Roosevelt rally voices fuel 1930s campaign tone
Democratic keynote by Senator Barkley denounces court rulings and defends New Deal spending. He urges farmers workers homeowners and investors to unite around Roosevelt, arguing interstate commerce and social gains trump conservative opposition. The speech frames a critical Supreme Court battle within the 1936 campaign.
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George Duano
Supreme Court
Barkley
Gov
Landon
Col
Knox
Theodore Roosevelt
Hoover Administration
Former Resident And Young Son Die In Drowning Tragedy
A former New Castle resident Ches ter Durant and his son Vernal, 11, drowned in Logan Utah after their boat capsized near a dam on June 11. Edward, 13, and another boy survived, swimming to shore. Durant’s body was recovered and his funeral held June 15 in Logan.
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New Castle
Chester Durant
Vernal
Logan
Utah
C. O. Wolford
Youngstown
Mill
Edward
Mr. Durant
Alice Wolford Duran
Frank Wolford
Eighth Ward
Latter Day Saints
New Trial Asked in Murder Case
A motion for a new trial was filed in the case of John Wipf, a Beaver Falls draftsman convicted of second degree murder for the fatal shooting of B. Frank Kurtz, with Ada Kurtz, a 49 year old school teacher and sister of the victim, previously seeking to free Wipf.
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Beaver
John Wipf
Beaver Falls
B. Frank Kurtz
New Galilee Bible School Opens Daily Vacation Bible School
Daily vacation Bible school opened Monday morning in the Presbyterian church with teachers Rev and Mrs Main Miss Hazel Weakhouse Miss Helen Duff Emogene Martsolf and Elinor Baum Gardner.
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Presbyterian Church
Main
Hazel Weakhouse
Helen Duff
Emogene Martsolf
Elinor Baumgardner
Picnic Event at Castle Beach Draws Church Members
The Reformed Presbyterian church held its picnic on Wednesday at Castle Beach in New Castle attracting church members and families for a day of social and outdoor activities.
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Reformed Presbyterian Church
Castle Beach
New Castle
Wedding Offered For Evelyn Brooks and Merle Shawl
Miss Evelyn Brooks and Mr. Merle Shawl wed in Conway M E church on Friday June 19 at 8 oclock. Guests later visited the newly furnished home and enjoyed a luncheon. The wedding party included numerous relatives and friends from local families. Frank Dunn of California is visiting relatives here. Fred Gatti visited Pittsburgh on business Friday.
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W. T. Jenkins
Jimmie Gray
New Brighton
D. C
Calhoun School
Mary Harrison
Lisbon
McDonald
Christian Missionary Alliance Mission
New Castle
Ramsey
Church of the Nazarene
Robertson
S. M. Dryden
Albert Welsh
Raymond Welsh
Charles Hazen
Raymond
Irvin Baumgardner
Wilbert
Emmador
Elinor
H. K. Martsell
Virginia
Harold
Willard
A. W. Tanner
Edna
Evelyn Brooks
Merle Shawl
M. E
Conway
Frank Dunn
California
Fred Gatti
Pittsburgh
East Liverpool
Ohio
Mary Owens McKim
New
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Senator Barkley
Logan River
East Washington Street
Seroca
Seroco
America
Sears Laboratories
Seroco Auto Enamel
New Castle, Pa
Gatte
Japan
New Galilee
Bible School
Sears
Kenmore
Hercules
North Jefferson St
Maore
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