Pencil in the Dark Ends Couple’s Night Standoff
In a Coburn apartment, Jane Victor awoke to her husband Rod Victor dead with a puncture wound blamed on a sharpened pencil found later in a wastebasket. Lieutenant Cary Jenking and Doc Walton concluded the fatal wound came from the pencil as Victor slept, while Mrs Victor recounted a terrifying night.
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Coburn
Ipinglin
Rod Victor
McBride
Truesdale
Mrs. Coburn
Jenking
Mac
Doc Walton
Doc. Walton
Mrs. Victor
Jane Victor
Ruesdale
Lvictor
Doc
Jenkins
Mayer
Leutenant
Walton
Poe
Watton
Victor
Paris Telephone Book Joins US History Names
Paris readers learn how French genealogical names echo American history in the latest Paris telephone directory. Cartiers linger without direct line to Jacques Cartier, Lafayette appears as Count J. da Lafayette, Rochambeaus and La Salle entries share titles, Marquettes hint at kinship to explorers, Montcalm is listed as marquis, Champlain’s memory appears only as a boat, Joliet shows no match in Paris and resides in Illinois.
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U. S
Paria United Press
Cartiers
Jacques Cartier
Lafayette
Paris
Count J. da Lafayette
Rochambeaus
Robert de la Salle
Rouen
Mississippi Valley
la Salle
Michigan
Montcalm
Samuel de Champlain
Quebec
Champlain
Thia
Joliet
Illinois
Andaelty
Gunpowder Use in China and Possible Transmission
A Chicago Tribune writer notes China knew gunpowder a millennium before Europe yet used it mainly for firecrackers. It suggests knowledge could have reached Buy rope via Mongol invaders or Italian traders.
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China
Europe
Noten
Chicago Tribune
Formation of Clouds and Marey’s Tails Explained
Clouds form mainly from cooling as lower humid air ascends. High clouds lack sufficient humidity to generate notable tails or snow. This does not apply to the Olrua or Marey’s Tails, the highest clouds, floating five to ten miles above the earth.
Banking Field Protection Urged For Rural Areas
The American Bankers Association Economic Policy Commission urges protecting sound small rural banks from over-banking caused by past lax chartering policies. It cites studies linking over-chartering to bank failures and calls for prudent, restrictive chartering and possible retirement of Federal Government involvement as conditions normalize.
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New York
Economic Policy Commission
American Bankers Association
Robert V. Fleming
Association
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Conference on Banking to be Held in Philadelphia
An eastern states banking conference by the American Bankers Association will take place in Philadelphia January 23 and 24. Robert V. Fleming will preside. The event kicks off a nationwide program on banking development with focus on managerial legislative and operative problems faced by banks. It aims to promote better public understanding of bank functions and policies.
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New York
American Bankers Assolution
Philadelphia
Robert V. Fleming
South Bend News Roundup Near Orchard Hills and Elderton
South Bend N A Davis and son Ira attended a funeral in Vandergrift for Mr. Davis’s brother. Ward Devers and family visited with Mrs. Nancy Devers. A shower honored Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rearle at their parents’ home. H 1H Hanna and other locals appeared in Indiana and West Lebanon. The Brotherhood held a watch meeting at the Reformed church on Dec 31. Dorothy Townsend visited Elderton, Jim Phipps and wife visited from Kent, and Montgomery folk from Aspinwall stopped by their farm.
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Walter Porter
Ohio
Ed. Barnet
Brotherhood
Reformed
Justin Wheeler
Smithport
R. EH. Tate
Allan
Pine Flats
S. B. Tate
Peter Maloney
O. Napp
James Sabatelli
Indiana Busi
Neas
The
G. B. C. Coal Co
Local Social News Highlights and Condolence Note
Mrs Clara Bradbury and daughter Mildred from McGees Mills visited in town. Neighbors and relatives including John and Paul Putczakulish and Harve Steffy are mentioned. Several residents paid calls, and Joe Larazzarri mourns the loss of his wife at Bethlehem Mines Mine No 9.
