Fire at Kansas City stockyards controlled after $40000 loss
A blaze at the Kansas City stockyards caused about $40,000 in losses to horse and cattle barns owned by the Fred Olen Company. Firefighters from 25 companies worked since 4 a.m. to bring the fire under control by 8:30 a.m. One German worker was overcome by heat. hundreds gathered as 400 army horses and mules bound for Britain were saved before several were released into the streets, complicating firefighting efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansas City
Kansas City
Fred ‘Olen Company
Sunday Motion Pictures Debate Grows Across Pennsylvania
A survey shows many communities in Pennsylvania already run Sunday motion pictures as charity events. Pittsburgh acts quickly to place a referendum on ballots, while Reading and others have long allowed Sunday shows. Strong pockets oppose commercialization, with religious groups mobilizing campaigns in several counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
New York State
Reading
Robesonia
Shillington
Boyerstown
Kutztown
Hamburg
Birdsboro
Wilkes-Barre
Wilkea-Barre
Tio
Williamsport
Punxsutawney
Supreme Court Election Recalled In Off Year Race
The article recalls past off year Supreme Court elections with 1899 cases of Justices Mestrezat and Brown. It notes Brown was appointed to fill a vacancy and won re election, while Mestrezat took the other seat. It references pre primary era conventions and party nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Simpson-Frazier
S. Leslie Mestrezat
J.hay Brown
Brown
Mestrezat
Four Taken in Motor Thefts Reported at Marcus Brothers Garage
Registration plates were stolen from a roadster near the Marcus Brothers garage. The thieves placed the plates on the roadster and drove it to the State Highway Department garage on North Fourth Street where they drained gasoline from a tractor before fleeing, according to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Brothers
State Highway Department
North Fourth Street
End Of Relief In 60 Days If President Acts
Pittsburgh July 31. Direct relief will end in Pennsylvania and the nation within 60 days if the President's 4 billion work program reaches full stride, predicts Edward N. Jones state works progress administrator. He met with city officials to speed the program and hopes to place heads of families on relief into jobs with the works program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Edward N. Jones
Jones
Sylvania
Montcippal
Works Progress
Leslie M. Johnston
Council
PWA
Washington
Teens Admitted Car Theft Involving Multiple Incidents
Two 14-year-olds and an 18-year-old confessed to stealing Glenn Uber’s automobile parked in Gompers Alley near Fifth Street. They drove to Clymer and later abandoned the car near Ernest after returning it to its original spot. They also admitted taking a roadster from Oak Street and using gasoline from the stolen car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clymer
Glenn Uber
South Fifth Street
Gompers Alley
Fifth Street
Ernest
Oak Street
Nant-y-Glo Elects Officers Amid Auxiliary Session
Nant-y-Glo conducts officer elections after joint memorial services. Ladies Auxiliary session led by county president Mrs E C Davis. banquet at LaMantia garage with Dr M C Dunnick as toastmaster. Attendance and events include Legion Day activities with a parade and prize winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Auxiliary
Capitol
E. C. Davis
LaMantia
Nant-y-Gla
M. C. Dunnick
Jack Killen
Cresson
County Association
Barnesboro
Carrolltown
Cassandra
Clymer
Conemaugh
Cresson Relief Association
Cherry Tree
Bhenehurd
Therndale
Franklin
Galiltzin
Hastings
Homer City
Litly
Lorain Borough
Nani«y-Glo
Oakland
Patton
Portage
Scalp Level
South Fork
Spangler
Wintondale
Herbert Owens
Geistown
Xring
Station
Seward
Legion
Nant-y-Glo
American Legion
Windber
Claysburg
Gallitzin
Eden Laval Ride to Geneva Flares Italo-Ethiopian Talks
From Rome the dispatch says Eden and Laval head to Geneva as Britain hints at delaying a full League debate on the Italo-Ethiopian dispute. A fifth arbitrator for the conciliation commission is likely to be named, with Mussolini reportedly agreeing to the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay H. K. Reynolds
London
Britain
Geneva
Anthony Eden
Fden
Baron Pompeo
Aloisi
Italy
Mussolini
Abyssinia
Eden
League Council
Reuter
Rome
Pastor's Wife Dies In Crash Near Mercer
MERCER July 31 In a head on crash near here ten people were injured and Mrs Homer T Heironimous wife of a Powellton West Virginia minister died Rev Heironimous and Dan McCullough 81 West Newton Pennsylvania were critically hurt Heironimous not expected to live McCullough riding with eight others returning from a camping trip was in serious condition in Mercer hospital Victims were found on and near the highway with many unconscious and few able to speak clear accounts of the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
INS
Homer T. Heironimous
Powellton
W. Va
Heironimous
Dan McCullough
West Newton
McCullough
Mercer Hospital
Alleged Nazi Acts Denounced At German Rally In Yorkville
