Dillinger photoerased as Estill loses primary vote
Gary Indiana May primary results show prosecutor Robert G. Estill trailing Fred A. Egan after 12 of 161 precincts report. Egan capitalized on Dillinger image with anti fraternization handbills while Estill faced a strong Sheriff race in Lake county with 14 candidates led by Cerroll Holley.
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National News Service
Gary
Ind
Robert G. Estill
Lake County
John Dillinger
Esti
Fred A. Egan
Egan
Dillinger
Cerroll Holley
Lilian Holley
Crown Point
Lehman Seeks Extradition For Kidnap Suspects
Governor Lehman wired Secretary Hull urging Cuban authorities to arrest Percy Geary nicknamed Angel Face and Francis Oley and hold them for extradition to Albany to stand trial on the kidnaping charge of Lt. John J. O’Connell Jr. in a case tied to New York authorities.
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Albany
N. Y
Herbert H. Lehman
Hull
Percy
Angel Face) Geary
Francis Oley
Ifeut
John J. O'Connell, Jr
Dog wood protection urged in state region
A PA Newc Observes note warns against picking wild flowers especially dogwood, citing protection during bloom and fines for possession. It urges careful ground care to save roots and roots. The piece also mentions a highway patrolman testing headlights at a church location and Alderman J Lee Cooper seen in a straw hat as a South Side resident.
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Pa Newe
Owen Penfield Fox
J. Lee Cooper
South Side
Daily Weather Report for 24 four period ending 9 am
U S weather statistics show maximum 73 and minimum 28 with no precipitation for the period ending 9 oclock this morning. River stage stands at 4.2 feet. Comparison with the same date last year notes a high of 52 and a low of 43 with 42 inches of precipitation.
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U. 8
Collow
Insull and silver dominate San Francisco papers this week
In a light column from May 5, Pivcas notes silver's rise as a hot topic in San Francisco. The piece recalls Insull and the drift toward silver money, joking that a silver town would price most items under five dollars in silver and baffling readers who demand dollar bills. The tone blends wit with economic speculation.
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San Francisco
Canadian Mining Executive Found Shot To Death
William N. Fichett, vice president of Patricia Rouyn Exploration Co. of Toronto, was found dead in a parked car with a bull-jet wound to the head and a rifle across his knees. Police noted footprints near the car, including possible female prints, as the investigation begins.
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International News Service
Toronto
William N. Fichett
Patricia Rouyn, Exploration Co
Canada
Robbery Gang Is Broken Up In Pittsburgh District Raid
Seven suspects were arrested after detectives raided the Hill district lair of robber Bane. Two men fled under fire. four jailed by detainer are Rice Jones 40 Adams 25 Walker 40 and John Dzikowski 22. Names of three others withheld. Loot linked to several robberies. sixteen rifles and shotguns seized identified as stolen from National Stores Inc.
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International News Service
Pitteburgh
Rice Jones
William Adams
Cartie Walker
John Dzikowski
National Stores, Inc
Insull Bail Fight in Chicago Court and Jail
Samuel Insull appeals to reduce a $200000 federal bond and remains jailed in Cook County as friends seek collateral. Judge Alschuler denied the reduction for improper presentation. Insull’s family and former associates work to raise the quarter million dollar bail by noon, with state bail set at $50000.
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International News Serviee
Chicago
Samuel Insull
Samuel Alschuler
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Alschuler
Floyd Thompson
Cook County
John P. Barnes
Miineis
Insull
Erie Man Found Slain In Barfront, Police Seek Woman
In Erie Pennsylvania Frank Seiter a 63 year old beer parlor owner was found slain in underwear lying in front of the bar with a deep head wound. Blood stained the scene and his clothes lay nearby while coroner W G Stroble opened an autopsy and police hunted a woman from the same building and a taxi driver as possible witnesses. William Runser reported discovering the body after peering through a window.
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International News Service
Erie
Frank Seiter
Seitter
W. G. Stroble
Seiter
William Runser
Selter
Spinach origins linked to Texas grower speaker
Arthur Mayhew of Uvalde Texas a Rosarian and International Director spoke at the 33rd District Rotary convention in Castleton detailing Texas spinach and onions farming with 4000 acres of spinach and 250 acres of onions producing 600 car loads shipped last year The talk explained the source of the Healthful vegetable supply and linked to Rotary activity.
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Castleton
Arthur Mayhew
Uvalde
Texas
Junior
State of Texas
Mayhew
The
Rosarians
Missing Golden Clipper Plane With Six Aboard
London May 9 International News Service reports a French cross channel airliner the Golden Clipper with six aboard is overdue at Croydon Airdrome missing since 11 15 am from Le Bourget near Paris bound for Croydon. The luxury ten seater’s radio failed and no further contact has been made.
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International News Service
London
Croydon
English Channel
Lympe
Truck Driver Killed In Beaver Falls Crash
International News Service reports Clifford Willits 40 and Morris Strange 26 of South Bend Ind were in a truck that overturned near Beaver Falls Pa Willits died at the scene Strange was seriously injured Willits was the driver The accident occurred today near here
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Beaver Falls
Internacional News Service
Clifford Willits
Morris Strange
South Bend
Ind
Here
Willits
Hepburn Divorce Granted In Merida Mexico
Katharine Hepburn and Ludlow Ogden Smith, her New York broker husband, were notified the court has granted a divorce on grounds of incompatibility of temperament. The ruling by the second civil court of Yucatan ends the marriage and allows both to remarry. May 3.
