Huge Community Canning Drive Underway At Local Schools
At George Washington and Ben Franklin junior high schools a large team of women is turning peaches apples plums and tomatoes into butter preserves and concentrates. Bushels line the halls as workers peel cut and cook foods while others sterilize jars and prepare the canning process. The effort relies on jars and volunteers to complete the project with continued community support.
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George Washington
Ben Franklin
Schoolgirl, 12, Fatally Struck Near Harbor Hill
Josephine Favorito a 12 year old Union township girl died after being struck by a car driven by Selma Fox of Arnold Maryland near the New Castle New Bedford road. She died at Jameson Memorial hospital about 11 p m. The bus had stopped to let off children and Josephine stepped into the roadway from behind the bus. An inquest is planned. She is survived by her parents and siblings. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p m. in Union township.
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Josephine Favorito
Rocco
Jean Favorito
Union Township
New Castle
New Bedford
Selma Fox
Arnold
Josephine
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Shoaff Farm
M. P. Sarko
Miss Fox
Colonial Hotel
Sarko
J. P. Caldwell
Fox
Maryland
Caldwell
Alderman Mantz
RD. No. 2
Rocco and
Jean Abrunza Favorito
Union High School
Nazarene Church
Mary
Antoinetta
Nellie
Pete
Lizzie
Susie
John
Samuel
Greenwood Cemetery
Jameson Memorial Hospital Employees Contribute 25599
Hospital workers from director to junior staff contribute through cutbacks and efficiency to wipe out most of the annual deficit. The 122 employees raise 25599.44, aiding elimination of a deficit that exceeds twenty thousand dollars. The article notes shared sacrifice and calls this a notable local effort.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital
Primary Probe at Pittsburgh Waxing Hot
Allegheny County prosecutors push renewed efforts in a ballot fraud inquiry from the recent primary. DA Andrew T. Park seeks faster recount with a 900 witness subpoenas plan while boxes are impounded and Armstrong supporters face charges of stealing or attempting to steal nominations. The grand jury meets again as the effort intensifies. Mrs Cribbs and Mary Eva Cribbs are noted as recent visitors in Alliance Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Andrew T. Park
William A. Schnader
Joseph G. Armstrong
Sporor
Park
Armstrong
Charles C. M.govern
George Arthur Ribbs
Mary Eva
Alliance. O
Citizens Urge Fast Action on New Post Office in New Castle
About 100 people attended a mass meeting urging the U S government to immediately procure a site and begin construction of a new post office. Resolutions were sent to Washington by Attorney J C Gilfillan S H Rhodes and Mayor Pile as property owners and citizens agreed to accept any site. A $525 000 appropriation had been allotted for the site and post office, avoiding further contention per BBB efforts.
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New Castle
U. S
J. C. Gilfillan
S. H. Rhodes
Pile
Washington
Better Business Bureau
Heat Sparks Crowd At Drinking Fountain On Long Avenue
PA News notes hot weather drawing crowds as youngsters mob a corner fountain near Lincoln Garfield school. A trolley motorman pauses for a drink while street activity grows with ice cream trucks and school traffic under a late summer sky.
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Long Avenue
Lincoln-Garfield School
Pa News
Daily Weather Report Summary
Weather data shows a maximum of 93 and a minimum of 72 with no precipitation for the 24 hours ending 9 AM. River stage is 2.8 feet. Year ago, the same date recorded a 77 high and 48 low with no precipitation.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Hundred Thousand Legion Delegates In Pageant At Detroit
One hundred thousand World War Veterans marched in the American Legion parade in Detroit to mark the annual event. Crowds estimated between 500000 and 700000 watched as leaders urged backing President Hoover's moratorium on unusual federal expenditures including a full cash bonus.
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Hoover
Detroit
American Legion
Legion
Soldier Organization
International
Rescued Airmen Begin Homeward Flight From Atlantic Drift
Aboard the Belmoir a en route to Europe on Sept 22 two German airmen Wilhelm Rody Christian Johanssen and their Portuguese companion Fernando Costa Viega were rescued off Newfoundland after an emergency landing. The trio had departed Portugal Sept 14 on a 3700 mile route to New York when they were forced down about a thousand miles short of their destination, escaping death at sea.
