Akron Attorney Faces Death Penalty in Arkansas Murder Case
Mark H. Shank of Akron Ohio was found guilty of poisoning Alvin Colley and his wife and two young sons in Saline County Arkansas. The jury sentenced him to death by electric chair after a nine hour deliberation. Shank appeared tearful and relied on his mother for support as the verdict was announced.
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Benton, Ark
Mark H. Shank
Akron
Alvin Colley
Saline County
Shank
Little Rock
Tom Toler
Malvern
Governor Pinchot to urge swift social legislation in assembly
Gov. Gifford Pinchot plans to address the General Assembly to push rapid passage of social legislation along with liquor laws. Republican leaders reportedly intend to adopt some parts of his 13 point program and adjourn by December 22, aiming for a short, inexpensive extraordinary session. The plan includes staying through Friday sessions next week and clearing decks by Christmas.
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Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
General Assembly
Capitol
Pinchit
Daily Weather Report Summary
The 24 hour period ending at 9am shows a maximum temperature of 39 and a minimum of 19 with no precipitation. River stage is 5.4 feet. A year ago the high was 57 degrees.
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U. S
Local Liquor Licenses Move From State Board
With repeal of the eighteenth amendment near, beer retailers prepare whiskey license applications. Beer license holders get whiskey forms. requirements include seating for 50, 500 square feet for restaurants, hotels with ten rooms, and clubs with six months incorporation or ten years existence if unincorporated. State liquor control board to issue licenses. until January 2 stores may sell whiskey freely, after which purchases must come from state stores. State stores’ managers to be chosen by competitive exam. applications via Department of Public Instruction, mail by December 7.
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State Liquor Control Board
Department of Public Instruction
CWA Workers Get First Full Week's Pay
Over two thousand dollars in pay was issued to Civil Works Administration workers today as they began the first full week of wages. The Pittsburgh conference, led by L. B. Round and Eric H. Biddle, outlined plans to rapidly start projects and call more men to work through February 15, with six to seven hundred laborers anticipated by week’s end.
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L. B. Round
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Alexander and
Butler
Eric H. Biddle
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
New Castle
Ellwood City
Wampum
Bessemer
Increase Force at American Can Factory
Seasonal orders have necessitated increasing the forces of the American Can Company. B H Kannenberg, superintendent, says a night shift has started and will be fully staffed within a week. Only former employees are used for the night shift. no new hires are being made.
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B. H. Kannenberg
Hit and Run Driver Leaves Detroit Man Injured
Michael Fabian of Detroit sustained head lacerations and heavy car damage when his vehicle was side swiped at Parkstown Corners on Route 422 at 11 30 pm. State Patrol reports Fabian driving toward the Ohio line when another car struck him, sent his car over a culvert, it overturned and lodged against a telephone pole before the other driver fled.
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Michael Fabian
Marks Avenue
Detroit
Parkstown Corners
Route 422
Jack Cunningham
Fabian
Ohio State Line
New Castle
Staying on the Gold May Force Global Alignment
Beverly Hills dispatch comments on the gold standard crisis as France follows the gold compulsion, shipping millions in gold daily. The writer stresses universal adoption to avoid currency chaos and warns against isolated moves in a global economic scene.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
President backs federal control of stock market reform
President Roosevelt endorsed Senate investigators plan for federal control and supervision of the New York stock market and other exchanges. He urged ready banking and stock reform legislation when Congress convenes January 3 through acting secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. The committee, chaired by Senator Fletcher, aims to protect the public from manipulated values.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
New York
International
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Morgenthau
Fletcher
East Brook man claims early deer catch
Hunters contend the first deer of the season was shot near opening dawn Friday by Frank Patterson of East Brook. Patterson, who left at 3 AM for Venango County, waited in the woods and fired as dawn broke around six, dropping a buck with a short-range shot.
