Italian Pilot Held After Abyssinian Airfire
In Addis Ababa an Italian pilot and a native observer were arrested after their plane was shot down during a pio war recon over Ogaden. Ethiopian authorities said the pair would be tried under immigration laws while Ras Emero was named to command Addis Ababa as Haile Selassie prepares troops for the front.
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Japan
Addis Ababa
INS
Pioewar
Ogaden Province
Masa
Ogatien
Fallan Somaliland
Abyssinia
Harrar
Ras Emero
Haile Selassie
Bladen Guela Herouy
Assia
French Somaliland
Obituary for Ludwick and Miller in Youngwood and Derry
Alpheus H. Ludwick aged 77 dies at home in Youngwood after a two week illness. Survived by widow Mary F. Ludwick and five children, plus a brother Eden T. Ludwick. Funeral at Youngwood United Brethren Church. MES. Nancy C. Miller aged 94 dies at daughter’s home in Derry. Survived by two daughters, two sons, 19 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren. Funeral at Harrold home in Derry.
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Alpheus H. Ludwick
South Sixth Street
Youngwood
Ludwick
United Brethren Church
Mary F. Ludwick
Stella Bigus
J. C. Hutchinson
Blairsville
D. W. Willard
Youngstown
Ohio
Pearl J. Ludwick
William E. Ludwick
Eden T. Ludwick
Cape May
N. J
Youngwood United Brethren Church
Ww. GS. Hawk
Youngwood Cemetery
Nancy C. Miller
Meivie Harrold
West Third Avenue
Derry
St. Clair
Bradenville
William Slouffer
Melvie Harrold
R. J. Miller
S.P. Miller
Widow With 150 Children Faces Relief Challenge
In Brooklyn a widow with 150 children faced hunger and relief needs. News coverage drew reporters and photographers as the story spread, with the mother described in black and the tale gaining public attention.
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New York
INS
Brooklyn
Authority fights over lease power for PWA projects
Under the PWA setup the Federal government covers 48 percent of project costs as a grant while loans make up 55 percent. The authority may issue tax exempt bonds to raise 53 percent, take title to buildings, and lease them to the state until bonds are retired. A key legal question is whether a legislature can authorize leases beyond its term. Planned projects include state hospitals and training schools costing 9 005 185 dollars, armories at 1 370 000, four tuberculosis sanatoriums at 1 614 000, and a 5 400 000 finance building. The authority includes gubernatorial appointees plus eight officials. membership is fixed by office, not person, with life of 82 years.
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PWA
Department of Military Affairs
Health Department
Senate
Internal Affairs
Widow Spider and Termites At The Children's Museum
A museum exhibit attracts crowds as a widow spider hunts termites. The male spider often dies after courtship, while the widow consumes mates and raises dozens of young. Cornelius Denslow notes a Stat en Island widow likely poisoned her mate.
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Children’s Museum
Cornelius Denslow
Staten Island
Denslow
Frazier Lemke Bill Signed By President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed the Frazier Lemke farm mortgage moratorium bill in Washington. It freezes foreclosures for three years and lets farmers transfer assets to the courts while paying a reasonable rental, with taxes prioritized from rental credits. After three years a new property valuation would be set.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Egally
Italian Youths mobilized for war effort in Italy
Rome Aug 29 100000 Italian youths aged 17 to 21 were mobilized by Prime Minister Mussolini for wartime service at home and possible reinforcements in Africa. The summons came at the request of the Fascist organization the advance guards. Salvation Army Rev Herbert Mountally will speak tonight at the Salvation Army on The Curse That Was Turned Into a Blessing. Everyone invited.
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Rome
INS
Mussolini
Africa
Salvation Army
Herbert Mountally
Wight
Amateur Night At Block Party Features Local Talent
Last evening at the American Legion Block Party amateur night showcased winners Harry Schurr first, Doro thy Beck second, and Caroline Viol third. Noncompetitive acts included Morey Bopp singing and James Walls performing impersonations and dancing. A fiddlers contest and various prize draws drew near one hundred bingo players and strong attendance.
