New Castle Woman Refuses Post Office Site Sale
Mrs Mary Wilder Clark, longtime New Castle resident, vows not to sell her Diamond Street home for the new post office. Government plans pick a site on Washington and Jefferson streets, with two parcels awaiting pricing before construction proceeds.
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Washington
Inter-Departmental
Treasury and
Post Office Departments
Washington and
Jefferson Streets
New Castle
Washington, Jefferson and
Market Street
Clark
First Christian Church
Mary Wilder Clark
D. B. Kurtz
East Washington Street
Croton Avenue
Shubanl Wilder
McBride
Beisel
Hoover Silent On Coolidge Letter Hints 1932 Candidacy
President Hoover maintains silence on Coolidge’s self renunciation while Republicans weigh a White House letter of appreciation as a possible signal of Hoover's own 1932 bid. Party unity and solidarity emerge as key factors in facing a difficult election next year.
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Washington
Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Mr. Hoover
Mr. Coolidge
Coolidge
Drowning Case Sparks Coroner to Change Verdict
Coroner Van derslice said he altered the ruling on Mrs Jenny Graham Kane from accidental death to homicidal drowning. He cited fishermen stories not matching Kane testimony and family suspicions of foul play. Letters from Betty Dahl to Kane were shown as motive, with a 1929 training camp anecdote added by Hop Graham.
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Hampton
George K. Vanderslice
Husha Kent Kane
Jenny Graham Kane
Back River
Kane
N. C
Oak blight spotted in city and county trees
Pa Newo observes a widespread blight affecting nearly every oak in the city and county with dead leaves and spots. He notes chestnut and butternut declines elsewhere in the district. Also reported are plans for a new post office and an armory site in New Castle, signaling two large future buildings. Road improvements from New Wilmington to Mercer prompt widening needs on the Wilmington road from Walma to New Wilmington.
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Pa Newe
State Armory Board
New Castle
New Wilmington
Mercer
Wilmington
Walma
Art student jailed by error in foreign mixup
Gertrude Pulscher of Jamestown North Dakota an art student in Paris spent 20 hours in Bardonecchia Italy jail before authorities freed her as a case of mistaken identity. She had resembled an American woman wanted by police for subversive activities against the Italian government and returned to Paris to recount the incident.
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Gertrude Pulscher
Jamestown
N. D
Paris
Bardonecchia
Italy
Miss Pulscher
Alleged Poisoner Of Two Daughters Placed On Trial
In Lebanon Indiana on September 30 Mrs Carrie Simmons stands trial for allegedly killing her daughters Alice 10 and Virginia 14 with strychnine larded sandwiches at a family picnic Three months after the deaths jury selection began with eight men tentatively accepted and prosecutor Ben Seifers qualifying jurors for the death penalty The defense argues a mystery killer added poison after sandwiches were prepared while Mrs Simmons admits making the sandwiches but denies poisoning knowledge
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International News Service
Lebanon
Ind
Carrie Simmons
Ben Seifers
Alice Simmons
Virginia
Doe Dashes Across Street Car Tracks Startles Motorman
Motorman Ray Bailey encountered a startled 80 pound doe on the Youngstown car line near stop 42 as fog shrouded the tracks at about 7 in the morning. The animal sprang aside and disappeared just before the trolley reached it.
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Doe
Ray Bailey
Youngstown
Will Elect County Controller This Fall
Republican and Democratic county committees meet Saturday in the courthouse to select party nominees for county controller for the November election. Republicans meet at 1 30 PM and Democrats at 3 PM following petitions urging the creation of the office. Independent candidates may file by October 6 but cannot use party names unless nominated.
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Republican
Democratic County Committees
Court House
Republican County Committee
Democratic County Committee
Death of Mrs. Sadie Siegel in Chicago Traced to Garroting
Police found 40 year old Sadie Siegel in her Chicago apartment strangled with a bedspread. A foot imprint and a ransacked trunk were the only clues, with authorities estimating death occurred six to eight hours before discovery.
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Sadie Siegel
International News Service
Chicago
Replacing Poles on Friendship and Montgomery Streets
Two poles are being replaced on Friendship Street and one pole on Montgomery Street today by the Pennsylvania Power Company.
