Westwood Case Climax as Daughter Sings of Murder
In Pittsburgh on January 15, Bertha Westwood, 20, daughter of Judge James D. Westwood, testified that her sister screamed my father shot her after Martha Westwood was shot in their home. Sophie Schar, Commonwealth witness, recounted Bertha’s frantic statements and the dramatic courtroom scene.
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Sophie Sehar
Bertha
Conternational News Service
Pittsburgh
Bertha Westwood
Justice of the
James d. Westwood
Martha
Westwood
Sophie Schar
Commonwealth
Squire
Largest New Castle lemon draws local attention
A Fairmont avenue resident, Cox, showcases a 12 by 10 inch California lemon sent by Paul Tate, a former New Castle resident now foreman in a California fruit packing plant. The item, among the largest seen here, reflects local ties to the fruit trade and the community’s interest in regional happenings.
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Ldl. Cox
Fairmont Avenue
California
New Castle
Cox
Paul Tate
Osten
Civic Club Roundtable
Artfair
Aso Oe
Lawrence County
Ellwood
Kipling's Condition Shows Slight Improvement
London report says Rudyard Kipling's illness shows slight improvement per hospital bulletin issued at 1 pm. International News Service notes the first change in his condition.
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International News Service
London
Rudyard Kipling
I. m
Tim Drexler Hurt In Crash
Pittsburgh January 15 Constable Tim Drexler once linked to the Westwood murder case was seriously injured in a automobile crash today. The Westwood murder case has been marked by strange deaths among its key figures since Mrs Martha Westwood was killed in July. Continues on page two.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Tim Drexler
Westwood
Drexler
Martha Westwood
Justice of the Peace
James J. Westwood
Two Wives Seek Husband Swap After Divorce Wins
In Reno Nevada two young wives, Desiree Werder and Gladys Burnett, won divorces from Redwood City men and plan to swap husbands once the uproar subsides. Attorney Harry Swanson said both women intend quick remarriages with the other’s husband.
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International News Service
Reno
Nev
Desiree D. Werder
Gladys J. Burnett
William Werder
Redwood City
Cal
Werder
Stanford University
Burnett
Roy EF. Burnett, Jr
Harry Swanson
Daily Werther Report Weather Update
US weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 am show a maximum of 47 and a minimum of 27 with no precipitation and a river stage of 7.7 feet. The same date average records note a high of 28 and a low of 16 with 0.02 inches of precipitation.
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U. S
Early spring sign at Grove City Pa
Grove City Pennsylvania January 15 1923. A living caterpillar found by 12 year old Charles Keck upsets the winter wait and boosts hopes for an early spring. Local weather prophets wrestle with the sign as elders recall a severe winter and predict an early season.
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Grove City
International News Service
Severn
Charles Keck
Girl Awakens From Her Religious Trance in Detroit
An 11 year old girl named Shirley Tapp awoke after a 143 hour religious trance that began at a revival meeting. Doctors call it self hypnotic hysteria, and she described visions of heaven and dead friends including Jimmie Kilgore and Don Gottfried. She said she stood on a cloud and saw God approaching on a white path with a distant well.
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International News Service
Detroit
Shirley
Tapp
God
Heaven
Jimmie Kilgore
Kilgore
Two Children Burn to Death in Ohio House Blaze
In Chauncey, about ten miles northwest of Athens, fire killed Thelma Walton, nine, and Wilma Jeane Walton, two, as their mother Mrs. Frank Walton was critically injured. Their brother Frank, eleven, and Dickie, seven, were rescued by their father. An overheated stove was believed to have caused the blaze.
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International News Service
Athens
Chauncey
Thelma
Wilma Jeane
Frank Walton
Italians Killed in Ethiopian Surprise Attack
Addis Ababa January 15 unofficial reports say Ethiopians under Eins Seyum conducted a surprise attack in the Gheralla area killing 65 Italians in the Italian occupied sector. Ethiopians reportedly lost six men and nine wounded while seizing machine guns rifles and a large food store.
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International
Addis Ababa
Eins Seyum
Gheralla
Bank Directors Named For Year
Stockholders of Citizens National Bank First National Bank of Lawrence County and Union Trust Company of New Castle held their annual elections Tuesday January 14. After meetings directors were organized and officers elected for the coming year with no major personnel changes including an added vice president at Citizens National. Directors were re elected at the Citizens National Bank meeting.
