Grand jury urges repairs and expansions for county facilities
The grand jury to Judge Langham recommends painting the exterior of the Court House and County Jail, repairing rain spouts, glazing windows, and adding a third floor shower bath at the County Home. It也 suggests future acquisition of more farmland for the poor farm and praises the County Home and Willard Home for cleanliness and livestock housing. The foreman E. E. Hewitt, Indiana, signs the presentment and thanks Judge Langham and District Attorney W. M. Ruddock for their assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
J. N. Langham
E. E. Hewitt
Indiana
Willard
W. M. Ruddock
MacDonald Quits Prime Minister Departure Sparks Cabinet Shuffle
King’s secretary Sir Olive Wigram assists MacDonald as he arrives at the palace at 3 45 p m. after six years directing policy. A partial reconstructed cabinet hints at a youth‑driven shift with Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald, Hoare, Chamberlain and Hoare eyed for key posts in the post‑resignation lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Wigram
MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Council
Ramsay MacDonald
Wiscai Wit Hailsham
Ne- Me Chamberlain
Reign
Sir Samuel Hoare
India
Foreign Office
Balden
Hoare
Samuel
Disturbing Cable Upends Fairbanks South Seas Cruise
SINGAPORE June 7 IN S a cablegram to Douglas Fairbanks Sr arrives declaring a troubling message from Hollywood. He cancels his South Seas cruise with Sylvia Ashley and contemplates flying to California as he seeks the meaning of the note. He refused to reveal its contents, calling its message very disturbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doug
Singaphore
Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Hollywood
Sylvia Ashley
California
Fairbanks
United States
China
Singapore
Eden Seen As Rising Star In British Foreign Office
Captain Anthony Eden aged 34, a privy seal and leading proponent of peripatetic diplomacy, is acclaimed for recent continental successes that bolster his image as a rising star. Some expect him to keep his post with cabinet rank, while October elections threaten MacDonald's National Labor party's exit from the cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Eden
Britain
Foreign Office
Eden
MacDonald
Jittle National Labor Party
America Faces Peace Issue Split Over Union Or States
The Governor stated for a second time that America must decide if it remains a loose federation of sovereign states or a united people under one flag. He framed the choice as a crucial moment in national history and governance.
Revivalist Walter Shepherd Preaches At Indiana Tabernacle
Evangelist Walter Paul Shepherd conducts nightly sermons at 7 45 in the Indiana Evangelistic Tabernacle at Seventh and Locust, with Sunday services at 2 30 and 7 45 and topics including Mussolini and Hitler in prophecy and the unpardonable sin. Dixonville preacher H C Van Wormer leads meetings June 12 at Creekside Firemen's Hall with special singing and old time gospel messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tavernacle
Walter Paul Shepherd
Lindiana
Dixonville
H. C. van Wormer
Wesleyan Methodist Church of
Creekside
van Wormer
Gasnel
Roosevelt Opposes New Railroad Pension Bill
Washington June 7 INS Congressional backers of the railroad retirement pension plan saw hope fade as President Roosevelt advised against enacting such legislation this session. An Attorney General memo urged appointing a House committee commission to study the issue and suggest further steps if any.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
INS
Cummings
Supreme Court
Attornney
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Not so quietly but brave mother and son go to death
The article recounts the execution of Howard and his mother Mrs. Carey at a Frankfort jail. It describes their final moments, prayers, and farewells, including Mrs. Carey’s calm preparation, the figures of clergy and counsel, and the grim procession to the gallows as dawn breaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Mrs. Carey
St. George's Church
Frankfort
Mother
Jesus
Fate of Gill couple and daughter to jury today
The Gill family and Zella Gill face a murder trial over Charles Gable's death. Sherman Le Strawser, sentenced to die next month, testified that the Gills aided in the plot. Defense argues Strawser fabricated his later statements to seek clemency from the electric chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gill
Mindleburg
June Teo
INS
Lester Gill
Weir
Zella
Commonwealth
Charles Gable
Gills
Sherman le Strawser
Gable
Strawser
Supreme Penalty
J. Francis Gilbert
State
Funeral Scene Details in Local Tragedy
The doomed woman and her unseen spouse share a final moment before the signal prompting a rope incident. Rev. Mr. White delivers the committal prayer as he collapses into prayer. Drs. Smoot and Wood declare May Carey dead fifteen minutes later. Undertaker Watson assumes custody of the remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. White
