Russian aviators fly 5900 mile Arctic to San Francisco
Three trepid Russian aviators led by Sigismund Levanevsky embarked from Moscow on a 5900 mile flight to San Francisco via the North Pole. The monoplane aimed to cross Arctic seas and Canadian lands, targeting roughly 70 hours of dangerous travel with high risk until arrival.
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Joseph H. Baird
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Junior Corps And Drill Team Win National Notice
Corry’s girl drill team and the junior bugle and drum corps of Lieut A W Thompson Post No 264 Veterans of Foreign Wars earned national recognition with photos on the front page of Foreign Service the VFW monthly. The girls unit possibly the first such VFW drill team, both outfits draw praise for parades and are invited to carry events at Clarion county fair Ridgway and Laxsdale. A large August 18 picnic is planned for the group and auxiliary with post committees organizing details.
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Clarion County Fair
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Laxsdale
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Farmer In Critical Condition After Hayloft Fall
Devid Canoru, 69, of Morris Road north of Pindisy Lake, Isles, is critically injured after falling from a hayloft yesterday afternoon. He sustained serious back injuries and his age worsens his prognosis. Little change noted in his condition this afternoon at Corry Hospital.
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Roosevelt forecasts work relief near target by Nov. 1
President Roosevelt reiterated that the work relief program aims to provide about 3.9 million jobs by November 1. He expects a pickup in employment in September and October with peak relief work possibly arriving in winter. If 90 to 95 percent of current relief recipients get jobs by then, the plan would be substantially fulfilled. About 2.7 million people are expected to be working by mid autumn, with private industry absorbing the rest before November.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Reuet
Gril Zenge Faces Questioning In Rival Killings
CHTCAGG, Aug 3. Police prepared for a dramatic confrontation with Mandeville W Zenge, the suspected killer of rival lover Dr Walter J Bauer. Officers hoped the presence of Bauer wife Louise Shaeffer Bauer would prompt him to confess to the crude surgery that killed the chemistry teacher. Capt Daniel Gilbert led the inquiry and said the sight of the hurt spouse might break him.
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Cosday
Mandeville
Walter J. Bauer
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Daniel Gilbert
Attorn
Cleveland
Gilbert
Two Charged With Dynamiting Auto In Pa
Wilkes Barre police arrested two men on charges of dynamiting Judge William A Valentine’s automobile last March. The suspects are Emerson Jones, a Wilkes Barre printer, and Charles Harris, of Scranton and New York.
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Wilkes-Barre
Wiliam A. Valentine
Emarson Jones
Wilkes Barre
Charles Harris
Scanton
New York
House Backs President on Tax Proposal
Washington Aug 3 The House stood by President Roosevelt in support of a graduated corporate tax raising the rate for large companies. It voted down an amendment to the tax the rich bill that would have kept the existing flat 133 4 percent rate. The vote was 96 to 40. The amendment by Rep Allen Cran…
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United Press
Washington
House
Roosevelt
Allen Creadway
Mase
Exempt Corporations On Gifts To Charity
Washington August 3 The House rejected amendments in defense of the administration tax the rich bill yet approved a committee amendment granting corporations exemptions on gifts to charity Other proposals including a national lottery a 2 to 4 percent tax on intercorporate dividends and a deduction for purchases from heavy industries were defeated as the House moved toward final action on the measure Monday The ongoing business opposition argues the bill is economically unsound and penalizes efficient large industries Continued on Page Two.
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Schultz defies Gotham ouster plans return
MIMLOND Aug 3 Arthur Dutch Schultz Fiegenheimer defies exile edict and tells his men a return to the Bronx is planned by tomorrow. Fresh from a federal income tax evasion acquittal he dismisses Mayor La Guardia and possible new prosecutions, asserting no one will drive him out of New York.
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Mimlond
New York
Arthur
Dutch Schultz
Fiegenheimer
Bronx
Flegenheimer
Fiorello H. Laguardia
New York City
Church of Nazarene Moves to Grand Theatre Building
The Church of the Nazarene relocates from Johnson hall on West Main to Grand theatre building on North Center. Pastor Ralph G. Merritts says the change is temporary while a new church is built. Services will be at usual hours and the public is invited.
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Support for Guffey coal measure wanes in Congress
Washington. The pathetically unfocused attitude of House leaders toward the Guffey coal bill today raised the possibility it may fail to pass this session unless White House pressure grows. Some members doubt lawmakers can stay in session after tax bills are dealt with to work on the measure. The Ways and Means Committee plans a discussion next week, but several committee members privately doubt the bill’s constitutionality and reportability.
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Washington
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Congress
White House
Ways and Means
Widow and two sons dead from gas in Easton home
A widow Mrs Martha McKinley aged 40 and her two sons aged 12 and 3 were found dead of asphyxiation in their Easton home. Neighbors forced entry after smelling gas, discovering the unresponsive bodies.
