Car inspection cuts Pennsylvania accident rate, reports say
United Press Harrisburg report shows a gradual decline in motor vehicle incidents in Pennsylvania due to compulsory inspections and highway safety efforts. In ten months this year 88,525 accidents were reported, down 4,127 from 1931, with 1,526 fatalities by November and property damage around 4.01 million dollars, while injuries rose slightly. October 1982 saw fewer total accidents but higher injuries and fatalities than October 1931.
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Spectacular blaze sweeps Philadelphia armory
United Press reports a fierce fire at the old Third Regiment Armory in Philadelphia. The blaze began in the ammunition room and spread to upper floors, injuring several firefighters and causing a dramatic rescue as deputies were lowered from an adjacent building after supports gave way. Explosions from rifle shells intensified the danger.
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Thanksgiving Day Services at the Christian Science Church
A Thanksgiving Day service is noted for 10 o'clock morning worship at the Christian Science Church. The lesson sermon centers on gratitude to God, citing Psalms and Psalms 118:24. The service invites congregants to give thanks, praising God with song and expressive gratitude beyond words.
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County drops all 1933 building projects in Baie
Baie Nov 23 The county will undertake no building construction in 1933 marking a second straight year of halted capital plans. Officials say taxation limits and debt burdens prevent new work though a tuberculosis hospital and county jail must eventually be built. sparse funds and prior loans constrain decisions while civil groups and taxpayers oppose new expenditures.
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Burglars Hit Kane Restaurant At Eleven
A group of men in hunting outfits burglarized the Grandinett restaurant at 17 Pinley Street last night around 11 o'clock, forcing a transom to enter and escaping with about $4 in change from the cash drawer. The thieves fled via the rear door and nothing else was touched.
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Child Fatally Burned As Gasoline Explodes In Home
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania on November 23 a can of gasoline exploded in a kitchen killing Fairy Aid Melvin Conklin and seriously burning his younger brother Willis, 16 months, who survived with burns. Lon Conklin, the father, his wife and several other children escaped with minor injuries as the blaze destroyed the home.
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Clean Man Is Denied Clemency
ALBANY Nev 26 The Court of Appeals decides that seven convicted murderers who sought to escape the electric chair must die. Only executive clemency can save them. Six murders were involved in the seven cases. The men whose first degree convictions were upheld are Thomas Carpenter and Charles Bates who killed Solomon Atkaz in January 19. William Turner who slew John McGowan a speakeasy proprietor in January 7. Alexander Nunez who killed his step daughter in Yonkers in March. Cornelijig Jamieson lies Reginald Van Hoirston who killed Jacob Solin a merchant in New York on August 11 1931. Vincent Garcia who killed Acquilius Alvarez at Niagara Falls May 6 and Peter Harris who slew Michael Vassel in Olean Mainard.
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Reginald van Hoirston
Jacob Solin
New York
Vincent Garcia
Acquilius Alvarez
Niagara Walls
Peter Harris
Michéel Vassel
Olean
Mainard
Corrupt Officials Scored As Crime Grows
Pittsburgh November 23. Rev F J Huber, superintendent of St Joseph's Protectory for Homeless Boys, told the National Council of Catholic Men that crime is a highly organized business. He faulted corrupt lawyers politicians and police for protecting underworld activities as crime expands in cities and industries.
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Forest Fire Threatens California Timberlands
A large forest fire roared through California’s Say Jude mountains threatening 2000 acres of watershed and timber stands on the northwest slope. A brisk headwind fanned the flames, endangering rich timber and prompting evacuations and firefighting mobilization.
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Akron dirigible on coast cruise with high ranking passengers
Rear Admiral William A. Moret and Frank H. Schofield rode the naval dirigible Akron during an overnight flight. The craft departed from the air station last night and planned a cruise along the coast.
Sharp battle for Speaker of State Assembly erupts
In Harrisburg on the eve of the 1932 General Assembly, rival Republican factions threaten to sue over organization. Grover G. Talbot of Delaware County is a leading speaker candidate, with Williams of Tioga and Stevenson of Mercersburg also linked to the contest. Democratic support centers on Savig and Rhodes as potential House leaders, while the Senate aims to reelect James S. Boyd as president pro tempore amid a slim Democratic influence in the lower chamber.
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Delaware County
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George W. Williams
Tioga County
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Cameron County
Public Service Commission
Wilson G. Savig
Berks County
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James S. Boyd
Montgomery
Senate
Quick Tricks and Honors in Contract Bridge Theory
A fragmentary guide by E V Shepard explains quick trick values in bridge. It discusses honors as defensive and offensive assets, counts quick tricks for declarer and defender, and cautions against relying on exaggerated values for counting or schoolroom play.
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Duranty
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Governor Pinecot's Control of House in 1831 Session
Governor Pinecot steered the 1831 House leadership to elect a speaker but lost party grip in a later special session. The House then operated largely as an independent body with no clear control by his administration or by the state or commissions. A similar pattern is seen in the current session amid factional moves.
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