Fourth of July Toll in Pennsylvania Nears Twenty Deaths
International News Service reports a near score of fatalities across Pennsylvania on the Fourth. Fireworks caused four deaths and injuries to 169 people, mostly children, with drownings and car crashes contributing many more. Philadelphia saw one death and over 50 injuries. Pittsburgh area three deaths and 34 hurt. Harrisburg 32 injuries. other drownings noted in western PA and in Roversford.
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International News Service
Pennsylvania
International News Service Today
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Roversford
Phil
Legislation authorizes massive construction program
Special to The News from Minneapolis reports optimism over Fourth of July after Congress adjourned briefly. The writer notes the Senate will reconvene Monday and warns of delayed action. The tone compares Congress to a baby with a hammer and cites eighteen months of perceived damage as the era continues.
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Minneapolis
Congress
Hoover Announces Vast Peace Time Building Program
The Hoover administration moves forward on a sweeping construction agenda passed by Congress to curb unemployment. The plan funds nearly a billion dollars in roads, public buildings, and federal projects over three years, with $452.5 million from the federal government and matching state contributions. Public buildings receive $230 million, with $115 million allocated to states and the District of Columbia.
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William K. Hutchinson
Hoover
Congress
Union
National Forest
West
Uncle Sam
States
District of Columbia
Bessemer Fourth of July Celebration a Local Triumph
Bessemer, Lawrence county, hosted a sunlit Fourth of July with an all local event organized by the Bessemer Boosters' club led by C. D Montgomery. The day featured a parade with three bands and a full schedule of activities, ending with widespread satisfaction that the celebration was the largest of its kind in town.
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Bessemer
Lawrence County
Boro
Bessemer Boosters’ Club
C. D Montgomery
Roy Wallis J A. Johnston
Charles White
Fourth of July Death Toll Rises Across Nation
International News Service reports a surge in casualties from Independence Day celebrations. New York City records 14 deaths and 300 injuries, Pennsylvania about 20 dead, Chicago 10 killed, Boston 11, Washington 6, and Kansas City area 14, with nationwide totals rising.
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International News
America Today
New York City
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Boston
Washington
Kansas City
Pa Newc Observes and Notes Local Happenings
Pa Newc recalls observing a new power street sweeper in use on city streets and reports it works well. Amateur ball players wear uniforms without stockings, not attractive or advisable. A pitcher in overalls worked on a local ball lot. The fall fair will be the New Castle fair in August and bass up to a foot were caught in the Neshannock River. Flags were plentiful for the Fourth, with many not following flag etiquette. Pa Nene notes Cascade Street plot used for some…
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Pa Newe
Pa Nene
New Castle
Neshannock
Cascade Street
Daily Weather Report Incomplete Echoes With Temperatures And River
Weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending at 9 o clock show a maximum 83 and minimum 59 with no precipitation while river stage stands at 42 feet and falling. Friday morning figures record a maximum 75 minimum 44 with river stage at 43 feet.
Six Hurt In Auto Crash On Butler Highway
Six persons were injured Friday night about 10 30 when the cars of Rev C G Johnston of New Castle and Alex Paszini of Ellport collided at the Weigletown cross road on the Butler highway near Smith Service Station. Two were seriously hurt and rushed to hospitals. Richard Headland 12 of Baden and Ralph Wigton 15 of Ellwood were the more seriously injured with head cuts concussion and possible skull fracture.
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Rev. C. G. Johnston
New Castle
Alex. Paszini
Ellport
Weigletown Cross Road
Butler Highway
Smith Service Station
Rev. Johnston
Cross Road
Paszini
Ellhurst
Johnston
Richard Headland
Baden
Ralph Wigton
Ellwood
R. D
Headland
New Castle Hospital
Fire Destroys Home On Farm
Fire destroyed the frame residence of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carpenter on their East Brook Neshannock Falls road farm at about 9 30 p m due to a defective flue. Neighbors rushed to help but could not save the house or its upper floors. only some first floor furniture survived.
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Joseph Carpenter
East Brook- Neshannock Falls
Carpenter
Senate Sets Monday for Naval Treaty Consideration
Washington July 5 Senators, exhausted after fifteen months in session, are called by President Hoover to return Monday for a special session to review the London naval limitation treaty with Great Britain and Japan. The president issued a proclamation urging the senate to report back, but he cannot compel all members to remain for ratification.
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International News Service
Washington
Senate
Hoover
London
Great Britain
Japan
White House
Virginia
Mooney Stil Keeps Up Fight After Pardon Denial
San Francisco July 5 The California supreme court voted six to one to recommend denying Warren K Billings pardon. Mooney said the fight continues as he remains at San Quentin serving life for the Preparedness Day bombing case. He insists on his innocence and fears the Billings decision may affect his own fate.
