Stabbed Man Kane Suspect Confesses in High School Slaying
Nathaniel Molson, 17, a former high school student and C C C camp member, confessed to the fatal stabbing of William Campbell, 42, the school janitor, after an acid attack during a lab fight. Police said Molson described holding Campbell at gunpoint, stabbing him, and fleeing through room 19 and a park. His burned face resulted from nitric acid thrown during the confrontation.
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Nathaniel Molson
CCC
Kane
Malson
Campbell
Gun Pont
Hire
Room 19
Molson
Constitution Defended by Hoover on Bill of Rights
Former President Hoover spoke at a constitution day observance in San Diego urging defense of the bill of rights. He warned the constitution is under debate as new philosophies challenge American principles and emphasized individual rights against government encroachment.
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Colby
Supreme Court
Hoover
San Diego
Cal
INS
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Purchase Line Flower Show at Purchase Ling Sept 28 1936
Entry list details cut flowers including asters calendula dahlias gladiolus larkspur marigolds nasturtium pansies and zinnias with single and mixed colors. Also list of artistic centerpieces and house plants such as geranium begonia calcus fern and an unspecified variety.
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Purchase Ling
Freedom and rights under the bill of rights message
The speaker extols inalienable freedoms such as worship, speech, press, assembly, equality, due process, and protection from unjust deprivation. He ties these to the founding Fathers and the Declaration of Independence, warning of postwar revolutions eroding liberty for false economic security.
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America
Obituary notices from DuBois area and Vandergrift deaths
J Boyd Reitz a DuBois native and Falls Creek miner died suddenly after a heart attack leaving widow Cora and two daughters. Mrs Crissie Walback of West Wheatfield died, three sons survive. Linus Steele Duck funeral held for 21 year old. Albert J Carson of Vandergrift, 74, died after a long illness. former Apollo worker, retired years. Funeral and service details given for Falls Creek Blairsville and Vandergrift area.
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J, Byod Rneitz. DuBois
J. Boyd Reitz
DuBois
Falls Creek
L. H
Sarah C. Reitz
du- Bais
Rossiter
Fails Creek
Cora Reitz
Russell Himes
Ringgold
Ida Reitz
First Methodist
G. L. Mottarn
Linus Steele Duck
Horace Duck
Carson Rites Conducted With Masonic and Pythian Honors
Surviving are his wife Mrs Pauline Carson and three brothers J M Carson Homer City E D Carson Canton and George H Carson 108 Lafayette Ave two sisters Mrs Stella Trusal Canton and Mrs H A Phillips The body was taken to Mrs Carson's sister Mrs Mary Hartman's Blairlon home where funeral services were held at 2 pm today with Rev W Clyde Barnes officiating Masonic rites were exemplified at the grave in Vandergrift cemetery.
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Masonic
Knights of Pythias
Pauline Carson
J. M. Carson
Peace Moves Hit Delay In Europe Mussolini Refuses Peace
Mussolini warned that acts of war by Europe would trigger war, mobilizing a million men and threatening more. Britain moved fleet reinforcements toward Gibraltar as Greece readies to host British ships. France announced aviation funding as part of a wider rearmament push while political tension over constitutional debt burdens stirs public zeal in Pennsylvania.
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Italy
England
France
Africa
Europe
Mussolini
London
Gibraltar
Jof Thely
Adriatic
Abyssinia
Haly
League of Nations
Britain
Athens
Argostolion
Cepidation
Corfu
Navarino
Greece
Strait of
Otranto
Sues Canal
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Londons
Reuters Athens
Paris
INS
Pierre Laval
Italo Ethiopian peace plan stalled by five power talks
Geneva September 17 British and French disagreement over procedure delayed adoption of the Italo Ethiopian peace plan by the neutral five power commission already repudiated by Italy. The convErsation signaled the League of Nations may have to keep warnings in effect until war forces concrete action on sanctions or more.
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Ethiopia
Italy
Commission of Five
Britain
Haile Selassie
Benito Mussolni
Committee of Five
Pierre Laval
France
Mussolini
Geneva
RY Wadson Hawley II
Flure-up
Neural Five-Power Commission
League of Nations
Political Fragment: Blairsville Republicans on Constitutional Powers
A Blairsville Republican column rails against expansion of state borrowing and dictatorial power, arguing constitutional protections let voters control debt and taxes. It urges the public to defend rights and oppose centralized authority as they vote on a constitutional question tomorrow in Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania
Europe
Russia
Italy
Germany
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Harrisburg
Gibralter
Rains Press Ethiopian Advance as Armaments Increase
In Addis Ababa heavy rains persist daily slowing Ethiopian push while legations fortify. The British protect 129 Punjabi Sikhs armed with 1250 rifles and 37 machine guns. Punjabis guard legation entrances at night with self supplied water and months of provisions. German and French legations also stocked, guarded by a small guard.
