Two Men Arrested for Union City Robbery
Gayle Boutwell and Alfred Sampson, both from south of Corry, were arrested in Union City by Pennsylvania state police and Chief Magee after a robbery at Hotel Rice. About $4 was taken from the cash register. larger loot was hoped for but not obtained. Suspects were traced by license plate and held for hearings in Union City.
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Gayle Boutwell
Alfred Sampson
Corry
Penmylvania
James Gancas
William Nagy
C. ©. Magee
Union City
Rice
Boutwell
Sampson
John Rice
Teem
Jim
Upton
Magee
Patr
Young Republicans Meet to Plan Fall Elections in Pa
Veterans of the political wars lead Young Republicans from 30 western Pennsylvania counties in Conneaut Lake for a two day conference. James F. Torrance and state GOP figures preside as sessions feature speeches by Davis, Livengood, Lewis, Hilton, and Hornbeck.
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United Press
Conneaut Lake
Pennsylvania
James F. Torrance
U.S
James J. Davis
Torrance
James
William S. Livengood
State Department of Internal Affairs
Samuel 8. Lewis
Liquor Board Examiners Declared Not Public Officers
Harrisburg July 28 Attorney General Claude T. Reio ruled that Liquor Control Board examiners appointed by Governor Arthur H. James are employees and not public officers. Therefore they do not require state senate confirmation or commissions. The opinion was requested by the governor and issued today.
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Liquor Board
United Press
Harrisburg
Liquor Control Board
Arthur H James
Senate
Sis
Claude T. Reio
Reno
Squor Board
Senpie
Four Americans Die in England Airplane Crash
Four American technicians were killed in Cheshire while testing an aircraft listed for the British Royal Air Force. The plane crashed and burned, with witnesses recovering three crew members already dead. The Burkenhead fire brigade removed a fourth body. identification on the scorched wing bore a red, white, and blue RAF disc.
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England
United Press
London
Cheshire
Royal Air Force
Burkenhead
Trigade
Elue R.A. P
Mayo Clinic founder Dr William J Mayo dies at 78
Dr William J Mayo 78 co founded and built the Mayo clinic. He died after an operation for sub acute perforating ulcer in Rochester Minnesota. His brother Dr Charles Mayo had died previously from pneumonia in Chicago. His son in law Dr Waltman Walters said the decline began two weeks ago and he died at 4 am after a period of critical illness.
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United Press
Rochester
Mann
William J. Mayo
Charles Mayo
Mayo Clinic
Chicago
Waltman Walters
Walters
William
Make Labor Day Plans Tonight In Corry
Leaders from more than a dozen clubs and organizations in Corry will meet at the Hotel Carry at 7:30 this evening to map a Labor Day celebration. A Friday meeting will decide the program with hopes every group shares the workload for a standout city event.
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T Hotel Carry
Carry
Corry
Residents Aid Family Facing Eviction in Mantua
June 28 residents of Mantua rallied to aid a three person Quaker family facing eviction from a 16 room farm house. Deputies had removed almost all furniture last week leaving three beds. The elderly mother Mary L Scott 88 crippled by a heart condition her invalid mother Agnes Evans 83 and her paralytic son Augustus 28 refused to leave and engaged in a sit down strike while doors and windows received food deliveries.
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Juniea Eres Mantua
W. C
III
Mary L Scott
Agnes Evans
Augustus
Aince
Japan slows move on new East Asia treaty talk
United States officials await public reaction as Tokyo delays action tied to a possible new treaty with Washington. Britain hints denouncing the British Japanese trade pact could wait on Tokyo negotiations over the Chinese concession at Tientsin while Tokyo clarifies its stance on recognizing Japan’s dominance in China.
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Joe Alex McMnis
United Press
Japan
United States
Tokyo
East Asia
Far East
Tokyo Foreign Office
Washington
China
Britain
Tientsin
Foreign Office
Private clubs not exempt from liquor license law ruling
Judge Ralph H. Smith in Pittsburgh ruled private clubs are not exempt from the new liquor license quota law. He dismissed appeals of two clubs the Esquire Club of East Liberty and the Fourth Ward Atlas Club, upholding the State Liquor Control Board which opposed the petitions. The ruling limits new licenses to one per thousand population, with Pittsburgh already over quota, and states only hotels are exempt.
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Ralph H. Smith
Pittsburgh
Smith
State Liquor Control Board
Pittiibur
B. Robert Auerbach
Equor
Esquire Club
East Liberty
Fourth Ward
Atlas Club
Climax Strecet
I -Averba
Barn Razed in Fire on Halph Alford Farm Near Berverdam
A large barn on the Halph Alford farm three miles north of Berverdam was destroyed by fire around 2 AM. The blaze, believed caused by spontaneous combustion, leveled the barn with losses between 400 and 5000 dollars, destroying hay, farm machinery, a pig pen, and a wagon. The home remained intact due to a steel roof and wind direction. George Palmer and Emily Palmer occupied the farm. First Ward pauper aided the fire call and efforts to prevent spread. Insurance status was not confirmed.
