Three Cornered Mayoral Race Opens with Patterson Candidacy
A three way mayoral contest emerges in Corry as John B. Patterson, a leading taxpayer and former mayor, formally declares his bid. He calls for prudent fiscal policy, water works ownership, and relief for taxpayers while criticizing current valuations and tax millage practices.
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B. Patterson
John B. Patterson
Patterson
Board of Education
Political
Paigm
Sveh
City of Corry
Uist
Harrisburg
Kane
Corry
Corry Guardsmen In Camp At Mount Gretna
A large throng of relatives witnessed the departure of Company A from Corry as a special Pennsylvania National Guard train carried the Meadville and Erie battalion units to Mount Gretna. Camp operations begin for two weeks ahead of July maneuvers with Captain William Houghton listed as company commander and a full roster of officers and soldiers.
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Panier
Pennsylvania National
Mount Grétna
Meadville Company
Erie Battalion
Dali
Meadville
Erle Railroad
Heig
Mount Gretna
Car Barns Firepauses New Orleans Strike Settlement
In New Orleans on July 18 a car barn housing 25 streetcars was set ablaze by unknown attackers amid escalating strike violence. The fire halted a brief effort to settle a two week transit strike that had already claimed two lives. Deputy U S marshals and city police stood by as officials postponed service and awaited negotiations.
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United Press
New Orleans
Nym
Public Service Company
Uise
Strikebire Okers
United States
Vudlance
Victor Loisel
Order increases malt content to curb illicit beer
Prohibition Commissioner Doran announced a new order raising legal malt liquor to 18 percent alcohol content while maintaining 2 percent overall alcoholic content. The move aims to deter conversion of malt tone into draft beer, a practice recently found in the Albany region.
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United Press
Washington
Doran
Albany
Auto Injuries Fatalities and Hospitalized Victim Details
Merle Walker of Corry, 22, remains hospitalized with a serious right ankle fracture after an auto accident last evening. Officials cite limited details as Dr John Kibler involved in the incident. In Latrobe, Mrs Alice Hood, 88, wife of Rev Robert Hood of Dormont, Pa, dies at Latrobe Hospital from injuries after their car was hit on the Lincoln highway near Greensburg.
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Merle Walker
Corry
A. D
John
Kibler
United Press
Hutchinson Flood Reaches Citywide Damage
Hutchinson Kansas endures devastating flood after Cow Creek surge of about 20 miles per hour. Two thousand houses swept from their foundations, leaving thousands homeless as the town faced partial isolation and widespread destruction of upscale neighborhoods.
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Univer Ress
Hutchinson
Cow Creek
Meadville Card Game Quarrel Ends in Fatal Stabbing
Philip Toppo, 65, of Mendville, was stabbed in the neck during a card game quarrel at 1038 Bessemer street. He died outside the home after a dispute with several participants. Police hold a man. another suspect remains at large as investigators search for the shooter.
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Crayford County
Meadville
Philip Toppo
Pine Street
Mendville
Erie Railroad
Toppo
Connecion
Gald
Fire death toll rises to 15 after blaze in Gullingham
In Gullingham Kent on Thursday night a devastating fire linked to a comic presentation of The Fireman Wedding unfolded into tragedy as another firefighter died from injuries, bringing the toll to fifteen.
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United Press
EJ Lewis Candidate for School Board Seeks Unexpired Term
East Bond street resident EJ Lewis, appointed to fill the vacancy caused by James W. Campbell’s resignation, will run to complete Campbell’s unexpired term in the Fall election. Campbell’s term has two years left. Lewis serves until the next municipal election, aiming for election to 1931. Friends circulate petitions for Republican Democratic and Prohibition support. J Love also rumored as candidate for re election, though he declined comment.
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J. Lewis
East
Bond Street
Board of Education
James W. Campbell
Erie
Campbell
Lewis
Lewi
J. © Love
Mrr. Love
Journal Today
Barn Struck by Lightning Destroyed in Storm Near Spartansburg
During a severe electrical storm one of the heaviest downpours in years hit Spartansburg as a barn on William Bemis’s farm, about three quarters of a mile from town, was struck by lightning and burned. The new structure and several loads of 1929 crop and machinery were lost, totaling about 8500 dollars with partial insurance. Neighbors prevented spread to the home. storm also damaged gardens and crops.
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Spartansburg
William Bemis
Missing Pittsburgh Woman Sought After West Point Trip
Officials search for Mrs. Robert A. Stewart of Pittsburgh after she failed to disembark at West Point Va from a Chesapeake Steamboat She boarded in Baltimore Her personal effects and a railroad ticket from West Point to Richmond were found in her stateroom The missing woman may have alighted at an intermediate stop between Baltimore and West Point and relatives were to visit in Richmond
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Chesapeake Steamable Company
Robert A. Stewart
Weat Point
Baltimore
Stewart
West Poiit
Calif flier Mendel Reinhart land after 948 hour flight
Loren Mendel and Pete Reinhart land in Los Angeles after 948 hours 43 minutes and 30 seconds aloft in the Angelena biplane. The crew reports a rough descent caused by refuse in the tail grouping during the 57th refuel at 100 feet.
