Rail merger talks aim to unite four eastern lines
Washington confirms ongoing railroad consolidation talks among the Pennsylvania, Chesapeake and Ohio, New York Central, and Baltimore and Ohio. New York Central and others report key allocations of Reading Jersey Central to the B and O and Lehigh Valley to the C and O with rights over Nickel Plate lines. Hoover backs the plan, and officials expect a formal statement from Washington after today’s discussions.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Eastern Railroad
New York
Western Railway
Pennsylvania
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
H. Harris
W. W. Atterbury
A. J County
Elisha Lee
Danisi Willard
George M Shriver
Baltimore & Ohio
O. P
MM. 7. van Swevingen
J. J. Bennet
Chesapeake & Ohio
Crowley
Financial District
Lehigh Valley Lines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baffio
Chesapeake ‘Olio
Lehigh Valley Road
Five Boys Stricken By Poison Gases In Mine
Five boys were overcome by gas in an abandoned mine near Pittsburgh. They were pulled from the mine and rushed to a hospital after a boy named Richied Lyndt aided them. Officials planned to sample the air to determine the cause of death. the mine had been idle for years and was entered about a thousand feet into the chamber.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Steve Polkay
Andrew Novak
John Vojick
Walter Kubala
Joseph Kaskil
Lie
Min
Tad
Ae Telein
We Enfance
Millia
Richied Lyndt
Train attack in China leaves 80 dead and captives
Reports from Peiping say bandits attacked a Peiping Mukden railway train on Saturday. Official figures list about 80 killed and twenty kidnapped among the passengers. The route runs from Peiping to Mukden, with the rail line a continuation of the historic northern capital corridor.
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United Press
Phiping
China
Peiping-Mulkilon
Ibandits
Lisudite
Mukden
Dhunemiria
Severe Storm Leaves Roads Badly Drifted Across Region
A foot or more of snow blanketed Corry and nearby areas as one of the season’s worst storms struck. State highways reported depths from one to seven inches in the northwest, with the Linco, Benjamin Franklin and William Penn routes affected across Blair, Cambria and surrounding counties. Roads were open but slick as plows worked to restore traffic. Temperatures rose to five to ten degrees above zero in western Pennsylvania with more snow possible and a continued cold wave forecast for several days.
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Tracic
Highway Department
Harrisburg
State Highways Department
Northwest
Pennsylvania
Linco
Benjamin Franklin
William Penn
Allegheny
Blair
Cambria
Huntingdon
Indiana
Somerset
Pittsburgh
Tureau
Weather Bureau
Recognition of New Regime Is Refused at Guatemala
Washington dispatch reports that American minister Stephen Robert Hitt informed General Orellana that the United States cannot recognize the Guatemalan regime after a coup d etat. Hitt, aged 104, died in the isolated mountains near Linn, West Virginia, after a long life as a minister in Guatemala City.
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United Press
Washington
Guatemala City
Clairesburg
W. Va
Orellana
Stephen Robert Hitt
Guatemala
Linn
City Council Cleans Up Work for Year 1930
City Council in a special session clears accounts and approves bills for 1881. Transfers 38457 from unpaid wills to balance accounts, approves taxes, appropriations, and a final incident fund appropriation. Finance head England notes tax collection in 1980 compares favorably with 1929 despite adverse conditions.
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Mulderick
Finance England
England
Ongland
Joffre Held in Serious Condition as Crisis Persists
Paris dispatch says Marshal Joffre remained critical but stable, feeble yet conscious. A medic team reported progress with wound dressings and injections while Mrs Joffre informed Briand that rally hopes persist. The cabinet agreed to bury Joffre at Louveciennes, not beside Napoleon.
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Richard D. McMillan
United Press
Paris
Marshal Joseph Joffre
Joffre
Louvecemag
Napoleon
Two Are Killed in Crash Near Franklin
Two men died when their automobile slid on ice and struck a stalled bus two miles west of Polk Franklin. Lloyd Brown, 40, of Franklin, drove the coupe and Wesley W. Baker, 70, of Franklin, was killed instantly. The bus was driven by Norman Patterson and owned by Welsh Line. Brown died within minutes from injuries. coroner Lake Steffes ordered an inquest.
