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fURSDAY, JUNE 6,, 1929
ED STATES AND
AVIATION PROGRESS
country is making faster pro-
in aviation than the United
There has been a great im-
given to this science during the
ew years owing to the exploits
dberg and other American avia-
Great progress has been made
the days of Orville and Wilbur
t but aviation is still in its in-
according to William M. Me-
bn, Jr.,, Assistant Secretary of
erce for Aeronautics. In an
sting article in the current num-
the National Republic on avia-
progress in America Mr. Mec-
bn says of the future of aviation
United States?
at does the immediate future
It would be rash, I think, to
ea prediction. Great projects
the air'—for the air. An in-
hnd almost feverish activity is
ere in evidence.
may see, in the near future,
er planes controlled by auto-
pilots. Dessel-type engines are
here—gas-burning plants are
of—adjustable propellers
p to provide the airplane with
ivalent of the speed-changing
ism of the automobile. The
airport is under construction,
can anticipate launching de-
d arresting gear to commer-
ht.
are witnessing the entrance
p air of the private pilot who
Ir the fun of the thing’ and :n
se of his daily routine, he is
hg to make his appearance
ere and everywhere. The air-
5 rapidly coming within the
ange of the average wage-
y improvements of the plane
process. To name only one:
ents just recently completed
at, by clever sound-proofing,
e within the cabin of a pas-
blane, which in the past has
clangrous as to be well-nigh
er, can be reduced to a quar-
e previously existing volume.
part, you may ask, does the
ent of Commerce play in this
tf The Air Commerce Act of
ligned to our department the
n and regulation of civil
fics. So the Aeronautics
of which I am privileged to
bad, inspects all planes to see
f are ‘airworthy.” It exam-
s and licenses the pilots and
It establishes and en-
-traffic rules.
hirways and their equipment,
ediate landing fields, bea-
and radio apparatus, and
to air navigation are set
aintained through the in-
lity of this service. The
ent of airports is actively
d. Air maps are published.
research and development
constantly carried out.
lfour-score millions of miles
lown annually by air trans-
air services in the United
he operation of air mail and
routes is proving profitable
the carriers. Our exports
equipment are rapidly in-
end of the calendar year
ail and transport services
peration or scheduled over
bs of airways. The number
of air mail carried had
bne year, from 1927 to.1928.
ger traffic, to be sure, is
ely small, but there was an
four hundred and twenty
br 1928 as compared with
Ing year, and the number of
ried was nearly 53,000.
dinary advances have been
the adequate lighting of
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[ETLOCALST
Mrs. Jones and daughters Norma
and Elizabeth, of Cumberland, Md.,
were visitors to the home of Mrs. Ray
Smith on last Thursday, returning to
their home on Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Bockes were
visitors to Somerset on last Saturday
at the home of their daughter, Mrs.
Richard E. Pugh.
H. J. Krieriem and family of Cres-
aptown, Md., and Charles Knieriem
and family of Midland, Md., were
visitors at the home of Dennis Knie-
riem on Salisbury street.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Smith and fam-
ily of Ridgley, W. Va., were visitors
on Decoration day at the home of Ray
Smith, Grant street. They returned
home on*Thursday evening.
Mr. Dennis Knieriem and Frank
Bolden of this place were in Boswell
on last Saturday, and placed their
bids on the work to be done by the
Phillips-Jones shirt factory in that
place. Mr. Knieriem bidding on the
excavating and cement work and
Frank Bolden bidding on the carpen-
ter and building work.
The room in the Geo. H. Hocking
building next to the Army Store has
been greatly remodeled and a consid-
erable change is noted in same.
Elwood Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Smith, Grant street, and his
grandmother, Mrs. C. F. Smith, left
on last Saturday for Covington, Ken-
tucky, for an extended visit.
Miss Gretchen Wilmoth and Hester
Shaw left on a trip by automobile the
fore part of this week. They expect
to be gone for a month.
Fred Fisher who is employed in
Somerset spent the first part of the
week at his home in Meyersdale.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Beachy of Sal-
isbury, were visitors to Meyersdale at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Reich
on Monday evening.
Mrs. William Keefer who broke her
arm is getting along as well as can
be expected.
Mrs. Charles Phillips of Salisbury,
St., who has been ill for some time
is reported as being very seriously ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Tressler of Ir-
on Decoration day at the home of
Mrs. Myrtle Berie on Beachley street.
Mr. and Mrs. E.
M. Yeagley of |daughter Virginia,
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Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Kretchman of
North street, motored to Keyser, W.
Va., on last Sunday.
Mr. Harry Bittner who was recent-
ly operated on for appendicitis in the
Hazel McGilvery Hospital is now able
to be out and around again.
Vernon Miller of Sand Patch was a
visitor to Meyersdale on Monday of
this week.
