States Revenue Drop From Liquor Tax Fight
Gov. Pinchot faces a steep revenue shortfall as the floor tax on pre repeal liquor fails to meet expectations. Only about 13 million may be collected if the act is upheld, with major distillers in Pennsylvania holding most taxable stock. Authorities plan to allocate funds for schools and public works while awaiting court outcomes.
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Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
General Assembly
Leon D. Metzger
Secretary of Revenue
Pennsylvania
Joseph S. Finch & Co
Schenley, Overholt & Co
Broad Ford
Large Distilling Company, Large
Schnader
Commonwealth
Metzger
Department of Revent
Death verdict awaited in Pittsburgh shooting case
News briefs describe a fatal shooting in Pittsburgh with William Richards, 25, facing a death verdict today. A police officer was shot during the incident, while a mother and two children were burned in a separate blaze linked to the report.
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Pittsburgh
Deer
William Richards
Hand Amputated After Milling Accident
Thomas D. McClelland of Mahoni was working on a corn home when his left hand was caught in a machine Wednesday afternoon. The wrist was severed and the injured man was admitted to a hospital for treatment.
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Thomas D. McClerk
Mahoni
Mr. McClelland
Jameson
Thanksgiving service across three churches in unity
Residents of United Presbyterian Epworth Second and Presbyterian churches joined for a joint Thanksgiving worship. Dr. E A spok eand Dr S B Copeland led prayers and readings while Chester P Reynolds directed anthems sung by Miss Russell Rhodes. Offerings supported City Ice plant.
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Ation
Reese
E. A. Spok
United Presbyterian c
Epworth
Presbyterian
S. B. ‘Copeland
J. A
C. K. McGeorge
Uni
Chester P. Reynold
He Russell Rhodes
Oath Taken In Pittsburg Case Recount
Fragmentary notes indicate an oath sworn in Pittsburg related to a petition involving individuals named Thompson Phillips and the Reds. The text is garbled, but references a legal or sworn proceeding and officials issuing a case or order.
Hoover Challenges California Governor Lynchings Attitude
The Monitor denounces Governor Rolph for endorsing lynch law after the San Jose lynching. Hoover counters that no one was killed in Washington and accuses Rolph of misrepresenting facts while defending law and orderly justice.
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The
Monitor
Archdiocese of
San Francisco
San Jose
Rolph
Gov. Rolph
Hoover
Washington
California
Rigid Fight On In Economy Program
Washington reports a congressional clash over the rigid economy plan of Budget Director Lewis Douglas as House appropriations subcommittees prepare for Monday hearings. Backing for Roosevelt remains, but veterans relief, unemployment aid, defense, and ignored public works threaten the plan to hold the budget near 2.6 billion dollars.
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International News Service
Washington
Lewis Douglas
House
Congress
Roosevelt
Douglas
Interior Ickes
Dofiglas
Will Call 300 More Men for Work Monday
Ellwood City projects begin ash walk at Wampum and widen Poland avenue in Bessemer with crews drawn from the local districts. Administrator Round attends a Pittsburgh conference with State Administrator Biddle, joined by local officials, traveling at their own expense.
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Ellwood City
Wampum
Poland Avenue
Bessemer
New Castle
Ellwood
Round
Pittsburgh
Eric H. Biddle
Mayne
Elmer Conner
Davies and
Hoyland
Chamber of Commerce
A. W. Chilton
G. 8. Bennett
Treser Found Not Guilty In City Street Dept Case
A 1933 city council aquittal finds W Stanley Treser not guilty of charges including discharging workers and misusing materials. The hearing cleared him. reinstatement ordered for discharged street department employees and city officials noted the actions.
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W. Stanley Treser
Street Department
Chas. B. Mayne
Gangster Sharkey ends life after kidnapping case trial
The jailed gangster Sharkey, a key Touhy ally in the Jake Factor abduction case, reportedly took his own life while awaiting extradition and facing possible death in the electric chair. Fellow Touhy gang members were acquitted earlier in the federal trial.
