Robbers Suspected in Fire at Old Knitting Mill Warehouse
Fire caused by unknown robbers at the South Side Merchants Union warehouse in the old Knitting Mill property at South Mill and White streets. Damage to stock valued at 5500 after smoke and water ruined contents. fire was detected around 9 o'clock by a Pearson street resident who alerted firefighters. Continued on page two.
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South Side Merchants Union, Inc
South Mill
White Streets
Frank W. Hill
Pearson Street
Central Department
George Harper
Diary Found With Explorers Captures World Interest
A diary of Salomon August Andrée and companions, lost during a 1897 balloon expedition, becomes the center of global curiosity as Dr Gunnar Horn travels with bodies aboard Brattvaag. Sweden's possible seizure for secret archives sparks speculation on access to the famed northern voyage record.
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International News Service
Copenhagen
Salomon Auguste Andree
Brattvaag
Gunnar Horn
Norway
Cleveland Youth Killed In Hold-Up At Party
Miller Wilkison 23 of Cleveland Heights died after a gun battle when five robbers tried to hold up a party at Ray Dunham's home in Cleveland Heights. Two suspects were wounded and two youths held for questioning as police chased three escapees.
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Cleveland
International News Service
Miller Wilkison
Cleveland Heights
Princeton University
Gore
Ray S. Dunham
Wilkison
St. Luke’s Hospital
Angelo Bell
Mike
Angelo
Donald Dunham
Hold-up at Volant Bank Nets About $1000
Two armed men robbed the First National Bank of Volant at about 1 45 pm today. They forced cashier Philip Cox into a vault and escaped with roughly 1000 dollars. A Ford sedan with West Virginia plates was seen, and police headed to the scene.
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First National Bank of
Volant
Philip Cox
Mr. Cox
Playgrounds Close With Field Program at Gaston Park
City playgrounds season ends with a field day at Gaston Park in Cunningham Woods. The program runs 10 30 a m to 4 p m with about 1200 children expected to participate. Sites include McCleary Gaston Rose Avenue Croton Albert Street and West Side featuring baseball mushball tennis horseshoe pitching and basketball throwing contests.
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Gaston Park
Cunningham Woods
Nicholas Cassillo
McCleary
Gaston
Rose Avenue
Croton
Albert Street
West Side
Irene and Dague Appeal to Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Irene Schroeder and W. Glenn Dague seek a new trial in the murder of Corporal Brady Paul. The appeal, filed in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court at Pittsburgh by Thomas W. Dickey, mirrors a Lawrence County Court appeal. Arguments unlikely before October. the court will review at Pittsburgh after prothonotary forwarding.
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Irene Schroeder
W. Glenn Dague
Brady Paul
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Thomas W. Dickey
Lawrence County Court
Supreme Court
R. M. Campbell
Dickey
Amelia Earhart Lands At Cleveland In Vega Plane
At Cleveland airport Amelia Earhart paused during a Boston to Chicago flight in a specially built Lockheed Vega. She landed perfectly to cheers from thousands as police managed the crowd and she headed to a city taxi.
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Pa Newe
Cleveland
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic Ocean
Chicago
Boston
Amelia
Daily Weather Report Summary For Local Area
Weather statistics for 24 hours ending 9 am show max 76, min 54, precip 0.03 inches, river stage 4.2 feet. Similar figures for the prior 24 hours ending Sunday 9 am show max 68, min 56, precip 0.17 inches, river stage 4.2 feet.
Mystery surrounds flight of German craft in Nova Scotia
Four German fliers led by Captain Wolfgang von Gronau landed the Dornier flying boat D 1422 at Queensport Nova Scotia after a perilous Atlantic crossing through Greenland storms and fog. Plans to refuel in Halifax before a final hop to New York remained uncertain amid heavy fog and secrecy.
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International News Service
Halifax
N. S
New York
Wolfgang von Gronau
Queensport
N S
Greenland
von Gronau
Germany
Orkneys
Mayor Gillespie Plans Short Vacation Across Several Cities
Mayor William F. Gillespie will depart Tuesday morning for about a week long trip to Cumberland Maryland and other cities. He is the city’s sole lawmaker not to have taken a vacation and may extend his break into a second week with hunting season arrival.
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William F. Gillespie
Cumberland
ILL ROGERS ILL ROGERS
Special to The News from Tahoe Tavern California reports on Jeru salem women asking to remove veils before marriage. The piece notes Western ignorance of veiling, mentions a Seattle bootlegger trial, and criticizes a chamber of commerce for its ties to Elks Shriners and bankers.
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Tahoe Tavern
Cal
Jerusalem
Seattle
Chamber of
Elks
Shriners
Claremore
Many New Castle Graduates Plan College Entrance
A survey of 366 New Castle senior high graduates shows 87 intend to enter college or training institutions in September. Principal F. L. Orth notes this may be higher than normal as some return if a job is unavailable, while funding could keep others away. Many nursing candidates and future teachers are listed among the plans.
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New Castle
F. L. Orth
Commissioner In Calcutta Escapes As Bomb Is Thrown
London reports say a bomb aimed at Calcutta police commissioner Sir Charles Tegart exploded in a busy street injuring his chauffeur. Tegart was unharmed and rushed the wounded driver to a medical station. Nationalist discontent is suspected, with one assailant killed and another captured after a chase aided by Sir Arthur.
