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a tion of the state, gratulations, best wishes. officially forecasted for this force, birthday today. DIER LOW Indiana Eurning Gazette "Pluck," "Jack" and "Font TEDDY today and tomorrow, 18. all valued members of the Oarette VOLUME 8. INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1930.

I'WO CENTS A COPY THOMAS RETURNED AS COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE HEAD ENTHUSIASM ATWATER-KENT ENT AUDITION FOR INDIAN A POTATO GROWERS RAMPANT AT ANNUAL MEET Members Adopt Resolutions to Support Primary Ticket and Revision of State Taxation Laws. NOTES OF DAY Wallace Thomas, of Indiana, was returned as chairman of the Indiana County Republican Committee, at an unusually interesting and wellattended sessiou in the Court House Monday afternoon. Mrs. Nell- Gregor Bennett Was named vicechairman; W. Ralph Cummings, secretary and E.

Dale Timberlake, a generdl J. Edwin Fyock, committeeman from the second: precinct of Cherryhill township, Introduced the following resolution to support the Republican nominees, which resolution was carried by unanimous vote: WHEREAS, at the Spring Primary of the Republican Party in May, 1980, the following named were nominated by a majority, vote for the offices indicated throughout Pennsylvania and throughout Indiana County, respectively: Gifford Pinchot for the office of Governor. "Gen. Edward C. Shannon for' the office of Secretary of Internal Affairs.

Judge George W. Maxey for the office of Judge of Supreme Court. Judge William B. Linn for the Superior Court. Judge James B.

Drew for the Superior Court. Hon. J. Elder Peelor for Continued On Page Two EQUITABLE AGENTS DINED Beryl L. Seanor Host to Quin-County Insurance Men at Club.

Beryl L. Seanor, district manager of the Edward A. Woods Co. Equi- table Life Agents, was host to sixtyeight agents, wives and sweethearts dinner the Indiana Country' Club last evening. Agents from Indiana, Armstrong, Jefferson, Westmoreland and Cambria counties were present, The dinner meeting was to final plans for the attaining of an insurance record for the Edward A.

Woods which company will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary on October 30 and 31, next. This agency of Pittsburgh, of which this district is a part, is the largest insurance agency in the world. The ambition of the Woods organization is to write one hundred million dollars of new insurance this year. Since. the agency was founded fifty years ago by Edward A.

Woods, and Continued on Page Tivo COLLEGE OPENS SEPTEMBER 2 With repairs completed and new building construction well under way, Indiana State Teachers' College will open for the first semester of the 1930-1931 term Tuesday, September second. Blankets All wool and part wool blankets at special low prices at Buchheit's. 3x. Firemen Notice Fire bells tested at 12. o'clock, noon.

Wednesday, Do not respond unless siren sounds. Festival--Curry Run Church There will be at the Curry: Run Church, Thursday evening, August 28, 1980, Chicken and noodle supper will be served at 6 p'olock. Alleged Auto Thieves Taken Harry Brooks 21, a girl 17 years old he claims to be his wife and William Underwood, all who give their address as Cleveland, 0., alleged to be automobile thieves, were taken into custody by R. H. Raymond, of the State Motor Patrol, when a stolen Pontiac in which they were driving figured in" an automobile crash which occurred near the B.

P. Inn, on the B. P. Highway, seven miles north of town, about 6:00 o'clock last evening. The accident occurred when, it is said, Brooks was operating the coach at a high rate of speed and when he attempted to make the turn on the highway near the B.

P. Inn, the car skidded and side-swiped a Chevrolet coach owned and operated by Eliza Terry, of Brooklyn, N. which was traveling in 'the opposite direction. Continued on Page Two SPEAKER.AT ADVENTIST MEET Dr. B.

