Murder Charge Faced By Woman In Chicago Case
Chicago reports that Mrs Mildred Bolton 40 faces a grand jury indictment for the murder of her husband Joseph 39 an insurance broker. Assistant State's Attorney Meyers says he will question her only if she alters her story. A pawn shop proprietor identified her as the pistol buyer. The shooting occurred in the Loop office after a dispute over a pistol found in his desk drawer. The widow remained calm at the coroner’s inquest claiming the affair was ridiculous.
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International News Service
Chicago
Mildred Bolton
Joseph
Morris G. Meyers
Harold Goldberg
Tragic Hanging Found Near Haunted House
The neatly dressed body of Robert W. Wise aged 35 from Wexford Pa was found hanging from a tree limb near a so called haunted house by six girls from a Glenwillard summer camp. A bouquet of roses was pinned above him and letters in his pocket identified him though no note was left.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Robert W. Wise
Wexford
Glenwilliard
Constanble Francis Hesson
Coraopolis
Ann Estock
Tarentum
Connellsville Man Shot To Death On Front Lawn
Melvin Black a 35 year old resident of Connellsville was shot and killed by Jess Orndorff 34 who waited at his home sat on the front lawn until police arrived Orndorff claimed the shooting was accidental Chief Andrew W Thomas said Orndorff was held for questioning and gave no detailed statement
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International News Service
Connellsville
Melvin Black
Andrew W. Thomas
Jess Orndorff
Black
Orndorff
Woman Killed by Freight Train Near Cheswick
Nora Wilson 66 of Verona was struck and killed by an eastbound freight train on the Conemaugh division near Cheswick. Officials said she stepped onto the tracks failing to see or hear the approaching train while traveling to visit a daughter at a Cheswick summer camp.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Nora Wilson
Verona
Conemaugh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cheswick
Auditors Audit New Castle Aldermen Books in Harrisburg Mission
Auditors from the department of the auditor general in Harrisburg are in New Castle reviewing the aldermen books. The aim is to confirm fines collected were properly returned to the state. The team includes A E Austine M H Davis George M Dunlap Edward Lamphier and Charles E Donahue.
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Department of the Auditor-General
Harrisburg
New Castle
A. E. Austine
M. H. Davis
George M. Dunlap
Edward Lamphier
Charles E. Donahue
Grass Fire At Bluff Street Alarm Sparks Call
Sixth ward and B. truck companies were summoned at 9 40 this morning when youths set grass ablaze near Mrs. Margaret Meehan s garage at 208 Bluff Street. No damage reported.
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Sixth Ward
Bluff Street
Margaret Meehan
Y M C A Camp Benefits From New Rentz Gifts
The Y M C A camp at Camp Fred L Rentz announces eighth sleeping cabin and a handicraft building funded by Fred L Rentz and his wife to be ready for the 1936 season. Meermans notes other donations include painting funds from a local donor and repurposed Carnegie auditorium benches to seat 300. Camp enrollment priorities show 70 boys first week, 68 second, 60 for later weeks.
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Fred L. Rentz
Young Men's Christian Association
R. L. Meermans
Meermans
Rentz
New Castle
Camp Rentz
Pennsylvania
City Hall Briefs Report Police Move Equipment Inside
Equipment left outside a North Liberty street service station was retrieved by police and brought inside the building. Miss Susan Wallace, clerk to Councilman Joseph D. Alexander, took one week of vacation from her duties.
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North Liberty Street
Susan Wallace
Joseph D. Alexander
Will Renounce Sanctions Plan
London reports a unanimous cabinet decision to renounce sanctions as a tool of international security. The move ends prior divisions, signals Britain may lead other powers to follow, and includes plans to bolster Malta's defenses. Final judgment on recognizing King Victor Emmanuel as Ethiopian emperor is postponed.
