Butler Bandits Quell Penns Prison Riot Showdown Near Relief
Three men linked to a $50,000 Butler mail robbery fired on a police car during a high speed escape in a sedan with mixed plates. Witnesses say the robbery lasted about three minutes as a bandit forced driver Mrs Lackey to the floor, but only small denominations were taken from the mail truck. Police and state patrols intensified manhunts across roads while officers awaited possible escape attempts.
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Ford City
Butler
La.a
Post Office
K. A. Kennedy
D. A Stephens
Pittsburg
Lackey
Byanstswe
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Georgia
Essex
Plymouth
Clear Phillips in Big Robbery Case Absolved
Philadelphia man Ar mour Lee Phillips 23 is absolved of ties to the 427000 Brooklyn armored truck holdup. Detectives say he and two Brooklyn men Len Giorgio and John Hardy may be in a racket but are not wanted in New York. They await a second hearing Monday as police probe further. Refuse Milk License in Harrisburg. The state board denies relicensing G B Parthemore New Cumberland for failing to pay producers per board schedules.
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Philadelphia
Armour Lee Phillips
Clara Phillips
California
Brooklyn
Phillips
Len Giorgio
John Hardy
New York
John Creedon
Detective Headquarters
Harrisburg
Yall Control Board
G. B. Parthemore
New Cumberland
Rioting at Graterford Prison Subdued by Troopers
Rioting convicts at Graterford State Prison in Pennsylvania caused extensive damage to machinery and buildings. About forty state troopers and twenty patrolmen enforced order with submachine guns and gas bombs as fires burned temporary barracks and the area was smoke filled.
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Eastern Penitentiary
Gratertora
Amuck
Cherry Hill
Eastern
Philadelphia
Terrorism marks Ohio onion strike sparks siege
McGuffey Aug 25 mobs abducted Okey O'Dell a militant onion growers strike leader and besieged the village. Bombing of Mayor Godfrey Ott home followed as hundreds of men led by strike-breakers sealed off roads into Lacopian marsh town.
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United Press
McGuffey
MecGuffey
Okey O'Dell
Onion
Nitiie
Godfrey Ott
Lacopian
O'Dell
First blind pension check received here in state rollout
Gerry Long received the first pension check in the state for blind residents. The Fourth Ward recipient will get 80 dollars per month under the new program. Several others whose applications were approved are expected to begin receiving similar aid within days.
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Gerry Long
Fourth Ward
Pittsfield grave robbing case nears solution report
Roy Goodwill held for questioning in the Pittsfield grave desecration case has been sent to Warren State Hospital for observation and is held on an attack charge. Lawrence Napierecz also sent for observation as an Inebriate. both figures tied to the case as state police near a breakthrough in the grisly investigation.
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Pittsfield
Goodwill
Warren Hospital
Roy Goodwill
Warren ~ State Hospital
Warren County Court
Warren
Lawrence Napierecz
Pitsfield
State Hospital
Warren Titres Mirror
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pittsfield Township
Warren County
French Bizak
Rain Making Experiment Aims To Create Precipitation Over Texas
In Dallas Aug 25 two Texans, chemist James Boze and aviator Wilfred Bottenfield, prepared to launch a government sanctioned rain making campaign. The plan calls for about six hundred 10 pound bombs to be exploded from the air in up to twelve flights, with bombs dropped nightly at varying altitudes from 115000 feet down to lower levels to induce rainfall.
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United Press
Dallas
Tex
James Boze
Kaxahachle
Wilfred Bottenfield
Schall Attacks F D R Over Press Ban Claims
Senator Schall of Minnesota harshly assails President Roosevelt alleging plans to impose government news censorship. He denounces the White House inquiry as a bid to mislead the public and to pose as a defender of a free press after the altered proposal for a government news service was discussed.
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United Press
Washington
Thomas DB
Schall
Minn
Roosevelt
White House
United States
Chicago
Oil Jubilee Parade Highlights Titusville Drill Park Dedication
A motorcade through Titusville marks the Diamond Jubilee of Oil with the Band and Bugle Corps participating. Notables including Grace Drake attend the Drake Well Memorial Park dedication while officials like Gov Pinchot and Harold Ickes are scheduled to speak.
