Pittsburgh Mayor recalls Dunn to restore city order
Pittsburgh on June 15 saw partial return to order after Mayor William N. McNair recalled Public Safety Director Thomas A. Dunn from furlough and freed on a $5,000 bond. Dunn heads the police as courts resume work under Magistrate Judge Ralph H. Smith amid a grand jury probe and friction over the furlough episode.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
William N. McNair
Thomas A. Dunn
Public Safety
Dunn
McNair
Bluecoats
Ralph H. Smith
Criminal Courts
Frank I. Gollmar
Compromise on Relief Fund Suggested in Legislature
Legislators weigh a relief fund plan near fifty million dollars as the administration trims needs estimates. The WPA extension in Pennsylvania raises eligibility, promising a large drop in direct relief rolls while unemployment relief remains the central issue. Democratic leaders press for swift social security measures before June 20 deadline. Governor Earle asks rapid action in a joint session as bills are introduced.
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Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
General Assembly
Earle
House
Armory Corner Laid At Saturday Ceremony In New Castle
General Stackpole led the cornerstone ceremony for the new armory in Cascade Park New Castle praising Troop F for flood relief at Sharpsburg and wartime service. Local sponsor chairman L B Round announced civilian collaboration will continue as documents and emblematic items were placed in the corner box.
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Stackpole
Sharpsburg
National Guard
New Castle
L. B. Round
Mr. Round
Freddie Rentz
Fred L. Rentz
George F. Mitchell
W. Fulton Jackson
James E. Moorhead
American Legion
Daughters of 1812
A. T. Eckles
Rev. Koonce
Cascade Park
General Stackpole
Sidewalk Safety and Oil Work Update
PA Newc notes pedestrians should use safety stops on highways while oiling operations begin state wide. Detour bulletins cover period to June 19 with sites near Emlenton Oil City and Titusville. Suber retrieves a package from Neshannon Creek bridge. contents old magazines.
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State Highway Department
Emlenton
Oil City
Tionesta
Titusville
Suber
Neshannock Creek
Paper Mill Bridge
Deaths of the Day in Butler County area obituaries
Funeral services held for William C Book at his son Frank's home in Worth township with Rev. Carl E Jones and Rev J D Humphrey officiating. Eleborate flower bearing and pallbearers named. Interment at Plaingrove cemetery. Also obituary notices for Elizabeth Florence Jones and Frank Bec hum with graves at Graceland cemetery. Dr Charles B Hunt dies at 69 after a heart attack near Lakewood. Funeral plans announced from Kel ley funeral home with Oak Park cemetery burial. Also services for a Lebanon U P church note for Flickinger family burial at Neshannock cemetery.
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William C. Book
Frank Book
Worth Township
Butler County
Carl E. Jones
Zion Baptist
J. D. Humphrey
Lois
Mae
June Book
Katherine Elliott
Lillian Hines
Anna Graham
Blanche Winner
Bertha Wright
Archie
Loyal Glenn
Harold Elliott
George
James
Randall Book
Plaingrove Cemetery
Charles B. Hunt
East
Washington Street
Hickory Township
Lakewood
East Brook Station Road
Dr. Hunt
Lawrence County
Abraham
Mary J. Houk Hunt
Sunbury Academy
Grove City College
Baltimore Medical College
Medico-Clinical College of
Philadelphia
Lydia A. Grossman
Princeton
Rose Point
Butler
New Castle
Central Presbyterian Church
Clarence W. Hunt
Crede B. Hunt
Kelley
Oak Park Cemetery
Hunt
New Rupture Method Offers Free $3.50 Truss
Niagara Falls NY reports a doctor offering a 30 day trial of a rupture method that promises relief and a free $3.50 truss to every ruptured person who tries it. If it fails, the patient keeps the truss and receives $3.50. Write E. O. Koch Dept. 4974 Niagara Falls NY for details.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
E. O. Koch
Veterans receive massive World War I bonus bond payments
Harrisburg reports delivery of over 155 million dollars in soldier bonus bonds to nearly 260000 Pennsylvania veterans. Philadelphia leads with 31.5 million, Allegheny to receive over 22 million as postmen and letter carriers handle registered mail and overtime deliveries statewide.
