Cleared of Seminar murder still jailed in Warren County
Police hold Joseph Chapman alias Semnick Kowalski alias Goldberg in Warren County jail on suspicion of the Seminar murder at Metro Seminak’s Brokenstraw Airport station. He was arrested at Kowalski farm Colza by state police and Kept in custody pending Ohio authorities.
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Metro
Seminak
Brokenstraw
Joseph Chapman
Semnick
Nifus Kowalski
Goldberg
Warren County
Gvard
Cleveland
Chapman
Kowalski
Colza
Peoopers
Patolmen Mead and
McAvoy
Helin
Joan Kowalski
Sennick
Tatherine Kowalski Iovach
Joe Gold-borg
Pittefield
Tara Bowers
Cima
Warren
Ohio
Cola
Kowalsiel
Giscuns Fils
Welzht
Garland-Spring Creek
Chinese Earthquake Causes Little Damage
A seism warning from Hong Kong reports a seismic event centered near China with limited damage. Authorities say the quake shook the waterfront and caused panic among residents but no serious injuries or structural failures were recorded.
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United Press
Hongkong
Aas A. Tm
China
Bork
Bitter clash within Mongolia fuels Japanese Manchukuoan action
Moscow reports extensive fighting near the Mongolia frontier as Japanese Manchukuoan forces clash with Mongolian troops aided by tanks planes and artillery. Tokyo cites further clashes with Mongolian air forces amid warnings of a potential second Russo Japanese war.
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Norman
BEVEL
United Frees State
United Press
Moscow
Outer Mongolia
Tokyo
Ulan Bator
Oyerer Mongolia
Haining
Manchukuo
Ula Balor
Guler
Sfrom Tokyo
Lake Bol
Boris S. Stomoniakov
Tamekhi Ohta
Japan
Serbe ‘Ous
Hauptmann execution reset as grand jury weighs Wendel case
Bruno Hauptmann's execution was postponed to Friday night to give the Mercer county grand jury more time to review the alleged Wendel confession. Authorities cited possible "important developments" in the case and delays from the jury as factors in the postponement.
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Joe Ale Morris
United Press
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Mark Kimberling
State Prison
Kimberling
Hauptmann
Paul Wendel
Paul H. Wendel
Mercer County Grand Jury
Ween- Gels
Allyné Freemans
Wendel
David Witent2
State House
Jessly
Lim
Mam
Inik Aslay
Mark C. Kinberting
Kimberline
WN. J
Frerest Marshall
Mercer County
Bruno Rishard Hauptmann
Marshall
Allyne Freeman
Harold G. Hottman
Muhietr Tole
Pothole Spots Reported on West Pleasant Street
Motorists report heavy spots in the pavement on West Pleasant Street between Spring and Center streets. Officials from the state highway department may be notified for repairs, and drivers were cautioned to travel carefully through the short stretch.
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West Pleasant Street
Spring Street
Center Street
State Highway Department
Predicted 33 Percent Drop in Beer Licenses Post June
County Treasurer Ralph McCord foretells a one third reduction in retail beer license dispensaries in the county after June 1. Only 73 applications remain on file with 25 more expected by five this evening as the deadline nears. He notes licenses require 60 days from application and operators may refile but must close until the period ends, suggesting many may quit due to weak business.
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Bhe
Ralph McCord
Iheole
Pera Expe
McCord
Skidmore Faces Trial in Gas Station Murder
George Skidmore known as the gunman of Seldom Seen valley has returned from an Idaho hideout to face murder charges for the slaying of Charles Hammond, a crippled filling station attendant, during a 1930 holdup. Support from a farmer who hired him aided the capture after years on the run.
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Idaho
United Press
Pittsburgh
George €. Siidmore
Skidmore
Charles Hammond
Bitterroot Mountains
Grangeville
Shite
Skilmore
Changes in Personnel at Relief Offices
Robert Catlin of Erie becomes supervisor in the local relief offices succeeding Mrs Anna Belle Autate Erie county district supervisor with headquarters in Erie. Miss Mildred Covey of Girard and Miss Glen Dufield of Erie are transferred to the Municipal building offices. Catlin begins duties and will reside in the city.
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Robert Catlin
Erie
Harrisburg
Anna Belle Autate
Erie County
Autate
Mildred Covey
Girard
Glen Dufield
Catlin
Fairbanks Family Ford To London Amid Illness
Douglas Fairbanks and his bride Lady Ashley arrived from Cannes and fly to London to be at the bedside of Douglas Fairbanks Jr who lies critically ill with influenza.
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United Press
Paris
Douglas Fairbanks
Lady Ashley
Cannes
London
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Germany offers four month truce on Rhine frontiers
London April 1 Germany proposed to extend mutual assistance pacts to Belgium France Britain and Italy and to rewrite the Locarno treaty after moving troops to the Rhineland. Britain reportedly accepts the proposal as a basis for discussion while four months of military inactivity on the Rhine frontiers were suggested during new negotiations.
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Germany
Rhine
Frederignx
United Press
London
Belgium
Great Britain
Jaly
Creat
Rhineland
Poul Bo
Europe
Battle near Lake Aschanel leaves thousands dead
April reports say 7,000 Ethiopians died in a major clash near Lake Aschanel in Ethiopia. Official figures place Italian casualties at 12 officers killed and 44 wounded, 51 soldiers killed and 152 wounded, with 800 Eritreans killed or wounded.
