Six year old Marta Paczac arrives from Czecho Slovakia
Marta Paczac, six, traveled alone from Czecho Slovakia to New Castle and West Pittsburg, meeting her parents upon arrival. The two week journey was guided by Travelers Aid and the Red Cross, and she adapts to her new home with her mother in West Pittsburg, becoming perhaps the longest solo trip by a six year old in Lawrence County.
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Marta Paczaciva
Czecho-Slovakia
West Pittsburg
Marta
New Castle
Travelers Aid
Red Cross
Lawrence County
Posters brighten Y. W. C. A. dining room in county
William Ferrer donated posters seen in the Y. W. C. A. cafeteria brightening the dining room. A county coroner’s rescue of a rooftop cat at the county courthouse drew newspaper attention as the feline returned to the roof on Wednesday. Only 18 school days remain until summer vacation for city students.
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Pa Newe
William Ferrer
Strangest Railroad Line In World Sold
Kane Pennsylvania May 14 Kane's rainy day railway the only line operating only in wet weather has been sold to the Baltimore and Ohio for 50000 dollars and 7000 dollars in accounts. Trains on the Kushequa line ran only on rainy days due to fire risk from forest sparks.
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International News Service
Kane
Baltimore & Ohio
Kushequa Line
Kushequa
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather statistics show 24 hours ending 9 AM with a high of 58 and low of 43. Precipitation is 0.78 inch. River stage 7.6 feet and rising.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Soviet experiment will collapse by 1936 says Reed
Davis A. Reed United States Senator from Pennsylvania predicts the Russian Soviet experiment will collapse by 1936 due to exhaustion and the failure of communism. Speaking at the Pennsylvania Bankers Association meeting in Atlantic City he compared Russia's trade methods to a bankrupt merchant seeking to dump goods. He cites misery among the Russian people and engineers in Russia doubting communism. Reed also foresees better business conditions in America.
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International News Service
Atlantic City
Davis A. Reed
United States
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Bankers’ Association
Reed
Russia
America
Military Funeral For Late Trooper Scheduled Friday
SLAIN TROOPER WAS REAL HERO Prepare To Bring Murder Charges Against Ce mented Mountain Resident CHAMBERSBURG May 14 With all the honors accorded heroes Sergt Timothy G McCarthy state trooper slain near McConnellsburg Tuesday morning when he attempted to arrest Marshall Lodge mountain madman will be buried here tomorrow afternoon Burial will be in Lincoln Lawn cemetery Meantime state police and Fulton county authorities prepared to bring charges of murder against Lodge for the killing of the trooper Corporal R W Frutchey of the state police sub station here will go to McConnellsburg sometime today to lay formal murder charges before Justice of the Peace Lynch May Be Insane Whether Lodge will be tried for the murder however was uncertain When he shot McCarthy and wound Continued On Page Two
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International News Service
Chambersburg
Timothy G. McCarthy
McConnellsburg
Marshall Lodge
McCarthy
Lincoln Lawn
Fulton County
Lodge
R. W. Frutchey
Justice of the Peace
Fire kills mother and three children in Pensacola tenement
A Pensacola tenement fire killed Mrs. Hattie Millhouse and three children. Firemen, arriving after the blaze, found the bones of an adult and three children in ashes. The victims were identified as Mrs. Millhouse and two of her kids plus a visiting girl. Firemen believed others had escaped.
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Pensacola
Fla
Hattie Millhouse
Millhouse
Five Bandits Are Routed in Forest Park Bank Raid
Chicago police sergeant surprised five mounted bandits in Forest Park attempting to rob the Roosevelt Trust and Savings bank. A gun battle ensued and the five were routed with two bandits believed wounded. Officials conduct a check on possible loot.
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International News Service
Chicago
Walter Blassey
Roosevelt Trust and Savings Bank
Forest Park
Spain becomes republic as Europe newsprint shows rapid change
Special dispatch notes Spain's political shift to a republic while global affairs include Hawks breaking a European plane record. Prince of Wales comments on England's mood and advertising, and Secretary Adams observes naval maneuvers at sea, with light dismissive humor about the Adams gum brand.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Spain
Hawks
Europe
Prince of Wales
England
Navy
Adams
U S Planning Protection After Embassies Raids
The state department and capital police work to defend foreign embassies after liquor hijacker raids. Dr Don Carlos Leiva of El Salvador is hospitalized with scalp wounds. Police chief Pratt says limited manpower prevents permanent guards at all missions despite ongoing threats.