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Harrisburg
Uncle Sam
Keystone
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
Luzerne County
Wilkes- Barre
Delaware
Fayette
Erie
Bonus bonds delivered to 1700 veterans in county
More than a million and a half dollars in bonds were distributed to 1700 veterans across the county. Certification headquarters open at Troop Farmary West Washington Street at 5 pm, with bonds to be exchanged for cash once veterans sign. Bonds earn 3 percent simple interest after June 15 1937.
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Troop F
West Washington Street
Cleveland
Ohio City
Funeral for John Leyshon Held at Home and Oak Park Cemetery
Saturday afternoon at 2 30 Rev Rees T Williams pastor of First Congregational conducted funeral services for John Leyshon at his daughter Mrs J L McWilliams home 606 Sutton street Congregational singing was led at the home and at the grave in Oak Park cemetery Pallbearers were Richard Richards William McKenzie Evan Thomas John Beynon David Owens and Lewis Morris.
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Rees T. Williams
First Congregational
John Leyshon
J. L. McWilliams
Sutton Street
Oak Park Cemetery
Richard Richards
William McKenzie
Evan Thomas
John Beynon
David Owens
Lewis Morris
Infant Son of Skvoczylas Dies in Wampum
Joseph Albert Skvoczylas six months died Saturday in Wampum. Funeral services were held at St Monica's church with Fr Maloney officiating. Interment followed at St Agatha's cemetery Ellwood City.
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Joseph Albert Skvoczylas
Albert Skvoczylas
Wampum
St. Monica’s Church
Maloney
St. Agatha’s Cemetery
Ellwood City
William Flickinger Dies After Apppendix Operation
William Lawrence Flickinger aged 41 of Lackawannock township Mercer county died in Mercer hospital at 3 45 this morning after an operation for appendicitis performed a week ago. He was born in Lackawannock township on April 12 1895, son of Charles and Maggie Kuhn Flickinger, and lived his life in the community. He was employed as a fireman at the Car-
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William Lawrence Flickinger
Lackawannock Township
Mercer County
Mercer Hospital
Mr. Flickinger
Charles
Maggie M Kuhn Flickinger
Man dies in head on crash near New Castle
Hyde 28-year-old salesman for Pennsylvania Power died after his car collided head on with a southeast bound vehicle driven by Mc Conahy on Route 422 near the park hill. Hyde lived in New Castle since last November and leaves a wife and stepson as authorities investigate the Sunday crash.
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Hyde
New Castle
McConahy
Phillips
Ralph Smith
LeRoy Trimble
Trimble
Potter
Route 422
Smith
Phillips Machine
Holmes
Rice
Warren, O
Pennsylvania Power Company
Children’s Day Observed Across Many Churches
Hundreds of youngsters in New Castle churches dressed in their best for the annual Children's Day observance. The entire worship program was led by Sunday schools as beginners and junior departments performed while parents watched.
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New Castle
Heavy traffic builds on Edenburg covered bridge site
Steam shovels work on both sides of the Mahoning river as a viaduct project progresses. A temporary Edenburg road connects to a ramp at the viaduct, foundations are under way, and the structure will become seven bridges with a roadway. If weather cooperates, the job may finish by December, lifting laundry bills for Edenburg residents.
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Mahoning River
Edenburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mr. Muller
Firemen Answer Several Alarms Over Weekend
City firefighters answered three alarms over the weekend with no serious damage. At 2 10 p m Saturday John C Christine 341 Shaw Street was burning paint from his house with a blow torch and the blaze was put out by a garden hose. At 8 45 p m Saturday a short circuit ignited Eddie Bartell s car at 331 South Mill Street causing about five dollars in damage. At 5 00 a m Sunday smoke issued from the shanty of a B and O watchman near Moravia Street and appeared to come from an adjacent building.
