Swiss Fliers Unreported Theft At Fritts and Beckwith Garage
A robbery at the Fritts and Beckwith garage on North Center Street last evening saw a thief steal about 1500 dollars in cash and three checks totaling around 60 dollars. Police suspect an insider witnessed an early cash handling and returned to steal from the store room later that evening. Detectives pursue leads as they review bank stop payments and interview firm staff.
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Fritts and Beckwith Garage
North Center Atreet
Arly
Depmll
Connecion
Fighting in Manchuria intensifies as border clashes widen
United Press dispatches report heavy casualties along Manchuria borders as Chinese forces mobilize while portraying Russian actions as aggression. Soviet armored units and tanks are said to push near the Chinese line, with both sides shelling targets and thousands of white Russian volunteers in Chinese units. Reports place reinforcements moving toward Manchuria from the south, and a train derailment near Paipingiing is noted. The Chinese claim arrests of Soviet operatives and pledge strengthened defenses at Manchurian borders and near Vladivostok.
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China
Manchuria
Russia
Chinesa
Manchuil
Ysaterday
Manchul
Dalamor
Changchun
Dairen
Port Arthur
Po~ Gtunitohinaya
Vladivostok
Today’s five best radio entertainments on NBC network
A dated radio schedule lists Simons’ Biow Boat on WST at 7:00 and NBC Network, Palmolive Hour on WEAF at 8:20, Opera “Ruddigore” on WI at 9:30, Voyagers on WOR at 9:00 and CBS Network, plus La Paling Smoker on MHT at 9:30 with multiple station pairings.
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WOR
Corry Candidates Draw for Positions
Corry voters face county and municipal ballots after drawings at the court house. On the Republican side John B. Patterson is mayor hopeful, with ex mayor Alexander and J. M. Loveland occupying second and third spots. Democratic ballots tilt Loveland first, Patterson second, Alexander third. City council draws show Hepublican nominees Nielle, Wanna, Mulderick, Laurie, Howard, Lewch, and Democratic Howard, Lewch, Laine He, Mulderick, Nichols. two for City Controller are C. G. Wales and James P. Drown, Drown leading Republican and Democratic tickets while Wales holds the Prohibition slot. School Director six-year terms list Lambing, Morrow, Hills, Brown, Love on both major parties, with Prohibition Love, Hillstrom, Taming.
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Naval
Court House
Firtefis Saomming
Tack Applebee
Sherli
Uekete
John B. Patterson
Alexander Drew Seyond
J. M. Loveland
Loveland
Patterson
Alexander
Chiry City
Hepublican- Nielle
Wanna
Mulderick
Laurie
Howard
Lewch
Leweh
Laie
Nichols
William Frobibttson
Leder
C. G. Wales
James P. Drown
Waile Wales
Lambing
Morrow
Hills
Brown
Love
Hillstrom
Prohibition
Hiletrom
Taming
Ladybirds Delay as Sand Storm Disrupts Flight Race
United Press reports a southwestern sand storm postponing today’s Mighty Midland air race segment. Amelia Earhart and Blanche Noyes arrived at the Santa Monica to El Paso checkpoint, with Earhart leading the large-plane time and Noyes close behind, as crews reassess conditions for tomorrow.
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United Press
EL Paso
Tas
Santa Montes
Cleveland
Ladybirds
Douglas
Ariz
Midland
Tex
Amelia Earhart
New York
Earhart
One Child Killed as Gunfire Strikes Hoffman Farm
State police report a farm home shooting killed 12 year old John Koelsar and wounded 10 year old Joseph Klamentovites and his 14 year old sister Helen at Grover and Frank Hoffman’s farm. The Hoffman brothers are being questioned as investigators seek motive amid reports of crop theft by roaming children.
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United Freee
Corry Wrench Plant Sold to Charley Carroll
Legal notice announces the sale of the Corry Wrench Company real estate and business long run by Ernest and Walter Keppsl to Charley Carroll. It is stated Carroll will continue to operate the concern under its existing name. Mrs Ruth Lewis of Cincinnati, visiting Mayville relatives, arrived yesterday to visit Mrs L Willett and family on South Center Street.
