Eight Swollen Rivers Flood Banks in Severe Texas Flood
Eight rivers swept over their banks in a major Texas flood, the worst in 50 years, as heavy rain drenched the state. In Del Rio 6.43 inches fell in four hours, with five drowned including four Mexicans, a Negro farmworker, and a farmer. Colorado River waters flooded Austin, cutting city services and inundating lowlands, with the river at 41 feet and rising rapidly.
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International News Service
San Antonio
Tex
Gulf
South Texas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Colorado River
del Rio
Austin
First Street
Capitol
Dam Break Threat Near City Raises Flood Alarm
Reports warn of a possible Colorado River dam breach several miles upstream. If the dam fails, Congress avenue and other bridges could be destroyed. City pumps sit in river bottoms and were shut down, followed by the municipal electric plant powering off though it sits above the flood edge.
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Colorado River
Congress Avenue
Eleven New School Teachers Elected
The Franklin school board announced eleven new teachers for the district with salaries ranging from 1 000 to 1 800. Appointments include Ethel Uber at North Street primary and Elizabeth Hope at Pollock intermediate with various transfers and resignations noted.
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Franklin Junior High
Margaret Guy
Ethel Uber
North Street
Sarah Rice
Elizabeth Hope
Pollock
Miss Martin
Elma E. Badger
West Side
Miss McBride
Margaret O. Griffiths
Miss Walker
Frances N. Hyde
Mahoning
Helen Maloney
Matilda Chapman
Washington Junior High
John McCandless
Annetta Dodds
Robert McBurney, Jr
Commercial
Fred G. Leslie
Elsie K. McGeorge
Oral Expression
Helen McConaghy
Hazel Campbell
Iaa May Tucker
Sylvia Martin
Lincoln-Garfield
May Richards
Hannah Walker
Dorothy White
Mary McBride
Hattie D. Welch
Omaha Quiet After Carriots
Injured was William Hutter son of former Sheriff Charles Hutter of Sharpy County. He was shot in both legs. Several others were removed to hospitals but their condition was not serious.
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William Hutter
Charles Hutter
Sharpy County
New Castle School Board Orders Retirement Fund Payment
The New Castle school district was ordered to pay $7,336.38 to the public school employees retirement fund. The payment was approved during a Friday night meeting at the Administration building.
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New Castle
Four Illinois Guard Units Patrol Free Port Strike Scene
Four Illinois National Guard companies kept order in Free Port today after a strike crippled Stover Manufacturing. Patrols followed earlier clashes between deputized foremen and strikers at the plant, with six strikers lightly hurt. The shutdown has lasted six weeks pending pay restoration talks from 1933.
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Free Port
Illinois National Guard
Liquor Board Pushes General Revision for One Man Stores
The liquor control board urges passage of a general liquor revision bill giving it discretion to open one man state stores and set hours. It plans 224 new smaller stores immediately and 500 more later, with estimated annual business of 15 million and profits of 2.75 million.
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House
Senate
Commonwealth
Borrowed Ride on Motorcycle Fatal to Youth
Funeral services for the youth who died in a motorcycle accident will be held at the M. G. Moose residence in Volant with Rev. W. F. Byers officiating. Burial is in Fir Oaks cemetery, New Wilmington. The deceased’s mother is Mrs. Helen McConnell Moose of Volant and his grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Cal McConnell of East Brook. News by mail policy applies.
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Helen McConnell Moose
Volant R. D
Cal McConnell
East Brook R. D
M. G. Moose
W. F. Byers
Neshannock Presbyterian Church of
New Wilmington
Fir Oaks
Mathew M. Murphy
McCauley
Youngstown
Hillsville
Mr. Murphy
Garnet Lowrie
Earl
Lester Murphy
Detroit
Michigan
Frank Shook
New Castle
I. M. Davidson
Bessemer
H. M. Murphy
Remembrance Gift Honored Mothers Day In New Castle
The Elks Club of New Castle funded charity acts and sent a Remembrance Gift to mothers in local hospitals on Mother's Day. A reader notes gratitude from Mrs A Frank of East Reynolds Street and others, while pollution killed fish in the Shenango River near West Washington Street. Troop F members were fed a morning breakfast by Civilian Troop Committee after an overnight ride.
