Balbo Armada from Italy on Way to Chicago
Italy's Balbo air armada began its transatlantic flight from Orbetello to Chicago with 25 seaplanes carrying 115 airmen. The lead plane and crew faced a fatal crash in the Zuider Zee near Amsterdam, one missing believed drowned, while the rest proceeded on schedule.
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Balbo Armada
Italy
Chicago
Amsterdam
Orbetelo
Armiada
Zuider Zee
Italo Balbo
RY Guglielmo Emanuel
Orbetello
Holland
Alps
Balbo
Relief plan rejected in Jefferson county muddle
Brookville Pa July 1 The Emergency Relief Committee rejected a state plan to set up a paid board to administer relief in Jefferson County. Miss Elsie Lawrence of the State Welfare Department said impartial food distribution requires paid personnel. The current board should act only in an advisory role despite a petition of over 1,500 taxpayers backing the existing plan.
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Brookville
INS
Jefferson County
Emergency Relief Committee
Elsie Lawrence
State Welfare Department
Judge Orders Handshake After Jury Clears Accused
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on July 1 8 Judge H Hudson sentenced Andy Kackura of South Union Township to shake hands with his neighbor John Galla after a jury found him not guilty of assault and battery. The judge urged both men to forget the misunderstanding as they left the criminal court.
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Uniontown
H. Hudson
Andy Kackura
South Union Township
John Galla
Treasury balance report and tax receipts update
Treasury balance as of June 29 stood at 803,789,812.16 with expenditures of 11,904,100.05 and customs receipts of 21,452,826.53. The note mentions no information for the Fourth and advertises Moorhead's Palm Beach Suits along with a dairy milk offer.
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Washington
Treasury
State employment up seven percent in Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve report shows employment rising seven percent and payrolls nineteen percent since March when production hit a 11 year low. It estimates 37 000 more workers and payroll growth of 400 000 dollars weekly since the banking crisis. Factory production index rose to 1062 3 from 67 in April and 55 last May.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Family Business Review
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank
Indiana Y M C A Directors Reorganize At Luncheon Meeting
A noon luncheon reunion of the Indiana Y M C A board elected new officers for the coming year. Norman Koontz as president with Dr. G R Foster as vice president Ralph McCreary secretary and L M M Peeler treasurer. The group outlined plans for a busy season with reports noting extensive use of the building by hundreds of boys and clubs including Gradale Sorority Tri-Hi-Club Phalanx HI Y Indians and Pioneers. The Indiana Y M C A emphasizes community service and cooperation from townspeople as it marks nearly two decades as a key local center at Ninth and Philadelphia Streets.
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Inndiana Ys M. G. A
Buuilding
Norman Koontz
G. R. Foster
Ralph McCreary
L. MM. Peeler
Koontz
Indiana Y. M. C. A
Ninth
Philadelphia
Teenut Y
Road Contract Awarded Today in Harrisburg
INS- Charles 1 Pry Construction Company was awarded a 32,561% contract by the State Highway Department for 1.48 miles of concrete pavement on U S Route 219 north of Bradford. A benefit dance will be held by the Rosary Society of Sacred Heart Church Sagamore on Tuesday July 4 at Sunset Grove Route 85 between Kittanning and Home. The High Hatters of Yatesboro to provide music. Palm Beach summer suits advertised from Moorhead's.
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Harrisburg
Charles
Pry Construction Corwpany, Wire
State Highway Department
Bradford
Roosevelt Vacation Ends Return to Capital
President Roosevelt wraps up a seaside rest and prepares to depart PamPobello Island New Brunswick aboard the Indiana Polis for a speed voyage to Washington. He will be accompanied by Henry Morgenthau as he contemplates world economic issues and seeks a stable monetary standard.
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Edward BB. Lockett
N. S
Pampobello Island
N. B
Roosevelt
Washington
Navy
Indianapolis
Henry Morgen- Shay
Big Farm Credit
Lightning Kills Three Under Trees Near New Alexandria
A thunderstorm in Westmoreland County left Develiner Fennell 18 and John Kane 44 dead when lightning struck trees they sheltered under. Hobart Kane 17 was unconscious and revived. A dog died, and a barn fire near New Alexandria killed four horses a calf and a dog. Nearby, four additional cattle were killed in a field.
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Westmoreland County
New Alexandria
Trees Mills
Develiner Fennell
John Kane
Hobart Kane
Shelley
Kane
Fennell
Slickville
John Kelly
William Cook
Fie
Harper
Brody Car to be Awarded Monday at Brody's Store
The Brody's Iwentieth Anniversary Sale offers a Chevrolet town sedan and five free Chicago world’s fair trips as prizes. The drawing occurs Monday night at 9 p.m. in front of the store, with Burgess R H Lichteberger and N DeWitt Ray overseeing the event.
