Mystery Woman Sought In Detroit Slaying Case
Police hunt for a mysterious woman tied to the death of Howard Carter Dickinson and the New York attorney’s murder near Rouge Park. Dickinson had traced a $40 million estate claim and vanished after a hotel briefcase was left behind.
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International News Service
Detroit
William Lee Ferris
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
Ferris
Dickinson
Charles E. Hughes
Rouge Park
Charles Evans Hughes
William H. Yawkey
Boston Red Sox
Plans Complete For Tin Workers Annual Picnic
New Castle readers are invited to Cascade Park for the second annual Tin Workers Picnic on Saturday June 29. A parade led by grand marshal Clark H Buell will begin at 10 00 am from the North Street bridge to Public Square and Jefferson Street followed by a day of events for workers pensioners and their families with participation from four bands and company executives.
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New Castle
Cascade Park
North Street
Croton Avenue
Public Square
Jefferson Street
Clark H. Buell
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
The
United
Snapping beetle brought to The News office
Richard Roberts of 419 Valley Street showed an unusually large snapping beetle about an inch and a half long with two heavy black spots. Post Office staff salvage old lock boxes, shipping them to Washington. Lottery letter warnings are issued to residents receiving Canadian hospital tickets. Highway crews mow weeds along routes as harvests begin in Lawrence County. Wheat ripens and will be harvested soon. Mercer traffic reports continue on page two.
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Richard Roberts
Valley Street
the News
George F. Mitchell
Post Office
Treasury Department
Steen
Lawrence County
Pa Newe
Mercer
Daily Weather Report Summary
The 24 hour period ending at 9 am shows a maximum 84 and minimum 55 with no precipitation. River stage recorded at 42. A year ago the minimum was 66 with 0.01 inches of precipitation.
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U.S
McCulloch Returns From Mexico City
County Farm Agent Harold R McCulloch president elect and Rotary convention delegate returns with Mrs McCulloch to their Walmo home after a 5000 mile motor trip from Houston to Mexico City via a Rotary special train. The journey covered 120 miles west of Indianapolis on the return and the roads were hard surfaced and excellent.
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Harold R McCulloch
Mexico City
New Castle
Indianapolis
Ind
Governor Dismisses Two Milk Board Members
In Harrisburg June 28 Gov George H Earle dismissed Milk Control Board members Paul O Sunday and A C Marburger for accepting 750 pay over a month and a half before Senate confirmation. The governor ordered recovery of the funds while Sunday and Marburger said refunds were arranged and checks were sent.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Milk Control Board
George H. Earle
Paul O. Sunday
Carlisle
A. C. Marburger
Evans City
Senate
Earle
Charles J. Margiotti
Sunday
Marburger
More Youths In C.M.T.C. Squads
Names of 25 Lawrence county youths published for Camp Fort Meade assignments. Additional cadets listed include Reed McCaskey of 5072 Whippo Street, William S. Shira of 13 East Lincoln, Frederick McCamb of 206 Boyles Avenue, and Richard Hamilton of 423 Park Avenue as they join camp July 1.
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Lawrence County
Q. Fulton Jackson
Fort Meade
Reed Mce- Caskey
Whippo Street
William S. Shira
East
Lincoln
Frederick McCamb
Boyles Avenue
Richard Hamilton
Park Avenue
Perry Wins In British Open at Muirfield Scotland
Alf Perry, an English professional, wins the British Open at Muirfield with a 72 hole total of 283 tying the championship record. He carded a 67 in the third round and 72 in the final round to finish five strokes ahead of Charley Whitcombe and Bert Gadd, with MacDonald Smith posting a 66 in qualifying.
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International News Service
Muirfield
Scotland
Alf Perry
Perry
Gay
MacDonald Smith
Gullane
Gene Sarazen
Henry Cotton
England
Sandwich
Cotton
Charley Whitcombe
Bert Gadd
Three Year Old Albert Iorio Dies After Street Crash
Albert Iorio aged three of 417 South Mill street died in New Castle hospital from a fractured skull after reportedly running into Sutton and Du Shane streets and into a car driven by John Memme of 203 North Bay street. He was taken to the hospital by Thomas Maielli and Memme.
