May Auto Crashes Claim 12 Killed 104 Hurt in Pa
The Pennsylvania Department of Highways reports 120 state highway crashes in May with 12 dead and 104 injured. City totals show 1,175 accidents with 51 fatalities and 1,513 injuries across 26 municipalities, plus 3 deaths and 1,617 injuries in state highways and 36 cities.
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Harrisburg
Department of Highways
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Carbondale
Connellsville
Johnstown
McKeesport
New Castle
Highway Department
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Uncle Sam's Pets Thrive in Park Conditions
Washington June 28 reports say game and forage conditions in all national parks are excellent this year with the sight of[final text truncated]
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Yellowstone National Park
United States
Yelowstone
Wild Cave National Park
California
Sequoia National Park
Park Rangers
Rock Mountai National Park
Uncle Sam
Washington
State Forests Report 1200 Camp Sites Now Available
Harrisburg report from the State Forest Commission notes June 25 meeting. Secretary Stuart outlined finances, May receipts of 9 559 16, timber income 4 044 21 from Mont Alto, mineral royalties 399 27. Three months saw 32 new camp sites leased and 16 renewed, totaling over 1 200 permanent sites. The spring fire season was favorable with record-low fires and smaller average fire acreage. A statewide study of parks and recreation areas on State Forests was proposed.
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Harrisburg
State Forest Commission
Stuart
Mont Alto
Dwellings From 4000 Years Ago Found in Skaane Sweden
Stockholm reports a remarkable archeological discovery in Skaane in southern Sweden. Prehistoric dwelling places estimated at 4000 years old have been uncovered, dating earlier than most finds in the country except for a 5000 year old stone age skeleton exhibited in Gothenburg.
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Stockholm
Skaane
Sweden
Gothenburg
Britain Minting Coin For Russian Soviets
London June 28 The royal mint of Great Britain is turning out forty million silver rubles for the Soviet government of Russia. The treasury department authorized the work with the stipulation that bullion and payment be tendered in advance.
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International News Service
London
Royal Mint of
Great Britain
Russia
Treasury Department
Sunshine Kensington Meeting Set for June 30
Sunshine Kensington will meet Monday June 30 at the residence of Mrs. Gertrude Anderson on Green Street. The notice specifies a local gathering and lists involved organizers and location.
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Sunshine Kensington
Gertrude Anderson
Green Street
Reconciliation on Klan Issue Nears at Democratic Convention
The Democratic National Convention faced a crisis as the resolutions committee adjourned after four days of debate on the Ku Klux Klan plank without agreement. Leaders, including Gov. Smith of New York and George Brennan of Illinois, held talks to influence Kellogg, while speculation swirled about a draft condemning the Klan by name or omitting it. Senator Caraway predicted a consensus with no open fight over the Klan issue.
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International News Service
New York
Resolutions Committee
Cummings
Gov. l Smith
Geo. E. Brennan
Illinois
Manhattan Club
Joseph A. Kellogg
Glenns Falls
Gov. Smith
Caraway
Germans Cheapen Burial Ceremony
Berlin reports say death costs in Germany drive many into cremation societies. For 92 marks paid in installments, members receive a coffin certificates and a church service with music and singers. About one in four Berlin residents belong to such societies, with a 50 percent rise since 1922, many from poor quarters.
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Berlin
Germany
Raising Dogs Becomes Profitable Enterprise
ALLENTOWN June 28 Dog raising as a commercial enterprise is rapidly gaining favor here and many farms are being converted into ramping places for the money bringing pups. The largest real estate transaction involved Alvin P. Frey and John Bohrer of Mauch Chunk. Frey sold his farm with 2200 foot frontage on the William Penn Highway near Wescoesville for 20000 to Bohrer who plans to erect kennels and breed Great Danes. The area already hosts several large farms devoted to German police and Airedale dogs.
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Allentown
Alvin P. Frey
John Bohrer
Mauch Chunk
Frey
William Penn Highway
Wescoesville
Bohrer
Airdale
Car Crash Involving Mick Suntel Vehicle and Penn Coal Truck
Police report states a collision between Mick Suntel’s car and a Penn Coal and Supply truck. Suntel’s fender was damaged and no serious injuries are mentioned.
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Mick Suntel
Penn Coal and Supply Company
Suntel
Platform committee votes to remove Klan name from 1924 platform
At Madison Square Hotel New York June 28 the platform committee approved 34 to 16 to omit the Ku Klux Klan reference from the 1924 platform. The vote follows debate on inclusion of the name in the document guiding the party.
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Madison News Service
Madison Square Hotel
New York
Ku Klux Klan
Ohio Woman Said To Be Oldest U.S. Compositor
Bridgeport O June 28 Distinction claimed for Mrs Tillie Ring Hodge 8 of Tiskilwa Ill as the oldest active newspaper compositor in the United States. Born in 1845 in Belmont county she left for Illinois in 1852 and set type for the Chicago Times. She married W R Hodge in 1868 and resumed newspaper work after his 1888 death.
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Bridgeport
United States
Tillie Ring Hodge
Tiskilwa, Ill
Belmont
Hodge
Belmont County
Illinois
Chicago Times
Abraham Lincoln
W. R. Hodge
Montgomery
Ala
Don’t Study Medicine Says German Doctors
Leipsic June 28. The German Physicians Association warns prospective students not to study medicine, predicting long term oversupply. They cite factors such as old doctors unable to retire due to depreciated savings, loss of colonies, Germany’s disarmament, and mass poverty limiting demand for doctors.
