Cumberland Man Begins Sentence for Family Murder
Russell Martin, 25, dubbed the Adonis of Coat Fields, was to enter the Maryland State Penitentiary after pleading guilty to the murder of his wife and two children. Bodies found in an old mine shaft. motive cited as opposition to his wife's "butterfly" habits and divorce demand. Testimony questioned his sanity. he claimed amnesia regarding the crime.
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Auustir
International News Service
Cumberland
Russel Martin
Adonis
Maryland State Penitentiary
Baltimore
Martin
Walsh
Wagarian
Boyd
Maryland
County Union Board To Meet
Executive committees of Lawrence County Christian Endeavor Union will meet this evening in the Central Presbyterian church at 7 80. All officers and presidents of the Christian Endeavor societies are requested to be present. Plans will be made for the Spring tally on May 23 at Hopewell Presbyterian church New Bedford. Mr Batley president will share insights from his Williamsport Pa convention trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County Christian Endeavor Union
Central Presbyterian Church
Christia Endeavor Societies
Hopewell Presbyterian Church
New Bedford
Batley
Union
Williamsport
Where To Go Tonight Lady of the Night and More
A noisy listing of cinema and stage offerings including Norma Shearer in One Night in Rome Laurette Taylor and other stars. The page highlights multiple theaters Windsor Capitol Strand Regent Nexon and acts such as Delux tours and News Reel features across varied comedies and dramas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady of the Night
Windsor
Terrace Orchestra
Capitol
Norma Shearer
PENN
Laurette Taylor
Rome
Harry Shannon, Jr
Pennsylvania Orchestra
Construction Starts in April Amid Mixed March Costs
April construction began with total cost $204 248 per Neil Williams city building permit clerk. March costs reached $418 180. Permits in April covered 27 dwellings about $170 000, four storerooms and apartment buildings $28 050, 59 remodeling jobs $30 56, 51 garages $12 055, 14 buildings $63 410 and 25 fences $468.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Williams
Odd Fellows To Have Service At Firat Christian Church
Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Council 487 Melrose Household Ruth 2560 will hold its annual thanksgiving service at 2 30 P M Sunday at the First Christian church with local members attending the event The item notes the organization and venue for the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand United Order of Odd Fellows
Council
Melrose Household of Ruth
Firat Chriatan
Pay For Cornet Case Settled In Youngstown
Prof W A Hoffmaster and Lt George Kennedy were in Youngstown this morning to settle a claim against a pawnshop and music house over a cornet stolen from Hoffmaster. The case concluded with payment of 200 to Hoffmaster, the cornet's value, by the shop and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hoffmaster
George Kennedy
Youngstown
Hoffmaster
Music House
Charles Grows
Hofmaster
Pawnoshop
Admitted Elisabeth Gilmore and Discharged Patients
A brief hospital notice lists admissions and discharges including Elisabeth Gilmore of 508 West Cherry Street and Mrs Mary Cox. Also noted are Mrs Elizabeth Connors of 609 Raymond Street and Mrs Grace Richael M.D. A.
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Elisabeth Gilmore
West Cherry Street
Home Street
Mary Cox and
Kaby
Elizabeth Connors
Raymond Street
Grace Richael
Highland U P Troop Forms Patrol Led by Harold Berry
Harold Berry leads the Boar Patrol of the Highland United Presbyterian Church Boy Scout Troop at a weekly meeting in the church headquarters. Eleven scouts attended and the patrol was organized. Scoutmaster Dick Steen outlined scouting work and planned a July 6 camp. Several new members will join next session and marchfoot to begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Berry
Highland United — Presbyterian Church
Dick Steen
Steen
Mestley
Charles'Grafton
John W. Wallace
C. Drown
March coal mine accidents kill 181 workers
The Interior Department reports 181 coal miners died in March across the United States, up from 33 a year earlier. A total of 44,080,000 tons produced yielded a fatality rate of 4.05 per million tons, down from 7.19. Last year two major explosions caused most deaths. this March had one major blast with 33 fatalities.
Etna Springs On Slippery Rock Sold For 60060
Etna Springs, a Slippery Rock creek pleasure resort south of Slippery Rock, was sold by J. B. Dick and Son to Leroy Patterson of Grove City for about 60060. The property includes 600 building lots, three dwellings, two pavilions, a barn, a kiddy swimming pool, bathing beach and picnic grounds equipment. In part payment, the sellers took over a 200 acre farm near Grove City valued around 25090. Etna Springs farms were purchased by Z. B. Dick and Sons of Butler about four years earlier.
