Mercer County Teachers Enroll in Summer School Sessions
In Mercer Pa June 26 a tally shows 200 Mercer County public school teachers enrolled in summer school sessions at State Grove City Thiel Pitt and West Penn normals Sippery Rock Edinboro and other Western Pennsylvania colleges The majority attend for certification renewal and many are new to teaching duties under the state code requirements.
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Mercer
Mercer County
Pennsylvania Colleges and Normals
County Superintendent of Schools
Colleges of State
Grove City
Thiel
Pitt
Normals
Slippery Rock
Edinboro
Pensylvania
Harding Murder Case Delayed To Week Of June 28
Norman C. Harding of New Vernon township faces murder charges in the case of W. B. Monck. Delayed until late in the week of June 28 after attorney W J Whieldon petitioned for more time to prepare. District Attorney L R Rickard and the court postponed the calendar of 51 cases.
Strawberry crop shines as Mercer County yields high bumper harvest
Stoneboro community in Mercer County, famed for its strawberry soil, reports the best crop in years. Twenty five growers sold 3900 bushels to a Pittsburgh wholesale merchant at 3.75 per bushel with shipping by the buyer. Harvesting next week demands many pickers over two weeks while early cherries also set county records.
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Stoneboro
Pittsburgh
Gus Doyle
Mercer County
Premier King Government May Fall At Ottawa
Ottawa reports the government of Premier King tottering after an all night session in which the government was defeated on three divisions. Parliament adjourns to vote on a censure motion tied to a smuggling inquiry with possible non confidence outcomes.
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International News Service
Ottawa
King
Canada
United States
House
New Swimming Class Starts Monday Evening
A new swimming class begins Monday evening at the Ben Franklin Junior High School pool. It runs eight weeks from 7:30 to 8:30 p m each Monday. The term fee is two dollars and a half.
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Ben Franklin Junior High School
Brick Wall Collapse Kills Worker at New York Factory
A factory brick wall collapsed into an excavation in New York on June 26 burying three workers. One man was instantly killed another fatally injured and a third believed alive was buried to the neck in debris The incident occurred as the wall gave way during excavation.
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International News Service
New York
Urge Increasing Of Pensions For Civil War Vets
Three petitions from New Castle Butler county and New Brighton urging action to raise Civil War veteran and widow pensions were read in the Congressional Record by Rep Thomas W Phillips Jr. The senate passed bill would raise veteran monthly pensions to 65 for those now on 50 and to 90 for blind or totally disabled on 72, widows to 50, with existing 30 for other widows. some 1812 and Mexican War widows would rise to 50. The message includes a papal blessing from Pius XI.
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Washington
New Castle
Butler County
New Brighton
Beaver County
Promp
Congressional
Thomas W. Phillips, Jr
Butler
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Pope Pius XI Sends U.S. Cablegram
The Chicago dispatch reports a cablegram from Pope Pius XI addressed to Cardinal Bonzano and Cardinal Mundelein. The message praises Mary and the Blessed Sacrament and expresses rejoicing with Chicago’s Catholic community.
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Pope Pius XI
U.S
International News Service
Chicago
Pius XI
Cardinal Bonzano
Cardinal Mundelein
Mary
Ben Hur Delegates Return To City
Local delegates return from Crawfordville Indiana where they approved construction of a Ben Hur home for aged and disabled members near Crawfordville. The project priced at about 150000 will house 45 and aims to expand into a home and school for orphans and a hospital with a junior department for ages 12 to 16.
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Crawfordville
Ind
Tribe of Ben Hur
Real Estate TransfersTabbed: Transfers Between Individuals and Wards
Realty transfers show multiple conveyances with transfers among individuals and wards. Names include John V Stewart, Thomas E Smith, Alice Rigby, Max Marcus, E H Pearsall, J Henry Kline, Margaret Stoner, Edward H Peterman, Joe Crawford White, J Clyde Gilfillan, Karl B Normans, Day Real Estate Co. and Charles E Taylor. Amounts listed are mostly one dollar with occasional five dollars. City wards involved include 2nd, 6th and 1st, and locations mention Hickory Union.
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John V. Stewart
Thomas E. Smith
John A. Byers
Alice Rigby
Max Marcus
C. L. McMillin
Fred A. Baker
Hickory
E. H. Pearsall
J. Henry Kline
Union
Margaret Stoner
Edward H. Peterman
Joe Crawford White
J. Clyde Gilfillan
Karl B. Normans
Day Real Estate Co
Charles E. Taylor
What's the Use of Smith and Jones as Drivers
A witty Cincinnati Enquirer quotation contrasts Smith the perfect driver with Jones the imperfect one, noting their differing reputations and skills in a brief humorous aside.
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Smith
Jones
Cincinnati Enquirer
Lawrence County Mouth Organ Championship Starts Monday
The Lawrence County Mouth Organ Championship begins Monday at the Penn Theatre sponsored by the New Castle News. Contestants perform three pieces nightly with audience voting each evening and the final Thursday deciding the champion. Prizes include a silver cup, a wrist watch, and a Hohner mouth organ for others.
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Lawrence County
Penn
Penn Theatre
New Castle News
The
Jack Gerson
Fifteen Month Sentences and Fines In Allegheny County Court
Frank C. Druschel received a 15 month sentence in the Allegheny County workhouse and a $500 fine for operating a motor vehicle under the influence. Sam Fosco of Toronto was fined $200 and sentenced to five months in the workhouse for drunken driving. Maggie Cusick was fined $106 and paroled for two years on liquor possession. Rosie M. Yeager was paroled for two years upon paying costs for adultery. Elmer C. Yeager was fined $50 and paroled for two years for fornication. Antoni Barisch was sentenced to three years in the county jail for manufacturing liquor with parole possible after six months. Mrs Barisch wept as sentence was passed. The report also notes varying speeds and a discussion of a plant disease affecting street trees and nurseries, with treatment and a free publication from the U S Department of Agriculture.
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Frank C. Druschel
Allegheny County
Hildebrand
Sam Fosco
Toronto
Maggie Cusick
Rosie M. Yeager
Elmer C. Yeager
Antoni Barisch
Barisch
Local People Warned Against Maple Wilt
United States Department of Agriculture warns Maple wilt threatens maples in the region from North Carolina and Tennessee to Canada and Wisconsin. The bulletin, endorsed by Farm Agent H. R. McCulloch, notes the fungus enters through wounds and spreads via insects and pruning tools.
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New Castle
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
H. R. McCulloch
United States
North Carolina
Tennessee
Canada
Wisconsin
Norway
Large Industrial Loan Floated by German Steel Trust
New York June 26. The largest foreign industrial loan in this market was offered at 30 million dollars in 25 year 12 percent sinking fund gold bonds of United Steel Works of Germany series A dated June 1 1951. The issue priced at 96 with interest over 6.80 percent and includes a warrant for 1000 reichsmarks of common stock at 297.50 a share, 125 percent of par.
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International News Service
New York
United Ste Warks
Germany
Dillon, Read & Company
International Acceptan Bank, Inc
J. Henry Schroed Banking Corporation
Vse
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Boston
Zita
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Rawson
Dorothy Mackaill
Cheney
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