John H Lamb Retires As Active Bank President
At the Citizens National Bank annual meeting on January 11, John H Lamb ended his 11 year presidency and became chairman of the board. George R Balph was named president, returning from executive vice president duties and Lamb remains a long time associate of about 40 years. The bank, organized in 1891 by Thomas W Phillips Sr, has roots in New Castle and Franklin, Pa.
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Citizens National Bank
John H. Lamb
George R. Balph
Balph
Lamb
Thomas W. Phillips
New Castle
Franklin
Slippery Wilmington Avenue Curve Catches Drivers
Pa Newc Observes reports a slick curve where Wilmington avenue meets North Jefferson street causing frequent skids in icy winter conditions. East Side youths stage a snowball battle in Jackson Park with accurate throws including direct hits. A parking meter glass is broken on East Washington street. Citizens discuss flooding Dean Park for skating spaces. Mayor McGrath says traffic court hearings will be held twice weekly at city hall.
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North
Jefferson Street
Jackson Park
Walter Johnson
East Washington Street
East Side
Dean Park
Charles E. McGrath
City Hall
Daily Weather Report Highlights Temperatures and Rain
U S weather reports for the 24 hour period ending at 9 this morning show a maximum of 37 and minimum of 28 with 0.02 inches precipitation and snow. River stage is 6.3 feet. Year ago the high was 32 and the low 24 with trace precipitation.
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U. S
Pinchot Campaign Leaders Named for Governor Bid
Former Gov. Gifford Pinchot filed his campaign leadership with the state elections bureau. Campaign manager is P Stephen Stahlecker, former public service commissioner and secretary during two terms. Campaign treasurer is T W Rogers, a Philadelphia certified public accountant.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
State Elections Bureau
Pinchot
P. Stephen Stahlecker
Public Service
T. W. Rogers
Philadelphia
Engineer Burns In Pennsylvania Rail Explosion
Charles M. Thompson of 921 Marshall Avenue, New Castle, critically burned after a boiler explosion on Pennsy freight train GL-1 near Ravenna Ohio. Fireman John C. Hull escaped serious injuries as Thompson halted the locomotive. company surgeons say he has a chance of recovery.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
South Side
Youngstown Hospital
Ravenna
Charles M. Thompson
Marshall Avenue
Pennsy
Cleveland
Thompson
John C. Hull
Vienna, O
Hough Avenue
Youngstown
Erie & Ashtabula
Hall
Republicans Will Meet At Oil City
G O P leaders from 11 north western Pennsylvania counties adjourned after a two hour session in Brookville to reconvene January 25 at the Oil City Country club. W K Borland of Oil City who heads the Northwestern Pennsylvania Republican association led the talks which floated a possible Pinchot for governor and Wolfenden for lieutenant governor though no decision was reached.
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International News Service
Brookville
Pennsylvania
Oil City Country Club
W. K. Borland
Oil City
Northwestern Pennsylvania Republican Association
Gifford Pinchot
Gilbert Wolfenden
Jefferson- Indiana
Lewis And Moses Hold Informal Conference On SWOC Contract
New York January 12 reports say John L. Lewis CIO leader met with Tom Moses United States Steel vice president. The meeting described as a preliminary, informal discussion about a possible renewal of the SWOC contract set to expire March 1. Formal talks are not to begin until February 7.
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International News Service
New York
John L. Lewis
CIO
Tom Moses
United States Steel Corporation
SWOC
Lewis
Moses
John
Tom
South Side Board of Trade Banquet Honors Community Spirit
South Side Board of Trade members met at Central Christian church on East Long and Pennsylvan ia avenues for their annual banquet and officer elections. About 50 attended. Rev. Thomas B. Shearer spoke on community spirit, noting local downtrodden, and City conditions. Mayor Charles McGrath urged cooperation and confidence.