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Etna Springs
Slippery Rock
Grove City
Z. B. Dick and Sons of
Buttar
Cold Weather Fails To Stop Cleaning Campaign
A New Castle article notes that despite frigid days, residents press on with spring house cleaning. Women direct family efforts, while two North Fifteen street households display screen visors to ward off dust. Stores report strong sales of wallpaper cleaner, brooms, cleansing powders, and Coxe products. The spring cleaning drive is under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Eagles Elect Officers in New Castle Fraternal Order
The New Castle Aerio No 455 Fraternal Order of Eagles plans its annual officer election Monday. Voters will use the Australian ballot system during the contest for several offices with strong interest and spirited competition anticipated.
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New Castle Aerio No
Order of Eagles
Man Held In Jail After Mental Health Concern In Warren
Thomas McDlounds, believed mentally unbalanced, was committed to the county jail last night. Former patient at Warren hospital he appeared unsteady, had been paroled after leaving the institution. He will be returned to Warren for further care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McDlounds
Warren, Pa
Warren
Pinchot Signs Weingartner Tuition Bill
Governor Pinchot yesterday signed a bill sparked by Senator George T. Weingartner defining a capt of tuition for students sent to schools other than their home institution.
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Pinchot
George T. Weingartner
Are You Familiar With Your City Quiz Q&A
A New Castle News item presents local questions about streetcar history and city streets. Answers reference the New Castle Electric Street Railway company incorporated September 28, 1889 and routes along Mill Washington Long Lang avenues. The page invites readers to submit replies with name and address.
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New Castle Electric Street Railway Company
Washington
DuShane
Oaoge
New Castle News
New Caste
Wampum Notes Missionary Benefit and Local Notices
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church plans an apron and bake sale for May 16. Many ladies to prepare aprons and baked items for the committee. A number attend Presbyterial meetings May 6 and 7 at First Presbyterian church, New Cactia. Young people to attend the banquet Thursday night. Local church schedules list Sunday schools at 9:43, services at 11, and 8 with various subjects. A children’s festival is set for May 8 at 2 pm at Wampum Presbyterian church for ages under 13, inviting families from several local communities. Wampum District Sunday School Association oversees the event. Wampum Personal items note visits and illnesses among residents with several names.
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The
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
New Cactia
Wampum Presbyterian Church
Wampum
Lawrence County Sunday School Association
Chewton
Clinton
New Port
Coverdall
District Officer to Visit St. John's Lutheran Church
Edwin Dauber, vice president of the Pittsburgh District of the Lutheran League, will visit Sunday evening for the Luther League meeting at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Dauber will deliver an address. Miss Elizabeth Tresor is in charge as the program begins at 6 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Dauber
Pittsburgh
Luther League of the Lutheran Church
Luther League of
What Did You See in the City Street Sights
An assortment of quirky vignettes from a busy day: a pool room proprietor filling boxes with sawdust for a cuspidorn project, a tall man adjusting a Witis Janky frame in a theater balcony, a woman with three sons on a shopping excursion, an old woman sewing a brick to block a door, and a motorlay scavenging a junk yard for parts. Also described is a ten year old attempting to mend trousers with a safety pin on the way to school, a traveling freight worker with railway passes, a tracker balancing kegs at a freight house, and TR Rosenthal noting a student’s unusually wide trousers seen on Mercer Street.
Young Peoples Rally at First Baptist Church
A Sunday evening Young People's rally at First Baptist Church features the Baptist Young People's Union and Sunday school Council members. The program includes Scripture by Alice Landia, prayers by Thelma Roberts and C. J. Goodwin, solos, and discussions on what the Bible teaches about God with speakers from First Baptist, First Christian, Mahoning Methodist, and Wesley Memorial.
