Madison Steamer in Distress Off Cape Charles
New York reports the Old Dominion Line steamer Madison foundering in a gale off Virginia with 87 passengers and 66 crew believed aboard. Forward deck house washed away, vessel in distress, awaiting aid as messages confirm steering and power loss amid heavy seas near Cape Charles.
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Virginia
Mackayado Company
Cape Charles
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SO. S
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Mackay Radio Corp
Siae
Madigan
Public Schools Reopen as Work Relief Teachers Hired
Aug 23 report from Washington states rural and other schools facing closures due to funds will reopen with teachers paid by federal unemployment relief funds. Hopkins tour notes 78 of 2000 plus nearly 1000 more reopen for limited months. In Pennsylvania two million students return as 2587 districts ready for repairs, supplies, and a major education year.
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Washington
Harry Mu. Hopkins
Re. Hefnceks
Pennsylvania
Puliie
Nudist colony head loses job in Lancaster county
Alfred Benneteh, 50, ousted as Pleasant Retreat school teacher after plans to establish a nudist colony shocked the West Covalico township school board. Florence Hatrantt of Adamstown named as successor. Benneteh says he will still teach at Pleasant Robe this fall amid opposition to nude frolicing in Lancaster County.
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Lancaster
Alfred Benneteh
Pleasant Retraant
West Covalico Township
Benneteh
Mise Florence Hatrantt
Adamstown
Ie Wall
Pleasant Robe
Lancaster County
Scout Camp Ends This Week at William Penn
Camp William Penn enters its seventh and final week with forty four Adrian Scouts and leaders occupying the site. They will break camp on Wednesday and Brush Valley Scouts take over, led by Scoutmaster Graham and assistants. The Red Sox nickname is noted with a stray line about sleep in the street versus the ball park.
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William Penn Council
Boy Scouts of America
Adrian
Brush Valley Scouts
Graham
Chicago underworld ridges racketeering eclipse Al Capone era
United States attorney Dwight H. Green says Chicago crime has less booze crime since Capone’s conviction but racketeering spreads into legitimate business. He notes Humphries as brains of remnants of Capone mob and warns gangs pursue business racketeering rather than liquor. Indiana merchants herald a large Thursday Dollar Day sale with wide range of items and promotions.
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Chicago
INS
Dwight H. Green
United States
al Capone
Atlanta Federal Penitentary
Green
International News Service Today
Cireen
Capone
Macrray Huphries
Intense competition on a new level at merchants conference
State College, Aug 23. Professor Edmund McGarry of the University of Buffalo warned at the third annual retail merchants conference that pair practical codes have raised competition to a higher level. Merchants who wait for business to come to them face serious disillusionment as delegates head home.
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State College
Edmund ©. McGarry
McGarry
Bureau of Business and Social Research
University of Buffalo
Gandhi freed from custody amid fast in London
Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian religious leader, ends his eighth day of a fast “into death” against unteasabil ity and is released from custody in London without explanation, according to a Bombay telegraph dispatch. The notice also advertises a Sloan Bros. dry goods sale starting August 24.
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London
Mahatma Gandhi
Bombay
Blue Island Woman Wins Husband Calling Contest at Century of Progress
Mrs Nick Ouwenga of Blue Island wins the husband calling contest during farm week at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. Youchoo lery dinner’s ready shouts accompany her victory as onlookers cheer.
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Blue Island
Chicago
Welfare Association Donation Day Aims to Aid 28 Children
The Welfare Association urges August 31 as a donation day to supply clothing and household items for 28 children on its list in Indiana Ben Avon and Chevy Chase. Needed items include blankets bedding dishes cooking utensils jars and general house furnishings while the Boy Scouts will help collect. An employment bureau and lodging help for students are also offered with contact through Laura J. Wiggins secretary at phone 517.
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Welfare Association
Indiana
Ben Avon
Chevy Chase
Boy Scouts
Laura J. Wiggins
Cuban Navigation Employes Strike Halts Cuban Trade
Havana reports say the Gahan Navigation Company workers walked out for higher wages and overtime pay as Havana harbor tensions ease post a weeks long strike that halted commerce. Also notices announce Milley Studio opening September 7 with registration August 25, offering private lessons and a free September trial.
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Havana
Cuba
Gahan Navigation Company
Milley
Dry vs Wet Debate Lights Rochester High School
In Rochester on the night of August 23, a debate on prohibition will unfold at Rochester Senior High School. Prohibition advocates plan a dry stance while a speaker for the wets argues for repeal or modification of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Rochester
Canteran Ralston
Ralston
Martin
Marge Seno
Ballot Drawing Complete. Boroughs Nomination List Noted
County commissioners finished the drawing for primary ballot positions and published the borough candidates. The fourth ward shows only one filled Republican slate while other wards expect judges or inspectors of elections. In fall primaries voters will write in names and the highest vote getter wins the nomination for Tax Collector Republican R Delmont Wisher Morris W Trainer George D McClaren M S Little W BIN Helwir R C Straitir Democratic George Halwig Justice of Peace Walter H Jackson.
