Plans for Fourth are Now Complete Warren Says
Col Windsor says plans for the Fourth of July are complete weather permitting. Deliberations cover morning dedication exercises troops at noon and afternoon auto races to honor the bridge and soldiers. He praises the executive committee for hard work and notes other towns may offer attractions but Warren aims for a top showing.
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Fred E. Windsor
Col Windsor
Warren
Col. Windsor
American Legion
Forty Die in Paris Coal Mine Blast and Fire
An explosion and ensuing fire in a coal mine in the Floire basin killed forty workers today in Paris. Authorities report twenty others are still believed trapped inside the mine as rescue efforts continue.
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Paris
U. P
Floire
Italia Crew Stranded As Rescue Efforts Continue
An official communique reports five Italia crew members stranded after drifting 24 kilometers in three days. Two men remain missing after the crash, with other search efforts focused on possible sightings near Idestad and Tromsoe. Meanwhile Amundsen’s plane sighting near South Spitzbergen prompts renewed Norwegian searches.
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Einar Paul Lundberg
Nobile
Harschad
Hennee
Norway
Roald Amundsen
South Spitzbergen
Idestad
Amundsen
Tromsee
South Cape
Spitzbergen
Charge Man Used Cash Bail of Friend to Pay Fine
A 1926 court case details Helge Bloomquist using a friend's $1,000 cash bail to pay a $600 fine and costs after pleading guilty to liquor law violation. Sword posted the bail. Whiting as prothonotary disbursed funds for fines and seized property. Warren National Bank sues to recover the $1,000, claiming Bloomquist did not repay. interest from December 31, 1925, requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helge Bloomquist
Bordwell & Eldred
Bloomquist
Warren National Bank
Elmer L. Sword
Sword
Justice of the Peace
Clark Nelson
Nelson
C. A. Clark
Clark
B. B. Whiting
Whiting
West Virginia and Kentucky Flooded by Heavy Rainfall
West Virginia endured widespread flooding as 24 hours of rain swelled rivers and inundated basements in Charleston Huntington and other towns. A boy drowned near Logan as Buffalo Creek surged. Kentucky faced 2 million dollars in damage with one death Lois Dawkins drowned in her basement after a gas explosion three feet of water filled the cellar. Transportation halted and gas supply interrupted by a landslide near Mt Sterling.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.P
West Virginia
Logan
Buffalo Creek
Huntington
Polo Creek
Kentucky
Louisville
Lois Dawkins
Kennedy
Susan’s Branch
Mt. Siering
Dance Marathon Ends Tonight After Court Ruling
New York will see the international dance marathon at Madison Square Garden close by midnight after the Supreme Court vacated an injunction. Nine couples must leave the floor by 10 p m tickets not to be sold after 10 p m. Promoter Crandall says prize money may be affected. health department held the event a public health risk amid exhaustion reports from Wilkes-Barre.
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New York
New York Health Department
Madison Square Garden
Supreme Court
Valente
Milton Crardall
Health Department
Crandall
Wilkes-Barre
Frank Quinn
Siggins Named Director At Jamestown Saddle Club
Hugh A. Siggins fills the vacancy on the Jamestown Saddle Club board after the death of Milton J. Beaty. A club meeting in Jamestown elected him director. a resolution regretting Beaty’s death was passed. The third annual summer horse show is set for Celoron ball park on July 28 and 29 with five gaited horses, hunters, jumpers, amateurs and professionals. Entries have been sought from Buffalo Warren Erie Titusville OF City and Fredonia.
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Hugh A. Siggins
Second Avenue
Jamestown
Work to Submit Resignation to Coolidge Monday
Washington report details Dr. Hubert Work planning to resign as Secretary of Interior to President Coolidge. He will travel to Brule Wisconsin Monday, meet the President, and resign then. He plans to manage the Hoover Curtis presidential campaign and return July 9 to chair the Republican National Committee. James G. Good of Chicago named western campaign manager. Walter A. Newton named western speakers' bureau director. Western HQ set in Chicago. Senator George Moses eyed for eastern manager. Hoover nears completion of Commerce Department work while drafting his acceptance speech. The First United Brethren church marks its sixth anniversary with Sunday services to cover church debt obligations. Youngsville’s congregation to attend in the evening at Warren. Rev. Paul Weaver to deliver sermon.
