Young builder testifies of killing cruel father in Duquesne yard
Theodore Kisiel, 20, told police that after years of beatings by his father, he shot Theodore Kisiel Sr. in the neck through a woodshed window during a struggle over a hatchet. The family said the elder man routinely abused his wife and children, including the two boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Kistel
Polles
Tlsther
Stanley
Kisiel
Duquesne
Kisial
Theodore
Ors
Ors, the Young Cripple
Kie
Clé
Father
Revision of Income Tax Laws Before Ways and Means Group
The article outlines proposed surtax changes and corporate tax adjustments debated by the Ways and Means Committee. It notes a lower surtax threshold, higher rates for certain income bands, a 35 percent levy on undistributed personal holding company income, and a possible drop from 50 to 26 percent in corporate surplus taxation, with Depreciation price reductions previously proposed but defeated. It also mentions evolving executive legislative tensions as Congress nears return amid NRA criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Supreme Court
Three Held In Mae's Gem Theft
Three men faced grand jury indictment for robbing Mae West of jewels and cash in September 1932. Harry Whiler, Edward Friedman, and Harry Cohen were named with Friedman confessing Voiler organized and paid them 1000 dollars each. West testified before the jury. Chicago officials reported Voiler held on fugitive warrant for the $20,400 holdup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mae West
Harry Whiler
District Attorney's Office
Chicago
Edward H
Happy
Cohen
Voiler
Friedman
Dee
INS
Harry 0. Voiler
Detective Bureau Today
Maeyar
Broadside attacks administration over press control
A pamphlet attacking the administration for stifling criticism quotes leaders including the President and Gen. Johnson and calls out power given to the President. It argues recovery policies fail economics and business norms and clash with American institutions and traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Johnson
Rainey
Donald R. Richberg
NRA
Lincoln
Wilson
May Extend Deadline For State Liquor Store Positions
Contnued from Page One dions. During the Arat day 268 resis rants, 114 hotels, 42 clubs recived authority to dispense liquor when rape al fe realized later today. In addition two licenses were issued to importers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dions
al Fe
Women Hear Culinary Expert At Ritz Theart
Hundreds attend the Gazette Cooking School at the Ritz Theart to hear Miss Ferguson. The afternoon closes with dish distribution and market baskets. The second day opens tomorrow at 1 30 p m with free admission and no fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritz Theart
Gazette Cooking School
Ferguson
Prices Beneath Bootleggers Rise Across States
The article details varied liquor pricing under the repeal era, with quart prices from two to three dollars and drinks ranging from 15 to 60 cents in different hotels and cities including Harrisburg Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. It also notes federal and state preparations for re legalizing liquor, taxation plans, and the shift toward state by state control as Congress prepares policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Gaphol Cuty
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
George R. Holmes
N.S
Washington
Dea
Utah
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Salt Lake City
United States
Congress
South Carolina
Louisiana
James M. Doran
State Department
Los Angeles
Far West
Pueblc
California
Arizona
Nevada
Oregon
Seattle
New York braces for repeal revels as Utah delays
New York City prepares for repeal celebrations after Utah delays ratification. Police plan extra coverage around theatres and hotels as liquor licenses surge, with 2400 expected licenses and trucks moving inventory. Distinctive parties and bars spring up across Broadway and Park Avenue as Chicago and other cities join nationwide relief at ending prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Park Avenue
Times Square
Utah
New York State
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Control Board
Edward P. Mulrooney
Hotel Association of
New York City
Park Lane
Martha Washington
Biltmore
Ritz-Carlton
Art Students League
Roosevelt
Obituary notices from Punxsutawney and nearby areas
Obituary items report Mrs Ella Stear of Punxsutawney dying of pneumonia at 62 after nine years in the city and a cook at the YMCA. Surviving son Clyde and daughter Mrs Theodore Redding, brother Ben Weal, grandchildren, funeral Wednesday at Myrtle street home with North Point cemetery burial. Also noted are summaries of deaths of John H Stiver near Juneau at 78 from paralysis, and Mrs Elizabeth Evans Reed of Ebensburg, wife of Judge Samuel Reed, who died in Washington DC after a recent operation, with funeral at Reed residence and Lloyd Cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Stear
Stear
United Brethren Church of
North Point
Clyde
Theodore Redding
Ben Weal
Clearfield
Myrtle Street
LeRoy Halbert
John H. Silver
John H. Stiver
Juneau
Mr. Stiver
John
Catherine Stiver
Elizabeth Hefflick
Rochester Mills
Chicago, Il
Mary Reese
Mahaffey
Clair Pearce
Rossmayne
Evangelical
Samuel Lemmon Reed
Ebensburg
Elizabeth (Evans) Reed
Samuel Lennon Reed
The
Orphians’ Court
Washington Sanatorium
Washington, D. C
Reed
North Center Street
John 8. Thomas
Edensburg Congregational Church
Lloyd Cemetery
John W. Askey
Body of girl in Maryland stirs Somerset County
In Princess Anne Maryland excitement rose after the body of 30 year old Hdna Morris was found in woods by two men near their shack. An autopsy found no violence and authorities awaited Baltimore chemists reports. The town recalls the October Armwood lynching and state troops actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Anne
