Bernard’s Church
Slain Japanese and Chinese Amid railway battle near Tahsing Chutze
In Harbin Manchuria September 12 two Japanese and 204 Chinese were killed in a clash between Japanese troops and rebels on the southern edge of the Chinese Eastern Railway near Tahsing Chutze station. Five Japanese were wounded. The battle followed an attack on a night express train looted by brigands. The Soviet consul at Dairen was among the robbed passengers.
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Harbin
Manchuria
INS
Tahsing- Chutze
Dairen
Paraguyan Force Wipes Out Bolivian Regiment at Fort Boqueron
Paraguay announces its first army corps has wiped out the Fourteenth Bolivian Regiment at Fort Boqueron in the Chaco. A commander was taken prisoner and the battle enters its fourth day with favorable results. Mrs Pollock to open voice studio in Indiana on Sept 15 offering private and group lessons for youths and adults.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Paraguyan
Fort Boqueron
Chaco
Casado
Maor Lairana
Fears Expressed For Safety Of Flying Family
Searchers scoured the icebound waters off Greenland for the amphibian City of Richmond carrying the Flying Family of George R. Hutchinson from America to Europe. Eight aboard including Hutchinson’s wife and two daughters were feared dead as night fell, with a plane and fisherfolk rowboats joining the effort near Angmagsalik.
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Copenhagen
INS
Greenland
Richmond
George R. Hutchinson
America
Europe
Hutchinson
Ie Batis Iano
Angmagsalik
Lord Talbot
Jaffa Plans Ceremonial Sept 22
Imperial Potentate Earl C Mills of Des Moines will attend the Jaffa temple A A O N M S ceremonial at Jaffa mosque Altoona with Mrs Mills. He arrives on train 13 at 10 14 Thursday and departs Sept 23 for Richmond Va. Officials greet him at Penn Alto hotel and a luncheon follows before a tour of the building.
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Earl C. Mills
Des Moines
Jaffa Temple
Jaffa Mosque
Altoona
Mills
Jaffa
Political Pot Boils As Walker Sails
Former New York Mayor Jimmy Walker is pictured sailing to Europe to recover his health and escape desk duties amid speculation of a political comeback. Observers weigh his return and public reaction as he leaves by ship.
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Walker
Jimmy Walker
New York
Europe
Community Chest National Conference Praised by Indiana
An Indiana community urges strong support for the Community Chest in the upcoming local campaign. The plan sets a 21 600 dollar goal with allocations to charity agencies welfare associations and youth groups. The drive runs September 26 to 30 with volunteers leading the effort under a no-paid-director policy.
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Indiana
Indiana Hogsiptal
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Teachers May Be Own Janitors at Washington High
Washington Pennsylvania teachers at a new million dollar junior senior high school faced a vote on whether to accept the school board’s order that all high school teachers perform janitorial duties. The move came after the death of one of four janitors slated for regular employment, and teachers’ representatives planned to negotiate volunteer student cleaning groups to supplement janitorial staff.
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Washington
Citizens National Bank of Indians Closed by Directors
The Citizens National Bank of Indians failed to open and was closed by its Board after an examination by National Bank Examiner E Underwood revealed irregularities in cashier Thomas N Robinsons accounts. The shortage amount is unresolved and a receiver may be appointed soon to access Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds for an early depositor dividend.
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Board of Directors
E.underwood
National Bank Examiner
Thomas N. Robinson
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Missionary Convention Continues At Court House
The Missionary Convention began yesterday in the Court House and will continue with services tonight and Tuesday at 7 30 o'clock Rev H Van Dyke of China and Rev A W Dittmar of Ecuador spoke to grateful audiences sharing field experiences and a view of conditions Does China Want The Missionary is among topics Rev Dittmar will display objects to illustrate Your presence is welcomed by Pastor Wm MacTavish
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Court House
Wm, MacTavish
Grand Jury Reports All County Buildings In First Class Shape
The grand jury completed its quarterly inspection and found no recommendations for Judge J. N. Langham. They praised county buildings and equipment, commending officers and the jail. The county home was also in first class condition, with Mr. White praised for his work.
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Grand Jury
J. N. Langham
John Remaley
Indiana
Blairsville barber held in dynamite plot against Hoover home
George Drazenski a Blairsville barber, 68, is in custody facing malicious mischief charges after plans to bomb the Hoover home at 112 Spruce Street. Joseph Coland, 44, a Brentzer barber, was arrested. both men implicated in a plot tied to disputes over price levels and a “gang” coerced Brazewski to plant three sticks of dynamite on the porch early Saturday morning.
