Britain backs League plan to halt Italo Ethiopian war
Secretary Hull and British officials pressed full support for the League of Nations to stop the Italian aggression in Ethiopia. London plans to bolster Malta garrison strength as part of a united effort to preserve peace, while Laval signaled France will back sanctions within limits.
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International News Service
Great Britain
League of Nations
London
British War Office
Malta
Geneva
France
Italy
Pierre Laval
Rome
Plymouth
Eng
Council of Action For Peace and Reconstruction
David Lloyd George
Britain
League
Dahlia Garden Impresses Sumner Resident
PA NEWC OBSERVES Cc. A. Bolen of Sumner avenue tends a dahlia garden with sixty five varieties on the Veach property beside Dr. Cooper’s Englewood avenue home. Bob Brunton of 532 Bell avenue reports a white leghorn hen laying eggs with three yolks and an average of two yolks per egg every other day. Tourists linger as Oregon and Warren Kentucky visitors pass through the city. a concrete sign post is used as a back stop.
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Cc. A. Bolen
Sumner Avenue
Veach
Doctor Cooper
Englewood Avenue
Mr. Bolen
Bob Harry Brunton
Bell Avenue
AAA
Mr. Brunton
Oregon
Warren
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather stats show 24 hour period ending 9am with max 80 and min 44 degrees. No precipitation recorded. River stage 4.4 feet. Year ago same date records show min 60 and precipitation of .04 inch.
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U. S
Huey Long Names Successors On Death Bed
As Huey Long lay dying from an assassin's bullet in Baton Rouge his advisers learned that he summoned his leaders and named both a party leader and his chosen successor to carry on his political empire amid grief and upheaval.
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Huey Long
Long
Change Method Of Selecting Teachers For City Schools
The New Castle school board revived the old teachers and employees committee to interview and recommend new teachers and staff, replacing the prior superintendent controlled system from about ten years ago. Director Hazen opposed, arguing the plan could become political and that qualifications should guide staffing rather than personal selection. Continued on page ten.
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New Castle
Roy W. Hazen
Griff Thomas
Hazen
U S. Plans Trade Penalty On Germany After Oct. 15
Washington reports the United States will blacklist Germany after October 15 for continuing to discriminate against American goods. The State Department informally served the notice on German ambassador Hans Luther as a warning of retaliatory trade curbs.
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International News Service
Washington
United States
Germany
State Department
Hans Luther
Officials to Meet at Court House Over Local WPA Projects
All elected officials of political sub divisions are invited to gather at the court house tonight at 7 45 with J Vale Downie WPA director to discuss local projects. Downie and other WPA officials will explain the setup and urge project presentations.
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Court House
J. Vale Downie
WPA
Downie
New Castle School Board Sets Minimum Salary for New Teachers
By resolution Wednesday night the New Castle School Board requires all future hires to be paid at the minimum salary. The rule preserves leave status but ends increments for teachers reentering service.
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New Castle School Board
Simplicity Will Mark Funeral Of Senator Long
Huey Long lies dead after an assassination attempt and his funeral in Baton Rouge will emphasize simplicity. Thousands file past his bier as the body is laid on the capitol grounds with the LSU band to play his campaign song in funeral tempo.
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
Louisiana Statesman
Louisiana State University
Capitol
America
Postmaster Stanich Receives Four Year Commission
The Post Office Department forwarded Joseph R. Stanich of Bessemer his official commission as postmaster at that place. Named in Congress close and confirmed by the Senate, Stanich may receive his commission once he posts the bond and meets required conditions for a four year term.
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Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
Joseph R. Stanich
Bessemer
Stanich
Congress
Senate
School Board Awards Coal Contract to Maxwell & Gibson
After reviewing bids from several dealers the New Castle school board awarded the coal contract Wednesday night to Maxwell & Gibson for up to 3600 tons at 3.75 per ton for two inch coal and 3.47 per ton for nut coal class A coal to be used for school needs.
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New Castle School Board
Maxwell & Gibson
WPA Works Progress Admin Office Move in Greer Building
Work to install office equipment and supplies for the classification department of the WPA in a suite on the fifth floor of the Greer building on Mercer Street began this morning. The department will occupy several rooms in the rear of the floor, which also houses the Federal Housing Administration offices.
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Classification Department
Works Progress Administration
Greer
Mercer Street
Federal Housing Administration
Home Hygiene Institute Ends in Lawrence County
Welfare nurses from the regional area of the American Red Cross concluded a profitable two day institute on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick. Mrs Charlotte M Heilman represented the National Red Cross and Lawrence County Chapter hosted sessions at the Y W C A Luncheons were held at noon with Mrs W A Pond chairing the Home Hygiene committee The event drew representatives from Pittsburgh Erie Warren Franklin Oil City Emporium New Kensington Kittanning and Lawrence County and aimed to train nurses to instruct classes under their chapters.
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American Red Cross
Charlotte M. Heilman
National Red Cross
Lawrence County
W. A. Pond
Home Hygiene Committee
Pittsburgh
Erie
Warren
Franklin
Oil City
Emporium
New Kensington
Kittanning
Fix Salary Of City Treasurer
The board and the city council set the city treasurer's salary at 3600 per year in a joint meeting held Wednesday night at the school administration building. The two bodies acted as units as required by law. future actions will determine employee counts and salaries.