G. Wilkinson, spoke to a large crowd at the Seventh-day Adventist encampment concerning the call out of Babylon, Monday evening. He took as the basis of his remarks some statements in the Book of Revelation. The book in question, he said was the revealing and not the concealing of Christ in his many phases of work for us. The angels of the book cried with a loud voice proclaiming the fall of Babylon.

This indicated a strong conviction. Dr. Wilkinson in his masterly way made clear the fact that this prophecy referred to the inroads. of modernism into the church today. That the fight between the modernists and.

the fundamentalists is a duel to the death, and one will last with increasing fury until the end, with truth the final victor, Continued On Paze. Two ANNIVERSARY FOR BAPTISTS In connection with the annual sociation of Indiana. Baptists to be held with the Ambrose Baptist Church October 2 and 3, there will be held an event of great interest to Indiana Baptists and Baptist friends in the observance the 50th year of the organization of church. To all former members, former' pastors and friends of members and pastors this should be an event of peculiar interest and calls forth the heartiest luvitation from Association the and church to Anniversary attend MARRIAGE IS MADE KNOWN Earl G. Rhodes, son.

of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Rhodes, of Arnold, and Miss Winifred Myers, daughter of C.

Myers, of Davis Pa, were married at Creekside Saturday, August 16, by the Rev. John K. Boston. Mr. and Mrs.

Rhodes are to be at home to their friends at 1513 Kenneth avenue, Arnold, Pa. TREE-SITTING CONTEST HERE A tree-sitting event was an added course, -corner of Seventh and So School feature at the "Teenie-Weenie" golf streets, Monday afternoon. Ralph Moorhead; was the sitter, He went into the tree at 11:07 M. and remained until 7:07 P. M.

Sample Run Hero Tonight. The Sample Run ball team will play Indiana A. on the latter's grounds this evening, Gibson Reunion The 5th annual reunion of the Andrew Gibson clan and the 20th annual reunion of the Hiram Gibson clan will be held at Camp Rest-8While; one mile south of Indiana, Saturday, Aug. 80th, The committee is making a special effort to make this gathering a success. So bring your friends and baskets, Revolutionary Junta Seizes Peru---President Flees Granted Safe Conduct, But Will Be Forced to Answer Charges.

LIMA, Aug. powerful revolutionary junta which seized the government, under the direction of General Manuel Ponce today held deposed President Augusto Leguia virtually prisoner aboard the "SICK, NO WORK, IN DEBT," MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF THRU HEAD DANVILLE, Aug. no work, in debt." That statement, found in a grimy note in his pocket authorIties decided today explained the death of. William Eckert, 60, whose body- was found on a loneroad near here last night. Eckert, shot thru the head, was found near his automobile.

Nearby lay a bloodstained revolver. The note was addressed to a daughter. man Dead- -County Natives Die in Other Cities OBITUARY NOTES DEATH VISITS IN MANY HOMES Chevy Chase and Blacklick Residents, Passed Away--Blairsville Wo- J. W. Livingstone J.

W. Livingstone, well-known resident of Indiana county for many years, passed away at his home in Chevy Chase at 5:15 o'clock Monday evening. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Mary E. Armstrong Livingstone, a native of Rayne township, and these children: William, Earl and Harry Livingstone and' Mrs.

Blair Lydick, all of Indiana; Mrs. Harry McCabe and Mrs. Walter Schrock, both of Renton, and Mrs. Albert McAbee of Harwick, Pa. He also leaves thirteen grandchildren and a brother, J.

I. Livingstone of Ashtabula, 0. Funeral services will be conducted in his late on residence at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. and burial will be "made in Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs.

Harriet F. Kunkle wits: Philip Harriet Kunkle, Ferretta died of Kunkle, a com- 55, plication of diseases in her home on Blairsville, R. D. 4, near Blacklick, Monday morning. at' 10:45 o'clock.

