Italy rocked by Calabria earthquake and Messina damage
Rome reports a devastating quake hitting Calabria provinces and Messina Sicily with widespread destruction. Catania inundated and many homes destroyed as telegraph and telephone lines fail, leaving unknown totals of casualties and property loss across the region.
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Rome
Cosenza
Catangaro
Reggia di Calbria
Calabria
Italy
Messina
Sicily
Catania
Calamity in Italy as Earthquake and Tidal Wave Strikes
Reports state two thirds of a town destroyed and thousands killed. Catania’s panic led residents to camp publicly while a tidal wave sank five hundred boats and damaged vessels including the Austrian steamer Burda. Messina saw inundation and mud as gas fires sparked more destruction. nearby Stefanaconi village was nearly wiped out. The pope expressed distress and authorities ordered troops and engineers to Calabria and Sicily to restore order and aid victims.
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Catania
Messina
Faro
Ganzirri
Calabria
Monte Leone
Stefanaconi
Mgr. Morabito
Mileto
Reggio
Reggio di Calabria
Italian Navigation Company
Sicily
Defense gains two points in Hains trial in Bayside killing
In Flushing New York December 28 1930 the defense secured two key points in the Hains murder case. Witnesses claimed Thornton Hains did not go to Bayside to kill Annis but to view property and that he did not draw his revolver until a club member advanced with the captain's gun.
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Flushing
N.Y
Thornton J. Hains
Peter C. Hains, Jr
W. E B. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Little Neck Bay
Thornton Hains
Long Island
Bayside
Annis
Chas. S. Weaver
Hains Concrete Mixer Company
Weaver
Sandy Hook
Hains
John Tierney
Tierney
Charles Roberts
Captain Hains
Joseph A. Shay
Cadman Skura
Young
Hains Brothers
Fallon
John F. McIntyre
Leo Bugg
Jesperson
Fourteen Representatives Sail for Colon Panama Canal Tour
Fourteen members of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee sailed today from Charleston toward Colon. The trip aims to study Panama canal progress and conditions in the canal zone with a four to five day stay on the isthmus.
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House
Panama Canal
Charleston
D. C
Dee
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Colon
Canal Zone
Isthmus
Indian runner married in Toronto benefit for champion Laone
Toronto crowd packs Massey Hall for a benefit show honoring Tom Laone the Indian long distance champion who recently defeated Dorando in the marathon in New York. Proceeds support Laone and his athletic career amid strong local support and tickets selling fast.
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Toronto
Ont
Massey Hall
Tom Laoneboat
Dorando
Marthon
New
Longboat Receives Testimonial and Weds Lauretta Miracle
York reports a double highlight as Longboat receives a testimonial from many friends and admirers and marries Lauretta Miracle of the Deseronto Indian reserve. Miracle is described as educated and of exceptional character.
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York
Lauretta Miracle
Deseronto Indian Reserve
Miracle
West Virginia Daily Newspapers Association Formed
In Parkersburg at Hotel Chancellor this afternoon a temporary body was formed to become the West Virginia Daily Newspapers Association. It aims to boost daily paper interests and seek favorable legislation. A January 18 Charleston meeting will finalize it. Temporary officers: Virgil L. Highland president and Geo W Summers secretary.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Chancellor
West Virginia Daily Newspapers’ Association
Charleston
Virgil L. Highland
Clarksburg
Geo. W. Summers
Wheeling
Blind tiger blamed for Christmas Day miners clash in Stearns
Stearns Kentucky December 28 Sheriff Crawley says blind tigers caused the Christmas day battle between miners and United States marshals that left two dead. He reported a calm day otherwise and visited local mountain stills with no arrests or sworn-in deputies.
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Stearns
Crawley
United States
West Grubb Confesses After Arrest Near Wytheville
Roanoke, Va a man named West Grubb wanted for attempting to wreck passenger trains on the Norfolk and Western railroad was arrested near Wytheville. He confessed to four attempts to wreck the Chattanooga and Washington Limited, saying the plots could have caused great loss of life if successful.
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Roanoke
West Grubb
Norfolk and Western
Wytheville
Grubb
Chattanooga
Washington Limited
Blue Ribbon Lemon or Vanilla Sold for Hospitality Use
R. M. Fox, jeweler on Red Lot, offers watches and jewelry for the holiday line. Pineules for the Kidneys advertise quick results for backache rheumatism lumbago and fatigue with a 20 days trial for $1 via Goodykoontz Drug Co.
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R. M. Fox
Red Lot
Goodykoontz Drug Co
Fortune teller license eyed as city laughs at new ordinance
A stormy city council session ended with a bantering plan to tax fortune tellers at five dollars per week or fifteen dollars a month. No licensing fee guidance was set for charges, and violators face fines or jail time, with speculation that few will ever pay.
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Board of Health
Spruce Street
Seventh Ward
M. K. Harman
Harman
North Street
Kahle
Easley
French
Brown
Highland Avenue
Pine
Cherry Streets
Wayne Street
William Monroe
Frederick Street
Gamewell Kire Alarms Telegraph Company
Beasley Street
J. C. Nuckles
W. A. Reedy
Bluefield Avenue
McArtor
Kentucky Joe
North Powell Street
M. L. Clifford
Bluefield Hardware Company
Rogers Street
Third Street
Board O Health
Mason
Wingfield
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Messsina
Weinman
Superior Supply CO
Bluefield,w.va
M. Smith
J. Lee Harne
Edw. Cooper
F. L. Black
Fidenity Banking & Trust
Thos. Cooper
D. H. Thomas
J. Tracy Walker
J. M. Sanders
L. G. Toney
S. M. Smith
J. Lee Horne
H. I. Shott
W. H. Thomas
Dwin Mann
W. C. Pollock
L. A. Hooper
First National Bank of
Bluefield
Uiion Bank and Trust Company
P. O
Flat Top National Bank
Bluefield, W. VA
Lawrence EB. Tierney
William H. Thomas
R. E. Bolling
W. B. Hicks
Brother
Tom Longboat
Weather Forecast
West Virginia
Association OF Daily Newspapers OF State
Blind Tiger
Negro
the Miller Supply CO
Luefield, W
Acouson
Uity
Gamewell Fire Alarm Company
Charles Brooks Smith
Pittsburg
A. Brooks Flemming
William A. MacCorkle
George Wesley Atkinson
Washington
Albert Blackeslee White
William Mercer Owen Dawson
West
Dawson
Bombay
Suez
White
Marietta College
Harry Chapman Woodyard
Harry
Woodyard
Dawson—White
Presient of State University
Busy Bee Restaurant
Princeton Ave
Henry Rodgin
Optician and
Pannen
Princeton Avenue
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