Escape from Somerset jail sparks cross state manhunt
Sheriff Fred P. Hare and deputies chase William Riley, an escaped trusty, who fled Saturday with help from John and Elizabeth Bowser. Riley and Mrs. Elizabeth Foy were last seen in Cumberland, Maryland, as investigators press a wide search while Bowser is jailed on aiding and abetting charges.
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Fred P. Hare
Maryland
Somerset County
William Riley
John Bowser
Quecreek
Riley
East Union Street
Union Street
Cumberland
Bowser
Elizabeth Foy
Brothersvalley Township
Somerset
Berlin
Mrs. Foy
Cumberland City
Washington County Post Offices Robbed Twice More
Three Washington county post offices were robbed during the night with the safe door blown open at Richeyville and loot between 55 and 50 dollars. Similar break ins were reported at Cokeburg and Bentleyville, the sixth in a month.
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Charleroi
Washington County
M. B. Williams
Richeyville
Cokeburg
Bentleyville
Nurses Festival at Roof Garden Tea Room
The Graduate Nurses Association hosts its annual benefit festival at the Roof Garden Tea Room on Thursday August 19 from 7 to 9 p m. Guests can enjoy homemade cake ice cream and coffee for 25c.
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Nurses Festival
Roof Garden Tea Room
The
Graduate Nurses Association
Continental Fire Works Plant Burns Near Dunbar
A large explosion and fire destroyed 17 small buildings at the Continental Fire Works Co. near Dunbar in Uniontown. Fireworks and explosion debris lit the sky as workers had just left for the day. Officials declined to estimate damages and began an investigation into the fire’s origin.
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Uniontown
Continental Fire Works Co
Dunbar
Weirton Steel Hearing Hearkens to Hatchet Gang Claims
In Weirton West Virginia a former steel worker told the national labor board that a hatchet gang was urged by Claude Conway to clear agitators from the plant. He testified he did not want to join the gang and described fears of loss of employment amid company clashes with the steel workers organizing committee.
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New Cumberland
W. Va
Labor Board
Weirton
Robert Morrow
Weirton Steel Company
Claude Conway
Weirton Steel Security League
Bob
Morrow
Hatchet Gang
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Security League
Weirton Steel
Hancock County School Board
Weirton High School
Clyde A. Armstrong
Weirton Company
John W. Porter
Edward Gradison Smith
Armstrong
William R. Thompson
C. It. O
Thompson
Employe Representatives
Hancock County
Concern
Ohio Valley
Two Auto Fatalities In Pittsburgh Area
A truck killed 86 year old William Lowther in Pittsburgh as he stepped from the curb. Thomas Latimer, 19, of Carnegie, died from injuries from a July 19 automobile crash. Simon Foster, 38, of McKees Rocks, died after being struck by a motorcycle on August 9.
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Pittsburgh
William Lowther
Thomas Latimer
Carnegie
Simon Foster
McKees Rocks
Prodigy Heiress Search Looms Over English Inheritance
Winifred Sackville Stoner Jr., Pittsburgh child prodigy of the 1910s, now 35, is sought by relatives after a death in England unlocked a substantial estate. Uncle E H Sackville announces the hunt and notes Miss Stoner’s early fame and multiple marriages amid estate intrigues.
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England
Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr
Heiress Heiress Sackville Stoner Jr Seen Near Washington
New York reports say wini fred Sackville Stoner Jr. once a child prodigy and heiress in an English estate dispute has been living in a Washington suburb. Attorney Bernard Sandler said she was in New York two months ago and testified in the I Nicholas Gordon case. He would not reveal her exact community or address. He plans to establish communications with her.
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Mexico City
Louis Hyman
Senate
Roosevelt
Black
Senator Copeland
New York
Burke
D-Neb
Bridges
R-Nh
Austin
RVI
Borah
R-Ida
Glass
D-Va
Davis
Hale
Johnson
California
Lodge
Steiner
Townsend
White
Byrd
Copeland
Gerry
King
Edwin Halsey
Court
Tydings
Supreme Court
Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr
Washington, D. C
Bernard Sandler
Sandler
I. Nicholas Gordon
Connellsville Man Crowns Connellsville Man Crowns
The body of Silas Joseph Irons, 65, was identified as that of the Cumberland resident’s father by Miss Bernadette Irons. Police suspect he fell from a bridge while en route to Ridgeley to catch a freight train to Connellsville. He is survived by a widow, two daughters, a son, and siblings in Cumberland and Latrobe.
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Cumberland
Potomac River
Bernadette Irons
Silas Joseph Irons
Trons
Stella Irons
Latrobe
Scottdale Cast Iron Pipe Foundry Sold to New Owner
A deed filed today records the sale of a large steel and foundry mill in Scottdale by the U S Cast Iron and Pipe Foundry Company to S H Bonsall of Beverly New Jersey for 100000 dollars The plant recently reopened after six years idle giving work to more than 125 men.
