Ranger Triumph Ends Britain's Cup Bid in Newport
Harold Van derbilt's Ranger defeated T. O. M. Sopwith's Endeavor II in four straight races to win the America's Cup, with Sopwith congratulating the defender as the better boat. Both sides turn to New London races on Aug 16 as part of the New York Yacht Club cruise.
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Newport
R. I
Harold
Vanderbilt
Ranger
Britain
Sopwith
New York Yacht Club
New London
Conn
Endeavor
Chandler Hovey
Rainbow
Gerard B. Lambert
Yankee
Alan Gould Newport
T. O. M. Sopwith
Thomas Lipton
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Jose
Mike” Vanderbilt
Sherman Hoyt
Retme
June Bad Month For Injuries
Harrisburg report shows June had the most injuries in seven years with 13 000 accidents and 122 deaths. Forty percent occurred in factories while transportation equipment plants showed the largest rise. Textile and clothing saw a 14.7 percent drop and a legal change to required reporting expanded counts.
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Harrisburg
Department of Labor and Industry
Ralph M. Bashore
School fights for township director seats in Black Lick Brushvalley
Petitions filed for Republican nominations in Blacklick and Brushvalley Townships outline candidates for school director posts and other offices. Blacklick to elect four directors two for two years and two for six years. Brushvalley to elect two six year terms. Republican candidates include Albert J. Thompson James Harold Gibson George Smith Clawson Maurice Raleigh Henry Graff R. J. McCormick P. S. Allen Robert V. McNutt Dr. Z. H. Roney and others. Democratic names and local posts also listed. Foreign and military developments in China report tensions near Peiping Hankow with Chinese and Japanese forces, American residents advised to seek safety, and possible expansion of undeclared hostilities toward the Yellow River.
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Black Lick
Brushvalley
Blacklick
Albert J. Thompson
James Harold Gibson
George Smith Clawson
Maurice Raleigh
Henry Graff
G. W. Campbell
HL. W. Overdorf
Frank M. Smith
Boyd Clawson
W. P. McCrea
Margaret Keith
William R. Bolen
Brushvalley Township
R. J. McCormick
P. S. Allen
Robert. V. McNutt
Z. H. Roney
Brushyalley
Peiping
Great Wall
Hankow
Yellow River
North China
Vanderbilt Hoyt sails Endeavour I in August races
Hoyt, member of Vanderbilt's 1920 and 1934 afterguard, helms Endeavour I in a sequence of four August races against Yacht Ranger. Ranger won the first and fourth races on 30-mile windward leeward and triangular courses, with margins ranging from 3 to 18 minutes. Endeavour II also competed, showing times around four hours in each test.
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Hoyt
Vanderbilt
V. L Ranger
Endeavour
Ranger
Endeavour II
Endeavour HH
Foru
Market news from Pittsburgh and Chicago commodity quotes
Pittsburgh hogs and cattle sold mostly steady to higher with hots 180 to 240 pounds averaging up to 13.85. sows weaker. Calves steady to weak. spring lambs at 11.00. Produce reports show Apples steady to slightly higher, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Cobblers around 1.15 to 1.20 per 100 pounds. Chicago wheat declined at opening due to Liverpool trends, later stabilizing with mixed corn moves.
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Pittsburgh
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey Cobblers
Maryland Cobblers
Pennsylvania Cobblers
New York
Chicago
Uraing
Liverpool
Argéntina
Americans Going South
Coritinend from Page One from the south and west to halt the Japanese advance. The opposing forces along the
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Coritinend
Sugar House and Senate clash over crops and court reform
The House focused on sugar quota legislation amid crop loan prospects for this year's production. Debate on the wage hour bill followed. In the Senate a lower court procedure bill was to be taken up after housing. Senator Minton dropped an amendment to require two thirds Supreme Court votes to invalidate acts of Congress. Senator Logan proposed a nonretired nine member court and Borah's retirement dispute was noted. The Senate approved a rivers and harbors bill for 40 states at about 750 million dollars. House action pending revisions.
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House
Senate
Minton
D-Ind
Supreme Court
Congress
Logan
Borah
Idaho
van Devanter
Nothing Ahead Youth Kills Three in Tragic Scene
The report describes a youth identified as Barney and the aftermath of a deadly incident. Bullets pierced the heads of two girls, and the mother lay crumpled at a mantel. The rifle lay beside Barney, who was found fully dressed on the floor. Frank arrived after discovering the bodies.
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Schutte
Barney
Frank
Tax report on foreign corporations gains tax proposal
The report urged taxing gains from liquidation at full inclusion in net income while current law allows as little as 30 percent. It proposed to tax shareholders on the basis of their stock holdings and income, distributed or not, from foreign corporations.
Bank deposits forget $189,000 and more in Senate debate
Money forgotten for over 20 years surfaces as a Senate Banking and Currency Committee hearing discusses a bill. The article mentions Coney Island in New York, ironies about naming, and the notion of a peninsula.
