European gold nations convene to defend the gold standard
Eight European central banks meet at the Bank of France to discuss keeping the gold standard under pressure from inflation. They propose unifying international payments under central banks and using the Bank for International Settlements as a register and exchange barometer.
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International News Service
Paris
Bank of France
Bank For International Settlements
European Gold Bloc
Europe
Roosevelt
Hunt Victims Of Cloudburst In Colorado Area
More than 200 searchers combed the banks of Bear Creek Canyon west of Denver for victims of a cloudburst that swept Idledale Morrison and surrounding areas Friday. The disaster damaged property valued at about 1 million dollars and officials feared up to 20 lives were lost. Sheriff James Begins led the search in Jefferson county as debris from the canyon washed into lowlands below Morrison. Two bodies were recovered.
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International News Service
Denver
Idledale
Morrison
Colo
James Begins
Jefferson County
Kidnapping Rumor Returns as Chicago Figures Linked to Escape
Reports say John Jake the Barber Factor and Murray Humphries, peers of Al Capone, head toward San Antonio in a big black 16 cylinder sedan en route to Mexico. Justice officials seek Humphries for income tax indictments while Factor may cross borders to England for a 7 million stock swindle case. Police in Newark hold George Kish as they verify the tale of Kidnapers.
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International News Service
Chicago
John
Jake
San Antonio
Tex
Murray Humphries
al Capone
Department of Justice
Humphries
Mexico
Atlanta
Factor
England
Newark
N. J
George G
Kish
Gary
Ind
British Open Won by Densmore Shute at St Andrews
Densmore Shute, a youthful pro from Philadelphia, claimed the British Open championship at St Andrews with a decisive victory over Craig Wood of Deal New Jersey. The win cements Shute among golfdom’s immortals.
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International News Service
ST. Andrews
Scotland
Densmore Shute
Philadelphia
Golfdom
Immortals
Craig Wood
Deal, N. J
Detour Bulletin Shows No New Local Detours
No new detours or additional oiling are listed in the current week Detour Bulletin for the county district. In the Cook's Forest area oiling is planned on the road south of Leeper as mapped. A Shenango River incident reports a boy catching a large catfish near West Washington street bridge after it took a snagged line downstream. Shade trees planted late this spring are dying from hot dry weather as root balls shrink.
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State Highway Department
Cook’s Forest
Leeper
Shenango
West Washington Street Bridge
Pa Newe
Daily Weather Report of U S statistics
The 24 hour period ending at 9 am reports a maximum temperature of 93 and a minimum of 62 with no precipitation. River stage is 4.1 feet. The corresponding figures from the previous year show a max of 84 and a min of 58 with 0.41 inches of rain.
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U. S
Explosion wrecks Kentucky armory in Williamsburg
A violent blast at the Kentucky national guard armory in Williamsburg killed Leon Humfleet aged 18 and injured his brother Clarence and Richard Davis. The explosion caused a fire destroying five businesses and shattered windows three blocks away as residents were awoken by the blast. Authorities ponder whether the blast preceded the fire or vice versa with nitroglycerin or gas suspected as the cause.
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International News Service
Williamsburg
Kentucky National Guard
Joss
Leon Humfleet
Clarence Humfleet
Richard
Davis
Bandit Gang Uses Cop Uniform in New York Hold-Up
A five-man gang led by a man in a policeman’s uniform robbed a branch of the Corn Exchange Bank & Trust Co in New York today. They escaped with between 20 000 and 30 000 dollars after forcing the assistant manager to open a safe. A gray coat was used to cloak the disguise and the license number of the car was obtained as a major manhunt unfolded.
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International News Service
New York
Corn Exchange Bank & Trust Co
Holland Tunnel
Washington Bridge
Miner Allan M Freed Dies After Mine Accident
Allan M Freed 36 of East Palestine Ohio died at Ellwood City Hospital from a fractured skull sustained at Vance mines near Wampum. He was working a coal cutting machine when an unsecured iron anchor bar dropped into the machine, striking him with fatal force.