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Corry Wrench Company
Ernest
Walter Keppsl
Charley Carroll
Carroll
Tale, Peasaealon
Ruth Lewis
Cincinnat
Mayville
Mra. 1
Wy ‘Willett and Pon
South Center
Venezuela Hit by Gulf Hurricane Garacap
Reports from multiple Caribbean ports detail a devastating hurricane sweeping northern Venezuela causing damage in forest districts and disrupting trolley service in major towns. Havana observatory notes potential inland impact as the storm path remains uncertain while barometer readings show little movement in Florida keys.
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United Press
Garacab
Venezuela
Venesusk
Forest
Macuto
Guerra
Malquetia
Havana
Cuba
Iss
Nefonal Observatory
Sapilsga de Cube
RDAM
Fla
Key West
Miami
Palm ‘Beach
Caribbea
Airguns Spark City Complaints and Police Probe
Officer Ruppersberg investigated a crowd of boys using air rifles on First Avenue. Windows were broken and a woman reported rifle shots. youths allegedly snatched the airgun from her as she headed to the station. Prosecutions may follow the incident, with prior youth cases under review.
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Ruppersberg
First Avenue
Poude Tory
Navy race pilot escapes disaster at Annapolis test flight
Lieut. Alford Williams, Navy seaplane pilot, narrowly escaped a disaster while testing the speed of his Mercury seaplane on the Severn River. Boats sped past at 8 to 90 miles per hour as the craft taxied, threatening the Schneider Cup plan.
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NAVY
Annapolis
Alford Willams
Seveem
Graf Zeppelin readies third leg of world flight
Graf Zeppelin may depart from Tokio at 4 a m for the Pacific leg toward Los Angeles. Dry Hage Belper, commander of the air Leviathas, inspects the ship as weather and fuel are prepared. If weather requires they may halt over Victoria or Seattle before continuing to San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Miles Vaughn
United Press
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Ein
Thusiay
Tolig
Los Angeles
Hage Belper
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von Schiller
Stip
Hessi
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von Sehilley
Pacific
Victoria
Seattle
Wnlhean
Francises
Renew Probe Into Death Of Philly Girl
Narberth Pa August 21 District Attorney Frank M Renninger took charge of the investigation into the mysterious gas stove death of Mary Frances Morgan. Authorities sought Thomas MacIlvaine a former boyfriend for questioning. Renninger hinted State Police Captain Samuel Gearhart may take a leading role. Miss Morgan was found by her mother strapped to a chain in front of an open gas stove in her kitchen last Friday. Chemical analysis showed no evidence of poisoning.
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Narberth
Frank
Renninger Toray
Mary Frances Morgan
Thomas MacIlvaine
Misa Morgan
Hen Renninger
Samuél Gearhart
Miss Morgan
IL Wag Gt
Fire at Rust Farm Sparks Community Preparations
Preparations are under way for a lawn social at St. Thomas on the Rust farm home of Mr. and Mrs. William Rust on Safety Road. A small fire from a kitchen stove caused a roof blaze but was quickly contained by a bucket brigade. The event, featuring concessions, booths, and entertainments, is expected to draw a large crowd. A fire alarm briefly diverted responders, and Mrs. Flora Bates’s farm horse blaze was controlled in a few days.
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Sirch
William Rust
Safety Road
W. Bugle and Drum Corpa
Fbuckets Brigade
Mual
Thig City
Ward
Theoscene Bul Wsa
Mra
H.W. Wood
Westfield
North Cantey Street
N. Y
Flora Bates
Owl Snags Bait as Angler Stennett Aims for Fish
Ors Stennett fishing last evening felt a strange tug when a large woods owl swooped in and grabbed his plug bait. The bird was freed after the hooks were cut away, leaving Stennett with a memorable tale from nearby waters.
