Record Coast to Coast Flight Ends With Crash in Louisiana
Detroit aviators William S. Brook and Edward F Schree set a fastest coast to coast time of 32 hours for a round trip from Jacksonville to California and back. En route they refueled at San Diego and faced storms on the return leg, crashing a Lockheed Vega after a fuel stop in Tallulah, Louisiana.
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Fla
William S. Brook
Edward F Schree
Detroit
United States
San Diego
Tallulah
Fliers Break Dawn Run Record by Over Seven Hours
The report credits Brock and Schlee with a non stop flight that surpasses a 1922 record by Lieut. James Doolittle for a Jacksonville to San Diego run, beating the previous mark by more than seven hours.
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Schlee
Lieut
James Doolittle
Jacksonville
San Diego
Busy season at New Castle Motor Club offices
New Castle residents seek motor tours and routes at the Castleton office as drivers from California Vermont Texas Kansas and Oklahoma arrive for directions east. Manager B N Hanlon notes a record stock of state maps enabling better service and locals plan broader travel to Canada and the East Coast.
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New Castle
Canada
State Supreme Court To Get Votes Appeal
An appeal to the State Supreme Court over the Luzerne county primary vote dispute will be filed in Philadelphia on Monday. The move follows a petition by Francis Shunk Brown seeking to withhold certification of the county vote, contingent on the Luzerne county court's decision.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Luzerne County
William F. Berkowitz
Francis Shunk Brown
Brown
Baby Drowns in Barrel of Water
Bradford, Pa. June 19 A coroner filed an accidental drowning ruling for 2 year old Daniel Arthur Causer who fell into a half barrel used for stock water and drowned. He was found alive but unconscious and could not be revived. Building permits listed for Ralph Shiner and John Dockman.
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International News Service
Bradford
H. Clay Heffner
Daniel Arthur Causer
A . Causer
Autos Collide Near Harrisburg Killing Man
Harrisburg June 19 one man was killed and four others were injured two seriously in a crash at the Gettysburg Pike intersection. John Hart of Bowmansdale died, while James Gilmer Albert Keane Elmer Bricker and Frederick Gettys Hart of Harrisburg were badly hurt and rushed to Harrisburg hospital. Gilmer suffered a fractured skull Bricker had severe facial neck injuries and possible broken ribs.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Gettysburg Pike
Here
John Hart
Bowmansdale
Armstrong Plans To Wed In Secret Marriage For Allegheny County
Joseph G Armstrong chairman of the Allegheny county commissioners has taken out a license to wed his 37 year old fiancée Miss Ethel Wilson. The license was issued yesterday in the city county building but the news surfaced today amid rumors they had already married. Armstrong's former wife died in 1926.
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Allegheny County Commissioners
Ethel Wilson
International News Service
Pittsburgh
Joseph G Armstrong
Board of
Armstrong
Court House
Commission
Commissioner Armstrong
Miss Wilson
Union Gulf C Company To Build Largest Refinery
Pittsburgh reports Union Gulf Corporation plans a major refinery on Neville Island covering 120 acres. The project forms the eastern terminal of a Tulsa to Alabama pipeline expansion aimed at boosting Gulf Oil sales in the region. Bond financing of 60 million dollars was completed through Union Trust of Pittsburgh. Officials confirmed the site purchase but withheld full production plans.
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Thenion Gulf Corporation
Neville Island
Tulsa
Okla
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Gun Wounds Fatal to Youth Near Gettysburg
In Gettysburg Pennsylvania on June 19 a boy named James Allannon seven thirteen from Iron Springs died after an unloaded 22 caliber rifle was discharged by playmates. He was struck in the left temple and died about a half hour later. He left two younger brothers and Kathryn Stewert.
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International News Service
Gettysburg
James Allanon7
Iron Springs
Dames
Kathryn Stewert
Arrests for Parking Violations Dominate City Offenses
The 1929 mayoral report shows 1 938 parking violation arrests out of 4 064 total. Drunkenness and related offenses 558 jailed. 85 more charged. Traffic rules 337 violations. 73 speeding. One homicide arrest. 22 under liquor influence. 10 gambling arrests. 3 070 fines collected. receipts totaled 14 327.03.
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Gillespie
Cascade Park Welcomes Tourists From Broad Region
Cascade Park began greeting visitors from as far south as Texas and sunny California, with arrivals reaching Canada and New Hampshire. Police official Thomas Newell notes tourists stay at parking grounds near a spring and cook breakfast in the Grove early mornings.
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Cascade Park
Texas
California
Canada
New Hampshire
Thomas Newell
Newell
Marriage Licenses Listed For Several Couples
Marriage licenses issued to Peter Gambone and Edna Subhoviak in Youngstown. John Wodliszewski of Wampum and Mary Walukiewiles of New Castle. Herbert E. Keete of Akron and Ruth K. Braatz of New Castle. Jack D'Alfonso and Adeline Fignelli of Ellwood City. Sare Casvacael and Jesse C. Hall and Olie M. Persing of New Castle. Nicholas Mastrangelo and Concetta Tuscano. Americanism note mocks town growth and parking shortage despite few thousand inhabitants.
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John Wodliszewski
Wampum
Mary Walukiewiles
New Castle
Herbert E. Keete
Akron, O
Ruth K. Braatz
Jack D’alfonso
Ellwood City
Adeline Fignelli
Pyle to Attend State Chamber Meeting June 24
David S. Pyle, past president of New Castle Chamber, will attend a State Chamber of Commerce board meeting in Lancaster on June 24. The agenda centers on a uniform and equitable basis of taxation assessments, a topic of vital interest to the New Castle chamber.
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New Castle
David S. Pyle
Suit to collect on bill involving Belfast furnace install
John S Abel and C Ed Smith trading as C Ec Smith Hardware sue Reverend William Hodge A R Davidson and Jesse H Gardner trustees for AME Church to recover 347.35 for furnace installation at Bethel AME Church first ward Belfast Ireland. A rat menace noted.
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John S. Abel
C. Ed. Smith
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