Volant Robbery Trials Likely In Federal Court
Harold Martin Brest and Harry Logan offered to waive extradition and plead guilty to two bank holdups at Volant Pennsylvania if their trial could be in state court. Arrested after leaving a Boise picture show with $3,000 on them they admitted to authorities involvement in bank robbery, shooting a officer and kidnapping with other eastern crimes noted.
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Boise
Idaho
Harold Martin Brest
Harry Logan
Volant
J. E. Harris
Department of Justice
Pennsylvania
Suit To Enforce Per Capita School Tax May Be Filed
New Castle school board discussed initiating a suit to force payment of the $5 per capita tax. About $59,000 remains unpaid for 1936 from roughly 11,800 taxpayers, including public officials and well-to-do residents. Solicitor Moffatt said judgment would be non exempt. Directors favored proceeding and possible wage garnishment for those refusing to pay.
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New Castle
J. Herbert Mcllvenny
William J. Moffatt
Assumps
Moffatt
McKlvenny
Roy W. Hazen
New Castle Names New Girl Scout Director
Miss Eleanor LeFevre of Cumberland Maryland will assume duties as New Castle’s Girl Scout director starting March 1 at headquarters on 17 South Mercer. She brings six years in Girl Scouting and three years traveling in Pennsylvania to support camps training leaders and running programs.
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Eleanor LeFevre
Cumberland
New Castle
Miss LeFevre
Pennsylvania
Woman Linked to Tim Kidnap Murder Case
Everett authorities intensified the search for the Tim kidnapper after a satin garment was found in the car that carried 10 year old Charles Mattson to the snow bank. Authorities now suspect a female companion aided or accompanied Tim in the crime as the hunt broadens. The car was impounded by federal agents after the body was found near Everett following the theft from Vern Williams.
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International News Service
Everett, Wash
Mattson
Tim
Charles Mattson
G-men
Everett
Vern Williams
Williams
Grand Coulee Dam
Washington
Actress Claire Dodd Reveals Secret Family News
Claire Dodd known privately as Mrs J Milton Strauss confirms she and husband real estate executive John Milton Strauss welcomed a three month old son named John Michael Strauss. The couple, married five years, had kept their family life private until now.
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Hollywood
Claire Dodd
J. Milton Strauss
John Michael Strauss
Miss Dodd
Strauss
Federal grand jury ordered to reconvene over Volant bank robberies
U. S. attorney Charles F. Uhl orders the federal grand jury to reconvene in Pittsburgh to return indictments in the two holdups of the First National Bank of Volant. Harold Brest of Sharon and Harry Logan of Pittsburgh, captured at Boise, Idaho, face federal charges. Brest and Logan offered to plead guilty in state court for harsher penalties but were rejected. They have already been indicted in Erie on kidnapping charges for abducting D. L. Santee at Sharon and transporting him to an unknown location.
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Pittsburgh
U. S
Charles F. Uhl
First National Bank of Volant
Harold Brest
Sharon
Harry Logan
Boise
Idaho
Uhl
Pennsylvania
Erie
D. L. Santee
Unusual Sights and Winter Fires Reported in City
A downtown hotel hosts a quiet checkers gathering as January strains fire crews who logged no alarms since January 4 until last evening. A lemon yellow 1937 West Virginia license plate is spotted, and a morning rainstorm follows a warm night with temperatures near 60.
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Pa Nene
West Virginia
Daily Weather Report for 24 Hour Period Ending 9 A.M.
U.S. weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 61 and a minimum of 30 with 0.33 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 8.3 feet. For the same date last year the highs were 43 and lows 23 with no precipitation reported.
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U. S
Confession In Bathtub Murder Case
Major Green a 33 year old porter confessed after over 24 hours of interrogation to the bathtub murder of Mrs. Mary Harriet Case in her Jackson Heights apartment. He said he entered to wash windows and intended to steal, striking her when she blocked him. fingerprints on the bathroom door tied him to the scene. He faces arraignment in felony court as the grand jury will consider indictment for murder.
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International News Service
New York
Major Green
Porter
Mary Harriet Case
Jackson Heights
Charles P. Sullivan
Queens County
Green
Case
Lancaster
Queens County Grand Jury
Leechburg Police Chief Ends Life With Service Revolver
Leechburg Pa January 14 Police Chief Martin M O Lear shot himself in the head in his home in front of his wife Hulda Campbell O Lear 34 the couple had married in 1932 He had been Leechburg s only officer for eight years and previously worked as a state policeman in Franklin Oil City and at the American Sheet and Tin Plate Vandergrift plant He had complained of not feeling well but was reportedly in good spirits earlier in the evening.
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International News Service
Leechburg
Martin M. O’lear
Hulda Campbell O’lear
Martin
O’lear
Franklin
Oil City
Vandergrift
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Many Flee From Burning Convent
A Rimouski Ursuline monastery housing 160 children aged 8 to 16 and 71 nuns fled a midnight fire of unknown origin that gutted the 1885 building. Neighbors sheltered the children and nuns, with some taking refuge in a new wing. No injuries are reported.
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International News Service
Quebec
Rimouski
Skyliner Crash Triggers Senate Action on Weather Aids
Washington January 14 two killed and 11 injured in skyliner crash spurred two independent moves. Senator Copeland of New York chairing the air-safety committee said it would investigate the Western Air Express skyliner disaster in California and push for a $10,000,000 plan to improve weather reporting and aviation aids.
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Washington
Copeland
New York
Senate Air-Safety Committee
California
Four Thousand National Guards Out In Michigan
Detroit dispatch reports about 4000 Michigan National Guard troops under arms amid auto strikes. About 500 troops left Detroit for Flint where guardsmen would total roughly 2500. Simultaneously 1300 additional troops were mobilized in other cities for possible strike duty.