A protest rally in Yorkville drew over 2,500 German Americans opposing Mayor La Guardia's refusal to issue a German citizen a masseur license. U. S. German societies leader C. Froehlick condemned the mayor for denying work based on German descent, while accusing Jewish residents of pressuring the decision. In Washington, officials moved toward a formal protest to Soviet Russia over alleged pledges broken during the Communist International Congress in Moscow, citing speeches urging U.S. Communist activity and violations of recognition agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brooklyn
Yorkville
F. H. LaGuardia
Paw J. Kress
C. K. Froehlick
The
United German Societies
la Guardia
Froehuck
U. S
State Department
William C. Bullitt
Moscow
Communist Party
Rongevelt
Soviet Russia
No Clue In Kidnapped Boy Case Sparks Idaho Search
In Coeur d Alene Idaho US DOJ agents stayed silent as investigators probing the disappearance of 2 year old Bobby Rush reported no new lead. County deputies said no clue had been found in the apparent kidnapping tied to a revenge plot against his impoverished parents Mr and Mrs W Rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
UINS
Department of Justice
Bobby Rush
W.rush
Rumblings on New Deal front promise Roosevelt counter-offensive
Washington reports indicate President Roosevelt plans a vigorous reply to Republican threats as Congress adjourns. Democratic scouts assess public sentiment and debate constitutional issues, federal authority, and NRA policies while an across-the-country tour is tentatively planned for late summer or fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Durno
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
White House
AAA
Congress
New Deal
Supreme Court
NRA
Senate
Rqose
Two Butler youths charged in armory theft
Two Butler youths Patsy Martina and Fred Lemmon, ages 24 and 23, were jailed in Butler awaiting hearing on charges of stealing guns from a Pennsylvania National Guard armory. Authorities say the January break in at the armory preceded a separate gas station holdup at Kittanning, two days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
INS
Pennnsylvania National Guard
Patsy Martina
Fred Lemmon
Wondsor
Kittanning
Bonfire Ignites Child's Clothing Causes Fatal Burns
In Barnesboro on July 81 six year old Ruth Folmar of Spangler died in a hospital from severe burns after her clothing caught fire while she played near a bonfire at her home last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnesboro
INS
Ruth Folmar
Spangler
Wants Increase In State Police By Major Adams
Major Lynn G. Adams, head of the Pennsylvania State Police, says crime could drop over 50 percent if the force were augmented by about 400 troopers. With 890 current troopers, he argues more patrols would prevent crimes rather than rely on detection and capture, urging stronger visible policing to deter criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wiscotzin
INS
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
I . Ue
Lynn G. Adams
Adams
United States
Propaganda against Jews and Catholics expands in Nazi drive
Article reports on a broader Nazi crackdown targeting Jews and Catholics, accusing Jews of Aryan association and prompting mass jailings and press vilification. It cites interference with church life and Vatican concordat clashes, noting Hitler regime uses communism as a convenient justification and cites angebots of fabricated Communist pamphlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitter
Vialkische Beokachter
Vatican
Lis
Pius
Beobachter
Munich
Organized Business Takes Tax Battle To Senate Group
Organized business pressed its campaign against Roosevelt tax policy before the Senate Finance Committee in Washington. Noel Sargent of the National Association of Manufacturers labeled the proposed graduated corporate tax and excess profits tax unsound and urged spending cuts to support any tax plan. The House Ways and Means Committee reported the bill would raise about 270 million dollars annually, while a Democratic majority estimate suggested 275 to 400 million with further economic improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Noel Sargent
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Ways and Means Committee
House
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate
House Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Harrison
Sargent
Treasury
McAdoo
Gless
Houston
House Today
Doughton
North Carolina
Congress
Chemistry Professor Dead Victim of Fiendish Mutilation
Walter Haver an 88 year old Cleveland chemistry professor died in Chicago after a mutilation attack. He named his assailant as Manville Zenka claiming a jealous suitor abducted him from a Ann Arbor hotel July 26. Bauer a recently married man from Kirksville Missouri testified he drove with Zenka to Chicago where the knife attack tied his hands and feet before the assailant fled leaving Bauer to seek help at a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Walter Haver
Cleveland
Batér
South Side
Manville Zenka
Bauer
Laughlin Hospital
Kirksville
Zenka
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Catholics Unite Against Bolshevik Elements in Youth
Cardinal Faulhaber and the Catholic Church condemn any anti state elements in Catholic youth groups and pledge to oppose Bolshevism alongside state authorities, stressing readiness to combat perceived subversive influence.
