Mother and Son Face Death On Delaware Gallows Friday
In Georgetown Delaware a double hanging is scheduled for Friday for Mrs May H Carey 55 and her son Howard 27 for the murder of her brother Robert B Hitchens seven and a half years ago The state plans a controlled viewing with up to thirty witnesses and the gallows are being moved from New Castle county to the prison compound to be used in the execution of the Carey family and the court notes the crime as among the most vicious in state records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May H. Carey
Howard
Delaware
Robert B. Hitchens
Expressman
New Castle County
Daniel J. Layton
Carey
Omar
Chain Letter To Call Attention Of Builders To FHA
Local contractors are reminded of a new list of prospects, the eleventh in the city and eighth in the county, available at the Federal Housing Administration office. A chain letter urges contractors to contact two more, promising growth if all participate. The lists are for FHA Better Business campaign subscribers from June 5 to 8 and open to the public on June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federals Adminstration
Reer
Federal Housing Better Business
New Store Hours Set For Summer In New Castle
June 1 marks a uniform 5 pm closing for all Retail Merchants Division stores in New Castle through September 1. Opening hours remain optional, but all affiliates will close at 5 pm on weekdays while Saturday hours stay unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Cole
Retail Merchants Division
New Castle
Senate confirms Lindsley Bradford as McKean sheriff
Harrisburg June 4 The senate unanimously confirms Gov George H Earle s appointment of Russell G Lindsley Bradford as sheriff of McKean county to succeed the late Fred T Ludwick for the term ending January 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Senate
George H. Earie
Russell G. Lindsley
Bradford
McKean County
Fred T. Ludwick
Miss Georgianna Davidson Named Playground Instructor
Miss Georgianna Davidson of Lincoln Street is named playground instructor for New Wilmington Park by Community Chest executive board per Dr Elizabeth Veach playground committee chair. Davidson will guide preschool children in play. The June meeting of the Young Ladies Guild of the United Presbyterian Church will be at Miss Lenore Taylor's home Pulaski Pa on Thursday June 6 with a picnic supper at 6 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgianna Davidson
Lincoln Street
New Wilmington Park
Community Chest Executive Board
Fom
Elizabeth Veach
Miss Davidson
Young Ladies’ Guild of
The
United Presbyterian Church
Lenore Taylor
Pulaski
Reunion of Patti son descendants set for June in Millburn Grange
The annual reunion of Robert and Sarah Patti son Boyd descendants will be held on Saturday June 8 1935 at Millburn Grange four miles south of Mercer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Sarah Pattison Boyd
Millburn Grange
Mercer
Meeting of the Wilmington Grange at Wendell Wilsons
A Wilmington Grange gathering is set for tonight at the home of Wendell Wilson. The meeting focuses on community matters and Grange activities.
First Communion Service at St Anthony Church
On Sunday morning June 2 at 9 30 over fifty children received their first communion at St Anthony church. The Setan club girls formed the archway for the class to enter. Rev Fr N Pirulli pastor of the church supervised the service. The church was filled to overflow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anthony Church
Setan Club
N. Pirulli
Choir Rehearsal at First Presbyterian on June 4
The regular weekly choir rehearsal of the First Presbyterian church will be held on Tuesday evening June 4 at 8 o clock in the church auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Forget-Me-Not Club Honors Betty Irwin in Bessemer
Members of the Forget-Me-Not club gathered at St. Anthony church basement on a Wednesday evening to bid farewell to Betty Irwin who is moving from Bessemer to New Castle. Special guests included Mrs. Kotnik Miss Fannie Valentine Helen Valentine Nellie Yeropoli and John Brentin. Radio music and dancing provided entertainment refreshments were served and departures followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anthony Church
