Nome Gold Camp Ravaged By Fire With 400 Homeless
Nome Alaska faces devastation as two thirds of the mining town is leveled by fire sparked near the Golden Gate Hotel. Red Cross and federal workers report no starvation risk, shelter provided, and about 400 residents displaced with Coast Guard medical aid en route.
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Unita Press
Nome
Alaska
Golden Gate Hotel
Red Cross
Restaura Federal
Nomeince
Dietrich
Coast Guard
Endeavour Sets New Record in Second America's Cup Victory
Endeavour, skippered by T. O. M. Sopwith, clinched a second straight win in the America's Cup series aboard the racing yacht, breaking the 80 mile triangular course record with a time of 2 49 01 p m The Rainbow captained by Harold Vanderbilt finished 61 seconds behind after a strong British challenge.
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Sopwith
United Press
Cyargo
Mackay Radio
Endeavour
T. O. M. Sopwith
Britain
America
Harold Vanisterbilt
Senate passes relief measures in record time
Harrisburg Sept. 18 The Senate advanced nine unemployment relief bills to the third reading soon after reconvening paving the way for final passage and adjournment of the extraordinary session. Projects authorize moving 19 011 000 from special funds to the general fund with 14 400 000 for aid to 3 900 000 needy and 101 376 for the extra session expenses. Federal officials approved the plan signaling at least 20 000 000 more from October to December.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Senate
Pinchot
House
General Assembly
Tbe
Senate Appropriations Committee
Pep. Morton Witkin
Philadelphia
Patrick Conner
Pennsylvani General Assembly
Yenr
Sc Sion
Federal Relief Administration
Nay
Pennsylvania
Ohio canal route debate focuses on Beaver Mahoning path
Army engineers weigh options for the Ohio River Lake Erie Canal with hearings in Washington. Proponents of the Beaver Mahoning route argue it is more economical and serves more industries while opponents claim the plan is biased and harms 1000 square miles of Pennsylvania watershed. Other routes include Allegheny French Creek Scioto Sandusky and Miami Maumee routes to Toledo.
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United Press
Washington
Board of Army Engineers For
Pennsylvania
Ohio
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Mahoning
Ashtabula
Allegheny River
French Creek
Erie
Great Lakes
Scioto
Sandusky
Portsmouth
Miami
Maumee
Cincinnati
Toledo
Beaver-Mahoning
Son testifies against father in Emma Snyder slaying
William Steele advised the jury he saw Marshall Steele with a rifle in his car headlights while driving his fiancé Emma Snyder home. Police later found the elder Steele in bed with a rifle hidden under a bureau.
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United Press
Badford
William Steele
Marshall Steel
Hopewell Township
Emma Snyder
Steele
Bureau
Bandits Rob Hawley Bank of 89000 Dollars
Four masked robbers armed with pistols entered the Hawley Bank on Route 6 and forced cashier Charles Houck and teller Thomas Oldfield to the wall. They took $89,000 in a bag and fled by automobile toward Milford after ordering silence for 16 minutes. No shots were fired.
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United Press
Hawley
Charles Houck
Thomas Oldfield
Oldfield
Milford
Passaic Riot Sparks Arrests at Botany Plant
About 300 Paterson area strikers clashed with 50 police at Botany Worsteds in Passaic New Jersey. Pickets led by Eli Keller U T W official arrived in trucks and autos. After marching around the plant the crowd was dispersed for violating a local ordinance and Keller and Sam Fried were arrested.
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United Press
Keller
Sam Fried
Plan Air Fort for Paris
Paris authorities consider a massive steel and concrete fortress to shield the city from air attack. Proposed by Faure Du Jierrer and H. Lossier the design would reach 6 080 feet high with a central shaft and elevators.
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United Press
Paris
Empire State Building
Faure du Jierrer
H. Lossier
Erie Woman Struck by Car in Erie Hospitalized
Mrs. Minnie Brown 62 of Erie was struck by a car driven by Andrew J Ramsey a Cornell professor. Ramsey was en route to Utica when Brown reportedly stepped into his path. She suffers compound skull and leg fractures and remains in St. Vincent's Hospital in serious condition.
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Fr Brie
Minnie Brown
Erie
St. Vincent's Hospital
Andrew J. Ramsey
Cornell University
Ramsey
Utica
N. Y
Ohis
Sergt Mooney Transferred Within P R R Police
Sergt Harry Mooney of the Pennsylvania Railroad police is transferred to Oil City with headquarters there after eighteen years serving Corry. He is regarded as an efficient officer on the Buffalo division. He left for Oil City this morning. he will visit Corry occasionally. The railroad police reorganization includes other transfers.
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Oil City
Bradford
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sergt
Harry Mooney
Oi City
Officer Mooney
Corry
Buffalo
Light Registration Reported on Second Day
Wire service reports show light voter enrollment on the second registration day. Registrars will be at precinct headquarters until 10 pm for enrollment as all voters must register this fall to be eligible in the November election. One final registration day remains Saturday October 6th.
