Two Army Fliers Killed In Crash Near Hartford
Two Army aviators died four miles from Hartford when their plane collided mid air with another army airship. Lieut Benjamin Laurie of Hempstead Long Island and Corporal Harold Stronnyder of Wichita Kansas were killed. Lieut Francis X Kelly of Brooklyn and Staff Sergt David L Spicer survived. The planes were en route to an airplane factory at Hartford. Major William O R yan and Major Chase went to the scene.
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Mitchell Field
N. Y
Hartford
Conn
Benjamin Laurie
Hempstead Long Island
Opocee Tenn
Harold Strosnyder
Wichita
Kansas
Francis X. Kelly
Brooklyn
Laurie
David L. Spicer
William O’ryan
Mitchell Field General Staff
Chase
Red Cross
Conference On German Problem Opens In London
London hosts a wartime European crisis conference as U S and British cabinet members share in the meeting. The gathering is described as the most notable since the days of peace parleys, signaling high stakes in postwar policy.
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London
Crowded pool crowds bathers on Slippery Rock outing
Pa Newc observes a crowded Slippery Rock pool where swimming is barely possible. Motor patrol urged to monitor Harlandsburg intersection as drivers speed past stop signs on Perry highway. Corn ears appearing in county rural areas. Light rain cooled a hot Sunday with two canoe-topped cars seen on the Youngstown to Milton Lake road.
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Pa. Newe
State Motor Patrol
Harlansburg
Pa Newe
Perry Highway
Slippery Rock Road
Youngstown
Milton Lake
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather bureau data show the 24 hour period ending 9 this morning with a high of 95 and a low of 68 and .28 inch of precipitation while river stage stands at 2.7 feet. For the 24 hours to Sunday morning the high was 89 and the low 67 with no rain and a river stage of 2.8 feet. One year ago July 19 high 98 low 63 and July 20 low 71.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Navy Balloon Wins 1931 National Race Near Akron
The United States navy balloon piloted by Lieutenant T. G. W. Settle won the 1931 national race, unofficially announced from Akron. Goodyear Zeppelin balloon finished second after landing near Melilla New York and covering about 190 miles, while the navy craft traveled roughly 216 miles.
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Akron
United States Navy
T. G. W. Settle
Goodyear- Zeppelin Corporation
Stevensville
Ont
Navy
Melilla
N. Y
Goodyear
Weekend traffic toll rises with multiple city fatalities
Across Philadelphia Pittsburgh and surrounding areas eight people died and 18 were injured in weekend crashes. Notable cases include Lorraine Politz 3 killed in Philadelphia, Ruth Zeigler 5 killed in Shermansdale, and Charles Eckles 19 killed in Harrisburg street car collision. Other incidents left several injured including Betty Cardial 8 in Pittsburgh and George Kerfoot 31 fatally hurt after a fall from a moving auto.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Lorraine Politz
Egg Harbor
N. J
Shermansdale
Ruth Zeigler
Harrisburg
Charles H. Eckles
John Doyle
Embankment
McKeesport
George Massie
Mildred Marge
Greensburg
George Kerfoot
New Kensington
Betty Cardial
Red Flame of Textile Strike Is Native Born
Anna Burlak known as the Red Flame of the Rhode Island textile strike was found to be born in Slatington near Bethlehem on May 24, 1911. Immigration official Samuel Horowitz verified her birthplace and parentage in Bethlehem, ending deportation threats. Previously tied to disturbances in Nazareth Pennsylvania Camden New Jersey and Georgia.
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Bethlehem
Anna Burlak
Rhode Island
U. S
Slatington
Here
Samuel Horowitz
Gloucester
N. J
Stolen Car Recovered After Report at Lee and Moore
Cc F Tindall of R D No 8 reported to police Saturday evening that an unknown person stole his car while it was parked at Lee avenue and Moore street. He later told officers he found the vehicle on Mahoning avenue.
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Cc. F. Tindall
Lee Avenue
Moore Street
Mahoning Avenue
Beauty winner Irene Knight granted parole after liquor charge
Irene Knight once titled Miss Buffalo in 1925 was released on parole from Bradford jail after serving three months of a six month sentence for a liquor charge. She admitted running liquor in an automobile due to unemployment.
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Irene Knight
Buffalo
Bradford
Miss Knight
Communist Leader Irene Dixon Jailed After Red Camp Raid
Irene Dixon a 20 year old alleged communist leader from Cleveland was to face a hearing on a disturbing the peace charge connected to a raid by Sheriff C H Blanche and deputies on a reported red camp for children near Conneaut Ohio. Officers used tear gas grenades and force after children and parents sang communist songs and made inflammatory remarks. The camp was found vacated after Dixon was jailed.
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Conneaut
Irene Dixon
Cleveland
C. H. Blanche
Here
Blanche
Philadelphia
Toledo
Pittsburgh
Ray Street Paving Underway With Utilities Relaying
Work on Ray Street between Croton Avenue and the hill progresses as public utilities redo lines and install service connections. Scott Street is prepared to handle traffic while paving continues with sidewalks being laid and the hill covered with slag for motor travel.
