Two Army Navy Air Planes Crash Killing Eleven
An Army B-18A bomber at Langley Field Virginia and a Navy trainer near San Diego both crashed killing eleven service members. The Langley crash occurred during a routine flight after liftoff with two officers and seven enlisted men perishing as flames engulfed the wreckage. A board of inquiry investigates the Langley disaster as witnesses report motor trouble and loss of altitude.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Pacific
Langley Field
Army Air Base
San Diego
Cubii
Langlinx Fibuuly
Army Vompuig Praie
Homer M. Mackay
Back River
Clarence B. Lover
William H. McArthur
Nicholas E. Powell
Homer M. McKay
Lansing
Mich
Thomas L. Butner
Burnsville
N. C
William Morgan
Norton
Raymond Shelley
Oakdale
Everett Kirkpatrick
Quilsene
Wash
Howard A. Jauernng
Meridian
Idaho
Marr
Pete
Rotary District Governor Visits Community Service
Dist Governor andy Benson addresses Rotary members highlighting Rotary’s impact on youth groups in Cuwwuieville and the legacy of E. E. Baker of Kewayee Ill. The talk urges local Rotarians to engage in community service and inspire civic involvement beyond personal business. The speaker notes a local youth stock share venture now worth 14.80 per share and a recent $500 product order.
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Andy Benson
Tac Wuinciocs
Bulalyy Cadysiuay
Lue Sprader al Wiedtludy Wauvilua
Luddevi
She Club
Alverwurus
Conferreu
W.lu
CiuDd
Wovernor Pearson
Nis
Feiluws
Lo Neilp
Mehlion
Cuwwuieville
Tne
Rotary
E. E. Baker
Kewayee
Ill
Baker
iRotary
Benson
Altoona Doctor Dr. Albrt L Sponagle Dies
Dr. Albrt L Sponagle longtime Altoona physician and dean died after a long illness at age 78. He was the son of a Civil War soldier and studied in a rural home before graduating from the University of Michigan.
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Altoona
Albrt L. Sponagle
Sponagle
McAllistersville Orphen'y
University of Michigan
Drowns in Lake Near Lakemont Park
Searchers found clothing on the bank and recovered the body of 14 year old Alpert Loeb from Lakemont park lake last night.
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Lake Altoona
Alpert Loeb
Lakemont Park Lake
Governor James Calls U S Guardsmen Symbols of Readiness
Manassas Virginia August remarks by Governor Arthur H. James of Pennsylvania praise national guardsmen from Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia as symbolic of needed homeland preparedness. He warns against using forces on foreign soil and urges insulation from aggressor powers during 28th division maneuvers. Governors of Maryland and Virginia attend as guests and will review the units over the weekend.
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Manassas
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
America
Europe
James
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Berlin WPA paving project to start next week
Berlin borough plans a $63 725 street paving WPA project that will employ more than 100 workers to pave and surface over two miles of streets. A council spokesman said a settlement is near over supervision and foreman appointment, with council to review any WPA foreman and insist on satisfactory candidates.
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Berlin
WPA
Johnstown
Peninsylvania Legion Concludes Reading Convention
At Reading in 1940 the Pennsylvania American Legion delegates wrap up business with a parade forthcoming. Rev Charles Gwer chosen as chaplain. district commanders named for two year terms. Brig. Gen. Frank D. Hines pledges 100000 hospital beds in ten years and notes loan rate cuts affect policymaker dividends. Thomas Francis urges tax reform for school funding.
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Williamspora
Peninsylvania
Amercan Legionnaires Vureu
LO Lake Loek
Uec
Berks
Pitusourga
Charles Gwer
Monongahela
Clem Stevanowitz
Philadelphia
Jacob D. Schmidt, Jr
Bristol
Elmer D Surge
Pine Grove
Donald J. Zimmerman
Shamokin
Harry J. Fishman
Lebanon
Hines
Thomas Francis
Scranton
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Jail Youth for Forgery in WPA Check Case
Leo Schompert of Johnstown, 21, held on $500 bond for further hearing on forging an endorsement to a $28.60 WPA check. Secret service agents said the check belonged to Schompert's uncle. He had been held in the Johnstown jail on a local charge.
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Pittsburgh
Leo Schomprt
Johnstown
U. S
Secret Service
Schompert
France Buys $35.4 Million In War Materials From Africa
The U S State Department disclosed export licenses for shipments worth 35 419 37 48 to France in July as African manufacturers assist in re arming France. The licenses cover war materials and highlight postwar arms support involving African suppliers.