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Leipsic
German Physicians Association
Germany
Americans To Perform For Canadian Station
Radio fans can hear a special concert July 26 at 8 30 p m daylight saving time from CKCH Ottawa Canada. The program is entirely by American talent with soloists and instrumentalists from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company staff now stationed at the Canadian head office since May 1.
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International News Service
New York
CKCH
Canadian National Railways
Ottawa
Canada
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Ohio State University Enters Fifty First Year Milestone
Ohio State University began its fifty first year as a major educational institution this month. In fifty years the school graduated about 15,500 students and records show at least 20,600 more have attended.
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Ohio University
International News Services
Columbus
Ohio State University
Ohio State
Murder of Deputy Stirs All Italy
The first photograph of Giacomo Matteotti, a Socialist Deputy, is released amid a crisis in Italy following his kidnapping and murder by Fascisti. The事件 shocks the nation as authorities investigate and foreign observers monitor reaction.
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Italy
Giacomo Matteotti
Fascisti
Happy Godfather For 56 Youngsters
Dansville New York June 28 discovered the world’s champion godfather Joseph Stiegler has served as godfather fifty five times including in Germany before moving here He has been village president seven years president of the Retail Merchants Council president of the Danville General Hospital and active in many groups He is godfather to fifty five living children and in some cases was godfather to the parents and later to the children He has no children of his own.
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Dansville
N. Y
Joseph Stiegler
Germany
Stiegler
Retail Merchants’ Council
Danville General Hospital
Board of Trade
Record Crop En Route North Say Railway Men
Philadelphia date June 28. Rail officials report a very heavy movement of perishables from Maryland Delaware and Virginia Peninsula. Strawberries lead the rush with a large crop likely to set a record. Potatoes expected to require about 20 000 cars. Cantaloupes apples peaches pears and other produce follow after harvest. Florida Georgia and Carolinas shipments are rising northward too.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia Peninsula
Florida
Georgia
Carolinas
Pottsville Masons To Construct Home
Pottsville Masons pay 60000 for land at Center and Norwegian streets to build a Masonic home in coming years. The town also installed a new lodge this year, the first since Pulaski lodge formed in 1831.
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Pottsville
Norwegian Streets
Pulaski Lodge
Balloon Powered Railway Experiment Aims for Alpine Ascent
Balloon power to haul a car up a Bavarian summit uses a 66 foot diameter bag with 10 560 pounds lift. The car runs on a single T shaped rail anchored to the ground with ballast and ropes for descent. Passengers and crew allotted 3 300 pounds, balloon gear 4 620 pounds leaving 2 640 pounds reserve to prevent stalling.
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Bavaria
Nightlife in Vienna Dims Under Heavy Taxes
Vienna reports a collapse of evening leisure as 30 to 45 percent cocktail taxes and 40 percent music taxes press cabarets and private clubs. League of Nations schemes and French franc speculation drive patrons away while late trains end at eleven. Tax costs and taxis push residents to stay home.
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Vienna
the Hapsburgs
Europe
League of Nations
New Steam Shovel Takes 8 Ton Bite
Hazleton Pennsylvania June 28 a 380 ton steam shovel the largest in the state arrives at Crampberry Creek Coal Company Crystal Ridge near Hazleton It lifts eight tons per bite surpassing the common 1 ton capacity and will enable standard gauge tracks and railroad equipment to remove surface coal and spoil a breakthrough for anthracite mining
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Hazleton
Crampberry Creek Coal Company
Crystal Ridge
Farm purchasing power at low point in 1924 says Ohio study
Ohio State University economists report farm product purchasing power fell to 77 cents in April as measured against 1909 to 1914 normal prices, with livestock showing an upward trend in early 1924, signaling a move toward normal production and improved farmer opportunities.
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International News Service
Columbus
Ohio State University
E. J. Utz
Ohio
Women Smoking On Beach Draw Supervision Flap
Atlantic City Mayor Edward L. Bader condemns women puffing cigars on the public beach calling for privacy and legal steps if possible. He voices strong disapproval and says enforcement would follow any legal remedy.
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Atlantic ‘City
Edward L. Bader
Atlantic City
Iowa Man Seeks $500 Over Alleged Insult to Wife
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 28 Jacob E Wilson sues Mrs Benjamin Black a trained nurse for 500 alleging she tore a veil from his dead wife’s face after being discharged and denying him viewing the body of Mrs Wilson The suit claims the act insulted the dead wife and injured the husband’s feelings.
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Cedar Rapids
Jacob E. Wilson
Benjamin Black
Wilson
Shenango Valley Hospital Admits and Discharges
Admitted: James Fox. Edwin Campbell. Mrs May Fishburn. Joseph Orres. Mrs Bertha DeRoss. Discharged: Charles Baker. Perry McAlpen. Gus Angelez. Grace Eckman. Locations include Superior Street West North Street Poplar greet Leasure Avenue and Enon Valley.
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James Fox
Superior Street
Edwin Campbell
Poplar
May Fishburn
Joseph Orres
West North Street
Bertha DeRoss
Leasure Avenue
Charles Baker
South New Castle Morough
Perry McAlpen
Altoona
Gus Angelez
East Washington Street
Grace Eckman
Enon Valley
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