Citizens National Bank Suspends Operations Amid Bank Closings
By United Press, Connellsville July 1. Citizens National Bank closes after heavy withdrawals amid preceding bank failures including Title and Trust Co of Western Pennsylvania and another local National bank. Directors vote to place assets with the Comptroller of the Currency for liquidation, citing depositor withdrawals and need to conserve assets.
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United Press
Connellsville
Citizens National Bank
Belns Vaade
Second National
Citizen's National
Board of Directors
Comptroller of Currency
Pittsburgh
Title and Trust Company of
Western Pennnsylvania
Royal Remaining
Bbent
Querness
United States
New Tong War Flare in Gotham Chinatown Violence
Nine bombs found in a roaming house in New York Citys Chinese quarter tied to a tong feud that erupted in Chinatown. seven Chinese detained as police link the clash to a fatal shooting at a Sun Chung Yuen Company shop on Mott Street and to an allied assault near Ong Sun Chong. Two American tourists were among those injured. police cite a leadership dispute over a $140,000 opium shipment as the trigger.
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United Press
New York
Chinatown
Boston
Ling Nott
Sun Chung Yuen Company
St 4 Mott Strest
He Street
Bock Lin Soo
Ong Sun Chong
Ling
Bock
C. T. Melander
Chicago
Miss Maris Stone
Chattanooga
Tenn
Melander
Hime Wail ‘Hong
Ilsin
Mong Group
Ga Leong
Outbreak of Communist Protest Leads to 7 Arrests
In Brie Pennsylvania seven ringleaders of a crowd of Communists stormed City Hall after a mass meeting in Columbus Park. Heanor Kalinsky, 17, leader of the Young Pioneers of America, was arrested while trying to speak and released on bail. More than 100 members demonstrated shouting down with the police. Police reserves moved in and the seven leaders were jailed.
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United Press
Brie
Comunists
Columbus Park
Hieanor Kalinsky
The
Young Pioneers of America
Ing
Ity Council
Ity Hall
America
Police Officer On Call Guide Issued By City
Grief of Police Ruppersburg prompts journal note advising residents to request officer service anytime. Call the telephone operator, ask for the police light to be turned on, and provide the address. Municipal offices are often closed, and calls to them are unanswered.
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Gri¢f
Ruppersburg
Fire Losses Highlight Kiwanis Talk by Gamewell Rep
Charles 8 Chapman of Pittsburgh spoke at a Kiwanis luncheon on national fire losses and their impact on insurance premiums. He cited 1929 data showing about 200 fire deaths weekly, mostly children, and total losses near 14 dollars per second with substantial funding needs. He praised Pittsburgh fire chief Andrew Paulson and urged continued first class equipment and modern protection for schools and hospitals.
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Charles 8. Chapman
Pittsburgh
Gamewell Fire Alarm Company
Kiwanis Club
Service
United States
Gamewell
Andrew Paulson
Chapman
Welton Steel Plant Near Clarksburg to Resume Soon
The Welton Steel Co plant at Clarksburg West Virginia, shut after an explosion that killed two men and injured five, plans to reopen in a week to ten days as repairs begin. Vice President C H Punk said operations would resume in about a week.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Welton Steel Co
Jere Watch
No Rain Prospect Ends Drought In Western Pennsylvania
With heat relief in western Pennsylvania but no drenching rainfall in sight, the two month drought persists damaging crops and livestock. Oil City residents face cautious water use as local supplies dwindle while councilman Arthur Martin notes Seneca farm wells run 24 hours daily to sustain city needs. Continuous pumping may pressure supplies though current water levels remain adequate for industry and homes.
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Pennsylvania
Oil City
Arthur Martin
Seneca Farm
Five Best Radio Entertainments Tonight
WABC CBS network 6 30 variety program. WEAF NBC network 7 00 Rudy Vallee. WIZ NBC network 8 30 Max Bell House hour. WJZ NBC network 9 30 Cycle of the Dance. WABCO CES network 10 30 Guy Lombardo music.
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WABC
CBS
WEAF
NBC
Rudy Vallee
WIZ
WJZ
Wabco Ces
Guy Lombardo
Corry Gold Star Mother Heads to France on Liner
Mrs. Hugens Miller of Corry, West Church Street, is the town’s only Gold Star Mother to undertake the Gold Star pilgrimage to American cemeteries and battlefields in France. She will travel aboard the America liner, escorted from Jersey City to New York, and then begin a sight-seeing tour before sailing across the Atlantic. The government bears all expenses for this overseas mission.