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Citizens National Bank
First National Bank of
Lawrence County
Union Trust Company of
New Castle
Citizens National
Directors Of Rural Schools Meet Tomorrow
Directors of the rural schools in Lawrence County will hold their thirty third annual convention at Bessemer high school Thursday with sessions in the morning and afternoon. Officers are Charles R. Aiken president Miss Mary Walker secretary and Charles S Ferguson treasurer. New officers will be elected in the morning. Speakers include Dr J M Sweeney former Elk County superintendent and Supt C W Lillibridge from McKean County.
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Lawrence County
Bessemer
County Directors’ Association
Charles R. Aiken
Mary Walker
Charles S. Ferguson
J. M. Sweeney
Elk County
Supt
C. W. Lillibridge
McKean County
Coroner's Jury Declares Plane Crash Purely Accidental
In Goodwin Arkansas on January 15 the coroner's jury ruled the American Airlines crash a purely accidental tragedy as rescuers recovered 17 victims from the mangled wreckage.
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International News Service
Goodwin
Ark
American Airlines
Farm Talk
Reprieve Seems Only Hope Left For Hauptmann
Hauptmann faces execution at 8 pm Friday as his lawyers press two last avenues. They plan to appeal to the third circuit in Philadelphia and appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court while Governor Hoffman remains a cautious, unexplained wildcard.
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Hauptmann
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Supreme Court of the United States
J. Warren Davis
Circuit Court
Italian air raids strike three Ethiopian towns
London reports Italian planes attacked Des sye near the emperor's HQ and Amba Bireutu after passing over the capital. Another bombardment on Lakota 60 miles southwest of Mnakele killed ten Ethiopians and injured many with mustard gas as a church was hit in a Dessye report cited by the News-Chronicle.
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International News Service
London
Dessye
Amba Bireutu
Exchange Telegraph
Anele
Somaliland
Lakota
Mnakale
News-Chronicle Today
Priest Named to Diocese Preaching Commission
Sharon Priest reports that Rev. James F Murphy of Sacred Heart church in Sharon was appointed by Bishop John Mark Cannon of the Evie diocese to serve on the diocese preaching commission. The commission will set a schedule of sermon subjects for use by all priests in the diocese.
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International News Service
Sharon
James F .Murphy
Sacred Heart Church
John Mark Cannon
Evie
Charleroi motorists hunt for vandals
Charleroi Pa January 15 life in Belle Vernon was a bust as Chief Prank Cam ino seeks legal action against the culprit. Over 26 car owners reported tires flattened and ignition wires cut by a sharp instrument last night.
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International News Service
Charleroi
Belle Vernon
Motors Didn't Fail Witnesses Declare
GOODWIN Arkansas reports the worst aviation disaster in U S history as 17 people die when an American Airlines plane crashes near the town. Residents describe a loud roar and a night of frantic activity at Frenchs store serving as a makeshift hub for ambulances reporters and volunteers.
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American Airlines
French's
Goodwin
Bonus Bill Will Win Even If Vetoed
International News Service reports a poll showing 64 of 95 senators ready to override a Roosevelt veto on the baby bond compromise bill to pay 3,518,191 World War I veterans. House leaders expected to enact the measure over a potential veto, though the president's decision remained undecided.
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William K. Hutchinson
House
Believe Mother Killed Children in Tragic Act
West Chester Pa Jan 15 A middle aged mother Believed to have become temporarily deranged beat her three children to death with a carpenter pinch bar then tried to hang herself with an electric light cord at her home Police found the eldest Mary Oberle 12 and siblings Joseph Jr 9 and Louise 7 The tragedy was discovered by Dr Leroy Barber the family physician after a call from Sara the mother near death with the cord wound around her neck Police continued investigation on page two.
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International News Service
West Chester
Mary Oberle
Joseph Oberle
Chester County
State Agricultural Extension Association
Joseph Jr
Louise
Leroy Barber
Sara
Roosevelt to veto baby bond bonus, predicts White House
White House circles predicted today that President Roosevelt will veto the baby bond bonus bill. It is conceded the measure may pass over his veto, but Roosevelt is seen as determined due to his campaign stance. A cash balance was pledged before payment, with a deficit growing. He vetoed the prior session's bonus bill.
