Lightning Strikes Volant Youths… Two Boys Hurt While Fishing
James Cox nine and Robert Litzenberger twelve were struck by lightning while in contact with a steel fishing pole near Volant and rushed to Jameson Memorial hospital. Cox remained in serious condition as Litzenberger recovered. both were conscious at the scene before transport.
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Volant
Neshannock Creek
James Cox
P. M. Cox
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Robert Litzenberger
Daisy Litzenberger
Litzenberger
Cox
Bill Curry
Second Trial Results In Death Penalty By Jury
Fred Hull, 54, was found guilty of first degree murder at his second trial for the slaying of Sam Drukman in 1935. The Brookline jury verdict mandates the death penalty in the electric chair. Hull had appealed a prior second degree conviction that carried 20 years to life. Hull’s co-defendants Meyer and Harry Luckman were sentenced to 20 years after withdrawing their appeals.
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International News Service
New York
Fred Hull
Sam Drukman
Brooklin Supreme Court
Tory
Hull
Meyer
Harry Luckman
Drukman
Luckmans
Sabotage Suspected in Chesapeake Liner Disaster
Baltimore July 31. Captain Charles Brooks says evidence suggests strike sabotage caused the burning of the City of Baltimore with two dead and two missing. He notes rapid flame spread and hints at multiple ignition points as a federal inquiry begins into the ship’s destruction.
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International News Service
Baltimore
City of
Charles O Brooks
Brooks
Marine Navigation and Inspection Bureau
Japan Strengthens Grip on China in Peiping and Tientsin
The article reports on Japan expanding control over areas around Peiping and Tientsin, continuing disarmament efforts and strengthening occupation posture. It notes administrative actions, patrols, and regional governance changes under Japanese authority.
Garbage Can Art and Harbor Bridge Dives Spotlight City Life
A Florida license bearing auto with trailer passes through town and residents note a summer climate appeal. North hill pranksters paint garbage cans with produce motifs while many cans stay green. Harbor bridge swimmers risk daring jumps from the top. July rainfall nears a monthly record as data hints at August changes. The Kurtz home on the east side enchants passersby with flowering gardens as a page two continuation looms.
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Florida
Daily Weather Report Summary and Extremes
U S weather reports for the 24 hour period ending at 9 am note a maximum temperature of 82 and a minimum of 55 with 12 inches of precipitation. River stage stands at 4.6 feet. A year ago the record shows a maximum of 74 and a minimum of 44 with no precipitation.
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U. S
Louis B. Mather Dies After Long Illness at 62
Louis B. Mather, 62, of 307 Goighland Avenue and secretary treasurer of Mather Brothers Co. in New Castle, died at 7:45 PM Friday at Jameson Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born February 20, 1875 in Urichsville Ohio, he moved to New Castle 42 years ago and helped found the firm on Washington Street. He remained active in the business until recently.
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Louis B. Mather
Goighland Avenue
Mather Brothers
New Castle
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Mr. Mather
Urichsville
Louis Mather
Mather Bros. Co
Washington Street
Mather
Local Youths In Accident At Tionesta
Two local youths Harry Bud Ray and George Stevenson from Hillcrest avenue were in a camping trip auto when fog caused a plunge over an embankment near Tionesta. The car was demolished but the boys escaped serious injuries. Mrs. E B Ray and relatives went to retrieve them. the damaged car will be brought back to New Castle.
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Harry
Bud” Ray
Hillcrest Avenue
George Stevenson
Tionesta
E. B. Ray
Irma
Dollie Sumner
New Castle
Pottery Host Plans Big Outing at Idora Park
Shenango Pottery announces its annual picnic for August 7 in Idora Park Youngstown with plant closure. An executive committee leads events including races for multiple age groups, special races for men and women, egg catching, tug of war and cracker eating. A 10:30 baseball game adds competition with prizes and dancing to follow.
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Shenango Pottery
Idora Park
Youngstown
Julian Miller
Victor Seckens
Jack Hillat
George Crawford
Allen Cartwright
John Crespy
Tony Sacco
Circus star Alfredo Codona ends life after shooting wife
Alfredo Codona, famed trapeze artist, shot his wife Vera Bruce Codona in a lawyer's office then killed himself with four bullets. Vera Bruce Codona was gravely wounded and hospitalized.
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Lone Beach
Cal
Alfredo Codona
Codona
Vera Bruce Codona
Denies Uprising Report From Spanish Rebels at Granada
Gibraltar July 31 Rebel General Quiepo De Llano in an official radio broadcast from insurgent Spanish territory emphatically denied Loyalist reports of an uprising among rebel troops at Granada.
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Gibraltar
Quiepo de Llano
Granada
Farrell Youth Leaves Hospital After Car Crash
Mike Shunn of Farrell has recovered from a brain concussion and left Jameson Memorial hospital after a July 23 crash where his car went through a bridge railing at East Newcastle. The other passenger, Charles Pierce, had already been discharged earlier in the week.
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Mike Shunn
Farrell
East New Castle
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Charles Pierce
Push Back Date Of Adjournment By Senate Fight
Washington July 31 The Senate faced a party split as administration leaders delayed adjournment to August 25 amid continued battles over Roosevelt's wage hour bill. Final voting started at 3 PM but a motion to recommit for further study loomed with enough votes in opposition to threaten passage.
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William K. Hutchinson
Roosevelt
Senate
Lightning Strikes Same Tree Spot Twice Near Slippery Rock
P B Rodgers of R F D No 3 Slippery Rock reports a pine in his yard struck the same 20 foot from top spot by lightning about a week apart. The first strike split the tree and knocked slate from the roof, while the second shattered the tree leaving large splinters. the house was spared on the second strike.
