Million Dollar Beloit Fire Destroys Four Buildings
An explosion sparked by a gas main followed by a blaze destroyed four Beloit stores in the business district. Estimated damage reached two million dollars. Patrolman Lester Sheehan was injured by flying glass but suffered only cuts. Fire teams from Rockford aided Beloit to contain the flames.
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United Press
Beloit
Wis
Ghopike
Lester Sheehas
Up. Fm
Liv
Rockford
Til
Gte
Corry Board to Elect New School Solicitor
Corry's reorganized Board of Education will meet in the district offices Monday evening. President John B. Love and Vice President Charles B. Monroe were reelected, with committee assignments including D. A. Hilstrom, J. J. Lewis, and Caaries B. Monroe. Election of a school solicitor is on the agenda.
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J. J. Lewis
Caaries
Monroe
Tang
Jeofinger
Miners Guard Mother Jones at Death in Illinois Hall
Four miners stood watch over the body of Mother Jones in Odd Fellows Hall Olive Illinois as crowds mourned. She will be buried near miners who died for the cause she championed, with pallbearers from the Virgen mine riot era absent.
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Illinois Town
United Press
Olive
Ill
Mother Tones
Odd Fellows Hall
Mother Jones
Virgen
Hery
Washington
Lloyd George Attacks Labor Government Sparks Sensation
In London Liberal leader David Lloyd George denounced the Ramsay MacDonald government as an acknowledged failure during a speech at the Liberal Club. He criticized Labor for lacking purpose and wasting months of opportunity, creating a major political sensation.
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London
David Loyd George
Labor
House of Commons
Ramsay Blac Donald
Liberal Club
Toya George
Corry Hunters Bag Big Black Bear and Buck
Al Watrous and son returned from a Sheffield area hunt with a large black bear described as one of the biggest by a Corry hunter in years. The brain weighed 276 pounds and the pair also took an eight point buck. E W Baccis added a 175 pound six point buck from near Altham, Roy Rickerson scored an eight point near Allegheny Springs after twenty minutes.
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CORRY
al Watrous
Sheffield
Watrous
E. W. Baccis
Gas rate case boosted for thorough consideration by court
The Pennsylvania Superior Court asked the Public Service Commission for additional data on the Johnsonburg gas rate appeal and on tariff increases. The case involves Johnsonburg and municipalities Corry Warren and others disputing 65 cents per 1,000 cubic feet approved five years ago.
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State Superior Court
Joansef Burg
Public Service Commission
Corry, Warren
Hie
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Pittsburgh
Johnsonburg
Public Service Commissign
Coumgy
Bile Security
Consumers Gas & Heating Company
Midland Gas Company
Harney & Bird
Tate
Cor
Commission
Semust Wanker
Radiology leader warns limits of cancer cures
Dr Francis Carter Wood, president elect of the Radiological Society of North America, told a Los Angeles audience that at least 70 percent of cancer patients seeking treatment are inoperable or too far advanced for radiation to help. He urged careful use of radiotherapy while noting many patients die or live without comfort despite efforts to conquer the disease.
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Los Angeles
Francis Carter Wood
Radiological Society of
North Amer
Wood
Lea
Gunman sought in double shooting at Hoffman House
A man and his wife were badly wounded after a quarrel in front of the Hoffman House at 1510 Peach Street early today. George Herman and wife Bessie are in serious condition at Hamot Hospital with gunshot wounds. Authorities seek Walter Scott, a Perry Iron Works policeman, in connection with the shooting and a later incident at Wayne Street plant. William G. Bright fired shots into a crowd. he was captured at the scene and is held on an open charge after minor injuries.
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Walter Scott
Perry Iron Works
George Herman
Bessie
Hoffman House
Peach Street
Herman
Hamot
Hermann
Oldock
Hermang
William G. Bright
Bright
Mxl Snowsid
Hermans
Hamet Hospital
Scott
Perry Ivan Works
Bae
Wayne Street
Six Die In Pittsburgh Area Auto Crashes
Six persons killed and at least 12 injured in Pittsburgh district auto accidents over 24 hours. Victims include Jerome Hughes from Pittsburgh in a wreck near Guyamite Park, and Arthur Ni Spencer, 60, hit by a car in Pittsburgh. Other deaths involve Edward Cykaski, Peter Orbarski, and Clarice Hugus. multiple injuries reported in Dormont, Homestead, Bethel Township, and McKeesport areas.
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Pittsburgh
Jerome Hughes
Guyamite Park
Sharpsburg
Jake
Nicholas
Im St Francs
Arthur Ni Spencer
William J. Muse
Dormont
Muse
Edward Cykaski
Homestead
J Wns
Shady Ageing
Darlington Road
Peter Orbarski
Bethel Township
Mercy Hospital
Ile
Turtle Creek Wilmerding
Georgy Shastir
Pitchira
Accord Ing
Thieves Sought in Wattsburg Fur Theft
State police hunt thieves who stole several hundred dollars in fur hides from Rowland, a Wattsburg fur dealer. Investigators believe an organized gang may be active in northwestern Pennsylvania as a series of robberies hits small towns, with police monitoring the area for disposed furs.