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First Baptist Church
Baptist Young People’s Union
Sunday School Council
Alice Landia
Thelma Roberts
C. 3. Goodwin
Mary Thoman
God
Walter Cope
Paul Gibaon
Mahoning
Alleged Bootleggers Taken Friday Night
County Detective Jack M. Dunlap and his Three Musketeers arrested several alleged bootleggers and their partners Friday night. Pete Jaworsky of Waltere btrest Union township was taken first, with 3 barrels of mash and 12 bottles of liquor found. The group then went to Ellwood j city to Victoria Fereege on Hazel street where a rap drew attention and a visitor named John Gilbert was brought back after initial escape. Andy Fodor and John Colapri, from Cleveland, Ohio, were found with a suitcase of liquor. All suspects were jailed. the Union township man and the others await the June term of criminal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack M. Dunlap
Pete Jaworsky
Waltere Btrest
Union Township
Ellwood J City
Victoria Fereege
Haxel Street
John Cillbert
Andy Fodor
Claveland
John Colapri
Victoria
Jell
Afro-Americans Reunion and Elks Delegation Preach in New Castle
A gathering led by Rev. CA Leftwich with secretary A Brown and Elks delegation from Valley Temple will preach the annual program at Kika Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock. Sunshine Kensington group plans a Monday meeting at Mrs Elizabeth Thomas home on Green Street.
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Elke
Leftwich
Pby
A. Brown
Elks
Valley Temple
Kika
Butler
Sunshine Kensington
Sunshine Kannington
Elizabeth Thomas
Green Street
Bicycles Stolen Report Details Multiple Thefts
The report states Jobo Korces of 1200 Randolph Street owned a Columbia bicycle stolen earlier. It appeared with Glenn Wyant on Williams Street after allegedly being bought from Lawrence Cycle Company. Nadier Oweng of the Dean Block reported a De Luxe bicycle stolen from a store on Croton Avenue between noon and midnight.
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Jobo Korces
Randolph Street
Columbia
Glenn Wyant
Williams Street
Pollce
Lawrence Cycle Company
Nadier Oweng
Dean Block
Lawrence Confoc
Croton Avenue
Bessemer Senior Class Banqueted By Junior Class
In Bessemer Virginia on May 2 the Junior class of Bessemer high school hosted a banquet at Hotel Helen in honor of the Senior class. The dining room boasted flowers and serge and silver decors. menus featured common dinner items and beverages. The crown of the evening was H C Calton, crowned Queen of the May by Haones Haltunen, with entertainment including songs readings and toasts from students such as Patty Colucel Henry Navarra Aloia Perele Grace Kramer and Lillian Nord and Gradyn Nord. Teasing and surprises closed the program with Farewell to Thee.
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Bessemer, V’a
Hotel Helen
Bessemer High School
H. C. Calton
Mika Ida Tobhula
Haones Haltunen
Poast
Patty Colucel
Towat
Henry Navarra
Aloia Perele
Oading
Grace
Kramer
Dolphy
F. HE
Gebuer
Faonla M
Keys
Lillian Nord
Gradyn Nord
Tosa
Helro Brentin
Icebound land north of Alaska eyed by Greely and explorers
Major General A. W. Greely, retired Irving Polar explorer dean, asserts that powered navy planes can reach a hypothesized land north of Alaska between Alaska and the North Pole. He cites past iceberg observations and tidal studies supporting the existence of unknown land, predicting a 600 mile flight to the center of the region and back will succeed with airplanes.
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Anya Dean
A. W. Greely
Dean
Irving Polar
MacMillan Arcele
National Geographic Society
Alaska
North Pole
Axel Heiberg Island
Geo Greely
Palar Sea
Greenland
MacMillan
Fritieh
General Greely
Wat Furomer
Recen
Naleau
ApitztLergen
Nort Fole
Grove City Students Present Program
Grove City students performed at First Presbyterian church under the auspices of C. B. Thorn. Seven students sang and played instruments in a well received program Friday evening, with a mix of vocal and instrumental numbers.
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Grove City
Seranaders
First Presbyterian Church
Aua
C. B. Thorn
Np Koo
Asain. Ne
Deaths Of The Day In Sewickley and Canton obituaries
Joseph Mraylock aged 12 of Bessemer died this morning at 4 o clock at the Fresh Air Camp in Sewickley. He leaves mother, three sisters and one brother. Funeral arrangements later. Gilbert Munn funeral held Friday at 2 pm at East Washington Street home conducted by Rev. W. W. Snitt. Pallbearers named. Burial in Graceland cemetery. Tadaly McDaniel aged 76 died at Canton hospital Wednesday at 3 pm after illness. Survived by two sons Daniel and John, daughter Mrs Ruth O’Connell, brother H. P. McDaniel and sister Mary. Funeral services this afternoon at Canton.