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Albert Iorio
South Mill Street
Anthony Iorio
New Castle Hospital
John Memme
North Bay Street
Sutton
du Shane
Thomas Maielli
West
Grant Street
Memme
Johnstown Man Named Secretary
Johnstown resident Kenneth Beaner was elected recording secretary of the Young People’s Branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union at the annual convention in Mysterstown. Re elected officers include James A. W. Killip Philadelphia president Jacob Srite Waynesboro vice president Mae Weiss Tunkhannock corresponding secretary and William Ferguson Oxford treasurer.
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International News Service
Mysterstown
Kenneth Beaner
Johnstown
Young People’s
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
James A. W. Killip
Philadelphia
Jacob Srite
Waynesboro
Mae Weiss
Tunkhannock
William Ferguson
Oxford
Coal Oil Fatal To Baby In Sharon
A 15 month old boy Samuel Sloan died in Buhl hospital after swallowing coal oil while his mother was away. He crawled to a table, drank the contents, and died despite medical efforts.
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International News Service
Sharon
Samuel Sloan
Buhl Hospital
Dr Hollister Named to Post on State Relief Board
June 28 Harrisburg announces Dr. Clark J. Hollister of Harrisburg is appointed dental adviser to the state emergency relief board. He will assist Dr. Harold H. Miller as medical director.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Clark J. Hollister
State Emergency Relief Board
Harold H. Miller
Eva Coo Executed for Insurance Murder at Sing Sing
Eva Coo died in the electric chair for the insurance killing of Harry Wright at Sing Sing. She claimed innocence to the end and awaited Gov. Lehman's commutation, receiving the warden's news shortly before 11 PM. Her body was unclaimed in the prison morgue as the execution proceeded.
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Ossining
N. Y
Eva Coo
Sing Sing
Harry
Gimpy) Wright
Otsego County
Lil
Eva
Leonard Scarnici
Rensselaer County
New England
Lehman
Albany
Lewis E. Lawes
Lawes
Hall Reports Business Upswing After Florida Trip
Carl C. Hall and his wife returned from Orlando Florida to report a strong real estate market and active building work in Florida. Hall said business remains good in Washington D C where he also has interests. The couple plans to stay in the city for some time before returning south.
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Florida
Carl C. Hall
Wallace Avenue
Hall
Orlando
Fla
Washington, D. C
Wattle Rogers Keeps View On Aid Plan For Youth And Elderly
Special to The News from Beverly Hills California June 28 notes a cautious praise for a new administration plan aimed at helping young people up to age 20 and seniors over 60. The writer argues such a policy could relieve some worries for the middle aged while warning it may cost money and invite editorial backlash.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Court Test Seen On AAA Constitutionality This Year
Attorney General Cummings predicted the AAA constitutional question will reach the Supreme Court in autumn. Test cases in federal district courts and the court of claims head to the high tribunal. The Hoosac Mills case from Massachusetts is the first to reach the Court, after a temporary injunction blocked the treasury from collecting the processing tax pending court disposition.
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International News Service
Washington
AAA
Supreme Court
Cummings
Court of Claims
Hoosac Mills
Massachusetts
Treasury
Sales Tax Backed By Unanimous Vote In Tri-County Meeting
Delegates from Butler Beaver and Lawrence counties at the Elks Club endorsed a sales tax to share governmental costs. John W. Pattison presided as the resolution passed after hours of discussion on tax burdens in Pennsylvania. C V Shoup urged real estate taxpayers to support combined sales and income taxes as a solution.