Betty Irwin
Bessemer
New Castle
Mrs. Kotnik
Fannie
Helen Valentine
Nellie Yeropoli
John Brentin
Local families gather and illness and travel noted
Mrs Frank Guglitto is confined to bed ill while Frances Gagliano left Semmer to visit relatives in Jamestown. Kenneth Porter, son of Mrs Anna Porter, is home quarantined with scarlet fever. Andrew Rapone and daughter Audrey visited West Pittsburg relatives. Will D Grace and Twyla Grace visited Sligo Pa with John Maiers family. Martha Swanson admitted for appendicitis operation at Jameson Memorial. Anthony Carbon and daughter Joan visited Frank Yeropoli. they returned home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Guglitto
Frances Gagliano
Bessemer
Jamestown
Kenneth
Anna Porter
West Poland Avenue
Andrew Rapone
Audrey
West Pittsburg
Joseph Gagliano
Will D. Grace
Twyla
Sligo
John Maiers
Martha Swanson
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Anthony Carbon
Joan
Pittsburgh
Frank Yeropoli
Butler Elks Lodge Installs 1935-36 Officers
New Castle Lodge of Elks No. 69 led by Exalted Ruler C. Leroy Hughes officiated the installation of Butler Elks Lodge No. 170 officers for 1935-36. R. S. Headman was named exalted ruler. Bertram Davis and others assisted. Installation of local lodge officers is set for Wednesday evening June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
John Woods
W. C. DeArment
C. H. Buell
Butler
Examinations End At Westminster College Thursday
Examinations wrap up the second semester at Westminster College in New Wilmington. The commencement season opens with a Friday all college picnic hosted by the YW and YM in honor of the seniors on the athletic field. Alumni day is Saturday, baccalaureate Sunday, and commencement Monday with 126 seniors candidate for degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Wilmington
Westminster College
Y. W
Y. M
Minister Denies Alienation Claim as Framing Plot
Rev. Neal Dow Kelley, 38, denies an alienation of affections suit filed by two former parishioners in Camden. Hazel Mary Cramer testified Kelley kissed her and stirred romantic feelings. she said she could not resist the attraction and she longed for him. Cramer’s husband John B. Cramer testified she repented and returned to him, citing a Kelley letter asking forgiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Camden
N. J
Neal Dow Kelley
Hazel Mary Cramer
Circuit Court
Kelley
Cramer
Gangsters Returned to Death House Ahead of Execution
Murton Irving Millen and Abe Faber were moved from respite cells to Charlestown prison death house. The trio faces the electric chair for the Needham bank holdup double killing, with possible execution soon after midnight Thursday. They learned of the Supreme Court ruling and wrote farewell letters to their parents. Faber' s attorney William Sharton pressed last minute legal moves with little hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Boston
Murton
Irving Millen
Abe Faber
Charlestown
Needham Bank
United States Supreme Court
Morton
Norma
Dedham
William R. Sharton
Faber
Dust Storm Hits Nebraska Relief Effort in Republican Valley
A dust storm sweeps across McCook Nebraska after recent cloudbursts hail storms a tornado and historic floods hampering relief workers in the Republican river valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Mccook
Neb
Nebraska
Republican River Valley
Large Crowd Attends Italian M E Revival Service
A big gathering filled the Italian M E church for the first revival meeting. Dr J A Galbraith of Epworth M E preached on the Ideal Church of God as Mrs Bailey and Mrs Gibson led gospel songs. Rev Ugo Crivelli from Hillsville Pa will speak tonight with his daughter Mary and Miss Mary Cuoco singing a duet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
J. A. Galbraith
Epworth M. E
Ideal Church of God
Bailey
Gibson
Ugo Crivelli
M. E. Church
Hillsville
Mary
Mary Cuoco
Girl Scout Troop 3 Hosts Court of Awards Meeting
Girl Scout troop No. 3 held a May 29 awards court with parents and friends attending. A Dorothy Cain play featured Barbara Hamill, Betty Rowland, Dorothy Rowland, Jean Dufford and Naomi Cage. Badges were awarded to Frances Daugherty, Beryl Morgan, Sera Merriman, Marjorie Walker, Jean Dufford, Marian Anderson, Patricia Loy, Elvetta Miles, Doris Lutz, Sara Merriman, Alice Young, Lois Robbins, Mary Louise Davis, Anna Bell Emery, Martha Carlson, Thelma Thompson, and others. Scribe Jean Dufford, treasurer Marian Anderson. Songs, games and refreshments closed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Cain
