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Camden Courier-Post, May 7, 1952: two youths, 18 and 14, were arrested after an attempted break-in at a candy store at Sixth and Royden streets and confessed to robbing Schneider's Bakery on Broadway.
Camden Public Works Director Frank Abbott celebrated his birthday with more than 100 friends at a party at Vasco's, Third and Pine streets.
Camden Courier-Post - June 2, 1950 Public Works Director Abbott had a birthday Thursday and more than 100 of his friends and associates helped him celebrate it at a surprise dinner.
Prosecutor Replaces DiMona; Anthony Lario Is Chosen Benjamin J. Dzick , city prosecutor since 1942, today was named municipal judge of Camdent [sic] by Director of Public Safety George Aaron , replacing Police Court Judge John R. DiMona.
Obituary of Mrs. Emma E. Johnson, 77, of 626 Pine Street, Camden, who died in Cooper Hospital; she was the wife of retired Camden fireman Joseph T. Johnson and stepmother of Mrs. Walter Eastlack of Collingswood.
Louis Bumbrey, 56, of 906 South Eighth Street, was fined $100 for maintaining a disorderly house and sent to county jail on a charge of possessing untaxed alcohol after a January 1, 1950 raid on a bootblack parlor at 725 Kaighn Avenue.
Two women and a child were injured when two cars collided at Sixth and Pine Streets; one car was driven by Carl P. Deyhle Jr. of 1594 Collings Road. All were treated at Cooper Hospital.
Policeman James McTaggart, 54, of 3135 Waldorf Avenue, a World War I veteran appointed to the Camden police force in 1927, died in West Jersey Hospital. He was a brother of the late Policeman John McTaggart, who worked a beat on Broadway from Pine Street to Kaighn Avenue.
The Laxton family column from the 1943 Camden City Directory, listing nine entries — among them Eric R. (Blanche P.) Laxton, a driver for the American Oil Company, at 137 North 33rd Street.
Page 64 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for the N. Y. Fur Factory at 719 Broadway, Marchisello Bros. scrap iron at 319-325 Pine Street, Louis DiNunzio's Broadway Beer Garden at Broadway and Liberty, the Ferry Ave. Liquor Store, John's Diner in Fairview, and Betty's Cafe on Mt. Ephraim Avenue.
Page 67 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: compliments of Seltnab, with advertisements for Ed Flanagan's Mobilgas station at 46th St. and Westfield Ave., the Camden Bowling Center at 805 Federal Street, the Black Cat Diner at State and Federal Streets, the Camden Millwork Co. at 327-31 Pine Street, the Camden Recreation Center at 2200 Federal St., Cooper Hosiery Stores at 2635½ Westfield Ave., the Kay-Mel Shop, Mac's Cafe at Market and Ninth Streets, and the Rosedale Dept. Store at 3406 Federal Street.
A 1943 "Compliments of" page in the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book for four Camden Pepsi-Cola distributors: Walter J. Beer, Liberty Bottling Co., M & L Distributing Co. and South Jersey Bottling Co.
The clothing and jewelry store of S. Lester at 713 Broadway was destroyed by a two-alarm fire of undetermined origin following an explosion. Eight companies fought the fire for seven hours, and damage was estimated at $100,000.
A Towers Theatre advertisement at Broadway and Pine Street from the Camden Courier-Post, February 1942, for Hal Roach's Niagara Falls and Geo. Houston in "Wallaby Jim of the Islands," with Big Bargain Night and a Talent Scout Nite on the stage.
A Camden Courier-Post advertisement of July 30, 1941, in which the South Jersey Bottling Co., 266 Pine Street, promotes Scheidt's Valley Forge Beer.
Trenton, July 24.—Helen M. Redfield, 624 Royden street, Camden, scored first out of a list of seven women who passed the examination for information clerk in the Camden Welfare Department, the State C
A July 1941 Camden Courier-Post advertisement for 3 Bros. Markets, listing four store locations — 7th & Vine and 3rd & Birch in North Camden, 9th & Pine and 6th & Walnut in South Camden — with weekend meat specials.
Albert Meloni, 20, of Pennsauken, was held in $500 bail for the grand jury on an assault and battery charge involving a 14-year-old girl, who said he stopped his car on Pine Street and tried to induce her to ride with him.
A June 1939 Camden Courier-Post report on the Municipal Alcohol Beverage Control Board's ruling that even giving away liquor on Sunday breaks the law, in a hearing that reviewed several licensees including the Polish-American Citizens Club.
Four men arrested in a raid on 433 Broadway, who said they were only listening to a radio broadcast of War Admiral's latest turf triumph, were held for grand jury action by Judge Gene R. Mariano. Camden Courier-Post, February 22, 1938.
Police raided a room in the rear of a cigar store at 433 Broadway and arrested four men, confiscating a telephone and horse-racing sheets as evidence of bookmaking on races. Camden Courier-Post, February 21, 1938.
James M. O'Neill's "Checked and Double-Checked" column, signed JIMINY, in the Camden Courier-Post of February 19, 1938: a courthouse joke from the "bingo" numbers racket arrests, David Baird's plan to replace registrar Harry Ecky with Bill Lehman, and a run of social notes, including an old photograph found near Broadway and Federal Street.
Mrs. Alice Germina, Mrs. Leona Kearns and Mrs. Lottie Albertson hosted a bridal shower at Mrs. Kearns' home, 43 South 33rd Street, honoring Miss Libby Hubbs of 820 Pine Street. Miss Hubbs and James Peluse of Wilkes-Barre will be married on April 23.
