Lions Name Reading As 1931 Convention City
Delegates at the eighth annual Lions clubs of Pennsylvania convention in session as Monday and Tuesday conclude with a banquet and ball at the Cathedral. Reading was chosen as the 1931 convention city and Deputy District Governor Daniel Kramer of the Reading club was elected to the district governorship for the ensuing term. General Chairman A H Bartlett and committees rest after two days of busy duties.
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Lions’ Clubs of
Pennsylvania
Reading
Daniel Kramer
Reading Club
New Castle to Get Direct Air Mail Service
New Castle citizens approve Adams Air Mail Pick-up device installation at Bradford airport for a six month test on the Pittsburgh Cleveland route. Project aims to start immediately with a $2000 fund-raising committee led by Louis Genkinger as work proceeds.
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Adams
Bradford
Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Cliff Ball
Seven Children Slain By Mother In Columbus Ohio
Columbus police say Mrs. Ethel Yelden 44 methodically killed seven of her ten children then shot herself. She had sent the younger kids to a confectionery, called her son Eldon in, and killed him, then all the others until seven were dead. She left a farewell letter and washed the bodies before a self-inflicted wound. The victims ranged from 3 to 21, with five from a first marriage and five from a second. Her husband Joseph Yelden is serving ten years on a statutory charge.
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International News Service
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Ethel Yelden
Eldon
Alan
Alice
Derby
Byron
Eleanor
Elaine
Elden
Joseph Yelden
Ohio State Penitentiary
Yelden
Senate rejects Parker nomination to Supreme Court
The U S Senate rejected Judge John J Parker of North Carolina for the Supreme Court by a 41 to 59 vote leaving a vacancy. Parker will remain a Federal judge on the Fourth Judicial Circuit as debates of the nomination concluded after days of political warfare and polls suggested a near-even split.
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Washington
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Senate
High Court
Parker
Fourth Judicial Circuit
John J Parker
International News Service
Brock
Tennessee
Thomas
Idaho
Sheppard
Supreme Court bars sale of containers for liquor
Will Rogers notes in a Beverly Hills column that the Supreme Court prohibits selling anything that can hold or transport liquor, from bottles to sacks, while allowing sale of the ingredients like wheat and corn. He critiques the justices for their bench picks.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Supreme Court of the United States
WiLl Rogers
Supreme Bench
New Castle to advertise Adams Air Mail Pick-up device
New Castle will be the first U S city to adopt the Adams Air Mail Pick-up device for air mail transport with service to start within two weeks. Flags are blooming unusually early and several flower beds including tulips on Mrs Rebecca Royce's East Lincoln avenue grounds display vibrant color. The piece predicts a hot summer ahead.
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New Castle
United States
Adams
Rebecca Royce
East
Lincoln Avenue
Navy building plan debuts as London treaty debated
A 1 billion dollar naval construction program is launched in the House as the London naval treaty faces Senate scrutiny by the foreign relations committee. Rep Fred Britten argues the 10 year program costs about 1 billion dollars to retain parity with Great Britain, with subs deemed obsolete.
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George R. Holmes
Washington
House
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fred Britten
Millinois
House Naval Committee
Weather Report Likely Rain Noted with River Rise
Daily Weather Report shows 24 hour statistics with maximum 84 and minimum 55 degrees. Precipitation measured at .01 inches while the river stage stands at 5.3 feet and is slowly rising.
Garbage collection workload rises with furnace use
Howard Phillips, superintendent of the department of garbage collection, says the past week saw a steady rise in garbage volume requiring four collection trucks and one truck for tin cans. He attributes the increase to furnaces in operation.
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Howard Phillips
Department of Collection of Garbage
Phillips
Pittsburgh Girl Is Held Captive
Detectives believe 14-year-old Eve lyn White, a missing high school student from Pittsburgh, is being held somewhere in the city after a late night call to her home pleading for help.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Evelyn White
Davis Residence Petition Targets Labor Secretary Davis
A Pittsburgh petition seeks to strike James J. Davis from the poll list, alleging he is not a resident of the sixth district in Pittsburgh. Hearing set for May 12 to determine his residency amid political challenges by John J. O'Brien and Francis Bohlenk.
