City Engineers Ordered to Probe Five-Year Road Work
City Hall council ordered F A Miller and Harry Hoskins to investigate all paying, repaying and resurfacing jobs from the past five years. The motion, raised by Councilman Louis Genkinger, follows concerns about Woods & Golder and Olsen Co. and potential miswork on Jefferson Street, Croton Avenue, Arlington Avenue, and nearby sites.
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F. A. Miller
Harry Hoskins
City Hall
Louis Genkinger
Woods & Golder
Victor Olsen
Genkinger
Jefferson Street
Woods & Golder Company
Stanley Treser
Croton Avenue
School House
Reeves
Arlington Avenue
Burns
Olsen Company
Anderson
Army Of School Musicians Here For Competition
Some fifteen hundred junior and senior high school students from more than 20 schools gather in Erie for the Northwestern Pennsylvania Interscholastic Music Association contest. Competitions run from 7 at the Senior High School to the Cathedral on Lincoln Avenue with choral events at the Cathedral and solo and ensemble at the Senior High School. The aim is to win the first prize and advance to the state finals in Philadelphia on May 10.
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Cathedral
Lincoln Avenue
Erie
Clarion
Parkers Landing
Philadelphia
Paule Browne Patterson
Gices
If We Can’t House A Prison We Burn Him Up
Special to The News from Beverly Hills reports a satirical broadside blaming rapid prosperity for social ills. The piece mocks courts and jails full, politicians overrun, and a president of sorts promising grand plans while crime and corruption flourish.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Rome
New Castle Greets Northwestern Pennsylvania Musicians
New Castle’s official greeter PA NEWC OBSERVES welcomes visiting school musicians for the Northwestern Pennsylvania competition. The city hopes the youngsters enjoy their stay and visit again. Temperature notes show a warming trend from 24 to 30 degrees. A puppy is rescued after wandering Washington street. Census calls urged by 926. The new city directory is ready for distribution, replacing a two year old edition.
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Newcith
New Castle
Pennsylvania
City officials urged to fix Wilmington Avenue paving
City engineering officials should inspect Wilmington Avenue as there are several excavations in the paving. When replacement occurs it should be done right and older excavations on that street should be addressed.
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City Engineering Department
Wimington Avenue
Daily Weather Report for 24-Hour Period
Weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending at 9 this morning show a high of 43 and a low of 30 with trace precipitation. River stage was 6.2 feet and falling.
Prisoners Demand Dismissal as Ohio Pen Tragedy Probed
Hundreds of inmates at Ohio State Penitentiary call for Warden Preston E. Thomas to be ousted as an official probe continues into last week’s fire disaster in which 520 prisoners died. National guards patrol the area while authorities prepare internment for 140 unclaimed victims at Eastlawn Burial Park and Evergreen Cemetery.
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James L. Kilgallen
Myers Y. Cooper
Preston E. Thomas
State Fair Grounds
Eastlawn Burial Park
Evergreen Cemetery
Columbus
Volunteers of America
The
Traveler's Aid Society
Fire destroys freighter Thames leaving sixteen missing
Coast guardsmen rescued twenty six crewmen from the Thames after a blaze in Long Island Sound near Sound Beach. Captain Robert Sherman and nine others were aboard the Colonial Liner Naugatuck on the way to New York. Commander Chalker reported twelve crew unaccounted with two destroyers and patrol boats searching the area.
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New London
Conn
Chalker
Coast Guard
Thames
Sound Beach
Naugatuck
Coast
Governor Cooper Forms Committee to Study Ohio Prisons
Governor Myers Cooper of Ohio declares the appointment of a five member committee to comprehensively study the state penal system. He will push for legislative recommendations to meet penal and welfare needs after the Ohio State penitentiary fire disaster that killed 320 inmates. He notes overcrowded jails and cites a New London conference showing similar encumbrances nationwide.
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James L. Kilgallen
International News Service
Columbus
Ohio State Penitentiary
Myers Cooper
Ohio Today
Ohio
Executive Chamber
New London Conn
Union
Cooper
Twenty Five Rescued As Thames Freighter Burns
Aboard the Thames in Long Island Sound all but one of the 26 crew were accounted for after a fire swept freighter. Coast guard vessels passenger steamers and fishing boats rescued sailors in lifeboats. The tally shows Chester W Chapin 10 Lexington 9 Coast guard cutter 132 5 and a fishing vessel 1 for a total of 25 saved.
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David P. Sentner
International News Service
New York
Thames
Long Island Sound
Coast Guard
Chester W. Chapin
Lexington
Colonial Line
Lindbergh Starts Flight To Miami
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh leaves Washington at 9 45 a m in the Lockheed Sirius monoplane to Miami to resume air mail duties. From Miami he will take a mail laden plane on a new Pan American route to Havana Cristobal and Buenos Aires by boat.
