Sharecropper Campbells AAA losses spark federal scrutiny
Special to the Mews from Washington reports Thomas D Campbell, a wheat grower on Indian lands, claiming over 50 000 in AAA payments for crops not raised in the past two years. The piece critiques how government handles sharecropping and tenant farming, comparing the large sums to the work actually done, likening it to executive pay and industrial bonuses. Alice Longworth is noted in the byline.
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Weather and roads woes in Lawrence County and New Castle
Drizzle and late sun mar ester forecast as Weatherman failed to deliver. Flooding hydrates lowlands and ponds appear. many roads show severe winter damage with heaved pavements and sink holes. Open trout season hoped for Wednesday. floods wreck highway detours and 27 bridges destroyed per state bulletin.
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Daily Weather Report Summary
US weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 oclock. Maximum temperature 48 minus, minimum 40. No precipitation. River stage 2.5 feet. Statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 oclock Sunday morning show maximum 46 and minimum 40 with no precipitation.
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Barking Dog Saves Family From Flames
Mrs. Frank Dudzensky and her son escaped a blaze at 4535 after a barking dog woke them at dawn. Firefighters from Fourth Ward No 5 battled the flames, with about 1000 dollars in damage covered by insurance. Mr Dudzensky was away.
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Four-Year Sentence For Vice Queen Mae Scheible
Mae Scheible known as the million dollar vice queen received four years in federal prison and a $5,000 fine after being convicted of violating the Mann Act. Her lover, Joseph Ryan, was sentenced to 15 months. The pair were found guilty by a jury of transporting five girls from Pittsburgh to a vice palace in New York.
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Resignation of Rev William W W Sniff in New Castle
The Rev. William W W Sniff, 11 years pastor of Madison Avenue Christian Church, resigns effective June 1 and plans retirement from ministerial work after 18 years in New Castle. He served seven years at First Christian, then five years away before returning to Madison Avenue. He will remain a resident of New Castle.
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Writ Of Replevin Placed To Retrieve Wife's Body In Mercer
Mercer April 13 Special To The Newsy A writ of replevin is issued to secure possession of Theresa Michio's body from Farrel undertakers after her husband Paul Michio claimed the body was taken for embalming without his approval. He alleges nonpayment for services and denial of delivery. Also notes local family returns from a trip to Washington Annapolis and Baltimore.
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Easter crowds fill churches despite rain in town parade
Easter Sunday drew crowds to churches as services overflowed and special songs highlighted worship. Dark skies deterred larger street processions with scattered groups appearing along Washington street’s faint parade under umbrellas as shoppers and visitors observed the holiday.
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Roosevelt Proclaims May 1 as Child Health Day
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation designating May 1 as Child Health Day and urging all public and private agencies to devote efforts to improving children’s health.
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Experts Trail Bomb Sender in Easter Gift Plot
Three Roosevelt investigators aid federal and local authorities hunting the sender of six Easter gift bombs that killed two and wounded three in the Wyoming Valley. The second death, four year old Thomas Maloney, prompts focus on Nantico ke and a new suspect. Fingerprints on a glazed cigar box bomb are studied as handwriting is rushed to New York for analysis. Prints indicate one probable bomber. A second lead involves a peculiar dynamite type in unexploded bombs.
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Reds Seek To Foment Ship Strikes On New York Waterfront
Union leaders blame "the reds from 11th street" for rising unrest as radicals press strikes aboard ships. They accuse a beef squad of beating International Seamen's Union members, noting at least 40 injuries in the past week. Treasurer Ernest Misland cites Pacific coast tactics from 1934 as a model for current agitation.
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Calles Goes To Daughter's Home
Exiled former Mexican president Plutarco Elias Calles, weary and ill, sought refuge at his daughter and son in law Fernando Torre Blanco’s home in San Diego after leaving Los Angeles. He told reporters he is through with politics in Mexico as he maps a future away from dictatorship era.
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Confesses Causing Death Of Father
Long Beach California April 13 A seaman Galfred Daniel Davis 29 confesses to giving an overdose of strychnine to his father Daniel Dennis Davis 63 in Savannah in October 1934 He says he acted to end the father’s pain and will face punishment after officers verify the account with Savannah authorities.
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Intensive Hunt For Slayer Of Woman Started
In Brookville Pennsylvania an intensive manhunt began for the slayer of Catherine Bracken a 45 year old telegrapher. A fire siren summoned 100 possemen as investigators comb Jefferson and Clarion counties. Five people were questioned then released. Bracken was slain Friday night in a railroad tower with wrists and throat cut. sheriff Lowry called it the work of a criminal bent on assault.
