Neshannonck Plans Consolidated High School Building
Residents vote to start immediate plans for a consolidated school housing elementary junior and senior high students. A 24 room structure with auditorium gymnasium and classrooms will be built around the existing Neshannock Public School in the Walmo district. Estimated cost exceeds 1000000 with state funds to be sought.
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Neshannock Township
Neshannock
Neshannock Pt.a
George Miles
Walmo
Elks Lodge Bulletin Praises Shenandoah Convention
The Elks Lantern notes Shenandoah Pennsylvania hosts one of the finest New Castle state conventions, carries a long tribute, and reports praise from other lodges. It also comments on driving rules, roadside markings, albino deer sightings, deer season anticipation, and local shrub pruning trends.
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the Elks
The
Elks Lodge
Shenandoah
New Castle
Elks
Pa Neve
Washington Street
Deer Country
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending Thursday report maximum 74 and minimum 62 with .21 inches precipitation and river stage 04 feet. A year earlier the high was 72 and low 40 with no precipitation.
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United States
Art & P.m
Taximum Compersaire
New Castle High Football Opens Season at Taggart Stadium
New Castle hosts Butler in the curtain raiser at Taggart Stadium tonight. The game kicks off at 8 o clock with The News 4s providing live progress reports.
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New Castle High
Taggart Stadium
Butler High
Wampum Plans New High School
Wampum announces a new high school to be built with financing from the WPA and General State Authority, plus local taxpayers. The 22‑room facility includes a gymnasium auditorium shop art and science rooms with construction hoped to start within ninety days. Estimated cost ranges from 175000 to 200000 with Wampum designated as an Attendance area center under the Department of Public Instruction.
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Wampum
WPA
W. G. Eckles Company
Department of Public Instruction
Sew Castle
Roosevelt Cancels Saturday Speech in Washington Crisis
President Roosevelt canceled a scheduled address in Poughkeepsie New York on the 180th anniversary of New York's ratification of the constitution as European tensions rise. He then met in the White House with Secretary Hull and later joined by Secretary Morgenthau to discuss policy amid possible war.
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Robert G. Nixon
International News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
White House
Hull
Roosevelt Hull
Treasury
Morgenthau
New Castle
Polish Minority Demands Self Determination in Czechoslovakia
The Kurier Poranny calls for self determination rights for the Polish minority in the Teschen region of Czechoslovakia. The move signals Poland aligning with nations seeking dismemberment of Czechoslovakia.
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Warsaw
Kurier Peranny
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beck
Poland
Kurier Poranny
Teschen
BCY
New Castle
Wilson
Hitler Demands Sudetenland Return and Autonomy
Chancellor Hitler told Neville Chamberlain during the Berchtesgaden talks that Germany demands the return of the Sudetenland to the Reich and municipal autonomy for Germans within Czechoslovakia if they are not a clear majority. He warned that failure to meet the dates could trigger further measures and suggested a peace pact to guarantee neutrality.
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Limititier
Sudeten Rgion
Reich
Weld Chamberlain
Germany
Hitler
Fuehrer
Europe
New Castle
Mayor appoints industry board to inspect vacant plant sites
Mayor Charles E. McGrath named Herb McGoun Norman A. Clark and L. B. Reund to a council approved committee to investigate vacant industrial property for potential relocation of a firm. The panel will contact owners or agents to assess availability following a push from the Greater New Castle Formation Committee.
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Charles E. McGrath
Herb McGoun
Norman A. Clark
L. B. Reund
McGrath
Greater New Cassle Association
New
President Roosevelt Returns to Washington Amid European Crisis
President Roosevelt cut short his vigil at his son James's bedside to reach Washington and oversee a swift policy review as Europe teeters on the brink of war. Cordell Hull met him at Union Station and briefed him on a three hour conference with Adolf Hitler at the Bavarian retreat.
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Robert G. Nixon
International
Washington
Roosevelt
America
James
Europe
Union Station
Cordell Hull
Hull
White House
Hitler
New Castle
East Side To Ask For Traffic Cops
East Side residents call a mass meeting at Rose Avenue and Thaddeus Stevens school Tuesday at eight to demand proper police protection during rush hours. Scott Kerr chairs the event with school principals and teachers backing the effort.
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East Washington Street
East Side
Rose Autine
Rose Aveenue
Thaddeus Stevens
Scott Kerr
Schoals
Testimony and Denial in Sunday Movie Bribe Probe
In Harrisburg the sixth day of a house graft probe featured testimony and denials over a 1933 Sunday movie bill bribe. Rep. Charles Melchiorre and ex-Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti clashed as Melchiorre denied a $5,000 sale claim and Stern and another unnamed person were named in the alleged deal.
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J. William Theis
International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House
Bribi
House Committee
Rep
Charles Melchiorre
Philadelphia
Charles J. Margiotti
Melchiorre
J. David Stern
Melciorre
Stern
New York
Marriotti
Democratic Organization
Edward B. Lee
A. Lake
Pittsburgh
Car BH. Snelley
Ou Faye Teo
Hazardous devices cause fatal harm in Barcelona attack
Twenty three people were fatally harmed and sixty injured when insurgent planes dropped sixty hazardous devices on Barcelona Spain in September. The incident occurred near Barcelona's fish market district with casualties reported across the city.
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International News Service
Barcelona
Spain
BLY
New Castle
Hitler Ready To March For Sudeten Plebiscite Demand
Sudeten leaders report Adolf Hitler pressed Neville Chamberlain for a rapid plebiscite in the Sudetenland, with German troops policing during the vote and an international force if refused. Failure to gain British and French consent could trigger a German march into the region.
