Gar Wood Sets New Speedboat Record at Miami Beach
Gar Wood piloting Miss America 1X captured four world records on the Indian Creek course with an average speed of 114.712 mph in opposite directions. He eclipsed Kaye Don's 110.228 mph mark from England and earlier set an American record of 110.78 mph. Wood's southbound run reached 119 mph with 56.8 seconds for 1,000 nautical miles track and northbound 110.999 mph in 47.85 seconds.
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United Press
Miami Beach
Fla
Pet
Gar Wood
Detroit
Indian Creek
Kaye Don
England
Wood
Dan
Ain
Narrow miss as car struck by Erie engine at grade crossing
Miss Audrey Mason, 20, and companions from Union City escaped serious inj ury after a car collided with a slow moving Erie Railroad locomotive at the North Center street grade crossing. Mason was treated for cuts and shock but left the hospital this morning. The wreck vehicle belonged to Wallace Turner.
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North Center Strees
Audrey Mason
Washington Street
Lu Curry Hospital
Mar Wellman
Union City
Corry
Erie Railroad
Norman Mountain
James Shayer
Union City Ritz
Old Wellman
Wallace Turner
Dreyfuss Dies. Pittsburgh Owner Helped Build Baseball
Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pittsburgh baseball club, died at Mt. Sinai hospital in New York after recent glandular surgeries. Born in Freiburg, Germany in 1864, he moved to the United States at 14 and helped transform baseball from an amateur pastime into a national institution. His wife, Mrs. Dreyfuss, was present.
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United Press
New York
Barney Dey
Nga
Pittsburgh
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Dreyfuss
Freiburg
Germany
America
Pacuchh
Louisville
Mrs Hoover Sets Economy Dress Precedent at White House
Mrs. Hoover, economy minded, wore a blue cotton gown at a formal White House reception. The dress, patterned after her mother's 1870s style, featured raffles and a short train. Officials from the Treasury, Post Office, Interior, Commerce and Labor departments attended the event.
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Washington
Treasury
Postofice
Interior, Commerce and Labor Departments
Anti hoarding drive pushed by Hoover at White House
President Hoover launches national anti hoarding campaign with Federal Reserve estimates of up to 12 million dollars hidden in mattresses and safes during the week ending February 3. Dawes and over 40 organizations attend the White House conference to urge everyday citizens to turn in “slacker dollars” to banks and sound investments.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Hoover
Federal Reserve
Iit
Feideral Reserve
Hoovey
White House
Charles G. Dawes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Area
Aaa
Creatt
Young man loses fingers in farm ax accident
Paul Sonaga a 19 year old of Corry sustained severe injuries when an axe slipped striking his right hand, severing the third and fourth fingers. He was treated at Corey hospital and discharged yesterday.
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Paul Sonaga
Paull Sonaga
R. D
Corry
Bers
Corey Hospital
Gunmen May Be Headed This Way
Gunmen believed wanted in Pennsylvania on murder charges are speeding from Buffalo to Pennsylvania in a stolen car armed with a sub machine gun. A police warning over the telegraph system urged extreme caution when stopping the vehicle. The auto was stolen in front of Annie Aflum, 29, Washington, Pa., while she was visiting in Buffalo.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Pennsyvania
Buffalo
Pennsylvania
Poly
Annie Aflum
Washington
Im Buffale
Voorhis Dies at 102 Leader of Tammany Society
John He Voorhis longtime Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall died in New York City at age 102. A retired October former president of the board of elections and a storied political figure, he helped shape Democratic politics as Greenwich Village and the city expanded. Born in Pompton Plains, N J, he spent over a century in public life and government service.
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Tammany Society
Board OF Elections
New York
John He Voorhis
Greenwich Street
Greenwich Village
Voorhis
John Voorhis
Luis
Pompton Plains
N. J
New York City
Injured in Blast at U.S. Aluminum Plant
Tony Makaro aged 45 of Arnold Pennsylvania was injured in a powder explosion at the Logan's Ferry plant of the U S Aluminum Company yesterday evening. He is in serious condition at Citizens General hospital.
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New Kensington
Tony Makaro
Arnold
Logan's Ferry
U.S. Aluminum Company
Citizens General Hospital
Japan to Explain Shanghai Activities In New Statement
A Tokyo sourced statement, expected today or tomorrow, will justify Japan's actions in the Shanghai area. It is linked to possible international control of the lower Yangtze and outlines troop dispatch terms. The embassy in Washington suggests a 10,000 man force under a general may be sent to Shanghai.
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Miles W. Vaughn
United Press
Tokio
Japan
China
Ned Brews
Ohe Foreign Office
Shanghai
Yangtze Valley
Delvent
Washington
Lontjonilly
Denid
Stimson
Ching
Diebusch
Debustt
United States
Great Britain
Crisi
Jnpanest
Local Witness Summoned in Erie County Arson Case
District Attorney Mortimer Graham and special investigator James Allen visited Erie last evening to locate and return witness Charles Higgins for grand jury testimony in the Erie County arson ring case. Higgins, former Savoy Hotel owner in Meadville, was traced to his home and is en route to testify. indictments against Frank Girardot Louis Kaufman Henry Cornell and others in Crangford County are anticipated by the February grand jury.
