Fourth Doomed Man Respited
Four members of the Bronx Murder Trust were executed at Sing Sing while Joe Murphy escaped the chair by receiving a two week reprieve from Governor William Bray. The narrative describes the condemned as murder-for-profit figures and depicts the grim atmosphere of the death house with witnesses and officials present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cannon
Ossining
Sune
Bronx
Frank Pasqua
Daniel Kiresberg
Anthony Marino
Charion
Joe Murphy
William Bray
Big Joe
Wright Narrow
Couple Weds Amid Walk-A-She-Contests Revival
News briefs recount a second bond marriage amid a walk-a-she contest, with a shuffling tune and a late night ceremony. A tragedy follows as 22 year old Alice Doris West, aided by a pistol loaned by a policeman, shoots herself in a Philadelphia taproom after declaring her fatigue with it all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Alice Doris West
Madison Hooven
New Castle May Queen Crowned in Saturday Pageant
New Castle prepares for the May Queen coronation on Saturday with Miss Wettich crowned by six senior attendants. A 24woman Maypole winding follows, featuring students from W A A and a color themed organdy gown parade. An orchestra concert closes the evening on South terrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Holland
Bellevue
Virgina Booth
Cleveland Heights
Harriet Jackson
Sewickley
Patricia Jones
New Wilmington
Martha Morrow
Oil City
Virginia Rumbaugh
Saxonburg
Marjorie Scott
Euclid
al Jene Somerlade
Clay
South Terrace
Donald O. Cameron
Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Coyne Case
In Pittsburgh a federal jury could not decide the guilt of Senator James J. Coyne a Allegheny County political leader on vote fraud charges. With no verdict Coyne remains presumed innocent and eligible to continue serving in the legislature if the case stalls before an indictment is disposed of. Coyne sat through the 1933 special session and remains merely accused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ment
Pittsburgh
James J. Coyne
Allegheny County
Sclon
Senate
Coyne
Hope To Enact Important Bills In Congress
Washington June 4 A round robin pledge by over thirty five house members to oppose adjournment until inflation labor and bank depositor relief bills are enacted was circulating as leaders push to shorten the session. The McLeod and Frazier Lemke measures plus a 30 hour week bill and Wagner labor disputes act are among the targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Williams
Neal International Mews
Washington
House
Senate
McLeod
Jury Divided In Coyne Case
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a juror admitted following newspaper coverage of the James J. Coyne vote fraud trial. Deliberations were split, with ballots commonly six to six. last tally shown seven to five for conviction. Jurors questioned after receiving government pay admitted interest in the outcome and care for future voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Pittsburgh
James J. Coyne
H. Robinson
Robinson
Washington
Convicon
Coyne
Hazen New Head of County Republicans
Hazen won the county Republican leadership with 138 votes to 14 for McCormick. Peterson moved to make Hazen's election unanimous. Pitts was unopposed for secretary, nominated by W D Walton, succeeding McCullough. English was the unopposed treasurer, continuing in the role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Sankey McCune
James &. Moorhead
On & Vivi Voce
Hazen
McCune
Olive Johnston Stevenson
Orville Brown
William D. Walton
Republican Party
United States Senate
David A. Reed
William A. Schnader
Harry B. Scott
Congress
J. Howard Swick
Secretary of Internal Affairs
M. Harvey Taylor
General Assembly
Joseph Leta
Paul J. Cartwright
McCormick
Petterson
Pitts
Willia&m
W. D. Walton
T. Wilbur McCullough
A. Reid English
Dying gangster claims Dillinger hiding tale relayed
A dying gangster tells police Dillinger’s burial location as federal agents pursue Dillinger gang members after a car fleeing the scene sped away. Carroll, shot resisting arrest, is linked to the escape and a woman, Jean Crompton, claims to be his wife amid the Spider Lake escape aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillinger
Carroll
Spiker Lake
Wis
P. E. Walker
Walker
Em Steffen
Jean Crompton
Jean Delaney
Carrol
St. Paul
Miss Crompton
Spider Lake Cun
President urges housing bill tied to mature plan
President Roosevelt signals a definite objective to pass the housing bill but insists on a mature plan for its operation. He pledges to craft and present the plan when Congress reconvenes in January, acknowledging progress on home building yet insisting the nation must go further to ease building and ownership. He emphasizes the pending housing bill as central to national advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
Blonde Film Star Killed in Auto Crash
The article notes the sudden death of a rising blonde film star in an auto crash. It mentions Paramount officials forecasting a bright future and her work in several features, including a lead role in a film with Victor McLaglen and a recent project titled Shoot the Works. It also references Dr. Wagner as a key witness in the unsolved murder of Dr. Leonard Slever, a Pasadena socialite dentist, from last December.
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Paramount Film Studio
Miss Dell
Victor Mel Laglen
Wagner
Leonard Slever
Pasa
Plan to Reduce Number of Codes In Wage Plan
The proposal aims to bring large industries not yet under a code into a blanket code while small ones may choose between the blanket and the president’s reemployment agreement. About 400 codes are now approved and over double that number are in formation. Many minor industries would apply to fewer than 200 employees and would join a single authority for all minor industries.
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Johnson
Free fishing for needy proposed by Ryan bill
Needy residents would be given free fishing license until July 1 1935 under a bill introduced by Representative Francis M Ryan of Somerville a member of the Committee on Conservation. Leave in concealment what has long been concealed Seneca.
