East Columbus Avenue Bridge and Road Project Planned
State to build a bridge over Have Creek and pave about 3200 feet of East Columbus Avenue at an estimated cost near 40000. Mayor Bracken signs the agreement, bids expected soon, with completion hoped for fall and early 1980. Remaining unpaved sections tied to 1931 legislature funding and Roosevelt highway alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin W. Bracken
Columbus Avenue
Have Creek
Loye Ive Mid
Columbia Avenue
Tate
Department of Highways
Prame
Damage suits follow crash of airplane
United Press report from Steubenville notes the largest damage actions in the district arise from an air plane crash. Administrators of Lou W Holland of Hotlidays Cove West Virginia sue for 10000 dollars for his death and 10000 dollars for the 18 year old daughter injured. They name J S Moore Co as operator defendants claiming the pilot lacked a license and the flight was not properly conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Steubenville
Bost
Lou W. Holland
Hotlidays Cove
W. Va
Aulty
Holland
J. 8. Moore Co
Two Workers Die In Fall From Scaffold In Baltimore Building
Two bricklayers, Amisi Radice and John Kloby, fell thirteen stories from a scaffold in the Baltimore Trust Company building. Radice landed in a driveway and was killed instantly while Kloby struck the ground from a 16 foot scaffold and died soon after. The bodies were found near the Ohio track as police investigated. Hilary Wilden, a patrolman, disappeared last December and was later found dead near the Ohio ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oy United Prose
Baltimore
Baltimore Trust Gompany
Amisi Radice
Sovers
John Kloby
United Prose
Uniontown
City sees 617 registered on first day of voting
Six hundred seventeen voters registered in Phira Ward and surrounding districts on the first day of registration for the primary and general elections. First Ward led with 118 registrations, followed by Second Ward with 124. Overall turnout trails last year’s first day, and no more registration days remain before the September primary.
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Corry
Phira
Gotham Honors Commander Of Graf Zeppelin
At Lakehurst and Cleveland reports detail Dr. Hugo Hekener and crew being honored in New York for the first commercial circumnavigation attempt aboard the Graf Zeppelin. An earlier inspection cited a cracked oil tank but repairs were completed. Lady Maury Heath, Irish aviatrix, survived a crash in Cleveland that injured her and mechanic Erwin Kirk, marking the first fatal accident tied to the recent air races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Eckener
Lady Mary Heath
Lakehurst
Washington
Mar
Unitec Press
Naval Air Station
N. J
Hugo Hekener
S.T
Jett
New York
Alt
Jersey
Hebner
Waatington
C. Kklep
Ernst Lehmann
Hane Pleniing
Grat
New Yor
Japan
Merton T. Akers
United Prose
Municipal
Cleveland
Maury Heath
Iristi Aviatrix
Lady Heath
Great Lakes
Erwin Kirk
Almsei
Venire of 200 Men Exhausted in Textile Strike Case
United Press reports in Charlotte on August 20 that an anxious venire of 200 men was exhausted with only six jurors selected for the murder charge against a textile striker. The court ordered a recess until 2:40 p.m. and prepared a second panel of 800 jurors. Objections to convict on circumstantial evidence allowed evading jurors. The morning session featured humor as the clerk’s one year old son James M. Yale Jr. drew names from a straw hat for juror selection.
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United Press
Charlotte
N.C
Secon
Ab Her Wien
James M. Yale, Jr
Mr. V. Barnhill
Bowling Alleys Set to Open Saturday for 1929 30 Season
Manager Pappas of the Recreation Bowling Alleys has completed arrangements for reopening Saturday afternoon for the 1929 30 season. The alleys have been refinished and are reported in splendid condition. A large crowd of ten-pin followers is expected on opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pappas
Recreation Bowling
Bodies of Man and Woman Found Near Cliff Drive
Kansas City file reports the discovery of two bodies in a wooded area near the cliff drive. The man, Paul O'Dell, 19, a Kansas City Southern Railroad shop employee, had his head swollen from a beating after being struck with a hammer. The woman’s identity could not be confirmed due to severe head injuries.
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United Press
Kansas City
Ciiff
Paul O'Dell
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Woman Sentenced for Aggravated Assault on Husband
Velma Fee pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and battery in Washington Pennsylvania. Judge Cummins fined her and sentenced her to three to six years in the Allegheny county workhouse for attempting to murder her husband in their Houston home last July.
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Uniop
Washington
Velma Fee
Crminer
Cummins
Allegheny County
Houston
Tulyard
Big Six delegates sign Hague treaty amid occupation talks
At The Hague on August 3 delegates from the six powers signed the protocol reflecting Rhine land agreements and related terms. Five powers except Japan joined a separate accord to submit demilitarized zone disputes to a general commission. France Britain and Belgium sent a common note to Germany on Rhine land evacuation with annexes including amnesty terms for political offenses. Germany replied to the note in kind as talks concluded with applause for Mr Jaspar and Arthur Henderson.
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Frederick Kuh
United Press
Gtn
The
Hague
Japan
Demilitarized Zone
Geneillation Commission
France
Britain
Belgium
Germany
Rhineland
Arthur Henderson
Bhlish Forelgas
M. Jaspar
Buried Train Victim to Be Interred in Pine Grove
Joseph Benof a 57 year old Erie Railroad freight victim will be buried in Pine Grove Cemetery today relatives in Chicago unable to attend or fund the funeral due to lack of money. He died after slipping while attempting to board a west bound train just east of the station and was killed instantly.