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No Decision On Guffey Coal Law
The Supreme Court adjourned after a brief session without ruling on the constitutionality of the Guffey coal law. The court recessed and postponed judgment to a later session, delaying a decision for about two weeks.
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Boxing show money used for police equipment
The police department will outfit offices for Matron Minnie R. Meidlleben and clerk Miss Marjorie Davis with desks and chairs purchased from funds raised by boxing bouts held over a year ago. Chief John F. Haven notes the money was derived from the boxing events to equip the force.
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Marjorie Davis
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Supreme Court Denies Review In Kidnap Case
The Supreme Court denied a writ of review in the Lindbergh law case involving Arthur Gooch who was sentenced to death for kidnapping an officer at Paris Texas and moving him to Oklahoma. Gooch had previously lost in appeal to the high court.
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Woman Dies After Leap From Window
Mrs Irma Ferulli 9 wife of G Umberto Ferulli and a commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy died after leaping or falling from a fifth floor West End avenue apartment opposite Charles M Selniwab. She suffered skull fractures and a broken left leg and died in hospital. Her husband a daughter and several servants were in the apartment.
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Governor Delays Call For May Special Session
Harrisburg reports indicate Governor Carle will delay issuing a formal call for the May 4 special session as the bipartisan harmony committee studies the administration’s proposed program. The panel adjourned amid disagreements on unemployment relief funding, with estimates ranging between 40.9 and 50 million dollars and flood control ruled out as an emergency item.
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Mystery Death Of Mrs Nancy Evans Titterton In New York
New York police investigate the strangling of Mrs Nancy Evans Titterton 34 wife of Lewis H Titterton head of the National Broadcasting department. A writer by birth name Nancy Evans she came to New York from Dayton Ohio in 1925.
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Bath Tub Slaying Mystery Sees New Lead In New York
The maid Margared Arbdoiter testified a demented man was repelled from the doorway of J D Lambert across from the victim’s home. Police issued a dragnet for a ruddy complexioned man about 40, 5 feet 7 inches, wearing a cap and overseat.
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Dr JF Condon Declares No Testimony Planned
New York April 13 Dr John F Condon says he knows nothing about the Wendal phase of the Lindbergh kidnapping case and has no intention of testifying before the New Jersey Mercer county grand jury. He sent a telegram to foreman Ally M Freeman stating he does not want to appear and that his presence would add nothing to the ongoing investigations.
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Seek To Preserve American Peace
President Roosevelt's Latin American allies back a Pan American peace conference this summer. Secretary of State Hull released proposals from Latin American leaders on preserving peace among American nations amid global militarism and arming fever.
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Death Notices Fill Obscure Local Deaths List
Local death notices list several residents including Mrs Manville Foster aged 68 of Plain nrave towel and Mrs Bessie BM with connections to Ale Gonizle and Nortt Beaver. Also named are Mrs Helen Allen Smith 38 Wars temburg, Mrs Miery Davies of 1508 South Jefferson alrect and Mrs Clinton B Snyver at 409 Blaine alrect.
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Warstemburg
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Seattle Flyer And Bride Rescued After Weeklong Honeymoon Flight
A Seattle flyer Albert Ahnasling and his Spokane bride Jean MacDonald were rescued from an isolated area south of Ketchikan Alaska after four weeks missing on a honeymoon flight from Seattle to Juneau Alaska. Coast guard headquarters reported they were in weakened condition but alive.
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Hagood Restored to Duty. Assigned to Chicago Command
Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood, relieved for criticism of Democratic spending, is reinstated and designated to command the Sixth Corps Area in Chicago. He succeeds Gen. Frank R. McCoy, who moves to the Second Corps Area in New York. Hagood previously led the Eighth Corps Area in San Antonio and met with President Roosevelt before his return to active duty.
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New York
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Bartholomew Seeks Help Finding Missing Wife
Freddie Bartholomew’s father Bartholomew pleads for California papers to aid in finding Lillian Bartholomew who vanished after arriving to pursue custody proceedings. Millicent Bartholomew holds custody via Los Angeles court order set to finalize by April 22 unless objections are filed.
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Easter Memory and Messy Baskets in Moran Home
Fragmented lines describe an Easter morning scene with chocolate bars at a door, kitchen clutter, a messy carpet, and a fond memory of past Easter fun. The text recalls baskets upset and playful chaos across the lawn as weather becomes a quieter background to nostalgia.
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