Blairsville to Celebrate 100th Birthday With Week of Events
Blairsville Chamber of Commerce sets September 27 to October 8 for homecoming events marking Blairsville borough centennial. The lineup includes church services, pageants, a dollar day, highway celebration, Old Settlers’ Day, field day, ball game, and an American Legion mardi gras. Gov Pinchot and senators expected for road opening. Residents urged to register names for invitations.
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Blairaville Chamber of Commerce
Blairsville
Richliau Theatre
American Legion
Pinchot
Reed
Wright
H. F. Davis
Intervention May Save Strike In Coal Fields
Atlantic City Aug 5 Intervention by an outside agency was held today to be the only hope of averting a strike or a suspension of mining in the hard coal fields September 1 The break in the anthracite operators miners wage conference has come Negotiations are definitely off for the time being at least The operators declined the miners wage increase demands and demanded reductions There was no hope of agreement said John L Lewis president of the United Mine Workers of America.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Reunions for Three Families Set on August Dates
The third Miller reunion gathers at the Jackson Miller Turm near Ivison on August 13. The Williams family holds its third annual reunion in Nebo Indiana county on August 20. The Mountain clan plans its second annual reunion at the old homestead near Raast Run on August 15.
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Jackson Miller
Brookhart Maintains Lead in Iowa Senate Race
The Iowa Senate election committee announced that after recounts in 89 counties Senator Brookhart holds a lead of about 4 04 votes over Democratic opponent Daniel Steck in the contested election. Final results await certification from the election board.
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Washington
Brookhart
Iowa
Daniel I. Steck
Senate Election Committee
Bell faces new charges over Carnegie Trust collapse
Pittsburgh Aug 3. John A Bell former Carnegie Trust president faces 14 counts of embezzlement. State Banking Dept plans informations against other officials tied to the bank closure. Depositors may not receive assets until December or January as Governor Pinchot cites delays, blaming Bell and political interests. Bell is free on 26 000 bond signed by his son and counsel.
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Pittsburgh
John A. Bell
Carnegie Trust Company
State Banking Department
Gifford Pinchotto
Carnegie Institution
Pinchot
Patrick Cain
Arrival in Huffman Home Delivers a Baby Girl
Mr and Mrs Edward N Huffman of North Fifth Street welcome a daughter born at 630 this morning Both mother and child are reported well Despite a minor mix up in checking baggage the Huffmans are receiving congratulations and expect to travel soon
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Edward N. Huffman
North Fifth Street
Theis
Shovid
Edward
News Agent at Coal Run Sees Change in Town Press
The local Newsie at Coal Run announces a shift in operations as the sole printer offers new goods and readers are urged to place orders. Train station agent at forgphine departs for a six month trip to Las Angies and Hollywood California, then to New Nestea. Prices drop on an entire line of furvitun during August.
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Trenihach
Forgphine
Las Angies
Hollywood
California
New Nestea
Record of Spring Forest Fires in Indiana Cambria Regions
The spring forest fire season in the Gallitzinorest district, covering Indiana and Cambria counties plus southern Clearfield and southwestern Blaly counties, saw 32 fires in June alone. Severe dryness caused about 1183.80 acres burned, with damage estimates near 40,990.60 dollars and substantial timber loss.
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Gallitzinorest
Indiana
Cambria
Clearfield County
Blaly County
Distelet Forester FE
Miller
Jolinetan
Ryo
Gambria
Alearield
Lvgs
Dome
Pune
China Open Door Policy Ratified Amid Far East Stakes
Washington August 5 diplomats announce formal ratifications of two treaties shaping China. The open door policy originated by Secretary Hay becomes a global treaty principle. A customs revenue plan is also approved to bolster Peking finances and rule of law, signaling stability hopes in the region.
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Fred J. Walker
L.N
Washington
China
Diplomata
Far East
Hay
Peking
Children Held in Oriental Camp
Mexican secret police rushed from Mexico City to track alleged kidnap victims believed taken to Oriental camps on the Pacific coast. Five more children vanished today, bringing last month’s total to fifty. A recovered child and a Chinese confession tied the abductees to an underground railway moving youths to large farms run by Chinese and Japanese families in the region.
