Heir to Fortune Dies of Wounds in Tragic Affair
Atlantic pilot Libby Holman, famed torch singer, dies from wounds after a high profile scandal involving her husband, a law student and heir to a tobacco fortune. Holman rose to fame on Broadway in Rainbow Gambols and Three's a Crowd before marrying into wealth.
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Atlantic
Se- Ago
Miss Holman
Honolulu
Pacific
Libby Holman
Ned Wayburn
Clifton Webb
Fred Allen
Winston-Salem
Poison causes two deaths in Pittsburgh district
Poison caused the deaths of man and a woman and left a second woman seriously ill in the Pittsburgh district last night, with reports to the coroner. J Peters, 52, of Brookside Farms near here, died after being found unconscious in his automobile and police suspect poison. Myrtle Newman, 95, of Pittsburgh, died at Homeopathic hospital from poison taken last June 28. Jean Hessler, 27, was rushed to Allegheny General hospital after ingesting poison at her home. Miss Gertrude McClellan of Dayton, Ohio, arrived for a visit today.
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Pittsburgh
J. Peters
Brookside Farms
Here
Mt. Lehanna
Myrtle Newman
Jean Hessler
Allegheny General Hospital
Kei Wellejus
Erie
Frank Tdum
Eddie
Ignac Bator
Laura
Gladys
Natalie
Milas Helen Malek
Niagara Falls
George Maele
Corry
R. D
Christie Hudson
Paul
Eva Hudson
Cecil Akam
Nine Brown
Washington, D. C
Senate
A. R. Carlson
Randolph
George Dunn
Codranton
Fred Hall
Raebert Sheen
Young
J.C. Whiteman
Mildred
Thomas Jones
Youngstown
Ohio
Ugsts
Ansnehmet
James Philip
Port Washington
N. Y
J. B. Young
Rebecca Bell
Sayre
Paulie Epley
Joan Ball
West Park Place
Fred Howard
Euclid Street
Warren
Emmett Lacy
Agnes
Bess Wilson
C. Wilson
M. Big Luuthert
C. S. Fryer
Spencerville
C. T. Robbing
Thomas McMahon
Donald Calder
Meadville
W. S. Hickernell
Margaret
Ruth
Dayton
J. H. Patterson
C. L Robbins
Roger Hickernell
Martella Thompson
James A. Hughes
Mary Kathryn
Jamestown
G. ‘G. Barberabis
N. Center Street
Hughes
Win. Fletcher, Jr
Barker
Widely Traveled Residents Visit and Leave
Local society notes list numerous visitors and travelers. Mrs. Robert Bell of Sayre arrives to visit parental Sandburgs, while C A Thayer of Saxonburg returns home after city visit. A wide circle attends funerals, visits relatives, and travels to Warren, Erie, Kane, and Buffalo, with multiple departures for family gatherings and holiday trips.
No appointment of police chief yet made
Reports say no new police chief has been announced to succeed the late John M. Ruppersburger. Mayor Ben J. Starr had not announced an appointee, though word circulated that July might see action. The Journal received inquiries about a potential head of the department.
Guardsmen Begin Camp at Mount Gretna
National Guard units arrive and mobilize at Mount Gretna for summer camp. Ridgway Service Company arrived last night and will remain in camp through July 28. Company A from this city to join camp later in the month.
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NT. Gretna
Pirot
Rennaylvania National Guard
Mount Gretna
Ridgway Servieh
Mt. Gretna
Antil
Talter
Health and Natural Foods Talk At Parish Hall
Thursday evening at 7:80 o'clock the Emanuel and Lillian Guilds sponsor a program on Health and Natural Foods at the Parish hall. B Clyde Snyder will speak on natural foods and their health effects and outline a simple method to retain vital elements in food. All welcome with no admission charge or collection.
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Emimanuel and
Lillian Guilds
B. Clyde Snyder
Erie Youth Drowns Saving Friend Off Peninsula
A youth named Ving Ji Ramus from Erie drowned in Lake Bri while rescuing a girlfriend who called for help off the peninsula. He couldn’t swim and slipped from an inflated rubber tube. the girl was saved. Also noted is tomato plants uprooted at Frank Lockwood’s garden on West Frederick Street prompting police inquiry. Miss Margaret Wowe returns home after several days in Sharon.
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Eeum Wti
Lake Bri
Rinderle
Frank Lockwood
Frederick Street
Third Ward
Man holds off 900 police in two hour siege
Nicholas A. Long barricaded himself in a home with his family early today. A two hour battle ended when tear gas drove him out and he was captured after firing over 100 shots. One policeman was killed and another seriously wounded. Long, possibly deranged, forced a roomer to stay and sent his wife and son away. Police warn of a sharper in an Oldsmobile wanted for swindling a woman of 500 dollars, plate details vary by state.
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United Press
Washington
Nicholas A. Long
Long
Marine Barracks
Howse
Hento
Sam
R. B. Taylor
Hunt
Mississippi
Minnesota
Obio
Florida
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Rex Wir
John Barrymore
States
Gertrude McClellan
June
Baslora
Garry Satsune
Couches
Palmas
Pennsylvania Railroad
Robert 5. Bell
Chappaqua
Mire
A. O
Christensen
Walter H. Ellis
Kane
P. Cronin
Kane Hospital
Henry Duffy
Billie
Baffle
W. H. Dusty
South Center Street
Mdna Mixer
Cambbridge Springs
A.M. Litz
Tony Joy
Frank Joy
G.J .K, Wallace
Carver House
Patrick Murphy
Wilbur Dershimer
Harold Wood
M. Rile Mather
BL. Thomas Church
Harvey Rathbun
Paul LaPaz
Percy la ‘Paz
Louis LaPaz
M. Rio Mather
Struthers
Mildred Palmer
Rudolph Appel
Wheeling
W. Va
Reich
Peninsula
Margaret Wowe
Sharon
New York Stock Exchange
Armericaty
American Smelter
American
T& T
Atlantic Refining
Auburn
Bob Os
Betitellern
Canadian Pacific
Columbia Gas
Continental
Gurtiss Wright
General Electric
General Motors International
Citizens National
Montgomery Ward National Dairy
New York Central Northern Pacific - Penna RR
Socony
Studebaker
Mexds Co Oy
United Corpses Peeeeeersresere
U 5 Steel
Aps Inter
Westinghouse Hlectric
Woolworth Fee
Ame Nak
Assoc Gage
PS. Stox
Keister’s
Tis
Bigelow
Root’s Furniture Store
South Center St
Penna
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