Lawrence Next To Face Trial At State Capital
Lawrence set for trial at Harrisburg September 25 as graft cases unfold. Davie L. Lawrence, Democratic State Chairman and ex secretary, faces the next trial after James P. Kirk and Victor S. Skok were convicted in the bonding conspiracy. Heber H. Temple was acquitted. Temple, a former highway official, had been dismissed in 1947.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Howard W. Hughes
Roy E. Brownmiller
Highways
Commonwealth
Davie L. Lawrence
Earle
Temple
James P. Kirk
Pittsburgh
Victor S. Skok
Kirk
Heber HH. Temple
Toplace Warren van Dyke
Risk Insurance Agency
Pittsburch
John J. Manley Company
Philadelphia
Manex
Am New Trims
Ear
Paper mill bridge removal and road concerns in New Castle
The article notes a 60-foot bridge span torn down within an hour at the paper mill site, with WPA workers filling the millrace to restore crossing. It describes truck delays and urges courteous passing to ease congestion on archways. It also mentions ongoing work on the New Bedford Pulaski road where two bridges were rebuilt last winter and loose stones near approaches risk accidents.
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Bert Dinsmors
Albert Gabriel
WPA
Pa News
New Bedford-Pulaski Road
HUY
New Castle
Daily Weather Report United States Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending at 5 p.m. Sunday show a maximum of 32 and a minimum of 63 with no precipitation and a river stage of 4.3 feet. For the 24-hour period ending at 5 p.m. Saturday, the record shows a maximum of 64 and a minimum of 66.
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United States
Fire Engine And Bus Collide Near Philadelphia
Thirty four injured when a Greyhound bus bound from New York to Washington collided with a fire engine responding to a false alarm on Roosevelt boulevard in North Philadelphia. The bus driver Walter Michella, 32, of Camden, sustained serious injuries and may lose his leg. two firemen were seriously hurt.
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Greyhound
New York
Washington
Roosevelt Boulevard
Polite
Walter Michella
Camden
N. J
Frankford Hospital
Michella
Charles J. Hobson
Joseph Dever
J. T
Letera Loses In Court Decision
Judge Braham rules Robert Letera former New Castle police officer not entitled to reinstatement after long absence from 1933 to 1939. He may apply for a place on the reserve list under civil service rules. costs shift to the city.
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W. Walter Braham
Robert Letera
Pace Force
Letera
Charles MacGrath
Charles B. Mayne
Braham
Supreme Court
New Castile
Civil Service Board
New Castle
AYUY
Teaching Nazi Doctrines Allegedly Pushed At Tampa
Washington reports Dies committee heard Tampa University president Dr John Harvey Sherman state the German counsel-general in New Orleans tried last year to introduce Nazi teachings at the University of Tampa in Tampa Florida. Sherman named Baron Edger Prother Spiegel Von Eund Zupeickelshein as the officer behind the effort and said Tulane President Rufus Harris had voiced complaints this year.
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Washington
Southern University
Dies Committee
New Orleans
University of Tampa
Tampa
Florida
John Harvey Sherman
Tampa University
Baron Edger Protherr Spiegel von Eund Zupeickelshein
Sherman
Rufus Harris
Tulane University
Child recovers after stray bullet to head in Wilmette
Nine year old Joan Schaeffer, struck in the head by a stray bullet two weeks ago, shows signs of recovery. Doctors report the bullet remains lodged but the child seems on the road to recovery as her father expresses joy after taking her home from the hospital.
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Wilmette, I
Joan Schaeffer
Joan
A. M. Schaeffer
Belgium Urges Oslo Signatories to Meet for Peace
Belgium invites Oslo convention signatories to meet in Brussels on Wednesday to examine questions of common interest and issue a joint peace appeal to great powers. King Leopold sent the invitation after the cabinet reviewed the foreign situation. Denmark, Norway and Sweden accepted.
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Belgium
Leopold
Holland
Luxembourg
Hubert Pierloth
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
First Aid Workers Meet This Evening
Culliford chairman of First Aid for Lawrence County chapter American Red Cross has called a meeting for all volunteer first aid workers tonight at 1 o'clock in the chapter rooms on North Beaver Street. Assignment of workers to the New Castle Fair opening Tuesday will be made at this meeting. Buy in New Castle.
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Culliford
Lawrence County
American Red Cross
North Beaver
New Castle
Firefront on Wilmington Avenue Ends With Escape
Early Sunday a police cruiser operator spotted a car ablaze at Wilmington Avenue and Leasure Avenue and fled before firefighters arrived. Fire crews later fought a dump fire on Craven Avenue below Ray Street at 5 35 p m Saturday, burning debris.
