Storm and Cold Wave Plague East. 33 Dead
An army of 24,000 snow shovelers labors in New York City as a brutal storm leaves 33 dead across the East. Rail Lines halted. New Haven Hartford and New York Central resume limited service. Coast guard rescues and salvages sea-disaster vessels amid gale and ice. Transportation slowly returns to normal. Florida to Maine report frigid conditions and widespread suffering.
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New York
Brookville
New England
New York State
Grand Central
Chicago
Coast Guard
Easter Seaboard
Florida
New Yorke
Boston
Coast Guards
Coast Guard Cau
Portland
Northern Sword
Winthrow
Mass
Lottie 1
Delaware Bay
Ligonier
Bank Refuses City Credit. Mayor Seeks Funds Action
City faces unpaid warrants as Citizens National Bank refused further credit on municipal warrants. Ledger shows $15,845.90 in warrants carried, with $3,401.74 outstanding plus $1,600 paid on February 20. Total outstanding warrants at February 19 stood at $20,010.64. Bank action follows prior notice. city plans new arrangements. Some payroll checks cashed from the city’s account, but available balance is about $700.
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Miller This Moon
Journal
Citizens National Bank
Meyor
Tocal
Crowds Flock To Albert Body In Belgium Night Vigil
Crowds in Brussels braved cold and mist to view King Albert I in state at the Tittle Chapelle Ardente. About 20,000 waited outside four hours before doors opened, as Queen Elizabeth kept vigil and guards managed the long line of ordinary mourners awaiting the royal farewell before tomorrow’s state funeral.
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Brussels
Royal Palace
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Queea Hlizabeth
Capel
Palace
Bien
Woman breaks hip in icy fall on South Center Street
69 year old Miss Plorence Slagle of 610 West Hutch Trent slipped on an icy sidewalk on South Center Street this afternoon around 4 oclock. She fractured her right hip and was transported to Corry Hospital. Mrs Blakesles of Church Street and Mrs Samuel Long of Cleveland are in the city visiting for a week.
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West Hutch Trent
D'Elbels
South Center Street
Corry Ospital
Miss Slagle
D. L. Blakesles
Church Efreet
Storm delays executions as storm halts train service
Boston February 21. A severe storm paralyses train traffic along the eastern Seaboard delaying executions in Massachusetts. Three men scheduled for execution were postponed as Robert Elliott the executioner could not reach the prison. proceedings set for midnight.
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Pevce
Boston
Guye
Massachusetts
Andyight
Robert Elliott
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Swope urges further shortening of hours in economy plan
Washington February 21 General Electric president Gerard Swope urged the House labor committee to extend hour reductions under NRA codes by a percentage cut across all codes. He noted many plants now run on less than 8 30 hour weeks and cited General Electric and General Medical Co plans for unemployment insurance and old age pensions.
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Washington
NRA
House Labor Committee
Gerard Swope
General Electric Co
Swope
Nowere
Swone
General Medic¢ Co
U S treasury reports record $6 billion cash balance
Washington February 21 United States treasury reports an all time cash balance of six billion dollars after a recent security sale. The figure, tied to the government economic recovery program, includes a $2 807 profit from gold reserves write up raising the gold holding to a record 7 127386014 ounces.
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United Press
Washington
United States Treasury
Treasury
Union Leaders Push Drive in Captive Mines
Pittsburgh February 21 United Mine Workers of America prepared for a vigorous drive aiming to extend union membership into every captive coal mine. Leaders hailed new contracts with Hu Frick Coke Company United States Steel subsidiary and other miners. Frick signed with UMWA recognizing elected representatives in four mines. National Mining Company and Sharon Cussand Limestone Company also pledged agreements covering several operations.
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Roscoe Snipes
United Press
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers of America
Frick Coke Company
United States Steel
Prick Company
Mearitg
National Ming Company
Sharon Cussand Limestone Company
Rush dog teams to rescue of Siberians
Cape Wellan teams dragged sledges through Arctic darkness toward the rescue of 72 men marooned on Wrangel Island off the northeast Siberian coast. Women and children also stranded 80 miles away, as weather delays hampered air support during the three year Arctic mission.
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Moscow
Cape Wellen
Ite
Siberian
Cape Veary
Wrangel Island
Cheluskin
Cape Verny
Civil Court in Erie Opens March Term
Several Corry cases are listed for the March term of the civil court in Erie County. The session hoping to clear a crowded docket runs two weeks starting Monday. J J Mulheim of this city is among those involved in automobile crash lawsuits.
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Civil Court
Erie County
Mouitoy
Maron
Silsby
J. J. Mulheim
Tome
Glenrity
James Milson
Milk Board to Air Complaints at Pittsburgh
The milk control board of Pennsylvania resumes hearings in Pittsburgh as milk distributors present views on industry difficulties. Producers say they lose money daily and call for revolutionary changes in the Pittsburgh mill shed. H M Brooks of the Dairy Men Co operative Sales Association testifies a 3 cent per quart average dairyman return and 242 dollars per hundredweight cost of production. The association proposes a market pool and production control plan based on July to December daily averages.
