Coney Island Fire: Thousands Homeless After $2 Million Blaze
A massive fire at Coney Island chewed through a 1000 foot boardwalk area and destroyed most of Steeplechase Park. About 8,000 people were left homeless as flames swept through bath houses hotels and attractions driving families to sleep on beaches and in makeshift cots. No fatalities were reported.
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Coney Island
Amerity
Atlantic
Steeplechase Park
Bughton Beach Avenue
Ocean Parkway
Hlomeless
Wwhlon
Loew's Theatre
Shelby
Pinchot Veto Looms As Pennsylvania Legislature Advances Economy Bills
In Harrisburg on July 14 the House advanced 37 economy bills totaling 22 275 084 to third reading before recommitting to appropriations for study. Senators discussed veto risks from Governor Pinchot and lawmakers debated possible 10 day delays awaiting executive action. House and Senate adjourned until July 18 at 8 am after approving measures restoring 2 932 000 in university and state-aided commissions funding and sending several bills to final action.
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United Press
Harrisburg
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Senate
Baldwin Potter
Gov. Pinchot
Woodward
Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporaton
Pennsylvania
McElwee
Chicago
Commonwealth
Ding
Talbot
Philadelphia
Quba
Three Chicago Motorists Escape Wreck Near Union City
Three Chicago residents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Rogowski and Max Naross, escaped serious injury when their car left the highway west of Union City, struck a culvert, and was demolished. The driver is believed to have fallen asleep. Rogowski and Naross had minor injuries. Mrs Rogowski was shaken but uninjured.
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Chicago
Willaeulons
Union City
Stanley Rogowski
Max Naross
Rogowski
Narcis
Union City Hospital
Mill Village Road Work Advances Toward Union City
Corry motorists report strong progress on the Union City to Mill Village concrete highway. About a mile of pavement and wall have been poured, with vigorous work expected to finish within four weeks. Baldwin Brothers Construction of Cleveland handles the Mill Village link toward the state line.
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Mill Village
Union City
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Cleveland
Columbus Avenue
Obia State Line
Congress Nears Adjournment Over Relief Bill
United Press report from Washington states Congress aims to adjourn by tomorrow night as the 2 122 000 000 unemployment relief bill remains in conference. House and Senate leaders expect final action today with possible suspension of rules to speed adoption. The home loan and currency expansion bills also face conference talks amid partisan arguments.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Congress
Tomor
Congressional
House
Senate
Conferdes
Watson
Garner
Five Per Cent Rebate in July on County Tax
Prank E Westley county tax collector urges city taxpayers to settle county assessments in July to use the five percent rebate before it expires August 2. He notes tax collections are dragging and cites a county millage rise to nine mills this year to cover past obligations.
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Westley
City to seek county aid for East Main Street resurfacing
City Council plans to request county help to cover the city share of the East Main Street resurfacing project. A conference with the county commissioners is set for Friday at 10 AM in Erie. The plan includes using a portion of gasoline tax refunds for Corry and other districts.
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Board of County Commissioners
Erie
Ben F. Starr
England and
Williams
Blaine Kincaid
Porter
Corry
Selote Street
Columbus Avenue
Pinchot Demands Commissioner Quit Over Incapacity
Governor Pinchot urged the resignation of public service commissioner Henderson Collins of Williamsport, citing prolonged incapacity since January 1930 and noting Collins had earned 25 000 in salary during that period. He argued the public interest requires an active replacement.
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United Press Harrisburg
Goveror Pinchot
Hmerson Collins
Williamsport
Pinchot
Collins
Witnesses Testify In Corry Will Contests In Mayville
Two Corry witnesses testified in a Chautauqua county court trial over Minnie D. Rater s Sherman estate valued at 12000 with half real and half personal property. Frances Sample the nurse testified the will maker was rational while doctors disputed her competence.
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Corry
Mayville
Minnie D. Rater
Sherman
Chautauqua County
Lee Li Ottaway
G. Bennett
Frances Sample
IR. N
Rater
Freeman L. Morris
Harold A. Cornell
Harry M. Young
Joseph A. Lazariny
Tda
Willard W. Cass
Louise Mason
Francea Sample
Fear Rivers Nice Homeless Drownings Amid Flood
In Nice the Paillon river, usually dry, surged with sudden rain from the Alps, sweeping away a group of 50 to 10 families and jobless men and women camping under bridges. The wall of water roared through the city center, drowning several near the riverbed.
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Nice
Paillon
Mediterranean
Alps
Today’s Five Best Radio Entertainments Schedule
The listing shows broadcasts across NBC CBS networks with programs including No Regimentalists on WEAR and Dance Hour with Walter Wanchell. Entries note time slots 7 00, 8 00, and 9 00 with stations WABG and WEAR and performers such as Mills Brothers and Fast Praga eet.
