Prohibition Seen as Chief Issue for Democrats
The Democratic National Committee and leaders in Washington prepare to discuss prohibition at an upcoming meeting led by John J. Raskob. Ex-Gov Alfred E. Smith supports open debate while noting the committee acts independently. The split between Southern factions and reformers remains to be clarified.
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International News Service
Washington
Mar
National Committee
John J. Raskob
Raskob
Alfred E. Smith
Pace Two
Pa New Observes Pennsylvania Day Highlights Schools
Observances across Pennsylvania with William Penn at center as schools play a major role during Pennsylvania Day. In New Castle the Elks prepare for a national grand exalted ruler visit on Tuesday March 24 attracting large lodge delegations. A California tagged car used a new direction sign on the public square prompting a near pedestrian encounter. The First Christian tower clock remains accurate as it guides local routines. Diggers thin out at county surface coal strip east of the city amid permit activity and shifting mine attendance. An old time buggy was seen attached to a sedan raising curiosity about the why. Nearby on Court Street, youths stretched a white ribbon across the road for a thrill to drivers. (Continued on Page Two)
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New Castle
Court Street
Newes
Daily Weather Report
U S weather bureau statistics for the 24 hour period ending at nine o clock this morning show a maximum temperature of 34 and a minimum of 18 with trace precipitation and light snow flurries. The river stage is four feet.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Ohio Legislature Rejects Day of Referendum on Prohibition
Columbus March 4 Overwhelmingly the Ohio House rejected a resolution for a statewide referendum on repealing the prohibition amendment. The 76 to 47 vote defeated Rep Nippert of Cincinnati's proposal to hold the vote at the November election.
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Columbus
Ohio
Rep. Nippert
Cincinnati
Senate Veto Stand Keeps Muscle Shoals in Private Hands
Senate votes 49 to 34 to sustain President Hoover’s veto of Norris's bill to run Muscle Shoals. Norris warns the next Congress may face renewed effort to place operation under government control. Senator Black condemns the veto as a betrayal of southern voters.
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Senate
Hoover
Norris
George FE. Duano
Power Trust
Congress
Black
Alabama
South
Grim holdup aftermath in Findlay leaves two dead
In Findlay Ohio a planned holdup at the A E Dorsey grocery warehouse failed as police armed with submachine guns opened fire. Two bandits were killed instantly and a third, wounded, escaped amid a gun battle.
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International News Service
Findlay. O
A. E. Dorsey
Roberta McPherson Marries William Smyth aboard liner
London reports Roberta Semple McPherson aged 20 daughter of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson wed William Bradley Smyth a purser on the liner President Wilson. The ceremony was noted by a Central News dispatch from Singapore.
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William Bradley Smyth
International News Service
London
Mar
Roberta Semple McPherson
California
Aimee Semple McPherson
Wilson
Singapore
Compensation Board Fight Is Commenced
Harrisburg March 4 The decision of the workers compensation board not to fade politely from the picture at the behest of Governor Gifford Pinchot today apparently had resulted in heading the entire problem for a court contest. At a hearing before the Senate Committee on executive nominations leaders of organized labor praised the current board and urged against replacement by inexperienced members.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Mar
Workmens Compensation Board
Gifford Pinchot
Senate Committee On Executive Nominations
Organized Labor United
Paul Anderson Key Washington Writer Says Governor Blocks Board
Special to The News Beverly Hills California March 4 Paul Y Anderson Washington correspondent for the St Louis Post Dispatch is praised as a keen fearless political writer Labor leaders say they will raise funds to hire clerical help to keep the compensation board functioning despite Governor removal of the entire board and staff Carl C Tristman a Johnstown salesman testifies before a committee noting a question that unearthed oil flow during a senate probe The piece includes a quip about Republican fear of higher taxes and a compliment from Anderson about the writer’s honesty.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Paul Y. Anderson
Washington
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Senate
Pinchot
Bonds Missing In Guyer Case Sparks Grand Jury Probe
The grand jury was ordered to probe circumstances surrounding A. S. Guyer’s 22 charges of securities act violations after it was found no bonds had been filed with the alderman’s transcript. Bonds should total over $30,000. Judge Hildebrand announced the investigation as jurors moved between courtrooms.
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Grand Jury
A. S. Guyer
R. L. Hildebrand
James A. Chambers
Guyer
Einstein Arrives In New York City
Professor Albert Einstein lands in New York after a 25 minute stop in Pittsburgh en route to Europe. He wears his battered black hat and greets reporters, saying he is satisfied with progress of experiments and calculations at the University of Pasadena.