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The
Elks Club of
New Castle
A. Frank
East Reynolds St
Pa Newe
Shenango River
West Washington Street Bridge
Kke
Conference on Coal Wages To Resume In Appalachia
White House mediation has led to a truce extending wage and hour schedules until June 30 as talks resume on the Guffey Coal Bill. The Appalachian field cover strips include Poca, hontas, Tug River and Greenbrier areas in West Virginia. John L. Lewis warns that plants will shut if no agreement is reached by tomorrow midnight.
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White House
Guffey
Congress
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
NRA
Lewis
Cabinet Resigns in Mexico City Prompt Cabinet Shakeup
The Mexican cabinet resignations include ministers defending workers against capitalist agitation and a brief bulletin that the cabinet was asked to resign to allow the president freedom to pursue declarations. An unofficial plan for a new cabinet by Monday sparked talk that most outgoing ministers would not be reappointed.
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Mexico
Calles
Troop F Returns From Camp After Two Week Stay
After a two week camp period in Mt Gretna Troop F is back nine hours and a half faster than the previous journey by motor truck. The troop will not bring their mounts home but will leave them for the 104th Cavalry. Nine horses will be destroyed before camp ends and new mounts will be issued from the Remount station in the middle west. Mounted drill will wait until the horses return.
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Mt. Gretna
104Th Cavalry
United States Army
Middle West
Mitchell
Former Local Young Man Wins Prize at Harvard
Herbert Ellis Robbins of Pittsburgh received Harvard’s Robert Fletcher Rogers second prize this week, the fourth prize he has won. At 20 years old, he is the son of Mark L. Rabinovitz, a former New Castle attorney, and Mrs. Rabinovitch now of Pittsburgh. He will graduate with high honors on June 20.
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Herbert Ellis Robbins
Northumberland Street
Pittsburgh
E. Kaplan
Mercer Street
New Castle
Harvard
Robert Fletcher Rogers
Robbins
Mark L. Rabinovitz
Rabinovitch
Body Of Missing Boy Identified In East River
The body of five year old Jackie Kaul was identified at Fordham morgue by his father, supporting the police conclusion he fell into the East River while playing. The boy vanished June 6 and was found off Tiffany Street near Sutton Place in Manhattan.
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International News Service
New York
East River
Jackie Kaul
Fordham
John Kaul
Tiffany Street
Bronx
Sutton Place
Manhattan
Little Jackie
Y M C A Boys End Learn-to-Swim Course with Hike
The Y M C A closed its two week Learn-to-Swim campaign with a morning hike and pool dip for 75 of 318 participating boys. Physical Director Henry T. Mac Nicholas supervised helpers Bill Winters Austin Lewis Herman Kitchen Roger Meermans. Daily pool attendance averaged 143. Initiatives credited to Winters Lewis Kitchen Nick George J Yakowicz Bill Dunchio Harley Brooks Dario Baptiste Newt Campbell. Hobby school brass tapping begins Monday at 9.
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Henry T. MacNicholas
Bill Winters
Austin Lewis
Herman Kitchen
Roger Meermans
Winters
Lewis Kitchen
Nick George
J. Yakowicz
Bill Dunchio
Harley Brooks
Dario Baptiste
Newt Campbell
Y. M
MacNicholas
Y’s Hobby School
Found Guilty In Non-Support Case
The jury found Sam Pistachio guilty of desertion and non-support of his wife and minor child. Judge James A. Chambers presided. The case involved a so called common law wife who lived with Pistachio for years before he married another woman. Evidence suggested a plan to deny legal marriage.
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Sam Pistachio
James A. Chambers
Pistachio
Deaths of the Day in New Castle Area
Obituary notices record Harry Connor 52 of 209 Raymond Street dying after a long illness. Connor, root born in Johnstown, led Castle Foundry, and mourned by wife six daughters and extended family. Other notices list Mrs Mary Miller of Los Angeles former New Castle resident and Matthew Murphy funeral details in Youngstown.
