Hoover's 1932 Budget Sent to Congress With Warnings
President Hoover submitted the 1932 budget to Congress warning against new ventures as federal expenses rise to about 3.93 billion dollars for the next year. A planned 180 million dollar treasury deficit would be bridged by economies and about 185 million dollars in foreign interest payments. The one per cent income tax cut is deemed unaffordable amidst the downturn.
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Hoover
Congress
Treasury
Firemen Save Goldfish From Smoke Filled Home
A pet goldfish was first saved from a smoke filled home on Bitter Avenue when firemen responded to Clifford Love’s residence. Mrs Love and a baby were inside and feared a dog and cat perished as smoke spread through all rooms. Water delivery relied on milk containers and booster tank due to lack of nearby water. Linesmen work on a power line between Harlansburg and Plaingrove. The Shenango River freezes as workers use a boat for bridging needs. The piece notes veterans planning toy distribution and a charity game at Taggart Field.
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Clifford Love
Bitter Avenue
Love Home
Shenango
Daily Weather Report from U S Weather Bureau
Daily weather statistics show a maximum 28 and minimum 11 with no precipitation. River stage noted at 47 feet as of 9 am.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Congress Day as Ever Declared by Senator Shepherd
Washington December 3 Senator Shepherd of Texas says Congress remains dry with no change to the Volstead Act. He counters a new wet drive for four percent beer and wine, while Senator Bingham of Connecticut proposes a 4 percent alcohol limit for beer and wine. Mitchell seeks 2 million dollars for 500 agents to push prohibition, facing opposition from Rep Linthicum who vows to oppose the request.
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International News Service
Washington
Congress
Bingham
Conn
Mitchell
Rep. Linthicum
Maryland
Fund Committee Seeks Basis To Oust Davis In Senate
Nye campaign fund committee pursues fraud or corruption evidence to challenge James J. Davis, now Pennsylvania’s junior senator, amid disclosures of $368,962 spent for Davis and Brown and unreported sums. Senate unlikely to unseat Davis without proven misconduct.
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Nye
Senator Davis
Senate
Davis
Ertational News Service
Washington
James J. Davis
Secretary of Labor
Pennsylvania
Nye Campaign Fund Committee
North Dakota
Committee
Brown
Ford Edison Visit Stirs Pittsburgh Family Reunion
Henry Ford and Thomas Edison arrived in Pittsburgh today with Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Edison to attend a family reunion. They traveled aboard Ford’s private car Fair Law from East Orange New Jersey and later went to a relative’s home, the identity kept private.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
America
Edison
Ford
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fair Law
East Orange
N. J
Price Of Steel Bars Raised By Carnegie Steel
Carnegie Steel increases prices on bars plates and shapes by one dollar per ton for the first quarter of 1931 raising mem charge to 1.65 dollars per pound. The move is seen as signaling optimism in the iron and steel trade and affects deliveries in Pittsburgh and beyond.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Steel Company Today
Reno Divorces Spark State Recognition Debate
A Beverly Hills message notes New York's nonrecognition of Reno divorces may trigger social shifts. It jokes about returning to former spouses, losing alimony, and even Reno becoming a sheep ranch if such recognition spreads.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
New York
Reno
Big Delegation Set for National Rivers and Harbors Meet
A large Beaver Mahoning and Shenango valleys delegation plans to travel to Washington for the National Rivers and Harbors Congress sessions on December 9 and 10. New Castle will send eight. Youngstown already has 30. organizers aim for about 100 voices from Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio to back canalization and push for completion under the Congress advisory role.
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Beaver
Mahoning
Shenango
Washington, D. C
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
New Castle
Youngstown
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Congress
United States Con
British Warship Aids Grounded Swedish Schooner Hedvig
The British ship Stormcloud races through heavy seas toward Pratas Island near Hong Kong to rescue fourteen men aboard the grounded Swedish auxiliary schooner Hedvig. The vessel reportedly struck reefs, with salvage prospects described as uncertain.
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International News Service
Shanghai
Stormcloud
Pratas Island
Hongkong
Hedvig
Five Held in Death of Arlene Draves in Gary
Prosecution seeks the death penalty for five youths held in Gary Indiana over the death of 18 year old Arlene Draves at a drinking party. The defendants include three married men from prominent Gary families.
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Gary
Ind
Arlene Draves
Woman flier decries publicity stunt hint
Mrs J M Keith Miller Australian woman flier and her business associate Captain W N Lancaster were due in Miami with the monoplane she landed on Andros Island Bahamas after becoming lost last Friday They were expected to depart Andros Island this morning for a flight to Miami backed by John Liggett of Pittsburgh who backed the Pittsburgh Havana Pittsburgh route
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International News Service
Miami
Fila
J. M Keith-Miller
W. N. Lancaster
Keith-Miller
Andros Island
Bahamas
Nassau
John Liggett
Pittsburgh
Lancaster
Mango Bay
Australian aviatrix Keith Miller relief flight heads to Andros
A second relief expedition for Mrs J M Keith Miller started from Miami in support of her 16 mile hike to Mango Bay on Andros Island Bahamas. John Liggett, backer of the Pittsburgh to Havana flight, joined in with pilot Donald Vandewater.
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Miami
Fla
J. M. Keith- Miller
John Liggett
Pittsburgh
Plane Victim Buried Tuesday at Westminster College
More than 400 mourners filled the Methodist church in New Wilmington to honor Fleming Comstock a Westminster College junior who died in an Edinburg area plane crash Saturday. The service featured Westminster College quartet readings by President W Charles Wallace and a Bible prayer by Dr R J Love followed by a sermon by Rev S Bartlett.
