Corry Guardsmen Aid 112th Track Victory
Major General William G Prive ordered 2200 guardsmen of the 56th Infantry Brigade to march from Camp Romp toward Harrisburg. The 112th Regiment led by Colonel Blaine Smathers won the brigade track championship with a score of 126 1 2, while Company G from Erie received a league trophy for the state basketball championship. The First Battalion of the 112th, under Major Frederick L. Pond, placed high in battalion competition with units from Meadville Grove City Corry Ford City and Butler, scoring 70 points.
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United Press
Romp
Mt. Gretna
William Gprive
28Th Dision
Pennsylvania National Guard
56Th
Harris Wirh
Susquehanna River
111Th Regiment
Charles B. Pin Jey
Wayne
Westron
112Th Infantry
Pennsylvania
Blaine Smathers
Grove City
112Th Regiment
Military Athletic League of Pennsylvania
Meyer Gasman
Erie
Dudley G. Roth
National Guard
Compelon
Corry
Ford City
Butler
Word City Guardsmen
C Company
Ralph W Relsgen
No Trace Found of Explorer on Rudolph Island
Aboard the Soviet icebreaker Malygin, Dan Dresser reports no sign of Capt. Amundsen or six Italians from the Italia on Rudolph Island. The crew located the Finn cache but found the island undisturbed. heavy ice prevents further northward advancement, prompting a search southwest for the Italia survivors and General Nobile.
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Amundsen
Dan Dresser
United Press
Ig H
Gould Amundsen
Rudolph Island
Vimperio
Nobile
Italia
Safety devices urged by jury after Little Sister fire
Pittsburgh August 6 coroner jury returned eight verdicts of accidental deaths after a blaze at the Little Sister of the Poor Home killed 47 aged inmates. The jury urged installation of fire prevention and safety apparatus in all Allegheny county institutions housing people and considered causes including spontaneous combustion an electric floor heater and a faulty copper jumper. An ordinance to require such safety equipment for city institutions is being drafted. Mr and Mrs Jurlson and son Donald and Mr and Mrs Walter Windahl plan a trip to Atlantic City tonight.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
HL. D. Ley
Two World Flyers Land on Japanese Soil
Jean Hiers Clyde H. Panghorn and Hugh Herndon Jr landed on Haneda Airport near Tokyo at 6 50 p.m. on their way from Khabarovsk Siberia toward a non stop Pacific flight to Seattle. They moved on to Tachikawa Airport outside Tokyo to continue their route.
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Tokio
Japan
Jean Hiers
Clyde H. Panghorn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Khabarovak
Siberia
Toka
Pacific
Seattle
Haneda
Tachikawa
Carnegie grid star foils two bandits in Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech fullback John Karcis, acting as a West View park policeman, thwarted a $3,000 park-receipts robbery in downtown Pittsburgh. He engaged two bandits, one surrendered, the other fled. Fellow suspects Harry Schoko and Gerald Croke were questioned as bystanders.
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John Karcis
United Press
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
West View Park
Clarence Hosek
John T. Wilson
T. J. Murphy
Kareis
Ignard
Woodstreut
Farmers Bank
Hosele
Wilson
Karcia
Murphy
Karcis
Hosek
Harry Schoko
Harrisburg Raids Result in 22 Arrests Across City
Harrisburg officials report 22 arrests after 271 raids by 27 city agents and 60 policemen under Deputy Prohibition Administrator J C Lewisburg. Five held in jail and 17 free on bail as raids target purchases used as evidence in the crackdown. The operation drew praise for its quiet execution and breadth.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Prohibition
J. C
Lindberghs Plan Northward Flight From Point Barrow
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh rest in Aklavik as storms loom and fuel scarcity at Point Barrow threatens the next leg of their 7 000 mile Washington to Tokyo flight. The Northland cutter races fuel, may meet Lindbergh near Tee Capes if Barrow cannot be reached.
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United Press
Aklavik
Northwest Territory
Royal Canadian Signals
Edmonton
Arctic Vlan
Charles ‘A. Lindbergh
Fran Washington
Tokio
Iapan
Baker Lake
Bindberghs
Filer
Point Barrow
Lindbergh
Lindbergha
Coast Guard
Northland
Tee Capes
Alaska
Highway Dept Pushes Work On 122 Contracts
Harrisburg report shows state highway system employment of 19 209 men for the week ended July 30, an increase from the prior week. 40.2 miles of new pavement and 51.9 miles of light type highway were completed, with 122 contracts active and pavement laid on 45. Season totals reach 187.88 miles by contract and 470.04 miles by departmental crews.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Highway Department
Nore
Explosion at soap plant leaves two dead in Ontario
Two men died and a third was seriously burned after an explosion at the Proc tor and Gamble soap plant in Hamilton Ontario. Jack Kerr and Oswald Gardiner died shortly after the blast while Frederick Hollingeworth remained gravely injured and receiving care. Authorities continued to investigate the cause of the blast at the General hospital today.
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United Frese Hamilton
General Hospital
Proctor and Gamble
Jack Kerr
Oswald Gardiner
Frederick Hollingeworth
Wilkins Abandons Polar Sub voyage for Spitzbergen
Sir Hubert Wilkins announced that the submarine Nautilus will abandon its plan to reach the North Pole under the ice this year. It will move to Spitzbergen for limited Arctic exploration, after a mid Atlantic breakdown delayed its voyage from the United States to Iceland.
