Lawmen gain edge as gunmen face police actions across cities
Police Commissioner Mulrooney cites a string of arrests and captured gangsters from New York to Missouri as indicators that the law is turning the tide against killers. Notable takedowns include Crowley and Duringer in New York, Burke near St Joseph, Nannery in Dover, and efforts against Jack Diamond’s gang in Greene County New York.
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James L. Kilgallen
International News Service
New York
Edward P. Mulrooney
New York City
Francis
Dover
N. J
James Nannery
Sing Sing
Greene County
N. Y
Jack
Diamond
Bes L. Lusk Dies Suddenly On Friday Night
Bes L. Lusk 69 of 306 Moody avenue prominent local business man and city council member died Friday May 3 1931 at 9 am in Jameson Memorial hospital from a sudden heart attack suffered in the Lawrence Savings and Trust Company bank. He was born in the city and active in civic life. Continued on page two.
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Sobieski
Bes) L. Lusk
Moody Avenue
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Savings and Trust Company Bank
Lawrence Savings and Trust Company
Lusk
Old Timers Recall Black Bridge In Flooded Shenango Valley
PA New observes local scene after heavy Thursday rain. Shenango River rose to 94 feet prompting cleanup by city crews. Residents recall landmarks of New Castle when it was a village. Golf course caddies noisy early mornings prompt complaints. No closure of the Municipal Golf course despite the storm.
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Shenango River
Pa Newe
Shenengo
Carnegie Steel
Black Bridge
New Castle
East New Castle
New Castle Municipal
Daily Weather Report for Maine
U S Weather Bureau statistics for the 24 hour period ending at nine this morning show a maximum temperature of 60 and a minimum of 45 with no precipitation.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Maine
Prizes Awarded for Jameson Memorials Biggest Babies
Winners Anthony William Latina and Glenna Jean Buchanan were named Jameson Memorial hospital’s largest newborns of 1930. Each receives 25 dollars. Both babies weighed heavy at birth and faced early illnesses but are recovering well.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital
Wayne W. Bissell
Anthony William Latina
Anthony Latina
West Locust Street
Glenna Jean Buchanan
Howard D. Buchanan
Randolph Street
Glenna Jean
Fred L. Rentz
Jameson Memorial Hospital Board
T. C. Post
Post
Rentz
Latina
Anthony William
Federal men survey New Castle sites for post office building
Site agent L H Blanton and M V Brown completed a three day inspection of properties in New Castle for a new post office. They find several competing sites, favoring locations along North Jefferson and North Mercer streets, East Washington area, and the Kurtz property, with bids expected to be revised downward.
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New Castle
L. H. Blanton
U. S. Treasury Department
M. V. Brown
U. S. Post Office Department
Washington, D. C
Blanton
Mr. Brown
Jefferson Street
Mercer Street
North Street
East Street
Falls Street
East Washington
Kurtz
Public Square
Washington Street
Jefferson
Brown
International News Service
Chicago
East St. Louis
Ill
Springfield
Sterling
Dr Albert A Michelson Near Death in Pasadena
Death hovered over Nobel prize winning physicist Dr Albert A Michelson in Pasadena California after a seven week nervous collapse. Doctors said only a few hours remained as he lapsed into a coma from which he had not recovered. From his bed he dictated results of a speed of light experiment allowing successors to continue the work.
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International News Service
Pasadena
Calif
Albert A. Michelson
Michelson
Do X Seaplane Delayed at Bissagos Island
A German Do X seaplane attempting a trans Atlantic flight to Brazil is held at Bissagos Island near Bolama due to heavy load and lack of favorable winds. Dornier states the giant aircraft remains at anchor while seeking an ideal take-off site.
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International News Service
Rio DE Janeiro
Do-X
Bissagos Island
South America
National Telegraph Wireless Bureau
Berlin
Brazil
Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
Dornier Company
Dornier
Six Road Contracts Awarded By Highway
Harrisburg May 9 The department of Highways announced six contracts after prior study Awards cover Bedford and Fulton 7 7 miles on Route 267 Paul Construction Co Cresson 202 989 Chester 2 9 miles on Route 276 York Engineering Co York 55 877 Columbus 3 9 miles on Routes 183 and 283 Central Pennsylvania Quarry Stripping and Construction Co Hazelton 131 809 McKean 5 miles off Route 200 Kirkpatrick-Wallis Co Johnsonburg 140 746 Union 36 of a mile on Routes 240 and 176 Cox Albright Hanover 14 560 Westmoreland 3 8 miles on Route 302 Edward H Canon West Elizabeth 120 833
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Department of Highways Today
Bedford and Fulton
Paul Construction Co
Cresson
Chester
York Engineering Co
York
Columbus
Central Pennsylvania Quarry Stripping and Construction Co
Hazelton
Erie Man Held Under Indictment For Bankruptcy Irregularities
Harold D. Gorman of Erie is indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of concealing assets and records from a receiver in bankruptcy and making false oaths during bankruptcy proceedings. The alleged irregularities occurred as he conducted business with Gorman Motor Sales Company and General Motors Transportation Company.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Harold D. Gorman
Erie Today
Gorman
Gorman Motor Sales Company
General Motors Transportation Company
Die
Jury Tampering Rumors Emerge In Mahoning Probe
In Youngstown Ohio officials probing utilities and county politics held a secret grand jury session amid rumors that jurors were approached. The session focused on Ray Thomas's office and Mahoning County political leaders as other bank and trust officials testified behind closed doors.