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Arly
Cluiser
Wilmington Avenue
Leasure Avenue
Craven Avenue
Ray Street
New CasirLe
East Brook Church Young Married Class Outing
The Young Married People’s class of East Brook Methodist Church will hold a corn roast at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Gook of Lakewood on Tuesday evening at 6 30.
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East Brook
New Castle Fair Opens Noon Tuesday At Fairgrounds
The New Castle Agricultural Association plans a four day fair with cattle shows, needlework, farm products, and a Wild West Rodeo. A Friday public wedding and nightly attractions are expected to draw large crowds, weather permitting, with a three day harness race program and nocturnal events scheduled at the Harlansburg Road grounds.
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New Castle Agricultural Association
Harlansburg Road
Colonel Gatewood
Yodeo
Willy Stary
Paul Wright
Canfield
Fairgrounds
New Castle
Marion man chosen by Eagles as worthy leader
CHICAGO Aug 31 Installation of newly elected officers highlighted the closing session of the Fraternal Order of Eagles convention. John A Abel of Marion Ohio was named grand worthy president with Charles P MecCann Newark New Jersey vice president, Dr A H Maza Winona Minnesota chaplain, John Perry San Francisco secretary, Howard S Hagland Cincinnati Ohio treasurer, Fred Watson San Jose California conductor, and John A Backstraw Fitchburg Massachusetts inside guard.
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Chicago
Order of Eagles
John A. Abel
Marion
Charles Pb. MecCann
Newark
N. J
A. H. Maza
Winona
Minna
John §. Perry
San Francisco
Howard S. Hagland
Cincinnati
Fred Watson
San Jose
Cal
John, A. Backstraw
Fitchburg
Mass
Bus Passenger Fatally Injured on Fifth Avenue Open Deck
New York August 21 a freak accident felled a heavy tree limb during Saturday storms striking an open top deck bus. Frank Goesch 47 died and two other passengers were injured as the limb toppled onto the crowded vehicle.
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New York
Frank Goesch
Fifth Avenue
Goesch
Hitler Not Convinced Of British Attitude
Adolf Hitler told Karl Burckhardt during a Berchtesgaden conference on August 15 that if he believed England and France would block him from eastern Europe he would rather fight them this year than next. The exchange was reported by Burckhardt, a League of Nations commissioner to Danzig, and cited in dispatches to the British government.
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H. AR. Knickerbocker
International News Service
Paris
England
France
Europe
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Berchtesgaden
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Hitler
der Fuehrer
Che
Russo German trade accord shocks alliance prospects
Moscow reports a seven year Russo German trade deal totaling 152 million dollars. Germany buys 72 million dollars of timber oil and minerals over two years, while the Soviets receive 80 million dollars in 5 percent credits for electrical machinery and equipment. The accord, reached after eight months of talks, unsettles plans for a Franco British Soviet alliance against Nazi fascism as Britain weighs a possible second Munich.
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Germany
Reich
Munich
Paris
Neville Chamberlain
Russia
Britain
France
Troops Move in Austria Reported by Witnesses
Vienna dispatch notes large troop movements through the German province of Austria with units including artillery and armored cars, passing north west toward Bratislava the Slovak capital, observed since early morning at half hour intervals. Dewey en route to visit his mother in Owosso Michigan, insisting no political significance to trip.
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New York
Thomas
Dewey
GOP
Owosso
Mich
Paul Lockwood
Motor Police Inaugurate Special Patrol Today
Corporal G. F. Keck announced a special patrol begins today on the Harlansburg road between the city and the Fair Grounds. A World's Fair patrol already covers from the state line to Slippery Rock with increased officers and orders to patrol continually along the corridor amid heavier traffic and New Castle Fair cautions.
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G. F. Keck
Harlansburg Road
Pennsylvania
Ohio State Line
Slippery Rock
Keck
Trath
New Castle
Danzig Crisis Dampens Nazi Germany After Pact
Berlin reports jubilation over the Nazi Soviet trade pact mixed with dismay that neither War saw nor London yields to German pressure on Danzig. Government papers rail at Poland over minority treatment and warn Britain and France Warsaw has lost control as Hitler allies press for a peaceful settlement prospects remain uncertain. BN IN NEW CASTLE
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Berlin
Warsaw
London
Danzig
Reich
Poland
Britain
France
Ministry of Press and Propaganda
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
England
New Castle
Six Bodies Washed Ashore After Rye Beach Tragedy
On Rye beach New Hampshire a yacht party ended in disaster as six people are found dead. The victims include Miss Ethelyn Cutler of Newmarket and her fiance Walter Hargraves both from Newmarket. Ralph Pryor of Dover owned the yacht with other names listed. The incident follows a weekend yachting outing and the bodies were recovered this afternoon.
