Cyclops Sinkings Linked to U-Boat Warfare praised Sims convoy system
Lieutenant Franz Rottie, a former U-boat officer, says the navy collier Cyclops vanished due to German torpedoes. He credits Admiral Sims convoy system as making sinkings nearly impossible, noting attacks inside convoy lines were used. He recalls U-boat actions off England and near Newcastle watching crowds through periscope.
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International Mews Service
Philadelphia
Cyclops
Franz Rottie
Deutschfeld
Rattle
Admiral Sims
Leutenant
Newcastle
England
Lieut
Rottie
U-boat Service
Kiel
Inland Steel Cuts Common Labor Pay Rates
Notices posted at Inland Steel mills announce new pay scales for day and tonnage workers effective Monday. The basic common labor rate rises to 57 cents per hour, while Monday it will be 30 cents an hour, aligning with adjustments by other district mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Inland Steel Mills
Three Day Bargain Carnival Attracts Town Shoppers
Arthur Mometer Nowy notes the three day bargain carnival ends tonight at ten. Buyers secure savings on silk socks cords baby carriages gas stoves and wedding rings. Weather is bright with a high of eighty six as locals stock up, boosting the town’s economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kale
Bees Take Over Paley Cellar in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on July 26 a swarm of bees invaded Mrs. paley’s cellar after her vacation return. Health officers ruled bees not unsanitary but trespassing may apply civilly drawing police attention. Humane society head John rittenour may request eviction of the bees as paley’s last recourse.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Philip Paley
Barnedala Street
Squirrel Hill
Harry Richard
Pennsylvania
John Rittenour
Rena Paperman
The
Humans Society
Humane Society
the Humane Society
Paley
Rittenour
Lord Northcliffe to Leave New York for Vancouver
International News Service reports Lord Darth cliffe and Lord Northcliffe left New York after a storm of controversy over attributed remarks about King George and Lloyd George. Steed, Wickham Steed of the Times, plans interviews but awaits the NY reporter who sparked the flap. Northcliffe will depart for Vancouver via Toronto after a Washington dinner with Capital society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
New York
Lord Darthcliffe
Lloyd George
Wickham Steed
London Times
Steed
King George
Ireland
Mr. Steed
House of Commons
Lord Northcliff
Bone
Northcliff
Washington
Mra. E. B. McLean
Northelf
Lord Curzon
Lord Northelnf
Vancouver
Toronto
Young Philanthropist Donates To Lennox Fund
Little Dorothy Rabinovitz of Scioto street contributes to the Lennox fund started for suffering Chinese children. She turns over $1.02 from her savings, including seven pennies a nickel and a fifty cent piece, to The News for the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Rabinovitz
Scioto Street
Lennox
Tohn Rearle
Marriage Licenses Recorded for Striggi and Fisco
Marriage license notice lists Giovanni Striggi and Edith Fisco in New Castle. Local records indicate their intent to wed, with standard filing details pending formal issuance.
Society Beauty Wins Reno Divorce
Natalia Murray-Black Lang of New York and Newport has reportedly obtained a divorce from Carl Lang in Reno. Mrs Lang, famed for her beauty, was called one of America's rarest beauties by artist Pogany who said he was hypnotized. The husband’s defense cited too much mother in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natalia Murray-Black Lang
New York
Newport
Suat
Carl Lang
Reno
Small Intends To Return To Capital During Next Week
CHICAGO July 30 Governor Len Small plans a Kane county tour today inspecting Elgin Marengo Frankfort and Dwight as part of state highway contract talks. He denied links to warrants for his embezzlement indictment and said he would be in Springfield by mid next week to handle official business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Chicago
Len Small
Kane County
Elgin
Marengo
Frankfort
Dwight
Springfield
Bellows Falls Being Policed By Guardsmen
Two National Guard companies were dispatched to Bellows Falls to restore order after rioting and gunfire during a strike at the International Paper mill. State's Attorney Whitney cited a pole shot into a strike camp as escalation. Adjutant General Johnson ordered forces from Battleboro and Rutland to police the town and curb disturbances linked to strikebreakers.
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International News
Bellows Falls
National Guard
International Paper Company Milla
Whitney
Walpole
NW. H
Connecticut River
Braakera
Vermont
Rutland
Herbert Johnson
Battleboro
One Hundred Hurt In Strikers Riot at Kobe
Martial law announced in Kobe as shipyard rioting injures about one hundred. Some thirteen thousand shipyard workers joined the clash with eighty police in a struggle described as Japan's greatest labor upheaval. A workers council led operations under communist influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TOKIO
Kawanak
Fort Kobe
Kobe
Japan
Peezee the Monkey Dies Grieving Dutch at Moose Camp
A Moose Lodge summer camp tale from Griff Davis recalls Peezee, a jungle brought monkey, dying after roaming McConnellsills woods and a gold tooth gift to Dutch. Dutch mourns, and at the burial Peezee’s mate Watch digs into the grave before collapsing in grief and being carried to town.
