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a a r'x'r' SIXTEEN Want Ad Headquarters Court, 4900 PITTSBURGH PRESS. Other Press Departments, Court 720(1 THURSDAY. JULY 31. 1341 Firemen Check Embers After Two-Hour Blaze River Gives Up Bodies of Two Men; Crowd Jams Bridge to See Recovery It Was No III Wind That Dew Up Rain It never rains but it pours if you don't believe it ask the boys of No. 58 Engine Co.

Summoned by an alarm from their cozy firehouse during the peak of last night's storm, they climbed aboard their truck and sped out into the beating rain. They were going full tilt, sirens screaming, when someone smelled smoke. The brake linings of the truck were on fire. Quickly putting out their private blaze, the firemen clambered back on the truck, opened the sirens once more and sped on only to tangle with a parked auto in the blinding rain. This time they had to call a tow truck.

By the time the truck was ready to roll again, it was too late to go to the fire. It had been put out by the rain. Travel s. in Comfort False Rumor of Sab'otajge Draws Curious To Span's Edge 0 i EVERY SUNDAY CLEVELAND ELLW000 CITY SI.25 Y0UNGST0WN i. It1 The bodies of two men were re w.

x-. tot oor covered from the Ohio River, near the West End-North Side bridge this morning, by the crew of the NEW CASTLE hi Oolhf Panda? Mornim jjj Returning Punriar KvFninr PITTSBURGH LAKE ERIEb RAILROAD Steamer Reliance. The bodies were believed to have been In the water for several days and were brought to the surface by i PHONE COURT 3201 T-1 I 1 the churning of the steamer's nil VO I) pad-dlewheel. In the drowned men's pockets, Morgue attaches found cards bearing the names of Keith Norton, 100 Galveston and Frank Johnson, fr 4.H Si el i Mi 515 East Lacock both North of MARTHA CANDIES Side. Attracts Crowd A large crowd gathered on the For a Limited Time! i nnr a bridge during the recovery of the iv fizw bodies.

Many motorists left their machines standing on the bridge to peer over the railing. to amy camp or natal base in the V. S. A. A disclosure that several ropes vasfc.

-iar ir77', used by county painters on the West End Bridge were found to have been hacked by vandals apparently accounted in part for the size of the crowd which assembled on the bridge. All Painters Safe "We're all here yet," commented one of the painters when asked if any accidents had occurred as re sult of damaged ropes. A fall from the scaffold on the high-arched bridge would mean almost certain death. Ptit fudgei, rhfwy piecet and other fv. fl OH ontei.

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The fire, which did $35,000 damage, filled the neighborhood with smoke and forced residents of several blocks to flee their homes. painters, asserted the rope hacking was the work of "young punks." He said his men "waste about an hour and a half" looking over the ropes each morning before going to work. County Commissioner John J. Kane said an investigation would be made and that "if things are as bad as that, -we'll put a watchman on the job." Several onlookers said they thought some of the painters probably had tumbled into the river and been drowned. Here's part of the crowd wliich gathered along the rail of the West End-North Side Bridge today as the bodies of two men were towed ashore by the Steamer Reliance.

The bodies were believed to have been churned to the surface by the steamer's paddlewheel. 35,000 Fire in Bloomfield Sweeps Macaroni Factory Arourid the Town BRIEF NEWS STORIES OF LOCAL INTEREST COMPETITORS SUMMONED BY RADIO INQUIRY FCC Tries to Show Newspaper Operated Stations Have Larger Profits A four-alarm fire swept the two top floors of a three-story building housing a macaroni plant in Bloomfield today, forcing hundreds of nearty residents to flee their homes and causing damage estimated at $35,000. Clouds of dense smoke filled the area as 10 companies battled the blaze more than two hours. The flames started in the drying The Tamagami Lake Region, boys will be gone a month. macaroni and spaghetti.

Mr. Boehm said he thought the damage might reach $100,000 but thought expensive machinery in the first floor had not been ruined. Because of a seasonal lull, the firm, established in 1834 by Wen-delin Boehm, employes only 20 persons. He said the fire might have been caused by a motor which operates continuously, but firemen were unable to locate the cause of the blaze which destroyed the second and third floor of the building. More Plane Flights I ncreased schedules between Pittsburgh and Detroit and Pittsburgh and Norfolk have been announced by Pennsylvania-Central Airlines.

Beginning tomorrow PCA will add another round trip between the northern and southern cities. The added service makes 11 daily flights to Cleveland and Detroit from Pittsburgh and five flights daily to Norfolk. rooms of the V. Boehm Macaroni Co. at 4648 Friendship Ave.

on the third floor of the brick structure. USO Benefit A three-day street fair for the benefit of the United Service Organizations opens today at Ninth and Main Sharpsburg, under the auspices of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Sharpsburg Fire Dept. Lawrence A. Bragg and Leo J. Horstman are co-chairmen.

Numerous frame houses in the vicinity were endangered by sparks By The Press WASHINGTON, July 31 The Federal Communications Commission called operators of two competing Charleston, S. radio stations to testify today in its hearing to determine a policy on the issu which showered the surrounding blocks, but the rain storm several Coal Merchants Meet The Retail Coal Merchants Assn. will dis cuss the new truck weight law at its monthly meeting in the ance of broadcasing licenses to Infantile Paralysis Shows Seasonal Gain By The United Press WASHINGTON, July 31 The public health service was inclined today to regard as seasonal an increase in infantile paralysis cases. newspapers. Roosevelt Hotel at 8 p.

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Bradham and H. T. Mc- Inspection Planned The Women's Auxiliary of the Boys' Club of Plurality Favors War Risk. Poll Shows By The Vr.it ed NEW YORK, July 31 Fortune magazine said today that its latest survey of public opinion indicated that the American people "have abandoned isolationism and by a small plurality now favor taking the risk of a shooting war if that is necessary to beat Hitler." The survey also indicated, the hours before reduced the peril. Heavy smoke poured from the structure and forced persons to leave their homes, while hundreds of others were attracted by the flames which shot 50 feet into the air.

Robert Boehm, son of the owner, said he had inspected the building an hour before the blaze started. The family lives near the front of the building, and he said it was customary for some member of the family to visit the plant each evening. No watchman was employed by the firm, which produces noodles, Pittsburgh and 100 guests are Gee of newspaper-operated WTMA It said that 302 new cases were will testify on "the competitive situ making a tour of inspection today at the Camp Trees "boys reported during the week ended July 26, as compared to 246 new cases during the previous week and 82 during the week ended July 5. camp, near Mars, Pa. Firm Plans Picnic Approximately ICO employes of Frank Ximbach, roofing and sheet metal contracting firm, and members of their families, will attend a picnic sponsored by the firm at the oniciais said the increase was seasonal because- poliomyelitis is a summer disease.

magazine said, that most of the people would accept such sacrifices as consumer taxes, curtailed pleasures and longer working hours. North Park Lodge tomorrow. The program will include sports events, wm ation" in Charleston. The commission has offered evidence to show that newspaper-affiliated stations generally are more prosperous than others. However, that contention, advanced by De-quincy V.

Sutton. FCC accountant, was disputed by Louis Caldwell, attorney for station WGN, Chicago, and others representing newspaper-operated stations. Mr. Caldwell obtained from Mr. Sutton, on cross-examination, a statement that there are other important factors such as location and chain affiliation which have a more direct bearing than ownership on income.

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