Mehallick murder trial begins in Hollidaysburg
District Attorney William M. Ruddock leads the state in presenting testimony in the Mehallick murder case. John Vite, father of slain Wilbert Vite, Sheriff Eugene Wilson and Detective Harry E. Koozer testified on the night of April 22, 1933 in Glen Campbell. Dr E Budd Lewis described the youth's clothing smelling of liquor. The defense is ready as the jury selection continues and photographs of the scene are shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mehallick
Wilbert
Vite
Glen Campbell
Hollidaysburg
Commonwealth
John Vite
Eugene Wilson
Harry E. Koozer
Wilson
Mehallick
E. Budd Lewis
William M. Ruddock
Indiana
Carl Douglass
Real Estate Transfers In Indiana County and Blairsville Area
A series of property transfers listed with buyers sellers locations and prices. Notable entries include D F Rinn to Thomas Bianco for 8 acres in White township $200 and Keystone State Products Co to Blairsville Savings & Trust Co for 8 acres in Blairsville $350.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. F. Rinn
Thomas Bianco
White Township
Keystone State Products Co
Biafreyville Savings & Trust Co
Blairsville
B. W. Goldfarb
Blairsville Savings and Trust Co
Indiana County Street Railways Co
John H. Campbell
Burrell Township
Walter A. Ward
William Linton
Green Township
W. G. Bracken
F. C. Stephens
Cherryhill
Joe Kundla
Center Township
Three Lost Lives In Week End Crashes In Districts
Three deaths from weekend crashes across Cherry Tree Seward and Whitesburg districts are reported. Joseph Witzen 49 Barnesboro died after being run over when his son in law Rudy Gibala tried to reverse a car near Cherry Tree dam. William Rehrig 65 Whitesburg Armstrong county died days after being struck while crossing a highway. Catherine File 49 Johnstown was killed instantly when hurled from a car in Seward after a collision with a truck. One child Joseph Knopic 9 serious with skull fracture after stepping into path of a Sagamore car. Other minor injuries reported in two nonfatal collisions and a small property damage incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Tree
Seward
Whitesburg
Joseph Witzen
Barnesboro
Spangler
Beringer Road
Rudy Gibala
I Barnesboro
Gibala
Cherry Tree Dam
Witzen
William Rehrig
Armstrong County
Kittanning
R. F Y. Stein
State College
Behrig
Catherine File
Johnstown
Nicholas Polak
Roy McDowell
Joseph Knopic
Sagamore
Alfred Nylund
Edwin Rummel
Homer City
Lisle M. Thomas
Indiana
Thomas
Rummel
Shirley R. Teboe
Newark
N. J
Blairsville
George McClellan
I Hollidaysburg
State Sabbath School convention registration drive urged
Wallace C. Chapman, president of the Indiana County Sabbath School Association, appeals to district presidents to meet their registration quotas for the State Sabbath School convention by Sunday evening September 30. Each district has a quota and one official delegate is allowed for every 12 students enrolled. Also note births and hospital recoveries: a son born to Mr and Mrs Jay H Manning in Indiana Hospital, and Dr F d Kellam slowly recovering after a horse accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace C. Chapman
Indiana County Sabbath School Association
Jay H. Manning
West Church Street
Indiana Hospital
Mr. Manning
Troutman Co
38 Parties Have a Place on November Election Ballot
Harrisburg Sept 25 Thirty eight party names appear on nomination papers filed to place independents on the November ballot. The 184 candidates listed include 11 for statewide offices 28 for Congress 10 for State Senate and 135 for Representative. Communists and Industrial Labor party tickets are represented with full slates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Congress
State Senate
Industrial- Labor
Roosevelt
Indiana Five Association to Give Away Plymouth Sedan
