Death Toll In Eastern Storm Nears Two Hundred
International News Service reports the tropical Juirigane battered the eastern seaboard, leaving an estimated 175 dead with dozens missing and millions in property damage. The storm stretched from New Jersey to inland New England, with fire and high winds complicating rescue efforts as emergency crews identify victims across states.
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International News Service
Boston
New Jersey
Long Island Sound
Providence
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Connecticut
New York
New Castle
Winchendon
Mass
Weather and local notes from Croton Avenue gathering
Yesterday afternoon cool weather drew locals to a gasoline station on Croton avenue where talk of a closed deer season for Lawrence County arose. WPA and state highways crews are grading and seeding along the widened Youngstown road, and a resident described a large turkey and chicken farm visit with over five hundred turkeys and thousands of chickens. The coon hunters plan a chase at New Castle Fair Grounds as the newspaper pages end.
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Croton Avenue
Lawrence County
Oluo
Pa Nene
Tt Ds
Lawretes County ‘Coon Sunters’ Association
New Castle Fair
New Castle
Daily Weather Report for the United States
Weather statistics for the four hour period ending 5 7 p m Wednesday show a maximum of 58 and a minimum of 44 with 0.7 inches of precipitation. River stage not specified. Year ago on the same date saw a 70 degree high and 33 degree low with no precipitation.
New London Fire Ravaged by Massive Conflagration
A massive fire in New London has blackened streets, with $3,000,000 in damage. Firemen dynamited buildings to contain the blaze as national guardsmen patrolled with bayonets. City in darkness overnight, hundreds of refugees sought shelter as ten blocks burned, amid a freak storm’s aftermath.
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Cinternainaal News Service
New London
Gent
National
Wilbur Cross
Avan
New England
Bay
New Castle
Auto Crash Injures Mishawaka Couple at Rose Point Bridge
Mr and Mrs Albert J Buysse both from Mishawaka Indiana were injured when their car skidded and struck the Rose Point bridge railing on Butler New Castle highway Wednesday night shortly after 6 o clock Buysse 70 suffered a head wound his wife had injuries to an arm forehead and neck They were taken to New Castle hospital with their conditions described as not serious The couple were admitted by Jake Uroan Mrs Ralph Carbone and Mrs Josephine Mooney who are listed as assisting at the scene
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Albert J. Buysse
Fort Church Street
Mishawaka
Indiana
Rose Point Bridge
Butler-New Castle
Buysse
New Castle Hospital
Jake Uroan
Hillcrest Avenue
Ralph Carbone
Dellerson Street
Josephine Mooney
Butler Road
Margiotti Denials Mount as Legislators Rebut Testimony
Harrisburg report shows Rep Charles Melchiorre denying telling attorney general Margiotti of a $150,000 sale of beer and movie legislation in 1935. Margiotti testified Melchiorre disclosed details at two Philadelphia meetings, while Melchiorre and allies dispute the charges. Spatola and Sen Anthony Di Silvestro also deny or contextualize Margiotti’s accusations in the graft inquiry.
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Raymond Wilcove
Harrisburg
Charles J. Margiottii
Charles Melchiorre
Philadelphia
Melchiorre
Mariotti
J. David Stern
Margiotti
Edward Friedman
Margioiti
George H. Earle
Iorre
Michael Spatola
Melchiosre
Anthony di Silvestro
D. Phila
Margiothti
Matthew H. MacCloskey
Margiothi
di Silvestra
Harry Shapiro
Death Record entries from Sept 22 1938 list local names
Death notices record Thomas Gondmen at 132 North Shenango street Trenry Brenner of Greenville Edith Eileen Shoemaker aged 6 days in New Castle KR D 1.
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Thomas Gondmen
North Shenango Street
Trenry Brenner
Greenville
Edith Eileen Shoemaker
New Castle
KR. D
Pittsburgher Stanley to speak at New Castle sales clinic
A prominent Pittsburgher Henry W. Stanley of the Chamber of Commerce will speak to New Castle salespeople at the senior high school tonight. Sponsored by the “Sales Mean Jobs” crusade, the address opens a series of sales clinics for local sellers and interested residents. Store staffs are expected to attend in force.
Train Allows Stork To Pass
In Chicago on September 22 an escaping car blocked near a crossing as a man identified as a doctor urged a freight train to let a speeding car through. The gates were lowered when the stork flagged down the train and the watchman halted the locomotive. The car raced to reach a hospital.
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International News Service
Chicago
Stork
New Castle
Heavy Bail Push Targets Pittsburgh Numbers Writers
District Attorney Andrew T. Park urged Mayor Cornelius B. Scully to back a plan holding all arrested numbers writers for court on bail under ten thousand dollars. The aim is to compel disclosure of the hiphe aps and to identify pickup men and their bosses in a push to reduce bail for those who talk. Cinternathannal News Berviewy
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Pittsburgh
Andrew T. Park
Cornelius B. Scully
Hipheaps
Park
Cinternathannal News Berviewy
Margiotti Claims Guffey Gave Kickback Facts
Former Attorney General Charles Margiotti testified in Harrisburg that U S Senator Joseph Guffey supplied specific testimony about kickbacks and extortion by high Democratic officials. He recounted a 1938 meeting at the Lawrence Hotel Erie noting Guffey's two per cent assertion and said the information supported charges of campaign fund extortion from public employees.