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Pittsburgh
Secretary of Labor
James J. Davis
Twentyninth Ward
Registration Commission
John J. O’brien
Davis
O’brien
Francis Bohlenk
Harding
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Rizzo Convicted as Common Scold Sparks Legal Quirks
Charles Rizzo, 55, was found guilty by an all female and male jury of a common scold in Pittsburgh. Attorneys said they would seek arrest of judgment. The case drew attention for its ancient common law basis which traditionally applied to women and required a ducking stool, a penalty not available in Allegheny County, prompting questions about how to proceed. Neighbors testified to a dispute that preceded the conviction.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Chas. Rizzo
Rizzo
Allegheny County
Coal Operators File Complaint Against Freight Rates Inequality
Coal operators in the Pennsylvania and Maryland bituminous field filed with the interstate commerce commission alleging rate discrimination against their region. They assert current freight charges are unreasonably high for destinations in the northwest and biased in favor of West Virginia, with two published rates for the same service on tidewater piers.
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International News Service
Altoona
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Harrisburg
Bangor
Tidewater
Freight Engine Slips Down Hill by Cement Plant Crossing
A Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh freight engine slid from a spur above Butler Road and blocked traffic near the city edge. The engine pushed earth onto the roadway, requiring a crew to clear the mud before traffic resumed. No injuries were reported to engineer Harvey Snyder or fireman J. W. Smith.
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Butler Road
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway
Harvey Snyder
J. W. Smith
Butler
New Castle Senior Band Heads to State Finals in Philadelphia
New Castle Senior Band, following a win at the Northwestern Pennsylvania Interscholastic Music event on April 25, sails to Philadelphia Friday May 9 after a 7:30 a.m. train with 7 members, plus the string quartet and Danny Cassella. Principal Frank L. Orth accompanies the group and Joseph Replogle directs. The band performs Friday after 9 a.m., and a planned Friday night play is postponed to May 29 due to band members also in orchestra and high school activities.
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New Castle
Philadelphia
Joseph Replogle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Danny Cassella
Frank L. Orth
Replogle
Lay
Three Hundred Reported Killed in Delhi Riots After Gandhi Arrest
London dispatches say up to three hundred casualties occurred in riots at Delhi after Mahatma Gandhi's arrest. Police and soldiers in armored cars fired on a mob, with many wounded and dead uncertain. clashes also reported at Rangaghat near Calcutta and Chttagong. John Cartwright and wife visited Franklin, Pennsylvania.
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International News Service
London
Delhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Today
Rangaghat
Calcutta
Chttagong
Death notices for infants and residents listed
Death records list infant James Earl Weitz aged 11 months of 102 West Madison Avenue. Other names include Elsie St. Clair Creelman of Swissvale Pennsylvania and Gertrude A. Ray of 208 East Wallace Avenue. An additional death record mentions an infant Foster of 3 East North Street.
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Infant Foster
East North Street
Elsie St. Clair Creelman
Swissvale
Gertrude A. Ray
Wallace Avenue
James Earl Weitz
Madison Avenue
Tornado toll soars as Texas towns vanish in fury
Ninety dead and hundreds injured after a series of tornadoes ripped through Central Texas communities. Frost, Malone, Bynum, Ash Creek and Massey were leveled as the storms crossed Navarre, Hill, Ellis and Mc Lennan Counties. Emergency hospitals set up as mercy caravans from San Antonio and Waco rush aid. no final tallies available.
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Navarro County
Hill
Ellis
McLennan
Frost
Hillsboro
Mercy
San Antonio
Waco
Lads with Double Chins Complain Amid Sweltering Heat
Poem in playful vernacular describes heavyset men lamenting weight under a brassy sky as heat rises and rain looms. Weather note adds that eighty four degrees is today’s reading, contrasting moods with the season.
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