Fliers Welcome Crew After Paris to Croydon Arrival
American world flyers arriving in Croydon at 4 07 p m were greeted by cheering crowds and escorted by British planes. Mrs Stuart MacLaren, wife of a famed flyer, congratulated Lieut Lowell Smith who thanked her for support during a prior incident in India. Letters from the king, the ambassador and the premier were presented.
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International News Service
Croyden
England
America
Paris
Stuart MacLaren
Veterasu
Paramashiru
Kuriles
Lieut
Lowell Smith
India
Lieut. Smith
McLaren
Kelloy
MacDonald
Croydon
Scottish Rite Annual Picnic in Full Swing at Cascade Park
The Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite picnic draws a large crowd at Cascade Park with an estimated 25 000 attendees expected by afternoon. Cars fill East Washington street and many children join the celebration as freaks and entertainers mingle with festivities.
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C. Ed. Brown
Cascade Park
Brown
Washington Street
MacLaren Leaves Lete For Paramashira In Second Ocean Lap
A. Stuart MacLaren, the British round the world flyer, departed Lete for Paramashira in the Kurile Islands marking the second leg of his trans Pacific route. The course mirrors the parallel track used by the American planes from Alaska to Japan as part of the same flight phase.
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International News Service
London
A. Stuart MacLaren
Letefora
Paramashira
Kurile Islands
Tokio
Alaska
Japan
Forest fires rage along Pacific coast endangering towns
Thousands of workers fight a sprawling blaze along the Pacific coast from Canada to Mexico. In California 2500 personnel struggle to halt the inferno threatening Mount Shasta City and the Humbug mountain area near Yreka as fires advance over a ten mile front amid rain and exhaustion.
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International News Service
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Mount Shasta City
Chico State Teachers’ College
Humbug
Yreka
Beaver Falls Council Inspects Local Police and Fire Systems
Beaver Falls Pennsylvania council members toured the city Tuesday evening as guests of Bell Telephone to view the police patrol call system installation and to inspect the fire alarm system recently set up by the company for the city.
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Beaver Falls
Bell Telephone Company
Night Burglary Epidemic Strikes North Side Homes
Police report a string of burglaries last night in the North Side, with cash over $125 stolen from the residences of Miss M. E. Davis, George M. Retten, and John Britton. An attempted entry occurred at Earl W. Dean’s home as detectives suspect professional second story methods. Police will widen protective measures in residential districts.
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North Side
M. E. Davis
North
Jefferson Street
George M. Retten
West
Moody Avenue
John Britton
Beaver Street
Earl W. Dean
Wilmington Avenue
Suspect in Boy's Murder Released
Michael Courtney, 71, identified as the man who asked seven year old Francis McDonnell to go with him hours before he was strangled on Staten Island, was released after questioning. Courtney admitted presence near the crime scene but said he did not bother the children. Identified by playmate Edward Donavan, Courtney is an inmate of the city poor farm.
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New York
Michael Courtney
Francis McDonnell
Staten Island
Courtney
Edward Donavan
City Poor Farm
Suits Bought Cheap at Sales Keep Neighbor Spry
A neighbor explains his habit of buying many suits cheaply at sales. He stores the leftovers and salts them on ice to keep them for later use, enabling a steady supply of texture new and fine attire at moderate prices.
Commencement Concert Laudations For Patterson School Musicians
Connoisseurs of music attended the Patterson School of Music commencement event at First Presbyterian Church. Graduates and faculty drew praise for original compositions and polished piano performances by the young women, sparking notable enthusiasm from the audience.
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Patterson School of Music
First Presbyterian Church
Coolidge to be notified of nomination in August events
President Coolidge will be officially notified of his Republican re nomination on August 14 at Memorial Continental Hall Washington D C. Frank W Mondell will deliver the notification speech. Charles Dawes will be notified August 19 at his Evanston home with A W Jeffris delivering the speech.
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International News Service
New York
Coolidge
Memorial Continental Hall
Washington, D. C
William M. Butler
Republican National Committee
Frank W. Mondell
Wyoming
Cleveland
Charles G. Dawes
Evanston
Butler
A. W. Jefferis
Nebraska
House
Republican
Buter
Bathhouse to Serve as City Storehouse in New Castle
D O Davies purchasing agent for New Castle says the bath-house by the Neshannock River will not be sold this year and will be used as a store room next winter. All playground apparatus will be moved to the bath-house after picnic season ends.
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D. O. Davies
City of
New Castle
Neshannock River
City adds truck to meet growing garbage load
Howard Phillips superintendent of garbage collection says about thirty tons of garbage are collected and incinerated at the city plant each working day. An additional truck, four in total, has been in use since June 15 to handle the increase.
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Howard Phillips
Deaths Of The Day Miss Anna M Hunter Franklin
Miss Anna M. Hunter of Franklin died at an early age after a brief illness. She was widely known in the community for charitable works and is survived by several relatives. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
Amish Move for Land Near Enon Valley Sees 240 Acre Farm Sold
The Wilmington colony begins shifting members to Little Beaver township near Enon Valley. O J Riddle sold 240 acre Little Beaver property to Jacob S Byler for 15000 dollars. Seventeen families plan to move, each seeking about 90 acres, totaling roughly 1500 acres for the new Enon Valley colony.
