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The South faces a muted revolt as Col Horace A Mann plans unpledged delegates to Hoover at the next convention. Party leaders say Mann’s move won’t derail Hoover’s renomination and will be handled quietly by the Huston era officials.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Repunilcan
Mir
Hoover
James Francis Burke
Col. Mann
Burke
Tnt
Mann
Oover
Teesaeerer Aator
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Robert Lucas
Kentucky
Lhe Party
Claudius H. Huston
Huston
cecHalon
Southarm
Punxsutawney Mine Official Proves A Hero
Punxsutawney Pennsylvania August incident ends in tragic death of WM Madden 62 general foreman. He attempted to stop a runaway motor hauling loaded tipple cars to spare ten workers below. Madden sacrificed his life. a boy passenger escaped unharmed.
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Punxsutawney
Homis WM
Madden
Frdnels
John Zimilh
Erie City Eyes Traffic Signal Over State Aid Rejection
Senator Miles Ellis reports Harrisburg will not fund repairs to east Colquisibus Avenue and Roosevelt highway detour. Erie County may aid third class cities. Gerry plans an electric traffic signal at North Center and Smith streets after repeated crashes. mayor and council push ahead despite state denial. Local officials in Erie Kane and others back independent action to protect motorists and pedestrians amid heavy summer and weekend traffic.
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Miles E.llis
Harrisburg
Colqisibus Avenue
Roosevelt Highway
Corry
Alexander
State Highway Department
Wister
Esterday
Fisher
West Pordon
Senator Kitts
Erie County
Highway Department
Gerry
North Center
Smith Streets
State Department
Alexan Ier
Othe
Williams
Erie
Harrisboro
Kane
the Toes Cané
Starr Woger
Waters and Lewis Confer With Vare in Pennsylvania Politics
Philadelphia August reports say William Vare holds talks with Samuel O. Lewis and Charles Waters to gain influence for Gufford Pinehot in November. Both deny acting as Pinchot or Grundy emissaries while urging harmony for the Republican party amid Luzerne ballots case and pending state supreme court action.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Willian
Bere
Bot Lois
Samuel O. Lewis
Charles Waters
Vare
Lewis
Waters
Pinchot
Joseph R. Grundy
Ware
Tawis
Samuel 8. Salus
War Board
Roters
Salus
Ea City
Philadelphia Organina Hon
Philadelpia Unitil
John Bf. Hemphy
Francis Shunk Brown
State Supreme Court
Tuzeme County
Wall Street Tumbles After Steel Decline
New York Amg 8 reports heavy selling by major traders as stocks slid to new lows with declines from 1 to 12 points. Steel dropped below 153 and hovered around 161 as a market-wide downturn followed news of reduced operations at the Steel Corporation in Pittsburgh, wiping out about 49 million dollars in market value.
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United Press
New York
Amg
Wall Street
Bears
Steel Corporation
Pittsjeeigh Free
Murdered Conneaut Man Found In Erie Area Car
Anthony Roberto, 30, of 708 Harbor Street Conneaut Ohio, was found dead in his auto on Noble road west of Grub road near Erie. Police say the engine ran, he was shot twice, the car in a ditch, with a woman’s body found nearby. Coroner and state police investigate possible links to bootlegger violence and a reported gambling dispute.
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Conneaut
Erie
Ohio
Grubb
Haney
Sweet
ERIEB
Anthony Roberto
Harber Street
Harold Sweet
Noble Road
Grub Road
Ruberto
Five Best Radio Entries From NEC and NBC Networks
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WIZ Nec
Wear
NEC
Weaf Nec
WEAP
WJZ Nec
Col. Lindbergh
Wabc Gbs
Hearing in Golumbie bankruptcy set for next Tuesday
A further bankruptcy hearing for the R. Golumie case will be held next Tuesday before Referee Mershab Erie. Creditors' counsel will continue examining the former local clothing firm owner as assets are questioned and appraisers named. Trustee sale preparations are under way amid ongoing inquiries into the firm’s claimed liabilities around 18000 dollars.
