Pittsburgh store seeks local man for ad director
McCreery and Go of Pittsburgh invited William H. Wright of the Metzger-Wright Co to become advertising director. Arthur C. Kamann, general manager, sent the offer in a recent letter. Wright, former assistant advertising manager at Kaufmann and Baer, has not decided whether to accept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCreery and Go
Pittsburgh
William H. Wright
Metager- Wright Co
Arthur C. Kamann
McCreery’s
Warren
Wright
Metzger-Wright
Kaufmann & Baer Co
Gimbel Brothers, Inc
Small Window Key To Theft At Local Plant
Police suspect a small thief slid through a cellar window to raid a local cigarette warehouse. No tools were found and the operation took about an hour. The burglars moved cases weighing about 60 pounds each to a waiting truck, with no disturbance to the safe or cash drawer. A similar break-in at Warren Wholesale occurred years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Henderson
C. W. Henderson
Waterstreet
Boeldness
Warren Wholesale Company
Noted Shifts and Oddities Mix in Day’s News
The day features wide contrasts from insurance fortunes to auto industry highs. Metropolitan Life insured a man over fifty for 1.5 million, while General Motors and Henry Ford push production records. A courtroom anecdote in New York reveals a son paying a father for saddle care, amid a snappy dig at moral life. Delegates in hotel lobbies face broken glass from gin bottles. politics and prohibition loom in platform talk. A tiger shark story ends with a live turtle rescued in New York Aquarium, prompting a quippy biblical image about Jonah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Phillips
Aviators in Arctic Relief Efforts For Nobile Group
Rescue operations accelerate as relief fleets from five nations converge on the drifting ice near 80.20N, 28.22E. General Nobile and his six companions endure cold and crevasses while ice melts, with Italian flyers Maddalena and Prenzo joining Amundsen and others en route from Oslo toward the stranded party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nobile
Hhis
Five Nations
Halia
Prenzo
Tromsoe
Arctic
Kings Hay
Maddalena
Roald Amundsen
Explorer
Comandant Guylbaud
French Air Service
Dietrichsen
Oslo
Nabile
Kings Bry
Annual Picnic by Martha Society at Emanuel Reformed
The Martha society of Emanuel Reformed church held its annual picnic in the church parlors due to bad weather. Fifteen members attended a seven o clock dinner led by Marguerite Gander’s committee. Miss Kelley of the State Christian Endeavor Association spoke on Christian Endeavor work. The evening ended with social time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Society
The
Emanuel Reformed Church
Mineral Springs
Marguerite Gander
Kelley
State Chistian Endeavor Association
Christian Endeavor
Hundredth Person Completes Atlantic Air Crossing
New York report notes the 100th flyer to cross the Atlantic yesterday aboard Miss Amelia Earhart’s Friendship. Since 1919 fifty-plus crossings have occurred, with aviators Lindbergh Byrd Chamberlin Brock and Schlee among notable non stop paths. The Bremen and R-34 routes vary, with various military crews and ships contributing to this historic milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Amelis Earhart
Atlantic Ocean
Arthur Whitten Brown
John Alcock
Lindbergh
Byrd
Chamberlin
Brock
Schlee
Miss Earhart
Brown
Alcock
Bremen
U. S. Navy
Azores
U. S. Army
Iceland
Sacadora and
Coutinho
Portugal
Lisben
Rio de Janeiro
Missouri Arkansas flood and twister toll rise in Midwest
A deadly tornado in Missouri's farming belt left eight dead and several injured while the storm damaged homes and toppled farm buildings. Across the region heavy rains worsened levee breaks, flooding 100000 acres along the St Francis and nearby rivers as Red Cross appeals reach 25000 dollars for 2000 homeless.