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Loren “Mendel
Pete Reinhart
Angelena
Explosion at Yunnanfu Kills or Injures 1000
A United Press dispatch from Hong Kong reports that about 1,000 people were killed or injured by an ammunition store explosion at Yunnanfu. The Preach consulate and British consulate building suffered damage. no foreigners were killed, some were slightly hurt. The blast is linked to a rebel general's supporter seeking to aid his advance.
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United Press
Hong Kong
Yunnanfu
Admits 1927 Cloverdale Armored Car Robbery
Wrank Mosozeenaki, 28, last of the Flathead gang, confessed to dynamiting the Cloverdale armored car in 1927 in Pittsburgh related to two guard deaths and a $100,000 theft. He named gang members, with leader Paul Jaworski already executed, and said they prepared a mine and used 27 sticks of dynamite. Police plan written statements after his arrest in a Cleveland-area flat.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Wrank Mosozeenaki
Flathead
Pittsburgh
Cloverdale
Fred J. Healey
Burns International Detective Agency
Moszesnesina
United States
Paul Jaworski
Rockview Penitentiary
Cleveland
Moszcineski
Soven
Advance Plans for Labor Day Celebration Announced
Corry Credit Exchange announces Labor Day events with a Ford Tudor sedan and 160 in gold to be awarded to entrants. Tickets come with each 1 purchase or old account payment, and contestants must gather at City Park on parade day to win. A large street parade, carnival at City Park, ox roast, vaudeville acts, base ball games, and evening dancing are planned.
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Corry Credit Exchange
Fort Hammond
Exchange
Paris
French Woman Tries Endurance Flight Record
Maryss Bastis, French aviatrix, starts an attempt to beat the women's endurance world record from Le Bourget, arriving soon after Polish and French aviators begin trans Atlantic flights. Bastis previously stalled about 24 hours. Witney Smith holds the record at 20 hours 21 minutes.
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United Frese Paris
Maryss Bustie
Avistrix
Witney Smith
Planes Believed Near Azores in Paris to New York Race
Polish pilot Pilsudski and French flyer Coste press toward the Atlantic in a Paris to New York race. Le Bourget officials urged ships to sight and report the monoplane progress as weather favors the crossing. wireless failures hindered contact, while forecasts favored a route about 200 miles north of the Azores with light winds and fog over the Atlantic.
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Paris
Azores
le Bourgt Field
France
New Yor
French Air Ministry
Atretch
Atlantic
Spain
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bel-fonte
Baye Feld
Prasikowski
Kubla
New York
Agores Island
Olympic
Radio entertainments on WEAF NBC and WJZ network lineup
Radio listings show WEAF NBC offering The Cavalcade at 7 0 EST with WJZ NBC Network TV presenting Goldsmen Band at 8 00 EST Detroit Symphony Orchestra on WIR NBC at 8 00 EST Nathaniel Shilkret's Orchestra on WEAF NBC at 9 00 BST B 4 Rolfe's Dance Music listed as entertainment options across networks and stations
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WEAF
NBC
WJZ
Goldsmen
WIR
Detroit
Symphony Orchestra
Nathhaniel Shilkret
Rolfe
Untin Bowler Resumes Berlin Flight Delay
The Untin s Bowler, Chicago Tribunes oceanic amphibian, frozen at Port Burwell Ungava Labrador, cannot resume its Berlin flight until the first Sunday. Crew reports radio messages. pilots Rob Gast Parker Cramier repair damage from a huge rake of leaves sweeping the shop.
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Chicago
Chicago ‘Tribune
Port Burwell
Ungava
Labrador
Berlin
Rob Gast
Parker Cramier
Lea
Bakii
Robert Wood
Waterford Tragedy Kills Father and Son in Bridge Collision
Frank Lisa and his son John, ages 61 and 19, were instantly killed when their automobile truck was struck by a Pennsylvania railroad bridge train traveling from Wildwood to Philadelphia in Waterford N Y on July 18.
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Waterford
Frank Lisa
John
Pennsylvania
Wildwood
Philadelphia
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Guy B. Abesey
Clifford Clark
Adolph W. Haenel
Alfred Hanson
Orren A. Long
Louis B. Merkle
Milford Webster
Jack ‘3. Duran
Hen L. Jewell
Harold W. Jewell
Warren P. Johnson
Arthur W. Pitts
Edoward A. Roberts
Howard M. Shattk
Leo W. Skifl
Andrew
Kansas Town
EJ Lewis
Rumor
J. E. Love
Bemis Farm
Calif
Los Angeles
Cali
Meni Tiéir
Filpht
Wal
McManus
Clarion
Walter Wilson
Helen Furnace
National Transit Co
Azore Islands
Marshal Pilsudski
le Bourget Field
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