Leroy Donley Dies As Truck Crashes On Haif Pin Curve
A Lebanon man Leroy H. Donley 22 was killed when his lumber truck overturned on East End Boulevard Wilkes-Barre this morning. He was employed by New Pennsylvania Motor Express and died at General Hospital. The crash was investigated by Plains police and deputy coroner John Miller. Donley’s body was sent to Lebanon. his wife Florence Yingst and their son Patrick survive along with his father Edward R. Donley and others. He attended First Evangelical Congregational church and lived in Lebanon most of his life.
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Wilkes-Barre
East End
Leroy H. Donley
Lebanon
Donley
Genera Hospital
New Pennsylvania Motor Express Company
Plains
John Miller
Weet 30Th Street
New York City
Leroy Donley
Edward R. Donley
Walnut Street
Pennsylvania Motor Express
Harry Yingst
Federal Street
Florence Yingst
Firet Eyangelical Congregational Church
Sixth and
Chestnut Streets
Florence
Pittsburgh
A. J. Torin
Torin
Edna Dresher Weds Lloyd Spancake in Palmyra Church
Miss Edna K. Dresher daughter of Mr and Mrs Jonas O Dresher of Palmyra R D 2 and Lloyd Spancake son of Mr and Mrs Luther Spancake of 15 North Lincoln street Palmyra were married Saturday evening at 6 oclock in the First United Brethren church Palmyra by Rev P B Gibbble D D pastor. The single ring ceremony was performed in the presence of the immediate families. Summer flowers and ferns were used in decoration. Beatrice Slessor organist played Dreams To a Wild Rose Gondoliere and Then Sweetest Story Ever Told in a fifteen minute organ recital.
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Edna K. Dresher
Jonas O. Dresher
Palmyra R. D
Lloyd Spancake
Luther’ Spancake
Lincoln Street
Palmyra
First United Brethren Church
P. B. Gibbble
D. D
Beatrice Slessor
Bartolett
MacDowell
Nevin
Stultz
Lancaster Woman Talks Fast To 2 HoldUp Men
Mrs. Helen Zimmerman wife of lawyer Bernard Zimmerman used quick wit to confront two men who attempted a carjacking in Lancaster tonight. The would be robbers demanded a purse and jewelry but fled after she challenged them about a prior home robbery two months earlier.
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Lancaster
Helen Zimmerman
Bernard Zimmerman
Mrs. Zimmerman
Weber couple announce birth of son in Wyomissing
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Weber of Wyomissing welcome their second child a son born today at West Reading hospital Mee in the pi as the text reads, reflecting a local newborn notice for a Wyomissing family.
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Lawrence Weber
Wyomissing
Thispital
West Reading
Isaac Sowers and Wife Honored on Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Isaac Sowers of 309 South Tenth street observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary Thursday. Sunday they were surprised by children relatives and friends at Miss Arnolds cottage Water Works in a cottage party arranged under the guise of a country dinner. Francis Sowers drove them to the gathering where more relatives and friends waited.
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Isaac Sowers
South Tenth Street
Miss Arnold
Francis Sowers
Garth Kemp 3 Struck by Car in Fredericksburg
Three year old Garth Kemp son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Kemp of Fredericksburg is in serious condition at Good Samaritan Hospital after being struck by an auto on Route 22 at 11 20 am today. He suffered skull fracture concussion and a feasible shoulder fracture while in the custody of his aunt Miss Regina Kemp near her Fredericksburg home.
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Garth Kemp
Kenneth Kemp
Fredericksburg
Good Samaritan Hospital
Regina Kemp
Lttle Garth
PA inspection stickers mailed today for second campaign
Harrisburg Pa today announced that the division of safety will mail inspection stickers and report blanks for the second compulsory motor vehicle inspection drive starting July 1. About eight thousand stations operated in the first campaign with roughly six hundred not continuing. Official stickers for this campaign are red and blue with the warning Alert today alive tomorrow. The law mandates re-inspection in July August and September and a state police check on non inspected vehicles at period end.
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Harrisburg
Division of Safety
Juy
State Highway Patrol
Philadelphia visitors renew Sami-Weekly News subscription
Mr and Mrs Edwin Schafer and Ben Samuel of Philadelphia visited Mr and Mrs S W Beckley at 102 Guilford Street on Sunday. Mr Schafer works in the registry department of the Philadelphia post office and Mrs Schafer was formerly a county school teacher. They renewed their subscription to the Sami-Weekly News during the visit.
