Officials And Engineer Plan Joint Meeting
County officials and the state engineer scheduled a joint meeting for next Wednesday to resolve right of way releases for the West Pittsburg road project. The $61 156 estimate by D W Challis and Sons was accepted, but letting the contract will be delayed until all property owners sign releases. All owners along the right of way must attend. a state engineer may be sent to clarify road lines.
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West Pittsburg
D. W. Challis and Sons
Sewickley
State Department
Jackson
Labor Day Plans And Local Road Upgrade News
The article notes light public Labor Day observance in New Castle with heavy holiday traffic expected. Voter registration opens next Thursday for the November election, and bids opened in Harrisburg for the West Pittsburg road improvement. A concrete highway will connect New Castle and West Pittsburg, benefiting many residents.
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New Castle
West Pittsburg
Harrisburg
New Castle Junction
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at nine this morning show a maximum temperature of 93 and a minimum of 71 with no precipitation. river stage is 3.6 feet. The same date a year ago recorded 70 maximum, 57 minimum, and 1.07 inches of precipitation.
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U. S
Rio Grande flood drives thousands from homes on both sides
Rio Grande flood waters force mass evacuations in Eagle Pass Texas and Piedras Negras Mexico. 12 suspected deaths reported as 15,000 Mexicans seek higher ground and 1,000 Eagle Pass residents flee. Bridges collapse, utilities fall, and communications break as the deluge sweeps the region.
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Rio Grande
International News Service
Eagle Pass
Tex
Big
Piedras Negras
Public Schools Open Next Week in New Castle
About 11 000 to 11 500 pupils begin the New Castle school term on Wednesday September 7 for nine months. Teachers numbering about 335 meet Tuesday morning September 6 in the senior high auditorium for organization and instructions. Board president Daniel B Woolcock and attorney Roy W Hazen will discuss a 20 percent salary reduction to ensure full nine month operation.
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New Castle
C. C. Green
Daniel B. Woolcock
Roy W. Hazen
Four Men Held In Liquor Raids
Federal prohibition agents in Clearfield County arrested four men and seized a wildcat brewery and about 10,000 dollars in equipment beer. In Bensinger township Elk county 20 half barrels of beer 2430 bottles of ale 40000 labels and 3000 empty bottles were recovered. In St Marys 105 gallons of alcohol 26 cases of ale and 21 pints of whisky were found in a garage. Those arrested are Paul Reich C L Frody Isadore Ruben and John Detsch bond set at 500 for hearing.
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International News Service
Clearfield
Pittsburgh
Wildcat
Bensinger Township
Elk County
St. Marys
John Detsch
Paul Reich
C. L. Frody
Isadore Ruben
German stocks enjoy five year boom in Berlin trading
Berlin Boerse surged as Chancellor Von Papen announced an industry revival program. Stocks rose three to five points amid a rush of buying and in some cases buying exceeded original selling offers by 300 percent.
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International News Service
Berlin
Berlin Boerse
von Papen
Still Blockade Highways in Iowa By Hutchinson
Iowa strikers continue road blockades in Lemars Cherokee Sioux City and Council Bluffs as national farm holiday leaders press for a concrete relief program. Ohio farmers join the movement and South Dakota farmers are expected to follow, while governors prepare for a September 9 conference in which a reply is awaited.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Omaha
Des Moines
Lemars
Cherokee
Council Bluffs
Conference of Governors
Ohio
South Dakota
Warren E. Green
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Dan W. Turner
Youth Held After Inquest In Auto Death
A coroner's inquest and hearing held in Harlansburg led to Ellis Boyd age 21 being held for the September term on involuntary manslaughter charges. Hettenbaugh died from injuries after Boyd's car overturned on the Harlansburg road following a dancing party at Rock Springs Park. Witnesses testified Boyd had been drinking before the crash and that a second collision near Marlansburg occurred en route to New Castle.
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Orville Potter
L. C. Mantz
Ellis Boyd
Harlansburg
Alderman Mantz
Boyd
Gerald Hettenbaugh
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Harlansburg Road
Hettenbaugh
Rock Springs Park
Marlansburg
New Castle
Harry Campbell
Rock Springs
Boyden
Emery
Ferguson
McCracken
Lawrence Cunningham
Cunningham
Threats, Wounding and Suicide End Desperate Past Conflict
In Arnold near Pittsburgh Earl Walker, 30, stalked his former girlfriend Frances Choltko, 20, at her home and threatened her. Her brother George Choltko Jr., 16, tried to intervene and was wounded in the shoulder before Walker shot himself, police reported. Walker had been sought for two days.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Arnold
Earl Walker
Walker
Frances Choltko
George Choltko Jr
Car overturns kill man on North Side street intersection
Pittsburgh dispatch says James Ward aged 45 died when trapped under an overturned truck on a North Side street intersection. Three men aged 25 to 26 were held as suspicious persons pending investigation.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
James Ward
Andy Killan
Anthony Zhuzas
John Dailey
Roosevelt to Speak in Schenectady and Bridgeport in Campaign Swing
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt planned two public addresses to press for his presidential bid. He would speak in Schenectady at 11 a.m. and then in Bridgeport at 9 p.m. for the first New England appearance since his campaign began. He urged citizens to vote in November and aimed to court Al Smith Democrats in the region.
