Tashmoo steamer narrowly avoids lake disaster at Amherstburg
An excursion steamer Tashmoo with 1400 passengers struck a rock off Sugar Island in Lake Erie, then raced two miles to Amherstburg Ontario, reaching safety as the hull flooded. Captain Dan MacAlpine’s calm leadership averted heavy loss, with many passengers still dancing and an orchestra continuing to play aboard until ashore.
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International News Service
Detroit
Amherstburg
Ont
Sugar Island
Lake Erie
Dan MacAlpine
Great Lakes
Jean Callaway
Manslaughter charge filed against driver in crash case
Witnesses described a collision near Cascade Park where a Chevrolet and a Chrysler collided after a party reportedly had two beers. Police noted skid marks and disfigured vehicle fronts, with evidence suggesting alcohol involvement. the driver Hyde was found by an undertaker to have no injuries.
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McConahy
Raymond McConahy
Trimble
Smith
Holmes
Potter
Cascade Park
Chevrolet
Hyde
Chrysler
Russell McClelland
Jos. S. Rice Mortuary
Desperado to Face Death Penalty for 1934 Kidnaping
A condemned kidnapper in 1934 Paris Texas case seeks clemency from Mrs. Roosevelt after sending a three page appeal. The officers R N Baker and H R Marks were abducted and later released in Oklahoma under the Lindbergh law making interstate abduction a capital offense.
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Desperado
Paris
Tex
Pro Indus Club Dinner Sets Date for Joint Dance
Members of the Pro Indus club met at Orr hall for a dinner and in a business session finalized plans for a joint dance with the Junior Federation scheduled at the New Castle Field club on Friday evening June 26.
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PRO Indus
Pro Indus Club
Orr Hall
Junior Federation
New Castle Field Club
Farley Prepares for Harmony Session At Philadelphia Convention
The Roosevelt bid faces internal opposition from some Democrats including Al Smith and Senator Copeland. Senator Bennett Clark may chair the rules committee while Senator Robert Wagner leads the resolutions panel. Roosevelt plans to accept the nomination in Philadelphia next week, with his speech shaping the platform.
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Roosevelt
al Smith
Senator Copeland
New York
Farley
Philadelphia
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Robert Wagner
Resolutions Committee
Liquor store bandit dies after Pittsburgh shootout
Francis Puggy Ryan, sought for killing a policeman in Shenandoah and linked to multiple holdups, died in Presbyterian hospital from bullet wounds after a three mile chase with Special Policeman James Gramentine of Ben Avon. A companion, believed to be Harry Thompson, fled the scene.
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James Gramentine
Ben Avon
Ryan
New Castle
Hyman Levine
Sumner Avenue
Harold Harris
E. Long Avenue
Mike Kulich
Boyles Avenue
Angelo Gregorio
Ellwood City
Harry Thompson
L. P. Dumont
Pittsburgh
Francis (Puggy) Ryan
Shenandoah
Presbyterian Hospital
Ben Avan
Pertillon
Harrisburg
Ohio River
James Gaynor
Hazlewood
Schuylkill County
Lycoming
Northumberland
Massillon O
Pennsylvania
C. M. Wilhelm
Senate leaders seek facts on relief save plan in Pennsylvania
Republican leaders press governor for details on actions to cut relief needs from 70.99 million to 55 million and seek steps to recover 15 million owed by feds, with possible harmony plan participation and early adjournment tied to cooperation. They urge addressing maladministation and duplicative WPA payments.
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Pennsylvania
WPA
Realty Transfers Show Property Moves in Western Pittsburgh Area
West Pittsburgh land company transfers to Muto Socorso Generale Armonto Diaz in Taylor township for 265 dollars. William H Weinschenk transfers to Margaret M Weinschenk in Shenango township for 1 dollar. Margaret M Weinschenk transfers back to William H Weinschenk in Shenango. First National Bank of Ellwood to Nathan Feldman in Ellwood City for 6500 dollars. Edith Emery Wogan transfers to Charlotte M Emery in Union for 2100 dollars.
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West Pittsburgh Land Company
Muto Socorso Generale Armonto Diaz
Taylor Township
William H. Weinschenk
Margaret M. Weinschenk
Shenango Township
First National Bank of
Ellwood
Nathan Feldman
Ellwood City
Edith Emery Wogan
Charlotte M. Emery
Union
Second Verdict Duplicates First Decree in Murder Case
The defendant Seevers intends to appeal to the state supreme court after a second verdict, claiming innocence and seeking a possible parole if denied. He says he would prefer the chair over pleading guilty to a premeditated murder he did not commit. Walter Earl, the first juror selected, served as foreman. Judge Braham praised the jury and called the verdict just. District Attorney Riley was briefly delayed when his car collided with another at Albert and Sheridan avenues. damage minor.