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Rye
N. H
Rye Beach
Ethelyn Cutler
New~market
Walter Hargraves
Newmarket
Ralph Pryor
Dover
Clarence F. ¥Erton
Joseph Wajariat
Frank Plante
New Brockton
New Castle
Widow Seeks Damages in Dr Swarton Death Case
The widow of Dr Charles G Swarton Ingomar physician who killed himself after shooting a constable and two real estate agents seeking to seize his car filed a suit for 78000 dollars against Peoples Pittsburgh Trust Company and the constable The widow also seeks 1800 for funeral expenses claiming her husband was brutal attacked and beaten by Constable Bailey K Schaefer The shooting occurred at the Ingomar home and followed an attempted sale of an automobile to cover a 280 rent claim The suit was filed by former Attorney General Charles J Muargiotti Meanwhile Sam Brendon president owner of the St Louis Cardinals is reported improving but remains critically injured after a horse accident at a farm near Fenton Missouri
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Charles G. Swarton
Ingomar
Peoples Pittsburgh Trust Company
Sarah W. Stanton
Bailey K. Schaefer
Ben Avon
Fonner
Charles J. Muargiotti
Dr. Stanton
Liintarhacutal News Services
ST. Louis
Sam Brendon
St. Louis Cardinals
St. John's Hospital
Cardinal
Fenton
Motorists Use Perry Highway Faces Traffic Change
Motorists along Perry Highway between Dixie Inn and Mercer faced a buildup as a spur was created for paving work. Some drivers used the road between Portersville and Dixie Inn while it remained closed, driving on new pavement at their own risk. Only the outer lanes were finished with center lane nearing completion by week’s end. Nearby, Portersville saw changes including a deep cut, relocated houses, and a torn down structure at the north end of town.
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Perry
Dixie Inn
Mercer
Portersvile
Ly 12
Portersville
Lie Street
New Castle
Death by own action shocks New York magnate family
Clendenin Ryan, son of Thomas Fortune Ryan, died by gas in his four star Manhattan home. Police cite locked library and sealed windows as evidence of suicide. His 56 year old father, once hospitalised for diabetes, is identified. a business agent and a handyman were affected by the gas.
New Castle official notes petition for bus service
T C Moore, local superintendent, said a Bay Street residents petition requesting bus service has been received and will be considered. He promised to confer with the council on merits of the petition during today’s meeting in New Castle.
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Bay TN
New Castle
Moore
T. C. Moore
New Castle Street
Death notices for Mrs Koletha and Mrs Rosenbaum
Death notices list Mrs Frank M Koletha Sr Huntington Wy Va and Mrs Hannah Rosenbaum age 75 of 1214 South Mill Street with filing date August 21 1959.
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Frank M. Koletha
Huntington
Wy Va
Hannah Rosenbaum
South Mill. Street
Britain Ministers Set to Reaffirm Poland Pact
Britain readies a joint Franco British statement after a cabinet meeting to reaffirm military guarantees to Poland amid Axis threats. Prime Minister Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Halifax reviewed European crisis and Japanese Hong Kong options, with an unchanged government stance.
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Loxdon
Poland
Hitler
Nevile Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Hongkong
Kerensky Marries for Second Time in Quiet Civil Ceremony
Alexander Kerensky, former head of Russia's provisional government, wed Lidia Allen Tritton of Brisbane, Australia, in a quiet civil ceremony at Martin's Creek near Easton, Pennsylvania. Justice Harry Stein officiated on Sunday with Victor Soskin of New York present. The couple had arrived in the U.S. earlier and filed a marriage license, waiting three days as required by state law.
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International News Service
Easton
Alexander Herensky
Russia
Lidia Allen Tritton
Brisbane
Australia
Berensky
Justice of the
Harry Stein
Marlin’s Creek
Seasons Sing Of Kraut And Song Across The Year
A quirky, fragmented verse discusses how each season has its own flavor and mood, from spring greens to autumn leaves. It hints at songs about harvests and even kraut, weaving in misspellings and playful imagery that evoke a faded newspaper verse.
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