Parked Auto Crash Kills Homer City Barber Kusnerik
Thomas G. Kusnerik 24, of Homer City, died at Indiana Hospital after a crash on Route 110 near Ernest. A driving car struck Kusnerik’s parked car where he stood with Steve Kanaba 21, causing fatal injuries. The Bunco car also hit a bystander eight year old John Zbur, with Kanaba treated and released. An inquest will follow as coroner announces. Funeral is set for St. Francis Church Coral Wednesday at 9 am. Burial in St. Bernard Cemetery Indiana.
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Ernest
Thomas G. Kusnerik
Homer City
Indiana
Young Kusnerik
Steve Kanaba
Dominic Runeo
Water Street
Kunaba
Kusnerik
Bunco
John Zbur
Zbur
Kanaba
Edward Qt. Fleming
Waterman
George Kusnerik
Mary Kusnerik
Cleveland
Anna
Mary Hirakalla
Ohio
St. Francis Catholic Church
Coral
St. Bernard Cemetery
Save Horses From Blaze In Indiana Sulky Truck Fire
Three Indiana sulky racing horses and all stable gear were saved when a truck carrying them to Waynesburg burned minutes after leaving the focal fairgrounds near 10 this morning. Owners Clark Richardson and James White, driver Ellis Hawkinson, and associates Bill Moore and Buff McCracken rescued the horses. loss estimated at 1000 dollars. The horses Clark F. J. Little Lune and Irene Coleach will be moved to the Waynesburg track in a separate truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Waynesburg
Focal Fairgrounds
Clark Richardson
James White
Ellis Hawkinson
Bill Moore
Buff McCracken
Richardson
Clark F. J. Little Lune
Irene Coleach
Coroner to Meet at National Convention
E. L. Fleming, coroner of Indiana County, invited to discuss a paper at the National Association of Coroners convention in Philadelphia in August 1921. Officials from counties and cities across the United States will attend. The conference will stress closer cooperation between District Attorneys and coroners to detect crime and protect the innocent from prosecution.
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E. L. Fleming
Indiana
National Association of Coroner
Philadelphia
United States
Chas H. Hersch
Thin fireman rescues child from bathroom in Philadelphia
July 29. Firefighter Walter Kaupp, described as a thin rescuer, saved two year old Daryl Anspolsky by climbing to the roof and lowering himself through a skylight to unlock the bathroom door after she locked herself inside.
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Philadelphia
Dre Department
Daryl Anspolsky
Hosaman
Walter Kaupp
Pomona Grange Opposes Draft Bill in Indiana County
Indiana County Pomona Grange No 58 becomes first local group to oppose rushed Burke Wadsworth Military Conscription bill. Resolution objects to haste, warns of fascism risk, asserts democracy, and calls to send copies to Senators Davis Gulroy and Representative Tibbetts and press.
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Indiana County
Pomona Grange
Congress
The
Grange
Senate
Europe
America
Pomona
Orange No. 58
James J. Davis
Joseph F. Gulroy
Harve Tibbett
Barn Fire Destroys Farm at Derry Estate
John Z. Burker mine superintendent of the Atlantic Coal and Coke Company places the loss at $25,000 after a large barn on his summer estate near Derry was destroyed by fire. Four horses, 11 cows, and 40 hogs perished, with 100 tons of hay and other crops also burned. Summer Cleaven Molly Run Shop.
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Derry
John Z. Burker
Atlantic Coal and Coke Company
Here
Heat Wave Reaches Eleventh Day With Mass Drownings
The heat wave across the nation continues into its eleventh day with over 600 deaths from heat and drownings. AP tabulates 303 heat deaths and 325 drowning fatalities as temperatures soar from the Atlantic to the plains. Philipsburg Kansas hits 110, New York City at 94, resort crowds swell, and several states report high heat and humidity.
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Associated Press
Atlantic Seaboard
Plains States
Weather Bureau
Pacific States
Philipsburgh
Kansas
Concordia
Dodge City
New York City
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New York
Illinois
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Iowa
JAIL TWO FOR JUNK THEFTS
Two Dilltown men Harry Antochik and Harvey Stiles are jailed awaiting a hearing on larceny charges after allegedly stealing about 200 pounds of copper trolley wire and 1000 pounds of scrap iron from a Dilltown coal mine. Antochik, a swatchman at the mine, allegedly took the metal and handed it to Stiles who sold it to a junk dealer. A Johnstown junk dealer is named in the case.
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Harry Antochik
Harvey Stiles
Antochik
Johnstown
Stiles
Mental patient Sam Kurilla escapes twice near Shelocta
Sam Kurilla, 33, an inmate at Torrance State Hospital, escaped twice. After a first escape and recovery in Akron, he fled again Saturday afternoon while attendants stopped at a filling station to get water. State police and hospital officials conduct a search. he is described as harmless.
