06 May 1927
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Newspaper
Warren Tribune
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1927
Page
1
The piece warns Reds in China lure American and British sailors toward communism. It cites Punch on officer humor and notes the Mississippi flood damages reaching two thousand million dollars. It argues for a major engineered defense and calls New Orleans safe, with Colonel Ewing and General Jadwin cited. Continued on Page Five.
Three men died and another injured when their automobile veered off Jamestown Road near Jamestown Pond in Marilla, Buffalo, on May 6. The car plunged over an embankment and struck a tree.
Baseball notices show multiple games postponed with rain and postponements. Chicago at New York and St. Louis at Brooklyn were postponed, while Pittsburgh at Philadelphia also faced rain. results in Cleveland and other American teams were delayed or incomplete.
The notice explains that only two small classified ads may run the same day in addition to regular classifieds. It urges readers to use Tribune classifieds to buy or sell items and claims quick results from placing ads.
For rent six room apartment in the Kaplow Building ready for immediate occupancy rent reasonable. See Harry Christensen care Style Shop. For sale one Ford Tow Truck enclosure tab express body a bargain if taken at once The Rosell Garage 710-22 Penna Avenue E.
New York police said a kidnap ring operating in half a dozen cities was disrupted after the slaying of a gang member and the arrest of others. Two men abducted in New York on April 28, Abraham Scharlin and James H. Taylor, both real estate dealers, were released and questioned. Police tied these cases to similar extortion schemes in Chicago Cleveland and Detroit. Little information was released about the victims.
May 6 report from Philadelphia states youths entering Mrs. Pearl Swartz’s apartment choked her and stole two diamond rings valued at about $2,000, prompting police to investigate the home invasion.
At the White House breakfast 11 top Republicans including Kellogg Mellon and Longworth heard Butler present results of a continent wide survey. Officials said the party is sound in the West with bright hopes for 1928 and that renomination for Coolidge could follow continued favorable economic conditions. Butler outlined plans to visit every state, including the solid South, before resuming travels.
May 6. While delivering evening papers near Salina on Lakes to Sea highway, 10 year old George Rempoldt Jr. stepped from behind an auto into another vehicle and was fatally injured. He died in a hospital at midnight five hours after the accident. The car was driven by Frank Whitley of Maple Shade.
Reports from Managua say a general amnesty and peace agreement, guided by Henry L. Stimson, ends the civil conflict. Terms include liberal leaders laying down arms, a native police under American officers, Dias remaining as president until 1928 elections under U.S. supervision, and Liberals joining Dias cabinet as fighting subsides.
Harrisburg May 6 Unitead Press resident fishermen license fees rise to 1.50 from 1.60 effective January 1, 1928. Hunters licenses increase from 1.25 to 2.00 effective with the fall hunting season. The measures, sponsored by Francis H. S. Ede and Senator R. S. Quigley, earmark revenues for public hunting grounds, game refuges, and related land and water rights purchases.
Dr Frank Eakin 41, a Grove City College and Western Theological Seminary graduate, refused to take the Presbyterian oath required for professors. He could remain liberal and teach as instructor, but resigned when elected to full professorship. The oath demands acceptance of faith and catechisms and disallows teachings contrary to them. Dr Maitland Alexander also resigned from the board last December and is believed in Harrisburg.
Two Derby borough constables were held on warrants charging assault and battery and forcible entry. Howard Lane swore out the warrants, claiming officers forced entry to his home last Wednesday, knocked down his wife, and frightened his daughter. Bail was set at $500 pending appearance before Magistrate Ma. Bride of Collingdale.
Owl City Pennsylvania refiners announce a 0.25 cent per gallon kerosene price reduction. Market observers note a fall in heating fuel costs as merchants adjust to lower input costs and competition in the regional fuel trade.
High School reports a packed assembly with Devotional led by Principal Bathurst and the pledge. Tomorrow a track meet vs Jamestown and Warren at Russell Field, while the senior class presents Applesauce tonight and Saturday at 8 15 in the auditorium. Tickets and candy sales planned. lockers must stay locked. next week subject cards and lost book refunds explained.
Goozo Goslin slugging outfielder for the Washington Senators was removed from a train in Pittsburgh last night and taken to Mercy Hospital today with a pronounced case of pleurisy. His condition is not critical, doctors say, and rest care is ordered. Coach Jack Onslow remained with him.
A fragmentary and unclear clipping references a stage debut for an individual described as a brunette, with partial phrases suggesting May, a surname, and personal traits. The readable text is insufficient to identify names, dates, places, or a specific event.
A conference discussed conditions in China and called for contributions to support mission service. Speakers outlined needs for aid, education, and humanitarian relief, urging church congregations to donate and participate in mission projects.
Two members of President Coolidge's cabinet arrived in Vicksburg for conferences on river control and flood rehabilitation. Secretary Hoover and Secretary Davis met with regional officials to gather data on Mississippi flood progress and state relief efforts as Red Cross relief operations expand.
In Wilkes Barre on May 6 a jury found six Hanover Township school directors an architect and a contractor guilty of fraud in handling school contracts. The verdict followed a night of deadlock with all defendants present for the reading.
Soldiers and police clashed with a mob of Chinese in Samerinda Borneo as authorities tried to arrest two Kuomintang leaders. The report states twelve Chinese were killed and twenty five wounded.
Forecast calls for increasing cloudiness tonight with Saturday showers across western Pennsylvania. Temperatures show little change with a trend toward warmth. General thunderstorms move across Arkansas Tennessee Kentucky Missouri and Kansas with heavy rain in that region. Lighter showers extend east to the middle Atlantic coast as a low barometer lingers southwest and a trough forms toward New England. High pressure remains over the lake region and northern plains. Observations show Chicago 62 Cleveland 62 Pittsburgh 56 and Miami 80.
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