Guard injured during attempted prison break at Solmesburg
Four inmates were confined as a guard sustained serious injuries while stopping an escape bid at Solmesburg prison. James Kreiger, 21, was fatally shot by Guard John Routh, 44, during the clash near the gardens by the main gates. Artie Breve, 23, wielding a knife, was covered by a can as Guard George Rove intervened. Superintendent Dr Frederick Bald and three others were apprehended near a prisoner exit after the failed escape plan. Kreiger and Frieze, both Philadelphians, were involved in the gardening area when the breakout unfolded.
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Clorteunn
Philadelibita
Our
Solmesburg
James Kreiger
John Routh
Kremer
Artie Breve
George Rove
AGUS
Frederick S. Bald
Kreiger
Frieze
Ison Gardens
June Term Opens in Lawrence County Court
The June term of criminal court opens today in the Lawrence County Courthouse with Judge W. Walter Braham and Charles Matthews Jr. presiding. About 80 jurors were summoned. 16 were excused. Case One involves Joseph N. Lagnese and Frank Caminite charged with selling and furnishing liquor to a minor and permitting minors at a licensed place. Case Two against Roy H. Ruiter concerns failure to disclose identity. Several jurors were excused for various reasons.
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Lawrence County
Fudger W. Walter Braham
Charles Matthews, Jr
Aolcing Cout
Brahi
Josephn G. Lagnese
Frank Caminite
Cour Room
Roy H. Ruiter
Chester Dean
See Hock Township
Raymond DiFalco
Ellwood City
Jillia
Big Beaver
Harry Frans
Myron Imboden
Enon Valles
Minud Loviz
Ruth McConaphy
Ines Mekim
Big Beaver Township
Agnes Norris
Union Township
Lewis of
Emma van Goreer
Eltwoort C Lilian Willison
Helen Williams
New Wilmington
President calls workers back to jobs at defense plant
The Los Angeles North American Aviation plant, crucial to national defense, faced a full stoppage after failed conciliation. President orders immediate reopening with Secretary of War in charge until production resumes. Army protection extended to workers entering or leaving the plant and homes.
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Los Angeles
North
United States
Ghier
Rally planned by New Castle Afro-Americans at Church of God in Christ
The Afro-American community in New Castle plans a benefit rally on Thursday June 12 at 7 30 pm at 1123 Moravia Street. Elder S Threats pastor will lead with speaker Elder C T Toombs of Aliquippa and his choir along with the Morning Daughters quartet. A testimonial dinner by Lawrences Lodge No 18 I B P of W in honor of life members Brothers David Marks and Samuel Walker is set for June 22 at the Elks Home on Home Street with Attorney Joseph Givens of Pittsburgh as speaker and Dr G W Garnett as toastmaster. Voters League members will meet Tuesday evening in their club room with refreshments served.
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Moravia Street
S. Threats
C. T. Toombs
Aliquippa
Lawrences Lodge
Voters League Colored Voters League
Westminster Commencement Honors Dr Holmes and 104 Graduates
Dr Holmes urged Westminster's 104 graduates to seek greatness beyond safety, praising wartime industrial revival and a duty to humanity. Honorary degrees were conferred on five men including Fred L. Bents and Rev. J H Douds. The class roster lists graduates from New Wilmington to Pittsburgh with diverse majors in English, Chemistry, Business, Education, and Secretarial Science.
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Hummanity
de. Holmes
Westminster
Winston Churchill
Dr. Halmes
Fred L. Bents
New Castle News
J. CG. Downs
United Presbyterian Minatazing
J. H. Douds
John M. Cameron
Elshaw
Eevee
Ruth Eleanor Artman
New Wilson
Tom Ashcam
New Wilmington
Mary Jane Asper
Blairsville
Perry Black
Brentwood
Allegheny
Bach
Jane
Blythe
Charleroi
Wash
Ellis Campbell
Pittsburgh
William Clark
York
N. Y
Conrad
Canton
B. S
Betty Davis
New Castle
Bra
John Davis
Wayne Davis
Bessemes
Lucille Denny
Akron
Harry DePhallis
Aliquippa
Bari
Bus
Virginia Dickey
Ligonier
Westmoreland
Mus
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James Elliott
Tarentum
Alejshear
Joseph Francis
Curtis
Fritz
William Fulton
Wilkinsburg
John Galbreath
John Geary
Lebanon
Margaret Hopkins
Laurel
Paul Horn
Chaylerof
Washington
Henry Hudson
Ettanninog
Armistrong
Thelma Hutton
Charles Johnson
Reynoldsville
Mildred Genpold
Philadelphia
Robert Limburg
Wiamsville
New York
Alfred Lindsay
Sharpsburg
Glenn Lolz
McKeesport
Mary Lyons
Union City
Erie
AWB
Ellgateus
MecElwain
Newville
C Cumberland
Music
Educ
Jane McKee
Groveton
Jane McMunn
Fliltsburgh
BBS
Alfred Malatesta
Farrell
Rain shifts PA Newc Observes program to afternoon
Rain disrupted the usual 7 PM PA Newc Observes program by moving the event to 4 30 PM Saturday, allowing the spectacle to finish in good weather before the rain. Meanwhile Wilbur Rice of 537 Sampson Street slipped into the Shenango River near Harbor Bridge Sunday when a boat toppled and his outboard motor sank with him. he resurfaced minutes later.
