Wheeler Makes Charge On Brewery Slush Fund In Primary
Wayne B. Wheeler accused Pennsylvania brewers of funding the primary campaign to aid William S. Ware over George Pepper and Finchor in a secret Senate session. He offered to produce witnesses and financial records from 1920 onward as the committee planned further inquiry. A subpoena may target Andrew Wilson as league treasurer.
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Wheeler Makes
William K. Hutchinson
Wheeler
Pennsylvania
William S. Ware
George Wharton Pepper
Ciry
Finchor
Anti-Saloon League
Senate
Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League
Organizan
Andrew Wilson
League
National Organization
America
Woman with Three Children Hanged in England
Louise Calvert a 33 year old mother of three was hanged at Strangeway jail Manchester for the murder of landlady Mrs Lilly Waterhouse Leeds last April. She was the first woman executed in England since 1923 despite a petition for pardon based on a claimed pregnancy later disproved. A crowd of about 500 gathered outside the jail to observe the execution with no notable disturbance.
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International News Service
Manchester
England
Louise Calvert
Strangeway Jail
Lilly Water
Auto Death Toll For Present Year Reaches Twelve
Lawrence county records twelve traffic deaths this year after Harvey Barton’s passing, nearing last year’s fourteen and signaling a possible yearly high. Four deaths have occurred this month with six days remaining, as real estate ads follow in the same issue.
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Lawrence County
Harvey Barton
Pittsburgh Police Denied Ties to Pepper Fisher Slush Fund Accusations
Senate committee questioned Peter Paul Walsh, Pittsburgh police superintendent, about alleged efforts to line up officers for Senator Pepper and John Fisher in Pennsylvania's $3 million primary. Walsh denied the charges saying he talked to friends and neighbors and that most of the department were involved. Pepper visited police headquarters with Fisher to meet employees during the campaign.
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International News Service
Washington
Senate “Slush Fund” Committee Today
Pittsburgh
George Wharton Pepper
John
Fisher
Pennsylvania
Peter Paul Walsh
Pepper
Walsh
Reed
Missouri
Senator Pepper
John “S. Fisher
Candi
Man Charged With Felonious Assault After Revolver Incident
John Golling of 18 Elmwood Street was arrested by County Detective George Kennedy and M J Young on a felonious assault and battery charge with a revolver. Mrs Golling says he fired at her last night but the bullet missed. He appeared before Justice of the Peace Davis and was sent to county jail in default of bail.
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John Golling
Elmwood Street
George Kennedy
M. J. Young
Remove Walsh Advised by Sen King in Police Vote Pressure
Senator King of Utah urged the removal of Peter Paul Walsh Pittsburgh police superintendent for alleged efforts to force officers to back Senator Pepper and John S Fisher in the Pennsylvania primary. Walsh denied a conspiracy and said he urged a heavy turnout to influence returns.
Princess Hermine Seeks Mountain Air Not Divorce
Princess Hermine wife of the ex-kaiser has left Doorn for Berchtesgaden for a few weeks of rest as the Dutch climate proved trying. She says she needs mountain air and dismisses divorce rumors as silly rot while affirming happiness with the kaiser.
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International News Service
Berlin
Hermine
Doorn
Berchtesgaden
International
Coast Officials Skeptical Over Kidnapping Tale
Los Angeles authorities and Arizona and Mexican officials pursue a wide investigation into evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson claims of kidnapping. McPherson rests in a Douglas Arizona hospital after being found wandering in Agua Prieta with her mother due to join her.
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Arizona Hospital
International News Service
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Agua Prieta
Arizona
Mexico
Eucharistic Congress Closes With Million-Person Exodus
Chicago observers report up to a million pilgrims left the city for Mundelein to witness the final rites of the 28th international Eucharistic Congress. An immense motor caravan, rail travel, and air transportation carried hundreds of thousands as guards helped police traffic and organize the mass attendance. Cardinal Mundelein hosted a banquet for church leaders, with Cardinal Bonzano among the dignitaries in attendance.
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International News Service
Chicago
Mundelein
Lake Michigan
Ahlstrom
Lake County
Coliseum
Soldiers Field
Holy Name
Heirarchy
Cardinal Bonzano
Start Search For Kidnappers Of Evangelist TRAIL EXTENDS
A manhunt widens as police intensify efforts to locate the abductors of a prominent evangelist. Detectives assess new leads and coordinate with regional agencies to track suspects and secure public safety.
Two Men and Woman Sought as McPherson Kidnappers
Dawn search across the Arizona Sonora border by U S and Mexican authorities and local deputies for two men and a woman accused of abducting evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. Trail markers and scarce water hinder hasty pursuit as posses track footprints ten miles toward the mountains. If captured, suspects would face American authorities for prosecution.
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International News Service
Douglas
Ariz
Dawn
United States
Cochise County
Sonora
Mexico
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Los Angeles
Desert
Mrs. McPherson
Boundry Line
Arizona
Thousands of Children Attend Mission Picnic at Cascade Park
About three thousand youngsters rode to Cascade Park for the city Rescue Mission’s fifteenth annual picnic. Food and drinks filled tables as volunteers from churches and clubs aided, while Boy Scouts managed rides and Red Cross services.
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City Rescue Mission
Washington and
Mercer Streets
Cascade Park
E.J. Berquist
Mission
Boy Scouts
Red Cross
Auto thefts at Cascade Park cleared by city police
Cascade Park police and city officers, including Lynch and Miller, arrested four youths in connection with car thefts at Cascade Park and brass theft from Standard Brewing. Harry J. Roberts, alias Harry J. Scott, claimed Greensburg PA, pled guilty and was jailed for September term. A Ford stolen from Cascade Park and another from Neal Street were traced to a garage after a wreck on Pennsylvania avenue.
