Storm devastates Ohio region as cars stranded on flooded roads
The severe storm with high water and wreckage hit Cleveland and nearby towns. Hundreds of cars were marooned on flooded streets while gas, power and transportation networks suffered major disruption. The storm, described as a possible water spout or severe thunder shower, caused injuries and property damage across northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
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Harold Noyes
Cleveland Weather Bureau
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Columbus
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Rural Carriers Meet Here This Evening Dinner Session At Methodist Church
Gerie County Rural Mail Carriers Association members and spouses will gather in this city this evening for a dinner meeting at the Methodist Episcopal Church. More than seventy five are expected. The association year ends July 1, with officers to be elected and reports presented. County speakers will address the gathering as the banquet is served at six o clock by the Alatbian Society in the church dining room.
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Child Narrowly Escapes Electrocution After Storm Wire Break
Four year old Donald Olmstead of Findley Lake grabbed a downed live wire near Shady Side yesterday afternoon. He suffered burns on the hips and leg, was unconscious at separation, revived by Dr. J. J. Finn, and in recovery with improving condition and pain as of today.
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Findley Lake
Shady Side
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France Will Not Alter Reservation in Hoover Plan Talks
Paris dispatch reports preliminary talks before the formal start of Franco American negotiations on President Hoover's war debt plan. France will not alter its reservation to the proposal and Premier Laval must adhere to the cabinet reply text as conveyed to Andrew Mellon.
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France
Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Paris
Hoover
Andrew W. Mellon
United States
Mine fields are quiet see move toward peace
Western Pennsylvania coal strike ends its fourth week with no new disorders reported in the field and a trend toward settlement. The agreement between United Mine Workers and Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation encourages talks with other operators. Thirty nine people are held for court on voting charges from Wildwood violence where one miner was slain and 42 wounded. Coroner McGregor will hold the inquest for Peter Zigaric on July 7. About 1,500 people attended the funeral for Mike Philipovich, a storekeeper killed during the clashes. four others were wounded.
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United Press
Wildwood
W. J. McGregor
Peter Zigaric
McGregor
Mike Philipovich
Arnold City
Erie Man Named Deputy Banking Secy At $5,000
United Press report from Harrisburg June 27 lists Rand M. Beckman of Hitze as County Secretary of Banking at $5,000 a year. The piece notes other major appointments across departments including Labor and Industry and Revenue, with multiple officials named and salaries stated, amid a broader disclosure of state personnel figures.
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ERIE
United Press
Harrisburg
Department of Banking Today
Rand M. Beckman
Hitje
Bruce Clayton
Pottsville
Department of Labor and Industry
Carl Schmidt, Jr
Kennett Sq
Fred Davis
Slulsburg
Pittsburgh
Viola Suteh
Plans to Close Road at Columbus Explained
Township Supervisors outline a proposed abandonment of a short road from the Gordon store to the paved highway as an eco move. They defend it amid village opposition and say a 700 foot layout could connect the Roosevelt highway with the mecadam road, eliminating the unsafe bridges.
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Columbus
Board of Supervisors
Gordon Store
Tulk
Children’s Aid Society Names Same Officers Again
The annual meeting at Mrs. G. T. Kincaid’s home reported twenty five children under direct care and eighty five under clinic observation last year. Expenditures totaled sixteen hundred dollars with a four dollar deficit. officers were re elected including President Mrs. O W Bracken and Treasurer Mrs. William Myers. Directors named: Mrs. Antes, Mrs. Austin, Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Mathews, Mrs. Kincaid, Mrs. Olds, Mrs. Tollette. Mrs. Hamlin Lockwood of Buffalo returned home after a visit with relatives.
