Lindberghs Prepare Greenland Flight Plan From New York
James Kilgallen reports the Lindberghs close to finalizing plans for a Greenland flight to assess a northern air route to Europe. Aboard the Same monoplane at Edo Aircraft in College Point, Queens, test flights and equipment checks proceed as they await ideal weather. The trip aims to Iceland or Labrador stops, with a mobile base ship Jelling sailing from Philadelphia to support the expedition.
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James J. Kilgallen
New York
Cal
Mrg
Charles A. Lindbergh
Greenland
Europe
Edo Aircraft Corporation
College Point
Queens
China
Lindberghs
Denmark
Pan- American Airways
Lindbergh
Cen
Iceland
Pan-American Airways
St. John
N. S
Roosevelt Film At Ritz Tonight And Tomorrow
The Fighting President screens at the Ritz showing a life story of President Roosevelt from boyhood to his New Deal era achievements. A matinee tomorrow includes a Dixie Cup ice cream for each child in attendance.
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Roosevelt
Ritz
Car Accident Near Armagh Injures Johnstown Man
Henry Witt aged 63 of Johnstown suffered a fracture of the right collarbone when his car ran over an embankment and overturned into a creek along the Indiana Johnstown road about a mile north of Armagh. He was taken to a Johnstown hospital. Witt said another vehicle forced him from the highway.
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Henry Witt
Johnstown
Armagh
Witt
Three Fliers Ready for Trans Atlantic Flight
New York July 7. Three flyers wait at Floyd Bennett airport for optimistic weather as Maurice Rossi and Paul Codes, French airmen, prepare to attempt a trans Atlantic distance record. Wiley Post, the Oklahoma aviator co holder of the round the world record, works on his craft for a new globe girdling flight with Robot.
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New York
INS
Floyd, Bennett
Atlantic
Maurice Rossi
Paul Codes
Wiley Post
Oklahoma
Harold Gatty
Homer City Parade Honors Firemen Fair Attendance
Fourteen volunteer fire departments with auxiliaries and apparatus joined the Homer City Fire Department in last night’s parade for the Firemen’s Fair. The Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department won best apparatus, while Fri st Borough’s 1000 gallon pumping engine was judged best apparatus. Distance prizes were withheld pending checks showing South Fork 82 miles and Scalp Level 30 miles from Homer City.
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Homer City
Homer City Fire Department
American Légion
the Legion Auxiliary
Greensburg
Friis
Ami France
Indiana
American Legion
Franklin Borough
Scalp and Paint Volunteer
Apollo
Blacklick Fire Company
Seward
Lucerne Mines
New Florence
Blairsville
Nant-y-Glo
Ferndale
Derry
South Fork
Conemaugh
Saltsburg Fire Company
H C Frick Coal Co Repairs Equipment at Pleasant plant
H C Frick Coal Co officials said surface equipment at the Standard Mant near Pleasant Pa is being overhauled in preparation for resumption of operations. The coke plant, the largest beehive facility in the United States, houses 999 ovens and normally employs about 600 workers. Dance at Homer Hotel Friday features Phil Runzo and his band with special seafood served at the Commercial Hotel Homer City.
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Mt, Pleasant
T—Ins
H. GC
Frick Coke Company
United States
Homer Hotel
Commercial Hotel
Homer City
Phil Runzo
World Conference Delays Put Kope In Deadlock
Delegates from gold bloc nations push to bar monetary questions as talks drag. American Hale Wisharten warns that unless gold standard nations soften stance the conference cannot proceed. French and other gold representatives refuse to discuss tariffs or quotas while monetary issues remain barred.
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Akno Dosch
PSU Koy
London
INS
World Weonomi Conference
Euros Pan
Hale Wistorrisen
Texas
The
Economic Commission
Gtate Hull
Bond Given for Lloyd Strayer in Fatal Truck Crash
Lloyd Strayer, 31, of Glaysturg, Blair County, released on $2000 bond after a Tuesday night collision on Shel octa Apello Road near Shelocta that killed Lawrence Pignani, 36, Ehrenfeld, and his 10 year old daughter Dorothy. A preliminary hearing for involuntary manslaughter is set as an inquest planned for South Bend at 2 p.m. Saturday. Pignani’s car had stopped in the highway. Strayer allegedly lost control while attempting to pass. Pignani’s car would not be moved until police viewed the wrecked machines, per patrol report.
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Gloyd Strayer
Glaysturg
Blair County
Lawrence Pignani
Ehrenfeld
Cambria
Dorothy
Shelocta
Apello
Armstrong County
Kittanning
A. W. Dosch
South Bend
Pignani
Carl Mumau
Clymer
Strayer
Cummings Files First Petition for Register and Recorder
Yesterday marked the first day for primary petition signatures. W Ralph Cummings filed to seek a second term as Register and Recorder, current office holder and World War veteran arriving from Blairs ville to the court neuse.
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County Commissioners
W. Ralph Cummings
Register and Recorder
Cummings
Court Neues
Blairsville
Patrolman Kelley Confined to Home After Motorcycle Accident
Traffic officer William J. Kelley of the city was confined to his Washington street home with severe injuries to the right thigh after the department motorcycle bucked while he was starting it. The accident occurred at the municipal building and Extra Patrolsman Frank McGregor relieved him today.
