31 Mar 1928
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Newspaper
Warren Tribune
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1928
Page
1
A United States financial scene shows stocks rising on a busy day as banks chase liquidity and speculation runs ahead of ticker updates. Reports from Europe warn of Vatican Fascist tensions while Mussolini seeks peace, with Britain facing high unemployment and lawmakers warning against idle hands amid a widening economic gap.
A garbled, dialect filled snippet notes Tibet Dame Fashion pushing a bold publicity move with a full pane clear vision letter envelope. It mentions no clear event, date, or outcome beyond the claim that nothing bad occurred and a death reference remains unclear.
Frank E. Redding, local agent for S. S. Kresge, announced plans to demolish the Hoffman building at Liberty street and Second avenue and replace it with an entirely new store and office structure. Demolition to begin within ten days. project estimated at about 200000 dollars including land and buildings, with construction expected to start soon after.
Reverend John N Steimer his wife and three children Annette Carl and Paul arrived in Warren as furlough visitors for several weeks They had spent five years in East Africa at Kanyanka near Kilimanjaro under the Augustana Synod of the Swedish Lutheran church Mrs Steimer a former Edla Swanson teaches sewing and domestic work to native women The family left Africa in 1927 and plan to return before cold weather while visiting relatives in Sweden during their stay They previously stayed in Warren about a year before joining Kennedy Mission Preparatory School in Hartford Conn for Steimer the mission field worker remains eager to return to Africa and the needful work
Cairo dispatch reports the Egyptian government issuing a strong note to London challenging Britain's role in defending foreign interests. The note asserts Britain is responsible for protection and asserts potential interference with Egypt's legislative and executive matters under pretexts of defense.
Los Angeles on March 31 was scene of a fatal air crash as Dan S. Smith the pilot and Frank O Conner the student flyer died when their plane burst into flames after crashing. Bystanders could not reach the pilots in time and both bodies were burned beyond recognition.
Mrs D Bryant Turner wife of E D Wetmore of Warren and her husband rode the Liberty Limited when it rear ended the Broadway Limited four miles west of Lima Ohio. They were en route to Baltimore to visit Mr Turner's ill sister Edith Schley and planned a Warren stop on return to Colorado Springs. Officials blamed an sleet storm for the wreck as two coaches buckled and the locomotive derailed. Sixteen injured believed seriously were rushed to Lima hospitals. twenty were brought to area facilities as responders worked to avert fatalities.
At Baldonnel flying field in Dublin bad winds and rain postpone the Junkers Bremen trans Atlantic attempt. Baron Von Huenefeld Captain Hermann Koehl and Arthur Spindler decide takeoff is impossible until several days of good weather.
The notice lists sections of the Tribune Tonight editions with page references for market reports late local telegraph news editorials features deaths funerals sports automobile news society church comics want ads crossword radio programs and regional items from Tidioute Thompson Hill Youngsville and Kinzua.
Ohio politician Frank B. Willis dies suddenly as crowds gathered to hear him address a large audience in Columbus. The event followed a long day of political festivity including a glee club, a Kirranis club banquet, and a torchlit parade. Willis, a leading GOP figure seeking the presidential nomination, collapsed after expressing relief during the event.
Washington exults over Col. Lindberghs announced Europe and beyond tour to link nations. He plans a staged Atlantic flight in May or June and a grand European tour stopping in capitals and major cities, likely flying solo. Fuel logistics and overflight permission feature in planning as officials weigh routes and territories.
A winter wind in Warren caused a dramatic lookout as a large hood hatch blew from the Penn Public building, striking a Chevrolet coupe and narrowly missing a man. George Kehm, a Metzger-Wright cleaning machine salesman, escaped injury when the hood ornament crashed onto the top of his car. The hatch weighed about 20 pounds and measured two by three feet, landing on the boulevard near Geracimos' confectionery. A second pane blew from LD Pivetts Hardware at 414 Pennsylvania Avenue West later that afternoon.
Union Holy Week services will be held next week at First Methodist Episcopal church with all city churches taking part. The Warren County Ministerial Association plans the schedule, beginning at noon with a ten minute organ recital by Mrs. Charlotte Hall Lohnes, followed by hymns scripture and prayers and daily talks by named ministers on themes from pending purpose to the Via Doloroso.
In Congress Today the Senate Banking and Currency Committee opens an inquiry into the Federal Land Bank at Columbia. The Commerce Committee continues hearings on the San Francisco Bay bridge bill. The House plans to take up the Newton bill authorizing combinations of importers to combat foreign monopolies.
A Smyrna earthquake damaged a quarter of the city and killed five people with fifteen seriously injured and fourteen others treated. The tremor struck at 2 AM and lasted three seconds, cutting telegraphic service as officials cautioned that the death toll was tentative pending verification.
Washington reports next week's forecast with varied conditions. North and Middle Atlantic states expect showers midweek, warmth early in the week then cooling by Thursday and Friday, with a warming trend Saturday. Ohio Valley and Tennessee: fair Monday, showers Tue night or Wed, ending Thursday, with possible showers again Saturday or Sunday and temperatures above normal early, then cooler midweek and rising into weekend.
Lansing March 30 Arthur H. Vandenberg Republican editor of the Grand Rapids newspaper was named to succeed the late Woodrow H Ferris Democrat as United States senator. The appointment by Governor F. M. Green fills the vacancy created by Ferris's death and Vandenberg had been expected to seek the seat in the fall election.
Fire and wind tore through the Kane business district early Saturday destroying the Printz store and damaging other properties. Losses were estimated around 267000 for the block including 126000 on the building and 75000 on the stock at the Printz establishment. Insurance coverage was reported for about half the losses. The blaze was found about 4:45 by Policeman George W. Dun.
Death of Senator Frank B. Willia in Delaware Ohio shifts Ohio's Republican presidential balance with Willis delegates possibly going anti Hoover or to Hoover. Also, Governor Smith's South Dakota primary candidacy form and plan for a Democratic convention hangs in balance as committees schedule for Kansas City. Flood control bill features near agreement as U P reports committee aims for final terms today in Washington.
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