The Indiana Five Association will give away a Plymouth sedan as part of its annual benefit on Thursday night November 15. The car is on display at the Mireman’s booth at the corner of Philadelphia and Seventh streets daily. The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette to R. D. readers, $5.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Five Association
Indiana ‘Fire Association
Mireman's
Philadelphia
Seventh Streets
County Baptists Convene Here October 4 and 5
The fifth annual session of the Indiana Association will be hosted by First Regular Baptist Church of Indiana on Thursday and Friday October 4 and 5. Special music includes such sessions and two addresses by representatives to the state convention. The program lists devotions, welcome addresses, reports, departmental reports, and multiple sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Association
Regular Baptist Church of
Indiana
Seasion
Robert H.austin
Joseph
Weaver
John W. Kennedy
Blaine Dick
Association
Sec
J. Davis
W. G
C. W. Rumbaugh
wNo
Harry Decker
White Cross
A. H. Williams
W. E. Flesher
Dora Lockard
Frank Adams
H. F. Bowser
T. Armstrong
Mary R. Junod
A. E. Barber
Lester W. Bumpus
Orphanage and
Pittsburgh
Rusbaugh
Mahoning Church
John T As Davis
Blairaville
W. E. Fie
Ambrose Church
State Convention
Dahlia Show at Moore Hotel Held by Indiana County Club
The Indiana County Dahlia Club will stage a show at the Moore Hotel on Saturday and Sunday September 29 and 30. Exhibits include single dahlias collections and arrangements with entries open to the entire county. Club officers are J. K. Nix Homer City president, Mr. Anderson Creekside vice president, Floyd Barry Indiana secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
General Hugh Johnson resigns from NRA post
President Roosevelt accepted Gen. Hugh S. Johnson’s resignation as administrator of the NRA on Tuesday night. The move prompts plans for a complete NRA reorganization to be announced publicly soon, according to information disclosed at the Summer White House last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Johnson
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Roosevelt
White House
Indiana county to receive blind pension funds
A sum of 9785.10, or 786 a month, has been allocated to Indiana county for pensions of needy blind adults. The pensions will not exceed 30 a month. Ninety applications for pensions have been received here. Mrs Israel Flaming of West Water Street underwent a serious operation for the removal of a tumor on Tuesday morning in the L Ludlinal hospital. Her condition this morning is fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Israel Flaming
West Water Street
Hens
L [Udlanal Hospital
Tair
Misa Velma Stahl
Columbia Hospital
Wilkinsburg
Wilbur Stahl
Princeton
N. J
John
Princeton University
Dog and hunting licenses issued at county treasurer office
At noon today the county treasurer's office reported 8 283 dog licenses and 425 hunting licenses issued. The total reflects the current licensing drive and provides a snapshot of local compliance.
PERSONAL BREVITIES A string of visits across states and cities
Ralph Loughry visits Chicago World Fair. many locals visit Indiana friends and relatives. Moves include Johnstown and Du Bois, with attendees traveling to New York and Yale for studies. Several families host weekend stays and trips to Washington, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Loughry
Town
Chicago
William Taylor
Charleroi
Indiana
Gladys McCreight
Dinecansville
W. G. Ruffner
June
Johnstown
Mia
Alex Beatty
Dormont
Foreman Hood
South Seventh Street
Robert Skelton
Oak Street
New York City
Columbia University
James L. Jack, Jr
Jasl
Jack
Yale
John J. Anthony
Iva
Maple Street
du Bois
A. M. Briggs
Altoona
Norman Sawyer
Mast Pike
T. C. Burnhem
Jeannette
John M. Daugherty
Church Street
G. F. Muffley
Oakland Avenue
C. W. Appler
Philadelphia
Howard Fair
Aliquippa
John Brallier
Latrobe
Ralph &. Botsford
Washington, D. C
Shenandoah Valley
Maud Hetrick
Meadville
D. A. Hetrick
Jean Cunningham
Pittsburgh
Elsie Graham
Mary
Jeannette Stewart
John Stewart
