Sleep Powder Burglars At Work Woman Dies From Oil Blast
Death comes to Edna Wissinger aged 28 near Shelocta Indiana from burns suffered when she tried to use oil to quell a fire. The blaze started around 10 30 P M and razed a two story frame dwelling between West Lebanon and Shelocta. Husband Edward Wissinger rushed her to hospital after she helped extinguish flames. Survived by husband two children Burrell and Ruth Geraldine and parents Ernest and Lucy Brewer. Funeral plans pending.
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Edna Wissinger
Shelocta
Indiana
West Lebanon
Edward Wissinger
Five Points
Kline Brothers
Director Alan Crosland Dies in Auto Crash
Hollywood mourns director Alan Crosland who helped bring talking pictures to life with The Jazz Singer. Crosland died last night from injuries after a motor car accident, ending a pivotal career that shaped early sound cinema.
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Hollywood
Calif
Alan Crosland
al Jolson
Comfort for licensees in Pittsburgh marriage line
Register of Wills John M. Houston used county records to issue licenses for couples seeking marriage. A fragment describes furnishings including twelve two-cushion sofas, eight arm chairs, two rugs, and two Venetian blinds as part of the event context.
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Pittsburgh
Register of Wills
John M. Hous_ton
Biospaces
Legionnaires Settle Dispute Over Johnstown Convention
John B. McDade state commander of the American Legion announces a settlement with Mayor Daniel J. Shields over the convention to be held in Johnstown August 20. The dispute centered on Legion control of police powers and licensing concessions during the conclave, which led to initial plans to move the event. The mayor will seek state trooper and highway patrol assistance alongside city police. Continued on page two.
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M’dade and
Shields
John B. McDade
The
American Legion
Daniel J. Shields
Johnstown
Legion
Townsend Coughlin Smith move stirs party split
Cleveland July 17 Dr Townsend outlined plans for a Union Party stumping tour with Father Coughlin Rev Gerald Smith and William Lemke in support of Lemke for president. Delegates at the Townsend convention debated removing Gomer Smith from vice presidency as the alliance with Coughlin and Smith drew praise and sharp criticism.
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Cleveland
F. E. Townsend
Father Coughlin
Gerald Smith
William Lemke
Lemke
Townsend
New Union Party
Pension Chieftain
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
St. Louis
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Townsend-Coughlin
Gerald Smith Alliance
Gomer Smith
Coughlin
Gerald L. K. Smith
Huey Long
Ber
Louisiana
Derry Man Falls From Window While Seeking Heat Relief
Charles Jones a 21 year old resident of Derry was admitted to Latrobe Hospital with a broken right shoulder blade after rolling from a second story window and falling 15 feet to the ground He had placed his bed near the window to escape the heat and turned over in his sleep causing the fall
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Charles Jones
Derry
Latrobe Hospital
Mr. Jones
Flowers trial cost estimated at 862 dollars 28 cents
The William J. Flowers trial moved from Butler County cost 862.28 exclusive of witness and attorney fees. Flowers was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in a fatal auto crash. Expenses covered court officers jurors hotel meals custody and summons with 69 remaining in local treasury after payments to prothonotary and sheriff.
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William J. Flowers
Butler County
Flowers
Yome
Poison Nog Slayings End in Sing Sing Executions
In Ossining New York Frances Creighton the first woman at Sing Sing to be executed by electric chair was wheeled into the death chamber beside Everett C Appelgate her co defendant after a trial for poisoning a nourishing drink given to Appelgates wife The condemned man declared his innocence and prayed for mercy while his daughter waited nearby Creighton had previously been acquitted in unrelated charges.
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Ossining
N. Y
Frances Creighton
Ada Appergate
Sing Sing
Herbert Lehman
Charles Avery
Newark
N.3
John F. Creighton
Penfield Highway Through Mountains To Open Tomorrow
CLEARFIELD July 17 The Penfield Highway through northwestern Clearfield County’s mountains will open tomorrow creating a shorter northbound route. The old route passes via DuBois and parts already opened have seen deer struck by speeding vehicles. Game protectors and sportsmen urge careful driving.
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Clearfield
Penfield
Clearfield County
DuBois
Bridegroom of Two Months Killed in Plane Crash
Gloria Grafton, musical comedy star, mourns for Orville Knapp, 28, her orchestra leader husband of two months. Knapp died when his plane crashed during an emergency landing at Beverly airport, plunging 150 feet.
