Murder Trial Of Boy Starts In Court Here
Eleven year old Anthony Naples goes on trial for the murder of his schoolmate Robert Harris in Lawrence County. The jury of six men and six women is seated as District Attorney Mont L. Riley seeks first degree murder with a request for life imprisonment rather than the electric chair.
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Anthony Naples
Division Street
Robert Harris
Levine Way
Lawrence County Court House
James A. Chambers
Naples
Mont L. Riley
Jameson Hospital Graduates First Nurse Class
Fifteen young women completed Jameson Memorial Hospital Nurses Training and were graduated at a ceremony Monday night June 14 in the First Christian church. The graduates wore uniforms and received credentials as registered nurses, with relatives and friends in attendance. A rear row of former students watched the ceremony from the two front rows, now diplomas in hand.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital
First Christian Church
Service and Mercy
Florence Nightingale
Mary Virginia Patterson
G. S. Bennett
Fred L. Rentz
Rentz
Disorder Strife Triggers State Police Takeover in Johnstown
Johnstown faces riot conditions at Bethlehem Steel plants prompting Gov. Earle to deploy 100 additional state troopers plus the existing force to assume policing in the strike area. Mayor Shields backs a citizens committee to aid order while warning of possible martial law. One man is shot and multiple injuries reported as unrest continues.
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International News Service
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
Bethlehem Steel Company
Capitol
Harrisburg
Earle
Daniel J. Shields
Shields
Legionnaires
New Proposal Aims at Strike Peace By Davey In Columbus
Conference in Columbus Ohio brings representatives from C S O and steel concerns to assess a new proposal for strike peace. The meeting seeks to avert stoppages and restore labor stability amid tensions in the steel industry.
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Davey
Pennsylvania Game Commission reports 1936 hunting fatalities
The Pennsylvania State Game Commission released figures showing 16 hunting fatalities in 1936 with 10 safety related and 6 due to others. There were 146 non fatal accidents, 42 safety related, while two deaths were mistaken for deer. The storm last evening brought strong rain and wind, with dirt and branches washing onto hillside streets and street crews clearing debris this morning.
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Pennsylvania State Game Commission
Daily Weather Summary for the 24 Hour Period
United States weather reports show a maximum temperature of 81 and minimum 55 with .57 inches of precipitation. River stage stands at 7.3 feet. One year ago the high was 69 and low 45 with no precipitation.
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United States
Boys' Model Plane Sails Out Of Sight
Norman and Don Douglas brothers of 716 Brooklyn Avenue completed a model airplane on Saturday June 12 after weeks of patient labor. The home built craft features a humming motor and full airframe components while the whereabouts remain unknown, possibly in the backyard or in the upper air.
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Norman
Don Douglas
Brooklyn Avenue
Rival Union Clash at Ambridge Plant Gates
In Ambridge Pennsylvania 550 AFL nonstrikers faced 500 CIO pickets at the National Electric Products Company plant gates. Police used tear gas after a brief violent clash that injured AFL and CIO members including 100 women among the CIO group. The strike denial concerned a contract with IBEW amid Wagner Act issues. All workers were urged to return to work.
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Ambridge
CIO
A. F. of L
National Electric Products Company
A. F. of
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
United Electrical and Radio Workers
Rebels Close In On Bilbao Amid Siege
Rebels breached Bilbao defenses by land air and long range artillery as they move from suburb to suburb. Loyalist defenders flee then mount last ditch efforts while civilians flee to safety in Santander. A British evacuation party comes under fire near St Jean de Luz as Madrid orders staged civilian evacuation amid bomber pamphlets.
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International News Service
Bilbao
Santander
St. Jean de Luz
France
R. C. Stevenson
Stevenson
Kempenfelt
Madrid
Jose Maija
State Treasurer Dismisses Ten Treasury Employees
Harrisburg June 15 State Treasurer F Clair Ross announced the dismissal of ten treasury employees and the appointment of thirteen others. Appointments, effective tomorrow, included Michael Bobbino New Castle clerk at 1800 dollars.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
F. Clair Ross
Treasury
Michael Bobbino
New Castle
President Roosevelt Tightens Focus on National Strike Turmoil
President Roosevelt increases attention to unrest across Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana as steel and coal strikes spread. Conciliator James Dewey reports to Secretary Frances Perkins daily, who in turn updates the President, forming a three-way, mediated effort while federal intervention remains unspoken.
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Edward Lockett
International News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
James Dewey
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Storms Down Trees and Debris Cleared Citywide
Street department crews worked overnight and into the morning to clear trees blown down and debris washed onto hillside streets by last night’s wind hail and rain. Fallen trees were reported on Marshall Avenue East Washington Street Rural Avenue and Wallace Avenue according to department reports.
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Street Department
Marshall Avenue
East Washington Streets
Rural
Wallace Avenue
Track Blown Up Near Warren by Bomb Threat
A section of main line tracks near Warren Ohio was blown up by what rail officials called a bomb. The blast disrupted the line between Pittsburgh and Cleveland after 35 cars of materials were moved into the Republic Steel plant and 35 cars pulled out under guard of 75 railroad detectives with armed pistols tear gas and other weapons. CIO pickets did not intervene and warned it could have been deadly.
