Sixty Arrested Freed on $20 Forfeits After Cockfight Raid
State troopers led by Sergt. Jones raided Lovell's Station Saturday night shutting down a busy cockfighting ring. Sixty men from Corry Erie Union City Titusville North East Albion Conneaut Meadvill e and Warren were arrested and forfeited $20 each, while Bert Siverling posted $50. Eight game cocks were seized. Hearings set for Union City Tuesday afternoon.
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Lovell's
Sergt. Jones
Lawrence Fark
X Cock Aghting
Ita
A. L
Bert” Sigerling
Union City
Corry
Sergi
Jones
Erie
Titusville
North East
Albion
Conneaut
Meattville
Westeyville
Titusgie
Oil City
Warren
Franklin
Cor Ryltes
Hmne
Nell Robbins
Pollés
Siverling
Pheraid
Corrytte
Serg. Jones
Concord Township
George Johns
W. Loomis
Rerell Coyle
John Black
Paul Go
Hoover Leaves for Florida for Rest
President elect Herbert Hoover departed Washington by train for Merida to rest before taking office. The eight car Hoover train faced a five minute delay as Hoover and Mrs Hoover boarded with friends and secret service. A Miami Beach stop is planned with a reception expected there and cabinet speculation centers on Dwight Morrow for Secretary of State due to his Mexico City work.
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Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Florida
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Merida
White House
Marehath
Mra. Hoover
Secret Service
Hoover
Miami Beach
Miami Beyoh
Bet
Dwight Murrayy
Assaida
Mexico
Morrow
State Department
Mexico City
Bergan
Ambassnor
Coolidge Iganido
Nomination of Roy O West Confirmed by Senate
Washington January 21 The nomination of Roy O West a prominent Chicago attorney named by President Coolidge to fill a term as secretary of interior was confirmed by the Senate after three days of secret debate.
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Ey Witited
Washington
Roy O. West
Chicago
Coolidge
Interior
Senate
Five Best Radio Features Listings
Nightly program guide lists WZ network 7 50 Roxy and his gang WOR 9 10 Vitae phone hour WEAF 9 30 Cont ral Motors hour Metropolitan opera soloists chorus and orchestra WOT network 10 00 United Light Opera Company La Fille GeMme Angot WEAW network 11 00 National Opera Company Crime with Marguerite D Ayyares
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Roxy
WOR
WEAF
Metropolitan Opera
Wot
United Light Opera Company
Mme
Angot
WEAW
Network 11
National Opera Company
Marguerite D'Ayyares
Chicago underworld raids arrest 3500 in police cleanup
In a sweeping weekend operation Chicago police locked up about 3500 people, targeting cabarets and speakeasies as part of the citys largest cleanup. The crackdown followed a week of robberies and four murders, with police reporting hundreds of fingerprints and records seized. City officials said the effort aimed to halt lawlessness and restore order.
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United Press
Chicago
Weil
Vilay
Sonly
Nor
Wm Russell
Budget expected as legislature enters final week in Harrisburg
Governor Fisher will submit the 1924 81 budget covering appropriations as the general assembly nears the end of the session. A $35,000,000 surplus has lawmakers awaiting distribution guidance. Printed copies of budget recommendations will be distributed to members, with three Senate bills ready for first reading.
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Unica Frise
Harrisburg
Fisher
General Assembly
Senate
Buckman
Bucks County
Revolt Crushed in Guatemala West Coast Uprising
Guatemala City June 21 government troops crushed the revolt on the west coast using artillery and air power. Rebels fled through mountains as three western provinces fell under government control. Reports say Retalatenango Mazatenango and Quetzaltenango were captured by revolutionaries and loyal officers, with bloodshed reported during suppression. Fatally burned in Connellsville, Mrs Hume Lytis died after clothing caught fire from a kitchen flame.
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United Press
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Lazaro Chacon
Conneldsvillp
Hmmé Lytis
Tume
Horne
High Water Forces Detour of Erie Freight Train
An eighty car Erie Railroad freight train moving from Meadville to OW City was detoured via this city due to high water on the Franklin branch. The train traveled over Erie lines then shifted to the Pennsylvania Railroad for southbound movement, creating a heavy workload for local yard workers.
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Erie Railroad
Meadville
OW City
Franklin
Erie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Oi Ciy
Fight Move to Close Elgin Station
Residents and shippers protest a Pennsylvania Railroad effort to abandon the Elgin freight and passenger station. Formal application filed with the Public Service Commission. no hearing date set yet as locals mobilize ahead of any action.
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Public Service Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rlgin
Penmsylvania System
Slgin
Question Mark enroute east from Davis-Monthan Field
In Tucson on January 21 Major Carl Sputz piloted the multi engine Question Mark on a return flight from San Diego to Washington. The plane took off at 705 am Mountain Time from Davis-Monthan Field for Midland Texas with a refueling ship to meet it en route. Captain Ira Baker, who piloted the record setting flight over Southern California, traveled home for his mother’s funeral, with Carlton Bates of Detroit visiting relatives in Tucson.