W. M. Kunkel of Grantsville, Md.,
was a visitor to Meyersdale on Mon-
day of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sanders of
Beachley street spent Friday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Jones
in Somerset, Pa.
John Cover who is 4° student at
Mansunutten Academy is spending
the summer vacation at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cover
of Front street.
Mrs. Charles Hileman and son
Charles, of Somerset, who had been
spending the past week at the home
of Mrs. Hileman’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Keefer of Meyers Avenue,
returned to their home in Somerset,
last Sunday.
Mrs. Wm. Darrah left on last Sun-
day for Cooks Mills, Pa., where she
will spend a week visiting relatives.
Elizabeth Stiver, who had been vis-
iting at the home of her brother-in-
law and sister, returned to her home
in Washington.
Dorothy Crowe was a visitor to
Somerset on last Saturday at the
home of her sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Jones.
Mrs. Charles Darrah, son Walter,
daughter Margaret and son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Kar!
Walker of Akron, Ohio, spent Decor-
ation day at the home of Miss Doro-
thy Crowe and Miss Elizabeth Dar-
rah. They also visited in Berlin at
the home of C. P. Baer. The party
returned to Akron, Ohio, on Sunday
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sanders spent
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter B. Jones.
Philip Saylor, who is a student at
Franklin & Marshall Seminary, Lan-
win, Pa., were visitors to Meyersdale | caster, Pa., has returned to his home
on Broadway St., for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Boyle and
of Cumberland,
cersburg, Pa., the past Sunday.
father, Jack Commons, of Roumania.
Mrs. Myrtle Berie, her mother and
her sister, Miss Lutie Tressler, mo-
tored to Keyser, W. Va., on Sunday. |
Harry Fisher of Akron, Ohio,
Beachley street, were visitors to Mer- | Md.,
home of Lizzie Weber and her daugh-
ter Mame, of High street.
Harry Commons of Detroit, Mich-|party motored to Johnstown, Pa.; re-
igan, is visiting at the home of his |turning home the same evening.
were Sunday visitors at the
The entire
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Price spent
Sunday in Morgantown, W. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Habel and
| daughter Mrs. Clarence Rowe motored
iz |to Lancaster to attend the graduation
visiting at the home of his parents, | exercises at Franklin & Marshall Col- |
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fisher of Rou- |]
mania. |
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Mr. and Mrs. Nat Friedline and his |
f his type reflect very |father, Austin Friedline, returned last
his school and the com- [week from several months visit in|daughter Julia, motored to Pittsburgh
ion Monday for a few days visit.
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Florida and other points.
ege, William Habel, grandson of Mr.
[and Mrs. W. H. Habel, being one of
he graduating class.
Mr. and Mrs. John N. Cover and
Personal
Mrs. Anthony King of Connellsville,
| Pa., spent the forepart of the week in
| Meyersdale, visiting with her husband
who is employed by the B. & O. R. R.
| Co. here. :
Mrs. James Chambers returned to
her home in Connellsville after spend-
ing some time at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Groff of North street.
Mrs. Joseph Michael, son James
and daughter Margaret, and Robert
Bowers of Eckhart, Md., spent Thurs-
day of last week at the home of P. P.
Breig and family of Olinger street.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Andrews of
Patton, Pa., were visitors at the home
of Mrs. Andrews parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Bittner of High street.
Mrs. Lepo Nashwinter of Star
Junction, Pa., daughter and two sons,
were visitors at the home of Charles
Nashwinter, Olinger street.
Dr. W. H. Ryland, who had been a
patient at John Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, Md., returned to his home
on Meyers Avenue last Friday.
Miss Clara Sthrominger, and Miss
Coffee of Cumberland, Md., were Sun-
day visitors at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Stacer, High street.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Groves and
Mrs. Rebecca Smouse of Pittsburgh,
spent a few days of last week visiting
relatives and friends.
Mrs. R. H. Philson returned on last
Sunday from the home of her parents
in Buckhannon, W. Va., where she had
been spending a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rodabaugh of
Hanover, Pa., and Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Thornley were visitors to the home of
Mrs. Rodabaugh and Mrs. Thornley’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Lint, the
past week.
On Decoration day the writer in
company with Philip D’Amico, John
Wilhelm, Frederick D’Amico and Gus
D’Amico motored to Pittsburg and
saw the Pirates break even in a dou-
ble header with the Chicago Cubs.
Chicago winning the first game 5-1
and Pittsburgh the second game 4-0.
Grimes, the ace of the Pirates, won
his 8th straight game when he won
the second game 4 to 0.
Jerry Foley returned to Pittsburgh
after spending several days here and
in Baltimore, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell, Jr.,
and family of Bethlehem, Pa., spent
the latter part of last week at the
home of Mr. Campbell’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. James Campbell of Broad-
way.
and wife of
Youngstown, Ohio, visited Mr. Thorn-
ley’s father, Hilton Thornley on Salis-
bury street one day last week.