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Calcutta
International News Service
London
Sir Charles Tegart
Charles
Sir Arthur
Military Officers Replace Civilian Cabinet In Peru
Lima Aug. 25 report from circles near the presidential palace says a cabinet of military officers will replace the civilian cabinet that resigned last night. The cavalry cabinet, chosen by President Augusto B. Leguia to quell the insurrection, gives military control over much of Peru. Members named include Manuel Ponce Julio Goicoechea Eulogio Castilo Arturo Zapata Ricardo Llena and Eduardo Castro. Leguia was to appear before Congress to present the resignation and new cabinet.
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International News Service
Lima
Augusto B. Leguia
Peru
Manuel Ponce
Julio Goicoches
Eulogio Castillo
Arturo Zapata
Ricardo Ll
Indiana Posse Hunts Kidnapper In Rural Search
In Valparaiso Indiana a large group of volunteer and sheriff deputies scoured the Kankakee River bottoms all night seeking 10 year old Betty Jane Foster and a demented farm hand who abducted her from her father Ernest Foster on Saturday. A note left by the kidnapper Claude Dillner warned the father that Betty Jane would be killed if pursuit continued.
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International News Service
Valparaiso
Ind
Kankakee
Betty Jane Foster
Ernest Foster
Claude Dillner
Dillner
Betty Jane
May Widen Turn In Washington Street
During a municipal meeting Councilman Burns with Genkinger moved and the measure adopted to widen East Washington at Chestnut Street. Viewers will determine damages and if costs are too high the project may not proceed. An abrupt south side turn is noted on the thoroughfare.
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Burns
Genkinger
East Washington
Chestnut Street
Weekend traffic tolls dip with three deaths reported
In the latest traffic check by International News Service the weekend saw three fatalities and under twenty injuries nationwide. Philadelphia area reported no deaths and four injuries. The central region had two deaths and three injuries while the western region had one death and eight injuries. McKEES ROCKS Pa Regina Ilek.
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International News Service
International News Service Today
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Central Region
Central
Mckees Rocks
Regina Ilek
End Daylight Savings Ends In New Castle
Daylight Savings Time will officially end in New Castle on Sunday morning August 31. An agreement between city merchants and industrial leaders fixed observation of daylight saving in June July and August to reduce confusion, especially with the school system on Eastern Standard Time. The summer observance has been satisfactory and will likely continue next summer.
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New Castle
Death notices for Coates Forsythe Hilyard and Ritts
Death record listings show Vernon Dewight Coates aged 7 weeks of 709 West Washington street. Lloyd Pressley Forsythe aged 1, Volant R. F. D. No. 4. Anna Henrietta Hilyard aged 65 of 1427 West Washington street. Effie Hogue Ritts aged 41 of 201 Mills.
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Vernon Dewight Coates
West
Washington Street
Lloyd Pressley Forsythe
Volant R. F. D
Anna Henrietta Hilyard
Effie Hogue Ritts
Mills Way
Prisoner Who Escaped Gets Pen Sentence
Prisoner William Sanderson was sentenced to 13 to 26 months at the Western Penitentiary for breach of prison after escaping from a jail trust position near Cleveland. He had previously served seven months for breaking and entering a building near Bessemer. Paroles granted in three cases for breaking and entering the McKee butcher shop and stealing a ham. others were warned about parole terms.
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William Sanderson
Western
Hildebrand
Chambers
Sanderson
Bessemer
Cleveland
Frank Johnson
Charles H. Davis
Arthur S. Mitchell
David Douds
McKee
Mike Bratzsky
Drivy
Curtis return train passes through city without stop
A few observers saw Vice President Charles Curtis' private car pass through the city Saturday evening on the Washington bound return from the Sharon homecoming fete. The special comprising an engine, a buffer car and Curtis' coach did not stop at West Side station. Curtis' car was attached to the rear of a Pittsburgh bound train scheduled to connect with the Washington bound limited at Pittsburgh. Earlier Curtis appeared at the rear of his car as the train passed the depot en route to Sharon. Other figures, including William S. Ware of Philadelphia, were aboard.
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Chas. Curtis
Washington
Jas J. Davis
Sharon
West Side
Pennsylvania
Curtis
Pittsburgh
Wiliam S. Ware
Philadelphia
Alleged Robber Dies After Fall From Building in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on August 25 Benjamin F. Wickline aged 30, an alleged robber, leaped across a four foot canyon between two buildings but fell 60 feet to a cement walk and died. Police say he entered the Wil liam Zoller Company Packing plant via a broken second floor window and climbed to the fourth floor before breaking a window to the roof. Shoes were found in front of a nearby building.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Benjamin F. Wickline
William Zoller Company
Wickline
Jilted Youth Terrorizes Train Ends in Shootout
Emerick Frenette, 20, of Fort Frances Ontario, robs a passenger train then kills two US immigration inspectors. He dies from a gunshot wound after a police confrontation. In a deathbed confession he cites a broken romance and says he wanted to get even. Police seek his unnamed girlfriend for questioning.
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International News Service
EMO
Ont
Emerick Fernette
Fort Francis
United States
Frenette
The Town I Live In Best in the Land
A nostalgic description of a small town with modest streets and a City Hall sign. The speaker praises the friendly residents who greet visitors, discuss the weather, and claim the town is the best in the land despite not being large or grand. The passage emphasizes warmth over grandeur.
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Dague
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Lawrence County
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Walma
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Sharpsville Railway
New Wilmington
Sharpsville
Pa Nene
New Castle-Youngstown
Washington and
Mercer Streets
Daily Weather Report
Nova
Scotia
Mayor Gillespie
Mebleegh
Syndicate
Indiana
Scour Woods
Amuck
Arthur Mometer
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