Friends of Slain Girl Held for Questioning
Two Nesquehoning residents Lucy Pavishian 21 and Joe Vrabel 25 were detained by state police in Lansford Pa for questioning in the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Joan Stevens. Special counsel James McCready aims to prove the girl’s bank robbery tale real and ties to a New York visit involving a white slave ring. Local citizens form a committee, launch Joan Stevens Week June 18 across Nesquehoning Lansford Mauch Chunk Summit Hill and Coaldale.
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International News Service
Mauch Chunk
Joan Stevens
Benjamin Franklin
Lucy Pavishlan
Joe
Rabbit) Vrabel
Lansford
James McCready
Pavishian
Vrabel
Nesquehoning
McCready
Joan
New York
Jean
Franklin
Citizens’ “Justice Committee
McGready
Nesquenhoning
Summit Hill
Coaldale
Community clubs plan Monday gatherings across town
Circles and prayer bands meet this Monday with hostesses at various homes. The Reading Circle under Mrs Carrie Ferguson plans an evening session at West Granestreet. The Monday Prayer Band convenes at Mrs A White 708 West State Street at 2 o clock with Mrs A in charge. The Ever Ready Club meets Monday June 19 at 8 pm in Elm Street WCA with Mrs Lillian Rodgers Wilson and hostess. Last meeting was at Mrs Jonni Dickson's New Wilmington road, president Mrs Mardie Clark presiding. After business, hostess with Mrs Rachel Ward served refreshments. Father’s Day services are being prepared for with elaborate plans.
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A. T. White
West State Street
Elm Street
Lillian Rodgers Wilson &Shostess
Jonni Dickson
New Wilmington Road
Maderie Clark
Rachel Ward
St Pauls Baptist Church Sunday Services and Meetings
The St Pauls Baptist Church will host morning and evening programs with prizes for fathers and children, a male chorus under W McKeavy, and musical numbers by Vic Jaixle Echoes and Pennsylvania Four. Rev M C Mills to preach. A 3 pm platform missionary service at St Johns United Holy Shares features various evangelists. A church business meeting is planned Monday at 7 30 for all members.
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St. Paul's Baptist Church
W. McKeavy
Vic Jaixle
Pennsylvania Four
Riv. M. C. Mills
St. John's
Police Do Fine Work At Cathedral Reunion Traffic
Police and State Motor Police were commended by officers and Valley of New Castle Consistory members for handling heavy traffic at The Cathedral during the reunion which closed last evening. Friday drew 1600 fraternity members and ladies from distant parts. Chief Ralph Crigwell led a police detail with ten State Motor Police plus County Detective Pass R. Welsh guarding against any issues during Governor James’s visit.
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Valley of New Castle
Ralph Crigwell
Jocal Polles
R. Welsh
James
Shenango High Alumni Outing Planned At Cascade Park
Shenango High School Alumni Outing set for Thursday June 22 at Cascade Park with a basket supper at 8 in the grove. Park concessions and the dance pavilion will offer entertainment and an informal program. Margaret Cowmeadow of Beckford Street is general chairman coordinating reservations.
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Shenango High School
Cascade Park
Margaret Cowmeadow
Beckford Street
Park Outings Schedule Planned for Next Week
Cascade park superintendent Chris Coulthard announced a series of events for next week. June 19 Shenangs Parent and Teachers association, June 20 Reformed Presbyterian Sunday school, June 21 Mehoningtown Presbyterian church Shenango Chapter No. 333 0 S S and S 8 club, June 22 Martha Shrine, June 23 Cathedral Chapter No. 440 OE 3 chorus orchestra and band at Neu Castle high school and Married People’s class of Scand UP.
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Chris Coulthard
Cascade Park
Shenangs Parent and Teachers Association
Reformed Presbyterian Sunday School
Mehoningtown Presbyterian Church
Shenango
Walter Hughes Pays Fine for Alleged Speeding
Walter Hughes paid a 109 dollar fine after a speeding allegation. His car was reportedly in a recent wreck on East Washington Street, which prompted the fine.
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Walter Hughes
East Washington Street
Sabotage suspected in three submarine disasters
Washington reports navy officials soberly studying the possibility of an organized sabotage campaign against U S France and Britain submarines after Phenix disaster and prior losses Squalus and Thetis. Intelligence exchanges with Britain and France were planned as investigators weigh deliberate sabotage against accidental causes.
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International News Service
Washington
United States
France
Great Britain
Navy Department
Havy High Command
Phenix
U. S
Navy High Command
Department
Boy Scout Life Saving Course Set To Start Tuesday
Charles Brest, chairman of Life Saving for the Lawrence County Chapter, American Red Cross, announces a Boy Scout Life Saving Course opening Tuesday at the Cascade Park pool. Scouts may register at the Red Cross or Boy Scout offices or by calling 9418. Brest seeks several more life saving examiners to assist with the program.
