Airport near Youngsville to open Saturday
Warren County gains its first airport with Brokenstraw Valley Airport near Youngsville set for formal inauguration this Saturday. Veteran pilot Jack Cassett will fly in with one of two new planes and offer passenger flights and student instruction over two days per week for the season. The 2000 by 2000 foot field allows landing in any direction and a modern hangar is under construction after a three year lease with option to buy. Local organizers W H Brazee C M Bush of Youngsville and E P Marshall of Pittsfield led the effort.
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Brokenstraw Valley
Youngsville
Jack Cassett
Wellsville
Cassett
W. H. Brazee
C. M. Bush
E. P. Marshall
Pittsfield
Engineer killed in train wreck at Stillwater
A passenger train struck a helping engine at Stillwater Minnesota derailing five cars and killing engineer William Richardson of Minneapolis. At least seven others were injured and taken toward St Paul.
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Stillwater
Minn
U. P
Omaha Northwestern
William Richardson
Minneapolia
Fulna
St. Paul
Air power and politics mix in early 1920s headlines
The piece highlights Art Goebel’s record non-stop Los Angeles to Long Island flight in under nineteen hours, critiques battleship defenses, and prioritizes air fleets for rapid cross-continental movement. It also notes the ongoing Governor Smith Dr Straton dispute and a professor’s remark on humanity, ending with a page directive.
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Art Goebel
Los Angeles
Pacific
Long Island
Atlantic
Gaebel
Panama Canal
South America
New York
San Francisco
District Governor of Lions Club to Visit Warren
Warren Lions Club resumes weekly meetings September 6 after a two month summer break. President Elisha Robinson announces district governor A. B. Haines of Wilkinsburg will visit September 18, meet the board, and attend a club luncheon. He also lists committee appointments across membership finance entertainment and civic welfare.
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Elisha Robinson
Robinson
Warren Lions
Haines
Wilkinsburg
Lions Clubs
Pennsylvania
J. R. McLaughlin
A.L. Hodges
E. R. Patchen
G. B. Ensworth
P. H
Colt
Arthur Kirby
John Broderick
J.V. Blair
H. C. Hutchins
H. L. Schuitheis
Harold Stoddard
Guy O. McKinley
Andrews
H. W. Frost
L. G. Helm
Dr. C. W. Schmehl
Alex Shaw
Homer Mohr
Ernest Stein
John Siegfried
J. L. Mathews
W. P. Taylor
E. J. Messerly
Club Returns Friday From Canadian Fishing Trip
Members of the Conenango fishing club who have been on a two week outing in Canada are expected to return to Warren Friday.
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Conenango
Tunney Refuses Details On Paris Marriage Plan
Gene Tunney dodged questions about his marriage to Mary Josephine Lauder during a London interview. He said the wedding in Paris was a private matter and he wished Britons would mind their own business. He planned a Dublin visit and a brief stay in Ireland before returning to London.
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U. P
Gene Tunney
Mary Josephine Lauder
George Lauder
United Press
Lauder
Tunney
England
Paris
London
Ireland
Tungey
Dublin
Plymouth
Mary Josephios Lauder
Mauretania Bier
Londo
Gene
Leader
Europe
Bottled note claims to reach Miss Doran crash crew
A corked perfume bottle found near Aberdeen Washington contains a barely legible note said to be from the Dole air race disaster involving Miss Mildred Doran. The decipherable line reads Gas gone water running low Been floating on. Doran, a Michigan school teacher and sole woman entrant, disappeared after leaving Oakland California with two men in the Miss Doran aircraft.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Here
Miss Doran
Mildred Doran
Michigan
Striking workers clash with police in Riga Latvia
In Riga independent socialist strikers clashed with police as the government weighs declaring a state of siege. About 250 workers were arrested today, with 400 already jailed yesterday, while police fired into the air to deter rioters. War Minister Kalminsch rushed back from vacation as the harbor workers' strike spread to street railway staff amid protests over communist agitator trials.
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Riga
Latvia
Socialista
Kalminsch
Smith Submits Plan to Revise Prohibition Law
Governor Alfred E. Smith outlined his proposals to revise prohibition laws in a campaign acceptance address delivered in Albany. Rain spoiled planned park celebrations and limited attendance as the speech was broadcast nationwide. Smith planned a busy touring schedule through New Jersey, New York City, Sea Girt, and Syracuse with Labor Day to frame his next campaign steps.
