Freight Wreck Narrowly Avoided in East-End Yards
A derailment occurred just below Maple Avenue on the Pennsylvania lines, derailing the locomotive and front freight car but stopping before further cars left the rails. A wrecker from Erie moved the engine back onto the rails, easing a potential wider disruption to Erie and nearby systems. Morning passenger delays were brief.
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Heneva
Pennsylvania Railroad
Maple Avenue
Pennsylvania
Erie
Adene
Hoover asks Dawes to hurry back to London
President Hoover urged Charles G. Dawes ambassador to England now in the United States to return to London at once for the upcoming London conference of European premiers. Dawes is to sail from New York on the Mauretania July 22. Reports from Paris say France and other nations consider a 500 million loan to Germany with U S participation and German political guarantees may be sought.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Charles G. Dawes
England
London
Tubber
Monty
Dawes
New Yorke
Mauretania
Avenue Boxing Spectacle Draws City Notables
A basement boxing card staged at Franz Furniture Store drew a crowd on Saturday. Local figures including U S Deputy Marshal Jacke Austin and Mayor Frank T. England watched as neighborhood youths fought, echoing the era of rural buckboard gatherings along Ln Street.
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Avenue
Ln Street
Center Street
Journal
Philadelphia
Franz Purniture
U. S
Jacke Austin
Frank T. England
Frank
Dee Keleher
Glaire Phelps
Man Zilch
Thomas Giblin
B.porter
Pymatuning Dam Bids Open Around August 15
Harrisburg reports bids for the Pymatuning dam in western Pennsylvania will open about August 15. The legislature appropriated 1 500 000 for the drainage project. The structure includes an earthen embankment 2400 feet long and up to 30 feet high with a concrete spillway, containing vast quantities of embankment, excavation, concrete, steel piling, riprap, and paving. The swamp covers Lawrence and Mercer counties and spills into Ohio. Pennsylvania and Ohio manufacturers cooperate on land acquisition for drainage.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pymatuning
Pennsylvania
State Water ‘and Power Resources Board
Lawrence
Mercer
Ohio
Ohichere
Thunderstorm Scare Near West Pleasant Street Church
Residents near the first Baptist church on West Pleasant street faced a dawn scare as a thunderstorm and heavy downpour sparked vivid lightning and smoke. Mrs. L. P. Bliss and Newton Nesmith saw smoke on their porch and alerted authorities, but no damage was found. fire crews responded to box 42 but were not needed.
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West Pleasant Street
First Baptist Church
Holt
L. P. Bliss
Newton Nesmith
Stocks Sell Off In Very Light Trading
New York July 17 pending long term Germany related policy details led to a narrow stock market in dull turnover. Early gains gave way to selling as prices moved lower near the close while rails and industrials showed mixed activity.
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United Press
NEW York
Jean
Germany
Stock Exchange
Lt. S. Steel
Five Best Radio Entertainments Listed by Station
NBC WIZ presents Mme Alde and La Forge. WABC CBS airs Arthur Pryor's Band at 7:00. NEC WIZ broadcasts P Whiteman's Paintman at 3:00. WABE CBS airs Poetic Readings and Orchestra at 9:30. NEC WEAP features Vincent Lopez and Orchestra at 10:00.
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WIZ
NBC
Mme
Alde & la Forge
WABC
CBS
Arthur Pryor
Band Wiz
NEC
P. Whiteman
WEAIP
Vincent Lopez
New Corry Hospital to Name Superintendent at Special Meeting
Miss Fath Clyburn’s resignation took effect July 1 leaving Corry Hospital short of a permanent head. The Board of Directors plans a special meeting next week to appoint a new superintendent after interviews. Miss Mildred Young currently acts as interim head.
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Board of Directors
Miss Clyburn
Corry Hospital
Fath Clyburn
Brown
Clyburn
Tocn
Mildred Young
Youths Shot Avert Hold Up At Filling Station
Eyed Press Rittanning Pa July 17 Al phone Austin 28 Hast Vandergrft fatally wounded early today in an alleged attempt to rob the filling station operated by Ford Shankle at Lowansville six miles north of here. Shankle said he hid in the store because of a previous robbery He fired when the intruders turned to leave Austin died two hours later in Hitannings hospital His companion fled amid the volley of shots Shankle said lights were off and Charles Best county detective aided the search for the other man.
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Rittanning
Alphone Austin
Hast Vandergrft
Ford Shankle
Lowansville
Here
Shankle
Austin
Latacunga Quake Ravages Ecuador Town
Quito reports a sharp earthquake likely destroyed Latacunga fifty miles south of Quito. About 12 000 residents were affected with many homeless. Government relief parties and officials planned to supervise rescue efforts near the quake site tied to Cotopaxi volcanic activity.
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United Press
Quito
Ecuador
Latacunga
Lar Iacunge
Tildm Agora
Carlos A. Guerrero
Cotopaxi
Latagunga
Eopador
Leon
Republic
Ity
Ape Andes
Pacific
Bomb explodes in Vatican Gardens
A powerful bomb exploded at 2 am in the Vatican Gardens causing shattered windows in Vatican City and nearby Rome. No injuries were reported as investigators consider possible involvement by anti fascists or terrorists, with both Vatican City and Italian police seeking the source.
