Planes Collide In Movie Stunt Tragedy At Sea
Search for seven missing Fox Film Co. employees continued at dawn after two planes collided off Point Vincent during aerial scenes. Three bodies recovered Max Gold Ben Frankel Conrad Wells. Navy boats guarded the wreck site as Hollywood mourns a film tragedy.
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International News Service
Venice
Cal
Point Vincent
Fox Film Co
Max Gold
Ben Frankel
Conrad Wells
Navy
Santa Monica
Calif
Hollywood Today
Passengers Dismiss Air Crash as Movie Stunt
On the Ruth Alexander liner near Los Angeles a staged aviation crash drew passengers to the rails. They watched three planes collide and crash into the sea, but many aboard dismissed it as cinema, noting the dramatic yet routine stunt while boats moved toward the wreckage.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Cal
Ruth Alexander
Photo Of Dasue Recognized By Little Donnie In Murder Case
Donnie Schroeder identified a photograph of W Glenn Dague as part of the Butler road killing inquiry. The Chrysler stolen in New Castle was found in a Wheeling Island garage, aiding police pursuit but not yielding new arrests.
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Dasue
Donnie
Donald Schroeder
Irene Schroeder
Highway Patrol
Brady C. Paul
New Castle Butler Road
W. Glenn Dague
Mank
Polic
Schroeder
Tom Crawford
Irene
Butler
Butler Road
Mauk
Dague
Donnie Schroeder
Daddy Dague
Ray Horton
Chrysler
Elsie Nickum
East Side
Horton
Wheeling Island
Crawford
Troop D
Jacob Mauk
Peck Lee County Detective Promises Firm Approach
Peck Lee, county detective appointee of Lawrence County, strides into the scene with a tall, imposing frame and a record of firm action. Born in Connellsville and raised in Ellwood City, he served in World War I with the Twenty Eighth Division and the 110th Infantry, later pursuing education at Scottdale High, Kiski Prep, and Slippery Rock State Teachers College.
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Peck Lee
Lawrence County
Peck
Mr. Lee
Ellwood City
Connellsville
Scottdale
Kiski
Slippery Rock State
Police Question Man And Girl In Pittsburgh Over Slaying Case
A man and a woman, possibly connected to the Irene Schroeder case, were questioned in Pittsburgh after being arrested and taken to Greensburg for further inquiry. Police traced a vehicle used in the New Castle patrolman slaying escape, and a tentative link to two companions suspected as Glen Dague and Tom Crawford is noted.
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Pittsburgh
Cleveland
New York
Akron
Forbes Street
Irene Schroeder
Glen Dague
Tom Crawford
New Castle
Yes
Pittsburgh Team Pulls a Grundy in Interdenominational Game
Special to The News Beverly Hills January report describes Cal Methodists defeating the Pittsburgh Cumberland Presbyterians 47 to 14 in an interdenominational football game. Commentator Will Rogers notes the Presbyterians’ old habits and jokes about Uncle Joe Grundy while Right Rev Russell Saunders officiated.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Cal. Methodists
Modern
Pittsburgh
Cumberland Presbyterians
Russell Saunders
Joe Grundy
New Castle Weather and Fire Loss News Brief
New Castle residents take pride in a low fire loss with 1929 total at 85000 dollars and per capita around 1.60. The city saw no serious fires that year while veterans miss a chance at adjusted service certificates before the filing deadline.
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New Castle
Lynn
Daily Weather Report Notices Weather Statistics
Weather for the 24 hour period ending at 9 am shows a maximum of 52 and a minimum of 31 degrees. Precipitation totals 0.42 inches. River stage stands at 10.8 feet and is rising.
Explosion Kills Two Aboard Saratoga Related Fatalities Reported
Long Beach California dispatch reports two men dead and four injured after an explosion destroyed the captain s gig beside the aircraft carrier U S S Saratoga. A turpentine pot on a nearby punt ignited gasoline on the water s surface. Victims named include Mathew Va Vielle Vincent V Lalor Henry KMenfield Albert L Houston. Two bodies not recovered.
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International News Service
Long Beach
Cal
N. Y
Vincent V. Lalor
Brooklyn
Henry Kmenfield
Hampton Conn
Albert L. Houston
Centralia Wash
George W. Febrey
Annapolis
Pigeons Baffle County Office Desks
Two pigeons reportedly entered and emerged from the desks of Misses Ardys Ryhal and Eleanor Dewberry in the county commissioners office. Clerks called in officials as the birds circled the ceiling and finally escaped after lowered windows were used.
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County Commissioners’ Office
Ardys Ryhal
Eleanor Dewberry
County Commissioners
William Eakin
E. C. McCracken
McCracken
Baltimore Tragedy: Man Shot. Woman Attacked in Park
Reuben Heyman, 22, was killed with two bullets in a deserted Baltimore park. His companion, Dorothy Burgess, 24, was attacked by a pistol wielding stranger who claimed to be a World War veteran and swallowed poison tablets before fleeing. Police link the case to a prior assault on widow Margaret Wilhelm in Duncan Woods.
