Flood control program Includes 265 projects nationwide
The House Flood control committee approved a 365 million dollar plan featuring 265 projects across the United States. In Pennsylvania the package funds 12 reservoir and levee projects on rivers and creeks including Conemaugh Ti onesta French Crooked Red Bank Loyalhanna Mahoning and Allegheny rivers and local sites Williamsport Harrisburg York.
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International News Service
Washington
Pennsylvania
House Flood Control Committee
Conemaugh River
Tionesta Creek
French Creek
Crooked Creek
Red Bank Creek
Loyalhanna Creek
Mahoning Creek
Allegheny River
New York
Williamsport
Harrisburg
Guffey delays canal plan extension amid engineers’ review
The stalled national rivers and harbors project facing a 272 million dollar cost saw Sen. Guffey offer an amendment to extend the canal to Ashtabula Ohio. Army engineers must approve. a survey of the French Creek route in northwestern Pennsylvania is awaited for guidance.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Upper Ohio Valley Association
Youngstown Steel Companies
Beaver-Mahoning
Ashtabula
Guffey
Army Engineers
Beaver
Ohio River
Lake Erie
E. M. Markham
French Creek
Markham
Mother and Son Executed on Gallows After Trial
In a fog shrouded jail farm execution, May Carey and her son Howard Carey faced the gallows. Mrs Carey walked 100 steps to the trap while Rev White led prayers. The noose sprung at 5:17, with doctors confirming death fifteen minutes later.
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Mrs. Carey
Richard K. White
Protestant Episcopal Church
J. S. Bolton
Methodist Church
Frederick P. Whitney
Careys
Hugh D. Smith
Aubrey C. Smoot
George W. Wood
Watson
May Carey
Morton
Faber
Moses L. Sedar
Spang Denied Habeas Corpus Writ in Pittsburgh
William J. Spang head of the rank and file steel group was denied a writ of habeas corpus in common pleas court here. The writ sought after his Memorial Day parade without a permit was refused as unnecessary.
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Pittsburgh
William J. Spang
Steel Group
Rumored British Cabinet Shakeup Faces Election Time
Rumors persist of key changes in the British cabinet with Stan ley Baldwin rumored to become prime minister and J Ramsay MacDonald possibly retiring due to ill health Sir John Simon could be replaced by Capt Anthony Eden If MacDonald stays on he might remain as president of the council The government faces a likely general election within a year and cabinet longevity is in doubt
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Stanley Baldwin
J. Ramsay MacDonald
John Simon
Anthony Eden
MacDonald
Likely elimination of many relief projects under Hopkins plan
Washington June 7 The $4 000 000 900 work relief program faces curtailment as few projects meet direct employment rules for 3 500 000 relief workers. Hopkins insists only direct jobs count, making reclamation projects costly per worker and limiting options. Housing programs are treated as exceptions. Native Irish historians note Innisfail meaning Island of Destiny.
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International News Service
Washington
CWA
Congress
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Public Works
Harold L. Ickes
PWA
Ickes
Innisfail
Cape Sea Lion Features and Habits Described
The passage outlines sea lions spending most of the year underwater with births on land or ice. It notes oxygen needs, ice-holes for breathing, and physical traits of males and females, including size, fur, and flippers. It contrasts Cape sea lion as a small fur seal with California sea lion’s captivity presence.
Three Gunmen Die in Chair for Murder Careers
The trio died after a deadly eight month span of banditry that claimed Patrolman Forbes A. McLeod and four other victims including Patrolman Frank Haddock and bank guard Walter Bartholomew. Murt Millen’s wife Norma remained jailed for accessory after the crime.
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Forbes A. McLeod
Needham Trust Company
Forbes McLeod
Frank O. Haddock
Needham
Timothy Coughlin
Walter Bartholomew
Millens
Faber
Ernest C. Clark
Fitchburg
C. Fred Sumner
Bill Poster
Murt Millen
Norma
Dedham
Destruction of the Alexandrian Library in 638 AD
The Alexandrian Library was destroyed by Arabs in 638 AD. It once housed over 700000 manuscripts spanning Roman Greek Indian and Egyptian literature.
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Rome
Greece
India
Egypt
Deaths of the Day Funeral Rites for Mrs Lamison
Funeral rites for Mrs Charles E Lamison were held Thursday at the residence 414 South Pine Street. Rev Boston Turner led services with solos by Miss Wilma Wood and Mrs Norman Barth. Interment followed in Greenwood cemetery. Ward reports the death this morning of Hugh Graham of Cincinnati being brought to New Castle. further funeral time to be announced. Mrs Harriet Vance Thompson of New Wilmington dies at 84. Funeral set for Saturday at 10 in Sharp Funeral Home New Wilmington with Interment in Bethel cemetery. John Stewart's funeral conducted at Book Leyde mortuary with interment in Oak Park cemetery. Dominick Polombo of West Pittsburg buried after Holy Cross mass in West Pittsburg.
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Charles E. Lamison
South Pine Street
Boston Turner
First Pentecostal Church
Wilma Wood
Jesus
Norman Barth
Henry W. Alborn
Clarence H. Coates
C. W
Ward
Hugh Graham
Wallace Avenue
Cincinnati
Ohio
New Castle
Harriet Vance Thompson
New Wilmington
Thompson
Lawrence County
James
Sarah Walker Vance
A. M. Thompson
John
John Stewart
Glen Avenue
Book-Leyde Mortuary
C. K. McGeorge
Second United Presbyterian Church
Oak Park Cemetery
Dominick Polombo
West Pittsburg
Holy Cross Church
Miller
St. Vitus Cemetery
Three Men and Woman Sought in Kidnapping
A Philadelphia bureau of the justice department warns merchants to spot bank notes in five ten and twenty dollar bills with serials starting L and ending A tied to the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. The suspects believed to be on the move after release of a clue involving a Pendleton style blanket prize at a carnival.
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Philadelphia
George Weyerhaeuser
Pacific
Atlantic
R. George Harvey
Bureau
Department of Justice
Harvey
Westminster Commencement Opens Saturday With Address
Westminster plans 81st annual commencement on the South terrace at 2 PM if weather allows. Ex Senator W E Wenner of Ashtabula Harbor Ohio will deliver the address titled The Re Taking of America. Ninety seniors pursue degrees with five honorary degrees to be awarded.
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Board of Trustees
Little Theater
South Terrace
Cameron
W. E. Wenner
Ashtabula Harbor
America
VANDALS TARGET FENCE ROLLER AREA IN CITY STREETS
Victims report vandals shoved a fence roller down a hill on Croton avenue and Cascade street. A man used his shoulder to crank a roller on Cascade street. One worker was thrown to the ground when the motor kicked back. Officials fear serious injury if rollers are misused. Signs on new concrete poles were twisted. officials blame hoodlums rather than children.
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Croton Avenue
Cascade Street
Junior Life Saver Training Emphasizes 30-Foot Reach and Carry
The guide notes most drownings occur within reach of shore as victims are a short distance from safety. It explains the Junior Life Saver program trains a 30-foot approach and a 30-foot carry to improve rescue success.
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Stewart
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Penddleton
G-menual
Westminster
Nevin
Manhattan
Levine
Iret
Rosenthal
Liberal Credit
Greer
Mercer ST
Weingartner Florists
Butler Road
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Republic of China
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Axe’s Market
Cemeg
Swift Premium
Ibs
Rene
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