Two Die In Minneapolis Riot At Flour City Works
Two killed and more than twenty injured after police and about 3000 strike sympathizers clash at the Flour City Ornamental Iron Works in Minneapolis. Authorities used tear gas and riot guns as crowds invaded the grounds and hurl bricks at workers.
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Minneapolis, Minn
International News Service
Minneapolis
Minn
Flour City
Laura Ingalls Seeks Transcontinental Record Flight
UNION AIR TERMINAL Los Angeles Sept 12 Laura Ingalls the daring girl flyer after postponing takeoff today changed her mind and hopped at 544 a m PST to attempt the women trans continental flight record.
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International News Service
Union Air Terminal
Los Angeles
Laura Ingalls
New Castle School Board Plans Harrisburg Trip Over Deficit
Directors W. W. Duff Roy W Hazen and Superintendent C C Green will travel to Harrisburg to address a 130000 to 150000 deficit in the New Castle schools caused by last session missteps on a 15 percent teacher salary cut. The plan is to seek state action or transfer responsibility to the Department of Public Instruction.
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New Castle
W. W. Duff
Roy W. Hazen
C. C. Green
Harrisburg
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Department of Public Instruction
Twin pairs enter first grade together in Bremen Ohio
Frederick and Francis Burnworth aged six and a half along with Mark and Mary aged five and a half depart for Bremen public schools to begin first grade. Their mother Mrs Nellie Burnworth kept the older twins from start until this fall as the four children always played together.
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Bremen
Frederick
Francis
Mark
Mary
Nellie Burnworth
Delay in Hauptmann Appeal Promises No Ruling Today
Chancellor Campbell announced no decision will be handed down today on Bruno Hauptmann’s appeal for his death sentence in the Lindbergh kidnapping. He said no conference has been held and a ruling cannot occur until one is convened, signaling Hauptmann may wait into mid October for the court’s action. The Hauptmann case appears as calendar item number 99 at the court’s fall session opening.
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Kenneth T. Downs
Trenton
N. J
Luther A. Campbell
New Jersey
Court of Errors and Appeals
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindburgh
Hauptmann
Campbell
County plans $875000 road work with $20,000 county share
Lawrence county faces proposed road improvements totaling 875000 with the State Highway Department ready to fund 125000 rural roads 300000 for the Edinburg bridge and viaduct and 450000 for general upgrades. County costs would focus on damages estimated near 20000. County commissioners welcomed the plan but will reconvene for a final decision.
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Lawrence County
W.A. Myers
State Highway Department
N. &. Sprague
Highway Department
Pittsburgh
Edenburg Bride and Viaduct
Teacher Who Burned Body Asks Pardon
Sharon report says Homer Sanders a former school teacher athletic official and engineer asked the state board of pardons for a commutation of sentence for the death of Leah Minerva Dilley a 4 year old. He was sentenced last September 18 to serve two to four years in the Allegheny workhouse after burning the child’s body in a brush pile following fumigation in Andrew street.
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Sharon
Homer Sanders
Allegheny
Leah Minerva Dilley
Andrew Street
State Board of Pardons
Local women attend district conference for Christmas Seal Campaign
Miss Della Glenn Miss Gluace Ackerman and Mrs Harry Sturdevant of this city and Miss Edith Shremp of Ellwood City represented the Lawrence County Anti Tuberculosis society in Pittsburgh yesterday attending a district conference to promote the upcoming Christmas Seal Campaign.
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Della Glenn
Gluace Ackerman
Harry Sturdevant
Edith Shremp
Ellwood City
Lawrence County Anti- Tuberculosis Society
Pittsburgh
Death notices list several local residents
Death records report Mary Jane Carson age 17 on Wilson avenue extension and Katherine Michaels Dean age 52 of LeRaysville Pennsylvania along with William E. Creighton age 66 of Mercer R D 8.
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Mary Jane Carson
Wilson Avenue
Katherine Michaels Dean
LeRaysville
William E. Creighton
Mercer R. D
Hitler summons Reichstag for Sunday session
Nueremberg, Sept 12. Chancellor Adolf Hitler called the Reichstag to meet Sunday night for the first Sabbath session in its history. Officially the assembly is to hear a government declaration at the Nazi party congress.
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International News Service
Nueremberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Party
Reichstag
First Revision Of Constitution Reports Made
The report details sweeping changes proposed to the state constitution including steps to abolish statewide elections for the treasurer and the internal affairs secretary. It outlines suggested reforms and potential impacts on state governance and accountability.
sweeping constitutional revisions reported for voter ballot
The Harrisburg telegraph notes the advisory committee on constitutional revision discussed a composite report proposing sweeping changes. It recommends abolishing the state treasurer and secretary of internal affairs as elective officials, leaving three statewide offices by popular ballot: governor, lieutenant governor, and auditor general.
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Harrisburg
Farrell Man Is Found Guilty
Peter Jemme a 36 year old Farrell barber was found guilty by a Mercer county jury of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of his wife Ida 20 at their home on June 22 1934. The jury deliberated five hours and 20 minutes. Sentencing will wait until the current Mercer county court term ends.
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Mercer
Peter Jemme
Farrell
Barber
Mercer County
Jemme
Ida
Let Me Live Away From The Road A Poetic Wish
Poem fragment contrasts past and present road life with a desire to reside off the road to avoid traffic and danger. Mentions a poet lad, one boss shay era, and today’s warm eighty three degree day. Emphasizes safety for youngsters and a preference for quiet surroundings.
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Shay
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