Emergency Relief Headquarters Moved to DeSantis Building
Emergency Relief Headquarters for Indiana County have relocated to the DeSantis building at 1017 1019 Philadelphia street, West Philadelphia. The remodeled apartment now houses two storerooms and offices for clerical staff. Fred St. Clair, son of Dr and Mrs John M St Clair of West Philadelphia street, formerly Bay Head of Bank, has been named cashier of Farmers and Merchants Bank at Linesville, a newly organized institution succeeding Linesville State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emergency Relief Headquarters
DeSantis Building
West Philadelphia Street
Indiana County Emergency Relief
Philadelphia Street
Fred St. ‘Clair
John M. St. Clair
Philadelphia
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Linesville
Linesville State Bank
Indiana State Liquor
Garpenters
Rody
Walter Peturman
Indiana
Tree Shattered by Lightning Near Kimmel Station
A large pine in front of J. A. L. Groft’s home near Kimmel station in Rayna township was split by a lightning bolt during last week’s electrical storm. Also noted are local counts of dog licenses and 1933 marriage licenses issued, plus an RCA Building elevator claim and a voice-activated weighing machine patent hint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. L. Groft
Kimmel Station
Rayna Township
Register and Recorders Office
Cigarette Robbery Averted Here by Luck
Two West Virginia men are under arrest after admitting involvement in a cigarette theft from Blairsville Wholesale Co. In an interview with Chief George Anderson, Lyle P. Wood and Benjamin Brown connected to Kenneth Rager, the third suspect, led police to Greensburg for questioning on other regional robberies. Rager, age 34, remains at large as authorities review the case and related incidents in Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lueck
George T. Buchanan Wholesale Co
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Lyle P. Wood
Benjamin Brown
Wharleston
W. Va
Kenneth Rager
Wood
Brown
George Anderson
Blatraville Wholesale Co
Indiana
Greensburg
Virginia
Buchanan Co
Silas H. Browning
Greetings From Two Old Friends Renew Subscriptions
Continued on Page Four. Mrs. Laura Graham of Homer City renews for the 24th year sending greetings and food wishes for 1934. J. F. Gerhard of Blacklick, wintering in Lakeland, Florida, renews his subscription received December 28. He has read The Progress for 55 years.
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Progress
Laura Graham
Homer City
R. D
J. F. Gerhard
Blacklick
Lakeland
Fila
Gerhard
Indiana Boy 18 Reported Somewhat Improved After Auto Crash
Vernon Martin age 10 seriously injured in an auto collision Sunday morning, now reported somewhat improved. He is son of Mr and Mrs B D Martin of 741 Oak Street. he rode with Earl Mages 17 of Oakland Avenue. Mages suffered a fractured left ankle. Fred Clark 15 had facial lacerations. crash occurred near Thirteenth Street Philadelphia Street when Mages’ car struck a westbound coach driven by Albert Carlson 24 of Dubois.
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Vernon Martin
Thdlana Hospital
B. ‘D. Martin
Oak Street
Earl Mages
Oakland Avenue
Martin
Mages
Fred Clark
Thirteenth Street
Philadelphia
Penn-Niagara Line
George Deabenderfer
Deabenderfer
Albert Carlson
Dubois
Maggs
Ibus
Real Estate Transfers In Indiana County and Homer City
Real estate transfers list multiple deeds: Frank Kozikavish to Anna Kozikavish 142 acres in Brushvalley for $1. John O Nealers to Comm of Indiana Co 130 acres in Pine for $678.12. Comm of Indiana Co to William Davis 180 acres in Pine for $678.12. Charles B Devinney to H C Plickinger lot in Homer City for $375. G Fay Devinney to H C Fisckinger lot in Homer City for $656.25. C B Sutter to Emory Kuntz 2083 acres in N Mahoning for $6000. Dalbert Neff to S Emory Kuntz 203 acres in N Mahoning for $1. C B Sutter to S Emory Kuntz. Hugh W Smeaton to Howard P Kanauf tract in N Mahoning for $300.