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Addis Ababa
Legations
Legation
Four Million Decide to Change Law and Courts
In Pennsylvania a heated statewide contest stalls over a new constitution and increased borrowing power. Judge Harry S. McDevitt leads attacks on “Dictatorship” amid a rare judicial election battle. Philadelphia politics buzz as Jack Kelly nears Democratic mayoral nomination while fusion and GOP candidates surge in key counties. Homestead erupts as Thomas Conlin clashes with John Jenkins, sparking a jail arrest in a long-running local feud.
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Harry S. Mec-Devitt
Philadelphia
Earle
Pennsylvania
Huey Long
Louisiana
Supreme Court
H. Edgar Barnes
Democratic Organization
M. A. Musmanna
Allegheny
Musmanna
Horace Stern
Marion’ .D. Patterson
Blair
Elder W. Marshall
John B
Jack” Kelly
Politico
Will Hadhey
Davis Wilson
Fusion
G. Q. P. Plum
Allegheny County
Cookport Fair Calf Club Exhibits In Club Show
Thirteen boys and girls in the Purchase Line Guernsey and Jersey Calf Club will exhibit calves in a firing contest at the Cookport Fair September 19 to 21. Joe Nageotte of Penn State will officiate the Friday morning event. Calves are registered and owned by club members, with yearlings and sucking calves weighed and judged in separate classes. The club offers two dollars per yearling and per sucking calf shown, with open-class entries allowed. A county horseshoe tournament follows, and the county winner advances to the Harrisburg Farm Show.
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Purchase Line Guernsey and
Jersey Calf Club
Cookport
Joe Nageotte
Penn State
Green Township
Colt Club
Indiana County
Brushvalley Fair
Harrisburg
Kittanning Triumphs 7-6 Over Apollo In Close Clash
In a 1935 Indiana high school football opener Kittanning edged Apollo 7 to 6 under bright lights. A 20 yard dash after Breski to Roup connected for the decisive touchdown, with Breski’s pass to Johnson converting. Apollo’s late score came on a Dixon to Stanko 70 yard pass, while Hilty’s runs powered Apollo’s offense.
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Indiana
Kittanning
Apollo
Breski
Roup
Berski
Johnson
Apalio
Dixon
Stanko
Hilty
Pos
LE Skinner
J. Stanka
LT Beers Ross LG
Wingard Householder
Ey Rone Stankus
Wolfe Jones
Smith Morrow
Roup Wiley
Stivison McCagno
Orr
Johnson Dixon
Breski Hilty
Cunningham
Hartman
Fink
Bohran
Newman
Daniels
Crew Safe On Bogged Vessel In English Gale
London reports a fierce 80 mile per hour gale cripples four British steamers and damages many. The 1,735 ton freighter Brompton Minor sent distress calls, then went silent for hours before the destroyer Sardeayx reached the scene off the Isle of Wight. The crew of 16 were believed safe.
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London
England
Brompton Minor
Isle of Wight
Sardeayx
Bellaveil
Little Hope Fades for Injured Punxsutawney Player
Punxsutawney Sept 17 Little hope was held today for the recovery of Francis Sandy a Punxsutawney High School athlete injured in a football game last Saturday Doctors said his neck was broken and spinal cord injured when he struck the ground after missing a tackle His condition remained unchanged with fatal injury from the waist down and partial movement of his legs reported.
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Punxsutawney
Francis Sandy
Punxsutawhey
Neas
Mrs Earle Home In Time To Vote
Mrs Grace H. Earle wife of the governor will arrive from Norway in time to vote in the primary election. The governor planned to meet his wife when the Ile De France reaches New York at noon after she visited friends including U S Minister Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr and his wife.
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Philadelphia
INS
Grace H. Earle
Norway
Ile de France
New York
Earle
U. S
Anthony J. Drexel-Biddle, Jr
McNaugher State Police Stationed Amid Primary Tension
State police were stationed in a small borough where a primary election has repeatedly sparked trouble. The move follows ongoing local disputes and concerns about voter safety and order during the party contest.
