Repeal of Act Curtailing Bonds Backed by City
City council urges repeal of 1927 act limiting municipal bonds as it seeks freedom to issue street improvement bonds for 1924 plans. They back state legislation to allow city to incur general obligations and keep paving projects like Spring street on track, opposing current two percent indebtedness cap.
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State
Weith
City Council
Assembly
Senate
Barrisburg
Elto
Cornell
Spring Street
House
Senate Ville
Leigne
Weusaren
Gas Blast Destroys Backus Hotel In West Virginia
Firemen searched the wrecked Backus hotel in Parkersburg West Virginia for bodies and survivors after a gas explosion toppled the frame structure trapping ten people. Several guests escaped and reported smelling gas before the blast. Victims include Edith Pierva Don Pieres and Maxine Pie rce among others with multiple injuries. The blast occurred when a leaky gas main ignited.
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United Press
Parkersburg
W. Va
Backus
Tate
A, S Mall
Edith Pierva
Don Pieres
Elwise
Inaugural year myths and local crime notes in Corry
A fragmentary local summary notes misdated claims about Presidents Hoover and Coolidge, recounts a youth seized by police after a purse theft and restitution of funds, plus county tax-collector reappointment for G H Gordon and tax concerns in Corry. Weather and fog hampered driving, with a forecast of rising temperatures and clearer midweek. Radio coverage of Hoover inauguration reported widespread reception as Four Sons opened at Rex theater to positive reviews.
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Wits Ward
G. H. Gordon
G.H. Gogdon
Couty
Corry
Alan Macbean
Bri
F. J Westley
Gorty
Rogan
Rex
A + lange
Erie Man Rescued After Ice Break Through Bay
Howard M. Wagner son of Harry Winter and a Buffalo road resident survived a Sunday Bay incident when an airplane propeller struck a pocket of thin ice and Wagner fell into frigid waters. A Yacht Club parson rescued him from the water after he leaped from a sinking boat, narrowly avoiding drowning as ice gave way near the south shore between Fernellism and the Yacht Club.
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Harvard M. Wagner
Yacht Club
Erie
Howard M. Wagner
Harry Winter
The
Directory of the Poor
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Elim
Wagnern
Lvl
Buffato Road
Wis
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BO Milles
Howe
Fernelism
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Cretonnes for Draperies and Home Accessories
A listing of cretonnes suitable for draperies, pillows, porch enclosures, portieres, bags, and covering projects. Includes a range of patterns and textures for home decor and craft use.
Bandit Thot Fatally Shot in Dawn Robbery Case
Harrisburg March 5 A bandit shot fatally during a daylight robbery attempt at the Dauphin Hole here as two accomplices escaped into a crowd at the hotel lobby. A bystander was wounded by a stray bullet. A.M. Browse of New Orleans was named on a wounded man’s pocket token.
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Harrisburg
Dauphin Hole
A.M. Browse
New Orleans
Card Party Planned by Corry Business Women
The Corry Business and Professional Women's Club met last evening at Miss Thelma King's home to plan a charity card party for April 3 proceeds go to the club's scholarship fund A committee led by Miss Sara MacInnes was named plus members include Mesdames Miller Mulderick Lindquist Goring the McCray Paine Murray Thelma King and Mrs Elsie Nichols Hospital superintendent Routh Clyburn joined the group Plans also covered attending the May New Castle convention The next meeting will feature a turkey dinner at Mrs C K Mason's home March 20 at 4 30 with Miss Minnie Rorford chairing the committee and assisted by Mrs Mason Miss Weber Field and Miss Harriet Myers.
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Coury Business and Professional Women
Clio
Misa Thelma King
Sara MacInnes
Mizses Mal
Ya Miller
Margaret Mulderick
Viorence Lindquist
Mildred Goring
C. K. Mason
Congress R Street
Minnie Ror¢ford
Mrs. Mason
Lou Weber
Ger *Thide Field
Harriet Myers
Fire Fighting Apparatus For Spartansburg Borough
Spartansburg officials B H Bixby R V Shreve Earl J Tauber and Glenn R Stead traveled to Pittsburgh last Saturday to inspect and likely purchase a chemical wagon for the borough. Also notes social visits and brief local happenings including guests from Spring Creek Sherman Townville and Centerville plus a family trip to Florida.
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Spartansburg
Messrs
B. H. Bixby
R. V. Shreve
Earl J. Tauber
Glenn R. Steadman
Pittsburgh
Walter Measor
Spring Creek
Rexford Sul
Sadie Kerney
Tidioute
Charles Torrey
Jano Parrington
Slattery Wins Over Len Darcy In Six Rounds
Buffalo report shows Slattery of Buffalo 169 pounds defeating Len Darcy 182 1 2 in six rounds with strong right hands. Other bouts include Maxey Rosenblum beating Garfield Johnson in six, Osk Hill drawing with Jimmy Mahoney, and William Franklin defeating Pepper Freeman in New Rochelle.
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Buffalo
Jimmy Ligtery
Instaight
Len Darcy
Michiganght
Slattery
Maxey Rosenblum
New York
Garfield
Johinson
Pittsburgh
Jimmy Mahoney
Chicago
Osk Hill
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Cassia Fuller
Mary, Weidner
Lloyd Saunders
Centerville
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