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John C. Christine
Shaw Street
Christine
South Mill Street
Eddie Bartell
Ellwood City
Moravia Street
B. and O. Watchman
Alfalfa Bill Makes Visit To Landon
William H. Murray former Oklahoma governor and 1932 presidential nominee candidate endorsed a large portion of the Republican platform during a visit to Governor Alfred M. Landon in Topeka Kansas. He refused to say if he would back the 1936 Republican ticket saying he is interested in principles not partisan politics. Murray was en route to Kansas City for a business trip and paused before a meeting of Republican leaders planning the 1936 campaign.
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International News Service
Topeka
Kan
Willam H
Murray
Alfred M. Landon
Landon
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Republican High Command
Seevers Faces Jury Trial For Woman's Murder
Seevers stands trial for the murder of his wife after a verdict of first degree murder with mercy, resulting in a life sentence. The jurors are chosen amid questions on capital punishment, with Judge Braham addressing conscientious scruples and the possibility of a plea. Seevers, 45, tall and heavily built, has been jailed since 1930.
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Seevers
Edward D. Pritchard
John M. Edgar
J. Elder Bryan
Commonwealth
Edwin K. Logan
W. Walter Braham
Braham
Jury Selection in Noted Murder Case Reaches Midday Update
By noon three jurors had been secured for the case. Walter Earl J Dewitt Gormley Harry Lech and Samuel A Thompson, all laborers from various wards, were among those chosen so far as the day stretched toward potential premeditation issues.
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Walter Earl
J. Dewitt Gormley
Hickory Township
Harry Lech
Samuel A. Thompson
Demonstration of W P A Work Planned in Beaver Falls
Officials of the Works Progress Administration will attend a dinner and meeting in Beaver Falls to discuss planned WPA activities and present demonstrations for local progress.
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The
Works Progress Administration
Beaver Falls
Sewing and recreation demo and dinner at Brodhead Hotel
A Wednesday night demonstration of sewing and recreational projects will take place at the Brodhead Hotel. Dinner starts at 6 o clock EST and two short addresses by state officials are on the speaking program.
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Brodhead Hotel
Auto fire causes alarm at noon
Third Ward and B. Truck company from Central Station were called to the home of Fred Satcher on Vine Street at noon today when a short circuit set fire to gasoline near the engine. The blaze was extinguished by fire foam with little damage.
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Third Ward and
B. Truck Company
Central Station
Fred Satcher
Vine Street
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Ww. C. Book Funeral
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Elizabeth Florence Jones
Chestnut Street
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Louis S
Clara M. Covington
Minerva F. Richardson
Frank Bechum
Mahoning Avenue
C. Wilkinson
W. L. Clark
Mose Palmer
S. Maddox
George Brown
T. Aldridge
H. Holt
C. Florence
Graceland Cemetery
Charles BR. Hunt
Negie Steel
Farrell
Lebanon
Bethel
Lebanon U. P
Neshannock Cemeery
J. B. Nielsen
East Washington St
North
Beaver Street
East Long Ave
Oleo
Hothouse Tomatoes
Parker
Dad
Washington
Frank T. Hines
Eric Johnson
Eric W. Johnson
Hillcrest Avenue
Ohio-Edison
Toronto
Paisley
Weise
Castle View
Mr. Johnson
Lanskromnen
Sweden
Pennsylvania Power
Smith’s
DRY Cleaners and Furriers
Bill
Blatts
Kodak Pictures
D. G. Ramsey and Sons Builders
Croton Avenue
Our Funeral Home
Leyde Funeral Home
Joseph B. Leyde
Book-Leyde Mortuary
Highland
Winter Ave
M.A., Inc
Graham
PERRY
Washington St
Bryan New Castle
Wyatt R. Campbell
East North Street
New Wilmington
Penna Neshannock Avenue
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