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United Press Easton
Martha McKinley
Austin
John
Large Barn Destroyed by Fire on Sherman Faulkner Farm
Sparks from a threshing machine started a blaze that wiped out the large barn off the Corry Union City highway near Union City Friday afternoon. The fire, burning past 6 pm, caused thousands in losses including sixty tons of hay two hundred bushels of wheat and farm equipment. The Robison threshing machine was among the items burned as the blaze spread quickly leaving the home and other buildings intact.
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Sherman Faulkner
Union City
Corry-Union City
Corry
Carnegie Steel Plans New Homestead Mill
Pittsburgh August 3 Carnegie Steel Company a United States Steel subsidiary will begin immediate construction of a new plate mill at Homestead The outlay is estimated between 5 000 000 and 10 000 000 dollars though exact contracts for machinery have yet to be awarded
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Vatican organ attacks Nazi church campaign in Germany
Osservatore Romano, the official Vatican organ, denounces the anti Catholic campaign in Germany and warns German bishops they will face penalties from the Nazi Reich if they preach the gospel. The Aug 3 report frames the clash as a struggle between church autonomy and state pressure in Vatican City.
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Reporters Freed in Texas Contempt Case
United Press reports that Eub org and Hobson newspaper reporters, jailed for contempt of court after refusing to pay 6875 in fines, were released today on writs of habeas corpus. The incident occurred in Angelton Texas where the press group faced detention over court costs and compliance.
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Angelton
Tex
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Free Hobson
Senate Leaders Stand Firm For Death Sentence
Senate leaders backing the administration’s death sentence show resolve in the dispute with the House. President Roosevelt hopes for a satisfactory bill this session while Wheeler signals possible Senate concessions, and Huddleston foresees a possible compromise on Cohen’s presence amid talks.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Burton K. Wheeler
Benjamin Cohen
Cohen
Wheeler
George Huddleston
D. Ala
Plane Forced Down Near Otto NM. No One Hurt
An eastbound Transcontinental and Western Air luxury liner was forced down ten miles east of Otto New Mexico after water in the gas caused an emergency landing. Ten passengers were uninjured. the plane sustained damage with landing gear retracted. Pilot Clifford V. Abbott of Kansas City led the maneuver. Passengers were later transported to Albuquerque by car and placed on another plane to Kansas City.
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Western Air
Otto, N. M
Clifford V. Abbott
Albuquerque
Pat
Five Killed in Truck Collision Near Almaras California
Investigation opened into a highway crash that killed five men and injured seven when two trucks sideswiped near Almaras. Victims include Manley Allred 57 of Alturas and others named Chance 35 Asher 37 Conklin 28 and Pofonder 23.
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Man lynched at pine tree near Yreka after jail take
A mob of about 75 seized C L Johnson from Siskiyou county jail in Yreka and hanged him from a pine outside town. He had confessed to aiding in the slaying of Chief of Police F B Daw of Dunsmuir and implicated fugitive Robert Miller. Authorities moved to protect him but the crowd acted swiftly.
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RITES FOR CRASH VICTIMS TODAY PROBE PUSHED
Funeral services for two youths killed in a late Thursday train truck crash at Althams between Irvine and Tidicute will be held today. Robert Mackay, son of Mr and Mrs R W Mackay, Warren, will be buried after Presbyterian services in Warren with Boy Scouts assisting. Bertrand Teeple Jr of Altham will have services at his home with interment at Tidicute cemetery. Coroner Ed C Lowrey will impanel a jury though no inquest date is known. Authorities continue the investigation. Bertrand Teeple Sr, 63, and Jack Kirsch, Carrick, injured in the crash, are slowly improving at Warren hospital.
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R. W. Mackay
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First Presbyterian Church
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Guild of Honor
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Tidioute Cemetary
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Carrick
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Pedestrians Scattered as Mad Dog Runs Amuck in Pittsburgh
In downtown Pittsburgh a large mongrel, reportedly mad, chased pedestrians after biting G. Aiken, 35. Police hunted the errant dog for over an hour. Aiken received treatment for a bite to the left thigh. In Philadelphia, John Heiner, 44, a former broker, killed himself in his rooming house amid despondency over financial reverses.
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Philadelphia
John Heiner
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Italy Wins Diplomatic Victory As Ethiopia Accepts Plan
In Geneva the League of Nations council announced Ethiopia accepted the league’s plan to end the Ethiopia–Italy dispute. Italy’s approval by Premier Mussolini and Ethiopian consent avert war risk, with three great powers to meet apart to discuss spheres of influence in the region. Britain will represent Ethiopian interests in the tripartite talks.
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Hevar
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Nazis Intensify Drive on Jews and Catholics
Berlin August forecast renewed Nazi campaign against Jews and Catholics. Major General Kurt Daluege warned in Der Angriff of forthcoming legislative measures to curb Jews and strip them of prominent positions. He claimed Jewish alleged crimes were misread by foreign press.
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Markets at a Glance by Unified Press
Stocks higher and active with utilities leading, bonds quiet and irregular. Chicago stocks irregular, foreign exchange dollar steady while guilders firm. Grain shows irregular movements with wheat and oats marginally higher. Cotton near steady. silver par at New York and Montreal futures steady.
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