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George Drazenski
Blairsville
Brazenski
A. G. Hoover
Brazewski
Hoover
Walter Hoover
Hoovers
Joseph Coland
Brentzer
Westmoreland County
Coland
Greensburg
Pitie
Sig
Brozenski
Spruce Street
Death claims John Vickerman in Pittsburgh
John W. Vickerman 64 head of the County Bureau of Elections and a prominent churchman died in Pittsburgh after ten days with pneumonia. He had revamped county election procedures and prepared to install voting machines. In Uniontown Orval Turner a Washington postal employee rushed to Kansas City for his wedding after a car accident left a man dead. Turner was jailed briefly and bail set at 1000 dollars before continuing to the church.
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Pittsburgh
John W. Vickerman
County Bureau of Elections
Vickerman
Election Bureau
Uniontown
Orval E. Turner
Washington, D. C
Kansas City
Turner
Vincent Batovic
Apple tree bears blossoms and fruit on same limb
In J. D. Bennett’s orchard between Strongstown and Belsano an apple tree shows blossoms and fruit on the same tree. A local friend ate one apple and Gazette office has a bouquet of blossoms, confirming the odd natural display.
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J. D. Bennett
Strongstown
Belsano
Bennett
Gazette
Treasury Balance Reported For September Ninth
Treasury balance as of September ninth stands at 278,356,404.73 dollars with expenditures totaling 14, and customs receipts 6,379, as reported from Washington.
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Treasury
Washington
Woman dies at 116 linked to daily dozen egg diet
Jersey City report says Dora Meyers, aged 116, attributed her long life to eating a dozen eggs daily when finances allowed. John Meyers, 89, stated his mother outlived three husbands and most of her eleven children before dying yesterday of old age.
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Jersey City
N. J
Dora Meyers
John Meyers
Myers
Amnesia Suspected In Colonel Robins Vanishing
Investigators probing the disappearance of Colonel Raymond Robins, friend of President Hoover, report a deep silence from the crusader. A leading theory suggests he may have suffered amnesia, despite being in good health and expected to campaign for Hoover's reelection.
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Southwest Harbor
INS
Raymond Robins
Hoover
Robins
Eence
Prize Ribbons Mark Fall Flower Show Finish
The Fall Flower Show closed with a vivid display in the Moore Hater dining room as flowering varieties dazzled visitors. Dahlia and Colome Spider Plant drew special note while the bride's table by Mrs. Gilbert Wolfenden and Mrs. George T. Buchanan received high praise. Seventeen hundred and five attendees plus thirty-eight exhibitors supported the event, with many admiring still life pieces, desert and aquatic scenes.
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Gilbert Wolfenden
George T. Buchanan
Moore Motel
Harry Nixon
Pinchot reshapes public service commission in PA
Gov Gifford Pinchot moves to control the Public Service Commission by naming his secretary Pi S Stahlnecker and Dr Clyde Li King as members. The changes add King as Secretary of Revenue and extend Stahlnecker’s tenure, with commissions salaries and terms detailed, as Collins remains in seventh place.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Narriburg
INS
Gifford Pinchot
Public Service Commission
Pi. S. Stahmecker
Clyde Li King
Revenue
W. D.B. Ainey
Emerson
Colcilings
Williamsport
Dr. King
Ainey
Stahmnecker
J. W. Bri
Lancaster
Collings
Doctor King
Stalnecker
Pennsylvania
New York
Pinchot
Commission
Stablenecker
King
Collins
George Woodruff
Frederick Gruenberg
Philadelphia
Boe
Woodruff
Gruenber
State Teacher Colleges Trustees Meet Sept 16
The ninth annual meeting of the Association of Trustees of the State Teacher's College and Cheney Training School is set for Friday September 6 in the State Council Chamber New Education Building Harrisburg. State Teachers Colleges train teachers for public schools and feature curriculums in elementary junior high senior high art home economics industrial arts music and more with 661 instructional staff members and 10 408 enrolled students.
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Association of Trustees of
State Teacher’s College
Cheney Training School
State Council
New Education
Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Mics Industrial
Arta
Kindergardsn
Music
Kava
al Sion
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