Injunction Sought Over County Voting Machine Contract
Francis S. Guthrie of the Citizens Voting Machine Committee asks the Common Pleas Court for a temporary injunction to halt the Allegheny County contract with Poole Engineering Company of Baltimore to supply 1 million dollars worth of voting machines. He alleges illegality and argues bond inadequacy and improper bidding procedures.
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Guthrie
Allegheny County
International News Service
Pittsburgh
Francis S. Guthrie
Citizen's Voting Machine Committee
Poole Engineering Company
Baltimore
Common Pleas Court
Frank P. Patterson
Poole Company
Maryland Casualty Company
Alegheny County
Girl Flier Ruth Alexander Dies in California Crash
Ruth Alexander a Kansas farm girl and schoolgirl aviatrix was killed shortly after takeoff from Lindbergh Field in a fog bound transcontinental flight to New York. Authorities believe she struck Point Loma three miles from the start. Alexander had earned money for flying lessons by working days in a restaurant and nights in a beauty parlor and had set a woman's altitude record prior to earning her license. She recently completed a 16 hour Vancouver to Agua Caliente hop.
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San Diego
Cal
Ruth Alexander
Aviatrix
Lindbergh Field
New York
Alexander
Point Loma
Miss Alexander
Kansas
Vancouver
B. C
Agua Caliente
Traveling home named Suits Us on South Jefferson street
A high rated traveling home parked on South Jefferson street proved not a bus but a compact dwelling with curtains sink heater and fan. The item accompanied by winter notices includes a first parent teacher meeting at Oak Street School on Friday and a revived city game vacci or polin played by firemen and youths using iron balls to approach a fifth ball for points. Ray F Hall reports Meadville credit bureau meeting notes place New Castle exchange ranks high for auto reports. Weather notes record highest temperature in the 24 hour period ending noted by observer Johnson.
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South Jefferson Street
Associated Credit Bureaus of Pennsylvania
Meadville
Ray F. Hall
New Castle
Daily Weather Report Summary for 24 Hours
Weather statistics show a maximum of 75 and minimum of 44 degrees with no precipitation. River stage reached 42 feet at 9 o'clock this morning.
Round named Armistice Day chair in city plan
Louis B. Round district manager of Pennsylvania Power company accepted the general chairmanship of the Armistice Day observance to be held Saturday November 11. He called a meeting with chairmen of service men's groups and committees for Sunday at three o'clock in the P and O building to launch the event with vigor.
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Lawrence
Mercer
Butler
Louis B. Round
Pennsylvania Power Company
Round
Ways and Means
P. and O
Kansas City Business Man Promotes Donation and Purchases Drive
A conference with Mr Round yields a letter approving observance and a five dollar donation to fund the affair. The meeting Sunday will include a long list of local figures led by Russell Melvin and Dr W Fulton Jackson. Leo Munchenberger gives each employee thirty dollars to buy necessities, not to cover old debts nor to start new installments.
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Round
Russell Melvin
W. Fulton Jackson
John Brettell
William S. Lewis
H. H. Rosenthal
James A. Bell
H. Geary
Phil G. Greer
Guy Wadlinger
Ralph Montgomery
Gordon Klein
Malcom Cox
Ivor Davis
Glenn Berry
W. J. Chapman
Robert Gowell
William Sturdy
Dan McQuiston
R. W. Rowland
Lester Wooley
Orville Potter
John D. Kennedy
Harvey Bintrim
Nathan McClung
William H. Dunlap
George W. Muse
H K. Bell
Kansas City, Mo
Leo Munchenberger
Crack Rifleman in Mishap Here
A local wedding party delayed arrival in Pittsburgh when the car of H. J. Habib collided with the car of Sergeant H F Hicks of Fort Humphrey Virginia at East Washington street and Marshall avenue. Injuries included Samuel Habib on the forehead and left shoulder though not serious. Sergeant Hicks was traveling east and the accident occurred as he noted the oncoming crash.
