Pennsylvanian grand jury noted as Margiotti to testify
Harrisburg August 4 The House committee investigating graft charges against Gov. George H. Earle and 13 Democrats summoned former Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti to appear Tuesday morning after District Attorney Carl B. Shelley resisted sharing grand jury materials. Margiotti remained in Atlantic City unavailable for service. Shelley, Margiotti in talks, faces court orders impounding material while weighing appeals if laws are upheld or struck down. The panel recessed until 10 a.m. EST Tuesday with Shelley and Margiotti expected to testify. Governor Earle condemned local officials as politically motivated.
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Tom Reedy
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House Committee
George H. Earle
Charles J. Margiotti
Carl B. Shelley
Dauphin County
Shelley
Paul N. Schaeffer
Margiotti
Atlantic City
N. J
Earle
House
Schaeffer
Guy K. Bard
Legisature
Herort B. Cohen
Cohen
Abram Salsburg
Commonwealth
Dauphin Court
Perry, Adams
Cumberland Countie
John A. Smith
Cumberland
Dauphin
Smith
CIO Endorses Earles Grand Jury Evasion
The CIO Steel City Industrial Union council endorsed Governor George Earle calling a special session to halt a grand jury investigation into charges against him and 13 associates. The resolution praised the move as shifting the investigation to the state legislature and placing the people in the jury box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO Steel City Industrial Union Council
George Harle
The
Commonwealth
Convention Opens as Church of God Holds 20th Pennsylvania Meet
Representatives from across Pennsylvania converge on Edgewood Grove Somerset for the 20th annual state convention. Open-air sessions begin at 7 30 with R J Staats Somerset as state overseer welcoming delegates. Planned sermons address fellowship loyalty spiritual awakening and sound doctrine with missions and youth events scheduled through Sunday.
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Church of God
Pennsylvania
Somerset
Edgewood Grove
R. J. Staats
H. O. Harris
Somerset Church of God
Louis Oney
O. S. Shreves
Helman
R. H. Flinchum
B. E. Hicke
Christ
A. R. Martin
Mary Denny
More Checks Discovered After Somerset Arrest
Reports say authorities uncovered more worthless checks after Paul C. Christner and R. E. Berkebile were arrested near Confluence. The pair faced preliminary hearing delays on banking law violations as informations were filed. Christner, Berkebile, and Idella Kennell were taken to Somerset jail for questioning and fingerprinting. Authorities plan arraignments Friday and note informations in nearby towns. The cash amount laundered remains unknown.
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Paul C. Christner
Somerset
R. E. Berkebile
Somerset Justices of the Peace
Christner
Berkebile
Pvts. N. A. Shaginan
William Wheeler
The
State Motor Police
Sam Rascona
Confluence
Idella Kennell
Hyndman
Berlin
Meyersdale
Rockwood
Christner and Berkeile
Corrigan Makes Triumphant Homecoming From Ireland Flight
Douglas Corrigan, the daring flyer known for his Atlantic dash, returns to New York aboard the S S Manhattan to a roaring, partisan welcome. Crowds, officials, and Corrigan's Irish supporters fill the waterfront as a Broadway parade looms. Corrigan recalls sighting big cities and jokes about Dublin. He carries a small bag with spare clothes as he steps ashore.
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Patrick M'Grady
New York
Douglas Corrigan
Flying Machine
Atlantic
Ireland
California
Old Broadway
Vedlam
Wall Street
Lindbergh
S. S. Manhattan
Brooklyn
Celtic Circle
Corrigan
High Seas
Queens
Manhattan
Frank Tichenor
All American Aviation
Douglas
Los Angeles
Dublin
Bill to Oust Teacher Wife Spur in Shade Township
Shade township school board considered a proposed House Bill 25 in the special session to add married teachers as a cause for contract termination. The move aims to restructure staff as the district moves to a six year grade and junior senior high school, allowing dismissal of two teachers if the bill passes.
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Shade Township
Cairnbrook
C. L. Shaver
Caimbro
Velhan
Supreme Court
Simultaneouly
Jailed for Desertion in Somerset Case
Harold Garlitt a 26 year old Somerset laborer was committed to the county jail Thursday noon by Justice H S Whipperman on charges of desertion and non support. He was arrested by Constable Howard Baldwin of Somerset township.
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Harold Garlitt
Somerset
Justice of the Peace
H S. Whipperman
Somerset Township
Howard Baldwin
Pittsburgh Business Index Slightly Up
The University of Pittsburgh bureau of business research reports the Pittsburgh district index rose to 65.7 percent of the 1923 25 average from 64.9 percent as steel mill operations and rail shipments raised overall activity. Department store sales soft coal and blast furnace output dipped slightly.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
Brakeman Falls Under Train at Enterprise Mine Siding
William Wellings a 51 year old brakeman from Carnegie Pennsylvania was crushed to death after falling from a moving coal gondola while a train shifted cars at the Enterprise mine siding in Washington county.
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Washington, Pa
Pennsylvania Railroad
William Wellings
Carnegie
Enterprise Mine
Prison lifer admission shifts blame in doctor murder trial
Paul N Dwyer admitted he only implicated Francis M Carroll after becoming a prison lifer for strangling Dr James G Littlefield and his wife Lydia. Cross examination revealed Dwyer’s earlier confessions and the motive tied to letters alleged to show Barbara Carroll’s seduction by her father.
