Judge declines to act on ballot box petition causes warrant
Warrants issued for arrest of Allegheny County Commissioners Joseph G Armstrong and William H Ziefel and clerk for falsifying county books. Mia John O Miller, president of the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters, accused officials before Justice Thomas E Mallisse of Plumtown. Bail set at 500 dollars each on charges alleging false entries in the minutes of a 1925 meeting. The judge said the case will be handled as ordinary.
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Allegheny
Pittsburgh
Joseph G. Armstrong
William H. Ziefel
Commissioners
Mia
John O. Miller
Pennylvania League of Women Voters
Allegheny County
Justice of the Peace
Thomas E_ Mallissee
Plum
GC. McGovern
Miller
Justice Mallissee
Armstrong
Ziefel
Mallisses
commissioners of #2
Addison Guimbert
Gumbert
Public schools praised as nation's future and wealth
A 1927 reflection lauds public schools as the country’s true wealth, citing 1.1 million students and a chorus of political and social observations. It references Rodman Wanamaker, President Coolidge, Secretary Kellogg, and Frank A. Walsh, plus anecdotes on wisdom, canal politics, and personal remarks, ending with a grim note on birth control.
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America
Kellogg
Owlidge
For Rent Unfurnished Apartment Four Rooms Bath
For rent an unfurnished four room apartment with bath and porch. Furnace heat and central location. Call Bell phone 1295 after 5 p m. For sale odd pieces of furniture call 776 R at 117 Cayuga Avenue.
Truck contracts to be investigated in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg September 14 Governor John S Fisher announced plans to meet with Secretary of Highways James fuart to discuss the uproar over the highway department advertising for bids on 100 trucks 19 tractors and other gear with only one make specified. The contract awards have been paused amid manufacturer and dealer protests and possible legal action. The governor will meet with Stuart on his return from a hospital inspection tour.
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Harrisburg
John S. Fisher
James Fuart
Highway Department
Stuart
Fading Veterans March In Parade In Grand Rapids
Grand Army of the Republic veterans parade in Grand Rapids Michigan. About 1500 blue garbed survivors march with some riding autos. Commander Frank A Walsh salutes as 50 000 spectators cheer the sixty year encampment parade at about 40 steps per minute.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Army of the Republic
Sherman
Frank A. Walsh
Milwaukee
Papers Ready for Impounding in Two Districts
In Philadelphia and Harrisburg, judges grappled with motions to impound ballot boxes from the 1926 senatorial race between Republican William S. Ware and Democrat William B. Wilson. federal judges Johnson and Thompson are asked to extend impounding to eastern and western districts ahead of the September 20 primary, to preserve ballots for a Senate elections committee recount.
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Philadelphia
UGP
United States District
Oliver B. Dickinson
Williams
Ware
William B. Wilson
Pennsylvania
Dickinson
Francis Shunk Brown
David Wallerstein
Wilson
J. Whitaker Thompson
Albert Johnson
Harrisbore
Middle District
Thompson
Tomor- Boggle Brown
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Wilhaw S. Ware
United States District Court
Midw
Federal District Court
Johnson
Vara
United States Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Penn
Controversy May End in Blood Test
In Cleveland on September 14, hospital officials and judges weighed using a blood test to determine the sex of a baby in a habeas corpus case. The hearing, led by Judge Carl V. Weygandt, considers whether the Smiths are parents to a baby girl or a boy born August 22. Doctors cautioned that blood tests may help but are not conclusive.
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Cleveland
Sam Smith
Phillip Vollmer, Jr
Carl V. Weygandt
Tate
United Press
Waygandt
C. J. Wiggers
Western Reserve
Wreckage of Old Glory Described in New Kyle Messages
Two additional messages from the Kyle report debris of the monoplane Old Glory found in the north Atlantic but no trace of pilots Lloyd Bertad and D. Hill or Philip Payne. Wreckage includes thirty four feet of wing with fuel tanks, gauges, and a damaged engine. Flags and letters faintly visible on wings. Strong southeast wind and rough seas hinder search.