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Edwin Schafer
Ben Samuel
Philadelphia
S. W. Beckley
Guilford Street
Schafer
Registry Department
Philadelphia Post Office
Schafer's
Newa
Death of George W. Lingle Prominent Lebanon Citizen
George W. Lingle of 1132 Willow Street was found dead at seven this morning, aged local business leader. proprietor of the Lingle cigar store for 41 years, he was active in Salem Lutheran church and the Elks, treasurer of Perseverance Fire Co., and a director at North Side Bank. Survived by a brother Rev William Lingle and many nephews and nieces.
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George W. Lingle
Willow Street
Mr. Lingle
Lingle
Seventh
Cumberland Streets
Linglestown
Dauphin County
Joseph Lingle
Lebanon
Salem Lutheran Church
Church Council
Lebanon Lodge of Elks
Perseverance Fire Co
North Side Bank and Trust Co
William Lingle
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Police Picnic at Zellers Grove Draws Large Crowd
City police held a Sunday picnic at Zellers Grove to benefit the police pension fund. More than four thousand people attended as Reg Kehoe and his Girl Merimba Band provided afternoon and evening entertainment. Baked ham and bean dinners and chicken dishes were served to the crowd.
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Zeller's Grove
Police Pension Fund
Reg Kehoe
Eight Farmers Held For Killing Slain Negro
In Manchester Tennessee a black man named Dick Wilkerson age 36 was found dead in an oat field after being stripped beaten and shot four times following a negro dance incident in which he slapped a white man. Fourteen miles southeast of the town white farmers were jailed on murder charges and three other men related to the case were identified as brothers. Sheriff Huffman called the slaying an act of vengeance tied to the earlier assault.
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Dick Wilkerson
Huffman
Accidents in Pa claim 26 lives over week end
Pennsylvania reported 26 fatalities from week end accidents. drownings and motor crashes accounted for most deaths as citizens sought relief from summer heat in waters and on highways. names and ages include Nathan Rosen 21 at Saylors Lake Monroe County and others in spots around the state. Continued on page two.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Nathan Rosen
Saylor's Lake
Monroe Couty
Nine Die in Clash Near Fusagasugá Colombia
In Fusagasuga, 30 miles from Bogota, nine people were killed and more than 50 wounded in clashes between rival political supporters yesterday. Police authorities reported the fatalities and injuries as tensions mounted in the region amid ongoing political strife.
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Bogota
Colombia
Fusagasuga
Here
German negotiators to meet England over Berlin debt moratorium
London reports German representatives will arrive tomorrow to discuss Berlin debt moratorium issues with England, raising fears of a trade war between the two nations. From Buenos Aires reports heavy fighting in the Chaco Boreal as Paraguayan and Bolivian forces clash over Fort Ballivian, while in Edmonton Alberta the trial of John B Brownlow for alleged malfeasance continues.
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Associated Press
London
England
Berlin
Buenos
Weather Report for Eastern Penna Tonight
Eastern Pennsylvania forecast calls for fair skies tonight with cool temperatures and a slightly cooler night ahead. Winds light, with a low around the mid forties to near fifty depending on locale.
Grace Smith Injures Arm in Wringer Incident
Grace Elizabeth Smith two and a half age daughter of Wesley Smith of 42 Guilford Lickdale was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital with an arm injury from a wringer at her grandparents home Mr and Mrs S M Miller The incident occurred shortly before noon An X ray will be taken to assess the damage The child’s father is a linotypist at the Lebanon Daily News The grandmother Mrs S W Miller recently underwent surgery at the same hospital
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Grace Elizabeth Smith
Wesley Smith
Guilford Bitao
Ned Samaritan
Hos Pital
S. M. Miller
Lickdale
Lebanon Daily News
5. W. Miller
The
Good Samaritan
Letchers Observe Eighth Wedding Anniversary
Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Letcher of 123 South Tenth street marked their eighth wedding anniversary over the weekend. No public celebration occurred, but relatives and friends sent congratulations. Mrs. Letcher is the former Josephine Tobin. Dr. Letcher practices dentistry at 762 Cumberland Street.
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C. W. Letcher
South Tenth Street
Legion Caravan Heads to Veterans Hospital With Local Leaders
More than thirty cars formed a caravan to the U S Veterans hospital in Coatesville yesterday. Legionnaires from across the county joined the party departing from the Legion home on South Ninth street. County commander William Snyder of Annville and William Bollman Post commander Leroy Donough were among the participants. Dolores Shaw taught dancing for the hospital audience, with performers Batty Mellinger Josephine Yingst Betty Trafford Latra Loser Elizabeth Kerr and others providing entertainment.
