Massacre Maniac Declares Farewell From New York
A killer known as the massacre maniac claims he has cleaned up his bloody business and will fly back to Europe. Police question the note as a false clue while searching for a missing Brooklyn church worker whose handwriting matches the suspect. Authorities note suspects in Philadelphia and Newark remain unidentified as the case unfolds.
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David P. Sentner
Internatrical News Service
New York
Thassacre Rheatriac
Teaday
Europe
New York Evening Journal
Noel Sowley
Long Island
Sowley
Philadelphia
Newark
Catherine May
Betty King
Brooklyn
Russian Red Diamond Society
Rivers and Harbors Bill Passage Praised Locally
The Senate passed the Rivers and Harbors Bill late yesterday, triggering praise as work on the project is set to commence. Local leaders hail the development as the start of important improvements, with support focusing on funding and practical impact.
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Senate
Rivers project survey funded by omnibus bill
The Shenango Mahoning and Beaver rivers project will receive 25000 dollars for an immediate survey under the omnibus bill. The New Castle Chamber of Commerce learned of senate passage via telegram from Senator Hiram W. Johnson’s office yesterday afternoon. The bill had been brought up from the House for consideration.
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Shenango, Mahoning and
Beaver Rivers
Senate
New Castle
New Castle Alumni Picnic Dance and Benefit Musicball
New Castle high school alumni plan a Friday June 27 picnic at Park Grove to meet before a Cascade dance and a Jameson hospital benefit musicball game at Taggart Field. The note suggests choosing a route that fits both events and mentions calendar quirks.
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New Castle High School
Jameson Hospital
Pa Newe
Cascade
Park Grove
Taggart Field
Park
Weather Report for 24 Hours Ended This Morning
Daily weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 8 degrees and a minimum of 53 degrees with no precipitation. The river stage stands at 4.8 feet and remains stationary.
Ladies Night At Caliphs Event Draws Big Crowd
Nearly 2000 attendees packed the Cathedral for a Caliphs of Baghdad event on Friday night. The program featured eleven vaudeville acts, Nellie Brady Dancers, and a prize giveaway by Chief Caliph Howard B. Richards and W Stan Treser. A buffet lunch followed as guests from six counties enjoyed the evening.
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Ripley
Bagdad
Nellie Brady
Howard B. Richards
Order
W. Stan Treser
Fireworks plants face state rule change in Pennsylvania
A telephone talk between Alfred Chilton and Harry Immel signals a potential extension of time for five Lawrence County fireworks manufacturers to comply with new safety rules. A Harrisburg hearing is set for June 24 with a New Castle representative urged to attend. A June 23 meeting in the Chambers of Commerce will review local factory conditions and stock for July 4 sales.
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Lawrence County
Alfred Chilton
Chamber
Harry Immel
Bureau of Inspection
State Department of Labor and Industry
Chilton
Immel
Harrisburg
New Castle
Lancaster
Chamber of Commerce
Peter Iodice
Pennsylvania Fire
Finefrock Back From Australia
Fred Finefrock returns to New Castle after a globe trotting career spanning India China Japan the Malay States Europe the Holy Lands and Australia He traveled aboard the S S Sonoma from March to Memorial Day in Honolulu later visiting Sydney and Pago Pago before resuming voyages likely to Germany or the Black Sea region in Russia.
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Fred Finefrock
New Castle
Fred
Finefrock
India
China
Japan
Malay Straits
Europe
Holy Lands
Australia
Hawaiian Islands
Pago Pago
Honolulu
Pinefrock
San Francisco
Cal
S. S. Sonoma
Sydney
Waikiki Beach
Jeanne Engels
Germany
Black Sea
Russia
Jameson Nurses Graduate at Hospital Service Night
Eleven members of the Jameson Memorial Hospital School of Nursing class of 1930 received their diplomas from Fred L. Rentz at Highland U. P. church. The ceremony drew a large crowd as graduates in white with pink roses processed with alumnae and hospital supervisors.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Highland U. P
Fred L. Rentz
Rentz
State Supreme Court weighs ballot row in Brown Pinchot fight
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court hears the Brown Pinchot dispute over perforated ballots used in the primary. Brown seeks to ban the Wilkes-Barre 2nd district votes amid claims the perforations violated ballot legality. A ruling could swing the Republican gubernatorial nomination by about 6,000 votes.