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International News Service
Youngstown
Mahoning County
Supreme Bench
Ray Thomas
Star Chamber
Special Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Thomas
A. M. Henderson
Harry Engle
Traction Commission
Ohio-Edison Company
Counterfeit Bill Passed At Service Station
Charles E. Cox reports a man in a Ford Town Car with Michigan plates paid for an oil change with a counterfeit twenty, giving $18.75 in change. The bill, serial 31876274 A, was identified as fake by the bank. Police warn residents to stay vigilant and report any similar incidents promptly.
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Charles E. Cox
West
Grant Street
Tuscon praised as humane town with high childbirth death rate
Special to The News describes Tuscon Arizona as an up to date city near Mexico with a fine university and top polo team. It notes a New York dinner of notable women including Mrs Theodore RooseveltSr Mrs Hoover Mrs Lindbergh and Kermit Roosevelt's wife to raise horror at childbirth deaths. It states sixteen thousand deaths annually, the highest in the world and suggests sending birth to less civilized regions.
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Tuscon
Ariz
America
U. S
Mexico
New York
Theodore Roosevelt, Sr
Hoover
Lindbergh
Sloan
Kermit Roosevelt
India
Africa
Earthquake Recorded at Georgetown University
The seismograph at Georgetown University recorded an earthquake at 5 40 a m. today. Rev Dr Fred A Sohon said the record appeared more severe than the Managua Nicaragua quake and estimated the shock occurred about 2000 miles from Washington. The last tremor was logged at 355 a m.
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International News Service
Washington
Georgetown University
Fred A. Sohon
Managua
Nicaragua
Sohon
Dense Fog Forces Vessels to Crash in New York Harbor
In heavy fog, the steamship Eastern Prince collided with the Conte Biacamano in New York harbor. The Eastern Prince’s superstructure was damaged but no injuries were reported, while ferries remained idle awaiting clearer conditions.
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International News Service
New York
New York Harbor
Stones Thrown At Heidelberg College In Tiffin
Authorities launched an inquiry after rocks were hurled through an office window at Heidelberg College narrowly missing President Dr Charles E Miller. Students protested the firing of English professor Dr Newell W Sawyer and circulated petitions for his reappointment and for appointing Coach Herman Sayger as athletic director.
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International News Service
Tiffin
Heidelberg College
Charles E Miller
Newell W. W. Sawyer
Miller
Sawyer
Board of Trustees
Kilikilik
Heidelberg
Herman Sayger
Sayger
Application For New Trial Filed In Two Civil Actions
Esther V. McMahon has filed for a new trial in her suit to recover 25000 from M. Belle Emery after alleging marital ruin. The defense claims the verdict favors the defendant against the weight of the evidence. In a separate case James E. Wallis v Manufacturers Light and Heat Company the defendant seeks a new trial after a 500 verdict for the plaintiff for a pipeline through Wayne township property.
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Court House
Esther V. McMahon
M. Belle Emery
James E. Wallis
Manufacturers Light & Heat Company
Wayne Township
Nitro-Glycerin Blast Probed In Clintonville Area
Authorities investigated a blast that rocked Oil City and Clintonville after 535 quarts of nitro glycerin exploded near the Ellis Hall Sons Torpedo Company plant. No injuries were reported as windows shattered and vibrations were felt as far as Clarion, 25 miles away.
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International News Service
Oil City
Clintonville
Ellis Hall Sons Torpedo Company
Clarion
Training Camp Dick Victor Hosts Region Three Leaders
About 120 Girl Scout leaders from Pennsylvania Delaware Virginia Maryland and nearby regions trained at Camp Dick Victor on the Wurtemburg Portersville road ahead of a regional convention in New Castle May 13. Sessions covered outdoor cooking fire building hiking and Tenderfoot Second Class work with lodging in 16 cottages.
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Girl Scoute
Region
Dick Victor
Wurtemburg
Portersville Road
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Kenova
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
City of
New Castle
Camp Dios Victor
Girl Scouts Move Regional Headquarters to National Center
Mrs. Stuart McGuire, regional chairman, announced at the 12th annual Girl Scouts conference that Region III headquarters will be relocated to the National Center. The change marks a reorganization aimed at centralized operations for the region.
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Washington
Stuart McGuire
Girl Scouts
Deaths of YT Harrison Bopp John Lesser and Stephen Merrick
Three deaths reported with residents named Harrison Bopp aged 54 of Bloomfield on Moody Avenue John Lesser 74 of Boulder Colorado and Stephen Edward Merrick 41 of Walma. Local obituaries list ages and hometowns with brief notice of death.
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Harrison Bopp
Bloomfield
John Lesser
Boulder
Colo
Plot to kill King Carol II reported in Bucharest
Bucharest police claimed a communist plot against King Carol II of Roumania. Central European radio dispatches said arrests were made, including a heavily armed man found hiding under the royal platform. He fled but was captured after a gun battle before a parade on a national holiday.
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International News Service
Vienna
Carol II of
Roumania
Bucharest
Carol
Mother's Day tribute should be year round
A speaker urges lasting appreciation for mothers beyond one day. He argues daily expressions of love surpass flowers and should continue throughout the year, noting the fleeting nature of time and the eventual absence of the mother.
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Bes L. Lusk
PA New
City Street Department
Daily Weather Report
Dr. Michelson
Atlan
Department of Highways
Erie
Engle
Data
Will
Yours
Action OF Board
Camp Dick Victor
East St. Louis, Ill
Fred
Burke
Michigan
Na Onal Bank and Trust Company
Ticcoln. Neb
Denver Mint
Post Office
Entir ‘Orce
Jerome Munie
King Carol
Arthur Memeter
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