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American Legion
Harry Schurr
Dorothy Beck
Caroline Viol
Morey Bopp
James Walls
CCC
Hitb
Hilly
Buck
Wing
Philip Cannizzaro
Earl
Lindbergh baby sighting claimed on Long Island
Hauptmann’s defense favors new trial over alleged child seen in Long Island care a boy resemble Lindbergh infant. Rosencrans cites newly found evidence and potential Supreme Court appeal while denying mercy or pardon, insisting Hauptmann’s innocence.
King of Belgium in tragedy at queen’s death scene
An eye witness describes the king in shock after a car crash that killed Queen Astrid. The monarch’s face bloodied, he cradled the queen’s body, then carried her to the roadside before collapsing and being guided back to his villa. A doctor tried to break the news as onlookers watched in silence.
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Lake
Astrid
Big Freighters of Scrap Iron
Ethiopia has imported no scrap iron due to no munition face levies and no steel industry. Haile Selassie and his resolute forces await a faltering blockade, hoping for relief as the war in Africa continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Women Of Polygamist Cult Stand Staunchly By Their Men
Gordon Gordon reports from Mohave County Arizona on the polygamist sect's wives who remain loyal to their husbands amid prosecutions for open cohabitation. Interviews with Silvia Allred and Mrs. John Y. Barlow highlight belief in many wives, child rearing, and the role of women in sustaining the faith as lawmen move against the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Gordon
INS
Short Creek
Ariz
E. Elmo Bollinger
Mojave
Bollinger
Silvia Allred
I. C. Spencer
John Y. Barlow
Scrap iron trade fuels wartime armament fears in Europe
European factories rely on domestic scrap iron for weapons as central and western Europe face looming war. The Ruhr valley and Saar basin supply iron ore to Germany while France reports small imports of American scrap iron, totaling 257 tons last year.
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Ropean
Central
Europe
Ruhr Valley
Saar Basin
Germany
Hitler
France
Mussolini Warns Sanctions Bring War in Europe
Mussolini scorns allied aid and asserts sanctions threaten war as Italy sharpens its military posture around Bolzano with 150000 troops in defensive maneuvers. He says Britain fears not Italy’s policy toward Ethiopia and vows to keep the Stresa front while warning against actions that could trigger a new world war.
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Inet
Mussolini
Council of Ministers
Bolzano
Italy
Europe
Britain
Ethiopia
Thaly
Britain and France seek Geneva compromise with Mussolini
The sense grows that Britain and France will pursue a compromise at Geneva to win Mussolini's consent on territorial and economic concessions in Abyssinia. If the effort fails, both powers aim to salvage the League's standing. Prime Minister Baldwin plans to cut his Aix Le Bains vacation to London on Sept. 4 to direct affairs. Britain, despite Mussolini's stance, gains from Italian orders including 100,000 pairs of army boots.
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Britain
France
Geneva
League
Mussolini
Abyssinia
Stanley Baldwin
Aix le Bains
London
Mary
Italy
King Leopold Involved In Severe Car Crash At Lucerne
King Leopold and Queen were in a car accident on a rain slicked road near Lake Lucerne. The king suffered jaw fracture and head wounds while the queen died after the crash. The chauffeur escaped serious injury and the king was rushed to a hospital at Kussnacht.
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Kussnacht
Lake Lucerne
Leopold
Haslhorn
Horn
Lucerne
Ruys
Three Killed In Tunnel Cave-In Oakland Tragedy
In Oakland California a tunnel cave-in killed three workers Ray Houchin 40 Berkeley Howard Davis 24 Oakland and Steve Beljon 44 Oakland. A 100 man rescue crew labored to recover the bodies as four others escaped. Contractors had halted work hours earlier citing unstable soil making further digging dangerous.
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Oakland
Cat
INS
Ray Houchin
Berkeley
Howard Davis
Steve Beljon
Highway District
Belgian Queen Dies in Car Crash Near Lucerne
King Leopold and Queen were traveling from Lucerne to Kussnacht when a collision with a stone mile-post sent the queen from the car. She struck a tree and died instantly while the car plunged into a lake, injuring the king who is reported going on well. The royal family’s eldest children, the princess and the king’s young son, were notified and begotten by the queen mother in Naples.