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Knickerbocker International News Service
ASGH
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Voletor
Reich
Bke
Saar
Britroops
Hitler
Britain
France
Chamberlain
Prague
Konrad Henlein
Fears Lift For German American Travellers Abroad
German born Americans travelling in Germany were told by acting German consul W F P Knopfel they are under US protection after renouncing German citizenship. He stated that US citizens will not be held by Germany in wartime. In New Castle workers report WPA excavation on Boyle Avenue for paving between Highland and Blaine streets. The project widens cartway to 28 feet as a city WPA job.
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tToe
Boyles Avenue
Pittsburgh
America
Naxis
W. F P. Knopfel
Germany
United States
AUY
WPA
Highland Avenue
Blaind Street
Henlein
Heeeless
New Castle
Deaths of Frank Ranshel and Percival N. Hurlay
Two obituary notices list Frank Ranshel aged 61 of North Beaver Township and Percival N. Hurlay aged 71 of Ellwood City in the Friday death records for September 16, 1998.
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Frank Ranshel
North Beaver Ownships
Percival N. Hurlay
Ellwood City
Henlein Fleeing to Germany Supposed Sudeten Leader Sought
Prague reports indicate Konrad Henlein, Sudeten leader, may have fled to Germany to avoid arrest on high treason charges. Officials comb the border region for him as the hunt continues with Prague denying arrests. The charges stem from his annexation moves against Czechoslovakia.
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George Langweil
Prague
Konrad Henlein
Germany
Hitler
Czechoslovakie
Five Die in Head-On Crash Near Urbana Ohio
Five people died and three were injured when two cars collided head on seven miles south of Urbana. The dead are Beatrice Lautden 21 Urbana Orville Bowers 22 and Robert Harrold 23 Huntsville James Kennedy 21 and Jack Strong 24 Springfield. Ariine Whittemore Urbana is in critical condition.
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International News Service
Urbana
Mies
Here
Beatrice Lautden
Orville Bowers
Robert Harrold
Huntsville
James Kennedy
Jack Strong
Springfield
Ariine Whittemore
NRW
Sudeten Fugitives Cross Into Germany
Ten thousand Sudeten refugees have crossed the border into Germany from Silesia as police and armed groups pursue them in a reported man hunt. Sudeten German spokesmen blamed Green police and communists for the crackdown affecting the evacuated population.
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International
Hirschberg
Silesia
Sudeten
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Delmad
Green
Dissolution of Sudeten Deutsche Party Ordered
The Czecho Slovak government ordered the dissolution of the Sudeten Deutsche party led by Konrad Heinlein. This was reported by a Reuters dispatch from Prague. The action was announced late in the day amid Prague’s political developments.
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Hernaional Sawa
London
Sudeten Deutsche Party
Konrad Heinein
Reuter
Prague
New CA
Deny Right To Cross-Examine by Committee Ruling
Harrisburg dispatch reports the house graft charge committee ruled that Charles J. Margiotti's counsel may cross-examine witnesses only through the panel or its counsel. The decision pauses direct questioning of Melchiorre, a Philadelphia Democrat accused of a $5000 bribe.
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William Theis
International News Services
Harrisburg
House
Atorney
Charles J. Margiotti
Herbert B. Gohen
Margiotti
Hep
Che Melchiorre
Philadelphia
Melchiorre
Margiott
Justice Beatt
Cowen
Ap Committee
Margioca
Sebastian Pugliese
Cohen
BLY LN
New Castle
Two Killed In Auto Crash Near Erie Pa
Erie Pa Sept 16 Two men Sam Corso 86 and Frank Giammanco 48 Italian produce dealers were killed instantly at 3 am near West Portland when their car failed to make a curve. Four other passengers were slightly injured. Corso was father of three children and Giammanco father of four. The car overturned and pinned them beneath the wreckage.
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Serviory Erie
Sam Corsa
Frank Giammanco
West Portland
Here
Ij Party
Angola
Nel Oro
Corso
Giammanco
DiamiInatico
New Castle
Chamberlain Returns to London After Warm German Reception
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain reported gratification at the warmth and friendliness shown by Adolf Hitler and the German leadership on his return to Munich. He said he hoped to return to Germany soon to continue peace talks as Nazi authorities planned further conferences at Godesberg.
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Potn Senspergie
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
London
Britain
Fuehver
Germany
Munich
Reich
Chamberlan
Hitler
Chamberlain
Godesberg
Prime Minister Chamberlain Returns From Talks With Hitler
Prime Minister Chamberlain arrived in England after a visit that included a long frank talk with Adolf Hitler. He warned against speculation and said he would discuss events only with his ministers, noting no information on any conference with Hitler at present.
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Hitler
National News Service
London
Chamberlain
England
Adolf Hitler
Heston
Herr Hitler
Biy
Luncheon Plans for Constitution Day In Cathedral Hall
Last minute preparations mark the Constitution Day Luncheon set for Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Cathedral dining room. Mrs. Carl Hart reports confidence in a fine luncheon with Service led by the Spoworth Church Guild and pop singing by Mrs. James A. Rugh. Speaker John S Herron, former Pittsburgh mayor and County Commissioner, will be introduced by Roger W. Rowland, with Mrs. Rigs introduced by Mrs. Har. Sponsored by Republican Women of Lawrence County, the event commemorates the U.S. Constitution’s 150th anniversary. Similar luncheons are planned nationwide.
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Cathedral
Carl
Hart
Deziacy
Spworrh
E.hhurch Guild
Lawrence County
Old Mother Goose verses reimagined in streamlined form
Fragmentary lines recall nursery rhymes once sung by mothers and aunts now transformed. References to King Cole and Boy Elie hint at updated versions and changes in tradition. Weather mention suggests a casual, era tone.
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Mother Goose
King Cole
Elie
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