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Hugens Miller
West Church Street
Corry
France
Frexicé
United States
Pennsylvania
New York City
New York
Metropolis
Gerry
America
Miller
Prohibition Director Sets Enforcment Focus on Commercial Violators
Prohibition Director Amos W. Woodcock outlined a policy opposing sensational methods and urging focus on commercial violators. He told 12 administrators gathered for a two day enforcement conference that steady pressure on commercial operations would replace wallowing in sensational tactics. Alcohol Commissioner James M. Doran discussed permit supervision and potential Sept 1 effective changes while noting higher industrial alcohol use but denying bootlegging diversions. Schools for dry agents and esprit de corps were cited as key components of the administration program.
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Cecilmawen
United Press
Washington
Amos W.W. Woodcock
Wwabld
White Woodcocks
James M. Doran
Doran
Woodcock
Concrete Pouring Advances On Spart Road Project
Concrete work on the Spartaroad project nears the city end with progress in recent days. Officials expect completion to occur by year’s end, with the south end to start after the Corry end is finished. Early fall completion is anticipated as grading and prep work continue.
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Spartansburg
Journal
Corry
Sparta
Two Steamers Sinking After Collision Off Gibraltar
Lloyds dispatch says the British steamer Nerbudda of 7,811 GRT and the Spanish steamer Lagazpi of 4,349 tons are in sinking condition after a collision 100 miles east of Gibraltar. Salvage steamers from Gibraltar head to assist. Nerbudda travels from Australia to London. Lagazpi from Santa Isabel to Barcelona.
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Unites Press
London
Nerbudda
Lagazpi
Gibraltar
Lloyds
Australia
British Steam Navigation Company, Ltd
Glasgow
Barclay, Carle and Co., Ltd
Compagnia ‘Transatlantica
Barcelona
Dixon and Company, Ltd
President Hoover shifts to bolder tactics in Washington
Washington July 31 President Hoover abandons his usual timidity adopting more Rooseveltian methods. He pushes Congress on pension and spending cuts and endorses Rep Reese in Muscle Shoals matter while defending Rooseveltwary moves and opposing critics of the London naval treaty. He also pressures cabinet plans and seeks to push aggressive policy changes.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Claudius H. Huston
Republican National Committee
Nicholas Roosevelt
Philippines
Rep
Reese
Repn
Tenn
Muscle Shoals
Hoover Ias
Wheat
Mr. Hoover
49 American Boys Take Edison Test
West Orange New Jersey July 31 Today was a pivotal day for 49 American boys invited by Thomas A Edison to take a four year scholarship exam. Henry Ford urged focus and confidence while Dr Perry Phillips Exeter Academy guided the participants to pass on hard questions rather than guess.
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United Press
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Henry Ford
de. Lewis Perry
Edison
Ford
Perry
Phillips-Exeter Academy
French Naval Policy Shift Urged by Nationalists in Paris
Stewart Brown reports Paris July 31 that French Nationalists press for a total overhaul of naval policy. They urge scrapping the current plan for costly fast cruisers, citing Goeben’s wartime performance and German pocket battleships to argue for modern, heavily armed ships and higher speeds. Five Pittsburgh firemen collapse during a heat wave. all recover.
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Stewart Brown
United Press
Paris
Maye
France
Germany
Saint Nazaira
Pittsburgh
Italy
PublicWork
Lang
Great Britain
America
Mumbulo Woman Gets Ten to Twenty Years
Adna Deshunk Mumbulo, convicted of second degree murder in the death of her 1 year old step daughter Hilda, was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in the Western Penitentiary by Judge William Hirt. denial of a new trial followed. The state contended she plotted the death to obtain a $7,000 estate left to Hilda.
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Rib
Adna Deshunk Mumbulo
Hilda
William ©. Hirt
Big Blimp Heads for Montreal Tonight
The airship from Cardington England neared Quebec after crossing the St Lawrence, battling headwinds of up to 35 miles per hour. At 6:10 a.m. it was sighted near Clarke City and Empress of Scotland reported it twenty miles offshore in the river. If steady, it should reach Montreal in about 90 minutes.
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Montreal
Cape Salmon
Quebec
ST. Hubert
Que
St. Lawrence
Cardington
England
Atlantic
Anticosti Island
North America
Cape Magdeléina
Oyge
Empress of Scotland
Missouis Bay
Cape Magdelaing
Seven Islands Bay
Clarke City
Nearby motor clubs file complaints on detour road
Mayor CL Alexander noted East Columbus avenue maintenance lies with the state highway department and urged clubs to back a city push for state funds to pave West Columbus avenue, which would end complaints. Officials seek increased state aid. Warren Motor Club had complained of a rough detour road near Corry and Route 6, urging action.
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East Columbus Avenue
CL. Alexander
State Highway Department
Alexander
West Columbus Avenue
Highway Department
Columbus Avenue
Warren Motor Club
Corry
J. Chester Lillis
Erie County Motor Clb
Alexander Wiles
Carey
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