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Washington
State Department
Capital Police
Don Carlos Leiva
Legation
el Salvador
Leiva
Henry G. Pratt
Rioting in Cairo Claims At Least Twenty Lives
Dispatches report deadly clashes in Cairo after polls opened in general elections. Rioters attacked streetcars at railroad workshops, wrecking machinery as police used machine gun fire to disperse demonstrators. Three English policemen among the dead.
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International News Service
London
Cairo
Egypt
Exchange Telegraph
Central News
Briand to Represent France at League Council Meet
Paris May 14 Aristide Briand despite his presidential defeat will depart for Geneva tonight to serve as France foreign minister at the League of Nations council session. He will attend the full session though some expect him to resign from public life after the next parliamentary elections. Premier Laval rejects the idea that Briands defeat ends his influence on French foreign policy.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
Geneva
France
League of Nations Council
Briand
M. Paul Doumer
Senate
Laval
M. Briand
Former Beauty Contest Winner Dies In Crash
Arlington Massachusetts May 14 Mrs Helen Myron Flynn 18 of Somerville a former beauty contest winner and bride of a month and John Scott 22 of Watertown were killed when their car plunged down a 30 foot embankment Three others in the car were seriously injured Hugh Quigley 21 Robert Gibson 19 and Miss Helen Lyden 22 all of Somerville. The car was stolen in a police chase during which six shots were fired Police said the accident followed the chase and gunfire from pursuing officers.
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International News Service
Arlington
Mass
Helen Myron Flynn
Summerville
John Scott
Watertown
Hugh Quigley
Robert Gibson
Helen Lyden
Somerville
M. Kathleen Griggs
Death Penalty Sought for Betty Mowry Murderer
Harry Starwick, 28, of Conemaugh, convicted in 20 minutes for the brutal killing of 9 year old Betty Mowry. The jury recommended the electric chair after a swift trial that followed a confession and attested to a hatchet attack and body hidden under attic floor boards.
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International News Service
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Harry Starwick
Conemaugh
Betty Mowry
Starwhck
Starchok
Stardick
Aring
Cambria County
Starcick
Resignation of James Benn from Public Service Commission
Harrisburg May 14 Benn resigns from the Public Service Commission effective July 1 1930. In a one sentence letter to Governor Pinchot Benn said he quits and has notified the Senate executive nominations committee. Benn served on the commission since 1919 and was renominated for a ten year term by Gov Fisher before Pinchot took office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Harrisburg
Capitol Hill
James S Benn
Stormy Petrel
Public Service Commission
Gifford Pinchot
Benn
Commission
Senate Committee On Executive
Pinchot
Greensburg
Canton Chief Is Under Suspension
Canton Ohio May 14 Capt Otto Miller acting chief of police after the sudden suspension for 30 days without pay of Police Chief Earl W Hexamer. Mayor Herman R Witter said the action came as Hexamer failed to suppress vice and ignored requests to clamp the lid on underworld activities.
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International News Service
Canton
Otto Miller
Earl W. Hexamer
Hexamer
Herman R. Witter
Milwaukee Mayor Hoan Says City Routed Gangsters
Milwaukee mayor Daniel Webster Hoan told International News Service that Milwaukee has routed racketeers by breaking the partnership between politicians and criminals. He urged other cities to sever ties with organized crime and praised Milwaukee as a town gangsters avoid. He spoke in New York before sailing to Paris for a government guest invitation.
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James L. Kilgallen
International News Service
New York
Milwaukee
Daniel Webster Hoan
International News Service Today
Paris
Hoan
May December romance ends in betrothal in Cambridge
A May and December romance began when Blanche Urban, 29, a graduate nurse, sought medical help from Dr. Osborne S. C. Nason, 72, a Cambridge physician. The relationship culminates in their engagement, announced publicly.
