Start Man Hunt For Slayer Of Indiana Couple
Armed posses hunted highways and byways of Indiana for George Anderson who killed Ben Hance and his wife in revenge for testimony against Gerald Chapman. Police say Anderson, linked to Charles Wolfa, mastermind of bandits, escaped a 50 foot prison wall and vanished toward Yorktown as investigators issue warnings and pursue leads.
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Muncie
Ind
Indiana
George
Anderson
Ben Hance
Gerald Chapman
Connecticut
Charles
Wolfa
Chapman
Hance
Anderson Stier
Tut
Yorktown
Earl Randolph
Robbers with House Safe Escape After $50,000 Loot
Syracuse flash: burglars carry a small house safe and flee with about $50,000 in cash jewels and securities from Albert Sober's residence. Sober, a restaurant man, notified police after the break in. The safe contained $800 in cash $5,000 in jewels and the rest in bonds and mortgages.
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Bulletin
International News Service
Syracuse
N. Y
Albert Sober
Sober
Sobey
A Whimsical Wish for a Seventeen-Seat Car
The narrator longs for a large comfortable car to carry friends as they ride together through village streets. They recall loyal companions who refuse payment for gas and promise to someday own a unique vehicle to haul everyone around through sunny weather and miles traveled.
Lawrence County Receives Gas Tax Share Over 145k
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania gas tax collections for the first half of 1925 totaling 4,657,750.44 with counties receiving 1,478,852.11 for road building. Western counties including Lawrence get 145,493.38, across a fiscal period showing a 24 percent rise in gasoline use over prior years.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Samuel
Lewis
Penn Counties
Allegheny
Clearfield
Elk
Indiana
Jefferson
Lawrence
McKean
Mercer
Venango
Warren
Slander suit filed in Chicago over jewel theft tale
In Chicago a $1,000,000 slander suit is filed by a 25 year old grocery clerk against the Marquise De diannelli widow of a former Italian ambassador to Japan. The clerk claims the Marquise accused him of losing a small fortune in jewels after a party Saturday night and the case centers on alleged jewels involved at her apartment. The suit, reported by Herald Brennan, ties to social circles and a lavish dinner party prior events.
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Elena
CAGO
Chicago
Na Soto
Wea
Marquise de Diannelli
Japan
Alexander Mostey
Drake Hotel
Marquise
Jewel Losary
Herald J. Brennan
Coolidge Retreats From Cares At Family Farm Home
President Coolidge seeks weekend isolation in Plymouth Vermont with his father, to shed government worries for 48 hours. Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot plan to visit Monday to discuss Belgium debt funding. Col John C. Coolidge shows a strong recovery, helping with chores despite illness rumors.
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George E.durno
International News Service
Plymouth
Coolidge
World Affairs
Green Mountains
Belgium
Col
John C. Coolidge
Hhis
Ellingson girl links boyfriend to mother's death case
In San Francisco on August 15 Dorothy Ellingson, 17, testified for her defense that her mother was fatally harmed by Jimmie Lamar. Dr. Pred Clark argued the girl is insane and that her long confession naming Lamar was a ploy for doctors. The jury trial resumes early next week with further defense alienists expected.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Jimmie
Pred Clark
Napr
Jimmie Lamar
Jau Dan Bal
Duke of Abruzzi Band Concert Planned on South Jefferson Street
The Duke of Abruzzi band performed earlier in the News Office, praised as one of the best in the country. A House Savola celebration for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary continued into its second day with aerial salutes. Tonight Sam Di Primio will sing at a concert on South Jefferson Street where band and reception stands are erected.
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Duke of Abruzzi
Simple Service For Mrs. Morgan Funeral
New York reports funeral plans for Mrs. J F Morgan wife of a financier. She died unexpectedly at the Morgan Glen Cove home after a two month illness attributed to lethargic encephalitis but the direct cause was cardiac collapse. Sons Henry and Judy Morgan were aboard the Morgan yacht off New England when news arrived.
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New York
J. F. Morgen
Morgan Clew
Long Island
Morgan Familily
Janis Spencer Morgan
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Glen Cove
Cholera Epidemic Spreads Rapidly in China
Shanghai reports an outbreak with over 1,000 Chinese stricken and about 50 new cases daily. Death rate near 1.2 percent of total cases. No foreign infections reported yet.
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China
International
Serpe Shanghai
Small Boy Hit By A Motorist
John Lewis McCarty of 515 Oak street was struck by a car driven by Joseph F. Daugherty of 1940 South Heights avenue Younstown Ohio this morning. Daugherty tried to avoid the boy but could not. The auto tipped and the fender struck the boy, who was taken to a physician for examination and was not seriously injured.
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John Lewis McCarty
Oak Street
Joseph F. Daugherty
South Heights Avenue
Younstown
Daugherty
Bandits Loot Safe In Miami
Bandits looted the Alton Hotel safe in Miami Head of $1000 in jewelry and $400 cash. They bound and gagged the clerk and drove him to Hollywood 17 miles away, where they released him.
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Miami
Fla
Alton
Miami Head
Hollywood
Here
Refunding One Per Cent Tax Now Under Way
The city treasurer began refunding the one percent school tax discount for taxpayers who paid before July 29 1925. About 1500 dollars total to be rebated with many small sums already collected. Refunds require presenting tax receipts and must be claimed before December 1 1925. May 1 payments are ineligible.