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CI International News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Treasury
Hauptmann Signs New Document
Bruno Richard Hauptmann signed a new document today in his death cell. its nature was not disclosed but is believed to foreshadow another appeal to the U S Supreme Court. His Washington lawyers Neil Burkinshaw and Nugent Deda visited him to deliver the paper.
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International News
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
United States Supreme Court
Lindbergh
Cal
Mark O. Kimberling
Hauptmann
Washington
Neil Burkinshaw
Nugent Deda
Aged Slayer Hopes Clemency Denied Before Death
New York January 15 Albert H Fish 70 known as a thrill killer seeks clemency from Governor Lehman for the Grace Budd murder. He told his lawyer James Dempsey that being executed would be the supreme thrill. Dempsey argues Fish is insane and aims to delay the sentence.
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Albert H. Fish
Grace Budd
International News Service
New York
Lehman
Fish
James Dempsey
Mother and Daughter Die Escaping Flames in Albany
In Albany on January 15 a 48 year old mother Carrie Baskerville and her 13 year old daughter Rebecca perished after plunging 30 feet while fleeing a blaze on their third floor apartment. Husband Peter Baskerville escaped by exiting through a second story window and traversing the garage roof.
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International News Service
Albany
N. Y
Carrie Baskerville
Rebecca
Peter Baskerville
City of Hambure Disabled Off Newfoundland Coast
The American steamer City of Hambure of the Baltimore line was disabled off Cape Race with nine passengers and a crew of 68 aboard. Wireless messages reported she was slowly under way and hoped to reach St Johns without assistance if weather holds.
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Cinternational News Service
Halifax
N. S&s
City of
St. Johns
Death notices of several residents and relatives
Death notices report Mrs William White 55 Warren 60 Albert George Smith 69 910 East Ses street EB A Ras Hunter 61 1421 Cro ton aeesuet Bernard Nord 60 Bessemer Miss Anna Clark 69 Almira Home Patricia Ann Howell 2 Marion downship.
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William White
Warren
Albert George Smith
East Ses Street
Bernard Nord
Bessemer
Anna Clark
Almira Home
All Aboard Air Lines Plane Crashes Near Goodwin
A Douglas twin motor airliner carrying seventeen people including fourteen passengers, a pilot, co pilot, and a stewardess, crashed shortly after leaving Memphis bound for Little Rock and points west. Rescuers in Goodwin, Ark., near the crash site, recovered multiple bodies as the death toll rose in the worst U.S. aviation disaster to date.
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International News Service
Goodwin
Ark
American Airlines
United States Aviation
Memphis
Little Rock
Points West
Los Angeles
Ed Hurlburt
Page Five
Victims Listed In Arkansas Plane Crash
International News Service reports Memphis officials released the passenger list for the American Airlines crash that killed 14 passengers and three crew members near an Arkansas swamp. Names include W R Dyess Little Rock Robert H McNair Boston Mrs Samuel Horovitz Seba Horovitz J C Cahn Sam Schwartz W S Hardwicke A D Chernus N J Porter H W Plato Charles Altschul Mrs J S Gremillion and crew Miss Perla Gasparini Jerry Marshall Glenn Freeland among others with roles as federal official WPA director and airlines crew.
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Seba David Horovitz
Horovitz
B. Horovitz
J.C. Cahn
Los Angeles
Sam Schwartz
Atantic City
N. J
W. S. Hardwicke
Beardstown
Laredo
Texas
F.C. Hart
New York City
Charles Altschul
J. S. Gremillion
Knoxville
Perla Gasparini
Memphis
Tenn
Jerry Marshall
Fort Worth
Glenn Freeland
These are days for basket tossers at Siwash hardwood
Arthur Mometer recalls days when Siwash boys practice basketball on a court or hall. They learn passing dribbling and shooting with gumption and breaks. The piece notes the effort and the roughness of shin bruises as they endure the weather at forty four today.
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Mio
Jefferson Street
Akostep
Westminster College
Everett C. Applegate
Mrs. Creighton
Mineola
Long Island
Applegate
Kipling
Daily
Werther Report
Tosday
Bessemer High School
Bruno
Supreme Court
James L. Kilgallen
International Mews Service
N.J
Harold G. Hoffman
All America
Patricia Ann Howell
Marion Downship
Air Lines
Arkansas
West Coast
Arthur Mometer
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