Death Toll In Steamer Crash Is Forty Seven
The Fairfax steamer disaster near Scituate mass killed forty seven. Investigators prepared a searching probe into the crash after the passenger boat rammed the oil tanker Pinthis in heavy fog Tuesday night. The Fairfax reached Boston under its own power while the Pinthis lies submerged near Minot's reef.
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International News Service
Boston
Mass
Scituate
Fairfax
Pinthis
Minot’s Reef
Central Press
Gloucester
Boston Harbor
Telegraph Telegrams His Own Death Message
Mt Carmel Pennsylvania June 12 Evan Protheroe telegrapher died of a heart attack at his key his final action saved an eastbound and a westbound freight collision. The signal was set by the dispatchers after his message reached Shamokin.
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International News Service
MT. Carmel
Mt. Carmel Junction
Reading Railroad
Shamokin
Evan Protheroe
New Grand Army Officers Named At Final Session
The sixty fourth encampment closes with PennsylvanIa delegates leaving after approving resolutions thanking all for hospitality. Officers elected include state department commander Charles W Meconnahey Philadelphia and senior vice R N Spohn Pittsburgh. Also named are junior commander Samuel P Town Utica Pa assistant adjutant general J E Silliman Philadelphia and medical director J H Pershing Greensburg. Continued on page thirteen.
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Pennsylvania Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
Philadelphia
Fred L. Rentz
Charles W. Meconnahey
R. N. Spohn
Pittsburgh
W. A. McKay
Utica
State Department
Samuel P. Town
J. E. Silliman
Erie
J. H. Pershing
D. D
Greensburg
John E. Steele
Harrisburg
Encampment Spirit Delights PA News Observers
PA Newg reports large city parade and Civil War veterans line the streets. Veterans Daniel Kressly and John H. Miller share stories at the Legion home while a mysterious black monoplane circles above. Roy Bradford notes the unknown pilot and owner.
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Legion
Pa New
Castleton
Daniel Kressly
Lehighton
P. W. Co
John H. Miller
Pennsylvania Regiment
Somerset
Roy Bradford
Daily Weather Report for 24 Hours Ending 9 A.M.
Weather statistics show a maximum of 78 and minimum of 54 with no precipitation. The river stage stands at 5.3 feet and is falling.
Gangster Cleanup in Chicago After Tribune Reporter Slaying
In Chicago, authorities detain about two hundred underworld figures as a sweeping crackdown follows the murder of Alfred J. Lingle of the Tribune. Six armed execution squads, each led by an experienced lieutenant, raid dives and hangouts seeking 41 top gangsters and 28 public enemies. Coroner and state attorney offices assist in solving the case with secrecy.
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International News Service
Chicago
Alfred J. Lingle
Lingle
Gan
Chicago Tribune
Pclice
Randolph Street
Visit to Mrs Coolidge Reveals Springfield Trip
Special to The News reports a June 12 visit to Mrs. Coolidge in Northampton showing her new home and grounds. She notes Mr. Coolidge attended a New York monthly insurance directors meeting and would not miss it for $75, sending in a double when in California.
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Springfield
Mass
Northampton
Mrs J E Elliott Assumes Office on School Board
New Castle school board adopts resolutions of appreciation for Rose M Nothdurft who resigned for ill health after serving since 1921 and 1927. Mrs John E Elliott sworn in as new board member Wednesday evening. Also notes Don Campbell and Morris McCormick trip to San Diego California with family plans.
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New Castle
Rose M. Nothdurft
Don Campbell
Lee Avenue
Morris McCormick
Beckford
San Diego
Cal
Campbel
West
Roundheads Set August Meeting for 1931 Reunion
The Roundheads 100th P. V. I. plan their 1931 reunion at an August meeting. Officers were named for the upcoming year during a brief memorial and business session after a Central Presbyterian church dinner. Gen. William A. Clark, former president, died May 22, 1930, with James P. Sankey presiding.
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Roundheads
100Th
Central Presbyterian Church
Old White Hall
James P. Sankey
Crafton
William A. Clark
President Hoover Ready to Sign Tariff Bill
President Hoover will sign the Smoot Hawley tariff bill despite heavy pressure to veto. He plans to attach an elaborate statement and will not give full unqualified approval, amid a weary and divided Congress pushing the measure forward.
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Hoover
Congress
George R. Holmes
International News Service
International News Service, Inc
Washington
Large wave of resignations hits local schools
A Wednesday school board meeting disclosed a sizable number of teacher resignations for marriage plans, pursuing other districts, or leaving the profession. Several resignations were accepted and replacements and transfers approved including moves at Washington Junior High Franklin Junior High and Senior High.