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Raymond Wilcove
International News Service
Harrisburg
Charles J. Margiotti
Tram
Margiotti
Yousecraft Investigating Committee
U.S
Joseph F. Goffey
Guffey
Carl B. Shelley
Mite Supreme Court
Margioeti
Shelley
Marriotti
Charley
Senacei Guffey
Coast Guard Aids Refugees in New England Storm
Coast Guard mobilizes almost all personnel to assist storm refugees in New England. Three guardsmen feared drowned off the cutter General Greene at Wood’s Hole during rescues. Additional cutters are sent to Narragansett and Providence. Medical supplies to New London for at least 1,000 homeless. An airplane surveys the damaged area from a New England base.
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International News Service
Washington
Coast Guard
New England
Wood's Hole
Narragansett
Providence
New London
Conn
New Castle
Grove City
Scott Graham
Butler County
Floyd Miller
Richard
Graham
Hungarian And Polish Proposals Opposed by Britain
British government opposes Hungarian and Polish plans to cede minority territories in Czechoslovakia. Chancellor Harl Winterton warned the crisis remains unsettled, noting post Reichskanzler Hitler visits and press push abroad. He said there is no basis for UK support of these proposals and urged no delusion about government stance.
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International Nowe
London
Czechoslovakia
Harl Winterton
Duchy of Lancaster
Neville Chamberlain
Grinstead
Reichsfuhter
Hitler
Evacuations as Czech Troops Withdraw from Sudeten Region
German and Austrian dispatches report Czech soldiers and police evacuating Sudeten frontier areas amid clashes at Liebenau customs house. Reports cite mass desertions, fires set by Czech communists, and orders from Prague to withdraw ten miles inside the border under strictest guidance from German authorities.
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International
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Germany
DNB
Liebenau
Vienna
Sudeten
Sovak
Godesberg
Gnechoslovak Todas
Adolpf Willer
Chaief
Wilhelm Keitel
Caehs
Eger
Suderen
Fuehrer
Prague
Sudetenling
Remn
Sonew Castle
Chief Of Army Air Corps Killed In Plane Crash
Major General Oscar Westover 65 chief of the United States Army Air Corps died when his plane crashed at Lockheed Aircraft Corp field in Burbank while returning from March Field. Sergeant Sam Hynes, Westover's aide, also died in the crash as the aircraft burned on impact near Mamnes.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Oscar Westover
United States Army Air Corps
American Legion
Westover
Lfe
March Field
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Burbank
Sam Hynes
General Westover
Hynes
Mamnes
British mission ordered to quit Prague as Prague expels staff
A dispatch from Ex charge Telegraph reports the British legation in Prague was ordered to leave immediately. The notice cites expulsion of British officials and says women members of the legation staff have been recalled, with the Prague authorities announcing the action.
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Internationa
London
Prague
Chamberlain and Hitler Meet Again in Godesberg Talks
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain traveled to Godesberg for a second round with Adolf Hitler to resolve the Czech Sudeten crisis. He said peace requires resisting new German demands and aims to foster understanding between Britain and Germany, while safeguarding other minority issues in Czechoslovakia.
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Internatione
London
Neville Chamberlain
Godesberg
Germany
Adolf
Jer
Prague
Heston
Blane
Chamberlain
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Reich
Resigning Mahoning U P Pastor Rev C O Kui
Rev Orville L Kuhn resigns from the Mahoning United Presbyterian charge to accept a call to Meridian U P church in Meridian Butler County. He will give a farewell sermon next Sunday and conduct the Lord’s Supper in Mahoning. He starts in Butler County October 1 and may be released by Beaver Valley Presbytery September 27. He and his wife plan to move September 29 after two years four months, during which membership for youths doubled and he organized the New Godford Mahoning community school and served as a 4 H club leader.
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Orville L. Kuan
Mahoning UP
Meridian U. P
Meridian
Butler B.D
Mahoning Church
Kuhn
Butler County
Godford-Mahoning
Ile Fist
Government Of Premier Hodza Quits In Prague
Prague reports Milan Hodza's government resigns to clear path for a military regime. Crowds march in streets as Sudeten evacuation begins. British PM Chamberlain meets Hitler at Godesberg. clashes in border areas draw no confirmed casualty figures.
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Hodza
Prague
Milan Hodza
Czechoslovakia
Pragne
Nazi Germany
Ees Neral
Premmie
Cologne
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Godesberg
Sudetenland
Berl Mazi
Winterton
New York Truckers End Strike With Three Day Truce
New York dispatch reports truckers halted the week long outlaw strike and agreed to a three day truce after talks at city hall with Mayor Newbold Morris. The move aimed to ease merchandise shortages while negotiators from both sides seek a broader settlement.
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New York
Iiavernational
Servign
Aormel
Irs
City Hall
Newbold Morris
New Castle
Hungary Seeks Equal Status for Sizable Group
Budapest Sept 29 Hungary today formally demanded the same treatment for its minority in Czechoslovakia that the German Sudeten ethnic group has received. Foreign Minister in Prague cited Czech official terms used for Sudetens as a precedent. labor and policy context unclear due to damaged OCR.
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International News Serfice
Budapest
Hungary
Hungary Today
Czechoslovakia
Sudeven Eiaraty
Mncchien
Iat
Prague
Ruy
New Castle
Autumnal Winds Bring Cooler Air and Sport Season Fade
The passage paints autumnal imagery with cooler, breezier air and fading weekend trips to resorts. It mentions rain, sun, and the transition from summer to fall. References to anime, football, and the start of the new season appear amidst the changing leaves and frosty hints. The tone resembles a local vignette on seasonal change.
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Lenden xNiex
Sig Go Ag
Antic
Antulmn
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Customs House
Army Air Corps
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