War Clouds Loosen in Orient and Balkans Threaten Civil War
Two trouble spots, the Orient and the Balkans, face possible hostilities as the Croat autonomy movement grows after Stefan Davtch’s death. Yugoslav forces fear martial law, while a Communist plot in Croatia shows Moscow’s active involvement. Italy’s influence in Albania and tensions over a treaty add to regional strain. In China Japan rebuffs Manchurian rule, with Moscow backing Nationalists as Nanking denounces Tokyo.
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Ogy
Orient
Balkans
Stefan Davtch
Croatian Peasant Party
Jugoslavia
Jugoslav
Belgrade
Croatia
Moscow
Balkania
Italy
Daditch
Albania
The
Japan
Manchuria
Soviet
Russia
Nanking
Tokio
Red
Marines suffer wounded as bandits attack in Nicaragua
Private Myer Stengle of Hartford is killed in action. Wounded Marines include Private Thomas Paine of Roxbury, Mass. Private Roussel Schoenberger of South Charleston, West Virginia. and Private Melvin Mosier of Topeka, Kansas. Planes are sent to aid Edson and hunt guerrillas believed to be remnants of General Sandino's forces. Major Harold Utley leads Marines in the eastern Nicaragua area with Captain Howard in command at Bokay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivate Myer Stengle
Hartford
Conn
Thomas Paine
Roxbury
Mass
Vate Roussel Schoenberger
South Charleston
West Virginia
Melvin Mosier
Topeka
Kansas
Edson
Sandino
Harold Utley
Notable local visitors and residents in Indiana town
Albert Yeckley of Pittsburgh, once a popular student at Teachers College and noted athlete, visited Indiana today. Doctor and Mrs. Jason Carson and their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carson of Wilkinsburg, formerly residents here, spent the day with friends. Jay Manning, Penney Store manager, drove to Torrance. Mrs. John P. Elkin with Mrs. John Brown and Mrs. Frank t traveled to the Stevings near Dilltown, delivering gifts to children receiving health care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Yeckley
Pittsburgh
Te Teachers’ College
Indianausiness
Jason Carson Ander
Thomas Carson
Wilkinsburg
Indiana
John P. Elkin
John Brown
Frank T
Dilltown
Smith to Press Reply in Roach Straton Challenge
Smith has awaited formal reply from Rev John Roach Straton, Calvary Baptist Church New York, after challenging him in a dispute. The focus centers on a 19 year old son of John J. Raskob Democratic National Committee chair killed in a Maryland automobile accident. Merker Smith awaits Straton’s response in the public exchange.
Mount Gretna Camp Drill Sets Stage For Sham Battle
Battalions of the 55th Infantry Brigade under Brigadier General Edward Martin begin intensive field training at Camp Henderson Mount Gretna Pa The 109th and 110th Infantry battalions from Carbondale Stroudsburg Honesdale Western Pa will clash in a simulated war with service sections and Howitzer platoons The 213th coast artillery anti aircraft unit joins the field with batteries and searchlights National Guard airplanes will be flown over at night with 218th attempting to illuminate them with searchlights.
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Camp Henderson
Mount Gretna
INS
55Th Infantry
Edward Martin
Washington
109Th Infantry
Stanley F. Coar
Carbondale
Stroudsburg
Honesdale
110Th Infantry
Albert O. King
Pennsylvania
Robert M. Vail
Scranton
John Aiken
Clarence B. Smith
213Th Coast Artillery
National Guard
218Th
Governor rejects debate venue in Straton dispute
The governor plans to reject Dr Straton's suggestion of Madison Square Garden for a debate and will require the minister to defend his moral stand from Calvary Church. If Straton refuses, the governor will issue a formal statement replying to Straton and to William Allen White, who criticized his record on liquor policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Allen White
Kansas
White
State Assembly
Girl Killed In Tyrone Area Car Crash
John Watson of Tyrone is named as the deceased in an accident where several Greensburg and Jeannette residents were injured. A 14 year old sister and three Jeannette youths suffered fractures, while James Blansett, 19, escaped with hand lacerations after swerving to avoid a passing car and clipping a telegraph pole. Police noted the other driver is known but did not indicate possible arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Watson
Tyrone
Robert Walthour
Greensburg
Dorothy Walthour
Elizabeth McCague
Jeannette
Kinees
Richard Blansett
James Blansett
Blansett
Florida storm causes million-dollar damage across counties
A south central Florida storm isolating property with about 1 million dollars in damage, mainly in the business district, hit Fort Pierce Vero Beach and Stuart. The flood waters receded after threatening St Lucie river, citrus growers suffered heavy losses and Jupiter saw about half its buildings damaged. Newsrooms in Fort Pierce and Vero Beach shut until power returned.
