State Grange Convention Opens in New Castle
The sixty third annual Pennsylvania State Grange opens in New Castle Tuesday December 10 for a three day meeting with about 2000 grangers from all counties. State Master J Audley Boak will preside as sessions cover fifth and sixth degree exemplifications and numerous initiations.
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Lake Erie
West Virginia
New Castle
Pennsylvania
J. Audey Boak
Boak
Lawrence County
Hauptmann Loses Appeal in Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Bruno Hauptmann failed to gain Supreme Court review to escape the death penalty for the Lindbergh baby murder. The ruling clears the path for his execution in New Jersey, though lawyers vow to continue the battle. An ongoing New Jersey investigation could delay execution.
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Washington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Supreme Court
Lindbergh
High Court
New Jersey
Hauptmann
Hoffman
Honeymoon Cut Short by Husband's Heart Attack
Katherine Meachem's honeymoon ended when Roy J. Freuhauf, 27, Detroit trailer maker and Des Moines branch manager, suffered a heart attack on the trip. Freuhauf was reported recovering in a Des Moines hospital after the engagement to Meachem and prior plans with a Sarnia dentist collapsed.
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Roy J. Freuhauf
Katherine Meachem
Detroit
Miss Meachem
Freuhauf
Chicago
Des Moines
Japan Demands Naval Equality at London Conference
Opening of the London naval conference showed Japan pressing for absolute equality with American and British fleets while the United States and Great Britain signaled conciliatory attitudes. Ambassador Norman H. Davis suggested the U S might concede some favorable changes if Japan would not insist on full parity, aiming to avoid a renewed arms race.
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Great Britain
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Nippon
Washington
Rainbow colored car draws curious crowd in city streets
A rainbow colored car caused curiosity as its owner explained the varied hues came from friends who contributed colors for license plates. Charles Cotton Sr. of Moody Avenue returns from Brookville with a nine point deer. John Hoffmeister and others in the Nonpareil Hunting club report game taken near Sterling Run and Potter County.
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Charles Cotton, Sr
Moody Avenue
Brookville
John Hoffmeister
Sterling Run
Frank Locke
Franklin Avenue
Locke
Chalmers Patterson
Buzz
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending at 9 o clock this morning show a maximum temperature of 50 and a minimum of 44 with precipitation at .39 inches and the river stage at 7 feet. For the 24-hour period ending Sunday morning the maximum was 45 and the minimum 37 with .25 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 4.8 feet.
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Roosevelt Defends Agricultural Policy At Chicago Speech
President Roosevelt defended farm policy at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Chicago. He attacked political profiteers and calamity talk while urging farmers, middlemen, consumers, and politicians to follow the golden rule. He criticized middlemen for driving up city prices relative to farm gains and defended the Canada reciprocal trade agreement.
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International News Service
Chicago
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Washington
Hoover
Frank Knox
AAA
Italy Says It Had No Knowledge Of American Hospital At Dessye
Geneva Dec 9 Italy claimed it had not been informed under international conventions of an American hospital at Dessye. The note, sent via Italian representative M. Bova Scoppa, said Dessye was bombed because commanders viewed it as a troop concentration, not a civilian area.
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Roosevelt Receives Farm Bureau Award at Chicago
Franklin D Roosevelt is presented with the American Farm Bureau Federation annual award for distinguished services to organized agriculture after addressing farmers at the Chicago stockyards. Edward A O Neal, federation president, hands the scroll as the president receives the gold emblem. The award has been given since 1928 to honor contributions to American agriculture.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
American Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O’neal
Federation
O'Neal
County Sportsmen Meet To Discuss Business Tuesday
Members of the Lawrence County Sportsmen's Association will gather at the YMCA on Tuesday evening December 10 at 8 o'clock to discuss business matters.
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Lawrence County Sportsmen’s Association
Death Records for Lawrence County Notables and Residents
A local death notice lists numerous individuals with ages and addresses including Mrs. Alice Roxbury Zelienople. Harry H. Lawrence 67 Lorain Avenue. Mrs. Mary DeGregorio 63 South Mercer Street. Mrs. Amanda Jane Sankey 86 Highland Heights. Ella Adams 64 New Castle R D 3. Hugh Ankrim Martin 85 Washington Township. John P. Lubiniecki 8 Moravia Street. George R. Biddle 59 near Pulaski. Thomas M. Ewing 64 Petersburg Ohio. Mrs. John A. Buckley 61 Dean Block. John Rough 83 Lawrence County Home. Robert Bartley 91 Lawrence County Home. Mary Ellen Duffy 8 months Mercer. Mrs. Luther Serfass 321 North Jefferson Street.
