Japanese bombing in Shanghai injures officials and transfers funeral plans
Japanese officials in Shanghai set a committee to arrange the funeral of Dr. Y Kawabata president of the Shanghai Japanese Residents association who died from injuries in the Hongkew Park bombing. General Kenkichi Ureda lost toes on his right foot while Mamoru Shigemitsu and others recovered. Police raid Korean houses suspected of harboring revolutionaries connected to the incident. The Japanese linked Korean groups to communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. Kawabata
Shanghai
Kenkichi Ureda
Imsungki
Sidewalk Reopened With Wood Frame At Woods Block
PA Newc notes a temporary wood frame around the Woods block restores sidewalk access. Red Cross seed distributions continue with eager planters starting gardens citywide. License plates from New Mexico and North Carolina appear among many seen locals report, as the season’s first straw hat is spotted on North Mill Street. A football crowd reacts as many fans begin leaving. hikers caution urged for night travel. the last line hints at continuation on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pa Newe
New Mexico
Henry
North Carolina
Union
North Mill Street
Pa Newee
Daily Weather Report for 24 Hour Period Ends Nine A.M.
U S weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 75 and a minimum of 38 with 0.04 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 57. For the same date last year the maximum was 47 and the minimum 24 with trace precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Governors start non stop flight from Washington dawn to dusk
Governors James Rolph of California and Fred Balzar of Nevada began a dawn to dusk cross country flight on a racing monoplane piloted by Col. Roscoe Turner. They traveled from Richmond Virginia to Washington and then planned to reach Los Angeles weather permitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
James Rolph
California
Fred Balzar
Nevada
Los Angeles
Earl B. Gilmore
Col
Roscoe Turner
Col. Turner
Seaboard
Alleghenies
Turner
Richmond
Virginia
Gas Station Hold-Up Nets Bandit Twenty Dollars
Joseph L. Hoyle, 28, attendant at Atlantic Refining, was robbed at 10 am. A slender man, 5 ft 10 in, in a brown sweater and gray cap, forced Hoyle to unlock the safe and took $20. Police and detectives canvassed exits citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. Hoyle
Epworth Street
Atlantic Refining
Jefferson
Lawrence Streets
Hoyle
John Young
Lynch, Moore, Tyrrell
Criswell
Lindbergh Abducted Baby Negotiations Reported Aboard Yacht
A gray mist offshore Virginia Capes sees Col Charles A Lindbergh on a yacht amid unverified reports of negotiations for the return of the kidnapped Lindbergh baby. The Marcon yacht, said to carry Lindbergh, Major Charles H Consolvo, John H Curtis, and Edwin B Bruce, sailed from Newport News with secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Norfolk
Virginia Capes
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Marcon
Charles H. Consolvo
Baltimore
John H. Curtis
Norfolk Group
Edwin B. Bruce
Elmira
Yorktown
Newport News
Pymatuning Dam Work Quota Set at 31 Men
Lawrence county will provide 31 workers next week for Pymatuning Dam maintenance. R L Meermans, superintendent of the state cooperative employment office, announced in a Harrisburg letter that four men are to be called Wednesday morning and 27 on Thursday. Butler county will add 10 workers and Beaver county four more. Names will be printed later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
R. L. Meermans
Cooperative Employment Office
Charles S. Davis
Lieut
Massie
Darrow
Kahahawai
Campbell to Attend Methodist Conference as Erie Delegate
Prothonotary R. M. Campbell will depart tonight for Atlantic City as a reserve delegate to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He will represent the Erie district while Dr. W. A. Womer, elected delegate, cannot go now but hopes to attend later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Campbell
Atlantic City
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Campbell
Erie
W. A. Womer
Woods Block Replaced by Modern Two Story Structure
Fire gutted the Woods Block on April 12 and a two story brick building with future expansion is planned. Bids for razing are being taken and an insurance settlement with the Woods heirs is expected to be finalized soon. A barricade protects pedestrians during demolition as bids and contract are processed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woods
the Woods Heirs
New Castle Boys Take Third in Pittsburgh Music Contest
Arthur Gorman earned third place in trumpet and Henry Wilkinson won third in trombone at the Pittsburgh musical contest as announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Gorman
Henry Wilkinson
Pittsburgh
New Castle
Greek Easter Service Ends Week at St George’s
Holy Week services at St George's Greek Orthodox Church Reynolds Street culminate tomorrow with New Castle's Greek American community joining for its annual Easter celebration. Morning and evening services have run since last Sunday, with Sunday exercises closing the series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George’s
Reynolds Street
New Castle
St. George's
Pirates Reds Game Washed Out By Rain
Pittsburgh April 30 rain washed out the scheduled Pirates Reds baseball game here today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Sino-Jap Peace Parley Resumes After Shanghai Bombing
Tokyo officials said the Shanghai bombing will not halt Sino-Japanese peace talks. Koreans may face trial in Tokyo if involved. Minister Shigemitsu, wounded, could sign from his bed, with possible Japanese envoy to conclude the truce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Shanghai
Japan
Foreign Office
Mamoru Shigemitsu
China
Shigemitsu
Kenkichi Yoshi Sawa
Moriya
County Teachers Attend Rural School Conference at Slippery Rock
Rural school conference and training school demonstrations under County Superintendent J. C. Syling bring several Lawrence county teachers to Slippery Rock. Four county tutors are listed on the program in the elementary training school demonstration room starting at 1 30 this afternoon including Edna Treasure and Bessie Brenner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Syling
Slippery Rock
Teachers Training
Lawrence County
Edna Treasure
Perry Township
Bessie Brenner
Wayne Township
Congressman's frugal flight plan stalls in Senate