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Fort Pierce
Vero Beach
Stuart
St. Lucie
Jupiter
Florida hurricane nears Tampa as second storm looms
The tropical storm raked Florida east coast, with winds 40 to 70 mph near Tampa and major damage to utilities and crops. Power was restored slowly as debris and unroofed houses were reported from Fort Pierce to Palm Beach, while a second storm gathering near Porto Rico threatened greater intensity.
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Florida
Tampa
Gulf Coast
Palm Beach
Porto Rico
Weather Bureau
Titusville
Mies
Fort Pierce
Vero Beach
Stuart
Melbourne
Canal Point
Pahnku
Lake Okeechobee
Tunney and Miss Lauder Arrive at Lander Estate
Retired champion Gene Tunney and fiancée Miss Lauder arrive by launch at the Lander estate in Maine. Wylie Erskine, the sole eyewitness, describes their greeting as Gene calling Polly Jo. The couple enjoys boating, swimming, golf, and light press games as plans unfold to unify faiths before engagement.
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Lander Estate
Tunney
Gene
Wylie Erskine
Gene J
Miss Lauder
Polly
Wiscasset
Edward Iarrington
Bristol
the Lauders
Radio movies tested on KDKA transmitters excite officials
Reportedly, a demonstration of radio cinema shown to radio readers used a transmitting and receiving setup to reproduce films. Though imperfect, scenes were recognizable and stirred enthusiasm. Officials said the concept could be developed with affordable equipment and that photography relates to broadcasting via frequency and light-to-electric conversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KDKA
Radio World
Frank Conrad
Westing Rouse Laboratories
Merlin H. Aylesworth
National Broadcasting Company
Radio film broadcast dream faces synchronism hurdle
Engineers demonstrated a system to transmit motion pictures by radio with synchronized discs at Westinghouse labs. The method achieved first synchronism but remains imperfect. Davis says coast to coast movie transmission may one day be possible, while Aylesworth envisions news events broadcast after filming.
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Westinghouse Laboratories
Davis
Aylesworth
Deer Removal Plan Leads to Decisive Season Policy
The board notes wild deer kills rose in 1927 even as licenses dropped by 20,000 since 1923. With female deer now abundant due to a long protection period, officials urge drastic removal of does to balance sexes and curb crowding. Sportsmen are urged to cooperate despite sentimental views to safeguard future deer stocks.
Robber Chokes Widow to Death in Cleveland Home
The body of 69 year old widow Mrs Agnes Klosowski was found strangled in bed, bound with cord, a shopping bag in her mouth. Police say burglars likely attacked during a ransacked home invasion, discovered by wanderer Mrs Stella Volk who returned before 3 am.
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Cleveland
Agnes Klosowski
Stella Volk
Eleven Die From Typhoid Fever in Trafford City
An outbreak of typhoid fever in Trafford City near Braddock Pa has killed eleven people, ten children and one adult, due to a spring contaminated by a leaky sewer with discarded moonshine mash. Dr Harold B Wood led the investigation for the Borough Board of Health as Red Cross nurses cared for victims.
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Braddock
INS
Traffore City
Here
Harold B. Wood
Borough Board of Health
Red Cross
Trafford City
Infant Hutchison Dies in Blacklick Burial Held
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Robert Hutchison of Blacklick died July 31 and was buried August 1. The family mourns the loss with a verse about a precious one from us is gone and a voice we loved is stilled, sadly missed by the parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchison
Robert Hutchison
Blacklick
Fluid Rock Lava Defined As Molten Rock In Eruptions
Bridgeport bids received for the construction of a railroad bridge to eliminate the De Kalb Street grade crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
de Kalb Street
Noted French aviator dies in Rainbow crash
Paris reports Maurice Drouhin, famed French aviator, died from injuries after the tri motor monoplane Rainbow crashed at Orly during a trial flight en route for a trans Atlantic attempt. Mechanic Lanet was killed. two others Giancconi and Manuel injured. Gianoli in serious condition. Ren Couzinet and Joseph Lebrix witnessed the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Maurice Drouhin
Orly Flying Field
Drouhin
Lanet
Giancconi
Manuel
Gianoli
Ren Couzinet
Joseph Lebrix
Couzinet
Lebrix
Barrel Roll Plan Draws State Notice In Harrisburg
A New York man plans to roll a barrel from Buffalo to Miami through Pennsylvania next month. The Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs says no permit is needed if the barrel is empty but warns alcoholic content over one percent is prohibited. The note urges careful highway conduct and no traffic interference.
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O. K
Harrisburg
Tudor Alex
Lackawanna
N. Y
Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs
Pennsylvania
Alex
Buffalo
Miami
Fla
Department of Internal Affairs
Sand Haa Many Uses in Industrial Glass and Brickmaking
Sand is a highly refractory silver sand suitable for brick manufacture, furnace lining, containment of molten metals, molds and other refractory products. A model of Sir Francis Drake’s ship the Golden Hind honors his river Medway link at the Dockyard church in Chatham. A noted naturalist warns not all that glitters is gold.