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R. Golumbie
Elty
Mershab Erie
Nto
Texas executes Black man in state’s electric chair
Huntsville Texas August 8 The state carried out the death sentence on a Black man it had protected with police and other agencies when a mob threatened. Rabey Williams convicted of assaulting a Black woman and admitted attacker of eight white women was executed in the electric chair at the state prison shortly after midnight. Williams was saved by a delay at Port Arthur and Beaumont, and an attempted assault by a masked mob was foiled.
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United Press
Huntsville
Tex
Tenas
Rabey
Williams
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Flood toll and search in Nogales border cities
Rescue crews resumed work after a cloudburst, seeking missing persons in Nogales Ariz and Nogales Sonora where five known dead and 7 to 14 missing are reported. Bridges, adobe buildings and communications suffered as border city damage neared $500000 with looting fears and disease precautions underway.
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Annea
Nogales
Ariz
A. C. Villasenor
Sonora
Arizona City
R. E. Birby
Redross
San Francisco
J. L. Lowe
Artz
Santa Cruz
Lowe
Twin Cities
Arizona
Willenx
Phoenix
Nation gains 16 percent as census totals released
Washington dispatch announces 16th census results showing the U S population at 122,608,190 and the national total at 135,000,000 with California and Pennsylvania among top gains. Reapportionment shifts threaten seats in the House, with California gaining nine and Missouri losing three.
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Pennsylvania
Nathan Robertson
United Press
Washington
Pop Post
United States
Cena Bilerea
Census Bureau
District of Columbia
Buremd
Congress
Lie Holze
New York
California
Woridai
Montana
Georgia
Nevada
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Michigan
Tekes
Missouri
Massachusetts
Arizona
New Mexico
Yas
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Gushoma
Jose
Marion Quiet After First Lynchings in History
In Marion Indiana on August 8 two Black men lynched by a mob that stormed Grant County jail were cut down by Sheriff Jacob Campbell as about a hundred residents observed. The crowd milled on the lawn at daylight. a third suspect remained under guard of 60 state and city police brought in from surrounding cities.
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United Press
Marion
Ind
Grant County
Jacob Campbell
Sheri Campbell
Funeral services held for Mr. Lewis W. Olds
A large attendance gathered at the East Smith street home for the memory services of Lewis W. Olds. The Rev. M S Ashton and Rev. Guyon Golding led the brief rites, with no music, and floral tributes from Chicago, Minneapolis, and other cities. The body was taken to Pine Grove cemetery for burial under Episcopal rites. Bearers included Alahson Nichols and others. attendees spanned local officials, business associates, and friends from Erie, Girard, and surrounding towns. Miss Eisie Weber of Willamsport is visiting Mrs. C. M. Couch for a few days.
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Lewis W. Olds
East Smith Street
M.S. Ashton
Newrighton
Immanuel Biscopal Church
Guyon Golding
Ridgway
Friends Bers
Chicago
Minneapolis
Pine Grove Cemetery
Alahson Nichols
Harry Auer
Blaine Kincaid
E. L. Morrow
John Fuller
W. M. Sendburg
Hoover to Build Federal Relief for Drought Farmers
President Hoover moved to establish an environmental relief organization to aid drought stricken farmers, following Mississippi flood relief patterns. He held conferences with Secretary Hyde and the farm board, and arranged for loans to buy livestock feed while Illinois and Indiana conditions prompted hay rate reductions. The War Department was to supply army equipment to aid water hauling as drought worsens across the region.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde
Farm Board
Ghairmat Legge
Idaho
Federal Farm Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Lidion
Dem. Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dennis Nolan
Fourth Corps
Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania to Lose Two Congress Seats
Washington dispatch reports 32 states set to gain or lose seats in the House based on the 1940 census. Pennsylvania, with 26 seats, is expected to drop to 23 under the new apportionment, amid broader shifts affecting state representation nationwide.
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Pennsylvania
Congress
United Press
Washington
House of Representatives
Frick Coke Company Suspends Connelesviee Plant
Frick Coke Company entirely suspends operations at the Connelesviee plant amid demand decline. Management cites reduced production needs and economic pressures over recent years as the reason for the shutdown.
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FRICK
Connelesviee
Saripe Fuet
Frick Coke Company
Fas Antirely
Heij Evedses
Prodna
Zesson
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Punxsutawney Mine
Smith and
Center Street
Hemphill
Brown
Texas
MR. Olds
Eisie Mr. Weber
Willanport, Pa
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