Rogers Dawes budget plan and mixed political notes
A US dispatch from New York reports Tom Heflin applauding Dawes as he speaks on budget ideas for Britain and the king. Helen Wills heads to St James Centre Court while Dawes is noted for Republican ties and Guinan is described in court with smelling salts referenced.
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Imperial
New York
Tom Heflin
Aoman
Mr. Hoover
Mr. Dawes
Dawes
Helen Wills
Center Court
St. James
Helen
Teras Guinan
Seasonal highlights and local notes from New Castle
A country drive yields blossoms and wildlife while local news covers Thomas Carr hair rumors after a brief absence from the pen, Howard W. Lightner’s first airplane ride over the countryside, street posts for mailbox installation, and a few civic notes. No marriage licenses issued since last Saturday.
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Howard W. Lightner
Eric Beckley
Bradford
Early Career Path of Franklin Township Banker
When 21 Joel S. McKee, cashier at First National Bank of Lawrence County, taught at Jefferson school in Franklin township Fayette county PA, walked six miles daily. He later attended Northern University Ada, graduated, taught several years, then entered banking and served as a US bank examiner before joining the local bank this fall. He is married and lives on Winter Ave. THU.
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Joel S. Mcxee
First National Bank
Lawrence County
Jefferson
Franklin Township
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
Northern University
Ada
McKee
United States Bank
Winter Ave
Thu
Seventh Ward Man Dies in Uncertain Circumstances
Police investigate the death of James McCune, 65 to 70, found with a fractured skull at the foot of a long stairway near 1017 Moravia street. Walker McKay, 1017 Moravia, is held on suspicion as coroner and detectives weigh whether it was assault or an accidental fall.
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New Castle Hospital
Moravia Street
Ritchie Morgue
South Mill Street
James McCune
Seventh Ward
Walker McKay
Moravia
J. F. Caldwell
William Fleming
McCrae
Two Bodies Found in Ohio River Near Ambridge
Two bodies were recovered from the Ohio River near Ambridge, believed surfaced by recent high waters. One was Joseph Dimarco, an employee of the Rodgers Land Company, who fell from a barge at Emsworth on March 14. a letter in his clothes identified him. The second body was remains unidentified, a rock found in the trousers suggesting a man about 50 with wallheaded hair.
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International News Service
Ambridge
Ohio River
Joseph Dimarco
Rodgers
Land Company
Emsworth
Dimarco
Police Think Torch Victim May Be Former Mercer County Woman
Police in Granford New Jersey identify Mrs Richard M Mowry widow of former Mercer County Pennsylvania director as the likely torch victim after a gasoline doused body was found Feb 23 Investigations hinge on dental work matching a Linesville dentist and a letter from Mrs Mowry to Campbell reportedly unanswered leading to further questions about their marriage and abandonment details.
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Victin
Mercer County
Campbell
Bickett's Committee Faces Scrutiny In Harrisburg
Harrisburg dispatch reports the Mansfield Goal and Iron Police bill was lost in the house with no record found. Representative Bickett of Lawrence county chairs the panel, which failed to recall who carried the bill or who held it, prompting calls to reconvene the committee and locate the measure.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Mansfield
Senate
House
Bickett
Lawrence County
Pierce
Crawford
Gnew
Hagmaier
Allegheny
Ed Bickett
Shake Up Looming In U S State Department
International News Service reports a probable personnel shake up in the State Department after a social controversy involving Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, official hostess to Vice President Curtis. President Hoover and Secretary Stimson are said to be irritated by the embarrassment and intend to overhaul the protocol division guiding Washington social precedence.
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Department
Washington
Three Wounded In Chicago Shooting
International News reports in CHICAGO on April 10 a gunfight during a cleaning and dyeing feud. Deputy U S Marshal Peter Larson was fatally shot while stopping three men from intimidating a truck driver. he wounded Hugh Burns, son of a former policeman killed by bandits a decade ago, as two assailants escaped.
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International News
Chicago
United States
Peter Larson
Hugh Burns
Curtis Triumphs in Social Battle Recognition of Mrs Gann
The Washington diplomatic corps recognized Mrs. Edward Everett Gann as the vice president's sister and accorded her the status usually given to the vice president's wife at formal diplomatic functions. The move follows the social victory for Vice President Charles Curtis and his half sister in the capital.
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International News Service
Washington
Charles Curtis
Edward Everett Gann
Diplomatic Corps of
Gann
Musmanno Bill Reported Out by Senate Committee
In Harrisburg on April 10 the Musmanno Coal and Iron Police bill was reported out by the Senate Judiciary General Committee for first reading.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Mus Manno Coal and Iron Police
Senate
Judiciary General Committee
New Farm Bill Born In Secret Senate Session
A new farm relief bill to replace the McNary Haugen plan was born in a secret Senate Agricultural Committee session. It abandons the equalization fee and centers on a federal farm board with a 3 billion dollar revolving fund to stabilize prices, reduce waste, and support cooperatives. Senator Watson expressed confidence in early enactment and President Hoover’s expected signature.
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William K. Hutchinson
Congressional
Federal Farm Board
Farm Board
Watson
Indiana
Senate
International News Service
Hoover
New Castle Page Tells Of Local Cathedral Theme
The weekly New Castle page donated by The News to the Chamber of Commerce will feature the Cathedral. Thursday’s issue is the second in a series analyzing and displaying the cathedral, a major city building of interest to the valley district and all readers.
