Barkley to keynote and Robinson named chairman at Democratic Convention
Senator Alden W. Barkley of Kentucky was chosen keynote speaker and temporary chairman while Senator Joseph T. Robinson was selected permanent chairman for the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia in June. The selections were made by the convention arrangements committee in a closed session led by Postmaster General James A. Farley. Farley predicted a Roosevelt victory and said Pennsylvania would be carried in the Roosevelt column.
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Alden W. Barkley
Kentucky
Joseph T. Robinson
Veteran Administration
Democratic Partys
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National Committee On Organization
Chicago
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
Virginia Pound Named Michigan Blossom Festival Queen
Grand Rapids salesgirl Virginia Pound has been chosen as Michigan's fairest beauty for the Blossom Festival. The Benton Harbor and St. Joseph event runs May 3 to May 10, with Pound serving as queen and hoping to someday become a hotel manager.
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Virginia Pound
Grand Rapids
Benton Harbor
St. Joseph
Miss Pound
Puerto Rico Told To Quit As Two Week Notice Stirs Debate
Special to The News. Washington reports Puerto Rico must leave with two weeks warning and two weeks wages. The motive is unclear with theories ranging from the Puerto Rican murder of the police chief to a test of the good neighbor policy and New Deal restraint.
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Washington, D. C
Puerto Rico
Americas
New Deal
Pa Newc Observes Light Summer Scene In Public Square
The column notes summer color in the public square, Crews work on South Jefferson repairs with flagmen guiding traffic, and Colorado license plates appear on a car near The News. It also mentions daylight saving time starts in major cities, New Castle keeps EST, and the upcoming primary election day with voter registration urged. Memorial and Independence Day holidays are noted, plus a writer warns about kingbirds and bird protection during breeding season.
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Daily Weather Report for Period Ends at 9 AM
U S weather statistics show a 24hour period ending at 9 oclock this morning with a maximum temperature of 54 and a minimum of 30 and no precipitation. river stage 6.3 feet. The same date last year recorded a 66 maximum and 31 minimum.
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U. S
Woman in Red Bids Farewell Before Deportation
Mrs. Anna Sage known as the woman in red leaves Chicago for Jersey City and then Romania after pleading she was double crossed by federal authorities. She is to surrender at 3 pm to agents at a railroad station following her conviction for operating a disorderly house in Gary Indiana.
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International News Service
Chicago
Anna Sage
Jersey City
N. J
Romania
Brass Sextette From New Castle Winner
At the start of the two day Pennsylvania Music and Forensic league meet 29 state championships were awarded on the first day as 5000 students compete for 53 titles Greenville high leads with 146 students and 15 faculty members Mansfield high wins class C chorus contests and Gilbert Colnet of New Castle is named first champion bassoon soloist
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Pennsylvania Music and Forensic League
Gilbert Colnet
New Castle
Greenville High School
Pennsylvania
Mercer County
Mansfield High School
Tioga County
Waynesboro
Ebensburg
New Doxford
South Greensburg
Drastic Revision Of New Tax Program Likely In Congress
Congress faces a sharp clash over the $803 million house tax bill as foes widen attacks and a Democratic split emerges in the senate. Senator King of Utah leads opposition predicting decades of litigation and upheaval to the tax structure, with talks of retaining the flat rate and a super tax as an alternative and a new utility taxation battle looming.
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Washington
Senate
House
King
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
First Pheasant Eggs Set At Jordan State Game Farm
This morning the third setting of eggs was placed in the incubators at the Jordan State Game Farm near Harlansburg making 3 000 eggs. W T Warfel in charge says the first ringnecked pheasant peeps will be hatched on May 9 with eggs set every five days.
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Jordan State Game Farm
Harlansburg
W. T. Warfel
Skidmore Starts Serving Sentence
Pittsburgh April 25 George Skidmore once hunted as a top suspect in a nationwide manhunt was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to the murder of Charles Hammond a gasoline station attendant during a 1930 robbery in the city. Judge Ralph H. Smith imposed the sentence amid strong evidence and a last desperate plea by Skidmore and his lawyers to avoid the electric chair.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
George Skidmore
Charles Hammond
Skidmore
Ralph H. Smith
Earthquake Shocks Rattle West Los Angeles
Two distinct earthquake shocks struck West Los Angeles causing considerable apprehension. The first quake hit at 9 p.m. and the second followed shortly after. Windows and doors in the beach district shook and a few residents fled into the streets, though no damage was reported.
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Los Angeles
International News Service
West
Tuesday Primaries Show Low Statewide Interest
Harrisburg dispatch notes pre primary week end quiet as Democrats and Republicans prepare for next Tuesday’s balloting with subdued optimism. Party warriors expect battles in the fall but keep focus on current polls and local contests.