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Warren
Pennsylvania Railroad
Waddell Park
Niles
Republic Steel Corporation
CIO
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Youngstown
All Johnstown Liquor Stores Closed by State Order
Harrisburg June 15 The state liquor control board ordered all state liquor stores and licensed liquor dispensaries within a 25 mile radius of Johnstown closed due to the strike. The action received Gov. George H. Earle's approval.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
State Liquor Control Board
Johnstown
George H. Earle
Suburban Day Returns in New Castle June Sales
Suburban Day set for Wednesday June 16 in New Castle merchants join to offer first grade stock at prices far below normal. Started as an goodwill experiment, the event has grown and compares with the June brides custom. Stores open at opening time and run until closing offering genuine values.
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New Castle
New Activity In New York Case
Federal agents and state police questioned a young couple and three garbage collectors at the Parsons estate on Long Island after the wife of William H. Parsons disappeared six days earlier. The garbage workers said they found the garbage outside the home the morning the society matron vanished.
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International News Service
New York
Stony Brook
L. I
William H. Parsons
Alice
Earl J. Connelley
Arthur Chadwick
Arnold Cox
George Winfield
Parsons
Infant Cameron Dies in Pulaski County R D
A death record notes the infant Cameron in Pulaski R D passed away. No further details, including date or age, are provided in the readable text. The brief entry records a birth and death event for a named infant in the county.
Court Orders Issued In Strike
In Warren three restraining orders barred SWOC pickets from interfering with Republic Steel property and barred railroads from moving trains into strike bound plants during an anti-picketing injunction hearing. In Youngstown a search warrant authorized Sheriff Elser to enter Republic Steel plants for guns and to seize any found.
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International News Service
Warren
Common Pleas Court
Lynn B. Griffith
SWOC
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown, O
George H. Gessner
Ralph E. Elser
Youngstown
Thomas White
Ohio
Gessner
Elser
Gen Adelbert Cronkhite Dies at 76 in Florida
Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite of Pittsburgh and leader of the 80th Division in World War I died today at Mound Park hospital in St. Petersburg Florida aged 76. He commanded renowned units and was revered as a steadfast wartime leader.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Adelbert Cronkhite
Mound Park Hospital
St. Petersburg
Fla
Genevieve Clark Widow of Speaker Champ Clark Dies
Mrs Genevieve Davis Clark widow of Speaker Champ Clark died in New Orleans after a lengthy illness at the home of her daughter Mrs James M Thomson.
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International News Service
New Orleans
Genevieve Davis Clark
Champ Clark
James M. Thomson
Picketing Agreement Reaches Newton Steel Plant
Monroe Michigan June 15 An agreement to peaceful picketing at Republic Steel Newton plant limits the number of pickets to 25 near the site. CIO SWOC officials and city leaders signed the pact to prevent interference as a shift change approaches. Plant manager Holloway said Newton workers serving as special police would return to work this afternoon.
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Monroe
Mich
Newton
Republic Steel Corporation
CIO
Daniel Knaggs
SWOC
Charles Kiser
Detroit
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
The
Knaggs
Harry Holloway
Girl Injured In Auto Crash Near Rose Point
Miss Mary Napoleon aged 18 of 411 East Reynolds Street is confined to New Castle hospital with a possible skull fracture after a car she rode in overturned Monday at about 7 55 near Rose Point on the Butler New Castle highway. The driver F Quintiliani of 824 Arlington Avenue suffered bruises and the car was badly damaged according to Highway Patrolman Kelita.
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Mary Napoleon
East Reynolds Street
New Castle Hospital
Rose Point
Butler-New Castle
F. Quintiliani
Arlington Avenue
Kelita
Ohio Governor Proposes Breakthrough in Steel Strike Talks
Gov. Martin L. Davey of Ohio presented a plan to end the steel industry deadlock by letting the National Labor Relations Board rule on whether independent steel firms must sign with the CIO led United Steelworkers. The proposal seeks a final judicial determination and includes the seven point program previously offered, facing rejection from steel company spokesmen.
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Columbus
Strikeridden
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
John L. Lewis
C.I.O
National Labor Relations Board
Davey
Steel Company
Nations Again Default Debts To United States
Washington reporters note Europe faces staggering wartime debts totaling about 12.1 billion dollars as Uncle Sam calls for repayment. Nations respond with polite regrets, signaling a possible resumption of debt settlements amid postwar strain.
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United States
International News Service
Washington
Uncle Sam
Europe
America
Nurses in White Heroic Fight Against Disease
Arthur Mometer salutes the ladies in white the nurses who care for the ill. They are heroines and when needed their stern discipline ensures patients swallow pills. They stand by doctors and fight death, a boon to all as a cool seventy degree day passes.
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Della Collins
Washington Township
Mollie Crowl
David E. Barry
R. Frederick Roberts
John Neal
Pulaski
Rose Younkin
Plaingrove
Pearl Daugherty
Ellwood City
Lake MacNab
Reed Kimpel
Ellport
Margaret Corbett
Enon Valley
Charles Owens
Mary J. Watson
Wilmington Township
Jameson Hospital
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Speed
Steel Strike
Columbus, Ohio
C.S.O. and Steel
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
L. Men
Republic
Cameron
Pulaski R. D
Bulletin
Gen. Cronkhite
Newton Steel
James L. Kilgallen
Girl
Was News Service
Arthur Mometer
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