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McNaugher
Heart Attack Fatal To Woman At Dayton Fair
Heart attack fatal to a 57 year old Philadelphia man, Paull Gilliland, while operating a concession at the Dayton Fair. His widow Ruth Gilliland and two daughters survive. Body taken to Robinson Funeral Home and to be shipped to Philadelphia.
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Dayton , Fair
Paull. Gilliland
Philadelphia
Fair
Ruth Gilliland
Robinson
Blair County Mystery Believed Embalmed Body Parts Found
In Altoona on September 17, physicians at Pennsylvania State College concluded the human fingers thumb tongue and ear found in a Gal litzin field were embalmed. The trio who found the parts had walked through the field and dispelled murder theories.
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Altoona
Gallitzin
Pennsylvania State College
Men Without Names at Indiana Theatre and Shanghai at Ritz
The Indiana Theatre brings Paramount’s Men Without Names with Fred MacMurray Madge Evans and Lynne Overman as government men tracking a murderous gang. Also at the Ritz, Charles Boyer and Loretta Young star in Shanghai a tale of power love and a shocking Manchurian origin revealed in a dramatic finale.
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Paramount
Indiana
Fred MacMurray
Madge Evans
Lynne Overman
MacMurray
Department of Justice
Ralph Murphy
David Holt
Herbert Rawlinson
Leslie Fenton
Charles Boyer
Shanghai
Ritz
Orlen
Tove
Loretta Young
Boyer
Incorrect Dose of Medicine Fatal in Pa. Incident
Lewistown local coroner's jury ruled death of 18 year old Peter Stephens of Erie caused by administration of incorrect medicine. Edward Frain, director at the transient bureau dispensary, mistakenly gave bichloride of mercury tablets instead of pills prescribed by a physician. No charges were filed against Frain.
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Lewistown
Peter Stephens
Erie
Stephens
Edward Frain
Frain
Florists Plan DuBois Show In November
DuBois hosts the 18th annual Florists Association of Western Pennsylvania flower show on November 11 to 13 at the DuBois Garage. Judges of national reputation will award 130 prizes for first to third places. visitors may inspect the displays. Representatives from Brookville Reynolds velville Titusville Kane Indiana Ridgway Clearfield Punxsutawney and others attend planning.
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Dubois
Florists’ Association of
Western Pennsylvania
William G. Jones
Jones Greenhouse
Mr. Jones
Elks Club
Mrs. Jones
Jones
West Long Avenue
Brookville
Reynoldsville
Titusville
Kane
Indiana
Ridgway
Clearfield
Punxsutawney
Association of Florists
Widow Freed Of Viricide Charge In Crawford County
Anna Shellenberger, 19, Kerrtown, was acquitted of murder for killing her husband Joseph last May after pleading temporary insanity. She thanked jurors with tearful gratitude as friends carried her from the courtroom. The trial began last week. two jurors were ill and two alternates joined the jury under Pennsylvania law.
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Meadville
Crawford County
Anna Shellenberger
Kerrtown
Joseph
Pennsylvania
Tom Mooney Sees Freedom
San Francisco columnist Harold Heroux reports Tom Mooney, once Americas most famous prisoner, returned to San Francisco for the third time in eight years. He declares full exoneration and liberty are near, saying if the Supreme Court does not free him at the new hearing, the U S Supreme Court will. He predicts freedom within months.
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Harold Heroux
San Francisco
INS
Tom Mooney
America
Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Mooney
Community Socials and Local Visits In Maple Grove Area
Sunday visitors filled the Sleppy home including Adams and sone Paul and Forrest of Johnstown and others from Reading Punxsutawney and Hillsdale. Quarterly service at Spruce Grove Wesleyan Methodist. Waltemire hosts revival in Homer City and visits with Adams and Coy families in nearby towns.
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Mars
Adams
Paul
Forrest
Johnstown
J. K. Binkley
Reading
W. H. Sleppy
Wayne
Virginia Overman
Jean
Clare
Lois
Vera
Leila Stephens
George Wolfe
Dan
Gale
Henry Jones
Sleppy
Roy Roser
Punxsutawney
G. R. Wallemire
Geraldine Jones
Lottie Lyons
John Gregg
Isage Sleppy
Indiana
G. R. Waltemire Areo
Homer City
Samuel Adams
Russell
Nant-y-Glo
Robert Adams
Biyden Coy
Richard
Hillsdale
Jennie Coy
Fameily
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Inediana
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Ray
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Ferguson Funeral Home
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Albert J. Carson
Vandergrift
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Apollo Steel
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Bleiton
Carson
First Presbyterian Church
Minneapolis City Hall
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Cookport Fair
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Blair County
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