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Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Coney Island
New York
New Motor Police Aim for Public Cooperation on Highway Safety
Harrisburg Aug G. Commissioner Percy W. Foote seeks public cooperation to cut highway tragedies from 2,800 deaths and 52,000 injuries yearly. He plans a citizens police unit to report traffic violations and studies fingerprinting drivers to curb impersonation. He toured teletype upgrades at Haddon Field to improve Pennsylvania’s system and said improvements will follow after pilot tests.
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Harrisburg
Aug. G
Percy W. Foote
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Citizens
Foote
Haddonfield
N. J
Bureau of Identification
Ayers
Obituary Dodson Home at Rochester Mills
The deceased Dodson home in Rochester Mills is noted as the burial will be in Harmony Cemetery.
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Dodson
Rochester Mills
Harmony Cemetery
Health department to open first aid and eye clinic at county fairs
The Pennsylvania Department of Health will midway through county fairs this year set up a free first aid station and a well baby clinic, starting with the Mifflin County fair in Lewistown on August 2. A doctor and nurse will head each unit to handle accidents and conduct eye and hearing tests. After Mifflin, exhibits move to Port Royal fair on August 5.
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Pennsylvania Department of Health
Mifflin County
Lewistown
The
Red Cross
Juniata County
Port Royal
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Commission
Highway Department
Dauphin County
Supreme Court
Earle
Warren van Dyke
Old
South Penn Railroad
Alleghenies
Turnpike Commission
Pennsylvania
Baby born as mother dies after daring operation
Dominick Boccassini, a Pennsylvania Sugar Company laborer, faced news of his wife’s death during childbirth. Doctors, citing the unborn child’s rights, sought city counsel and court approval for an emergency cesarean after the mother’s passing. The baby survived, vital signs improving, while the family mourned the mother and planned care for the other children.
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Dominick Boccassini
Pennsylvania Sugar Company
Boccassini
G. Doe Farrier
Lcity
Farrier
Sergei
Isabella
John Carbit
Mary Boccawsini
Philadelphia
Dominick Boccawsini
Mary
Queenie the cow performs vaudeville tricks in Nebraska
Queenie, a 5 year old Dutch belted shorthorn cow in KEARNEY Nebraska, proves critics wrong by performing 20 or more impressive tricks without complaint. Deloss Wilke, 24, witnesses the display describing the animal's talent and charm.
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Queenie
Kearney
Neb
Deloss Wilke
11 Day Marriage Ends In $200000 Settlement
Dorothy Moore Davidson, former University of Kentucky student, reportedly received $200000 in a settlement from Philip James Davidson in a divorce case filed in Pittsburgh. The couple married in 1938 during college in Lexington and separated 11 days later.
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Pittsburgh
the Post-Gazette
Dorothy Moore Davidson
University of Kentucky
Philip James Davidson
Davidson
Post-Gazette
Lexington
Huesca Encircled as Warfront News Escapes Algeria
Warplanes bombed ships off Algiers near the Spanish Civil War front. A British tanker reached Algiers with no crew injuries, while an Italian steamer was bombed hours later. Government and insurgent forces claim advances around Huesca as Madrid battles continue. Madrid and Franco fronts report heavy losses and demoralization. A new Franco envoy expressed gratitude to Hitler. unrest and executions are noted within Francoist ranks. Treasury data for August 4 shows receipts and deficits amid ongoing government efforts.
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Mongolia
Algeria
Spain
Algiers
Francisco Franco
Araon
Huesca
Madrid
Jose Miaja
Franco
London
Germany
Antonio de Magaz
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
der Fuehrer
Santander
Biscayan Nort
Hilbaa
Twelve freed in fraud case in Philadelphia
Twelve prominent Philadelphians were freed from charges of using the mails to defraud. Federal Judge Albert W. Watson allowed the U S attorney to withdraw the charges after the government contended a jury would not convict. The indictments tied to the disposal of bonds on the Sylvania Hotel and Bankers Trust properties by the Philadelphia Company. The case arose from a congressional committee inquiry that led to the company’s closure.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Company
Congressional Committee
Car atop cab permitted in Pennsylvanian test case
Trucks may haul a car atop the driver's cab until Dauphin county court rules on a new motor code provision. Judge Frank Wickersham granted a temporary injunction for the Maurer and Myers Auto convoy of Bloomsburg and the M and G Convoy for Buffalo, with deputy AG George Keitel arguing police powers validate the regulation.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
Frank
Wickersham
Maurer and Myers Auto Convoy
Bloomsburg
M. & G. Convoy, Inc
Buffalo
John
Licenses and Names Across Derry and Dayton
The item lists licenses and names Charles Ernest Kirkland and Helen Irene Hughes of Derry, and Kingsley Beesman of New Bethlehem with Bernice Coleman of Dayton. It also notes elephants as ancient, their intelligence aiding survival, a shovel-jawed elephant anecdote, sulfur in humans to rid dogs of fleas, and the chestnut blight as a highly destructive forest disease.
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Charles Ernest Kirkland
Derry Township
Helen Irene Hughes
Derry
Kingsley Beesman
New Bethlehem
Bernice Coleman
Dayton
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Peiping-Hankow Railroad
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Wilke
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the Treasury
Dauphin
Earth
Indiana Evening Gazette
Philadelphia Street
Indiana
Sfc
Anne McParland
Richard Hudnut
Miss McParland
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