28 Sep 1927
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Newspaper
Warren Tribune
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1927
Page
1
A column recalls Jewish New Year observances in New York and the Pulitzer prizes for Jewish and Gentile students, with Henry Ford’s antique car exhibit plans. It muses on aviation races in Italy, Bolshevik zoo orangutans, and global markets, noting China’s typhoon aftermath and U.S. highway sign curbs.
Richard J. Reynolds, heir to part of the Reynolds Tobacco fortune, fled to escape a drab life and toured Chicago and St. Louis with a traveling salesman disguise. After 12 days of wandering, private detectives captured him. he plans to return to New York tonight to resume his duties.
Harrisburg authorities seek four men who last night stopped Romaine Neiman a 16 year old girl of Bressler on her way to a store. The assailants fled when a group of boys rushed to aid her after her cries drew attention.
Jimmy Walker arrives back in New York from Europe to a city-wide splash. Crowds fill streets as placards praise Walker the Ambassador. On Broadway he pauses a performance to greet the heroine Manhattan Mary and deliver a brief welcome homage to the city. The scene blends civic pride with Broadway flair.
In Harrisburg on September 28 Mrs Myrtle Diffenbauch warned neighbors she might collapse. Hours later she was found unconscious on her home's balcony and died shortly after hospital admission from a paralytic stroke.
Detroit suburb's council president John Ford, younger brother of Henry Ford, was found dead from heart disease in a vacant Fordson home after leaving a council meeting. He had planned to resell the property, and death was attributed to mitral insufficiency by his physician.
In Chicago on September 28 a three pound piece of concrete hurled from a passing train shattered a streetcar window and killed Dr. F E Reichardt a 59 year old German physician riding in the car. Investigators say the concrete was left on the railroad right of way by a construction gang and was thrown into the car by the moving train.
Kenton Ohio September 28 W W Durbin former state executive committee chair explains that a Chicago conference in December aims to save the Democratic Party from disaster. He says the meeting is needed after the New York convention and the Harding Coolidge administration. Durbin notes the real issue is the party record and the nation’s response to it.
Washington dispatch reports Navy leaders will ask Congress for increased officer production and more ships after Magruder attacks the service as top heavy. White House says 55 admirals and 8500 officers are fine. Navy cites yard spending figures and Academy output as factors in sustaining 132,000‑man fleet capacity.
Judge Kenesaw M. Lan dia, commissioner of an nounced today plans for a broadcasting series. The statement outlines new media coverage and expected timeline for the project.
A garbled 1927 fragment shows little salesmen and a Harst sale scene with unclear names. The readable portions indicate a local event featuring small traders, with terse notes on efforts and outcomes amid a noisy market setting.
Mrs Lillie Mack of Cleveland sued a police sergeant for 15000 after her husband Joseph Mack was arrested for kissing his wife in their car returning from a picnic. A jury awarded her 3000 as punishment and warning to guardians of public morals.
York Sept 28 A clash between state officials and farmers over tuberculosis testing escalates as Cattle Tester GC O Newhouse of Philadelphia is arrested on a Greenville farm for trespassing. Three farmers in upper Hanover township issued the warrant.
Paris reports France's veteran statesman Georges Clemenceau is 86 today, celebrating in Paris for the first time in years. The former premier, born September 28, 1841, will stay several days due to his sister's illness while renovations proceed at his home. He once vowed revenge after exile of his Republican father, choosing to work instead.
In Pittsburgh on Sept 26 the Allegheny County Election Association opened additional ballot boxes for the seventh district recount after finding carelessness and false returns in primary reporting. Officials including Thomas J. Walker and District Attorney Samuel H. Gardner prepared to impound the box, with court orders sought. New recount figures were read into return books, while other boxes from the ward were also reevaluated. The Bonsall committee handled fourth ward districts, with earlier recounts showing no large discrepancies.
Alfred P. Sloan Jr of General Motors told auto editors at GM proving grounds in Milford Michigan that the Ford General Motors rivalry is not as complex as feared. He said Ford will offer low prices while GM targets value at higher prices, each likely selling large car volumes. Sloan praised Ford for the price concept and recalled his early role in courting Ford over a roller bearing.
Borough Solicitor Sidney Blackman says the police committee can appoint a patrolman temporarily before council action. Burgess Chapman may refuse to assign whom he would not sworn in, while Acting Chief Hahn followed regulations by appealing for authority. Berringer had not yet been sworn in by noon, with rumors he might wait for October council action.
National League matchups saw St Louis versus Cincinnati and American League tilt Detroit versus Chicago postponed due to ongoing rain. Both games were kept off the schedule as rain continued to fall across the ballparks.
Showers tonight and Thursday with mild temperatures. Pressure patterns shift across the plains and Atlantic coastal areas. Observations at 8 a.m. include Chicago 52, Cleveland 64, Harrisburg 58, Miami 82, San Francisco 59, Washington 60, Yellowstone Park 42. Sunset 5:48 p.m.. sunrise 5:64 a.m.
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