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Sam Kurilla
Torrance State Hospital
Akron
Kurilla
Shelocta
Conscription Debate Delayed by Compromise Plan
Washington reports a likely delay in Congress for peacetime conscription as a compromise to avert a floor fight. CIO President John L. Lewis and Senator Taft oppose compulsory training while Senator Barkley signals cautious support. House Democrats seek slow progress as hearings resume with War Secretary Stimson expected to testify.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Taft
Ohio
Barkley
Senate
House
House Military Committee
War Stimson
FDR Checks U S Defenses With Norfolk Navy Yard Tour
President Roosevelt conducted a central defense survey by inspecting the Norfolk Navy Yard where the battleship Alabama is under construction. The day included stops at the Naval Operating Base Hampton Roads Old Point Comfort Fort Monroe Langley Field and Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company as part of his broad defense checkup.
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Norfolk
Roosevelt
Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk Navy Yard
Alabama
Navy Yard
Potomac
Naval Operating Base
Hampton Roads
Old Point Comfort
Fort Monroe
Langley Field
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Murderer of Girl Dies in Electric Chair
Herbert Goddard, who lured 17 year old Frances Ruth Dunn of Miami to her death, was executed in Florida's electric chair at the state prison in Raiford. The execution occurred at 8 33 a m EST after a 55 second current. Goddard admitted responsibility and asked forgiveness as he spoke before the procedure.
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Raiford
Fla
Herbert Goddard
Frances Ruth Dunn
Miami
Florida
State
W. H. Lawrence
Palm Beach County
Goddard
Jean
Frances
Thomas Cochran
Frances Ruth Punn
Freights Crash on Erie Tracks
An east bound freight train rear ended another along the lakefront Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. Two trainmen injured, seven cars and a locomotive derailed. Ernest M. Retzer, 47, Wilcox engineer, suffered a leg fracture. Harry Haas, Erie conductor, sustained head lacerations.
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Erie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ernest M. Retzer
Wilcox
Harry §. Haas
Lightning destroys school chimney in Dubois
In Dubois Oklahoma on July 20 workmen finishing a chimney at a school were struck by a lightning bolt. The blast shattered the chimney, blew out windows, and damaged the roof and floors after scaffolding was being removed.
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Dubois
Oklahoma
Pan Americans Hope To Adopt Defense Plan In Havana
In Havana July 29 the conference of American foreign ministers planned to adopt without dissent the Act of Havana establishing regions of provisional administration in non American held areas at risk of conquest. The plan allows temporary governance by American nations if needed and promises return to original status after emergencies. Cordell Hull hailed the drafting as a personal triumph.
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Havana
Conference of American Foreign Ministers
Peace Commission
Conference
U. S
Cordell Hull
Death claims Assemblyman Atkins of Kittanning
Frank Atkins 63 longtime chairman of the House Judiciary Special Committee died of a circulatory ailment at his home in Kittanning. Ill health plagued him for months and only recently worsened. He served six years in the House and had announced a Senate bid this year but withdrew due to illness. funeral is scheduled for Wednesday.
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Kittanning
Frank Atkins
House
Judiciary Special Committee
Atkins
Senate
Pomatoes or Tomatoes Found in Potato Patch
In Charleroi on July 39 gardeners Silas Hostetler and A. J. Lamay uncovered a potato plant with a single stalk bearing five tomatoes. The plant yielded small potatoes on the roots, and the tomato-bearing stem grew along with the potato plant.
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Charleroi
Silas Hostetler
A. J. Lamay
Japanese Say Ar rests of Britishers Due to Spying FIRST STEP
British and Allied war news report aerial combat along the English coast as German raids press inland. Tokyo announces arrests of 11 Britons on espionage suspicions, with Reuters confirming the envoy's efforts for their release.
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Toyko
Foreign Office
Shanghai
London
Reuters
Robert Leslie Craigie
Domei
Melville James Cox
Tokyo
Dome
Cox
Ley
K. G
Gene
Don
Craigie
England
C. H. N. James
British Federation of Industries
R. T. Holder
British Association
Kobe
C. H. Macnaughton
Sweden
Norway
Portugal
Nagasaki
Michael Ringer
Shimonoseki
Tiwan
Japan
James
Naval
Utal
Rumania Moves Toward Ceding Transylvania
A July report from Bucharest notes government action to cede a narrow strip of Transylvania to an unspecified power, with official guidance indicating rapid progress and strong authority behind the move. The situation remains unsettled as authorities push forward on the contentious border adjustment.
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Bucharest
Transylvania
France War Measure Halts Rail Traffic In Occupied France
Neutral observers see Nazi decree halting rail traffic between German occupied and unoccupied France as aimed at aiding a blitz against Britain. The order issued from Vichy seeks to keep rolling stock under German control and keep demobilized soldiers and families from areas near an expected offensive to prevent espionage sabotage and infiltration by Allied agents.
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Engish
British Isles
Vichy
France
Berlin
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Mediterranean
Italy
Libya
Egypt
RAF
Hongkong
Chungking
China
Basel
Switzerland
Germany
Britain
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Hollywood
Sha Sha
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Molly
Lewis
N. Y
U. S. Defenses
Ruth Dunn
Ormer
Unami Creek
Green Lane
University of Pennsylvania
Warren H. Treatom
Germantown
Stewart W. Smythe
Ind
Aoony, Fe
Hull
Assemblyman
Far East
Cherbourg
Admiralty
Wren
Balkan
Romania
Hungary
Rumania
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