Robert Thornley
A. T. Schmick of Pittsburgh, repre-
senting the Arcady Farms Mills of
Chicago spent several days in this
section looking after his trade.
Mrs." W. H. Price of Broadway is
suffering from an attack of neuritis.
James Henry, son of Orrick Henry
of Broadway, whose enlistment in the
U. S. Navy recently expired, left for
Detroit Wednesday, where he expects
to be located in the future.
Samuel Engle of Salisbury, who
submitted to an operation for appen-
dicitis in the Hazel McGilvery Hospi-
tal some time ago was discharged re-
cently and is now convalescing at his
home very satisfactorily.
Floyd Thompson, who had been em-
ployed in Virginia for some time is
spending some time with his family
here.
Mrs. H. K. Aurandt entertained the
evening.
time.
Everybody reports a good
Mr. and Mrs. Grasser and children
home of Mrs. Grasser’s mother at
Somerset, who is quite ill.
John M. Grier, wife and children of
Reading, were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. A. S. Kresge over Sunday.
injured while attempting to board =z
B. & O. freight train at Rockwood to
get home sooner is reported improv-
ing at the Hazel McGilvery hospital.
The Dorcas class of Amity Reform-
ed. Sunday School will hold a pie so-
cial in Amity Hall Friday evening.
pared and a pleasant and profitable]?
time is anticipated. The public is in-
vited.
members of the Dorcas Bible Class of | ating.
Amity Reformed Church last Friday | charm, and the dramatic situations
with which it abounds, are relieved by
refreshing comedy.
of North street are visiting at the| Thursday-Friday, June 13-14
Years ponies Star Discovery.
ill of the Show” portrays the reverse of
Grier’s stepfather and mother, Rev.|the theatrical world backstage. c
so depicts the fight of “the survival:
—_ of the fittest”
Clarence Graves, who was seriously |Stageland in the world—Broadway.
An interesting program has been pre-| An adventurous story of the vast cat-
where lead bullets were more valu-
able than gold nuggets.
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Don. M. Kimmel, Clerk of the Or-
phans’ Court, has issued the following
marriage licenses during the past week:
James Calabrese, of Pittsburgh, and Eva
Edith Torquato, of Windber; Frank
Leskovich and Elizabeth Pipta Wisk,
both of Ralphton; Ben Culocoszy and
Blanche Barzilok, both of Boswell; Her-
bert E. Knox, of Ursina, and Anna
Viola Colflesh, of Meyersdale; Harry
Edward Weimer, of Berlin, and Ruth
Elizabeth Kroushour, of Glencoe; Rob-
ert Todd Wiley and Violet Marie Beck,
both of Rockwood; Samuel L. Yorty and
Erma Mae Heller, both of Somerset;
Lawrence A. Speicher, of Johnstown,
and Zita M. Martin, of New Baltimore;
Luigi Yachere and Colie Mabel Key,
both of Somerset Township; Edward J.
Croft and Ruby E. Salyards, both of
Nant-y-Glo; Merrill M. Clark and
Bertha Cedocia Gindlesperger, both of
Holsopple.
Recent Weddings
Miss Violet Marie Beck, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Warren E. Beck, and
Robert Todd Wiley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Brown Wiley, of Rockwood,
were married at Somerset, by the Rev.
Leonard H. Hoover.
Miss Erma Mae Heller, daughter of
Mrs. Elizabeth Heller, and Samuel IL.
Yorty, son of Mrs. Sadie M. Yorty, both
of Somerset, were married at Somerset,
by Don M. Kimmel, Clerk of the Or-
phans’ Court.
Miss Runy E. Salyards, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Salyards, and Ed-
ward J. Croft, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Croft, both of Nant-y-Glo, were
married at Somerset, by the Rev. Irvin
F. Woodrow.
Miss Ada Rebecca Baker, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Baker, and
Earl Walker Sweitzer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Simon P. Sweitzer, both of Broth-
ersvalley Township, were married at
Bellevue, by the Rev. A. E. Truxal.
Miss Mary A. Findish, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Findish, and
Stephen W. Danko, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Danko, both of Windber, were
married at Windber, by the Rev. John
Lach.
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Monday-Tuesday, June 10-11
“Girl in Every Port”
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Mrs. Stella Zawacka, of Windber,
mother of five children, was given a |
heavy sentence by Judge John A.
Berkey in court Monday afternoon |
when she pleaded guilty to a charge |
of violating the liquor laws. She was
sentenced to pay the costs, a fine of
$500 and tc serve one year in the
county jail.
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two stills and a ‘quantity of moonshine
whisky. Her husband, Nick Zawacka,
was not held, as the wife assumed the
responsibility.
The four youngest children of the
defendant were taken to Somerset and
placed in the care of the Somerset
County Children’s Aid “Society. A
daughter, aged 14 years, is staying
with neighbors in Windber,
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