Somerset County
Hdna Morris
Baltimore
George Armwood
Armwood
Youh
Salisbury
Harris For Governor Boom Roars In Senate
In Harrisburg a Harris-for-governor push surged as Harris Allegheny offered a resolution to keep the senate in session until all topics in Gov Pinchot's call receive proper consideration. Buckman Bucks objected denying unanimous consent and teased Harris about being interrogated by the next governor of Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Frank J. Harris
Senate
Pinchot
Harris
Allegheny
Gifford Pinchot
Pittsburgher
Republican Party
Clarence J. Buckman
Bucks
Buckman
Pennsylvania
Government Price of Gold Unchanged
Government price for new gold remains at 34.0 per ounce with no change since last Friday. London gold prices rose ten pence to 125 shillings six-pence per ounce including a premium, equal to about 32 dollars in American currency at opening exchange rates. The sale of 180 gold bars valued at 470,000 pounds was announced at the new date as stocks were largely unchanged at the open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
London
Mansion Becomes Home for Orphans in Uniontown
The 52 room mansion of late J. W. Thompson, coal baron, is now possessed by Sisters of St Basil the Great. Bishop Basil Tokach blessed the site as Mother Machine and 32 sisters moved in. Orphans’ll not be admitted until June. house to be renovated and grounds cleared. Honey Dawes, Thompson’s second wife, once linked to Browlway fame, was part of the estate’s sale to the religious order by Piedmont Coal Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
J. W. Thompson
Sisters of
St. Basil the Great
Basil Tokach
Nome- Stead
Honey Dawes
Browlway Fame
Thompson
Piedmont Coal Company
Refugees Flee Germany Reach Sixty Thousand In Exile
In Lausanne on December 5, James G. McDonald, acting high commissioner for the relief of German refugees, told the world committee that about 60,000 refugees have fled Germany since Hitler rose to power, including 51,000 Jews. Delegates from nine of twelve countries attended the first committee meeting organized under the League of Nations to outline relief procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lausanne
Switzerland
INS
Germany
Adolf Hitler
James G. McDonald
World Committee For the Relief of
McDonald
League of Nations
Deer Hunters Report Trophies From Snow Shoe Mountain
Hunters report buck kills including six point by Carl Cheskey seven point by Janes Stepp eight point by Lyon Bathhurst. Other hunters Thomas Jeffrins Homer City Charles McJunkin and Alex K Simpson Stony Creek Camp Norman Briekel Roxguer ice at Dead Walters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Cheskey
Janes Stepp
Lyon Bathhurst
Thomas Jeffrins
Homer City
Charles McJunkin
Alex K. Simpson
Stony Creek
Norman
Hr Briekel
Roxguer
Walters
Aldrich Quizzed on New Deal Plans for Banking
Chase National Bank head Winthrop Aldrich faced Senate Banking Committee questions on a proposed banking reform. The inquiry focused on practices at Chase under Albert Wiggin, including large syndicate loans, a costly General Theatres and Fox empire reorganization, Wiggin's compensation, and Cuban government lending amid political connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K. Hutchinson
Washington
Dedi
INS
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Chase National Bank
Senate Banking Inquiry
Aldrich
Senate
Chase Bank
Albert H. Wiggin
General Theatres Equipment Corporation
Fox Film, Inc
Banker's Syndicates
William Fox
Albert IH
Wiggin
Gerardo Machado
Cuba
Treasury
Carlos Miguel de Cespedes
Chage
Lindbergs Weigh Artificial Waves To Lift Seaplane
In Bathurst Gambia the Lindberghs delay a planned 1800 mile seaplane hop to Brazil as natural water fails to rise to takeoff. They consider churning water with boats or taxiing to create artificial waves after two days of waiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bathurst
Gambia
British West Africa
Charles A. Lindbergh
South Atlantic
Brazil
Lindberghs
Ganthia
Jobs for 8 000 Will Be Delayed
Pittsburgh December 5. Civil Works Administration jobs for eight thousand men will be delayed until after January 1 because the city council lacks funds to buy tools and materials. Bonds totaling 1.4 million dollars were voted but funds await bond sale and advertising, taking several weeks. No other municipal funds are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piitsburgh
Civil Works Administration
Pittsburgh
St Lawrence waterway fuels Great Lakes era dreams
In Detroit and across the Great Lakes region residents embrace the St Lawrence waterway as a transformative project. Business leader Mr Clark touts a sea route to the world, predicting a vast new market for 40,000,000 Americans and Canadians as hope rises for a grand international undertaking. Fourteen states and DC maintain their 1933 license plate colors amid broader civic imagery. A Baltimore sun dial marks world times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Detroit
Buffalo
Rochester
Middle West
Clark
St. Lawrence Waterway
Washington
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Mothe
Hugh Johnson
Mae
Rinso
Pes
Ebna
M. Ferguson
GME
Indiana
Suson
Ritz Pheatre
William Phillips
New York
David 1
Sentner
Tia
al Capone
Robert 8. Gawthrop
Liquor Centrol Board
Pitttsburgh
Maryland
Pan
London Exchange
Yesterdday’s
Mayfair
Philadella Street
Aloron
Chase National
Hames BR. Mecartilyy
INS Atail
Cleveland, Dee
Phoenix
I Auren Superior Service
Phoenix Hosiery
States
District of Columbia
Moorhead
Men & Boys
Edna M. Ferguson
Indiana Floral Company
Hila
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