Saunders and Marshall fight at Lubitsch party shocks Hollywood
Hollywood buzzed over a staged fist fight at director Ernst Lubitsch's home in honor of Max Reinhardt. Actor Herbert Marshall was knocked down by writer John Monk Saunders, amid a swirl of famous guests including Gloria Swanson Fay Wray Pola Negri Marlene Dietrich Irene Selznick and Gottfried Reinhardt. Saunders defended the move as melodramatic fiction while Marshall accused him of insulting a lady at the table. The incident spilled into legal theater as Trooper Mehallick faces trial in Indiana County with debate over venue and costs.
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Hollywood
Gloria Swanson
Ernst Lubitsch
Fay Wray
Herbert Marshall
John Monk Saunders
Toays
Lubitsch
Max Heinhardt
Saunders
Miss Wray
Marshall
Miss Swanson
Pola Negri
Marlene Dietrich
Irene
David Selznick
Virginia Bruce
John Gilbert
Gottfried
Monk Saunders
Battle Ground
Max Reinhardt
Scout Executive to Take Up Work in Ithaca New York
Harrison, a Scout executive with long service in Indiana religious and social life, will begin work in Ithaca New York. A Zion Lutheran Church and Lions Club member, he also belongs to American Legion Post No 141 and will be bid farewell by many friends and colleagues.
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Harrison
Indiana
Zion Lutheran. Church
Lions Club
The
American Legion
Gazette
Ralph
Mehallick May Press For First Degree Murder Case
The state trooper admits firing the fatal shot after Mehallick stopped the machine carrying the victim and a companion. The trial may seek the death penalty for first degree murder with potential verdicts including life term, second degree murder, manslaughter, or acquittal. Key witnesses include Misa Hope Lewis and James Pennington. Blair County to bear trial costs.
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Mehallick
Vite
Misa Hope Lewis
James Mack
Miss Hope Lewis
Mehaltick
James Pennington
Vile
Blair County
Federal jury convicts duo in Avonmore bank robbery case
Greensburg Sept 26 report details the first prosecution in this district under a new congressional act making it a crime to take by force money or valuables entrusted to federal reserve system banks or government controlled banks. Piesarski implicated Carter and a third man after an alleged confession obtained by force. Acquittal of Carter and Piesarski followed earlier verdicts. federal charges then pursued by U S attorneys and local officers. The judge denounced the first trial as a miscarriage of justice, while praising jurors for their duty.
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Federal Reserve System
Avonmore Bank
Bunch
Greensburg
Piesarski
Carter
United States
Horatio Dumbaul
James I. Marsh
P. K. Shaner
P. K. McCormick
Patrick McKeague
New Kensington
P. ¥. Rossiter
Ario
Vance Carter
Joseph Piesarski
Avonmore
William T. Dom
Erie
Troop A
Seares
Dom
Suspicions About Fisch Life Ties Lifted by Agents
Ublig who accompanied Fisch on the last trip to Germany and remained with him until his death reveals the full life and business dealings with Hauptmann. The tale of Fisch and Whiig traces their early Furrier trade in Leipzig and a long friendship. The inquiry by House Nazi Investigating Subcommittee will probe Hauptmann's illegal U.S. entry and Nazi ties to push stricter deportation laws.
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Ublig
Fisch
Germany
Hauptmann
Whiig
Damon
Pythias
Leipzig
Bovame
Wegal
Washington
INS
United States
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
House
Dickstein
New York
Weill
Dickroin
Hauptmann Deportation Arguments Highlight Legal Flaws
The remarks claim Hauptmann faced deportation for illegal stay yet criticize the law as defective and unevenly enforced. It is argued that proving felony convictions to deport an alien criminal is often impractical, given Hauptmann’s overseas record, which in theory should warrant deportation on that basis.
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Hauptmann
Progeant
Hauptmann Seen as Guilty in Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping
A convention of police chiefs concluded Hauptmann most likely kidnapped Lindbergh Jr. two years ago near New Jersey. Several officers praised federal agents and New York City police for the arrest while noting NJ state police were less vocal about their early role. One chief said agents tailed Hauptmann for two weeks to locate accomplices. The ladder evidence had been distributed to many departments without yielding a match.