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International News Service
Baltimore
Reuben Heyman
Dorothy Burgess
Druid Hall Park
Lorenzo Price
Duncan Woods
Heyman
Cottman
Dense Fog Impacts New York Harbor Traffic and Rail Lines
Dense fog in New York Harbor slows ferry and harbor traffic as ships struggle to move. A ferry and a tug collided in Erie basin, the tug sank, two missing, four injured on a Pelham Bay local, and city transit and ferry schedules were heavily delayed.
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New York City
James L. Kilgallen
International News Service
New York
New York Harbor
Erie Basin
Brooklyn
Harbor
Manhattan Island
Interborough Rapid Transit
Pelham Bay Division
Upper Bay
Staten Island
New Jersey
Jersey
Hudson River
William Randolph Hearst
Pennzoil Station Robbed On Croton Avenue
Police investigated a robbery at the Pennzoil service station on Croton avenue discovered after officers Dukes and Lockard arrived at 7 20 this morning. Entry was gained by boring holes around a side door bolts and two boxes of cigars, cigarets and chewing gum were taken.
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Pennzoil
Croton Avenue
Dukes and Lockard
Court Sessions For Coming Two Months
Two terms of common pleas court are scheduled for January and one for February. Sessions open on the second Monday of January the third Monday and the second Monday of February. Cases on the trial list will be taken up. Judge Hildebrand and Chambers have done remarkably good work in keeping the list cleaned up.
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Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas
Hildebrand
Chambers
First Robin Is Seen In County
A local resident, Mrs. Mc Cord Smith of Edenburg, reports seeing what is believed to be the first robin of the year. She heard a chirp on her porch and observed a large robin red breast eating bread crumbs. Robins this early, January 3, are unusual in the area.
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McCord Smith
Edenburg
Death Notice for John De Carlo and Others
Death record items list John De Carlo aged 46 of Sheep Hill in Lawrence Stevenson of New Castle Pennsylvania and Clare Stewart 16 of 937 Adams Street.
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John de Carlo
Sheep Hill
Lawrence Stevenson
New Castle
Clare Stewart
Adams Street
Vets Officers Installed At Joint VFW and Ladies Auxiliary
Officers of the Harry L. McBride Post and Ladies Auxiliary were formally installed at a joint ceremony in the Legion Home Building. Frank Drombie of Pittsburgh presided as installing officer amid large attendance. New officers include Commander James Bell and President Margaret Stoner with appointees Emma Clanie and Anna Concilla among others.
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Harry L. McBride Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies Auxiliary
Legion Home Association
Pennsylvania Department
Frank Drombie
Pittsburgh
Harry L McBride
James
John la Rue
Ida Suber
Elizabeth Stoner
Maud Nolan
Emily Benson
Eleanor Lewis
Margaret Stoner
Emma Clanie
Anna Concilla Guard
Ruth Conner
Adella Evans
Mac Mackey
Ada Miller
Lucy Weoley
Sara Jane Fishburn
Robbers Enter Two Churches In City Break-In
Police report two church robberies in 24 hours. Arlington Avenue Free Methodist Church lost five dollars from the poor box and about a dollar from another fund after a rear window was forced open. Detective Logan and Officer Lynch investigated. a brace and bit were used to pry cupboards and bookcases.
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Arlington Avenue Free Methodist Church
Logan
Lynch
Slight Accidents Reported To Police
Raymond Gerston of 116 Willard avenue reported Thursday that his car on Highland avenue at Sheridan avenue collided with a car driven by a Pennsylvania license holder 39 219. Some damage occurred to both cars. William Chrissis of 1310 Pennsylvania avenue reported Thursday that his car on Mill street collided with a car bearing Pennsylvania license 4428A driven by a woman also going north on Mill street.
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Raymond Gerston
Willard Avenue
Highland Avenue
Sheridan Avenue
Wiliam Chrissis
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mill Street
Farmer Plows Field Early In January On Piedmon Farm
On the New Castle Wampum road a farmer plowed a sod field on the Piedmon farm this morning. The high and dry ground appears suitable for plowing and follows ongoing court disputes over the sand and gravel lease. The tenant may be able to begin spring work early due to the sand and gravel underlay.
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Piedmont Farm
Piedmon
New Castle-Wampum
Christmas Tree Reaches End of Season
Vivid fragment describes a bare Christmas tree after festivity ends. Limbs are bare, stalks brown, floor strewn with needles. Lights lash but tree must go out today as a relic for garbage, dogs in the alley play, tinsel and trinkets removed. Weather noted as thirty.
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