Arrangements For Bryan Funeral Near Completion
William Jennings Bryan funeral plans advance in Washington with the body arriving tomorrow at 7:30 AM and lying in state at John T. Wright undertaking parlors before Friday afternoon services at New York Avenue Church. The services will be broadcast by WRC and RCA allied stations.
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New York Avenue Church
International News Service
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
John T. Wright
Tenth Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Bryan
WRC
Radio Corporation of America
Government Builds Wall to Halt Liquor Smuggling
Treasury launches first line defense against liquor smuggling from Canada and Mexico with a motorized, border-wide customs patrol. Gen. L. C. Andrews says reports support a powerful wall of personnel and guns to stop smuggling and curb entry of aliens narcotics and merchandise. Government losses exceed 10 million yearly, with cattle and wheat smuggling common on long unguarded borders. grain flows both ways due to price differences.
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International News Service
Washington
Canada
Mexico
United States
The
Treasury
L. C. Andrews
Prohibition Czar
Prohibition
U. S
Minnesota
To Start Filing Suits In Closing Of Carnegie Bank
Suits to collect all money owed the defunct Carnegie Trust Co. will be filed soon in counties other than Allegheny. Some suits will be filed today or tomorrow. Attorney General Woodruff returned to Harrisburg without criminal action, though reports said suits would be filed later this week. An all day conference delayed criminal charges as investigators and banking officials debated procedure.
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Carnegie Bank
International News Service
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Trust Co
Allegheny
Woodruff
Harrisburg
State Banking Department
Bryan Funeral Plans For Secretary Of State
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church will host services for the late secretary of state with Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo presiding. Bryan Jr and Grace Hargreaves travel from the Pacific coast to join their mother and relatives in Washington. Charles W. Bryan is expected tonight or tomorrow. Details of the funeral are paused until Mrs. Bryan arrives. The War Department offers military honors if approved. The cortege route goes from the church to Arlington via downtown, the Washington Monument grounds, and the bridge to Virginia.
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New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Bryan
Joseph R. Sizoo
Chaumont
N. Y
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Grace Hargreaves
Washington
Pacific Coast
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
War Department
Col. Bryan
New York Avenue
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington Monument
Virginia
Ryan Avenue Grading Project Half Finished
City engineering officials say Woods and Golder have completed half the grading on Ryan Avenue from East Washington Street to Stanton Avenue. The work occurs along a busy corridor affecting traffic and local access during construction.
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Ryan Avenue
Woods
Golder
East Washington Street
Stanton Avenue
When Prosperity Shines The Real Smile Shows
The piece argues cheerful faces matter less than steady nerve in hard times. A man’s true character is tested not by prosperity but by his resolve when troubles arise, noting that genuine grit outshines easy grins in adversity.
Tax Discount Delayed Awaiting School Board Action
Ira M. Ramsey city and school district treasurer says no discount on school tax is allowed yet under the new state law. He awaits instructions from the school board and its solicitor Attorney W. J. Moffatt. An official board decision will follow in a few days as August 1 approaches.
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Ira M. Ramsey
Ramsey
W. J. Moffatt
Moffatt
Report: Political Leaders Die In Prison Fire
VIENNA July 29. Former Bulgarian cabinet members M. Pavloff and M. Janeff died in a prison blaze. They were found dead in cells after the prison caught fire. Sofia reports suggest a deliberate act. Political murders and disturbances are noted in several regions of Bulgaria.
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International News Service
Vienna
M. Pavloff
M. Janeff
Alexander Stambulisky
Bulgaria
Sofia
M. Paviloff
Janeff
Senator Willis To Speak August 5 At Slippery Rock
Special to The News Slippery Rock Pa July 29 United States senator Frank B Willis of Ohio will visit Slippery Rock to deliver a lecture on Wednesday evening August 5 at Normal Chapel The event is expected to draw a large crowd similar to the Bryan lecture of April 1923 and may set a record for attendance in the chapel setting at the college town venue
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Slippery Rock
William Jennings Bryan
Normal
Frank B. Willis
United States
Ohio
Normal Chapel
Buckeye
Postal rate bill hearings set by congressional committee
The congressional postal committee decides to open public hearings on a new postal rate bill with public endorsement. It will hear from merchants manufacturers mail order firms and other users in Belle Vue Stratford hotel and will issue a report and draft bill after a week of hearings in New York Boston Augusta Buffalo Chicago Minneapolis St Paul and finally return to Washington.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Congress
Congressional Postal Committee
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Moses
N. H
Phipps
Col
McKellar
Tenn
Griest
Ramseyer
Iowa
Bell
New York
Boston
Augusta
Maine
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Washington
Carnegie Golfers to Visit New Castle Friday
Carnegie Operating Department Golf Association plans a tournament and dinner at the New Castle Field club Friday with about 100 members and 20 guests hosted by George A. Rigby and H. L. Gordon. Pittsburgh division officials meet quarterly and this is their first New Castle outing.
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Carnegie Operating Department Golf Association
New Castle Field Club
George A. Rigby
H. L. Gordon
New Castle
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Steel Company
Westmoreland Club
Field Club
Doubt Death by Own Action In Reading Hotel
Detectives doubt the man who died by own action at a Reading hotel is Robert Scott, despite matching description. Authorities note the victim is about 22, not in Scott’s thirties, and a note reading Nobody from nowhere was found. The body was tied to the Benson alias and a handwriting test with Scott will follow.