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Mexico City
Pacific Coast
Brain Bequest Sparks Uproar At Cornell Brain Association
In Washington a dispute erupts over the bequest of a brain to the Cornell Brain Association. Officials say no irregularities found but questions linger about handling and provenance. The brain will be sent to Dr J W Papez for study once arrangements are in place amid ongoing controversy.
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Imnica
TNS
Washington’ Scientific
Cornell Brain Association
Helen Hamilcan Gordoner
Civil Service
Cornell University
J. W. Papez
Cornell Medieval College
Washington
Robert ¥. Sullivan
Ebate
Devereux Players Present Two Plays at Normal School
The Clifford Devereux Players return this Saturday with The Country Girl at 2 40 PM and Don Caesar De Bazan at 8 PM in the Normal School Auditorium. Tickets are fifty cents, available at the school and Tionear Music House, with seats limited for both public and student audiences.
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Clifford Devereux
Charlee II
Don Caesar de Bazan
Old
Spain
Tionear Music House
Fibre Goods Unholstered Sale At Buchheit Bros
Fibre Goods offered at five percent off in a living room display by Buchheit Bros with Dr Trullot dentist at the corner of Th and Wayns. Local ad copy emphasizes home use and promotional pricing.
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Buchheit Bros
Kidnapping Trial Teems With Jury Tampering Allegations
In Los Angeles three men face trial on charges of conspiring to kidnap a screen actress for $200,000 ransom. The defense cites a juror dropping a newspaper clipping into a former witness’s hands, prompting defense protests and an investigation.
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Los Angeles
Iat Pickford
Victor Molacas
Nano
Closing Today in Chicago on Rus sell Scott Trial
Twelve men who spoke with Russell Scott and watched his daily actions over months will testify to refute the defense cell shock claim and argue for Scott’s sanity. The state will call alienists to support the verdict that Scott is sane enough for execution.
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Chicago
Russell Scott
Scott
William Scott Stewart
Five Destroyers Abandon Ship In Atlantic Drill Off Block Island
On board the U S S Worden, five U S destroyers were abandoned by their crews in a publicized ship abandon drill off Block Island. Within minutes after the order to execute, all hands went overboard or into lifeboats and life rafts, with around seven hundred men participating as motion pictures captured the dramatic scene.
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U. S. S. Worden
Atlantic
INS
U. S
Block Island
Stroyers
Shane
Crago In Critical Condition In Pittsburgh Hospital
Thomas Crago longtime congressman from Waynesburg and noted figure in southwestern Pennsylvania politics was critically ill in a Pittsburgh hospital. His family was summoned to his bedside. Crago helped Attorney General Dougherty prosecute war fraud cases until illness forced his resignation.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas
Crago
Waynesburg
Dormar
Dougherty
Death of Matthew Henry in Tadima county at 63
Matthew Henry aged 63 died Tuesday evening at 8 in the home of C. E. Be fenry near Josephing. He lived all his life in Tadima county and leaves four daughters and eight sons. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 PM at the C Be fenry home conducted by Rev. G. H. Zatniser. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery Indiana.
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Matthew Henry
C. EB. Henry
Josephing
Everning
Tadiama County
John, Woolweaver
Indiana
Tsane Bagley
Mary Horney
Bedford
Samuel Henry
Jdosophine
C. Be Fenry
G. H. Zatniser
Free Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Parta' Compan public eye street scene
A fragmented OCR snippet mentions a public event on a street in OPpORI Libyares ban ifwd shia ye. The readable pieces identify a public gathering or notice with local street context and involved parties, but many words are garbled.
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Oppori
Shel by refuses to resign from Public Service panel
Governor Pinchot demanded the resignation of Sidney Ray Shelby of Uniontown as Public Service Commissioner. Shel by refused to resign and resumed his seat at the 8 cent fare hearing in Philadelphia, then left the room after about thirty minutes of testimony. The move mirrors the ouster of James S. Benn last Friday and comes amid a broader shakeup in the Pinchot administration.
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Philadelphia
Arg
Gifford Pinchot
Sidney Ray Shelby
Uniontown
Shelby
Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Shelly
James S. Benn
Pinchot
Benn
Francis Shunk Brown
Woodruff
Brown
Clyde L. King
Harrisburg
George W. Woodratt
Public Service Commission
F. S. Brown
Commission
Raid Nets $250000 In Narcotics In Chicago Apartment
Federal agents raided the Chicago apartment of Willie Gilhooley and wife Kittie, seizing opium cocaine and morphine valued at 250000. The five room setup included dream bunks and other gear used for drug distribution. Kitty Gilhooley was captured. Willie Gilhooley was未yet in custody but expected to be detained soon.