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William H. White
Wilkes-Barre
Luzerne County
Brown
Edward F. Well
William F. Berkowitz
Luzerne
Supreme Court
Lazerr
Several Killed In Wreck Near Bellwood
Several persons are reported dead and others injured when two trains of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Electric Road collided with an automobile at Bellwood. The trains overturned in the crash.
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International News Service
Chicago
Summer Begins Officially Tonight At Six Minutes Before Midnight
The article notes summer starts at 11 54 PM with a six minute interval before midnight marking the official change. It encourages shedding winter clothing and enjoying vacation pamphlets and light outfits such as straw hats blue jackets white flannels and sport shoes.
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International News Service
Hoover Heads Campaign To Assure Business
President Hoover leads a campaign to reassure business leaders as Mellon and Watson participate in reorganizing the U S Tariff Commission. The move is described as the first step toward renewed confidence in the economy.
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U. S. Tariff Commission
Hoover to lead campaign on business conditions and tariff reform
Washington dispatch reports a Republican push directed by President Hoover to reassure business leaders that conditions are improving. Treasury Secretary Mellon and Senator Watson deliver optimistic signals as plans unfold for a revamped U S tariff commission and Hoover planned speeches during a mid July western swing for rest from Washington duties.
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George R. Holmes
Congress
U. S. Tariff Commission
Hoover
Beauty Of Slippery Rock Creek Bridge Praised
A 216 foot concrete bridge built by Woods and Golder near Slippery Rock has been accepted by the State of Pennsylvania. The design blends beauty with utility and its site on solid rock enhances the scene. The State Department sent a letter of appreciation to Henry Golder for the work. The bridge is described as symmetrical, substantial, and trim, enhancing a naturally picturesque location.
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Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock
Woods and Golder
State Department
Henry Golder
Byrd Heads Home To Virginia After Polar Feats
Richard E. Byrd, famed for his North and South Pole flights, will return to Virginia today after two days of homecoming greetings in Washington. He is scheduled to depart the capital for the journey south to his home state.
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International News Service
Washington
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Old Virginia
Byrd
Clara Bow Flits From Dallas After Brief Stay
Dallas June 21 Clara Bow was quietly shipped out of the city where she had been visiting incognito after a five day stay at a fashionable hotel. She was whisked away by friends who guarded her whereabouts and reportedly did not take the planned night train to Los Angeles, with no comment on a possible later departure.
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International News Service
Dallas
Tex
Clara Bow
Miss Bow
Los Angeles
Tragedy on West Rock Ends in Six Deaths
Raymond Spang of Ansonia hurled his wife and three sons from the 300 foot West Rock cliff in New Haven noon tragedy. He then jumped, dying after a fall to the plain below. Ambulances carried the children to hospital where two died on arrival and another died later. The mother and daughter perished instantly.
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Ciinternational
New Haven
Conn
Raymond Spang
Ansonia
West Rock
West End
Spang
Dent
Newark Raid Storms Opium Dens in Chinatown
Police and firemen led a surprise raid in Newark's China town early today battering doors and storming fourteen opium dens. Seventy five Chinese were arrested and goods valued at 20000 dollars were seized in the action.
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International News Service
Newark
N. J
Chinatown
Death of James Andrew Maxwell in New Castle
James Andrew Maxwell 2 percent died in New Castle with cause not listed. D W Dight 65 from Harlansburg is named in related notice.
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James Andrew Maxwell
New Castle
D. W. Dight
Harlansburg
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