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France
Washington
State Department
Guffey Advocates New Deal Tack at Young Democrats
Senator Joseph F. Guffey urged the Young Democratic Clubs of America to fight 1940 on straight New Deal lines, warning Republicans chase masked fascism. Kelley and Ross assailed rival leaders and labor factions, criticizing tax, relief, and budget moves in Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph F. Guffey
Democratic Party
Pennsylvania
Young
Democratic Clubs of America Tonight
Republican Party
John B. Kelley
Philadelphia
F. Claire Ross Kelley
John L. Lewis
William Green
Ross
Arthur H. James
Roosevelt
Guffey
Sevral
Kelly
Green
Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
AFL
Labor
Third Term Talks Spark Boosts at Young Democrats Meet
Paul V. McNutt urged a third term or at least the ideas of Roosevelt before the National Young Democrats convention in Pittsburgh. He outlined a program for modern liberalism and praised the President while pledging an enlarged social security program.
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Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Young Democrats
Somerset county expands relief work with six projects
Somerset county officials approved six new relief work projects under the Pierson act to employ about 125 men. The first project starts Monday at Conemaugh township high school for grading, lake construction, with about 58 workers. Other projects cover tennis courts, road work, and municipal repairs, employing 15 to 70 men each, all starting within ten days.
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Conemaugh Township
Pierson
Pennsylvania
Somerset County Department of Public Assistance Board
Somerset County
Conemaugh Township High School
Daryle R. Heckman
Allegheny
Somerset
DPA
Somerset Borough School Board
Somerset Township
Quemahoning
Speai
Garrett Borough Council
R. H. Krissinger
Krissinger
Wilson Quits In Ill Health After Long City Service
Philadelphia mayor Wilson steps down due to ill health and retirement papers signed. George Connell, 68, assumes temporary duties under charter, while Wilson’s long tainted tenure and indictments on gambling charges haunt the political scene.
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Philadelphia
Savis Wilson
Mig
Fie
George Connell
Watson
O.f.ce
Wilson
Pennsylvania
U. S
CIO
John L. Lewis
Two Donora Boys Drowned After Steamer Sighting
In Donora on August 11, 1944, two boys Donald Mona 11 and Pete Rodriguez 12, of 712 14 McKean Avenue, drowned when they floated into the path of the coal steamer Warren Elsey on the Monongahela River. Pilot J A Faddis reported he ordered reverse as he veered away but could not avoid collision.
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Donora
Monongahela
Warren Elsey
Donald Mona
Pete Rodrieguez
McKean Avenue
J. A. Faddis
Vesta Coal Company
Confessed Kidnapper-Murderer Details Miami Girls’ Abduction
Herbert Goddard alias Charles Jefferson, a radio announcer, confessed while jailed in West Palm Beach to kidnapping two Miami high school girls. He claimed Miss Frances Ruth Dunn was killed near Boca Raton after luring both teens with a promised screen test in Palm Beach.
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Miami
Fla
Herbert Goddard
Charles Jefferson
West Palm Beach
Goddard
Frances Ruth Dunn
Boca Raton
Miss Dunn
Jean Bolton
Palm Beach
Judge drops 14 extortion counts in Dauphin county case
In Harrisburg Judge Fred S. Reese dismisses 14 extortion charges against James P. Kirk Victor Skok and H H Temple in the state bond monopoly trial after District Attorney Carl B. Shelley agrees to a not guilty verdict on those counts The remaining indictments include conspiracy to extort and conspiracy to misuse the highways secretary office The defense plans to seek dismissal of the rest in a pending petition
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Tony Smith
Harrisburg
Fred S. Reese
Dauphin County
James P. Kirk
Allegheny County
Victor Skokh
Bonding Businss
H. H. Temple
Highways Department
Reese
Carl B. Shelley
Secretary of Highways
Oliver K. Eaton
Shelley
John C. Orr
Slayer Held on Murder Charge in Florida Fourth Floor Cell
Police nationwide pursue fingerprints linking Charles Jefferson to unsolved sex crimes as they keep him in a secure Orlando cell after he confess to abducting and killing Ruth Frances Dunn. Authorities plan a renewed grand jury session and extended questioning on other crimes tied to the suspect.
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West Palm Beach
Fia
Charles Jefferson
Ruth Frances Dunn
Orlando
W. E. Roebuck
Miami
Jean Bolton
Jefferson
Pennsylvania
California
G-men
D Jefferson
Tom Cochrane
Denver
Annenberg Indicted for Large Tax Evasion
Chicago reports Annenberg publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer and racing sheets faces a $5.55 million tax indictment for willful income tax evasion totaling $3.26 million plus $2.29 million in penalties and interest. Co-defendants include Walter Annenberg and aides linked to Cecelia, with possible further indictments hinted by District Attorney Campbell. A second grand jury will probe anti monopoly and anti racketeering issues in his racing news network.
