Tragic double murder and suicide blast New Castle case
In New Castle Pennsylvania a gasoline station proprietor Frank F Hyde his wife Beatrice 48 and daughter Jane 19 were found dead in their home. Beatrice and Jane were shot or strangled and Hyde slashed his throat in a bathtub. A revolver with five empty chambers lay on a wash stand. Police and relatives investigated as motive remained unclear.
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New Castle
Frank FF. Hyde
Hyde
Beatrice
Jane
Dreamland Hall to Host Sixteenth Square Dance
The Dreamland Hall management announces the sixteenth square dance with a record crowd expected for Wednesday evening July 20. Dancers from the county attend as Dreamland aims to fill its 40 sets to capacity, showcasing a premier Indiana dance venue.
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Dreamland
Indiana
Clearfield Borough Cuts Salaries to Trim 1932 Budget
Clearfield Pennsylvania July 19 The borough council reduced salaries of employes by 10 percent to cut municipal expenses. Expected annual savings total 2400 with a further 800 from street meeting changes. Borough taxes for 1932 to be collected by borough officers. tax duplicate over 80000. the 24000 budget for 1932 already overrun by 2000.
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Clearfield
Mrs. Rinn Camps at Old Freags Homestead
Mrs. D. F. P. Rinn of Philadelphia street left this morning for Ringgold in Jefferson county to camp a week or ten days at the old Freags homestead, where she was born. Miss Mabel Millican and Robert Lingenfelter accompany her, and Mr. Rinn plans to join the camp later for the Freag reunion. The note ends with an advertisement for low cost refrigeration from G E Auto Parts Co Inc.
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D. FP. Rinn
Philadelphia
Ringgold
Jefferson County
Freags Homestead
Mabel Millican
Robert Lingenfelter
Rinn
Mellon Plans Short Visit to United States
London reports Andrew W. Mellon plans a swift trip home aboard the Majestic to brief President Hoover on Europe’s push for drastic war debt reductions to the United States. The envoy will also discuss Britain France Lausanne terms and the American stance amid U.S. hostility to the gentlemen’s agreement.
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London
INS
Andrew W. Mellon
Majestic
Hoover
Europe
United States
Mellon
Treasury
Lausanne
Washington
Britain
France
Reich
England
See-Saw Marathon Captures Two 13-Year-Old Adventurers
Pittsburgh July 19. The city reports two 13-year-olds, Johnny Johnstonbaugh and Vince McTiernan, started a see-saw marathon from yesterday morning until their parents stopped it today. The event drew attention among locals as they balanced on a playground see-saw for an extended period.
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Pittsburgh
Johnny Johnstonbaugh
Vince McTiernan
Superintendent Koontz Hosts Garden Roasting Ears
On Friday July 16 Superintendent Norman Koontz and family enjoyed ears from their garden. Georgeville school reunion set for July 23 with a short program and games. The play Deacon Dubbs is scheduled for that evening.
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Norman Koontz
Georgeville
Deacon Dubbs
Aimee S Conditon Improves As Divorce Suit Filed
Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton lay seriously ill at Moorish Temple Lake Elsinore as throngs prayed at Angelus Temple. Dr Edward Williams said she is not in danger and needs rest. Meanwhile Minnie Kennedy Hudson mother filed for divorce from Guy E Hudson alleging excessive drinking cruelty and abusive language.
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Los Angeles
Angelus Temple
Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton
Lake Elsinore
Edward H. Wi Hiama
Elsinore
INS
Minnie “Ma” Kennedy-Hudson
Guy E
Hudson
Pentage
Washington
Mrs. Hudson
Bus Application Unopposed for Twin Rocks Route
Metro Volosen of Twin Rocks seeks a daily three-trip, 26 mile bus service between Ebensburg and Indiana via Revlec Belsano Strongs Town and Nole. Hearing in Pittsburgh today before Examiner William E Best found no opposition though no guarantee of financial success. Testimony cited no current transport between the towns. farmers and residents need access to Indiana and Ebensburg.
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Metro Volosen
Twin Rocks
Ebensburg
Indiana
Revlec
Belsano
Strongstown
Nole
William E. Best
Public Service Commission
Pittsburgh
Volosen
John McFadden
Oliver McDonald
Louis Beckey
J. G. McCleary
Lucerne Band To Play Friday Evening In Park
The Lucerne band, directed by James Rutherford, will give another concert in Lucerne Park Friday at 7 00 PM. In three months they performed at Indiana July 4 parade Homer City Old Home Week and a double header game. The group is self supporting and praised for their appearance marching and playing.
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Lucerne
Lucerne Park
Indiana
Homer City
James Rutherford
Sheriff and deputy attend Pennsylvania sheriffs convention
Sheriff Eugene Wilson and Deputy Sheriff Elmer Borland are in Scranton for the annual Pennsylvania Sheriffs Association convention with a return expected in a couple of days. Prothonotaries Association of Pennsylvania holds its annual Altoona convention Thursday through Saturday. Prothonotary W Earl Long plans to attend sessions one or two days.
