City council seeks new civil service exam for police
Mayor Charles B Mayne pushed two resolutions after a clash with the old civil service board over records. The council asked the new board to unify October police exams and proposed city payment of candidate expenses if exams were nullified. Davies opposed the first resolution. Hoyland abstained on the second. McGrath is mentioned as incoming mayor.
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Charles B. Mayne
Council
Telly Force
Old Civil Service Board
Mayne
Albert Hoyland
Civil Service Board
Davies
Hoyland
Lst
McGrath
Charles McGrath
New Castle News Briefs and Holiday Notes
New Castle Pa Newc Observes Thursday afternoon on the Diamond Pa Newe observed a horse objecting to truck travel with neighs and kicks. Those who cleaned snow on walks have blessings while neglected ones would hear the weight of silence. New Castle school kiddies enjoy the last of their vacation and county schools stay in session this week. Bagger consolidated schools resume Monday. Shaft New Castle Pa Jan 1 1936. The News Company New Castle Pa So Ree Wear. New Year's sleigh ride recalled as 1986 image shows a sleigh with two occupants in view on New Year's day.
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Diamond
Pa Newe
New Castle
Bagger Consolidated
Shaft
Daily Weather Report for 24 Hour Period
U.S. weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 42 and a minimum of 31 with 0.15 inches of precipitation. River stage stands at 5 feet. For the same date last year the minimum was 20 with no precipitation.
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U.S
Follaw
Mrs Hauptmann Denies Trip Plans Amid Hauptmann Case
Mrs Anna Hauptmann denied reports she booked passage to Germany for herself and her son. She insisted she would remain with Richard Hauptmann, asserting he would not die in the electric chair and that the full truth has not yet been told.
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Mrs. Hauptmann
Trip
International News Service
New York
Anna Hauptmann
Germany
Richard
G O P Plans Radio Reply To Roosevelt
The G O P seeks a national figure with radio appeal to deliver the Republican reply to President Roosevelt s upcoming state of the union message. Roosevelt aims for a night session to reach wide radio audiences, triggering clashes over constitutional duties and media use. Henry P Fletcher, GOP national chairman, secured broadcast time parity with the Democratic side.
Lindberghs Escape Secrecy Ends With Hidden Exit
Charles A Lindbergh his wife and their three year old son Jon left the Adelphi hotel in Liverpool after four days in seclusion. They exited by a back door following a secretive dash from a crowd of press. Their destination remained unknown as they vanished from public view after a brief luncheon hide and seek with American correspondents.
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International News Service
Liverpool
Eng
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jon
Adelphi
United States
Lindbergh's
England
Col. Lindbergh
Gore Assigned Huey Long Seat In Senate Chamber
Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, blinded, was given the desk left by Huey P. Long in the Senate chamber. He requested a front near the dais to hear better, and Secretary Leslie L. Biffle assigned a desk near the aisle.
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International News Service
Washington
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Senate
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Gore
Leslie L. Biffle
Mrs Olive Forbes Injured After Ice Slip
Mrs Olive Forbes aged 56 of R F D No 4 was brought to Jameson Memorial hospital at 7 30 last evening for treatment of a head laceration after slipping on the ice just as she stepped from her home. She was treated and returned home.
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Olive Forbes
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Will Take Bids For Completion Of Volant Road
Harrisburg will open bids on January 17 for the construction of about 1775 feet of concrete road 18 feet wide and 50 feet of bituminous surfaced road 18 feet wide plus a concrete bridge on the New Castle Volant road part of route 614 between East Brook Volant road and the borough line. An earlier mislength placed the road nearly 600 yards from Volant. work is expected to begin once weather allows.
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Harrisburg
Volant
New Castle-Volant Road
State Capitol
W P A Forces To Be Moved From South Mill Street
W P A workers will be relocated from the South Mill Street building to the old post office at Mercer and North streets, per district director J Vale Downie. The move aims to avoid rental costs for vacant federal space and may happen over the January 12 weekend, with related shifts for relief forces and the Wallace Block tenants remaining at South Mill Street.