Barbara Hamil
Betty Rowland
Dorothy Rowland
Jean Dufford
Naomi Cage
Edward C. Raney
Frances Daugherty
Beryl Morgan
Sera Merriman
Marjorie Walker
Lois Robbins
Patricia Loy
Scribe
Marian Anderson
Elvetta Miles
Barbara Hami
Doris Lutz
Sara Merriman
Alice Young
Mary Louise Davis
Annabell Emery
Martha Carlson
Thelma Thompson
Batchelor Seeks Probe of Newspaper Influence on McNair Bill
In Harrisburg on June 4 the senate prepared to vote a resolution for a committee to probe how newspapers report on the McNair Ripper bill. Sen Batchelor's measure aimed to curb alleged patronage deals offered to Republicans to secure votes. The move stalled after Sen Rodgers objected. pamphlets circulated by McNair allies urged opposition. The article ends with unrelated moralizing about wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Harrisburg
Senate Today
Senate
McNair
Alonzo
Batchelor
Beaver
William B. Rodgers
Allegheny
Friends of the
William N. McNair
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Spoils System Fails in Tenure Bill Fight in Harrisburg
Rep Hiram Andrews independent Democrat from Cambria county loses a bid to shield loyal workers from dismissal by the new Democratic administration. The House votes 72 to 113 against placing the tenure bill on the calendar despite committee opposition. Andrews calls for repudiation of the spoils system as Democrats plan a Capitol Hill housecleaning after adjournment. The measure would protect five-year employees unless fired for cause after a public hearing with appeals to Dauphin County court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Harrisburg
Hiram G. Andrews
Cambria County
House
Andrews
Capitol Hill
Dauphin County
Belmont Hotel Fire Brings $3,000 Loss On Boardwalk
At the Belmont Hotel in Atlantic City New Jersey occupants fled their rooms as a blaze started on the third floor. Firemen fought the fire for about thirty minutes and manager Joshua Jagmatty estimated the damage at 3000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Belmont Hotel
Joshua Jagmatty
Hit Run Driver Found Guilty in Earle Collision
A. K. Carpenter of Elizabethtown was found guilty by a Dauphin county jury of failing to stop after his car collided with a machine carrying Mrs. George H. Earle on the Middletown Elizabeth town highway last May 18. Earle was shaken but not injured. Carpenter said he did not know his car had struck the vehicle, and authorities traced him by a hub cap knocked off in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
A. K. Carpenter
Elizabethtown
Dauphin County
George H. Earle
Middletown
Earle
Carpenter
Children Celebrate First Communion at St Philip and James
Fifty two children from St Philip and James church received their first communion on Sunday morning June 2 under the Sisters of the Holy Ghost. Special music was provided by Miss Marie A Dutkiewicz and the sermon was by Rev W W Stancelewski. About six hundred attended the services and breakfast followed in the parish hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Philip and James Church
Sisters of the Holy Ghost
Marie A. Dutkiewicz
W. W. Stancelewski
Marriage Licenses Grainy List Of Couples
Marriage licenses issued to George R Aldridge Warren Anna Mildred Myers Anna Mildred Myers Warren O Richard Blakely Helen Ritter Struthers O Youngstown O Paul L Hite 215 Park Ave New Castle Barbara Bratchie 409 Laurel New Castle Ray McCartney Ellen Nesbitt Petersburg O Palestine O Alan C McCowan Cleveland Mildred Newkirk Cleveland Joseph Day Hattie Baker Dudley J Brackett Youngstown O Wilma McClum Youngstown O John Nodybal Leechburg Anna Salarski Leechburg Pa
Buisson Financial Plan Adopted by Narrow Vote
In Paris on June 4 the finance committee of the chamber of deputies granted Premier Ferdinand Buisson dictatorial powers by a 19 to 18 vote to rescue France from its financial crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Deputies
International News Service
Paris
