Army Mail Flier Killed In Crash At Chardon
Two army air mail pilots died in separate crashes as the air mail service sees eight fatalities since takeover. In Chardon Ohio Lieut Otto Weinecke crashed in a snowstorm near the Hess farm, dying instantly. A second pilot Lieut Ernest Bell perished at Daytona Beach Florida after takeoff.
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Army Mail
Chardon
Ohio
International News Service
Army Air Mail
Air Corps
Otto Wienecke
Newark
Chicago
John Hess
Daytona Beach
Fla
Ernest C. Bell
Otto Weinecke
Cleveland
Here
Farmer Hess
Harry O. Hill
Sheriff Hill
Burton
Lieut
Weinecke
Philip Pease
Pease
Geauga County
N. J
Army
Pierpont Raid Warned Sheriff Murder Trial Testimony
Witness Arthur Miller testifies at Pierpont murder trial that Sheriff Larber was warned two weeks before the jail raid by Harry Pierpont. Miller, a jail inmate and convicted killer, says Dillinger gang planned the escape and that Pierpont used three guns to free Dillinger from his cell.
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International New Service
Lima
Jess L. Larber
Harry Pierpont
John Dillinger
Pierpont
Arthur Miller
Allen County
Dillinger
Larber
Miller
Sarber
Tenseness Increases as Dillinger Case Heads to Trial
Lima Ohio dispatch reports heightened tension as authorities press to execute Harry Pierpont, Dillinger gang lieutenant, for Sheriff Jess Larber’s murder during last October’s jail raid. The state’s case is set to rest late today or tomorrow amid fear surrounding Dillinger.
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Lima
Ohio
Mrs Elaine Dent Burton Denies Dillinger Sightings
Mrs Elaine Dent Burton emphatically denies being the mystery woman who visited John Dillinger at Crown Point jail before his escape. Police suspected the visit aided Dillinger, but Burton insists she never saw him.
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Elaine Dent Burton
John Dillinger
Crown Point
Ind
Dillinger
Workhouse Plan Discussed by County Commissioners
County commissioners P. O. Elder Elmer Conners and F. R. Woods traveled to Mercer to join peers from Butler Lawrence Venango and Mercer counties for a conference on building a four county workhouse. The plan would share costs and possibly place the facility near the geographic center in Lawrence county.
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P. O. Elder
Elmer Conners
F. R. Woods
Mercer
Butler
Lawrence Venango
State Department
Lawrence County
Icy Streets and Bee Beech Highlight New Castle News
The city faced slick streets last night as arctic conditions persisted. A state exhibit at the Lawrence garage drew crowds, while CWA workers refreshed North Street School exterior and fountain area. A maple tree housing a bee swarm at Gaston Park was felled recently, likely leaving little honey. North Mill safety zones near Highland car line showed broken chains and inverted signs.
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New Castle
North Street School
Fountain of Youth
CWA
Gaston Park
North Mill Street
Highland Car Line
Pa Newe
Daily Weather Report for 24 Hour Period
U S weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 32 and a minimum of 17 with 0.5 inches of precipitation. River stage is 6.7 feet. Year ago readings: max 45, min 27, precipitation 0.16 inches, snow noted.
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U. S
Love Returns Home After Pennsylvan ia Bankers Association Meet
Robert C Love local banker returned last night from New York where he represented group 8 of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association at a conference of bank officers. He joined a New Kensington man in this representation.
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Love
Robert C. Love
New York
Pennsylvania Bankers’ Association
NBA
Mr. Love
New Kensington
Dillinger Seen In Chicago Sparks City Wide Hunt
Reports say outlaw John Dillinger was spotted on Chicago's south side near 75th Street and Stoney Island Avenue. Police squads under Captain John Stege were ordered to shoot on sight after the identification, moving the search from the north side to the south side.
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International News Service
Chicago
John Dillinger
John Stege
75Th Street
Stoney Island Avenue
Dillinger
Pastors Adopt Code In Detroit
Detroit pastors join the Detroit Council of Churches to adopt a code ensuring adequate pay for all pastors. It bans free wedding or funeral services, sets four hours daily for study and prayer, allocates two hours for visiting members, and requires a congregation to provide an automobile with pastors paying gas and oil from wedding and funeral fees.
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International News Service
Detroit
Mar
Detroit Council of Churches
Neshannock Twp and New Castle Plan North Mercer Street Work
Officials from Neshannock township and the city of New Castle met at city hall to coordinate improvements on North Mercer Street north of Sheridan Avenue. Attendees included City Engineer Hoskins, Frank Stevens, Frank Hoyt, and other interested parties. Hoskins said CWA grading aid was unlikely due to state officials citing economic reasons, with tentative proposals focusing on the stretch north of Sheridan Avenue.
