Mystery Killer Threatens Pittsburgh Girl
Police tighten vigil after the so called Triple X killer issues a letter claiming another Pittsburgh girl aged 18 to 25 will be next victim. Five policewomen and four detectives were dispatched to guard the city after Chief Inspector John O'Brien in New York received the threat and forwarded it to Pittsburgh. The note used a fictitious return address.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
John John O’brien
New York
O’brien
Mercer County Elects Over 500 Teachers in May Election
In Mercer county, June 29, educators report that over 500 teachers have been elected. The major portion of the county’s 45 districts now have teachers following May elections, amid rising staffing.
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Mercer
Mercer County
Paroled Boys Rise Amid Local Juvenile Crime Trend
Mercer county reports 200 teachers in summer sessions as fall looms. Parole officials led by Rev W T K Thompson note a surge of male offenders aged 12 to 25, with over 80 percent held for larceny and autos theft dominates the crime pattern.
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Mercer County
W. T. K. Thompson
Unusual Will Allocates $100 to Eight At Grave
Mercer Pa June 29 an unusual will filed here states eight men who were at the grave of John Joseph Contrato Pardoe will each receive 100 dollars. Contrato said worry over his bad life drove him to take his life. His body was found near Pardoe three weeks ago. The will directs the payments and assures friends they need not worry about his ghost.
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International News Service
Mercer
John Joseph Contrato
Pardoe
Contrato
Half Acre Yields 4000 Quarts Berries
Newark Ohio farmer C A Flowers harvested 4000 quarts of strawberries from a half acre and plans to pick 1500 quarts of raspberries from another half acre. The berries were gathered and marketed locally this Saturday afternoon.
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Newark
C. A. Flowers of
Hanover
Transfer of Rev. J. Dudley Nee to St. Peter's parish
Rev Fr J Dudley Nee, assistant at St Marys parish, is transferred to St Peters parish N S Pittsburgh by Bishop Hugh C Boyle and will assume duties July 8. His successor is Rev Fr Leo Watterson from St Peters parish. Nee leaves a city versed in parish affairs and youth athletics.
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J. Dudley Nee
St. Mary's Parish
St. Peter's Parish
N. S. Pittsburgh
Hugh C. Boyle
Diocese of Pittsburgh
Father Nee
St. Peter’s
Leo Watterson
City
Holy Name Society
Lawrence County
Appointment Brings Rev Nee to St Mary’s Parish
The clergyman goes to St Peter's parish as assistant to Rev. Fr. F. F. O'Shea, longtime pastor of St Mary's and then at the local parish when Nee was assigned. Friends extend wishes for continued success in the new posting.
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St. Peter's Parish
F. F. O'Shea
St Mary's Parish
Nee
Kelly Kelly New Head Ofk. Ofc. Here Opens Knights Of Columbus
Local Knights of Columbus named Peter C. Kelly grand knight for St. Marys Council No 512 during the 1931 32 term. He succeeds Vincent P Travers as head. Other officers include Hugh Rocks deputy grand knight William J Carlin chancellor Joseph R Guilfoyle recorder J F O Leary financial secretary J C Carlin treasurer Luke Eagen advocate Hugh Daugherty inside guard C R Fulkerson outside guard John Daugherty trustee Thomas Flannagan assistant warden James Stiner chorister Thomas Cunningham organist Steve Griffith delegate to state convention W P Travers first alternate Peter P Capitolo second alternate John C Carlin.
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Knights of Columbus
Peter C. Kelly
St. Mary's Council
Vincent P. Travers
Hugh Rocks
William J. Carlin
Joseph R. Guilfoyle
J. F. O'Leary
J. C. Carlin
Luke Eagen
Hugh Daugherty
C. R. Fulkerson
John Daugherty
Thomas Flannagan
James Stiner
Thomas Cunningham
Steve Griffith
W. P. Travers
Peter P. Capitolo
John C. Carlin
Grove City College Opens Modern Science Hall with Radio Lab
The new science hall at Grove City College, a 73 room facility, houses chemistry biology physics radio and a general shop. The radio lab features the college broadcasting station WSAJ and motion photography in science instruction. An aquarium and animal room will support live specimen work.
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Grove City
Grove City College
Herbert Harmon
WSAJ
Russian recipe request from Allentown woman in Moscow
Mrs. Michael Jones, wife of an engineer and former Allentown resident, writes from Moscow asking for a ginger snaps recipe. She notes pride in learning to bake bread and asks for a ginger snap recipe to be sent to her.
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International News Service
Allentown
Russia
Michael Jones
Moscow
Jones
Chicken Thief Shot During Coop Raid in Farrell
Local officers ask physicians and police in nearby cities to be on the lookout for a wounded chicken thief. Patrolman George Pulliam fired twice at a man fleeing a coop at 715 Darr Avenue. one shot hit the thief in the leg as he escaped in a car with an accomplice. The driver sped away before officers could stop them.
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Farrell
George Pulliam
Darr Avenue
Pulliam
Negro Shot By Policeman Dies in Sharon
Alfonso James a 27 year old Black man from 1102 Market Avenue died in Buhl hospital five hours after being shot in the back while fleeing patrolman Frank Kowalski who had arrested him on an open charge with two companions loitering near the Louis Gottleib store on Idaho Street Kowalski fired as James knocked him down during the escape attempt.
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Sharon
Alfonso James
Negro
Market Avenue
Buhl Hospital
Frank Kowalski
Louis Gottleib
Idaho Street
Kowalski
James
Child Swallows Smelling Salts Mystery Bee Honey Swarm
The two year old Billy Ear E Book drank smelling salts and fell ill but vomited and recovered. In Highland Lake a queen bee led a swarm into an ice house water storage area, beginning honey production between hive and outdoors through a knothole.
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Billy
Ear E. Book
Park Avenue
Petrified Body Found in Mine Near Johnstown
The petrified body of 43 year old George Demko was found in an abandoned room of a Smokeless Coal Company mine near Johnstown. Demko disappeared in 1927 and is believed to have died from illness while at work.
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Johnstown
George Demko
Smokeless Coal Company
Demko
Golden Wedding For Mr and Mrs Peter H Wulff
Mr and Mrs Peter H Wulff celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in San Francisco at the same house where they shared their wedding supper a half century ago. Three generations of the Wulff family attended the golden wedding fete.
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International News Service
San Francisco
Peter H. Wulff
Wulff
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