Italo Balbo and aviators depart Chicago for Italy
Thousands of Chicago admirers bid farewell as General Balbo and 24 aircraft prepare to depart from Chicago harbor en route to Orbetello Italy. The armada will fly over Toledo Cleveland Buffalo Owego New York City with no stops unless forced landings occur.
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United Press
Chipaso
Chicago
Italo Belbo
Orcetello
Italy
Michigan Bolite Yard
Camp Whister
World's Fair Ground
Watt Cluvertus
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Miers
Wort Sheridan
General Balbo
Pera
Toledo
Cleveland
Buffalo
Owego
New York City
Balbo
Alps
Ireland
Newfoundland
Montreal
Azores
Orbetello
Helen Morgan Secretly Weds Two Months Earlier
Helen Morgan the Broadway blues star has wed Maurice Masch Kedr in May after obtaining a license from Lawrence County prothonotary. The couple, described as married two months, were married by Justice of the Peace Harrison M Reynolds and then left in a large auto with a negro chauffeur. Morgan, born 28 in Danville Illinois, listed New York City address 6 West 57th Street. Kedr, 25, of 2488 Guilford Road Cleveland, Ohio, said it was their first marriage.
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New Castle
Helen Morgan
Cleveland
Lawrence County
Prothonotary
Morgen
Maschia
Mit
Guilford Road
Well
Police Seek Second Sharper In Counterfeit Alert
Authorities urged a lookout for a man named Sharper passing counterfeit one dollar bills in the state. He was last seen in Pottaville and does not match the description of a separate passer of a ten dollar note reported today. The suspect is described as short and well built with curly hair and clothing clues.
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Newond
Sean
Pottaville
Will
Counterfeit Ten Dollar Bill Foiled at Local Shop
Police seek a stranger who passed a counterfeit ten dollar bill at the Grand Shoppe, operated by Lawrence Eisenman, in a northside transaction for cigarettes. The suspect fled before dawn as investigators scour the area. the bill was detected as phony at a local bank.
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Atranger
Lawrence Eisenman
Push Highway Projects Aid Jobless Push
The Public Works Administration signals approval to move workers from relief rolls to payrolls. Approved highway plans totaling $40,369,048 are part of a nationwide $400 million program across 24 states. Idaho North Dakota West Virginia Florida Montana Meine and others joined states with spending plans, while a broader list of nearly a thousand construction and renovation projects was announced by Secretary of the Interior Sokes. The Great Boulder dam item dominates the $68,420,188 total in the latest allocations.
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United Press
Washington
Public Works Administration
Meine
Idaho
North Dakota
West Virginia
Florida
Montana
Great Bouldar Dam
West
Jersey Youth Nonchalantly Swims Niagara Rapids
William Kondrat a 17 year old from Chatham New Jersey swam the Niagara River rapids above the lower arch and survived after being carried downstream for over an hour. He emerged in Niagara Falls Ontario and was later found safe at police headquarters. He said a companion urged him to reach Canadian soil but he continued swimming until rescue.
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United Press
Niagara Falls
N. J
William Kondrat
Chatham
Niagara River
Arthur Hecht
New Yorker City
Kondrat
Wiesire
Heshti
Sendrat
Semdrat
Niagara Walls
Captain Webb
England
Javyn
Booming Prices Boost Farm Cash for Four Principal Crops
United Press reports July 18 1933 prices lifted cash returns for cotton corn wheat and oats by over 2100000. The gain derives from Roosevelt recovery effects and poor crop reports. Current wheat crop value exceeds March 1 estimates by 38000000 while general farm income losses from 1932 are halved by the higher prices.
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John A. Reichmann
United Press
Washington
Wiley Post continues world flight speed in Siberia
Wiley Post maintains record pace in round the world flight. He lands at Irkutsk after leaving Novosibirsk, report says he is 75 hours 25 minutes ahead of the old record and 16 hours 34 minutes ahead of it. Post plans to resume toward Khabarovsk for refueling at dawn.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
Wiley Post
Novosibirek
Moscow
E.D.T
New York
Post
Khabarovsk
Trientske
Crécord
Harold Gatty
Wet victories forecast in 7 more states vote in Alabama
Birmingham July 18 observers forecast wet victory as Alabama votes on repeal of the 18th amendment. Dry leaders believe repeal is likely to fail, while supporters push for nationwide change.
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United Press
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Arkansas Town Votes 44 to 1 for Repeal
In Upper Hill township Prairie county Arkansas, the first to report on repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, residents cast 44 for repeal and 1 against. Campaign leaders said results vary by county, with wets claiming momentum across most of Arkansas and Alabama on repeal day.
