Will Rogers Comment on Hoover and Virginia May
The letter from Will Rogers humorously notes Hoover seeking fishing grounds outside Virginia next year while commenting on Tammany Hall's strength east of the Hudson and Democrats winning mayoral races. Rogers mocks voters who favor local leaders but doubt national leadership and jokes about inviting Senator Brookhart for a party.
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Beverly Hill
Cal
Virginia
Mr. Hoover
Tammany Hell
Hudson
Senator Brookhart
Agnor
Will Rogers
Pa Newc Observes West Washington Crossing Repairs
Pa Newc notes rough crossings on West Washington Street where the West Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroad crosses and repairs are again needed. Also reports on local topics: poultry blasting boosting egg production in a New York farm, a state teachers convention and Older Boys section of the YMC A event, holiday window decorations, candy buying by women, postmen overloaded with mail, new telephone directories, voting machines funding, fog in New Castle, early shopping reminders, and a town clock suggestion.
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Pittsburgh and
Lake Erie
Washington Street
Weather summary for twenty four hours ending nine am
Weather statistics report the day’s high 55 and low 29 with no precipitation. River stage stands at 5.5 feet and shows a rolling trend.
Gathers Hundreds Of New Garments For Local Charity
The Castleton hosts the Needlework Guild of America in its annual ingathering. Volunteers sort and display donated warm clothes, stockings, underwear, shoes, blankets and mittens for distribution to city charities. The event emphasizes service over pomp as residents visit to contribute and see the collection on view today.
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Castleton
Single Persons Seek Increased Exemption In U S Income Tax
International dispatch reports calls for higher tax exemptions to ease the burden of government levies. Debates focus on raising dependent deductions from 400 dollars and extending the child exemption beyond age 18 perhaps to 31. Proposals also urge boosting the married exemption to four or five thousand dollars. Officials doubt large revenue loss, arguing relief could ease education costs without crippling income. The federation of professional and businesswomen backs higher single exemptions and has discussed with Secretary Mellon. Conttanea. on Page Two.
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Robert Ss. Thornburgh
Correspan Washingson
Federation of Professional ‘and Business "Women's Clubs
Mellon
Conttanea
Texas Judge Freed Of Murder Verdict Sudden Acquittal
Judge R A Hamilton was acquitted by a jury after deliberating one hour and forty five minutes in Weatherford Texas in the murder of his 21 year old son in law Tom Walton. Walton had secretly married Hamiltons daughter Theresa. Hamilton planned to continue practicing law in Amarillo. Theresa weighed educational choices between the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Minnesota.
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International News Service
Weatherford
Texas
R. A. Hamilton
Tom Walton
Hamilton
Walton
State Appeals Commission
Amarillo
Theresa
University of Texas
Austin
University of Minnesota
New Castle School Board Faces Vacant Chair
The New Castle School Board will see a vacant chair as member Joseph E. Liga, who died recently, ends his 12 year term. Liga refused early nomination, served 16 Mercer County years, rarely missed meetings, and his absence will be felt as the board reorganizes in December with Dr W B Cleland Albert Bauman and others sworn in.
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New Castle
Joseph E. Liga
Liga
Liga Asia
New ‘Castle
Mercer County
Ligo
W. DB Cleland
Albert
Bauman
Daniel B. Woolcock
Ethel ‘Ashmore Douthett
Russian Trade Alliance Faces Senate Tariff Fight
The Senate Finance Committee fights a tariff increase backed by domestic manganese and steel interests. Senate leaders discuss a five year contract with Bethlehe n Steel for manganese from Russia as critics seize on Hawley Smoot implications. The article notes U S steel firms say they must buy abroad, and references ongoing debate over protecting steel products. Continued on page two.
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William S. Neal
Ehtoranflonar
Were. Mervice
Wtart
Naan
Waseington
Trade Alliance of America
Senate
Lst
Steelcomies
tte-Bethiehen
Steel’ ‘Corporation
Russia
United States
Steel Corporation
Hawley- Smoot
Former Secretary of Senator Dies From Poisoning
iCinternational News Service reports a verdict of death by own action in the case of Mabel Walker, a 30 year old brunette previously a secretary in Senator Edward I Edwards New Jersey office. Her apartment showed chloroform and gas poisoning evidence.
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Washington
Mabel Walker
Brunnette
Edward “I. Edwards
New Jersey
Congress
Hnanelal- Ma
Reesides
Elmira
Bodies Of 86 Americans From 1918 Russia Exhumed In France
In Havre France the 86 American heroes of the Polar Bear division, murdered in Archangel in 1918, were interred in a temporary vault awaiting shipment to New York aboard an American ship. The long voyage from Leningrad concluded with French guards of honor and port guns.
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International News Eayyier
Havre
France
Archangel
New York
Michigan
Detroit
United
Leningrad
Philadelphia Murder Suspect Sought in Four Year Old Dorothy Rogers Case
Police broaden the hunt for a suspect in the dismemberment death of Dorothy Rogers. Authorities seek a wealthy Philadelphia friend of Gladys Parkes Baker, once a cabaret entertainer, who is now charged with murder. The case shocks both South Jersey and state police, with arrests expected as they pursue the man who posed as the child’s guardian.
