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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1936 i in 7 IT VII A AT 28TH DIVISION Scenes of Death and Ruin in Wake of Disastrous Wind Storm I LI. hy I 42 pUtiJ a EJECTS OFFER )K OVERTIME i-'" Turning uown Pay Proposal. A 1 I 1 r.rincr Made To hlic. Declares nion Leader. 5 tee rr.ran Iron fc week on its with the the XRA code." ui an of the Commit- the action at Braddnck rfrr of time-overtime work.

-'ii the ma r. ff and the overtime was stated, "that preventatives rr to do with ment tried to that a conferences of its i statement. the over- was (Jarrity, chair-iinski, secre-, representatives iny union) in orks of Fraddock. was held r. o'clock," ciiod by Gen- F.

F. Slick to request for 'nro'i granted. of this body a request ubhcity given been very pers. raised the we have deri- ri we have by be- week and that with the v. eek at the i a ha if from Sunday and and holt- made to Chant it- st enes like those shown ahove were left oer a wide area of Stmt western Pennsylvania yesterday in the aftermath tf a tytlonic wind and rain storm which swept lift the Monongahela rier valley Monday nijiht, tenlerintr its fury on several towns in Kayette rtunty.

At the left are the ruins of a grandstand at an ath- letit- fieltl at Mnnt I'ayette t-ounty. where 7-year-old John MH'ann was killed when the structure fell on him. injuring seven others. The other picture indicates the force of the storm at Colonial -o. the ret Waiie leinr 'hat tf a larue uafftu hnh laisel into kindlini; wimm! before the uale and tleiuoli-heil si st hnnl lmses niu two aulomohiles housed inside.

Scenes like these were common in many Western Pennsylvania towns. Rain and Cooler Weather Predicted for Pittsburgh Roosevelt Ends Cruise At Campobello Island Arrives at Summer Home, Being Received by Detail Of Canadian Royal Mounted Police; Presi-dent's Mother, Wife With Him. SEVEN KILLED IN RAIL WRECK Transient Riders Among Victims When Train Is Derailed. CLAY CITY, 111., July 2S. (Continued From Faye One.) of dollars was lft by the wind, -1 4.

wn.cn uuv. OAMFOF.F.LLO ISLAND, X. Ju'v 2v- After covering; 437 ginia hills and cut a wide swath Almost two inrhes of rajn fcn in ship farm met freakish deal At-northward through Fayette and seven hours and lightning struck tached to a wagon when the storm Washington counties. several houses. Acres of corn were broke, they were suspended an-1 The toll was reported most se- beaten to the ground and farmers strangled in mid-air when the wind vere in the regions around Browns- feare(1 crop iosses.

Manv Wheel- blew a barn from its foundation. ville, Connellsville, Lniontown and miles in hours and 25 minutes to have had a hand in teaching least seven persons were killed to-in the 56-foot two-masted schooner the President how to sail as a boy -ivhen a west-bound Baltimore A a -rr-t I ing- buildings lacked light during the day and suburban police courts relied on lantern light. Extensive damage was done to the Summit Hotel, near Union-town, which was unroofed. Fire started bv lightning caused SlO.nfMi damage to Slovak Hall in Connellsville. where the roof of a large husiness building was thrown into the street.

Two horses on a Redstone lown- LS floors A i on 5 Ohio freight train was derailed Monongahela, but smaller nities also surveyed the havoc of Summer colony neighbors and a group of "old sal's'" who claimed also welcomed him. He will remain on Campohello until Thursday afternoon, then go by boat and train to Quebec for a one-dav visit Fridav with Can- ada's governor general. The last leg of the Sewanna's trip was made with only two small motor sailers from one of the es- enrt ships accompanying it. The destroyer Hopkins and U. S.

Potomac, the latter bringing the President's mother and wife back from a presidential picnic on L'Ktan? Island, anchored several hours ahead of the vacation craft. Stone-Throwers Nabbed carried student fireman. Washington. the Union Supply Company was Three small Glenshaw boys were Fletcher Acrold, Newport News, placed at $20,000. sent to the juvenile detention home "a trainman, and L.

H. McNeail. While light and power service last night after State Highway Pa- colored transient. Alexander City, had been restored iti most places trolman W. C.

Munz caught them Ala. Other crew members were yesterday, the Bell Telephone Com-tossing stones at passing automo- uninjured. pany said that about 3.000 tele- biles on the William Flinn highway A split switch was believed to phones were still out of order in near Glenshaw. have caused the wreck. Brownsville and Connellsville.

