Harrisburg Man Named President For Coming Year
William A. Miller of Harrisburg was elected president of the Society of the 2&th division at its convention in The Castleton Hotel. Sunbury was chosen as the site of the 1938 convention, with date to be set to allow dedication of a memorial to General Charles H. Clements. Other officers elected include Dale Wilcox, John McElwee, D R McKinney, Joseph Anselman, Harry J. Ritter, Major J. E. Wright, William Jones, and E. F. Day. The Philadelphia and Sunbury factions clashed over the site before the vote.
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Society
2&Th
Castleton
William A. Miller
Harrisburg
Sunbury
Sunbury Post
Charles H. Clements
Miller
Dale Wilcox
Pittsburgh
John McElwee
Chester
D. R. McKinney
Joseph Anselman
New York City
Harry J. Ritter
J. E. Wright
William Jones
E. F. Day
Oil City
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Challenge New Russian Trade Pact
Rep. Boland and other Pennsylvania congressmen dispute a Soviet trade treaty benefiting Russia by labeling it most favored nation. They seek guarantees that coal imports remain restricted and duty free clauses do not override the existing 2 per ton coal tariff, arguing the State Department acts against congressional intent.
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Washington
State Department
Pennsylvania
Russia
Rep
Boland
Soviet Russia
Cascade Street Residents Refill After Cyclone Dust Cloud
Cascade street residents emerge from cellars after cyclone dust blew away with fresh oiling and limestone surface. Local observer Robert Patterson, East Brook, formerly a singing teacher in Lawrence County and parts of Ohio, now a carpenter building a chicken house in Butler County. Weather notes mention recent heavy rain benefiting gardens, with ongoing talk of comets and a hazardous grade crossing at Harlansburg. Camp Phillips hosts New Castle Girl Scouts. school reunions set for August with Old Timers Day on August 18.
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Robert Patterson
East Brook
Patterson
Ray
Lawrence County
Ohio
Mahoning Grange
Butler County
Parking Meters to Begin Operation Tuesday
Parking meters will be put in operation at 8 a m Tuesday according to Mayor Charles E McGrath. He said a statement on parking in streets and avenues where meters are located will be issued on Monday. The ordinance sets a five cent fee for one hour of parking. City engineer Glenn R Throop said city workers will affix the meters to supports late Monday night.
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Charles E. McGrath
Glenn R. Throop
Child Dies From Auto Injuries in Butler County
Hazel Knull seven daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford Knull New Kensington died in Butler County Memorial hospital after being struck in a driveway by a car driven by her uncle Harry Knull twenty two who said he did not see her Coroner M E Headland began an investigation noting internal injuries as the cause of death.
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International News Service
Butler
Hazel Knull
Clifford Knull
New Kensington
Joseph Knull
Chicora
Butler County Memorial Hospital
Harry Knull
Knull
M. E. Headland
New Air Condensed Baby Incubator Aids Infants
Philadelphia August 7. Baby Boccassini enters a fully air conditioned incubator with oxygen for two day old infant. Hermetically sealed through air tight sleeves via portholes. Invented by Dr. Charles C. Chappel to better support newborn survival.
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Philadelphia
Charles C. Chappel
Daily Weather Report Summary
U. S. weather reports for the 24hour period ending at 9 this morning show a maximum temperature of 84 and a minimum of 65 with 1.50 inches of precipitation. River stage stands at 7.6 feet. Year ago this date recorded a maximum of 89, minimum 49, with trace precipitation.
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U. S
Weather Delays Return Flight for Three Generals
Weather over the Alleghenies grounded air travel delaying the return of Generals Edward C. Shannon William G. Price Jr and C Blaine Smathers from Harrisburg. Shannon will speak at the Purple Heart Association convention in Philadelphia tonight. Captain R G Herbine departed with them and plans to fly back Monday.
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Allegheny Mountains
Edward C. Shannon
William G. Price, Jr
C. Blaine Smathers
Harrisburg
General Shannon
Purple Heart Association
Philadelphia
R. G. Herbine
No Settlement of Motor Plant Tieup
Detroit August 7 statements by Chrysler and the CIO United Automobile Workers union offered little hope for a quick end to the labor dispute that closed the Plymouth plant and left 21,000 workers idle in the area.
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International News Service
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Plymouth
Fierce Loyalist Counterattack Halts Rebel Drive Toward Madrid
In Valencia on the Teruel front Loyalist forces attacked three rebel flanks near Cuenca and Madrid Valen cia highway. Insurgent positions were pressured as Villages northwest of Madrid fell before reinforcements arrived. The counter offense, supported by Madrid Valencia and Catalonian troops, stopped the rebel advance within about 30 miles of Cuenca.