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William J. Kelley
Washington Street
Jeg
Police Department
Frank McGregor
Memorial at Pine Flats
Memorial services of seven oclock at Pine Flats Wednesday evening. Rebekahs and friends invited. Brother Rey will preach the sermon. Ladies trio of Pine Flats Baptist Church. Public is cordially invited.
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Pine Flats
Boel Tana
O. F
Rebekahs
Brother Rey
Js F
AfeKnight
Roosevelt’s America First foreign policy shapes new deal era
INS dispatch from Washington outlines a three pronged push on monetary trade and disarmament as President Roosevelt seeks to stabilize the dollar, deepen hemispheric trade with Cuba Mexico and Brazil, and limit European coercion. Russia and the Free State are noted exceptions amid a broader shift in international dealings.
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Kingsburgh Smith
INS
Washington
America
Roosevelt
United States
Zoe
Europe
Cuba
Mexico
Brazil
Russia
Izish- Free State
Youngstown Man Killed in Car Crash
Wallace J. Doughton 45, representative of the Central Industrial Service Co of Youngstown, Ohio, died instantly when his car crashed into a pole in Harmony, Pennsylvania, the day before. The incident was reported from Butler County.
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Youngstown
Butler, Pa
INS
Wallace J. Doughton
Central Industrial Service Company of
Harmony
Mattern Wife Hears James Safe In Siberia
Mrs. Mattern, wife of famed airman James Mattern, says she believes he landed safely in Siberia after a cable from Khabarovsk and awaits official word. She has followed the search from Walla Walla, staying with her sister as reports come in.
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San Francisco
INS
Jimmy
Khabarovek
Siberia
Nome
James Mattern
Anadirchukutka
Shukehi
Mattern
Walla Walla
Wash
Preferred list not given out in Pennsylvania inquiry
Harrisburg officials report Gov. Gifford Pinchot's secretary Duncan M. McCallum refused to honor a subpoena before the legislative banking investigation committee. The panel sought to determine the existence and origin of a 162 name preferred list of insurance agents serving state banks and under the state department of banking. McCallum said the governor directed nonappearance, but offered to provide any desired information, while noting the governor cannot be compelled to testify. The committee viewed McCallum's refusal as an implicit acknowledgment of the list.
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Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Duncan M. McCallum
Legislative Banking, Investigation Committee Today
Wien
State Department of Banking
McCallum
Pinchot
William A. Schnader
Smiling Jimmie reports three weeks in Siberia
Since June, Advises. Telegram this morn. Smiling Jimmie has beer down in northern Siberia for three weeks. His pos is about 1,200 miles from Nome, Ala.
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Smiling Jimmie
Siberia
Nome
Ala
Mystery surrounds John Factor kidnap rumor in Chicago
In Chicago on July 7, friends of John Jake the barber Factor waited for news from his kidnapers in a luxury hotel suite. Despite various theories including Capone gang ties and a $7,000,000 swindle claim, no word came from Factor or his abductors. Alderman Arvey dismissed reports of ransom payment and a Mexico tie, saying the tales were ridiculous.
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Chicago
John
Jake
Factor
Leon Bleet
Ax-Barber
Canada
Jerome
Jacob Arvey
Capone — Gang
Murray Humphries
New Orleans
Mexico
Arvey
NO BROOKVILLE FAIR THIS YEAR
Brookville July 7 The Jefferson county fair is canceled this year after a board meeting. Financial risk was deemed too high to justify proceeding even on a reduced basis. Frank Morabita of West Philadelphia Indiana is recovering at home after heat exhaustion but hopes to return to work soon.
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Brookville
Jefferson County
Frank Morabita
West
Mattern Safe in Eastern Siberia After Lost Week
Texas aviator James Mattern, long missing on his round the world flight, is reported safe at Andir Chukutka in Northeastern Siberia. Weather and rugged terrain delayed transmission from the Arctic route as search planes and officials kept faith he would survive.
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Moscow
INS
Anadir
Chukchi
James Mattern
Texas
Kamchatka
Siberia
Gulf of Anadir
Bering Straits
Arctic Ocean
Pacific
Japana
Anabioavatha
Mattei
Jin
Cape Chutoksil
Anadir River
Mattern
Khabarovsk
Nome
Alaska
Jimmy
Siberian
Sea of Kkhotsk
Bering Sea
Russia
Andirehukutka
Dan
Titory
Fies
Aret Fons
Kamchatka Peninsula
Ely
5000 Idle Cars Ordered by Pennsylvania Railroads
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Western Pennsylvania sees a boost as 5000 idle cars are ordered out of storage and hundreds of railroad workers receive recall orders. Over 6000 cars were ordered in the central region, securing jobs for about 306 men. Car production at Pitcairn steel shops rises to 646 cars for July, recalling 76 more workers and 350 previously recalled. Meadville Erie shops shift to six days weekly, while New Castle plans spend on improvements at Hittanning Lime Company. Pittsburgh Corrugated Paper Co. informs envelopes will carry a 10 percent drop in value beginning July.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Fnsight
Mahoningtown
Conway
Gad
Canton
Qleysland
Meadville
Erie Railroad
New Castle Cimaan Company
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Kelley
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Uncle Sam
Famous I Dairy
Weatraes
Duncan McCallum
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Recovery Act
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