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Chicago
L. Annenberg
Annenberg
Walter
Arnold W. Kruse
Joseph E. Hafner
Samuel Goldfare
Cecelia Company
Annnoverg
Philadelphia Inquirer
United States
Canada
William J. Campbell
Skidmore
Wiliam
Thomas J. Courtney
Campbell
Somerset Rotary Honors Life Policy Donation
Charles H. Harrison Jr a Somerset agent for a life insurer handed the club a check for 1085 payable to Rotary International. The club had earlier financed expansion by taking a life policy on its youngest member Forrest Horner, paying premiums until a 1942 term policy. Horner died two weeks ago.
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Charles H. Harrison, Jr
Somerset
Somerset Club
Forrest Horner
Rotary International
Horner
Rotary
Radio Actress Wife of Chas Jefferson
A 22 year old New York radio actress Jay Meredith says she is estranged wife of Charles Jefferson, the Miami talent scout accused in Ruth Dunns rape slaying. She details their marriage in 1987 in Los Angeles and separation last April, noting his affairs and public showy behavior. She recalls nursing him through headaches and fainting spells while living in New Jersey and San Francisco, and continuing to love him until the Florida crime.
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New York
The
Daily News
Charles Jefferson
Miami
Ruth Dunn
Jay Meredith
Jefferson
Los Angeles
Maroh
Federal Theater
Vincennes
Ind
Meredith
Carnegie Tech
Pittsburgh
Boston
San Francisco
Cue Haven
N. J
Florida
Poison Swallow Injures Eleven Month Old
Eleven months old Helen Joan Hodglin was taken to a hospital in serious condition after swallowing poison used by her mother for house cleaning in Meadville.
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Meadville
Helen Joan Hodglin
Truck-Trailer Stalls On Ferrellton Hill With Potatoes
A large truck and trailer carrying several tons of potatoes to Pittsburgh became stalled on the Lincoln highway near Ferrelton after a brake failure. Driver John T. Brinley of New Cumberland tried to brake on the Ferrelton hill. trailer brakes seized causing rear wheels to break loose. After unloading, Brinley moved the rig to the roadside and another truck took the load to Pittsburgh. Damage to the truck was listed at 200 dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Lincoln Highway
Ferrelton
T. B. Lange
John T. Brinley
New Cumberland
Cumberland County
Ferrelton Hill
Brinley
Yugoslavia summons reservists amid tensions with Axis
Belgrade reports four classes of army reservists are ordered to report for maneuvers along the Italian and German borders to test national defense with half a million troops. The step follows Yugoslavia's refusal of Axis demands for benevolent neutrality and raises fears of wider conflict. Zagreb Croat leaders hint talks on home rule may resume as Croatian secession threats loom.
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Belgrade
Yugo- Slavia
Rome-Berlin
Yugoslavia
Salzburg
Slovenia
Austria
Italy
Adriatic
Trieste
Rome
Germany
Zagreb
Cvetkovich
Valdimir Macek
Macek
Croatia
German Italian ministers confer at Salzburg amid Rhine pact talks
German foreign minister von Ribbentrop and Italian minister Count Ciano met at Salzburg near Berchtesgaden to discuss the Dan zig free city issue and Japan's adherence to the Rome Berlin pact. A Berlin communiqué said talks would continue tomorrow with possible signing at Nurnberg.
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Salzburg
Germany
Italy
Lodgay Careluiy
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Count Galazzo Ciano
Uscal Castle
Berlin
Ciano
von Ribbentrop
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Fuehrer
Free City of
Danzig
Japan
Nuernberg
Fpuschl Castle
Erie County Lawyer Otto J Hrebert Dies at 52
Otto J Hrebert longtime Erie county former district attorney and 1927 state House member was found dead at his home aged 52. He previously served as secretary to Mayor William Stern and Judge U P Rossiter. Weather report notes 24 hour period temperature highs around 84 with unclear other readings.
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Erie County
Erie
Otto J. Hrebert
State House of Representatives
William Stern
U. P. Rossiter
Regional Weekend Weather With Warm Temperatures
Western Pennsylvania will be partly cloudy on Saturday with scattered showers on Sunday and continued warmth. Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland expect fair and warm Saturday and Sunday mostly cloudy. West Virginia should be generally fair Saturday with scattered showers Sunday and continued warmth.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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