Condemned Man Accuses Judge Over Mercy Plea
Joe Senauskas of Corry petitions to withdraw his guilty plea in a murder case in Warren County. He alleges Judge Delford Avird offered a mercy agreement promising the death penalty would not stand if he pleaded guilty. Avird denies the accusation, saying Senauskas acted of his own accord and had no defense. A new trial is sought and arguments are set for next Monday.
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Philadelphia
Sureme
Delford A. Avird
Warren
Forest Counties
Joe Senauskas
Corry
Metro Seminak
Senauskas
Avird
Arird
Earle McDonald
Aft Warren
MacDonald
War Weary Socialists Face Reorganization as Front Crumbles
As government troops retreat from Maqueda and endure shell shortages, Gen. Jose Asensio orders a two point offensive while promising martial law to curb desertion. Refugees flood toward Madrid as Franco's forces push from Maqueda toward Navalcarnero Toledo and Escalona.
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Maqueda
Jose Asensio
Spain
Santa Cruz del Retamar
Talavera-Madrid
Julio Mangarda
Oropesa
Talavera de la Reina
Torrijoss
Torriijos
Maquéda
Toledo
Asenso
Alcazar
Associated Press
Madrid
Navalcarnero
Torrijos
Escalona
Almonox
Francisco Franco
Truck Drivers Face Decision In Maryland Fatal Crash Case
In Beaver Maryland a jury nears trial for two Detroit truck drivers charged with involuntary manslaughter after a collision killed three Maryland residents. Witnesses describe a truck race down Fallstah hill, brake issues, and a fiery wreck that claimed Mr and Mrs Bert Bromley and their son Bertram.
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Beaver
Detroit
Maryland
W. Mason McCulloch
Fallstah Hill
Augusta
Bert M. Bromley
Bertram
McCulloch
A. P. Black
Fallston
Talavera Requisition Strains Housing As Forces Occupy City
Five thousand residents and twenty thousand Fascist soldiers strained Talavera housing. Hotels, apartment houses, and garages were requisitioned for military billets. Food was scarce and cafes’ liquor and wine sources were depleted.
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Talavera
New Board Head Named After Illness Absence
Two vacancies were noted at the board table last night as Judge W Wallace Smith of Clearfield was absent due to illness. The governor must appoint a new trustee to fill the post once held by the late William J Jack of Indiana.
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W. Wallace Smith
Clearfield
William J. Jack
Indiana
Landon’s Farm Plan Promises Gain for Family Farms
Landon urged programs to aid farms including cash benefits tied to family farm production and surplus use for domestic consumption, a warehouse storage plan, and crop insurance. He pressed for soil and water conservation, affordable credit, capable tenants, and ownership of farms by the workers, arguing against corporate farming.
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Kansan
Landon
Republican Party
Roosevelt Lands With Mack In Hyde Park Meeting
AP dispatch notes Roosevelt canvassing New York State with Judge John Mack, a Democratic National Committeeman, while Des Moines reports Governor Landon meeting party leaders after pledging independent agriculture. St Louis covers Representative Lemke vowing to fire the brainless trust and bureaucrats as a first act. Washington notes Norman Thomas warning the nation could become baselet unless workers and farmers support a cooperative commonwealth.
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Mack
Des Moines
Landon
ST. Louis
William Lemke
Washington
Norman Thomas
United States
Roosevelt weighs New Yorks electoral vote in preview
Hyde Park reports Roosevelt plans a Summer White House conference with James Townsend and John Mack for New Yorks 47 electoral votes. National party leaders Farley Robinson Gulley join the brief political meeting as the president schedules campaign events from Syracuse to Jersey City and a Washington power project opening.
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D. Harold Oliver
Hyde Park
N. Y
New York State
Roosevelt
John Be, Mack
Poughkeepsie
Democratic National Committee
Empire State
White House
James Townsend
Dutchess County
James A. Farley
Senator Robinson
Arkansas
Senator Gulley
Pennsylvania
New York
Landon Defends Farm Policy In Des Moines Stop
Governor Alf Landon appeals to midwestern voters in Des Moines arguing for tariffs and farm protections. He denounces Surplus import pressures, calls for more crops and domestic demand, and criticizes the AAA as a tool of Washington control while pledging to defend the family farm. He plans eight speeches en route to Minneapolis to amplify his stance on reciprocal trade treaties.