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Formance
Wilbur Rice
Sampson Street
Shenango River
Harbor Bridge
Rice
Shenango
Wight
State Conducts Hearing On Bus Project Here
State conducts a hearing on a bus project with more bus seats than street car seats. The city will receive 25 000 cash and a bill of sale for nine thousand two hundred dollars in salvage streets. The city argues state highway department owns streets over which cars operate here. The choice is convey now or spend funds and effort on a costly effort.
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State Highway Department
Deaths of the Day Clendenin and Francis Obituaries
Funeral notes report Rev Thomas Francis of 14 Craig street and Mrs Mary Boyles Clendenin of 317 Clenmore boulevard with services at First Methodist Church and residence. Pallbearers named. interments at Oak Park cemetery and Graceland cemetery. survivors listed including relatives in Wales and Florida. Details reflect standard obituary notices with names, locations, dates, and burial plans.
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Fliat, Presbyterian Church
Norma A. White
Mary Boyles
Clenmore Boulevard
Bert L. Reed
Stewart Foltz
Frank McCandless
Lee Boyles
S. B. Pearson
Richard Dans
Graceland Cemetery
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Thomas Francis
Craig Street
First Methodist Church
W. Y. McLean
A. White
Helen Unison Felch
Edwin Lewis
Chester Nims
Clarence Hoke
Walter E. Withers
James Bailey
Lloyd Thompson
Bart Richards
Oak Park Cemetery
William Francis
Morristown
Wales
William Hood-Williams
Swansea
Rhodes
John Gyrus
Piedmont
W. Va
S. J. Rhodes
Highland Avenue
W. WV. McLean
W. P. Felch
W. L. Beal
Oscar Sheat~ Fer
J. C. Minor
W. J. Caldwell
Robert M. Strickler
Osk Park Cemetery
Mary Shilling
I. Petersburg
Fla
President orders army to occupy California plant
Roosevelt orders federal troops to seize the San Francisco shipyard complex to end the eleven-week strike that has shut eleven shipyards. The move comes after a picket line of about 1,000 workers blocked entry and requires protection for workers and plant operations. Stakeholders include Attorney General Jackson, War official Patterson, Sidney Hillman, and OPM officials. Brown of the machinists union was summoned for talks.
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Stephen T Early
Roosevelt
War Department
Justice Department
National Defense Mediation Board
OPM
Jackson
War
Farly
Harvey W. Brown
AF of International Machiniste Union
Brown
Washington
San Francisco
Inglewood
Patterson
Burnshaw
British and Free French Push Into Syria
British and Free French forces drive toward Damascus, now 70 miles inside Syria, with fighting near Suweiga. Reinforcements from Palestine threaten Kuneyla southwest of Damascus as Allied columns advance along the coast and Euphrates. The BBC and NBC report French forces in Syria claim progress aided by American supplies as they press a blue offensive across the Jebel Druse region.
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Suweiga
Palestine
Kunelova
Brazzaville
French Equatorial Africa
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Vichy
Henry Maitland Wilson
Jebel Druse
Iraq
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Euphrates
Aleppo
Syrian
Beirut
British Authoriies
Allied forces seize three more Levant cities as invasion proceeds
London reports British and Free French troops advance despite sporadic resistance in Syria and Lebanon. Authorities say three more cities in the ancient Levant are occupied as the invasion enters its sixth day, with reports of Suweida and Deraa nearby and claims that Germs abandoned Syria circulating without confirmation. Marriage license applications list residents in New Castle and nearby areas amid the wartime turmoil.
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Henri Philippe Perain
Syria
Lebanon
Beirut
Lonton
Syr Ane
Levant
Druses and Lions Reflect Anti French Sentiment in 1925 Recall
The passage notes the Druses’ strong anti French stance and pro British leanings. It recalls conflicts where the French fought the Druses and subjugated them in 1925, framing lions as a natural outcome of these tensions.
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Druses
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