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Elsa V. Ashmore
Rose Avenue
Martha A. Kiester
Thaddeus Stevens
Joyce Wilson
Terrace
Jessie K. Calahans
West Side
Wesley C. Leech
Mahoning
Eleanor B. Fulton
Washington
Jean E. Rummel
LeRoi M. Norton
Franklin
Harry D. Book
Merle R. Burrows
Ralph Sweitzer
Myra Dunlap
Franklin Junior
Conneautville
Tranfers
Harriet Kearns
Aiken
Oak Street
Ruth Zerner
Margaret Lehman
North Street
Miss Kearns
Margaret Teefer
Washington Junior High
Emmett Gillaspie
Anna Kelly
Art Croton
Doris McLure
Martha Virginia McMillin
Marjorie Watkins
E. Katherine Morrow
Jessie Calahan
Mamie S. Bloom
Jane E. Young
Leslie Roberts
Helen Allison
Margaret E. Guy
Raymond H Boak
Eleanor Fulton
Dorothy Fisher
Commercial
J. Earl McKenzie
Robert M. Mills
New Castle Woman Honored as Fairfax Heroine
Ruth Brown Strebel of 445 East Washington street, a Fairfax stewardess since October, was praised after the S S Fairfax collided with the Pinthis near Boston. Her sister, Mrs Harry Shaffer, learned of her safety from a telegram and later spoke by phone, as Strebel described some details of the disaster from Boston.
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Ruth Brown
S. S. Fairfax
Shell Line
Boston
Ruth Brown Strebel
East Washington Street
Fairfax
Strebel
Shaffer
Mrs. Strebel
Baltimore
Miami
Fla
Death Notice for Howard F. Fasnaught
Howard F. Fasnaught, 34, of Ellwood City, has died. Funeral and burial details are to be announced by the family.
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Howard F. Fasnaught
Ellwood City
No News Service On Fight Tonight
No special press wire to The News for tonight’s fight. The fight will be broadcast over radio chains.
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Fight
New York
Deer sighting near East Side home at 5:45 AM
Mrs. Allen Cartwright of 1004 Rose avenue saw a deer in her yard this morning about 5 45. The animal appeared between Rose and Ryan avenues then moved onto Harmony street car tracks before heading toward the Cement Works dam, drawing the attention of her family.
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Allen Cartwright
Rose Avenue
Three Hurt In Auto Mishap Near St Joseph Cemetery
Three people were injured when an auto traveling toward New Castle struck a culvert near St Joseph's cemetery on the Wilmington road and overturned. James Smith left arm fracture, Marion Lockhart serious facial and body lacerations, Neil Sturdy bruised but not confined. all were taken to Jameson Memorial hospital.
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New Castle
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Wilmington Road
Jameson Memorial Hospital
James Smith
W. Arthur Smith
Fairmont Avenue
Marion Lockhart
John Lockhart
Veterans Parade Draws 25 000 Amid War Memories
Thousands lined streets in New Castle for the Grand Army of the Republic veterans encampment parade. City crowds cheered as veterans from Civil War through World War II era marched with Sons of Veterans and auxiliary groups joining in a colorful, memory laden salute to service. Some elderly Civil War veterans rode in autos after partial marching, passing the reviewing stand.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Sons of Veterans Reserve
Gettysburg
San Juan
The
Argonne
New Castle
Cuba
Aguinaldo
Pekin
Union
Spanish War Auxiliary
Fire in State Library Basement Dims Capital Park
Capital park plunged into darkness as firefighters battled a basement blaze at the state library and museum building in Harrisburg. The fire started in the generator for the outside circuit and smoke from the transformer vault hampered efforts. Damage limited to the transformer with losses under 100 dollars, per George DeHaven, superintendent of state buildings.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Capital Park
State Library and Museum
George DeHaven
State
Capitol
The Highway Call to the Open Road
A vivid chronicling of the urge to ride and seek sun and wind in pine forest surroundings. The narrator, Arthur Memeter, laments work duties as a persistent pull of the outdoors tests patience and attention. The piece contrasts the wild beckon with daily obligations.
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PA Newg
Pa Newc
News
Daily Weather Report
Crime Commission
J. E. Elliott
James P. Sankey of
Short Memorial and Business
Sankey
J. R. Rankin
Butler
Laura M. Stevenson
Anna Gilliland
East Side
S&j. Joseph’s Cemetery
Firemen
Capital Blaze
Arthur Memeter
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