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Harrisburg
Primary election returns sought for New Castle and Lawrence County
The News asks city and county election boards to provide earliest possible returns from Tuesday's party primaries in New Castle and Lawrence County. Readers will be informed of Republican and Democratic totals as counts are completed, with cooperation appreciated.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
Two Naval Fliers Die In Los Angeles Plane Crash
Investigators opened a probe into a crash that killed two Navy aviators near the Riviera area. Lieut. (JG) Arthur D. J. Farrell, 22, of Philadelphia, and W. C. Kerr, a San Diego mechanic, were burned beyond recognition after they overshot their San Diego departure in dense fog and struck a hillside by the Will Rogers estate.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Navy
Arthur D. J. Farrell
Philadelphia
W. C. Kerr
San Diego
Cal
Navy Field
Whch
Swank Riviera Country Club
Will Rogers
May file charges against company in tragic case
Beaver Pa April 25 charges of involuntary manslaughter may be brought against manufacturers and shippers in the death of Margaretta C Mc Cowin a 25 year old school teacher crushed when a giant casting slipped from a truck and struck her coupe District Attorney Robert E Mc Creary said he would seek information against United States Engineering and Foundry Company maker of the casting and United States Motor Express owner of the truck if the highway police investigation justifies.
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International News Service
Beaver
Margaretta C. McCowin
Robert E. McCreary
United States Engineering and Foundry Company
United State Motor Express
Hunt Mahan In Wyoming Area
In Casper Wyoming area on April 25 the search for William Dainard alias William Mahan continues for the kidnaping of nine year old George Weyerhaeuser in Tacoma Washington last year. Sheriff R J Allen and deputies comb highways west of Casper to Lander seeking a large black sedan with a man matching the description sighted at Lander and pursued for 10 blocks by a night marshal.
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International News Service
Casper
Wyo
William Dainard
William Mahan
Idaho
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Lander
R. Jack Allen
Here
Mahan
Detective's Son Eludes Capture Across Eight States
Ellis Parker Jr. remains at large despite an eight-state alert issued by state police from Trenton. Police guard his Burlington County home and relatives as Brooklyn prosecutors anticipate more indictments in the Paul Wen dell kidnap and torture case, naming possible public officials among those to be charged.
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Trenton
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Brooklyn
William F. X. Geoghan
Wendel
New Jersey
Young Parker
Georghan
Atorney
Bruno Hauptmann
Rescued Men Improve After Moose River Mine Rescue
Halifax April 25 continued improvement seen in Dr. D. E. Robertson and Alfred Scadding survivors of a ten day entombment in the Moose River gold mine. Robertson felt swell after arrival by seaplane yesterday. Scadding has trench feet and was offered 500 a week to appear for a theatre chain. Herman Magill died and his body was shipped to Toronto yesterday.
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International News Service
Halifax
N. S
D. E. Robertson
Alfred Scadding
Moose River
Victoria Hospital
Robertson
Scadding
Herman Magill
Toronto
Death notices for L. R. English and others in multiple towns
Death records list L. R. English age 78 of Fredonia Mrs. William F. Kuhn age 75 of Youngstown Mrs. William D. Williams age 71 of 1s Etna street and John Paul age 55 of Ellwood City.
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L. R. English
Fredonia
William F. Kuhn
Youngstown
William D. Williams
Etna Street
John Paul
Ellwood City
Italians Seize Lake Tsana Region in Ethiopia
Rome reports that Italian armies have seized the entire Lake Tsana region after a 125 mile drive. The occupation extends to Bardar Giyorgis at the lake’s southern tip. Heavy fighting continues in the Sasa Baneh sector as Graziani’s forces push toward Jijiga and Harar. The move jeopardizes Blue Nile irrigation feeding Egypt.
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Lake Tsana
Ethiopia
Italy
Lake
Tsana
Blue Nile
Egypt
Bardar Giyorgis
Sasa Baneh
Rodolfo Graziani
Jijiga
Harar
Lindbergh Case Is Now Closed
Washington April 25. J Edgar Hoover says the Lindbergh kidnapping case is closed for the Justice Department. He notes no search for ransom money and denies efforts to verify reports of $20,000 in ransom notes found in New England or other bills in New Orleans.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
G” Men
Department of Justice
Department
New England
Hoover
Charles A. Lindbergh
New Orleans
Federal Bureau of Investigation
I Like a Heavy Velvet Lawn and Trees
A speaker laments the desire for both a heavy velvet lawn and trees, noting that trees push out grassy roots and grasses fail to compete. After trying many seeds costly to grow, none join the plan for both lawn and trees, and the weather is sixty four.
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