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Mortimer Graham
Atorney
James Allen
Erid
Graham
Charles Higgins
Hame
Erie
Higgins
Savoy Hotel
Meadville
Corry
Tle
Stnke
Frank Girardot
Louis Kaufman
Henry Cornell
Crangford County
Fishing Schooner Eleanor Nickerson Sunk Off Halifax
The fishing schooner Eleanor Nickerson from Boston sank after a collision with the Belgian freighter Jean Jabot about 150 miles east southeast of Halifax. Twenty-one crew members are missing while six were rescued.
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New York
Eleanor Nickerson
Halifax
Jean Jabot
Lloyd Royal Helge Steamship Line
Nickerson
J. M. Lavigne
Boston
Mackay Radio Company
Radio Marine Corporation
Rioting in India Leaves 21 Dead in Kotli Clash
In Kotli, Jammu province, Kashmir police clashed with crowds during efforts to quell communal rioting. Twenty one people were killed and many wounded as rioting spread amid hostility between Muslims and Hindus. A royal air force pilot saw a distress signal and British troops were dispatched from Mirpur to aid Hind refugees.
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Wynece
New Delhi
India
Kashmir
Kotli
Jammu
Royal Air Force
Msave Us
Koti
Mirguir
Japanese Move Into Harbin as Chinese Flee
Japanese forces completed the occupation of Harbin in a two hour push, routing Chinese troops led by General Ting Chow. 7,000 Japanese residents cheered as Japanese troops entered both old and new parts of the city, with General Jiro Tamon outlining a temporary government and posters promising order.
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United Press
Harbin
Manchuria
Tig Chow
Hasebe
Ting Chow
Jiro Tamon
Five Best Radio Entainments Today
WABC and CBS deliver top radio lineups with WEAF and NBC networks listing concert orchestra Cavaliers at 8:00 and 9:30. The program guide notes WIZ and WIA airings including Triia Tabb and Theater of the Air at 10:30, revealing a varied evening schedule.
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CBS
WEAF
WIZ Nbc
Triia
WIA Nbg
Theater of the Air
Chapel district in Shanghai wrecked by heavy fighting
United Press dispatch from Washington reports Adm M M Taylor stating Shanghai Chapel district is a total wreck after intense Japanese Chinese bombardment and fire. He notes bombardment near the International Settlement and Owousung Forts, with no clear Japanese occupation. Marine commander Hooker adds a Japanese plane shot down and Chinese anti aircraft fire near regimental headquarters.
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Washington
M. M. Taylor
U. Naval
Shanghai
Navy Department
Chapel
Uftem
Hooker
Ohio River floods sweep Evansville streets
Bulletin reports rising Ohio River waters inundating southern Evansville as families flee their homes. Tokyo announces Japanese troops to Shanghai. Nanking evacuees begin leaving for safety. Aguilar baby found alive in Talcuba suburb of Mexico City. emaciated but unharmed. Hoover sends Mellon nomination for ambassador to Great Britain to the Senate. committee reports favorably.
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Evansville
Ind
Mexico City
Thomas T. Aguilar
Los Angeles
Tacuba
Subur
Washington
Hoover
Senate
Andrew W. Mellon
Great Britain
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Seven warships augment force at Chinese port
Seven US warships arrived at Shanghai in the midst of heavy fighting between Japanese and Chinese forces. A transport Chaumont landed troops to reinforce the garrison, boosting US land and naval strength in the area. Chinese fighters claimed a Japanese bomber was shot down, with one Chinese pilot wounded.
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Chinese
H.R. Ekins
United Press
United Pris
Maia
Shanghai
Maine
Shang— ‘Hai
Lor
Chaumont
Lnuei
Americins
Manling
ksnWa Fa
Slinghet
Wisi
Nes
Americin
4Th Regiment
Unite States
Musines
United States
Whangpao River
Mur East
Ung Jao
Chapel
Hungjao
Chenjo
Body Found Near Johnstown In Fatal Exposure Case
The body of 61 year old Mrs Taliesin Grimth, missing since December 20, was discovered today in a woods near Johnstown. She died from exposure after a statewide search for the Johnstown musician’s wife.
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Johnstown
Taliesin Grimth
Escape as car hits culvert near Corry
Four Corry residents narrowly escaped serious injury when a Ford sedan skidded on icy pavement at Has Bipin-Beaverdam road intersection and crashed into a culvert. Passengers Mrs Patterson and Mrs Fagerstrom escaped unharmed. Miss Clara Cullen, driver Miss Cullen, and John Cullen owned the car.
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Odloels
Bipin-Beaverdam
William Cullen
Clara
Mary Patterson
Bere Fagerstrom
Miss Cullen
John Cullen
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