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Ti- Lisvile Lo
Tine City
Corry High School
Lie Archie
Thompson Post
Ajax Iron Works
Marie Banks
Rosemary Aver
Titisville
Drake Park
Titusville
Colonel Drake
Aluminum Co Ready to Agree to Mediation
Pittsburgh August 26 use of mediation as the aluminum strike drags into its 15th day. Aluminum Company of America backs talks with the National Labor Relations Board in Washington next week with the union body accepting the board’s invitation. The dispute involves about 8700 workers and wage losses exceed 500 000. J W Mellon is in Pittsburgh amid a tense scene as officials seek an end to the stalemate. Dr C R Larson of Erie was in town to attend a Titusville parade celebration.
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United Press Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Aluminum Company of America
National Council of Aluinio Workers
Stelle
Roosevelt
Lako Frances Perkins
Ginora Pinchot
Pennsylvania
J. W. Mellon
Pittsburgh
C. R. Larson
Erie
Titusville
Raymond Plant Workers Party Social at Mac's Inn
Employees of the Raymond Manufacturing Company and guests held a Sunday evening social at Mac's Inn with upwards of sixty couples in attendance. James Maloney Bud Crapser and Ernest Bachomer chaired the arrangements for the affair. Refreshments were served during the evening.
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Raymond Plant
Raymond Manufacturing Company
Mac’s Inn
James Maloney
Bud Crapser
Eirnest Bachomer
Dairymen Hear Sexauer at Waterford Meeting
The sub district meeting of the Dairymen's League will be at Waterford High School Auditorium on Tuesday evening August 28 at eight o'clock. All members urged to attend. President Pred Sexauer of Auturn NY will be present to address the gathering. Mr and Mrs Frank Ames drove to Titusville this afternoon for a short visit.
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Dairymen's League
Waterford High School
Etis
Pred Sexauer
Auturn
South Center Street Paving Could Start Next Week
Road work in Corry eyes Monday start for South Center Street from Grove to the city line, linking with Pinchot road to Lindsey Hollow. City crews busy with Scista resurfacing, awaiting word on Northwest and West Church streets and a large rural road program keeping many workers employed for weeks.
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Grove Street
Pinchot Road
Lindsey Hollow
Scista
Worle
Wayte Township
Jobis
George Meller Weller Company
Spring Creek-Garlard
Corry
Far East Situation Tense as Arrests Hit Soviet Workers
Harbin Manchukuo authorities arrested 70 more Soviet employees of the Chinese Eastern Railway after Russia warned Japan to secure the release of detained citizens. Police seized rifles pistols and grenades in a roundup tied to alleged plots to supply bandits.
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Unites Press
Harbin
Manchukuo
Russia
Japan
Munchen
Extra session likely if aid refused by Hopkins Roosevelt
Harrisburg reporters note that President Roosevelt Governor Pinchot and Federal Administrator Hopkins will decide if the federal government will continue paying Pennsylvania relief. If Hopkins says no an extraordinary session of the State Legislature within a month seems inevitable to fund unemployment aid and prevent a crisis in state relief programs.
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Pinchot
Hopkins
Hopking
Ross Downing
United Press
Harrisburg
Harry L. Hopkins
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Tierope
Washington
Arting
Aubrey Williams
Pennsylvan Iia
Len Tam
Leroy Sanatorium
New Yorke
Bin
Bennsylvania
M. Harvey Taylor
Pennsylvania
Taylor
State Emergency Relief Administration
Wiich
Iai
Federal
Federal Grand Jury Probes Louisiana Highway Commission
A federal grand jury in New Orleans is probing income tax payments by Louisiana politicians and has subpoenaed all records of the state highway commission and its members. The panel cites the commission’s $60.14 million spend since the Long era, amid graft and end contracts accusations. Subpoenas named A. P. Tugwell and others. records to be moved to New Orleans, with returnable dates set.
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State Highway Commission
Grand Jury
United Press
New Orleans
Haral Grand Jury
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Highway Commission
Lous Nolitical Machine
C. K. Allen
Long
Allen
A. P. Tugwell
J. §. Nugent
Warren Raggio
Union City Man Hurt in Canadohta Lake Cavein
Samuetween of Union City was brought to Corry hospital after a cavein at Canadohta Lake while filling in a lot he purchased. He was crushed against a truck with a chipped bone and torn muscles in the leg but escaped major injuries. He was discharged from the hospital this afternoon.
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Samuetween
Union City
Corry Hospital
Canadohta Lake
P. S. Weed
Pan Mation
Will the New Deal Bring Third Party
Washington leading political observers see signs that the New Deal may fracture old party lines into liberal and conservative factions. Movements shift the nation toward a possible liberal conservative party system replacing the Democratic and Republican labels as Franklin D. Roosevelt nears the end of his term.
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Wilson
United Press
Washington
Hines Airecdy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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