House Adopts Resolution For Dry Law Repeal
The House approved the Senate’s resolution for repeal of the Prohibition Amendment by a 289 to 121 vote, transferring the repeal fight to 48 states. The measure moves to Secretary of State Stimson for certification to governors after Senate approval last Thursday.
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William
Neal International News Service
Washington
House Today
Senate
Congress
State Stimson
Stimson
Pennsylvania faces call for constitutional convention
Congress moves to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment and Pennsylvania must set up the machinery for a constitutional convention to decide abolition. Lawmakers confront a historic task not seen since 1787 and must agree on procedures and timing for this unprecedented move.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
House of the Senate
General Assembly
Illinois Student Crowned Big Ten Queen at Northwestern Ball
Blanche Waddell of Chicago, a 19 year old from the University of Illinois, won the Big Ten beauty queen title. Judges included Mary Nolan and Ben Bernie. The award was presented at Northwestern's charity ball in Evanston Illinois.
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University of Illinois
Blanche Waddell
Chicago
Mary Nolan
Ben Bernie
Northwestern
Evanston, Ill
Japan Acts To Seize Jehol As League Exit Planned
Tokyo reports a surge of nationalistic support as Japan prepares to quit the League of Nations and press for pacification of Jehol province with 50,000 troops within 24 hours. The move follows a cabinet decision to secede if the League condemns Japan's Manchuria actions.
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Japan
League of Nations
Jehol
Viscount Saito
League Assembly
Manchuria
Foreign Office
Nanking
Chang Hsueh-Liance
Manchukuo
League
Geneva
Zangara Sentenced to Eighty Years in Prison
Giuseppe Zangara, who confessed to four counts of assault with intent to murder President-elect Roosevelt, was sentenced by Judge Collins in Dade County to 80 years. The span marks the remainder of his life behind bars as spectators saw his bravado fade.
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International News Service
Miami
Fla
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Giuseppe Zangara
Collins
Dade County
Zangara
Mr. Roosevelt
Bragadoccio
Judge Collins
Gentleman Jim Corbett Remembered As Man Of Honor And Talent
Beverly Hills notes Jim Corbett known as Gentle man Jim for 25 years through friendship with Fred Stone. He praised Corbett as a skilled boring industry advocate and a gifted actor, saying he would have been a fine lightweight champion if he pursued boxing.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Jim Corbett
Jim
Corbett
Fred Stone
Fred
Post Office Bids Favor American Made Materials
A PA newspaper item notes 12 000 pounds of ice yearly to cool fountains as the post office bids emphasize American growth and manufacture. It recalls a North Hill trolley incident with a protesting mother and crying child and mentions Rosena furnace stack as a city issue.
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Post Office
United States
North Hill
Rosena
Daily Weather Report with U S statistics
Day break report shows 24 hour period ending 9am with max 55 and min 36 and 0.34 inches precipitation and river stage 5.5 feet. Sunday morning period records max 44 and min 18 with no precipitation.
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U. S
Two Die In Midtown Speakeasy Slaying
In a midtown New York speakeasy a bartender Michael Griffin a presumed gangster and a female companion were shot dead. Two men found beaten in another room remain unable to answer questions as investigators search for a motive and clue to the killer.
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International News Service
New York
Michael Griffin
Wounded Chicken Thief Hunted Near Sharon Pennsylvania
A wounded chicken thief is pursued by authorities from Ohio and Pennsylvania after a failed raid on James Haney's chicken coop in Brookfield township. Haney had reported multiple recent thefts and fired at two men over the weekend, injuring one of the robbers who fled with an accomplice.
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International News Service
Sharon
Ohio
Pennsylvania
James Haney
Brookfield Township
Haney
Prisoners In Jail Are Fingerprinted
Earl Denton, fingerprint expert from the state police barracks at Butler, fingerprints about 20 prisoners at the Lawrence county jail who have been held for court. One copy of the records stays with the sheriff and another goes to the state police barracks. photographs of charged or serious crimes are kept on file by Sheriff Johnston.
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Earl Denton
Butler
Lawrence County
Johnston
New Castle Chamber Leaders Back Anti Tax Stance
Vice President H. L. Gordon and secretary-manager A. W. Chilton returned from Harrisburg where they attended the State Chamber of Commerce meeting. The chamber adopted a resolution opposing the one per cent sales tax and discussed business problems.
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H. L. Gordon
A. W. Chilton
New Castle
Pittsburgh Men Die and Suffer Injuries in West Virginia Crash
Fred H. Memhard a Pittsburgh food broker was killed and H R Sweeney a Pittsburgh realtor was seriously injured when their car crashed into a bridge on the National highway at Tridelphia near Wheeling West Virginia today. They were en route to Louisville Kentucky.
