Cermak Wins Chicago Mayoral Race Over Thompson
Former Bohemian immigrant Anton J. Cermak defeated three term mayor William Hale Thompson by a 192,000 vote margin, with complete returns from 2,987 precincts showing Cermak 667,529 to Thompson 478,613. Cermak spoke on radio after the victory as Republican incumbents faced a landslide shift toward reform.
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Merton Takers
United Press
Chicago
Apr
Williard Hale
Thompson
Chiagi
Anton J. Cermak
Souvent Tinals
Cermak
Big Bill
Cermale
Deniensby
Cook County
Ivi
Pho Cleekton
Germal
James Hamilton
Lewis
Aity
Board to decide on Sedrick McCall retention as athletic director
Corry High School trustees meet Monday to consider renewing Sedrick A. McCall as director of athletics amid a planned curtailment of courses and possible millage reductions. Petitions from McCall supporters expected. term and staffing policy for 1991-92 also on agenda as board weighs retrenchment and budget priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedrick A. McCall
Corry High School
Board of Education
Gooch McCall
Cony
McCall
Movement for renomination of Hoover grows
The movement to renominate President Hoover gains momentum with Republicans like Senator Moses and James Francis Burke pledging support. Postmaster General Walter Brown backs Hoover and reviews delegate prospects on his South trip. Col Horace Mann and Claudius Huston seek southern delegates, while Brown’s report downplays Mann’s chances beyond the Mason–Dixon line. The national committee and Hoover remain silent.
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Paul FR. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Hoover
Moses
New Hampshire
Kingsland Macy
New York State
James Francis Burke
Pittsburgh
Walter Brown
Mr. Hoover
Brown
South
Col
Horace Mann
Mann
Claudius Huston
Coolidge
Mason-Dixon Line
Republican National Committee
Leaps to His Death From Hotel Window
A man identified by army papers as Gilmore Heyman of Freeport Pennsylvania killed himself by leaning from a third story hotel window in Tulsa. It was his second suicide attempt, a light cord was found around his throat, and ceiling light connections were torn down in the room. He checked in under the name G H Neeson of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. hotel staff said he had been drinking heavily.
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Heyman
G.H Neeson
Five Best Radio Entainments on Major Networks
Radio guide lists WEAF NBC at 7:00 Boswell Sisters and Morton Downey on various networks. A 9:00 p.m. Ramble features Bobby Jones while WABC CBS offer Musical Cocktail at 8:30 p.m. Details reflect 1921 listings with stations WABC NBC and CBs.
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United Press
WEAF
NBC
WABC
CBS
Morton Downey
Bobby Jones
Harrisburg Conference Sought On Corry Hospital Crisis
L A Billstrom and C F Brows departed for Harrisburg to confer with state officials including John Hanna on the Corry hospital situation. They aim to secure full funding from Assemblyman John G King amid the institution’s dire financial condition and rising charity care costs.
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Harrisburg
L.A. Billstrom
C.F. Brows
Harris Fire
Corry Hospital
John Hanna
John G. King
Havie
Ile
Progress with Corry Chapter of Air Cadets
The Corry chapter of the American Air Cadets advances with local sponsors HG Wolfe J Dinnald Watson A S Attley Hugh A O’Hare John D Plantgan and Guy F Abbey. The group reports 2000 voters in the country and invites aviation enthusiasts to join under district official East Whitaker. Members earning pilots pins for planes flying ten seconds and aca pins for planes staying aloft a minute and a half.
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Sess
Orgsnaya
Corry
American Aid Cadets
HG Wolfe
J. Dinnald Watson
East Trying Street
Aca
JG. J. Kem
Buffalo
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
King George Improves Slightly At Windsor Castle
United Press reports King George showed slight improvement today at Windsor Castle after a period of illness. Attendants Dr Henry K Martyn and Sir Milton Reus, and Lori Dawson of Penn, visited for half an hour while officials said progress will be slow. The king was not bedridden but staying in his room. Princess Mary and Lord Harewood with two sons were to arrive that afternoon.
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Ng Magry
Percy
Mary
Lord Harewood
Royal wedding in Sicily seals Bourbon Orleans ties
In Palermo Cardinal Lavitrano presided as Princess Isabelle of Orleans Braganza wed Prince Henri, Count of Paris, heir to the French throne. About 700 royalists and European royals attended the ceremony at Palermo Cathedral, marking a rare union of Bourbons in exile tradition.
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Henri
France
Isabelle
Palermo
Sicily
Isabelle of
Orleans Braganza
Paris
Europe
Lavitrano
Roye
Duke de Guise
Pligit
Peter
Archbald mine slope dynamited amid miner strike
The Archbald slope of the Glen Alden Coal Company near Scranton was blown up with dynamite. Police suspect strike sympathizers. miners' leaders deny involvement and urge orderly conduct. Officials report no injuries as unions meet to discuss a possible settlement.
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United Press
Wilkes Barre
Glen Alden Goal Company
Scranton
Walter
Ihe Slope Anc
Tong
Jith
Puck
Cnal
Tata
Benefit Show For Community Chest Tonight
A final rehearsal completed for the production Harem Bearems to benefit the Community Chest Emergency Fund. The show airs tonight and tomorrow with two acts of humor, music, and local talent, featuring A Lyons in the lead role and a cast of about 60 city performers. Proceeds support relief efforts for June.