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Cascade Park
Lynch
Miller
Harry J. Roberts
Harry J. Scott
Greensburg
Hamilton
John Miller
Scott
John Trabucco
Lawrence Conti
Philip Farone
Thomas Lynch
William Marshall
Standard Brewing Company
Henry Dysart
Charles Perino
Neal Street
W. H. Shaffer
Perino
Pennsylvania Avenue
John Roberts
Universal Sales
Heavy Loss Of Life In Mexican Floods
Floods in Leon Guanajuato cause extensive destruction with up to fifty reported dead. The Gomez River overflows destroying lower city sections, harming mainly women and children. Authorities seek aid as flood risk rises and a Juarez to Mexico City passenger train stalls nearby.
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International News Service
Mexico
Leon
Guanajuato
Gomez
Juarez
Mexico City
Third Doyne Case Goes To Jury Today
The third case of Victor Doyne former president of the First State Bank of New Castle at the present term of court and in connection with the various indictments charging him with embezzlement and misappropriation of funds of the bank went to the jury today after the better part of two days. Exhibits such as checks and agreements were presented and arguments of the attorneys followed. The morning session began with the charge of Judge R L Hildebrand extending into today.
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Victor Doyne
First State Bank of New Castle
R. L Hildebrand
International Eucharistic Congress Ends in Mundelein Ill
In Mundelein Illinois the twenty-eighth International Eucharistic Congress closed after four days of religious devotion. The event, held at St Mary by the Lake theological seminary, drew participants amid the rolling hills and green gardens north of Chicago. Cardinal George Mundelein, longtime Chicago church leader, presided over the closing ceremonies.
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Copeland C. Burg
Pittsburgh Police Head Called Before Senate Committee
Pittsburgh police superintendent Peter P. Walsh, the latest Pittsburgh witness to testify about Pennsylvania primary expenditures, was en route to Washington. He said he had no hint of the questions awaiting him before the Senate committee.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Peter P. Walsh
Senate
Pennsylvania
Washington
Walsh
City urged to hire life guards along Harrisburg waterfront
Philadelphia lawyer George Demming urged Harrisburg city council to employ life guards on the Susquehanna waterfront after witnessing two boys, George and Dickson Miller, drown last week. He cited five drownings among bathers in recent weeks and proposed guards with a motorboat and life preservers.
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Harrisburg
George Demming
Philadelphia
George
Dickson Miller
Increase in Force at Pennsylvania Car Shops
The Pennsylvania Railroad car shops at Mahoningtown have expanded staff by about 25 workers due to higher demand and the new rotation system for car repairs. The Ford system assigns each worker a specific task on each car, boosting daily repair capacity and increasing cars moved onto the repair track.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Mahoningtown
Ford
Funeral Services For P K Stevenson Saturday
Funeral services for the late P K Stevenson will be held at his residence 2517 Elm Street Youngstown on Saturday June 26 at 2 30 p m. The body will be taken to Cleveland for cremation.
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P. K. Stevenson
Elm Street
Youngstown
Cleveland
Death Records for three local residents
Harvey J. Barron age 45 of 107 Philips Place, died recently. Edwin Francis Sechler age 18 months of 105 Richelieu Avenue is listed on a death record. Alfred P. Sample age 70 of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania appears in the death notices.
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Harvey J. Barron
Phillips Place
Edwin Francis Sechler
Richelieu Avenue
Alfred P. Sample
Beaver Falls
Trolley Service To End Saturday
Street car service between Bloomsburg Berwick and Catawissa will suspend at midnight Saturday Automobile buses will start Sunday morning The North Branch Bus Company acquired the North Branch Transit Company and will continue service after twenty four years of street car operation The transit company has been in receivership for nearly eleven years and was sold to the bus company.
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Bloomsburg
Berwick
Catawissa
North Branch Bus Company
North Branch Transit Company
Transit Company
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples
Record shows multiple marriage licenses issued to pairs including William J. Wylie of Saxonburg and Lottie S. Hodel of Saxonburg, Charles B. Brinton of New Castle and Frieda F. Kutrz of New Castle, and Samuel I. Herbster of Summit New Jersey with Mildred K. Gilliland of New Castle. Additional entries include Thomas V. Helle of New Castle and Mary A. Shelenberger of New Galilee, with Warren Ohio and Golda P. Poland also named in separate licenses.
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Wm. J. Wylie
Saxonburg
Lottie S. Hodel
Charles B. Brinton
New Castle
Frieda F. Kutrz
Samuel I. Herbstern
Summit
N. J
Mildred K. Gilliland
New Castile
Thomas V. Helle
Mary A. Shelenberger
New Galiles
Es Warren
Golda P
Poland
Betas
Warren
Vacation Dreams and Weather in Fifty Weeks
A reflective piece on working through a year with vacation as a constant goal. It contrasts winter trials with returning from a two week break, detail about sunburned noses and burrs, and ends noting the same cycle will recur with the weather at seventy three.
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Burt
Skeeters
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National Safety Council
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John S.S. Fisher
Senator King
Utah
Senate Slush Fund Committee
King
Princess Hermine
Aimee McPherson
Los Angeles County
Evangelist
Grove
Park and City
Doyne
Arthur Mometer
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