Shanghai neutral zone menaced as peace moves collapse
Reschnow Pa news brief reports a woman and five children burned to death in a two family home near Hazleton. Carmen Romanelli 38 guided others to safety before perishing with flames and smoke trapping her on the second floor. Father woke early and escaped as fire destroyed three adjacent buildings.
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Shanghai
U. S
United Press
Hazleton
Peb. V
Reseners
Reschow
Carmen Romanelli
Dana Romanelli
Joseph
Betty
Margaret
Robart
Wark
Mipes
Romattellis
Two PR R Workers Get 50 Year Buttons
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania railroad employees received 50 year gold service buttons from Superintendent T. B. Sinclair. Recipients included Robert Porter the first postmaster in Pittsburgh and David H. Bruppaker a Torrance signal maintainer. Porter was born in Pittsburgh and joined as messenger in 187?. Bruppaker, born in Hollidaysburg in 1862, joined as trackman in 1881.
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Pittsburgh
Fieylvania Railroad
T. B. Sinclair
Robert Porter
David H. Bru Ipaker
Torrance
Brae ‘Yater
Sigma
Porter
Brupaker
Hollidaysburg
Former Japanese finance minister slain in Tokyo ambush
Frese reports in Tokyo that former Japanese finance minister Junnomke Inouye was fatally wounded by two assassins as he walked to a Minselito party meeting. He died at 9 p.m. after hospital transfer. One assassin escaped, one captured. Inouye had been out of office since the Wakatsuki cabinet era.
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Frese Tokio
Junnomke Inouye
Japan
Inouye
Omé
Tnouye
Minselito Party
Baron Wakatsuki
Inukeal
Pa Telephone Corp Plans $750000 Expansion Program
Pennsylvania Telephone Corporation announced a $750,000 rehabilitation and expansion program across Erie, Venango, Crawford, Cambria, and Somerset counties, with Bradford as a base. The plan includes 4,009 new poles, 184,000 feet of cable, and various station equipment, aiming for completion by December and creating many jobs for months.
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Corry
Pennsylvania Telephone Corporation
Era
Venango
Crawford
Cambria
Somerset
Bradford
Oil City
Johnstown
Push for Lower Utilities Rates Gains Ground in Pittsburgh Area
Pittsburgh report notes two meetings in the district drawing nearly a score of communities. Sewickley Valley Board of Trade heard Harry Bastow and C. V Shoup advocate political action to lower utility rates and influence Harrisburg policy. A Cashed mine accident in Tarentum reports the death of 48 year old Trever Treyer after a fall at Creighton Fuel Company mine near Creighton.
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Anncu Visce
Pittsburgh
Sewickley
Harrisburs Bastow Sell
Tarentum
Tarentim
Benesth
Creighton Fuel Company
Creighten
Schools Questionnaires Reveal Budget Cut Proposals
A state questionnaire sent by President Headford of the Tlinsville board of education shows eight cities responding with varied budget cut ideas. Meadville reports no change. others propose suspending salary increases, delaying summer programs, reducing staff, and delaying athletic and playground projects. Reported high school teacher salaries range from 1200 to 1800 dollars, with several districts noting economy strains and minimal raises.
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Headford
Tlinsville Board of Education
Mealville
Corry Board
Supt
Dewey
REO
Jas
Penges
Corry
Meadville
Kane
Grove City
Greenville
Mussolini Set for Early Visit to Pope Pius XI
Premier Benito Mussolini will visit Pope Pius XI at 1 a.m. Thursday in Vatican City. It is the first time an Italian premier has met the pope since 1870 and is seen as finalizing tensions between the church and the Fascist state. The definite meeting time was announced today.
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Unites Res
Vatican City
Benito Mussolini
Pius XI
Mussolini
Pontittam
American tourist says Sphinx visit unnecessary in Cairo
Will Rogers, returning from a works cruise, claimed he was the only American tourist to visit Cairo without seeing the sphinx. He quipped that he had seen Coolidge and found the sphinx unnecessary, reflecting his characteristic humorous stance on travel and fame.
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United Press
New York
Will Rogers
Cairo
Coolidge
Japs Repulse New Attack on Woosung Front
The Shanghai Woosung front saw fierce fighting as Chinese troops attacked Japanese positions in the Chapel sector. Japanese reinforcements arrived from the Idzumu, while both sides suffered heavy casualties and shelling threatened the International Settlement. A foreign woman was wounded by shrapnel as shells roared over Shanghai.