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Frank Kozikavish
Anna Kozikavish
Brushvalley
John O'Nealers
Indiana Co
William Davis
Charles 8. Devinney
H. C. Plickinger
Homer City
Fay Devinney
H. C. Fisckinger
Homer
Little Girl Burns At Home In Stove Fire Accident
Helen Marie Youngdahl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Arthur Youngdahl of Smokeless, is treated at Mercy Hospital Johnstown for serious burns suffered Wednesday night when her dress caught fire after lighting a match in the cellar for coal. Her parents tried to tear away the burning clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bardly
Helen Marie
Arthur Youngdahbl
Mercy Hospital
Johnstown
Bar Association Reelects Officers at New Year Meeting
Hon M. Jack was re elected chancellor and Attorney John A Scott vice chancellor at the annual meeting of the Bar Association of Indiana County held in the Law Library on New Year s Day.Resolutions on the death of attorney Harry Wilson Harbart were read and adopted by the organization. Two Local Banks Insure Deposits The Savings and Trust Co of Indiana and The Farmers Bank and Trust Co of Indiana joined the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation bringing insured deposits up to 2500 in each institution. Windber Man Hit by Auto Near Graceton Frank Kursell 44 of Windber is hospitalized with a fractured leg and severe head lacerations after being struck by a car near Graceton early Tuesday morning. S H Spicher of Indiana, driver of the car, was not held as Kursell ran into the path of the vehicle while looking for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Association
M. Jack
John A. Scott
Bar Association of Indiana County
Law
Harry Wilson Harbart
Savings and Trust Co. of
Indiana
Farmers Bank and Trust Co. of
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Buffaloes Put In Game Preserve Near Brushyalley
Two buffaloes placed in the game preserve of J. Mack along Route 6 near Brushyalley attract attention. The animals were secured from Allegheny county commissioners and seem content in their new location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack
Fiame
Brushyalley
Allegheny County
Raymond F. Smith’s Car Damaged by Radiator Blaze
A New Year’s Day fire caused by igniting alcohol solution from a radiator slightly damaged the automobile of Raymond J. F. Smith of East Water Street. Rev. Hed Henry of Ridgway was a visitor in Todlana today.
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Raymond F. Smith
Hed Henry
Ridgway
First National Bank Indiana Reorganization Subscriptions
The First National Bank in Indiana Pennsylvania plans to replace the current bank with a new entity. Subscriptions for common stock must be paid in full to finalize the reorganization. The opening date will be announced by the Treasury Department once payment is secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Indiana
Iney Fina
First National Bank of
Pennsylvania
Treasury Department
Former Smicksburg Boy Named Pittsburgh Police Superintendent
Ben R. Marshall, yesterday appointed by Mayor McNair to lead Pittsburgh police, had long roots in Smicksburg as a resident and previously lived in Punxsutawney for several years before moving to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smicksburg
City of
Sabbath School Workers Meet Here January 17
Dr B A McGarvey will headline the Efficiency Conference of the Quadiana County Sabbath School Association at First United Presbyterian Church on Wednesday January 17. Sessions run 10 00 A M and 1 30 P M with luncheon in the church dining hall. All county and district officers urged to attend as plans for the State Sabbath School Convention in Indiana in October are on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. McGarvey
Quadiana
Indiana
New County Officials Take Oath Of Office On Monday
Judge J N Langham administered the oath of office in Court at 10 00 Monday morning to the new county officers elected at the November election They are Register and Recorder Wm R Calhoun of Indiana Deputy Register and Recorder E E Irwin of Arcadia July Commissioners Levi Houck of Rayne township and W M Blose of Montgomery township All are on active duty Burgess B H Lichteberger was sworn into office for another term on Monday morning by Prothonotary W Earl Long
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.N. Langham
Wm. R. .Calhoun
Indiana
E. E. Irwin
Arcadia
Levi Houck
Rayne Township
W. M. Blose
Montgomery Township
Burgess B. H. Lichteberger
W. Earl Long
Marriage Licenses Listed From Various Counties
A list of names and locations appears as marriage licenses issued or registered. Names include Harry H. Hileman Banks Two and Valetta Sherwin Banks Two, Joel G. Sefeile Pittsburgh Anna M. Kunte Pittsburgh, and several others from Weirton Hollidays Coke Tunnelton Homer City Indiana Grampian and nearby areas.
