Gale Devastates Jersey Coast. 2 Dead, 7 Missing
News from Philadelphia dated August 13 reports two drownings and seven missing as a fierce gale battered the New Jersey Delaware coasts for nearly 24 hours. About 100 pleasure craft were caught, ten rescued, with extensive crop and property damage across New Jersey and Delaware.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey
Delaware
Delaware Bay
Frank Geefrey
Tng Radiant
Leven
Athelbech
British West Indies
Wilmington
Del
Lanes
Jersey
Betty Bee
Benjamin Bacharach
Oyster Beach
Atlantic City
Smyrna
Seaside Heights
N. J
Hoover Speech Seeks Prosperity For All Voters
Herbert Hoover on his fifty fourth birthday outlines a vision of prosperity with a strong role for government and education. He cites growth in population and schools while praising Republican governance. The speech emphasizes listening to citizens and urges Democratic counterparts to respond. Continued on Page Three.
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New York
Amartona, Inc
Herbert Hoover
Mr . Hoover
Child Dies After Bonfire Accident in Tarentum
Anzie Malobiesky, aged 6, died in Allegheny Valley Hospital after clothing caught fire from a bonfire. The incident occurred in Tarentum Pennsylvania on August 3.
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Tarentum
Annié Malobiesky
Allegheny Valley Hospital
Women and autos spark town talk in old exchange
ABE MARTIN voices social satire on women and airedale dogs liking cars. Pony Mopps comments on the difficulty of regaining the vote as the crowd discusses future political rights and who controls the curb.
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Pony Mopps
Manamar Liner Runs Aground Off Great Abaco Island
The Munson liner Manamar with five passengers aboard ran aground off Great Abaco Island, Bahamas. Tug Lady Cordeaux stood by to escort the 3,400 ton vessel at high tide tonight as conditions were light with seas running and the ship appeared in little danger.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Munson
Manamar
Grea Abaco Island
Cordeaux
State Game Commission Declares Open Season on Does
Elmer Nelson of Sheffield received a communication from the state game commission outlining the reasons for an open season on does this fall. The commission cites overpopulation and starvation deaths, crop damage, and loss of cover for small game as justification. It notes deer grazing harms reforestation areas and reports 1927 buck kills doubled 1926 despite 20,000 fewer hunters. Fence length to deter deer reached 18 415 rods costing 26 782 dollars.
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Elmer Nelson
Sheffield
State Game Commission
Pennsylvania
Florida Coast Threatened by Second Storm Hits Florida Keys
Miami and the southeast Florida coast faced gale velocity winds as a tropical disturbance near Cuba moved northwest. Warnings prompted hurricane precautions for a second time in a week with store windows boarded up in West Palm Beach Key West and Miami. Small craft secured in harbors as shipping faced 7% mile per hour winds and the disturbance neared Little Cayman Island. Continued on Page Two.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Cuba
West Palm Beach
Key West
Keywest Weather Bureau
Yucatan Channel
Little Caiman Island
Weather Bureau
Warren horses shine at Erie summer show reserve for Poppy
Poppy a bay saddle mare owned by Harry G Schmidt of Warren earned reserve championship at the third annual Erie summer horse show held at Hunters Lodge. Amazon owned by R G McClenathan of Erie won the championship after judges' deliberation. Poppy also placed third in the saddle horses class and took part in multiple competition events.
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Poppy
Harry G. Schmidt
Warren
Erie
Hunters’ Lodge
Amazon
R. G. McClenathan
Poppy S
Hugh A. Siggins
Mr. Siggins
Harry A. Logan
H. A. Siggins
Miss Scampersdale
Buddy Boy
J. H. Kelsey
Porker Rooms Warren Streets And Is Picked Up By Patrolman
Warren police detained a three month old pig found strutting in the business district Monday at three in the morning. Officer Fred W. Hofer took the animal to headquarters and kept it in a cell while awaiting owner claim, with charges undetermined.
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Porker
Warren Streets
Warren
Fred W. Hofer
Warren Department
Hofer
Yale
Auto Runs Wild and Knocks Cottage Into Canal
In Sunbury Pennsylvania on August 13 a car driven by Horace Jones struck three other vehicles and then rammed Abraham Ellenberger’s cottage into the canal. Ellenberger, inside the cottage, was removed unconscious and taken to Mary M. Packer Hospital where he is reported recovering.
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Sunbury
U P
Abraham Ellenberger
Pennsylvania
Horace Jones
Elienberger
Mary M. Packer
Warren Plans Dollar Day Merchandising Event
The Warren Chamber of Commerce announces a two day sales event August 17 and 18 with 33 local merchants offering unusual values. Shoppers will see official Dollar Day banners and a consumer contest to identify Mr and Mrs Dollar Day with a cash prize of 12.50 for the first correct guess.
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Warren Chamber of Commerce
Warren
Dollar Bay
Mira
Emory ©. Cook
Chamber of Commerce
Dollar Day
Mr. Cook
Washington Sifts Through Record Rainfall After Floods
Washington faced more than 43 hours of near continuous rain as the Weather Bureau reported 8.27 inches fallen since Saturday and 6.31 inches in 24 hours ending 6 PM. The storm, a remnant of the Florida hurricane, caused flooded streets and cellars, washed away several bridges, disrupted streetcar and power service, and damaged crops in Maryland and Virginia with no casualties so far.