Finance Committee
Fernand Buisson
France
Coban Named Head Of Lions In New Castle
Attorney William D. Coban was elected president of the New Castle Lions club for the 1935 36 term at a weekly luncheon. Other officers named include D. M. Boyd first vice president Dr R C Campbell second vice president J W Staudinger tail twister T J Pletcher lion tamer W O Red Williams sky pilot Rev D L Ferguson and directors Joseph B Leyde E D Marvin and Earl T Ramsey. Present president Dr A H Borland will retire in July. The Rev P C Pearson spoke on the Significance of the Rejection of the World Court by the U S Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Coban
New Castle Lions Club
D. M. Boyd
R. C Campbell
J W. Staudinger
T. J. Pletcher
W. O “Red” Williams
D L. Ferguson
Joseph B Leyde
E. D. Marvin
Earl T. Ramsey
A. H. Borland
P C. Pearson
Trinity Episcopal Church
U. S. Senate
Local Roads Discussion With County Officials
Warren K. Myers maintenance of way engineer for the state highway department and John Shaw local superintendent met at the county commissioners office to discuss roadway work for the coming summer. After the conference the commissioners and visitors inspected several county roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren K. Myers
Pittsburgh
State Highway Department
John Shaw
County Commissioners Office
Man Held On Slaying Charge In York Pa
John R. Fields a 50 year old former State Highway employee was charged with the slaying of Martce Rauhauser 56 operator of a roadhouse on the Lincoln highway near Wrightsville Rauhauser was found shot to death last night An autopsy showed two .32 caliber bullets Fields denied the shooting Four cartridges were found on Fields per deputy sheriff and coroner notes indicate Rauhauser had threatened Fields after an argument
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fields
L. A. Zech
Rauhauser
Field
Carpenter
Justice of the Peace
C. A. Roth
Ben Franklin Teachers Have Picnic At Camp Phillips
Sixty two members of Benjamin Franklin Junior High School faculty their wives and guests attended a picnic dinner at Camp Phillips Monday evening. Dr C C Green superintendent of schools Albert Dodds a former teacher now of Xenia Seminary and Mrs David Russell a former teacher now of Oswego NY were present. Games followed dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin Junior High School
Camp Phillips
C. C. Green
Albert Dodds
Xenia Seminary
David Russell
Oswego
N. Y
Reid and McMurray Wed in Greenville Parsonage
On June 1 at 2 p.m. at the parsonage of Rev. S. M. Gordon in Greenville, George Reid of Scottdale and Matilda McMurray of New Castle were married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
George Reid
Scottdale
Matilda McMurray
New Castle
S. M. Gordon
Greenville
Ellwood City Man Fined for Drunkenness by Mayor
Robert H. Eakin of Ellwood City was fined $10 by Mayor Mayne in police court for drunkenness. He was found in a car on Darlington avenue after a policeman warned him not to drive and allegedly became saucy before arrest. Fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Eakin
Ellwood City
Mayne
Darlington Avenue
Eakin
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Sussex County
Robert J. Clendanie
New York
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GUILD
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Wendell Wilson
Bessemer Notes
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Neighbor Lodge
Old Glory
Betsy Ross
Philadelphia
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Grand Union
Death House
Crivelli
Girl Scouts
Court OF Awards
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Alice Gibson
Miami
George Bickerhoff
Washington
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Helen Ritter
Struthers
O. Youngstown
Paul L. Hite
Park Ave
Ee Eek Cen
Barbara Bratchie
Laurel PU
Ray McCartney
Ellen Nesbitt
Petersburg
O. E. Palestine
Alan C. McCowan Cleveland
Mildred Newkirk
Cleveland
Joseph Day Hattie Baker
Youngstown
O. A
Dudley J. Brackett
Wilma McClum
John Nodybal
Leechburg
Anna Salarski
Buisson
Coban
Lions
Roadhouse
Ben Franklin
Cretonne Line
Ando I
General Electric
Ellwood
Porter’s General Electric Shop
Mill Street
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