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Stennett
Story
West Wayne Street house burns in early morning blaze
Fire destroys most of a two story West Wayne Street residence occupied by Dan McMahon. A night shift worker who spotted the smoke alerted Patrolman Brown. Flames gutted the rear section and much of the roof. little furniture survived. Origin traced to an overheated chimney from a wood stove. No insurance coverage cited.
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Wayne Street
Dan McMahon
Te Radiator Ee
Jamés
Brown
Jerry
James McMahon
Sharon
Thomas Garity
J.C . Kibler
Two Gas Trucks Collide Between Jamestown and Frewsburg
A collision between two gasoline trucks occurred on the road between Jamestown and Frewsburg yesterday. A Keystone station truck owned by R. H. VanTassel struck a Sunday Oil Company truck from Jamestown. Both fuel tanks were damaged, the Corry truck was towed with only minor power needed for repairs, and neither driver was injured.
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Jamestown
Frewsburg
Keystone Station
R. H. VanTassel
Sunday Oil Company
Clymer
Keystone Chain
Sinclair
Trusk
Loveland's Plea Granted by Court in Mayoral Race
Loveland, a Prohibition party candidate for mayor, obtained a court ruling to strike opponent J. B. Patterson from the ballot. The court ordered the county to remove Patterson’s name from the Prohibition line, leaving Loveland as the party’s sole mayoral candidate on that ticket while voters may choose Patterson if they wish.
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J. B. Patterson
Loveland
Patterson
Mtchnironke
Tne
Tat Party
Prohibition Party
Col Bradley Philadelphia magnate dies by own action
Col Walter D Bradley coal magnate and clubman, 74, died by his own action after leaping from his 43rd floor apartment in the fashionable Warwick Hotel at 17th and Locust streets in Philadelphia shortly after midnight. Police said the window screen facing Chancellor Street had been removed and a stock market page lay on a table as friends noted deteriorating health and failing sight.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Walter ‘D. Bradley
Plane refueling pilot survives long endurance flight crash
Don Templeman, piloting a single aircraft during a 36 hour refueling endurance attempt from Mills Field, San Francisco, crash landed in a lake near the end of the flight but escaped injury and was hospitalized for rest. He had completed six successful in-flight refuelings before the mishap. A separate dispatch from Vera Grue notes Mexico moving troops to suppress an uprising of Mayan tribes in Quintana Roo with a cruiser and battalions aboard.
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United Press
Templeman
Vera Grue
Mexico
Anahuac
Quintana Roo
Yucatan Peninvale
Molees Saony
Fed- 288
Department of Education
Quintana
Swiss youths vanish attempting Atlantic crossing from Lisbon
In New York Aug 21 anxious officials and observers tracked Oskar Kaeser and Hirscher Laske r as their Young Switzerland plane with more than 50 gallons of gas drifted off course after leaving Lisbon bound for New York. Experts at Roosevelt Field watched through night as hopes faded and weather and fuel constraints limited survival chances. A Swiss government attache in New York supported no official sponsorship, while aviation officials hoped for word on the pilots’ fate amid dense fog banks over the Atlantic.
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United Press
New York
Oskar Kueser
Hirscher
Lisbon
Portugal
Aby
Young
Switzerland
New England
New Yorke
Cape Cod
James H. el Ball
Manterologiet
Government Weather Bureau
Cape Race
Halifax
Avores
Kaeser
Luseher
Nova Scotia
St. Johns
New Foundisn
Lewis A. Yancey
Roger Q. Willams
Belfiance
Rome
Roosevelt Field
Otter Ayistion
Gilleg
Walter Lumpp
Jatlantic
Reparations Impasse Persists At Hague Conference
August 21 The reparations talks at The Hague faced a deadlock as Italy refused to relinquish its share of German payments. Italian delegate Pirelli told British Chancellor Snowden that under the Dawes plan Italy receives 10 percent of the succession payments. The Young plan exports, backed by Britain, proposed increasing Italy's German payment share, but Italy would not forgo its benefits to satisfy Britain.
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Hague
Italy
Great Britain
Alberto ‘Pirett
Philip Snowden
Pirelli
Snowden
Paris
Germany
Britain
Pirell
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