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Washington
U.P
Weather Bureau
Florida
Maryland
Virginia
One Killed and Dozen Hurt in Pittsburgh Auto Accidents
A weekend toll in the Pittsburgh district includes the death of Victor Campos, 21, whose car collided with a milk wagon. Twelve others were injured as two car occupants, after hospital treatment, faced possible arrest.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Victor Campos
Ten Injured in Elevated Crash on Fulton Line
Ten people were injured in a rear end collision of two BMT elevated trains on the Fulton line near Leffens Avenue in Manhattan. A fire in one car was extinguished by nearby firemen. Passengers were knocked down and rescued. none are expected to die, though all require medical attention for cuts and bruises.
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New York
U. P
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Long Island
Fulton
Leffens Avenue
Euclid Avenue
Othera
Feffects Avenue
Heat wave ends with sharp drop in Warren County temperature
The region eased from a week of extreme heat as temperatures plunged. At six o'clock Monday the thermometer fell to 48 degrees with a record cold start to the day and a gradual decline afterward. The forecast called for little change Tuesday.
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Warren County
Mercury
Warren
Weather Bureau
Two Bodies Found in Ruins of Pittsburgh Building
In Morningside, Pittsburgh, two men died in a blaze. Coroner identifies victims as Mike Blazen and Joseph E. Michela. charred bodies found in burned frame building ruins. A still, a rifle, and a shotgun were found at the scene.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Morningside
Mike Blazen
Joseph E. Michela
Boy's life saved after hiding in bus trunk
William Landers 19 of this city rode in the baggage trunk on a Buffalo motor bus to go home Sunday. The trunk lock snapped when the bus reached here and crew heard moans. Landers was found semi conscious from monoxide gas and survived after artificial respiration and hospital care.
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Bri
Aug
Buffalo
William Landers
Landers
Warren County Receives 1016 Special Doe Hunting Licenses
The state game commission announced 1016 special deer hunting licenses will be allotted to Warren County for the doe season. The total four dollar license fee includes regular two dollar and special two dollar charges, with allocation based on last year’s buck kill counts across 54 counties.
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State Game Commission
Warren County
Adams
Allegheny
Armstrong
Beaver
Bedford
Berks
Blair
Bradford
Bucks
Butler
Cambria
Cameron
Carbon
Centre
Clarion
Clearfield
Clinton
Columbia
Cumberland
Dauphin
Elk
Fayette
Forest
Franklin
Fulton
Huntingdon
Indiana
Jefferson
Lackawanna
Lehigh
Luzerne
Lycoming
McKean
Mifflin
Monroe
Northampton
Northumberland
Perry
Pike
Potter
Schuylkill
Snyder
Somerset
Sullivan
Susquehanna
Tioga
Union
Venengo
Wayne
Westmoreland
Wyoming
York
Chester
Crawford
Delaware
Eli Greene
Lancaster, Lawrence, Lebannon
Mercer, Montgomery, Mortour
Philadelphia
Washington Counties
Poisoning Probe Links Cake To Nine Illnesses In Brooklyn
In New York on August 13, authorities tested coffee cake linked to nine serious cases of promaim poisoning. Two Brooklyn families were affected after buying the same neighborhood bakery cake. The victims include Angelina Amcherson and four children, Florence Fischett, Mary Fischetti, Anthony Fischetti, and 96 year old Mary Pennacio.
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New York
U.P
Brooklyn
Angelina Amcherson
Frank
Michael
Louise
Vincent
Warren Man Aboard Plane Once Carried Mrs Lindbergh
A Warren man, Raymond K Malone, was among seventeen passengers aboard the Ford-Stout tri motored plane Niagara Falls, used for passenger flights at Niagara Falls. The craft had carried Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh to Mexico City months earlier and later served as a relief ship amid vague weather notes.
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Warren Man
Mrs. Lindbergh
Mexico
Warren
Evangeline Lindbergh
Niagara
Niagara Falls
Jenry
Lind- Pa
Bergh
Mexico City
Bremon Alera
Nets
Smith Stand Is Challenged In Palo Alto Talk
Herbert Hoover spoke before more than 100000 at Stanford stadium delivering his prohibition stance and farm relief plan. He rejected modifying enforcement laws and urged a constitutional change to alter the Volstead Act while backing prohibition as a campaign issue. He also outlined stronger farm relief beyond the party platform.
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Smith
Palo Alto
Cal
Herbert Hoover
Stanford Stadium
C. C. Young
George Moses
Borah
Idaho
Hoover
Prohibition Candidate Varney Hints on Hoover Support
The Campaign Log reports William F. Varney refusing to confirm support for Herbert Hoover despite earlier promises tied to Hoover’s acceptance speech. Corn Belt leaders plan talks with Governor Smith on farm relief. Dr John Roach Straton bars Calvary Baptist Church from hosting a Smith debate amid sermons accusing the governor of hindering moral progress. Hoover to visit San Francisco, then depart east Friday night.
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Corn Belt
Smith
John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
Straton
Herbert Hoover
San Francisco
East
Washington
Electors Named for 23rd District in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg August 13 UP William J Barnes of Sayre was announced as the Republican presidential elector from the Fifteenth congressional district. A B Hamilton assistant to Republican State Chairman Martin announced the full slate of electors would be filed in Washington soon. Two more electors were named on Sunday Walter W Krebs of Johnstown for the 20th district and G Scott Smith of Kane for the 24th district.
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Harrisburg
William J. Barnes
Sayre
Hamilton
Martin
Pennsylvania
Washington
Walter W. Krebs
Johnstown
G. Scott Smith
Kane
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