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Blanche Urban
Osborne S. C. Nason
Cambridge
Mass
Seven new teachers elected for 1931 32 term
The board of education met in East street to elect seven new teachers, four for George Washington junior high and three for Arthur McGill Croton and Oak street buildings. Five resignations were accepted for marriage reasons and four transfers authorized. Elementary appointments include Miss Levinah E. Stewart art and nature study at Arthur McGill and Miss Mary Elizabeth Gibson art and music at Croton, with other resignations noted.
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George Washington Junior High School
Arthur McGill Croton
Oak Street
Board of Education
East Street
C. C. Green
Levinah E. Stewart
Adams Street
Arthur McGill
Dorothy Hennon
Mary Elizabeth Gibson
Pine Street
Croton School
Marjorie Snyder
Virginia E. Bowman
Greenwood Avenue
Dorothy Fisher
Virginia O. Duff
Sumner
Deaths and Obituaries in Pittsburgh and Nearby
Mrs. Adda E. Harris of Pittsburgh dies. Mrs. John Haith of Youngstown Ohio is noted. John L. Herbold aged 52 of 369 East Washington Street is listed as deceased. Mrs. Mary Jane Rhodabaugh aged 75 of 1022 Croton Avenue is reported dead. Harry W. Miller aged 67 of Harbor Bridge is listed among the death notices.
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Adda E. Harris
Pittsburgh
John Haith
Youngstown
John L. Herbold
East Washington Street
Mary Jane Rhodabaugh
Croton Avenue
Harry W. Miller
Harbor Bridge
Army Air Corps Ready To Start Big Maneuvers
America’s air defense backbone, its commercial airports, will test during the army air corps maneuvers beginning tomorrow at Wright Field. A 672 plane formation will move north and east to the Atlantic seaboard, using civilian airfields as wartime bases for refueling and supply lines. The efficiency of these ports could determine rapid troop and equipment deployment nationwide.
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Army Air Corps
Edward B. Lockett
International News Service
Dayton, O
America
National Defense
Atlantic Seaboard
Wright Field
Army
Air Corps
Alfonso Charged As Instigator Of Spanish Rioting
Madrid reports martial law in major towns as the Republican government confiscates all property of exiled King Alfonso. The action, tied to anti clerical riots and church damages exceeding 30 million dollars, targets the former monarch for alleged dictatorial abuses since 1923.
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Alfonso
Madrid
Spain
Badaos
Primo de Rivera
Final Checks Under Way for Pymatuning Dam Bid
Laws for the Pymatuning dam are being final checked by the secretary of forests and waters. Advertising for bids will be published after finishing touches. Site work progresses with tree removal and grading. The spillway is 1300 feet wide and 30 feet high to support a highway.
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Pymatuning
Secretary of Forests and Waters
Aged Rochester Attorney Killed in New York Hotel Incident
John Bowman a 70 year old prominent Rochester attorney staying at the Hotel Commodore was killed today after falling from the third floor. His body landed in the alley near Grand Central Terminal and the hotel corner.
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International News Service
New York
John Bowman
Rochester
N. Y
Commodore
Grand Central Terminal
Body Of Man Found In Run Under Railroad Bridge
Wednesday afternoon Mike Mc Guire of Hoytdale found a man’s body in the run beneath a Pennsylvania railroad bridge. The coroner Dr. McCarter of Beaver County ruled death from a broken neck incurred at the scene.
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Mike McGuire
Hoytdale
Marshall Undertaking
Wampum
Beaver County
McCarter
A Day On The Golf Course In A Dreamlike Verse
Arthur Mometer muses on sport choices from piracy to tennis and riding, but longs for a sunny golf day. He imagines fairways, green grass, and others chasing a two hundred yard drive while savoring a playful, roguish game amid lively chatter and scoring debates.
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Marta Paczaiova
PA Newc
Kane, Pa
B. & O. Company
Daily Weather Report
Timothy McCarthy
Florida
Vic
Tims
Use Roper
McNaught Syndicate
State Department and
Don Leiva
Pierce Miller
Paul Doumer
Republic
Doumer
Frederic K. Abbott
H. L. Dague
Boyles Avenue
Charleroi
Charles S. Frye
Alty
Senate At Ease
Canton Chief
Dayton
Thomas A. Loayza
International Mews Service
Bank of Spain
Ministry of Finance
Rochester, N. Y
Run
Arthur Mometer
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