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Boston
Gloria Grafton
Orville! Knapp
Knapp
Beverly
Drivers Uninjured After Big Truck Crash on Route 422
Two through freight truck drivers, Shelley O. Spicer 34 of Seaford and Howard Hill 28 of Seaford, escaped injury when Hill’s brakes failed on Devil's Elbow II in Jacolli-260. Hill turned into Spicer as the rear of his rig swung into Spicer's vehicle. Property damage was about $700 per State Highway Patrolman B. W. McClusky.
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Jacolli- 260
Shelley O. Spicer
Howard Hill
Seaford
Delaware
Hill
Spicer
B. W. McClusky
Thieves Enter Six Coal Run Homes in Sleeping-Powder Burglary
Scientific burglars entering six Coal Run houses between 1:00 and 3:00 A M used sleeping powders to subdue victims. They robbed four dwellings, stole cash, jewelry, and coins totaling over 600 dollars, and fled after being frightened from two others. Victims reported heavy sleep with faint scents of flowers in one case.
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Gela Ghiance
Jimmy Galambas
Jimmy
Bam Sevtlin
Joseph Hanich
Frank Colosi
Serrian
Jock
Edward Salya
Gazette
Deni Shea
Tewin
Aawee
Samuel Sermian
Alex Malik
Irwin
John Bheddering
Edward Alva
Steve Galamos
Andy Bodner
Pennsylvania Potato Crop Prospects Dwindle in 1936
Harrisburg report quotes J Hansel French secretary of agriculture blaming chilled seed and planting delays for the poor outlook. He forecasts a yield of 21,670,000 bushels, down 4,000,000 from 1935 amid seed scarcity and planting setbacks.
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Harrisburg
J. Hansel French
Pennsylvania
Drilling Belt Claims Rigger's Life in Canoe Township
Charles Schnader, about 45, a noted oil well rigger from Leeper, was killed instantly when pulled into a large pulley by the driving belt while drilling a well on Austin Bowers farm in Canoe township. This marked the second oil worker death in the district within 24 hours, following Clyde Reed, 80, a Worthington tool dresser.
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Charles Schnader
Austin Bowers
Canoe Township
Leeper
Clyde Reed
Worthington
Bus collision near Berwick leaves two dead
A Chicago bound bus driven by Joseph Dielon from Pittsburgh collided with a car, killing two occupants and injuring two bus passengers. Dielon was charged with involuntary manslaughter and ordered to appear in Luzerne County Court.
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Berwick
Chicago
Joseph Dielon
Pittsburgh
Luzerne
Safety Film Show For Servicemen At Kiwanis Meeting
A safety film program to promote road and street safety will be presented before the Kiwanis Club at Thompson's Rustic Lodge on Monday July 20. James Q C Spearing, automobile editor of the New York Times, will deliver an illustrated address titled The Open Road using the filmtalker device.
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Kiwanis Club
Thompson's
Rustic Lodge
James QC
Spearing
New York Times
Inhuman mother sent to woman jail in Philadelphia
Judge Charles L. Brown sentenced Marion Shanks, 20, to an indefinite term in the State Industrial Home for Women after she imprisoned her two sons, John aged 4 and Charles aged 2, in a stifling top-floor room for a day while she attended a party. The court placed the children in the custody of a child welfare society.
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Philadelphia
Charles L. Brown
Marion Shanks
State Industrial Home For
John
Charles
President Roosevelt Cruises Off Nova Scotia on Seafaring Holiday
President Roosevelt aboard the schooner Sevanna sails toward Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, in a light breeze. The presidential cruise aboard the yacht Liberty region Bay of Fundy marks a rare festive voyage since his White House days, with all aboard enjoying the holiday atmosphere.
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Liberty
Bay OF Fundy
Roosevelt
Sevanna
Cape Sable
Nova Scotia
White House
Three Indians Get State Jobs From Personal Change Sheets
Personal change sheets show the appointment of 126 persons to state positions and a number of dismissals. The appointments include Clifford Smith Indiana inspector $1620 Floyd T Baun Indiana chairman $900 and Merrel L Strumbert Indiana draftsman $900.
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Clifford Smith
Indiana
Floyd T. Baun
Merrell T. Strumbert
Pittsburgh Police Chief Ousted as Mayor Fires Safety Director
Pittsburgh Mayor William N. McNair dismissed safety director and police chief contender Thomas A. Dunn, naming a temporary successor amid a power clash with City Council. Dunn resisted, doors were guarded, lights cut, and the mayor moved his office to a park cabin as council balked at McNair’s selections.
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Pittsburgh
William N. McNair
Thomas A. Dunn
Sam
Dunn
McNair
Wissahickon Cabin
Sylvan
George H. Neubauer
Demosr
Coer
Hig
Sauncielamen
Gamae
Mattress
McNau
Pauer
Texan
Police
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