Rubright Seeks Counsel After Wife's Fatal Auto Death
In Butler Pa on July 31, James O C Rubright, husband of the slain Mrs. Demaris Rubright, attended her funeral at Berkimer funeral home after being questioned by two state policemen. He has proclaimed innocence and requested to be permitted to attend. Efforts likely to be made to serve his freedom begin.
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Butler
James OC
Rutight
Demaris Rubright
Bauder School Road
Portersville
Berkimer
Rubright
St. Marys
Soldiers Of 1917 1918 Fight To Help U S Win New Warfare
Hyde Park Aug 4 President Roosevelt listened to reports as American Legionnaires across the nation pledge to keep backing his economic recovery drive, likening it to wartime unity. National Commander Louis A. Johnson sent a battle cry from 10,760 Legion Posts. Roosevelt answered with thanks and faith in continued loyalty. The exchange framed the recovery effort as the Argonne of 1934.
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U.S
International News Service
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
American
Flanders Field
Louis
Johnson
National Recovery Organization
Balbo Abandons Irish Route for Azores Return
General Italo Balbo who has waited at Shoal Harbor Newfoundland for nine days due to bad weather has abandoned plans to return to Italy via Valentia Ireland. The squadron of 24 seaplanes will instead head home by the Azores ending hopes of a nonstop Atlantic crossing.
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Sarglea
Rome
Italo Balbo
Shoal Harbor
Newfoundland
Italy
Valentia
Ireland
Balbo
Azores
Atlantic Ocean
Rain Deluge Returns Work for Dry Cleaners and Roads
Thursday evening rain heavily drenched the area causing flooding that slowed traffic on Booth Mill street and forced a car to the curb with help from streetcar workers. The downpour, reported as the heaviest since May, soaked ground and lawns, while residents noted the need for more road drainage. A reunion dinner for former Reynoldstown pupils was planned at Epworth Methodist on August 15, with dinner reservations requested by the prior Saturday.
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Pa Tewe
Nears A
Reynoldstown
Mira
Bila
Pollock
Eastatreet
Epworth ME
Ale Abe
Booth Mill Street
Delly Weather Report for Period Ending Nine
The report shows a maximum temperature of 82 and a minimum of 60 with precipitation at 0.73 inches. River stage is 3.6 feet. Yearly figures list a high of 63 and precipitation of 0.39 inches for the same period.
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Inchen River
Woman Struck by Stone Injures Wife on Highland Avenue
C. W. Barnett reported to police that while arriving with his wife along the Cathedral property on Highland avenue, a group of boys on the hillside threw a stone striking and injuring his wife. Police investigated but could not locate the youths.
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C. W. Barnett
Quest Street
Highland Avenue
Cathedral
General Strike Spreads Across Cuba Reaches Crisis
Havana reports a growing general strike paralyzing the capital as transport workers join in a week old bus strike. Mass demonstrations challenge President Gerardo Machado with federal troops and police mobilized. One reported incident: an army officer was stoned by strikers.
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International News Services
Havana
Cuba
Gerardo Machado
Machado
Machaco
Ammonia leak halts trading at New York Stock Exchange
A break in an ammonia pipe feeding the NYSE cooling system, reportedly caused by tear gas bombs, forced a market shut down at 12:25 p.m. today. Police are investigating the incident as a disturbance on the trading floor.
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Cinternational News Service
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Blimp aids search for drowned Greenville woman at Conneaut Lake
A Goodyear blimp from Akron aided Erie coastguardsmen in Conneaut Lake searching for Veronica Baker, 21, of Greenville, who drowned July 21 when her canoe overturned. Guardsmen dragged the water as the blimp hovered above seeking the body.
Break Between Moley And Hull Shocks Washington
Observers report a split between Prof Raymond Moley and Cordell Hull amid the London conference aftermath. Hull heads toward Hyde Park to brief President Roosevelt on the talks while Moley remains central to the administration’s anti crime drive, fueling rumors of a rift within the so called brain trust.
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George R. Holmes
International Mews Service Starf
Washington
Raymond Moley
Rooosevelt
Cordell
Hull
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Moley
United States
London
Thi
Brain Trust
Prof. Moley
Anti Crime War Gets Federal Backing at Chicago Meet
Police chiefs heard Joseph B. Keenan announce a deadly earnest federal war on gangsters kidnappers and criminals at the convention. He outlined strict enforcement of federal laws and cooperative noncentralization of law enforcement as core actions with Roosevelt’s concern highlighted by Prof Raymond Moley.
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C International News Service
Chicago
Joseph B. Keenan
United States
Eeensa
Roosevelt
French Fliers Postpone Transatlantic Flight
French aviators Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos delay their planned dawn takeoff for a trans Atlantic flight to Turkey to set a world long distance record. Unsettled weather between New York and Newfoundland caused the postponement.