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Cty
Rowland
Wattsburg
Vauiity
Brie
Pennsylvania
Gas Attacks Report 39 Dead in Meuse Valley
Ex change Telegraph dispatch from Brussels says 39 people died in a mysterious gas invasion in the Meuse valley. Deaths centered near Engis Liege with wider impact from Liege to Namur reported.
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Meuse
Univen
London
Brusels
Engis
Liege
Namur
Giros Held For Grand Jury On Liquor Charge
Giros, owner of the Corry Restaurant on West Main Street, was held for court on a charge of possession of intoxicating liquor in violation of the federal prohibition law. A grand jury proceeding will determine further action as his bail was set at 1000 dollars.
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Ete Giros
Corry
West Mai Street
U.S
Enoch Filer
Erle
West Main Street
Lie
Giros
West Main
Strong Seed
Tenth Arrest Made in Murder Inquiry
Herbert Conrad, 30, sought in the killing of Thomas Peteras, 38, near Avella Pennsylvania, was captured today in Keyser West Virginia after a night arrest. Peteras, an employee of a Pittsburgh employment agency, was found shot after a drinking party near the West Virginia Pennsylvania line. Nine others including three women have been arrested in connection with the shooting.
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United Press
Wheeling
W. VI
Herbert Conrad
Thomas Peteras
Avella
Washington County
Keyser
W. Ve
Peteras
Pittsburgh
Wes Virginia Penneylvenia
Otis
Faye Bedh
Erie Crash Injures Man at Center and Irving Intersection
Edward Green of Erie suffered a severe gash above the left eye in a collision between two automobiles at the Center street Irving street intersection about 2:30 p m. Green rode in a Chevrolet driven by Joseph Stieler of Geneva with another occupant. George Milleger of Detroit drove a second car. Wet pavement and snow caused both cars to skid and crash into Milleger’s machine and a light pole. Green received hospital care but was able to leave a few minutes later.
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Edward Green
Erie
Center
Irving Street
North Center
Irving Streets
Green
Wag
Joseph Stieler
Geneva
Erie Window Glass Company
Warren
George Milleger
Detroit
Mich
Milleger
Center Street
West Irving Street
Stcider
Renr
Keigen
Morrow Expenditures in Jersey Under Probe
New York December 5 The question of whether Dwight W Morrow the New Jersey senatorial candidate could be held responsible for campaign spending by agencies other than his committee remained unresolved. Testimony before Nye committee showed official outlay within the 50000 limit but independent agencies spent large sums on their own accounts to aid his campaign.
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New York
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Nye
Morrow
Gerald P. Nye
North Tir Kota
San Francisco
Alfrad
George Davis
Folsom
Genner Ryley
Son Cuentin
Tony
Bicken
Ta Bennif
Europe Divided Into Two Groups Over Versailles Revisions
United Press report from Madrid notes Continental Europe forming two camps aligned against France. Italy led by Mussolini seeks revision of Versailles, with Russia and Hungary, Turkey moving closer. The trend follows economic ties and dissatisfaction with postwar treaties, hinting at a prewar like realignment.
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Webb Miller
United Press
Madrid
Europe
France
Italy
Spain
Iaty
Versailles
Traly
Russia
Turkey
Hungary
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Muscoolini
Escaped inmates plus arsonist strike at Matteawan hospital
News brief reports escaped inmates from Matteawan hospital including a criminal and arsonist. Other items note drought relief bill advance of 60 million dollars, eviction notices at Dan River Riverside mills, stock market dull session, Pennsylvania election spending, and a defeated anti poison denaturing amendment in the House.
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Danville
Tha Dan River
Riverside
Appointment of Tunney to New Haven staff shocks locals
The text reports Gene Tunney appointed major on the governor's staff in New Haven with Wilbur L Gross and Kenneth Wynt listed as executive secretaries. The wording is garbled but indicates a high level appointment and official figures connected to the appointment.
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Tunney
New Haven
Com
Dee
Jams J. (Gene) Asinly
Wéarywetene Botine-Diacepioe
Thi World
Governor-sleet
Wilbur L Gross
Kenneth Wynt
Unemployment Relief Bill Moves Through Congress Amid Support
President Hoover's 150 million unemployment relief plan advances as business leaders urge swift action. Will Wood schedules an appropriations committee to push a bill authorizing public works to employ thousands nationwide, while Democrats protest the handling method.
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Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Washington
Dev
Hoover
Auillis Hy Barnes
Re Board
United States Chamistr of Commerce
Presient Hanver
Ol Reference
Hoover Ish Jaight
Tie
Barnes
Will Wood
Prigrary
Laronel
Calyinet Committee
Joseph W. Byrns
Denny
Appropriations Committee
House
Wood
Congress
Burns
Aerial Maneuvers Planned Along Coast
The Atlantic seaboard will host a major air show next May with 500 planes and 1,000 pilots from the Army Air Corps. Operations likely base at New York with concentrations in Boston Philadelphia and Wilmington across 100000 square miles spanning nearly a dozen states.
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United Press
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Army Air Corps
F. Thubee Davison
Boston
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Buffalo
Wid Pillsburgh
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