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New Wilmington
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fleming Comstock
Westminster College
Edinburg
College
William Frack
Homer Dishong
Thomas Grenfell
William McMunn
W. Charles Wallace
R. J. Love
Department of Bible
Collect
S. Barlett
Arthur Barlett
Women Held Captive By Bandits Reach Safe Arrival
Mrs H D Heyward of Seattle and Miss E Gomersall, British nurse, were freed and arrived safely at Paotowchen in Kansu province after being held for ransom by bandits who seized them last week while en route to Peiping for hospital treatment.
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International News Service
Peiping
H. D. Heyward
Seattle
E&. Gomersall
Paotowchen
Kansu
Hayward
Death Record for Charles Frederick Connerly
Charles Frederick Connerly is recorded as deceased. The notice lists residence at 220 Englewood Avenue and provides personal identifiers common to a obituary notice.
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Charles Frederick Connerly
Months
Englewood Avenue
Washington Man Victim Of Fumes
Charles E. Gallagher a 62 year old man was found dead in the garage behind his Washington Pennsylvania home with the car engine running. Authorities believe carbon monoxide fumes caused his death and his wife discovered the body after his prolonged absence.
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International News Service
Washington
Charles E. Gallagher
Gallagher
Boost Public Building Aid in $60 Million Package
The House Appropriations Committee proposed increasing the annual public building appropriation from 48 million to 60 million dollars in the treasury post office supply bill. With existing funds, the total for 20 months to June 30, 1932 reaches 132.558 million for public buildings, plus 725 thousand to hire outside architects.
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International News Service
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury-Post Office
House
Treasury
Congress Likely To Direct Large Relief Fund Spending
Washington reports indicate both parties back a hefty unemployment relief fund but differ on control. Hoover seeks 100 to 150 million for public works over six months under cabinet direction, while Democratic and many Republicans want explicit congressional appropriation and oversight.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Mr Hoover
Wilson
Two Injured As Trains Collide Near Sheffield
Two people were injured when two trains collided near Sheffield. Emergency crews responded to the scene and transported the injured to a local hospital for treatment. Authorities opened an investigation into the cause of the collision.
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Sheffield
Terrific Crash At Renovo Trains Telescoped In Pennsylvania
Fireman and engineer injured as W-4 freight crashes into W-2 near Sheffield Pennsylvania. William Sechrist of Warren and W T Shenk of Erie sustained crushed ribs and severe head and body injuries respectively. Locomotives wrecked. crews escaped. Traffic halted as wreckage blocks road.
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International News Service
Sheffield
Pennsylvania Railroad
Erie
Renovo
William Sechrist
Warren
W. T. Shenk
Sechrist
Shenk
Shhenk
Rupert Carlson
Carlson
Two Indicted on Charge of Murder in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia grand jury indicted Mrs Clare Grace Prophet and her brother Harold Williams for the murder of William F Prophet. They face separate manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter counts. prosecutors say they plotted the killing and confessed to police that nagging was a motive. The defendants will be arraigned and trial dates set soon. Dr J S Love attended a church gathering in the city last night.
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International News Servicer
Philadelphia
Clare Grace Prophet
Harold Williams
William F Prophet
Ternoon
John Monaghan
J. S. Love
Westminster College Department of Bible
First Presbyterian Church
New Castle PS E A Elects Sarah McCune President
The New Castle Branch of the Pennsylvania State Education Association elected Sarah Sankey McCune president for the coming year, succeeding Dr. C C Green. Miss M Edythe Dunlap Franklin Junior High was named vice president, Anna Dodds secretary, and Norman P Nelson treasurer. Auditors are Guy L Raney and William Wallace. Delegates chosen for the Williamsport convention include Dr C C Green and several teachers.
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New Castle
Pennsylvania State Educational Association
Sarah Sankey McCune
C. C. Green
M. Edythe Dunlap
Franklin Junior High School
Anna Dodds
Oakstreet
Norman P. Nelson
Semior
Guy L. Raney
W. N Aiken School
William Wallace
Lincoln-Garfield School
Publisher Found Burned To Death In New York
Cortland A Young a wealthy magazine publisher was found burned to death in his seventh floor apartment at 110 West 55th Street New York Police said the fire was not large but the body showed signs puzzling detectives an autopsy was expected and investigators pursued mysterious details related to the tragedy.
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Cortland A. Young
New York
Cortland
West 55Th Street
Younet
Monpinez
Delay Action On Bessemer Gas Company Plea
Hearing on the Bessemer Natural Gas Company application for incorporation to serve Bessemer and Hillsville in Mahoning township was continued one week at the request of Manufacturers Light & Heat. Counsel for Manufacturers protested lack of notice and sought time to prepare arguments. the hearing was extended by mutual agreement until one week from the original date.
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Pittsburgh
Bessemer Natural Gas Company
Bessemer
Hillsville
Mahoning Township
Lawrence County
Ray Shelby
Manufacturers’ Light & Heat Company
Bessemer Company
Shelby
Toyland Parade Lights a Birthday Forty One Joys
Arthur Mometer tours toy shops and recalls past grief as he revisits childhood delights. He plays a toy piano and horn, winds engines and drums, and aged men become kids again in toyland. The annual display rekindles laughter as families explore gadgets and speeds on the kitchen floor.
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Toyland
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