War blamed for current crime wave in the country
Col. Raymond Robins spoke at the Synod of the West in Highland United Presbyterian church delaying due to a freight wreck. He argued the era’s heated debate between Constitutionalists and Nullificationists fuels crime blame on war, with discussion continued on page two.
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Raymond Robins
New York
Chicago
Synod of the West
Highland United Presbyterian Church
Clarence Johnson
God
Col. Robins
United States
City conduit sale funds to go to improvements
The Bell Telephone Company bought the municipal conduit system for 70000. When paid to the city the money will be placed in the general improvements fund, per Councilman Burns. The sale was approved by the public service commission and officials expect payment soon. Mayor Gillespie warned against misusing the funds.
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Bell Telephone Company
Burns
Public Service Commission
Gillespie
Whimsical Pa Newc Notes On Local Roads And Residents
A playful Pa Newc column reports motorists on the Perry Highway spotting pumpkins amid cornstalks and warns against grape theft. It notes work along the Perry Highway, colored forests on the William Penn Highway, two horses roaming without tack, and a bear near Lewiston drinking orange pop. Black Diamond, a New Castle cat, patrols the police station area, chasing mice. The item hints at an upcoming era of a beautiful road from New Castle in the future.
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William Penn Highway
Pa Newc
Lewiston
New Castle
Weather Statistics 24 Hours Ended 9 A M
Daily observations show a maximum of 87 degrees and a minimum of 65. Precipitation amounts to 0.36 inches with a river stage of 4.2 feet.
Three Holdup Men Will Die in Chair
Earl Sites, 27, the last of a holdup trio in the Ralph Wilcox case, was condemned to death by a Crawford county jury. Fred Massa, 26, and Kenneth R. McCartney, 24, already faced execution for the June 27 killing, with Massa set to die January 2, 1931.
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International News Service
Bucyrus
Ralph Wilcox
Galion
Earl Sites
Ohio Penitentiary
Crawford County
Sites
Fred Massa
Kenneth R. McCartney
Forty-Eight Executed by Soviet Government
Moscow reports the Soviet government executed 48 members of a secret counter revolutionary society led by Professor Ryazantzev. The group allegedly plotted to starve Russia into rebellion and topple the government with aid from a British meat packing firm. Members included former imperial officers manufacturers noblemen and landowners.
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International News Service
Moscow
Counter Revolutionary
Food Combine
Ryazantazev
Russia
Secret Police
Mystery to Sally Ritz on Crater Disappearance
Sally Lou Ritz of Youngstown Ohio calls Crater case a political mixup and offers no clues. She says she met Justice Joseph Crater only on the night of his disappearance when she and her family dined with him and still cannot explain the mystery.
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Sally Lou Ritz
Supreme Court
Joseph Crater
New York
Miss Ritz
Youngstown
Crater
Will Rogers on wheat sales and market speculation
Special dispatch from Beverly Hills quotes Will Rogers critiquing Russia wheat exports and Farm Board enthusiasm. He argues prosperity hinges on legal safeguards requiring actual possession of goods by sellers, criticizing brokers who trade without real stock.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Russia
New Mahoning County Board of Elections Sworn In
Mahoning county inaugurates a new elections board after Secretary Brown suspended four former officials amid what he calls the worst county scandal. Democratic members A. W. Craver and John J. Farrell join Republicans John Marsh and George S. Bishop, replacing the resigned W. C. Simcox and S. A. Arnold.
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International News Service
Youngstown
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Board of Elections
Mahoning County
Brown
Republican and
Democratic Executive Committee
A. W. Craver
John J. Farrell
Gunman shoots telegraph office head in Ashtabula holdup
Charles C. Headley, 51, in critical condition after a Western Union office holdup in Ashtabula Ohio. A gunman escaped with $5, while missing more than 35 dollars in other cash. Police chase the suspect, described as 25 to 30, who fled in a small roadster.
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International News Service
Ashtabula
Charles C. Headley
General Hospital
Western Union
Hoadley
Helen Moses
Miss Moses
Rain Slows Work at Woods & Golder Sites
City Engineer F. F. Miller reports today’s rain slowed progress on Woods & Golder projects in Butler Avenue North and Grant streets but not enough to halt operations. Workers continue on site amid light rainfall.
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Woods & Golder
F. F. Miller
Butler Avenus
North
Grant Streets
Former Johnstown Mayor Denied Pardon By Board
Harrisburg Pa Sept 25 former Johnstown mayor Joseph Cauffiel remains jailed after the state pardon board refused a rehearing in his case He was convicted April 10 1929 of misdemeanor in office extortion conspiracy and perjury and began serving January 1 He had sought pardons both February 26 and September 5 and the board also denied rehearings for 29 other applicants while four were allowed and four cases were continued including two Philadelphia election officers convicted of frauds
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Joseph Cauffiel
Johnstown
Cambria County
State Pardon Board
Cauffiel
William Karman
Harry J. Wacks
Philadelphia
Death Notices for Oliver Stratton Henry Winter Adelaide Micco and E A Donnan
Death records list Oliver Stratton 63 of Little Beaver township Henry C Winter 73 of 110 North Lee avenue Adelaide Micco 61 of Hillsville and E A Donnan 70 of Detroit Michigan.