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Valencia
Teruel
Madrid
Madrid-Valencia
Cuenca
G. O. P. County Committee Session Plans August Registration
Republican county committee met at the county court house on Friday night with Chairman Roger W. Rowland. They reviewed precinct figures and outlined work for voter registration in rural districts on August 10 and 11. No formal speeches were given as the chairman stressed action over words.
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Roger W. Rowland
Court House
Republican County Committee
Rowland
Accused Doctor Found Dead in Jail Cell
Belair Maryland August 7 1930s Dr Remen Greenhut a 39 year old physician convicted yesterday of attacking a 13 year old patient was found dead in his jail cell early today County coroner to examine cause officials citing possible self harm circumstances indicate death by own action
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International News Service
Belair
Remen Greenhut
Woman Killed as Trailer Runs Away on Scranton Highway
In Scranton Pennsylvania a 10 ton trailer ran away on a hill on the Scranton Pocono highway and crashed into two autos. Mrs Angel Guimento 23 of Scranton was killed when the trailer pinned the car they rode in to a tree. Her husband was seriously injured and may die.
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International News Service
Scranton
Scranton Pocono Highway
Here
Angel Guimento
Gasoline War Drops Prices Across Pittsburgh Area
A price war cut gasoline at several northside Swissvale and South Hills stations by 2 to 4 cents below regular rates, drawing motorists to the lower prices.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Northside
Swissvale
South Hills
Two Men Die In Hazleton Plane Crash
A light bi plane crashed five miles from Hazleton killing pilot Stanley Karmarasky 24 and passenger Joseph Baran 28 both of West Hazleton. Injured survivor John Radwinsky 30 remained in critical condition at Hazleton State hospital. The craft owned by Karmarasky had departed from North St. John's airport for a valley cruise.
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International News Service
Hazleton
Stanley Karmarasky
West Hazleton
Karmarasky
Joseph Baran
Hazleton State Hospital
John Radwinsky
North St. John's Airport
Two Widows Die as Fire Claims North Philadelphia Home
In North Philadelphia fire trapped two widows on a second floor, suffocating 92 year old Mrs. Nancy Boyce and 72 year old Mrs. Jennie Kohl. Two other women, Frances Rover and Emmie Zeiher, ages 39, were treated at a hospital after being injured when the blaze began and went undetected for some time.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Nancy Boyce
Jennie Kohl
Frances Rover
Kohl
Emmie Zeiher
Motor Vehicles Injure Two Men At Sharon
Sharon Pennsylvania police report two men injured in a heavy rain storm collision. Charles Knauff of Freeport Indiana and James Dunlap of Newville Pennsylvania are hospitalized with fractured skulls. Karl Orendi of Farrell Pennsylvania admitted striking Knauff as the storm raged, Dunlap found injured about 20 minutes later.
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International News Service
Sharon
Charles Knauff
Freeport
James Dunlap
Newville
Karl Orendi
Knauff
Dunlap
Japanese Will Be Withdrawn From Hankow
Japanese armed forces ordered to withdraw by noon Sunday from Hankow's concession as Chinese and Japanese forces faced off. Tokyo authorized Chinese authorities to take over temporarily to avert imminent warfare amid nationwide anti Japan boycotts. Three hundred Japanese marines had faced Chinese troops while women and children were evacuated.
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International News Service
Hankow
China
Tokyo
Japan
Whipping administered to Wilmington bandit before prison term
James Trealor, called a phantom bandit, received forty lashes across his bare back as a prelude to a 10 year sentence in Wilmington. The punishment followed accusations of terrorizing the city for over four months and tied to nearly twenty robberies and holdups. Fellow offenders George Coleman and Elmer Harris were each ordered five lashes for larceny.
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International News Service
Wilmington
Del
James Trealor
Trealor
Elwood H. Wilson
George Coleman
Elmer Harris
Two Meet Death in Auto Plunge at Lakeview Point
Howard E. Dorsey age 33, Los Angeles councilman, and Marion G. Lona baugh, secretary to a councilman, were killed when their car plunged 1,300 feet off a cliff at Lakeview Point near Big Bear California. The vehicle burst into flames and the bodies were found 300 feet up the slope.
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International News Service
Big Bear
Cal
Howard E. Dorsey
Los Angeles
Marion G. Lonabaugh
Lakeview Point
Forest Rangers
Maj Gen Price Delivers Dedication Address at Burial Park
Maj Gen William G. Price, former commander of the 28th Division, spoke at a dedication ceremony on a timbered knoll in Castleview Burial Park. The event honored Revolutionary War veteran John Manning, whose remains were reinterred after a century in another grave, as veterans gathered amid rain and distant thunder.
