Drought grips Pennsylvania as water supplies run dry
Harrisburg reports drought conditions across Pennsylvania shortening drinking water supplies in many small communities. More than a dozen small water companies seek emergency sources while Russelton in Allegheny County experiences a dry company well. Officials say filtered mine waste is used temporarily. water is safe but not palatable and residents report illness.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Health
Henry P. Drake
Russelton
Allegheny County
Drake
Pinchot Silent on Third Party Ticket in Pennsylvania
The article discusses Pinchot and Margiotti backing a joint three-candidate line from the Republican primary losers, aiming to draw broad support. It notes Margiotti’s Jefferson county victory over Schnader and Mayor Eddie McCloskey in Dauphin county moving to run a full slate in November under the national organized labor slate.
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William A. Schnader
Jefferson County
Margiotti
Schnader
Pinchot - Margiotti- Kaufman ‘Ineup
Eddie McCloskey
Johnstown
National‘organized
Dauphin County
McCloskey
Woman in case linked to gang vengeance sought reward
Federal investigators identify the woman in red as a relative of a former Dillinger gangster. Her aim appears to be securing a $15,000 reward and leniency for a male relative charged with mail robbery, with two ex-convicts named in the report.
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Woman In Red
Dillinger
Desperado
Dillinger Death Traceable to Biograph Theater Trap
Chicago federal agents lured John Dillinger to the Biograph Theater to view Manhattan Melodrama and fatally shot him after a staged trap. Capt. Timothy A. O’Neill and Sergt. Martin Zarkovich described coordinating with Mohler, Brennan, and others. Purvis’s team surrounded the theater as the escape plan unfolded. The chase drew in East Chicago and Chicago officers. the case now centers on the men who pulled the trigger and the witness accounts surrounding the dramatic end of America's No. 1 public enemy.
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Brennan
Clifford Mohler
Dillinger
Michigan City
Ind
Chicago
Tim O’neill
Manhattan
Biograph Theater
O'Neill
Sergt
Martin Zarkovich
Mohler
Brenan
Beccause
Purvis
Middle West
Zarkovich
John
Pillinger
George “Baby Face
Nelson
John Hamilton
John Dillinger
Department of Justice
Desperado
America
Inside Story
INS
Martin Yarkovich
Indiana Harbor
Samuel A. Cowley
Cowley
Melvin Purvis
U. S
Department
New York
Crown Point
Bureau of Identification
United States
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Cook County
United States Department of Justice
Lake Michigan
Dillingor
Fred
Biograph Theatre
Uncle Sam
NRA
Public Enemy No
Biography Theater
Sheffield
Watts
Sullivan
Suran
Glynn
Connroy
Lockerman
Wells
Metcalf
Campbell
McCarthy
Gillespie
Richmond
Martin Zarkovitch
East Chicago Force
Furver
Cowise
Christian Burial
Indianapolis
John W. Dillinger
Crown Hill Cemetery
Benjamin Harrison
Charles W. Fairbanks
Thomas Marshall
James Whitcomb Riley
Albert J. Beveridge
Crown Hill
Mollie Dillinger
Hugh Landon
Audrey Hancock
Maywood
Charles M. Fillmore
Hillside Christian Church
Rocks
the Rocks
U. S. Bureau of Investigation
W. Carter Baum
Spider Lake
Wis
Hoover
Richard Galatas
Frank Nash
Kansas City
U. S. Department of Justice
Old Sol Back on Job Strong
In St. Louis the temperature matched an all time record of 105 degrees yesterday, killing six persons. Early today the heat remained intense with temperatures in the nineties, Dallas, Texas, also facing extreme heat.
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Sol
St. Louis
Dallas
Tex
Grim Mementoes Of Killer Beaver judged at major shows
Grim mementoes of killer beaver will be the judging standard at Hullmede farms, the largest Belgian breeding establishment in the east. They display annually at the Harrisburg Farm Show, Ohio State Fair, International at Chicago, and several western state fairs.
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Beaver
Hull- Mede Farms
East
Harrisburg
Ohio
Heat Wave Grips Nation With Severe Temperatures
The article reports extreme temperatures across states with Louisville reaching 105 and Jeffersonville eyeing 122 unofficially, while Miles City hit 100 and New Mexico cooled modestly. Widespread heat caused deaths, water shortages, and drought, with Ohio and the Atlantic coast facing shifting conditions and the Pacific coast mostly spared.
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Denver
Miles City
New Mexico
South
Louisville
Indiana
Jeffersonville
Valparaiso
Wabash
Boston
Pacific Coast
Three Field Days Announced at Indiana County Events
Three field days are announced for bee culture and horse events. Penn State group to speak on marketing honey with J B Hellopeter discussing queen selection and breeding. Clyde Kelly may address beekeepers. A honey extraction demo and a park aeroplane view are planned. Horse Field Day at Indiana Fair Grounds on Saturday August 11 features mule teams, prizes, and judging after young stock. Indiana County to showcase Belgian and Percheron stallions, Black Spanish Jack, and a large horse and mule display with free picnic for farmers.
