British Carco Ship Dellwyn Sunk Near Gandia
The British cargo ship Dellwyn, 1480 tons, was sunk at Gandia by a seaplane at dawn while unloading coal. Two prior nonexplosive bombs fell days earlier. No casualties reported. vessel resting on shallow harbour bottom. London officials confirm coal cargo and compliance with non intervention rules. Over 60 British ships bombed in Spain since the war began.
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Madrid
Gandia
Dellwyn
London
Angel and Son Company of
Cardiff
Spain
Neville Chamberlain
Francisco Franco
Twenty-Eight Teachers Retire From State Schools
Dr. Lester K. Ade announced 28 Retirement System members received retirement allowances at the latest board meeting. They served from 10 to 46 years in public schools across Pennsylvania, including Lee L. Driver, Hope Stewart, Margaret A. Lemon, Goulse E. Anthony, Samuel F. Boden, Cyrus A. Middlesworth, Lucy Fiscus, Lottie M. Harrison, Katherine E. Hoerr, Frank R. King, Howard M. Blatt, W. W. Heck, Thos. L. Moore, Cyrus F. Hoy, Minnie Christy, Mae Vincent, Alfarata P. Kistler, Anna D. Hazzard, Jay Calvin Billman, Marjorie E. Beebe, Ethel S. Senn, Harvey L. Spangler, Evan Bill, George H. McNair, C. W. Hart, Elizabeth W. Dugan, Eula B. Hill, and Mary V. Kump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester K. Ade
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lee L. Driver
Department of Public Instruction
Hope Stewart
Indiana State Teachers College
Margaret A. Lemon
Goulse E. Anthony
Wilkinsburg
Indiana
Samuel F. Boden
Young Township
Indiana County
Cyrus A. Middlesworth
California State Teachers College
Lucy ¥. Fiscus
Lottie M.harrison
Allegheny County
Katherine E. Hoerr
Pittsburgh
Frank R. King
East St. Clair
Bradford County
Howard M. Blatt
Centre Two
Allentown
Anna D. Hazzard
Cheltenham
Montgomery County
Jay Calvin Billman
Herndon
Northumberland County
Marjorie E. Beebe
Wharton Twp
Potter County
Ethel S. Senn
Philadelphia
Harvey L. Spangler
Central City
Somerset County
Evan Bill
Windber
George H. McNair
Mansfield State Teachers College
C. W. Hart
Sugar Creek
Venango County
Elizabeth W. Dugan
New Kensington
Westmoreland County
Eula B. Hill
Mary V. Kump
Hanover
York County
13 Feminine Fall Fashion Trumps
Fashion notes list fall trends with color leaders black wine greenish blue purple blue copper rust gold brown and green. Fur trim coats pulldog fur collars Swedish influence seen in dirndls embroidered sweaters and halter frocks. Earrings pendants cameos return handbags remain large though less bulky stockings feature rosy velvet accents in fall millinery.
Brinker, Mohney, 1874 obituary in Van Gergrift history
Obituary notes Mohney Brinker born in Curlesville July unknown 1874, son of Mr and Mrs Mohney Brinker. He moved to Van Gergrift shortly after its founding and spent 85 years as a sheet floor carpenter foreman. Survivors include his widow Mary Alice Brinker and two daughters.
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Curlesville
Mohney Brinker
van Gergrift
Mary Alice Brinker
Federal State Outlays Reach 22 Billion Since 1932
Washington July 27 Federal and state expenditures to fight low mood and unemployment total nearly 22 billion dollars since 1932 Treasury figures show 16.647 billion in emergency federal appropriations available before July 1 States relief expenditures reached 5.1 billion last spring by a Senate committee studying unemployment The largest share went to highway and road construction about 1.989 billion Conservation work 934 million continuing relief 922 million public buildings 632 million housing 112 million and other items including electric utilities transport facilities and educational and professional programs The first relief bill of 1932 provided 300 million to the HFC for state relief loans since cancelled There has been at least one relief act each year since and the 5.7 billion lending spending bill not included in Treasury tallies
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Washington
Treasury
Senate
HFC
Congress
Obituary notice for A. B. Lear and related family
Yvonne at home and Mrs. Orphan Whitlinger of Apollo, one son, Edgar M. of Springdale, two brothers, William and Burt, both of Sligo, one sister, Mrs. Carrie Colwell, Bedford, and two grandchildren. Funeral services at 2 pm Thursday at 1023-A Hancock Avenue with Rev. C. O. Frank of St. Pauls Lutheran in charge. Burial in Vandergrift cemetery. Mrs. A. B. Lear, Funeral services will be conducted in Robinson Funeral Home at 2 pm Thursday.