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Michigan
International News Service
Detroit
Michigan National Guard
Flint
Two Lawrence County men awarded state legislature appointments
Harrisburg announcements list Tad E. Shields of New Bedford as a Senate pastor and holder, while Leo A. Fee of WeW Castle is named assistant sergeant at arms in the House during the current session.
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Lawrence County
Harrisburg
Tad E. Shields
New Bedford
Senate
Leo A. Fee
Wew Castle
Enjoy the fruits of your efforts noted on page sixteen
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Fire roars through Crucible Steel mill in Midland Pa
Flames started by an oil explosion tore through the modern tin plate mill of Crucible Steel in Midland Pennsylvania. The 1100 foot building burned for three hours, causing about $500000 in damage. No serious injuries were reported. Fire departments from Beaver and East Liverpool aided the effort. Cause remains undetermined.
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Midland
Crucible Steel Company
Beaver
East Liverpool
Fire fatal for two Solvay children
Syracuse reports two children, Margaret Spillane aged 12 and William Spillane aged 9, burned to death when a three story wooden apartment house in Solvay, a Syracuse suburb, was destroyed by fire on January 14.
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International News Service
Syracuse
N. Y
Solvay
Margaret Spillane
William Spillane
Four Children Die in Ogdensburg Home Fire
Four children of Mr and Mrs Adama Petelli were smothered to death when a fire swept their home in Ogdensburg New York today. The victims Violet 18 Jean 5 Rita 8 and Martha 3 were trapped in a second floor bedroom as several others were injured and Mrs Petelli suffered severe burns and shock during rescue attempts.
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International News Service
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Adama Petelli
Violet
Jean
Rita
Martha
Boise Officers Forfeit Reward In Kidnapers Case
Boise police who arrested Harold M. Brest and Harry Logan, sought by six men and Pennsylvania state police, will not collect a $2,000 reward. The Boise city ordinance bars officers from receiving rewards for performing public duties.
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Boise
Idaho
Harold M. Brest
Harry Logan
Pennsylvania
Legislature To Meet Pressing Relief Problem By Transfer Of Funds
Harrisburg reports the administration weighs a large highway building program to relieve unemployment and shift funds from direct relief to road construction. Sen Edward J Thompson says the plan seeks more highway funding and federal aid, postponing a detailed relief program to 1937 39.
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Harrisburg
George H Earle
Commonwealth
Edward J. Thompson
Centre Democrat
Joint Legislative Committee On Relief
International News Service
Highways Department
Thompson
Congress
General Assembly
Firing Squad Backed to Halt Kidnappings Editorial
A Franklin Pennsylvania paper editorially endorses a firing squad as a remedy to curb kidnap murders. It argues such punishment could deter kidnappings, deter ransom schemes, and protect homes and children from violent criminals.
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International News Service
Franklin
Today
Mattson
Rebels Bombard Loyalists Near Madrid as Refugees Debate Evacuation
Rebel troops move artillery through the Sierra Guadarrama and bombard loyalist positions near Santa Maria de Almazán while seeking to cut off Madrid. Loyalists strike back amid fog as 37 American refugees in Madrid face evacuation decisions with three agreeing to leave.
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International News Service
Madrid
Guadarrama Mountains
Santa Maria de Alazeda
el Escorial
Sierra Guadarrama
United States
Bessemer Bank Directors Named
Stockholders of the Bessemer State Bank met on Wednesday afternoon and elected directors for the coming year. The directors named were C. A. Stewart, Roy Wallis, Clifford Wallis, P. W. Griffin, Joseph Hannon, William Eakin and Adolph Green. The organization meeting will be held Monday evening, January 18, when officers will be elected.
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Bessemer State Bank
C. A. Stewart
Roy Wallis
Clifford Wallis
P. W. Griffin
Joseph Hannon
William Eakin
Adolph Green
Death Record for Homer S. Resser and Related Notices
Death record notice lists Homer S. Resser age 25 of West Euclid Avenue and mentions William A. Beam of Boardman O Mrs. Leonard Viets of Wheeling West Virginia. No other details provided.
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Homer S. Resser
West Euclid Avenue
William A. Beam
Boardman
Mrs. Leonard ©. Viets
Wheeling W.va
Michigan Governor leads peace talks to end auto strike
Governor Murphy convenes a high level meeting at Lansing with GM executives Knudsen Brown and Smith while National Guard troops restrain Flint. UAW leaders Martin Mortimer and Brophy press for assurances on plant equipment and plant evacuation before negotiations. U.S. Commissioner Dewey attends as observer as talks aim to curtail a widening national economic impact.
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International News Service
Lansing. Mich
National Guard
Flint
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corp
Michigan Capitol
Frank Murphy
William S. Knudsen
Donaldson Brown
John Thomas Smith
General Motors
Homer Martin
Wyndham Mortimer
John Brophy
Committee For Industrial Organization
Auto Union
James F Dewey
United States
Gov. Murphy
Temperature Plunges Across Montana After Snowfall
In Helena Montana on January 14 temperatures fell to 30 to 40 degrees below zero after three inches of new snow. Seven inches of snow in the past week created deep drifts and traffic nearly stopped. Eastern Rockies passes were dangerous and nearly impassable.
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International News Service
Helena
Mont
Montana
Rockies
Alness Day Sniffles Reported Across Distances
The piece notes widespread coughs and colds as residents from Oregon to Maine suffer with weather and illness. Doctors busy, druggists stocked with pills and powders, while the general voice carries a humid, nasal rhythm signaling a chilly day in Alness, with a thirty five reading noted.
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Oregon
Maine
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Canada
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Midland Mill
New York State
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