Airplane in safety contest visits local airport
Continuation from page one describes a plane that can practically climb at a rapid rate and operates at about one and a half cents per gallon. Havens of Bradford accompanied by Ralph Schaaf, former pilot now sales rep for Taylor Airport Corp, Bradford Pa, arrived Wednesday morning. The ship, entered in last spring’s Guggenheimer safety contest, was equipped with a Kinner 100 HP motor. Paul L. Foster, chief pilot of Richfield Oil Corp, New York, left the airport Thursday afternoon bound for California, piloting a Whirlwind powered Stearman.
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Indiana
Havens
Bradford
Tio
Ralph Schaaf
Taylor Airport Corporation
Hig
Weather and forest fire threats dominate regional report
Local weather notes show 86 degrees at 8 pm and 74 at midnight with showers and cooler air expected followed by fair, warmer days. A substantial forest fire near Ebensburg and Revloc burned about 100 acres, threatened Mylo Park and Revloc area, and prompted evacuations and firefighting actions. Additional fires reported near Dilltown and surrounding townships kept crews on alert as authorities sprayed poles and fought flames amid drought conditions.
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Zarcathet
Johnstown
Ebensburg
Revloc
la County
Mylo Park
Ross
Todaa
Buelah Road
Iubenabu
Conemaugh Dluineer
Mylo
Asburg
Clearfield County
Indiana County
Dilltown
Ington Township
Josephine
West Well Township
Summit Inn
West Wheatfield
Bowdertown
Montiomery Township
Shirey
Drought Relief Efforts Amid Midwest Weather Shifts
Alexander Legge of the Federal Farm Board warns drought threatens livestock and dairies as crops shrink. Chicago endures heat with 71 degrees, while a storm brings welcome rainfall across Nebraska Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas easing drought fears.
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Chicago
Central States
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Kentucky
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
Middle West
United States
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Soviet Form Tactics Struggle to Oust Communists
Soviet forms tempt to oust the Communists from their stronghold but government forces fail to gain ground near Changsha after a Sunday defeat. Palos contact with losses in ravaged Hankow area proves fruitless as Communist outposts block its river approach. Skirmishes near Hankow and Kiangsi prompt evacuation warnings for American clergy and five priests. Thousands threatened in three key cities as Communist hordes sweep toward Hankow and surrounding communities.
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Changsha
United States
Palos
Liang River
Hankow
Wuehang
Hangkan
Legation
Kanchow
Kiangsi
Foreign fleets, refugees flood Hankow as Reds advance
Telegrams show Hankow crowded with 260 American and 11 foreign warships guarding about 3000 foreigners. Tokyo sources say four Japanese destroyers will join from Sasho to shield Japanese nationals in the Yangtse Valley. Changsha refugees report ongoing Reds atrocities with millions in foreign property burned and hundreds killed or held for ransom by a so called black murderers corps led by a girl Communist.
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Ghihtas
Changsha
Hankow
Mrs Silas M Duncan obituary notices and survivors
Mrs Silas M Duncan widow of Silas M Duncan is survived by children Florence Rose Daisy Butterbaugh Mollie Singer and Hazel Brown with spouses in Virginia Jackson township Cambria county and Cherry trees. Relatives include two brothers Scott Duncan of Sioux City Iowa and James Duncan of Florida. three sisters Mauda George Catherine Hawk worth and Annie Artemus. three half brothers John Meade and Benjamin Duncan. Twenty four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral 2:30 tomorrow at Pike Brethren Church with burial in church cemetery. Charles Griffith of Marion Center seen in town.
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Florence
H. A. Rose
Munday’s Corner
Virginia
M. W. Devlin
Jackson Township
Cambria County
Daisy
Earl Butterbaugh
Mauda George
Cleveland
Catherine Hawkworth
Strongstown
Annie Artemus
John Duncan
Alansburg
Meade Duncan
Florida
Benjamin Duncan
Pike Brethren Church
Church
Political campaign churns as Farm Board clash rages
Four States reports bitter clashes as Tita Kangas Governor attacks the Farm Board over crop acreage cuts. Senate races feature Reed allies and multiple challengers. Allen expected to win amid anti Smith Democrats. In Washington district eight, five candidates seek the Democratic nomination with dry and wet divides shaping the race.
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Tita Kangas
Farm Board
Reed
Hoover Administration
Kungas
Cnapper
Allen
Rep. Sproul
Kansas
Joe
W. G. Snyder
James I. Getty
Carter Glass
Virginia
Wirgrain
Washington
Potomac
George Washington
R. Walton Moora
Congress
Frank Ball
Arlington County
Howard W. Smith
Alexandria
Thomas R. Keith
Fairfax
Crandal Mackey
Arlington
2. H. DeJarnette
Orange County
Keith
West Virginia and Missouri Primary Sparks and Nominations
The piece outlines political maneuvering with Mrs. Sarah Lea Waln seeking the Democratic nomination, Deal’s unseating and Anti-Saloon League victory, Ex-Sen. Neely to be nominated by Memocrats, and a Republican race featuring Col. James Ri Jones and Harry Shaw. Missouri voters hold congressional primaries without a Senate race.