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Vatican Gardens
United Press
Vatican City
Rome
Trionsale
Vatican
Axione Gattolica
Tatian
St. Peter's
Hungarian Fliers Receive Ovation After Near-Budapest Landing
George Endres and Alexander Magyar, transatlantic fliers, landed near Budapest after a 24 hour 15 minute flight from Harbor Grace Newfoundland. They claimed propaganda aims and survived with no injuries though their plane lost a propeller and a wheel.
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United Press
Budapest
Hungary
George Endres
Alexader Magyar
AtlAntic
Justice
Figal
Bicske
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Magyar
John Loveland
Findley Lake
Tonmerryoft
Little Corry
Pindley Lake Village
Lake Resort
Lee R. Root
Jamestown
Two Teens Nabbed After Failed Barbecue Holdups
In Pittsburgh July 17 two youths planned a six dollar robbery at the Winter Garden Barbecue in Lincoln Place. They fled after a police chase and later tried another bar near Locust Street, where an attendant fired. the pair fled toward Carrick, later arrested by Monongahela police.
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Pittsburgh
Monongahela
Winter Garden
Lincoln Place
Robert Douglas
Locust Tan Barbecie
Lirge
Carrick
Identity of Victim Sought in Missing Women Case
Authorities confront twenty five missing women mysteries while seeking to identify a body found in a shallow grave by Mush Creek near Downingtown. The corpse was dug up from the county poor farm cemetery as fingerprints and measurements were sent to Harrisburg for analysis. Mr and Mrs Ronald eon of Spring Creek visited the city with Mrs Tastings Jones.
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Downingtown
County Poor Farm
Harrisburg
Robert Ronaldeon
Spring Creek
Tastings Jones
Baltimore & Ohio to Acquire Chicago and Alton Railroad
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Baltimore & Ohio to acquire the bankrupt Chicago and Alton Railroad through a new company named Alton Harbor Company. The form allows issuance of up to 250,000 shares of common stock at $100 par value, totaling 25 million.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Baltimore
Ton Hbfbour
Imsuc
Two More Cleveland Hoodlums Slain in Out-of-Town Killings
Toledo dispatch reports Cleveland gangsters killed outside their city limits. Victims believed to be Harry Gertzlin and Al Jaffe, both Cleveland natives, found near the Michigan line with head wounds from bludgeons. Coroner cites kidnapping and a 140 mile trip cut short by miscalculation.
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Toledo
Cleveland
Osio
Harry Gertzlin
al Jaffe
Michigan State Line
Frank Mirrefly
Michigan
Gleveland Oficers
Gertain
Jaffe
Talen
World Fliers Edge Death in Takeoff At Roosevelt Field
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr narrowly escaped tragedy during a takeoff attempt at Roosevelt Field while aiming to beat Wiley Post and Harold Gatty. Their Bellanca loaded with 830 gallons of fuel ran off the track and plunged down a 20 foot embankment before lifting into the air and circling back for a safe landing field No 1. His mother Mrs Dixon Boardman of New York and his fiancée Miss Mary Allen Farley Albany witnessed the incident.
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John R. Beal
United Press
Roosevelt Field
L. 1
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Roose|ovelt Field No. 2
Specators
Herridon
Dixon Boardman
New York
Mary Allen Farley
Albany
Former Pastor to Speak Here at Presbyterian Pulpit
Rev J A Martin of Westfield will occupy the Presbyterian pulpit in the city Sunday morning. He plans to leave Westfield in September for a new field in Oxford Ohio. His former congregation announces the news of his acceptance to return for this service.
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J. A. Martin
Westfield
Martin
Oxford
Laval Outlines France Policy on Germany Crisis
Paris reports Premier Laval offered to ease political demands on Germany linked to an international loan for European recovery. He stated France would not impose strict conditions such as halting the Austro German customs union or delaying the second battleship program. Washington observers note U S policy moving away from past doctrines as Stimson and Mellon head to London for emergency relief talks.
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United Press
Paris
Pierre Laval
Frick
Germany
Dinancian
London
New Yorke
Reichbank
Mellon
Washington
France
Reich
America
Great Britain
Dayal
Prange
Secretary of
State Slimson
Treasury Mellon
United States
Stimson
Northwestern Trust Bank Closes as State Takes Over
In Philadelphia on July 17 deposits were invited as Northwestern Trust Company closed its doors and the State Banking Department announced the takeover to protect depositors after heavy withdrawals and cash advances could not stem the flow. The bank reported assets of about 18 million with roughly 6.9 million in deposits according to a June 20 report.
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United Press Philadelphia
Northwesten Trust Company
Line Department of Banking
Poharge
Northwrraters Rrrust Company
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Rey Oeren
East Vandergrift
Endres
Eail
Bren
Chicago and Alton
First Presbyterian Church
Premier Laval
Philadelphia Bank
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