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Landon
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Obituary of Susanna Elizabeth Kelly 1874 62 near Saltsburg
Susanna Elizabeth Serena Kelly aged 62 wife of Charles M. Kelly died at 3 50 am Tuesday at her home near Saltsburg Born March 1 1874 at Sandycreek Pa she was the daughter of Elizabeth Serena and the late Joseph Serena Surviving are her husband her mother and numerous children including Ethel Price Delbert Sherman Boyd Blair Dale Kelly Mary Bell Violet Helgert Marie Falkner Charles and Frank Kelly 29 grandchildren three great grandchildren two sisters and three brothers Funeral services will be held at her late residence at 2 30 pm Thursday conducted by Rev M Rudolph Miller of Saltsbury Burial will be in Edgewood Cemetery.
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Susanna Elizabeth
Serena) Kelly
Charles M. Kelly
Saltsburg
Elizabeth (Carney) Serena
Avonmore
Joseph Serena
Sandycreek
Ethel Price
Bridgeport
Delbert
Sherman, Boyd
Blair
Dale
Kelly
Mary Bell
Violet Helgert
Natrona Heights
Marie Falkner
Tarentum
Charles
Frank Kelly
Tilden St. Clair
John Bowman
Mamont
Appalla
Harry Serena
James Serena
Springville
M. Rudolph Miller
Saltsbury
Edgewood Cemetery
Freight Train Passes Over Boy In Kittanning
Eighteen month old David Abrahams nursed a cut on his forehead after a 100 car freight roared over his head on the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks near the Chestnut street crossing in Kittanning. James Gallaher found the child shortly after the train passed yesterday.
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Kittanning
David Abrahams
James Gallaher
Chestnut Street
Treasury Balance and September Receipts Reported
Treasury balance stood at 2.260,579,260.30 with receipts for September totaling 24,046,519.28 and expenditures shown in the record dated September 23.
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Treasury
Possible Cure for Dread Bleeding Disease Discovered
New York August 23 report details a dramatic hospital case where 12 year old Albert Bocca, son of a jobless truck driver, improves after a chemical compound transfusion. Doctors say they have worked fifteen years on a blood replenishing treatment for hemophilia and may help mothers too.
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New York
Albert Bocca
Harkness
Alfonso
Covadonga
Spain
Becca
St. Vincent's Hospital
Bocca
Fisk
Sem Leibowitz
LaGuardia
Murray Hill Hospital
Christopher Street
Customs receipts and balance figures for the period
Custom receipts show totals of 38,226,812.43 dollars with a balance of 2,260 dollars for the month ending 23,655,386.01. The figures include monthly and year to date amounts reflecting duties collected and remaining obligations.
Ant Palace Boom Boosts Hanover Schoolboys In Nationwide Trade
Hanover New Hampshire schools profit by shipping carpenter ant colonies in glass palaces to schools hospitals and private homes. About 200 colonies per day or 10 000 ants daily travel to customers through Railway Express Agency. Austin of Dartmouth College fame drives sales with two New York women credited with sparking the boom.
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Hanover
N. H
Frank BE. Austin
Dartmouth College
J. T. Cliffford
Railway Express Agency
New Hampshire
New York
A. J. Russell
Douglas Lawder
Russell Lawder
Fifth Avenue
Austin
Mack Henderson Accepts Directorship At Knox College
Dr. Mack T. Henderson resigns from Ripon College after three years as assistant to the dean of men and psychology instructor. He will become director of admissions and associate professor of psychology at Knox College in Galesburg Illinois, starting September 24. He earned a BA at Ohio Wesleyan and MA and PhD in psychology at the University of Iowa.