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New York
New York Daily Mirror
North Atlantic
Lloyd Bertad
7. D.hill
Philip Payne
The
Mirror
Douglas Muir
Unprecedented Heat Kills Dozens Across Midwest
Chicago reports seven heat deaths with the unprecedented September heat wave fueling prostrations across the middle west. Temperatures rose to the nineties, including a 95 degree peak in Chicago, as relief measures were delayed to week’s end or later. Reports also note fatalities in St Louis and Milwaukee.
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Chicago
Middle West
St. Lowia
Milwaukee
Erie Murderer Given Life in Penitentiary
Frank Molnuszowski, 38, convicted of first degree murder with mercy in the July 10 strangling of his divorced wife Stephenia, was sentenced to life in prison by Judge W. FR. Hirt in common pleas court. The trial was notably brief, beginning Monday with a mixed jury and concluding Tuesday afternoon before the judge ordered the verdict. He will be taken to the western penitentiary immediately.
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Erie
Frank Molnuszowski
Stephenia
W. FR. Hirt
Common Pleas Court
Hirt
Woljarnowski
Western Penitentiary
Miss Elder Spends Morning Tuning Up
Miss Ruth Filder, planned to fly to Paris, spent the morning at Longinfield near Wheeling tuning up her plane for a New York takeoff. The ceremony to christen American Girl was postponed due to the sponsor's absence, making the Paris flight more likely to occur later.
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Wheeling
W. VA
Ruth Filder
Paris
Longinfield
Here
New York
Louis Bennett
Cies
New
Thousands Reported Massacred by Troops in China
Reports from Henan and Howan allege mass killings by Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang forces. Estimates place tens of thousands killed in reprisal for earlier killings, with figures ranging around 20,000 to 40,000 victims of both sexes. Terse dispatches note violence spreading from northern Henan to Changte in northern Howan.
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Suanguial
Henan
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Feng
London
Nanking
Daily Press
Shenghsi
Changte
Howan
Seven year old boy injured in highway accident probe
Warren General Hospital treated seven year old Laverne Bean of Rogertown after a collision between a car driven by John W Betts of Gosudage and a boy who stepped into the road near River Road service station and Glade bridge. Corporal W J Byrance of the state highway patrol led an informal hearing and detained out of town motorists for questioning. Laboring injuries included a possible skull fracture and hip injury. Doctor L E Chapman and Dr Hugh Robinson attended Bean as officials continued to determine the circumstances of the 4 PM accident yesterday.
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Laverne Bean
Rogertown
Warren General Nox
Aital
W.J. Bynance
State Highway Patrol
Pennsylvania Avenue
John W. Betta
Gosudage
Betts
River Road
Glade Bridge
Bean
Hospitel
Harry Larnea
Dunkirk
Larsen
Corporal Byrane
Corporal Byrance
Warren
Shirley Bean
L. E. Chapman
Hugh Robinson
Typhoon toll rises to 400 dead in Kyushu disaster
Kyushu island face toll of 400 dead and 200 injured as official estimates reveal nearly 1,000 houses wrecked. A Tokyo dispatch notes a gank team and five sailors among the drowned in the storm's aftermath.
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Toko
Kyushu
Gank
Stoneboro Man Guilty of Contempt in Mercer Iron Co Case
Stoneboro man Robert P. Cann was found guilty of contempt of court for failing to deliver a 1250.18 check to receivers F B Kenengetser and Harry L Keck of the Mercer Iron and Coal Co. The judge ordered Cann to pay the costs and to serve a term starting the first Monday in November. Cann, former treasurer, said he acted on counsel’s advice and denied withholding company records and books. The check was drawn on Exchange Bank and Trust Co of Franklin.
