Lindberghs Prepare for 7100 Mile Tokyo Flight
Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh finalize plans for a 7100 mile flight to Tokio. They likely will not depart before Wednesday. Lindbergh will visit College Point to inspect the converted sea plane and newly installed instruments and tanks for the Orient crossing.
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International News Service
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Tokio
Lindbergh
College Point
Queens
Orient
Tea room robbery shocks Ambridge patrons
Four armed bandits robbed 30 to 40 patrons at the Hill Top Tea room near Aliquippa last night. They divided men and women, forced men to remove trousers, disabled car ignitions, and escaped with valuables while promising no harm to women. Police hunt intensifies as officers call the raid highly unusual.
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International News Service
Ambridge
Hill Top
Broadhead Road
Aliquippa
District Mine Leader Kills His Attacker on Porch
Pittsburgh July 27 Patrick T. Fagan District President of the United Mine Workers of America shot and killed a would be assassin on the porch of his home. The dead man Pat Murphy a renegade miner from Kentucky. An alleged accomplice Ted Snyder alias Hatfield 39 of Fleming Ky held by police after being captured while trying to hijack a taxi at gunpoint. Snyder said he was a cousin of Sid Hatfield slain in the Hatfield McCoy feud. Fagan suffered a cracked head a week ago in a mob attack by National miners union members.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Patrick T. Fagan
United Mine Workers of America
Pat Murphy
Kentucky
Ted Snyder
Alias Hatfield
Fleming, Ky
Snyder
Sid Hatfield
Fagan
National Miners Union
Pa Newc urges equal privileges and street repairs in New Castle
Pa Newc notes a historic hitching post on Wallace avenue near North Mercer street and calls for equal weekly car passes for New Castle residents as other towns on the system. He urges rapid resurfacing of holes on North Jefferson street to avoid traveler dissatisfaction and stresses not wasting surplus corn.
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Pa Newc
Wallace Avenue
Mercer Street
Youngstown
Warren
New Castle
Pa Newe
Patence
North Jefferson Street
Pa Nene
Daily Weather Report of Temperatures and River Levels
U S weather bureau data show 24 hour period ending 9 am today: max 93, min 60, no precipitation, river stage 3.1 feet and falling. For the 24 hours ending 9 am Sunday: max 83, min 53, no precipitation, river stage 3.3 feet. Year ago July 26 27 shows mild temps with no rain and July 27 97/67 with 0.50 inch precipitation.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Akron Balloonist Lands Near Mount Jackson After 20 Hour Flight
Lawrence Furcalow a young Akron balloonist started from Detroit at 5 p m Saturday in Good year No 7 Akron balloon in a Detroit newspaper sponsored race and landed on McClelland Mill road Mount Jackson at 1 15 p m Sunday after twenty hours near the Wilson farm. Residents gathered as the gas was removed and the craft hauled to Akron by Dave Pitzer's truck.
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Lawrence Furcalow
Akron
Detroit
McClelland Mill Road
Mount Jackson
J. H. Wilson
Mt. Jackson Road
Seventh Ward
Four Injured In Auto Crash Near Harlansburg
Four persons were injured Saturday afternoon on the Perry highway near Harlansburg in a collision between cars driven by Gerhard Bernmann of Avalon and Warren Gayetty of Pittsburgh. Injured were bound for Mercer hospital. Gerhard Bernmann 30 with facial and head lacerations, Mrs Bernmann 27 with fractured jaw, Warren Gayetty 64 with a fractured rib and facial and hand lacerations, and F J Boyd 63 with facial and hand lacerations. State Highway Patrolman Sarko provided details.
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Harlansburg
Perry Highway
Gerhard Bornmann
Avalon
Warren Gayetty
Sandusky Street
Pittsburgh
Mercer Hospital
Gerhard Bernmann
F. J. Boyd
Oil City
Sarko
Man Killed Five Hurt In Straight Road Auto Crash
Virgil Seck 26 of Butler and five others were injured when a car driven by George Lanko 25 of Struthers collided head on near Five Points on the New Castle and Youngstown road. Lanko died instantly. injuries to Joe Jonda and others were non fatal. Coroner and state police investigated. Seck and passengers aided by local physicians.
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Man
George Lanko
New Castle
Youngstown
Struthers, O
Virgil Leck
Butler
Five Points
New Castle and
Joe Jonda
Struthers
Paul Walsh
Marguerite Graham
Velah Phillips
Virgil Seck
J. P. Caldwell
H. N. Ardinger
M. P. Sarco
Lanko
Seck
Ardinger and
Sarco
W. A. Seck
North
Jefferson Street
Central region leads state with four traffic deaths
A statewide IN S check shows central Pennsylvania suffered four of ten traffic deaths and 24 injuries over the weekend. Urban centers at state ends each logged three fatalities. Philadelphia district had three injuries. western Pennsylvania reported nine injuries. In New Castle George Lanko 25 of Struthers Ohio was killed and four others injured. in Pittsburgh a woman was hurt when thrown through a windshield.
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International News Service
Central
Pennsylvania
International News Service Today
Philadelphia
Western
New Castle
George Lanko
Struthers
New Castle-Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Stimson in Berlin Says Germany Will Pull Through
Henry L. Stimson declares to German reporters that a short visit shows Germany will overcome the crisis. He says the United States trusts Germany to restore confidence and expresses respect for President von Hindenburg as the winning master of the situation.