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Brody's
Burgess R
H. Lichteberger
N. Dewitt Ray
Armata flight aide Balbo leads 25 seaplanes to Chicago
44 year old Colonel Aldo Pelleggini, technical commander of the project, shares leadership of the Atlantic crossing with General Italo Balbo as Italy's armada of seaplanes heads toward Chicago. The accompanying image features Pelleggini in a recent photo.
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Italo Balbo
Italy
Chicago
Aldo Pelleggini
Hight
Unprecedented heat linked deaths rise in Pennsylvania
An intense heat wave in Pennsylvania caused seven fatalities today with forecasts predicting continued warmth. Lightning killed several workers at Greensburg area fields and Pine Grove Furnace, while two teens perished in Clifton Heights. In Pittsburgh, multiple heat related or drowning deaths raised the toll.
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International News Service
Pennsylvania
Trees Mills
Greensburg
John Kane
Develiner Fenwell
Robert B. Armstrong
Herman B. Chuderewicz
Pittsburgh
C. C
Pine Grove Furnace
Carlisle
The
Conservation Corps
Anna Henderson
Thomas Blythe
Clifton Heights
Philadelphia
John ‘Gibson
Postmaster General Farley Attacked by Presbyterian Panel
A report to the United Presbyterian Church assembly denounces Postmaster General James A. Farley for coercive patronage as it urges opposition to repeal of Prohibition. The document questions taxing the poor to fund alcohol policies and criticizes party worker letters urging repeal efforts.
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Pittsburgh
INS
James A. Farley
Committee On Reform
Tbth General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church
Farley
Our Republic
United States
Drunken driver sentenced to three to six years
Uniontown Pa July 1 Roy J Burnsworth of Stewart Township began a three to six year workhouse term after conviction for driving drunk in a crash. Judge Thomas K Hudson called the act wanton recklessness and warned it would serve as a lesson to all drivers on county roads.
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Uniontown
Roy J. Burnsworth
Stewart Township
Thomas K. Hudson
Gephardt Wins Trip To Morrill Factory In Chicago
Clarence G Gephardt a meat salesman from Sioux Falls district won a trip to the John Morrill Co factory. He boarded a train to Chicago and then flew to the main plant for a three day inspection. The piece notes Palm near Suit and Moorhead’s Dairy milk products in the ad context.
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Clarence G. Gephardt
John Morrill Co
Sioux Falls
8. D
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Morrill
Free Trout for Indiana County Fish and Game Members
Members of the Indiana County Fish and Game Association can obtain small brook trout free of charge for stocking. The Association Nursery trout are ready to be released this week, with milk can portions available to county members who bring a can, a net, and their membership card to Jack Lytle in Indiana, Pa. Written permission will be issued specifying planting locations, and can pickups run until July 7. Lytle is near the Indiana Borough banking area on weekdays 9 AM to 3 PM.
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Indiana County, Fish and Game Association
Jack Lytle
Indiana
Mr. Lytle
Lytle
Widow of Jack Diamond Shot Dead in Speakeasy
Mrs. Jack Diamonds, widow of gangster Jack Diamond, was found dead from a .38 caliber bullet in a New York speakeasy after allegedly revealing secrets about her husband’s murder. Detectives weigh theories of mob retaliation and past connections to another Bronx case.
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David P. Fentnetr
Grespondiant
New York
Jay 11
INS
Jack
Diamond
Thian
Albany
Lottie Erlesberger Coll
Vincent Coll
Bronx
Alice Selifffer Diamond
Beers Consumed Upward on May Increase
New York July 1 1958 America’s thirst rises with May beer demand jumping 620000 barrels over April The United States Brewers Association secretary G D Williams notes the rise equating to 307630000 eight ounce glasses indicating stronger consumer intake across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amerlea
G. D. Willams
United States Bren Ee Association
Two Die When Truck Hits Car in West Virginia
Bluefield W Va July 1 Two men were killed in a collision seven miles from here between a motor truck and an interurban trolley car. Victims were QO V Moye 33 and Steve Hurt 50 both of Sandek Indiant re TeOana 9 i00 Pa Ma 4M 2653.
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Bluefield
Van
INS
QO. V. Moye
Steve Hurt
Sandek
Graff Funeral Held for Blairsville Man
Funeral services for Joseph Graff 80 retired Pennsylvania Railroad employee were held today at SS Simon and Jude church Blairsville with burial at SS Simon and Jude cemetery. Survived by widow Gertrude three sons Lawrence Irvin and Joseph all of Blairsville Greensburg and Blaissville daughter E F Bergman of Blaissville and Mrs Harry Hertz of Salem along with three brothers and three sisters.
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Joseph Graff
Pennsylvania Railroad
Blairsville
SS. Simon and Jude's
SS. Simon and Jude’s
Graff
Gertrude (Bergman) Graff
Lawrence Graff
Irvin Graff
Federal road money ready to start work on highways
Washington July 1 An unveiling of a $400,010,000 public roads construction fund promises about 9.6 million man weeks of work. Col Donald H Sawyer says 100, or 300 thousand men will be on road projects within six weeks as thousands move from relief to pay rolls. peak expected in September despite cold weather.