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Arkansas
United Press
Little Rock
Ark
Upper Hill Township
Prairie County
B.D. Purvis
Charles
Rice
Gol A.M. Tunstall
Wets
West Memipeds
Act
C. Broa
Critten jCounty ‘Times
Rumors Run Around Woodin Resigning from Cabinet
Frederick Storm reports in Washington that despite official denials the rumor persists that Secretary of the Treasury William H. Woodin will resign before summer’s end. Some say health concerns or a sale of Morgan stock might spur retirement, though Woodin is said to be back at his desk next week after a second health setback.
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Frederick Storm
United Press
Washington
Belmet
Secretary of the Treasury
William H. Woodin
Woodin
J. P. Morgan & Co
Bridge Collapses as Truck Passes in Pennsylvania
A wooden bridge near Albion in Erie County collapsed under a heavy truck today, sparing the driver Orrin Bailey of North Bristol. This marked the second bridge collapse in Birle county within a week, following a prior incident that killed two and injured four.
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Unites Press
Brie
Albion
Orrin Bailey
North Bristol
Birle County
Release expected in OConnell kidnapping case
Lieut John J O Connell Jr the abducted nephew of Albany dynasty leaders was believed to be released hourly by his captors amid rumors of ransom paid or imminent freeing. The family denied reports while police and political circles anticipated the youth’s safe return as Albany underworld buzzed with word of a near end to the 16 day kidnapping.
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Paul H. King
United Press
Albany
N. Y
John J. O'Connell
O'Connell
G’c Onnell
National Guard
Albany Evening News
Daniel
Ed O'Connell
Aimee Hutton Sails to Fight Divorce in California
Aimee MacPherson Hutton, four square gospel evangelist, heads back to California to contest a divorce suit filed by husband David Hutton. She seeks the divorce in her own name, and travels via Havre and Baltimore after an abdominal operation. Her Paris visit followed by an Angelus Temple flock message urging her to return home.
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United Press
Paris
Aimee MacPherson Hutton
Four Square Gospel Evangelat
California
David Hutton
Hutton
McPherson Hutton
American
Sadie
Havre
Baltimore
Los Nebles
McPherson
Evangeliat
Rome
Forfeit Bail and Warrant Issued for Harriman
Joseph W. Harriman remained on the missing list as a sanity hearing stalled in federal court. Judge Francis C. Cuffey ordered forfeiture of his $25,000 bail and issued a bench warrant. Harriman, former head of Harriman National Bank, is sought in New York, New Jersey, and Long Island amid concerns he may have harmed himself. Special watch was set at his son Alan Harriman's grave on Long Island. The action followed attempts to prove his irresponsibility on charges of falsifying bank accounts.
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United Press
New York
Joseph W.harriman
Liday
Francis C. Cuffey
Uberty
Harriman
Harriman National Ban
New York City
New Jersey
Long Island
Manhattan
Alan
Tris
United States
George Z. Medallé
Third Person Believed Killed in X Ocean Plane Crash
State department reports from Berlin indicate a third person may have died in the crash of a plane carrying Lithuanian travelers from New York to Lithuania. The embassy noted a third crew member was also reported missing, with details unclear.
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State Department
United Press
Washington
Berlin
Gupt
Stephen Danis
Sidsey Glrenas
Victor Esptaites
Wilkes-Barre
Paresgialtes
Ena
Tadap
Boklin
Pomeranis
Germany
Waik
Lithuania
New York
Steel Sogrp Advanc es
Pittsburgh July 13 A gale of No 1 heavy melting steal scrap rose by 25 cents above the previous sale as reported here today.
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Pittsburgh
Assessments May Be Reduced Fifty Percent
Corry officials plan a near fifty percent cut in total assessed valuation, from over 4 million to about 3.5 million, with formal action at the August 7 council meeting. Mayor Ragland, Finance Director Suissman, and State Education Council member F. A. Loveland discussed the move as a path to increased state aid for schools, while acknowledging a higher city millage may follow to cover local needs.
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Corry
Plang
Frank 7. Ragland
Joseph L. Suissman
F. A. Loveland
State Council of Education
Corry Selina
Loveland
England
Dir. Lovelant
Inter
Tne
Lugeland
Meyir England
Council
Splesman
State Department
Roosevelt Still Laid Up with Cold in White House
WASHINGTON July 14 President Roosevelt remains confined to his rooms at the White House suffering a cold after a trip. He continues to work and hope for a quick recovery as officials report no serious illness and adequate rest is planned to speed his return.
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Roosevelt
Wince
Hapasvert
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Novosibirsk
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Young O'Connell
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