Guardsmen Will Be Home Tonight in Pennsylvania
National Guard units of the 65th Infantry and attached troops under Brigadier General Ed Martin depart to home armories after two weeks of duty begun at Lily encampment. The 52nd Cavalry Brigade and 56th Banner Brigade completed field service, while the 109th Infantry leaves Scranton and nearby towns, and the 110th plans routes to Altoona and western and central Pennsylvania towns.
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Hed Henderson
Mount Greaf NS
National ‘Guard
65Th Infantry
Ed Martin
Washington
Pennsylvania
52Nd Cavalry Brigade
Bbth
109Th Infantry
Scranton
Berwick
Carbondale
Stroudsburg
Honesdale
Williamsport
Milton
Robert M. Vail
110Th
John Aiken
Altoona
Scottdale
Connellaville
Beaver Falls
New Brighton
Somerset
Monessen
Mount Pleasant
Indiana
Greensburg
Waynesburg
Latrobe
Blairsville
Priest Drowns After Absolution On Burning Launch
In Lake Lavigne near North Bay Ontario a priest set ablaze on his gasoline launch granted absolution to five followers before leaping into the water. Only one survived as four others and a child perished, with bodies recovered except for one sister. Albert Lafreniere saved his own son and daughter before reaching shore.
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North Bay
Leonie Sylvestre
Sturgeon Falls
Bert, Lafreniere
Mare
Claude
Albert Lafreniere
Miss Sylvestre
Lafreniere
Points on People visits across states and towns
A stream of local residents and visitors depart or arrive for trips and family gatherings. Mr and Mrs A T Cox and daughters Marian and Ruth head to Baltimore to visit Mrs Cox's mother. Rev and Mrs Le Clerc visit in St Louis. Mrs Renaldi hosts visitors from Philadelphia. Ralph Moorhead and son plan Erie visits. County Commissioner Marshall attends a funeral in Blairsville. Numerous locals travel to Atlantic City Bedford Indiana and New Castle.
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A. T. Cox
North Ninth Street
Marian
Ruth
Mr. Cox
Baltimore, Md
Ralph’ Moorhead
The
Insana ‘Progress
Ralph
Erie
Hoover Plans Clean Campaign With Focused Issues
Hoover outlined a campaign emphasizing a "clean" approach with no personalities. He presented a detailed farm relief program, discussed prohibition, and indicated future speeches would cover additional issues, signaling plans to address voter concerns without stoking personal attacks.
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Sree
Rye Hoover
Hoover outlines campaign topics after West Branch speech
In West Branch Iowa on August 21 Hoover signaled future talks on public utilities and railways, touching Muscle Shoals Boulder Dam power trust and inland waterways. He pledged more detailed policy on waterways highways natural resources foreign trade and merchant marine criminal code aviation and government economy.
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West Branch
Towa
Hoover
Boulder Dam
Power Trust
Federal Trade Commission
Smith and George discuss prohibition during campaign plans
Governor Smith plans to refine his acceptance speech with Senator Walsh and consult Montana leader Walsh about strategy. Reports say he may avoid making prohibition the central issue and expand tour beyond initial radio speeches, with plans for many live talks from his campaign train. Smith’s backers anticipate a bold, picturesque campaign directed at the Republican foes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F George
Georgia
Walsh
Smith
Montana
Pacific Coast
West End Clashes In Tough Baseball Contest
In a hot day game, West End players pounded the ball with Edwards Barry and Parkins each collecting two hits. Agnello L Edwards and Wagner also contributed, handling East End hits with single shots. Toad Shaffer chased a high ball in left field but narrowly escaped trouble.
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Edwards
Barry
Parkins
Agnello
L. Edwards
Wagner
Toad Shaffer
City Championship Thriller Shows True Sportsmanship
The report lauds West End and East End teams for a clean City Championship game. Umpire Reese’s whisk broom antics amuse spectators from Johnstown as both sides retire to dugouts without taunts. Fans are urged to support both towns in remaining games and admire the sportsmanlike conduct.