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Berlin
Germany
Henry L. Stimson
London
United States
von Hindenburg
Earthquake Shakes Fordham University Seismograph
A strong earthquake was recorded at Fordham University with shocks at 3:21 and 3:26 a.m. E. D. T. The epicenter was about 1 900 miles from New York, likely in the Caribbean, described as more severe than Nicaragua quake that killed nearly 2 000. Miss Mary Spence of Cleveland avenue was admitted to Jamestown Memorial hospital Saturday.
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Ozark Mountains
Mary Irene Adkins
Goodman, Mo
Ozark
Ozark Playground Association
Joplin
Adkins
University of Arkansas
International News Service
New York
Fordham University Today
Fordham
Caribbean
Nicaragua
Mary Spence
Cleveland Avenue
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Lunacy Probe Nearing End in Miner Killer Case
In Mercer Pennsylvania on July 27 the Lunacy Commission overseeing Marco Demofonti's mental condition expected to finish and file its report with Judge J A Mc Laughry today. Demofonti, a Number Two Mine worker at Sharon Coal and Limestone Company, went on a rampage last Thursday killing five, wounding three, and setting a neighbor's house on fire.
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Mercer
Lunacy Commission
Marco Demofonti
J. A. McLaughry
Demofonti
Sharon Coal and Limestone Company
Heat blamed on warm Japan current and odd weather
A Santa Monica reader attributes record heat to the Japanese gulf stream moving closer and warming waters, with the ocean opposing the country. The note fades into a political aside about Ex- President Calles proposing silver for debt payments and a joke on potatoes and watermelons as payment.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Calles
Mexico
Stimson Seeks Disarmament Insights in Germany
Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson wraps up talks in Berlin with President Hindenburg Chancellor Bruening and Foreign Minister Curtius, gaining first hand information on Germany's disarmament stance before boarding to Amsterdam and a London-bound ship. Briefer British talks focus on Germany's finances and economy.
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Paul von Hindenburg
Heinrich Bruening
Julius Curtius
Stimson
Berlin
Arthur Henderson
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Bruening
Curtius
Frederick M. Sackett
London
Hungary Receives 7 Million Pound Temporary Loan
Premier Bethlen announced that international banks granted Hungary a 7 000 000 pound loan to ease the financial crisis. France contributed nearly half the funds and Hungary pledged to suppress anti French propaganda while the government remains in power there will be no restoration of Archduke Otto to the throne.
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International News Service
Budapest
Bethlen
Hungary
France
Archduke Otto
Graf Zeppelin Over Arctic Sea on Third Expedition
Graf Zeppelin, with noted scientists and explorers, was reported aloft over the Arctic Sea on its third expedition. A Soviet ice breaker Maligin was said to be nearby near Franz Josef Land, with Dr Eckener hoping to reach it within 24 hours after leaving Leningrad.
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Leningrad
Russia
Graf Zeppelin
Arctic
Arctic Sea
Franz Josef Land
Eckener
Graf
New York
Start Probe Of Pittsburgh Fire
A probe begins into a Pittsburgh fire that killed about 40 people with 10 missing, triggering investigations into safety lapses and building codes. Investigators examine cause, occupancy, and emergency exits as officials vow full accountability.
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Pittsburgh
Escaped from fire plans for rehabilitation and new home
International News Service reports Pittsburgh July 27 a four phase inquiry began into the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged disaster as authorities seek the origin cause and the fate of 10 missing inmates amid ongoing hospital casualties and anticipated further deaths.
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Pittsburgh
Little Sisters of the Poor Home For the Aged
King Prajadhipok and Queen Fly in Navy Dirigible
King Prajadhipok of Siam and Queen Rambai Barni rode the Navy dirigible Los Angeles from Lakehurst New Jersey for a flight over New York City. Queen Rambai Barni became the first woman to fly in the airship. The weather was ideal as the ship took off, circled Lakehurst, and proceeded toward New York.
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International News Service
Lakehurst
N. J
King Prajadhipok
Siam
Queen Rambai Barni
Navy
Death notices of several residents and relatives
A death notice list reports Lena Welsch Davis 82 of Pittsburgh Elizabeth J Shira 71 of 368 Neshannock Ave Theresa Breneman 81 of 1515 West Washington St Nettie Fox of Newport George Lanko 25 of Struthers Ohio James Edward Carney 4 months of Darlington and Dora Kieth 76 of 309 Sycamore St all recent obituaries from the local area.
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Lena Welsch Davis
Pittsburgh
Elizabeth J. Shira
Neshannock Avenue
Theresa Breneman
West Washington Street
Nettie Fox
Newport
George Lanko
Struthers
Ohio
James Edward Carney
Darlington
Dora Kieth
Sycamore Street
Six Injured As Yacht Explodes in Greenport
New York July 27 six people were injured when Harry Richman’s yacht Chavelmar II exploded aboard at Greenport Long Island. Victims included Richman guests Helen Walsh Virginia Biddle Gladys Glad and actors from a Broadway cast. A Marine captain Sam White and chauffeur Robert Levy were severely burned. Gasoline loading and a spark caused the blast.
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International News Service
New York
Harry Richman
Helen Walsh
Virginia Biddle
Gladys Glad
Mark Hellinger
Miss Glad
Sam White
Robert Levy
Richman
Greenport
Long Island
Martyr of the hoe and rake endures the heat
In a historical tone the piece contrasts early Christian martyrs under Nero with modern toil. It notes martyrs in England Ireland and Wales facing execution or prison, then shifts to a gardener's endurance under harsh sun and heat, calling gardening a new form of martyrdom.
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Nero
England
Ireland
Wales
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