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Newspaper
Warren Tribune
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1927
Page
1
A fragmented column discusses marriage and divorce rates, fear of Soviet influence, and the impact of sex appeal on population. It cites Dr. Stetson of Trinity Church warning against unchecked divorce, contrasts Ford and GM fortunes, and notes average farmer finances and risks. It references British actions in Punjab, a White House incident, and a navy officer's record. Continued on Page Nine.
Altoona July 26. The State Chiefs of Police Association opened its annual convention with John W. Young of Federal Laboratories arguing tear gas could replace the police nightstick. He called gas the most formidable tool for defense and offense. Delegates then dined with Kiwanis Club hosts Lynn G. Adams state police chief, Major Richard Sylvester honorary International Chiefs of Police president, and Col. Samuel C. Wynne eastern PA prohibition administrator as speakers.
In Maryland and North Carolina border mountains moonshine gang ambushed a federal pair. R. E. Walters was questioned after the killing of H. K. Stotler, a Prohibition agent, as a truck believed to carry liquor sped away. Posses comb the woods for the attackers amid heavy gunfire and wreckage.
Ben Lantz leaped into the Blackstone River with hands tied as a freak wager on boxer Jack Sharkey. He nearly paid with his life before rescue by Charles Sadnek, the event’s winner.
GRANDE ANSE Quebec July 27 Bud and Lena Stillman have left the St. Maurice River area during their honeymoon. They drove to Grand Mere then boarded a train toward Montreal. They have passage booked from Quebec on Friday to Europe. The voyage may last two years and could include a visit to the Vatican and a world tour.
At Mackinac Island Michigan on July 2 six battle scarred flags captured during the Civil War were formally returned to the governments of three southern states. Maine Governor Ralph P. Brewster announced the ceremony as a symbol of national unity. Southern governors welcomed the gesture as a sign of reconciliation amid a conference banquet attended by about 700.
In Oak Park Illinois a cat left alone for three days was found after four policemen and four officers' wives tended to scratches and torn uniforms. A telegram from Robert Regan asked for the pet to be rested, but the cat fought its rescuer and escaped into shrubbery before capture at the station.
Jakie Klain is arrested by federal agents on a conspiracy to drive Willam L. King, a crusader, from town. He will post bond of 500 dollars today.
New Yorkers rode to work under a flag of truce as a threatened subway strike was postponed through Mayor Walker’s intervention. Amalgamated and Interborough claimed victory, but both sides said the peace was provisional while efforts to unify the system continue. A bomb found in the East River tunnel prompted a thorough search. A separate report notes a boy crushed by a wheat binder when his father started the machine.
County Judge Lee Ottaway granted an adjournment until Thursday morning in the habeas corpus case seeking Fred Brougham, wanted in Bradford Pa on an assault charge. Detective John J. Allison, traveling from McKean County Pa, had not been sighted by noon as authorities pursued extradition through Albany to Mayville.
In Custer South Dakota July 27 President Coolidge reenacted the 1874 gold discovery tale. He impersonated Horace N Rosa of General Custer’s party while town residents staged a fiery pageant depicting clashes between settlers and Sioux and the 1874 rush to the Black Hills. The president and Mrs Coolidge viewed the scene from a White House car and then returned to the game lodge.
Lieutenant C C Champion's dramatic seven mile drop with a dead engine failed to set a new world altitude record. The barograph registered 38 559 feet, below Calibozo's 40 810 feet, with officials citing instrument error from engine vibration and a destroyed secondary barograph.
William Gruber a 60 year old one legged city street department employee was found drowned in the McKeeport swimming pool today July 27 authorities said.
In Tulsa Oklahoma on July 27 Ray Colina the umpire of the Semi mole field announced progress toward curtailment by operators. A field committee is drafting a private production schedule likely to be accepted at a Friday meeting. If pro-rating is approved it will be sent to the corporation commission on August 5 for adoption via an official order.
Delegates returned from Geneva uncertain about concessions. W C Bridge and Lord Cecil led British delegation to Covlidge’s naval limits talks. Chamberlain said temporary cruiser arrangement possible, but not an immutable principle. He warned Britain cannot accept a permanent pretext masking agreed terms.
New York July 27 June Mathis, famed scenario writer and discoverer of Rudolph Valentino, died suddenly at the Forty-Eighth Street theatre while watching a performance with her mother. An autopsy was planned. heart disease was suspected. Mathis, about 35, had written films like The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and The Ten Commandments and was once an actress married to Silvano Baldan. She had come to New York five months earlier.
A second cloudburst in five days struck Dauphin County causing heavy rain damage. Mountain slides blocked Williamsport division racks near Dalamatta, wiring and lines damaged, and Halifax lost power after a lightning strike. No washouts reported. In Bridgeville a fire destroyed 55 cars in a garage at Colus 3 Motor Company, displacing three families and causing over 100000 in damage.
Charles A Lindbergh left Springfield Vermont air field at 11 20 p m E S T today bound for Albany New York on the seventh leg of his national air tour.
The forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Thursday in western Pennsylvania with local thunder showers near Lake Erie on Thursday. Little temperature change expected as high pressure builds southeast and a low moves east over western Ontario toward Minnesota and the Dakotas. Scattered thunderstorms occurred in the Ohio valley and lake region today, with showers also in Florida and along the gulf coast to eastern Texas. Observations show temperatures around 72 in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, 64 in Los Angeles and 34 in Miami, with a river gauge reading .6 and .26 inches precip. Sunset tonight and sunrise tomorrow are noted.
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