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International News Service
Reading
Robert Scott
Chicago
Scott
Illinois
Russell
Robert
Pennsylvania
J. W. Benson
Philadelphia
Joseph Koch
Local Men Attend Shrine Ceremonial in DuBois
A group of New Castle men traveled to DuBois, Pennsylvania for a Shrine ceremonial event today. Attendees included C. Ed. Brown Elmer Tinsman Joe Williams Frank Humphrey Charles Lee M. J. Young and L. J. Taylor.
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New Castle
DuBois
C. Ed. Brown
Elmer Tinsman
Joe Williams
Frank Humphrey
Charles Lee M. J. Young
L. J. Tayor
Dynamiters Wreck Home Of Chesapeake Ohio Town Marshal
Two unidentified attackers dynamited the home of Chesapeake Ohio Town Marshal Fred Ellis on the Ohio riverfront. Ellis and his family escaped serious harm as the blast shattered all windows and damaged the house. The sheriff has no clue to the culprits.
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Dynamiters
Chesapeake
Ohio
International
Gallipolis
Fred Ellis
Ohio River
Ellis
Japan Offers Battleship To Carry Remains
The Japanese government will offer the cruiser Tama to transport the body of Edgar Addison Bancroft the American ambassador who died in Karuizawa. The Tama was set to sail to San Francisco August 15 for California statehood celebrations but the date may be moved up.
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International News Service
Tokio
Tama
United States
Edgar Addison Bancroft
Japan
Karuizawa
Ssn
Break Point in Coal Parley Draws Near
Atlantic City July 29 miners and operators of anthracite resumed wage talks with no compromise. Both sides are far apart, and a strike on September 1 is possible if the miners assessment of the talks is not met. Officials say a break could come within a week as miners outline their case and operators await their turn.
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International News Service
Atlantic City
N. J
Three State Highway Police Located Here
Lawrence county receives attention from members of the Pennsylvania highway department of police. Three patrolmen work with headquarters at the Colonial hotel, patrolling day and night. Corporal Beatty is in charge of the local station. The other patrolmen are Meade and Shuler.
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Lawrence County
Pennsylvania Highway Department of Police
Colonial Hotel
Corporal Beatty
Meade and
Shuler
Bryan Funeral Cortege To Washington Arlington
Dayton Tennessee July 29 crowds gather at depot as William Jennings Bryan known as the Commoner leaves for Washington carrying a flag draped casket. Special cars attach to the local for Chattanooga then a through train to the capital with burial planned at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday.
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Chattanooga
Little Red Station
Chatetanooga
Washington
Capital
Arlington National Cemetery
East Tennessee
Bryan
Richard Rogers
Dayton
Plan To Postpone Radio Conference Await Hoover Return
Washington July 29 The National Radio conference may be postponed indefinitely as the radio industry faces a tangle that voluntary action cannot solve Officials say far reaching legislation is needed before a conference can yield results Hoover's return to Washington early next month is awaited Judge S B Davis reviews possible legislative requirements while applications for new broadcasting licenses continue to pour into the Commerce Department The notes indicate the government's effort to gain authority to implement leaders' recommendations in this growing field
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Robert S. Thornburgh
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
America
S. B. Davis
Department
Congress
Department of Commerce
Com
Former Local Woman Killed in Automobile Crash
Emma McMullen Griffith aged 43 of Oil City a former New Castle resident died instantly Tuesday near Meadville from a broken neck and other injuries. Her companion Miss Fannie Henderson is hospitalized in Oil City. Funeral services will be Thursday at 4 PM at Mercer cemetery.
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Emma McMullen Griffith
Oil City
New Castle
Meadville
J. L. McMullen
East Main Street
Griffith
Fannie Henderson
Mrs. Griffith
Mercer, Pa
James Henderson
Old City
Thomas Griffith
Mercer Cemetery
Auto Crash Leaves Harold White With Facial Cut
Harold White of Oil City sustained a cut over his right eye and body bruises when the car he operated overturned near the school house at Harbor bridge. The vehicle suffered little damage.
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Harold White
Oil City
Harbor Bridge
Brick work on Spruce Street near Oak to finish today
City engineers say laying of brick between Oak and Washington in Spruce street may be completed today. Miss Esther Klee, a student nurse at West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh, is visiting her parents on Wick Avenue.
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Spruce Street
Oak
Washington Street
Esther Klee
West Penn Hospital
Pittsburgh
Mrs
Louis Klee
Wick Avenue
Death Record Ida Into 25 of Oil City Pennsylvania
Ida Into aged 25 of 790 Court Street Oil City Pennsylvania is recorded as deceased. The notice lists her age and residence with no further biographical details provided.
Belgium Aims for US Debt Concession in War Tab
M Theunis head of Belgium debt commission leaves Brussels hoping the United States will remit part of Belgiums war debt contracted during hostilities. He says Belgium will pay what it owes and seeks consideration of moral factors in consolidation. The group travels to Washington to consult financial experts.
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Belgium
United States
International News Service
Brussels
M. Theunis
Debt Commission
Washington
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Karin Gardtman
Sweden
Stockholm
National Capital
John Thomas Scopes
Tangle
NEW Castle News
REAL
Emma Griffith
Sister
Ida Into
Court Street
Debt Commission On Way
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