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Findis
John “Jake
Chicago
London
Sharkey
Roger Touhy
Gus Schaefer
Eddie McFadden
Touhy
Hamm
Lindbergh
Congress
Elkhorn
Wis
M. M. Joyce
William Scott Stewart
McFadden
Schaefer
Jake the Barber
Touhyites
Joseph B. Keenan
Cook County
Illinois
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Dells Roadhouse
Deaths of the Day in Pittsburgh and New Castle Area
Notices of multiple deaths and funeral details across Pittsburgh and nearby towns, listing names ages and residences, plus interment sites. Included are Margaret McCracken, Louisa Carpenter, R. G. Crevensten, Charles Hopwood, Ostie Hayes, Anna Marie Boak, Carl W. Brand, Thelma Jane Hardy, Elsie Stickle, William Rorh, Charles Es singer, Eli Jordan, Mrs. Price, Angelo Rozzi, Lyda Hollibaugh, Harry Turner, and Mrs. Carr with funeral arrangements and burial sites.
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Margaret A. McCracken
Christian Home For Women
Liverpool Street
Northside
Pittsburgh
H. Samsons
Neville Street
New Castle
Miss McCracken
Clyde McCracken
Northview Avenue
Francis McCracken
Harlansburg Road
Rose Stewart
Anna Belle Stewart
Colcord
W. Va
George W. McCracken
Lawrence County
Thelma Jane
Curtis Hardy
Newport
Sara Leone
William Frank Hardy
Charles Lewis Hardy
Slippery Rock
Elsie Walters Stickle
Elmer Stickle
Pittsburgh Road
Jameson
Dorothy
John
Thomas
Elsie
Evelyn
Margaret Walters
Lyda Kirker
Charles Lusher
Ira D. Walters
Lyda A. Hollibaugh
Lyda Urania Denslow Hollibaugh
Harry Hollibaugh
York Road
Cleveland
Ohio
Hollibaugh
Montrose
Genesee County
Michigan
Ike
Martha Denslow
Reorganized Church of Latterday Saints
Grace Anton
John B. Hollibaugh
Rochester
Carl H. Hollibaugh
Cumberland Avenue
Minnie Rodgers
Ike Denslow
Ed Denslow
Frank Denslow
Tunis Denslow
Weideman, Mich
Book-Leyde Mortuary
Neshannock Avenue
William McCune
Oak Park Mausoleum
Harry C. Turner
East North Street
C. A. McCune
R. A. Ray
Harlansburg
Richard Mellon Taken by Death in 1930s Pay dispute
Financier Richard Mellon dies after a dispute over an $18,951 payment. In his 1930 petition his income is listed as $3,598,931. Among his noted philanthropies is a $3,000,000 church gift to the East Liberty Presbyterian congregation, the building rising on his mother’s birthplace site.
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East Liberty Presbyterian
Deer Hunter Fatally Wounded In Pa Hunting Incident
Clair Howell, 19, of Mt. Pleasant Mills was killed when his rifle discharged as he tripped during a deer drive over Shade Mountain near Middleburg. The death occurred instantly and is reported as the first Hunter fatality of Pennsylvania's deer season. Howell belonged to a large hunting party.
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Clair Howell
Mt. Pleasant Mills
Woods
International News Service
Sunbury
Pennsylvania
Howell
Shade Mountain
Middleburg
Dissolution Petition Filed for Mahoning Trust Co
Alexander Crawford Hoyt president and George A Carpenter secretary filed a dissolution petition in court this morning. A statement attested no liabilities exist. The Mahoning Trust Co once affiliated with First National Bank of Lawrence County and Union Trust Co formerly operated in the Seventh ward. now its business is handled by parent firms.
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The
Mahoning Trust Company
Alexander Crawford Hoyt
George A. Carpenter
First National Bank of
Lawrence County
Union Trust Company
Seventh Ward
Hoyland Heads Council Today in City Hall Action
Albert A. Hoyland presided the council meeting to give Mayor Mayne time for a trip to Pittsburgh. The motion passed to delegate Davies and Genkinger as city representatives at the Washington rehearing on canalization of the Mahoning and Beaver rivers on December 12.
