School Board Rejects Addition To Senior High School
Eight members at a special session of the New Castle School Board voted to reject a proposal to add to the senior high school after a committee report by Dr. W Fulton Jackson Clyde M Whittaker and Robert L Preston. The motion adopted the report though Preston was absent. The committee argued against the addition citing previously presented data from a 1938 meeting.
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New Castle Schiol Board
W. Fulton Jackson
Clyde M. Whittaker
Robert L. Preston
Jackson
Cport
Bers
Robert JL. Preston
Board of Directors
New Castle
Penna
A. L. Thayer
Indict Ten in Prison Deaths Indict Ten in Prison Deaths Train Wreck In California
Prison superintendent William B Mills his deputy warden and four staff indicted for murder and manslaughter in the roasting alive of four hunger strikers. Eight other bills indict eight more for voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. In a separate report a California train wreck near Tortuga leaves multiple dead and 35 to 40 injured when the Argonaut crashes into the Californian after a likely split switch.
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Fase Court
International Nava Service
Philadelphia
William B. Mills
Helmesburg County
Mills
John A. Boyle
Prank
Sulletin
International News Service
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific Company
Tortuga
Cal
R. M. Richardson
H. R. Parsons
Argonaut
C. E. Morton
Californian
Foor
Chicago
New Orleans
Autumn Arrives as Saint Earhart Roots Mentioned
A local note recalls autumn starting September 28 and recounts a quirky tale about a pastor named for Rev David Earhart and Amelia Earhart. A sportsman saved his hunting dog with little success and a broken thermometer leads to a wait for a replacement. Continuous Page Two tease ends the clipping.
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Ian
F. E. Stough
S. Nores
Earhart
St. John's Lutheran Church
David Earhart
Amelia Earhart
Daily Weather Report Summary of U S statistics
The 24 hour period ending 5 p m Monday shows a maximum of 75 and a minimum of 55 with 91 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 5 feet. Two years ago on the same date records show a maximum of two figures and a trace of precipitation.
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United States
Hurricane course change eases Florida coast danger
International News Service reports the U S Weather Bureau in Jacksonville says the hurricane has shifted to a northerly path and will move offshore over the Atlantic. The bulletin notes no further danger to the east coast as of 6 am EST and refines the storm’s position about 300 miles east of Stuart Florida.
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Atlantic
Stuart
Fla
Three Attorneys Facing Charges in Pittsburgh Case
Pittsburgh district attorney Andrew T. Park filed informations against three lawyers Morris G. Levy Benjamin Crone and Sigmund Rosenwasser alleging fraudulent conversion larceny by trick embezzlement by attorney obtaining money under false pretenses and conspiracy to cheat and defraud related to the citys 350000 worth of consent verdicts from January to June
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Andrew T. Park
Park
Attor Pneys
Morris G. Levy
Benjamin Crone
Sigmund Rosenwasser
German Czech Clash Pushes Relations Toward Break
Clashes between German border guards and Czech troops at Seidenberg on Reich territory left one Czech dead and 17 Nazis wounded, signaling near open rupturing of German Czechoslovak relations. Berlin drafted a stiff protest and ordered Dr Ernst Eisenlohr to stay in Germany as the Czech minister departed for Prague with belongings. reports vary on casualties and whether combatants wore Czech uniforms.
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Auss International News Service
Berlin
Reich
Seidenberg
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Ernst Eisenlohr
Germany
Vojtech Musiny
DNS
Machrisih-Ostraus
Onaga
British Labor Opposes Czech Partition Plan
The British Labour party denounced the Anglo French dismemberment of Czechoslovakia. In a letter to Prime Minister Chamberlain, Attlee called the proposal a grave departure from Britain's guarantees to Czechoslovak sovereignty. Prague awaited a definite decision after talks with friendly powers, signaling the state’s vital interests and nationalities.
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International News Service
London
British Labor Party
Czechoslovakia
Courefi Mes
Downing Street
Prague
Ie Chamberlain
Attlee
Labor
Czesh Re Bation
Death Record notices from September 20, 1935 include three entries
The death notices list Nebecca V. Bryant aged 47 of 702 West Clayton street Allce G. McQuiston aged 78 of Ellwood City and Michael Matts aged 46 of 2 Southview Avenue.