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Friendship Street
Montgomery Street
Pennsylvania Power Company
Death notices list local residents and ages
Death notices from New Wilmington and nearby areas list Russell Shaner age 23 of Slippery Rock Dorothy Grace Martin age four of Pittsburgh Carroll Timmer infant Colleen Timmer infant 320 West Grant Street Adolph Forkey age 63 Wilson Avenue Samuel S Warnock age 66 New Wilmington and related names local to the region.
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William McCreary
New Wilmington
Russell Shaner
Slippery Rock
Dorothy Grace Martin
Pittsburgh
Carroll
Colleen Timmer
West Grant Street
Adolph Forkey
Wilson Avenue
Samuel S. Warnock
Duck Hunters Warned of Noon Opening Start
Andrew Dodds president of the Lawrence County Sports men's Association asks sportsmen to note a new federal rule changing duck season opening to noon on October 1. He warns hunters to avoid violations by starting at 12 o clock noon tomorrow.
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Andrew Dodds
Lawrence County Sportsmen’s Association
Dodds
Death toll rises from Beech Creek wreck near Lock Haven
LOCK HAVEN Pa Sept 30 A railroad fireman R Kinkead died at Lock Haven hospital marking the second death from a 30 car pile up on the Beech Creek branch of the New York Central after last night’s wreck Jefferson Martin of Avis a brake man was scalded to death escaping steam Engineer W F Hudson leaped from his cab as the incident unfolded
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International News Service
Lock Haven
R. Kinkead
Lock Haven Hospital
Beech Creek
New York Central Railroad
Here
Jefferson Martin
Avis
W. F. Hudson
Yuma Letter Claims Tax Plan Fails to Drive Fortunes Away
Special To The News from Yuma Arizona argues against taxing big incomes further. It notes wartime rates reached 70 percent yet did not deter the rich, and suggests drought relief humor amid political debate over revenue schemes.
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Yuma
Ariz
Youth Burned To Death In Kittanning House Fire
Fire in Troy Hill near Kittanning traps 13 year old Bernard Kline in a blaze that also burns his father Frank 55 who is not expected to survive. Five other family members escape unharmed as overheated kitchen stove is blamed for the blaze. Mrs Kline treated for shock at a local hospital.
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Bernard Kline
Troy Hill
Kittanning
International News Service
Frank
Bernard
Kline
Hoover To Speak At Waldorf Astoria Opening
President Hoover will make a short radio speech at six p m today for the Waldorf Astoria hotel opening in New York. Mrs J H Cummings has returned home after visiting her daughter Mrs Elmer Mitcheltree of West Middlesex for a week.
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New Waldorf- Astoria
International News Service
Washington
Hoover
New York
J. H. Cummings
East Washington Street
Elmer Mitcheltree
West Middlesex
Probe Murder Of Divorcee In State Capital
The body of Mrs. Doris W. Whittmore a 30 year old divorcee was found in her resort bedroom in Harrisburg. Police rushed to the scene and a murder theory circulated as the corpse showed signs of death about ten to twelve hours old with rigor mortis setting in. The body was discovered by a resort maid Mrs. Rosemond.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Doris W. Whittmore
MacDonald Chooses Early General Election
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, after cabinet unity talks, opts for an early general election leading a coalition to seek a mandate to address Britain's financial and economic ills. Parliament to adjourn October 7 with a Lords notice of the adjournment also announced.
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International News Service
London
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Party
Britain
House of Commons
Marquess of Reading
House of Lords
Akron Dirigible to Attempt 30000 Foot Altitude Test
Akron set for a high altitude test flight of the Navy dirigible Akron potentially reaching 30 000 feet The ship has completed about twenty of the seventy five hour naval testing program while weather and diving tests were also mentioned officials withheld details but informed sources suggested today’s altitude test may proceed.
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International News Service
AKRON
Navy
Paper From 1868 Hidden In Church Ceiling Found
Workmen removing the First Christian Church ceiling on the public square uncovered a New Castle Courant edition dated September 25, 1868. The paper, well preserved and readable, is now with Rev. G. S. Bennett the pastor, drawing interest from local residents.
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First Christian Church
New Castle Courant
G. S. Bennett
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