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International News Service
New York
Turkey
Maurice Rossi
Paul Codos
Newfourdland
Purposed California income tax sparks millionaire exodus joke
Special to The News reports Beverly Hills reaction to a proposed state income tax. A columnist jokes patriots would leave California, sending wealthy residents east in Rolls Royces and Lincolns, while noting farms and businesses have lost money. The piece is sarcastic commentary.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
California
Ips
Denver Flood Debris Cleaning After Worst Flood In Half Century
Denver copes with a flood that killed two, left five missing, and caused irrigation dam damage over 1 million dollars. Rescue crews recovered two bodies while dozens were warned to higher ground along a 30 mile swath. Unidentified campers near Cherry Creek and a three member family near Parker are among missing.
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International News Service
Denver
Castlewood
Cherry Creek
Frankton
Parker
Tom Cauey
Widow Denies She Killed Her Husband
At Salem District Court Mrs. Jessie B Costello testifies under cross examination about the February death of her husband William J Costello from poison. She recalls giving him a drink but cannot remember the glass. She refuses to name friends of a fire captain or a former policeman, and says she was not on speaking terms with her father Andrew Pye. She denies involvement with the insurance beneficiary question and remarks on whether her husband’s death was a good thing.
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International News
Salem
Mass
Hugh A. Cregg
Jessie B. Costello
William J. Costello
Edward J. McMahon
Peabody
Cregg
Jessie
Andrew Pyie
Yonkers
N. Y
McMahon
Grocers Seek 56 Hour Week in Lawrence County Code
Lawrence county grocers and meat dealers gathered at the New Castle and Lawrence County Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Association to approve a fifty six hour week for the district code. Three hour proposals were discussed with the 56 hour plan winning majority support and a committee was formed to draft the code and coordinate with chain stores. A mass meeting is planned at the courthouse with speaker Charles H. Von Tagen of Philadelphia.
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Lawrence County
New Castle
Neshannock Avenue
T. Wilbur McCunnough
Association
Nessannock Avenue
Tme
Court House
Charles H. von Tagen
Philadelphia
Pere Two
Money Returns From Hoarding
Washington reports scarce inflation signals in the federal reserve board statement. Money in circulation fell by 194 million dollars to 5.516 billion for the week ending August 2, with a year rise totaling 2.11 billion due to hoarding returns. Open market purchases by Fed banks rose to 2.038 billion, 192 million more than a year earlier. Government security holdings showed a 148 thousand rise since June 1.
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International News Service
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Sgure
Federal Reserve
Proposal For Coal Strike End Is Completed
Washington August 4 Drafting of an agreement for settlement of the western Pennsylvania bituminous coal strike has been completed and was under consideration as NRA officials, Pennsylvania officials, coal operators and United Mine Workers met with Brig Gen Huch Johnson. Johnson and others declined to name the writers but indicated progress. The strike fever spreading through the region persisted despite NRA efforts to secure a truce.
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International News Service
Washington
Pennsylvania
National Recovery Act
Thomas Moses
Frick Coke Company
United States Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Johnson
National Recovery Administration
P. T. Fagan
Four Ballots May Be Needed In Pennsylvania Vote
Harrisburg August 4 Voters in Pennsylvania on November 7 may cast up to four separate base ballots. One carries candidate names another for constitutional amendments a third for the referendum on Sunday sports and a fourth for delegates to the convention to act on proposed prohibition repeal. Secretary of the Commonwealth Richard J Beamish said counties with a shorter regulation ballot may print constitutional amendments on it reducing the total to three.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Dane
Richard J. Beamish
The
Commonwealth
Lindberghs End Greenland Flight on Survey Mission
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh completed a perilous yet successful flight to Baffinland and back from Julianehapn Greenland and planned continued survey work for regular trans Atlantic aerial service. Lindbergh said ice and fog prevented landings and much of the voyage was flown blind across Davis Strait.
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International News Service
Holstenborg
Greenland
Baffinland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Juliane- Naab
Julianehan
Angmagssalil
Davis Strait
Baftin Land
Cal. Lindbergh
Death Notice for Fearl Elizabeth Greggs
Death record lists Fearl Elizabeth Greggs age 21 with a street address on Caldwell Avenue. The brief item mentions John Bodnar age 42 in connection to the notice.
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Fearl Elizabeth Greggs
John Bodnar
Caldwell Avenue
Mowers Roar Back As Spring Yard Work Returns
After weeks without growth, lawns across the street stir as mowers come out of indoors. The rattle of blades and squeaky wheels mark a neighborhood shift toward lawn care and neighborly chatter resumes amid trimming and repairs.
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