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Tax Justice League
Elks Club
Butler
Beaver
Lawrence
John W. Pattison
Lawrence County Tax Justice League
Pennsylvania
Taxpayers Awakening
C. V. Shoup
Allegheny County Real Estate Owners and Taxpayers League
Harrisburg
New Castle
New Youth Administration Directed by Roche and Williams
Josephine Roche and Aubrey Williams lead the National Youth Administration created by President Roosevelt with 50 million dollars from the work relief fund to aid 500 000 needy youths. Roche is chairman of a special executive committee and Williams is executive director of the agency.
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Josephine Roche
the Treasury
Aubrey Williams
National Youth Administration
Roosevelt
Miss Roche
Williams
New Deal
East Brook alumni hold second annual reunion banquet
About 120 graduates and former students gathered at East Brook High School for the second annual alumni reunion banquet. Willard Bowden was elected president, with Richard Patterson succeeding him as former president. Officers chosen for the year include vice president Harold McConaghy, corresponding secretary Mrs Emma Boyles, recording secretary Miss Helen Young, and treasurer Babe McKnight.
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Willard Bowden
East Brook High School
Richard Patterson
Harold McConaghy
Emma Boyles
Helen Young
Babe McKnight
Seek 1 000 000 Home Loans Here
Approximately 1 000 000 worth of home loans were applied for in the local HOLC office during the thirty day period which ended Thursday night at midnight. The total number of applications was 343. This is the largest volume of business ever done in a thirty day period in the New Castle office.
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HOLC
C. P. Cloak
New Castle
Cloak
Engineers Open Annual Sessions in Pittsburgh
Locals from Pennsylvania and nearby states attend a three day convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in Pittsburgh. A meeting and dance start the program, followed by a picnic and banquet, with a final business meeting on Sunday.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Boston Women Threaten Protests Over Roosevelt Tax Plan
A Boston telegram signed by 11 prominent Bay state Republican women denounces Roosevelt proposed share‑the‑wealth tax and warns of a massive protest. Copies were sent to US Senators Walsh and Coolidge.
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International News Service
Boston
Roosevelt
Bay State
Republican Party
United States
David I. Walsh
Marcus A. Coolidge
Massachusetts
Woman Recovers After Operation For Upside-Down Stomach
Mrs. Catherine Caldwell of Chambersburg Pa. was recovering today after an operation for diaphragmatic hernia or an upside-down stomach.
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International News Service
Chambersburg
Catherine Caldwell
Death notice for multiple individuals including Mrs Frances Flack
Mrs Frances Amanda Flack 70 of Plaingrove dies. Also listed are Mrs Ida Fehrenbaugh Tschippert of Pittsburgh and Albert Iorio age 3 of 417 South Mill Street.
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Frances Amanda Flack
Plaingrove
Ida Fehrenbaugh
Weber Attends 14th Guild of Organists Convention
Thomas H. Weber Jr. of New Castle attends the 14th annual American Guild of Organists convention in New York at the Hotel Astor. The event draws more than 1,000 delegates from the United States and Canada.
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New York
Thomas H. Weber, Jr
Euclid Avenue
New Castle
American Guild of Organists
Hotel Astor
United States
Canada
Arthur Mometer Automobiles and Mountain Roads
A light humorous note discusses car enjoyment when running well and contrasts it with frustration when a tire bursts from debris on a warm day. The piece muses whether a horse might be simpler as patience is tested during a bumpy ride up winding roads.
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Ruth Cronin
Frahm
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
McCulloch
Milk Board
C.M.T.C
C. Whitcombe
Little Tot
DR. Hollister
Gunman
Kenneth T. Downs
Wattle Rogers
Theo
Aubrey ‘Williams
Would Comal East Brook
State Bar Association
Michigan
East Brook
Kenneth Kennedy
Bedford Springs
Speedier
Edson R. Sunderland
University of Michigan
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Sunderland
Owen J. McRoberts
High Court
Scott M. Loftin
American Bar Association
Sarah Soffel
Harvey T. Harrison
Little Rock
Ark
Weber
Arthur Mometer
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