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Pittsburgh
TR. M. Gibson
Robert P. Cann
Stoneboro
F. B. Kenengetser
Harry L Keck
Mercer Iron and Coal Co
Cann
Novemir
Exchange Bank and Trust Co
Franklin
Financial wizard begs for chance to save Julian Petroleum
Los Angeles dispatch outlines Jack Bennett, dubbed Frigicial wizard, pressing officials to let him reorganize Julian Petroleum. He claimed could raise a million tons weekly. Bennett, in custody near San Francisco, faces DA Asa Keyes as grand jury probes resume into the company collapse.
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Jack Bennett
Julian Petroleum
Los Angeles
Cal
Julian Petroleum, Corporation
Bennett
Julian Company
Bermets
S.C. Lewis
Pacific Flight May Be Started Friday to Rio
On September 14, Brock and Schlee reaffirmed plans to fly across the Pacific via the Midway Islands aiming to start at dawn Friday. They arrived at Kasumigaura flying field after a 650 mile leg from Omura, undeterred by locals who warned of personal risk. In Chicago, John Burton pleaded not guilty to burglar charges as he sought funds to perfect an invention a bell triggers when the lock is tampered with, and received a continuance to pursue patent rights.
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Rio
William
Brock
Edward I
Schlee
Pacific
Midway Islands
Detroit
Kasumigaura
Omura
Chicago
John Burton
Emmanuel Elier
Henry F Wilson
Oak Park
Burton
Eiler
Cnarge
Eller
Burtoty
State Police Fail to Identify Suspect
Harrisburg Sept 14 A suspect matching Roy Wagner the slayer of two New York state troopers was released after New York officers failed to confirm. State Troopers Witter and Kempi arrived from Batavia to aid the search, but NY police admit they lost track of the fugitive after he left his home near Caneadka.
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Harrisburg
Roy Wagner
Slaser
New York
Pennsylvania
Daniel Witter
Harry Kempi
Batavia
Wagner
Griffin
Atate
Caneadca, N
Paralysis Outbreak Spreads Across Several States
United Press dispatch reports a rising poliomyelitis outbreak in Ohio Massachusetts California and New Jersey with over 450 new cases for the week ending Sept 3 Federal physicians aid state authorities in precautionary measures including school openings and quarantine discussions Children in affected areas are advised to avoid crowds films fairs and picnics as doctors explain how the disease attacks brain and spinal cord nerve cells and the body’s limited ability to replace them Continued on Page Thirteen.
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Joseph 5
Wasney
United Presantal
Washington
United States
U.S. Public Health Service
Ohio
Massachusetts
California
New Jersey
Qhin
West Virginia
C. C. Pierce
United Press Today
Pierce
Weather forecast and conditions across the U.S. region
A broad weather summary notes a trough and ridge pattern with a low pressure system along the Atlantic coast bringing cloudiness and showers from New England to North Carolina and over Maryland Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Temperatures include Miami 78 Chicago 76 Los Angeles 62 Washington 72 and Winnipeg near the 70s line extending northward.
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Atlantic
New England
North Carolina
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
North Dakota
Williston
Canadian Northwest
Rocky Mountain States
Lakes
Ontario
Ohio Valley
Plains
Staten
Winnipeg
Miami
Chicago
Los Angeles
Washington
Yellowstone Park
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3. O. Miller
Mr. Kellogg
Earth
Arthur Brisbane
American
Tse
New ‘York
Rodmen Wanamaker
India
Brisbane
Natara
Ellizabeth Cooper
Eta
President Coolidge
Abraham Lincoln
Coolige
Ecretary
Trove
I'S
Paname
Canal Zone
League of Motions
Kelloge
Eve League
Canal Zim
Amander
G. A. Kh
G. AR
Mrs Chaplin
Chaplin
Eve
Adam
Littl
Cain
Adama
Eden
Ware and Wilson
Miss Elder
Highway Patrol
Lewis
Rosenett
Sid Aud Heviti
Julian Corporation
C. C. Jullay
Canada
Texas
Sun
Tullan
Ely
Pacific Flight
Harrsburg
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