Titusville Diamond Jubilee Celebrates Oil’s 75th Anniversary
Thousands visit Titusville for the diamond jubilee of oil celebrated at Drake Well site. A pageant, parade of 80 floats, and expected 50 thousand visitors mark the four day events honoring Colonel Edwin Drake and the birth of the petroleum industry. Drakes’ associate Sam Smith, last survivor connected to the Drake well, died recently at 87. Governors Pinchot and White, and Interior Secretary E. A. Weeks attend.
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Titusville
Edwin Li
Drake
Isis
Bly” Smith
Billy
Titus
Yille
Sam Smith
Strote
E. W. Hickman
Carnegie Institute ‘of Technology
Drake Memorial Park
Gifford Pinthot
Pennsylvania
George White
Ohio
Interior
Harold Ekes
INRA CHIEFTAIN NOT RESIGNING DECLARES PRESS
Washington Aug 24 Gen Hugh S Johnson recovery administrator says NRA reorganization will be settled in two weeks at Hyde Park after meeting with President Roosevelt. He denies resigning and cites a two week vacation, mentions conflicts with Richberg and Perkins, and defers leadership questions to the president.
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Washington
NRA
Hyde Park
N. Y
Hugh
Jonson
Roosevelt
Johnson
White House
Blueagle
Donald R. Richberg
Frances Perkins
The
Mr. Roosevelt
Bandit Mail Robbery Flees Toward Ohio After Careful Heist
Three men in dark glasses grabbed 650000 in payroll cash from the Lynnora bank truck near Evans City, then sped west toward Pittsburgh. Ohio license Terraplane used, banks report 42000 in $54 bills 31,000 in old bills and 100 in other currency. Police pursued along main highways but trail faded near the Ohio border.
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United Press
Butler
Ohio
Fru
Jay
Lyncora Nabuant Bank
Milton Lackey
Junit
Lackey
Delvers
Pittsburgh
John Toyally
Youngstown
Farid
Pennsylvania
Lynnora
Polce
Pulice
Georgia
Lie City
Lyndora Banks
Dillinger Aide Slain Sparks Hunt In St Paul
A St Paul police ambush killed Homer Van Meter of the Dillinger gang, as federal agents and police launched a wide drive to capture Nelson and Hamilton. A female suspect is jailed on an open charge after Van Meter’s death during the gun battle at the hideout.
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Potica
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Wan
van Meter
Homer van Meter
Dillinger
Indiana
George
Baby
Nelson
Wien
Dillinger Gang
Pretty Face
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Page
Gypsy Gang Member Held in Cop Slaying
Jamies Boswell, 22, of Memphis Tennessee, arrested in connection with the slaying of Policeman Robert W. Probst. Bloodstained trousers found near the gypsy camp at Lamar. police seek to identify owner as the unidentified slayer.
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Lock Haven
Jamies Bosswell
Memphis
Tenn
Robert W. Probst
St Boswell
Lamar
Ashe Slayer
Auto crash near Alexander farm injures five
Two cars collided on Hare Creek road near the Alexander farm about 8 40 this morning. Mrs Mary Alexander and her companion Jack Baker were injured along with Donald Neylon and Norman Wdinger. Mrs Alexander suffered three fractured ribs and shock. Baker had shoulder injuries. Neylon and Wdinger escaped with minor injuries. Edinger, sole occupant of the other car, was shaken but not seriously hurt. The Alexander car occupants alleged Edinger drove on the left side.
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Alexander Farm
Hare Creek
Airs
Marry Alexander
Franklin Street
Jack Baker
Donald Neylon
Findley Lake
Norman J. Wdinger
Wright Street
Alexander
Neylon
Edinger
Woman Testifies in Insurance Murder Plot Case
Mrs. Martha Clift, once state’s witness to save herself, detailed the plan to kill Harry Wright for an insurance payout. She testified at Mrs. Eva Coe’s trial that Coe struck the man with a mallet at Crumhorn Mountain and a former car crash cover was staged with Clift driving toward a death appearance and the body dumped in a roadside ditch.
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United Press
Cooperstown
N. Y
Martha Clift
Harry Wright
Little Eva
Retail sales tax proposal denounced by trade groups
Harrisburg news reports organized opposition from the Pennsylvania Council of Retail Trade Associations to enacting another retail sales tax for unemployment relief funds. Acting chairman Wmi H. Harger of Lancaster says groups will oppose such action at a special session or the next regular session beginning January. The tax proposal has little chance of passage according to political leaders.
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Ross Downing
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Council of Retail Trade Associations
Wmi H. Harger
Lancaster
Pennsylvania Will Distribute Surplus Commodities in Six Zones
Commodities of the federal surplus relief program will be shipped to Pennsylvania in six zones under the State Emergency Relief Board. Executive director Eric H. Biddle announced area heads C N Hensil in Philadelphia C H Raiber in Wilkes Barre R E Paul in Johnstown O N Kelsor in Pittsburgh M E Seibert in Erie. Grocers able to qualify as distributors should contact their area head promptly. Beef and butter will be available next week for relief recipients based on county relief needs.
