New Promise Heat Relief Is Headed East
A cool air mass from the north Pacific and advancing rain fingers moved east from the drouth belt. Temperatures fell from 104 to 74 at Winnipeg and relief was forecast for the Dakotas Minnesota and surrounding states today with further drops expected across Iowa Wisconsin Missouri Kansas Illinois Indiana Michigan by tomorrow.
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New Promise Heat Relief
International News Service
Chicago
North Pacific Ocean
Winnipeg
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Dakotas
Nebraska
J. R. Lloyd
Lloyd
Iowa
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kansas
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Respite For One Widow Death For Another In New York
New York state postpones the execution of Dorothy Sherwood a 28 year old widow of Newburgh for drowning her two year old son to save him from starvation. The court of appeals orders a new trial due to improper jury instructions. Frances Creighton a convicted poisoner is denied a new trial and faces death in the electric chair the week of July 13 in Mineola Nassau County Long Island.
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New York State
Dorothy Sherwood
Newburgh
New York State Court of Appeals
Frances Q. Creighton
Nassau County
Mineola
L. I
Suburban Day sale to cut prices in New Castle
About 40 merchants in New Castle sponsor Suburban Day on Wednesday July 15 offering one day only price cuts across summer goods including dresses shoes bathing suits and garden items. Merchants say lower prices boost regular sales on other days.
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New Castle
Call For September Conventions To Shorten Political Drag
Alice Longworth argues in Cincinnati that moving nominating conventions to September could reduce summer skirmishing and extend a lengthy campaign. She notes risks of aiding an incumbent and the challenge of campaigning without a defined rival or program.
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Cincinnati
Downtown alley incident and city improvements noted
An incident in a downtown alley during the noon rush involved a man and companion lifting a car away from another vehicle after failed attempts to separate them. The report also mentions a summer camp setup by Ralph H. Gardner at New Castle High School, planned for late August, alongside multiple town updates on Rural avenue, Route 18 markings, Jefferson street post office steps repairs, and a high altitude plane sighting.
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Austin
Ralph H. Gardner
New Castle High School
Muddy Creek Falls
New Castle
Gardner
Daily Weather Report Features 95 Degree High
U S weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 this morning show a maximum of 95 and a minimum of 68 with no precipitation. River stage stands at 4.5 feet. For the same date last year, the high was 86, the low 57, and no rain noted.
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U. S
Water Line Break Wipes Out 1.5 Million Gallons in New Castle
At Shenango River pump station a 16 inch line split at 10 15 last night flooding the grounds into a temporary lake and draining about 1 500 000 gallons from the reservoir serving New Castle. Repair crews expected to finish by midnight as Superintendent J Lepere Matthews praised workers under difficult hard hat conditions.
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New Castle
Shenango River
New Castle Water Company
J. Lepere Matthews
Death Notices From Lawrence County Area
Death notices list James Sheaples 50 of Lawrence County Home Mrs George R Kreps Lansdowne Pa Robert Cameron 8 months New Castle R D 4 Lila J McKim 56 Ellwood City Laura H Ingham Ellwood Norma Jean Shively 11 Ellport Mrs Michael Haslak 60 1100 Scioto Street Isaac E Anwyl 62 137 East Wallace Avenue.
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James Sheaples
Lawrence County
George R. Kreps
Lansdowne
Robert Cameron
New Castle
R. D
Lila J. McKim
Ellwood City
Laura H. Ingham
Norma Jean Shively
Ellport
Michael Haslak
Scioto Street
Isaac E. Anwyl
East Wallace Avenue
Liquor Store Bandit Suspect Delayed From Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh July 14 Investigation into Harry Thompson 26 a confessed associate of Francis Puggy Ryan and assistant in the New Castle state liquor store robbery is not yet finished. Thompson will be held several days before return to New Castle with a detainer filed to bring him on an automobile theft charge if acquitted. He surrendered to detectives claiming he wished to protect his wife and mother and turned over a gun taken from Ryan after a police gun battle in which Ryan was killed.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Harry Thompson
Francis
Puggy) Ryan
New Castle
Thompson
Bureau
Detective Bureau
Ryan
Election of New Castle Chamber directors in final stage
The primary count finished after delays due to a large vote. Twenty four nominees compete for twelve seats with six to serve three years and six to serve two years. Ballots go to members and final vote closes Friday at noon July 24. Election committee included Maher Berkheimer Mather Sanfillippo Winter.
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New Castle Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
A. L. Bintz
DeLuce Cole
Thomas W. Dickey
Emanuel Shenhan
C. L. Cripps
W. Keith McAfee
L. R. Berkheimer
Fred L. Rentz
W. W. Braham
C. P. Reynolds
P. J. Flaherty
James K. Love
Jack Gerson
Thomas H. Hartman
Alex C. Hoyt
L. B. Round
B. H. Kane
John J. Maher
L. B. Mather, Jr
Gust Sanfillippo
J. R. Winter
Heat Wave Reaches Eighth Day Across Pennsylvania
Record heat persists as Pennsylvania endures an eighth consecutive day of high temperatures with a state-wide death toll of 78. At 10:30 a.m. Pittsburgh registered 96 degrees while the mercury continued to climb. Weather official W S Brotsman cautioned the public about continued heat.