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Eugene Wilson
Elmer Borland
Scranton
Pennsylvania Sheriffs Association
Prothonotaries Asenciation of Pennsylvania
Altoona
W. Earl Long
Treasury balance report shows July 16 totals
Treasury balance as of July 16 was 229464322.40 with expenditures 8717453.99 and customs receipts 9198190.28 in Washington on July 19.
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Washington
INS
Treasury
Millionaire Widow Maries Philadelphia Attorney
Mrs. Amy Fownes Barnes of The Four Winds Haverford near Philadelphia, has married Frederick C. Schaeffer, a Philadelphia attorney, after receiving a reduced share of her late husband John Barnes five million dollar estate. Under Barnes's will she would lose income if she remarries, splitting most of the estate among four children. The surprise wedding drew high society, and Mrs. Schaeffer, previously Mrs. Tyson, has two sons and two daughters. Schaeffer, from a Lancaster family, is a Penn graduate and member of local clubs.
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Amy Fownes Barnes
Four Winds
Haverford
Philadelphia
Arry Frederick C. Schaeffer
John Barnes
Philipsburg
Thomas Barns
Barnesboro
Main Line Society
Schaetter
Thomas Morrison, Jr
Sara Mary Barnes
Mary Tyson
Amy Jowhes Barnes
Tyson
Bellevue- Stratford
Yale
Mr. Schaeffer
Lancaster
University of Pennsylvania
Racquet Club
The
Union League
Sons of the American Revolution
Escapes Jungle After 147 Days Adrift
Clarence L. McElroy of Medaryville Indiana was found in Oaxaca Mexico nearly five months after his plane with Roy Gordon delivering to Tegucigalpa Honduras crashed in a tropical storm. Gordon died in the wreck and McElroy endured starvation and thirst until rescue.
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Clarence L. McElroy
Medaryville
Ind
Oaxaca
Mexico
Roy Gordon
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Gordon
Hospital patients report lingering injuries after falls
Wilbert Fowler of Indiana remains in the Indiana Hospital with two broken neck vertebrae after a Sunday fall from a cherry tree, with condition about the same. Sylvester Reigh also remains in poor condition after a ladder fall from D A Townsend property. Jim's Couch shows improvement after an appendix operation last Saturday. Lewis Feloni of the Indiana State Highway Patrol underwent a minor operation and is reported in good condition, admitted last Sunday.
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Wilbert Fowler
Indiana
Sylvester Reigh
D. A. Townsend
South Bend
Jim
Couch
Lewis Feloni
Indiana State Highway Patrol
Indiana Hospital
Feloni
Canadian Rails Head to Resign
Montreal July 19 Sir Henry Worth Thornton American born president of the Canadian National Railways will offer his resignation to the government on October 1. Ill health is cited as the cause. Thornton, a former University of Pennsylvania football player and ex Long Island Railroad superintendent, joined British railroad management before World War I and later became a British subject and was knighted in 1918.
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Montreal
Henry Worth Thornton
Canadian National Railways
Sir Henry
University of Pennsylvania
Long Island Ailroad
London
Indians at Oakford Tonight Dance at Oakford Park
The Indians, Indiana’s popular musical representatives, are featured at a dance tonight at the pavilion in Oakford Park between Greensburg and Jeannette. The event is set for Tuesday, July 26, at Olympia Park, McKeesport.
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Indiana
Oakford Park
Greensburg
Jeannette
Olympia Park
McKeesport
Illegal torture murder guard ran Sunbeam camp
IN SAYS Courson, indicted for torture murder of Arthur Maillefert, illegally commanded Sunbeam prison camp in Florida. State records show he was never commissioned as camp captain or guard, lacking legal authority to order work or impose punishments. Captain B H Dickins confirms Courson held no official position at the camp. Continued in Rage Two.
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William K. Hutchinson
Tallahassee
Fla
INS
George W. Courson
Jacksonville
Arthur Maillefert
New Jersey
Sunbeam
International
Courgon
Florida
Courson
Young Maillefert
B. H. Dickins
State Road
Copeenuid
Mailiefort
Maillefort
Second Case Of Meningitis Reported
A second case of spinal meningitis is reported to the Board of Health. The patient is Miss Faye Henry of 252 Oak Street. Her condition at noon today remained serious.
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Board of Health
Faye Henry
Oak Street
Truxall Trio Declared Missing
Mario Trinchisti aged 16 with two male companions vanished from Truxall on Sunday afternoon July 17. Last seen in brown trousers a green shirt and a gray hat, he is five feet four inches, brown eyes, black hair, 130 pounds. Report any information to C Moyna Vanderegrift PA.
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Mario Trinchisti
Truxall
Mario
C. Moyna
Vanderegrift
Conscience Hints Escapee Returns for Parole Review
John Barclay, 42, who escaped Leesburg prison farm nine years earlier, returned to Trenton to surrender and seek parole. Warden Col. Edward B. Stone placed him in a wing cell, noting the prior escape and Barclay’s statements of seeking peace from his 1915 second degree murder sentence.