Continued on Page Two PHONE SERVICE TO BE ENLARGED Reconstruction of approximately 60 miles of telephone wires in the area served by the Clymer and Barnesboro central offices is to be started next month and completed in December at a cost of, nearly $5,000, it was announced today by W. C. St. Clair, district manager for the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania. The plant to be rebuilt was purchased some time ago from the Huntingdon and Clearfeld Telephone Company.

According to the Bell of Pennsylvania engineers, the proposed facilities are designed to meet the increasing demands for telephone service in these localities. Trunks Buy your trunk now at reduced August sale prices at Buchheit's; $11.50. 3-x. FEATURES OF THE NEW RITZ In carrying out the slogan: "There's nothing too good for the people of. Indiana," Stanley Elkin, lessee and managing director of the Indiana Amusement Company, operating the Ritz and Indiana theaters, has purchased the R.

C. A. Photophone sound equipment at a cost of over $6,000 and It has already been installed in the New Ritz theater. It will be heard for the first time Labor Day, Monday, 1st, when the theater is reopened to the public. The englneers who Installed and who have tested the equlpment have pronounced it 100 per cent perfect.

According the engineers Continued on Page 18) Stolfey Rounion The Steffey reunion will be held at Marion Center Park Salurday, August 30. Everybody welcome, Turtle Supper The annual. turtle supper will be served Catholic Church Hall this evening starting at 5 o'clock, price 75c. Menu Turtle Soup Crackers Pepper Slaw Ice Cream Cake and Coffee 3x Ham and Eggs Bread and Butter Pepper Slaw Ice Cream. Cake and Coffee BECKONING TO LOCAL SINGERS Contest Here Shortly May Develop Winners with Musical Education: and Prize Money As Reward of Effort.

PLANS OUTLINED Indiana County is to have 2 part in the Fourth National Radio Audition of the Atwater Kent Foundation of Philadelphia, according to announcement made this morning. The local audition will be sponsored by the Monday Musical Club, with Rosa Volirath Buchheit as chairman All singers the community, of either sex, between the 'ages of 18 and 25. years, eligible to participate in the Audition, and should prepare themselves at once for the contest, which will be held in Indiana at a date to be announced in the near future. All persons interested in the Audition and who may wish further information of the local effort should communicate with Mrs. Buchheit at once.

The "Five-Point Who" tells of the qualifications of eligibility. The fivepoints follow: Any amateur vocalist, between the ages of 18 and 25. who aspires to a musical career, Contestants must never have been paid vocal principals or featured vocal artists' outside their own states. Choir service or occasional local radio and concert work will not be a bar to participation. Continued On Page Two NEW ROAD OPEN: WITHIN 10 DAYS The Blue Ridge Construction Company, of Uniontown, which Hen constructing the new Penn highway, has finished the concrete pavement and within ten, days the road will be open for traffic.

The road will not be officially opened for traffic until the work of building the berms, and constructing headwalls is completed. During this period motorists travel over the road at their own risk. Our 10 years of faithful and honest dealings in Indiana has made hundreds of customers. Are you numbered among them? Murray's Dyeing Cleaning Inc. 3x POLICE KEEP CHIEF JOB TO DESPITE MONDY FROM ZUTA CHICAGO, Aug.

Freeman will be retained na chief of police of Evanston although he borrowed $400 from Jack Zuta, slain vice monger and gang leader, it was announced today following a secret session of the Evanston City Council. Freeman went on trial before the council last night and the Anal decision who. was elected left to Mayor retain Bartlett, Freoman, whose record has been excellent. KIDNAPER TAKEN, CHILD IS SAFE Claude Dillner, 27, Waives Extradition and Is On Way Back to Face Trial for Action Against Betty Foster. BOTH HUNGRY VALPARAISO; Aug.

INS Dillner, 27, kidnaper of 10-year old Betty Ann Foster, Indiana farm girl, was back here today facing charges of kidnaping, while the child, unharmed, was back with her parents. The two day search for Dillner and the girl ended Elkhorn, last night. Upon learning of the capture, Sheriff Burney Maxwell of ately. Dillner waived extradition and Valparaiso a went to Elkhorn immediwithin an hour' he was on his way back to Indiana. Asked why he kidnaped the child, Dillner said: "I' took her because I loved her.

