County authorizes architects to plan new county courthouse
County commissioners contract The Thayer Company to draw plans for a courthouse jail and sheriff’s residence to replace an inadequate building. Plans include a federal funds application under the Industrial Recovery Act with a 30 percent federal donation and a four percent long term loan.
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County
A. EK. Connors
P. O. Elder
F. R. Woods
Thayer Company
Lawrence County Court House
R. L. Hildebrand
James A. Chambers
A. L. Thayer
Lauren H. Thayer
Harding H. Thayer
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
Farmers and governors meet in Dingville convention
Special To The News notes a gathering in Dingville where farm leaders spoke. The piece contrasts the rise of leaders with old self-reliance in business and farming communities, reflecting on the role of organizations and collective action.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Dingville
Ding
Des Moines
Five Are Dead In Oil Blaze
Blazing eight oil tanks at the New England Terminal Co threatened a 2,000,000 gallon kerosene tank. Five workers dead and four dying as flames roar. Firemen and residents suffer burns while 150 families flee. Rhode Island and Massachusetts police cordon off the area to stop looting and keep people away. Damage exceeds $1,000,000.
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Tiverton
R. IL
New England
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Replaced Trees Show Benefit on North Hill Avenue
Trees planted last spring on North Hill streets to form an avenue were replaced after failure and should demonstrate full benefits by next summer. Rabbits roam New Castle city limits as hunters push through Neshannock Township. Workmen repair top coating on North Jefferson Street between the public square and Grant Street with holes reappearing in surfacing.
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North Hill
New Castle
Neshannock Township
Jefferson Street
Public Square
Grant Street
Mary McElroy Kidnap Trial Seen in State's Case
Miss Mary McElroy daughter of Kansas City city manager H F McElroy is set to resume testimony in the George McGee kidnapping case. She identified McGee as the guard who held her after the May abduction and ransom payment of 30000 dollars. The witness previously testified in July and Walter McGee McGee's brother was executed after a prior trial. The state seeks the death penalty for George McGee.
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International News Service
Kansas City
Mary McElroy
H. F. McElroy
George McGee
Kansas
Walter
Almira Home Friday Program Promises Musical Entertainment
An Almira Home Friday afternoon program features Dolly, Marie and Peggy Anderson performing with bottles, cow bells, vibraphone and other instruments. Rev. C S Joshua of Croton Methodist Church will lead a prayer service alongside the program.
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Almira Home
Dolly
Marie
Peggy Anderson
C. S. Joshua
Croton Methodist Church
Daily Weather Report Summary Test
The report records a maximum temperature of 178 and a minimum of 45 with no precipitation for the 24 hours ending at 9 am. A year earlier the high was 43 and the low 34 with no precipitation.
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U. 8S
Mayor Reels In Five Rabbits In Opening Rabbit Hunt
Mayor Charles B. Mayne reported he bagged five rabbits in the first hour of his hunt yesterday. His companions on the rabbit fields also claimed success, with all hunters in the party taking rabbits.
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Charles B. Mayne
Five Hunters Die First Day
Gunfire shattered Pennsylvania hunting season as five men died on opening day and at least sixty wounded across counties. Victims include Eugene Scott 15 of Covode Indiana County and Theodore Laudermilk 50 near Glen Union. many others suffer gunshot and heart injury with dozens treated for buckshot wounds. Authorities cite fog and premature trigger pulls as factors.
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International News Service
Pennsylvania
Eugene Scott
Covode
Indiana County
Scott
Theodore P. Laudermilk
Williamsport
Glen Union
Clinton County
Harrison Mowers
Carlisle
Matthew Mach
Millvale
J. William McCoy
Altoona
McCoy
Blair County
Helen Meinert
Allegheny County
Clifton Manx
Ambridge
Wilfred Burns
Andrew Rydzewski
Hunlocks Creek
Luzerne County
Myers Richardson
Philadelphia
Tax Justice League Sponsors Meeting on Pennsylvania Amendments
Lawrence County voters are invited to a general meeting in the City Building Council Chamber Friday November 3 at eight in the evening. The session will present arguments for and against the twelve proposed constitutional amendments to be voted on November 7. Members of all Tax Clubs and local civic groups are urged to attend and hear both sides.
