Successor To Walker Takes Up His Duties
New York Mayor Joseph V. McKee, now in office after Mayor Walker's resignation, arrives at city hall and says there will be no immediate changes. He plans to take charge of the budget, aiming to cut funds as needed and to serve the city without pursuing political ambitions.
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Walker
Joseph V. McKee
New York City
New York
City of
City Hall
Judge McKee
New York State
Pa Newo Observes First September Night
The piece notes cool evening conditions as September begins. It mentions children counting days to start school and observations of fall approaching with falling leaves. It also comments on theater renovations and a suggestion to hire extra trucks and crews for garbage service.
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Pa Nene
Garbage Department
Daily Weather Report
U S weather statistics record a 24 hour period ending at 9 this morning with a maximum 96 and minimum 65 and no precipitation. River stage stands at 3.7 feet. Year ago measurements show a 85 high, 68 low and .42 inches of rain.
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U. S
Secret Autopsy On Smith Reynolds Body
A secret autopsy was performed on Z. Smith Reynolds in Winston Salem to aid the murder trial of his widow Libby Holman Reynolds and Ab Walker. The examination found the bullet struck near the right temple and exited near the left ear, exhumed under Judge J H Clement's order. Richard Reynolds, the deceased's brother, left for New York after the procedure.
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Smith Reynolds
International News Service
Winston-Salem
N. C
Libby Holman Reynolds
Ab Walker
Z. Smith Reynolds
Reynolds
Walker
J. H. Clement
Carlisle W. Higgins
W. N. Dalton
Forsythe County
Richard Reynolds
New York
Ninety Three High School Graduates Apply for Further Study
Ninety three graduates of the New Castle high school class of 1932 have applied to colleges universities and hospitals for further training. Forty one are January graduates with the rest June graduates. Some credits sent to multiple institutions and some girls admitted to hospitals for training. Names of January entrants include Baldwin Hill Merrilees Offutt Lockhart Young McGoun Barr Woodworth Levine Gillespie Adele Wolfe McKee Sheaffer Louer Shellenberger Green Christman Kay Stevenson Myers Levin Glass and others. Continued on Page Two.
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New Castle High School
Frank L. Orth
Frank Baldwin
Westminster College
New Wilmington
James Hill
Thelma Merrilees
William Offutt
Marian Lockhart
Dorothy Young
Josephine McGoun
Robert Emery
Helen Barr
William Woodworth
Roland Levine
Harold Gillespie
Adele Wolfe
State Teachers College
Slippery Rock
James McKee
Geneva College
Beaver Falls
Helen Sheaffer
Grove City College
Grove City
Elizabeth Louer
Thiel College
Greenville
Lillian Shellenberger
Crash victims show improvement at Jameson Memorial
Three of four crash victims remain seriously ill but improving at Jameson Memorial Hospital after the Butler road wreck. William Berger, father of a seven year old burned to death, shows no improvement. Mrs. Berger, maid Senta Graf, and driver Walter Ehlbeck are reported better. Berger sustained severe burns and multiple fractures.
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Butler Road
Jameson Memorial Hospital
William Berger
Berger
Judge Gawthrop Selected as Senate Counsel
West Chester Superior Court Judge Robert S. Gawthrop was chosen by the state senate investigating committee as counsel for a probe into Gov. Pinchot's charges against the Public Service Commission and utilities. His acceptance would require resigning from the bench. he is currently touring the British Isles.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Superior Court
Robert S. Gawthrop
West Chester
State Senate
Gifford Pinchot
Public Service Commission
Gawthrop
British Isles
William S. Rial
Westmoreland
Texas House Rejects Repeal Petition To Eighteenth Amendment
The Texas House on Thursday rejected a resolution urging Texas members of Congress to seek a public vote on repealing or amending the Eighteenth Amendment. A motion to indefinitely postpone carried 71 to 43. The chamber unanimously ratified the amendment to end the lame duck session. Senate action is expected.
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Austin
Texas
House of Representatives
Congress
House
Senate
Two Bandits Shot To Death Battling Police
Police and bandits fought in Brooklyn at a pawn shop on Court Street. Two bandits died, a bandit and two police officers and a civilian were injured as they exchanged fire and attempted to enter the shop.
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Brooklyn
International News Service
New York
Court Street
Officers rout plant pickets at Warren
In Warren Ohio police and deputies used clubs to scatter about 300 pickets at the Republic Steel Company plant. Seven men were arrested for intoxication and disorderly conduct, including two organizers identified as A L Lewis of Sharon Pennsylvania and Joe Dally of McKeesport Pennsylvania.
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International News Service
Warren
Republic Steel Company
Metal and Steel Workers Industrial Union
A. L. Lewis
Sharon
Joe Dally
McKeesport
Volpe Slaying Mystery Clue Proves Dud
Pittsburgh police faced another setback in the Volpe triple murder case as Edward Morgan 19 denied a confession to the slaying of racketeer John Bazzano. Morgan told investigators in Steubenville Ohio that his claimed killing was a lie, undermining a potential lead.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
John
Arthur
James Volpe
Edward Morgan
John Bazzano
Brooklyn
Steubenville
Morgan
California goes for the Democratic ticket in eclipse style
Special report from Bishop California notes Hoover and Mellon deny sightings of Norman head of the Bank of England. The piece claims Norman was not in America and reports orange squeezers in California voting Democratic, as New England claims the show since Plymouth Rock fiasco. The Chamber of Commerce has taken it up.
