Two Plaingrove Men Die In Head On Crash Near Fair Grounds
Sylvester Sager age 57 and Nathan Offutt age 71 of Plaingrove die in a head on collision on the Harlansburg road near the Fair Grounds. The Mahoning Oil Company truck driven by Harry L. Fry collides with Offutt’s car. A boy riding the oil truck, Mike Medved age 14, is hospitalized with a severe arm laceration. Sager dies at New Castle hospital and Offutt dies early Sunday from a fractured skull. Continued on page two.
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Nathan Offutt
New Castle Hospital
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Mahoning Oil Company
Harry L. Fry
Newell Avenue
Fair Grounds
Harlansburg Road
Sager
Mike Medved
Cherry Street
Father figure under fire in Santa Monica satire
In a witty especial column from Santa Monica, the writer derides father’s overblown privileges and the blamed double standard. The piece argues that fathers escape harsh judgment while outsiders would face harsher consequences for similar acts.
Trail Gunmen Massacre Probe Across Mid West
Federal agents shifted to a wide manhunt after gunmen with machine guns killed four officers and escaped with a convict at Union Station. Two officers were wounded, one seriously, as authorities in six states were told to shoot to kill if the fugitives are found. The trail runs from Kansas through Missouri Nebraska and Iowa toward Hot Springs Arkansas where Frank Nash was seized earlier.
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International News Service
Kansas City
Union Station
United States Bureau of Investigation
Frank Nash
Detours and local notes mark Pennsylvania traffic update
The Detour Bulletin lists a 13.1 mile detour between Jamestown Pennsylvania and Williamsfield Ohio via Ohio Route 7 toward Pymatuning Dam, replacing improv ed routes. New Castle churches mark the U P 75th anniversary as the General Assembly meets in Pittsburgh. Frost damage dents corn fields in parts of the county while Highland Avenue sees heavy traffic from road work repairs to New Castle and New Wilmington. An electric car with odd plate HG 1 was seen on North Mercer Street.
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Mercer Street
Daily Weather Report from U S Weather Statistics
The report notes for the 24 hour period ending 9 AM: maximum 77, minimum 52, no precipitation, river stage 4.7 feet. For the prior 24 hours ending Sunday 9 AM: maximum 75, minimum 42, no precipitation.
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U. 8 S
American Delegation Divides Over Tariff Proposals
Harmony among the American delegation at the world economic conference was jarred by a dispute over tariff proposals. The plan called for 10 percent horizontal reductions and bore the imprint submitted by the American delegation, a fact that prompted Senator Key Pittman to promptly discontinue.
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Geological Museum
London
League of Nations Secretariat
Key Pittman
Japanese Towns Shaken By Quake
A prolonged earthquake rattled Tokyo and Sendai, shaking houses and furnishings with increasing strength. No casualties reported as the tremor affected the region between the two cities. Sendai lies about 200 miles north of Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Sendai
Counties Receive Gasoline Tax Shares Across Pennsylvania
Sixty five counties share the first half cent of the three cent gasoline tax for six months in Pennsylvania. Mercer and Green counties' payments are withheld pending county reports. Major recipients include Allegheny 321,102.07 and Westmoreland 64,098.03 with many others listed.
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Jefferson
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Lawrence
McKean
Mifflin
Perry
Potter
Snyder
Somerset
Venango
Warren
Washington
Westmoreland
Veterans of 28th Division reunite at Castle Beach event
After a two day reunion the 28th Division veterans prepared to return home Sunday with plans for a similar gathering next year. Saturday featured mushball, horseshoes and memories, followed by a martial music concert by the 111th Infantry bugle and drum corps from Pittsburgh. Troop F served meals for the gathering, and boxing bouts highlighted evenings activities.
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Castle Beach
Europe
111Th Infantry Bugle and
Pittsburgh
Don E. Florida
Yankee Pagley
Lew Storti
Dodie Augustine
Pennsy Calls 25 To Duty At Shop
The Pennsylvania railroad recalled 25 workers to the Seventh ward car repair shop in New Castle to assist the existing force in reconditioning freight cars. Officials note rising freight tonnage and increased rail traffic on the Erie and Ashtabula division, marking the first such call in months. The move signals a brisk tone in shop and enginehouse activity as summer approaches.
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New Castle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Seventh Ward
Erie
Ashtabula
G. S. West
Commodity prices rise for third month in a row
Wholesale commodity prices increased 3.81 percent from April to May per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, marking a third consecutive advance. Year over year figures show a 2 percent decline.