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International News Service
London
House of Commons
Britain
League of Nations
Malta
Victor Emmanuel of
Italy
Ethiopia
Kiwanis Day Highlights Golf and Banquet in New Castle
About 250 Kiwanis members from western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio converge on New Castle for Kiwanis Day activities. Morning and afternoon golf events precede a seven o clock banquet at the New Castle Field Club hosted by the New Castle and Sharon Kiwanis clubs. District governors Gov Frank Finley of Pennsylvania and Gov Albert R Cox of Ohio are set to attend.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
New Castle
Sharon
Frank Finley
Wilkinsburg
Albert R. Cox
Ohio Group
Canton
Thomas Armstrong
Sharon Kiwanian
Ellis Parker May Be Prison Head
Reports from Trenton indicate Ellis Parker Sr veteran Burlington county detective may become head of the state prison. The post follows Col Kimberling becoming state police superintendent. Governor Hoffman will decide. Parker and Samuel Haverstick are among mentioned successors amid Lindbergh baby case fallout.
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International News Service
Trenton
N. J
Ellis Parker
Burlington County
Mark O. Kimberling
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Samuel Haverstick
Mercer County
Kimberling
Hoffman
Schwarzkopf
Parker
Brooklyn
Paul H. Wendel
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hautpmann
Realty Transfers in Union and Wilmington Townships
James H. Michels transfers to John W. Mec Elroy Union township for $1. Jacob J. Peiger transfers to Arch W. Cubbison in Wilmington township for $1 600. A tongue in cheek remark about whisky curing snake bites ends the note.
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James H. Michels
John W. Mec-Elroy
Union Township
Jacob J. Peiger
Arch W. Cubbison
Wilmington Township
Judge Delays Ruling On W P A Probe By Pa Senate
Federal Judge Albert W. Johnson reserves decision on the Pennsylvania Works Progress Administration inquiry by the state senate committee chaired by Sen. G Mason Owlett. A temporary restraining order remains in place as arguments focus on whether a state body can investigate a federal agency.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Albert W. Johnson
State Senate
Pennsylvania Works Progress Administration
Johnson
Owlett Committee
Senate
John Dickinson
Washington, D. C
U. S
Ladies of G A R Memorial Service honors departed members
George McCracken Circle 168 held a memorial service for past year members at Modern Woodman hall. The event paid tribute to Mrs. Foster, Mrs. McIver, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Sarg e, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Wallace, and Mrs. Beman, along with former comrades Hoops, Patterson, Law and Henderson Sharp. Plans discussed include an outdoor activity with Relief Corps invited. The next meeting is July 21 and Flag Day at Cascade Park is June 27, the tin mill picnic date expected to draw a large crowd.
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George McCracken
Woodman Hall
Margaret Foster
Elizabeth McIver
Sarah Campbell
Savilla Sarge
Eva Baker
Anna Wallace
Pattie Beman
Post
Comrades Hoops
John D. Patterson
Samuel Law
Henderson Sharp
New Wilmington
Relief Corps
Cascade Park
Tin Mill
WPA Officials Attend Beaver Falls Exhibit Dinner
J Vale Downie district 14 WPA and Dr Mildred Rodgers white collar division will attend the dinner and exhibition tonight at the Brodhead Hotel in Beaver Falls. The show highlights sewing projects and other white collar division works.
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J. Vale Downie
District 14
WPA
Mildred Rodgers
Works Progress Administration
Brodhead Hotel
Beaver Falls
Camp Counselors Confer With Director About Opening
Camp East Brook counselors gather with director Miss Betty Glover to finalize plans for the camp season start next Monday. The camp reports full capacity for three periods and urges all registration cards be completed and returned to the YWCA by Friday to finalize bank arrangements.
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East Brook
Betty Glover
Contagion Report Highlights Early Childhood Illnesses
City health bureau records multiple new contagion cases including whooping cough and scarlet fever. Names and ages of affected children are listed, with residences on Shaw Street East Washington Street Pearson Street and North Bay Street.
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City Health Bureau
Ruth Parson
Shaw Strete
Donald Kolunie
Shaw Street
Ruth Liebendorfer
East
Washington
Street
Joan Sadler
Pearson Street
Sylvia Burgess
North Bay Street
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