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Charles Brest
Lawrence County
American Red Cross
Boy Stout
Cascade Park Pool
Red Cross
Boy Scout
Brest
Ife Saving
Woman claims Cliff Edwards owes her for hair
Hollywood report says Georgia George, beauty operator, sues Cliff Edwards for 324 dollars claiming she restored his hair. The suit alleges the comedian failed to pay for nal restoration treatments after he went from bald to a luxurious crop.
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Cliff Edwards
Hollywood
Georgia ©. George
Edwards
Miss George
Bright future of industry expansion painted today
June 7 report before the interstate commerce commission quoted MIT professor Charles B. Breed predicting New England population to rise by two million in twenty years, creating greater industrial opportunities amid the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad reorganization plan. Kenneth Hutton arrested after trouble at a Croton avenue beer place, charged with intoxication disorderly conduct and resisting an officer.
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New England
Charles B. Breed
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Breed
Kenneth Hutton
Thomas Jones
H. E. Richards
Croton Avenue
Hutton
Marriage License Applications List From Dover and Nearby Towns
A long list of marriage license applicants from Dover and surrounding areas includes George Frederick Reed and Rita Marcella Dorsey of Dover, and many others across Ellwood City Monongahela Warren Cleveland and New Castle. The county health bureau reports a whooping cough outbreak affecting John Samuel and Adel Hanna aged 8, 6, and 1 at 1704 Hamilton Street.
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George Frederick Reed
Dover
Rita Marcella Dorsey
John, Samuel
Adel Hanna
Hamilton Street
Elty Health Bureau
Critics argue labor policy failures undermine New Deal era reform
The speaker, a labor adviser and former research head, questions regulation and big spending as solutions to labor issues. He cites wages rising without job or payroll gains since 1929 and laments repeated strikes, arguing that the New Deal approach may have failed not the system but its proponents and half-baked policy makers.
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NRA
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Wolman
N C Builders Plan Dinner At Lakewood
The Kew Castle Chapter No 1 Order of Builders will honor retiring Master Builder James Cavill with a tureen dinner outing at Lakewood. Members meet at the Cathedral at 6 o clock for transportation to the venue, with Lloyd M Thompson and Mary Sweesy as committee chairs.
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James Cavill
Kew Castle
Order of Builders
Lakewood
Lloyd M.thompson
Mary Sweesy
Open Part Of Huron Avenue Opens To Traffic
City engineer Glenn Throop reports Huron avenue between Lathrop and Beckford streets is open to traffic while paving proceeds. Excavation and curb setting finished on Electric street. Blaine street work completed between Wallace and Park avenues. Delaware avenue to be excavated Monday between Hillcrest and Edgewood avenues.
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Glenn Throop
Huron Avenue
Lathrop
Beckford Street
Blaine Street
Wallace
Park Avenue
Deleaware Avenue
Hillcrest
Edgewood Avenue
Congressmen Will Not Apologize For Roosevelt Remark
Congressman James Seccombe of Ohio refused to apologize for calling President Roosevelt's policies "sold us down the river." He rejected demands from the Workers Alliance and Labor's Non-Partisan League of Canton, stating he would not apologize to those groups.
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Rene Servier
Washington
Riep
James Seccombe
Ohio
Roosevelt
Seccombe
Workers Alliance
Labor
League of Canton
Congress
Report accuses Father Coughlin at rabbis conference
An International News Service report, presented to the central conference of American rabbis, accuses Rev Father Charles Coughlin of promoting racial and religious prejudice by following the example of German readers. The social justice commission, led by Rabbi Barnett R Brickner of Cleveland, presented the findings in Washington on June 17.
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International News Service
Washington
Central Conference of American Rabbis Today
Charles ¥. Coughlin
Detroit
Social Justice Commission
Barnett R. Brickner
Cleveland
Spencer’s Yacht Raided By Agents
U S Customs agents boarded the yacht Maia, owned by Howland Spencer of New York, at Fort Lauderdale to search for undeclared valuables. They found $60 worth of cigarettes, perfume, and whiskey not declared by crew members. two robes were not found. Spencer claimed the robes were donated to Bahamas churches.
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Washington
U. S
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Maia
Howland Spencer
New York
Roosevelt
Treasury
Howland
Stem
Stern
Spencer
Bahamas
President Roosevelt
Hye Park
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Grand Rapids Gospel Ensemble Prepares Dual Concerts
The Gospel Ensemble of Grand Rapids Michigan plans two concerts one tonight at 3 and another Sunday, presented by the City Rescue Mission. The group, youths from various churches, will display an illuminated multi colored cross on all trips.
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City Rescue Mission
Gospel Ensemble of
Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids
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