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Chicago
INS
Willie” Gilhooley
Kittie
Chinatown
Kitty” Gilhooley
Willie
Three Prisoners Escape Rockview Penitentiary
Three additional convicts escaped Rockview Penitentiary in Bellefonte Pennsylvania by cutting barbed wire stockade. Names listed include John Sharp 22 Philadelphia county serving up to 10 years Henry Snyder 19 Luzerne county also up to 10 years and Robert McWilliam 18 Philadelphia county serving 6 to 8 years. The escape followed a pattern identical to a prior breakout a week earlier, with the trio seizing the gardener’s automobile outside the stockade.
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Bellefonte
Rockview
John Sharp
Philadelphia County
Henry Snyder
Luzerne County
Robert McWilliam
Ala B. Rockwell
Gardner
Stockade
Seotland
John C. Clawson Dies Sudden in Field
John C. Clawson a 67 year old farmer near Blacklick died suddenly while working in the fray field last evening. He leaves three sisters and two brothers. Funeral services will be held at his sister Mia Edward B. Williams 34 Burrell Blairsville Friday at 2 30 pm by Rev J T Davis. Interment in Hopewell Cemetery.
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John C. Clawson
Blacklick K
Slaters
Mia
Edward B. Williams
Burrell Street
Blairsville
J. T. Davis
D. D
Hopewell Cemetery
Dover honors Freyburg after Channel swim attempt
Thousands along the coast cheered Col. Freyburg as he attempted to swim the English Channel from Dover. He swam 16 hours and 40 minutes before abandoning the effort a quarter mile from shore due to fatigue and adverse tides.
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Dover
Gol. Freyburg
English Channel
Freyburg
Ballot Place Drawing Set For Aug 6 At Harrisburg
Harrisburg August 5. Secretary Clyde King announced drawing for judicial ballot positions on the September primary ticket will be held at the state department next Thursday at noon. Candidates may appear to draw or name proxies.
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Harrisburg
Municipal, Common Pleas
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Clyde
King
State Department
Coble and McAnulty Tie Knot in Midland nuptials
In the home of Mrs. J. E Wright at Beaver, Miss Lucy McAnult from Indiana wed Cecil Coble of Midland. Officiating was Rev. Mr. Wright. They left for a short wedding trip and reside at Posey apartments, Midland. Mr. Coble works for Pittsburgh Crucible Steel Co. in Midland. August sales at Buchheit Bros follow. Literary contest by Philomathean and Gordon set for Palamer's Theatre Black Hawk on August 6, rescheduled from August 5.
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J. E Wright
Beaver
Lucy McAnult
Indiana
Cecil Coble
Midland
Mr. Wright
Posey
Coble
Pittsburgh Crucible Steel Company
Philomathean and Gordon
Palner's
Black Hek
Fragmented OCR Weather Note From Johnston Drake Company
Dated fragment mentions dirt measurement 2600 feet and delays due to weather. References to India standard The Johnston Drake Company and Oak Trees Sutawney appear in garbled text. Note indicates continuing report on next page with unclear details.
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India
Johnston, Drake Struction’ Company
Thuradsyof
Johnstons
Drake Company
Point
Crete
Excursion Meeting Planned With Picnic Near Kellysburg
A fragmentary notice describes a group excursion with a planned route to Ph Ambrose Road and Stewart's Av, departing northern region and reaching Stewart at 10:30 am. Wm. S. Wetzel's location near Center hosts a meeting from 11 to 12. Attendees to bring a basket lunch and walk to John Wise near Purchases keepers for the continuation of the trip.
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Batesie
Kellysburg
Ambrose “Road
Stewart's
Stewart A.m
Wm. S. Wetzel
Wetz de
Hverya
John Wise
Visitors At Whip-poor-will Farm Affected By Attendance
Visitors at Whip-poor-will Farm were attracted by the event despite unclear names in the fragment. Mrs Hasinger notes several attendees including Mr Gehentart Ley and Harry Oeh, with Mild Schnorr and others from nearby P Pkoburet.
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John
Hasinger
Harry
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