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International News Service
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
New Castle Lime & Stone Adds Fourth Plant in Kittanning
Walter W. Duff announces New Castle Lime & Stone has acquired a fourth plant at Kittanning Pennsylvania, 1.5 miles north of the Allegheny river bridge. The facility will produce flux limestone and may later enter road stone. About 100 workers will be employed at full production as modernization proceeds.
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New Castle Lime & Stone Company
Walter W. Duff
Kittanning
Allegheny River Bridge
Ellwood City
Hillsville
Dunbar
Duff
New Castle
City relief work halted amid county funding impasse
Mayor Charles B. Mayne says relief work in New Castle is stopped as county commissioners report no funds. Director of Streets Stanley Treser notes no workers are in service while officials seek county money from a $280,000 poor levy and state plus federal aid totaling over $700,000. The mayor urges public pressure to force a solution, stating no legal obstacle remains, only money.
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New Castle
Charles B. Mayne
City Hall
Stanley Treser
Mayne
Parks
Louis Genkinger
Streets Treser
Albert Hoyland
Repleid
No Debt Review For France Until Default Is Paid
In Washington on June 19, the United States demanded France clear its December and June debt defaults before any review of its debt. Acting Secretary Phillips told French ambassador Andre De Laboulaye that Roosevelt will not grant a hearing until France pays in full the 19 million dollars defaulted last December and at least a partial 40 million payment defaulted on June 15.
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International News Service
Washington
France
Phillips
Andre de Laboulaye
Roosevelt
Sweltering Midwest Sees June Heat Records Shattered
The Midwest baked under a heat wave with many locations posting June record highs. Forecasters warned temperatures would rise further as the day progressed, with Bismarck reaching 106, Devil's Lake and Moorhead at 104, and Iowa and Illinois seeing readings above 100.
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International News Service
Chicago
Middle West
Mercury
Northwest
Bismarck
N. D
Devil’s Lake
Moorhead
Minn
Iowa
Illinois
McNeil Tries to End Life Over Job and Rent Woes
William J. McNeil, 56, who stayed with Thomas Clements at 5 Atlantic Avenue, shot himself in the left side with a .25 caliber pistol in an apparent suicide attempt over unemployment and unpaid room rent. He was found in his second floor room and seriously wounded shortly before ten this morning. Four children of the Clements household were nearby.
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William J. McNeil
Thomas Clements
Atlantic Avenue
Clements
Death records listing multiple individuals in various towns
Obituary style list names ages and addresses for several deceased individuals including Dr John S Elder Millersburg Mrs Margaretta Jane Lewis 58 405 Waldo Street Mrs Anna Danish 31 105 Terrace Avenue Emanuel Lewis 74 517 West Park Way Thomas H Rowland 6 10 Homestead Street Edward McConnell Toledo Ohio Robert Gerald Samuels infant 708 Carlisle Street Harry E Zeigler 61 Ellwood City Henry Franklin Texter 71 Franklin Township Mrs Fannie Richael 71 Scott Township Sylvester Sager 57 Plaingrove Nathan A Offutt 71 Plaingrove Mrs Mary Orr Niles Ohio Mrs Grace E Byersley 79 316 W Wabash Avenue Arthur B Kerr Big Beaver Two.
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Dr. Johns. Elder
Millersburg
Margaretta Jane Lewis
Waldo Street
Anna Danish
Terrace Avenue
Emanuel Lewis
West Parkway
Thomas H. Rowland
Homestead Street
Edward McConnell
Toledo
Ohio
Robert Gerald Samuels
Carlisle Street
Harry E. Zeigler
Ellwood
Henry Franklin Texter
Franklin Township
Fannie Richael
Scott Township
Sylvester Sager
Plaingrove
Nathan A. Offutt
Plaingrove Township
Mary Orr
Niles
Grace E. Byersley
W. Wabash Avenue
Arthur B. Kerr
Big Beaver Two
Roosevelt Enjoys Sail with Roosevelt on Amberjack II
President Franklin Roosevelt sails from Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard aboard the Amberjack II with his son James and four friends. The voyage is for rest, a northbound run to Provincetown about eighty miles away, at seven knots with a brisk breeze, ten hours at sea.
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Edward B. Lockett
International News Service
Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Half Moon Harbor
Edgartown
Martha’s Vineyard Island
Mass
Provincetown
James
Reckless Drivers Plague The Broad Highway
The narrator laments goofily driven motorists who weave and risk others as a warning that laws fail to curb their recklessness. The mood reflects concern over unsafe driving and the need for stricter control amid dangerous conditions. The weather is described as eighty nine, adding a frame to roadside dangers.
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