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Einstein
New York City
Albert Einstein
New York
Germany
Mar i
University of Pasadena
Death Notice for Rebecca J. McKinley in Prookville
Rebecca J. McKinley aged 33 of Prookville R D No 4 is reported deceased. The notice lists James Parker Naugle of Lakeland Highlands Florida as related party.
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James Parker Naugle
Lakeland Highlands
Fla
Rebecca J. McKinley
Prookville
R. D
Large Crowd At New Castle Food Show Opens
A crowd of about fifteen hundred attended the New Castle Retail Grocers Association food show at the Cathedral on opening night. The event featured exhibits, samples, baskets, and performances by artists and entertainers, with organizers led by C. Everett Anderson and officers James R. Mackenzie and J. J. O Neil. A German band was slated to perform that evening to draw a large audience and provide further entertainment.
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Cathedral
New Castle
C. Everett Anderson
James R. MacKenzie
J. J. O'Neil
New Castle Retail Grocers Association
Schmaltz
Hunt Arson Ring At Youngstown As Result Of Blast
Youngstown officials seek an arson ring believed responsible for the Lincoln Theater explosion that injured two people. Fire Chief Harry Callan says several blasts have hit the city recently and the blast caused an estimated $30,000 in damage. Mrs. Rose Vitale 24 was temporarily dumb from the concussion while George S. Barton 43 was hurled from his sickbed by the blast.
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International News Service
Youngstown
Lincoln Theater
Harry Callan
Rose Vitale
George S. Barton
Exhume Body of Girl For New Trial Evidence
In Reynolds Indiana grave diggers exhumed Arlene Draves from a hillside grave to permit a new post mortem. The step follows a Porter County court order for fresh examination in the murder case against Virgil Kirkland. State officials, prosecutors and defense attorneys watched at the open grave.
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International News Service
Reynolds
Ind
Arlene Draves
Virgil Kirkland
Arlene
Elmer
Carl
Kenneth
Elsie
Charles M. Draves
Porter County Court
Grant C. Crumpacker
Kirkland
Deficiency Bill Passed in Five Billion Session
The first peace-time five billion dollar session closed with approval of a deficiency bill funding $84,000,000 for next year. Total appropriations reached about $5.05 billion. Several provisions were removed or altered in final actions, including Cove Creek Dam and maternity aid, while $5 million was set for reclamation in the West.
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Cove Creek
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Veterans Bureau Hospital
House
West
Veterans Bureau
Governor's Island
Alameda
Calif
Sunnyvale
Air Corps
Marin County
Hoover Congress Leaves Mark With Turbulent Postwar Legislation
Retiring members end the 71st Congress at noon after two years of turmoil and prolific lawmaking. Dubbed the Hoover Congress on its 1929 start, it closes amid mixed testament to postwar policy and factional battles.
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Washington
Hoover Congress
Death penalty verdict in wife slaying case from Bucks County
In Doylestown Pennsylvania Charles Haney 26 was found guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of his wife Mary last October. The jury sentenced him to death by electric chair after the verdict was read by foreman Ward Roth at 9 am in Bucks County Court of Oyer and Terminer.
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Litertathional News Service
Doylestown
Charles Haney
Potter Oe Yardsley
Mary
H. Hiram Keller
Bucks Couty Court of Oyer and Termine
I Ward Roth
Defense Declares Shooting Accident
In Kansas City court, a bridge widow testifies for herself claiming the fatal shooting was an accident. She recalls the moments before the incident and describes the sequence that led to the tragedy.
Mrs Myrtle Bennett Defense Rest as Case Recalled
In Kansas City on March 4, after outlining the events leading to the alleged slaying of her husband, Mrs Myrtle A Bennett’s defense rests at 10 25 a m.
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Kansas City
Myrtle A. Bennett
Bennett Widow Testifies in Slaying Trial
Mrs Myrtle A Bennett, widow of John G Bennett, took the stand in her own defense in a Kansas City court hearing on the September 29 1930 bridge game dispute that led to his slaying. The testimony followed long delays as state and defense attorneys wrangled.
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Kansas City
Mar
Myrtle A. Bennett
John G. Bennett
Final Capping Of Well Takes Place
The Meeker natural gas gusher in Wellsboro Pa is capped after a week of 150000000 cubic feet daily output. Casing is finished and quick drying cement reinforces the shaft while the "Christmas tree" device will shut off gas by tomorrow. Operations shift to Sabinsville where Lycoming Gas expects a new well within the week.
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International News Service
Wellsboro
Sabinsville
Lycoming Gas Company
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Farmer's Hard Work Outlasts the Day
Verse-like glimpse shows a farmer fixing fences repairing haylofts and boards rebuilding cattle sheds and patching roads. He then plows from dawn until sundown for crops while juggling endless chores and daily grind. The speaker hints at the tough life behind the joking tone about farming.
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