Leaders Meet Today At Fogelville Big Republican Rally
Pennsylvania party leaders arrive in Fogelsville for a major rally to outline the coming campaign. Key speakers include Secretary of Labor James J. Davis and gubernatorial hopefuls Pinchot Brown and Phillips Jr. Tension rises from the Pinchot Brown contest and Prohibition issues affecting Liberal party affiliates.
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Davis
Pinchot
Phillips
T. J. O'Connell
United Press
Fogplsville
Republican Party
Pennsylvania
Lehigh County Republican Committee
Howard Schantz
James J. Diviu
U. S
Gifford Pinchot
France
Shtink Brown
Thomas W. Philips, Jr
Brown
Supreme Court
Luserne
Optimiaia
Sipport
Liberal
John Mr. Hemphill
Democratic Party
Endurance Plane Watch Near 1000 Hour Goal in St Louis
At Lambert Field St Louis observers monitor the Greater St Louis endurance plane as pilots Dale Jackson and Forrest O Brien push toward a 1000 hour record. The motor shows no major weakness beyond heavy oil use and minor in flight repairs as the craft nears their goal.
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ST. Louis
Tv United Presa
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Dale Jackson
Forrest O'Brian
Jiefers
Jackson
O'Brine
Sters
Huntar Brothers
Hope Dwindles for 42 Entombed Miners
United Press reports in Princeton that rescue efforts at the No 4 mine of Coalmont Colleries continue amid rising despair. 42 miners remain entombed after Wednesday night’s explosion as inspectors note slim chances of survival while families gather near the shaft. Three bodies have been recovered and one man, Joe Forchetta, escaped. Rescue teams labor at the 1,500 foot level with fear of further explosions and gas. A canary sent to the 15th level died from poison gases.
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United Press
Princeton
Coalmont Colleries
Tost
George Murray
Uute
Joe Forchetta
Hoover shifts drought relief responsibility to governors
United Press report from Washington states drought relief programs will begin within 10 days. President Hoover assigns responsibility to state governors for credit provisions to farmers, with federal funds not available for distribution. Governors at Hoover’s conference plan local organizations with state, county, and a Washington coordination committee overseeing distress cases. Leaders of three national farm groups pledge support.
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Lyle Gc. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Gay, Erickson
Montana
Varios States
Child Killed Three Hurt On Crossing At Dravesburg
McKe esport Pa Aug 16 a baby McCurry three months old was killed and parents Ma and Mrs James McCurry and Miss Helen Ruffing of Clairton were seriously injured when their car was struck by a passenger train at a grade crossing in Dravesburg. X ray pictures were to be taken at McKeesport hospital to determine extent of injuries.
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United Press
Mckeesport
Samea McCurry
James McCurry
Helen Ruffing
Clairton
Dravesburg
Pinchot Petition Drives in Erie County for Square Deal Line
Hundreds of Corry voters will sign the petition to place Gifford Pinchot on the ballot as the Square Deal party candidate for governor. Erie leaders George M. Mason Harold F. Mook and Charles R. Days helped organize in Harrisburg and aim to gather 10 000 signatures though only 7 000 are legally required. Under state law two percent of voters must sign to qualify for the ballot under the new party banner.
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Corry
Gifford Pinchot
Square Des
George M. Mason
Harold F. Mook
Charles R. Days
Pinchot
Harrisburg
Erie County
Erie
Square Deal Party
Pennsylvania
New Party
Two Men Burned in Gas Station Blast injures two in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia on August 16 Adolph Henning 18 and Edward Smith 22 were seriously burned when a South Side filling station exploded. Two others received burns and were sent home. Henning was an attendant. the other men were loitering nearby. Cause of the blast is unknown.
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United Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Adolph Henning
Edward Smith
Henning
Millionaire Oil Magnate Thomas Silck Dies in Baltimore
Baltimore August 16 Thomas B Silck a millionaire Oklahoma City oil magnate died at Johns Hopkins Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage after a long illness. Hospital officials confirmed the death and noted the illness preceded the fatal stroke.
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Unitea Press
Baltimore
Thomas, B. Silck
Oklahoma City
Johns Hop‘kin Hospital
Ithe Thospital
Home voyage completes for big dirigible R 100
Cardington England Aug 16 the airship R 100 returned from Montreal after 66 hours 10 minutes flight from St Hubert with 3400 mile route. It did not beat Graf Zeppelin time but achieved a rapid Atlantic crossing aided by improved weather and air ministry officials welcomed the crew at Cardington.