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Oliver Stratton
Little Beaver Township
Henry C. Winter
North Lee Avenue
Adelaide Micco
Hillsville
E. A. Donnan
Detroit
Mich
Franco Italian Naval Discord Threatens London Pact
Washington officials report the collapse of Franco Italian talks announced in Geneva, undermining the London naval treaty. France and Italy had pursued parity and expanded builds this year, risking a three power framework with Britain, the United States, and Japan.
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London
France
Italy
George R. Holmes
International News Service
Washington
Geneva
Senate
Great Britaan
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Britain
Jones Leads In Third Round Of Amateur Tourney
Robert Tyre Jones held a two hole edge after the first round with Fay Coleman at Merion as he closed strong with pars on the sixteenth and seventeenth and halved the eighteenth after a costly out of bounds on the fifteenth. Gene Homans led Johnny Lehman by four holes after morning play as Lehman faltered on the last three holes.
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Merion Cricket Club
South Ardmore
Robert Tyre Jones
Fay Coleman
Los Angeles
Jones
Coleman
Homans
Lehman Gene Homans
Englewood
N. J
Johnny Lehman
Lehman
Ada Barker Donnan Dies in Detroit At 70
Mrs. Ada Barker Donnan 70 widow of Dr E A Donnan died in Detroit at 11 30 last night after blood poisoning in July and grippe that affected her heart She was born in New Castle daughter of Dr M P and Lucinda Barker active in First Presbyterian Church Red Cross work during World War and taught Sabbath school in New Castle with the A B D girls class.
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New Castle
Ada Barker Donnan
E. A. Donnan
William Miller Wardrop
Detroit
Mich
Donnan
Grippe
Mrs. Donnan
Dr. M. P
Lucinda Kerr Barker
Chicago Gangster Slain By Man He Tries To Kidnap
John Zeigler automobile supply dealer shot and killed a gunman who attempted to kidnap him in his car. Zeigler wrested the gun, chased through downtown, jammed the brakes, and fired, killing the attacker later identified as Washington P Meggary alias George Corbitt, an ex convict.
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International News Service
Chicago
John Zeigler
Zeigler
A. Washington P. Meggary
George Corbitt
Dogs to be killed if kept at large in city warning
Chief C. C. Horner announced dogs allowed to run at large will be killed, licensed or not, unless owners keep them tied. Complaints include property damage and children bitten, with two recent incidents. A girl at 221 Sumner Avenue was bitten through the lip by a dog captured by Officer Longstreth. owner unknown. The second bite occurred yesterday.
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C. C. Horner
A. C. Miles
Sumner Avenue
Charles Longstreth
Not Guilty Verdict in Nar cotics Case
Anegelucci of New Castle was found not guilty of narcotics possession in Federal Court, Erie, Pa. He returned to his business freed of involvement. John De Thomas pleaded guilty and received three years imprisonment.
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Guy Anegelucci
New Castle
Erie
John de Thomas
Thomsen’s Car Overturns On Perry Highway
A vehicle driven by Ensign Thomsen overturned on Perry Highway. Rescue crews responded to the scene and reported minor injuries with no fatalities. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
Woman Hurt As Car Skids On Wet Perry Highway
Ensign Thomsen and three others were in a car that skidded off the wet Perry Highway near Harmony while returning from Pittsburgh. The vehicle overturned twice, injuring Mrs Ida Thomsen who was taken to Bellevue Suburban hospital with serious spinal injuries. Ensign Thomsen was treated for lesser injuries. Others named were Mrs Ida Hook and Andrew Cross.
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Pittsburgh
Perry Highway
Harmony
Ensign V. Thomson
Salvation Army Corps
Ensign
Thomsen
Ida Hook
Quest Street
Andrew Cross
Wilmington Avenue
Bellevue Suburban Hospital
Kellogg Elected Judge of Permanent Court of International Justice
Frank B Kellogg former US Secretary of State and Kellogg Pact author was chosen by the League of Nations Assembly Council for a nine year term as a judge. He received 35 votes while American rivals James Brown Scott and George W Wickersham got eight and two respectively. The Assembly also raised Court judges salaries to 35000 florins 14000 dollars yearly and 50 florins daily expenses.
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International News Service
Geneva
Frank B. Kellogg
United States
League of Nations Assembly Council
Permanent Court of International Justice
Kellogg
James Brown Scott
George W. Wickersham
Green Hill Waystation Adorned by Signs and Rest
A nostalgic roadside scene describes a pretty hill by a city wall where motorists stop for calls and may refill fuel. Bright advertisements for McGoblin's salve, Peppa breakfast, cigarettes, speckled onions, and Doax's pills interrupt the scenery. Weather notes set at seventy eight.
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McGoblin
Doax
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Daily Weather Report
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Yours
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McCarthy
Jess Sweetler
Davis J. Walsh
Ida Lucyle Foreman
University of Utah
Cecil DeMille
Ensign Thomsen
Salvation Army
Bellevue Hospital
League Justice
League Court
Arthur Mometer
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