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San Francisco
Calfornia Supreme Court
G. C. Young
Warren K Billings
Billings
Thomas J. Mooney
America
Supreme Court
Billlings
Young
Mooney
San Quentin Penitentiary
Brisbin Hurt In Car Crash Near Waimo New Wilmington
James Brisbin of Lathrop street was severely injured and burned when his car overturned after leaving a picnic near Waimo on the New Wilmington highway. He was pinned beneath the vehicle and taken by friends to Jameson Memorial hospital with lacerations to the scalp and forehead and burns to the chest.
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James Brisbin
Lathrop Street
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Waimo
New Wilmington
Brisbin
Pulaski
W. G. Coates
Pension costs for veterans reach record high in Congress action
Washington report notes that increases approved by Congress raise the yearly cost of pensions to veterans of World War I Civil and Spanish American wars to over 800 million dollars and could approach one billion within five years as disability pensions expand. The pension program is described as the most liberal in U S history. The outlawt er compensation and pensions now dwarf peacetime military maintenance costs.
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F International News Ser
Washington
Uncle Sam
Congress
Army
Quiet Fourth Passes Without Fireworks Health Alerts
No emergency calls were received for tetanus anti toxin after injuries from firecrackers in New Castle. Health officials credit a strict city fireworks ban for a safe celebration marking a quieter Fourth of July with few or no burn incidents.
Shooting Star Panic Injures Fifty Crowds at Park
Roscoe Vitale of New Castle Pennsylvania, a fireworks company representative, was to be questioned by police after a shooting star exploded over a 50 000 strong crowd. Fourteen people were seriously injured in the panic. He will not be held, police said.
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International News Service
Detroit
Roscoe Vitale
New Castle
Vitale
Endurance Fliers Rest After Being In Air For Over Three Weeks
Two youths John and Kenneth Hunter ended a 24th day endurance flight in the City of Chicago monoplane at Sky Harbor, achieving 55 hours 51 minutes 39 seconds and surpassing the prior world record by 133 hours 30 minutes. Crowd safety and a rapid landing curtailed a longer flight.
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Chicago
Sky Harbor
John
Kenneth Hunter
City of
Hunter Brothers
St. Louis
Fatalities and injuries mount in New York Fourth of July
New York reports show 14 dead and over 309 injured from Fourth of July celebrations. Many injuries were burns from fireworks. Five drownings occurred nearby with 2,000,000 beachgoers. Automobile accidents killed six and a fire killed three burned victims. Sophie Davis, 13, was severely burned by sparklers.
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Sn Serre
New York
Sophie Davis
Police Killings in Hamtramck Gun Battle
Patrolman Barney Ross of Hamtramck police was shot dead and John Metz, linked to beer running, was possibly fatally wounded in a gun battle with gangsters in Hamtramck near Detroit. Police tie incident to slayings of Chicago gangsters and a Wednesday wounding as Ross reportedly thwarted the attackers.
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Am Retiie
St .E
Detroit
Barney Ross
Hamtramck
John Metz
Chicago
Ross
Fire destroys home in South New Castle Borough blaze
Firemen from Central and No 5 departments responded to a South New Castle Borough alarm early Friday but could not save Steve Zepha’s home on South Jefferson Street beyond the school house. The fire, outside the city, had gained headway before crews reached the scene. the Seplia family were away visiting friends.
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Central
No. 5
South New Castle Borough
Steve Zepha
Clare Stockman
South Jefferson Street
Seplia
Weather And Desertion Case In Divorce Reports
Weather outlook July 7 to July 12 shows local thundershowers at week start and midweek in the North Atlantic and Ohio Valley with above normal temperatures early and later cooling. James Sheele files for divorce from Josephine Sheele on grounds of desertion. married April 1920, lived together until June 1928.
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New Servis
Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Ohio Valley
James Sheele
Prothonotarys Office
Josephine Sheele
Death Record Notice for Blated and Genova Family
Death notices listed for Custovas Blated age 69 of New Gealille and Angela Genova, Ll, Hillsville. Authorities confirm crosses at local cemetery with service details pending at Bessemer Funeral Home.
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Custovas
Gealille Touts
Hribar
Bessemer
Angela Genova
Hillsville
Child Dies of Lock Jaw on Hillsville Road
Angela Geneva an 11 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Phillip Geneva died after a foot wound turned septic and tetanus set in The girl stepped on rusty iron at home and later died at Jamesord Memorial hospital Funeral services will be held Monday at 9 30 a m from St Lawrence Church with burial in the church cemetery She is survived by her parents and eight siblings
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Hillsville-Bessemer Road
Angela
Phillip Geneva
Jamesord Memorial Hospital
Picnic Day Sunburn Tales With Bright Faces
A chaotic fragment describes sunburned attendees at an annual picnic with reddened noses and arms. Vivid imagery contrasts pale skin reddening to roses while playful lines hint at drinking and color from a pleasant day. The narrator notes Sundin cheeks and seaworn muses as sunlight lingers on the highway.
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