Suspect Alliance At Geneva Parley Surfaces In Diplomacy
Washington officials closely watch Geneva talks as Britain shifts toward naval parity skepticism and Japan signals support. The Washington conference ally idea, long buried since 1921, appears rekindled as Britain challenges U S control of seas, tonnage and capital ships, hinting at a revived Anglo-Japanese pact.
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Geneva
Britain
Japan
George R. Holmes
Washington
Great Britain
Yapan
Charles Evans Hughes
England
France
Pacific
United States
Admiralty
W. C. Bridgeman
America
Plane crash injures youth in takeoff vicinity
In Pottsville area, Roy Hackman of Minersville broke a leg when a plane piloted by Albert Carr of Shamokin struck ties during takeoff and overturned. Passengers Peter Leycheck of Primrose and Carr escaped with minor scratches.
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International Nova Sarvice
Pottsville
Roy Hackman
Minersville
Hackman
Peter Leycheck
Primrose
Albert Carr
Shamokin
Carr
Leycheck
Will Rogers Plans Transatlantic Flight Grab
In Los Angeles June 23 Will Rogers muses on joining Byrd’s expedition while noting a publicity stunt linked to Rod La Rocque and Wilma Banky wedding in Beverley Hills. Sam Goldwyn suggests a church ceremony to maximize publicity as Rogers also mentions booking his grandson for a 90 mile flight with Commander Byrd.
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Specind
Tor Pangeles
Rod la Roceve
Wilma Banky
Beverley
Sam Goldwyn
Sam
Will Rogers
P. Srl
Byrd
Carnegie Steel Improves No 4 Furnace At New Castle Works
Carnegie Steel Company undertakes large upgrades at No 4 furnace in New Castle works, rebuilding the stack and adding electrical automatic equipment. Capacity will rise about 50 percent from 430 tons, with an automatic electric distributor at the stack top to distribute materials evenly. Completion will allow the furnace to resume after months idle.
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New Castle
Carnegie Stosl Company
Steel Corporation
Grace Speeds Up Plan For Hawaii Flight
Richard Grace, known as the aviator with a broken neck, rushes preparations for a Hawaii to California flight. A new propeller aboard the liner Maui will be installed at Pearl Harbor, with mechanics tightening the monoplane for a test flight over Ford Island. Grace plans takeoff tomorrow morning, relying on vision through side windows and adjusting altitude to wind and weather.
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John F. Stone
International News Service
Honolulu
Pacific
Richard Grace
Navy
Hawaii
Maui
Hawaiian
Pearl Harbor
Grace
Myer
Kauel
California
Lindbergh
Viston
Olsen Company Secures Award for City Paving Contract
City Engineer Frank Miller reported Olsen Contracting submitted the lowest bid of 42 687 10 for paving Beckford street Winslow and Maryland avenues with a concrete contract chosen over brick after bid review. Councilmen noted property owners prefer concrete despite initial brick bid errors detected in both bids.
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Frank Miller
Victor Olsen Contracting Company
Beckford Street
Winslow
Maryland Avenues
Olsen Company
Louis Genkinger
Olsen
Burns Bros
Miller
Lbed
Dry Enforcement Policy To Remain In District
Western Pennsylvania enforcement chief John D Pennington says there will be no policy change in prohibition enforcement for Western Pennsylvania West Virginia and parts of Maryland despite Washington staff shifts The aim remains targeting bootleg sources rather than small violators Federal agents concede a large effort would be needed to police hip pockets and small offenders with little chance of federal success. many see courts already overcrowded with major cases and fear overreach would clog justice Nearby authorities note occasional federal swoops on small violators are handed to county courts for disposal and do not reflect a broad federal campaign.
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Robert W. Ginsburg
Taycreaton
Buell Poraeds
Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania
Washington
John D. Pennington
International News
Pennington
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Lincoln
United States
King Missing In Pittsburgh May Be Foul Play Victim
William Le King director of the Citizen's League in Pittsburgh is reported missing and believed possibly the victim of foul play. A forged resignation letter circulated claiming his departure while league officials say it did not originate from him. King, a lawyer who previously practiced in Kansas City and Des Moines, disappeared after not returning to his hotel room.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
William le, King
Citizen's League
King
League
J League
Kansas City
Des Moines
King's
Death Notice for Earls and McElhaney Records
Death notice lists Earls and McElhaney age 39 with Lincoln venue and George Parsons Canton details. fragmented OCR omits dates and full context. The readable items indicate a memorial or obituary brief with names and location references.
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Earls
Mile High Wedding Brings Comings Together In Plane
A couple tied the knot in a mile high ceremony aboard an aircraft as the plane in progress. Guests and crew witnessed the nuptials during flight, celebrating the union above the clouds.
See Comet Last Night See It No One Reported It
Lawrence County stargazers attempted to spot the celestial guest as it moves southward at 18 miles per second. The Pons-Winnecke comet is about 13 500 000 miles from Earth, likely lacking a visible tail. Observers are advised to use a strong telescope and look toward the southeastern sky through July 4 for possible sighting.
