First Woman Judge Sees Husband Wounded During Oath
In Pittsburgh on August 27 Judge Sarah Soffel, Pennsylvania’s first woman to take the bench, began her oath when Clara Palscak shot her husband Steve Palscak in the desertion and non-support court office. Three bullets struck. he remained in critical condition as officers restrained the assailant.
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Pittsburgh
Sarah Soffel
Pennsylvania
Clara Palscak
Steve Palscak
Palscak
Paiscak
Soffel
Three Sailors Swim Eight Hours to Shore
Three sailors endured eight hours in heavy seas before reaching the shore after their dory overturned in a battle at sea. The U S Coast Guard aided a sinking schooner off the coast to prevent further loss of life.
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Dory
Rush Coast Guard
Sailors Survive Eight Hour Swim From Sinking Schooner
Three Halifax seamen from the schooner Francis T. reach Atlantic City after eight hours in the sea. John Larre 24 Clarence Atkinson 27 and Freeman Banbury 24 describe a fierce storm that sank their vessel off the New Jersey coast.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
John Larre
Clarence Atkinson
Freeman Banbury
Francis T
Bermuda
New Castle Plans A T and T Conduit Sidewalks and Armory Efforts
Construction work on the A. T. and T. underground conduit will add sidewalks along State Street from Greenwood to Grant. The south sidewalk hosts the conduit. Citizens join Troop F advocates to secure a New Castle armory, with a plan to present to the state legislature next winter. An auto driver allegedly intoxicated or confused ignored repaving and sped through barriers on Grant and Jefferson streets. Safety lines are being painted near public schools for the September 8 opening. Pa Newse notes travel between Pulaski and New Bed.
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State Street
Greenwood
Grant Streets
New Castle
Grant Street
Shenango Street
Jefferson Street
Daily Weather Report Summary
Weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 85 and a minimum of 52 over the last 24 hours. No precipitation is recorded and the river stage stands at 4.1 feet and falling.
Armory project receives renewed push in city
Maj. W. F. Jackson of the dental reserve told the Elks home banquet that an efficient recording by New Castle guardsmen could soon help secure a state armory building. Louis B. Round, head of the civilian committee backing the 103rd cavalry unit, served as toastmaster and urged authorities to recognize Troop F as a leading state unit after its recent reorganization.
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Maj
W. F. Jackson
The
Dental Reserve
Citizens’ Military Committee
Elks Home
Louis B. Round
103Rd Cavalry
Pennsylvania National Guard
Round
Plans for Saengerfest Fourth Triennial in New Castle
Three years of rehearsals bring singers from 17 cities in three states to New Castle for the Transylvania Saxon Saengerbund’s fourth triennial festival. Eintracht Singing Society hosts about 5 000 visitors and delegates with extensive committee work, rehearsals, and tent preparations underway.
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New Castle
Saengerbund
North America
National
Eintracht Singing Society
John Lienert
John Neugebauer
Martin Leonhardt
Eintracht Hall
Taylor Street
William Figuly
Paul Staede
Eintracht
Frohsinn Damachor
Catherine Singer
Catherine Lang
Theresia Figuly
Sara Staedel
Minnie Schuller
Anna Lienert
Sara Bodendorfer
Anna Artz
Catherine Petri
Catherine Paulini
Catherine Kraft
Anna Sandler
Sara Binder
Tahoe Tavern Letter Praises Chicago Air Show Growth
A Tahoe Cal letter writer urges readers to attend the Chicago air show praising its growing scale and promising spectacle. The writer claims aviation stars will perform stunts, noting the event will be unobstructed by police compared to fights, games, or parades.
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Tahoe Tavern
Cal
Chicago
Cars Towed From Downtown Streets After Sweeper Hours
About a dozen cars were hauled off by wreckers from downtown streets early morning as the city sweeper, operating only Tuesday and Friday nights, was unable to work. An ordinance bans parking between midnight and six a m Eastern time. Councilman Treser had urged cars not be parked during those hours. Drivers faced storage fees to recover their vehicles.
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Treser
Hope To Persuade Fishing Vessel To Land With Bodies
Efforts to persuade the Bratvaag captain to end fishing and return to Norway continue. The vessel carries the Andree expedition bodies and equipment and could incur a financial loss for early return. Dr. G Horn’s party left the diary of Andree aboard, chronicling the polar balloon expedition’s earlier years.
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International News Service
Copenhagen
Bratvaag
Andree
Norway
G. Horn
White Island
Sweden
Geath
Wealthy Germans Hire Graf Zeppelin for Nine Hour Cruise
Ex royalty in Friedrichshafen chartered Graf Zeppelin for a nine hour pleasure flight over Switzerland and the Black Forest. Prince Zu Fürstenberg and 39 guests join the aristocratic cruise, marking a second instance of the airship used to entertain friends in a novel way.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Graf Zeppelin
Switzerland
Black Forest
Prince Zu F Puerstenberg
Wilhelm
Swiss
Two-Year-Old Boy Missing in Connecticut Kidnapping Suspected
Kenneth Neilson Swanson, two, disappeared from his grandfather's farm near Colebrook. Bloodhounds lost the trail at a mailbox while a family collie returned without the boy. State police from the Canaan barracks continue the large search though officials expect the effort may wind down today.
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International News Service
Colebrook
Conn
Kenneth Neilson Swanson
Canaan Baraacks
Grant Street Intersections Reopened Pending Official Opening
City Engineer Frank F. Miller announced that all Grant Street intersections have been repaved with curb setting and sidewalk grading in progress. He noted indications Grant Street may open to traffic on Labor Day, but no official report has been received yet.
