Voters Prepare for Light Turnout in City and County Races
New Castle and Lawrence County voters head to 100 polling places Tuesday to nominate candidates for city and county offices on the Democratic and Republican tickets. Interest centers on the judicial race with three Democrats Charles Matthews Jr Raymond W Humphrey and John S Powers facing off while Republican John R Lamoree runs for district attorney solo.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
John R. Lamoree
Charles Matthews
Raymond W. Humphrey
John S. Powers
State-Wide Issues Lacking In Primary Election On Tuesday
Harrisburg report notes Pennsylvania primaries lack state-wide issues and vacancies. About 3.4 million registered voters eligible, 1.3 million fewer than last year, with Republicans about 1.75 million and Democrats 1.6 million. Voters may register under permanent laws between now and November. Local option liquor and beer sale appears on ballots in 203 boroughs and townships across 30 counties.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Submarine off Cartagenarumors of life aboard surface
Reports from Madrid indicate crew members of a mystery submarine are alive off Cartagena with air running low. Government stations say contact is made but authorities deny details. Valencia notes Loyalist divers seek the sub and speculation ties it to a pirate attack escalating the international crisis.
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International
Madrid
Cartagena
Valencia
Romford
Pa Newc Observes and Other City Vignettes
The column reflects on a near election with nerves frayed by campaigning and costs as residents note daily life scenes. Ek Pa Newe walks an alley, an auto nearly hits him, and observers joke about alley drivers. Bridges games and football season loom as school days begin, while a boy’s spelling test blurs with blue pencils.
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Ek Pa Newe
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather reports show 24 hour period ending 9 am with max 68 and min 45 and no precipitation River stage at 5 feet. For the prior 24 hours ending Sunday morning the max reached 83 and min 65 with rainfall totaling 0.95 inches.
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U. S
President Roosevelt to Leave Tonight for Washington
President Roosevelt hastily prepares to depart Hyde Park for Washington at midnight to head off a western swing amid rising war threats in the Orient and Mediterranean. He plans a Constitution Day speech next Friday and will meet with Secretary Hull on arrival in the capital to discuss altered plans.
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Orient
Mediterranean
Hull
White House
Secrtary Hull
Governor Earle Returns to Desk Aiming at Special Session
Governor George H. Earle resumes duties after a European vacation as Pennsylvania faces a push for a special legislature session in January or February. The focus is finishing his administration with action on bootleg coal, targeting the illicit $32,000,000-a-year industry in the southern anthracite fields. He warns coal producers to reopen or lease closed collieries or risk state or federal action.
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Frederick N. Polangin
Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Earle
General Assembly
Pennsylvania
Taylor Captures Car Thief After Thrilling Chase
Deputy Elmer Taylor nabbed Chester Tomski after a high speed pursuit through Franklin avenue Butler avenue Willow Brook road and New Castle Ellwood road. Taylor jumped onto the running board to stop the thief as the car bypassed a stop sign and sped away.
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Chester Tomski
Elmer Taylor
Taylor
Franklin Avenue
Tomski
Butler Avenue
Simpson
Willow Brook
New Castle- Ellwood
South Side business group opposes parking meters
Alec Samuels led about 100 South Side business and professional men in asking the council not to install meters in the Fifth and Eighth wards. He warned they would seek a Lawrence county court injunction if meters proceed, citing ample parking 90 percent of the time and alleged harm to citizens and business.
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South Side
Alec Samuels
Council
Samuels
Court of
Lawrence County
Mrs Donofrio arraigned in murder case
Mrs Rose Donofrio, held since Friday, called police claiming she shot James Aiello in a car in front of 209 South First Street. Arraigned before Alderman Wallace J. Ewing and committed to jail without bail for a preliminary hearing next Thursday at 3 oclock. she pleaded not guilty.
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Rose Donofrio
James Aiello
Teresa
South First Street
Wallace J. Ewing
Donofrio
Ralph A. Criswell
Election boards urged to report primary totals quickly
The News requests election board members in New Castle and Lawrence County call 4000 when Democratic or Republican totals are available from Tuesday's primary. It praises past cooperation and notes precinct reports serve the public, urging prompt cooperation tomorrow night.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
Local Option Issue In Three Districts
Three Lawrence county townships Little Beaver North Beaver and Plaingrove vote on the local option question at Tuesday's primary. Special ballots provided by the county commissioners ask whether intoxicating beverages may be sold in the districts. Most Lawrence county townships remain dry.
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Lawrence County
Little Beaver
North Beaver
Plaingrove
New York Mayor Campaign Nears Primary Day
In New York three candidates Vie for mayor La Guardia, Smith and Copeland face a tense home stretch. La Guardia breaks silence with a solo speech while Smith prepares his first platform address since last fall’s presidential race. Police warn all officers to guard against polling fraud as the primary nears.
