Seven World War Vets to Receive Purple Heart Medals
St Bonaventure hall hosts a large Veterans of Foreign Wars gathering to honor seven local World War I veterans with Purple Heart medals. The program includes a radio broadcast by National Commander Csontz and multiple veteran and civic speakers.
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St. Bonaras Hall
Archie W
Thompson Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Charles Howard
Lloyd McElroy
Columbus
Charles Chafey
Corry
Lawrence W. Field
Co. A
313Th Machine Gun Battalion
Sith Division
Verglin
Argonne Forest
Clarence C. Coons
Co. G
12Th Infantry
August DeMauri
Ath Division
Verdun
Argdnne Forest
Kenneth Jones
59Th Coast Artillery
Ensted
Charles Guadagno
318Th Machine Gun Battalion
80Th Division
Steve Dunn
Co. I
Meuse-Argonne
Ann
Paul 8. Weed
110Th
Csontz
Milon L. Brown
America
Francis J. Graves
Frank T. England
Bordwell
Gong
Oliver Oasler
G. A. Ruisduress
Cleveland W. Brown
United Spanish War Veterans
Charles P. Keating
American
Ten families displaced by blaze at Scranton garage
Ten families were driven from their apartments when a fire swept the Mac nna Stanley Garage in Scranton. Losses were estimated at more than $50,000 as firemen battled the near zero temperatures. cause of the fire was not immediately determined.
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United Press
Scranton
Mac Nna Stanley
Lesa Waas
Ben F. Starr
Maple Avenue
Jerry Sullivan
Marion Street
Peto
Furtl
Train wreck cripples main line service near Reil House
Seventeen cars of freight train No. 91 derailed by a broken rail near Reil House west of Salamanca at about 5 am, blocking all tracks. The system was tied up for hours with detours via Dayton. passenger train No. 5 arrived about 11:15 am, two hours late, and No. 7 delayed two hours. No injuries reported among crew.
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Iie
Reil House
Salamanca
Dayton
Corry
Maj Gen Collins Dies at Capital
Maj Gen Edgar Colting longtime assistant chief of staff and veteran of the Spanish American and World Wars died at Walter Reed hospital after a long illness. A Williamsport native and 1897 West Point graduate, he took part in Santiago and Philippine insurrection actions and received the Distinguished Service Medal. He is survived by his widow and two daughters.
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Vinsew
Ieee
Washington
Edgar Colting
Walter Reed Hospital
Williamsport
United States Military Academy
Collins
Santiago
France
Confessions Tie Two to Coast Kidnapping Case
Los Angeles police say a music teacher Lovuella Pearl Hamiter and her ex convict companion W P Howard confessed to taking part in the kidnapping of Mary B Skeele. Hamiter admitted guilt after a long examination. Howard also confessed. Both are jailed on kidnapping suspicions. Hamiter is identified as Mountain Lake Minnesota native and USC alumnus. Howard reportedly paroled from San Quentin in 1991 after forgery.
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United Press
LOS Angles
Mary B. Skeele
Lovuella Pearl Hamiter
W. P. Howard
San Quentin
Howard
Miss Hammer
University of Southern California
Mountain Lake
Minn
Harvey, N. D
Valley City
N.D
New Drive for Canal to Join Ohio and Lakes
Advocates of Beaver County waterways improvement organize to push a Lake Erie Ohio River canal project. Temporaries Dr Louthsn and Luther M. Cornwell chair, with a meeting planned for next Tuesday and a full group session on February 25.
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Ohio and Lakes
United Press
Shaver
Labor Pushes Income Tax and Old Age Pension in Pa
Harrisburg February 10 Organized labor in Pennsylvania focuses on adopting an income tax and old age pension legislation by the 1938 legislature. John Phillips, president of the State Federation of Labor, calls for a labor conference to unite the program, as a $100 million unemployment relief bill is unlikely to pass. Rep John C Hermansen notes previous amendments for old age pension funds, reintroduced this session, but faces a tough committee battle.
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James A. Sullivan
United Press
Harrisburg
Organized Labor Movement
Pennsylvania
John Phillips
State Federation of Labor
Phillips
John C Hermansen
Luzerne
Labor
Frank Harris
Allegheny
Hermansen
Babe's cries save three from fumes in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on February 10 three brothers, ages 24 and 21, were revived from carbon monoxide fumes after infant Lauetta Church cried, waking her mother Alma Church who alerted Anna Lax. The brothers were found unconscious in their bedroom and bathroom after exposure from a kitchen heater.
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Pittsburgh
Lauetta Church
Alma Church
Annalax
Sins
Charles
Johm and
James
Philadelphia Opera President Helen Leidy Dies at 82
Mrs. Helen Carter Leidy, president of the Philadelphia Opera Company, died at Chestnut Hill Hospital from pleuro-pneumonia. She was 82 and widow of Dr. Joseph Leidy. She had been ill after an accident in New York while attempting to open a window in a hotel.
