Two Constables Arrested in War on Graft in Montgomery County
In Norristown Pa Sept 7 District Attorney Renninger launched a graft crackdown resulting in the arrest of two constables William G Long and Robert Pinkerton of Spring Mount and Michael Kwasnuk of Lansdale and an alleged bootlegger who aided as a detective. Bail for Long and Pinkerton and Kwasnuk set at 2500. Kwasnuk held without bail. Constable Alexander Seitz of Kaulpsville to be arrested today. An extortion attempt against Pennsburg farmer John Uborczuk triggered the arrests. Pinkerton and Kwasnuk raided Uborczuk home and found liquor demanding $200 or arrest. After several visits led by Long and Seitz the price was lowered to 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
Frank X. Renninger
Montgomery County
William G. Long
Robert Pinkerton
Spring Mount
Michael Kwasnuk
Lansdale
Kwasnuk
Alexander Seitz
Kaulpsville
John B. Stevenson
John Uborczuk
Pennburg
Pinkerton
Kuasnuk
Uboreczuk
Long
Seitz
Petition Seeks Route Change for Allegheny Highway
Property owners along the railroad side of the Allegheny River at Tionesta circulate a petition to relocate the proposed highway segment between Tionesta and Oil City. They want the road built on the river’s west bank rather than the east bank as planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny River
Tionesta
Oil City
Jury Continues Crackdown On Bootlegging Rings
The report notes 182 grand jury indictments mostly against small bootlegging operations as Mayor Mackey presses a crime cleanup. A major case targets Billy Bevans, a former bootlegger accused of distributing Jersey applejack and conspiring with Arthur Hoeb to dispose of $100,000 in seized liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Mackey
Billy Bevans
Jersey
Arthur Hoeb
Society Entertains Miss Reeder in Ohio Visit
Miss Alice Cable hosted a St Cad street gathering for Miss Elizabeth Reeder of Norwalk Ohio the house guest of Miss Jean Ball. Bridge prizes went to Reeder with Cecelia Smith as second and Elizabeth Biber as consolation. A two course supper followed and attendees included Ball Reeder Simpson Biber Walters and Cable. Several guests plan to attend colleges and camps after the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeder
Alice Cable
St. Cad Street
Elizabeth Reeder
Norwalk
Ohio
Jean Ball
Hazel Street
Miss Reeder
Cecelia Smith
Elizabeth Biber
Lucile Simpson
Thelma Brooks
Elizabeth Walters
Jean Bail
Cleveland
Gieslin Cotege
Holyoke College
Edinboro Teachers’ College
Allegheny College
Barbara Morrison
Katherine Hartman
Miss Morrison
Walnut Street
Jane Gallagher
Miss Gallagher
Bernadette Walters
Margaret McGarry
Anne Mulvey
Mary Agnes Lindberg
Mary Hogan
Mildred Hartweg
Lucile Weigle
Armabelle Yaegle
Constance Babbitt
Births in Clarendon and at Maternity Hospital
Mr and Mrs Dewey Casey of Clarendon Pa announce a daughter born Friday morning at 3 o'clock weighing 6 pounds 1 ounce. Rev and Mrs Henry J Brunner of 6 Alcon street announce a daughter born Friday morning at 4 40 o'clock weighing 6 pounds 6 1 4 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Casey
Clarendon
Maternity Hospital
Henry J. Brunner
Alcon Street
Boy's Haste To Return To School Ends With Broken Arm
Six year old Fally Swartz rushed into the school yard at the new term. He slipped on a pipe and fractured his arm, delaying his return to school for at least two weeks in Pottstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottstown
U. P
Fally Swartz
Erie Methodist Episcopal Conference Opens September 11
Epishop Herbert Welch will preside over the Erie annual conference at Cascade and Kingsley churches from September 11 to 17. Women’s Home Missionary Society and Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society events are planned at Kingsley and Cascade, with Laymen’s Association sessions and a laymen’s banquet. Principal speakers include Bishop Welch, Rev. Edwin L. House, Dr. Fred B. Fincher, Rev. Edwin A. Brown, and James A. Beebe. Delegates from Warren County churches are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epishop Herbert Welch
Pittsburgh
Methodist Episcopal Churches
Erie
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cascade
Kingsley
Women's Home Missionary Society
Kingsley Church
C. G. Farr
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Cascade Church
O. P. Akers
Cascads
Herbert Welch
Edwin L. House
Fred B. Fincher
Calcutta
India
Edwin A. Brown
Geneva
Ohio
James A. Beebe
Allegheny College
Warren County Methodist Episcopal Churches
In and Out of Town Visitors and Departures
In and Out of Town notes announce plans and visits among local residents. C H Brill and Mrs Stevens of Oakfield N Y leave Saturday after a week with W A Sherman Warren Jamestown road. Bruce Trusler returns to Cleveland after visiting Frank Trusler Water street. J A Richards of Erie Pa spends weekend with W A Sherman. H C Jacobs and Albert Jacobs drive to Erie for a day. Wilbur C Norris of Tulsa Oklahoma visits Warren friends. Martha Kretzer of Rymer Pa visits Delose Duill Marion street and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Brill
Richard Stevens
Oakfield
N. Y
W. A. Sherman
Warren-Jamestown Road
Bruce Trusler
Cleveland
Trusler
Frank Trusler
Water Street
J. A. Richards
Erie, Ps
Wilbur C. Norris
Tulsa, Oklo
Warren
Martha Kretzer
Rymer, Pa
101000 Pennsylvanian employees buy stock
Philadelphia Sept 7 More than 101000 Pennsylvania railroad employees became stockholders through a par stock offer. The offer list closed with applications surpassing 350000 shares. New stock will add 17500000 to capital for improvements, extensions, and repayment of maturing funded indebtedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Weather delays Class B and C air races at Roosevelt Field
Unfavorable weather postpones start of the trans continental air derby at Roosevelt Field New York. Heavy fog over the Allegheny ridge persists delaying takeoff to 7 16 A M tomorrow. West bound air mail flights cannot depart today and one Cesena monoplane withdraws while others stay ready to leave.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Allegheny Mountain
C. G. Andrus
Los Angeles
Francis C. Bowman
Air derby update from Kansas City race day three
Gains Fifteen clears at sixty with second place in the cross country derby. S. L. Whitman, piloting a Pheasant, lands third at 9 16. Rowhend roars into Taom runway, Duke follows, Whitiman takes third. Miller Is Forced Out due to engine trouble. Samuel H. Turner, in a Berliner monoplane, returns to Richards airport with radio trouble but plans to depart again before noon toward Wichita. Other pilots start at one minute intervals.