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Eevee
Happy Land
Griff Davis
Pittsburgh
New Castle
Hila
Moose Club
Wre
Psaezea
Penzee
Moone
Africa
Monk
Peesee
McConnnells
Ernie Harrison
Partch
Minsle
Peorge
Moose
Owever
Perzeg
Pal
Manhattan Limited Hold-Up Stuns Rail Line
The Manhattan Limited, fastest train on the Pennsylvania Railroad, was held up early today in the Allegheny Mountains near Altoona. Robbers boarded the mail car, rifled sacks, and shot a mail clerk, while a large loot total remains undetermined. The crime, described as the era’s boldest train robbery, involved masked bandits concealing under cars and threatening seven mail clerks. Government and railway detectives recovered a sack of registered mail as the investigation continues.
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International News Service
Altoona
Manhattan Limited
Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
Allegheny Mountains
Gallitzin
Muanbat-1tan Limited
Caast
Josey James
Chisawa
Mereburzh
Pittsburgh
Pennaylvania
Penneylvania
Russians To Free Yankees In Exchange For Aid
Russian officials in Moscow announced that American prisoners in Soviet Russia would be released in exchange for American aid to combat famine and disease. They said Hoover's terms were accepted, but Washington had not yet received a definite reply. Hoover had previously suspended relief pending prisoner release.
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Riga
London
Russia
Moscow
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Morscow
Soviet Russia
Washington
Reval
American Relief Society
Alga
Khava
Soviet Releases American Woman from Russia
Marguerite Harrison of Baltimore is freed by the Soviet Government in Russia. Release secured by United States Senator Joseph Irwin France and Harrison have arrived in Baltimore. Harrison is reported well though lighter in weight since imprisonment. France faced entry limits and was restricted from contacting other American prisoners. Baltimore Sun correspondent accompanied France but could not enter Russia.
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Mark Mason
Baltimore Sun
Riga
Agra
Marguerite
UW. Harrison
Baltimore
Russia
United States
Joseph Irwin France
Miryiend
Harrison
Prance
Arrison
France
Pongeer
Harrise
Lean
Sun
Europe
Ahem Her Hubby Purchases Corsets Divorce Case
Judge Joseph Moyer hears a divorce petition from Mrs. Troote who asserts her husband buys corsets for his wife, while counsel counters that insufficient evidence exists to proceed. The judge raises questions about the relevance of domestic fashion purchases to the dissolution of marriage.
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International News Service
Thay
Comets
Yith Alvorce
Joseph Moyer
Mra
Troote
Walters Drowns. Friend Narrowly Escapes in Canal
Georges Walters, 29, is drowned in the Schuylkill canal at Cromby. His companion W. Q. Carpenter, 21, who went to his rescue, narrowly escaped the same fate. The incident occurred at Spring Cut, Pan, with bystanders alert to the peril.
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International News Service
Spring Cuty
Pan
Aio
Georges Walters
W.Q. Carpenter
Schuylkill Canal
Cromby Pear Hare
Chimney Fire Damages Home on South Alberty Street
A chimney burned out at the home of Charles Gangl at 204 South Alberty Street around 7:40 this morning. Firefighters reported wiring damage and an alarm was triggered from the residence. No injuries noted.
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Charles Gangl
South
Alberty
Death Record for Mrs. Mando Blumer
Mrs. Mando Blumer, age 45, Rox Point, died recently. Her passing is noted in local records with age, residence, and name as the key details. Funeral arrangements are not provided in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mando Blumer
Rox Point
Bible Class Aids Milk Fund With $5 Donation
The Laura Young Bible class of the East Side, taught by Miss Annetta McKee, donated $5 to the Milk and Ice fund, bringing the total to 455 dollars. The fund nears 500 as milk and ice remain in heavy demand for babies, with contributions sought through Mrs. W. J. Marshall and John G. Nothdurfs at the Dollar ratings Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Young
East Side
Annetta McKee
W. J. Marshall
Court Street
John G. Nothdurfs
Dollar Ratings Association
Inspectors Seize Smuggled Gems in North Side Raid
Federal investigators seized diamonds and other jewels valued at about $50,000 from a North Side apartment as part of a federal probe into a large smuggling ring. A Los Angeles jeweler, arrested on bond of 2990 dollars, was linked to the case.
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Eongtinnal News Service
Cme
North Side
Los Angeles
Fragmented Windbar deaths and court incidents reported
A series of terse notices describe Andrew Korval dying from a broken neck after nearly drowning, John Buska killed while working on rail lines near Lake Erie, and Michael Donthrorki's body to be recovered from a reservoir. Other items note a jail crowding issue, a courthouse escape, a demanded monetary letter, and Leonid Keprhiski’s death in Mebhakt, Pa amid a dice game scene.
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Leonid Keprhiski
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Arthur Mometer
Northcliffe
Lord Northcliffe
Mariage Licenses
Diovanni Striggi
Edith Fisco
Sanitary Police Force
Eanzea
Ilice
Manhattan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gallitz
Tninnes
Yankees
Meyer
Walters
Friend
Chsiaey
Andrew Korval
Windbar
John Buska
Mintsburgh Sul Lake Erie
Coraopelis
We Mit
Memount
Michael Donthrorki
Veerote Tonsan
Pstreteun
Jack Thirsne
Wimmosom
Val
George Daggenn
Compe
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