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James L. Kilgallen
International News Service
New York
F. H. LaGuardia
Alfred E. Smith
New York City
la Guardia
al Smith
Royal S. Copeland
Lewis J. Valentine
Copeland
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
Mahoney
Germany Shows Military Might At Nuremberg Parade
Adolf Hitler watched a large display of Germany's military and aerial power in Nuremberg. Thousands of soldiers, trucks and tanks marched while dozens of planes flew in formation, concluding the Nazi party congress gathering with more than a quarter million attendees.
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International
Nuremberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reichsfuehrer
Europe
Ellis Parker Butler Dies at 67 in Massachusetts
New York Sept 13 Ellis Packer Butler author of Pigs Is Pigs died today at his summer home in Housatonic Massachusetts He was 67 and a native of Muscatine Iowa He had suffered ill health for three years
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International News Service
New York
Ellis Packer Butler
Housatonic
Mass
Muscatine
Iowa
Chinese Troops Fall Back Before Japanese Drive
Shanghai dispatch reports a large retreat along the Whangpoo river as Chinese forces withdraw to a second defensive line. Kiangwan and surrounding areas fell to Japanese control, with 330000 Chinese defenders pulling back to straighten lines and reinforce positions.
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China
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Lotien
Kanghong
Queboo
Diplomats Seek To Curb Soviet Mediterranean Threat
In a tense Nyon session diplomats aim to curb Soviet Union moves as Moscow threatens to convoy merchant ships with warships or arm cargo vessels to fight pirate submarines. Britain and France draft large air and sea assets for Mediterranean patrols with Italy leaning toward participation.
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Switzerland
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France
Mediterranean
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Italy
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Germany
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Algeria
Europe
Rome
United States
China
League of Nations
Japan
Seven Die In Weekend Auto Crashes Across Pennsylvania
International News Service reports seven traffic deaths over the weekend across Pennsylvania. Victims include James W. Reigle 27 of Harrisburg killed near Everett en route to a family reunion and Beatrice Hunt 16 who plunged from a ten foot embankment at a Salunga railroad bridge. Other fatalities include Joan Dunleavy 5 of Philadelphia struck by a car near home. Raymond Wedner 26 of North Braddock hospitalized after leg amputation, died of shock. Charles E. Munhall 58 of Hazelwood struck near Pittsburgh. Clyde Fowler 19 of Warrendale a passenger who died in a guard rail collision. Sarah F E Ulm 2 of Versailles township killed by a streetcar.
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International News Service
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
James W. Reigle
Harrisburg
Everett
Beatrice Hunt
Salunga
Joan Dunleavy
Philadelphia
Raymond Wedner
North Bradtock
Charles E. Munhall
Hazelwood
Clyde Fowler
Warrendale
Sarah FE. Ulm
Versailles Township
Far East War Shifts as Chinese Falls Back Near Shanghai
Shanghai reports 330,000 Chinese troops retreating four to eight miles to a secondary fort line north west of the city under a coordinated Japanese land sea and air assault. Japanese forces gain ground from Hongkong to Tatung as Canton hope seeks isolation.
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International News Service
Far East
Shanghai
Hongkong
Pieping
Shansi
Japan
Soviet Union
Tatung
Canton
Britain
Curfew Enforcement Begins At Nine Tonight
Mayor Charles E. McGrath orders police to enforce a curfew starting at 9 o clock. Anyone 16 or younger on the streets without an escort or on business will be taken to the city building and held until parents arrive.
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Charles E. McGrath
Ralph A. Criswell
Death notices for Mrs Frank Ferrell and Mrs Sadie Gettys
Mrs. Frank Ferrell age 54 of Ellwood City is reported dead. Mrs. Sadie Gettys of Morrill Kansas is listed as deceased.
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Frank Ferrell
Ellwood City
Sadie Gettys
Morrill, Kan Sas
Japanese Landing in Bias Bay Tightens Hong Kong Front
Hong Kong reported a large Japanese landing in Bias Bay marking a new phase of the South China campaign. British authorities said naval forces bombarded nearby Chinese positions as Tokyo presses to seize a Canton Kowloon railroad route, threatening supply lines from Hong Kong.
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International News Service
Hongkong
South China
Japan
Britain
Canton
Bias Bay
Here
Canton-Kowloon
Sleep Haunts Candidate As Goats Haunt Election Night
Arthur Mometer describes a political night where restless voters mock the candidate with imagined goats. The piece questions ward outcomes, whether neighbor Jones gains strength, and notes the candidate will endure sleepless hours on this sixty fourth day.
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Neighbor Jones
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