Raid in Chicago foretells arrests of many vice kings
Federal agents raid Chicago offices tied to a booze and vice trust. Books, ledgers, and cash were seized as police and investigators link hundreds of names to illicit operations across multiple cities. Arrestees include minor officials and the former Burnham mayor’s ally Johnny Patton, who offered $15,000 to quiet the case.
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Ill
International News Service
Vice Kings
Vice Trust
Loose
Nantes
Trust
Mae
Johnny’ Patton
Burnham
Edward Bermingham
Patton
Bermingham
Prisoners Work Off Fines on City Projects
Prisoners before May or William H. Dunlap, lacking funds to pay fines, are assigned to city labor this month. Sentences range three to ten days, mostly leveling dirt on the North Jefferson Street fill between Boyles and Park Avenues. The fill nears completion and will soon allow the city to complete a new direct route to the northern city boundary. The current width cannot yet handle two large trucks.
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Willian H. Dunlap
Jeffarson Street
Boyles
Park Avenues
Time to Paint and Clean Up in the Spring
Arthur Vemeter urges residents to take pride in their town and yards. He advises bucket of paint, overalls, brush, ladder, and a little effort to improve homes from coal shed to front gate as warmer weather arrives.
Identifies Body Of Woman Found Near Pottsville
State police and District Attorney Palmer say Miss Anna Sullivan Richards, 17, identified by a green sweater and ring, was murdered near Broad Mountain after leaving home a week earlier to visit relatives. Authorities believe the killers will be captured soon as clues are pursued.
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C International News Service
Pottsville
Atkins Palmer
Anna Sullivan
Philadelphia
Miss Sullivan
Richards
First Baptist Sunday School Officers Meet Thursday
A conference of Sunday school officers, teachers and all class officers of the First Baptist Sunday School will be held Thursday evening. About seventy five workers are expected to attend the luncheon dinner at 45 cents in the church dining room, followed by the conference to discuss matters relative to the Sunday school work.
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First Baptist Sunday School
Two Los Angeles Bandits Loot Jewels In Theater Robbery
Two bandits robbed Rene Marx, an L A automobile dealer, his wife and two friends after a theater outing. They escaped with jewels valued at $15,000 and $500 in cash. The incident was reported to police in California.
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Los Angeles Bandits
International News Service
Celebs
Cal
Rene Marx
Los Angeles
Conferees Open Debates on State Budget Cutbacks
Harrisburg April 7 conferees from the senate and house began discussions on the general appropriations bill aimed at an adjournment by April 18. No agreement emerged as leaders sought funding paths. Ludlow tax assessment was defeated in the house amid broader fiscal deliberations.
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Harrisburg
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Senate
Schantz
Lehigh
Eyre
Chester
Geltes
Montgomery
Bluett
Honee
McGarg
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Hess
Lancaster
Haror
Lycom- Hing
Ludlow Bs
Philadelphia
Witkin
Thal Jught
Guero
Old Sycamore Tree Sparks New Castle Memories
City council vows to remove the old sycamore at the northwest corner of Diamond and Jefferson streets for pedestrian safety. A reporter learned the tree stood since New Castle’s early days, linked to Civil War era Grant rallies and a booming main street, with Mrs. Kisther Rogan recalling its visitors and age. The paper invites locals to share recollections for publication.
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Diamond
Jefferson Street
Washington Street
Blaine Street
New Castle
Kisther Rogan
James Rogan
William Wallace
Join Dealy
Canada
Jefferson and
North Streets
U. S. Grant
United States
Seymour
May Day Health Day Proposed by Coolidge Hoover
President Coolidge and Secretary Hoover plan a nationwide May Day event to spotlight child health. The aim is to ensure proper conditions for 34 million American children, prevent undernutrition, and guarantee prompt medical attention. The program seeks to extend care to all born in proper environments and improve immigrant conditions.
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Robert
Thornburgh
Washington
Coolidge
Commerce Hoover
United States
Hoover
American Child Health Association
America
City Permit For Stadium To Be Granted
City solicitor Robert M. White told city council that the New Castle School Board may obtain a permit to erect an athletic stadium at Ben Franklin Junior High. Council instructed that a permit be granted and the stadium is expected to begin immediately. White notes the contracts and obligations incurred by the school board as key factors. Prior to the 89 percent building line ordinance passage.
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Robert M. White
City Counicts Today
New Castle
Ben Franklin Junior High School
White
Ten Passengers Hurt On Cunard Liner Antonia
The Cunard liner Antonia arriving from New York at Plymouth reports ten passengers slightly injured during a fierce gale. The ship reached port today amid rough seas and strong winds.
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Cunard
International News Service
Plymouth
Eng
Antonia
New York
Nearly 350 Gas Pumps In Lawrence County Now
W A Brown inspector of gasoline tanks says automobillists can count on ample supply as pumps rise. He notes 22 stations between Diamond New Castle and Ohio line along Jefferson and Grant streets route, plus 21 between Diamond New Castle and Lawrence Avenue Ellwood City, with two more stations under construction. In 1914 only five pumps in Ellwood City and 21 elsewhere. now about 250 plus in small towns along improved highways. Mr Brown is currently inspecting the pumps.
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Jover
New Castle
Ohio
Ellwood City
W. A. Brown
Brown
Diamond
Ohio One
Local P O bus line eyed for North Jefferson area
P O Railway manager HR Graham told North Jefferson council today a new interurban bus line may start on Wilmington Avenue between Diamond and city hall. If approved, a half hourly service could be offered after a trial shows it profitable. Council will decide next Tuesday amid protests over current 15 cent fares.