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Pittsburgh
H. J. Habib
South Jefferson Street
Philip Habib
H F. Hicks
U. S. Engineers
Fort Humphrey
East Washington Street
Marshall Avenue
Samuel Habib
Hicks
Delayed Reward Payments Tied to Local Motor Clubs
Two motor clubs delay payment of rewards for slayers of Corporal Brady Paul. $2,500 of the $3,200 local reward fund has been paid to county commissioners. $700 remains from clubs in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. No written club promises exist, names not on file, awaiting clearance before sheriff distributes funds to captors of Irene Schreoner and Glenn Dagüe.
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Brady Paul
John P. Lockhart
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Lockhart
Charlies Wright
Phoenix
Arizona
Irene Schroener
Glenn Dague
New Castle News
Thos J. McCullough
P.O Elder
New Castle Motor Club
Johns. Crow
Condition Of Mrs. LaVeen In Good Health
Mrs. LaVeen remains in Jameson Memorial Hospital after a Wednesday morning car accident on the Wilmington road that killed her mother in law Mrs. Justin Logan. She suffers a compound fracture of the right wrist and body bruises with shock. condition reported favorable this morning. Both victims lived in Beaver Falls.
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LaVeen
Dedication of Boulder Dam prompts talk from Wilbur
Special to The News reports from Beverly Hills that at Las Vegas Secretary Wilbur dedicates Boulder Dam today. The writer recalls Arizona senators threatening filibuster to delay the ceremony and jokes about Vanderbilt as a potential hero and a proposed Vanderbilt for president club.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Las Vegas
Nev
Wilbur
Boulder Dam
Arizona
America
Borah
Vanderbilt
County growers tour Lawrence county orchards a fair crop seen
County Farm Agent Harold R McCulloch with John Ruef State college fruit expert and about a dozen growers toured five Lawrence county orchards Wednesday to view apple peach and grape crops and discuss orchard care and spraying for paying production Grapes are fine according to McCulloch and Ruef shared insights from years of experience
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Harold R. McCulloch
Lawrence County
John Ruef
State College
Ruef
Four Die In Pottsville Mine Blast in Sherman Coal Shaft
Four men were killed and two injured in a Pottsville Sherman Coal Company mine explosion last night. Victims named include Joseph Waldo and J J Leiniger with others from Mechanicsville Minersville Tremont. Rescue teams faced gas hazards as they fought to reach the trapped workers.
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International News Service
Pottsville
Sherman Coal Company
Joseph Waldo
Chester Coveny
Mechanicsville
Max Saboluskie
Minersville
J. J. Leininger
Tremont
Leo Saboluskie
Edward Tobias
Skidmore
Waldo
Sablouskie
Tobias
Mora Discharged In Manslaughter Case
Walter Mora of Chewton was discharged by Alderman C Mantz on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Jeffer son Winston who was repairing a tire when struck by Mora in the vicinity of the Wampum bridge. Mora also faced driving without a license and paid a fine after pleading.
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Walter Mora
Chewton
Jefferson Winston
C. Mantz
Winston
Mora
Wampum Bridge
Alderman Mant
Night Blooming Cereus blooms at Minnie Sullivan home
Mrs. Minnie M. Sullivan at 606 Oak Street witnessed a rare event as her night blooming cereus Cereus Grandifloras bloomed for the first time in thirty years. The six foot plant opened at 6 30 p m lasting until 10 30 p m drawing dozens of visitors to see the waxy white flower with yellow pollen stamens and pistils before closing.
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Oak Street
Minnie M. Sullivan
Sullivan
Robbers Release Sleeping Gas in Pittsburgh Home
Four members of a North Side family were sprayed with sleeping gas during a home invasion on September 18. Joseph Timblin, his wife, and their two children Jean and Joseph were rendered unconscious but survived, while a collie in the kitchen also suffered. Loot totaled 74 dollars.