Wilkinsburg
William Hutton
College Avenue
Gertrude Waddell
Apollo
W. J H. Stitt
Nia’ Rook, Jr
Clyde Seanor
Seryl Seanor
School Street
R. J.hogan
John Lowry
Harrisburg
Jesse Jackson
Jess Jane
William McAdoo
Sixth Street
Lisle Davis
New Kensington
W. H. Davis
Ralph Eaves
James Kilgore
Washington St
Otis Williamson
Alvin
Brawnox
Annie Williamson
Janet Fritz
Dubuque, Ta
Walter Whitmyre
Indiana State Teachers College
J. Wilse McCartney
North Seventh Street
Anna Mae Perry
Clearfield
B. J. Williams
South Sixth Street
Arthur Williams
Culver
Ralph A. Harrison Retires Prom Scout Work in County
Ralph A Harrison resigns after 11 years as executive of William Penn Council Boy Scouts of Indiana County to take a similar post in Ithaca New York. The resignation is effective October 15. He helped advance the council into a strong position among state organizations and will be missed by many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph A. Harrison
Cthaca
N.Y
Ralph A. Tarrison
William Penn Counscil
Boy Scouty
Indiana County
Tihaca
A. Y
Harrison
William Penn Council
County Sisters Tripletts Celebrate 68th Birthday
The Morton sisters, born and raised in Center township, celebrated their 68th birthday at the Indiana fair grounds. 118 relatives attended as two cakes were served, an angel food 24 inches wide and eight inches high by Mrs. C O Swasy, and a six layer cake with 63 candles by Mrs. Charles Mason of Greensburg. One surviving Morton sibling, Mrs. B F McKee of Ashtabula Ohio, joined the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Belle Donahey
Tda Belle Mee~ Gaughey
Josephine
Ara
Belle Ferguson
Akron
Indiana Fair Grounds
C. O. Swasy
Town
Charles ‘Mason
Greensburg
Center Township
John
Nancy Morton
Morton
B. F. McKee
Ashtabula, O
Marriage Licenses and Noted Local Events in Indiana Area
A list of marriage licenses includes Leslie Shankle and Helen Brink, Byron W. Brown with Elva Ruth Prick, Join Bellas with Tucerne Mines, Mary Korady with Iucerne Mines, John G. Coffman with New Alexandria, Lillian Plegal with Saltsburg, and several others across Uniontown, Vandergrift, Kittanning, Blacklick, Bolivar, and Cherryhill Township. Also reported is an infection from a bear bite on Mrs. J Bert Lytle of South Thirteenth Street, with her arm wound and hand infection treated after a bite from a cub at Custle Lodge. Indiana men plan an ten-day fishing trip in Canada, starting from Mik Lake, with travel by plane to Hehing camp north of Toronto. The era’s quips note the old adage about the pen, now easy to break out of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Shankle
Helen Brink
Byron W. Brown
Elva Ruth Prick
Bellas
Tucerne Mines
Mary Korady
Iucerne Mines
John G. Coffman
New Alexandria
Lillian Plegal
Saltsburg
William FP
Uniontown
Ellen Valentine
New Salem
Henry Blaworth Lott
Vandergrift
Ruth Elder Beatty Oo
Apotla West Kittanning Kittanning
Creekside
John Renosky
Beyer
Annie Zolyeslk
Sete Beyer
Isaac Sleppy
Pine Township
Lla Stephens
Cherryhill Twp
Blackilek
Bert Lytle
South Thirteenth Street
Lytle
Larry Thompson
Custle Lodge
Town
Lodge Park
Indiana
Canada
Edwards
Jed Bear
A. J. Alahura
Walter Kissinger
John LaMantia
Mik Lake
Hehing Caup
Toronto
Brody Brothers Complete Extensive Improvements
Brody Brothers announce the completion of extensive improvements to their store at Philadelphia and Seventh streets. They have acquired the White building adjoining east, remodeled the premises, and opened new departments across second and third floors with repainted interiors, new fixtures, a maple main floor, and a new children's department with revolving wardrobe cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brody Brothers
Philadelphia
Seventh Streets
Death notices from Cambria county and Grove City area
