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Newspaper
Warren Tribune
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1928
Page
2
Philadelphia officials report a second list of lawmen connected to protection payments in bootlegging graft. County detectives uncovered names and amounts, while bank records show a police captain deposited over 5 000 dollars and withdrew it after being questioned. Grand jury adjourned until Monday.
Hundreds of refugees remain unable to leave as floodwaters trap them near Pa hokee and Bell Glade. 27 corpses are found in water along the road six miles from Pa hokee to Bell Glade. Governor plans survey of Bell Glade South Bay area while Red Cross opens inoculation stations. About 15,900 homeless along the coast from West Palm Beach to Miami are reported relieved. typhoid risk high near Lake Okeechobee. Churches become relief centers. Florida school damage tallies at 250000 to 200000 dollars with reopening delays due to relief occupancy. Red Cross seeks funds. Willebrandt orders liquor released to relief workers for medicinal use.
Texas flyers faced fog and engine trouble on yesterday's lap from El Paso to Cincinnati. Samel W Turner landed his Berline monoplane at Feevz with minutes of fuel left near Guadalupe mountain. W H Emery and H W Myers forced down with engine trouble near Sweetwater and east of Midland. Class EB planes stayed overnight in El Paso and are expected to reach Pine Bluff tonight before final leg to Cincinnati.
John Egolf was convicted in court yesterday of stealing a small amount of cash and a portable phonograph from an apartment. Elmer Lowery, owner of a New Cumberland restaurant, was fined 239.50 for disturbances caused by sneezing noises after neighbors warned him.
BRISBURG Pa Sept 22 Four persons were killed and 25 injured by hit and run drivers during the past week the state highway department announced. Victims were reported in Stroudsburg Bethlehem Norristown and Greensburg. Evelen drivers were charged in three fatalities and 15 other drivers remained fugitives. Meeting Postponed Rotary Club’s regular weekly gathering will be held Monday at noon at Conenango Club. The District Governor event Tuesday has been postponed per Secretary Paul Braunschweiger.
Mayor W F Hurst will not accept checks for fines in New Philadelphia Ohio A Coshocton salesman who was fined 15 20 for speeding paid by check and had it dishonored leading to a warrant His return to New Philadelphia followed after the incident in March
A flapper bandit gang led its thirteenth raid yesterday in Kulpmont within Mount Carmel area seeking band instruments valued at 1400 dollars and vending machines with cash and merchandise totaling about 200 dollars. Parlor owner Alex Alesander was the victim.
Theo dore Buzzard, 39, of Sharon Pennsylvania, was killed when the automobile he was driving overturned on a highway two miles south of Slippery Rock. Passenger Thomas Mayle and his wife of Brilliant Ohio were slightly injured.
A large crowd welcomed Governor Smith during his special train stop in Colorado Springs at 9 25 am en route to Denver. Reported he remained in his berth and did not appear at the station for comments. The stop lasted five minutes as cautious buyers scanned the classifieds for ads.
In Tearr Louisi ana incident near Upurger deputies L N Walker and N B Walker pursued escaped Louisiana convict Jim Jackson at his home. The gun battle left Deputy L N Walker dead and Deputy N B Walker wounded. Jackson fled during the exchange.
The Locomobile owned by E B Loop manager of the Carver House was damaged Friday when struck on the Wesleyville road near Erie. Driver Jack Anderson and occupants Mrs Loop and William Thompson were not injured. Left rear fender and rear axle were bent with other damage. Reports say the other driver, said to be intoxicated, caused the crash.
Weather outlook covers North and Middle Atlantic states, Ohio Valley and Great Lakes with fair to partly rainy periods, below normal temperatures early in the week and frost risk in northern mountains. In Sweden Premier Carl Ekman is re elected with Social Democrats dominating 9 seats, Conservatives 73, Peasants 27, Communists 4, Liberals 4, Prohibitionists 28.