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Frank Patterson
East Brook
Laurel
Patterson
Venango County
Brewers to Put Up Stiff Fight Over New Liquor Codes
Washington reports the administration advances a plan to extend federal control over 11 liquor industry phases. Codes for rectifiers and wholesalers move forward with hearings and a possible retail code under consideration. Brewers resist ongoing regulatory push.
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International News Service
Washington
Miller Killer Verne Miller Slain by Chicago Gangsters
Detroiter Verne C Miller 37 once a South Dakota sheriff and noted criminal was found killed in a ditch here He was allegedly slain by four Chicago gangsters hired to avenge his Chicago murder of Gus Winkler Detectives say Chicago gangsters were tracking Miller since the Kansas City Union Station massacre in June and aim to identify their members Miller's body was claimed by his father Charles Miller and will be sent to White Lake South Dakota
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Verne C. Miller
Mid-West
Chicago
Gus Winkkler
Miller
Department of Justice
Kansas City Union Station
Fred Frahm
South Dakota
Charles Miller
White Lake
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Denver Snow Brings Moisture to Wheat but Claims Lives
A heavy damp snow reaching a foot or more in Colorado brings needed moisture for winter wheat while halting air travel and causing numerous automobile wrecks. A Cheyenne woman died when her car skidded and overturned on an icy highway.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Cheyenne
Wyo
Roosevelt Will End Vacation In Georgia Sunday
President Roosevelt plans to cut short his vacation in Georgia and return to Washington this Sunday. He will resume official duties immediately upon arrival and continue his schedule through the week.
RooseveltVacation Near End In Warm Springs
President Roosevelt sticks to vacation schedule at Warm Springs Georgia with only one business appointment a postponed weekly press conference. Mrs Roosevelt will accompany him back to Washington after Thanksgiving visit. He has been writing a speech for national radio next Wednesday to address the Federal Council of Churches. No indication of a defense of monetary policy.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Washington
Federal Council of Churches
Deer Hunter Is Fatally Wounded
CLEARFIELD Pa Dec 2 The Clearfield district reported one death and one serious injury on opening day of hunting season Ben Davis 42 Nanty Glo died at Clearfield hospital from a pumpkin ball wound believed accidental from a hunting companion near Burnside Isaac Smeltz Strasburg lost part of his right hand when his gun discharged accidentally during the hunt
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Ben Davis
Nanty-Glo
Burnside
Here
Isaac Smeltz
Strasburg
Five Couples Wed In One Day Record In Sharon
Alderman Harry Elliott united five couples in six hours claiming a Sharon marriage record. The brides and grooms crossed from Ohio towns where a declaration of intent law delays matrimony. Funeral services for a Pittsburgh business leader will be Sunday at Mellon mansion with interment in Allegheny cemetery.
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Sharon
Harry Elliott
Elliott
Ohio
Mellon
Pittsburgh
Allegheny Cemetery
Death Claims Two Noted Greensburg Figures
Greensburg Pennsylvania December 2 mourning two prominent locals. George F Graff 69 a hotelman and owner of a wholesale candy house and Brunot Reinholt 73 a veteran jeweler died, hearts attacks believed responsible for both deaths in Westmoreland County business circles.
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Greensburg
Westmoreland County
George F. Graff
Brunot Reinholt
Storm toll rises on Turkish coast after week-long tempest
Reports from Istanbul say a week-long storm along the Black Sea coast has caused extensive damage. Officials report nearly 200 missing and 17 confirmed dead as searches continue for survivors and missing persons.
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Istanbul
Black Sea
Funeral rites for Richard Beatty Mellon Sunday
Pittsburg reports funeral rites for Richard Beatty Mellon, partner in the Mellon financial empire, to be held Sunday. The obsequies follow his death and reflect the prominence of the Mellon family in finance and society.
Miss Regina Sampsell Bags Four Point Buck On First Deer Day
Oil City Pennsylvania reports Miss Regina Sampsell who hunted with license number 1313 and bagged a four point buck on the first day of deer season, shrugging off superstition tied to the number 13.