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Lawrence County
Pennsylvania
Tax Justice League of
Tax Clubs
Tax Justice League
Lawrence County Federation of Womens Clubs
Business and Professional Womens Club
Quota Club
New Castle Womens Club
Parent-Teachers Association
Grange Organization
Lawrence County Agricultural Extension Association
Death notices of several Pittsburgh area residents
Death records list Clara Boston McPherson 54 Pittsburgh Frank Leslie 64 Stoneboro Thomas Lamont Atkinson 56 Youngstown Laura Norton Beighle 74 738 street Bridge William F. Shipe 59 129 East Edison avenue J L Ewing 30 Fountain Inn Hotel Louise Melozzi 47 118 South Cedar street Charles Krohn 68 Wampum
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Clara Boston McPherson
Pittsburgh
Frank Leslie
Stoneboro
Thomas Lamont Atkinson
Youngstown
Ohio
Laura Norton Beighle
William F. Shipe
East Edison Avenue
J. L. Ewing
Fountain Inn Hotel
Louise Melozzi
South Cedar Street
Charles Krohn
Wampum
Young medical student and companion killed in Boyertown area crash
Francis M. Hayes 24 and Esther E. Kuechler 20 died when their car side swiped a coal truck on the Boyertown Yellowhouse road and overturned on a curve near Boyertown. Witnesses said Hayes sped around the bend and the car spun three times. Authorities held truck driver Everett Croshaw and assistant Thomas Margrie for an inquest.
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International News Service
Boyertown
Boyertown-Yellowhouse
Francis M. Hayes
St. Marys
Temple University Medical School
Philadelphia
Esther E. Kuechler
Pottstown
Roy Mohr
Hayes
Reading
Everett Croshaw
Wrightstown
N. J
Thomas Margrie
William H. Amarell
Berks County
Margrie
Young Hayes
Leo Z. Hayes
Force
Elk County
Mohr
St. Joseph's Hospital
May Search Fire Ruins For Jewels
County authorities at the suggestion of State Policeman Andrew Hughmanick and Constable J D Fallon may employ trusted men to comb ashes at the Harbor ruins once occupied by Walter Rausch and George Zalick fugitives from justice in hopes of finding jewels believed cached there before the blaze. State Policeman Hughmanick Constable Fallon and county detectives began an inquiry to determine if others were involved in the robberies.
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Andrew Hughmanick
J. D. Fallon
Walter Rausch
George Zalick
Zalick
Mwo Re
Kind Hearted Neighbors Cost Couple 2800
In Mt. Clemens Michigan on November 2 a welfare reliant elderly couple were helped by neighbors who bought a new mattress and burned the old one. The couple returned to find their savings of 2800 cash hidden in the old mattress.
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International News Service
MT. Clemens, Mich
Desperado Miller Fires Way From Chicago Arrest Bid
Federal agents and police hunted Verne C. Miller of the Harvey Bailey gang after he shot his way from a Sheri dan road apartment hotel. He fled in a car with his sister in law Miss Bobby Moore, who was wounded as bullets ripped the vehicle. Miller is wanted for the June 17 Kansas City Union Station massacre and is linked to George Kelly and Harvey Bailey.
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International News Service
Chicago
Verne C. Miller
Harvey Bailey
Miss Moore
Miller
Kansas City Union Station
George
Kelly
Kansas City
United States Buys Gold in Paris Bank of France Sale
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation bought gold from the Bank of France in Paris as part of Roosevelt’s monetary policy. Officials kept the amount secret, and Paris observers saw the move as a cautious step to avoid triggering fears of draining France’s gold reserves.
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United States
Bank of France
International News Service
Paris
United States Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve
France
Lots Of Rabbits Squirrels And Birds In Season
Hunters report plentiful rabbits with fairly filled bags and birds and squirrels seen in good numbers this season. The morning hunt yesterday had good success as the dew was on the ground.
Authority Granted for Sharon Transport Route
Harrisburg news confirms Charles A. Lytle doing business as P. E. Kerr Company of New Castle received authorization from the Public Service Commission to move products for Air Reduction Sales Company from Sharon to points within a 100 mile radius.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Charles A. Lytle
P. E. Kerr Company
New Castle
Public Service Commission
Air Reduction Sales
Sharon
Graf Zeppelin Returns to Graf Back Home
Graf Zeppelin lands at its home port after a transatlantic crossing from the World’s Fair in Chicago. The airship arrived at 7 15 a m after leaving Chicago and circled before landing. May settle suit in breach of promise case involving Mrs Rhoda T Doubleday against Harold F McCormick reports say settlement talks are under way. Lindberghs take off from Le Bourget and are not stating their next destination fueling reports they may visit Amsterdam Holland before continuing to Spain.