Sealed proposals for laying concrete walks on Home Street Warren Borough and for gravel fill behind the Home Street Building will be received by the Warren Borough School District until 5 p m Monday October 2 1928. Bids must include a certified check for five percent of the amount. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Building Committee W F Clinger A G Eldred L A Carlson. 9-22-26 10-1
Edward Aowe, of a two man motorcycle party bound for the annual fair at St Marys, sustained a badly cut foot after his machine slid on a wet dirt road between Johnsonburg and St Marys. He was taken to a hospital in St Marys for treatment. Anne, injured months earlier, is partially crippled and suffered a severe heel injury when her foot struck a protruding stone. Three other Warren youths in the party, Russell Cogswell, Horace Harvey, and Ralph Brown, escaped injury as their cycles skidded on the slick road. The group encountered a curve on a rain slickened road. In Washington, a separate item notes Governor Smith’s Oklahoma speech deemed a political blunder by Senator Fine, implying it benefits Republicans.
Oil price listings from various pipelines and transit lines show Pennsylvania Grade O and other grades quoted in New York Transit Co. lines Bradford District and National Transit Co. lines. The report covers Keister crude Corning grades at Buckeye Pipe Line Co. and Cumberland Pipe Line bounds in Kentucky and Illinois, with values like 3.15 and 1.70 to 1.37 for several regional grades and districts including Saginaw Michigan and Indiana.
Mrs Gust Uhr and Mrs A B Eck entertained at Mrs Uhrs home 12 West Wayne Street Friday evening in a shower for Miss Karine Peterson who will wed Ed Sandburg next month Gifts for her new home were given and a pink and white color theme guided the luncheon decor The guest list includes Miss Feterson and several Mrs names such as Eric Anderson Clemens Anderson Alfred Carlson Hilda Forslund Cer Frisk Singal Berquist M Borg John Haglund Jom Carlson and Agren
Clyde Lupold has returned from a vacation with friends and relatives in Akron and Cleveland Ohio. Mr and Mrs Emil Johnson and daughter Lucile of Pennsylvania avenue east traveled to Buffalo New York. Mr and Mrs A S Hatch of Atlanta Georgia will arrive Sunday for a visit of a week or ten days with Mr and Mrs Kari Lyons at 1011 Conewango avenue.
Mr and Mrs Harry Richards of Garland announce the birth of a son at the Maternity Hospital Friday at 12 25 PM weighing pounds and 1 ounce. Mr and Mrs Robert Fring of 1028 Spring Street announce a son born at the Maternity Hospital Saturday morning weighing 8 pounds 1 ounce.
Nelson McVicar of Tarentum was sworn in as judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania at the federal building in Pittsburgh. The oath was given by Federal Judge R. M. Gibson. McVicar, former Allegheny county common pleas judge, received a recess appointment to the federal bench from the President to replace Judge Thomson who resigned. Wilkins engaged Miss Suzanne Bennett to wed Captain Sir George Hubert Wilkins, Arctic explorer, in New York as he sails for an Antarctic expedition. Bennett is known from Broadway roles including Gone, What Do We Know, and The Cyclone Lover.
Lennie Williams aged 27 from Washington Pennsylvania died after contacting a high tension wire while working at Elm Grove Mining Company No 1 shaft in Wheeling West Virginia. The incident occurred yesterday and is reported by United Press.
The highway department lists detours this week: McKean between Foster Brook Corners and Bradford for 3.2 miles on earth roads. Crawford between Meadville and Hayfield for 6.2 miles on earth roads. Erie in Girard borough and south for four miles on improved and earth roads. Venango between Oil City and Plumer for 7.8 miles on improved roads.
Seismographs at Fordham University logged a multi hour quake today with tremors starting around 3 69 p m and peaking at 4 24 p m. Seismologists placed the epicenter about 4 000 miles northwest of New York, likely in Siberia.
Fire swept Srinagar bazaar quarter destroying 100 buildings housing 300 shops. Estimated property damage reached 150000 pounds with over 1000 people left homeless. Srinagar, capital of Kushashr, lies 175 miles northeast of Lahore and has about 122000 residents.
Probate in Sidney Nebraska reveals John F Sporting of Pesit Colorado left one dollar to several siblings for the purchase of ropes to hang themselves. The note appears in the will filed today with the county clerk.
Puzzle text fragmented with clues across horizontal and vertical entries including hints for cognizant, narrow path, nude, deserve, weather, symbol for tin, and many corrupted spellings. Readable items reference puzzle theme and scattered numbers, with several entries partially legible and interleaved.
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