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Bishop
Cal
Norman
Bank of England
Hoover
Mellon
America
California
Chamber of Commerce
New England
Plymouth Rock
Farmers In Iowa Ignore Truce Picketing Continues
In Cherokee Iowa on September 2 local farmers defied a national holiday strike truce and kept picketing. About 500 pickets ringed the town halting farm produce as leaders demand arrests for farmers shot on highways near town Tuesday night. A second group of 400 to 500 blocked the main highway to Sioux City and sent a telegram to state holiday president John Chalmers demanding action.
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Iowa
Sioux City
Stour City
Here
John Chalmers
Delay Opening of All Philadelphia Schools
Philadelphia health authorities ordered all public, parochial and private schools to remain closed until September 20 to curb infantile paralysis spread. Assemblies of people under 18 are barred until further notice. Fifteen new cases were reported Thursday, 370 for the year so far.
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Philadelphia
Board of Health
Walker resigns as New York mayor in surprise move
Albany Sept 2 Mayor James J. Walker quits as chief executive of America’s largest city. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt signs off with relief, saying the resignation ends hearings and lets the governor start his 8000 mile campaign to the far west on September 12.
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Albany
N. Y
James J. Walker
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Friends of
Roosevelt
Walker
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Far West
New Gang Killing in Chicago Ties South Side Beer War
Walter Zwolinski, once allied with Spike O Donnell, was gunned down in Chicago in a likely new wave of gang violence over beer territory. His bullet riddled body was found in a sedan in an alley after being killed elsewhere. Zwolinski had joined a syndicate with George Downs and Danny McGeoghan and had a long police record.
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International News Service
Chicago
Walter Zwolinski
Spike” O'Donnell
South Side
Zwolinski
George Downs
Danny McGeoghan
O'Donnell
Spike
Steve
Yesterday’s Heat Matches Summer Peak at Water Works
The article notes the city’s government thermometer at the Water Works recorded 96 degrees yesterday, tying the highest temperature this summer and matching the July 21 peak. It highlights September’s atypical heat as temperatures above 90 degrees have been rare except for two or three short heat waves.
Death records for Teresa Tranquillo Capensky Burgess
Death notices list Teresa Tranquillo age 75 of 5 East Home Street Ellwood City release Tony Capensky age 71 of Ellwood City and John S Burgess from Youngstown. No further details provided.
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Teresa Tranquillo
East Home Street
Tony Capensky
Ellwood City
John S. Burgess
Youngstown
Bids Opened For Highway To West Pittsburg Today
D W Challis and Sons of Sewickley were lowest bidders for 2.01 miles of road from Moravia street to West Pittsburg. Their bid, $62 156, was submitted to the Department of Highways in Harrisburg for approval after bid-check to ensure compliance with specifications.
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D. W. Challis and Sons Company
Sewickley
West Pittsburg
Department of Highways
Harrisburg
Moravia Street
Bill to widen East Washington street cartway
Director of Public Improvements Stanley Treser introduced an ordinance before council at city hall proposing widening the cartway of East Washington Street by three feet between County Line Street and the city line. The project contemplates this widening.
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Stanley Treser
City Hall
East Washington Street
County Line Street
Sharon Man Dies in Shovel Brawl in Sharon
Sharon resident Joseph Holegra 43 died from a shovel blow during a fight that ended a minor argument. Coroner William Applegate reports the death, with J. E. Pinch, 26, in custody as police investigate. Jury official Howard Leslie notes extreme heat blistering garden tomatoes.
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International News Service
Sharon
Joseph Holegra
Holegra
William Applegate
J. E. Pinch
Howard Leslie
Neshannock Township
Walker Resigns Mayor Post Amid Inquiry
Albany reports Governor Roosevelt will open and close the Walker hearing at the capitol while James J. Walker resigns as mayor of New York City. Walker calls the proceeding unfair saying he faces a biased trial and a guilty confession in the charges of malfeasance.
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Walker
International News Service
Albany
N. Y
James J. Walker
Samuel Seabury
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Capitol
Executive Chamber
Roosevelt
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Hosiery Workers Assured Year Of Steady Earnings
PHILADELPHIA September 2 Emil Rieve president of the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers forecast a year of steady earnings for more than 25 000 hosiery workers nationwide due to seasonal pickup He said the new agreement between manufacturers and workers effective yesterday guarantees uninterrupted operation job security and preserves the existing wage scale hours and conditions with arbitration for disputes
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Emil Rieve
American Federation of
Rieve
Fisherman Arthur Mometer Spins Tall Tales At Sea
Local fisherman Arthur Mometer is known for boasts and wild stories of fish while his business reputation remains solid. The talk of oversized catches contrasts with practical weather notes as the heat index climbs to eighty eight.
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Quentin Reynolds
Daily Weather Report
Maine
Fryeburg
Peter de Carlo
Ralph Lafronte
de Carlo
Lafronte
Volpe
Wie
Roper
McNeaght Byndicete
Low
Ionore
Gover
Nors
Mid-West States
William K. Hutchinson
International News Service State
Raymond I. Borst
Queen of State
Florence Spaulding
Hooper
Utah
Miss Spaulding
West
Pittsburg
D. W. Challis and Son
Treser
Seabury
James L. Kilgallen
James J
Jimmy’) Walker
Arthur Mometer
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