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eAid
Uils
Halph Alford
Hubbell Hil
Berverdam
George Palmer
Emily
Plans for a Training Forum for Young Statesmen
Citizens plan a winter series of meetings titled Training Forum for Young American Statesmen. Events begin in October and end with Citizenship Day when those turning 21 are honored. Sessions cover local government, City Council, Board of Education, county government, and courthouse tours to study municipal and county administration.
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Ofjet Library
Board of Education
Erie
Lear
Big Greyhound Bus Crash Kills One, Injures Fourteen at Altoona
A Pittsburgh bound Greyhound overshot a turn near Dimemansville on William Penn highway and struck a concrete abutment. Ray Orlando Kell, 69, of Ossining, died later in Mercy Hospital from a fractured skull. Seventeen other passengers were injured, several seriously, including Edwin P. Falgreen of Brentwood.
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United Press
Altoona
Oakimont
Greyhound
William Penn Highway
Dimeansville
Ray Orlando Kell
Woodland Ave
Oskmient
Mercy
Edgewater Stedcvt
Edwin P. Falgreen
Brentwood
Dusverigers
Autoona
Gharles P
Laughlin
University of Pittsburgh
Ohio State University
Probe fous play death in Sayre area
State police investigated the beating death of Timothy Shirts, 40, of Sayre, Pa., who died at Harrat hospital from skull fracture and internal injuries. Shirts said he had two drinks and remembered nothing. Police believe he was assaulted elsewhere and dumped in a lonely spot west of Erin after laboring with gravel hauling.
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United Press
Erin
Timothy Shirts
Sayre
Haryat Hospital
Senator Wheeler seeks to drop $850 million railroad loan fund
Washington July 28 Senator Burton K Wheeler of Minnesota proposed eliminating 850 million dollars from President Roosevelt's loan program for railroads. He and Nebraskan Senator Norris criticized 100 percent loans to carriers while supporting 950 million for federal financing via long term leases and equipment purchases. The move drew reaction from Senate Democratic Leader Barkley as the bill advanced. Wheeler also proposed refinancing farm mortgages through the federal farm mortgage corporation to aid distressed borrowers.
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United Press
Washington
Seator Burton EK
Wheeler
D. Moni
Roosevelt
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
George W. Norris
Thd
Neb
Norris
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Tve
Showers Forecast Across State Tonight Amid Drought Relief Efforts
Weather report notes continued showers across Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware though not enough to end the drought. Severe storms caused flooding in Philadelphia Camden and Berwick with washed out roads and sewers. Rivers rose sharply with the Susquehanna at Lancaster cited near 3600 cubic feet per second as water levels threaten crops and towns.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
U. S
Une Smickey
Linestate
al Berwick
Philadelphia
Camden
Sieer
Lancaster
Noted Speaker to Address Lake Erie Bible Conference
Dan Gilbert nationally known author and lecturer will speak daily at the Lake Erie Bible Conference from July 29 through August 8. Rev R Thetcham also will speak daily. Sessions start 9 a.m. with noon and 8 p.m. services. Recreation and a missionary session are planned daily. The grounds lie six miles west of State Street, Erie on the lake road under daylight saving time.
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Dan Gilbert
Lake Erie
L. LB
Eth MY
Gilbert
Erie
Lake Road
Scientists Fail to Learn More of Mars in New Experiments
New York July 28 Weird sounds on the radio and rumbles at sea accompanied by Mars proximity reports. An American Museum of Natural History attempt to communicate with Mars failed as signals proved terrestrial. Radio engineers sent a 20000 watt beam toward Mars but no response was observed over 19 minutes of listening.
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Mars
United Press New York
Army Defense Artillery
Museuum 1
Natural History
Baldwin
Jn- Xu
Press Wireless
Inn
Clyde Fisher
Hayden Pianinnum
Conservatives Under Attack Of CIO Chairman
Washington July 28 The 1940 pre convention campaign centers on CIO chief John L Lewis charging President Roosevelt allies and conservatives with shifting aims. Lewis alleges Garner influence and probes party divisions while Roosevelt aides dispute specifics and note ongoing studying of policy language.
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CIO
United Press
Washington
John N. Garner
John L. Lewis
Caneiuss
Thrlustriel Organtan
Lewis
Garo
Roosevelt
Daya
Paneer
Artef Lowik
Chadrmin Mary
Popiyy
Th. J
House
Labor Cymmmnatren
Mr. Lewis
Ierie
Enely
Anainie Murphy
Imi
Gulfawer Jones
Murphy
Uy Lewis
Hurgy B
Hopkins
Frank
Walker
White House
Berm
Jinosevela
Safety campaigns boost nation highway safety gains
United Press reports that traffic campaigns cut deaths month by month over the prior year during 17 months from November to March, with April deaths equal to 1938, May and June showing slight changes. In Pittsburgh a county wage plan sets 55 cents for unskilled laborers and 60 cents for electric wirers under a work-to-sell program starting soon.
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Chicago
Traffin
National Safety Council
Pictsburgh
Allegheny County
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