Camden Courier-Post - February 14, 1938 7 Arrested in Bingo Numbers Racket; 4 Seized in Betting Place Ten men and a woman were arrested in gambling raids over the weekend by Camden city and county authorities.
The Seven Brothers Baking Co., 322 Pine Street, introduces "Tasty-Crust," a sliced Italian-style loaf baked without fat or lard, and recounts the bakery's history from its 1910 opening to the Canzanese brothers' 1916 takeover.
Fourth installment of Frank Sheridan's history of fire fighting in Camden, covering the Hook and Ladder and Steam Fire Engine companies organized in 1869, their equipment, 1886 rosters and pay, and the early chiefs of the paid department.
Third installment of Frank Sheridan's history of Camden fire fighting: how Weccacoe Hose Company kept meeting for 14 years after the paid department took over in 1869 to pay off a $5000 steam engine debt.
The second installment of Frank Sheridan's 1936 Courier-Post history of fire fighting in Camden traces the Weccacoe Fire Company, whose headquarters moved to the old City Hall lot on Federal Street, and the Mohawk, Independence and Shiffler volunteer companies.
Two young women were ordered to leave Camden by Police Judge Lewis Liberman yesterday when they were charged with disorderly conduct on a complaint made by Acting Detective John V. Wilkie.
Jobless Man, Girl Quizzed in Attempt to Obtain $5,000 Painter Nabbed as He Keeps Date to Meet Intended Victim, G-Men Say Case Linked to Holdup of Bank in Pennsgrove By WALTER N. CARLEY An unemployed Camden painter and his reputed sweetheart were taken in custody early today for questioning in the attempted extortion of a Carney's Point store keeper.
Humbert Mauro of 552 Pine Street and Bud Smith of 702 Carman Street were each fined $25 by Judge J. Harry Switzer after a fist fight aboard a Public Service bus on the Williamstown-Blackwood line; they were taken off the bus at Broadway and Federal Street.
Mayor Roy R. Stewart says a shakeup of the Camden police department is likely after the slaying of District Detective William T. Feitz in a disorderly house at 243 Sycamore Street.
Scores of children on their way to school were endangered when two horses hitched to a bakery wagon ran away in South Camden streets, ignoring red traffic lights and shouts of pedestrians and motorists.
Four men were arrested after Michael Di Orio of Pine Street allegedly threatened to kill George Hettrick; Di Orio was held in $1000 bail and the others as witnesses.
Mrs. Rose Paiano, 26, of 1522 Park Boulevard, was treated at Cooper Hospital for cuts suffered in an automobile collision at Seventh and Pine Streets.
Edward Babnew, 73, who had lived alone for 35 years after his wife died, was found dead from gas inhalation in his home at 294 Chestnut Street. His daughter summoned Sergeant Frank Crawford and Detective Joseph Carpani.
Police raided an alleged speakeasy at 1067 Thurman Street and seized four women, five men and 500 bottles of homebrew, according to the Camden Courier-Post of June 18, 1932.
Mrs. Emma Pollard, 32, was held without bail for the grand jury on a murder charge after Rudolph Spicer was stabbed to death in her home; Police Judge Garfield Pancoast also held William Epps as a material witness.
A man and woman were injured on a Saturday night in a collision of automobiles at Twenty-seventh Street and River Avenue; Cosmio Caprice of 310 Pine Street was treated at Cooper Hospital.
Ten-year-old Rafael Petito of 237 Pine Street took $6 from his teacher's desk at the Central School; she guessed he was at a movie theatre, and Police Judge Pancoast sent him back to the Detention Home.
With the death toll from the gas blast at the Public Service Electric & Gas Co. plant at Locust and Cherry streets increased to 15, families began burying their dead; Spiro Cecich, 37, of 1815 Salem Street died in Cooper Hospital.
Albert Mickilli, 12, of 530 West street, was cut on the face and hands when struck by an automobile at Newton avenue near Pine street; the driver, Wilfred P. Jarvis, 21, of 706 Carman street, took him to Cooper Hospital.
Demanding a fair election and protection to Democratic voters, A. Harry Moore was greeted here last night by the largest crowd to gather at a Democratic meeting in Camden's recent history.
Democratic speakers, urging suffrage in the interest of A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and the local Democratic ticket, will invade seven political clubs in the city and county tonight.
Shrine Club to Select Contest Winner at Convention Hall Show Sixteen South Jersey girls are competing in a popularity contest which closes tonight at the first annual professional show and dance of Camden Shrine Club in Convention Hall .
Two persons were injured when the American Legion Post ambulance of Gloucester collided with a truck at Broadway and Pine Street. The truck was driven by John Max, 46, of 928 North 30th Street.
Bartender Daniel McGettigan was fined $100 after a raid on a Spruce Street saloon ordered by public safety director Dr. David S. Rhone for violating the Sunday-closing order.
Roxie Allen, Camden's famed welterweight boxer, and Carmen Passarella of 1227 Broadway were arrested and identified by police as two of four men who held up a craps game at Landisville, where the loot was said to total between $150 and $200.
Roxie Allen, well-known South Jersey boxer, and three other South Camden youths were held without bail after being identified as four of the five bandits who robbed 15 men at a craps game in a Landisville poolroom.
JEALOUSY SEEN AS MOTIVE FOR BOMBING DAIRY Police Seeking Mysterious Stranger in Terrific Downtown Blast MILK PLANT DAMAGED; NEARBY HOMES ROCKED Crudely Made Explosive Placed in Trench Beneath Steps With the owners and the police attributing jealously of business success as the only plausible motive for the bombing last night of the plant of the Sanitary Milk Dairies Company, at 311 Division Street , the search was started today for a tall, heavyset man, with mixed blue suit, as the bomber.