State Platform Favors Repeal Of U S Dry Law
Albany N Y Sept 26 Crushing the drys by a vote of 728 to 58 the Republican State Convention adopted a repeal plank urging the return of the Eighteenth Amendment The platform endorses Hoover and attacks Roosevelt while signaling a possible third ticket led by a bone dry United States Attorney Charles KH Tuttle of New York is slated for governor nomination at the final session Americans await the convention finale with the party split over prohibition policy
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R. Raymond F. Rorst
New York
Iktoen
Hoover
Roosevelt
Weather and street notes from North Mercer Street
Rains knocked Jerney from trees leaving leaves on the ground and trees appear clean. Chief Horner warns unlicensed dogs will be killed, pleasing residents annoyed by loose dogs. Warm nights persist as early fall arrives amid summerlike heat. Local gardeners welcome late crops that frost could harm. Garden workers at Edwood City road expect potato harvest in about a week. Pa Newe! notes frequent stalled cars along East Wasnincton Street.
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Ta Newe
Mercer Street
Horner
Daily Weather Report Snapshot
Weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 oclock. Minimum temperature 67 degrees. Precipitation 0.03 inches. River stage 4 feet, rising.
Police See Parallels To Snyder Gray Case In Conto Killing
Police in Leechburg Pa believe the case againstJennie Conte mirrors the Snyder Gray murder. Conte, wife of Joseph Conto soft drinks maker, was held for questioning after Conto’s body, decomposed and nearly decapitated by gunshot, was found in woods. A warrant for Constable William Raper alleges connection as an accessory before the fact. A hired gunman possibility is considered.
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International News Service
Leechburg
Snyder-Gray
Nica
Jennie Conte
Joseph Conta
Conta
Conto
Jones Leads Semi Finals in National Amateur Golf Championship
Bobby Jones dominates the morning 18 holes to lead Jess Sweetser 4 up in the semi final while Charley Seaver sits 5 up on Gene Homans. Jones posted a 72 to Sweetser’s 80 as Jones eyes his fourth major of the year in Merion.
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Davis J. Walsh
International
Merion Cricket Club
Southardmore
Bobby Jones
Charley Seaver
Los Angeles
Jones
Jess Sweetser
America
England
Seaver
Gene Homans
New York
Sweetser
Atlanta
Chinese Fire On Yankee Gunboat
The American gunboat Guam repulsed an attack by Chinese communists on the Yangtze River eight miles below Nanking. Rear Admiral Charter D. Mevoy reported no casualties after 200 rounds of machine gun fire and two shells were used. the boat sustained no damage.
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Is Alletim
International News Service
Washington
Guam
Yungsze River
Nanking
Charter D. Mevay
Navy Department
New County Span Opens In Two Weeks
County Engineer T A Gilkey announced the new span over Hickory Creek in North Beaver Township will be opened in two weeks after the concrete flooring finished yesterday cures for two weeks. Painting work is also being completed currently.
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T. A. Gilkey
Hickory Creek
Beaver Township
Wty
Society Woman Grace Newlin Dies by Own Hand in Philadelphia
Philadelphia articles report Grace De Lancey V. Newlin, 30, a prominent Philadelphia and New York social figure, died by poison near Mallvern, Pennsylvania. A note to her mother stated she did not need a doctor as she faced ill health, and authorities said she had been urged to seek care.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Grace de Lancey V. Newlin
New York
Miss Newlin
William C. Sims
Catherine Newlin Burt
Bryn Mawr
Mallvern
de Lancey Newlin
Beacon
N.Y
Grace Whittemore
Erie Superintendent Inspects Local Track
Erie superintendent A. H. Boykin inspected the Mahoning division lines of the Erie railroad embracing the New Castle district today. The inspection occurred from the Terminal building headquarters in Youngstown. The party traveled on the company’s private electric motor car with P. M. Donnellan and P. S. Sarbett.
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Mahoning
Erie Railroad
New Castle District
A. H. Boykin
Youngstown
James Fogarty Granted Federal Disability Compensation
James Fogarty was awarded a permanent total disability rating after a long application process handled by the Lawrence county chapter of the American Red Cross. He was taken to the Veterans hospital at Perry Point Maryland on Wednesday by Veterans Bureau staff from Pittsburgh.
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Lawrence County
American Red Cross
Fogarty
VW SI Veterans Hospital
Perry Point
Veterans Bureau
Pitteburgh
Mystery Plane Hunted After Takeoff From Bettis Field
Pittsburgh dispatch notes an unreported Challenger Robin plane vanished after leaving Port Columbus for an announced destination. Curtis-Wright owned craft last seen in Cleveland with William McNulty and pilot Willard Parker aboard. Authorities broadcast alerts to airports to locate or detain the yellow plane while McNulty faces questions over alleged ownership misrepresentation.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Bettis Field
Port Columbus
Ohio
Curtis-Wright Company
Cleveland
William McNulty
Columbus
Willard Parker
John J. Carroll
McNulty
Parker
Curtis-Wright
McNulty Willl
New Castle High School Score Call Tonight
The News reports the score only for the New Cantle Grove City high school game at Tarcart Field tonight. Call 4000 and ask for Score please to get the final tally.
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Grove City
New Castle
Cantle-Grove City
Dynamite Blast Wrecks Hospital at Bessemer Michigan
Louis Kramer a 42yearold lumberjack is jailed in Bessemer Michigan charged with dynamiting the Grandview hospital lobby to kill a doctor. The blast injured no one as patients escaped and a panic was averted by quick actions.