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Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Pennsylvania
Eric H Biddle
State Emergency Relief Board
Philadelphia
C. N. Hensil
Wilkes-Barre
H. Raiber
Johnstown
R. E. Paul
Cambria Couny
Emergency Relief Board
Pittsburgh
N. Kelser
Allegheny County Relief Board
Erie
M. E
Sheriff Held Prisoner by Striking Workers at Silk Plants
In Columbia Pennsylvania a tense scene unfolded as about 300 striking workers including many women seized Sheriff Daniel F Shumian of Lancaster County and 12 deputies, detaining them for over six hours at a Mariotts Silk Company plant using bricks clubs and stones as weapons. State troopers intervened after the disturbance following the workers strike at the companys quils.
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Columbia
Mariétts Silk Company
Sherri Daniel F. Shumian
Lancaster County
Farmer Alexander Skiff Dies From Postinjury Infection
Alexander Skiff an 80 year old Spartansburg resident died at Curry Hospital after an injury sustained working a mowing machine on Monday led to a gangrenous infection. He died Thursday night after operations failed to halt the spread. Survived by three sons Roy Orris Ward and a daughter Mrs William Henry. Funeral services set for Saturday at 10 in Spartansburg with burial in East Branch cemetery.
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Spartansburg
Curry Hospital
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Sparta Township
Roy Skiff
Orris
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Ward
William Henry
Spring Creek
Skut
Roosevelt Denounces NRA at Republican Rally
Col Theodore Roosevelt, former Philippines governor, denounces the NRA at a Crescent Park rally in Providence Illinois charging it retards prosperity. He outlines a six point program to balance the budget pay debts without burdening children restore confidence cash payments thrift industry insurance and pensions and liberty for all citizens.
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R. IL
NRA
Theodore Roosevelt
Philippines
Crescent Park
Japan defers reply on Russian note over Manchuria incidents
Tokyo has not yet replied to a Russian note condemning Japan for a series of aggravating incidents along the Chinese Eastern Railway in Manchuria. The United Press learns.
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Japan
United Press
Tokyo
Manchukuo
Police deny knowledge of large distillery raid in Erie
State agents reported dismantling a 1000 gallon still and eight mash vats at a large moonshining plant near Erie and say liquor was supplied to Erie and Pittsburgh. Police Chief Burlingene and others denied knowledge of the raid or any city involvement. A separate Spartansburg raid led to the arrest of Clyde Force and Dean Potter, who pled guilty to four counts and were jailed in Meadville.
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Erie
B. J. Hiskine
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Burlingene
Spartansburg
State Revenue
James
Callan
Clyde Force
Dean Potter
Charles Johnson
Alderman Smith
Meadville
No Atlon
Roosevelt Admin greatest mistake in business frankness
Theodore Gray son Philadelphia attorney told Kiwanis Club in Allentown that the Roosevelt administration erred by not being frank with business. He asserted NRA codification gave government control and that large corporations are increasingly dominating various authorities, hindering small independents.
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Allentown
Roosevelt
Theodore Grayson
Philadelphia
Brooklyn Armored Truck Robbery Suspect Linked to LA Slayings
Philadelphia reports identify Ar Mour Lee Philips, 40, husband of Clara Phillips the hammer slayer of Los Angeles, as a suspect in the $427,950 Brooklyn armored truck raid. Police in New York search for a dozen bandits who seized $127,950 from the truck, with coast guard units scouring waters near Sandy Hook and Keansburg for three other suspects. A canvas bag linked to the Federal Reserve Bank theft was found on a New Jersey beach, suggesting ties to the broader robbery operation.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Armour Lee Philips
Clara Phillips
Los Angeles
Calif
New York
Brookelyn
Coast Guard
Sandy Hook
Keangburg
Federal Reserve Bank
Lake
Vannie Higgins
Hold Veteran in Plot Against Film Magnate
Maurice Monnier, a 35 year old French national and World War II veteran, is held in federal detention awaiting grand jury action on a federal charge of threatening to kidnap the family of former film executive William F Fox unless paid 50000. He allegedly mailed the threat to Mrs Fox violating the Lindbergh law. The charge carries up to 20 years and a $1000 fine. Mrs Fox reported the letter and government agents traced it to Monnier who was serving 30 days in Nassau county jail for assault at the Fox estate.
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United Press
New York
Maurice, Monnier
Wm. F. Fox
Strikers Urge Ed R Intervene In Arbitration Call
Pittsburgh union appeals to President Roosevelt to intervene in the Aluminum Company of America strike. Telegrams urge personal influence to force arbitration as labor leaders expect replies from Governor Pinchot, Secretary of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board. Bertha McCray visits Erie for a day.
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Aluminum Company
United Press
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Central Labor Union
Roosevelt
Aluminium Company of America
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Neeces Perligs
National Bahar Iitlations Board
AML
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W. J. Wuadunio
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