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P.O
North
Jefferson Street
Diamond
HR. N. Graham
P. O. Raliwaya
Graham
H. Alk
Grahan
Robert White
P O
Jocal
Elyine
New Castle
Corweil
Death Record for James Durant and Related Names
An obituary style notice lists James Durant age 78 with a residence on 745 Chest AUC Street. Also mentioned are Mimo Me Stith and Lucinda Myers Atkeu with ties to Slippery Rock, and Thomas Anite, Mich eorge IC. Welch with connections to Kanetown and Detroit Pennsylvania.
Week End Divorce Decree Vacated In Cleveland Court
In Cleveland on April 7, Common Pleas Judge Samuel H. Silber confronted a man and nine women who sought to set aside existing divorces. The judge dismissed the action, noting it was spring, and ordered the decree vacated. He even called for his golf clubs.
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Cleveland
Court of Common
Flcat
Samuel H. Silber
John
Herriot Plans To Use Steam Roller In Capital Levy
Paris April 7 Herriot government to push a ten per cent capital levy with steam roller tactics in the next thirty six hours. Amatole De Monzie finance minister seeks a united left bloc by rallying leftists to back the measure in the chamber and senate. Premier Herriot and Monzie will explain the plan to the finance committee as Miller’s senate victory is seen as easing a leftist consolidation.
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Frank E. Mason
International News Service
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Efort
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Council of Ministers
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Je Monzie
Nance
Iman
de Monzie
Miller
Bus Line To Bedford May Start In Jane
Bus and auto services between New Castle and Youngstown via New Bedford may not begin before June. Superintendent R X Graham says service starts only after abandonment of the Borough New Castle Street Railway is approved by the Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania. Fares: Harbor 26 cents, New Bedford 50 cents, Nakle Yala to the Harbor 15 cents.
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New Castle
Youngstown
New Bedford
Geneealls
R. X. Graham
Bharon-New Castle Street
Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania
New Dedford
Blaze Destroys Stan ton Garage Linked to Chapman
Fire ripped through the Stanton Motor Company garage in Steubenville destroying the structure and eighty five cars worth about 200000. Authorities suspect incendiarism and say the Lincoln car used by Gerald Chapman in his Hartford murder trial was stolen from this garage. Garage owners testified against Chapman and officials seek to tie the blaze to an accomplice as investigations continue.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Stanton Motor Company
Gerald Chapman
Hartford
Chapman
Airplane Carrier Saratoga To Be Christened Today
Mrs Curtis D Wilbur wife of the Secretary of the Navy christens the Saratoga largest and speediest floating airplane carrier to be launched at the MDEN facility Prominent officials expected aboard The Saratoga 555 feet long 108 foot beam carries 75 aircraft propulsion by 189000 horsepower electric engines speed 35 to 4 knots armed with eight 16 inch guns under Harding disarmament terms It is the fifth U S navy vessel with this name Lexington sister ship to be launched soon others scrapped per arms limits
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International News Service
Mden
N. F
Curtis D. Wilbur
Secretary of the Navy
Saratoga
Marriage Licenses Issued in Several Cities
Andrew Klose of Ellwood City and Anne Berbertii of Ellwood City. Moses Cowany of Youngstown and Hattie Smith of Youngstown. Eugene W. McDowell of Pittsburgh and Nallie Louige O Nell of McKeesport are listed for marriage licenses in multiple cities.
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Andrew Klose
Ellwood City
Anne Berbertii
Ethwoort City
Moses Cowany
Youngstown
Hattie Smith
Eugene W. McDowell
Pittsburgh
Nallie Louige O'Nell
McKeesport
Pipe In Old Sycamore Tree Sparks Fountain Plan Recall
A long neglected sycamore on the public square may be cut down prompting recall of a civic improvement plan from about fifteen years ago. The idea involved doctors inspecting the tree and placing a water pipe for a drinking fountain, a project never completed though the pipe remains visible on one side of the tree.
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Public Square
Puble
Lg Tran
State To Close Defense Of Girl Slayer By Night
Dorothy Eningson, 16, on trial for matricide, faced closing arguments as the state seeks to prove her sanity. Police woman Sullivan testified to the girl as a tender, generous child amid defense pictures of a frightened youth. The jury of ten men and two women will decide her fate after prosecutors and defense offered contrasting portraits.
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Ellis W. Martin International Nexa Service
Corraspordance Pranguingh
Dorothy Eningson
Asa
Noton
Woma Sullivan
Dorothy
Truik
Conner
Torv
Juror Escapes As Close Of Murder Trial Nears
In Tazewell Tennessee a juror escaped during the McDaniel murder trial as the case neared verdict. The break occurred at night with the juror fleeing the courtroom area, prompting a chase and the potential need to restart the jury selection. Authorities sought to redraw a jury from a pool of one hundred names.
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Naughe
Tennessee
Tibexu
Tazewell
Tenn
Ley Manning
de. E. J. McDaniel
Amos
Gepurg Relly
Tyrone man jailed six years for service fine guilt
Hames Greg of Tyrone Pan pleaded guilty to service fine imposed by Ralph Haag at Haag's barn and was sentenced to six years in the Altoona Penitentiary. Harold Petar faced charges after a car crash near death or serious injury claims on a Pennsylvania line. Peter Poles Ky, seven, was struck by a car in Songer. Joseph Niggle, 60, owner of Niggle and Son hardware in Butler, died yesterday after years in business since 2006. Harry Price, 38, body found in the Ohio River, believed killed by toml may.
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Hames Greg
Tyrone
Pan
Ralph
Haag
Altoona
Sesterdany
Jeseph
Howl
Nigzle and Son Hardware Store
St Butler
Butler
New Philadelphia
Harey Price
Ohio River
Toml May
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