Storm Leaves Illinois Town Homeless and Injured
A severe tornado and accompanying hailstorm and cloudburst crippled Jacksonville and four nearby counties. More than 100 injured, about 5 000 left homeless as homes were leveled or shifted. damages reported near 1 million dollars. Telegraph and telephone lines failed, blocking full casualty tallies.
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Tuyna
Tip
Busi-Ness
Yalimteer Realitnes
Brown Morgan Cass
Mason
Failroad
Havana
Chandlerville
Fitehurey
Woodson
Virginia
Edward Perry
Imlay
City
Ich
Philding
Carage i
Ilinois College
Coast Guardsmen Seek Bodies After Erie Boat Sinks
Erie, July 1. The boat carrying John Weber, 43, Hemmersill Paper Co driver, his son James, 6, and William Kaltemith, 88, was found by the coast guard after a Lake Erie outing. The craft drifted to the harbor entrance and capsized in a storm. the elder Weber's body was recovered four miles off North East as rescuers pressed on for the boy and Kaltemith.
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United Press
Leb Anon
Brie
Erie Harbor
Coast Guard
Wener
North
Iust
Tvo
Fatal family shooting in Hyde Park tragedy
Three people were slain and a one year old girl critically wounded in Hyde Park at 542 River Street. Police say John T. Gidney killed Sir Ernest Borgerson, his wife Margaret Borgerson, and their child before taking his own life.
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United Pres
Boston
Hyde Park
John T. Gidney
Ernest Borgerson
Margaret Borgerson
Ernest
Borgerson
Estella
River Street
Gidney
Anglo French Talks Bring Security Pact Prospects
London reports say after talks between French Foreign Minister Barthou and British foreign secretary Simon, Germany may be urged to rejoin the League of Nations. France and Britain seek security treaties for eastern Europe and the Mediterranean, with a potential scheme tying German rearmament to eastern European commitments. Barthou’s Paris briefing noted plans to consult the American delegation on the 1985 conference roles for France and Italy.
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Paris
Leday
Louis Barthou
Jonn Simon
Foreign Vallairs
Germany
League of Nations
France
Britain
Europe
Moscow
Russia
League
Barthou
Borie
Teil Her
Marine
Francois Pietri
Norman H. Davis
Italy
Tranice
Poland
Latvia
Chechoslovakis
Hsthonia
Lithuania
Hitler Defends Suppression of Recent Revolt
Paris July 11 Adolf Hitler defended the ruthless suppression of the storm troop revolt as necessary to avert a European disaster. He told the Plus Herald that traitors within the party had to be removed to save Germany from civil war and pledged there was no alternative but to act with firmness and sacrifice a few leaders to prevent national catastrophe.
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United Press
Paris
Europe
United States
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Plus Herald
New York Herald ‘Tribune
Alfred J. Pearson
Drake University
Des Moines
Iowa
Poland
Altler
Berlin
Lasteriday
Herald
Pearson
Hitler
Hitec
Shominani
Irregularities in collection of taxes discussed by city
Rumors of irregularities in school tax collection for 10 percent and 1984 prompted street talk as the Board of Education held an executive session. Officials denied lacking authority or bond issues, citing delays by a surety company and a satisfactory 1933 duplicate settlement, with a public update withheld.
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Board of Education
Effe
Iquiry
Dirigible Los Angeles Condemned by Navy
July 11 The Navy Department condemned the dirigible Los Angeles as unfit for flight. Secretary Claude A. Swanson announced the decision, leaving the Macon as the only active dirigible in naval service.
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Univer Rycso
Washington
Navy Department
Los Angeles
Claude A. Swaarson
Famed Swedish Explorer Hedin Seized by Brigands
In Turkestan's Hsinkdang province, world renowned explorer Sven Hedin and ten companions, including Dr Parker Chen, were captured by bandits while surveying the Silk Route. Hedin, 69, noted for 40 years of exploration, was previously captured by brigands, with the party traveling in five motor cars near Dubgan. Mr and Mrs Clarence Willis of Bradford, Pa., are visiting relatives for a short time.
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Sven Hedin
Turkestan
United Press
Petping
China
Hsinkdang
Hedin
Far East
Europe
Parker Chen
Dubgan
Hsinkleng
Clarence Willis
Bradford
Invention of a Super Death Ray by Nicola Pesla
Nikola Pesla, an electrical pioneer from New York, announces a death ray capable of delivering a man-made invisible bolt of about 50,000 volts that could destroy an army without a trace. The inventor, described as a figure of scientific marvels, explains the beam’s terrifying power and hints at further details on page seven.
