Missing British yacht Endeavour found after week at sea
The Endeavour S. missing since she parted from Riva II about 300 miles off New England was reported found southwest of the Azores at 32 N 39 W. No condition known. 21 aboard plus Captain Ned Heard were aboard when she parted. Sopwith asked aid from Phllante's master, but rescue status remained unclear.
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International News Service
London
Endeavour S
New England
Azores Islands
London Evening News
T. O. M. Sopwith
Ned Heard
Endeavour I
Riva
U.S. May Invoke Neutrality Act Over Japan Action
Washington predicts a possible move to invoke the Neutrality Act or sever diplomatic relations as Japan ignores protests over sustained air raids on Chinese civilians. Officials indicate a firm stance against Japan if bombardment of noncombatants continues.
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U. S
Japan
China
United States
Nan
Japanese Planes Drop Death on Canton City
Japanese air forces unleash a devastating raid on Canton as large sections of the city are razed and civilians suffer heavy casualties. The assault marks one of the war’s worst civilian massacres in peacetime.
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Canton
Nanking
Shanghai
Kiangyin
Shanghais
County views Edenburg Hillsville road aid to New Castle
County Commissioner Floyd Cotton says the Edenburg Hillsville road will boost New Castle's hotel and restaurant trade by connecting with the Poland Ohio route making New Castle the first big eastern city on the line east of Akron. The welfare department cannot place several mentally deficient men, requiring guardianship until state institutions can accept them.
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Floyd Cotton
Edenburg
Hillsville
New Castle
Poland, O
Akron
County Welfare Department
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather report for the 24 hour period ending at 9 this morning records a maximum of 79 and minimum of 45 with no precipitation. River stage stands at 5.6 feet. For the same date last year the maximum was 88 and the minimum 56 with no precipitation.
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U. S
Cochran Sets World Record At Detroit Air Show
Jacqueline Cochran of New York, the event’s sole female entrant in the Bendix trans continental race, set a land plane world record over three kilometers at the Detroit national air show. She averaged 290 mph, surpassing Helen Boucher of France who held 276 mph. Cochran received the Gar Wood trophy from motorboat king.
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Detroit
Jacqueline Cochran
New York
Gar Wood
Miss Cochran
Helen Boucher
Francentral Press
Seattle Woman Is Named President
NEW YORK September 23 Mrs Malcolm Douglas of Seattle was elected national president of the American Legion auxiliary succeeding Mrs Oscar W Hahn. Her election was unanimous.
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International News Service
New York
Malcolm Douglas
Seattle
American Legion Auxiliary
Oscar W. Hahn
Douglas
President Is Enroute West
President Roosevelt travels by presidential special through Illinois and Iowa on the first leg toward the west coast. He plans no rear-platform appearances until Cheyenne and will stop briefly in Carroll, Iowa where Governor Roy L. Cochran will ride into Omaha.
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George Duano
Carroll
Iowa
Roy L. Cochran
Nebraska
Omaha
Hyde Park
Legion resolution backs action against foreign "isms"
At its nineteenth annual convention the American Legion denounced communism fascism Nazism and other foreign ideas and urged Congress to probe German Russian Italian Spanish and other foreign activities in the United States. It called penalties for those advocating overthrow of government and demanded deportation of aliens involved. America’s Welfare Paramount.
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James L. Kilgallen
Autumn Arrives As Summer Departs In Pittsburgh
The piece notes that at 6:13 a.m. E.S.T. today summer officially ends and autumn begins, a moment calculated by the U S Naval Observatory. In Pittsburgh a harvest moon remained visible at 9 a.m. as autumn steps in.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Autumn
U. S. Naval Observatory
Washington
New Castle Junior Legion Band Wins National Parade Honors
The New Castle American Legion Junior Band returned from a New York convention tour with a National Band contest first place claimed by report from band committee member Earl B. Cummins. After touring Washington and New York, about sixty members arrived at Division Street depot at 7:40 AM amid widespread acclaim from press coverage.
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Earl B. Cummins
New York
New Castle
Junior Legion
American Legion
Division Street
Washington, D. C
New York City
Mrs Donofrio Held For Court After Coroner Hearing
Mrs. Rose Donofrio was held without bail for the December term on a murder charge after a coroner inquest and hearing. The case involves the fatal shooting of James Aiello in front of the Donofrio home on September 10. Doctor David L. Perry testified the autopsy showed multiple wounds and a .32 caliber bullet. the bullet was not recovered. Officer Charles Schepp testified at the proceeding.