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Uo Earth
S. L. Whitman
Kansas City
Rowhend
Richards Airpolot
Taom
Duke
Whitiman
Notable flyer list from early aviation race standings
A fragmented roster lists pilots and their machines from a close country race. Names include Arthur W. Kiltips of Waco with 10 3 16 03, Geuze W Hopkins, Eugene Detmer with Travelair, and others such as W. M. Emery, Waco 10, and Sebastian L. Pond of Gettysburg with Kreider Reisner Challenger. Also named are John E. Carberry from Toronto, Warren B. Smith from Perth Amboy, Alfred H. Stanley from Elmira, and several challengers like Kreider, Jacobs, Brill, Riley, Derryberry, Zinn Jr, and Phillips among various cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Kiltips
Waco
Dames
Charles
Alexandria
Eaerock
W. Hopkins
Stinesa-Detroiter
Eugene Detmer
Travelair
W. M. Emery
W. Kenyon
Challenger
John E. Carberry
Toronto
Moth
Warren B. Smith
Perth Amboy
N. J
Mohawk Pintoy
Stuart Chadwick
Red Bank
Alfred H. Stanley
Elmira
N. Y
Sebastian L. Pond
Gettysburg
Kreider-Reisner-Challenger
A. H. Kreider
Hagerstown
Alfred R. Jacobs
Philadelphia
Forty years in use linoleum record at Neilly home
Mrs J W Neilly at 24 Buchanan street holds the enduring linoleum record in a Greenland Furniture contest. Other long wear entries include Myre E H Trudel and Mrs H Knupp with 35 years each. Mrs Neilly to receive a linoleum prize, others prizes range to 10 merchandise credits and 5 for Crawford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Neilly
Buchanan Street
H. L. Greenland Furniture
Myre
E. H. Trudel
Nesmith Place
H. Knupp
J. GC. Crawford
Tidioute
Neilly
Greneland Co
Trashel
Knupp
Crawford
Greenland Co
Market Letter Brightens With New Highs Across Several Issues
New York agents report speculative vigor on the Block Exchange as blue chip stocks led gains and set yearly or longer records. A. B. Steel Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck International Nickel and Chrysler surge. Federal Reserve policy shift and a $54 million rise in brokerage loans add momentum. Tickers lag and trading volume remains robust with brokers coordinating nationwide orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Block Exchange
A. B. Steel
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
International Nickel
Chrysler
Federal Reserve Board
Schulman to Hold Opening Saturday
Formal opening of Schulman's store in the new location at 120 Pennsylvania Avenue East near Conewango Avenue is set for Saturday at 7:80 o clock. The remodeled building features a new store front and updated interior equipment. the public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schulman’s
Pennsylvania Avenue
Conewango Avenue
Liquor Probe to Resume Monday in Pittsburgh
Federal attorneys and prohibition officials plan to summon 50 more defendants before a Pittsburgh grand jury recalled for a special session Monday. The 167 indicted in Allegheny county last June on conspiracy charges to violate prohibition laws are expected to be kept for only a short session. Bank officials in Pittsburgh have been subpoenaed to produce records on deposits and withdrawals tied to those named in the June true bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Grand Jury
Unclear remedy claims for malaria and relief factors
Fragmentary OCR text cites a remedy claimed to affect malaria and headaches tied to constipation. It mentions relief and detox effects and praise for producing evacuations, but specifics on substances, dates, or entities are absent.
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North Carver
Waller
Pa. Station
New Process Co
the Tribune
Massuér
Care Tribune
Mora Smith
Mrs. Mader
Mary Regner
First Lutheran Church
Clough
George Robinson
Catherine Keebley
Dorcas Bible Class
Elizabeth Hazeltine
Eastman School OF
Bell
E. Conference OF
Teen Hound
Ender
Gold
Johnson Brothers
Greenland
Ella Ackert
Ene
R. L. Fassinger
Salem Evangelical Church
Dale Church
Johnstown
Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Notre Dame
Fordham
Wayne C. Helmbrecht
Optometrist
Warren Savings Bank
J.S. Bayer
REAL
J. Warren
Helmbeecht
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