Sweat shop probe begins with first hearing in Philadelphia
A Pennsylvania joint legislative committee on sweat shop conditions voted 5 to 4 to appoint G Mason Owlett as chair. The first public hearing will be held next Tuesday in Philadelphia with additional hearings to follow in eastern shirt factories and coal mines before moving west. Senator Barry Bell to lead assets of closed banks inquiry with Rep. David Perry as secretary. first meeting set for June 15.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Joint Legislative Committee
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
G. Mason Owlett
Tioga
Butler Hearing Sees Crossed Allegations Amid Coal Case
The hearing in the Butler case continues with testimony about Woodward and a prior Alexander family incident. Witnesses recount coal deliveries from Vance Coal Mine to Shaffer’s truck and a $5.56 notation, while Butler explains purchases and payments.
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Woodward
Butler
Alexander
Vance Coal Company
Waybill
Remarkable Case of Fever Sore Healed by San Cura Ointment
J. D. Hood of Townville Pa reports his daughter suffered a year with a fever sore and three months in bed before San Cura Ointment healed the sore in under six weeks. The advertisement touts San-Cura for eczema boils tetter piles burns sunburn scalds cuts bruises with jars priced 35c 60c and 1.25. All Drug Stores.
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J. D. Hood
Townville
County Officials Hear Testimony In Butler Case
County authority reviewed payroll records showing H B Shaffer on the payroll in March 1932 while Butler claimed he was not at the coal fields. Attorneys argued, Logan urged commissioners to disregard critics, and the panel postponed a formal decision, planning to rule next week.
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Butler
Vance Coal Company
H. B. Shaffer
Calvin Matthews
Mr. Shaffer
Vance
Patterson
Lockhart
Starsbaugh
R. C. McCaslin
Logan
Clarence A. Patterson
LICENSE HOLDERS WILL BE WATCHED ANNOUNCES PITTS
Pitts announces a deadline of June 10 for license fee payment and bureau processing. Treasurer Pitts will allow a reasonable time for licenses to be taken out, else applications will be canceled. Applicants with rooms not up to standard must provide seating for at least 40. The bar definition remains unsettled as law allows permanent stools at counters. Sale of beer hours are restricted from Saturday to 6 am Monday.
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Pitts
All Angles in Coast Slaying Probed by Sheriff and DA
The San Francisco Peninsula investigation surrounds a Stanford campus killing with prominent figures like Herbert Hoover and Ray Wilbur linked to the social circle. Sheriff Emig and the district attorney collect loose ends amid campus pressure while deliberating murder or accidental death as the case assessment proceeds.
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Stanford
Herbert Hoovers
Ray Lyman Wilburs
Wilbur
Hoover
Thomas
Lamson Named as Suspect in Stanford Bath Tub Death
Under sheriff Earle Hamilton said he and officials have enough evidence to urge District Attorney Frederick Thomas to issue a murder warrant against David A. Lamson, husband of Mrs. Aline Thorpe Lamson, in the Stanford campus bathtub death case.
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San Joe
Cal
Earle Hamilton
Stanford University
Allene Thorpe Lamson
Frederick Thomas
David A. Lamson
Morgan Control Agreement Deferred to Public Record
Senator Fletcher denounced a photograph of Morgan with a circus midget as an outrage and asked newspapers not to publish it while the Morgan control agreement was discussed in executive session. He urged restraint, calling the image unseemly and a private matter for the inquiry.
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Morgan
Fletcher
Florida
Castleton Maps its Strategic Stop for World’s Fair Traffic
Castleton promotes New Castle as the logical overnight stop for traffic between the east and Chicago. Manager Thomas F. Boyle printed 10 000 descriptive folders to spread across regions east and west. The folders highlight Route 422 via Ebensburg Indiana and Butler as the short motor link and feature New Castle as the ideal stop with new highway signs aiming to boost foreign license plates.
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New Castle
Chicago
Thomas F. Boyle
Castleton Hotel
New York
Ebensburg
Indiana
Butler
New Castleton
East Coast
Grove City Launches 50th Birthday Golden Jubilee
Grove City Pa opens its Golden Jubilee marking 50 years since founding. Postmaster General James Farley will deliver the Saturday address and Lt Oakley Kelly, famed with John MacReady for the first nonstop U S flight, will fly multiple times during the celebration.
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International News Service
Grove City
Grove City Today
James Farley
Oakley Kelly
John MacReady
United States
Texas Woman Murder Victim in San Antonio Home
Lydia Whitfield, 29, was shot and killed in her bedroom in San Antonio Texas today while using the telephone. Five shots were fired through a window. one hit her in the back of the head. Police seek a woman in a red dress seen near the house last night. footprints of a woman's shoes were found under the window.
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International News Service
San Antonio
Tex
Lydia Whitfield
Eleven Convicts Escape Kansas Pursuit Poses Peril
Eleven Kansas convicts escape custody triggering a cross state chase. Durkee was killed in Chetopa in a gun battle with unidentified assailants. Two leaders Wilbur Underhill and Harvey Bailey are suspected to head the group with hostages and stolen vehicles reported along the way. Police recovered a stolen car near Siloam Springs after exchanges of gunfire with officers.
