South American Dealings Aired
Senate Munitions committee investigators questioned Donald L. Brown of United Aircraft and Pratt Whitney and C. W. Deeds on alleged shady dealings in selling airplanes to South American nations. The probe cited irregular commissions and international intrigue as it sides with charge that manufacturers pitted rivals for profits. James W. Young and Frank Sheridan Jones linked to the Federal Laboratories company were said to be involved.
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Eugene J. Cadou
International News Service
Washington
Senate Munitions Committee
Donald L. Brown
United Aircraft and Transport Corporation
Pratt-Whitney Company
C. W. Deeds
Commonwealth
James W. Young
Frank Sheridan Jones
Federal Laboratories Company
Pittsburgh
Lethal gas Sales and DuPonts in committee session
The article notes the DuPont family leaders of the American explosive industry will not appear this week but are asked to return after the November election as Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. officials say United Aircraft policy was dirty. Senator Nye, committee head, says preliminary sessions end this week and the panel has merely scratched the surface.
Shields Used By National Guards Shields Used By National Guards
Providence Rhode Island dispatch reports National Guardsmen repelling textile mill strikers with tear gas and modern gear, while reverting to 20th century defense by using metal shields like Caesar's legions. Guardsmen wore two loop shields to protect bodies from rocks as mills reopen.
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International News Service
Providence
R. T
National
Fasteeth Powder Promises Secure Fit for Dentures
An advertisement touts Fasteeth powder as a new greatly improved formula that can be sprinkled on upper or lower dentures to hold them firm without sliding or slipping. It claims no gummy taste, fresh breath, and recommends Eckerd's of New Gaede, Inc. or any drug store.
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Eckerd’s of
New Gaede
Motorcycle Cop Returns To Duty On New Bike
Patrolman Ray Sho walter resumed police duties after illness from the flu. He rode the new motorcycle with sidecar purchased recently by Police Chief Haven. Sho welters said the motorcycle operated splendidly.
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Ray
Showalter
Haven
Showelters
Burglars Fail To Find Money At Gas Station
Police search for two men who attempted a midnight robbery at Dad's Gasoline Service station at South Mill and Grove streets. A window was opened and the cash register pried but nothing was taken. The article ends with an unrelated crocheting question.
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Dad’s Gasoline
South Mill
Grove Streets
Ey As SE
New Vogue Thins Fall Nessner Shoes At Low Price
The New Vogue features thin fall Nessner models that offer better shoe values than ever before. Prospective buyers are urged to see and try on a pair to be convinced of the value at the advertised low price.
Little Yacht Race Sparks Union Labor NRA Clash
A chaotic scene arises as labor groups clash with gun rights advocates during a local yacht race event. Union organizers press for worker protections while NRA members advocate Second Amendment rights amid tense protests and police presence.
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Labor
NRA
Roosevelt sails on Nourmahal amid cheers
President Roosevelt appeared cheerful aboard Vincent Astor’s Nourmahal during the international yacht race as officials and spectators watched. The race had been called with the American boat in the lead, sparking British suspicions of rule violations while debates over labor, science, and politics filled the era’s headlines.
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George Blumenthal
Jess
Mr. Blumenthal
Washington
Roosevelt
Vincent Astor
Nourmahal
Sistle
Buzzie” Dall
Objections to Jew Role in Revolutionary Movements
The text argues that many historic revolutionaries such as Cromwell Desmoulins Mirabeau Danton Robespierre Marat Mussolini and Lenin were not Jewish. It states Trotzky, the only major Jewish Bolshevik, was expelled from Russia. Copyright 1934.
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A&a
Cromwell
Camille
Desmoulins
Mirabeau
Danton
Robespierre
Marat
Mussolini
Kemal Pasha
Italy
Turkey
Lenin-and-Stalin
Russia
Trotzky
Ing
Aynd
New Castle Man Informs of Father’s Illness While Abroad
Earl McCormick of 221 Groton Avenue in New Castle has received a letter from Ireland reporting his father Thomas McCormick of 215 Lincoln Avenue is critically ill. The elder McCormick has been visiting in Ireland for about a year.
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Earl McCormick
Groton Avenue
Thomas McCormick
Lincoln’ Avenue
Ing
Ireland
McCormick
Ministers Wives Of Erie Conference Elect Officers
The Erie Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church elected officers for the coming year including President Mrs A O Locke of Franklin and Vice President Mrs J A Cousins at a Saturday session. The event featured a luncheon, social activities, and readings while other groups named leaders for Epworth League Institute and Men’s Brotherhood.
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Erie
Methodist Episcopal Church
Epworth M. E
Wives. Association
A. 0. Locke, Franklin, Pa.;.vice President, Mrs.’ J. A." Cousins
F. 8. McKnight
Westfield
N. Y
P. Felch
Anna Mi Pyle
Bruce
Middaugh
Ruth Joshua
Ruth Galbraith
Betty Joshua
Russell
William Hewitt
Cribbs
Homes and Hospitals
Itinerants Club
Board of Home Missions and Extensions
Board’ of Foreign Missions
Kiwanis to hear Sharon High man at luncheon
Sharon High School faculty member P. A. Jones will speak at the New Castle Kiwanis Club luncheon in The Castleton on Wednesday September 19. The News announces the event in its latest edition.
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P. A. Jones
Sharon High School
New Castle
Returns From Tour Of The Holy Land
Dr Frederick C Reynolds former New Castle boy and now Baltimore pastor returns from a ten week Holy Land and Mediterranean tour He was fighting chaplain of the 115th Infantry during the war and remains chaplain with the Maryland National Guard as a major He opposed immediate payment for the bonus a year or two ago He studied at Allegheny College and Boston University School of Theology
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Frederick C. Reynolds
New Castle
Baltimore
Holy Land
Mediterranean
Reynolds
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
One Hundred and Fifteenth Infantry
Maryland National Guard
Local Methodist Pastor Receives New Assignment
A Methodist Episcopal church official announces the pastor from Harford county who has served in multiple pulpits across Maryland and Washington. He has led two Baltimore churches and one in Washington, now completing about five years in his current pastorate.
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Limore
Methodist Episcopal Church
Harford County
Baltimore
Washington
Enjoy Who's Who at Westminster College Party
Special To The News reports Westminster College in New Wilmington Pa hosted a radio style Who's Who party Saturday night with groups representing stations. Richard Morris served as emcee for the broadcast and the event was organized by W I M C A cabinets led by Mildred Ralston Al Smith and Kenneth Smith. The piece also notes Mrs Mercy Ellen Crehan of Vancouver BC as president of the American Federation of Soroptimist clubs and Canada’s only women chartered accountant.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
Stallon
Richard Morris
Warren
W. I
Mildred Ralston
Freeport
al Smith
Pittsburgh
Kenneth Smith
Aliquippa
The
American Federation of Soroptimist Clubs
Mercy Ellen Crehan
Vancouver
B .C
Canada
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