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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1931
Page
15
Harrisburg June 29 Umpire David Kohn shouted thief robber after a game at Island Park. After the contest he found his coat and wallet missing from a pocket and reported the theft.
Harrisburg June 29 Governor Pinchot asked by President Hoover Dr James N Rule state superintendent named three school pupils to represent the state in the national test The move follows an invitation from the White House for student participation in the program.
Clara A Hook from Harrisburg Adelaide Beisser of Camp Curtin and Kenneth Yeager of Camp Hill are named for the visual education program to be held in Washington from July 6 to 11. Dr W A Yeager assistant director of the teacher s bureau will accompany the Pennsylvania contestants and represent the state government at the test.
Uniontown Pa June 29 Robert C Bledsoe former county detective acquitted of murdering Elmer Younkin three years ago will seek parole from a remaining one year sentence in the Allegheny county workhouse for illegal operation of a still
Two westerners enticed 77 year old Andrew W. Anderson to obtain Cleveland currency samples claiming money was uniform nationwide. They swindled him out of his life savings of $1,000 after volunteers sought verification.
In Cleveland on June 29 a fire destroyed George H. Tipling’s private stable at North Randall race track. One man, likely fatally burned, was identified as Kid Glenn, 45, a track hanger on, who slept inside the blaze. Two thoroughbreds were saved. Damage was about $12,000. No cause is known as a two week grand circuit season opened this afternoon.
Elza Louk aged 19 is in city hospital with head cuts and bruises after a team of horses bolted during a thunderstorm. He was unhitching them when the cultivating machine they pulled struck him at Hillcrest farm near East Liverpool Ohio.
United States Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania will discuss Republican Principles and the Outlook for 1932 at the courthouse Tuesday evening. The address is under the auspices of the Beaver County Council of Republican Women.
Niagara Falls New York June 29 authorities searched for an unidentified man swept over Horseshoe Falls as William Red Hill the Niagara Falls daredevil offered a new theory that the victim was lured into a damaged green boat. Officials doubted missing local residents and noted a man stood up in his car and waved before the plunge.
The Episcopal diocese of Connecticut will provide 15000 dollars to the Episcopal Church in Vermilion South Dakota to help build a new home for the parish. Rev Russell Hubbard rector of the Vermilion church urged the appeal at the annual diocesan convention.
Parish members approved a plan to contribute twenty thousand dollars themselves. The action secures funding for the church project and reflects collective donor commitment from residents.
John Gedman, 30, released from an eastern state penitentiary after serving about a year for a wrongful conviction. He had pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods on release and received a one year sentence, but the term was remitted for time already served.
In Wimbledon England on June 29 Mrs John Vanyn and Mrs L A Harper defeated Miss Alexander and Miss Watson 6-4 6-3 to advance in the women doubles second round. In the third round Mrs Godfree and Miss Doris Round beat Mrs Holcroft Watson and Mrs Mitchell 6-4 6-4.
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