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Peports
Shorter Workday Urged for Nurses in District Meet
Nurses from Corry Titusville Sharon Mercer Warren Greenville Oil City Franklin North Warren and Meadville attended the September meeting of District No. 7 Pennsylvania State Nurses Association in Meadville Pa. Miss Ethel Swope RN of New York addressed delegates outlining a movement in eight districts to shorten nursing hours. She argued the existing pace causes nervous strain and that a shorter day would not raise patient costs, citing California where three nurses per patient improved care. Delegates from local hospitals were named for the Harrisburg convention.
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Miss Swope
United States
California
Harrisburg
Comb Woods Searched For Speer Slaying Weapon
Northfield Massachusetts September 15 led by state troopers 100 Mount Vernon Preparatory School boys searched vast camps woods and meadows for the shotgun used to kill Rev Elliott Speer A police motorboat and diver prepared to search the Connecticut River bottom as part of an official hunt based on a plan drafted by state police and county investigators The pupils aided the effort despite soggy grounds caused by heavy rain Lindberghs stay in Los Angeles follows a Midwest flight marked by minor mishaps.
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United Press
Northfield
Mass
Mount Vernon Preparatory School
Iliott Speer
Connecticut River
Fred Wallace
Somerville
Daniel Needham
Deny P.S.C. Appointees Approval in Harrisburg
The Senate executive committee in Harrisburg took no action on Governor Pins are appoints to the Public Service Commission. Only minor appointments and notaries were considered, with several major nominations still awaiting confirmation. Later, two men died in a Baltimore plane stunt crash, Charles Maurer and James Yost from Baltimore.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Senate Committee On
Pinthat
Public Service Commission
Baltimore
Charles Maurer
James Yost
Holly
Ballimore
Governor Pinchot dismisses English from canal board
Harrisburg reports Governor Pinchot announced the dismissal of W. English of Pittsburgh from the Lake Erie and Ohio River canal board. The removal followed English’s testimony at a Army engineers hearing on a canal linking western Pennsylvania industry with Lake Erie.
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Bywaited
Harrisburg
Pinchot
W. ¥. English
Pittsburgh
Lake Erie and Ohio River Canal Board
English
Army Engineers
Strong talk on federal taxes given to club
Ira J Williams of Philadelphia spoke to the Rotary Club at the Hotel Corry on taxation and government spending. He highlighted the national debt, the relief burden, and Pennsylvania's share in federal programs, criticizing government control of industry and noting the state’s small return. Charles P Keating spoke on the Constitution amid the 147th anniversary observance. Twenty four attendees joined the meeting.
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Ira J. Williams
Philadelphia
Rotary Club
Hotel Corry
Wiliams
Williams
Pennsylvania
Civil Work Administration
Public Works Administration
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Agricultural Administration
Charles P. Keating
United States
C. C. Crawford
C. C. Swift
Edinboro
Edwin Schwenrich
Santiago
Cuba
D. A. Hillstrom
A. G. Buller
D. M. Hillberg
D. B. Titus
H. R. Rhodes
W. L. Peake
Names
W A. Redmond
Charles Bowler
Ray Greene
G. C. McNamara
Alleged Bomb Sender On Trial At Erie
John Lukas, a coal miner from Mond, Wildwood, Pennsylvania, faces federal charges for sending the bomb that exploded in the Washington DC post office injuring a postal worker. The indictment ties Lukas to the package addressed to Maria Lukar simen in Grecho Slovakia mailed May 16, with postal inspectors tracing the package via torn wrapping.
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United
Erie
John Lukas
Mond
Wildwood
Washington, D. C
Maria Lukar Simen
Grecho
Slovakia
Lukas
Kas Lukar
Inquiry Turns to Fireswept Liner at Asbury Park
The federal board of steamboat inspectors shifts investigation of Morro Castle disaster to the fire-blackened hull at Asbury Park. First inspection of the 137 fatalities. standpipes failed to open and doors did not close, hindering firefighting and fueling the blaze.
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Federal Board of Steamboat Inspectors
Morro Castle
United Press
New York
Asbury Park
New York-Havana
Asbury Park Ite
William 5. Taggart
Dickerson N. Hoover
James Smith
Hull
Karl Nielson
John L. Cran
Ward Line
Missing two year old girl hunted in Virginia woods
A rain soaked search party combed swampy woods for Nancy Marshall a barefoot two year old who vanished while playing with siblings near the Marshalls Carolina Road home in Richmond. Police reported the mother notified authorities at dusk and the father had left home weeks earlier.
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United Press
Richmond
R. 1
Nancy Marshall
John Marsh
Carolina Road
Nancy
Waorls
Marshall Lime
Rose Marshall
Dope Valley
State Police
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