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Frank F. Miller
Grant Street
Miller
Trucker Reports Collision After Left-Turn Vehicle
F. L. Bunnell of Saaroo told police he drove west on Washington street on a green light when a Pennsylvania M-143 car moving east made a left turn and struck his truck, causing damage.
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F. L. Bunnell
Saaroo
Washington Street
Pennsylvania
Churches Return To Eastern Standard Time
Rev Philip C Pearson president of the Ministerial Association announces that churches in the city will hold Sunday services on Eastern Standard Time one hour later than the summer months. This follows the association’s regular meeting action taken last spring.
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Philip C. Pearson
Ministerial Association
Mayor Walker To Welcome Fliers After 4670 Mile Flight
Four German aviators led by Captain Wolfgang Von Gronau land in New York after a 4670 mile Atlantic crossing in a Dornier flying boat. They will be hosted at City Hall by Mayor James J. Walker and may proceed to Chicago or Washington before returning to Germany. They expect a two week American visit and are guests of the Fokker Company in New York.
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International News Service
New York
Atlantic
Manhattan
James J. Walker
Wolfgang von Gronau
City Hall
Iceland
von Gronau
Isle of Sylt
North Sea
Greenland
Canada
New York Harbor
Island of Manhattan
Halifax
Chicago
Germany
Washington
America
Fokker Company
Dornier
Three Mutineers Face Execution in Auburn Prison
Ossining New York August 27 Three mutineers in the Auburn prison break will die in the electric chair at Sing Sing tomorrow night unless Governor Roosevelt intervenes. The condemned are Claude Udwine or William Force and Jesse Thomas. Dorothy and Stella Udwine of Detroit, sisters of Claude Udwine, petitioned for clemency. The trio remained hopeful for clemency saying they did not kill anyone.
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International News Service
Ossining
N. Y
Auburn
Ag Sing
Roosevelt
Dorothy
Stella Udwine
Detroit
Claude Udwine
Udwine
William Force
Jesse Thomas
Martial Law Grips Peiping After Bombing
Martial law held Peiping in its grip following a bombing of the business district by two Nanking army planes. Bombs struck the heart of the city sending crowds into panic though casualties appeared limited. Reports say Chang Hsueh-Liang may join the northern coalition, signaling intensified warfare in China as fall campaigns are planned.
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International News Service
Peiping
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Manchuria
China
Nanking
Five youths rob barbecue stand near Pittsburgh golf course
Police hunted five young robbers who early this morning held up a barbecue stand owned by Victor Covert beside a miniature golf course on a busy Pittsburgh boulevard. The bandits forced the Covert couple and two waiters into the dining area as patrons outside played under bright lights.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Victor Covert
Babcock Boulevard
Covert
J. Bell
Harold Hunt
Local janitor in fall sustains skull fracture
Walter H. Wolford, janitor of a city school, is in New Castle hospital after falling from the Lincoln and Garfield building porch roof while cleaning windows on the second floor. Doctors report a serious skull fracture pressing on the brain and grave condition.
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Walter H. Wolford
Maryland Avenue
New Castle Hospital
Lincoln and Garfield
Wolford
Reynolds Street
Senator Blease Leads Opponent in South Carolina Primary
In South Carolina Democratic primary results from 1,528 precincts show Senator Cole L. Blease leading former Representative James F Byrnes by about 10,000 votes with 52,800 to 42,400. Leon W. Harris trails with under 20,000. Johnson leads A Frank Lever by roughly 10,000 for governor as late returns loom for a run off next September 9.
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International News Service
Columbia
D. C
Cole L. Blease
James F Byrnes
South Carolina
Blease
Byrne
Leon W. Harris
Byrnes
Captain Brooks Cleared in Halifax Pinthis Collision
Captain Archibald Brooks, commander of the Steamer Halifax, was exonerated from responsibility after a collision with the oil tanker Pinthis in Massachusetts Bay on June 10. A federal board heard testimony in Boston and Norfolk, with witnesses from the Fairfax passengers and crew. Forty-plus people died as the Pinthis exploded, caught fire, and sank.
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International News Service
Washington
Archibald Brooks
Halifax
Massachusetts Bay
Dickerson L. Hoover
Boston
Norfolk
Fairfax
Death Notices for Margaret Cunningham Nick Strycott and John L Stafford
Death notices list Margaret Cunningham of 13 East Reynolds street Nick Strycott 46 of Neshannock township and John L Stafford 54 of 208 Shadyside Enudio Figures Ellport.
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Margaret Cunningham
East
Reynolds Street
Nick Strycott
Neshannock Township
John L. Stafford
Shadyside
Enudio
Ellport
Murder suspect is identified in Buckley case
Hearing in Pizzino habeas corpus proceedings continued in New York as he fights extradition to Detroit for the murder of radio announcer Gerald Buckley. Fred Tara testified he saw Pizzino in the La Salle hotel in Detroit when Buckley was shot, contradicting previous New York testimony.
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International News Service
New York
Theodore Pizzino
Gerald Buckley
Pizzino
Detroit
Fred Tara
Automobile Company
la Salle
Buckley
Football season Echoes Through The Town
Arthur Mometer writes of autumn air and football anticipation as leather helmets return to the field and fans cheer. The piece marks the start of gridiron action with a nostalgic tone and notes today’s date as eighty two.
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