Touhy Mob Leader Captured in Chicago Raid
United Press reports Arch Touhy, famed mob boss linked to John Factor kidnapping and multiple postal robberies, was seized in a third floor Chicago apartment with his wife and two daughters. Ill with palsy, he was said to be unable to move without aid during the sudden multiagency raid.
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United Press
Cmtorgo
Tan
Pominy
Touhy
John
Jake the Ba Ber
Tokhy
Postal
Amector's
Minneapolis
Aly
Eaward ‘Dolan
Tom Kelly
Tommy Touhy
Kelly
Five Die in Buffalo Gas Blast Explosion
Police say a gas leak caused a January fire that wrecked a ten family tenement in Buffalo. Five people were killed: Joseph Lo Presto, his wife Girolms, Gaetano Scorsone, Mary, 24, and Anna, 12. Rosa, three, was reported recovering. One half of the building collapsed, trapping occupants for hours. In California, F T Scripps, 86, brother of B W Scripps, founder of Scripps-Howard papers, died yesterday.
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United Press
Buffalo
Joseph Lo’ Presto
Girolms
Gaetano Scorsone
Mary
Anna
Rosa
Scorsones
Polite
Lo Presto
Hall
Mt. Carmel Church
Gellar
Jersey Hold Up Net $13000 In Camden
Mrs Samuel Shane wife of a New Jersey rotor agent was robbed near the American National Bank of $15,000 in state funds collected for license tags. A man pushed her, grabbed the bag and fled in a car with three others.
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Jersey
United Press
Camden
New Jersey
Natonal Bank
Samuel Shane
Ibume
Advance Plans for Execution of Hauptmann in N J
Prison authorities began active preparation to execute Bruno Richard Hauptmann in less than two weeks. His lawyers pressed last appeals as Gov. Hoffman may set a date this week for clemency review. A prison official prepared the death chamber and planned access for about 20 witnesses, with tickets to be allocated.
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United Press
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Harold G. Hoffman
Court of Pardons
Pennington
Angu
Hal Hauptmann
Lloyd Fisher
New York
New Jersey
Kimberling
District Governor addresses Corry Kiwanians
Members of the Corry Kiwanis welcomed Kiwanis International Lieutenant Governor Shester A. Darling of Meadville Pa as guest at the first meeting of the year. Twenty one members attended led by newly elected president John A. Blatt. Darling outlined club goals including membership growth as the key focus. Committees for the year were named and Swartz of Brie attended as a guest.
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Corry Kiwanis
Lub
Kiwanis International
Shester A. Darling
Meadville
John A. Blatt
Darling
Kiwanis
Corry Club
Ab We Wheeling
R. 7
Swartz
Brie
G O P Chair Charges Politics in Roosevelt Address
Washington January 2 political battle erupts ahead of a new session as Republicans accuse President Roosevelt of partisan aims in a joint address to Congress. Henry P Fletcher predicts the speech will be a campaign weapon while Democrats organize a rapid response force to defend the New Deal in the looming November vote.
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H. C. Thompson
United Press
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Charman
Henry P. Fletcher
Hin
Italian air raid hits Swedish Red Cross hospital in Ethiopia
Italian planes bombed a Swedish Red Cross hospital on the southern front in Ethiopia, killing 30 Ethiopians including patients and staff and wounding 50. Two Swedes at the hospital, Dr. Fride Hylander and an aide, were seriously wounded. reports describe a merciless attack with machine gun fire after aerial bombing. The Ethiopian commander Ras Desta Demi provided details of the assault.
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Wy United Press
Addis Ababa
Ras Desta
Demi
Stackpole, Publisher, Dies at Harrisburg
Edward J. Stackpole Sr., 74, publisher of the Harrisburg Telegraph and longtime Republican figure in Pennsylvania, died at his home after a year of ill health. He had written his daily column Call It a Day until recently. Also noted is attorney Winalow of Punxsutawney who retired after 47 years due to ill health.
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Ay Uuneu Reese
Harrisburg
Edward J. Stackpole, Sr
Harrisburg Telegraph
Pennsylvenia
Stackpole
Call It
Evening Telegraph
Punxsutawiney
W. W. Winalow
Attornay
Defergen County
Round World Airmail Service Now Assured
New York reports Pan-American Airways has reached landing rights in Auckland New Zealand for a trans Pacific extension from San Francisco and Honolulu The route 9410 miles would run Honolulu to Auckland via Kingman Reef and Pago Pago Samoa The agreement excludes service arrangements still under negotiation
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United Press
New York
Pan-American Air Ways
Auckland
New Zealand
San Francisco
Honelum
British Imperial Airways
Australia
Honolulu
Kingmen Reef
Pago Pago
Samoa
Sherman Man Held for Theft of Large Safes
Charles Manion, 28, of Sherman, is held in Chautauqua County jail on third degree burglary and grand larceny charges for stealing two large safes from Ripley and Ellicottville. He allegedly confessed to four burglaries at gas stations and thefts of two trucks, with notes left at scenes asking for safes’ combinations to be published in a Buffalo paper. Detective work spanned three weeks, leading to his arrest by state police with Sgt Stanton.