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New Concensua
William 1
Hutchinson
INS
TNS
Washington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Avistor
New Jersey
Concensus
International Association of Chiefs of Polien
pMcinl
Hauptmann
Oficlaia
New York City
Hauptmans
Hawnmann
New York
Fone
Anotha
Lindbergh Hama
Efort
Hanni- Mann
Sage
Saxony
Arthur
Johnson
Marid
Isidore Fisch
Bruno Hauptmann
Fisch
Bruo Richard Hauptmann
Col
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Flate
Walter J. Coughlin
State Police
Coughlin
Schwarzkopf
Bavannah
Hans Mueller
Ima
Tybee Island
Here
Department of Justice
Avon Hilbreath
Tybee Beach
Hildreath
Tybee
Tade
Florida
Ldndy
Mbasotri Bagneli
Javal
Charles
Lindbergh
Lindberghs
W. F E. Ross
Val
Lindbergh Kidnap Case Close to Indictment
Sealed efforts in the Lindbergh kidnapping case intensify as Hauptmann faces Bronx grand jury questions on ransom money and penmanship. New evidence includes memorandum books, a box found in Hauptmanns garage, and a suitcase with letters. Col. Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh travel toward New York while investigators pursue fingerprints and other leads.
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Hautmann
Hauptmann
Samuel J. Foley
Bronx
Benjamin Gandman
Pelham Bay
Charles A. Jandbergh
Lindbergh
Fyer
New York
Pauline Rausch
Henry J. Breckenridge
Cal. Lindbergh
Samuel J. Noles
Foley's
Anna Hauptmann
Manfried
Hauptimare
Six More Legislators To Give Up Extra Pay
Harrisburg report notes six additional legislators will forgo all or part of their $500 salaries from the recent special session, bringing total to 12. Rep Hiram G Andrews, lone Independent Citizens party member, will take only enough for expenses plus a per diem for seven days and will disclose after the election how the funds are used. Others including Rep Charles Defrehn and Reps Lose and Brennan, plus Senators Harris and Einstein, will donate portions to local charities.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
Hiram G. Andrews
Cambrian
Independent Citizens Party
Andrews
Charles H. Defrehn
Cambria
Sean
Charles Lose
Harry He Brennan
Lycoming County
Frank J. Harris
Morris Einstein
Pittsburgh
Lindbergh Visit Briefed in St Louis Exchange
The article notes Col. Lindbergh growing more uncommunicative during a plane layover in St Louis. Ross, familiar with Lindbergh from prior visits, says Lindbergh did not discuss new developments in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. When asked if he would stay in St Louis he replied, I might.
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Ross
Lindbergh
Rosa
Col. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Blairsville Man Ends Despondent Life at Home
Coroner was informed Bergman, despondent over unemployment and nervous illness, shot himself with a shotgun at his Blairsville home. He planned a railroad physician examination in Altoona to return to work as a freight conductor. Born Sept. 11, 1890, he leaves a widow and six children, plus his father, three brothers, four sisters, and several in-laws. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at his home, with burial in Blairsville Cemetery.
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Woods
Bergman
Altoona
Lord
William
Laura Jane
Harold
Morrow Bergman
Cecil Bergman
Carl Bergman
Blairsville
Ora Mabon
Susan Lydie
Grafton
Hester Potts
Oakmont
Mary Whitesell
Salisbury
First Presbyterian Church of
Brotherhood of Railway
J. C. Stuart
Obituary notices and deaths local to Blairsville area
Obituary notices report John Woods of Indiana dying after a day of work at Parry farm, with funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday in Pine Flats Cemetery. Also listed are Nelle Caulfield Helm of Blairsville dying at 8:10 a.m. and W. W. Coup of Homer passing at Indiana Hospital. Funeral details and surviving relatives listed for each. Additional notices for Rev. John P. Barber of Grove City and Alfred Carney in Ebensburg appear with service details.