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United Press
Franklin, Pa
Wesley W. Baker
Fratkin
Lloyd Brown
Truntlin
Polk
Brown
Norman
Two Arrested For Union City Store Robbery
Leon Hoyt and George Turner, ex-Titusville residents, were arrested in Union City after a stolen Chevrolet belonging to George DeWalt of Titusville was recovered near Cooper Hill. Union City police and local officials linked a third party to the Hubbell store burglary. The pair face Titusville and Union hearings on related theft charges.
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Titusville
Hubbell
Union City
Leon Hoyt
George Turner
Mini City
Mages
Nelson
Smiley Hill
George DeWalt
Titiville
Cooper Hill
Union
Turner
Hoyt
Jnncény
Roberts
P S E A Meeting Opens Today in Williamsport
Williamsport Pa Dec 30 1930 Two thousand delegates register today for the annual convention of the State Education Association with election of officers for 1931 Prominently mentioned for the presidency was Francis B Hass former state superintendent and now president of Bloomsburg Teachers College Other candidates included Dr M S Bentz Cambria county John Dieks Eric and Albert L Rowland Cheltenham township W Lee Gilmers retiring president will become first vice president and A M Weaven of Williamsport will be named second vice president Officers elected today will represent the state association at the national convention in Los Angeles John Stanton who spent Christmas in Chicago returned home yesterday.
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United Press
Twenty believed lost in Torefjell ship disaster
Oslo dispatch reports the Norwegian steamer Torefjell, 2438 tons, owned by Lukesfjell Company of Oslo, sank after a coastal storm. Twenty four crew members are believed drowned.
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United Press
Oslo
Norway
Torefjell
Lukesføjell Company
Bandits loot Scottdale bank of $20,422 in vault heist
Two gunmen bound cashier Thomas D. Byrne at the Broadway National Bank in Scottdale Pennsylvania and escaped with $20,422 after five minutes in the vault. Byrne, who reported hearing the robbers, was tied with wire and left unharmed as authorities from state police to Greensburg searched western Pennsylvania for the suspects.
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United Press
Scottdale
Pennsylvania
Thomas D. Byrne
Broadway Naional Bank
Eyre
Berk
Greensburg
Byrne
First National Bank
Iedgers
Ong
Bens
A Byrne
Jeff
Five Best Radio Ents From Today's Listings
Radio guide lists morning to late night programs across networks WABG GBS NBC CBS. Entries include educational test readings Moon Magic Happy Wonderland Philco Symphony and Slumber Tales with times from 7:00 to 11:40.
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WABG
Wiz
NBC
WABCO
CBS
Aircraft Officer Harold Sherwood Killed In Erie Area Crash
Investigation opens into the fatal crash of Lieut Harold Sherwood of the Army Air Corps as the plane struck a tree near his parents farm four miles west of Waterford Erie area. Witnesses say he waved to his parents before the machine went down in flames and exploded, killing him instantly.
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Waterford
Harold Bhierwood
Ant Erie
Teil
Willian Eaton
Army Air Corps
Tale Unis
Biltsburgi
Shoewaor
Waterfardesy
Huuls
Lnder
Tia Radl
William Sherwood
Edinboro
Sherwood
Mel
Lal
Fairview
Haton
Pittsburgh
Harold Sherwood
Erie
Ary Dip Corps
Fort Riley
Ias
toLangley Field
Willian H. ‘Sherwood
Hagera
Bettis Field
McKeesport
Tres
Brio
Doubtful appeal in Youngstown merger suit looms
Report notes potential appeal by Youngstown Sheet Tube Company challenging a court’s ruling that favored the merger of the Steel Corporation. Details remain unclear as observers await the next procedural move and possible filings from the parties involved.
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United Press Youngstown
Lo— Houbl
Youngstown Sheet Tube Company
G. Jenkins
Declan Aq
Vomsleah
Alain
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Underwood, Elliot Wisher Co
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Moody's Investors Service
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Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corp
P. W. Litenfeld
Goolyear Tire and Rubber
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