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Yvonne
Orphan Whitlinger
Apollo
Edegar M
Springdale
William
Burt
Sligo
Carrie Colwell
Bedford
Hancock Avenue
C. O. Frank
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Vandergrift
Prague Grants Concessions Law Triggered by Majority Percentages
Prah a grants concessions figures tied to the share of the majority in government posts. Provinces would assign administrative positions by the same percentage method, as officials division unfolds across districts. Frontline reports show heavy fighting along the Ebro with Gandesa under siege as government forces advance westward. Insurgents claim major gains in Estremadura with thousands captured while Japanese moves along the Yangtze press onward toward Hankow and Kiukiang as foreign properties suffer damage.
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Gandesa
Ebro
Taortosa
Caspe
Alcaniz
Aragon
Ebrro
Ribaroja
Miravet
Villalba
Catalonia
Estremadura
Spain
Estremadurya
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Kiukiang
Hankow
Kiuksiang
American Church Mission School
American Standard Oil Company
British Asiatic Petroleum Company
Chungking
Edward C
Port relief actions amid damaged ships and Chinese civilians
Damaged text notes relief efforts by Allied crews assisting Japanese and aiding around 10,000 Chinese civilians in the port, focusing on humanitarian work and coordination amid ongoing distress and recovery operations.
Earle Moves to Strengthen Push in State Legislature
Legislative leaders debate Earle's measures aimed at curbing a judicial dictatorship. Cavalcante introduces a bill to limit attorney general power over county prosecutors, while U S Senator Guffey urges impeachment actions against unnamed justices. Guitey subpoena served as case progresses.
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Shelley
Guy K. Bard
Bard
Anthony J. Cavalcante
Fayette County
Senate
Judiciary Special Committee
Administration
Cavalcante
House
Earle
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
Capitol
Guffey
Supreme
Dauphin
Pennsylvania
Guitey
Guffey Summoned as Grand Jury Witness in Pennsylvania Case
Senator Guffey was summoned as a grand jury witness after being confronted by Constable James Grimes who delivered the subpoena from the Dauphin County district attorney. The reason for the summons could not be determined from official sources, and Guffey planned a European trip after the May primary. Governor Earle urged action against politically minded judges in his Monday night speech.
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Guffey
Earles
James Grimes
Grimes
Senator Guffey
Dauphin County
Thousands Crash to Watch Man Leap From Hotel Gotham
Thousands screamed Dont Jump as a 26 year old Southampton man stepped from the limestone ledge of the Hotel Gotham at Fifth Avenue and 58th Street. He ignored police and relatives and talked by phone with his mother before leaping to his death at 20 35 EST. The crowd gathered from street level to rooftops in a city moment of morbid fascination.
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Gotham
Fifth Avenue
58Th Street
Ward
Southampton
Long Island
Man Plunges to Death After Long Ledge Watch
John Ward, once released from Central Islip State Hospital, died after a long stand on a Hotel Gotham ledge in New York. Despite police, ambulance crew, psychiatrists, and family pleas Ward chose to jump, saying there was no life worth living. The tragedy followed a week after a prior rescue from a Hampton Bays bridge and a Chicago visit with his sister and Patrick A. Valentine. Ward had been employed by Valentine before the final act.