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Wilmington Township
Little Beaver Township
Enon Valley
Wilmington
O. J. Riddle
Jacob S. Byler
Wilmington Colony
Little Beaver
Friendship Street Grading To Begin Next Monday
Grading of Friendship Street will start next Monday morning. Contractor Mr. MacQuiston will complete the work as soon as possible.
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Friendship Street
MacQuiston
Was Son Of Policeman of Port Richmond Missing Since Monday
New York July 16 The entire police force of Staten Island and over 250 detectives comb the woods and swamps of Staten Island seeking the assailant who brutalized and murdered eight year old Francis P McDonald son of a Port Richmond policeman and buried his body under brush near Chelsea woods with Mrs Maude nearby.
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International News Service
New York
Staten Island
Francis P. McDonald
Port Richmond
Chelsea Woods
Maude
Ritz Carlton Hotel May Close as Common Nuisance
New York July 16 Prohibition action may shutter the Ritz Carlton under the Volstead act if the U S attorney's office succeeds A permanent injunction and one year closure are sought The hotel roof garden and property are claimed to be under same management as liquor sales are alleged to occur Ritz Carlton counsel denies any liquor profit or sale and expects a court ruling to favor the hotel
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Palais Royal
Ritz Carlton
Edmund Durkin
Open Conference on Dawes Plan Opens in London
The fifteenth allied conference on the Dawes Plan opened in Downing Street with Premier Ramsay MacDonald as chairman. After a two hour session it adjourned to let three committees prepare reports on Dawes Plan implementation and practical operation. Representatives of ten nations spoke briefly in an optimistic tone.
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International News Service
London
Downing Street
Dawes
Ramsay MacDonald
England
Australian Labor Party Likely Forms New Government
London dispatch reports the Australian government fell in the commons after an adverse vote in Melbourne. The Australian Labor Party is likely to form a new government following the outcome.
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Australian Labor Party
International News Service
London
Commons
Melbourne
Labor Party
Dispatch
Owen D. Young Appointed Reparations Agent
Owen D. Young of the United States will be the reparations agent with power to arbitrate disputes between the allies and Germany. The appointment will be made by the reparations commission, not the Dawes plan conference, and is seen as broad support for the talks amid English French tensions.
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David M. Church
International News Service
London
Owen DD. Young
United States
Germany
Young
Reparations Commission
England
France
Rise of Yunkting River Threatens Northern China
London reports the Yunkting River rising threatening sections of North China. Peking-Hankow railway traffic curtailed and Kalgan flooded with vast damage but few deaths. Tianjin faces inundation while fears grow for dikes protecting Erenstin and foreign concessions. Foreign residents are safe per American embassy.
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International News Service
London
North China
Peking-Hankow
Kalgan
Peking
Tienstin
Erenstin
Marriage Licenses for New Wilmington and Ellwood City
Hugh M Hart and Jean Ralston of New Wilmington Pa. Aught Mosley and La Verna Weber of Ellwood City Pa.
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New Wilmington
Jean Ralston
Aught Mosley
Ellwood City
la Verna Weber
Couple Injured As Auto Overturns Near Mount Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant Pa July 16 Charles Wingrove 24 of this city and Miss Nancy Queer 24 of Bridgeport Pa are in Mt Clemens Hospital after the auto they rode in turned over while rounding a curve near here early this morning.
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International News Service
MT. Pleasant
Charles Wingrove
This City
Nancy Queer
Bridgeport
Mt. Clemens Hospital
Federal Farm Loan Board Lowers Rate on Cooperative Loans
The Federal Farm Loan Board announced a rate reduction from 5 1 2 to 5 percent on loans to cooperative marketing associations. Loans are issued via Intermediate Credit Banks, which in the last year lent $58,000,000 to about 200,000 farmers, effective immediately.
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International News Service
Washington
Federal Farm Loan Board Today
Police raid ends in affidavit and liquor capture
Police failed to secure evidence at a speakeasy after Officer J B Lyons drank on duty but filed an affidavit. The raid proceeded and Lyons was not dismissed. In Southampton L I Countess Salm Von Hoogstraten lost a 2500 diamond during a costly golf game at Shifte necock Golf club. A Siberian tiger Ben convulsed at Milwaukee zoo, then plunged through bars as onlookers fled.
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J. B. Lyons
Countess Salm von Hoogstraten
Shiftenecock Golf Club
Southampton
L. I
Ben
Milwaukee
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Knights of the Road
Beaver Falls Council
Arthur Mometer
Music School
Anna M. Hunter
Franklin
Boy
U. 8S. Attorney's Office
Owen D. Young
Office
China
Hugh M. Hart
Mount Pleasant
Federal Farm Loan Board
Barney Bott
Sarah P. C. Walker
Warren, C
New Lebanon
Greenville
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Pittsburgh
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Cooperstown
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