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Allan M. Freed
East Palestine
Vance
Wampum
Ellwood City
Freed
Martinohnson
Eed
18 Workers Recalled at Baltimore and Ohio Shops
J B Harward, general foreman at Baltimore and Ohio shops New Castle Junction, recalls 18 men to work effective Monday July 10. The crew includes five machinists two boiler makers one pipe fitter five machinist helpers two boiler maker helpers one pipe fitter helper and two car repairmen. The move aligns with broader system increases signaling heavier traffic and larger returns.
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J. B. Harward
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New Castle Junction
Mr. Harward
New Castle
Baltimore and Ohio
Samuels Elected Director of New Castle Motor Club
At Friday night’s board meeting Alec Samuels was elected a director of the New Castle Motor Club to succeed Howard B. Richards, who moves to Birmingham Alabama as manager of the water company there. Samuels has long been active in civic work and especially in the motor club.
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New Castle
Treser Issues Call To Workers For Relief Projects
Director of city improvements Stanley Treser issued a summons for Work Relief employees registered for July who have not worked to report at 7 a.m. on Monday at the Toolhouse North Croton Avenue. They will be assigned to relief projects now under way.
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Stanley Treser
North Croton Avenue
Pittsburgh Man Hangs Self in St. Francis Ward
Police investigate the death of Michael Koelnich a 54 year old man from Morgan Pennsylvania who hanged himself with a pillow case in the psychopathic ward of St. Francis hospital in Pittsburgh. Coroner's office notes the hanging occurred from a bedstead.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Michael Koelnich
Morgan, Pa
Psycopathic
St. Francis Hospital
Slayer to Die in Italy Bluebeard Suspect Condemned
Caesar Serviatti known as the bluebeard was condemned by a criminal court in Spezia to die for the killings of three women including a body linked to the Naples suitcase mystery. In Jeannette Pennsylvania local Democrats choose a straight ticket led by Frank A. Gant for burgess.
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Die Spezia
Italy
Caesar Serviatti
Bluebeard
Naples
Jeannette
Frank A. Gant
Burgess
Woman Slayer Held in Washington County Jail
Oro Thomas of Crescent Heights is detained in Washington county jail awaiting police investigation into the death of her common law husband Charles Jeter aged 45 in Brownsville.
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Brownsville
Oro Thomas
Crescent Heights
Washington County
Charles Jeter
U S S Macon Completes First Training Flight
The U S S Macon the navy dirigible conducted a 24 hour cruise along the north Atlantic coast returning to its hangar in Lakehurst New Jersey. Lieut. Com. Alger Dresel reported the flight without incident and praised the training success.
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Lakehurst
N. J
U. S. S. Macon
North Atlantic
Alger Dresel
Earhart lands in Amarillo during cross country flight
Amelia Earhart arrived at Amarillo airport about 7 45 this morning during a Los Angeles to New York crossing. She said she would depart promptly for St Louis to continue her journey.
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Amarillo
Tex
Amelia Earhart
Los Angeles
New York
St. Louis
Tragedy in Latrobe: Giacobbi Brothers In Auto Motorcycle Crash
Lewis Giacobbi aged 24 of Dorothy near Latrobe died in a collision between an automobile and a motorcycle. His brother Chester, 22, sustained minor cuts and bruises.
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Latrobe
Lewis Giacobbi
Dorothy
Giacobbi
Chester
Present wife near collapse in Pittsburgh jail visit
July 8 in a drab rooming house scene Bertha Hindman Callahan, wife of James Callahan alias Lee Daniel Murphy, 41, of Phoenix, visits the Long Beach murder case suspect to seek admission or denial of charges that he beat his third wife to death seven years ago. The woman, holding her 15 month old son Bobby, disputes the divorce claims and recalls a Rockville marriage.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
James Callahan
Lee Daniel Murphy
Phoenix
Ariz
Callahan
Long Beach
Cal
Bertha Hindman Callahan
Bobby
Chicago
Rockville
Death Notices Include Nesbitt Hepeler and DeLillo
Death records list Cc Nesbitt of Pittsburgh O H Hepeler age 43 of Clarion and Miss Lillian DeLillo age 36 of 15 Maitland Street.