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Ajury
Leopold
Josephine
Switzerland
Prince Albert
Brussels
Albert
Naples
Lucerne
Kussnacht
Swanks Vacation Tour Nettles Indiana Pa Readers
Mr and Mrs Howard Swank and son Howard Jr enjoy a month in Pennsylvania before returning to Daytona Beach Fla where Mr Swank works for a meat concern They visit Indiana friends and relatives while northern vacations peak This is a lively recap of travel visits, family gatherings and local school reopenings across Indiana and surrounding areas with multiple social calls and weekend trips noted
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Howard Swank
Howard, Jr
Pennsylvania
Swanks
Indiana
Mr. Swank
Daytona Beach
Fla
Swank
Daytona Beach High School
John Cribbs
W. Earle Foreman
Willow Lodge
Elk County
W. R. Thomas
Miriam
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Mineral Springs
Bobby MecCardle
New Castle
Bobby Millen
Alice
Teddy
Rochester
N. Y
Canada
Lake Ontario
Blair Parks and
Witness killed in Westwood murder case shocks Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh August 29. George Malussa long a key witness in the Wests wood murder case was killed today at a corrugated forging plant in Coraopolis where he worked. The 48 year old Croatian, who lived behind his McKees Rocks residence, was struck by a machine part as authorities feared his testimony against Justice of the Peace James J. Westwood and Constable Tim Drexler would be silenced. Police, led by Chief Michael Matsey, rushed to identify Mattissa who reportedly warned he could be killed if he spoke, and whose testimony had helped police pursue the Westwood suspects. The death marks a shocking turn in Allegheny County’s puzzling case as investigators warn residents risk losing confidence in the probe.
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New Jersey
Blairstown
N. J
INS
Egbert Rosencrans
Hauptmann Defense
Long Island
Rosencrans
Court of Pardons
Hauptmann
Pittsburgh
George Malussa
Wests’ Wood
Forging Company
Coraopolis
McKees Rocks
Justice of the Peace
James J. Westwood
Tim Drexler
Matussa
Michael Matsey
Walter Monaghan
Mattssa
Matsey
Matissa
Winood
Mattissa
Westwood
Matassa
Allegheny Country
Monaghan
Dexeter
Rogers widow named executor in Will of Will Rogers
Mrs Baly Blake Rogers widow of Will Rogers was named executor without bond in a will signed twelve days before his fatal Alaska flight. The estate is reported to exceed 5 million dollars with probate value over 10 thousand. Aviation hazard insurance valued at 262500 with Lloyds of London may be paid to Mrs Rogers this week.
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Hollywood
Baly Blake Rogers
Will Rogers
Rogers
Alaska
Wiley Post
Lloyds of Landon
Mra Rogers
Watermelon Party At Marion Center Attracts Local Groups
A Marion Center watermelon party featured Armstrong Grange members Sam Dible John Campbell Boyd Hamilton Erma Campbell Nancy Patterson Martha Blakley Dorothy Shirey and Cressie Shirey. An AY PCA rally drew many youths Sunday at West Union U P B church with churches from Crete South Bend Sher locta Elderton West Lebanon and West Union in attendance.
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Ber
Weiner
Armstrong Grange
Marion Center
Sam Dible
John Campbell
Boyd Hamilton
Erma Campbell
Nancy Patterson
Martha Blakley
Dorothy Shirey
Crete
South Bend
Sherlocta
Elderton
West Lebanon
West Union
Playground Children Display Call at 11 A M Saturday
Playground children with art on display are requested to call at their respective playgrounds at 11 a m Saturday to arrange the exhibit and ensure participation in the event.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Emma Gloeckher
Lindbergh
Anna Hauptmann
Arizona
Gordon Goredon
Arizona Badlands
J. M. Lauritzen
Fife
Gordon
Leosfold
Merli Chachen
Walter
Leonard
Belgium
League of Nations Council
Stockholm
Net
Prince of Wales
Baudtauin, Borg
Stuyvenberg
Elizabeth
A&a
Old International News Service
Luzerne
H. K. Reynolds
NOS Staff Caereeeande
MNSJ
League of Na Mons
King Leopold
Peelor
Geo
Malussa
Wa Wood
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Mrs. Rogers
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