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Graf
Freidrichshafen
Germany
Graf Zeppelin
Chicago
North Atlantic
Rhoda T. Doubleday
New York Social
Rumanian Army Plane Crashes. Pilot Killed in Bucharest Report
A Romanian Army plane crashed today in Vienna with the pilot dead, increasing this week’s aviation deaths to nine in Romania. The Bucharest report cited Romanian press charging France with selling old second rate aircraft to Romania as the cause.
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Vienna
Rumania
Bucharest
France
British Correspondent Panter Released in Munich
Noel Panter, London Daily Telegraph correspondent, was released in Munich on Nov 2. Details from the report indicate a return to duties after a period of detention. Further information on the circumstances and date of release was not immediately available.
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Munich
Germany
Noel Panter
The
London Daily Telegraph
Hunter Wounded Near Grove City
Roy Smith of North Side Pittsburgh was shot while hunting near Grove City and admitted to the city hospital with a facial wound near the right eye. He was with guests at the Carroll Miller summer home when an unidentified hunter fired, and Smith was rushed to hospital with nonfatal injuries.
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Grove City
Roy Smith
North Side
Pittsburgh
Smith
Carroll Miller
Births And Deaths Fall In Pennsylvania And Lawrence County
A health official states the statewide death rate in the first nine months of 1933 fell below the 1932 nine month period. In Lawrence County, deaths dropped from 630 in nine months of 1932 to 519 in nine months ending September 30, 1933, a decline of 111. Births also declined from 1,071 in 1932 to 999 in 1933, a drop of 72.
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Pennsylvania
Thodore B. Appel
Lawrence County
A. Clyde Shoaf
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Letter travels 33 years to reach Hartford miles away
Hartford dispatch reports a letter mailed in Thompsonville 33 years ago arrived in Hartford after a 12 mile journey. It was from Robert E. Spencer, former probate judge, to the internal revenue office asking about an estate tax.
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International News Service
Hartford
Thompsonville
Robert E. Spencer
Internal Revenue Office
May Protest on Insull Extradition Decision
Greco American talks begun that may lead to a formal protest against the Greek Court of Appeals ruling not to extradite Samuel Insull. MacVeagh met Greek Foreign Minister Maximos to discuss the issue. The translated verdict shocks the American legation by noting irregular stock moves without intent to defraud, aimed at saving the public and the companies.
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International News Service
Athens
Greek Court of Appeals
Samuel Insull
MacVeagh
Maximos
Legation
Chicago
Insull
Boston Man To Head NRA Board
Louis E. Kirstein of Boston, vice president at William Filene and Sons, was named chairman of the NRA industrial advisory board to succeed Walter C. Teagle of Standard Oil. The appointment came after a Commerce Department meeting and follows a new rotation plan announced by Secretary Roper.
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International News Service
Washington
Louis E. Kirstein
William Filene and Sons
Boston
NRA
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Com Roper
Kirstein
Business, Advisory and Planning Council
Department of Commerce
Reforestation Army May Be Drafted for Overseas Duty
Boston harbor could host Navy trees as President Roosevelt’s reforestation corps faces possible overseas service. Dorchester board of trade president Patrick Connolly urged Acting Mayor John C. McGrath to seek Boston area support and asked shore cities to urge Senator David I. Walsh to obtain cooperation from the corps for planting on the 36 barren harbor islands.
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International News Service
Boston
Roosevelt
Patrick Connolly
Dorchester Board of Trade
John C. McGrath
David I. Walsh
Election Day Call to Vote Amid Jokes and Jitter
Voters are urged to cast ballots soon as election day approaches with strong rhetoric and warnings. The letter notes the need for loud turnout and hints at consequences for those who mock the process while emphasizing civic duty.
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al Feeney
Matt Leach
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
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Boyerstown
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Charles A. Lindbergh
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Amsterdam
Volland
Spain
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