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Hepburn
Merida
Yucatan
Mexico
Katharine Hepburn
Ludlow Ogden
Baxley mother wins Pulitzer Prize for Lamb in His Bosom
Caroline Muller a Baxley Georgia mother of three attends a New York banquet where she is formally presented with the Pulitzer Prize for her debut novel Lamb in His Bosom. The accomplishment marks her first published work and brings fame beyond her hometown.
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Baxley
Caroline Muller
New York
Pulitizer
Lamb
Central Press
President May Offer Solution To War Debt Payments
Washington May 9 A clarification of the governments position on paying the 176 million dollars due from European debtor nations on June 15 is likely to come directly from President Roosevelt. Officials believe he may unveil a new plan before June 15 to resolve the debt issue, possibly proposing further concessions to debtors to secure resumption of payments.
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Ingsburgh Smith Ruloutefl
Washington
Lkely
Roosevelt
Europe
United States
Indict six in Cleveland banking probe
Six men faced federal indictments in Cleveland Ohio related to the closed Union Trust and Guardian Trust banks. Indicted were Joseph R Nutt former chairman and ex treasurer of the Republican National Committee Wilbur Baldwin ex president of Union Trust J Arthur House ex president of Guardian Trust Harry Robinson former vice president Archibald Fraser former vice president of Guardian now in New York and Alex Bernstein former Cuyahoga county treasurer.
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Conternational News Service
Cleveland
Federal Grand Jury
Joseph R. Nutt
Closed Union Trust Company
Republican National
The
Guardian Trust
Archibald Fraser
the Guardian
New York City
Alex Berstein
Cuyahoga County
Death notices of several residents file memorials
James M. Clark age 75 of Erle Miss, Grizelin Patterson age 85 of North Beaver township, Thomas Wainright age 84 of Youngstown Ohio, Thomas Wilson age 83 of Mercer County, R. Young age 38 of County Line 512, William Raymond age 73 of 2084 Mahoning Avenue are listed in local death records.
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James M. Clark
Erle Miss
Seek To Finish Big Battleship
The unfinished cruiser Tuscaloosa at New York Shipbuilding Co. yards may be moved to the Philadelphia navy yard for completion if the shipyard strike ends by May 14. Secretary Swanson notified shipyard president Clinton L. Bardo of the plan as 3000 striking workers marched to City Hall. The two month strike has halted other naval vessel constructions and delayed Trever West from Louisville.
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Tytania Lional News Service
Camden
N. J
Tuscaloosa
New York Shipbuilding Company
Delaware River
Philadelpha
Secretary of the Navy
Swanson
Sity Hall
Stewart
Rotary convention opens as hosts arrive in Grove City
District Governor Levi H Beeler of Grove City presides over a three day Rotary district 33 gathering in Grove City as officials and members from 22 clubs arrive. President Ralph W Bolsinger of New Castle opens sessions at the Cathedral with remarks by Levi Beeler and Stanley Gillespie. Registrations continue at convention headquarters and delegates begin a schedule of business and social activities.
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Legion of Rotarians
Pennsylvania
Rotary Clubs
District No. 33
Cathedral
Ralph W. Bolsinger
New Castle Club
Castleton
Levi H. Beeler
Stanley Gillespie
Greenville
Bolsinger
Austin Rinker
DuBois
New Castle
Assembly
Rotary
E. J. Fithian
Grote City
Believe State Forest Fires Under Control
Harrisburg reports forest fires across Pennsylvania were brought under control after three days of threat. About 40000 acres burned with charred timber and blackened trunks. Heaviest losses were in Clearfield and Centre counties, notably the fire at Oryiston in Centre County. Fire crews from Lock Haven aided, as residents built a water dam for the pumper.
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Nternational News Service
Harrisburg
State Bureau of Forest Protection
Clearfield
Center Counties
Oryiston
Centre County
Lock Haven
Crop Shortage Now Feared in Midwest Drought Area
Chicago May 9 The spectre of an acute crop shortage grew more threatening in the drought racked middle west as forecasters predicted only scant showers. Dry subsoil needs moisture. one third of the sun baked drought region from Ohio to Wyoming and from the Canadian wheat belt to Texas may remain dry. Heavy drenching rains are needed.
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Tutronational News Service
Chicago
Middle West
Ohio
Wyoming
Canadian Wheat Belt
Texas
Sue Harvard To Sing Here At Convention
A renowned New Castle singer famous from the Metropolitan Opera will perform at the Rotary clubs banquet of the 33rd district at the Cathedral on Thursday night. Miss Sue Harvard, whose father’s home is here, will be the feature artist of the evening. Count Anton Carlsen, past president of the Rotary club in Copenhagen, Denmark, will speak. The foreign guest is to arrive tomorrow and the banquet opens at 6:20 am.
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New Castle
Metropolitan Opera
Denmark
Rotary Clubs
Sue Harvard
Miss Harvard
Count Anton Carlsen
Rotary Club
Copenhagen
Furnace Site Is Eliminated in Court Site Battle
Judges R L Hildebrand and James A Chambers rejected the Rasena furnace site on South Mill Street for the proposed new courthouse after a split vote. The May 9 1934 order states the court could not grant the petition as the county commissioners had divided views on the selected site.
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Rasena
South Mill Street
R. L. Hildebrand
James A. Chambers
Display Flags For Rotarian Visitors
New Castle street firms were asked to display their flags today and tomorrow to honor visiting Rotarians of District No. 33. Many shops were open and Rotary sessions opened this afternoon as part of the district events.
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New Castle
District No. 33
Rainy drought relief plea echoes in July heat
The text describes a farmer lamenting heat waves, urging for rain to end drought. It notes recurring cycles, calling for early showers and late spring rains, and mentions scorching conditions with high temperatures as crops suffer and birds perish in the sun.
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Myrtle Sanford
Jack Hoskins
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