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Harry H. Hileman
Banks
Valetta Sherwin
Banks Two
Joel G. Sefeile
Pittsburgh
Anna M. Kunte
John Welkein
Weirton
W.va
Mary Spyker
Hollidays Coke
Carl G, Brink
Tunnelton
Anna J, Strickland
Raymond V. Tomer
Ernest Mary EB. Lewis
Ernest Charles Pierce
Center Two
Goldie H. Kinnan
Homer City
Frank Tomasko
Alverda Grace Lucas
Mentele
Oscar M. Parkins
Salina Opal I, Adama
Halifax
Norman. G. Palmer
Blairsville Liquor Store Opens with Indiana Manager
A Blairsville state liquor store opened Tuesday morning with Indiana resident Wm J Jack named manager. Clerks include William Brant linger, William Boesaman both of Blairsville, and Lawrence Bromber ick of Indiana. The item notes other local notices on milk dealer organization and English rubber upholstery innovation alongside world birth and death statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boursville
Blairsville
Wm. J. Jack
Indiana
William Brant‘linger
William Boesaman
Lawrence Bromberick
Indiana relatives fill New Year weekend in town
A long list of Indiana visitors and local residents recall weekend and holiday travel. Beatrice Fleming of Grant street spent the weekend in Pittsburgh while C O Swasy of Blacklick township visited county seat. Many others from Pittsburgh Wilkinsburg Youngstown and Olean came to Indiana for holidays or New Year visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Fleming
Grant
Pittsburgh
C. O. Swasy
Blacklick Township
Minnie Metterman
Zonie
Wilgun
Indiana
Wendell Fleming
Eleventh St
William O'Hara
Ninth St
Reynoldsville
JB. W. Griffith
Mary
Johnstown
Town
Misa Sara Lowry
J. A. Fleming
Locust Street
Eulene Musser
Olive Musser
Tenth Street
G. M. Johnson
Washington St
Bernadine Livingston
University of Pittsburgh
Lucy Lydie
North Fifth Street
J. P. Mack
Philadelphia Street
Walter Williams
Olean
N. Y
Margaret Stephens
Wilkinsburg
Braddock Schols
R. S. Lockard
Pine Flats
C. W. Hamilton
Cleveland
Kate Woodburn
College Avenue
R. C. Liggett
Brushvalley Townsship
Natural Bridge
Marie Campbell
Montclair
N. J
J. M. Au
Smicksburg
R.D
Ben Hill
Rice Avenue
Oscar Wilson
Wilbur Fairman
Oil City
Nova
Clair
Lydia
Inlaw
Forest St. Clair
West Wheatfield Township
George’ Miller
Patrick
Barbara
Washington Street
Racine
Wisconsin
H. M. Travis
B. W. Allen
Dayton
D. 1
Progress
R. C. Nemo
Bruce Wagner
Hast Church Street
J. W. Mellvaine
Nann Janson
Ben Avon
J. J. Mellvaine
Wast Cchool Street
Hugh M. Moorhead
Evie
Misa Mary Margaret
Indiana State Teachers College
Marthalinus
Martha Castagna
Elders Ridge
For Miers
Mather Hines
Indiana ‘State ‘Teachers College
Ruth Lewis
Mia
Vincent Lewis
North
Sixth Street
Penn Hospital
Miss Lewis
Pitcairn
Pennsylvania farm crop value up forty-two percent in 1933
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania farm crops valued at 118 million dollars in 1933, a 42 percent gain over 1932 due largely to higher prices. State records note hay and apple rankings, buckwheat and cigar leaf tobacco leads, and major crops list including hay corn potatoes wheat oats and apples. Cash income will be announced later.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Commonwealth
Liquor Store Employees Told to Use Tact and Courtesy
Harrisburg January 2 The State Liquor Control Board ordered store workers to maintain patience courtesy tact and good humor in dealings with patrons. Rules require clear intelligible speech showing interest in customer needs provide exact goods avoid favoring any brand no third party conversations no chewing or smoking while serving hats off no boisterous conduct or horseplay and no drinking on duty in stores.
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Harrisburg
State Liquor Control Board
Colonial Inn Earliest Hostelry at Strongstown
The Colonial Inn at Strongstown run by Frank A. Stough is the oldest tavern on the old Kittanning Indiana Ebensburg route. The original log building with grand fireplaces remains, though remodeled, and the inn on the Benjamin Franklin highway showcases antiques from the stage days. The Cresswell estate owns the property and Stough welcomes guests to view the historic interiors.