Funeral notices report Alfred Carney, 83, who died suddenly from a heart attack while searching for a missing heifer on his farm in Dickson township. Services Wednesday at Brethren church Mundys Corner with interment at church cemetery. Other obituaries note Rev John P Barbor, 50, Grove City native and retired Presbyterian minister, and Charles R. Jones, 87, Spangler merchant, both with services and interment in Williamsport and Wil liamsport areas respectively. Also listed are Henry Elden, 69, Homer City barber, with arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carney Puneral
Brethern
Mundyts Corner
Church
Alfred Cirmey
Dickson Township
Cambria County
Strongstown
Emerson
Grant Davis
Nanty Glo
Warner
Somerset
Rudolph Boower
Kangax City
Willam Carney
Topeka
Kans
Grove City
John ‘P. Barbor
Grovel City
Taylorsville
Green Township
Princeton University
Thomas Sutton
South Sixth Street
Allegheny Theological Seminary
Sarah Balerbaugh
Loretta Widdowson
Indiana
Louisa Thompson
Morton Center
I. N. Barber
Near Clymer
Mary Stewart
Washington
Howard B. Baterbaugh
Church Street
Henry Elden
Hig
Miller Avenue
Homer City
Elden
Republican Rally Delights County Voters At Ox Roast
A large crowd gathered at the Indiana fairgrounds on Friday for a grand Republican rally featuring noon ox roast and ample speeches. Chef Kellar Harris led a team serving 900 pounds of roast beef 125 pounds of baked ham and 3 000 ice cream containers as party leaders spoke on campaign issues to a spirited audience. County Chairman H Wallace Thomas introduced Dr J A McCamey and urged unity amid a strong showing of voters from all sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Fair Staunds
Pridiay
Kellar Harris
H. Wallace Thomas
J. A. McCamey
Blairsville Man Ends Life In Home With Shotgun
Blairsville resident Earl McIntire Bergman aged 44 died by self inflicted gunshot in the kitchen of his Blairsville home. Found by his wife Tuesday morning after a period of illness and unemployment. He leaves a widow and six children, his father Elah Bergman and siblings in Blairsville Saltsburg Crafton Oakmont and Crafton. He was a Pennsylvan ia railroad freight trainman and a longtime member of the Blairsville Presbyterian church and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Burial followed in Blairsville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Earl McIntire Bergman
Blairaville
Pennayl‘vania
Blairsville Presbyterian Church
Brotherhood of Allway Tratmen
Elah. Berg- Man
Ora Mabon
Morrow
Cecil
Carl Bergman
Mary Whitesell
Saltsburg
Susan Leydic
Crafton
Helen Potts
Oakmont
Six Horseshoe Pitchers to Compete at Brushvalley Fair
Six winning contestants from Cockport Fair include Harry Altman N A Steffy William Washington O B Washington Dick Fulmer of Marion Canter RD and Ray Henry of Commodore who will vie at Brushvalley Fair on Saturday at 1 PM for a chance to represent Indiana County at the State contest in Harrisburg in January J S Lute organized the Cockport event H C Cunningham will manage Brushvalley Exhibits in produce canned goods pastry and fancy work will be shown Minne and supper will be served Three candidates were named for Indiana County Emergency Relief Board vacancies Charles Siegfried Homer City Dick Stephens Blairsville and William M Ruddock Jr Indiana County officials sent names to Harrisburg for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cockport Fair
Harry Altman
N. A. Steffy
William Washington
O. B. Washington
Dick Fulmer
Marion
County Emergency Relief Board
Charles Siegfried
Blairsville
Dick Stephens
Homer City
William M. Ruddock, Jr
Indiana
Indiana County Emergency Relief Board
Harrigsburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Holie Daysburg
William M. Had
Whek End
F. d. Kellam
J. Kellam
Indiana Hunt Club
The
Progress and
Pittsburgh Post‘Gazette
R. D
County Baptists
ION
First Regular Baptist Church of
Hotel Segretm
John P. Barbor
Charles BR. Jones
Williamsport
Charles Rt. Jones
Brockwayville
Kmlks
Jones
Penrose Jones
Paul
William
Ardetta Jones
J. A. Alder
Los Angeles
Cahir
Campaton
Volery
Ollie
Karl Bergman
Wrushvalley Fair
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