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Uniontown
Scottale
U. S
Aid Americans in Shanghai Evacuation By Dollar Liner Ships
In the Sino Japanese crisis the President McKinley and two other ships assisted evacuating Americans from Shanghai. The President Hoover, a large Pacific liner, was chartered by the U S government to rush more forces from Manila to Shanghai to protect refugees. It can handle 2,000.
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President McKinley
Shanghai
New War Zone
President Hoover
Pacific
U. S
Manila
American women and children flee Shanghai under shell fire
In Shanghai on August 17 a Dollar Line tender carried 337 American women and children down the Huangpu River to the liner President Jefferson as Japanese and Chinese artillery fire raked the area. British vessels followed with 1,700 women and children toward refuge on the Rajputana and Hong Kong. No one was hurt and the evacuation proceeded with calm despite constant shell bursts and gunfire.
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Shanghai
Whangpoo
Jefferson
Manila
Dollar Line
Rajputana
Hongkong
Fines for Four Rioters in Meyersdale Disorder
Four Garrett County men faced Burgess Shockey and Justice Cook after a Monday afternoon Main Street disturbance in Meyersdale. Norman Burkholder Ira Hostetler George B and Melvin Haer were fined 50 dollars each for disorderly conduct and resisting an officer. Clyde Haer was held on a drunken driving charge with a 500 dollar bond.
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Garrett R. D
Meyersdale
Burgess C. H. Shockey
Robert Cook
John H. Bittner
Burgess Shockey
Squire Cook
Main Street
Norman Burkholder
Ira Hostetler
George B
Melvin Haer
Officer Bittner
Potato Crop Cut 20 Percent in Somerset County
Somerset County crop outlook shows potato production this year forecast about 20 percent below the average due to weather. Coun ty Farm Agent C. C. McDowell cites rain streaks dry spells hot dry spells fog and cold nights as factors. blight and burning tips affected plants since June. Martins left the square and a black cat crossed the path signaling an early change, the agent notes.
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Somerset County
C. C. McDowell
Martin
NYA Allocates $1.45 Million for Pennsylvania Students
The National Youth Administration will spend $1,452,882 to assist needy high school college and graduate students in Pennsylvania during the upcoming school year.
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NYA
Harrisburg
National Youth Administration
Pennsylvania
U S Marines Ordered to Shanghai Amid Far Eastern Tensions
President Roosevelt ordered 1 200 Marines to Shanghai to safeguard U S citizens as China and Japan fight. Congress asked for 500 000 to cover relief and evacuation costs. Hull announced 1 150 Marines on duty. new contingent to sail from San Diego in ten days and reach Shanghai in five weeks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Shanghai
Congress
Far Eastern
State Hull
Hull
San Diego
Shanghai battle roars into sixth day as Chinese attack to push back Japanese
Chinese forces press hard against Japanese lines around Shanghai along the Whangpoo river amid air clashes and heavy shelling. Civilians flee as foreign residents evacuate by sea. curfew empties the city and aid groups rush food and protection for Americans and other foreigners.
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Morris J. Harris
Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Jefferson
Rajputana
Manila
Hongkong
Royal Welsh Fusileers
Washington
Hull
San Diego
Edsall
Parrott
Chefoo
Pootung
Whangpao
Yangtze Estuary
Nanking
China Sea
Japan
Hongkew
Chapei
Shanghai in turmoil as mobs attack suspected poison plot
Aug 17 report describes indiscriminate mob violence in Shanghai against Chinese and foreign residents amid fighting between Chinese and Japanese forces. 1400 noncombatants dead and 1600 wounded. American Marine Floyd Arnold wounded. British destroyers arrive to show neutrality as fires burn in the International Settlement and refugee camps form city’s growing welfare crisis.
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Morris J. Harris
Shanghai
International Settlement
Yangtze
Floyd Arnold
U. S
Soochow Creek
Idzumo
Whangpoo
Somerset Weather Observer Report
Temperature data for a 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Monday to 5 30 p m Tuesday shows maximum and minimum readings with mapenre daily notes by David Grove U S.
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Weather Observer
David Grove
Regional Weather Outlook for Mid Atlantic States
Forecast details show Western Pennsylvania partly cloudy with showers and cooler temps in the south, warmer in the north, with possible afternoon or night showers. West Virginia sees showers and thunderstorms midweek. Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland expect showers with cooler spells and variable cloudiness. Temperatures dip slightly in interior northern Atlantic regions Wednesday and Wednesday night in the extreme north Middle Atlantic.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
North Atlantic States
New Jersey
Middle Atlantic States
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Highbury Park
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Hugo L. Black
New Dealer
Supreme Court of the United States
Connellsville
Scottdale Cast Iron Pipe Foundry
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