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International News Service
Mercury Today
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
W. S. Brotsman
Woman Dies of Heart Attack at Scioto Street Home
Mrs. Michael Haslak aged 60 of 1109 Scioto street collapsed while doing housework at about 9 30 this morning in the kitchen of her home. Coroner Orville Potter ruled a heart attack as the cause and funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Michael Haslak
Scioto Street
Orville Potter
Fifty Men To Start Work On New Airport
Fifty men will begin work on the new municipal airport on the New Castle New Bedford road Wednesday morning per Works Progress Administration director J Vale Downie. Fifty more will be called Monday morning July 20 and additional workers added as rapidly as possible. Engineering corps have marked stakes and brush cutters have cleared the site.
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New Castle
New Bedford Road
J. Vale Downie
Works Progress Administration
Pastor Struck by Automobile in New Castle
Rev. J. E. Iams, pastor of Wesley M E church and Savannah M E church, is in New Castle hospital with facial and body burns and shock after being struck by an automobile about 4 30 p m Monday. He was crossing Long avenue between Scioto and South Jefferson streets en route to a drug store when Ben Perry of 1503 Wilson Avenue collided with him.
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J. E. Iams
Wesley M. E
Savannah M. E Church
New Castle Hospital
Iams
Long Avenue
Scioto
Jefferson Street
Ben Perry
Wilson Avenue
President Roosevelt Heads for Rockland Harbor Adventure at Sea
On July 14 the president sails toward Rockland Maine aboard the Potomac en route to Pulpit Harbor. Roosevelt will be joined by his sons James Franklin Jr and John aboard the 53 foot auxiliary schooner Sewanna for a coastal voyage between Maine and Nova Scotia.
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International News Service
Rockland
North Atlantic
Maine
Nova Scotia
Roosevelt
Canada
Potomac
Pulpit Harbor
James, Franklin, Jr
John
Speed Up Aid In Drought States
Relief officials rushed to Bismarck North Dakota to speed aid for the drought stricken district as water supplies in the Dakotas ran dry raising disease risk. Several counties faced exhausted water sources and at least four towns reported depleted supplies.
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L. W. Meredith
Landon Borah Conference Possible After Cleveland
Governor Alfred M. Landon and Senator William E. Borah may meet after the Cleveland convention as John Thomas of Idaho proposes the summit. Borah has said he will back the Republican nominee and platform, with a July 23 speech by Landon likely to shape Borah stance. The two leaders would confer following Landon's acceptance address.
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William K. Hutchinson
Borah
Thomas
Landon
Witness Bell Found In Gas Trapped Apartment
Margaret Louise Bell, a witness at the Luciano trial, was found semi conscious in a Washington DC gas filled apartment. Her attacker carved C L and the numbers 3 12 on her body and fled after turning on four gas jets. Police consider revenge as a possible motive.
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Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Margaret Louise Bell
Luciano
Washington, D. C
Woman recounts brutal assault linked to Charles Luciano
Margaret L. Bell 23 described being slugged unconscious bound gagged and branded with the letters C L and the numbers 3 12 in her apartment. Police questioned her for hours in a bid to verify the tale claiming Luciano as her husband and linking the attack to his syndicate in New York.
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International News Service
Washington
Margaret L. Bell
New York
Miss Bell
Charles Luciano
Contract Awarded For Bridge Work On West Washington Bridge
County commissioners awarded the West Washington street bridge repair contract to F. E. Trimpey of Rockwood Pa at $10 600. Trimpey qualified with a satisfactory bond to complete per plans and may begin next week keeping the bridge open most of the time. The center section will be removed and two traffic lanes created to improve safety.
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West Washington Street
F. E. Trimpey
Rockwood
Trimpey
Compromise Qn Relief Fund For State Is Reached
Harrisburg July 14 The Democratic controlled house passed the 3 000 000 emergency appropriation and transfer bills to resume state aid to the needy amid hunger marchers. Senate recessed to review tax measures for 9 000 000 shortfall in relief.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
House Today
House
Senate
Finance Committee
Relief bill breaks deadlock in Pennsylvania senate
Harrisburg July 14 relief deadlock ends as Republicans and Democrats agree on a 45 million dollar relief appropriation to prevent starvation of 600 000 unemployed and needy residents. Gov George H Earle says he accepts the compromise to ease hunger and fund aid programs amid a riotous gallery protest by hunger marchers.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
Karpis Pleads Guilty in Hamm Kidnapping Case
Alvin Karpis of the Barker-Karpis gang pleaded guilty in U S District Court to conspiracy in the June 15 1933 kidnapping of William Hamm Jr a multi millionaire brewer The plea came as the joint trial with co defendant Jack Peiffer St Paul nightclub owner was about to begin in St Paul Minnesota
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ST. Paul
Minn
Alvin Karpis
Barker-Karpis
U. S
William Hamm, Jr
Karpis
Jack Peiffer
The Tempting Coolness Of A Summer Lass
In the hot weather the narrator remarks on a well dressed young woman who steps out as others sweat. He notes her calm, poised appearance despite the heat and her ability to ride a bike or walk while the rest of society swelters.
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