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Durkee
Chetopa
Kas
Kirk Prather
Wilbur Underhill
Harvey Bailey
Pratfher
Spavinaw Hills
Craig County
Oklahoma
Underhill
Prather
M. J. Wood
Kansas City
Louise
Cloris Wears
Joplin
Kansas
B. K. Blair
Alice Braithwaite
Clifford Dopson
Jim Clark
Blair
Miss Braithwaite
Neosho
Otto Durkee
President addresses Annapolis grads on esprit de corps and caste
The president urged graduates at Annapolis to reject clannishness and the notion that only Annapolis officers or college graduates deserve membership in life’s aristocracy. He said esprit de corps is essential yet must not become a gatekeeping barrier to service and citizenship.
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Annapolis
Former Wilmington Officials Begin Prison Terms for Extortion
Start of sentences in Raleigh prison for former Mayor P. Q. Moore and ex Chief John J. Furlong after attempting to extort 25000 from Mrs. Jessie Kenan Wise during the Lindbergh baby case. Moore gets three years and Furlong two years after Supreme Court appeals delayed incarceration.
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P. Q. Moore
John J. Furlong
Wilmington
N. C
Raleigh
Jessie Kenan Wise
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Moore
Furlong
Order Limestone for Park Midway
Orders have been given to Supervisor C. C. Coulthard of Cascade Park to obtain sufficient limestone for the Midway at Cascade Park. Members of the park commission gave Coulthard authority to secure the limestone.
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C. C. Coulthard
Cascade Park
Park Commission
Coulthard
Patronage on Cascade Line Good Memorial Day
Street car service to Cascade Park on Memorial Day ran every 10 minutes with strong patronage noted by Superintendent T C Moore.
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Cascade Line
Cascade Park
Memorial Day
T. C. Moore
Deaths of the Day in New Castle and Area
Obituaries from New Castle and nearby towns note deaths of James M. Rabbit 56 at his niece’s home. Frank J. Bertch former city resident dies in Youngstown. Joseph Vegan 76 dies in New Castle Hospital. Martin M. Covert services held at Calvary Presbyterian. John Williams dies in Swansea South Wales. Edward L. English services at South Bay Street home. W W Woods to be buried in New Wilmington. infant Mosley dies. multiple funeral arrangements and survivors listed.
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Joseph Travers
Hillcrest Avenue
Timothy and
Mary Rabbit
New Castle
St. Mary’s Church
William Hynes
Youngstown
Ohio
John Hynes
Bradford
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Frank J. Bertch
Mr. Bertch
Calvary Cemetery
Mr. Berthh
Meadville
Sharp Lumber Company
Nora Hennessy Bertch
Frank Jr
John Bertch
John C. Harrington
Glenn H. Praser
Detroit
M. Alice van Dyke
Sieg Street
Joseph Vegan
West Pittsburg
New Castle Hospital
Ritchie
South Mill Street
Martin M. Covert
East New Castle
Calvary Presbyterian Church
R. J. Fredericks
Old Rugged Cross
Jesus
James Chapman
Graceland Cemetery
George Galbreath
I. A. Lytle
John Kalajainen
Merle Mayberry
T. B. Waddington
Samuel McCullough
William Phillips
Enst
Reynolds Street
Phillips
John Williams
Cwmwiia
Swansea
South Wales
Williams
Edward L. English
South Bay St
C. H. Heaton
First Baptist Church
Harry Caven
Daniel Ferree
Ezra Carr
Jas. M. Hughes
William Bowman
James Durant
Oak Park Mausoleum
W. W. Woods
Cleveland
Fred Woods
Fair Oaks
New Wilmington
Shenango High Class Graduates Amid Futuristic Reflections
Shenango Township High School honored the class of 1933 with a commencement in which Dr. Galbreath urged graduates to face present global challenges wisely. Diplomas were presented by County Superintendent John C. Syling as the orchestra played and the 1933 graduates, led by president Ernest Lochner, received parchment signals of four years of study.
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John C. Syling
Schubert
Glenn W. Johnston
Shenango Township High School
Catching Small Fish at Cascade Lake Park
Small boys fish along the Cascade Lake embankment at Cascade Park using sunfish as they enjoy a lively daily pastime with plenty of tiny fish in the lake.
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Cascade
Cascade Lake
Cascade Park
Ike Walton
Fat busting beer cure promises slim figure
An advertisement-style claim promotes a daily treatment that allegedly dissolves body fat without dieting or laxatives. It asserts the product speeds fat loss by increasing lipase flow and promises a full refund if no results, crediting a physician and medical institutions. The tone is sensational with medical authority and money-back guarantee.
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Love & Megown
Carter's Little Liver Pills Promote Bile Flow and Relief
An old style health notice touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a gentle remedy to stimulate bile flow, relieve sourness, bloating, and headache from sluggish liver. It urges readers to ask for the red labeled Carter's pills at the store.
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Carter
C. M Co
Government allotment for Cunningham park lots Friday
Neil Williams leads the Lawrence County Emergency Relief Association garden plot committee and says Cunningham park lot applicants must be at the park at 9 a m Friday for ticketing and lot assignment. About 450 lots will be distributed. Applicants were told to go to the city engineer's office but the instruction was reversed. A counterfeit $100 Federal Reserve note is circulating and buyers should beware. The guinea fowl is noted as closely allied to the pheasant.
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Neil Williams
Lawrence County Emergency Relief Association
Cunningham Park
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