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Nebecca V. Bryant
West Clayton Street
Allce G. McQuiston
Ellwood City
Michael Matts
Southview Avenue
Soviet Denies Report Of Armed Aid For Czechs
In Geneva on September 20 the Soviet delegation to the League of Nations denied U S reports that Soviet Russia promised armed assistance to Czechoslovakia. Spokesmen said Russia is not obliged to aid unless France first goes to Czechoslovakia's aid under the existing treaty.
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International News Service
Geneva
United States
Russia
Czechoslovakia
League of Nations
France
Sur
New CA
Postal Workers to Convene in Erie Cathedral on Lincoln Ave
Northwestern Pennsylvania District Convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers and National Federation of Post Office Clerks will gather with their auxiliaries at Erie Cathedral on Lincoln Avenue. Expected attendance ranges from 300 to 500, with committees led by Carroll Forrest Walter Leslie W E Clarke and others preparing a large event.
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Pennsylvania
National Association of Jnester Carriers
National Federation of Post Office Clerks
Ene Cathedral
Lincoln Avenue
Kenneth Lutz
Carroll Forrest
Walter Leslie
W. E. Clarke
Albert Klingensmith
Jesse Wilson
Thomas Davis
Maisie
NIEW
Castle
Probe Death Of Norwalk Postmaster In Ohio
Huron county authorities and Coroner J. D. Bradish investigated the mysterious death of Postmaster C. O. Frederick age 55. His body with a bullet wound near the heart was found at the rear of the Norwalk post office late last night. A revolver was found partially in his side pocket.
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International News Service
Norwalk
Huron County
J. D. Bradsh
C. O. Frederick
Hradish
Frederick
Nny
Hull Plans New Note For Mexico
Secretary of State Hull indicated a new note would be sent to Mexico to press settlement of the land seizure issue before week’s end. After talks with Mexican Ambassador Francisco Castillo Najera both men said discussions were informal with no decisions reached. Hull expected a draft within a day or so but offered no details.
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Washington
Hull
Mexico
Franciscn Castillo
Najera
Tech Professor Fatally Stricken At Carnegie Tech
James W. Howell assistant professor of economics at Carnegie Tech collapsed and died while visiting relatives with his wife Helen Buckland and son Jimmie two days before resuming duties after a year’s leave. A Philadelphia native, he joined the faculty in 1928. In Sharon Pennsylvan ia a 60 year old unnamed train rider fell from an Erie passenger train near the Sharon Steel yards and died. body moved to a funeral home.
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International News ‘Service
Pittsburgh
James W. Howell
Carnegie Tech
Helen Bucnland
Jimmie
Howell
Tech
New Castle
Laren Sharon
Erie
Sharon Steel Corporation
Body of Missing Man Found Near Taylor Township
Michael Matis, 46, of 2 Southview Avenue, disappeared Tuesday and was found dead beneath a tree on the Cooper farm in Taylor township. He apparently hanged himself with a strap. the body lay decomposed until discovered by Charles Stapf while trailing dogs near Shenango-Taylor schools. Matis had been despondent over heart and stomach trouble.
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Michael Matis
Southview Avenue
Cooper Farm
Taylor Township
Shenango-Taylor
Martha Street
Matis
Charles Stapf
Jlome
Jnna
Bur TN New Castly
Alabama Moths Reach Pennsylvania in Unusual Invasion
Pittsburgh report describes hundreds of thousands of Alabama moths migrating from their herds to East Liberty Pennsylvania last night and today. Zoologists attribute the strange visit to high altitude winds carrying the insects southeastward. The moths are identified as Alabama Argill scate.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Alabama
Corrigan
East Liberty
Pennsylvania
President Roosevelt Confined With Severe Cold at White House
President Roosevelt remained in the White House study and executive offices with a severe head cold. He was seized with the illness yesterday afternoon and received the customary spray treatment ahead of his weekly press conference.
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Infarnational Laws Service
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Storm warnings issued along North Carolina coast
Tropical hurricane off the Florida coast veered north and prompted weather officials to hoist warnings from Wilmington to Cape Hatteras. The National Weather Service issued orders and alerts for coastal residents and maritime interests as the storm moves northward.