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International News Service
Belmoira
Europe
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Wilhelm Rody
Christian Johanssen
Fernando Costa Viega
Portugal
New York
Storm toll rises with Midwest winds and lightning
International News Service reports deaths and damage across Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma from a late September storm. A tornado at Columbia Missouri damaged mainly university buildings. Two airmen Lieut Chauncey G Yeoman and Lieut Philip P Brennan died near Fulton Missouri. A windstorm killed Clinton McNickle and James Holt in Kansas LaBette and Cherokee counties. Three men killed by lightning.
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International News Service
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Columbia
State University
Chauncey G. Yeoman
Philip P. Brennan
National Guard Fliers
St. Louis
Fulton
Labette
Cherokee
Kas
Clinton McNickle
James Holt
Fatal Dispute Near Sharon
Sharon Pennsylvania September 22 Roy B Culver 28 from Shelbyville Indiana and New Comerstown Ohio was fatally injured in a resort dispute in Little Canada near Sharon early today when he was knocked down and fatally injured by an assailant whose identity is not yet known local police reported.
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International News Service
Sharon
Cliaxing
Little Canada
Here
Roy B. Culver
Shelbyville
Ind
New Comerstown
Plan Celebration for Start Of Work On Pymatuning Dam
A Sharon meeting on September 21 laid plans for a formal ground breaking of the Pymatuning Dam project scheduled for October 6. Governor Pinchot will attend. the event is expected to draw thousands. Mayors and chamber leaders organize reception committees across Lawrence, Mercer, Beaver counties.
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Pymatuning Dam
Sharon
Pymatuning
Gifford Pinchot
S. H. Gilbert
L. G. Genkinger
New Castle
Sharon Chamber of Commerce
Mercer County
Francis H Walker
Beaver Falls
Beaver County
Pinchot to Attend Pymatuning Dam Groundbreaking
Governor Gifford Pinchot will attend the October 6 groundbreaking at the Pymatuning dam site. CR Cummings Inc of Cleveland begins construction as Citizens Committee members announce the plan.
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International News
Servie Sharon
Gifford Pinchot
Pymatuning Dam
CR. Cummings, Inc
Cleveland
Death Records From New Kensington Area
Death notices list Mrs Elizabeth McNainley aged 6 in New Kensington Norma Friday age 7 in Wayne Township infant Anthony Padovane Wilmington Avenue Lee Frey 19 of 612 Reynolds Street John Richeal 71 of Pleasantville and Josephine Favorite 12 of New Castle R D D New Castle.
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Elizabeth McNainley
New Kensington
Norma Friday
Wayne Town
Anthony Padovane
Wilmington Avenue
Lee Joseph Frey
Reynolds
John Willis Richeal
Pleasantville
Josephine Favorite
R. d D. New Castle
Powers Mob Attack Fades In West Virginia
Mob violence and fear of an attempted lynching of Harry F Powers dissipated after Sunday morning unrest. Police guard Powers home to protect Mrs Luella Strothers Powers while Attorney J Ed Law weighs a venue change as Powers is moved to Moundsville state penitentiary.
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Onal News Service
Clarksburg
W. Va
Harry F. Powers
Luella Strothers Powers
J. Ed Law
Powers
Moundsville
Canning Peach Season Becomes Family Project
The piece urges all family members to join in the annual canning task as peaches ripen. It notes chores from peeling to preping and paring, reminding that even if one task is hard another is manageable. It emphasizes shared labor and finishing the work before winter.
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New Westmoreland Products Company
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Shenango
Sampson Street
McCleary Avenue
Daily Weather Report
William K. Hutchinson
Them
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Cal
England
Bank of England
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Ohio Line
New Castle and
Lawrence
Police Guard Wife of ‘Blue
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burg—Slayer
Arthur Mometer
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