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Washington
U.sp
Hubert Work
Wisconsin
President Coolidge
White House
Wis
Coolidge
Republican National Committee
Good
Brule
Work
James G. Good
Chicago
Walter A. Newton
Minnesota
Hoover
Newton
George Moses
New Hampshire
Herbert C. Hoover
Commerce Department
U. B
First United Brethren Church
Youngsville
Warren
Paul Weaver
Coal Company slashes wages eleven percent nationwide
H. C. Frick Coal and Coke Company announced an 11 percent wage cut for all workers, to take effect tomorrow, affecting nearly 40,000 employees across Fayette Westmoreland and Allegheny counties. Notices warned no employee would be exempt from the reduction. Also noted is a call for rooming house proprietors to send names to Warren County Motor Club by July 5 for inclusion in a police tourist card list. In Boston, four bandits robbed Madow Shoe Co. employee Abraham Madow of a $5,600 payroll, fleeing in a car driven by a fifth man waiting outside.
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Uniontown
U. P
H. ©. Frick Coal and Core Company
Fayette
Westmoreland
Allegheny Counties
Monty” S. McClure
Warren County Motor Club
Police Department
Boston
Abraham Madow
Madow Shoe Company
Shelsea
Correction on Warren General Hospital profit report
The Tribune reports that Warren General Hospital did not make a profit in 1927 but carried a small balance to cover new bills. Officials say the hospital operates to break even and the year end balance reflects prudent financial handling rather than profit.
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Warren General Hospital
Tribune
Organize Search for Missing Pilot Leslie H Smith
A search for missing air mail pilot Leslie H. Smith began today to cover the territory between Little Rock Arkansas and St. Louis Missouri. Smith, 36 hours overdue, flew from Little Rock at 7 10 P M Thursday after leaving Houston. Colonel John A Paegelow ordered a light aircraft to patrol Central Missouri while fleets planned to fly west from Little Rock and a second group east from St. Louis to establish a mid point base.
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Leslie H. Smith
Little Rock
Ark
St. Louis
Smith
Lambert
Houston
John A. Paegelow
Scott Army Field
Belleville
Hil
Missouri
Man Charged With Shooting Oil City Officer Arrested
John Gidders, 25, of Oil City, Pa., who shot Oil City police sergeant Walter Powell, was captured in Erie after a two week manhunt. He offered no resistance and stated he was intoxicated. He will be sent to Franklin to face trial. In a separate item, LaSalle Carbon Co. mine No. 1 at Jonesville, Mich., was destroyed by dynamite, affecting tipple and buildings.
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Erie
U.P
John Gidders
Oil City
Walter Powell
Gidders
Franklin
Lasalle, MI
U. P
Jonesville
LaSalle Carbon Company
Air Olympics Forecasts Steady Winds for Balloonists
Weather bureau forecasts favorable upper air currents and strong northwest winds for the air Olympians. After two days of rain, a steady wind should push the balloonists toward a new distance record beyond 1358 miles, with a general southwestern path over western South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
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Weather Bureau
Georgia
Alabama
Adventists to Convene at Mt Jewett July 6
The Seventh Day Adventists of western Pennsylvania plan a ten day land camp meeting at Mt Jewett. A large tented city and a two thousand seat pavilion are being erected near the main highway for evening meetings and business sessions. Delegates from all churches in the western Pennsylvania conference will attend.
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Mt. Jewett
Western Pennsylvania
West Pennsylvania
Conference attendees to converge in Washington D C for opening
A large delegation from the general conference in Washington D C will arrive Thursday for the opening session. Bishops and departmental secretaries from the Columbia Union Conference will attend. Rev W Mobbins, conference president, says attendance is expected to be larger than usual. All meetings are open to the public with a community song service before evening addresses.
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General Conference
Washington, D. C
Columbia Union Conference
W. Mobbins
Tip provves failure on Jaul Jaworski sighting
Detroit reports a hot tip about the alleged presence of Jaul Jaworski, a notorious bandit, aboard a Great Lakes steamer proved unfounded as no sighting occurred on June 30. The U P dispatch notes no corroborating evidence and Mission control did not confirm any contact with the vessel.
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Detroit
Mich
U. P
Jaul Jaworski
Great Lakes
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Saddle Club
Celeron
Brule, Wis
Lambert Field
Adventists
Me. Jewett
Johnson Brothers
Aesie
Pavania
Allegheny
Glade Run Bridge
Cc. A. Strong
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