Hold Inspector as 14 Die in Wreck Large oil plant sale and upgrades planned
Seneca Oil Works at Warren will be sold to Swan-Finch Refining Company of New York. The new firm plans to spend 100000 to 125000 to upgrade the plant to a full refinery with a new boiler plant refrigeration and extra filter equipment. Capacity will rise from 600 to 1900 barrels a day. President Brockway retires. Gardner remains refinery manager. Continued on Page Two. Gary Ind Aug 25 U P reports parity parole plan for D C Stephenson life term at Michigan City prison.
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Moncrieff
Swan-Finch Oil Corporation of
New York
Seneca Oil Works
Warren
Swan-Finch Refining Company
Swan-Finch Oil Corporation
George P. Brockway
E. C. Gardner
Harry
Gary
Ind
U.P
Coolidge
D. C. Stephenson
Indiana
Michigan City
Robert Moore
Stephenson
Brooklyn
Brooklyn-Manhattan “Transit Company
B-M-T
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Falls ten floors Pittsburgh tragedy at Roosevelt Hotel
D D Thomson a 60 year old salesman from Columbus Ohio with Mason Fiber Lumber Co Chicago died after falling from the tenth floor of the Roosevelt Hotel in Pittsburgh early today authorities report from the Allegheny County Morgue.
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Pittsburgh
D. D. Thomson
Columbus
Selesman
Mason Fiber Lumber Co
Chicago
Roosevelt Hotel
Allegheny County
Scene of Terror as Car Is Wrecked
Screams pierce confusion as trapped passengers battle through broken windows. Victims lie along the track with deaths and injuries reported amid the wreckage.
Last Subway Wreck Crashes New York Rail War
The Times Square crash of the Interborough Rapid Transit Lots Avenue express near 5:10 P M yesterday left 14 dead and more than 100 injured. Investigations focus on a switch failure and crowding as rescue crews and priests aid panic victims amid hours of frantic response.
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Interborough Rapid Transit Company
New Lots Avenue
Brooklyn
Times Square
New York
Masaed
Air mail ads win in new campaign push
In 1923 Lansing and Chicago carried 350000 one ounce letters for 175 miles by air ships as Reo Motors and Thompson Aeronautical promote air mail advertising. The Postmaster General cut mail to five cents an ounce and advertisers flocked to air mail to reach readers. Bertha Hagle from Newark visiting sister Mrs Pickett in Newark, Ohio.
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Caprrighs
New York
Amaelona, Inc
New
Lansing
Michigan
Reo Motor Car Company
Thompson Aeronautical Corporation
Chicago
Misa Bertha Hagle
Newark
Ohio
Charles Pickett
Main Avenue
Five Injured In Warren Jamestown Auto Crash
Five people were treated for injuries after a Friday auto collision on the Warren Jamestown highway near Stumble Inn. Injured were Mrs. Harry McWethy, Mrs. H W Mitchell, Bert Saddy, Fred Siggins, and Lawrence H R Croll of Buffalo. Croll drove an Oldsmobile en route to Jamestown. Mitchell car a Cadillac to Warren. Driver lost control on slippery pavement. McWethy and Mitchell had golf activity prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren-Jamestown
Stumble Inn
Harry McWethy
Fourth Avenue
Warren
H. W. Mitchell
North Warren
Bert Smith
Eaddy
Fred Siggins
Mitchell
Lawrence HR. Croll
Buffalo
N. Y
State Hospital
Croll
Jamestown
State Highway Department
B McWetby
Moon Brook Country Club
Siggins
Smith
Croft
Search for crew of Rockford pushed along Greenland coast
Copenhagen Aug 24 U P three nations extended a Greenland coast search for aviators Bert Hassell and Parker D Cramer of the plane Greater Rockford which started from Cochrane Ontario to Mt Evans Greenland Reports that residents of Liechtenfels and Fiskenaesett saw a plane Sunday morning sparked belief the aviators may have landed somewhere in Greenland An official search continued amid the sightings and reports.