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W. W. Coup
Homer
Indiana Hospital
John P. Barber
H. B. Butterbaugh
South Sixth Street
Grove City
Fatal attack kills 83 year old on Jackson township farm
Alfred Carney 83 was fatally attacked while riding a horse on his Jackson township farm near Mundy's Corner between 10 and 10:30 a.m. He had heart trouble and was found a half mile from home by his son Emerson. Services to be at Pike Brethren Church with inurnment in the church cemetery. Surviving relatives listed include three daughters and several siblings. Coroner ruled no inquest. Carney was a founder of the Mundy’s Corner church. Funeral plans by Conemaugh mortician.
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Nellie Caufield Helm
Nelle (Caulfield) Helm
William M. Helm
Blairsville
West Market Street
John Caulfield
Black Lick
William Caulfield
Sharon
Anne Caulfield
Charles J. Short
Harry L. Rowe
Wannergrift
Elisabeth (Kelly) Caulfield
SS. Simon and Jude's Roman Catholic Church
SS. Simon and Jude's Cemetery
Alfred Carney
Jackson Township
Mundy's Corner
Pike Brethren Church
Mr. Carney
J. J. Bowman
Linnwood
Robert Ashman
Carl Davis
Conemaugh
Carney
Emerson Carney
Cyrus W. Davis
Samuel
Sarah
Fisher) Carney
Johnstown
Harriet Roger
Warner
Somerset
Rudolph Booser
Kansas City
Grant Davis
Nant-y- Gle
Ason
Emerson
William Carney
Topeka
Kan
Indiana
Jane Christmeyer
Belsana
Rainbow Extends Lead in Americas Cup Race 5
Newport reports Rainbow holds 3 to 2 lead as Endeavour battles wind shifts and scrutiny of protest delays. Race 5 sees Rainbow finish in 3.34.05 to Endeavour 3.98.06 in 14 to 20 knot breeze, amid controversy over protest handling and crew morale.
Troop Three Scout Meeting Highlights Knots Topic
Scoutmaster Gressley opened the meeting with the Scout oath and law. Twenty Scouts attended. Bill Wegley received the Star Scout badge. A knot contest was announced for the second meeting night in October with a prize trip for winners. eighteen Scouts enjoyed the trip last summer.
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Gressley
Bill Wegley
Endurance and anger mark the fifth Rainbow Endeavour race
In Newport on September 25, T O M Sopwith and Harold Vanderbilt faced mixed feelings as America’s Cup yachts Endeavour and Rainbow prepared for race five. Sopwith denounced his protest’s handling but offered no new statements, while Vanderbilt celebrated the win, noting the spinnaker use and a blown sail amid disputed moves with Vanderbuilt's rival.
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Newport
R. I
T. O. M. Sopwith
Harold
Vanderbilt
America
Endeavour
Rainbow
Sopwith
Vanderbit
Brookville Woman Seriously Hurt In Brookville Area Crash
Mrs James P Winslow wife of Jefferson County Farm Agent and former Punxsutawney resident was critically injured when her car left the Punxsutawney Brookville road and struck a tree near the Jordan Homestead east of Oliveburg. Her eight year old daughter Mary Virginia was also hurt. both were taken to Adrian Hospital. The son James Jr and daughter Barbara Ann were uninjured.
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James P. Winslow
Brookville
Jefferson County
Punxsutawney
Jordan Homestead
Oliveburg
Punxsutawney- Brookville
Mary Virginia
Adrian
Winslow
James, Jr
Barbara Ann
Prize winners at rally here headline notes
Four prizes were awarded at the Republican Rally last Friday by State Committeeman Dr. H. B. Buterbaugh. Finley Carney of White township, 97, was the oldest Republican present. Mrs Rachael Calhoun of Armstrong township, 90, was the oldest Republican woman voter. Shelburne committeeman and committeewoman won for largest turnout with 14 percent of registered voters present.