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New Castle
Chamber of Commerce
New Mixer Contracts Secure at Pennsylvania Engineering Works
William B Wheeler, vice president of the Pennsylvania Engineering Works, announced new contracts will keep the plant busy all summer. A 1 500-ton mixer will be built for Carnegie Steel Co at Mingo Junction and a 1 300-ton mixer for a western steel plant, with other orders on hand. Business conditions in the field are notably improved.
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William 8. Wheeler
Pennsylvania Engineering Works
Mr. Wheeler
Mingo Junction
Carnegie Steel Co
Western Steel
Wheeler
Rebels Ready Last Stand In Sonora As Federals Close In
Federal forces press from the north and southwest with Gen. J. Andreu Almazan leading more than 10 000 men in Sonora after subduing Chihuahua. Ciudad Juarez may fall again as rebels evacuate. in Sinaloa Gen. Lazaro Cardenas pursues 13 000 rebels toward Sonora with a battle at San Blas anticipated. Weather forecasters report cool rain with 35 to 40 degree lows and crops in bloom in western Pennsylvania amid fears of damage from recent cold.
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International News Service
Sonora
J. Andreu Almazan
Chihuahua
Ciudad Juarez
Sinaloa
Lazaro Cardenas
San Blas
Singlez
Maco
Government Weather Bureau
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Borteman
Weather Bureau
Lindbergh Flies On From Texas After Mysterious Stop
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh arrived in Brownsville from Mexico at 9 40 am after being reported lost and took to the air again at 11 am for an unannounced destination He refused to reveal where he spent the night and denied unauthorized Mexico City dispatches while indicating plans to proceed toward New York with possible Tampico landing.
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Bulletin International News Services
Brownsville
Tex
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mexico
Tampico
Lindbergh
New York
Lone Eagle
Mexico City
Dawes Named New Ambassador to Great Britain
The White House announced that Charles G. Dawes will be the United States ambassador to Great Britain. London confirmed Dawes is persona grata, with inquiry already made to the foreign office and a favorable reply received.
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George Kk. Holmes
International News Service
Washington
White House
Charles G. Dawes
Great Britain
Foreign Office
London
Gen. Dawes
Dawes
Anthracite Bloc Sets Fight Over Gas Tax Bill Action
In Harrisburg the 1928 senate anthracite bloc plans a vigorous stand for relief relief through repeal bills by Jones and Heaton. Failing to advance an immediate repealer, they pivot to the gasoline tax proposal four cents for one year as leverage. The repeal committee schedules a morning session to act on the Jones bill, though supporters fear governor rejection.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Jones
Heaton
Committee On
Dawes Favored as Next American Ambassador to Britain
London sources say Charles G. Dawes former U.S. vice president and Dawes Plan author is satisfactory to Britain for the role at the Court of St James's though official word must come from Washington. Dawes is well known in England and would likely receive a cordial welcome.
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Cancernational News Service
London
Charles Gales Dawes
United States
Dawes
Great Britain
Court of St. James's
Foreign Office
Gen. Dawes
Washington
England
Four Escape From Rochester House Fire
Four persons fled a two story Rochester building after a blaze destroyed a combined apartment and business structure worth about 35000 dollars. An ironing board extended from a window helped George Anderson and his wife escape while Mrs Bette Elder and her daughter were awakened by firemen and led out. A slight explosion preceded the fire which toppled the walls and left the butcher shop and dry cleaning business consumed.
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C International News
Rochester
George Anderson
Bette Elder
Post Office Man Admits He Sent Roosevelt Bomb
Thomas Callegy a post office porter in New York confessed to mailing a bomb addressed to Gov Franklin D Roosevelt found at the general post office He hoped the act would make him a hero and win promotion He was to be arraigned and denied the charges Callegy 45 unmarried from Newark New Jersey had worked seven years at the post office and claimed innocence.
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James L. Kilgallen
International News Service
New York
Thomas Cailegy
General Post Office
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pe Ag
Harve
Callegy
Postoffice
Chicago Postoffice
NEW Srk
Thomas J. Callegy
Eeboken
N. J
French Writer Morand Sees America As Rich Man’s Hell
Paris April 10 Paul Morand a noted French writer spent two months in the United States and reports that America is paradise for the poor but hell for the rich. He says the land of the free churns out mass produced factory objects while real luxury must come from Europe. Morand notes Americans work and live at twice the speed of Europeans, with two months there equal to four here.
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Caternations News Service
Paris
America
Paul Morand
Marand
Europe
Business is Good in United States Industry
Wall Street shows business is good with strong industrial reports and statements from Dun's Bradstreet's and Harvard economics agencies. The April 10 dispatch notes the stock market noise while highlighting improved profitability and higher production across sectors, with a note that conditions are favorable overall versus last year.
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Conternations News Service
New York
United States
Industria and
Dun's
Bradstreet's
Harvard Eco
Laws and legislators near end of session says solons quit
The speaker laments piling laws and amending bills, noting few more laws will be made this year. Peace time approaches and the legislature will soon adjourn, leaving existing statutes in place while lawyers study the new ones.
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Curtis
Diplomatic Corps
Musmanno Bill
New Farm Bill
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Lindy
Texas
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Coal
Ed Ward
South Croton Avenue
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Hell
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