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American Legion
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
Coatesvilla
Legion
South Ninth Street
William Snyder
Annville
Leroy Donough
William Bollman
Dolores Shaw
Batty Mellinger
Josephine Yingst
Betty Trafford
Latra Loser
Elizabeth Kerr
Betty Jane Hutchinson
Marie Stitzel
Marion Rotunda
Clara Allwein
Ada Renald
Viola Kohl
Mary Schnelly
Man Raton
Jean Garman
Richard Hanry
Paul Emrich
Robert, Yeagley
Mary Hicks
Russell Erby
David Grumbeth
Harlan Balger
Harry Long
Edward Arnold
Chester Deets
Mardell Royer
Fire at Flintville Farm Destroys Buildings and Livestock
A fire at Warren Bowman's Flintville farm destroyed a hennery with five hundred chickens a wagon shed and a barn. Two horses and one cow were saved by Bowman family members. The blaze started in a coal oil brooder and was reported by Mrs Bowman. Fire companies from Myerstown orbrons Schaef ferstown City Fire Chief John Zimmerman and Union responded but the fire burned rapidly with no loss estimate given.
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Warren Bowman
Flintville
Mambhera
Bowman
Man Lives After Operation On Heart
LancasterPa Today General Hampton 41 is doing as well as can be expected after a rare heart operation. Surgeons lifted his heart removed a stab wound and replaced the organ. Hampton arrived semiconscious and near death. his housekeeper Myrtle Dorward 34 confessed to stabbing him with a paring knife during a quarrel, according to City Detective John Kirchner.
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Lancaster
Hampton
Myrtle Dorward
John Kirchner
Unemployed Council Set to Meet Tomorrow in Lancaster
Announcement states the local Unemployed Councils will convene Tuesday at the Knights of Golden Eagle Hall at Seventh and Willow streets. A delegation from Lancaster councils will attend to discuss cash relief replacing the Food Order System and Equal Distribution of Work to the Needy.
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Knights of Golden Eagle
Seventh and
Willow Streets
Lancaster
CCC Worker Questioned in Girl's Murder Near Saranac Lake
In Saranac Lake area New York state police questioned 25 year old CCC truck driver Truman Showers of Byracuse after the nude body of 14 year old Cleo Tellstens was found in the woods. The investigation centered on Showers who was stopped near Bloomingdale where the girl had been posting letters. authorities kept his name undisclosed.
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Sahanar Lake
N. Y
New York
Conerviuion Corps
Cleo Tellstens
Mark BR. Monaghan
Truman Bhowers
Byradcuse
CCC
Wilbur
Quiletittle
Adirondack
Bloomingdale
Showsra
Saranac Lake Barracks
An-Un
Hermit killer Crowe eludes siege after massacre near Wolcott
John Crowe, 65, fled into colt woods after shooting two men and wounding a woman near Wolcott Connecticut. A posse with machine guns and tear gas hunted him through the night as authorities ordered bloodhounds from Hartford to track the fugitive who fled toward his home.
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Clarence
Nead
Killey
Pretty
Crowe
Sas
Wolcott
Evidence in Poderjay Case Enroute to New York
New York today with two packages of evidence from London and Vienna sent for extra examination. Police plan a further inquiry into Captain Ivan Ivanovite Toderjay while pursuing possible knowledge about the alleged state of Agnes Tufverson. A minute inspection of cabin 86 on the White Star Liner Olympic is noted as it docks tomorrow night. Poderjay recently married to Miga Tut.
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New York
London
Vienna
Ivan Ivanovite Toderjay
Knoledge
Agnes Tufverson
Olympic
Poderjay
Miga
Gebhard Birthday Quietly Celebrated by Friends
Edward Addin Gebhard proprietor of the Quentin hotel was gently praised by many friends on Sunday for his birthday. No official celebration marked the occasion, Gebhard calmly noting the passing year.
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Edward ‘Addin’ Gebhard
Gental Quentin
Gebby
Marie Dressler Improves After Health Setback
Santa Barbara, Calif. Marie Dressler actress shows improvement per Dr. F R Nuzum. Her physician reports she had been ill from a complication affecting heart and kidneys but is not in immediate danger.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Marie Dressler
F. R. Nuzum
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Mrs. L. Weber
George Lingle
7Th and
Cumberland
Manchester
Tenn
Myra
Daniel Rios
Catalina Island
Cal
Thlonel
Daniel
Mia
Atox
P'ress
Howard Smith, Jr
Donald C. Shaver
Edmonton
Alta
John B. Brownlow
Alberta
Grace Smith
Mrs. C. Letcher
Veterans Hospital
Hermit
Connecticut
N.Y
Eddie Gebhard
Marte Dresser
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