I thought we could go away and be happy together, but I. soon realized the mistake I had made. Betty cried most of the time, but I never meant what I said about killing her if they chased me." Dillner's 'arrest was, brought about by two men who became suspicious when they saw a. man and a girl washing their hands on the shore of Lake Como, They blocked the road with their car and questioned Dillner when he came up, both having read of the kidnaping. They allowed him to drive on, but when they reached Lake Geneva they called Deputy, Sheriff Al Exner who arrested kidnaper, the policeman came up, Dillner is said to Continued On Page Two WINS WOMEN'S AIR DERBY Mrs.

Gladys O'Donnell, above, won the Women's Air Derby which ed at the metropolis, CHICAGO, Aug. expected arrival of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and possibly Mrs. Lindbergh, the former Anne Morrow, was the main topic. of interest here at Curtiss Wright airport today as 1930 national air: races entered the fourth day, In a telegram received by New York City Racket-Ridden BY JAMES L.

KILGALLEN (INS Staff Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Aug. leading -New York--is racket ridden. The press of the city today WAS headlining over all other news one thing: A night club owner has mysteriously disappeared and is believed to have been "put on the spot;" the state is engaged in a double inquiry into local food profiteering racketeers; the Supreme Court, at the instigation of the Governor, has initiated a sweeping probe of the alleged buying and selling of city magistrate appointments and the police are hearing recurring reports that Al Capone, the country's king pin racketeer, is preparing for an invasion of New York City. Other sources of worry to officials are: The political job givContinued on Page Two $50,000 FIRE AT POINT UNIONTOWN, Aug. -Fire of undetermined origin early today destroyed the Lockhard Lumber.

Company plant at Point Marion, near here, damaged four other buildings and for a time serjously menaced the entire business of the village. Loss was estimated at. $50,000. Starting in the lumber plant, the flames swept swiftly. to an unoccu-: pied building owned by the Fraternal Order.

of garage, a and two residences. W. C. T. U.

PROGRAM AT PINE FLATS The following program will be given at the meeting of the Pine Flats W. C. T. Thursday, August 28: Devotional Exercise and Prayer, Mrs. R.

E. Tate; Song; Reading. of Minutes; Business; Reading Paper, Sara Glenn; Song; "The Influence of the Bible on Morals," Mrs. A. G.

Glenn; Miss Eleanor Tate and Mrs. G. M. Houston; Report of Delegates to. County Convention; Song, Marie and Helen Gibson; Offering; PURCHASE LINE MISSION MEET A missionary program will be given by the Ladies' Aid Society of the Purchase Line Brethren Church, in the Community building, Cookport, Saturday, August 30, at 8 P.

M. The same program that was given at the Purchase: Line Community building will be, presented. An offering will be taken for mission Admission free. Every body welcome. BOOP-A-DOOP DOES A BOO-H0O NEW YORK, That drab cloak and suit bankruptcy hearing which was turned into something hilarious by Helen Kane, the boop-boop-a-doop singer, was to.

be continued today but without Miss Kane. After she chewed gum, fainted and told how the $50,000, which Murray Posner a partner in the bankrupt firm, claimed was the company's money, was her own stage-and-Alm earned coin, the actress was excused. She will testify again 'September Posner was to continue his testimony today." When attorndys for the receivers demanded that Miss Kane return the money, she explained Posner did not give it to her but that she gave the money to Posner to buy Liberty Bonds, Then she started to cry. "I'm sorry I down," she said in an aside to the lawyers. "This is a new act for nie." Miss Kane's attorney then announced the money would be returned only on a court order.

For Chilly Mornings A little Reznor gas heater will chase away the chill. Priced from $3.50, at A. W. Mabon Sons. 3x HAD FINE TRIP UP TO NORTH POINTS Excellent Excursion Many Fine Experiences in Visit to Canada Prince Edward.

