Kidnapers Captured After Gun Battle At Westheim Estate
Police hid for three nights, then trapped four men attempting to kidnap Robert Westheim. A gun battle left Police Chief A. Tinker and Lt. Amos Anderson wounded. Three suspects named John Cillins, 13, Joseph Borg, 26, and Edgar La Rose, 38, were captured. a fourth suspect escaped. Robert was safe with relatives in New York.
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United Press
Darien
Conn
Gustave W. Westheim
Westheim
Iet
West"heim
Robert
New York
Ae A. Tinker
Amos Anderson
John Cillins
Joseph Borg
Providence
Aun
Edgar la Rose
Pawtucket
State Abandons Monthly Relief Allocations in Pennsylvania
The Emergency Relief Board halted two years of monthly relief allocations to all 67 counties. For November, $13,062,880 was set aside for direct and work relief, with $6.5 million to food or direct relief and $4.215 million for work relief. State funds of 3.5 million were moved from loans to the general fund.
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As Relief Board
United Press
Harrisburg
State Emergency Relief Board
Bureau of Transients
Xork
Work Begins on Athletic Field November 19th
Board of Education set the start date for grading the Junior High athletic field and outlined funding details. Twenty-one laborers five drivers one foreman and a timekeeper will be employed for several months with loam topsoil planned across the field. The board authorized a gravel contract with Mrs Ads Scott and approved wages for teams and drivers through FERA.
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Board of Education
FHRA
Ads Scott
East Wayne Street
FERA
Mutilation case shocks Nashville as child is found
In Nashville on November 16 authorities announced the grim outcome of an intensive hunt for a child abducted two months earlier. Dorothy Ann Distelhurst's remains showed acid mutilation to the face and eyes and a skull fracture from blows, with ransom notes previously claimed by her father A H Distelhurst. Federal agents and police continue the covert investigation as clues point to a man known to orchestrate the ransom attempt and murder.
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Unitea Presa
Nashville
Tenn
Wapert
Dorothy Ann
Hupst
Tset
Bem
Herman Spitz
A. Hi. Distelhurst
Distelhurst
New York
Spitz
Spolles
Tabir
Bear Creek sewer project begins after West Irving work
Work on the Bear Creek sewer starts with brush cutting and channel straightening along the creek as part of the Second Ward improvements. Crews shift from West Irving Street to Bear Creek, aiming to relieve a long standing nuisance and extend sewer lines below East Wayne Street. Progress continues on West Congress Street sewer with pavement repairs delayed by cold weather. West Frederick and King Street sewer starts planned after Congress work.
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Irving Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Wayne Street
Second Ward
Wayne Street
Hich
Worle
Congress Street
West Frederick
King Street
West Congress Street
Bean
Two Dead in Hotel Fire in Geneva New York
Flames trapped sleeping guests in the Park Hotel causing two deaths and two serious injuries. Identifications tentatively name James Danahe of Geneva and Jay Beljon of Rochester or Buffalo. Firemen rescued several others as workers and guests escaped or jumped from a second story window. Charles Hanrahan and Mick Canzano were injured, Hanrahan breaking a leg.
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United Press
Geneva
N.Y
Park Hotel
James Danahe
Jay Beljon
Recheater
Buffalo
Charles Hanrahan
Mick Canzano
Rochester
Avina Dow
Hanrahan
Post Delays Flight to Stratosphere from Chicago
Nov 18 Wiley Post’s planned Winnie Mae stratosphere flight near Chicago was postponed two to three hours at Curtiss Reynolds airport. He aims to climb 60,000 feet, 10,000 feet higher than any previous aircraft, weather favorable though an intense atmospheric area over Chicago limited visibility. The Winnie Mae, once circled the globe, now features 1200 horsepower, a new supercharger, heavy glass cabin ports, and a sealed door to maintain cabin air at extreme altitudes.
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Chicago
Wiley Post
Curtiss-Reynolds
Post
Tts
Roosevelt Urges Nation to Carry On Like Pioneers in Kentucky
President Roosevelt, in Harrodsburg, urges a new pioneering spirit to meet modern challenges. He dedicates a memorial to George Rogers Clark and outlines a Commonwealth plan, saying America must carry on with the ambition of early settlers. Cabinet members and Kentucky leaders attend the first Kentucky trip of his presidency.
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George Rogers Clark
Frederick A. Storm
United Press
Harrodsburg, Ky
Roosevelt
Thotsanda
Tennessee Valley
Harrodsburg
Commonwealth
America
Ruby Laffoon
Athen W. Barkley
Kentucky
Harrods
Tar Tank Death Shocks Sharpsville Man
John Shellito, 60, was fatally burned while repairing tar tanks in Sharpsville Pa. He climbed to the top to escape tar fumes and fell back, engulfed by flames as two coworkers were rescued below. Fire started when tar was melted to repair the tanks.