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Alverda
Clara Bradbury
Mildred
McGees Mills
John Putczakulish
Narrowsburg
N. Y
Mike Putczakush
Harve Steffy
Spangler Hospital
Jay Williams
Barnesboro
R. D
Joe Tomasko
I Carlisle
Joe Yopcik
Joseph Leone
Heilwood
Julia Vater
Paul Stiffler
Robinson
Sam Gordon
Melton Gordon
McIntyre
Clifford Brenner
Endicott
Local Visits Tie Families Across States
OLIVET Mrs. Clarence Scott of State Road Apollo and Charles Lambing of East Chicago Ind visited with Lambing’s brother Frank on Monday. Mrs. Ross Wilson and daughters Evelyn and Phyllis visited J. S. Ewing home on Friday. Arthur Wilson and children Constance and Allen of Imperial spent days with his mother Alma Wilson. Mrs. Alfred Bair visited with Mrs. Foster Smock in Watsons Ridge on Thursday. Charles McGaughey of Spring Church called at Frank Lambing’s on Wednesday.
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Foster Smock
Watsons Ridge
Charles McGaughey
Spring Church
Frank Lambing
Local Notes From Blacklick and Nearby Towns
Mrs Serulah Campbell and children Kenneth and Ruth Etta spent the holidays with aunt Mrs Ruth Dutra of La Jose. Joseph Shrom Jr unable to return to Waynesburg College due to illness. Julia Swan back to Bucknell University Paul Nicholson to Waynesburg College and Lloyd Taylor Jr to Columbia University. Ann Stewart of Pittsburgh spent Sunday at her home here. Mrs Paul Bell and daughter Sally Ann visited Mrs Ruth Klingensmith of New Kensington last week.
Strongstown Ladies Ald meet at Mrs Hughes home
Strongstown notes report Mrs Albert Hughes hosting the Ladies Ald meeting on Thursday. Marie Garrett, a patient at an Indiana hospital, is improving. Mrs Lawrence McCullough of Buffington township visited her parents on New Year's day. Vada Detwiler spent several days with Batley Stephens. Miss Matilda Davis of Wintondale stayed with her sister Mrs Vinton Barrett. Wm Bennett and Wm Davis traveled to St Benedict on Saturday. Prof S C Lind of Minnesota University predicts a future of gold via transmutation of elements.
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Strongstown
Albert Hughes
Marie Garrett
Indiana Hospital
Lawrence McCullough
Buffington Township
George Sowers
Vada Detwiler
Batley Stephens
Matilda Davis
Wintondale
Vinton Barrett
Wm. Bennett
Wm. Davis
St. Benedict
Local notices and visits in Dixonville area
Dixonville residents share family visits and illnesses from Clark Sterner to Culver and Sublett Ida. Marie Zerfoss fractured an ankle in a ice fall. Beverly Lewis sick with scarlet fever. Mines at Barr Slope running three shifts under G B Coal Co. Everett Leadbetter leaves high school job for federal soil survey. Mystery old poem notes a burning deck boy unable to move due to corn heat.
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Dixonville
Peter Maloney
Clark Sterner
Revloc
Norman Kerr
Culver
Marie Zerfoss
Independent plant sold. Orr takes charge at Marion Center
Mrs. C R Griffith sells The Independent plant to William Jay Orr of Waynesburg Pa who now runs the business. Foreman Paul Kuntz resigns and heads to The Review Mast Brady with his wife to begin new duties. Kornell P Gallo promoted to press room manager. Herbert Fallon visits from Johnstown. Mrs Bessie Smith and daughter Pearl visit Indiana. J Neal Griffith, son of Mr and Mrs W Griffith, of this place, is mentioned.
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Herbert Fallon
Johnstown
Bessie Smith
Miss Pearl
Indiana
J. Neal Griffith
W. ©. Griffith
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Carlton James
Dane Victor
South Bend N'A
Ward Devers
Near Orchard Hills
Nancy Devora
8. C. Lind
Minnesota University
the Savings & Trust Company of
the Savings & Trust Company
Indiana, Pennsylvania
Frank Bostic
Charlotte Fors
Sublett
Ida
Nannie Lewis
Quay
Cherry Tree
O.O. Nupp
Bostic
O. O. Nupp
Mary Sterner
Armour Cunningham
Beverly Lewis
Mrs. Beuwyfinger
Haworth Herald
Methodist Church
North America
Griffith
Jack Lambing
Mrs. Boyd
Wilkinsburg
Everett Leadbetter
Raymond L. Walker
Homer
Jeffries
Indiana County Building and Loan Association
Indiana Theatre
Geo. D.leydic
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