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Children's Aid Society
G. T. Kincaid
North Center Street
T We Society
O. W. Bracken
Peat
Thomas Giblin
S. V. Stewart
Eleanor Mead
William Myers
N. ‘Antes
F. 3. Austin
Joan Ward
W. B. Mathews
G. Kincaid
M. R. Olds
N. Tollette
World Fliers Push Deep Into Siberia
VLADIVOSTOK Russia June 21 The Winnie Mine with Wiley Post and Harold Gatty arrived at Blagovestachensk en route from Irkutsk The Minding was made at 1 p m MT They escaped a mud hole and planned to press toward Khabarovsk at about 8 p m Par ahead of their schedule Post and Gatty expected to reach New York within 19 days for the world circling tour From Irkutsk they kept a steady pace across the Ovals after Shabayevsk they would head across to Nome Alaska
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United Press
Vladivostok
Russia
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Blagovestachensk
Irkutsk
Khabarovsk
Post
Gatty
New York
Shabayevsk
Nome
Alaska
Governor signs bill creating state park for John Brown property
Governor Pinchot signed the Baldwa bill allowing Ute state to accept the gift of the John Brown farm at Harper's Ferry in Crawford County. The John Brown Memorial Association led by Mrs Beas Heath Olmstead holds annual reunions at New Richmond, and the announcement of the bill signing drew local interest.
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Pinchot Hay
Jatin Brown
Harper's Ferry
Crawford County
Corry
Beas Heath Olmstead
John Brown Memorial Association
New Richmond
Pluchot
Pennsylvania Sets First Reduced Congressional Map
Harrisburg June 27 Governor Pinchot approved a bill implementing the Spangler plan that lowers Pennsylvania’s congressional districts from 86 to 24, driven by the 1930 census. Philadelphia keeps seven seats, Allegheny retains five, and several counties keep their existing districts while others are renumbered or reassigned. The changes reflect new proportional representation and redraw the state’s political map.
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Harrisburg
Spangler
Pennsylvania
Mie Spangler
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Lackawanna County
Luzerne
Cumberland
Dauphin
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Payette
Somerset
Greene
Washington
Beaver
Butler
Lawrence
Crayford
Erie
Westmoreland
Bath
Carbon
Morive
Northampton Counties
Erie County prisoner escapes at Rockview
Kenneth Reed 28 from Allegheny County and Fred Williams 27 from Erie County escaped from Rockview penitentiary during kitchen duty. Hirees bloodhounds state police and penitentiary officials scoured woods near Bellefonte for the two convicts, believed to have escaped through stockade wires. Reed is serving four to 12 years for larceny. Williams eight to 16 years for receiving stolen goods and breaking and entering.
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United Press
U S Steel Leads Stock Prices In Brisk Advance
United States Steel led a broad stock market rally as prices rose across many issues. The session added about a billion dollars to market value, with U S Steel touching around 105 and the Dow attempting further gains after French debt negotiations signaled possible debt plan talks.
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Elmer
Walzer
United Press
New York
Hoover
Wall Street
United States Steel
Pinchot Signs Loan Bill For Philadelphia Aid
Governor Pinchot approved a $3,000,000 emergency loan to Philadelphia for police and fire payrolls, criticizing city leaders for padded payrolls and waste. The measure, part of the Sterling Bill, aimed to avert bankruptcy and protect life and property. Other approved funding included state college maintenance, building projects, Niagara relic maintenance, and an experimental employment agency in Philadelphia.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Pinchot
State College
Commodore Perry
Niagara
Erie
Afta
Treasury eyes iron clad embargo on Soviet imports
United Press reports June 27 1931 that U S Treasury plans a tight embargo on all Soviet Russia imports to start January 1 next year. The move would claim all Russian labor is forced or indentured under five year plan and may face Soviet challenges through Amtorg. Detained cargoes and oil dumping probes cited as immediate issues.
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Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Washington
United States Treasury
Soviet Russia
Treasury
Russia
Amtorg Trading Company
United States
New York
Ogden L. Miss
Congress
Detroit
Standard Ofs Company
New Jersey
Otters
Mills
International Paper Company
Amtorg Trading, Corporation
Paper Company
Five Best Radio Entainments on NBC CBS Airs
NBC and CBS networks present evening lineups with The Jesters at WAEC and a Dryer’s band program. WEAF features Floyd Gibbons and an orchestra while WIZ broadcasts Show Boat with Brentlin quintet.
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NBC
WAEC
CBS
Dryer
WEAF
Floyd Gibbons
Brentlin Alr
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