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Py Vancuerie
Philadelphia
Helen Carter Leidy
Philadelphia Opera Company
Chestnut Hie Hospital
Ais. Leidy
Joseph Leidy
New York
Mercury Drops To Eight Below In Corry Night
Bitter cold gripped Corry and nearby areas as the mercury plunged to eight below zero overnight. Clear skies and a bright moon accompanied the deepest winter chill with temperatures near zero by morning. Forecasters promised relief by tonight and Saturday as a nationwide cold wave continued to ease. Meanwhile a maritime disaster cast a shadow over the region as the schooner Saugatuck, en route to rescue a boy, was listed overdue with ten missing and a crew presumed lost. Captain Pretterick Lovejoy of Westport, a skilled mariner, was feared for sheltering amid the storm. Communications with Sandy Point, Newfoundland, were cut off as heavy surf endangered island residents. The situation remained unresolved as authorities pursued updates.
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Corry
Elief
Loniight
United States
Dort
Sandy Point
Newfoundland
Pretterick
Love~ Joy
Westport
Conn
Accused Slayer Awaits Mother’s Resurrection in Kentucky
Indz Kentucky mountaineer Tom Mills, 26, amid hysteria in a cell, awaits his mother to rise from the grave to save him and eight relatives from prosecution for Mrs Lucinda Mills’s death. Mills and eight others are to be arraigned. a cult ritual preceded the killing in an isolated cabin.
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United Press Indz
Kentucky
Tom Mills
Lucinda Mills
Crist
Jal
Mills
Tritié Mills
Three Held In Plot Subzero Cold Block Lindbergh Case
Roanoke Virginia February 10 Federal anti kidnapping law loomed as authorities prepared to press charges against three suspects Norman Harvey 21 his wife and Joe Bryant 19 in a staged extortion attempt against Colonel Lindbergh. The trio denied involvement while investigators negotiated a ransom drop lowering demands from fifty thousand to seventeen thousand dollars.
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FIFA
Lindberghs
United Press Roanokh
Uhe
Charles A. Lindbeagh
Lindbergh
Norman Harvey
Joe Bryant
Stoitly
French Fliers Aim to Break British Long-Distance Mark
At Istres France two French airmen Lucien Boussoutrot and Maurice Rossi began a projected nonstop 6200 mile flight to Buenos Aires seeking to surpass the British record set from Cape Town. Weather appeared favorable to mid Atlantic. they departed at 7 49 a m from the French base.
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United Press
Istres
Marseilles
France
Lucien Boussoutrot
Maurice Rossi
Buenos Aires
Miers
Great Britain
United States
Gayford
Nicholetts
England
Cape Town
Gayfort
Boussoutrot
mid-Atlantic
Natal
Brazil
James A. Mollison
Totres
Mermoz
Rio de Janeiro
Santos
Tstres
Buenos
Chicago Fire Under Control After Seven Hour Blaze
A million dollar grain elevator fire on Goose Island was brought under control by hundreds of firefighters after seven hours of battling bitter cold. The Rosenbaum Company facility, storing 1,680,000 bushels of grain, sustained extensive damage.
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Anncuress
Chicago
Rosenbaum Company
Goose Island
Railroad collateral links erode value for R F C loans
Washington February 1 large depreciations in collateral posted with the Reconstruction Finance corporation for railroad loans were reported today to sub committees. For Southern Railway a 14 728 408 loan collateral was paid to reduce to 1 143 835 with losses far exceeding government security value.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Southern Railway
Eben
Russia China Alliance Report Reaches Tokyo
Tokyo reports a tentative detonation offensive alliance between Russia and China. Government unofficially advised that Chinese Nationalist leader Eugene Khen recently dismissed the proposed alliance with the Russian embassy in Paris.
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Tokio
China
Russia
Eugene Khen
Paris
Mutinous crew surrenders after ship bombed near Batavia
In Amsterdam by United Press dispatch, a Dutch cruiser De Zeven Provincien bombed by a 100 pound device from a seaplane killed 18 and wounded 25, all wounded natives, as mutineers of Sumatr a native crew surrendered under superior Dutch naval force en route to Tandjonpriok Batavia. Two European marines led the mutiny. one officer wounded. The cruiser, with loyal crew, heads to Batavia.
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United Press
Amsterdam
de Zeven Provincien
Ah Miutindia
Ministry of Defense
Tandjonpriok
Batavia
Ma Uny
de Zeven Provincier
East Indies
Muutineers
Gas Reservoir Blast in Saar District Kills Many
A massive gas reservoir exploded at Neunkirchen in the Saar district on February 10. Initial reports indicate about 100 people killed as the 250 foot high tank released 120000 cubic centimeters of gas. Many homes were torn from their foundations and structures in nearby villages damaged. The blast shook the ground for miles and shattered windows in distant Windhova.
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Sydney Cross
Strasbourg
France
Neunkircher
Saar
Neuldrchen
Alt
Winddiwa
Democratic Women Clash at Erie Meeting
Fists flew and hairpulling eruptions marred a Thursday Erie County Democratic Women’s Council gathering at the Reed Hotel. Factional supporters of James I. Lavery attempted to seize control by electing their officers, while Mrs Therese Sulesky led the event briefly before a factional split left officers contested and membership votes in progress.
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Lavery Storm
Democratic Women’s Council OF Erie
Erle
Democratic Women’s Council of
Erie
Erie County
Reed Hotel
James I. Lavery
Democratic Couunty
Onder At & O'Clock
Therese Sulesky
Parade Street
Ibs
Lavery
Lintel
Emule
Welk Civey
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