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Price
Castleview
Society of the 28Th Division
John Manning
France
Mystery Plane Attacks Prompt Mediterranean Escorts
Escorts for ships of Britain Italy and France were ordered as mystery bombings on merchant vessels prompted naval caution in Mediterranean waters. Authorities seek to identify the assailants after attacks on the British Corporal English the Italian Mongiora and the French Djebe. Amour Captasin Solar of the Mongiolia died from bomb fragment injuries, with several crew wounded. Continued on Page Two.
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Algiers
Algeria
Mediterranean
Britain
Italy
France
Djebe
Amour Captasin Solar
Mongiolia
Page Two
New York Man Leaps To Death at Fourth Floor Window
An elderly man Stephen Lavarello aged 75 stood at a fourth floor window on the Upper East Side. Patrolman A Costa urged him back inside as a breathless crowd watched. The man then leaped or fell and died despite ambulance surgeons attempts.
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International News Service
New York
Upper East Side
A Costa
Costa
Stephen Lavarello
Emergency State Ends In Philadelphia
Philadelphia mayor S Davis Wilson formally ended the state of emergency declared to handle the trucking strike crisis. The period granted Wilson extraordinary police powers as 6 000 drivers and 4 000 warehouse workers walked out.
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Philadelphia
S. Davis Wilson
Wilson
Automats in New York Picketed as General Strike Looms
In New York on Aug 7 sixty nine automats and Horn & Harvard Co retail stores faced pickets as a threatened general breakfast strike materialized. Some cafeterias remained open with non striking staff while managers reported no employee response at two busy locations. Pickets claimed otherwise.
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International News Service
New York
Horn & Harvard Co
Death Record of Howard Munnell and others in McKeesport
Howard E. Munnell age 25 of McKeesport is listed in a death record. Also named are Mrs. Pasquale Zona age 48 of 115 South Street and Mrs. Mary Jane Reynolds age 74 of 126 Quest Street. No additional details provided.
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Howard E. Munnell
McKeesport
Pasquale Zona
South Street
Mary Jane Reynolds
Quest Street
Two Teens Confess Gas Station Robberies Near New Castle
Two eighteen year olds confessed to robberies including the Matthews gasoline station near Parkstown in July. They admitted four station robberies and an Ohio building break after fleeing from Pennsylvania. Suspects John Edward of Hubbard and Edward Holland of Hubbard R D 2 were said to wear a cap pistol and steal 7.40 from Matthews. Police credited license plate tracking for the arrest.
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New Castile
Jefferson, O
Matthews
Parkstown Corners
Ohio
Pennsylvania
John Edward
North Main Street
Hubbard
Edward Holland
R. D
J. Young
A. S. Leslie
Edward Redman
Edward
Holland
New Castle
W. B Matthews
Substitute Court Bill Is Called Up
The peace treaty referred to as a substitute bill was brought before the Senate as leaders sought to end revolts delaying the session. It preserves the Supreme Court and limits changes to procedural reforms in the federal judiciary. The administration aims to block amendments while proceeding with a $700 million Wagner housing act and a new sugar quota bill, both facing strong opposition.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Supreme Court
House
Minnesota area flooded by rains
Western Minnesota endured severe floods after years of drought with six counties reporting home losses. State and federal agencies pledged financial aid as more than 20 inches of rain fell in less than two weeks, transforming communities that once prayed for rainfall.
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International News Service
ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Shannon Visits James Fletcher After Armory Tour
General Shannon, in town for the 28th Infantry convention at the Castleton hotel, visits James Fletcher of Madison Avenue who cannot attend. He aims to inspect the Joseph V Cunningham Armory and then call on Fletcher. Accompanied by Generals Price Jr. and Smathers, they tour Cascade Park and the Seventh Ward, praising the armory design and hoping for a dedication soon.
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Castleton
Edward C. Shannon
James A. Fletcher
Madison Avenue
General Shannon
Joseph V Cunningham
Jimmie Fletcher
William G. Price, Jr
Clains Smathers
Shannon
Cascade Park
Seventh Ward
Jimmy Fletcher
28th Regiment Bids Farewell After Festive Homecoming
The 28th Regiment concludes its three day celebration as soldiers bid members of the town farewell. They describe tired yet happy faces, recalling years and days of fun, and affirm the town’s appreciation for their service.
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Ms Davis Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
William A. Hill
Congress
Panewc
Cascade Street
Wither
Harlansburg
Ok Ook
Martin Gantz
Princeton
Harbor
Camp Phillips
Daily Weather Report
G. O. P. County Committee
William H. Grimes
Poplar Bluffs
Grimes
Dolly
Entral Press
Hazleton, Pa
North Philadelphia
Sharon, Penna
Bulletin
General Price
William G. Price
28Th Division
Claim
Jefferson, Ohio
William K. Hutchinson
Ternational
Gen. Shannon
Jas. A. Fletcher
Arthur Mometer
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