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Drake
Sir Francis Drake
Medway
Tung
Dockard
Chatham
England
Yankees Sweep 100-Metre Backstroke in Olympic Swim
George Kojac of New York, Walter Laufer of Chicago, and Paul Wyatt of Uniontown won the Olympic 100 metre backstroke final in a world record time of 1:08 1 6. Laufer and Wyatt also set fast times, while the American women failed to medal in the 200 metre breast stroke led by Fraulein Schrader of Germany. Gertrude Hoffman of Kingston, Pennsylvania finished fifth.
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Olympic Swimming Stadium
Amsterdam
America
George Kojac
New York
Walter Laufer
Chicago
Paul Wyatt
Uniontown
Kojac
Laurer
Wyatt
James Honse
New Haven Conn
Warren Keoloha
Fraulein Schrader
Miss M
Baron
Halland
Teuton
Fraulein Muhe
Fraulein
Gertrude Hoffman
Kingston
Heat relief delayed as high humidity lingers
Pittsburgh August 9. Relief from oppressive heat in Western Pennsylvania is two days off, according to Weather Forecaster W S Brotzman. He says hot weather continues today and tomorrow with a likely break not until Friday night. Humidity remains high at 58 percent. temperatures reach 66.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
W. S. Brotzman
Brotzman
Dupont to Back Smith in Presidential Bid
Pierre S. Dupont, head of General Motors and Dupont de Nemours, reportedly plans active support for Governor Alfred E. Smith. He may resign from GM board to devote himself to the Smith campaign as GM directors meet for a quarterly session.
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New York
INS
Pierre S. Dupont
General Motors Corporation
E. T. Dupont de Memours Co
Alfred E. Smith
Cles
General Motors
Dupont
United States
Whale Misnamed as Fish Despite Mammal Nature
The text argues that whales resemble fish in shape and habitat but are mammal descendants. It notes whales surface to breathe and traces their origins to ancient earth histories, emphasizing their true classification away from fish.
Origin of Sunday as Resurrection Day in Christian history
The text traces Sunday as the day of Resurrection tied to the Apostle Vaul era, noting the Lords days differed from Saturday the seventh day. It mentions Frebrews celebrating as the true Sabbath and references later Chelstian Sabs as a day of rest, citing Won dn Liberty.
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Vaul
Buoyant Objects Swimmting Teacher-Now
A distorted OCR fragment mentions a swimming teacher and hints at keeping a herd above water, with garbled wording about a hollow body and Maenzine. The readable parts suggest a local, possibly instructional note about buoyancy and safety in water. No clear event, date, or organization can be confirmed.
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Jay Manning
Penney
Torrance
Ada G. Kaufman
Jacksonville
Pioglam
Llon Institute OF Indust Ped
REX Research
Gene’ and
Joe
Oil City
Retail Merchants’ Association of Pennsylvania
F. E. Heisey
Lebanon
Stanley J. Davis
H. J. Loeb
Punneytawney
Clyde M. Call
Waynesburg
W. L. Lawrence
New Kensington
Robert A. Kerr
James Curran
Frankford
Allentown
Carlisle
Pottsville
William Smedley
Philadelphia
Aaron Clark
Hon
Joseph O. Clark
Glen Campbell
George W. Creight
George, Jr
Baltimore, Md
Fred Clark
Clark
William O'Hara
Pittsburgh- St. Louis
Harry Keepers
Frank Walsh
Rossiter
Robert Mullen
Windber
Berwin-White Coal Company
C. R. Forbes
Hollidaysburg
State Highway Department
R. A. Sutton
Lucerne
Hugh Wiley
Howard Creps
J. I. Henderson
Charles L. Bence
Cherryhill Township
John K. Hoover
Williamsport, Pa
Benjamin F. Hoover
School Street
John Lambing
J. W. Smith
Court House
George R. Griggs Andoseph B. Linman
Kittanning
Carson Johnson
Sheloca
George Beers
Rayne Township
Yankees
Olympiad
Smith
Norristown
Evening Gazette
N. Y. Stock Quek O'en
Cl’ Ark
Gap
Reed
Anaconda Gap
Ajax
Foe Benees
Bebe Ee
Beth Steel Peewee Sous
Baldwin Loco Wee
Baldwin Loco Wee Sae
Barnsdall A
Thee Eaes
Ili Cop See Beens
Ani Pac Ren Reeveee
Co. M. St. Ry Hee
RS M. St. P. Clesi Evens
Cuba Amn Bee
Cal Gas Pelee Teeny
Dav
Fisus
Wee
Wy Gen. Motors
Tandy Cop
Ae Fenny
Hudson
Nickel Trans
Rane
Seevee
BTM
Baeeae
Rks Ae Geene Eee
Sinclair Oil Serar
South Pac Eee Reernaey
Studebaker
Ind
South Rails
St Louis
Stewart- Warner Peste
U S Steel Tee
Westinghouse
Thera
Willys Overland
Eastman Dillon Ch
Lord
Glasser’s
Millers
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