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Joseph, Mraylock
Joseph Mraylock
Bessemer
Cami
Sewickley
Mra
Maury Pusniwk
Pistera
Ony
Mr. Mus
Gilbert Munn
East Washington Street
W. W. Snitt
A.W. Tindall
J. HW. Hendrick
Aaron Taylor
J. HW. Davis
Walter Gurl
Marley Stott
Graceland Cemetery
Tadaly McDaniel
Taniah McDaniel
Canton
Nospital
McDaniel
Pantha
Ben
Thiny Elty
Daniel McDaniel
John McDanial
New York City
Ruth O'Connell
Knoxville
H. P. McDaniel
Mare
John Holden
Clinton School Closes Thursday Program Ends
A special closing program at Clinton School Thursday morning featured teacher Ming Verna Boyd of New Castle in charge. A basket dinner followed, with many parents in attendance and T. J. Wilson giving an address on Education and Christianity.
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Clinton
Ming Verna Boyd
New Castle
T. J. Wilson
Mre
Harry Cummings
Ina
Cecil
Clarence
Elegie
May
Gilbert
Mra
J. H. McCoy
Margaret
Lota
Harold
Glenn
Ronella
Thelma
Joseph Wilson
Bertha
Alice
Esther
Thomas
Hazel
Helen
George Baker
Louise
George
Richard
Charles Bowser
Ruth
Paul
Martha
Charles
H. Hartzell
Mike Clutt
Marr
William Young
Elizabeth
Lavina
Harry Laughlin
Rosella
Aon Earl
Bord
New Ceatle
To Begin Revival At New Wilmington Methodist Church
Rev. Harry Maitland of Winfield Kansas, who has led revival services in Hydetown Pa for weeks, will close the service there Sunday then visit the Maitland family in this city. He preaches at Greenwood M E church Thursday May 7 and starts evangelistic campaign at New Wilmington M E church May 10 for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Maitland
Winfield
Kansas
Hydetown
R. Maitland
Pu‘lack Road
Maitland
Greenwood Mf
Lehurch
New Wilmington M. E
Berry Receives Red Cross Award for Rescue
Paul E. Berry of 239 Exclid Avenue received a Red Cross award consisting of a $23 check and a congratulatory letter from John Barton Payne, national chairman, for rescuing two men at Hilbath bathing beach during high surf last summer. The award was sent through Harry Alexander, chairman of the Lawrence County chapter, with praise for his meritorious service.
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Paul E. Berry
Exclid Avenue
American Red Cross
John Barton Payne
Berry
Hil
Harry Alexander
Lawrence County
Mr. Berry
Chicago Praises Penns The Thief of Bagdad Picture
Chicago reviewers hail The Thief of Bagdad as a magical and sprightly spectacle. Chicago Tribune Liberty Magazine and Chicago Journal quote high praise noting charm miracle and mesmerising appeal.
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Chicago
Penn
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Coal Fields
County Union Board
Atkinson Pane & Glass ‘Company
North Mill Street
Ball Phone
JR. Hodge
White Undertaking Co
Neshannock Ave
Square Deal Garage
Croton
Euwer’s
Hig Majesty the Outlaw
Dorothy Devore
Gerties Goat
Moyle Vodeyll
Pathe News
Strand
Mange Terevor
Wolves of the North
Comedy
Lionel Barrymore
Leena Owens
Bert Moach
Alice Howell
News Reel
Bray Magazine
Alice Terry
Conway Teatle
Stan Laurel
Felix the Cat
NEXON
Buck_Jonex
Neptune's
Shenango Valley Hospital
Borer
Wallags
Meard
Ju — S. Pl’ auEnr
Times & McDelland North Eg Township
Sid Eesdt
Republican
Anton Repubilcan
W. B Kokre
Baxthroos
Sherif ML “Buck" Betwolds
Sherith— Frark HN. Igenston
Republican Primarias
New Cart Republan
Highland U. P
Eagles
Presbyterian Bonnday School
Christian Endeavor
J. Greer Bingham
Christian Church
Chas. P. Durbin
Clinton M
St. Monica's Catholic Church
F. A. Maloney
M.A. Swaney
Abe Caplan
M. Goldman
Ellwood City
Bela
C. M. Harvey
Gwendolyn Brookx
Mary Elisabeth Harvey Apent
New Cantra
B. Morrow
J. L. Cook
Carnegia
Lev Repman
St. John's Church
South Aide
Witis Janky
Dennsylvania
TR. Rosenthal
Mercer Street
Young Peoples’ Rally
Vaarporus
New Wilmington Methodist Church
the Winter CO
Red Cross
Wolford
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