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Albert A. Hoyland
City Hall
C. B. Mayne
Pittsburgh
Mayne
Davies and
Genkinger
Mahoning
Beaver Rivers
Washington, D. C
Education improves many things but not the system itself
A concise remark notes that education yields broad benefits yet leaves the overall system of education unchanged. The quote highlights a paradox about reforms failing to transform structural aspects despite progress in learning outcomes.
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Pinchot
G. Everett Doying
International Mews Service
William A
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Junction
Luden’s
Displa Cripps Hardware CO
East Washinton St
Coats
Wolfe's Smart Shop
East
Washington St
New Castle, Fa
Toyland
Santa
Sears, Roebuck
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New Castle, Pal
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Anna
Ar Somerset
Se Hospital
Poby
Frederick
James I
Versailles
Leve
Count Husker
Ker
Sved Treat Jury
Ice One
Rch
Ird
Albraith
T’s
Iing
Air of
Allen
Ion
Bonn
Robert J. Gawthropter
Marshal
University of Law School
Thomas Jr
Butler
Sam
Cinc Omaha World-Herald
Thompsonittsburgh
Phillips
Reds
Calif
Vicks Va
Bridget
Treser
Louis G. Genkinger
A. A. Hoyland
D. O. Davies
W. T. Burns
Director of
Public Safety
D. C. Davies
Cal Colvin
Finis
Hoover Dam
Colorado River
Tammany
Prohibition
Notre Dame
Louisa E. Carpenter
Josephe E. Carpenter
Gibson Street
Mansfield
Kiam Harlan
Walter Hunt
Margaret Young
Carl Stafler
A. P
E. C. Jordan
Thomas Wardley
Earl Ferree
Gerald Harlan
R. G. Crevensten
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Mary Crevensten
P. A. Flynn
Harry
Florida
Clarence E
Addie
Cleveland, O
Alfred Hill
Steubenville
Charles A. Hopwood
West North Street
John Kellner
Frank Hay
Anna Moser
Rugged Cross
Earl Collins
Oak Park Cemetery
Jesse Kennedy
Dale Arbuthnot
Herbert McCune
Robert Heckert
William Hatchell
Ostie Hayes
Sheridan Road
Poland
Springfield Township
Andrew Myers
Clark Hayes
Hillsville
Anna Marie Book
Herman Presbyterian Church
W. W. Sniff
Madison Avenue Christian Church
Oak Grove Christian Cemetery
Anna Marie Boak
Slippery Rock Township
Orange H
Anna Mary Cleland Boak
Beulah
Bernice
Carl W. Brand
Shenango Township
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Mr. Brand
Henry C
Mahala Frazer Brand
H. E. Turner
United Presbyterian Church
Turner
Thelma Jane Hardy
William Roerh
William Rorh
Petersburg
W. A. Gramlych
J. M
J. A. Knesel
J. M. McKinney
Charles Hinley
Geo. Musser
Charles Essinger
Arlington Avenue
C. W. Johnstone
Central Christian Church
Graceland Cemetery
Charles Gaston
Harry Barber
Robert Linton
Lewis McCleary
Randall Armstrong
Eli Jordan
Jerusalem Lutheran Church
Faui J
Tau
William Morrison
Wil
Price
Margaret Preston Price
David Price
Rose Avenue
Rees T. Williams
First Congregational Church
Griff Lewis
Richard Morris
Charles Strimater
L. M. Baxter
Joseph Cochran
Samuel Ranagh
Lew Preston, Jr
Morley Sweet
Ralph Preston
Angelo Rozzi
Friendship Street
New Castle Hospital
Mr. Rozzi
St. Vitus Church
Order of Sons of Italy
Angelina
Samuel
Mary
Louis
Pred
Joseph
Theresa
Guido
St. Vitus Cemetery
Carr
Mary Carr
Volant
Earl Thompson
Francis Simpson
John Shaw
Thomas Drake
Glen McCracken
Clayton Rudolph
Wendell Allen
Richard Mellon
Smith’s
Mahoning Trust Co
Hoyland Heads Council
Genkinger and Davies
E. M. McCreary
BELL
Monroe Street
Business College
G. E
Lyon
New Castle Business College
Star Meat Market
Home OF Quality
East Long Avenue
Hamburg
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