Enlarging Of Church Given U K Sketches Seen
Architect Ralph E Crook presented preliminary sketches for enlarging and remodeling the First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster after a fire on Oct 28 1935. Plans include a larger Sunday School room by removing the north wall and extending the building, plus digging into the hill at the rear. Final action awaits congregational approval after building and finance committees review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster
Ralph E. Crook
Lancaster
B. P. Paist
Potts to testify in liquor conspiracy trial in Cleveland
Ray Potts, ex Summit County sheriff and Lancaster, Ohio resident, begins defense testimony in a Cleveland federal liquor conspiracy case as seven of 15 defendants are absent. Judge West releases six on directed verdicts. one defendant serves a Milan workhouse sentence for another liquor conviction. Eleven former Potts deputies testify denying graft payments.
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Cleveland
Summit County
Ray Potts
Lancaster, O
Potts
H. West
Sam Sarazone
Abe Gertz
Harry Liberman
Alfred Johnson
Tony Comeriato
James Lewis
Tony White
Milan
Mich
Finest Ever in Lancaster Offers Rex Savings on Classifieds
The Gazette advertises page 10 as the finest Lancaster feature with beauty, utility, and money saving value. Readers are urged to consult the modern directory and classified page for many sale offers that could save dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Savings
Gov Hoffman Grants Bruno Reprieve In Senate Debate
Senate to debate a bond bonus substitute for the United Front bill. Chairman Pat Harrison presented the Finance Committee report substituting the bond bill and seeking unanimous consent to bring it up tomorrow. Sen William H King proposed a cash substitute bonus using surrender value of adjusted service certificates, estimating a one billion savings while Harrison’s plan would cost over two billion.
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Senate
United Front
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
House
William H. King
Utah
King
Harrison
Fast Freight Demolishes Coal Truck in Bremen Crossing
A fast freight train struck and split a loaded coal truck driven by George Moore of 938 Hunter Avenue Columbus after it stalled on the T. O. C. crossing in Bremen. Moore was not in the truck. he fled the track after signaling the engineer. Traffic delayed about two hours while wreckage was cleared. The train, hauling about one hundred cars, could not stop. The crossing lies on Bremen’s north side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Moore
Hunter Avenue
Columbus
Moore
Bremen
Road Repair Project Approved for Greenfield
Columbus January 16 Works Progress Administration approved Fairfield-Greenfield Two road repairs. The project lists 85 08 as the allocated amount and names Greenfield in the scope of the repair work.
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Columbus
Works Progress Administration
Fairfield
Greenfield
Italian Planes Bomb Hospital at Waldia North of Dessye
Italian planes bombed a Red Cross convoy at Waldia near Dessye, destroying a hospital unit tent and equipment. The attack left sixteen dead and about forty wounded, with flames spreading through grass thatched houses as a British unit moved north to aid townspeople.
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Red Cross
Dessye
Ehiopia
Waldia
Burgoyne
Sid
Valdia
Valdis
Makale
Todhunter Former Railroader Joseph Todhunter Dies at 84
Joseph L Todhunter 84 died at noon at his home 150 W Union St He spent 44 years with the Pennsylvania Railroad rising to 14 road foreman of engines He retired at 70 and leaves widow three daughters Nellie Repass Grace Pugh Jessie Heed three sons William George Robert and one son deceased There are 21 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren The body was moved to J W Halteman funeral home Funeral arrangements will be announced by J V Raltemen director in charge
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Joseph L. Todhunter
W. Union Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Todhunter
Nellie Repass
Chicago
Grace Pugh
Zanesville
Jeasie Heed
Governor Grants 30 Day Stay for Bruno Hauptmann
Trenton New Jersey Jan 16 Gov Harold Hoffman granted a 30 day reprieve to Bruno Hauptmann postponing his electrocution previously set for Friday Jan 17 at 8 00 PM A high official source favored a reprieve while the governors office maintained the decision was still unsettled
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Trenton
Forred
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Bruno Hauptmann
N. J
Bruno Richard Haudman
Harald G. Hoffman
Supreme Court denies stay in Hauptmann death row case
Jan 16 report from Washington and Trenton details Bruno Richard Hauptmann facing execution for the Lindbergh baby murder. Supreme Court refuses to intervene while Hauptmann and his lawyers pursue appeals. Hauptmann's wife tells him she sees no hope as time runs out before tomorrow night’s scheduled electrocution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Trenton
WN. J
Death Row
Supreme Court of the United States
Charles
Anne Lindbergh
Charles Evans Hughes
Huptmann
Iband
Hauptmann
Hauptmann case looms over governor as death row nears
The lengthy trial record includes claims of suppressed testimony and altered ladder evidence. Governor Hoffman weighs Hauptmann’s fate as Anna Hauptmann faces death row, with officials noting an open mind on clemency and new assertions challenging four witnesses.
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William 8. Conkllin
Hauptmann
Gasoline Price War Persists in Lancaster Area
Lancaster motorists continue to face lower fuel costs as local gasoline price war lingers. While other counties report 21.5 cents, 19.1 cents, and 18 cents per gallon, Lancaster buyers pay about 17.14, 18 and 14.14 cents for the same.
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Lancaster
Indicate Mechanical Failure Crash Cause
Investigators say mechanical failure may have caused the Legacy Ship Southerner to crash near a swamp forty five miles west, killing all 17 aboard. Witnesses report engine sputtering. speedometer showed 180 mph. no parachute flare. Identification aided by clothing and papers. authorities guard the scene amid possible looting but find little evidence.
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Eo Mesipues
Ponte, Tan
Department of Commerce
Eugene Vidal
Bureau of Air Commerce
Here
Senate
Harold E. Harney
Bronson Cutting
San
W. L. Fry
Forrest City
Federal Revenue
Pension funds exhausted delay January old age checks
Fairfield county and 38 other counties faced halted Old Age Pension payments as state funds ran out. Joseph Tracy announced that about 643,728.50 had been paid with roughly 700,000 more needed to finish all counties. Payments proceed alphabetically, current recipients up to Huron included, while Jackson and later counties await funds until the Pollock bill redirects liquor tax proceeds.
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Fairfield County
Joseph Tracy
Tracy
Huron
Fairfield
Jackson
Davey
House J
Senate
House
Ohio Power Rolls Out Steady Rate Reductions Plan
Ohio Power announces continued monthly rate cuts under its Domestic Service plan. By April 1 1936 households and businesses will see first 30 kilowatt hours priced at 5 cents per kilowatt hour with further blocks reduced by February 1937 to 4 and 2 12 cents, plus a water heating option. About 220000 customers to benefit with aim of broader electrification and long term savings.
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Ohio Power Company
Burr
Watters
K. Ww. H
E. W. FB
New Patients Admitted at Lancaster Hospital
New patients at Lancaster Hospital include Steve and a County Home employee admitted for treatment, along with Mrs. Glenn Eaton of Fairfield Avenue also admitted for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Hospital
Steve
Tovh
County Home
Glenn Eaton
Fairfield Avenue
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U.K
Crock
Gerta
Gertz
Charles Regan
American Airlines
Goodwin
Ark
GOV. Hoffman
Bruno Reprieve
Joseph Todhunter
Bruno
Bulletin
Wilents
Jersey
David 2. Wentz
Isador Fisch
Anna Hauptmann
New York
Mark O. Kimberling
Harold C. Keyes
Secret Service
Keyes
Gerald Marshall
Glen Freeland
George Jones
John T. Shea
Memphis
Jones
Glenn Williamson
Gayland Dover
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Ohio Power
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