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Charles Manion
Sherman
Chautauqua County
Mayville
Brandaveeny
Ripley
Ellicottville
Justice of the Peace
Murray D. Conrath
Manison
Spia
Dayton
Little Valley
Erie
Batawia
Buffalo
New York
Ontario Visitors Flock to Dafoe Hospital Quintuplets
Ontario tourist bureau estimates show nearly 1 million spent by visitors to the Dafoe hospital home of the Dionne quintuplets in Callander from June to September. About 280,000 people visited and 95,076 cars parked at the site, with 95 percent of visitors from the United States. Revenue to the Ontario Department of Highways totaled 14,000 from motorists and overall business benefits neared a million dollars.
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Dafoe Hospital
United Press
Toronto
Ont
Callander
Ontario
Ontario Tourist Bureau
Ontario Department of Highways
Ontario B
United States
Rioting Cairo Students Wounded as Police Clash
Police wounded 10 rioting students in Cairo on January 2 amid clashes in a valley of fire. Students refused to return to secondary schools and set fire to furniture in the buildings.
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Cairo
United Press Gatro
Probe into federal relief waste sought by Rep McLean
Washington Jan 4 Rep Clarence J McLean Republican Michigan announced plans to introduce a resolution to appoint a seven member House committee to probe the federal Relief program. He charged overhead expenses in some agencies have diverted about 40 percent of relief funds from needy people and called for corrective procedures.
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United Press
Washington
Clarence J. McLean
McLeod
House
Belgian King as Possible Peacemaker in Italian Ethiopian Crisis
Paris dispatch says King Leopold of Belgium may mediate a peace plan for the Italian Ethiopian crisis as Belgium is seen as a potential European mediator. Leopold is in England. confidential Paris reports note Italy’s position growing tenser with friction between Fascist militia officers and regular army officers influencing diplomacy.
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Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Paris
Italy
Leopold
Belgium
Enlvance
Great Britain
France
England
Authentc
Victor Emmanuel of
Mary
Ths
Samuel Hoare
Pierre Laval
Tt Iat
Markets at a Glance Amid Mixed Signals
Markets at a Glance show irregular activity in stocks and bonds with mixed trends. Cotton rises 7 to 10 points, grain edges higher, and rubber futures hold steady or ease slightly. Call money remains around 1 percent, foreign exchange moves unevenly, and silver remains near 49.5 cents per ounce with little change.
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United Press
Chicago
Unc
Conferences With Mexico On Silver Issue In July
Secretary Morgenthau announced international talks with Mexico on monetary metal standards using silver and gold as a basis. He directed questions to President Roosevelt's May message, with a brief meeting including Ambassador Najera and Eduardo Siarex. Talks to resume next Monday to seek broader unity among silver producing nations against the sterling currency bloc.
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United Press
Washington
Henry Morgentino
Irolla Ibley
Co-Pidlinn
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Don Francisco Castillo Najera
Eduardo Siarex
Treasury
Mexico
United States
Students Return to School Monday in Corry District
Corry schools resume Monday after a fourteen day Christmas recess. Vocational classes will operate at the Bals Mattress plant on Raymond avenue with students aiding in organizing shop equipment. Harding school building repaired under WPA programs, Concord students return to Harding after temporary occupation. Mid year exams loom as most days before tests are spent in preparation.
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Corry
Bals Mattress Company
Raymond Avenue
Harding
Concord
WPA
South Street
GOP Assured Use Of Radio Networks
New York January 2 The National Broadcasting Company promised to give Republican party representatives air time from time to time to discuss national welfare. The pledge followed Republican Chairman Henry P Fletcher demand for free air time to match President Roosevelt’s Congress speech tomorrow night.
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New York
National Broadcasting Company Today
Republican Party
Tis
Henry P. Fletcher
Roosevelt
Congress
Cash Payments Optional Under New Proposal
Washington January 2 leaders of the Patman inflation bonus fight unify to press for full cash payment of postwar bonuses. The three main veterans groups the American Legion the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans announced they are in complete accord on the plan to push Congress for immediate cash awards rather than vouchers or other methods.
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Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled Veterans
Lyle c. Wilson
United Press
Washington
House
Congress
American Legion
Speedy Passage of Bonus 13 Predicted in Senate
Senate Majority Leader Joseph R. Robinson of Arkansas forecast rapid approval of a soldiers bonus bill acceptable to President Roosevelt. He ruled out enactment of the Townsend old age pension plan and suggested Byrnes Steiner moving to set 87 percent of adjusted service certificate value as the working basis for new bonus legislation. Robinson hoped to settle the bonus question before February 1.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Joseph R. Robinson
Arkansas
Roosevelt
Townsend
Robinson
Byrnes-Steiner
Conference on bill provisions backs cash payment for certificates
Chief bonus leaders in congress were invited to a conference to discuss provisions of the bill including immediate full cash payment of the adjusted service certificates. The notice also mentions refund of interest paid on Inuit. Continued on page two.
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Congress
Light Rains Leave Roads Icy Across Western Pennsylvania
Light rains before noon left highways in treacherous condition across western Pennsylvania. Motorists returning from Erie reported dangerous roads with trucks sliding. Forecasts of more rain warned drivers to use extreme caution as snow and sleet melted then froze. The state department of highways said three fourths of the state remained slippery with 331 workers and 125 trucks still combating icy curves and grades.
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Erie
Pittsburgh
Department of Highways
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