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Oklahoma
Mound City
Oregon
Marion Mut~ Jock
Missouri
Arkansas
Campbell
St. Francis
Conklin County
United States
White River
Stephens
Walnut
Winfield
Arkansas City
Kas
Independence
Has
Blair
Headrick
Okla
State Health Department
Red Cross
Kansas
Cottonwood
Newport
Ark
Funeral rites for Mrs Frank Deane at Grand Valley
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs. Frank Deane of Grand Valley wife of Frank Deane. She died Sunday at her Grand Valley home and was buried in Edinboro cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Deane
Grand Valley
Edinboro
Chilled Rain Keeps President Indoors at Cedar Island Lodge
President Coolidge stayed indoors at Cedar Island Lodge on Lake Superior as cold rain and winds kept him from the summer White House. Papers needing his signature were sent by private secretary Edward J. Clark. Continuous rain for three days forced postponements of his planned visits to executive officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Wis
Lake Superior
Earhart Says Future Plans Uncertain After Long Flight
Miss Earhart, pale but eager, hinted no movies or lectures after their 20 hour 3 minute flight. She described a fuel shortage near the end and landing in the Estuary, while Gordon and Stultz showed fatigue from piloting the long ocean crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ocean
Gordon
Stultz
Miss Earhart
Rains Endanger Reservoir Above Two Md Towns
In Hagerstown Maryland on June 19, residents of Edgemont and Greensburg were ordered to evacuate as a 100 million gallon reservoir above the towns threatened to burst. A torrent fed by a cloudburst enlarged creeks, flooding bottom lands and washing out rail lines on the Baltimore and Ohio and Western Maryland rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
U. P
Edgemont
Greensburg
Mast
Potomac
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Alpenwald
Western Maryland Railroad
Society Ladies Aid Meeting at Emanuel Church
The Ladies Aid Society of Emanuel Reformed Church will meet Thursday afternoon at 11 Lincoln Avenue home of Mrs. John Huber. All members urged to attend. The Lutheran Brotherhood of Swedish Lutheran Church will be entertained in church parlors Wednesday evening by Mr and Mrs Alex Erickson. The Dorcas Thimble Club of Swedish Lutheran Church will be entertained Thursday evening by Mrs J F Anderson Mrs L L Milspaw and Mrs Ella Erickson 108 Canton Street. Misses Edith and Florence Rydholm 42 Locust Street entertain the teachers of Swedish Lutheran Church tonight at 8 o'clock with a social hour and refreshments to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Emanuel Reformed Church
John Huber
Lincoln Avenue
Lutheran Brotherhood
Lutheran Brotherhood of the
Swedish Lutheran Church
Alex Erickson
Dorcas Thimble Club
J. F. Anderson
L. L. Milspaw
Ella Erickson
Canton, Street
Edith
Florence Rydholm
Locust Street
Acosta Plane Crash Under Probe By Commerce Dept
Bert Acosta, noted trans Atlantic aviator, is under investigation by the commerce department for possible penalties beyond his current suspension as a licensed pilot. Two passengers were injured when Acosta's plane crashed at a low altitude in New York yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bert Acosta
Cammerce Department
Acosta
New York
President Denies Clemency for Three Condemned Murderers
Wisconsin dispatch reports President Coolidge refused clemency for three condemned murderers two of whom were under 21. They lose last hope of escaping the electric chair for the killing of Policeman Leo W. Busch. The execution is set for Friday in Washington. The condemned are Nicholas Lee Eagles Samuel Moreno and John Proctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Island Lodge
Wis
U P
Coolidge
Washington
Leo W. K. Busch
Nicholas Lee Eagles
Samuel Moreno
John Proctor
Campaign log shows Ritchie withdraws for Smith choice
Governor Albert Ritchie withdrew as a Democratic presidential candidate in favor of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York and urged Maryland delegates to vote for Smith. Reed campaign officials indicated ongoing efforts to promote the Missouri senator as the nominee, with Smith headquarters planned in Houston and delegates named in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
Ed. S. Willimore
Reed
Ritchie
Missouri
Rice Hotel
Houston
George van Namee
Smith
Virginia
Washington
Jense H. Jones
Houston Millionaire
Huston Thompson
Henry T. Allen
Kentucky
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Vic Donahry
Ohio
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkanaleas
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Herbert Hoover
Governor Smith
New York
Smith camp claims Maryland 16 sweep seals nomination
Washington reports say Governor Alfred E. Smith gains momentum as Maryland’s 16 votes push his first ballot total well over 700. With Virginia still to decide and Missouri faction fighting, Houston hosts the Brown Derby forces as Smith supporters plan to move into Rice Hotel. A new convention hall ready to seat 25,000 dwarfs the scramble for delegates and headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. F
Alfred B. Smith
Maryland
Albert C. Ritchie
Houston
Smith
Virginia
Roanoke
Hoover
Kansas City
James A. Red
Missouri
Hall
Tex
U. P
Brown Derby Battalion
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Rice Hotel
Senaor
James A. Reed
George van Namee
Tammeny Club
Revocation of License for Speed Demonstration
Harrisburg June 19 U P The state motor vehicle registrar announced revocation of A B Jenkins license of Pittsburgh for alleged violation of motor code in a demonstration on the Uniontown hill. Jenkins reportedly topped the rise at sixty miles an hour creating a record in the display. Cautious buyers are advised to read the classified ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
U.P
A. B. Jenkins
Pittsburgh
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McCreery & Company
New York State
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
France
Metropolitan
General Motors
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Henry Ford
Aquarium
Jonah
Mrs
Vermont
Misa Claire Whittaker
Fairle
Fifth Avenue
Russellfield
Newell Printers-Nypean
D. A. Avird
Tionests
Forest County
Court House
Visitors County
BR. E. Ward
G. V. Kohlman
H. C. Mitchell
Oil City
Joan J. Valin
Erie County
John Fisher
Valin
Crawford
Erie
Siegfrieds, Inc
J. M. Siegfried
C. R. Siegfried
West Street
New York City
Pe Et Gelle
Nicholas Murray Butler
Republican Party
Resolutions Committee
Charles Curtis
U. P.1
Stanley Martin
Western Penitentiary
Criminal Court
Joseph M. Swearingen
Tammany Club
Houston Hall
Chico
Johnson Brothers
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