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Hall
Sarah Lea Waln
Virginia
Hx-Rep
Deal
Hoover
Neely
Senate
Memocrats
West Virginia
Guy D. Goff
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom
Col
James Ri, Jones
Switchback
Harry Shaw
Fairmount
Missouri
First Woman Joins Pittsburgh Assistant City Attorney Role
Miss Soffel becomes the first woman to serve as Assistant City Solicitor in Pittsburgh up to 1926. A member of three Bar Associations Allegheny County Pennsylvania and America she has focused welfare work for women and children. Her father Jacob Soffel was a Civil War veteran and long employed at the Common Pleas court.
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Pittsburgh
Miss Soffel
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
America
Jacob Soffel
Upstaff
Common Pleas Court
Boys Drown At Kittanning In River Accident
Two boys James Homer May nine and James Dermidzakis ten died when a homemade boat of store boxes capsized in the Kittanning river Saturday night. Hundreds gathered as searchlights brightened the bank and rescuers waded and dove into about five feet of water before pulling the children from the river.
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Kittanning
James Homer May
James Dermidzakis
Marriage Invitations for Mary Gibson and Ewald Erickson
Greensburg invites announce the marriage of Mary Helen Gibson to Ewald Erickson in Zion Lutheran Church Indiana on Wednesday August 20 at 12:30. Gibson taught domestic science for city pupils and Erickson is principal of Ludwick schools. The couple plan to reside in Greensburg. Fred St Clair returned to Pittsburgh after visiting his parents.
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Greensburg
Aug
Edward Earl Yeager
Indiana
Mary Helen Gibson
Ewald-Elexis Erickson
Zion Lutheran Church of
Ludwick
Erickson
Fred St. Clair
John M. St. Clair
Pittsburgh
Hel a for Court in Ohio Motor Vehicle Charge
Horist of Mallatroat Warren Ohio waived a hearing on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor. He was committed to county jail in default of 600 bail to await court after a crash on the Kent McIntyre highway Sunday night involving a Chevrolet coach driven by Pete Pisch.
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Horist
Mallatroat
Warren
Ohi
Corp. GF
Hildebrand
State Highway Motor Patrol
Squire C. G. McLain
Berish
Tt Ix
Paté* Pisch
Kent- McIntyre
Local Course Enters Pittsburg Post Gazette Championship
The Indiana Tom Thumb golf course will join the Pitts burgh Post Gazette championship tournament. Miss Helen Musser, tournament director, announces nearly 300 prizes including an Oakland sedan for the men's king and a Pontiac Big Six for the women's title holder. Players from over seventy five miniature golf courses in the tri state district will compete.
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Indiana
Tom Thumb
Helen Musser
Oakland
Minature
Trie
Trims His M est But Loses Savings After Bank Closures
IN S Tony Goldareno of Laurel Hill tried to save his life savings of 287 dollars. He withdrew, then the Connellsville bank closed. He hid the money in a mattress and a tree, then back in the house. Lightning struck, the neighbor’s fire burned money, and the Vanderbilt bank is now closed.
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Tony
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Bank
Brooklyn Men Plan Atlantic Crossing in Giant Rubber Ball
INS Karl Herzog and Fritz Vogel of Brooklyn seek a sponsor to supply a gigantic rubber ball for a planned Atlantic crossing. They say they will drift across in 50 to 60 days, using a hole at the top and internal food and water. They claim the plan is simple and rely on the wind to reach Europe.
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New York
Karl Herzog
Fritz Vogel
Brooklyn
Atlantic
Vogel
Europe
Points on People and Visitors Reach Many Local Homes
Mrs May Holt and daughter Florence of Newport News Va and Mrs Mary Getty of Elkin apartments hosted kin from Warren Ohio Portia Michigan and Waterstreet. Edward Fyock Penn Run merchant spent day with friends. Newton B Lyle Scranton ex Clymer Water superintendent visited. County Commissioners Bence Henderson Nesbit toured Plumville roads. James D Aice Hillsdale banker visited Indiana. Miss Maggie Dick Locust Street stayed with brother John Dick Huntingdon. Julia Dick returned from Cleveland Detroit Pittsburgh. Frank Gaston Canoe township did business in town. D L Martin Banks township called at County Treasurer office. Ernest Barr Shelocta and Roy Brickel Montgomery township were Monday town visitors.
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May Holt
Florence
Newport News
Holt
Mary Getty
Elkin
Paul B. Masters
Thomas
Billie
George
Warren
Ohio
William Biggers
Jung
Portliac
Michigan
Firs
A. E. Fleming
Waterstreet
Edward Fyock
Penn Run
Ingana
Newton B. Lyle
Scranton
Clymer Water Company
Charles J. Bence
James I. Henderson
George Nesbit
Plumville
James D. Aice
Hillsdale
Indiana
Maggie Dick
Locust Street
John Dick
Huntingdon
Julia Dick
Cleveland
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Frank Gaston
Canoe Township
D. L. Martin
Banks Township
Ernest’ Barr
Sheloca
Roy Brickel
Montgomery Township
Court House
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