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Colonial Inn
Strongstown
Frank A. Stough
That Plate
Kittanning- Indiana-Ebensburg Pike
Benjamin Franklin Highway
Stough
Cresswell
Portmouth man held on kidnapping and larceny charges
Trotsinger of Portmouth Ohio is jailed on larceny and firearms counts with $1000 bail and faces additional kidnapping charges. He allegedly kidnapped a taxi driver and a woman, drove through Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, and forced fuel theft at a filling station near Josephine before escaping to Pittsburgh.
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Diew 'Rl
Daniel TH. Trotsinger
Portmouth
Ohio
J. Tt. Replic Tng
Josephine
Albert K. Mays
Company
Holsinger
Billie L. Cartier
Portsmouth
Mays
Pollen
Wolsinger
West Virginia
Western V
Mnnylvania
J. T. Repine
Ablafravide
Pittsburgh
Blairsville
Peouuty
State Furnished 8 3 Million Trees In 1933
Harrisburg reports 8,300,000 trees shipped from four State Forest nurseries for Pennsylvania planting in 1933. About 600,000 remained uns sold. The Bureau of Forest Extension filled 2030 orders under director Charles R. Meek. Reforestation reached 1,757,000 trees in a year, the peak since 1919, with 43,000,000 planted since 1899 across nineteen State Forests, led by Moghannon in Clearfield County with 865,500 trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Department of Forests and Waters
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Forest Extension
Charles R. Meek
Moghannon State Forest
Clearfield County
Home and Contents Burned at NuMine
Mr and Mrs Robert Whitacre of NuMine lost their dwelling and nearly all contents to fire on New Year's Day while visiting relatives near Dayton. Neighbors spotted flames at 4 30 am and only two chairs and a table were saved. The fire is thought to have originated from an overheated boiler.
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Robert Whitacre
NuMine
Buried in a Specially Constructed Casket
Arosteong County woman weighing 50 pounds was laid to rest in a specially constructed coffin. The casket measured 81 inches wide and 21 inches deep on the inside, housing the 450 pound body. The door to her home had to be enlarged to admit the coffin. George Grelner underwent an appendicitis operation at the hospital, a well known gabber named Indi um baker, details follow. A newspaper offer lists The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette rates for Indiana county readers.
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Arosteong
Miry Warharleh
Arms&trong County
George Grelner
George Grater
Ladline
Progress
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
RR. D
Indiana County
Long Prison Terms for Two Hold-Up Men
Nathan Zachaeins and Roland Daaslé receive not less than five nor more than ten years in Lehigh County Workhouse after pleading guilty to robbery with aggravating circumstances. They robbed Frank Sedmeyer, Sanitary Dairy Co. employee, on Christmas morning near Johnstown, then fled east on the Wet Penn line and were arrested at Lewistown. Each must pay half the costs and a small fine. Sedmeyer was ordered to identify the driver and passenger in court. Other local plea deals include a 30 day county jail sentence for operating a vehicle during suspension and parole for aggravated assault with a $160 restitution to a car owner.
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Legheny County
Nathan Zacharis
Aston
Roland Tdasilets
Lowell
Mass
J. N. Langham
Eugene Wilson
Elmer Borland
Frank Sedimeyer
Sanitary Dairy Co
Johnstown
Armaghay
Sedimeyer
Indiana
Penn
Sedieyer
Whensburg-Cresson
Munster
Lewistown
Longnecker
Hillsdale
Way
Roy Suhman
Blairsville
John Dillion
Free Adult Education Course On Law Opens In January
Free public course explains practical law for everyday life. Topics include contracts, corporations, agency, property, torts, crimes, sales, bankruptcy, and interstate acts. Open to all, begins Monday January 8 1944 at 8 00 in the High School building. Instructor is attorney H Ver non Pritchmin from Indiana Worthy notices will be announced via newspapers.
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Lfe
H. Vernon Pritchmin
Indiana
Worthay
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Nuchanan Wholesale
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Associated Milk Producers’ Association of Pennsylvania
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Thomaes Vealev
West Chestnut Street
Carlton C. Halgis
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Roland Daaslé
Tony Grind
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Joseph Hissinger
Joseph Iisinger
J. M. Risinger
Indiana Hospital
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