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United Press
Cardington
Eng
Montreal
Atlantic Ocean
St. Hubert
Lord Thomson
Sefton Brancker
Air Ministry
Airy Ministry
Checks Link Officials and Underworld in Chicago
An August Chicago report reveals cancelled checks and notes tying public officials to the Moran Alello Zuuls gang profits from liquor gambling and vice. State’s attorney investigators found evidence in Zuta’s effects linking a Municipal Court judge former Municipal and Superior Court judges a former state senator a police sergeant and a political organization to the underworld.
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United Press
Chicago
Jack Zuta
Patrick Rache
Alfred Lingle
Chicago ‘Tribune
Roche
Weather Bureau predicts showers across western state
The Weather Bureau promised occasional showers today across the western end of the state. No heavy rainfall is expected to ease six weeks of crop distress. temperatures will stay around 78 as night cools and in the coming day.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
United States Government
Weather Bureau
Raids Lead to Fines and Grand Jury Hitch in Erie County
Two of the raided individuals received fines while a third was held for the next term grand jury. Gray Sheldon and Thomas McGuire had charges reduced to disorderly conduct, with McGuire fined 25 dollars plus costs. A still, beer, and mash were seized at Arthur Deschamp and McGuire’s residences, and a grand jury action loomed for one suspect.
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Alexander
Nelson
Erie County
Justice of the Peace
Morrisom
Wesleyville
Gray Sheldon
Thomas McGuire
Hach
Stieidon
East Wayne Street
McGuire
Shea Street
Arthur Deschamp
West Smith
Crimbball
Ball
Des- Shamp
Morrison
Hatte Dines
Sheldon
Corry
Wesleyylile
Lineman William McEnteer badly injured in fall at Corry
William McEnteer a well known Corry lineman was severely injured when a fall from a pole during repair work for the Associated Gas and Electric Co. struck his head and shoulders crushing his skull. Doctors in Erie reported little hope for recovery. He had previously lived in Kane where he worked for Union Telephone.
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William McEnteer
Erie
Reineman
McEnteer
Corry
Knights of Columbus
Associated Gas and Wlectwic Co
Kane
Union Telephone Company
Today's Five Best Radio Entertainments
A 1930 radio listing shows programs on WHAF WIZ WABE and WABC. Salon singers Goldman band Hanke Simmons shoutboat Dutch Masters minstrel Paramount Public hour fill the evening schedule with NBC CBS networks.
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United Prose
NBC
Salon
Goldman Band
CBS
Hanke Simmons
WABC
Bradford Shooting Sparks Arrests In Pa Street Case
Bradford Pennsylvania August 16 Tory Missard and Tomasso Delgiudio were arrested today in connection with the shooting of Joe Barber a Bradford gangster. Barber was shot six times with a sawed off shotgun while at his home porch yesterday. Police link the attack to a recent dispute with Mussari.
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Uniarress
Bradford
Tory Missard
Tomasso Delgiudio
Limestone
N. Y
Joe Barber
Barber
Mussari
Bare Cause of Prison Blaze
A fogbound 1910s report states convicts at a state penitentiary planned an Easter Monday holocaust by lighting a van with volatile agents, hoping to ignite a riot. Two conspirators were jailed, four leaders faced deaths or escape, and the plot aimed to trigger a larger uprising among 4,000 inmates.
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United Pre
Columbus
Hng
Arsod
Theyire Department
Hays
Vinhien Tedder
Jvalla
California senator named by Billings denials unfold
San Francisco Aug. The state senator Edgar S. Hurley named by Warren E. Billings as the man who hired him to carry dynamite in a suitcase to Sacramento in 1918 denied the charge today and refused further comment. Hurley, studying records of the San Francisco District Council of Electric Workers during 1913 when he was secretary, issued a formal statement.
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Ey United Frese
San Francisco
Aug
Edgar S. Hurley
Warren E. Billings
Hurley
San Frantisco District Coumelt
Coronation Postponed In Romania Amid Finanacial Strains
Cuvantil reports King Carl II coronation may be postponed from summer to spring due to Roumania financial conditions. The notice cites economic pressures and uncertain funding as the cause of delaying the royal ceremony.
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Roumants
Cuvantil
Guy
Carolt
Sutumr
Roumania
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