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Rogers Child
Timothy
National Park
Camden
Alan Rogers
Woodbury
Thas
Dorothy Shas
South Jersey
Cc Seo
Attorneys Named To Count Vote Cast On Tuesday
Four attorneys were appointed by the court to count ballots cast in the election. The attorneys listed are Harry, N. Frank, Charles A. Wallace, Gilbe Long, and Wilbey J. Boer. Return sheets showing votes were presented to Prothonotary R.B. Campbell at noon today. Official results will take several days as borough and township offices across districts require counting due to scattered names on ballots.
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Neees
Thes Bor
Harry
N. Frank
Charles.a. Wallace
Gilbe Long
Wilbey J.boer
M. Campbell
Capital Booze Party Causes Big Stir In Capital
International News Service reports a fresh uproar in Washington over liquor supplies to the diplomatic corps and a "Wall street booze party" from three years ago. General Howell of Nebraska is leading the inquiry, examining how much liquor diplomats bring into the United States under immunity. Continued on Page Two.
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Diplomatic Corps
Wall Street
William K. Hutchinson
Howell
Ground Breaking for Epworth Church on Sunday
Epworth Methodist Episcopal church breaks ground for a new building at the corner of East Washington Street and Buller Avenue. A ceremony will start the excavations with Woods and Golder handling the cellar, contractor steam shovel work to follow Monday morning.
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Epworth Methodist Episcopal
East Washington
Buller Avenue
Woods
Golder
Epworth Church
Deaths and residences listed in scattered notices
Brief death notice fragment lists Harriet Patton and Mary Felix with ages 7 and 51, plus several addresses including Craton Avenue Extension 107 South Liberty Street and residents Marty Conti in Paterson Minnesota and Olympia Washington. Other names include John P H Hirschinger 29 Ranger Texas and Olyn Pia, Stephenson, and Mrs Mom in Alabama.
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Harriet Patton
Craton Avenue
John P. H. Hirschinger
Ranger
Texas
Marty Conti
Paterson
Mary Felix
South Liberty
Mom
AL Stephenson
Olynpia
Wash
Gold Rivet Will Be Driven Today in Dirigible Era
Large crowd expected at Akron as the master ring of the navy dirigible ARS 44 is completed. Rear Admiral William Moffett drives the golden rivet with government and aeronautics officials present. A banquet tonight will feature speakers including Senator Hiram Bingham and Governors Myers Y. Cooney and Fred W. Green.
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Akeron Municipal
Kelden
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
United States Navy
Gold River
William 4. Moffett
Bureau of Saeronautics
Aeronautic
Mysslp
Admiral Moffett
Arive
Hiram Bingham
Believe Tree Cut: Mercer County 400 Years Old
In Mercer County, a 400 year old landmark tree near North Liberty was felled by Young Brothers of Harrisville. Everett Moore notes the oak measured ST inches at the stump and 41 feet up the trunk the diameter was di inches. The tree yielded 3100 feet of timber. Ring growth indicates it exceeded 400 years in age.
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Mercer County
Young Brothers
Harrisville
Everett Moore
North Liberty
Fermi
Dirigible Flies Over City Near Noon Hour
The United States Navy airship en route from Lakehurst New Jersey to Akron Ohio passed over New Castle at about 11 45 a m drawing hundreds of spectators as it flew at an estimated altitude of 1500 feet. A 11 40 a m telephone report from West Pittsburg described the event as the ship approached the area.
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Los Angeles
United States Navy
Lakehurst
N.J
Akron
New Castle
West Pittsburg
Los Angeles Dirigible Length Sparks Inquiries
The News reports numerous inquiries about the length of the big U. S. Navy dirigible the Los Angeles. It is stated at 662 feet long, 114 feet shorter than the Graf Zeppelin, which measures TiG feet in length.
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Dewn
Los Angeles
Navy airship sighting over the city prompts rooftop chase
Reporters scramble to view a silver airship, the pride of the navy, emerging from a cloud bank near New Castle Junction and sailing toward the uptown district. The scene unfolds with observers noting the craft’s gleaming sides and the whirr of its rotors as it passes.
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Navy
Los Angeles
Graf Zeppelin seen over New Castle and Los Angeles comparison
Observers who watched the Graf Zeppelin pass New Castle last week and the Los Angeles overhead today estimate the German ship appeared almost twice as large. The Graf Zeppelin is about a hundred feet longer than the Los Angeles, with a cigar shape, while the Los Angeles is thicker in the middle and tapers at both ends.
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New Castle
Los Angeles
Aerial Dreadnaught Ring Circles City Bosses Comment
Sparse fragment hints at a figure steering a wall circle over a city then toward Akron. The Los Angeles reference and mention of the ZRS-3 aerial dreadnaught imply a wartime or experimental context, with continued coverage on another page.
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Akron
Los Angeles
Mysterious Airship Appears in Fog
In fog and mist a swift airship descends toward a slip as onlookers gaze at its silver craft and coordinated crew. The scene captures a brisk, curious moment with a glossy, speedy vessel gliding past.
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Will
PA Newc
Lawrence County
New York State
M.C. A
Maz
Young Pa Newe
Sante Claus
Newe Castle
Bell Telephone Company
Pennsylvania
New Castle District
Nee Qework Guild
U.S
R. H. Hamilton
Senator Reed Scores
U. S
Philadelphia
Vste
Wee
R. M. ‘Campbell
Bret
Chicago
Moffett
U.S. Senate
Dirigible
Circles City Enroute
Pittsburgh
New Castle Junction
Arthur Mometer
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