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Ripon
Wis
Mack T. Henderson
J.J. Henderson
Church Street
Indiana
Ripon College
Knox College
Galesburg
Ill
Doctor Henderson
Ohio Wesleyan
State University of Iowa
Knox Collge
Former banker sent to prison for short theft case
Erie news reports Federal Judge R. M. Gibson sentenced former Sharon bank teller Anthony George Zuback to Lewisburg prison for three years after a jury conviction for taking 3500 dollars from McDowell National Bank funds belonging to Steve Retkovich. District Attorney Charles F. Uhl notes the man was an employee at the bank.
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Erie
R. M. Gibson
Sharon Bank
Lewisburg
Charles F. Uhl
Anthony George Zuback
McDowell National Bank
Steve Retkovich
Relief program to test local relief boards in six counties
The relief plan shifts from relief orders to direct aid by state relief boards in six Pennsylvania counties Buller Clarion Centre Cumberland Carbon and Chester. Each county board will control distribution with four SERB appointees. Appointments to be diverse and new, with training tomorrow, and a permanent setup anticipated. Governor Earle backs the plan calling for fresh unbiased minds.
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Pennsylvania
Buller
Clarion
Centre
Cumberland
Carbon
Chester
State Emergency Relief Board
Earle
Pennsylvania Security League Convention Noted in Indiana
There will be a convention of the Pennsylvania Security League in Indiana on Friday, Sept. 25, with an afternoon session at 2:00 and an evening session at 7:30, to be held at the corner of Second and Water Street.
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Security League
Pennsylvania Security League
Indiana
Second and
Water Street
Lions Open Fall Pars at Rustin Lodge
Thirtynine Lions and guests met Tuesday evening at Rustin Lodge for early fall meetings. Attendance rose, club business was conducted, and Lion Duteh Campbell and Bob Turansky entertained with piano and violin. Lion show plans were discussed and the group saluted the flag before adjournment.
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Enthuslaam
Rustin Lodge
Lion Jim
Berntey
Bob Turansky
Clymer School Project Gets WPA Restorative Work
WPA workers begin repaint and redecorate at Clymer high and grade schools on Hancock and Morris streets. Projects call for $3,904 federal and $2,115.70 local funds to repair walls, replace plaster, clean surfaces, and apply multiple coats of paint. Foreman and four painters on site, crew to grow as work advances.
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Lassen
Clymer
Progress Administration
Hancock and
Morris Streets
Dense fog grounds ships and delays Newark flights
Dense fog over the Seaboard area forced the Pluto bound for Nova Scotia to drop anchor after a New York ship struck its bow. Crew evacuated by tug, returned, and were pulled off again due to serious damage. Newark Airport reported westbound planes grounded until conditions improved, with delays for flights to Newark from Cleveland and other points as the fog extended into Eastern Pennsylvania.
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Pluto
Nova Scotia
New York
Newark
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Ethiopia in World Court Scrutiny as League Debates Status
Geneva Sept 25 The Ethiopian case dominated League of Nations talks with credentials committee ready to decide on possible provisional exclusion while world court status looms. Haile Selassie rejected withdrawal offers and Litvinoff urged suspension. Britain and France wavering on deporting Ethiopia.
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Joseph B. Sharkey
Geneva
Rihldpla
League of Nationia
League Assembly
World Court
Offccials
Ethiopia
Hague
Italy
League
Haile Selassie
Associated Press
Maxim Litvinoff
Great Britain
France
Bannister Brothers Trial Ties Fake Motherhood to Kidnap Plot
Prosecution says Mrs. Bannister and her three children plotted to abduct the Lake baby using a life size doll to gain money from two men. During the kidnapping a death occurred and Frances Bannister faces trial. The Bannisters’ double execution marks Canada’s first since 1924.
A Queen Goes Shopping
Victoria Eugenie former Queen of Spain in New York amid her son's illness buys a grey wool suit a black one piece dress a black crepe evening dress and a white satin vestee with jeweled bands in forty five minutes showing precise shopping.
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New York
Victoria Eugenie
Spain
Count of
Covadonga
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