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Oil City
Regina Sampsell
Miss Sampsell
Pennsylvania
Alleged Robbers Held for Grand Jury Action
Waynesburg Pennsylvania December 2 John McQuiston 26 and Herman Mowery 20 were held for grand jury action on armed robbery charges. Both men from Highland Park Detroit were arrested by Detroit police after authorities traced a license number.
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Waynesburg
John McQuiston
Herman Mowery
Highland Park
Detroit
Fire Rescues Five Children in North Side Tenement Blaze
Seven people including five children were rescued as a fire of undetermined origin swept two north side tenement houses in Pittsburgh. Damage was estimated at 500 dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Waxey Gordon to appeal tax evasion conviction
New York December 2 Waxey Gordon the New York beer baron will appeal his federal court conviction for income tax evasion. He was sentenced to ten years in prison and fined 20000 with 60000 in costs. The government cited Al Capone tactics in securing the verdict on all four counts. Gordon faces Lewisburg or Atlanta federal penitentiaries. His wife cried in court while he showed calm.
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New York
Waxey Gordon
al Capone
Chicago
Atlanta, Ga
Gordon
McCreary Heads New Castle Agricultural Association
A. E. McCreary was elected to lead the New Castle Agricultural Association for the coming year at the directors meeting. He succeeds R. R. McGeorge who declined another term after nine years as director and president. Named with him were Charles E. McGrath as vice president J. L. Burton as treasurer and A. Clyde Sheaf as secretary-manager.
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A. E. McCreary
Neshannock Falls Road
New Castle
A. Clyde Sheaf
The
Agricultural Association
New Castle Fair
Death of Touhy gang member prior to Factor kidnapping trial
Prosecutors in Chicago express concern over Willie Sharkey’s suicide in Ramsey County Jail in St Paul as preparations begin for the trial of four Touhy gang members Roger Touhy Ed McFadden Gus Schaeffer and Albert Kator for the ransom kidnapping of John Factor known as Jake the Barber a wealthy investment promoter Sharkey was the only gang member identified by Factor before his release on a 70000 ransom and seven were indicted in the abduction case
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Chicago
Willie Sharkey
Touhy
John
Jake
Factor
Sharkey
Ramsey County
St. Paul
Roger Touhy
Ed McFadden
Gus Schaeffer
Albert Kator
Prohibition Funeral Rites Hastened By Telegraphs
Acting Secretary of State Phillips announced telegrams to Pennsylvania Ohio and Utah governors urging swift official repeal notification so the eighteenth amendment funeral rites occur the same day as ratification by the required 36 states. The three states poised to void prohibition next Tuesday.
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Washington
Phillips
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Utah
Prohibition
Deaths of W. A. Mark Ida Finkelstein and Others
Obituary notices list W A Mark of Titusville and Ida Finkelstein of Los Angeles with Rev T W Swan of Pittston and Will M Mayberry aged 64 of Slippery Rock R D 3 and Harry H Molta of Pittsburgh among the departed.
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Titusville
Ida Finkelstein
Los Angeles
Calif
T. W. Swan
D. D
Pittston
Will M. Mayberry
Slippery Rock
R. D
Harry H. Molta
Pittsburgh
Wynekoop Held After Bond Denied in Wife Murder Case
Chicago December 2 Earle Wynekoop pacing his county jail cell after bond denial in an accessory charge tied to the operating table murder of his wife Rheta. The widower kept a catalogued list of 50 extramarital loves and planned to investigate the murder if released.
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Chicago
Earle Wynekoop
Rheta
Crews
Shopping guide from Arthur Mometer catalog excerpt
An OCR fragment describes a retail listing by Arthur Mometer offering clothing toys suits roller skates Windsor ties copper plated boots perfumes laces silverware and books of modern jokes. It urges readers to start their shopping now before Christmas Eve with time and price notes.
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