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Tntemmnadora News-Service
New Orleans
Epi
Florida
North ‘Carolina
Wilmington
Cape Haliieras
Czech Cabinet Faces Agonizing Dilemma In Shock Crises
From Prague and Berlin reports the Czechoslovak cabinet confronts a dire choice as Hitler’s forces advance. If Prague resists, it risks decimation and occupation. if it yields, it risks revolution and war. Czechs seek time by pressing France for aid while Sudeten free corps clash at borders and Poland moves on Teschen. An urgent query to France goes unanswered as regional tensions escalate.
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Hradslo Palace
Hitler
Sudeten Frée Corps
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Bebbia
J Tapidls
Neville Shaimberlain
Edequard Daladier
France
Czechojakia
Sudeten Free Corps
Teschen
Poland
Nicholas Horthy
Hungary
Berchtesgaden
Trainmen Die in Wreck Near East Deerfield Mass
Two Springfield railroad men were killed when a Boston and Maine freight train derailed near East Deerfield Massachusetts. Engineer W F Christian burned and injured. fireman G Bixby and brakeman Whitehead killed. another man injured.
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International News
Seretea Statt
East Deerfield
Mass
Springfield Railroad
Fivo
Boston and Maine ‘Railroad
G. Bixby
W. F. Christan
Albert Ownerg
Poland Serves Formal Notice on Czechoslovak Minority
Poland, via ambassador Jule Lukasciewicz, served a formal notice to Czechoslovakia and foreign minister George Bonnet asserting Poland will not remain indifferent to minority rights. It demands parity with Sudeten Germans and participation in talks, with similar démarches in London Berlin and Rome. About 741 Poles live in Czechoslovakia, making up 5.6 percent of the population.
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Paris
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Jule Lukasciewicz
George Bonnet
London
Berlin
Rome
New Castle
Paroled Convict Held On Federal Charges
William Kissell, a paroled Erie born convict, faces two federal counts for violating postal laws. Indicted for breaking into the Saltsburg post office in September 1937, he allegedly stole $200 cash and stamps worth $800. Arrested in Williamsport three weeks ago, Kissell had been paroled earlier this year after serving most of a 7 1/2 to 15 year Western Penitentiary sentence for robbing the American Welding Company office. Others awaiting action include Clifford Mahar James Martin and Joseph Kelly per Ruthgrides in New Castle.
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Internacional News Service
Erie
Wiliam Kissell
Postaliens
Saltsburg
Williamsport
Kissell
Western Penitentiary
The
American Welding Companys
Clifford Mahar
James Martin
Joseph Kelly
Ruthgrides
New Castle
Death of girl under Erie police investigation
Dorothy Liposky died after being struck by a car driven by Charles T. Ruland superintendent of Earle Knox Compressor. Police report the child darted from behind another vehicle into the path of the automobile near her home in Erie. Father Andrew Lagosky, a grocery store operator, rushed to the scene to find his daughter injured.
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International News Service
Erus
Dorothy
Liposky
St. Vincent's Hospital
Charles T. Ruland
Earle E. Knox Compressor Company
Ruland
Andrew EB. Lagosky
Prague Deliberates On Anglo French Partition Plan
Prague's government debated the dismemberment proposal to avert war. A long session issued a memorandum to London and Paris seeking details on an international guarantee for Czechoslovakia's reduced borders. Gas mask distribution neared completion as Red Cross and civil defense measures expanded.
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Prague
Red Cros
Pir
Marians
Dent Eduard Berns
Somo
London
Paris
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
BCY
New Casrie
Roosevelt to Meet Over Railroad Crisis at White House
President Roosevelt will host a White House conference at 2 p.m. with labor and management leaders to discuss the financially stricken railroad system and the threat of a 15 percent wage cut. The meeting will cover railroad financing and mergers, with the strike danger a central issue.
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C International News Service
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Ratirald
Stephen T. Barry
BUX
New Castle
Frost Approaches as Summer Fades and Crops Respond
A fragment describes frost approaching as summer ends. Cabbages may suffer, tomatoes and carrots react, and gardeners brace for changes in crops. The tone hints at seasonal transition and preparations for cooler weather.
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