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Washington
Donald H. Sawyer
Federal
Dr J C Pinkerton to preach here tomorrow morning
Pastor J G Pinkerton of Sterling Kansas and former United Presbyterian Church pastor will preach in the local church tomorrow morning. He has been in Pittsburgh attending the 74th anniversary of the United Presbyterian Church of North America.
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J. G. Pinkerton
Sterling
Kan
United Presbyterian Church
Ife
Pitttsburgh
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Agreement at Conference Keeps France in Debates
A world economic conference reaches a largely complete accord between Britain and Raymond Moley on a declaration to curb exchange fluctuations and keep France and its gold allies in the talks despite U S opposition to de facto currency stabilization. The dispute over debt adjustment and currency policy persists as the conference remains deadlocked.
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George R. Holmes CL
Geological Museum
London
World Economic Conference
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Raymond Moley
France
Five try for cross country flying record
Roscos Turner led at the halfway mark of the Bendix speed race from New York to Los Angeles after landing in Wichita for refueling at 8 55 am Then 30 seconds past nine he departed for Albuquerque Turner’s New York to Wichita time was five hours 56 minutes James R Wedell trailed Turner by seven minutes elapsed at Wichita after landing at 9 50 am He refueled and continued four and a half minutes later Amelia Earhart lagged in a slower craft aiming for a nonstop leg from St Louis to Los Angeles The remaining three entrants crashed near Indianapolis Russell Boarman and Lee Gehlbach were injured or uninjured respectively Russel Thaw damaged a wing tip and could not continue
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Hy International
Roscos Turner
Wichita
Albuquerque
N. M
New York
James R. Wedell
Turner
Wedell
Durner
Amelia Harhart
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
Russell Boariman
Lee Gehlbach
Russel Thaw
Kuhn Loeb Firm Control Revealed in Articles Case
Washington dispatch reports the Kuhn Loeb & Co firm led by Felix M. Warburg Kuhn John M Schiff and Elisha Walker holds 68 percent of profits but lacks direct voice in day to day decisions Morgan group exerts less control The article lists profit shares for major partners and outlines capital contributions with Mortimer Schiff ancestor figures noted Continued on page two.
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WM. K
Exercic
J. Pierpont Morgan
3. P. Morgan Pany
Kuhn-Loels
Felix M. Warburg
Otto H. Kahn
Schiff
Walker
Georg Venizer
Lewis L. Berales
Kiam Wiseman
Frederick, Kurg
Gilbert W. Kahn
Benj Buttenweiser
Hugh Kno
Mortimer Schiff
Elisha Walker
Weather forecast warns heat wave may ease tomorrow
Residents of Pittsburgh and nearby areas will experience continued heat today with rising temperatures. Forecaster W.S. Brotzman predicts no relief tonight but scattered thunderstorms tomorrow may cool the mercury.
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Pittsburgh
Wéstatn
W.S. Brotzman
Brotzman
Two Die From Heat In Altoona Restaurant Park
Altoona Pa July 1 Heat toll rises with two aged men found dead. Prostrated by the torrid temperature, 73 year old Frank Stafford and 50 year old William Stonebraker collapsed in public areas and died after suffering heat exposure. Police notes show past arrests and relief reliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Sigures
William Stonebraker
Lindbergh Tests New Plane Motor in Greenland Flight Plan
Col Charles A Lindbergh arrives at Curtiss-Wright Essex airport Caldwell New Jersey to test a 700 horsepower Wright device mounted on the Lockheed Sirius for his upcoming Greenland flight. The same aircraft that crossed the continent and later went to China is involved.
Kidnapping Suspect Taken In Chicago
Chicago July 1 Inspector Lee Turner a 34 year old East St. Louis gangster and once a suspect in the Lindbergh case was being held by federal authorities. Justice Department officials said he is wanted only for a violation of the Dyer Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lee Turner
East St. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Turner
Department of Justice
Money and the World Economic Conference Crisis
Former New York mayor James J. Walker reports for INS on the World Economic Conference. The prose mashes economics with satire, noting money as a potential root of evil and criticizing stalling tactics, political games, and buck-passing during the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Walker
New York
International News Service
James J. Jimmy" Walker
Geological Museum
London
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Fier
Zilder Zee
Air Ministry
Palm Beach
Moorhead’s
Good Report
Dr. C. R. Foster
V. Pres
Secy
L. M. Peelor
Capital
Daniel Roper
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
Gerard Swope
General Electric
Edward N. Hurley
Roper
Walter S. Gifford
A. T
Monn Cevias
Ewing Mitchell
John, Dickinson
Commerce
Col
Robert G. Elbert
Amet
Westm’d CO
BRODY
Armada Flight
U.p.scensure
Jim Farley
Gephardt
Suit
Effensive
UN SS
Jack Diamond
Unknown Underworld Slayers
G. W. Graff
J. C. Pinkerton
Bill Mathews
Chattanooga
Tenn
Raent
Amelia Earhart
Boardman
Heath
DEA
Maorheees
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