Re- Sewanna. President Roosevelt to night ended his two-weeks' vara tion float here where he and his mother maintain summer homes. He went ashore at Walchpool on Passamaquoddy Bay at floodtide after a four-mile sail against headwinds from L'Etang Island. N. B.

He was in his cottage a few mo- ments later. American and Canadian flags flew from either side of the dock. A score of Canadian royal mount- ed police in bright red tunics lined up to extend an official greet- NINE IN LOCAL AREA GET JOBS 97 Changes in State's sonnel Announced At Harrisburg. Nino men and women from the Pittsburgh district were given state jobs in personnel changes involving 91 appointments and six dismissals. announced yesterday in Harrisburg.

The local appointments included: William H. Stanton. Pittsburgh, in-j spector state highway department. James J. Olliffe.

Pittsburgh, highway engineer, Maria K. Calogero, revenue clerk. $9X). An-; thor.y Badell. Wilkinsburg, prop-, erty and supplies inspector.

J1.620: Francis R. Darcy. North Braddock; i PLANSREADY Vets Hold Sixth Annual Reunion Tomorrow In Wilkinsburg. World War Veterans who fought with the Twenty-eishth Division will assemble in Wilkinsburg tomorrow for their sixth annual reunion. Their opetuns session, which will include memorial services and entertainment, will hcin at 7:30 p.

m. at Elks' Temple. Friday morning will he devoted to committee and business meetings and the afternoon and evening: to a picnic and dance at Firrst's Grove, on the GrctnshuiR pike Sat in day's program includes election of officers in the mnrninp, a parade in the afternoon, and dinner and military hall at the Tenn Lincoln Hotel in the evening. Roland Thompson of Mt. Lebanon, national commander, will he in charge of the convent ten session.

Colone) John Schenkel will conduct the memorial evercises, The Twenty-eighth record, one of the most impressive of the war, includes active service in the Cam-pagne-Marne. Aisne-M irne, Oise-Ainse, Meuse-Argonne and Lorraine engagements. CIMBELS vacation play toys Streamlined steel wagon 89 1 fin value! Flashing red "Zep" wagon, streamlined like Dad's new car. Sturdy steel, with rubbr tires made especially for tiny tots. Quantity waddle duck 59 A grand new toy that w'll keep little folks happy for hours.

When pushed along by the handle, it waddles excitingly and flaps its wings like regular duck. ll-pc. play set 1.00 l.f9 For beach or back yard. Beach chair, yacht chair, shovel, hoe and rake set, 6-pc. tsand mould ou'fit with bucket and sprinkling can.

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0. tojs fourth floor s. 'f Two were members of the crew, the others were transients. Rescuers were told bv a transient who was not hurt that he knew of a dozen men and bovs riding in one 0f the 14 overturned cars who had not been accounted for late The identified dead, two of whom di Finra hosintal of their injuries, were. Wayne Caldwell, head brakeman, Washington.

Robert Ma v. SuP ceS rt' an iinrnnfoH hnilHinot: shattered win- dow? roads HarrTaged by uprooted trees and poles, and crops levelled i to a total loss in fome places. Coal Fields Hard Hit. Devastation was spread over 100-mile area in this state and in the West Virginia Panhandle, the wina lasning wun utom inne over the coal fields of Fayette and I Washington counties. Before the wind diminished dur- i intr the niht it was estimated i that damage approaching rm had been caused in Fayette county alone.

Loss to stores of a fit bac. I pairs were being rushed by 40 crews. i Officials of Wheeling, W. Va es- timated damage there at Jino.noo. CIM air-cooled iA9 Roy W.

Jones. Edgewood. and old N. Lehiff. Dormont.

liquor store clerks. James A. Caffney. F.ast Pittsburgh, assistant welfare supervisor. Other Southwestern Pennsylva- nia appointments included: Harris Summer.

Waynesboro, assistant highway superintendent. S1.S60; Harry schoeffel, Evans City. highway inspector. Harris deeotie SB 1 S. Shephard.

Rochester, highway inspector, John Cottheld, Charieroi, revenue taxing officer, 51.30; Mary Stoviak. Uniontown, property and supplies clerk, $9o0: Alfred T. Herrala. Monessen. liquor store cierk.

Albert L. Iseman, Arnold, clerk. John J. Waggle clerk, $1,020. Foxes Running Wild WESTON.

W. July 2 Complaints were made today by Lewis county farmers to the farm bureau here that the county is overrun I' Claim. r-r-i Steel In-. r.me-arid-a- the public." hat is true in every r.a'ion fnr tlre- week." Mur-' a'! their own workman of thinkins. to this A-Tierican Iron -ne of re-.

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