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H.R. Erins
United Press
Shanghai
Heb. C
Shanghai-Woosung
Chapel
Insurance Fraud Trial Set After Grand Jury Indictments
Erie report states three men including Frank Girardot Lewis Kaufman and Henry Cornell face conspiracy to defraud fire insurance companies with several thousand dollars. Mrs Dean a witness allegedly lied under oath and denied involvement while Kaufman and Cornell, once convicted on arson charges, were remanded from Crawford County for new proceedings. Grand jury claims Mrs Dean cashed checks tied to the scheme and knew Girardot.
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Erie
Charles Dean
Eric
Frank Girardot
Lewis I. Kaufman
McFadden Speech Denounces International Debt Policy in Corry
Congressman Louis T. McFadden spoke to about 140 people at the Hotel Corry praising vigorous action to relieve a depression era mood. He warned that relief funds may be diverted to an international banking group, urging citizens to oppose foreign debt policy and defend national finance interests.
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America
Louis T. McFadden
Pennsylvani
Congress
McFadden
Hotel Corry
Wis
Rotary Chi
Kiwanis
Wamia
Cli
International Bankine
Washington
Republican Party
William R. Hit Otto Meyer
G. H. Brevillier
David Harper
John J. Mead
Marcus Marks
Erie
R. Morrison
Jamestown
Ant
Cambridge Springs
L. J. van Holsten
J. A. Bolard
Paul Mullen
Rotary Club
Gatheria
Fe. G. Clark
Corry
Mullen
J. J. Desmond
McWadden
Desmond
Hthen
Moraren
Dolly Ganns
House of Representatives
Reconstruction Finance
International Group
Bentberg
McFadden in National Political Spotlight
Canton Pennsylvania congressman McFadden drew national attention at a Monday political meeting. Reports say he discussed potential runs for president with the Marin-Sahin party, for the Works Day nomination, and for a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat. He declined to comment when questioned by a Journal reporter.
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Cong
McFadden
Livis
T. Mefadden
Canton
Marin- Sahin Party
Vom
Tournal
Alarm Clock Insanity Plea In Hawaiian Case
In Honolulu, February 9, defense for Mrs Grace Fortescue, Lieut Thomas H Massie, B J Lord, and Alert Jones seeks to prove alarm clock insanity in a high profile case linked to the Massie killing. Proponents define alarm clock insanity as a paranoiac response triggered by emotional pressure, explaining the alleged act as driven by unwritten law and sudden violence.
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Dan Campbell
United Press
Honolulu
T. H
Ning
Joseph Kuhlbachad
Thalia Fortescue Massie
Grace Fortescue
New York
Washington
Thomas H. Massie
B. J. Lord
Alert Jones
9 Part Proposal At Geneva Parley
The United States proposes sweeping disarmament steps at Geneva including abolition of submarines, bans on lethal gases and bacteriological warfare, limits on heavy artillery, and reductions linked to civilian protection. Ambassador Gillum outlines a draft framework urging multilateral agreement and phased implementation with emphasis on security and defense balance.
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United Press
Geneva
Rfval
Washington
Gorden
Aden
Ferlines
Steyy
London
Tyne
Ig. We
Perea
Arty
Benefit Play Appeals for Curry Relief Fund Support
Members of Curry Relief Fund appeal to Curry residents to attend the benefit entertainment over the last three nights of the week. All proceeds beyond bare expenses go to the relief fund, which is nearly exhausted, to tide over relief work until deferred subscriptions arrive. Tickets cost forty cents, enabling those who missed prior campaigns to contribute.
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Curry Relief Fund
Curry
Relief Fund Committee
Last Sail
Pinchot Returns Home From Bermuda Vacation
Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania arrived in New York aboard the Monarch from Bermuda where he spent a brief winter vacation. He refused to discuss politics along with Mrs. Pinchot, a candidate for Congress. The governor said he would go directly to Harrisburg.
Today's radio lineups highlight network entertainments
The schedule lists WABC CBS network programs featuring Reis and Dunn at 6:16, a Musical Magazine on NBC at 9:00, WJZ NBC at :30, Greate rsonalities on WAG CBS, and dance hour with War chell on NBC at 19 10. Names appear garbled. details indicate a broad array of network entertainment across stations.
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CBS Network
Reis & Dunn
WEA
NBC
WJZ
CBS Netwarie
NBC Network
Wwiter Warchell
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