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Cc Nesbitt
Pittsburgh
O. W. Hepeler
Clarion
Lillian DeLillo
Maitland Street
Helen Wills Wins Sixth Wimbledon Title
Helen Wills Moody defeated Dorothy Round 6-4 6-8 6-3 to win her sixth Wimbledon singles crown, tying Suzanne Lenglen for the record. The California star overcame heavy resistance in a fiercely contested final at Wimbledon, England.
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Helen Wills Moody
International News Service
Wimbledon
Eng
Helen Wills-Moody
Suzanne Lenglen
France
California
Mille
Lenglen
Dorothy Round
England
Weather Delays Italian Flight Bound for Chicago
Unfavorable weather reports delayed the Italian air armada under General Italo Balbo in Reykjavik Iceland. Twenty four seaplanes are ready for the next hop to Labrador and will resume as soon as conditions improve.
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Italian Air Armada
International News Service
London
Chicago
Italo Balbo
Reykjavik
Iceland
Exchange Telegraph
Labrador
New American Plan Aims to Restart World Conference
The White House sent a new plan to London intended to revive the World Economic Conference. The proposal seeks to mobilize a world-wide movement to raise prices and is to be presented informally by American delegates to leaders at the conference.
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White House
London
Kingsbury Smith International News Service
Washington
Has Difficult Task Has Difficult Task
Cordell Hull, secretary of state, leads the American delegation at the world economic conference in London. Artist sketch exclusive to Central Press. GROVE CITY, Pa July 8. Harry Hassell, eight, was killed when he ran into an automobile near his home.
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Cordell Hull
U.S
London
Central Press
Major
Grove City
Harry Hassell
Mattern Survives Siberian Plane Crash Unhurt
A wireless message to the U S coast guard from the Northland reports Jim Mattern survived a June 15 crash in Eastern Siberia about 80 miles west of Anadir. The message confirms Mattern was unhurt and details the wrecked plane beyond recovery.
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International News Service
San Francisco
Jimmy Mattern
Anadir
Siberia
Mattern
United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Northland
Siberian
8S. V. Parker
Flyer Mattern
Winter Ave Youth Dies Of Wound
James Nitsche a 17 year old boy shot himself at 316 Winter Avenue by a .38 revolver in front of his mother and sister due to unemployment despair. He died later after being taken to Jameson Memorial Hospital where he was listed in critical condition.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital
James Nitsche
Winter Avenue
Charles B. Nitsche
Beverly Hills Notes on Jimmy Mattern and World Events
The writer reflects on Jimmy Mattern and Crawford beating Vines in Australia, notes England golf victory and second place at an Economic Conference. Mentions John D. Rockefeller at 94 giving away hundreds of millions, and Harvard Yale and Cornell rowing abroad with a joking risk of rowing back through the canal.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Jimmy Mattern
Crawford
Vines
Australia
England
John D. Rockefeller
Harvard
Yale
Cornell
Rockefeller Spends Birthday Quietly On His Estate
John D. Rockefeller celebrated his 94th birthday at his Pocantico Hills estate in a quiet manner. He tipped a half dollar to passing Italian musicians aboard a Yonkers ferryboat after a car ride, dropping the coin into the hat. The incident followed his habit of giving dimes in the past.
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International News Service
Tarrytown
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
John
Raymond Durate
N. J.yonkers
Rockefeller
Immedi
Summer Heat Diet Pleas For Cool Foods
Arthur Mometer craves cool dishes to beat the heat. He rejects hot meals and favors scalloped potatoes pickled beets cold baked beans lemonade dill pickles and icy tea served in deep shade to feel summer bliss.
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