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Ray Street
Croton Avenue
Scott Street
Miller
Mid West Heat Wave Broken by Rains Saving Crops
Heavy rains across the middle west ended the heat spell with cloudbursts in Illinois Indiana Iowa and Wisconsin. Storms injured over fifty in Chicago as a crowd sheltering under a band stand fell. Flooding in Milwaukee trapped workers then freed after six hours. Farmers hailed moisture saving corn and grain crops.
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Chicago
International News Service
Middlewest
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Wis
Marion County
Test Pilot Dies After Parachute Fails Over Detroit
DETROIT July 20 Major L G Meister 40 a noted test pilot is dead after failing to pull the rip cord during a forced jump from a plane at about 1000 feet. The craft spun and Meister departed the ship as his parachute failed to deploy. He previously served ten years as a McCook Field Dayton Ohio test pilot before joining a local commercial firm.
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Louis G. Meister
Detroit
International News Service
L. G. Meister
Meister
McCook Field
Dayton
Ohio
Two Rum War Deaths Probed In New England
Police investigated two unsolved killings tied to liquor conflicts in the so called Rum War. In Revere Massachusetts a man was found shot in a sedan with bullets in the head and hand, his body dragged to Woodlawn cemetery area.
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Boston
New England
Revere
Pawtucket
Providence
R. I
New York
Woodlawn Cemetery
Joseph Pisano
Two race horses mirror prize fighter racket
Special To The News from Santa Monica notes local horse racing rivalry echoing prizefighter schemes. The missive imagines President Hoover convening a cabinet meeting in Europe and criticizes long distance calls funded by Clarence Mackay as contributing to high living.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Hoover
Europe
United States
Clarence Mackay
Well Blast in Michigan Fatal to Eight at Gusher
A gas well explosion in Michigan kills eight workers and halts operations at the McNaught Syndicate site. Investigators inspect the rupture while rescue crews recover bodies and secure the area.
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Michigan
Mt. Clemens Oil Well Fire Claims Eight Burned
Fire at Mt. Pleasant oil well in Michigan killed eight and left nine of fourteen others badly burned as flames 60 feet high raged over a crowd of 200. Crews planned steam attempts to extinguish the blaze, with large boilers installed to combat the fire.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Mt. Pleasant
Little Hope
Six Youths Arrested in Canonsburg Mining Disorder
In a dramatic flare up near a National Miners Union rally, five men and a woman were detained as part of Canonsburg unrest. State police said injuries reached about twenty, with P. T. Fagan and Mercedes Daugherty among those hurt as bricks and missiles flew during the clash.
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Washington, Pa
National Miners Union
United Mine Workers of America
Canonsburg
United Mine Workers
P. T. Fagan
Mercedes Daugherty
Phillip Murray
Fagan
Murray
Burgess Harry Cook
Death notices for Letitia Douthett Hogue and Limrick
Brief death records list Letitia Mary Douthett aged 78 of 821 East Sutton Street and William M. Hogue aged 34 of 218 North Walnut Street. Roland Limrick of Cleveland appears in the fragmentary item.
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Letitia Mary Douthett
East Sutton Street
William M. Hogue
North
Walnut Street
Roland Limrick
Cleveland
Tornado Hits In Colorado
Meager reports from Snyder Colorado describe a Sunday tornado that leveled houses and trees, damaged crops and knocked out phones. W. H. Johnson and Mrs. William Vendy were injured and hospitalized in Brush. the extent of property damage remains unknown.
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Morgan
Colo
Snyder
Here
W. H. Johnson
Lon Lamb
Johnson
William Vendy
Warren Young Man Killed In Crash
Warren Ohio man Theodore Woodford 29 died of injuries from an auto crash on the Warren Sharon road. He and Frank Logan of Sharon were riding in a machine that hit an abutment on a narrow bridge near Brookfield Ohio. Logan will recover at Buhl hospital in Sharon.
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Sharon
Theodore Woodford
Warren
Buhl Hospital
Warren-Sharon Road
Frank Logan
Brookfield
O. Logan
Chicago Youth Is Victim Of Bandits
Frank Kutis nineteen was robbed of 19.67 by youths who then abducted him. His body, bullet riddled, was found near the Forrest Park Gun club according to police theory.
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Chicago
Frank Kutis
Forrest Park Gun Club
Historic six nation meeting seeks end to German crisis
July 20 reports say cabinet ministers from the United States Great Britain Germany France Italy and Belgium will confer at the House of Commons to resolve the German economic crisis. Ambassador Matsudaira will represent Japan. The gathering signals major diplomacy after the Paris accord and hints at U S reentry into European affairs.
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London
Paris
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Italy
Belgium
House of Commons
Japan
Matsudaira
Tury
Woodrow Wilson
Fire destroys St. Adalbert's Polish church in Parrefell
Fire in Parrefell Wisconsin destroyed St Adalbert's Polish church causing about 75000 in losses. Officials denied incendiary origin and attributed the blaze to kitchen wiring despite rumors of sectarian strife within the congregation.
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International News Service
Fparrell
Weather odds favor farmers over golfers at seventy nine
The piece praises rainy days as favorable for farming tasks and livestock work. It notes that mild weather benefits those who raise crops and keep goats, with the day described as suitable for feeding workers like the lad who feeds the rails, the plumber and the cop.
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Peru
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