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Copenhagen
U. P
Greenland
Trecea
Arplane
Greater Rockford
Bert Hassell
Parker D. Cramer
Cochrane
Orit
Mt. Evans
Liechtenfels
Fiskenaesett
Barnes Centennial marks 100 years of village history
A large crowd gathered for Barnes Centennial celebrations recalling the first settlement by Timothy Barnes in 1828 on the Tionesta creek. The two day event featured a pantomime Barnes 1828 1928 and a written history by Ariel Houghton read by Walter Hover. The celebration closed Friday evening with more than 2 500 attendees near the old homestead site, and continued on page twelve.
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Barnes
Tionesta Creek
Timothy Barnes
Ariel Houghton
Walter C. Hover
Tribune
Jary
Timothy Barnea
Bryan Horton
Cause Of Girl Death Probed In Kane Area
Officials in McKean County investigate the death of Irene Swanson 24 of Campbelltown near Kane at Kane Summit Hospital. An autopsy by Coroner D. Clay Heffner was performed in Mt Jewett and the stomach sample sent to Philadelphia for chemical analysis. Swanson reportedly worked in a Bradford home and fell into a coma Thursday dying hours after admission.
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McKean
Irene Swanson
J. A. Swanson
Campbelltown
Kane
Kane Summitt Hospital
Miss Swanson
D. Clay Heffner
Bradford
Lantz Undertaking Establishment
Mt. Jewett
Suit in Equity Filed by Legion Post Members
A suit in equity was filed in Warren county court of common pleas by members of Chief Cornplanner Post No 135 American Legion against the Warren County Agricultural Association. Plaintiffs named are Ben Kinnear Harold C Putnam T H Milenius F E Windsor Fred Schmocker Walter Johnston Kenneth W Davis and Donald E McComas with representation by Alexander and Clark and Bordwell and Eldred.
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American Legion
Warren County Agricultural Association Ts
Court of Common Pleas
Warren County
Ben Kinnear
Harold C. Putnam
T. H. Milenius
F. E. Windsor
Fred Schmocker
Walter Johnston
Kenneth W. Davis
Donald E. McComas
Gernplanter
Alexander and Clark
Bordwell
Eldred
Legion
Kinnear Named District Deputy at Pennsylvania Legion Convention
Uniontown Pa Aug 25 Bert Kinnear commander of Chief Cornplanter Post elected District Deputy State Commander of the 28th district at the Pennsylvania American Legion gathering in Uniontown on Friday Dr Ralph McCord elected vice commander of the Western district Warren reports say the convention closes Saturday with final state commander choice and 1929 meeting site debated Mrs Frank B Emery elected State Legion Auxiliary president and new auxiliary officers installed over the weekend in Harrisburg and Williamstown activities noted
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Uniontown
Charles A. Gebert
Tamaqua
American Legion
Bert. Kinnear
Pennsylvania State
Warren
Ralph McCord
Northeast
Pennsylvania
Kinnear
Warren Post
Legion
McCord
W.H McNaugher
Pittsburgh
Conneaut Lake
Frank B. Emery
Williamafore
State Ley
Negligence Charged In New York Subway Crash At Times Square
Obscure switch operator William Baldwin faces homicide charges after a Times Square subway wreck kills 14 and injures over 100. He allegedly ordered a motorman to proceed against a red signal light and a defective switch, and investigators seek safety reforms as transit officials call for improvements and full service resumes on major lines.
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United Press
New York
Times Square
Willian Baldwin
Jayfferson Market
Interborozah Rapid Transit Company
Jim
Joeb Banton
Baldwin
John Flood
Banton
James J. Walker
Transit Commission
Police Department
L-R.t
Weather Forecast For Western Pa Sunday Clouds Showers
Forecast for western Pennsylvania calls for cloudy conditions tonight with a slow temperature rise and showers likely in the southern area. Local observations show 8 a.m. at 62 degrees, 2 p.m. at TL, river at zero stage with .10 inches of precipitation. Sun times include tonight at 6 44, Sunday sunrise 5 24, sunset 6 42.
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New York Company
Long Association
Want Dragon
Abe Martin
Texas
Morris Dehaven Tracy
Downtown Express
New Lots
Xroanitus
Time4 Square
Central Press
Arthur Brisbane
Thomas F. Realy
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Hoover
Jamestown Road
Rockford
Kane! Hospital
Legion Post
Earl J. Johnson
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