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Alice Roxbury
Zelienople
Harry H. Lawrence
Lorain Avenue
Mary DeGregorio
Mercer Street
Amanda Jane Sankey
Highland Heights
Ella Adams
New Castle R. D
Hugh Ankrim Martin
Washington Township
John P. Lubiniecki
Moravia Street
George R. Biddle
Pulaski
Thomas M. Ewing
Last Chance Offer Presented To Mussolini For Oil Embargo
Paris dispatch reports Mussolini has three days to decide if the League of Nations will ban oil coal and iron shipments to Italy. Premier Laval and Foreign Minister Hoare present a last ditch plan to offer half of Ethiopia as a basis for discussion. If accepted the embargo may be delayed. if refused, Italy faces an economic clash with many nations.
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France
Samuel Hoare
Britain
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League
Rescue flight to Antarctic search ends in crash at Atlanta
A Northrop monoplane carrying a rescue crew for Lincoln Ellsworth’s missing Antarctic expedition crashed at Atlanta airport during takeoff. Pilot Russell W. Thaw and mechanic William Klenke escaped with minor injuries. The plane was en route to Chile to join Ellsworth’s Polar ship Wyatt Earp.
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Lincoln Ellsworth
Antarctic
Northrop
Russell W. Thaw
New York
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William Klenke
Chile
Ellworth
Wyatt Earp
Council Seeks Police Eligibles List From Civil Service
City council in a formal session pressed the civil service commission to provide a list of police eligibles by Friday or show cause for not submitting. Mayor Charles B. Mayne demanded action after examinations held October 21 and subsequent steps, urging discharge of commissioners if needed.
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City Civil Service Commission
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Mayne
Civil Service Board
Davies
Grange Members Guest Welcome in Two Day Sale
Merchants in New Castle join a two day Grange Sale during the Pennsylvania State Grange convention. Over sixty shops will open in the evening Wednesday and Thursday to help grangers with Christmas shopping offering high grade merchandise at legitimate prices while extending local hospitality.
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New Castle
Pennsylvania State Grange
Political Battle In Democratic Ranks On State Relief Head
Harrisburg December nine. Gov. Earle calls a special meeting of the state emergency relief board to address unemployment and determine each county share of direct relief. A clash looms over the appointment to succeed Robert L. Johnson with Edward N. Jones favored by WPA circles facing opposition from organized labor and Lieut. Gov. Kennedy.
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Arthur H. Wakelee
International News Service
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Pennsylvania
State Emergency Relief Board
George H. Earle
Earle
Robert L. Johnson
Johnson
Democratic Party
Edward N. Jones
WPA
Thomas Kennedy
Organized Labor Group
Kennedy
Jones
Six Hurt In Auto Mishap On Butler Avenue
Six persons were injured Sunday noon on Butler avenue between Ray and John streets when a trailer detached from a truck and struck an oncoming car bound for Pittsburgh. In New Castle hospital James Fox of New York City has body bruises and good condition. Howard Burlingame of Olyphant has body bruises and shock with fair condition. Michael Ponanski of Astoria Long Island has body bruises and good condition. Mrs Jennie Donaldson of Bronx facial cuts with good condition. Miss Sarah Jane Donaldson 19 of Phellan Place Bronx New York is listed.
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Ray and
John Streets
Pittsburgh
New Castle Hospital
James Fox
West 44Th Street
New York
Howard Burlingame
Steinecki Street
Olyphant
Lackawan
Stores to Keep Open Evenings in New Castle
New Castle merchants in the downtown area will stay open until 9 p m on December 10 11 and 12 as a courtesy to visiting Pennsylvania Grange members.
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Pennsylvania Grange
New Castle
Two Gunmen Shot To Death In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia a failed armored car heist left two gunmen dead Edward Dee 43 of East Lansdowne and James Kennelly 29 alias Camells of Philadelphia. Henry Arnold Sr 60 and Henry Arnold Jr 37 who ran the armored service shot them with their own weapons. Kennelly died later in Darby and Dee died hours after the shootout. A third assailant’s name was sought after being named in a death bed statement.
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Philadelphia
Edward Dee
East Lansdowne
James Kennelly
Camells
Kennelly
Henry Arnold, Sr
Henry, Jr
Dee
Darby
Footprints May Be Slaying Clue In Witwer Case
Footprints cast near the body of E. D. Witwer, a Denver hunter found fatally wounded in Potter County hills, lead police to seek a suspect. Sheriff Vanderboe said deputies have questioned over 300 people as they match the prints to the killer’s shoe shape.
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Galeton
E. D. Witwer
Denver
Hunter
Potter County
B. L. Vanderboe
Witwer
Small Ohio Mine Forced To Close
Salineville Ohio officials of the Grant Coal company dissolved the firm and closed its mine due to high wage scales. About 75 men were laid off.
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Grant Coal Company
Actress Carmelita Geraghty Injured In Fall
Hollywood police said Carmelita Geraghty was found in a pool of blood at her home and initially feared a slugger attack. She later said she fell from a Davenport while asleep, hitting her head on a sharp footstool and received head injury treatment.
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Dream of Warm Winter Beach Getaway
The narrator muses on escaping cold mornings to palm lined beaches and warm blue surf as a playful daydream. He imagines sun filled days with no storms and a pleasant thirty eight degree warmth in an ideal destination.
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