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International News Service
Wheeling
W. Va
Fred H. Memhard
Pittsburgh
H. R. Sweeney
Tridelphia
Here
Louisville
Fire crews respond to Box 67 alarm with no blaze found
Firemen from Central and West Side stations answered an 9 oclock alarm near West Washington and Lee Avenue but found no persons at the box and no fire in the area.
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Central
West Side
West Washington and
Lee Avenue
Pinchot Opposed To Salary Cuts
Harrisburg reports Gov Gifford Pinchot backs raising wages to fight depression. He agrees with Chicago manufacturer Philip K Wrigley and has repeatedly opposed wage reductions for state employees.
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Pinchot
International News Service
Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Philip K. Wrigley
Chicago
U S Emerging To Better Times Says Atterbury
General W. W. Atterbury president of the Pennsylvania railroad, said the United States is emerging slowly to better economic conditions after touring the country to study conditions. He planned to return to Philadelphia this week.
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U. S
Atterbury
International News Service
Chicago
America
W. W. Atteruury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
North China Tensions Prompt Marine Guard Setup
Despatches from Peiping report Japan’s decision to renounce the League of Nations and push toward Jehol. American marines and infantrymen brace to protect lives and property as fears mount that Jehol hostilities could ignite North China. T. V. Soong warns North China is a powder magazine. Jehol organizations dispute Japanese claims and press for Jehol’s status to be recognized as Chinese.
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International News Service
Peiping
League of Nations
Jehol
North China
China
T. V. Soong
Manchukuo
Death notices for J R Wylie Kate Martin Charles Magill and Fannie Yaksic
Dr. J R Wylie age 82 of College Hill dies. Mrs. Kate Martin of Greenville dies. Charles Magill age 64 of Howard passes away. Fannie Yaksic age 8 of Mahoning town ship is recorded.
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J. R. Wylie
College Hill
Kate Martin
Greenville
Charles Magill
Howard
Fannie Yaksic
Mahoning Township
Plan Community Fathers And Sons Dinner March 2
Plans were laid for a large community fathers and sons dinner in New Castle on Thursday night, March 2, aiming to attract at least 1000 fathers and their sons. Sponsored by the Boys' Work committee, an offshoot of the YMCA founded father and son movement of 1907, the event unites area churches for a single monster gathering to spotlight the movement. Marcus A Feuchtwanger represents Lawrence county in the effort.
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New Castle
Boys’ Work Committee
Lawrence County
Marcus A. Feuchtwanger
Turner Enters Plea of Guilty in Jealousy Case
Miss Norma E Krause was stabbed and seriously wounded by Norman Turner in a jealous rage at a south side residence. Turner pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and battery with intent to kill and was remanded to the county jail for the March term of criminal court.
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Norma E. Krause
Norman Turner
South Side
New Castle Hospital
Turner
Wallace J. Ewing
John F. Haven
Miss Krause
School Leaders Meet in Pittsburgh on Proposed Code
County Superintendent John C. Syling and Assistant County Superintendent Clare B. Book attend a Southwest Superintendents Association meeting in the new county building. The proposed school code tops discussion as the group plans recommendations for the legislative hearings opening in Harrisburg tomorrow.
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John C. Syling
Clare B. Book
Pittsburgh
Southwest Superintendents’ Association
Harrisburg
No Developments In Robbery Cases
Police say status remains unchanged in the Samuel Levin holdup and the Cudahy Packing Company safe explosion. Investigations continue with no arrests or new leads as officers press for progress.
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Samuel Levin
Cudahy Packing Company
House Education Committee Plans Hearing on School Code
Harrisburg reports the House Committee on Education will hold a public hearing tomorrow afternoon on the proposed new school code. Rep. Thomas B. Wilson of McKean heads the committee and introduced changes affecting state school laws including permissive salary cuts for teachers.
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Committee On Education
International News Service
Harrisburg
House Committee On Education
Thomas B. Wilson
McKean
Seventy Japanese Reported Killed in Jehol Engagements
London reports say seventy Japanese died in clashes with Chinese troops in northern Jehol province over the weekend. Chinese volunteers captured two Japanese positions and one Japanese officer was among the dead.
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Jehol Province
International News Service
London
Jehol
Fire saves invalid mother and three children in center township
An undetermined origin blaze at the Louis Trasport home in Center township, Aliquippa, rescued an invalid mother and her three small children. Mrs Trasport, bedfast with illness, awoke and shouted to her husband who carried the family from the porch roof and then through a broken window. Damage was estimated at 8000 dollars.
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International News Service
Aliquippa
Louis Trasport
Center Township
Nostrum Ads Spark Frustration Over Cold Remedies
A resident critiques nostrums promoted by curbstones and shop signs, claiming none relieve a cold. The author cites neighborly tips and persistent sniffles, noting the weather reports a chilly forty five degrees as the scene context.
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