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Wilkins
Polar
United Press Tidenstegh
Norway
Nautics
North Pole
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Schitzbergen
Spitzbergen
mid-Atlantic
United States
Gland
Bergen
Oil Operators Move to Combat Well Closing
Oklahoma City news reports Gov Murray orders martial law and field takeovers as 200 National Guardsmen seize oil fields. Sinclair named by the governor amid efforts to prevent operator resistance. Wells operated only if crude price reaches $18 a barrel. price stands near 50 cents, up from 22.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
William H
Murray
Sinclair Company
Harry Sinclair
Girl Routs Bandit Gang at Bank Heist in Philadelphia
A 14 year old girl, Nort Bugliese, saved her father and $500 by throwing two pop bottles at three bandits who threatened to shoot. They fled when she cried for help as subway workers pursued and arrested two men, Paul Hor of Detroit and Andrew Moore of New York, charged with highway robbery.
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Philadelphia
Nort Bugliese
Mercantile State Bank
Paul Hor
Detroit
Andrew Moore
New York
Labor Department Says It Has Broken National Smuggling Ring Backbone
Washington reports that Doak announces the break of a nationwide alien smuggling ring tied to thousands of illegal entries. Two men named as leaders, three immigration service employees, and four others arrested in New York with more expected. The scheme allegedly sold counterfeit permits and used fake deportation warrants to blackmail foreigners.
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Department of Labor
United Press
Washington
Witnesses to Testify at Nick Philopovich Death Inquest
About 50 to 70 witnesses will testify at the inquest into the death of Nick Philopovich a storekeeper in Arnold City Pennsylvania who was shot during a coal strike disturbance in front of his store on June 24. The inquest date was tentatively set for the week of September according to Coroner S A Baltz who plans to hold it near the scene of the shooting.
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Ney Eit
Uniontown
Nick Philopovich
Arnold City
S.A. Baltz
Arnold Guy
Cramer Aerial Survey Explores North Atlantic Route
Parker Cramer of Rockford flies a secret survey over the North Atlantic from Greenland to Copenhagen. Edwin G. Thompson of Trans-American says the expedition tests a practical U S Europe air service with ground bases and safer, economical operations.
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United Press
Copenhagen
Denmark
Parker Cramer
Rockford
Igiator
Angmagsalik
Green
North Atlantic
Greenland
Cramer
Scandinavia
Bert Hassell
Antin Bowler
Ilinois
Europe
Edwin G. Thompson
Trans-American
Flying Boat Sets Northward Flight From Brazil to New York
The German flying boat DC-X departed Bahia Brazil on a northward leg to New York from Rio de Janeiro. Pilot Dutch Schildhauser guided the craft with passengers including Mrs Gloria Adams and Mrs Dorit Von Clausbruch aboard. Refueled at Bahia and Natal, it will continue via Macelo Para and Cuba before reaching Florida and New York.
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Ig United Press
Bahia
Brazil
New York
Rio de Janeiro
Pernambuco
Glora Adams
Dorit von Clausbruch
Adame
von Clausbrick
Germany
Clarence Hi
Para
Amazon
Cuba
Florida
Wine bricks court case sparks New York dispute
Federal courts will decide if wine bricks sold in New York are legal after a raid on a Fifth Avenue shop near Marble Collegiate Church. Operators were arrested, 140 bricks seized, and 10 sellers released. public interest surged as hundreds gathered for the so‑called bubble bricks.
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United Press
New York
Fifth Avenue
Marble Collegiate Church
Daniel A. Poling
Ho Pedic
Carlos
Shotgunning of N Y Tots Thot Solved Eye New Ones
The Bronx Home News reports a copyright story identifying Anthony Trabino as connected to the August shooting spree on 107th Street where gunmen targeted children. Trabino, 21, a former partner of Harlem racketeer Vincent Coll, allegedly implicated Coll in the Little Italy raid.
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New York
Aug
The
Bronx Home News
Pace
Anthony Trabino
Hast 107Th Street
Tettdropino
Vincent Coll
Harlem
Trabino
Radio programming highlights from today
The schedule lists NBC network 6:15 The Texters on WI2Z and 8:00 Birthday party on WEAF via MBC network. WABC CBS offers 10:10 Radio Rowndip, while 8:00 San Gerson and Crumit appear on WiNEO network.
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Wi2z
NBC
WABC
CBS
Artaur Pryor
WEAF
MBC
Wineo
San Gerson and Crumit
New Hospital Superintendent Named Soon
Corry Hospital board plans to announce a new superintendent within days. Miss Ruth Clyourn resigns July 180, while Mildred Young continues as acting head and July admissions show 196 patients, 660 days of service, plus 2 deaths and 14 births. Major finances discussed. further expense curtailment planned.
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Corry Hospital
Ruth Clyourn
Brown
Dekesay
Harper
Bentley
Graham
Biston
Mildred Young
Clymen W. G
Ar 1
Silja J
Two Highway Contracts Let in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports two road projects awarded by the state to Ohio firms. Beaver County will get 1.5 miles of concrete road at Midfield Borough for 25,442 dollars to Young and Keeseeker of Youngstown. Westmoreland County will see 4.8 miles of concrete in St. Clair and nearby areas awarded to Gray Brothers of Youngstown.
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Ohio
Westmoreland County
Myanna
Harrisburg
Heaver
Westmoreland
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Beaver County
Midfintit
Young Smi Keeseeker
Youngstown
Galy
Gray Brothers
St. Chile
Lomo
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Ocean
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Altoona
Weaver
Seounten
Tee
George A. Weaver
Uae
Obermeyer
Burgettatown
Willem H Hamiton
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