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Cident
Reese
Johnstown
West End
Eeast
Illinois aviators begin second leg toward Stockholm flight
Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer postponed the Monoplane Greater Rockford hop from Rockford Illinois to Mt Evans Greenland a 1600 mile leg. They covered 800 miles Rockford to Cochrane in 7 hours 49 minutes and landed safely after a long open water route toward James Bay Moose Factory and Cape Chidley. Weather was favorable for the first 3800 miles with storms in the last 300. Their aim is a trans Atlantic air lane and a safer European route. this marks their second attempt after a crash near Rockford weeks earlier
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Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
Greater
Mt. Evans
James Bay
Hudson Bay
Moose Factory
Labrador
Cape Chidley
Mount Evans Observatory
Greenland
Reykjavik
Iceland
Stockholm
Cochrane
Rockford
Hassell
Cramer
Canadian National Railways
Temiskaming
Northern Ontario Railway
Board of of Trade
Illinois
Europe
Tunney Receives Warm Welcome On Transatlantic Crossing
Gene Tunney is greeted by fellow passengers including Charles Bob and Gene, with a wreath from Charley Bob. He plans to go to Dublin for Tailteann games hosted by President Cosgrave and John McCormack, then return to England to join John Thornton Wilder for a walking tour of Europe. Negotiations to pair him with retired George Bernard Shaw are not yet settled.
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Maurétiitia
Fred Darius Benham
Tunney
Charles V. Bob
Gene
Charley Bob
Thomas Durant
E. F. Mutton
Dublin
Cosgrave
George Bernard Ehaw
Democratic Campaign Speeches Tie Steps to Farm Relief
A suggestion urges Democratic speakers in the farm belt to map concrete agricultural relief steps while campaigning. Silver notes the plan’s political appeal but questions practical execution until the idea of launching a new bank is proposed.
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Silver
Capital Plans for Massive New Bank Stir Finances and Politics
Financial circles discuss forming a very large bank with an initial capital of 30.6 million dollars and potential total capital around 50 million. The move could set a record as the largest orig inal capital for an American bank, though it faces political risk. Democratic leaders question the wisdom, linking it to Republican credit policy as farmer relief. Raskob would not confirm if Governor Smith was briefed.
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Fisi
Sim
Smith
Raskob
Six Fatalities Flood Destruction Hits Western North Carolina
Continuation from Page 7 notes heavy property loss as Episcopalians assembly grounds were washed away. Highways suffered severe damage including a three mile road washed out and another under six feet of water. French Broad River water ran deep on the Marshall highway making the region impassable. Crops across Western North Carolina, led by Burke County with estimated $250,000 damage per County Farm Agent Sloane, suffered extensive losses as all streams flooded lowlands.
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Episcopalians
French Broad
Marshall
Carolina
Burke
Avent Sloane
Burke County
Man tries poison on wife in street drama
David Potts, 25, attempted to force his wife to drink poison on a New Kensington street corner. He drank a small amount himself. both suffered chemical burns. The couple had signed separation papers last night. No charges were filed and Potts was turned over to his parents.
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New Kensington
INS
David Potts
Potts
Japan China Move Signals Cooling of Hostility
London dispatch reports a Tokyo telegraph indicating China’s reply to Japan’s note on disputed issues has been received and will be public soon. It says the Chinese message does not address withdrawing its notice that the treaty with Japan is abrogated, and Tokyo expects China to avoid insisting on withdrawal. It also notes a growing belief in Japan that China seeks a conciliatory agreement and is easing hostilities.
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London
INS
Japan
China
Tokio
Bethlehem Fire Destroys Auto Agency and Home Store
A blaze on West Fourth Street in Bethlehem Pennsylvania damaged a Chevrolet auto agency and a home furnishing store, with losses estimated at 100000 dollars. A general alarm summoned all city companies and firefighter Stewart Rodman fractured his right ankle descending a fire truck. Cause of the fire remained under investigation.
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Bethlehem
West Fourth Street
Chevrolet Automobile
Stewart Rodman
Woman shot in face and burned alive in Crown Point
A young woman about 25 was found shot through the face and burned alive in an undertaker shop in Crown Point Indiana. Police could not identify her and suspected links to a West McHenry bank robbery gang associated with Angelo Francisco. Family members could not recognize the victim.
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Crown Point
Ind
INS
Adeline Zaccard
Angelo Francisco
Mount Prospect
Ill
Francisco
West McHenry
Alam
Miss Zaccardi
Miss Zaccard
Felix Zeccard
LeVine Plans Quick Transatlantic Hop From Paris
Paris Aug 17 American flyer Charles A Levine owner of the Columbia aims to be the first to hop to the United States in a non stop flight. He plans to go to London for weather reports then return for final trials before September first. If rivals reach New York first he may switch to a distance record to the Orient with Bert Acosta piloting the Junkers and Miss Mabel Bell as passenger.
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Paris
INS
Charles A. Levine
Columbia
United States
Levine
London
British Meteorological Office
Junkers
Dessau
New York
Orient
Bert Acosta
Mabel Bell
Queen of Diamonds
India
Kellogg Sails for Peace Meet to France
Secretary of State Kellogg leaves for New York and will sail to France to sign the anti-war treaty with fourteen nations joining as original signers. He will visit Ireland to reciprocate President Cosgrave’s visit and will finalize arbitration pacts with Austria Czechoslovakia and Poland before returning.