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Man
United Press
Sharpsville
John Shellito
Shellito
Harry Rhofanz
Ernest Carr
Shelitto
Vlo
Defense rests case in Insull fraud trial
Chicago reports defense by Samuel Insull and 16 co defendants ending their push against charges of a 44 million dollar swindle. Prosecutors promised to finish rebuttal today as the trial heads toward jury deliberation next week. Young Insull, praised by his father as one of the smartest utility men, grew testy under cross examination.
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United Press
Chicago
Samuel Insull
Tony
Leslie Salter
Yang Insull
The
Corporation Securities Company
Crown Pirnte
Dwight H. Green
Young Tosull
Salter
Corry Attorneys Lead Erie Bar Committees
Three Corry lawyers joined Erie County Bar Association panels for the year 193 with appointments announced by President Isador Sobel. Walter E. Scott heads bankruptcy laws. Walter L. Peake handles publicity. Blaine Kincaid chairs establishment of federal counts in Erie. other members cover grievance, law groups, and civic relations.
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Corry
Erie County Bar Association
Isador Sobel
Walter E. Scott
Walter L. Peake
Blaine Kincaid
Erie
Chaimien
Astel
Sobel
Henry B. Fish
Lsw
James Sherwin
J. B
J. B. Reed Legal Aid
Gerald P. O'Connor
George M. Mason
J. B. Hela
P.W. Gifford
William B. Washabaugh
Henry E. Bish
Frank A. Bllley
Juliante
Hertzler
W. Pith Gifford
Y. Rossiter
Dairymen Receive Four-Cent Increase
Dairymen of Corry and vicinity will receive $1.40 for their October milk from the Ines plant of the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association. The rise, four cents over September, includes $1.23 cash, a ten percent plant volume premium and seven cents in certificates.
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Dairymen of
Corry and Vicinity
Ines
Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association
False fire alarms trigger hunt for culprits in city
Police and fire officials continue probing two late night false alarms at box 87 in the Third Ward and Aero Supply in the Fourth Ward. An auto carrying three suspects fled east on East Main after Patrolman Ross Mead intervened, but the trio escaped. Investigators warn of suspensions from Stanford Hose Company if suspects are linked to the incidents.
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Aero Supply Corporation
Sully
Ross Mead
East Main Street
Church Street
Spring
Second Avenue
Paulson
Stanford Hose Company
One Dead Three Ill From Poison Alcohol
Camden New Jersey November 16 A bootlegger sold poison alcohol to four men who drank more than a quart. John Murphy 36 Philadelphia World War veteran died Gustave Hilgren 32 Gloucester blinded Joseph Farley 28 and Douglas Bott 20 seriously ill Detective Chief Lawerence T Doran said investigators were told the four consumed the liquor.
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United Press
Camden
N. J
John Murphy
Philadelphia
Anobther
Gustave Hilgren
Gloucester
Joseph Farley
Douglas Bott
Compromise in naval ratio dispute reported by press
A London based report says Britain acts as mediator offering US recognition of Japanese naval equality in theory while Japan would not claim real equality. The plan envisions voluntary limits by each nation and a temporary arrangement with renewed talks later.
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Great Britain
United States
London
Great
Britain
Japan
Roosvelt
Corduct
Hull
Washington
Negligence by Driver Blamed in Fatal Wattsburg Crash
A coroner jury found Glen Teed at fault for the collision that killed Ralph Peck of Wattsburg. The accident occurred near an intersection between Wattsburg and Phillipsville after Peck, a passenger in a car driven by Ted, died at Union City hospital the day after being injured on October 12. The other operator was exonerated of blame.
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Glen Teed
Ralph Peck
Wattsburg
Charles Patterson
East Irving Street
Peck
Union City Hospital
Charles McPannell
John Rowse
Ben Wrig
Ross Phelps
Hart Baldwin
Dave Gi
Firemen Get-Together Highlights Hose Company Luncheon
About 150 members of the Stanford Hose Company gathered at the First Ward fire station for a buffet luncheon and social. A meeting announced a constitutional revision making the Corry Firemen's Relief Association allied solely with the Stanford Hose Company, consolidating four former connected organizations into closer cooperation while keeping officers separate.
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Stautor Hose Company
First Ward
Corry Firemen’s Relief ‘Association
Stanford Hose Company
Relief Association
Damages Awarded in Warren Back Rent Suit
A Warren county jury awarded damages in a back rent case brought by Bya P. Bigoney for the use of Frank G. Kemper against Charley Hil. The verdict netted 38.12 dollars after a contested defense.
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Warren County
Bya P. Bigoney
Frank G. Kemper
Charley Hil
Miss Biganey
Edie
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Boy
Maniac
Tennessee
Bear Creek
West Irving Street
Winnie~Mae
Sharpsvilleman
Frederick Kuh
Warren
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