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Neshannock Township
Open Bids For Highway Work In Harrisburg Area
Thirty one bids were opened for four highway and bridge projects totaling 5.88 miles. Unofficial low bidders include Cooper Construction, Clymer, for .31 mile of concrete and drainage on Route 128 in Ford City and Manor township, Armstrong county. Baldwin Brothers Paving, Cleveland, for 5.27 miles of concrete and grading on Route 58 in Jamestown and West Shenango township, Mercer and Crawford counties.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Mar
Cooper Construction Company
Clymer
Ford City
Manor Township
Armstrong County
Baldwin Brothers Paving Company
Cleveland
Jamestown
West Shenango Township
Mercer
Crawford Counties
Federal Agents After Dillinger
Federal agents close on John Dillinger after he carjacked a sheriff’s vehicle in Indiana and fled to Illinois. Joseph B. Keenan, an assistant U.S. attorney general, vows to pursue roving criminals like Dillinger and wipe out their bank robberies and murders.
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International News Service
Washington
Department of Justice
John Dillinger
Middle West
Indiana
Illinois
Crown Points
Dillinger
Lilian Holley
Joseph B. Keenan
U. S
Keenan
Bank Robbery in Whitesboro Nets About 14000
Four armed bandits robbed the Whitesboro National Bank of about 14000 today. They kidnapped bank president Landon Price and cashiers Fred Anderson and Luther Esen, then fled in an automobile. The three officers were released about four miles from town unharmed.
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International News Service
Whitesboro
Tex
Mar
Whitesboro National Bank
Landon Price
Fred Anderson
Luther Esen
Rockefeller only watches golfers at Ormond Beach
John D. Rockefeller Sr., aged 94, may skip his own golf due to illness but still attends the Ormond Beach course to watch other players. He has emerged from seclusion at his winter estate only briefly since arriving weeks ago, maintaining his interest in the game.
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International News Service
Ormond Beach
Fla
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Emperor of Oil
Will says Zara Agha stalks Hollywood in wild tale
Special To The News from Beverly Hills notes Roosevelt outlines air mail fixes and recalls Army privates unpaid. Zara Agha, a 160 year old Turk rumored to seek his fourteenth wife, appears in readers’ attention as he heads toward Hollywood.
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Beverly Hills
Mar
Roosevelt
Zara Agha
Zara
Hollywood
Pymatuning Lake Surges to Amazing Western Pa Sight
Alex Thomas of Linesville reports the Pymatuning Dam area as an astonishing sight as the lake rapidly fills. He traveled Thursday to Conneaut Lake to view the expanding water, noting it surpasses engineer expectations and may be full by June, well ahead of prior two year estimates.
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Pennsylvania
Alex Thomas
Pymatuning
Mr. Thomas
Linesville
Conneaut Lake
Thomas
Espyville- Andover
Four Sub Crew Members Hurt In Nautilus Explosion
The U S S Berry brought four Nautilus crew members to San Diego harbor after a crankcase explosion on the submarine 175 miles south during a power run last night. A naval board of inquiry will convene when Nautilus returns to port at noon.
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San Diego
Cal
Berry
San Diego Harbor
Naval Board of
Obstacles confront Johnsons plans for Blue Eagle changes
Washington March 9 Recovery Administrator Hugh S Johnson faces industry labor and consumer opposition as he seeks to rename the Blue Eagle into the Blue Bird of Happiness. Groups push profits only oppose shorter hours and higher wages. George H Houston of Baldwin Locomotive leads key objections. Continued on page two.
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Washington
Mar
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Department of Commerce
Johnson
George H. Houston
National Manufacturers Association
Houston
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Durable Goods” Committee
General Johnson
Bessemer Cement Plant Firestone By Uncertain Resumption Date
Management of the Bessemer Cement Company said the previous claim that the plant would resume operations around April 1 was premature. They added that no definite date has been set for resuming operations at the Bessemer plant.
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Bessemer Cement Company
Bessemer
Bessemer Limestone and Cement Company
Bridegroom kills bride in New York elopement tragedy
AMSTERDAM N Y March 9 Mrs Julia Bernella 40 who eloped from Lawrence Massachusetts with Kastantis Felis 45 after a secret marriage was shot and killed today by her bridegroom of a few months who then turned the gun on himself and died.