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Rose Donofrio
Orville Potter
Wallace J. Ewing
Donofrio
James Aiello
Wampum
Edwin K. Logan
David L. Perry
New Castle Hospital
Harold Marshall
Charles Schepp
Cit
Three Killers Given Respites and a Rejection
Gov. George H. Earle granted respites to three convicted killers from Pennsylvania's electric chair and delayed their executions from next Monday to October 25 for further clemency review. Ed ward Rose of Chester had his application rejected. Roy Lockard's execution was moved to November 1 while awaiting the Supreme Court's action on Mrs. Margaret Karmendi's appeal related to the spike slaying. Ferry's sanity will be investigated during the intervening weeks.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State
George H. Earle
Edward Rose
Chester
Pardon Board
Paul Ferry
Eric
Frank Stemna
Mt. Carmel
Earle
Roy Lockard
Blair County
Lockard
State Supreme Court
Death Record Notices From Ohio and Pennsylvania
Carrie McClain, 63, of 1311 Huron Avenue, and Lillian Shearer of Painesville are listed in death notices. Ira J. Rhodes from Coraopolis, Pennsylvania is also noted in this obituary snippet.
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Ira J. Rhodes
Coraopolis
Carrie McClain
Huron Avenue
Lillian Shearer
Painesville
Beavers Active in Slippery Rock Area
Lawrence County wildlife official Frank Coen reports beavers returned after cuttings found in Slippery Rock Creek Wayne Two. He suspects the two beavers previously reported in Neshanock Creek above the city may have traveled overland and reached the Slippery Rock.
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Frank Coen
Lawrence County
Slippery Rock Creek
Wayne Two
Neshannock Creek
City
Coen
Slippery Rock
Japan startled by strong note on air raids
Tokyo officials and informed circles were surprised by the United States strong note voicing objections to Japanese air raids on Nanking. A reply from Foreign Minister Koki Hirota was expected in the coming days. Only two Tokyo vernacular papers published summaries of the Washington protest.
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International News Service
Tokyo
United States
Nanking
Koki Hirota
Japan
Washington
China
Shanghai
Canton
Mussolini's Son Reaches New York
Vittorio Mussolini son of Italy's premier arrives in New York aboard the Rex amid a coast guard act to foil a planned communist protest. He travels to Hollywood to study American film production, accompanied by Hal Roach. Federal agents guard him as demonstrators are diverted.
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International News Service
New York
Coast Guard
Vittorio Mussolini
Italy
New York Harbor
Rex
New York State Committee
Communist Party
Il Duce
Manhattan
Young Mussolini
Hollywood
New York City
Hal Roach
G-men
North River
U. S. State Department
Dine Pier
Loyalist Troops Capture Villages on Aragon Front
Madrid report says loyalist forces launched a new drive on the Aragon front and captured eight villages and several hills near Jaca. Government commanders announced one hundred fifty prisoners taken in other sectors of the same front.
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International
Madrid
Aragon
Jaca
Traffic Signal Trade-In Guarantee For New Castle Lights
The C. K. Koontz Equipment Company offered a trade-in arrangement to protect New Castle from financial loss if overhead traffic lights must be removed and corner lights installed. Mayor Charles E. McGrath cited prior assurances that the city would incur no loss if laws changed, with installation deadlines noted as before September 1 and after January 1, 1940.
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New Castle
C. K. Koontz Equipment Company
Paving program seeks 25000 for materials
Council sent to committee a bill appropriating 25000 from last year's unexpended funds to purchase materials to finish the B paving program. Other ordinances passed reestablishing grade on Clenmore avenue and curb and pave Cun ningham Norwood Meyer Waldo avenues and streets.
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Clenmore Avenue
Highland
Delaware Avenues
Cunningham Avenue
Long Avenue
Sutton Street
Norwood Avenue
Meyer Avenue
Waldo Street
Hamilton
Grimes Streets
Labor Federation Extends Olive Branch to John L Lewis
The Illinois Federation of Labor at the state convention offered peace to John L. Lewis and his committee to heal the rift in industrial organization. A resolution calling for a united labor front was adopted with near unanimous support.
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International News Service
Lasalle
Ilinois Federation of Labor Today
Olive Branch
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
United Labor Front
Speed Construction On Troop Armory Near Cascade Park
Speedy progress on the Joseph V. Cunningham armory at Frank Avenue inside Cascade Park shows 40 stone cutters at work with 12 masons and 35 laborers. The three units admin, riding hall and stable form a 174 by 32 foot administration area, a 172 by 70 foot riding hall, and a 174 by 39 foot stable under one roof as crews prepare for concrete floors and roof and await frame deliveries.
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Joseph V. Cunningham Armory
Frank Avenue
Cascade Park
Bng
103Rd Cavalry
Lewis Rice
James Mercer
Thomas C. Armstrong
New Castle
National Guard
Autumn On The Hillside Outshines The Seasons In Color
The narrator praises autumn for its vivid display of garish tints and rich browns and fire like reds on hillsides. Pastel shades join the chorus of colors, making autumn the most beautiful season despite the other months’ claims.
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Nippon
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Enroute West
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America
Legion Junior Band
Alderman Ewing
By James R. Young
Mussolini
Labor Federation
Lewis
John Lewis
Bulletin
Arthur Mometer
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