Local Notes From Uniontown and Surroundings
Uniontown couple Eugene and Coral Brestel plan their future home in Uniontown Pa. McCrory store assigns an assistant manager to the Uniontown office. Coronation club of the Degree of Honor hosts a meeting at East Main Street home. Camping trip updates and Ladies Ald. Society activities include new members. Community reunions discussed with Morgan and Laughry families planning events at Grafton park and Seven Islands. Flight search updates report Schiller and party located at Wager Inlet with orderly path to Baker Lake.
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Uniontown
Eugene Brestel
Intel
McCrory
Jewel Ford
Avis Seranage
Ernestine Tucker
O. L. Seranage
Pruntytown Road
Schiller
T. M. Reid
Reid
Wager Inlet
Baker Lake
Baby Month Advertisement Offers Free Enlarged Portraits
With each five dollar order for pictures of any child under six years, we will give free an enlarged beauty colored in oil. This offer alone is worth the price. Advertisement from W. R. Loar & Sox of Grafton, West Virginia, appears in the page.
Radio Makers Affected by Judgment Against RCA
A federal judge's ruling affects about 90 percent of U S radio manufacturers and an estimated 20 million dollars in back royalties. The judgment against Radio Corporation of America stems from a 1927 patent suit brought by Francis W Dunmore Washington P C Powell and Dubilier Condenser Corporation of New York. The decision orders an accounting of RCA books for damages and an injunction to restrain RCA from using the patent until full accounting.
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Wilmington
Hugh M. Morris
Radio Corporation of America
Francis W. Dunmore
Bureau of Standards
Washington P. C
Hikers Attack Women In Car Near Hoxie Kansas
Two hitchhikers offered a ride near Limon Colorado attacked Leda Beauregard and Beatrice Walsh, both from Concordia Kansas. They were found bound in a pasture east of Hoxie, nude and slashed with a razor. Both women were hospitalized but expected to recover. The assailants reportedly claimed to be Kansas City residents.
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Hoxie
Kan
Colorado
Leda Beauregard
Beatrice Walsh
Concordia
Here
Youths assault women and steal car in pasture crime
In a brutal incident they slashed the women with a razor, bound them, stripped them and cast them into a pasture before driving away Mrs Walsh's car. No arrests reported. A separate remark notes a planned world airways network as a major industry influence. Bennett Chapple of American Rolling Mill Company and Armco suggested trimming battleship spending to fund national advertising against war.
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Bennett Chapple
American Rolling Mill Company
Armco International Corporation
Middletown
Aviation will be medium for advertising in aerial age
Berlin August 13 Lester D Gardner former president of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America states that aviation will become a key tool for publicity. He says the aerial age has begun and flying will serve publicity at every point accelerating preliminary advertising work and delivering journals rapidly to distant points expanding the merchandizing radius.
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Berlin
Aviaton
Lester D. Gardner
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Gardner
Births Report Two New Arrivals in Local Families
Mr and Mrs K D Court ney welcome a daughter Frances Colleen Courtney born August 12 a ten pound baby boy Paul George Sapp born near Park View August 10 to Mr and Mrs Ralph Sapp Mrs Sapp formerly Edith Shaw Charlotte Maine McCoy born August 12 to Mr and Mrs Charles E McCoy of 618 On A Street former Ella Bennett of Philippi
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K. D. Courtney
West Pretense Street
Ben
Frances Colleen Courtney
Ralph Sapp
Near Park View
Paul George Sapp
Charlotte Maine McCoy
Charles E. McCoy
McCoy
Ella Bennett
Philippi
Ford Will Aid In Disposing of Cars
New York August 13 Henry Ford urged by Queens Borough President Harvey to use his automotive genius to dispose of abandoned cars cluttering streets and vacant lots. Harvey says the disposal effort may strain national resources and Ford’s help is sought to reduce the nuisance of discarded Ford products occupying urban spaces.
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New York
Henry Ford
Harvey
Queens
Ford
Texan Reappointed to Federal Farm Board
Albert C. Williams of Texas is named again as a member of the federal farm loan board by President Hoover. Williams has served on the board for several years and his renomination will be sent to the Senate after the current session convenses this month.
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Adeline Isner
Federal Farm Board
Washington
Albert C. Williams
Texas
Federal Farm Loan Board
Hoover
Williams
Senate
Explosion Kills Man at Shell Domingeur Plant
An explosion at the Shell Oil Domingueur Junction refinery tank in San Pedro California killed one man and left five others believed fatally burned. Emergency responders rushed to the scene as investigators began work, with authorities unsure of the exact cause.
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San Pedro
Cal
Shell Oil Company
Domingeur Junction
Half of Marine Corps Within Limits of U S
Washington reports a shift as half the enlisted strength of the Marine Corps is now in continental United States units. After over two years with most personnel stationed abroad to counter disturbances in China Nicaragua and other locations the force abroad has diminished gradually. Secretary Adams does not expect large additional withdrawals soon.
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Washington
Marine Corps
United States
China
Nicaragua
Adams
Crew Rescued From Beached Schooner Elisif Near Siberia
Messages from the Elisif crew report they are moving toward East Cape in small boats or aboard the Russian steamer Stavatoll, with coast guard pickup planned around September 10. The 20 crewmen are reported well, and the ship is not a total loss.