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Bessemer, Mich
International Mews
Sereion
Bessemer
Mich
Louis Kramer
Grandview Hospital
Kramer
Miners Clash at Illinois Mine Riot Over Unions
In Paquorn Illinois a riot broke out in front of Fidelity Strip mines as followers of John L Lewis clashed with the reorganized miners union. One man was hospitalized with stab wounds and scores of others had cuts and bruises after a confrontation that left the Lewis faction advancing then fleeing across a corn field.
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Paquorn
Ill
Marshall Browning
John L. Lewis
Reorganized Miners Union
Fidelity
Reorganized Union
Lewis
Beverly Hills Scribe Reflects On Russia Talk
Special to The News from Beverly Hills California recounts a whimsical letter exchange about European artists and Leonardo da Vinci, then shifts to remarks on Russia and its influence on Congress. The piece hints at widespread U.S. anxiety over Russia this week.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Brisbane
Europe
Leonardo da Vinci
Russia
Weill
Congress
Ellison criticizes First Ward police protection in council
James Ellison constable and First Ward resident accuses police of failing to protect Grant and Sampson streets. He cites 53 years in the ward, damaged property, and youths gathering to disrupt peace. Mayor Gillespie notes a recent arrest and fine. Ellison threatens to take if given control to show what to do.
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Ellison
Council
James Ellison
First Ward
Grant Street
Washington Street
Police Department
Gillespie
Sampson Street
Y P C U Groups Convene For Fall Conferences
Thirteen United Presbyterian churches in Beaver Valley presbytery will send delegations of young people to the regular fall workers conference at the First U P church at 7 30. Ellwood City and nearby areas will be represented by officers and committee members. Sessions include devotionals, separate conferences for presidents secretaries treasurers and stakeholders, plus counselor and pastor groups. A social period will follow the sessions.
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United Presbyterian
Beaver Valley
Young Peoples’ Christian Union
U. P
Ellwood City
Wurtemburg
Mountsville
Portersville
Centre
Oak Grove
Mt. Jackson
Bethel
Mahoning
Miss Bertha Dodds
Presbyterian Committee
Margaret Long
College Hill
Thomsen Woman Operated On After Perry Highway Crash
Mrs Thomsen wife of Ensign Thomsen in charge of Salvation Army Work underwent spine surgery at Bellevue Suburban Hospital after a car crash on the Perry Highway near Harmony. She is in a cast and listed as doing as well as could be expected. Mrs Ida Hook remains in Salvation Army Hospital Bellevue recovering from shock. Ensign Thomsen stays by his wife. Andrew Cross of Wilmington Avenue, the fourth party member in the accident, is at home uninjured.
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Ensign Thomson
Andrew Cross
Wilymington Avenue
Woman reports sighting Judge Crater at inn near Moncton
Mrs Albany Bourque owner of Fox Creek Inn near Moncton New Brunswick said a visitor matching photos of Supreme Court Justice Joseph Crater stopped at her inn on September 3 staying until 6 39 pm claiming to drive through to Sydney Nova Scotia He said he planned to go to Sydney if he could take a boat to Newfoundland The report links the sighting to the missing NY judge Crater and notes Bourque’s statement crossed with newspaper images and Crater’s disappearance in August.
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New Brunswick
Judge Crater
Colm McGowan
Moncton
Supreme Court
Joseph F. Grater
New York
Fox Creek Inn
Albany Bourque
International News Service
Sydney
Ohio Couple Dead In Woods After Crisis Pact
In Seville Ohio authorities say Merle Immel and his wife died in a suspected personal crisis pact. Mrs Immel died from a shotgun wound in the head while Immel was found nearby shot through the heart. A note urged using insurance money to send their three children Keith Dale and Iris to school. The children were in school at the time.
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International News Service
Seville
Merle Immie
Immel
Mien
Keith
Dale
Iris
Death notices list several residents with ages and addresses
Death records show Lille Anna Dix age 49 of 819 Carson Street Peter Urey, $2 in Sandy Lake, Andrew Schaas 57 of West Washington Street Extension, Harry Dinsmore Baldwin 55 of Butler Part, James Lafayette Colley 58 of S11 Know Street, Richard Griffith and Louise Miller 38 of Philadelphia, 426 Lutten.
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Lille Anna Dix
Carson Street
Peter Urey
Sandy Lake
Andrew Schaas
Washington
Harry Dinsmore Baldwin
Butler
James Lafayette Colley
Know
Richard Griffith
Louise Miller
Philadelphia
Ira
Lutten
Women Travelers Die in Road Crash near Coitsville
A three sister party traveling to New Castle were struck by a car driven by a Salem man near Coitsville. Louise Miller of Philadelphia died. C J Lund of Akron and Frances Milley of Washington were seriously injured.
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Louise Miller
Philadelphia
C.J. Lund
Akron
Frances Milley
Washington
New Castle
Salem
Coitsville
Wimeday
War on Dogs On In Earnest War On Dogs On In Earnest
Police begin earnest dog control with impounding of two dogs owned by Officer Charles Longstretch. A Boyle Avenue resident reports a dog chase. Chief Horner directs enforcement, including shooting unlicensed hogs running at large in the city.
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Larce
Charles Longstretch
Boyles Avenue
Fohce Horner
Jarre
Tneir Anima
Law and felonious hold ups in Surrey street tale
A narrator laments lack of law to punish a robber who threatened with a weapon. He notes the offender has not yet drawn a knife and fears the criminal will escape with a five year limit. The street is described as dangerous while the weather worsens.
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Surrey Sho
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