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Harry Connor
Raymond Street
Mr. Connor
Johnstown
Thomas
Alice Dill Connor
New Castle
Castle Foundry Company
Tyrian Lodge
Wilmerding
Minnie Dill
Robert Moore
Clarence
Edward Dill
J. A. Galbraith
Epworth M. E. Church
Graceland Cemetery
Mary C. Miller
Los Angeles
California
Miller
Richard Counts
Shirley Miller
Elizabeth Taylor
C. R. Sherer
Mt. Jackson
Frank Taylor
Samuel G
Funeral services held for John B. Hennon in Wampum
Funeral services for John B. Hennon who died in Denver were conducted from his brother Ernest Hennon's home in Wampum Friday at 2 o'clock. Rev. J G Bingham led the service with a large gathering. Pallbearers included John Shaffer, William Butler, Socrates Hennon, James Hennon, Francis Hennon and Butler Hennon. Interment followed at Slippery Rock cemetery.
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John B. Hennon
Denver
Colorado
Ernest Hennon
Wampum
J. G. Bingham
Wampum Presbyterian Church
John Shaffer
William Butler
Socrates Hennon
James Hennon
Francis Hennon
Butler Hennon
Slippery Rock Cemetery
Denver Attorney Guilty in Urschel Kidnapping Case
Federal jury finds Denver attorney Ben B. Laska guilty of knowingly receiving and handling $10,000 of the $200,000 paid by Chas. F. Urschel to a kidnap gang in 1933. Laska previously defended Albert Bates, one of the convicted kidnappers. Judge Vaught stays sentence until July 2 pending a motion for a new trial.
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International News Service
Oklahoma City
Okla
Ben B. Laska
Denver
Chas. F. Urschel
Oklahoma
Laska
Albert Bates
Urschel
Edgar S. Vaught
Wiley Post Inches Toward Record Flight Fourth Attempt
Wiley Post, aiming for a trans continental record, continues a perilous flight with a modified landing gear drop and a plan to land on a special strut under the fuselage. After previous landings at Muroc Dry Lake Cleveland and LaFayette Indiana, he left Burbank California and was not sighted over midwest airports by noon central time today.
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Post
Muroc Dry Lake
Cal
Cleveland
LaFayette
Ind
Chicago
Wiley Post
Midwest
Burbank
Calif
New York
Teen Bride Admits Fatal Shooting After Forced Marriage
In Philadelphia a 15 year old, described as a pretty child bride, confessed to fatally shooting Mrs. Dorothy D Augustino after being forced to wed a man named Mangrate. She said she was coerced by the victim's brother Dominick De Josephs and others in February to marry a friend. Police sought both men.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Dorothy D'Augustino
Angelina Mangrate
D'Augustino
Mike Mangrate
Clipper Ship Takes Off For Midway Island
Pan American clipper sails from Pearl Harbor for Midway Island on a mission to blaze a trans Pacific air route. The 21 ton flying boat departed at 5 57 a m Honolulu time 8 27 a m P S R.
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International News Service
Honolulu
T. H
Pacific
Midway Island
Here
Pearl Harbor
Memorial Rotary talk mocks NRA legacy in Castletown program
The Castleton Rotary Club on Monday June 17 1935 hosted a memorial style program with Kieth McAfee delivering an obsequy on The Late Lamented NRA. Speakers argued business will recover and keep wage and hour codes without compulsion. Carl E. Paisley, secretary.
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Rotary Club
Kieth McAfee
Arch Davis
Pittsburgh
Marriage Licenses Across Ohio and Nearby Towns
A list of marriage license names and addresses in Cleveland Youngstown New Castle Ellwood Niles and Rocky River cites couples including John Cwynar Mary Fugas Theodore Streeter Mary Hemmerly Kenneth Black Dorothy McCune Francis McBride Ann Orecheney Francis Sullivan Bernice Craig Milfred Robinson Margaret Chagnat Lutie Wilsdon and Mary White with addresses in New Castle Ellwood Niles and Rocky River. The note from the research department remarks on experts seeking new wrinkles to keep customers dissatisfied with current offerings.
Deny Life Attempt On Adolf Hitler Report
Berlin reports that Austrian rumors of a recent assassination attempt on Chancellor Adolf Hitler during a Bavarian stay were denied today by both the ministry of propaganda and the chancellery as without foundation.