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John Ward
Ward
Southampton
Central Islip
Long Island
Patrick A. Valentine
Hampton Bays
Valentine
Katherine Bull
Chicago
New York
Gotham
Valentines
Charles Glasgow
Glasgow
Ivy
G. C. Presner
City Health Department
Governor Adams Clashed Over Grand Jury Probe
Harrisburg July 27 A bitter exchange between Governor Earle and Major Lynn G Adams former head of the State Police highlighted the legislature address Adams now serves as a special investigator for the Dauphin County grand jury set to begin August 8. Earle called Adams a political henchman while Adams defended his commitment to uncover the truth and combat racketeers. The dispute spread to party leadership with Lawrence and Rice weighing how the grand jury inquiry would proceed amid administration moves to control the inquiry and legislative timing.
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Harrisburg
Earle
Lynn G. Adams
Adams
Dauphin County Grand Jury
Republican
the Commonwealth
Republican State Organization
Lawrence Helm Earle
Winni Solidarity
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
John 8. Rice
State Senate
Senate
Rice
Treasury balance report and odd Munich police story
Treasury balance shows receipts of 14 684700.72 and expenditures 35 533 496.8 resulting in a net balance of 2 094 843 362.92 with a working balance of 1 503 409 362.90 plus customs receipts of 18 451 347.78. In Munich a police officer fines a pedestrian for tossing paper or fruit on the sidewalk and issues a receipt.
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Washington
Treasury
Munich
Grmany
Lions Induct New Members At Indiana Club Meeting
Three new members Hérsperger Derwart and Fred Myers joined the Indiana Lions at Rustic Lodge Tuesday evening. The initiation featured a sight conservation dinner with blindfolds and a debate highlighting cooperation over competition between Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward.
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Indiana Ions Club
Rustic Lodge
Messrs. Hérspérger
Sears Roebuck & Co
Derwart
Montgomery Ward Co
Fred Myers
Indiana Business College
Lions Club
Cub Myers
Pittsburgh
C. G. Gephardt
Indiana
Oakland
Calif
Furth
Stock market plunge dims to mixed gains near midday
New York stocks opened with a sharp drop as heavy selling pushed leading shares down 1 to 3 percent below prior close. By midday pivotal issues attempted a rally, regaining part of the losses while major names like U S Steel and General Motors led the declines amid a broad market pullback.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
American Telephone
Alco
Ohio
Bendix Avia
Beth Steel
Gillette
Hudson Mator
Interlake Thon
Nick Can
Kennecott Cop
Kresge
Lehigh Port
Lehigh Val
Leh Val RR
Loews Inc
Mack Trucks
Mont Ward
Nash-Kelv
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy RR
Nat Dist
Nat Pow & Lt
Y Central RR
Wallace Blames GOP in 20s for Debt Increase
Wallace argues that debt growth stems from the 1920s GOP policies and notes a net rise in state and local obligations despite federal debt cuts. He cites a Hoover administration addition and asserts that the public ultimately pays all debts through higher prices or taxes.
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Wallace
Steel Corporation
KQV Contends Right to Broadcast Pirates Games
Pittsburgh July 27 A radio station argues it may broadcast news without plagiarizing other agencies. KQV defends in federal court against a suit by the Pittsburgh Baseball Club and three others seeking an injunction to stop broadcasts of Pirates games and $100000 damages. The club contends out of town game reports are pirated. The station says it uses private observers at Forbes Field for local games and has since the suit was filed allowed two other stations to cover local games.
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Pittsburgh
KQV
Pittsburgh Baseball
Pittsburgh Pirates
Elder W. Marshall
Forbes Field
Markets News From Pittsburgh and Chicago July Markets
Markets report from Pittsburgh shows steady to firm apples and potatoes with varied prices by grade and region. Cattle and calves quotes rise with strong wearers, while hogs and sheep show mixed movement. Chicago wheat falls after Liverpool quotations, with futures retreating as world supply grows. Also brief notes on aviation milestones, sleeping-car porters tips, and a rumbling fact box on a record airplane speed and Italian pilot.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Liverpool
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