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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1934
Page
2
Health officials urge dressing for current temperatures not seasons. Dr. Theodore B. Appel cautions against heavy coats on warm days, recommending light to medium weights as temperatures rise. Overcoats should suit the thermometer to prevent illness and save money.
Brooks Atkinson of the Times lauds James Stewart's performance in Yellow Jack. The actor, a North Seventh street native, previously impressed in Good Bye Again and drew favorable reviews from Time and the New Yorker. The play, based on Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif, is produced by Sidney Howard who captures the era's feverish humanity. Atkinson calls Yellow Jack profoundly moving and of extraordinary significance.
A Maza aine article notes that racehorses skip meals the day before a race and many horses also go without food for days after. The piece reflects on discipline and tradition in racing culture, highlighting how trainers and owners manage nutrition around major events.
The Ritz Theatre headlines include Devil Tiger billed as a greatest jungle picture with an All star cast. Paramount's Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen stars Dorothea Wieck Alice Brady and Baby LeRoy and follows a mother’s police aided fight to recover her kidnapped child. Also shown is All of Me with Fredric March Miriam Hopkins George Raft and Helen Mack, a romance of Park Avenue debutante amid loves and prison escapes. Laurel and Hardy in Song of the Desert close the weekend, a full length comedy about wives and lodge conventions with supporting comic turns.
William M. Duff and Clarence Metzger led greetings from Pittsburgh and the Western Pennsylvania district as Guthrie marked four decades in the same vocation. Members lauded his service to policyholders and families, crediting loyalty and the company’s standards for his success. Also noted were February state bounty payments totaling 28,800 for various wildlife including 37 wildcats and 15,413 weasels in 1948 Indiana county.
The Ritz Theatre presents a March slate headlined by Yve Got Your Number starring Joan Blondell and Pat OBrien, Devil Tiger with All Star Cast, Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen with Dorothea Wieck, All of Me with Miriam Hopkins and Fredric March, and Sons of the Desert featuring Laurel and Hardy.
The Indiana Theatre showcases Good Talkies Always on Monday and Tuesday March 19 and 20 with the film Ladies Must Love starring June Knight in the lead role.
Harrisburg reports a shift in public school staffing with 1200 fewer women teachers and about 400 more men teachers. In 1938 total teachers were about one percent below 1942 figures, totaling 62,885 with 14,110 men and 48,775 women, reflecting a ongoing decline in women and rise in men in recent years.
Armstrong Grange schedules a Wednesday evening program at Parkwood schoolhouse on March 21. Roll call jok e recitations topics on farm conditions and home improvements feature music readings songs and surprises by local members.
Doris Whith and Bob Richards fall into a romance on Fifth Avenue as he helps her after an accident. He fears her wealth and social room will keep them apart, but her view of his poverty changes when she witness his care. Their bond grows amid modest rooms, coffee, and shared dreams of a life together.
Parkwood reports indicate Mrs. Grant Rowe at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh is gradually improving. Local social notes mention Nellie Campbell laboring at the McIntyre coal office, Martha Millen visiting Apollo, and multiple family and neighbor visits across Indiana and Leechburg. A fatality is not listed. instead the item covers sickness, visits, meetings, and a gunshot incident involving Tony Carino aged 26 in Glen Campbell with details of a dispute and injury.
By order of the Orphans Court of Indiana County Pennsylvania the estate of G W Collins deceased is set for public sale at 10:00 AM on the described premises in Young Township. The tract covers about 144 acres 80 perches with one fifth coal interest except coal rights reserved. Sale overseen by Mabel C Colina administratrix and W B Gaghioni clerk with auctioneer JT W George.
An appreciation note expresses gratitude for sympathy, floral tributes, kind words, care, and courtesies shown after the loss of Florence. The message from WB Melvin Bibel and family thanks friends for their support and memorial gestures during a difficult time.
Wm. & Pierce and John J. Getty, County Solicitors announce a March 12 1934 hearing in the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County to approve a private sale to H E Clark for 1094 02 dollars for an undivided one half of a 25 acre tract in Cherryhill Township Indiana County. The sale results from tax proceedings and redemption has expired. the hearing will take place in Indiana Pa on March 96 1084 at 10200 o'clock AM. All interested may appear and be heard.
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