Cruickshank Leads National Open After Second Round
Bobby Cruickshank of Richmond shot his second 71 in two days to hold a five stroke lead over Horton Smith at Merion. Leo Diegel posted a 71 to tie Smith for second as 4 000 fans roared at the home town idol and par was preserved from the 11th to the 13th with birdies on the 13th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merion Cricket Club
Ardmore
Bobby Cruickshank
Richmond
Horton Smith
Smith
Diegel
Leo Diegel
Leo
Diego
Cruickshank
Nurses Class Graduates at Hospital Ceremon y
The 1934 nursing class at the hospital received diplomas as Rev Fr W V Stancelewski spoke of duty and integrity. Performances included solos by Bruno Huhn and James Callahan with the St. Francis group. Dr E Kaplan urged ongoing service and education. The ceremony closed with the orchestra and the class marching out. Members listed include Hazel Giles and Josephine Franze among others from New Castle Ellwood City Renfrew Portersville and nearby towns.
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E. E. Branstetter
Parsons
Bruno Huhn
W. V. Stancelewski
St. Philip & St. James Church
Hfe
Stancelewski
Prasludium
Zamecnik
W. O. Wiliams
Julius V. Sypher
Green
Sisters of St. Francis
Hospital Board of Directors
James Callahan
E. Kaplan
Kaplan
D. J. Parsons
FE. Rh. Branstetter
St. Philip & St. James
Hines
Hazel Mae Giles
New Castle
Josephine Mary Franze
Ellwood City
Geraldine Frances Conner
Dorothea Mary Moniot
Renfrew
Margaret Virginia Parsons
Leola Dale Cutler
Mary Pearl Carr
Marie Eleanor Grotefend
Dorothy May Williams
Portersville
Melisse Eva Badger
Five Boys Rescued After Bay Capsize Near Erie
Five Sea Scouts were saved when their small boat capsized a half mile from Erie Bay during a sudden wind. They thanked Laur enet Nagle, a local manufacturer, for rescuing them. The report also notes Great Britain now has 2,000 registered air pilots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saul Erie
Laurenet Nagle
Erie Bay
Great Britain
Deaths of the Day Thelma Rose Clark
Thelma Rose Clark 14 of Walmo dies after a two week illness from heart trouble at 9:00 a.m. She was president of her class at Benjamin Franklin junior high and active in Epworth church. Born July 16, 1920 in New Castle, she is survived by her parents Norman E. and Rose M. Genkinger Clark, grandmother Mrs Catherine Genkinger and grandfather George Clark. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. Monday from the Walmo home, Rev J A Galbraith presiding. interment Greenwood cemetery. Also noted are funeral services for Boyne F. Boyd and Miss Sadie Lewis selections and pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Rose Clark
Norman E
Rose M. Genkinger Clark
Walma
Thelma Rose
Benjamin Franklin Junior High School
Epworth
Sarah Owens Bichie
New Castle
Catherine Genkinger
George Clark
Youngstown Road
Walmo
J. A. Galbraith
Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Boyne F. Boyd
Pulaski
T. Edward Shaffer
New Bedford
Evergreen Cemetery
Charles Brandfield
Hosea Rodner
George Forman
Joseph Gill
Fred Knapp
E. E. Moon
Penitentiary Life Sentence Given Mozesz
Mozesz received a life term for first degree murder after a jury found intentional, premeditated killing with no merit in new trial reasons. Judge Hildebrand noted the defendant’s self defense claim was irreconcilable with trial facts, and Mozesz was sent to Western penitentiary for life. Earlier, an international brief reports Andy Kupich, 41, Aliquippa steel worker, died of heart disease in Beaver County Jail two hours before his non-support hearing.
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Hildebrand
Mozesz
Hilldebrand
Jor
Western
Beaver Falls
Andy Kupich
Aliquippa Steel
Beaver County
Mary
Remarkable Case of Fever Sore Healed by Ointment
J. D. Hood of Townville Pa. reports his daughter’s fever sore on her leg healed in six weeks by San-Cura Ointment. The ad touts San-Cura for Eozemia boils tetter piles burns sunburn beards cuts and bruises with sizes 35c 6c and 1.25 per jar available at all drug stores.
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J. D. Hood
Townville
Grace and Johnson discuss steel strike at White House
Eugene Grace of Bethlehem Steel met with Recovery Administrator Johnson as union rank and file leaders led by William J. Spang pressed to meet President Roosevelt. Despite unannounced visits and a formal letter from the American Iron and Steel Institute, no concrete plan emerged before adjournment of the current executive conference.
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Washington
Jine
Eugene Grate
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Johnson
Rank and
Steel Workers Union
William J. Spang
White House
Roosevelt
Grace
New York
American Iron and Teel Institute
General Johnson
Tibor Department
Michael Tighe
William Green
A. F
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Daniel Kriesberg
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Washington St
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Marlin’s
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Jefferson St
E. M. McCreary
Monroe Street
Atia
H. Lloyd Rich
Mill St
Columbia University
Mposinl
Analy
Murphy and Woolworth Stores
Davis J. Walsh
Sports
International Nave Sauviex
F. Boyd
Himan
Sanitex
Grace and Johnson
Cenfer
Tion
Hollywood
J.B. Nielsen Jeweler and Optometrist
East Washington St
Crax
Anderson & Anderson
Wadlinger
Frank R. Wadlinger
North and
Mercer Sts
Hamburg
T. N.T
Fairlawn Stores
Fairlawn
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