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WEAR
NBC
CBS
Mills Brothers, Wear
Walter Wanchell
Tragic Fire Stampede Kills 21 Children at Chile Theatre
A benefit performance at the Ameralda Theatre in Talca hued 21 children and injured 40 as 800 attendees flooded the exits after a projected firelight triggered panic. Witnesses say a fire in the projection booth sparked the stampede when audience members rushed toward the doors.
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United Presa
Fatally Burned: Erie Railroad Agent Porter Dies
Wellington Porter age 36 of Mill Village died after a kerosene explosion while building a fire at the railroad station. He was an Erie Railroad agent and son-in-law of Mrs. Addie Johnson of Corry. Porter had severe burns from hips to ankles and little hope of recovery from the accident last Friday. He is survived by his widow and two children and was well known among Erie Railroad employees in the region.
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Mill Village
Wellington Porter
Erie Railroad
Porter
Addie Johnson
Corry
Firemen Protest Bill Shifting Fire Insurance Tax
Volunteers from Corry and across Pennsylvania planned protests against the Witlin bill that would transfer 800000 dollars of foreign fire insurance tax to the general fund. State firefighters and the State Wiremen’s Association prepared to meet with the House appropriations committee as debate continued.
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Corry
Corry Firemen's Relief Association
Witlin Bil
General Fund
Harrisburg
Journal Today
General State Fund
Vohunteer
Pennsylvania
Willin
House Appropriations Committee
Howie
Staudenmeier
Schuyl- Kell
Rep
Talbot
Delaware
Treasury
Potatoes Sought by Corry Relief Fund Amid Shortage
Relief officials urge community help as the Corry Relief Fund reports its potato supply exhausted. Citizens are asked to deliver or arrange pickup at the Municipal Building, with officers hopeful for timely contributions to support their service program.
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Corry Relief Fund
Fined in Jamestown raid linked to Meadows at Prailey Lake
Les R. Root once manager of Meadows at Prailey Lake paid a 150 fine in federal court in Jamestown after arrest for alleged federal prohibition violations. Other local residents also fined: Mary Ziola 100, Rozaria Pianghi 300, Anna Mafrice 100, Frank Burns 300, Josephine Palermo 100, James Condelin 200, Tony Paterniti 200, Dominick Marotta 100, Joe Palermio 150, Marie Lombardo 50.
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Les R. Root
Prailley Lake
Jamestown
Root
Jamestown Dispatches
Anes
James
Mary Ziola
Steele Street
Rozaria Pianghi
Lane Street
Olean
Anna Mafrice
Wayne Street
Frank T. Burns
North Union Street
Josephine Palermo
James Condelin
Bast Second Street
Dominick Crasti
Prewsburg
Tony Paterniti
North Harmony
Dominick Marotta
Joe Palermio
Gt Winsor Street
Marie Lombardo
Winsor At
Weary Veterans Extend Bonus Demonstration March
Weary veterans who had marched on the Capitol kept the bonus protest alive with pledges to continue until Congress adjourns. About 15,000 marchers are quartered in camps, many sleep deprived after 30 hours on the move, while others rest on lawns and monument steps as officers arrange reinforcements.
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Congress
United Press Washington
Capitol
Peace Monument
Capitol Hill
Argentina and Uruguay Sever Ties Over Diplomatic Row
Argentina and Uruguay have broken diplomatic relations after a series of misunderstandings centered on a visit by an Argentine exile to a Uruguayan cruiser bound for Buenos Aires. The dispute touched tariffs and alleged safety concerns, with Uruguay granting the Argentine ambassador a passport and Britain requested to represent Argentina temporarily at Montevideo.
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United Press
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Uruguay
Ane
Tia
Severo Taranzo
Montevideo
River Plata
Hernandez
Uniwung
Great Britain
Washington Debates $2.1 Billion Reset Bill Delay
Bulletin items report Congress stalls on a $2 122 000 000 reset bill delaying adjournment as conferees fail to agree. Mixed dispatches describe Mexico violence near Zapalopam Bustillo and a missing 20 month old in Minneapolis. The farm relief bill tarries as Hoover veto rumors surface while Italy joins the Anglo French entente and a Sudbury Ontario incident disrupts a rural distribution day.
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Washington
Norheclé
Garan
Hoover
London
Italy
Ontario
Motorman Bechtel Escapes Attack In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh July 1 Motorman GW Bechtel 61 escaped a revolver attack today by a robber who fled with a small amount of money and car tokens. Bechtel drove his car to a hospital and then home after the incident.
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Rob
Pittsburgh
Tyes
Deal
Bechtel
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