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Washington
INS
Kellogg
New York
France
United States
Ireland
Cosgrave
Irish Free Athe
Ireand
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Vesuvius Eruption Intensifies With New Lava Mouth
Naples Italy Aug 17 Mount Vesuvius eruption grows more violent as a new crater mouth opens lava streams outward. Dr Malladra director of the observatory expresses rising anxiety over the heightened activity and potential impact on the surrounding area.
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Naples
Italy
Mount Vesuvius
Malladra
Bandits Carry Off 200-Lb Safe From Rochester Warehouse
Police seek bandits who pried loose a 200 pound safe from the Romn Wholesale Grocery Company warehouse and carried it 150 yards along the Ohio river bank, blew it open and took $400 in cash.
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Rochester
INS
Romn Wholesale Grocery Company
Blairsville Social and Civic Notes Aug 17
Blairsville reports show Fire Chief Paul H Snyder Assistant Chief J S Curry and Captain Robi S Woolf attended the Western Pennsylvania Firemen’s Association convention in Meyersdale. Local residents Mrs. Robert D Neal and son joined the Neal family reunion at Marton Center. George Van Wagner and H W Spencer visited Indiana for business. Dean A Keirn and son visited Cockport while Mr. and Mrs. W E Crossley came from Bellefonte. Samuel Ranzo and son Joseph visited Indiana. Louis H Geary of Latrobe appeared as a local visitor. George E Clawson and John McComb toured East Market Street for business in Indiana. C L Whitehead of Greensburg was in Blairsville for the afternoon. E J Shank and family visited from Maple venue for Indiana travel.
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Blairsville
Paul H H. Snyder
J. S. Curry
Robi. S. Woolf
Robert D. Neal
Johnson Avenue
Neal
Marton ‘Center
Samuel Ranzo
Joseph Ranzo
East Market Street
Indiana
George E. Clawson
John McComb
Gets 25 000 Volts Still Lives
Eddie Stewart an 11 year old boy from North Charleroi sustained burns from contact with a 25 000 volt high tension line. After five days of suffering hospital staff initially doubted his recovery but now say he has a chance to live. He reportedly tried to touch the wire on a dare after climbing into the wire nest of a high tension line tower.
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Charleroi
Eddie Stewart
North Charleroi
Ecuador Refloated After Sand Bar Grounding Off California
The Panama liner Ecuador was refloated from a sandbar off Inner California after a treacherous current. With help from the American-Hawaiian freighter Pennsylvania, the ship resumed southward with 95 passengers transferred to a southbound vessel and to be picked up again at Mazatlan before continuing to New York via the Panama Canal.
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Sand Bar
San Francisco
INS
California
Panama
Ecuador
Mazatlan
Mexico
New York
Panama Canal
Attractions at East End Park schedule
East End Park hosts a busy week with Sagamore Monday Y M G A City League game Tuesday Ern est of the R and P League Wednesday Arcadia Thursday. All games begin at 5 30.
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East End
Sagamore
Ernest
Arcadia
Free Methodist Committeemen Elected at Uniontown Session
Uniontown August 17 committee members for the Free Methodist conference were elected to the standing committee. Names listed include C. x Blews of Pittsburgh J J Flock of Butler J C Shane of Rochester Frank Kincaid of Fairmount and E E Hartford of Uniontown ministers to be assigned at today’s session.
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Uniontown
C. x. Blews
Pittsburgh
J. J. Flock
Butler
J.C. Shane
Rochester
Frank Kincaid
Fairmount
W. Va
E. E. Hartford
Free Methodist Conference
Coal production shows slight rise in central PA district
Production figures indicate a small uptick in the central Pennsylvania bituminous district. Week ending Aug 11 yielded 11,190 cars versus 10,690 prior week, and month to Aug 6 reached 17,840 cars up from 16,111. Loading on siding marked 2,500 no-bills. mine quotations ranged from 1.75 to 2.45 per unit. no wage conference action yet from operators per James Mark.
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Pennsylvania
James Mark
Young Coolidge Heads to Madison for Pleasure
John Coolidge son of the President visited Madison on August 17 as guest of University of Wisconsin President Dr Glenn Frank. He arrived with luggage including a saxophone and a new set of golf clubs signaling a leisure trip rather than an official visit.
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Madison
Wis
John Coolidge
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Coolidge
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