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Adolf Hitler
International
Berlin
Bavaria
Ministry of Propaganda
Chancellery of State
Despondent Girl Ends Life After Hollywood Drift
Desperate young woman known as Toots left Pittsburgh friends and family behind. After roaming job losses and constant refusals, she moved through Hollywood shops and hotels seeking work. Unable to cope with life’s pressures, she died by suicide, gazing at the stars from a hotel window.
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Hollywood Boulevard
Toots
Pittsburgh
Hollywood
Realty Transfers From Local Listings
Realty transfers show George W. Esher to Sarah Zeigler in Ellwood City for $1. Ralph R. Kegarise to Kathleen H. Kegarise in second ward for $10. Myrtle M. Baumgardner to Armin ia Gugliemi in Union township for $1.
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George W. Esher
Sarah Zeigler
Ellwood City
Ralph R. Kegarise
Kathleen H. Kegarise
Second Ward
Myrtle M. Baumgardner
Arminia Gugliemi
Union Township
Cars Damaged in Alley Collision Near Local Plant
Police received a report at 9 15 p m last night of a collision involving vehicles driven by Charles R Rodgers of 212 Phillips Place and James A Smith of the city golf course. Both cars sustained damage in the alley near the McCready Ice and Coal plant.
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Charles R. Rodgers
Phillips Place
James A. Smith
City Golf Course
McCready Ice and
President Removes Man From Office
Ewing Y. Mitchell of Springfield Missouri, one of the two assistant secretaries of commerce, was removed from office after refusing repeated resignation requests from President Roosevelt.
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International News Service
Washington
Anti-Party Raiding Bill Challenged in Court
In Philadelphia on June 15 a petition challenged the Woodward Howell anti party raiding law in the state supreme court. The filing on behalf of City Controllers Davis Wilson and the county commissioners sets a Friday June 28 date for arguments. Wilson, a registered Democrat, faces GOP mayoral nomination pressure under the new law.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
George H. Earle
Woodward-Howell
State Supreme Court
Davis Wilson
Wilson
Democratic Party
John B. Kelly
Diphtheria Prevention Campaign Planned in Lawrence County
From June 17 to 29 a Diphtheria prevention drive will be conducted under the American Red Cross and Lawrence County Medical Society. City Health Officer Dr. W L Steen says 90 percent of children aged six months to six years are expected to receive the treatment amid gains against smallpox and typhoid.
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American Red Cross
Lawrence County Medical Society
Pennsylvania
W. L. Steen
Toledo Edison Strike Talks Seek Settlement
A spokesman for the Striking Toledo Edison Co. workers says talks with the company proceeded after McGrady and Myers met a union strike committee. Myers pressed that wage negotiations be based on Toledo Edison finances, not parent Cities Service. Leaders declined comment and referred questions to McGrady.
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Toledo Edison Co. Electrical
McGrady
Myers
Toledo Edison Co
Toledo Edison
Cities Service
Building Permits Issued for Hospital Remodel in Cas tle
L A Haug files permit for remodeling the New Castle hospital with Vasil Thomas at 209 South Lafayette Street. Work includes a storeroom addition as part of the project.
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L. A. Haug
New Castle Hospital
Vasil Thomas
South
LaFayette Street
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Tug River
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Mexico City
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Y.M.C.A
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Barbara Fenchak
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St. Nicholas Green Catholic Church
Joseph Milly
St. Nicholas Cemetery
Andrew Florence
Michael Falatovicz
George Selenko
Michael Spatila
John Jesko
John Jurina
Mr. Hennon
Smith
Castleton
Carl E. Paisley
Cleveland, O
John Cwynar
Mary Fugas
Court St
Theodore Streeter
Spring Ave
Ellwood
Mary M. Hemmerly
Fourth St
J. Kenneth Black
Wilmington Ave
Dorothy C. McCune
East North St
Francis McBride
Ann D. Orecheney, Eee
Francis J. Sullivan
O. Bernice S. Craig
Milfred C. Robinson
Niles
Margaret Chagnat
Lutie S. Wilsdon
Rocky River
Mary M. White
Pearson St
Metzler
North Mill St
Toledo
Moonlight Garden
N. Liberty St
Mahoningtown
JOS. S. Rice CO
New Castle, Pa
Pennzoil
General Tire
E. Falls Street
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