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Trenton
N. J
INS J
Edward B. Stone
John Barclay
Board of Prison Managers
Barclay
Col. Stone
Leesburg
Stone
Elizabeth
Baltimore
Tax petitions to Harrisburg filed by League members
The Tax Justice League circulated petitions in the last two weeks and delivered them to Harrisburg asking the legislature to enact laws favoring real estate taxpayers. In Indiana's third ward over 1900 signatures were collected with only seven refusals, and more than one thousand signatures were gathered in the second ward.
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Tax-Justice League
Harrisburg
League
Third Ward
Indiana
Second Ward
Suburban Day Prize Unclaimed and Drawing Update
There remains one unclaimed five dollar Suburban Day prize, Prize No. 8, with second number 46290 valid until Saturday. Since last week two prizes have been claimed: Francis Moorhead of Hiairaville Prize No. 4 ticket 71347 and Elizabeth Russell of Indiana Prize No. 2 on the first ticket drawn. Non surgical removal of tonsils advertised by Dr. R B Hughes at 87 South Sixth Street Indiana Pa.
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Francis Moorhead
Hiairaville
Elizabeth Russell
Indiana
R. BE. Hughes
6Th St
Fire Threatens Encampment at Mt Gretna
Fire near the Pennsylvanian National Guard quarter master warehouse at Camp O Neill Mt Gretna Pa threatened thousands of dollars in military supplies. Guardsmen fought the blaze with shovels picks and water as tents near the warehouse suffered sparks. Investigators opened a probe into the fire’s origin.
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O’neil
Mt. Gretna
INS
Pennsylvania National Guard
Camp O'Neil
Indiantown Gap
Delegates to Firemen's Meet Named in Lancaster
James L. Jack and Harry Graham were elected delegates to the Sylvania State Firemen's Association convention to be held in Lancaster in the fall. Frank McGregor and Herb Manners were chosen as alternates. Some members joke that Bob Kerr should have been sent for a honeymoon, as gossip says he has taken a fatal step.
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James L. Jack
Harry Graham
Dglomatesstobhegansylvania State Firemen‘s' Association
Lancaster
Firemn
Frank McGregor
Herb Manners
Bob” Kerr
Fassett Opens New Fire Insurance Agency in Homer City
Gl K Fassett of Indiana, formerly with Clearfield Supply Co and Indiana Textile Mills, buys the Fire Insurance and Real Estate Agency of W Uber in Homer City. He will operate from the same building and invites local acquaintances to visit his new headquarters.
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GL. K. Fassett
Indiana
Clearfield Supy Co
Clymer
Indiana Textile Mills Co
Town
5. W. Uber
Homer City
Uber
Fassett
Company E to Hold Annual Reunion in Indiana
Former members of Company E 305th Engineers 80th Division will meet next Saturday and Sunday in Indiana. The Moore Hotel serves as headquarters and Campbell's bungalow east of town is secured for the gathering. About 100 attendees expected for the annual reunion, the last held in Indiana last year.
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Company E
305Th Engineers
80Th Division
Indiana
Outfit
Moore Hotel
Campbell's
Semaphore Signals Highlight Patrol Efficiency in State
After a month of use, Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol semaphore signals show effectiveness. Signals on brackets at service stations and barbecue stands flash messages to patrolmen like railroad signals. About 2,500 signals cover the state with spacing from three to ten miles. Patrols stop only when the arm signals stop and headquarters can relay urgent wrecks or notices, reducing delays and phone calls along highways.
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Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol
Pennsylvania
House votes to bar two bills amid budget actions
Harrisburg July 19 The House passed a 109 to 42 vote finalizing a bill to place 300000 from the foreign fire insurance fund into the general fund as unemployment relief and budget balancing. Fire association leaders indicated 800000 could be drawn from the fund though not all could be distributed. The chamber also approved a Sterling substitute tax on foreign corporations in lieu of the capital stock tax. The Spangler dam appropriation was declared dead for the session, with original funding to be restored if the legislature acts later.
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Harrisburg
INS
Chas
W. Staudenmeier
Staudenmeier
Rex
Senate
House
House Appropriations
Pymatuning
Wee Sion
Bart Richards
Lawrence
Joseph A. Loftus
1. N.S
Baumibanive Iy
Hoover to Learn He's Nomina for Re election
Washington dispatch reports President Hoover will be notified of his renomination for re election. Rep Bertrand Snell says notification will occur August 8 or 15 after Hoover returns from Rapidan camp. Snell chaired the Chicago convention that renominated the administration. An appreciation note from the Chapman family thanks well wishers for sympathy after a bereavement.
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Washington
INS
Hoover
Bertrand Snell
New York
Hous
Hoovser
Rapidan
Snell
Chicago
Board of Health
James F, Chapman
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Old Homestead
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Win Rocks
Nolo
Revloc
Canadian Rails
Oakford
TRUXALL_ TRIO
Marion Talley
Metropolitan Opera
Michael Raucheisen
Talley
Kansas City
White Plains
N.Y
Miss Talley
Kansas
Raucheisen
Germany
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John Hughes Curtis
Ahingugider
Quartermaster Warehouse
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