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Works Progress Administration
South Mill Street
Mercer and
North Streets
J. Vale Downie
W.p.la
W.P.A
Wallace Block
W.B.A
Greer
Mercer Street
Police seek relatives of Visalia man who died
Chief of Police John F. Haven received a request from Coroner Roy Brookes of Visalia California to search for relatives of Clyde Edward Wilson a 27 year old cook who died by his own action recently in Visalia. Wilson is believed to have an uncle and two cousins living in this area.
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John F. Haven
Roy Brookes
Visalia
Calif
Clyde Edward Wilson
Cook
Wilson
Tension Grows As Hauptmann's Execution Nears
In Trenton New Jersey on January 3 1936 as the Hauptmann execution nears all Lindbergh case participants show nerves. The pardon board will meet early next week to consider the plea for mercy and the defense is expected to push a last minute sensational move to avert the electric chair.
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Hauptmann
International News Service
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Forsee
Bronx
Court of Pardons
Atlantic City Hotel Is Burned
A northeast wind fed a blaze that razed the five story 140 room Biltmore hotel on Rhode Island avenue in Atlantic City New Jersey causing about 150000 in damage. Firemen from Atlantic City Pleasantville Ventnor and nearby towns fought the four hour fire. Four people were injured two seriously including a fireman and an assistant hotel engineer as more than 50 guests fled to the street in night clothing. One unidentified woman was hurt slipping on steps.
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International News Service
Atlantic City
WN. J
Biltmore
Rhode Island Avenue
Pleasantville
Ventnor
Grippe Epidemic Claims Arctic Hunters in Greenland
COPENHAGEN Jan 3 Twenty five of the Arctic s greatest seal and bear hunters are among the dead in a grippe epidemic raging during the polar night at Angmagsalik Greenland.
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International News Service
Copenhagen
Arctic
Angmagsalik
Greenland
President Roosevelt to Address Congress Tonight
President Roosevelt will deliver the annual message to Congress in a televised style opening act. Officials expect a large turnout as both chambers convene at noon for the 74th Congress. Admission to the 550 gallery seats is by special tickets issued by the doorkeeper.
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Washington
House Chamber
Wells Bombed in Ethiopian Wells Sasa Baneh Bulale
DESSYE Ethiopia Jan 3 One day after mobilization of all warriors in Harar province for a major offensive was decreed by the emperor Ras Nasibu governor of the province advised that Italian airplanes had bombed the wells at Sasa Baneh and Bulale These water sources are vital to the campaign Continued on pace two
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International News Service
Dessye
Ethiopia
Harar
Ras Nasibu
Sasa Baneh
Bulale
Roundtable Plans Mammoth Club Dinner In New Castle
Civic Club Roundtable in The Castleton outlines a March cathedral dinner uniting Rotary Kiwanis Lions and business and professional women clubs. Ratification from各 clubs pending, committee work to follow with broad service-group participation promised.
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New Castle
Cathedral
Castleton
Civic Club Roundtable
Roundtable
Rotary
Kiwanis
Lions
Gilbert EB. Long
Kiwanis Club
R. L. Boyd
Business and Professionnal Women’s Club
Harold R. McCulloch
Carl E. Paisley
L. C. Mantz
Thomas L. Paden
Long
William D Coban
A. H. Borland
The
Lucille Emery
Alice Huffman
Mary Wilson
Hazel Lightfoot
Boyd
Lenior Business and Professional Women's Club
Harry L. Gormley
Quota
Herbert Smith
Junior Chamber of Commerce
John O. Huston
Phalanx
Congress reconvenes with leaders in Washington meetings
Nation eyes Congress as second session opens with leaders Bertrand Snell and Charles McNary in discussions. Shown with Speaker Joseph Burns and reps William Berlin and Wright Patman, they discuss a revised bonus bill in earnest talks.
