Confession of German Probed in Pittsburgh Case
District Attorney Park ordered an inquiry into a confession by Anton Brevuly of Hamburg who claims he set fire to the Coverdale store in which Catherine Nestor and her daughter Anna died in December 1927. Officials suspect the confession may be a fake to gain expenses for transport to Pittsburgh. Detective George W. Murrin to conduct the investigation.
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Pittsburgh
Park
Antony Brevuly
Hamburg
Germany
State Department
Coverdale
Catherine Nestor
Anna
Allegheny County
George W. Murrin Tal
Kitchener Khartoum City Heroic Past and Layout Plan
The piece notes Khartoum as capital of the Anglo Egyptian Sudan on the Blue Nile above its junction with the White Nile. It recalls Lord Kitchener becoming famous as Kitchener of Khartoum after the 1800s action and asserts he designed the city’s layout plan.
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Kitchener
Steel Output in Pittsburgh District Drops to 60 65 Percent
Production of steel in the Pittsburgh district for the past week held at 60 to 65 percent of capacity. Ingot steel and pig iron output were sustained by a few departments while demand for finished products was limited and automobile curtailments reduced specialty plant orders. The monthly finishing schedules average dipped to the year's low amid irregular operations.
Summer White House proposal discussed in Adams County
Residents in south central Pennsylvania discuss a plan to locate the Summer White House in Adams County this year. The proposal was urged by Leighton C. Taylor, secretary to Senator Joseph R. Gmndy, at a joint meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and service clubs.
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Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Chamber of Commerce
White House
Adams County
Leighton C. Taylor
Joseph R. Gmundy
Fugitive Briley Gibson Recaptured in Pittsburgh Prison Escape
Charles Briley alias Charles Gibson was recaptured Friday afternoon in Pittsburgh after escaping the county jail in January 1929. He is to face prison breaking charges in September court and was returned Sunday to the county prison where he had been trusted by Warden Hess. He faces a new five year penalty for escape under a recent law and a similar sentence for attempting to smuggle items into a prison.
Jamestown Beer Seizures Target Two Local Spots
Federal agents under Chief Joseph B. Holcomb raided two Jamestown locations, arresting Gladys Blystone and William H. Burl at 409 West Third Street on charges of sale and possession. Seized were eleven pints of colored distilled spirits, three and a half pints of wasted distilled spirits, 4,589 pints of beer, and a 25 gallon beer mash crock. Burl arraigned. bail set at $500. Blystone to appear next morning.
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Jamestown
Cattaraugus County
Chie Joseph B. Holcomb
West Third Street
Gladys Blystone
Wiliam H. Burl
Burt
Edward R. Booty
Blystone
Harrison Street
Edward
Ground broken for $25,000 Pidioute public library
Ground was broken last week for the new Pidioute library at 5 blartan angle opposite the Presbyterian church. Excavation eight and a half feet deep progresses with the Henry Schenck Company winning the contract for a brick and stone structure.
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Nimoute
Pidioute Public Library
Erle
Parish notes from Coudersport and area events
Garlton W Smith and Frank Hep len of this city attended the funeral of James G Hovey in Corry where Hovey was a representative of the Erie Consistory. The Corry unit will entrain Friday evening for the encampment at Gretna with at least sixty men under Captain Houghton and Lieuts Brown and Fehlman. Local veterans from the 313th Machine Gun Battalion of the 81st Division will attend the reunion at Conneaut Lake Park on August 2. M E Newrod of Meadville heads the association, reporting a year end balance of 488.04 as of July 7. Pennsylvania Gas Company employees and families will join the Waldameer Park outing on August 16, with 1,000 workers from multiple towns attending. Zem Zem Temple plans a large Waldameer outing next month for hundreds of members and families. The State Health and Dental car visits Union City July 21 to 24 and will operate through July in Erie county towns. H C Drake and W P McCray, auditors of the Concord township school district, filed their annual report. The report shows receipts of 14222. The National Safety Council now has a staff of more than 100, rising from a 14-member group in 191?
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State Armory
MS Gretna
Corry
Houghton
Lielits
Brown
Fehlman
313Th Machine Gut
Conneaut Lake Park
M. E. Newrod
Meadville
Cenny
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Waldameer Park
Covy
Warren
Hirle
Sheffield
Roystone
Jamestown
Lujllow
H.C. Drake
WP. McCray
Concord Township
Annette Young
National Safety Council
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Alberts Moore
R. R. Beck
Highway Patrol
Air Circus
Alberta Moore
Barhara Moore
Bertheks
Miss Moore
Corporal Bede
Roy Abearn
Justice of the Peace
Watts N. Davis
Mooney
Baltimore
John MacDonald
Tom Mooney
San Francisco
MacDonald
California
Root
Root’s Furniture Store
Federal Dry
Kosthorst
Arthur Carlson
Carlson
Polles
Garlton W. Smith
Frank Heplen
Coudersport
James G. Hovey
Erle Conistary
Mr Dacs
Seber
Waldameer T
Union City
Erie County
Vance Thompson
E. P. Dutton & Company
Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra
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Mira
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