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Rome
Lake Aschanel
Thiopia
Blond May Win Reduced Count in Vera Stretz Case
In New York on April 1 Judge Cornelius F. Collins directed the prosecution to prepare arguments on a defense motion to dismiss all charges in the murder trial of Vera Stretz. He refused to dismiss but indicated he would consider reducing the indictment from first degree murder to a lesser count, noting premiditation is essential for first degree. The motion followed the rest of the defense and prosecution resting their cases.
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Vera Steely
United Press
NEW York
Vera Stretz
Derricz Sebhanit
Cornelius F. Collins
Collins
Muder
Miss Stretz
Ston
Croscut Brothers Lease Rex Shop Property
Harvey A. Croscut and his brother K. W. Croscut have leased the Rex Shop confectionery in the Rex Theatre building from Della Sample. Remodeling is under way and the store is expected to open Saturday April th. Robert Trisket will be the Rex Shop manager while both stores stay in operation.
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Harvey A. Croscut
Korn Smax
North Centr Street
K. W. Croscut
Rex Shop
Rex Theatre
Della Sample
Croscut
Rex
Elks Meet Here to Celebrate Corny Lodge Anniversary
Large attendance expected as Total and district Elks gather for Corny Lodge No. 789 fourth anniversary celebration. John K. Tener will address the crowd from Charleroi while Titusville lodge installs new officers at Hotel Corry banquet. Visitors from Meadville Erie Jamestown and other cities anticipated.
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Elks
Corny Lodge
Jumor- Tow
John K. Tener
Charleroi
Wid
Pennsylvania
Titusville Lodge oMcers
E. G. Cragg
Pb. Ragland
Aker
Philp Zalzneck
T. F. Giblin
Harry W. Powers
Frank L. Keefe
Richard Smith
Esquire
John 8. Paulson
Tyler
Corry
Francis J. Graves
Ruler
Bentley
Greckings
A.M. Litz
Dell Darling
Ty J. Giblin
William Myers
Ener
Bill
Titusville
Meadville
Erie
Jamestown
OU City
Franklin and Warren
Working Time in Hard Coal Mines Increases
Harrisburg April 1. The January report from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry shows working hours in anthracite mines rose 47 percent to meet fuel demand after a prolonged spell of sub zero weather. The document notes the surge reflects policy aims to restore supply.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
Marilyn Miller Improves After Hospital Stay
Marilyn Miller, noted actress, was reported improved today at Doctors Hospital after a period of illness. The update comes from United Press reporting on her condition and recovery trajectory.
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Marilyn Miller
United Press
New York
Doctors Hospital
City Officials Confer With WPA On Storm Sewer Plan
City officials including Director Stanley H Nishels and City Engineer N Re Dickson met in Erie with Bernard Cochran WPA district administrator and other WPA officials about the storm sewer program two sections of which won state approval Tuesday. The approved segments extend from the Spring street intake to below Maple avenue and the open ditch from below Pennsylvania avenue to Hare creek. District Administrator Cochran was to provide official approval notices and timetables upon return from Harrisburg. Councilman Nichols and Dickson planned further talks in Erie to accelerate the projects with hopeful early construction and Fall completion possibilities.
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Stanley Hnishels
N. Re Dickson
Erie
Bernard Cochran
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Spring Street
Maple Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hare Creek
The
Journal
Cochran Toudy
Couhten
Nichols
Dickson
Erié
Hilv
Cochran
Guard Offices Senator Holt Guard Offices Senator Holt
Seti Rush Holt a West Virginia senator employed a guard in his Washington office for 14 hours daily after attempts to access his Des Holt files were disturbed. Holt was in Shinnston, WV, while his office confirmed the guard was his employer as WPA matters in West Virginia are contested. Samuel Wales Dies
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United Press
Washington
Seti Rush Holt
D. W. Va
Holt
Shinnstown
W. Va
WPA
West Virginia
Hauptmann letter blames Hoffmann and Wilentz in final hour
In a late hour public letter from prison, Bruno Hauptmann accuses Governor Hoffman and Attorney General Davids Wentz of convicting an innocent man. He pleads for justice, denies the crime, and appeals to the world while describing his suffering and hope for exoneration amid the Lindbergh kidnapping case confusion.
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Hauptmann
Wilentz and
Condon
Cov. Hoffman
United Press
Trenton
N. J
Bron Richard Hauptmann
Hie
Atll
Harold G. Hoffmpy
Hla
Eral Davids
Wentz
Sis
Hoffman
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Colea
Mongolia
Russia
W. Pleasant Street
Mrs. Autate
Young Fairbanks
Aschangi
Croscut Brothers
Corry Lodge
Senator Holt
Solon
Samuel Wales
John C. Graham
Butler
Congress
Dauphin County
William M. Hargest
Ats
Harrod G. Hofman
Mr. Fischwhim
Mr. Fisch
Court of Errors and Appeal
Court of Pardons
Iask
Hopewell
Dr. Condon
John F
Jazsie) Condon
Th. Condon
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