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United Press
Tucson
Arig
Fom Davis
Ira Baker
California
Den
Probe crash of craft which killed five
Washington Jan 21 Admiral H A Wiley commander in chief of the U S fleet will appoint an inquiry board to probe the cause of the crash between a naval gig and a barge off Balboa Canal Zone yesterday. The dead include Capt Relph Griswold 47 commanding officer of the Ninth Destroyer Scouting Squadron Chief Pay Clerk Arthur Wrenn 41 of Washington D C Coxswain Fred Schweiteberg West Orange N J Seaman Herbert McDowell of Jacksonville Fla and Seaman Earl Tivketts of Haverhill Mass. Capt Giles commander of the Whirey was rescued. Bodies Griswold and Wrenn recovered. Three officers to compose the inquiry board to meet today.
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United Press
Washington
H. A. Wiley
U.S
Balboa
Canal Zone
Navy Department
Relph Griswold
Arthur
Wrenn
D.C
Fred W. Schweiteberg
West Orange
N. J
Herbert D. McDowell
Jacksonville
Grawold
Giles
McDowell
Schwelneberg
Tibbetts
Plan merger of all Lutheran churches in Pa
Harrisburg January meeting of six Pennsylvania synods discusses unifying to three regional entities eastern central and western Pennsylvania. Proposal by Rev. Ellis Burgess would eliminate overlapping boundaries and reduce six synods to three with each region governed separately. Delegates include Rev. Calvin Swank Philadelphia Rev. W S Good Allegheny Rev. P Plattetoner Philadelphia Rev. John Wagner Hazleton Rev. Henry Anatadt Chambersburg and Burgess Pittsburgh.
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Sy Wilted Press
Harrisburg
Vania
Church
Pennsylvania
Zion Lutheran Church
Ellis B. Burgess
Pittsburgh
Calvin P. Swank
Philadelphia
Eastern Pennsylvania Synod
W. S. Good
Jobsontown
Alleghey Synod
P. Plattetoner
Ministrum of
John Wagner
Hazelton
Susquehanna Synod
Henry Anatadt
Chambersburg
Wastern
Burgess
Pittsburgh Synod
Monessen Woman Sentenced for Involuntary Manslaughter
Greensburg January 21 Mrs Anna Hlatky 36 of Monessen convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of two sets of twins born in 1927 and 1928. She received an indefinite term of from ten to twenty four years in the Women's State Hospital at Muncy Pennsylvania by the Westmoreland County court.
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United Press
Greensburg
Mre
Anta Hlatky
Monessen
Tadusteliy
Muncy
Pas
Westmoreland County Court
Tremors Strain Quake Stricken Cumana Town
Caracas dispatch reports continued seismic activity after last Friday quake in Cumana. Death toll uncertain though El Universal cites around 200 killed and over 1,000 injured. Survivors evacuate as officials urge rescue efforts and aid delivery while ships assist from the stricken region.
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United Press
Caracas
Venezuela
Cumana
Chimana
Clunon
el Unlysisal
Mins
Cumsna
Atrithen
Smith
Comenwijra
Thal
Smd
New Timetable Adds Erie Railroad Train to Buffalo
A new Erie Railroad timetable increases local train service to Buffalo with a morning departure to the New York state city and an early evening return. Trains Nos. 2 and 220 adjust western termini from Meadville to Susquehanna, and the Buffalo service will depart at 1 o clock in the afternoon arriving in this city at 6:10. The new schedule is welcomed by travelers for improved connections and city service.
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Erie Railroad
Buffalo
New York State City
Will & Return
Maine
Jamestown
Meadville
Susquehanna
Bufalo
Corry Loan and Savings Company to Organize Wednesday
The Corry Loan and Savings Company plans its organization meeting at the Hotel Cory Wednesday at 7 o clock. Worth Hammond mails notices to stockholders as by laws will be adopted and other business addressed. A. J. Lewin returned home from Erie visit.
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Corry Loan and Savings Company
Worth Hammond
Cory
Tme
Died With Sneer On Lips For Laws Of God And Man
BELLEFONTE PA Jan 21 Six hours before execution at Rackview Penitentiary Paul Jaworski, condemned for payroll murder during a 1925 Pittsburgh terminals holdup, confessed to killing John Vasbinder to detectives. He refused prison chaplaincy, walked to the chair with a calm air, and faced death at 7:02 a.m. saying he was ready. Newsmen stood by as electric current ended the gangland figure’s life.
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United Press
Rockview
Paty
Bellefonte
State of Pennsylvania
Paul Jevyarst
FU A.m
Seeved Yeits Bredkfast
Jaworski
Tik Dusth Vhdmbier
T A
Tegal
Prion
Uttieis
Pricon
Oh m
Death West
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
Robert Elliott
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Sarco
Vanzetli
Jawarski
Gump
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company
Mollerayer
Peninsylvania
Detroit
Cleveland
Calvin
James
Bucks
Sigarski
William Howard Dunston
James Tok
Rackview Bealtentiary
Paul Jaworski
John Vasbinder
Allegheny County
Jewarski
McKeesport Street
Andrew 'T, Park
Allegheny Civnty
Jawarsiti
Vas Planter
Jearler
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