Pinchot Demands Federal Relief for Pennsylvania
Gov. Gifford Pinchot again pressured President Hoover to fast track Pennsylvania’s share of Reconstruction Finance Corporation relief funds. He urged action by Thursday and an audience with the President if no reply is received, saying the delay harms starving residents.
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William B. Brown
International News Service
Harrisburg
Hoover
Gifford Pinchot
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Pennsylvania
Washington
Pinchot
Haseen
Safe Crackers Hit Westminster College Vault
Safe crackers believed to be skilled in their trade forced the Westminster College fire vault, stealing 150 dollars from the college business office. Early this morning the vault door was found open and the money box emptied. Police were alerted as several suspicious strangers were seen on campus Monday.
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Westminster College
Balwin Sears
Lee
Presi
Local New Castle Fair Opens With Wide Exhibits and Races
The New Castle Fair opened today at the Fair Grounds on Harlansburg road. Weather is warm and sunny as exhibitors arrive for a four day event featuring extensive displays, poultry cattle horses sheep and hogs, crafts, and a rodeo addition expected to draw large crowds.
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New Castle
Harlansburg Road
Merchants Hall
Grange
Lawrence County
East New Castle
Westfield
Liberty
Willard
Witnesses Heard In Davis Lottery Trial In Moose Case
Government claims U S Senator James J Davis profited at least 172000 through charity balls run via the Loyal Order of Moose. Moose Magazine editor Donald F Stewart testified lodges ran the events and Davis proofs referenced the magazine. Cross examination yielded that Davis had not reviewed proofs for years and that only 1930 and 1931 balls carried prizes.
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New York
U. S
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Davis
Donald F. Stewart
Moose Magazine
Order
Supreme Council
Stewart
eStewart
Moose
Louis M. Treadwell
Order’s
Margiotti
Charles J. Margiotti
Pittsburgh
Senator Davis
Plea se trip plans urged as winter tightens roads
The article notes dwindling chances for a Pyma tuning dam area visit as winter tightens roads and urges readers to go soon. It mentions Christmas season bids for three extra parcel post trucks, a Kiwanian attendance race, and a voter registration push with an October 8 deadline. A reader reports odd radishes at The News office.
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Pymatuning Dam
Daily Weather Report Summary for Nine A.M.
U S weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at nine this morning show a maximum of 92 and a minimum of 57 with no precipitation and a river stage of 3.4 feet. The same date last year recorded a maximum of 86 and a minimum of 67.
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U. S
Gandhi Begins Fast to Death in Yeravda Jail Poona
Mahatma Gandhi starts a hunger strike in Yeravda jail Poona with no intention to break the fast. British officials say he may leave or receive visitors but Gandhi refuses to depart and will eat nothing though he may take water with salt. He protests Britain's plan for separate communal elections for India's religious communities.
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Gandhi
India
International News Service
Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
Yeravda
Poona
Mahatma
Kidnap Gang Hunted After 8 Year Old Russell Abducted
Eight year old John A. Russell, son of a partner in a New York Stock Exchange firm, was kidnapped after leaving school and held 12 hours. Captors demanded 25000 dollars, telephoned his parents, and released him on a street car after a second demand was refused. Police nationwide search underway for the kidnap gang.
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International News Service
New York
John A. Russell
New York Stock Exchange
No Clues in Hillsville Blast Fire Destroys Home
No clues have been uncovered in the Hillsville blast that was followed by a fire destroying Sam McCree’s home Saturday evening. Constable W. J. Edwards state police and county officials are still on the case. evidence, if any, was obliterated by the blaze immediately after the explosion.
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Hillsville
Sam McCree
W. J. Edwards
Hillsville Home Destroyed by Night Fire
Roy Languese and his wife with several children escaped a two story frame house fire near Hillsville Briar Hill about 1130 p m. The home was not insured and neighbors aided the family while clothing and shelter were sought. Fire likely started from defective wiring. next door was saved with effort.
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Roy Languese
Roy Louis Languese
Briar Hill
Hillsville
W. J. Edwards
Languese
Carbon Limestone Company
Vandalism Hits Shade Tree Commission Efforts
Members of the Shade Tree Commission and Garden Club condemn vandalism after cement flower boxes were hurled into Neshannock Creek from the North Street and East Washington Street bridges. Two boxes on North Street shattered, the East Washington Street box broke a soft creek bed. The group urges citizen cooperation to protect beautification efforts and postpones planting evergreens this winter to avoid further destruction.
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Shade Tree Commission
Garden Club
Neshannock Creek
North Street
East Washington Street
Commission
Robbery At Chamber Motor Company On Croton Avenue
Police investigated a theft at the Chamber Motor Company on Croton Avenue. The safe was forced and a wooden box containing $30.09 and valuable reports and sales sheets was taken. The nine cents and sheets were found in the furnace, indicating the robber discarded them there after stealing the cash.