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P. B. Rodgers
Slippery Rock
Plaingrove Church
Rodgers
Vanderbilt uses weather berth to gain early lead in America's Cup
Harold Vanderbilt masters the start aboard Ranger at Newport R. I. July 31 as he slips windward past Sopwith aboard Endeavour 2nd. The racing marks a historic first meeting for the cup with a huge spectator fleet in pursuit and echoes the 1934 Sopwith-Vanderbilt clash.
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Coast Guard Chelan
Newport
R. IL
Harold Vanderbilt
Ranger
Endeavour
Vanderbilt
T. O. M. Sopwith
Sopwith
Vander Built
Start Decorating City For Veterans
Decoration of the city began for the Society of the 28th division convention set for August 5 to 7. Flags and bunting will color downtown by Monday afternoon as Pennsylvania prepares to host veterans from New York Ohio and across the state.
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Society of the 28Th Division
Pennsylvania
A. Lewis Conn
New York
Ohio
Two Are Killed In Butler Bridge Crash
A collision on a Butler bridge between an oil truck and a car killed two people and injured two others. Dead are Priscilla Roberts 83 of Wakefield Massachusetts and Joan Lawrence Haley 16 of Salamanca New York. Injured in hospital are Alice McGrinder 79 and John Haley 48. Driver Joseph Stadaccio of Point Marion was bruised but not badly hurt. The crash happened when the car failed to make the curve at the end of the Kittanning street bridge.
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International News Service
Butler
Butler Hospital
Priscilla Roberts
Wakefield
Mass
Joan Lawrence Haley
Highland Avenue
Salamanca
N. Y
Alice McGrinder
Roberts
John Haley
Joseph Stadaccio
Point Marion
Kittanning Street
Bradford
Neutrality Act Risks War Warns Senator Lewis
Senator Lewis of Illinois warned in the senate that applying the neutrality act to the China Japan conflict could force the United States into war with China or Japan within an hour. He urged President Roosevelt to continue peacemaker efforts in the Orient and said the nation could be at war with either side or both if the demand to enforce the neutrality law is followed.
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Washington
China
Japan
Lewis
Illinois
Senate
Roosevelt
Orient
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Weather Outlook For Coming Week
North and Middle Atlantic states generally fair with showers on Wednesday or Thursday. Temperatures start near normal or slightly below, rise to warmer midweek, then cool briefly before warming again. Ohio valley and Tennessee show similar pattern with midweek showers and seasonable to warm conditions toward week end.
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International News Service
Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Girl Plunges to Death Over Potomac Bridge Tragedy
Leona Beck, 16, died after plunging 105 feet from Key Bridge. Police boats searched the Potomac as her mother Mrs. Goldie Beck and brother Harold, 25, witnessed the fall from an automobile during a family quarrel.
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Washington
Potomac River
Leona Beck
Key Bridge
Goldie Beck
Harold
Seven Hundred Chinese Slain in Tientsin Attacks
International News Service reports that Japanese operations at Tientsin caused substantial destruction of Chinese quarters and killed 700 Chinese civilians. Chinese authorities in Kwantung rejected Japan’s demand to transfer the Swatow garrison, amid speculation on possible punitive actions.
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Tientsin
Shanghai
Kwangtung
Swatow
Tienstin
Death notices for several residents listed in Mercer county area
Death records show Louis B. Mather aged 62 of 307 Highland Avenue Samuel Albert Reeder 68 of Liberty township Mercer county Solomon Hays 38 of 708 State Street John T Verzilli six months Bes semer and Mrs Paul Ormsby 50 of Cleveland QO listed among obituaries in the notice.
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Louis B. Mather
Highland Avenue
Samuel Albert Reeder
Liberty Township
Mercer County
Solomon Hays
State Street
John T. Verzilli
Bessemer
Paul Ormsby
Cleveland
China warns war unavoidable over Japanese aggression
Chinese Ambassador C. T. Wang told Secretary Cordell Hull that China will defend itself and cannot avoid war as Japan presses territorial seizures. Wang said China has waited but will not endure further encroachment, warning that further seizures would invite more conflicts. Elsewhere, Chinese battalions along the Tientsin Peiping railway clashed with the Japanese army of occupation as Japan drives to clear the 100 mile corridor to the sea.
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Washington
China
Japan
C. T. Wang
Tientsin
Peiping
Thousands shot in Alma Ata revolt crackdown
The London Daily Mail reports in a War saw dispatch that several thousand men and women were shot by soldiers and police in Alma Ata Kazakhstan to quell a renewed revolt against the Moscow regime. The report notes Tartars and Mohammedans opposition to Dictator Stalin and calls for a holy war, with few other details provided.
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International News Service
London
London Daily Mail
Warsaw
Almaata
Kazakstan
U.S. SR
Moscow
Daily Mail
Josef Stalin
Alma Ata
Leon Trotsky
Golfer’s Ninety Nine Thrill Amid Warm Weather
Arthur Memeter praises the golfer who breaks a hundred with a score of ninety nine amid a warm ninety four degree day. He contrasts the golfer’s thrill with explorers hunters and flyers, noting the crowd roar and heroic cheers.
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Robert Litzenberzer
Rious
Hadeen
Kenneth and
Mrs. Clarice Orgel
Clarice Orgel
Orgel
Kenneth
Dr. Wang
Secret Hull
Ing Chinese
Peiping and
Teintsin
PA Newg
Harbor Bridge
East Side
Kurtz
Daily Weather Report
Jameson
Morial Hospital
L. B. Mather
Hospital
Gress
Bill
Rodgers Farm
Plaingrove
U. SS
By Lawton Carver
le Service
Hollywood
Virginia Cherrill
George Francis Villiers
Ninth Earl of
Jersey
National News
Soviet Russia
Bulletin
Arthur Memeter
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