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Jett
Lawrence County
Flight crew carries supplies from Oakland to Hawaii
Report from Cinternational News Service notes Lieutenants Lester Maitland and Albert Hegenberger departing Oakland bound for Hawaii with a food cargo. The load included chocolate in cake form, two dozen pilot's biscuits, hardtack, 36 malted milk tablets, six cans Army canned bees Willy, and four bottles of water.
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Cinternational News Service
Oakland
Gali
Lester ‘Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
Hawaii
Pennsylvania Highway maps to be released soon
International News Service reports in Harrisburg that 100000 copies of the new Pennsylvania highways tourist map will be printed and distributed in about ten days. It will feature the Benjamin Franklin Highway and the Buffalo Pittsburgh road, plus omnibus bill routes from 1925 destined to take effect July 1, 1926. Contracts were awarded for 200000 copies of the yearly tourist guide.
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International News
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
John C. Dight
Buffalo-Pittsburgh
Probe Attempt To Rob Plant
Officers were called to the chemical department of Johnson Bronze on South Mill Street to investigate an alleged attempt to rob the plant of materials. A number of boys are under suspicion and are said to have informed police they sought materials to make explosives for the Fourth of July.
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Chemical Department
Johnson Bronze. Company
South Mill
Snake Tales From Season Past On Butler Road
Old timers recall huge river snakes told as season stories. Thomas Kennedy and George Wein recount a 30 foot snake on Slippery Rock, thick as a man, famed for barking a cat. The tale survives as a nostalgic reminiscence of past shopping prices.
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Nfl
Thomas Kennedy
Buttler
George Weinpartner
Butler Road
Cost & Nickel
Man Named Theodore Melvin Sentenced for Liquor Possession
Theodore Melvin, a colored man, was sentenced by Judge Lawrence Hildebrand after pleading to possession of liquor. He claimed he found a gallon can of moonshine in an alley on Moravia Street, but the court convicted him and ordered four months in county jail along with a $100 fine and costs.
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Theodore Melvin
Melvin
St. Jasasa
Blind New Castle man imagines modern machines on streets
Charles W. Thomas, a lifelong New Castle resident who has been blind for thirty years, describes an auto as a wagon with wooden spokes and air filled tires and envisions an airplane like a pigeon. He has never seen cars or planes and learns from others while recounting his street observations.
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New Castle
Charles W
Thomas
Jike
Ford
Chevrolet
Washington Street
Auto
Hess
Army Plane Tests Pacific Hop From Oakland to Hawaii
A giant tri motor Army plane led by Lieuts Maitland and Hegenberger roared from Oakland Municipal Airport at 7 10 p m bound for Hawaii as the epochal cross pacific flight began amid haze and high hopes. An earlier civilian entry by Ernest Smith failed to launch after engine trouble.
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Ellis H. Martin
Oakland Municipal Airport
Oakland
Cal
Ernest Smith
Hawaii
Golden Gate
Maitland
Hegenberger
Holts
Smith
BE. J. Moffett
Ght
Sandy Sanders
Air Man Service
Crisse
San Francisco
John
D. Durham
Mother and five children gas deaths shock Whitestone home
New York June 28 neighbors found Mrs Marie Freedman 35 and her five children dead in a Whitestone Long Island kitchen. The room was filled with gas from a stove. Police have no motive yet.
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International News Service
New York
Whitestone
Long Island
Marie Freedman
Bank Robbers Are Given Sentences
George Andronetto of Johnstown Pennsylvania and Clinton Acton of Bluffton Indiana were found guilty of robbing the Payne Ohio bank of three thousand dollars last April. The gang was arrested in Elgin Ohio and the money was recovered. Also named in the report are Bar Russell and Sara M. Quincy of Youngstown Ohio and Fred Davis of New Castle.
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International News Service
Paulding
George Andronetto
Johnnistown
Clinton
Bar Russell .i
Youngstown
Sara M. Quincy
Fred. J. Davis vi
New Castle
Ada
Mildred Britton
Union Township Board to Prosecute Cans Thrown on Roads
The Union Township Board of Supervisors plans stern action to stop residents throwing cans and debris into road ditches. President D Phillips, Secretary F E McCreary, and GC L Bentley lead the board which vows prosecution for future offenses to ease janitorial burdens and prevent clogged ditches and wasted public funds.
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Oakland
Board of Supervisors of
Union Township
Memeter’s Presbyterian Day Out On Golf and Lunch
Arthur Memeter notes he is not a Presbyterian yet participates with the church group today. They plan a first outing with a party at Tinks followed by golf on Sunday noon at eighty forty, with chilly but not harsh weather as they tee off and enjoy the che dey.
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Wes
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Citizena League
Leslie Burnett
Alma Zenterebe
Detroit
Forsythe
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Lieut
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Pacific Coast
Arthur Memeter
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