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Congress
Washington
Bertrand H. Snell
New York
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
House
Senate
Joseph Burns
Tennessee
William M. Berlin
Pennsylvania
Wright Patman
Texas
Speedy Action On Bonus Seen
NEAL WASHINGTON Jan 3 The United Veterans soldiers bonus bill may become law within 30 days as Congress opens the new session. Senator Clark Vinson and McCormack move to push the measure into the Senate and House with swift inflation features dropped. Roosevelt’s attitude is undisclosed and reports say he may veto but won’t block passage. Inflationists plan a demonstration before the bill is rushed through both houses.
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Washington
United Veterans” Soldiers
Congress
Clark
Missouri
Vinson
Kentucky
McCormack
Massachusetts
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Elevator slides down two floors in Washington incident
Congress opened with a private elevator for House members slipping two floors to the basement. Automatic devices slowed the fall preventing possible fatal drop. On board were Rep. Caroline O'Day of New York and Rep. Scott of California along with several guests. Mario F. Pisari, operator, cited overloading as the cause.
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International News Service
Washington
Congress
Garoline O'Day
New York
Rep
Scott
California
Mario Fpisarini
Three Men Arrested in Major Moonshine Raid
Police headed by Chief John F. Hagen seized two complete moonshine stills with equipment and liquor, a car used to transport liquor, and 125 gallons of finished liquor at 10:45 AM. Arrested are Kenneth Walker, Joe Santo, and Harry Mooney, all held in the city jail. equipment and car taken by sheriff.
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John F. Hagen
Wilmington Avenue
Laurel Avenue
Kenneth Walker
East Main Street
Benson Causes Sensation With Senate Seat Request
Senator Elmer A. Benson of Minnesota startled Senate officials by requesting a seat on the Democratic side. The move was unprecedented in the chamber as Benson’s Farmer-Laborite colleague Shipstead already sits with the Republicans, continuing the party’s past arrangement.
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Internatienal News Service
Washington
Elmer A. Benson
Minnesota
Farmer-Laborite
Senate
Chamber
Shipstead
Death records from Wampum and Ellwood City
Mrs Harriet Wilson Shallenberger 82 of Wampum dies. Lafe Fauvie 35 of Ellwood City, Frank B Bebissimio 53 of Ellwood City, and Mrs Minnie Powell 65 of Ellwood City listed in local death notices. ROD 3.
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Harriet Wilson Shallenberger
Wampum
Lafe Fauvie
Ellwood City
Frank B. Bebissimio
Minnie Powell
Ellwood Rod
Congress Reopens as Roosevelt Plans Night State Visit
The 74th Congress reconvened at noon amid political firework as Vice President Garner and Speaker Burns presided. President Roosevelt arranged an almost unprecedented night address to deliver his annual state of the union to a national radio audience, drawing Republican charges of turning a solemn duty into vaudeville. Galleries were jammed for the opening ceremonies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
State of the Union
Henry FP. Fletcher
Broadcasting Companies
Seventy-Fourth Congress
Garner
Burns
Senate
House
Delaware River Near Flood Stage In Philadelphia
Rain and snow swollen tributaries sent the Delaware River raging five feet above normal in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. Rivermen warned of floods if the 12 hour rain continued as shipping moved cautiously and highways froze traffic.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Slippery Walks Warn Passersby In Toxic Weather
Arthur Mometer cautions pedestrians to tread carefully as ivy mirrors slick sidewalks and curb glass like ice. Old tine creepers hinder walking while a sneaky forecast warns of a thirty five degree day and possible showers from passing autos.
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New Castle, Pa
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Daily Weather Report
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Huey Long
Volant Road
W.P. A
Downie
Eric Friedheim
74Th Congress
Mammoth Club
William
Neal International News Service
City
Benson
Seventy Fourth Congress
William K. Hutchinson
Delaware River
Arthur Mometer
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