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Norma Brighton Millen
Rose Knellar
Massachusetts
Needham Trust Company
Needham
Mass
Miss Knellar
Abraham Paber
Phi Beta Kappa
Morton Millen
Irving
Faber
Millen
Murton
Norman Brighton
Natick
International News Service
Amsterdam
N. Y
Julia Bernella
Lawrence
Kastantis Felis
Oil Code to Be Set Up as Autonomous Agency
The oil code administration will be established as an autonomous organization separate from the NRA according to Secretary of the Interior Ickes who also serves as federal oil administrator. A bill to enact this will be sent to Congress. Earl B. Glover of Zem Zem Temple Erie PA named vice president of the Shrine Directors' Association of North America at its annual meeting. George F. Sengle Kassai Temple Louisville KY elected president. In Casablanca Morocco oil was struck near Patijean in the Djebel Selfat range, a discovery potentially easing French Navy fuel dependence, with spouting nearly 75 feet from the new well.
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Washington
Oil Code Administration
NRA
Erie
San Antonio
Tex
Earl B. Glover
Zem Zem Temple
Shrine Directors’ Association of North America
George F. Sengle
Kassai Temple
Louisville
Morocco
Casablanca
French Morocco
Patitjean
Djebel-Selfat
Acquittal in Death Case Shocks Steubenville Jury
A Steubenville jury acquitted Frank Romano of Pittsburgh after less than an hour of deliberation in the death of Benjamin Oliver, former Yorkville chief executive. The panel reached the verdict on just two ballots.
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Steubenville, O
Frank Romano
Pittsburgh
Benjamin Oliver
Yorkville, O
Timekeepers Fired Over Collusion in CWA Projects
Five more timekeepers were discharged for collusion and falsifying time records on CWA projects. The charges allege workers were marked present when absent and pay was split with employees, according to County Administrator James Lyall Stuart.
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Pittsburgh
CWA
James Lyall Stuart
Japanese Publisher Sanji Muto Shot Dead in Tokyo
Tokyo reports Sanji Muto leading Japanese industrialist and publisher was shot by an assassin and died in a suburban Tokyo hospital shortly after the shooting. The dispatch from Tokyo confirms the death of the prominent media figure.
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London
Sanji Muto
Tokyo
Exchange
Twelve Thousand Patches On Quilt Made In Lawrence County
Mrs. I. J. Hill of Baldwin Stop completed a quilt of 12 480 patches in two years. She added patches from stray materials found at home, forming a diamond design. The work was described as highly gratifying and the patches are very small.
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I. J. Hill
Baldwin Stop
Lawrence County
Kidnappers Targeted John Morrell Chief But Picked Wrong Man
In Ottumwa Iowa on March 9 two men attempted to kidnap T H Foster head of John Morrell and Co packing firm. Dr B Vernon son in law reported the attempted abduction saying the men released him after realizing he was not Foster.
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International News Service
Ottumwa
T. H. Foster
John Morrell & Co
B. Vernon
Foster
Resume Hearing On Viaduct Plan In Court Room Two
Testimony for and against the Croton viaduct was resumed this afternoon after the grand jury adjourned Wednesday. County commissioners had not Yet presented all testimony and indications suggested the hearing would not finish today as pro testants planned substantial further evidence and attorneys would likely sum up later.
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Croton
Death notices list Webb Webb and Jacobson in Pittsburgh and Bessemer
Mrs. Mary Ann McCarthy Webb is reported in Pittsburgh alongside Frank S. Robinson at Maccabee home in Chatham. Thomas Evans of 1050 Adams Street and Victor Jacobson, age 71, of Bessemer are also listed in this death brief.
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Mary Ann McCarthy Webb
Pittsburgh
Frank S. Robinson
Maccabee Home
Chatham
Thomas Evans
Adams Street
Victor Jacobson
Bessemer
Kidnapper Given Death Sentence in California
In Los Angeles on March 9, Judge Charles W. Fricke used the state’s new death for kidnapping statute to sentence Harry C. Crooks, a crippled bootlegger, to be hanged at San Quentin on May 11. William Tanner also faces the same date at Fort Som Prison after a torture holdup that kidnapped attorney Bodkin.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Mar
California
Charles W. Fricke
Harry C. Crooks
San Quentin
William Tanner
Fol Som
Bodkin
Village smithy fades as gas and candy shop opens
The poem shifts from the traditional village smithy who shod horses to a modern version where a slender, younger smithy runs a gas station shop selling candy and cigarettes. He bets on races but no longer shoes horses, reflecting a changing rural economy on a cool thirty one day.
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Fear Dillinger
Butler and Mercer
PA Newc
Lawrence Garage
Daily Weather Report
City Council
Neshannock
North Mercer ST
Texas Bank
Rockefeller
Will
McNaught Syndicate
Ise
Pymatuning Lake
Blue Eagle
Arthur Mometer
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