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Chicago
Josep Benof
Erie Ratiroad
Pine Grove
Benof
Opal
Benoi
Gwestpolind Trrin
Automobile racers prepare for 200 mile Altoona Classic
Altoona Pa Aug 30 four teen auto racing drivers ready for the Labor Day 200 mile classic. Prizes total over 15000 dollars. thirteen drivers aim to gain the leading point at Louk Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Altoona
Labor Day
Louk Meyer
Chinese youth Ye Fung reaches three miles high with kite
Aug 30 report notes Yee Fung, a Chinese youth, reportedly set an altitude record with a kite that climbed three miles above Farrell. The craft used a pound of cobwebbing thread and two pounds of special powder for lift.
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Farrell
Reco
Yee Fung
Presbyter ian church to receive $200 bequest from Corry estate
Aug. 20 The Presbyterian church of Corry Pa will receive $200 from the estate of Emily Mr. Ghaply of Corry who died July 24. The will was probated Thursday in the office of Register of Wills H Howell. The estate totaled $4,000. Relatives will receive the remainder of the estate.
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Presbyterian Church Pri
Presbyterian Church
Corry
Ghaply
H. Howell
Register of Wills
Postcard On Round World Graf Zeppelin Trip
Mra R J Crum of 161 Mott street received a treasured postcard this morning that circled the globe on the Graf Zeppelin. Sent by her brother Bertram Crawford from New York City, the mail had a 1 83 postage. The journey went New York to Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen to Takle to Los Angeles back to Lakehurst and here. The 25 000 mile trip makes the piece especially cherished.
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Mra
R. J. Crum
Mott Gireet
Globe
Bertram Crawford
New York City
New York
Lakehurst
Friedrichshafen
Takle
Los Angeles
Auto overturns injures Cleveland attorney wife in unusual crash
A Cleveland attorney George S. Graves and his wife escaped serious injuries when their Oakland sedan was forced off the Tinton City Waterford road near a Gill station, rolled over into a culvert, and landed on its top. Mrs. Graves suffered minor cuts and bruises and was treated by Dr. Sherwood after a Cooper-Crowe ambulance transport.
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Cleveland
Union City
The
Times-Enterprise
Tinton
City-Waterford
Oakland
George S. Graves
Graves
Dolor
Groves
Holiday Hours at Post Office Observed on Labor Day
The post office will observe usual holiday hours on Labor Day with money order, stamp, General Delivery and parcel post windows open 9 to 10 AM. Except for the money order window, all windows reopen 7 to 8 PM. No mail delivery by city or rural carriers that day.
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Ety
Air instructor killed in crash at municipal airport
Philadelphia August 30 Charles P. Stewart 23 aviation instructor is dead and Frederic H Strawbridge Jr of Wynnewood is in hospital with painful injuries after an airplane crash at the municipal airport yesterday. It is the first fatal crash at the field officials said.
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United Bres
Philadelphia
Charles P. Stewart
Frederic H. Strawbridge, Jr
Wynnewood
Four More Indicted for Miner Murder in Greene County
Greene County grand jury indicted four additional suspects in the murder of Bert Wells a miner at MME Morris Pay last August. The case centers on the shooting at Maidavile W. Vai mining location near Waynesburg Pennsylvania with further legal action forthcoming.
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Eyguinea Reese
Waynesburg
Greene County
Bert Wells
Maidavile
W. Vai
Miner
MME Morris
Collision Tragedy Strikes San Juan Off California Coast
San Juan, sailing from San Francisco to Los Angeles, sank after a collision with the tank ship Dodd about 42 miles off Pigeon Point. More than 50 feared dead. 27 rescued by the Dodd and 10 by the Munami as fog and rough seas hampered rescue efforts. Captain Asplund went down with his ship, leaving behind a daughter and a legacy of duty.
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George D. Grisley
United Press
San Francisco
San Joad
Pauilie
Here
Slock
San Juan
Los Angeles
G.T. Dodd
Cally
Watte
Ge McCormac
Munami
California
Golden Gate
Adolph F. Asplund
Asplund
Pigeon Point
Pacific
Capt
Winkle
Asplind
Ingleside Terrace
Carolyn
Windo
San Pranaieco
U S Students Menaced by Arab Mobs in Middle East
United Press reports four American art students from Haifa plus 15 others were surrounded by Arabs while touring Syria near the Palestine Syria border. British authorities were asked to aid in their transfer to safety as rioting spread across Palestine. In Jerusalem five Jews were killed and 16 injured as clashes continued, with Safed’s Petroleum plant set ablaze. At Cairo an Arab man was beaten by a Jewish crowd after a monetary dispute.
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Jacob Simon
United Press
Jerusalem
Haifa
Palestine
Syria
Cimailale
Safad
English
Shell Petroleum Company
Safed
Cairo
Egypt
Tle
Mone
Corry Residents Drawn for October Jury Service
Eighty four jurors were drawn at the Corry courthouse for the October civil term by Sheriff Sterrett and jury commissioners Monghan and Hall. The term opens at 10:04 a.m. Monday with about 100 cases listed for trial. Corry residents J Cronin and L Miller among those drawn, along with Union City’s Ralph Goswell and others.
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Corry
Court House
Thomas G. Sterrett
Leo Monghan
James Hall
James
Yard
J. Cronin
B. Davis
W. N. Jones
L.5. Miller
Ralph Goswell
Union City
Found body of friend linked to slaver case in Indiana
In Indiana Pa Aug 80 Mike Popek of Waterman Pa, convicted of second degree murder, faced sending the body of friend John Rado to Western Penitentiary as the motive lurked in the robbery. Rado’s body lay in a shallow grave by a Mississippi stream bank.
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United Press
Indiana
Mike Popek
Waterman Pa
John Rado
Western Penitentiary
Rado
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Wield
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Joseph Benof
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