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Ka M. ‘Ramney
Board of Education
Treaaguror
Death of Mrs. Etta Sickafuse at age 45
Obituary note records the death of Mrs. Etta Luella Sickafuse aged 45 of Now Castle R D 4. Also mentioned is Mrs. Sarah Anna Patterson aged 64 of Hichelieu with unclear relation.
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Etta Luella Sickafuse
Castle, R. D
Sarah Anna Patterson
Hichelieu Arenoc
Dr Sara Armstrong Injured In Parkstown Crash At 8:45 A M
Dr Sara Armstrong of the Hamilton Apartments suffers severe head and neck cuts and remains bedridden after an automobile collision at Parkstown Corners on the Youngstown road. F J Ramick of Wilkinsburg faces aggravated assault and battery charges as two cars are wrecked. Ramick, a Westinghouse employee en route to a picnic at Idora Park, Youngstown, was traveling toward New Castle with Dr J J Armstrong. Continued on page two.
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Hamilton Apartments
F. J. Ramick
Wilkinsburg
Parkstown Corners
Youngstown Road
Ramick
Westinghouse Welecting and Manufacturing Company
Westinghouse
Idora Park
Youngstown
Wife Hurrying To Dying Husband Killed In Auto Crash
Passaic N J Aug 16 Mrs Maud Helena Davis Walker wife of noted cartoonist Ryan Walker was killed in an automobile accident near here while rushing to visit her husband in New York hospital She was struck by a car as she was leaving her vehicle to board a train
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Passaic, &. J
New York
Maud Helena Davis Walker
Ryan Walker
Corn on the Cob Delights Town Amid Trash Tease
Garbage workers report heavier cans as corn on the cob arrives in town. Officials note the city is busy and busy again, with residents eating corn and the department working harder than last week.
CANDIDATES IN GRAND RUSH TO FILE PAPERS
Lawrence county voters rush to file petitions for August 18 deadline. About one hundred men and women have entered races for council, justice of the peace, assessor, judge of election and township offices across Ellwood City Wampum Plain Grove New Castle Scott and other areas. The ballot on September 16 will reflect a cross section of the community as filings continue through Tuesday at 6 pm.
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Lawrence County
Arena
J. C. Kennedy
Ellwood City
R. James Robertson
Wampum
R. William Hasitton
Plaingrove
R. J. ©. Allen
Plaingrove Township
R. J. C. Allen
Mrs Edwin F Ladd May Fill Unexpired U S Senate Seat
North Dakota Governor Sorlie may appoint Mrs. Edwin F Ladd widow of the late senator to fill the unexpired term. The move follows debate on the governor’s authority under state law. If seated she would serve until March 4 1927 amid a North Dakota primary in June 1926 with multiple candidates vying for the long term.
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International News Service
Washington
United States Senate
Gentlemens’ Club
Edwin F. Ladd
North Dakota
Sorlie
North
Lada
Curtin Kanes
Senate
Ladd
Lewis Refuses To Comment On Threatening Strike
In Philadelphia Jim John J Lewis president of the United Mine Workers of America said he had nothing to say on the oil strike and would take it easy today and Sunday while maintaining headquarters at the Belleview Stratford hotel among visitors.
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Philadelphia
Jim John J. H Lewis
United Mina Workers of America
Bellevus-Stratford Hotel
Blame Enemies For Burning Of Klans Home In Indiana
Indiana Klan leaders offer a $1000 reward for information on the incendiary fire that destroyed a new 30000 dollar Klan home in INDIANS Pa Investigators pursue four inquiries after a bomb explosion is suspected and a watchman recalls three strangers seen near the building weeks before its dedication set for August 27.
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Indiana
International News Service
Indiana Ku Klux Klan
Thomas N. Robinson
Indiana Klan Farm Association Today
Kisn Association
Klan
Local Klansmen Attend Konklave In Greenville
Thousands of klansmen within 200 miles of Greenville gathered for a sectional konklave and a mammoth parade. Attendees hailed from Crawford, Erie, Butler, Venango, Lawrence and Westmoreland counties. Patrols directed traffic as bands led the procession. New Castle units and about 700 klanswomen were reported. Afternoon speeches followed by fireworks and a burning cross marked the event.
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Greenville
Klac
New Castle
Homecoming Sunday for Eastbrook Churches Observed
Eastbrook churches including Presbyterian United Presbyterian and Methodist plan a Homecoming Sunday on August 23 at 2 p m in the Methodist church. An attractive program of singing and readings has been arranged by the committee in charge. The effort aims to bring former members and friends together for the event.
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Eastbrook
Presbyterian
United Presbyterian
Methodist
Suspension Of Mining Likely In Anthracite Fields
Miners in the Scranton area expect a September first shutdown of mining in the anthracite fields and begin days of preparation for a long idle period. Business feels the impact as talks between operators and unions deteriorate and coal orders surge in advance of possible shortages. Private homes near collieries rush to stockpile fuel ahead of stoppage, while trucks and wagons move constantly to meet demand.
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Scranton
Atlantic City
Belgians Instruct Debt Commission To Reach An Agreement
In Brussels an official said Belgium’s debt commission in Washington was told to reach a settlement with the United States. Belgians insist both war time and postwar debts totaling about 4.9 billion dollars be paid, with rates disputed. The ministry offered one to two and a half percent on debts. the U S seeks two to four percent, but hope remains for a satisfactory settlement.
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Belgian Debt Commission
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