Rockefeller backs repeal of 18th Amendment
John D Rockefeller Jr. publicly shifts to anti prohibition forces calling repeal of the 18th amendment. He says prohibition failed and harms outweigh benefits and urges parties to adopt repeal planks. He credits past anti saloon support and endorses Butler and Republican platform moves toward state by state repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David P. Sentner
International Mews Service
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Teetstaler
Rockefeller
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Republican Party
Chicago
Butler
Your Luck for Today
A Tuesday butterfly omen predicts new clothes and a Tuesday night dream of flowers promises happiness before week’s end. The text notes some baseball teams bar full seating and ties hair cutting luck to birth day of week.
True Bills Returned by Jury in Grand Jury Session
In the first returns, true bills were found for Wilkins Bros Oil Co William H Wilkins Albert F Wilkins for violation of liquid fuel tax act. William Dunlap for Wray and Rohrer tax act violation. Roy C Jennings for assault and battery. Domenick Flarinio for assault and John Cook and John Soles for larceny. Jack Cleansing for larceny. Grace McCummins for aggravated assault and battery. Not a true bill on first count. True bill on second and third counts for assault and battery and assault. Edith Collins for larceny. Not a true bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand
William H. Wilkins
Albert F. Wilkins
Wilkins Bros. Oil Company
William Dunlap
Wray and Rohrer
Roy Charles Jennings
Domenick Flarinio
John Cook
John Soles
Jack Cleansing
Grace McCummins
Edith Collins
Loss of Bag and Shoes Reported by Local Man
Herb McGoun of 325 Lincoln Avenue reported to the police on Monday that a Negro girl named Whitla Morgan of 134 Mahoning Avenue took a bag belonging to McGoun and a pair of white shoes. He was referred to an alderman for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb McGoun
Lincoln Avenue
Whitla Morgan
Mahoning Avenue
Hollywood stork signals another baby boom in 1932
Hollywood headlines report a continuing baby boom as actor John Barrymore and Dolores Costello welcome a son, John Blyth Barrymore II. The list of expected arrivals from Bebe Daniels to Norma Shearer grows, with Margaret Livingston, Helen Twelvetrees, Mary Astor, and May McAvoy noted among families anticipating births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace X. Rawles
International News Service
Hollywood
Bebe Daniels
Bessie Love
Gloria Swanson
Mary Astor
Carmel Myers
June Collyer
May McAvoy
Telen Twelvetrees
Norma Shearer
Louise Treadwell
Spencer Tracy
Margaret Livingston
Paul Whiteman
Helen Twelvetrees
Frank Woody
Franklyn Thorpe
Barrymore
Stuart Erwin
Three Children Reported With Chickenpox
Three new chickenpox cases were reported to health officer Dr. W. L. Steen. The patients are Ruth Pitzer, 10, 709 East Sutton Street. Edward Bush, 6, 231 Hillcrest Avenue. and Mary L. Johnson, 4, 1105 Delaware Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Steen
Ruth Pitzer
East Sutton Street
Edward Bush
Hillcrest Avenue
Mary L. Johnson
Delaware Avenue
Realty Transfers Move Through Neshannock and Mahoning
Realty transfers report Dominick Sylvester to Walter I. Bender in Neshannock for $1 and John Kuhn to Richard F. Dana in Mahoning for $1, followed by a transfer of Richard F. Dana to John Kuhn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominick Sylvester
Walter I. Bender
Neshannock
John Kuhn
Richard F. Dana
Mahoning
Identity of Reputed Spy Puzzles New York Police
An alleged spy mystery puzzles New York police as Fritz Duquesne, described as England's nemesis, denies being the man who killed Kitchener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fritz Duquesne
England
Kitchener
DUU@UESNE
Fritz Joubert Duquesne
T. de Trafford Craven
Duquesne
Great Britain
H. M. S. Hampshire
Russia
Earl Kitchener
Craven
Water Hauled to Save 1000 Gardens in Drought
Washington Pennsylvania June 7 water is hauled from distant rivers to save 1000 gardens provided for unemployed. County authorities spent a large sum on seeds and plants as crops suffer from lack of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Erie Youth Killed by Car in Bradford Driver
Coroner W. G. Stroble opened an inquest in Erie after 12 year old Dalton Thomas was killed when struck by a car driven by Elwood L. Mix of Bradford. Witnesses say the boy darted across the street as he alighted from a bus last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
W. G. Stroble
Dalton Thomas
Elwood
L. Mix
Bradford
Skeleton Sits At London Banquet
The wax modeled head and dressed skeleton of Jeremy Bentham, preserved at the University of London, sat as guest of honor at a centennial dinner marking his death. After a night of revelry the relic returns to its case in the basement vaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
London
Jeremy Bentham
University of London
Bentham
New Leaders to be Elected This Evening by Scouts
The Girl Scout Leaders Association of New Castle will elect new leaders tonight during a joint meeting with council members at Mrs Pauline Gilkey Gregg’s home in Pittsburgh. The nominating committee will present its report and the event marks a key organizational renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Leaders’ Association of
New Castle
Pauline Gilkey Gregg
Pittsburgh
Merchant Reports Receiving Bad Check
Walter C Gilmore reports a customer bought goods worth 1.35 dollars and paid with a 15 dollar check that was returned unpaid. The check bears the name Eugene Ward, a 55 year old white man about six feet tall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter CC. Gilmore
East
Washington Street
Eugene Ward
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