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Pittsburgh
Milk Control Board of Pennsylvania
Mit
Ty H. M. Brooks
Dairymen Co-operative Sales Association
Tri-State
Brooks
Fear grows of passage bonus inflation bill
Washington readers alarmed by the soldiers' bonus drive are prepared to ask President Roosevelt and to message Congress rebuking the legislation. It was learned today that only by strong action could the Democratic majority be held in line, and the administrator saved from an…
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Washington
Fouss Administration
Roorsevelt
Messige
Congress
Bonus petition and Roosevelt stand chill Pennsylvania House
Pennsylvania House members who signed the bonus petition include Democrats Boland Crosby Pau and Republicans Brumm Connally Doutyich Edmunds Fort Kelly McFadden Muldowney Ransley Swick Turpin Waldron. Roosevelt threatened veterans legislation but the petition moved toward a March 12 vote while debates on methods to avoid a vote continued.
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Washington
Pennsylvania House
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Pat
Crosby Pau
Dumn
Pat Paddis
Brumm
Connally
Doutyich
Edmunds
Forht
Kelly
McFadden
Muldowney
Pat Ransley
Strong
Pay Swick
Turpin
Waldron
Attorneys Hear Schnader at Bar Banquet in Erie
Corry is to be represented by local bar members at the Erie County Bar Association banquet on Saturday evening February 24. William A. Simacher, Pennsylvania attorney general, will address the gathering on The Lawyer and the Law. Attendees include attorneys from eight northwestern counties with a surprise entertainment planned after the address led by Henry R. Detts and other executive committee members.
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Corry
Erie Guinty Bar Association
Erie
William A. Simacher
Pennsylvania
Henry R. Detfs
E. Walker Sennett
Enoch Pips
William F. Tilly
Thomas J. Barber
Tsador Sobel
Damian J. Meckaughlin
Chat Pain
Benson
James Emgush
James Hysns
Jackson D. Magenay
Charles A. Martens
Priselis Helbert
Wmn
Washabaugh
Freight freighters trapped by ice in Lake Huron
In Goderich Ontario on February 21 workers labored to cut grain freighters free from sixteen inches of ice. The unprecedented cold slowed shipping as feed grain storage threatened farmers across western Ontario. Elevators towed ships to unload positions to prevent livestock losses.
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Goderich
Ont
Ontario
Lake Huron
Vagrant Admits Brutal Slaying of Boston Girl
Boston police guard the former navy boxer Francis Vigneau after his confession to murdering 14 year old Victoria David. He claimed she scratched and bit him, triggering the fatal assault in an auto parking space near Chinatown. Authorities reported veiled lynching threats as details emerged.
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Boston
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Francis Vigneeu
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Bennett
Victoria
Vigneau
Somerville
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Victetia
Bealten
Chinatown
Washington anniversary window service suspension reversed
Word reached the post office this afternoon that the department had ruled that the usual window service on Washington's anniversary had been suspended this year. It was previously announced that limited window service would be given but the order received today abrogates this ruling.
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Washington
Attempt to kidnap publisher thwarted in Chicago
B P Adler prominent Midwest newspaper publisher narrowly escaped an abduction in Chicago during a meeting of the insane Press Association. An assailant attacked Adler in a hotel hallway, struck him, and fled before police arrived, as Adler and editor Agler sought help nearby.
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Chicago
B. P. Adler
Insana| Press
Auter
Tyes
Adier
Army mail service only temporary in House debate
In Washington on February 21 James B. Mead of the House post office committee said the administration wants to assign the army to carry the mails under an honest contract. He proposed a one year emergency authorization for army mail service, but Rep. Hamilton P.n objected. Mead will seek to obtain a ride and hope the bill is acted on promptly.
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James B. Mead
House
Post Office Committee
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Hamion Pian
Teast
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Lamorrow
Father Killed in Family Quarrel Over Radio
Russell A. Graham a 17 year old high school sophomore is jailed after allegedly killing his father Alonzo A. Graham 64 with a hammer and stabbing him three times with a butcher knife during a dispute over a radio in Oil City Pennsylvania His sister in law Mrs Stanley Graham 20 was treated for a scalp wound and not in serious condition The youth claimed a temperamental outburst and was to be charged with murder by District Attorney Maurice Breene The mother who worked as a cook was away at the time of the slaying
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Oil City
Alonzo A. Graham
Russell
Stanley Graham
Graham
Venango County
Franklin
Maurice Breene
Truck Owners Called to Meet Monday Night
Erie district schedules a meeting at the Municipal Building in Corry for all operators and owners of commercial vehicles. The gathering aims to finalize a code governing operation and require registration at the session. Representatives from Erie will explain tracing and tracking provisions and enforcement details.
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American Tickets’ Association
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Munttipel
Messia
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