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R. Delmont Wisher
Morris W.trainer
George D. McClaren
M.S. Littte
bin) Helwir
R. CG
Straitiir
George Halwig
Justice of Peace
Walter H. Jackson
Highway crash victims recover. hospital reports released
X rays show Minnie Rehn of Wintondale and Harry Okun of Brooklyn have reduced injuries after a runaway truck crashed into the Rehn residence cellar near Armagh. Rehn’s back contusions now appear nonfrontal with no spine fracture, while Okun’s chest injuries lack internal damage. Other victims Isabel Locher Blairsville and Marais Dimpelowlts Brooklyn show slight improvement. No prosecution likely. salvage of the truck not arranged.
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Minnie Rehn
Wintondale R. D. 1
Harry Okun
Brooklyn
Rehn
Armagh
Isabel Locher
Blairsville
Marais
Robbery at Panxsulawney Foundry and Stock Heist
The first major city robbery in months saw thieves break into Panxsulawney Foundry and Machine on Front Street and steal an electric drill and a set of stocks. The loss was about 18128 dollars. A separate note covers a World’s Fair visit by an Indiana man driving 108 miles for 0.51 dollars, with fuel and oil costs detailed for five adult passengers.
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Panxsulawney Foundry and Machine Company
Front Street
Indiana
P & R Motor Cy
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Brief Romance of N Y Heiress and Foreign Prince Ends
New York August 28 Disillusion ends five day honeymoon between heiress Janet Snowden and Francesca Don Caravita. The couple separates amid tears and mystery as she declares she did love him but found otherwise. She rejects rumors of a marriage spurred by spite and asserts there was no one else.
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NW York
Janet Snowden
Les
Francesca Don Caravita
Armstrong County Treasurer Wins Appeal in 1910-31 Audit
Judge J Weank Grail dismissed the appeal to reopen the Armstrong county auditors' report after an alleged $31,000 discrepancy in treasurer Harry B. Roarie's accounts. The ruling found no fraud or misappropriation, though the treasurer’s handling was careless and negligent due to lack of capable bookkeepers.
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Kittanning
Armstrong County
J. Weank Grail
Dude Graff
Larry B. Rearie
Armstrong
Katy B. Roarie
Harry DB. Roarie
Harry B. Tearie
Marmer
Hoover refuses bank quiz call on Detroit probe
Former President Herbert Hoover in Palo Alto from a fishing trip sent a telegram to Prosecutor Harry Toy declining to testify before Detroit's grand jury investigating the bank crash. Hoover said information he could provide would be general and second hand and not justify a trip to Detroit. He suggested more effective details would come from former officials of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, and the currency controller with access to records.
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Gal
Herbert Hoover
Harry
Detroit
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
Punxsutawney Car Walks In Sleep
A Punxsutawney car parked at the J. M. Beyer garage on Rock Street slipped its leash in sleep and wandered across an alley into a corn patch and a flower bed before resting against a home on Mahoning Street. No serious damage reported. Mrs. Emma Gordon said it was the first time the machine had walked in its sleep.
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Emma Gordon
J. M. Beyer
Rock Ind
Gordon
Treasury Balance Report Shows Aug 24 Totals
Treasury balance as of Aug 24 stands at 1 222 473 035 75 with reported customs receipts 476 982 20 and mis int rev 4 208 000 82. Up Washington reports INS- balance details across miscel sections including Treasury figures and customs income.
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Treasury
Wasilington
Lamson Murder Case Promises Verbal Fire on Stand
San Jose dispatch reports three deputies and the prosecution prepare to grill Stanford press executive David A. Lamson as jury selection continues in the slaying of his wife Alleve. Prosecutor Lindsay vows a hard line while Lamson remains defiant and ready to testify if called.
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Ralph B. Jordan
I. N.S
SAN Jost
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UINS
Jim
Beran
David A. Lamson
Stanford University Press
University
Alleve
Stanford
Lamson
A. P. Lindsay
M. Rea
Dave
Ken
Samson
Min
Ex-President Machado in Bahamas Extradition Rumors
Ceraria Machado, former Cuban president, slept at the Royal Victoria Hotel as Cuba weighs extradition to Havana on charges from his tenure. Rumors say he may enter the United States secretly, possibly landing near New York under police protection amid State Department inquiries.
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Slau
Bahamas
Ceraria Machado
Cuba
Royal Victoria
Cuban Supreme Court
Havani
Machado
United States
New York City
United States State Department
Johnstown Ball Star Dies After Tooth Infection
Johnstown Aug 23 Andrew Alattis 24 star pitcher for the Johnstown Club of the Middle Atlantic League died at Memorial Hospital after poisoning from a tooth infection. He had been with the Pittsburgh Pirates briefly in 1911 and was kept conscious by a blood transfusion during surgery.
CAPITOL NOTES BY WILLIAMS AUG 23 OPEN SHOPS AND RECOVERY AID
Washington dispatch outlines rising tensions over National Recovery Administration policy. Employers seek to limit union influence and challenged code enforcement while labor leaders maintain open shop reservations violate the recovery act. The Johnson administration position fuels debate on price fixing and allocation policies as hearings consider retail code exemptions for small towns. Cont on Page Two.
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Nel
Washington
National Recove Administration
Aed
Industri Steel
Organi
Faro
Johnson
National Recovery
Samte -Po
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