In Hollywood on April 30 special to The News Nils Rogers reports a congressman who proposed cutting government aviators salaries failed to pass the bill. Taxpayers see aviators risk life daily while politicians act only every four years. Henry Ford and Hoover discussed a "new eight" with a garden car idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Cal
Henry Ford
Hoover
Mr. Ford
House Wrecks Economy Plan Amid Controversy
Washington April 30 Leaders of the economy movement in the house abandoned hope of deep federal cuts. The house wrecked the 200 million dollar National Economy Program after two months of work. The chamber faced further battles over an army navy merger and veterans benefits as Democrats and Republicans attacked both proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Economy Committee
Senate
Hoover
Army
Conflicting Views On Wet And Dry Result Of Primary
Pennsylvania primary results split the wet and dry debate with Senator Davis winning decisively. Republicans celebrate as a repealist gain while city leaders argue broader factors blurred the outcome and deny a clear shift in public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Davis
Dr. F Herbert Snow Resigns From State Public Service Commission
Harrisburg April 30 Dr F Herbert Snow chief engineer of the public service commission announced his resignation after a long career dating to the commissions 1913 founding. He came from Boston in 1905 as a sanitary engineer and led valuation work for major utilities including Philadelphia Rapid Transit and Scranton Spring Brook Water. He left with the brief remark I am going fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Harrisburg
F. Herbert Snow
Public Service Commission
Commission
Cheir
Boston
State Health Department
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Scranton-Spring Brook
Typhoon Wipes Out Jolo Village. Ships Lose Lives
A typhoon of unprecedented fury today wiped out the village of Jolo on Jolo island and wrecked two ships with at least three lives lost. Three people drowned when the steamship Remedios sank and another steamer was grounded. The typhoon raged, threatening other Jolo villages in the Pangutaran group on the Sulu Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Manila
P. I
Jolo
Remedios
Jolo Island
Philippines
Sulu Sea
Pedestrian Fatally Struck in Sharon Collision
Farrel Pa April 30 William David Baney of Sharon was killed when a truck driven by Harry Rotunno and an auto driven by Jerry Gore Cleveland collided at a street intersection. Baney on the sidewalk was pinned against a pole as the vehicle left the street. both drivers escaped serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Farrel
William David Baney
Sharon
Harry Rotunno
Jerry Gore
Cleveland
Baney
Woman Injured in Two Car Crash Near Scotland Lane
Miss Lillian Ekbloom, 34, of 828 East Washington street, suffered a lacerated lip and jawbone fracture and is hospitalized at Jameson Memorial after a collision at about 11 15 p m near Scotland Lane on the New Castle-New Bedford highway. Her father Charles received a knee cut. Adolph Shaffer and his wife and son were in the other car. no injuries reported. Both cars were badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Ekbloom
East
Washington Street
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Scotland Lane
New Castle
New Bedford
Charles
State Highway Patrol
Ekbloom
Adolph Shaffer
Kiawatha
Youngstown
Arthur
Shaffer
Gilford Named District Game Supervisor
Jay C. Gilford of Lickingville Pa has been appointed district supervisor with headquarters in Oil City. He will oversee Erie Crawford Mercer Venango Forest Clarion Butler Warren and Lawrence counties. An examination for traveling game protector is held in Oil City today with several candidates from New Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay C. Gilford
Lickingville
Oil City
Erie
Crawford
Mercer
Venango
Forest
Clarion
Butler
Warren
Lawrence
Gilford
New Castle
Hoover enjoys weekend fishing retreat at Rapidan
President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover depart the White House with a group of 21 for the Rapidan fishing camp. The weekend will ban all work and open the Blue Ridge Camp for the year, marking his first bout casting indulgence of the season. The party includes members of the White House staff and cabinet aides, with future conferences planned at the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
White House
Rapdan
Blue Ridge Mountain
Rapidan
Death Record James W L Clark and Alvira Welker
James W L Clark aged 74 of Euclid Avenue R D 3 and Alvira J Welker aged 65 of 130 Leisure Avenue are noted in a death record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. L. Clark
Euclid Avenue
R. D
Alvira J. Welker
Leasure Avenue
Darrow Seeks Appeal in Massie Case After Hawaii Verdict
Defense attorney Clarence Darrow, 75, moves to appeal the manslaughter conviction of Lieut. Massie and three others in the Fortescue Massie case. He calls the verdict a travesty on justice while Honolulu braces for sentencing next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrow
Massie
Honolulu
T. H
Fortescue- Massie
Thomas H. Massie
Clarence Darrow
Lieut. Massie
Grace Hubbard Fortescue
Joseph Kahahawai
Thalia Massie
Kahahawai
Navy
Naval Base
Jerry And Snyder Run In Allegheny Mountain Marathon
Frank Jerry and Alfred W. Snyder Jr., both of New Castle, enter the Allegheny Mountain Association senior marathon at Erie, Pennsylvania. Twelve amateurs are registered for the long grind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jerry
Alfred W. Snyder, Jr
New Castle
Erie
Daylight Springs Brings Time for Garden Work and Leisure
The writer notes longer days with daylight extending activities from golf to hiking and car rides. Despite the extra hours, bed comes late as onions are planted and tasks finished. Weather described as wet and stormy with a note of tiredness.
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Dixon Hoste
PA Newc
Offuts
Red Cross
Daily Weather Report
Bandit
Lindy
Assert Curtis
Mystery
Continued
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Methodist
James R. Young
Nils Rogers
Yours
McNaugh: Syndicate. Inc
Williams
Neal International News Service
Sport
Snow
Thomas Massie
Thalia
Grace Fortescue
Hoovers
Virginia Camp
George E. Duano
James Adam
Staf
Jerry and
Snyder
Arthur Memeter
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