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Chamber Motor Company
Croton Avenue
State Primaries Draw Thousands Across New York Wisconsin
Voters in New York Massachusetts and Wisconsin cast ballots in today's primaries with light turnout expected in New York and Brooklyn battles over wet and dry contests. Wisconsin faces a heavy vote amid clashes between La Follette Progressives and Republican Conservatives.
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International News Service
New York
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
la Follette
Brooklyn
County seeks bids for photographic transcription of records
County solicitor John P. Lockhart prepares specifications for photographing county records. County commissioners will invite bids. At least five firms have requested specs and more may follow.
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John P. Lockhart
Triplets Born to Young Mother in Pittsburgh Area
Pittsburgh report from Ohio Valley General Hospital says 22-year-old Mrs. Mary Rose became a mother of triplets, two girls and a boy, her first-born. The birth brings happiness to the McKees Rocks area, where the family awaits recovery.
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Pittsburgh
Mary Rose
Ohio Valley General Hospital
McKees Rocks
Uncle Joe Daniels Talks Roosevelt In Beverly Hills
Special to The News Josephus Daniels, longtime supporter of Roosevelt, visits Beverly Hills and makes bold claims about Roosevelt winning 48 states. The piece notes foggy California and remarks on Hoover, politics, and a joke about vitamin A from a carrot.
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Cal
Josephus Daniels
Roosevelt
Joe
Curley
Boston
California
Hoover
System's Circus Life Praised by Pastor and Showman
The Rev. C. W. Johnstone of Central Christian Church recounts his colorful past as a circusman at a Lions Club event. He praises circus organization and compares its system to business efficiency, noting his transition to ministry about ten years ago.
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C. W. Johnstone
Central Christian Church
Long Avenue
Lions Club
Churches to adopt slow time Sunday in New Castle
Dr. Walter E. McClure president of the New Castle Ministerial Association says at a Monday meeting the group unanimously decided all city churches will observe Eastern Standard Time for Sunday School and church services on Sunday September 25.
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Walter E. McClure
New Castle
Automobile Hits Car on East Street Damages Parked Vehicle
Miss Alison Leslie of Croton Avenue reports a Monday incident where her parked machine on East Street near North Street School was struck by an automobile whose license number was not obtained. The driver caused visible damage to her vehicle.
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Alison Leslie
Croton Avenue
East Street
North Street
Paul F Butz Confined at Home by Illness
Paul F. Butz of Sumner Avenue is confined to his home due to illness.
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Paul F. Butz
Sumner Avenue
Roosevelt Visits Far Northwest Campaign Swing
Roosevelt travels through the Pacific Northwest as the first Democratic nominee in years to seek Washington electoral votes. He plans Oregon next, then California, with Washington the lone state to flip since 1900 except for Wilson in 1916 on the kept us out of war platform.
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International News Service
Roosevelt
Spokane
Wash
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pacific Northwest
United States
Washington
Oregon
Hoover
California
Woodrow Wilson
Road Project Near West Pittsburg Nearing Final Release
County commissioners expect a definite announcement within a few days on the West Pittsburg road improvement. State contract approval was pending releases, now largely complete with only two properties possibly left. All parties seek to start work soon.
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West Pittsburg
October 8 Last Day To Register In New Castle
Voters in New Castle show apathy on the second registration day for the November 8 election. Registrars report few registrations by noon with an expected total unlikely to reach 3,500 for two days, far below the 7,000 marked four years ago during a presidential year. County tax receipts noted.
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New Castle
Probes Theft Of Dynamite At Hillsville Quarry
Constable W J Edwards investigates theft of dynamite detonators caps and fuses from Union Quarry Hillsville last evening. No clues yet. Edwards continues work on the case today.
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W. J. Edwards
Hillsville
Union
Mr. Edwards
Death notices list several residents and ages
Mrs. Lenora Snider 75 Sharon George F Earnshaw 67 Youngstown Ohio Mary Jane Furst 20 212 Winter avenue Mrs Eliza Jane Cameron 88 1420 West Washington Street Infants Tasserrelle 319 Shadyside Rev R N Buzza 84 Knox Pa
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Lenora Snider
Sharon
George F. Earnshaw
Youngstown
Mary Jane Furst
Winter Avenue
Eliza Jane Cameron
West
Washington Street
Tasserrelle
Shadyside
R. N. Buzza
Knox
Work Begins On Wurtemburg Bridge Construction
Preliminary activity on the Wurtemburg bridge started with lumber arriving for sheds to store machinery and tools. Additional equipment arrives today and officials expect actual construction to begin within a few days under the existing contract.
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Wurtemburg
Winter Stock Prep For Hungry Town
The speaker lists a full pantry of foods including beets peaches pears beans succotash soups jellies spreads marmalade jams kraut sausage bacon hams and coal. They note long days and nights of preparation for winter as they stock shelves for hungry folks. The temperature is seventy eight today.
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