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Pittsburgh
North Side
Joseph Timblin
Timblin
Jean
Joseph
Paris to New York fliers to land in Chicago today
Maj. Dieudonne Coste and Lieut. Maurice Bellonte, French trans Atlantic fliers, arrive at Curtiss-Wright Airport Chicago for a national good will tour. They will be greeted by a reception committee and escorted downtown for a public welcome with a banquet and official city events.
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International News Service
Detroit
Mich
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Paris
New York
Chicago
United States
Coste
Bellonte
Curtiss-Wright
Association of Commerce
Kellogg to Accept Court Justiceship in Geneva
Frank B Kellogg former United States secretary of state notified the League of Nations secretariat that he will accept the justiceship in the permanent court of international justice vacated by Chief Justice Hughes He was elected to the league court panel through December 31 and may be chosen for a nine year term when the council and assembly elect the new panel. The assembly backs closer study of Briands European federation and a special committee will report next year with members from 27 European governments to organize and operate the new body.
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International News Service
Geneva
Frank B. Kelloge
United States
League of Nations
Permanent Court of International Justice
Charles Evans Hughes
League Court
League Council
Assembly
League Assembly
Aristide Briand
Death notices list several local residents
Martha A. Ligo aged 41 of 18 Fast Grant street is reported dead. Arthur Long of rear 125 East Long avenue is noted. Mrs Thomas Fisher, 67, lives at Princeton. F Margaret Stewart of Pittsburgh is listed with $2. Mrs Dorothy Yeager Tackitt, 20, of Bakerton appears. Joseph Jaszeror, infant of 26 Charter. Mrs Francis Smith, 44, 11 Elmwood also cited.
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Martha A. Ligo
Grant Street
Arthur Long
East Long Avenue
Thomas Fisher
Princeton
F. Margaret Stewart
Pittsburgh
Dorothy Yeager Tackitt
Bakerton
Joseph Jaszeror
Charter Street
Francis Smith
Elmwood Street
Resume Work On New Epworth Church Delayed by Missing Joists
The Epworth Methodist Episcopal church project paused for about two weeks due to late arrival of unusually large joists from the Pacific Coast via the Panama Canal. Once the timbers arrived, favorable summer weather allowed crews to accelerate progress and aim to have the building under roof by cold weather.
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Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Peoples Bank of Alliance to Reopen Monday
The Peoples Bank of Alliance Ohio, closed since last April after bank examiners found a 130000 shortage of funds, will reopen Monday according to today's announcement. The bank had been the subject of a state examination and a restructuring plan.
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International News Service Alliance
the Peoples Bank
Victory today ends race series fourth win for U S Cup defender
Aboard the U S S Kane off Newport Rhode Island Harold Vanderbilt's yacht Enterprise defeated Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V in the fourth and final America's Cup race Today Enterprise led Shamrock V by a mile and a half at the ten mile turn of the 30 mile triangular race with a time around 1 55 p m The match continued later on page eleven
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Kane
Newport
R. I
Enterprise
Harold Vanderbilt
Sir Thomas Lipton
R. L
Reid Found Not Guilty in Ellwood City Hold-up Case
James Reid was found not guilty of robbery in the Manufacturer's Heat and Light Company office holdup at Ellwood City. The jury retired before noon and returned with the verdict when court convened at 1:30 this afternoon. Elmer G. Blair had pleaded to the robbery and was the principal wit.
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James Reid
Heat and Light Company
Ellwood City
Elmer G. Blair
Arguments Over Wet or Dry Standpoints Across The Nation
The piece contrasts competing sides in the wet dry debate with radio voices and press reports. It notes figures like McGloopus and McGoozlum and stresses that outcomes depend on who registers and votes, not fixed facts.
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Joe McGloopus
You
McGoozlum
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Penna
City of Pottsville
Alderman Frees
Coste-Bellonte
Ruth B. Weimer
Los Angeles
Mabel Steele
Weimer
League
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Jack Lawrence
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Arthur Mometer
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