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John R. Beal
United Press
New York
Nicola ‘Pesla
Pioneer
Today
Dismissal of Prof Turner Sparks Pittsburgh Inquiry
Gov Pinecot threats prompt investigation into University of Pittsburgh after Dr Ralph B Turner associate professor is dismissed and told to seek elsewhere The governor cites academic freedom and use of public funds as factors and says he will urge a thorough probe at the next general assembly ст
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Harrisburg
Pinecot
University of Pittsburgh
Ralph B. Turner
Pennsylvania Secuety League
John G. Bowman
Regia
Feneral Assembly
Links Companions in Reno Confidence Ring
New York July 11 Noble John Moore testifies against the Reno confidence ring and links James C. McKay and William Graham to the scheme. Moore, 34, once a steerers, pleads guilty to conspiracy and names over twenty alleged con men in a multi state fraud that bled more than 1 million from victims in the United States and Canada.
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United Press
New York
Noble John Moore
Reno
James C. McKay
William
Curley) Graham
Nevada
Moore
Graham
McKay
General Strike Threat Looms in Three Cities
General strikes threaten to erupt in San Francisco Minneapolis and another city as truck line workers refuse to arbitrate. Federal mediators rush to avert disruption of food supplies for 1.5 million people while regional labor mediators prepare for weekend talks in Washington.
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United Press
America
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Pete
Armpt
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Seabrook Farm
New Jersey
Great Labs
Republic Steel Corporation
Goldman Forming Pennsylvania New Theatre Chain
William Goldman, ex Warner Brothers theaters manager, announced plans to form a new motion picture theatre chain in Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland and possibly other Western states. The company to be named William Goldman Then Larsy Inc will have main offices in Philadelphia and has already secured a Delaware corporate charter.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Motion Picture
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Willian Goldman
Warner Brothers Theaters
Goldman
Combing
William Goldman
Then- Larsy Inc
Delaware Corportion
Austria Moves to Break Down Nazi Strength
Vienna July 11 President Wilhelm Milas approves a reorganized cabinet formed by Chance Inv Engabert Dollfuss. He remains chancellor with personal command over armed forces as the suppression of Nazis intensifies. Immunity offers for surrenders and death penalties for explosives danger signal a harder campaign. The Heimwehr gains authority as a key military arm in a broader constitutional shift.
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Vienna
Wilhelm Milas
Chance Inv
Engabert Dollfuss
Dulifuss
Helmwehr
Ernst
Rudiger von Starhemm Bers
Wits’ Laken
Kurt Schuschnigs
Egon Berger-Waldenex S
Heimwehr
Styria
Starhemberg
Staf
Wesleyville Youth Drowns After Meal Swim
Walter Hiles a 14 year old from Wesleyville Pa drowned in a North East pond while swimming after a heavy meal. The body was recovered.
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Wesleyville
United Pres Brie
Walter Hiles
Zem Zem Shrine Band to Perform in Corry Park
Zem Zem Shrine band from Erie will give a two hour concert in City Park at 7 p.m. next Monday under Golden Rule Club sponsorship. The Western Pennsylvania group will offer classical and popular numbers plus martial music. The free concert invites Corry residents and nearby communities. Afterward, visiting musicians dine at a Masonic Temple luncheon hosted by the club.
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Erie
Golden Rule Club
City Park
Corry
Golden Rule Clue
Shrine Ase
John A. Blatt
Goldden Rule Club
Pennsylvania
Zent Zest
Themmorate
Masonic Temple
Roosevelt visits Panama Canal amid tension in Havana strike
President Roosevelt tours the Pangma Canal aboard the U.S.S. Houston and meets Colombian leaders en route to Hawaii as a general strike in Havana sparks violence. National Confederation of Labor protests government decrees and prices, causing clashes in San Mart a street and Vibora. The Houston aims for the Pacific after a six hour canal passage, with Mrs. Henry Wallace aboard.
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United Press
U. 5. S. Gilmer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pangma Canal
Houston
Hawai
Colombia
Gulf of Warren
Colon
Canal
Pacific
Henry Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Cartagena
Enrique Olaya Herrera
United Press Mavana
Aspital
National Confederation of Labor
Santa Marta
Luna Park
Vibora
Campus Tragedy Court Holds Witness in Norman Death
In Norman Oklahoma July 11 a fraternity house is under scrutiny after Marian Mills a 20 year old University of Oklahoma co ed was found dead. The house was ordered held as a material witness as police search for Neal Myers a student from El Reno who is believed to be the last person to see Mills.
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United Press
Norman
Okda
Marian Mills
University of Oklahoma
Neal Myers
el Reno
Myers
Kendall Oil Seeks Center Street Site in Corry
Kendall Oil Co Bradford secured an option on the Center Street site at the National Bank of Corry A. A. Williams property. Sale not closed. option expires Sunday with plans for a large modern gas station. The site, in the heart of the business district, was part of Williams Realty property, recently gutted by fire.
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Washington and
North Center Streets
National Bank of Corry Ant A
Williams
Wall Street Brokers Commute By Plane
Wall Street financiers will begin commuting by seaplane with two ramps at Brooklyn Navy Yard. The new air line will use a terminus at the foot of Wall Street in the East River with twice daily trips from Oyster Bay, Glen Cove, and Fort Washington. Monthly tickets are $150, season rate $350, single trip $4.
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New York
Wall Street
North Shore
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Wail Street
East River
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Center ST
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