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South Side Board of Trade
Central Christian Church
Pennsylvania
East Long Avenues
Harry Clark
Thomas B. Shearer
New Castle
Shearer
South Side
Clark
Charles McGrath
Will Shoot Dogs Not Kept Tied Up
Mayor Charles E. McGrath and Police Chief Ralph A. Criswell ordered dog owners to keep pets tied or risk being shot. The order follows rabies scares and dog attacks. State Agent Goehring was due to assist. Police mobilized, armed with shotguns, to remove dogs at large and protect residents.
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Charles E. McGrath
Ralph A. Criswell
Goehring
State Department of Animal Husbandry
McGrath
John G. Shutts
Lathrop Street
Red Cross Leader Speaks on Safety at Lions Luncheon
W E Longfellow assistant director of first aid and lifesaving for the American Red Cross gave the luncheon talk on Safety and First Aid to Lions Club members yesterday. He also addressed senior high students this morning on the same topic.
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W. E. Longfellow
American Red Cross
Lions Club
Red Cross Lawrence County Chapter Defers Secretary Election
The Lawrence County Chapter of the American Red Cross deferred the secretary’s election until next month at its executive committee meeting on South Mercer Street. A Roll Call report for November showed 3,100 memberships and $4,200 in receipts, noted as good given current business conditions. Chairman Harry Culliford of the first aid committee reported progress.
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Lawrence County
American Red Cross
South Mercer Street
Harry Culliford
First Aid Committee
Teacher's Father Dies In Indiana
Timothy D. Calvin father of Miss Elsie F. Calvin a senior high school faculty member died in Nashville Indiana at 1 o'clock this morning Miss Calvin left for her father's home Sunday evening upon learning he was critically ill Funeral services are set for Friday January 14 at 2 pm in Nashville Surviving family includes two other daughters in Akron and Boston and four sons in Akron Boston and Indiana
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Timothy D. Calvin
Elsie F. Calvin
Nashville
Ind
Calvin
Akron
Boston
Indiana
Death Notices for Several Seniors Listed in Ohio Area
Mrs. Ann Jane Bright age 89 of 15106 Hanna street. Thomas Wilson Duff Mayberry age 80 of Struthers. Mrs. Harriet Agnes Hook Book age 78 of Wampum. James Harvey Moser age 70 of Oakland township Butler county.
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Ann Jane Bright
Hanna Street
Thomas Wilson Duff Mayberry
Struthers
Harriet Agnes Hook Book
Wampum
James Harvey Moser
Oakland Township
Butler County
Justice Maxey Withdraws from Governorship Race
Philadelphia Jan 12 State Supreme Court Justice George W Maxey drops from consideration for governor leaving Superior Court Judge Arthur H James as the favored Republican rival to Gifford Pinchot. Maxey says he will not run and will finish his 14 year term.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
George W. Maxey
Superior Court
Arthur H. James
Gifford Pinchot
Maxey
Yacht murder inquiry nets suspect Musa Shalabi
In Miami a hunter for Musa Shalabi, Arabian suspect in the yacht murder of Arthur Lawrence, was seized aboard a bus from Miami to Atlanta. Lawrence, 42, was found on The Scouter aboard with three bullets. Authorities traced Shalabi to Havana and Miami, with terror and a grim crime scene noted on the yacht.
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Hunt
International News Service
Jacksonville
Fila
Musa Shalabi
Miami
Arthur Lawrence
Atlanta
Fla
Lawrence
Shalabi
Scouter
Havana
Cincinnati
West Indies
Clairton Youth Loses Leg in Auto Crash
Clairton Pa January 12 Victor Marquard 28 of Clairton son of Frank F Marquard superintendent at Carnegie Illinois Steel was seriously injured today when his car was pinned between two automobiles on Route 51 past McKeesport He was driving when his auto nearly collided with a car driven by Rudy Mixie of Carrick and lost his left leg above the knee.