Aubrey JC. Smoot
George W. Wood
Undertaker Watson
May Carey
Obituary notices for Lucerne Mines and Punxsutawney residents
Two obituaries report deaths of H. Max Neale and a Lucerne Mines resident. Neale, 45, engineer on B R & FP and B&O Railroads, died after a cancer illness. funeral Saturday in Punxsutawney with Circle Hill Cemetery interment. The Lucerne Mines man, a motorman for Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal, died at 45. funeral Sunday at Saint Louis Church with Saint Bernard Cemetery interment. survived by widow Teinie Capitosti, three children, mother, and nine siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Louis
Lucerne Mines
Saint Bernard
Homer City
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
Saint Louis Roman Catholic Church
Lucerne
Sons of Italy
Téinie Capitosti
Raymond
Patsy
Corrine
Josephine Capitosti
Chester
Ward
H. Max Neale
Punxsutawney
Deceasen
John
Bertha Neale
Jene Emerick
M. E. Church of
New York City
Circle Hill Cemetery
Shenefell
Settlement Ends Four Month Mine Walkout
Thomas A Maloney district president reports peace after union members register to return to work. Company officials reviewed records of strikers and barred all who committed bombings or violence under the terms of the settlement. Insurgent leaders aided authorities as state police kept order. Strikers may rejoin United Mine Workers of America while the United Anthracite Miners formed by Maloney remains separate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Maloney
United Mine Workers of America
United Anthracite Miners
Maloney
Three Young Gunmen Die in Massachusetts Justice Scene
In a stark Massachusetts verdict, three young gunmen die after a fatal machine gun incident at Millen-Faber, as autopsy and funeral preparations move forward. Matt Millen dies after a quiet farewell, shaking hands with Faber and Irving before the execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millen-Faber
Massachusetts
Matt Millen
Faber
Irving
Buards
Irving Millen
Faeber
Bonded Bank Robbers Face Execution After 1934 Shootings
The article recounts the Needhamt Trust Company robbery killings in 1934, detailing the men shot including Patrolman Forbes A McLeod and others, the gang’s violent eight month crime spree, and Marl Millen’s jail sentence as an accessory after the fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton
Fabher
Moses L. Sedat
Faber
Patronyan
Forbes A. McLeod
Needhamt Trust Company
Forbes McLeod
Whistling Paoliceman
Frank ©. Haddock
Needham
Timothy Coughlin
Walter Bartholomew
Millens
Ernest C. Clark
Fitchburg
C. Fred Summer
Bill Poster
Marl Millen
Norma
Dedham
Judge Reverses J of P Decision in Ellafsky Case
In Indiana County the Court of Quarter Sessions reversed a Justice of the Peace ruling in Commonwealth versus John Ellafsky Jr. The judge held the JP erred in fining the prosecutor for aggravated assault and battery and discharged Ellafsky Sr., directing immediate release from custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langham
John Ellafsky
Indiana
Justice of the Peace
Cular
Wd. N. Langham
Britain urged to bar Italy from Suez Canal stance
In London on June 7 a Commons motion urged Britain to bar Italy from the Suez Canal if hostilities erupt. Labourite Clement Alice called for informing Italy she would uphold the League covenant and deny canal use should Ethiopia be attacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
House of Commons
Italy
Lee
Clement Alice
League of Nations
Kaly
Ethiopia
Sloan leaves big estate to old sweetheart and first wife
In Pittburghs June 7 INS George F Sloan 75 wealthy oil operator left one third of his estate to his widow and distributed the remainder to his old sweetheart his first wife and several friends. He named Bradford burial and requested services at Ella Monroe's home. Several beneficiaries include Anna Clayrke Sloan California Frank and Nettie White Bradford Samuel Horrell Kennedy township Harry Byusinis McKean county and John Hugiman McKean county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittysburghs
George F. Sloan
Oiopentur
California
jSlellg
Bradford
Sloan
Ella Monroe
Monroe
Plan Recovery Act all labor plan for Congress
Washington report on organized labor pushing a Recovery Act with licensing in interstate commerce and a constitutional amendment to expand federal powers over industrial and economic affairs. AFL leaders urge immediate campaign, aiming to use NRA provisions as a nucleus, as membership nears 3 million ahead of the Atlantic City convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INL
NRA
Congress
Green
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
A. F. of L
Atlantic City
N. J
Blue Eagle
First Convictions For Milk Control