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South Paf
Paul N. Dwyer
James G. Littlefield
Francis M. Carroll
Carroll
Barbara
Dwyer
William H. Fisher
Clyde R. Chapman
Lydia
Chapman
North Arlington
N. J
New Jersey
137 Pass Exams for Citizenship in Somerset County
Hundreds of naturalization hopefuls crowded the Somerset courthouse over three days for the citizenship tests. Prothonotary Amos Mack announced 137 have passed, though most tested have failed. examiner Carl W. Starlipper expects to complete the process today.
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Somerset County
Somerset
Amos Mack
Carl W. Starlipper
Crump Slate Leads In Tennessee Primary Returns
Nashville August 4 A slowly tabulated Tennessee Democratic primary shows Prentice Cooper ahead of Gordon Browning for governor with Crump backed candidates gaining in the U S Senate and utilities post. Early returns from 1 055 precincts place Cooper 65 408 Browning 63 042 Stead ahead Berry and Mitchell trail. Hudson leads utilities with Turner second. One fatal street fight in Englewood and near 1 000 armed watchers. police report no ballot violence.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
E. H. Crump
Memphis
Prentice Cooper
Shelbyville
Gordon Browning
Tom Stewart
George L. Berry
Ridley Mitchell
United States Senate
Crimp
Public Utilities Commission
New Deal
Crump
Browning
Cooper
Stewad
Berry
Mitchell
W. D. Hudson
W. H. Turner
Alton Richardson
Englewood
Two Patients Leave Somerset Hospital and Are Sought
Two patients absconded from Somerset County Home and Hospital A. W. O. L. Basil Uphold returned to the hospital after being found in woods near the home while Elmer Baker remained missing after walking off from work as a garde aide’s assistant. Edgewood Grove search yielded no results.
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Somerset County
Basil Uphold
Hadeen
Elmer Baker
Gardeeper
Baker
Edgewood Grove
Somerset youth tied to Macdonaldton store theft
Constable Clarence Bowman pursued a 600 mile chase and arrested Charles Lantz of Macdonaldton on charges of larceny and receiving stolen goods in the Joseph Toth store robbery. Charles McCoy was bound over for trial after a preliminary hearing. Lantz allegedly sold a loot shotgun to a Meyersdale resident under the alias Charles Bailey.
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Clarence Bowman
Charles Lantz
Macdonaldton
Charles McCoy
Joseph Toth
Bowman
Somerset
Lantz
CCC
Westmoreland National Park
Colonial Beach
Pennsylvania
Toth
Justice of the Peace
God Harrison
Ivan Lambert
Meyersdale
Charles Bailey
Navy abandons search for clipper and crew
Manila Aug 5 The United States navy abandoned its vast hunt for the missing Hawaii Clipper which disappeared over the Pacific with 15 occupants a week ago All ships and planes involved covering more than 100 000 square miles were ordered to return to base in Manila Bay
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Manila
United States Navy
Hawaii
Republicans Hear James at Hogestown Picnic
Carlisle August 4 Superior Court Judge Arthur H. James nominee for governor spoke at a Harrisburg Republicans picnic at John B. Warden's country home near Hogestown. About 300 pounds of beans were eaten by the attendees.
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Carlisle
Superior Court
Arthur H. James
John B. Warden
Harrisburg
Hogestown
Japan Offers Terms for Border Peace with Soviet Union
Tokyo proposes mutual withdrawal from the border battle zone near the Rus sian Siberia Korea and Manchoukuo while recognizing maps claimed by Russia. Moscow accepts conditionally, seeking a neutral zone pending a boundary settlement.
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Tokyo
Japan
Soviet Russia
Far East
Moscow
Russia
Russian Siberia
Japanese Korea
Manchoukuo
Changkufeng Hill
Soviet Union
Moscow Accepts Jap Offer Conditionally
Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinoff said Moscow would accept a Japanese diplomatic settlement of the Manchukuo border dispute only on condition that Soviet terms not be dictated. The announcement follows a conditional Japanese proposal and signals cautious openness to negotiation.
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Vladivostok
Pacific
Kojo Sill
Korea
Tokyo
Ich National Defense
Mies
Foreign Office
Japan
Kensuke Horinouchi
Constantin Smetanin
Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Wade Werner
Soviet
Russia
Ohe
Manchoukuoan
Somerset Daily Weather Report Summary
Temperature for the 24 hour period ending 5 30 p m on Thursday reached a maximum of 79 degrees and a minimum of 65 degrees The report notes previous year figures with a maximum of 83 degrees and an unspecified minimum
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David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Ma&XiMum
Essecesereversessenvers Neceseserssens
Avssensees
Weather forecast for Eastern regions shows showers
Eastern Pennsylvania and Western Pennsylvania expect partly cloudy skies with local showers in the south portion Friday and possible Saturday showers and warm temperatures. Maryland and West Virginia forecast local showers and thunderstorms Friday and Saturday with little temperature change.
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Pennsylvania
South
West Virginia
Western
Maryland
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R. A. Cook
Carl E. Bailey
McNutt
U. S
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Carl EK. Bailey
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