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Clairton
Victor Marquard
Frank F. Marquard
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Marquard
Route 51
McKeesport
Rudy Mixie
Carrick
Sechler Announces Candidacy for Pennsylvania Governor
Philadelphia attorney and former deputy attorney general Jay W. Sechler said he will seek the Republican nomination for governor in the May primary. He plans a formal announcement tomorrow afternoon and would oppose incumbent Gifford Pinchot, who has served two terms. Sechler finished eighth in the 1934 gubernatorial race.
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Philadelphia
Jay W. Sechler
Pennsylvania
Sechler
Gifford Pinchot
Japanese Charge Nations Aid China
Shanghai reports Nipponese authorities claim three thousand American and German trucks are being assembled at Hong Kong for delivery to Chinese forces resisting Japan. They also say half a million tons of munitions have moved from Hong Kong to Canton along a new highway.
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Nternational News Service
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Japan
Canton
Nippon
China
Drunken Woman Drivers Hear Stiff Local Penalties
In Pittsburgh on January 12 visiting judges imposed sentences for drunk driving. Margaret Pringle, 50, Turtle Creek, was fined 200 dollars and sent to the workhouse for three months. Harriet Joyce, 42, was fined 100 dollars and placed on one year parole.
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International
Pittsburgh
Margaret Pringle
Turtle Creek
C. M. Culver
Bradford County
Harriet J. Joyce
Huntingdon County
C. D. Fetterhoff
Court term cancelled for next week by President Judge
Early today Judge Waller Braham ordered the cancellation of the civil court session scheduled for next week. Sheriff Ingham was directed to notify all jurors summoned for that week not to appear.
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W. Waller Braham
M. M. Ingham
Name Donaldson For Four Months
District Attorney John G. Lamoree named LeRoy K. Donaldson as assistant district attorney for four months. The appointment, signed by President Judge W. Walter Braham and Judge Thomas W. Dickey, follows Donaldson’s four years with the office and prior work with Attorney Mont L. Riley. He begins duties immediately as two criminal courts operate, providing interim support at sessions and between terms.
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John G. Lamoree
Leroy K. Donaldson
W. Walter Braham
Thomas W. Dickey
Donaldson
Attottorney
Lamoree
Mont L. Riley
Lawrence County
Ailey
Reno
Reno Divorce Nullified by Ohio Court
In Lisbon Ohio January 12 a Nevada divorce was voided after the court found Mrs Elsie Mahan of East Liverpool failed to prove permanent Nevada residence when she sued her husband George W Scott. Judge Homer W Hammond set aside the decree and overruled custody motion for the couple’s minor children.
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International News Service
Lisbon
Reno
Mecca
Nevada
Homer W. Hammond
Elsie Mahan
East Liverpool
Pacific Clipper Missing Amid Hope For Safe Return
Pan American officials disclosed the Samoan Clipper passed over Apia harbor while trying to return to its Samoan base after an oil leak. The missing 19 ton flying boat carried seven crew members under Captain Edwin C. Musick as officials await news of a possible safe landing in the Pacific.
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San Francisco
Apia Harbor
Pago Pago
Pacific
South Pacific
Samoa
Pan American Airways
PAA
Edwin C. Musick
Musick
Woman Killed As Autos Crash In Springfield New Jersey
One Pennsylvania woman dies and three others are injured in a collision of two automobiles in Springfield New Jersey. Mrs Laura Dieffendefer of Reading Pennsylvania is dead. Injured are Francis Dieffendefer her husband Ralph Feldser of Harrisburg Pennsylvania and Florence Hewitt of Union New Jersey.
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International News Service
Springfield
N. J
Pennsylvania
Laura R. Dieffendefer
Reading
Francis Dieffendefer
Ralph Feldser
Harrisburg
Florence Hewitt
Union
Skater Arthur Memeter’s decline after old glory
In days past Arthur Memeter wowed the skating world with grace and speed. Now he laments a fall from fame after a local race where he ended with a broken leg and a fondness for horses, noting the weather still holds at around thirty eight.
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