Harrisburg June report on the first use of the summary milk price control law in Westmoreland county. Five dealers were arrested, convicted, and fined 25 dollars and costs for selling milk below 11 cents a quart. J H Sekera J C Gonzavares C P Athinese and J P Eidmiller and George Lang were named. One held briefly in jail then released after paying fine and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
T— Ins
Westmoreland County
Edwin H. Ridgway
Bureau of Audits and Investigations
J. H. Sekera
J.C. Gonzavares
Grensburg
C. P. Athinese
J. P. Eidmiller
New Alexandria
George Lang
Trwit
Ridgway
Bert Faust
Greensburg
Sekora
Ridgiway
Distress Signal From Cordova Spurs Rescue Effort
Three vessels raced to aid the Alaska steamship Cordova after it flashed distress near Seymour Narrows in British Columbia. The 86 passengers and 50 crew aboard Cordova faced a leaking tail shaft. Coastguard in Port Angeles coordinated, with Culler Redwing and Salvage King proceeding from Victoria and Princess Alice diverting to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
S. S. Cordova
Alaska Steamship Company
Cordova
Seymour Narrows
British Columbia
Here
Coastguard
Port Angelus
Culler
Taug
Awise
Victoria
Billroys Show Opens Here Monday
The 12th anniversary tour of Billroy’s Comedians arrives in Indiana with a rebuilt production. The 4,000-seat waterproof tent at Work Show lot opposite Fair Grounds hosts Daphne and Palais Royale Orchestra, 17 vaudeville acts, a three act farce, and free admission for ladies with paid male guest. Curtain rises 8:15 Monday June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Billroy
Wehre
Florida
Daphne
Palais Royale
Bouche
Villa Venice
Miami Beach
Fair Grounds
Retired Pittsburg man dodges betting scam
Arthur Bishop of Ol City thanked luck for police protection on an investment trip. He planned to stake $30,000 on horse bets via Ups. A Canton jail break led to two men named Alen Hunter and William Wendell being arrested for conspiracy to defraud, uncovered by Detective Frank Ferris while Bishop investigated suspicious tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Arthur Bishop
Bishop
Canton
Alen Hunter
Willam Wendell
Frank Ferris
Barrymore Not Through In Newark With Barrie
Barrymore arrives in Newark with Elaine Barrie and Beatrice Drake for a radio production. He answers questions on plans with Barrie and a rumored marriage while avoiding discussion of his divorce from Dolores Castella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Beatrice Drake
Barrymore
Miss Barrie
Dolores Castella
Traveling wife hair-snipping shocks Philadelphia
Edward Thomas cut his wife’s hair while she slept, declaring it would fix her. Hours later police reported the bride attempted suicide by gas inhalation but will recover. Mrs. Thomas mournfully asked what is the point of living without hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Edward Thomas
Edward
Thomas
Mayonnaise Plant Resumes After NRA Strike End
In Philadelphia on June 7, 111 employees of Mrs. Schlorer Inc. mayonnaise plant return to work. Under the settlement NRA hours and wages are restored after a wage cut from 13 to 10 and an increase of hours from 40 to 50 per week following the Supreme Court invalidation of the NRA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
INS
Dirm
Mrs. Schlorer, Inc
Wort’ Tor
NRA
Supreme Court
Treasury balance report details June figures
Treasury balance as of June shows a total of 2 013 515 251.17 dollars with internal revenue receipts at 10 158 007.47 and customs receipts at 4 440 545.30. The report notes miscellaneous balance components and highlights a discrepancy in the June figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
Internal
Map Available Release Of 1935 Pennsylvania Highway Map
Secretary Warren Van Dyke announces the 1935 official Pennsylvania highway tourist map. The compact eight by three and three quarters inch accordion-fold map costs nothing and includes color coding, a revised wash drawing of the State Capitol, and a mileage chart. Motorists are asked to mail two cents for postage and refuse any map fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Warren van Dyke
State Capitol
Workers Alliance of America forms Homer City branch
At a June 5 meeting in Homer City a local branch of the Workers Alliance of America was formed with Frank Sylvan as president and Paul Raymond, Anthony Racco, and Mrs. George Watkins elected to top offices. The group pledges political and social action under the national movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
Workers Alliance of America
Frank Sylvan
Paul Raymond
Anthony Racco
George Waltkins
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Suez Canal
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W. H. Fenton
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Hazett
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