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Albany
N. Y
Walker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Schenectady
Bridgeport
Roosevelt
Young Men’s Democratic League
al Smith
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Steady Drift to Hoover Seen in Chicago Visit
In Chicago Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur secretary of the interior said the economic machine is back on the highway starting in low gear and that people feel relief as conditions improve. He noted a drift toward the President and believed Hoover's acceptance speech won him many votes.
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International News Service
Chicago
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
Rudy Vallee called a grand husband for somebody else
Fay Webb Vallee said in Chicago that Rudy Vallee is wonderful but they could not get along. She cited clashes in temperaments and his long work hours, noting their fourteen months of marriage left little chance to see him before Reno-bound.
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Rudy
Mrs
Fay Webb Vallee
International News Service
Chicago
Rudy Vallee
Flying Family Reaches Greenland In Safety
COPENHAGEN September 3 Safe after the most hazardous leg of their flight from America to Europe Colonel George Hutchinson of Baltimore and his flying family arrived last night at Godthaab Greenland The Hutchinsons took off from Hopedale Labrador at 1115 a m E D T yesterday arriving at Godthaab eight p m Greenland time The flight a jump of almost 700 miles was almost entirely over water
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International News Service
Copenhagen
America
Europe
George Hutchinson
Baltimore
Godthaab, Green
Hopedale
Labrador
Godthaab
Greenland
Flying Family May Be Unable To Complete Hop
Col George Hutchinson of Baltimore faces denial of fuel as Danish authorities in Greenland refuse to supply gas. Officials say Greenland only provides government fuel to authorized aviators, and Hutchinson lacks the permit. Confiscation of his amphibian plane may follow if he continues.
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London
George Hutchinson
Greenland
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
M. Oldendown
Greenland Administration Board
Hutchinson
Administration Board
Little Big Chief Walker resigns as mayor in mountain town
Special to The News reports in the Caliente region that Mayor Walker has resigned. The note questions New York’s ability to track his status and hints at Ma Ferguson's nomination. Amon G. Carter of Fort Worth, Texas is asked to receive flowers and wreaths as he campaigns against Jim Ferguson, a personal plea with a humorous aside.
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Bishop
Cal
Walker
New York
Ma” Ferguson
Amon G. Carter
Fort Worth
Tez
Jim” Ferguson
Jim
Greta Garbo
Carter
No New Castle News Monday Observes Labor Day
No issue of the New Castle News will be published on Monday in observance of Labor Day. The newspaper will resume normal publication the following day.
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New Castle News
Second Victim Of Crash Dies In Memorial Hospital
William Berger aged 35 died at Jameson Memorial Hospital at 1 25 this afternoon following injuries from a crash on Butler road. His daughter June 7 had died in the same accident when the gasoline ignited after the vehicle toppled and burned. The Berger party traveling from Chicago to New York included his wife and a chauffeur and a maid.
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William Berger
Butler Road
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Mr. Berger
Chicago
New York
Weller Hill
Senta Graf
Bergers
Walter Ehlbeck
Major Doolittle Sets New Speed Record for Planes
Major James A. Doolittle of St. Louis broke the world landplane speed record at Municipal Airport Cleveland. He reached 309.040 miles per hour on the third lap and averaged 292.801 mph over four official laps.
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International News Service
Municipal Airport
Cleveland
James A. Doolittle
St. Louis
Award Contract For New Bridge At Wurtemburg
Harrisburg announces road improvement bids from August were awarded to low bidders. Lawrence County received the concrete bridge on route 488, awarded to Cline Construction Company of Butler for 80,753 dollars, known as the Wurtemburg bridge.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
State Department of Highways
Lawrence County
Cline Construction Company
Butler
Wurtemburg
Death notices for Sherman Gallagher Mary Annetta Weller and William Berger
Death records list Sherman Gallagher 67 of Prospect Pennsylvania Mary Annetta Weller 83 of Harmony Pennsylvania and William Berger 35 of New York N Y in the summary of deaths for the period
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Sherman Gallagher
Prospect
Mary Annetta Weller
Harmony
William Berger
New York
Opposition Builds to Walker Run for Mayor Again
Former Mayor James J. Walker faces growing opposition as independent Democrats and Republicans discuss a fusion candidate to block his return. legal and court battles loom while Walker must secure NYC Democratic leaders' support and prove fitness to run amid questions on vacancy.
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Walker
Samuel Seabury
Supreme Authority
People
Seabury
New York City
Michael J. Cruise
Tammany
John H. McCooley
Brooklyn
Tire Blows Out Causing Two Car Collision Near Leesburg
The front left tire blew on a Mercer car driver James Mc Conaghy sending his vehicle across the Perry highway near Leesburg. It struck Carl R. Johnson’s car at 1251 Gardner Avenue Pittsburgh. No injuries reported. both cars damaged.
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James McConaghy
R. D
Mercer
Perry Highway
Leesburg
Carl R. Johnson
Gardner Avenue
Pittsburgh
One More Day Till The Fall Comes
A nostalgic snapshot notes Labor Day signals the approach of fall as schools begin to reopen and families prepare for the new term. The passage contrasts summer heat with the soon return to routines, mentioning mothers packing children for school and a police presence on the corner.
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Earl Truesdale
Thelma Woods
Loren Truesdale
Earl
Miss Woods
William K. Hutchinson
Joseph V. McKee
Board of Aldermen
James J. Walkers
Raymond I. Borst
Atlantic
Col
Col. Hutchinson
Willeeays
Major Doolittle
James L. Kilgallen
International Mews Service
James J. Walker
Tammany Hall
Arthur Memeter
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