Island and Aroostock Me BUREAU NOTES The twenty people from Indiana County who took. the Pennsylvanta; Potato Growers trip- to points Canada, Prince Edward Island, and Aroostock County, Maine, report an excellent excursion. A two hours trip and bus tour of Montreal, off Tuesday was a revelation to many of the party. Wednesday was spent, In Aroostock County, Maine, as the guests of the Potato growers. Twice as many automobiles were on hand as were needed.

A fine banquet WAS given at Fort Fairfield, Maine at noon, which was addressed; by Gov. Gardner of Maine. The pennsylvanians were. impress ed with the great acreage of potatoes: in Aroostock County, the potato acreage on the various farms ranging from forty to three hundred fifty acres per farm. Fourteen days of continuous rain have brought on a serious epidemic of blight in Maine, Every field in Maine showed infec tion and the estimate of the total yield in Maine has dropped eight.

mil lion bushel in the past two week's. Thursday was spent in Prince Edward Island, the garden spot of Canada. The Pennsylvania delegation was welcomed by Premier Lee. and other officials. The potato: fields excellent, condition.

Prince Edward Island grows a great acreage of certified seed. Two silver fox farms were also. visited on the tour of the Island. The -Potato Growers Continued on Page Two LOCAL PASTOR IS RETURNED HERE New Year of Service for Rev. H.

W. Armstrong of Free Methodists The Rev. H. W. Armstrong, has been pastor of the Free Metho dist Church hete for the past year, was returned to the Indiana, charge.

in the ministerial assignments made at the final session of the annual conference of the church held at. Fair mount, W. Va. The Rev. J.

P. Toy, erstwhile pastor of the Mount Washington (Pittsburgh) church and a former pastor of the Indiana church, WAS. named as district elder, succeeding the Rev. W. W.

Spiker, also a former Indiana pastor, who now becomes pastor of the McKeesport and Elizabeth congregations. Assignments in the Butler district, aside from Indiana, follow: Continued on Page Two ARRESTED ON ASSAULT CHARGE Jess Detwiler, of made an information against, Sherman Cramer, also of Strongstown, before 'Squire Walter H. Jackson yesterday, charging him with vated assault and battery. Detwilel claims Cramer attacked him and beali him up with a blackjack at a barn dance held In the barn of Frank Wolfe, near Strongstown, Saturday night after he and Cramer had? heated argument. Cramer will bi given a hearing In the near future.

Trunks Special August Sale. Values on trunks at Buchheits $9.75. 3-x Square Dance Wodnesday nights Dreamland Park. Soaps, polishes and chemical good for all cars and trucks, Auto Parti Ritz Theatre Bldg. Lon Chaney, Famous Character Artist, Dies Cruiser Almirante Grau at the Port of Callao, Although granted a safe conduct out of the country to Panama by the immediately after his forced resignation from the executive chair of Peru, radio orders to the speeding cruiser from Luis M.

Sanchez Cerro, who headed the revolt in South Peru and was taken into membership of the junta, quickly halContinued on Page 18) Pernicious Anemia tal to "Man of a Thousand of the meet Col. Lindbergh said he planned to arrive today, Whether his wife would accompany him was not disclosed in the flier's message. In addition to the regular program of races, contests and stunts by the Army, Navy, Marine corps and civiContinued on Page Two from anemia. A severe hemorrhage of the throat suffered at midnight, was the immed late cause of death, the actor's phy sicians agreed. The motion picture star was alas suffering from a complicated infer tion of the bronchial tubes which he previously had had treated in Now This, coupled with a severe attack York.

Continued on Page 13) LOS ANGELES, Aug. INS--Lon Chaney, famous character actor of the motion picture world. died at 12:55 A. M. today in St.

cent's hospital where he had been confined for the pest week suffering.