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Te Heneft
Emergency Fund
Rotary
Kiwanis
A. Lyons
Blond Bandit Sentenced to 20 to 40 Years in Penn Prison
Mary Kovatk a 17 year old blond bandit from Creighton Pa received a term of 20 to 40 years in the penitentiary from Quarter Sessions Judge Harry S McDevitt after pleading guilty to five holdups in the Philadelphia district. Her three male companions William Jackson Robert Jackson and Robert Widdows ages 21 23 and 29 received the same terms following their guilty pleas. The arrests followed the surrender of the girl and the men’s March 26 arrest.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Apr.l
Mary Kovatk
Creighton
Harry S McDevitt
Wiliam Jackson
Robert Jackson
Robert Widdows
Atte
Duke
Aerial Acrobat Dies in West Virginia
Jack Henderson 24 a member of the Willing Hendersons aerial circus died here from pneumonia. The Henderson troupe included his parents Edward and Charlotte and brother Walter. He had performed since boyhood in the aerial tent act.
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W. Va
Jack
Henderson
Willing Hendersons
Edward ‘I
Charlotte Jeayong Henderson
Walter Henderson
Mercer County Dentists Share in Big Estate
Two Mercer county dentists will share in a 3500000000 estate from property once owned by William Buchanan, cousin of President James Buchanan. Mercer and Dr. Kf Buchanan of Grave City, sons of the late Dr. James Buchanan, Harrisville, are among about 1700 heirs. They were advised by L. D. Buchinan of Houston, Texas. The trust for the property ran a 5 year period and has expired.
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United Press
Mercer
Mercer County
William Buchanan
James Buchanan
Buchanan
Kf Brchanan
Grave City
James Buchinan
Harrisville
New York
L. D. Buchhinan
Houston
Texas
PRR TO JOIN IN REPAIRS TO CITY CROSSINGS
Pennsylvania Railroad and Erie Railroad will begin immediate repairs to Maple Avenue and other crossings. Supt E B John and Supt Barber met with Mayor C L Alexander and city officials to pledge full cooperation and to place crossings in the best possible condition with minimal closures.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Erie Railroad
Maple J Avenue
Cty
E. B. John
Renovo
Barber
Meadville
C. L. Alexander
Wrank
England
Ernest A. Willams
Blaine Kincaid
John
Maple Avenue
Council
Two Hurt As Airplane Crashes Near Zanesville
Two air travelers sustained minor injuries when their plane forced down five miles south of Zanesville Ohio. Pilot Curtis Wetzel of Lack Haven Pennsylvania and Michael Jaffin, 25, of Kansas City were injured. Jaffin's nose broke and both men were bruised. The craft struck a tree and a fence tearing off the landing gear.
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Zanesville
Here
Michael Daffin
Kansas City
Curtis “Wetzel
Lack Haven
Jaffin
Wetzel
Loot recovered in Gretzler Brown Homes case
Police report shows Donald Patterson 17 of Elie Street confessed to robbing Gretzler and Brown homes with Henry Harmon and Robert Fact. Loot hidden at Harmon's East South Street home and later at a rifle range. Patterson led officers to recovered items including a rifle and gold watch. Bond set at $2000. Patterson to face grand jury in May term.
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Che Hyme
Isaael
North Corry
Bialle
Woo Ib
Stinnett
We State Police
Donald Patterson
Elie Street
Brown and Gretzler Huares
Robert Fact
Fleasant Street
Ellaworth Harmon, Jr
East South Street
Routt
Bfurman
Navy
Patterson
Elk Street
Gretaler
Harmon
Ruppersburg
West Columbus
Watrous
Sciota
C. B. Porter
Roach
Harmon G
Pennsylvania
Jamestown
New York State
Corry
Naval
First Ward
Stout
Flanigan
Feam
Stipett
Condition of House Speaker Is Unchanged
Washington reports on the illness of House Speaker Nicholas Longworth. Doctors announce pneumonia in the right upper lobe with stability and no current spread, while the political world hopes for his recovery. Descriptions depict Longworth as a jovial, influential leader and central figure in forthcoming leadership dynamics.
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Aiken
Aon & Physics Iy
Nicholas Landwerel
Asies
Langworth
Atkel
Robert Hewilds
Longworth
Himaet
Lin
Laumas Brooks
Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Sheakier
Nicholas Longworthe
Atkan
S.C
Theodore Roosevelt
Ark
Congress
John H. Garver
Texas
Siulls Whey
Representatives
Garner
Harvard
Plains of Texas
Sye
Sheridan Circle
H.L. Mencken
Four Grass Fires Reported in Grays Bre Season
Fire department answered four alarms as spring arrived with fires in the First Ward near Concord and Genter streets and in the Third Ward. Early calls included East South street and near the hospital district.
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East South Street
Concord
Genter
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Okla
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Freeport
AIR Cadets
King George
Glen Alden Coal Company
Lackawanna
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United Mine Workers of America
Community Chest
High School
Blond Bandit
Mercer CO
P.R.R
Gretzler Brown Homes
Ongworth
Foster Eaton
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