Italo Abyssinian Conflict Seen Through German Viewpoint
Berlin July 30 German military expert Major Hans Steffen assesses the Italo Abyssinian clash noting Abyssinian forces possess about 150000 modern rifles 2000 machine guns and thousands of older rifles plus artillery and anti tank guns. He argues Abyssinian marksmen prize accuracy over volume, while Italians enjoy ammunition abundance. Abyssinians favor hit and wait tactics rather than massed fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre J. Huss
N. S
Berlin
Sheba
Hans Steffen
Steffen
United States States Position on Principles
The United States says religious freedom and liberty of conscience are fundamental principles of civilization and political faith. Acting Secretary Phillips wrote to four Jewish groups protesting Nazi persecution, expressing sympathy and support for maintaining these concepts at home and abroad. The letter was to be read by Rep. Emanuel Celler before a New York anti Nazi mass meeting. A Berlin sky movie device by Dr Mannheimer was tested over Berlin projecting moving pictures on clouds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
State Department
William Phillips
Phillips
United States
American Jewish Committee
American Jewish Congress
Binai B'rich
Jebor Committee
Emanuel Celler
New York
Celler
Roosevelt
Substantial Malady in Windber District Subsideing
Windber reports a sleeping sickness like illness affecting 108 people, beginning with a boy who swam in a polluted stream. Seven patients released. others quarantined at home. State Health Dept mobile lab to assist tests and control measures under medical director Dr. Fetche and investigator Dr. Dickey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windber
INS
W. B. Fetche
Somerset County
Windher
Central City
Windver
Andrew Toth
Here
State Health Department
Harrisburg
Samuel J. Dickey
Stateealth Department
Itching Causes and Treatments in Health View
Dr Morris Fishbein explains generalized itching from drugs, senile skin changes, or arterial hardening, including nerve centered treatment and skin care. He notes mites and insect bites can trigger widespread itching, worse at night, and outlines diagnostic aims and remedies. He also touches on skin aging, public road color schemes in France, Asvenssion day rainwater use, 1930 U.S. census figures, and missing persons in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Johnson
Catspaws in Money Plot Unfold in Salem Case
Salem Massachusetts July 31. With the arrest of Joseph K. Gallo twenty former high school football star federal investigators say they have solved an amateur extortion plot against Walter E. Poor, wealthy industrialist. Gallo denied the allegations as federal officials say the extortion was about one thousand dollars not one hundred thousand. Three other suspects have been released and authorities say there was no widescale extortion racket among North Shore summer residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
INS
Joseph K. Gallo
G-men
Walter E. Poor
Federal
Clarence D. McKean
North Shore
Gallo
Peabody
Obituary of James Donahue, miner killed near Salina
James Donahue 50, formerly of Spangler, died after being struck by a freight train near Salina while returning from Brownstown. He had been working in Hicks coal mines and planned to come home with two weeks' earnings. He leaves a widow Catherine, son John, daughter Mrs. Gertrude McCall, and another son previously killed in an auto accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Donahue
Vandergrift
Spangler
Hicks
Brownstown
Forrow
Salina
Donahue
Shan
Coal Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Catherine
John
Gertrude McCall
van Alutomobile
Standard Oil Seeks Happiest Motorist for Ads
The Standard Oil Company of Pennsylvania invites applicants for the country’s happiest motorist to be used in its Happy Motoring advertising. It stresses this is not a prize contest and asks interested individuals to mail a photo and reasons to Room 1569, 26 Broadway, New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company of
Pennsylvania
Broadway
New York City
Revival services and baptism planned by Salvation Army
Rev J W St Clair will conduct baptism Sunday August 4 at 3 30 p m in Twolick Creek Towler place one and one half miles out South Sixth street All those wishing to be baptized please be present Everybody welcome Revival meetings continue all this week at the Salvation Army A large crowd heard C M Hesse preach Sunday evening His messages stress saving power and gospel truth An invitation is extended to all meetings Come with your sin and prove Gods power to save
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wuute Wwe
J. W. St. Clair
Twolick Creek
Towler Place
South Sixth Street
Balvation Army
Salvation Army
C. &. M. Hesse
Memory of Wimbledon Duel Brightens Devils Cup Victory
Do You Remember One Year Ago Today England retained the Devil Cup as Fred Perry defeated Francis X Shields of the United States in a famed singles match at Wimbledon. Five Years Ago Today Roger Packinpaugh was signed to manage the Cleveland Indians for the fourth year. Ten Years Ago Johnny Weissmuller set a world record in the 100 yard freestyle at Seattle clocking :50.4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Fred Perry
Francis X. Shields
United States
Wimbledon
Roger Packinpaugh
Cleveland Indians
Johnny Weissmuller
Seattle
Treasury balance shows large figures and notes on receipts
Washington July 31 The Treasury balance July 20 was 1 626 866 479 08 Miscellaneous Internal Revenue 11 437 048 03 Customs receipts 27 605 019 27 About 490 000 tong of herring are yielded annually by the North Sea this represents between five and 1x billion fish A telephone pole erected on Cape Cod more than 40 years ago is still sa Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eec
Washington
Treasury
Cape Cod
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Laval
Lion of Judah
State
Saya
Adama
Rest
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Mannheimer
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Health Magazine
France
Gates
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Lehigh University
Frick Company
Standard Oil
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