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CIA
Penn State
J. B. Hellopeter
Rockton
Clearfield County
Clyde Kelly
Indiana Fair Grounds
Indiana County
Linus McHenry
Center Township
Indian County
Indiana
Billy Bence
J. W. Warmer
J. J. Connolly
My. Fred Cook
Hylimede
Beaver
Ross Gridley
Obituary Notices From Punxsutawney and Creekside
Punxsutawney Furnace Company veteran dies leaving a widow and several children including Mrs Jahn Mitchell and S B Clawson. Grandson Edward also survives. Surviving siblings include Robert, Charles, William, Mrs Homer Williams, and Mrs Mint a Williams. Jane Condron of Punxsutawney dies at 35 in Creekside after a long illness. She is survived by her mother Mrs Lymsea Condron, husband Hugh W Smeaton Jr, and sisters Myrtle Condron and Mrs Roy Anderson, Abs W F Lukehart, Ira Contron. Funeral services were held at the Punxsutawney Lutheran Church and Grove Chapel with burial at Circle Hill Cemetery.
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Punxsutawney
Jahn Mitchell
S. B. Clawso
Emile Dangot Ang Oakley
Kauden Danegat
New Kensington
G. R. Clawson
Charlestown
W. Va
Edward
Robert
Punxsulawney
Charles
Indiana
William
Utica
Homer Wiliams
Clee
Minlta Williams
Buffalo
Hugh Smeaton, Jr
Jane Condron
William F. Lukehart
Creekside
Smicksburg
William Condron
Lymsea Condron
Hugh W. Smeaton, Jr
Home
Lutheran Church of
Myrtle Condron
Roy T. Anderson
Rochester Mills
Abs. WF. Lukehart
Ira Contron
Blawnox
Wagschal
Punxsutawney Lutheran Church
Hilde Krang
Grove Chapel
Blair County relief board appoints executive director
Joseph L. Garter of Altoona was named executive director of the Blair County emergency relief board. He will be paid $200 monthly, effective July 1. Additional June grants include Blair $15,000 Centre $10,000 Elk $3,000 Indiana $2,000 Lawrence $18,000 Mercer $3,000 Mifflin $10,000 Venango $3,000. A July food relief total of $2,000 is noted.
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Blair
Centre
Elk
Indiana
Lawrence
Mercer
Mifflin
Venango
Joseph L. Garter
Altoona
Blair County Emergency Relief Board
Exoneration for Engineman Based on Alibi Testimony
The defendant Engineman was cleared after his mother Mary Poluski testified he was not home the night before the accident. Brother Peter Poluski supported that the house was unlocked only after midnight. The jury found the boy aware of the danger due to his home beside the track, though the reason for his presence on the railroad line was not established.
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Mary Poluski
Peter Poluski
Montreal Clothing Workers to Strike Over Wages and Hours
Montreal labor action by 4000 Amalgamated Clothing Workers' Union members set for 4 p.m. aims at higher pay and shorter hours. The walkout will halt production in 120 clothing factories across the Montreal district.
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Montreal
Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union
Ossining Bus Disaster Toll Rises to Eighteen
The Ossining bus crash death toll climbs to 18 as an unidentified body is found in the river near the lumber yard where the bus plunged from a ramp. Authorities, urged by Governor Lehman, consider criminal action against responsible parties amid about a score of injuries and testimony about a ten year old bus with faulty brakes.
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Ossining
Lehman
Sing Sing
Labor War Clouds Hover Over San Francisco Strike
More than 9,000 of 12,000 Pacific Coast longshoremen cast ballots seeking arbitration by the National Longshoremen's Board to settle the 76 day dock walkout. Observers expect a vote in favor of peace and adherence to President Roosevelt's board decision. California National Guard evacuation continues as bay area docks resume activity and carmen strike on Market Street Railways remains unresolved.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
International Longshoremen's Association
National Longshoremen's Board
Roosevelt
California National Guard
Bay Region
Union Carmen
Market Street Railways
Eight Hundred Livestock Union Members Strike at Stock Yards
In Chicago on July 24, eight hundred members of Local 617 of the Live stock Handlers' Union walked out at the Union Stock Yards. About 75,000 head of cattle crowded the pens as officials called the strike acute. Pickets blocked gates while the union charged employers with failing to honor a wage and working conditions agreement set on June 1 by Federal Judge Philip Sullivan, who presided over the November strike.
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Chicago
INS
Philip Sullivan
Monster
Mrs Roosevelt Secret Visit To Nevada With Dall Daughter
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt visited Reno area for five days staying at Arrowhead D Ranch with daughter Anna Roosevelt Dall while Dall seeks residence and files for divorce from Curtis B Dall New York broker. Secrecy surrounded the trip and Mrs Dall during the visit to shield her from publicity.
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Reno
Nev
Franklin
Roosevelt
Nevada
Anna Roosevelt Dall
Arrowhead D. Ranch
Bank Robbery at Oxford Bank Loot and Hostages
Bandits believed to include Ray Hamilton Joe Palmer and Blackie Thompson fled Oxford State Bank with four hostages and four thousand dollars. Cashier Homer Jester and bookkeeper Daisy Bay along with Marion Carson were released nearby while assistant cashier P K Donley remained captive. Unclear extraneous text references the Lake of the Ozarks and the Sacramento River.
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Oxford
Kan
Ray Hamilton
Joe Palmer
Blackie Thompson
Texas
Oxford State Bank
Homer Jester
Daisy Bay
Marion Carson
Lumber Company
P. K. Donley
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Pinchot
Palm Beach
Mrs. Roosevelt
Kansas Bank
Lake of the Ozarks
Missouri
Sacramento
California
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