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Albany
WN. Y
U. P
Alfred E. Smith
Capitol
New Jersey
National Guard
New York
Syracuse
East Side
Cooler air to dip Western Pennsylvania Saturday
Weather forecast from Pittsburgh predicts a marked cool down with temperatures near 50 degrees by Saturday morning. The drop follows showers tonight and tomorrow as a Canadian northwest airstream moves into Warren and western Pennsylvania, an unusually early August chill.
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Warren
Pennsylvania
Canadian Northwest
W. S. Brotaman
Pittsburgh
Brotzman
Brotzmen
Mrs. Reist Confident Brother Is Safe and Will be Rescued
Mrs. Henry N. Reist, former Warren resident, says she is confident Parker Brashee and Bert Hassell will overcome difficulties after a flight from Rockford Illinois to Stockholm Sweden ended in a crash near Rockford. She maintains contact with her mother in Rockford for updates on the search.
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Parker [Brastee
Bert Hassell
Rockford
Ilinois
Stockholm
Sweden
Henry N. Reist
Warren
Warren County
State College
Relist
Hasgell
Reist
Cation
Hinols
Hassell
Cramer
Heesell
Interast
Tivssell
Corydon Cat Turns Twenty One Believed World’s Oldest Cat
E C Means of Corydon claims his male yellow cat is the oldest living cat. He notes the animal will celebrate its twenty second birthday on September 11. Means cites a regional paper report as the basis for the belief.
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Corydon
E. C. Means
Cat keeps mice and sparrows despite age and afflictions
George Means of Cleveland reports his 4 pound yellow Tom still hunts daily and sleeps at his mother Salome Means’s bedside. The elderly pair, including Mrs. Means 94, read the Tribune. Means also renewed hunting licenses and notes abundant local game in Corydon.
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Means
Urer
Gene Ward
George I. Tomes
Corydon
Mr. Means
Deck
Winton
Hoover Widens Farm Support On Campaign Swing
Herbert Hoover concluded western campaign stops with farm leaders in Cedar Rapids. He plans no speeches before leaving for Washington at 4 30 PM and will meet farm group heads from neighboring states plus a committee of labor and Iowa engineers. Senator Watson praised Hoover for a three way farm relief plan and doubted Al Smith offer no new farm relief ideas. Hoover will visit Greensburg Pennsylvania en route to Washington D C stopping at 11 35 AM Friday to greet western Pennsylvania voters.
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Herbert Hoover
Washington
Chicago
Farmera
Hoover
Organized Labor
Iowa Association of Engineers
James E. Watson
Indiana
Alfrad E. Smith
AL Smith
Watson
Congress
Pennsylvania
Greensburg
Westmoreland
Somerset
Fayette
Washington, D. C
Adam M. Wyant
Two Boys Drown During River Plaza Incident
The Philadelphia riverfront search continued for two boys who drowned in the Delaware River yesterday. Franc Curran, 21, disappeared while swimming and Frank Saverof went over his depth in the pot.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Delaware River
Franc Curran
Schauming
Frank Saverof
Greenland Search for Greater Rockford Plane Continues
Radio reports from Julianehaab Greenland confirm the Greater Rockford crew Bert Hassell and Parker D. Cramer are alive as they seek a landing along Greenland’s west coast. Sightings at Fiskenaeset and Lichtenfeld, with boats from Gudhabea and Fiskenaesset aiding the search, indicate the plane crossed the coast while looking for a landing spot south of Mt. Evans. The Danish government says ships are scouring Cape Farewell to Disko Bay for the missing aircraft.
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Greenland
U. P
Greater
Rockford
Piskenaesett
South Greenland
Fiskenaeaset
Lichterfels
Fiskenaesset
Gudthaab
Lichtenfeld
Godthaab
Mt. Evans
United Press
Rad
Cable
Bert Hassell
Parker D. Cramer
David Strait
Copenhagen
Denmark
U.P
Cape Farewell
Disko Bay
Latituds
Albania to proclaim king as republic tires
The Albanians, after centuries under Turkish rule and a short republican experiment, plan to end the republic. A constitutional assembly at Tirana will declare President Ahmed Zogu as king, restoring a monarchical system after attempting a U.S. modeled republic.
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London
U.P
Europe
Albania
United States
Tirana
Ahmed
Zogu
Weather forecast for western Pa Rain tonight and Friday
Forecast calls for rain in western Pennsylvania tonight and Friday. Warmer tonight, cooler Friday. Local observations show Ram 59 or 60, high 70, no precipitation expected, sun late tonight at 6 48, Friday sun rises 5 19 and sets 6 46.
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