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International News Service
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miami
Fla
South America
Pan- American Airways
Havana
Caribbean Sea
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Buenos Aires
Hope to Avoid Election Contests in Senate Race
Senator Nye campaign fund committee calls about 125 candidates for 35 Senate seats to report all campaign receipts and expenditures. Investigators head to Illinois Pennsylvania and other states to probe slush funds as public hearings loom once charges are filed or substantial evidence appears.
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William K. Hutchinson
Washington
Nye Campaign Fund
Senate
Nye
N. D
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Joseph R. Grundy
Labor
James J. Davis
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Noted Women Die in Coast Bungalow Mystery
Laguna Beach Calif April 25 Authorities favor murder and suicide theory in the deaths of Mrs. Guy Bates Post wealthy actress and Mrs. Doris May Palmer scenic artist. Both women shot in a bungalow where Miss Van Essa McDowell, a Chicago artist, was staying. Post’s body found under a pistol with two discharged shells.
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International News Service
Laguna Beach
Calif
Guy Bates Post
Doris May Palmer
City Seeks Bids For Power Street Sweeper
Council at City Hall approved advertising for new bids on a power street sweeper following Councilman Treser's motion. Only one bid arrived initially. contract award has not yet been made. Mrs Roy Ringer of 623 South Bay Street has returned home after a week with her mother in Butler Pennsylvania.
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Treser
Roy Ringer
South Bay Street
Butler, Pa
Prison Death Toll Reaches 320 in Ohio Fire
Ohio State Penitentiary fire fatality count rose to 320 as two more convicts died in the prison hospital in Columbus. James Andrews and Alvin Bartezho were added to the list, both serving long terms for violent crimes. Several other victims remained in critical condition and were not expected to survive.
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International News Service
Columbus
Ohio State Penitentiary
James Andrews
Alvin Bartezho
Los Angeles Dirigible Sails Over Harrisburg This Morning
The United States navy airship Los Angeles crossed the Susquehanna River at 11 o'clock during a training flight over Pennsylvania. It circled Harrisburg several times before heading toward Lakehurst after passing Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, and continuing along the river.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
United States Navy
Los Angeles
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Lakehurst
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Prince of Wales Arrives in London After African Tour
The Prince of Wales arrived at Windsor Park by plane at 4 p m completing the final leg of his return from the African jungles. He was greeted by Prince George and then motored to Belvidere Fort where the King and Queen welcomed him.
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London
Prince of Wales
Windsor Park
Prince George
Belvidere Fort
Fire Victim Will Be Buried From New Castle
Clarence H. Waite aged 39 will be buried in Graceland cemetery after funeral at Capitola's. He died in a New Castle fire while an inmate at the Ohio State penitentiary. his body arriving from Columbus, Ohio. Survived by wife Mae E. Waite and parents George and Mrs Waite of Cuba, New York, with several brothers and sisters. The interment is set for Saturday at 2:30.
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Clarence H. Waite
Columbus
Ohio
Waite
Ohio State Penitentiary
Warren
New Castle
Mae E. Waite
West
Grant Street
George Waite
Cuba
N. Y
Capitola’s
Graceland Cemetery
Battle Is Not Lost Yet Belief In Parker Confirmatio n
President Hoover leads a hard fought White House campaign to win Senate confirmation for John J Parker. He has shifted from passive stance to direct pressure amid a hostile Senate, with daily polls showing potential rejection. Democratic supporters in the Senate persist in backing Parker despite bipartisan opposition.
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George R. Holmes
International News Service
Washington
Hoover
Supreme Court
John J Parker
Senate
White House
Parker
Death Notices for Margaret Cahoe Cunningham and John A. Shiver
Margaret Cahoe Cunningham of 714 North Beaver township is noted in a death record. John A. Shiver, 76, of 417 Court St, is also recorded as deceased.
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Margaret Cahoe Cunningham
North Beaver Township
John A. Shiver
Court St
Thayer Sentence Appealed in Bribery Case
Thayer, a New Castle architect, was sentenced to 20 months in the Ohio State penitentiary by Judge Charles Kmechbaunt after being found guilty of soliciting a bribe from the George Melbourne Company of Canton in connection with the Molly Stark tuberculosis sanitarium. Attorneys said they will carry the case to the Court of Appeals.
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Ternational News Service
Canton
Aprila
Alice Thayer
New Castle
Ohio State Penitentiary
Charles Kmechbaunt
Thayer
George Melbourne Company
Molly Stark
Court of Appeals
Arthur Mometer Embraces Golf Amid Sporting Echoes
A fragmented reminiscence describes Arthur Mometer as a versatile athlete who excelled in tennis and football and played many sports. He has taken up golf, noting bricks and stories, while reflecting on his handicap and family, and mentions St Andrew and the weather turning warmer.
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Iself
la Crosse
St. Andrew
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Will
Wil. Rogers
PA Newc
Pa Nene
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Brown
Daily Weather Report
Thomas
Coast Guards
Lindbergh
Colonel Lindbergh
Florida
Nye Slush Fund Committee
Sui
Cide
City
Big Dirigible
Prince Edward
Canton Court
Arthur Mometer
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