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LeRoy Trimble
McConahy
Phillips
Beechwood Inn
Holmes
Cascade Park
Ralph Smith
Isabel McConahy
Trimble
Glenn Reno
Reno
Smith
Charles Phillips
Charles Walker
East Washington Street
Weinschenk Gardens
Ellwood City
New Castle
East New Castle
Ohio
Wadding
William Carlin
South Greenwood Avenue
Bernard
St. Vincent’s College
Carlin
William H. Beck
William S. Lewis
Clarence S. Jarrett
J. N. McCandless
Charles E. Allen
Robert H. McBurney
State Supreme Court
Seevers
Walter Earl
W. Walter Braham
Mont L. Riley
Court House
Albert and
Sheridan Avenues
Democrats Seek To Rush Congress To Adjournment
The report outlines proposed tax changes including a tiered income tax with rates rising from 2,000 to 15 percent over higher brackets and a super undistributed profits tax with 7 percent on the first 10 percent, 12 percent on the next 10 percent, and higher percentages for larger undistributed income, plus a cushion for small corporations by applying the 7 percent rate to the first 10 percent of undistributed income or to $5,000.
Caldwell to Speak on Constitution at Zelienople Rotary
Attorney William J. Caldwell will address the Zelienople Rotary Club this evening on the subject of the constitution of the United States. The speech is scheduled for Zelienople and focuses on constitutional topics.
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Caldwell
William J. Caldwell
Zelienople
Deaths of the Day Gordon B Wharmby and Others
Obituaries list Gordon B Wharmby aged 80 of 410 Blaine street after a lingering illness with funeral at Highland United Presbyterian church. Also details John J Evans 72 of 417 Waldo street death by heart attack. J C Blevins of Warren avenue funeral at Third United Presbyterian. Mrs Benjamin Thomas of Pennsylvania avenue extension funeral at Oak Park cemetery.
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Gordon B. Wharmby
Blaine Street
Wheeling
W. Va
Peter
Alice Bradbury Wharmby
England
Wharmby
New Castle
Highland United Presbyterian Church
Dora Miller Wharmby
Alice M. Kahrer
P. V. Wharmby
Youngstown
Richard Wharmby
Middleton
Beaver Valley
D. L. Ferguson
Oak Park Mausoleum
Campbell Funeral Home
John J. Evans
Waldo Street
Long Avenue
Mr. Evans
Port Talbot South Wales
Robert
Mary Evans
Jane Morgan Evans
Evan M
Thomas J. Evans
Stanley Jones
Herman Richards
David
Thomas Evans
South Wales
Evans
Central Christian Church
Modern Woodmen of America
T. B. Shearer
Central Christian
Rees T. Williams
First Congregational
Oak Park Cemetery
J. C. Blevins
Third United Presbyterian Church
John C. Blevins
Warren Avenue
Chester T. R. Yeates
Elizabeth Harris
Mary Lewis
T. Hopkins
S. H. Johnston
W. Williams
J. R. A. Pattison
G. G. Orr
J. S. Caruthers
C. C. McKibben
John Ulrich
J. W. Rupert
P. H. Lines
W. McNickles
A. J. Minick
R. J. Benson
Ivan Blevins
Sam McGeary
Wendell Blevins
Mac B
Thomas
Benjamin Thomas
Pennsylvania Avenue Extension
St. Louis police horses now wear rubber shoes
In St Louis the mounted squad will operate without the clank of iron hooves as the horses are shod in rubber. The quiet change allows officers to move crowds calmly and effectively press crowds back to the curb.
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Doctor of
Optometry
ST. Louis
Parochial Schools End Term Today
Parochial schools in New Castle close the 1935-36 term with graduation events at St Marys and St Josephs. Eighth grade graduates receive addresses and breakfast follows church services. Other schools St Michaels St Phillip and James Sheep Hill and Madonna Oakland also close for summer.
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New Castle
St. Mary’s School
St. Mary’s Auditorium
William Galvin
St. Joseph's School
Joseph A. Doerr
St. Michaels
St. Phillip and James
Sheep Hill
Madonna School
Oakland
State Fund Maintains Special Sewing Class at High School
A new sewing class opened this week at the senior high school under Miss Annetta M. Barry and will be funded by a special Pennsylvania department of public instruction fund. Superintendent C. C. Green will supervise the program, which is not sponsored by the Emergency Education Relief board nor the WPA.
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Annetta M. Barry
Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction
C. C. Green
Emergency Education Relief Board
WPA
Funeral notice for Bro. VanFleet from New Castle Lodge 69
All members of New Castle Lodge No. 69 are asked to report at the Elks Home at 2 30 p m Sunday for the funeral of Brother VanFleet. Exalted Ruler T E Dukes. Local 11.
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New Castle Lodge No. 69
Elks Home
Bro. VanFleet
T. E. Dukes
Yale Junior Rovers Win at New London Regatta
Yale wins the junior varsity race by five lengths over Harvard at the Thames regatta in New London Conn after Harvard took the freshmen race by one length. Roosevelt Jr. was part of Harvard's crew while Yale led from start to finish in the varsity preliminaries.
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International News Service
New London
Conn
Harvard
Yale
Thames
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Triduum Begins At St. Mary's Church This Evening
A solemn triduum to Our Lady of perpetual health starts this evening at 7 45 at St Mary's Church. The devotion runs through Saturday and ends Sunday evening at 7 45 with rosary novena prayers a sermon by Rev W Galvin and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
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Our Lady of Perpetual Health
St. Mary’s Church
W. Galvin
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