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St. Paul
Alaska
Elisit
Siberia
Arctic
East Cape
Stavatoll
Elisif
Pollister
Olaf Swenson Comany
Seattle
United States Coast Guard
Disturbance in Actors Equity Quieted After Flareup
Internal fights within Actors Equity Association appeared quieted today after a dispute involving president Frank Gilmore and vice president Ethel Barrymore over the closed shop dispute with Hollywood producers. Barrymore, in San Francisco, said she wished no controversy and would not comment further.
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Los Angeles
Actors’ Equity Association
Frank Gilmore
Ethel Barrymore
Miss Barrymore
San Francisco
Gilmore
Advisory council urged to aid cotton marketing
A group representing the American Cotton Growers Exchange urged the federal farm board to authorize the formation of an advisory commodity council to assist in marketing cotton.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
American Cotton Growers Exchange
Opium Seized In Downtown Warehouse Split by Two Men Questioned
Federal narcotics agents seized about a ton of raw opium valued at $100,000 wholesale and $1,000,000 bootleg in a downtown warehouse. Truck drivers led agents to the storage site. Two men were taken for questioning before United States Attorney Charles H. Tuttle.
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New York
United States
Charles H. Tuttle
Americans Drink Half of 4000 Bottles of Wine
Berlin reports last night’s banquet for International Advertising Association delegates consumed about 2000 bottles of wine. The 2500 guests were served by over 400 waiters. Veal saddle was on the menu with 250 calves prepared, and 35,000 crabs and other delicacies supplied for relishes.
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Berlin
International Advertising Association
United States
Hoover Delays Choice for Army Engineers Chief
Washington reports President Hoover has not yet chosen a new chief of army engineers to replace Major General Edgar Jadwin who retired August 7. The White House announced no decision soon, noting the role will oversee flood relief for the Mississippi River and other projects and will require careful study.
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Washington
Hoover
Army Engineers
Edgar Jadgwin
White House
Stewart Arrests In Mail Fraud Case Involving State Service Fund
Hubert Stewart of Charleston was arrested by federal authorities in Chesapeake for alleged misuse of the mails connected to a scheme defrauding the state service fund. He was jailed to await a hearing before US Commissioner Albert V Fitzwater. Campbell L Batton of Chesapeake was previously arrested in the same case with an affidavit tying Stewart to the scheme.
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Charleston
W. Va
Hubert Stewart
State Service Fund
Chesapeake
Stewart
United States
Albert V.fitzwater
Campbell L. . Batton
Casey M. Jones
State Service
Evacuation Seen After German Talks With Powers
The Hague reports rapid Rhineland evacuation as talks with the occupying powers yield progress toward full accord. A political committee meeting slated for tomorrow is deemed unnecessary after the satisfactory discussions.
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The
Hague
Rhineland
Unidentified Man Is Killed At Wilsonburg
In Clarksburg on August 13 a man whose identity was not learned was shot and killed at Wilsonburg by George Wetzel who said he fired upon seeing an intruder at his bedroom window with a flashlight. Wetzel and his wife were in bed nearby. He claimed the man moved a window screen before the shot.
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Clarksburg
Wilsonburg
George Wetzel
Wetzel
Prince of Wales Arrives in London by Air from Le Bourget
The Prince of Wales landed at Hendon airdrome in North London today after a weekend at Le Bourget, the French coastal resort. He traveled to and from Paris by air, arriving in London this afternoon.
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London
Prince of Wales
Hendon Airdrome
le Bourget
Elected Commander of Survivors Group in Buffalo
Arthur B. Parker of St. Paul Minn was chosen commander of the Survivors Association of the 11th Regiment V S Volunteer Cavalry in a Buffalo convention Edith St Clair of West Main street recovered well from a ton al and adenoid operation last week Mrs R L Ford of West Main street visited friends in Fairmont over the weekend
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Buffalo, N
Arthur B. Parker
St. Paul
Minn
V. S. Volunteer Cavalry
Edith St Clair
W. Mainstreet
R. L. Ford
West Main Street
Fairmont
Summer Shrimp and Cookie Recipes From a Vintage Kitchen
A fragment from a cookbook style column outlines two menus: a shrimp and crisp lettuce starter with tomatoes and cucumbers, and a two part cookie recipe with fat and sugar filling, plus a lemon glaze and confectioners icing. It lists ingredients such as shrimp, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, pimentos, green peppers, salt, paprika, mayonnaise, nuts, flour, sugar, butter, vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, milk, and raisins, with steps to chill, shape, bake, and frost.
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Abe
Charleston Editor Marries In New York
New York August 13 Walter E. Clark editor of the Charleston West Virginia Mall and former governor of Alaska married Juliet Staunton Clay of Charleston at the Hotel The Rev Edward Erickson officiated The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward W Staunton of Charleston A small number of guests attended the wedding and reception
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New York
Walter E. Clark
Charleston
W. Va
Alaska
Juliet Staunton Clay
Charl
Edward Erickson
Brick Presbyterian Church
Edward W. Staunton
Charlestoun
Plane accident at Ogdensburg injures no one
In Ogdensburg New York on August 18 Lady Mary Heath a British flyer suffered damage to a strut during landing but escaped injury. The aircraft was en route from Thousand Island Park when the mishap occurred.
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Ogdensburg
N.Y
Lady Mary Heath
Thousand
Jand Park
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Seven Islands
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W. R. Loar & Sox
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