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H. B. Buterbaugh
Finley Carney
White Township
Rachael Calhoun
Armstrong Township
Shelada
County Relief Board names three nominees for vacancies
At a meeting of the Indiana County State Emergency Board last night three names were recommended to fill vacancies and sent to Harrisburg for confirmation. The nominees are Charles Siegfried of Blairsville Dick Stephens of Homer City and William Ruddock doctor of Indiana City. Siegfried has long relief experience in Blairsville and Ruddock, district attorney, is a former board member who resigned months ago.
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Indiana County State Emergency Board
Harrisburg
Charles Siegfried
Blairsville
Dick Stephens
Homer City
William Ruddock
Indiana
Siegfried
Ruddock
Ate
Torney
Registration at fair grounds draws thousands at rally
At the Republican Rally last Friday at the Fair Grounds, 2,689 registered at the regular booth. This count excludes Young Republicans tent registrations. Estimated attendance of about 5,000 appears conservative given the many unregistered attendees.
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Fair Grounds
Armstrong Township real estate owners meet at Parkwood
The Meeting Real Estate Owners Association of Armstrong Township will convene at Parkwood School House on Friday evening September 28. All members are instructed to be present.
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Armstrong
Real Estate Owners’ Association of
Armstrong Township
Parkwood School House
al l
Oil Legislation Hearings Focus On Pennsylvania Wells
The Interstate Commerce Subcommittee probes stripper wells in Pennsylvania as part of proposed oil laws. Geologists report vast high grade reserves in Pennsylvania New York Ohio and West Virginia and urge government action to stabilize prices and production while preserving public interests.
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William 8. Neal
LN. S
Washington
House
Interstate Commerce
Pennsylvania
William Cole
Maryland
Cole
Rep
Pettingill
Indiana
T. C. Grisel
Bradford
Grissell
New York
Ohio
West Virginia
George H. Ashley
Ashley
W. CG. Brundred
Oil City
Central Pennsylvania Association
Thomas Disney
Four held in beaver county robbery torture case
Pittsburgh officers arrested four suspects, two men and two women, in a $1,200 farmhouse robbery torture case. The group, Andrew Burger 83, Mildred Burger 82, George Laisette 30, and Cora Feil 50, all of Pittsburgh, were questioned after police found about $500 in old style bills.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Beaver County
New Brighton
Andrew Burger
Mildred
George Laisette
Cora Feil
Wallace Kaiser
Peace in Coal Relations Fails in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on September 26, failing to restore peace in the coal trade, Higher NRA authorities prepare to take over the settlement. Coal producers and retailers, with leavers and two NRA officials Wayne P. Ellis and Frank Hecht, plan data by the retail solid fuel code to determine equitable coal prices in district storage yards.
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Pittsburgh
INS
NRA
Wayne P. Ellis
Frank Hecht
Washington
Packing House Employees Joyful Over Increases
In Chicago on September 25, more than 100000 packing house workers in the Middle West welcomed wage hikes totaling about 10 million dollars a year. Effective October 1, the raise amounts to 8 percent per hour, boosting pay to five cents an hour above 1929 levels and 36 percent above pre NRA scales.
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Chicago
Middle West
NRA
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John Mehallick
County Commissioners of
Indiana County
Tony
Meehallick
Wilbur Vite
Glen Campbell
A. Eugene Wilson
William M. Raddock, Sr
James W. Mack
Charles J. Margiotti
Hawyer
GC. B. Wray
Margiotti
State Supreme Court
Hollidaysburg
Ithaca, N. Y
Moorhead
Erich Boy
Ralph C. Brusser
John Woods
Parry Farm
Parry
Susan F. (Anderson) Parry
Dean Harker
Irwin
Frank Parry
Pine Flats
Paige Berkey
Purchase Line
Mary Atkins
Theresa
Logan
Pine Flats Cemetery
Henry Lantz
Erbensburg
Culver
Cambria & Indiana Railroad
Lantz
Earl Haskin
Everett Custer
Stephen Lantz
Nicktown
Emma Lantz
U. S
Montagu Worthley
I. N.S
Endeavor
England
T. C. M. Sopwith
New York Yacht Club
Cornelius Vanderbile
International News Service
Gruntleg
Gall
Bndeavour
Gerard Lambert
Ram Rainbow
County Relief Board Meeting
House Committee
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