Laval projects a united Europe and disarmament drive
The report outlines Red Cross roll call preparations for 1921 with the Corry chapter mobilizing a local relief effort. It notes $806.08 Local relief spending, $50 balance, and $0.50 of every dollar going to national HQ. Pinchot announces winter relief camps for unemployed Pennsylvanians on state road projects.
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Carry Relief Fund
Carry
Redhogs
Red Cross
Cony
Maetjest
John Ward
Corry Relief Fund Committee
Milon L. Brown
National Red Cross
Ralph W. Barker
Washington
American Red Cross
Thomas Giblin
W. M. Howtehton
Clifton Howard
United Press
Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Reed
State Treasury Department
Capone's Bodyguard Sentenced for Contempt of Court
Phil D'Anares, Capone associate and bodyguard, received six months in county jail for contempt of court related to the Capone crime tax fraud trial. Judge James J. Wilkerson noted D'Anares' ties to an outlaw group led by Capone and his frequent presence at the Lexington Hotel, the gang's HQ.
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Unites Erese Chicaco
Cet
Phil DiAntres
al Capone
Rarnty
United States
James J. Wilkeereen
Tuager
Lenngton Hotel
Capone
Suit seeks 75000 damages from Erie Meter Systems
Oscar W. Kummerlow of Halethorpe Maryland filed in federal court for 75000 against Erie Meter Systems Inc Claiming a broken meter line at a Belair Maryland filling station caused gasoline to ignite He says a gasoline shower enveloped him while employed as a construction foreman November 6 1929 He reports seven weeks of illness and six months incapacity with a loss of eyesight and partial use of hands and arms The suit alleges a defective meter line caused the incident
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Oscar W. Kummerlow
Halethorpe
Erie Meter Systems, Inc
Wie
Kummeriow
Belair
Kummerlow
Low
West Is Making Quick Recovery From Blizzard
West region and Montana Wyoming endured a first blizzard with 66 mile per hour winds. Transportation and communications lines were repaired quickly as the storm moved northeast toward Minnesota. Coal mines reopened and hundreds of workers found jobs with strong coal demand and stable retail coal prices.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
Flontana
Wyoming
Minnesota
Canadian Plains
Montana
Japan Accepts One Year Armament Truce
TOKIO October 28 Japan accepted a one year armament truce as a preliminary step toward naval the League of Nations Geneva negotiations for naval holiday. The cabinet voted to inform the league with the condition that the truce be acceptable to neighboring powers.
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Vy . Tokio
Japan
Géneva
League
Hoover drafts new policy for Philippines
President Hoover outlines a policy offering aid to economic and governmental stability in the Philippines with independence tied to conditions. He plans to present the proposal in December and veto any bill calling for immediate independence. He works with Secretary Hurley to foster self government and foreign markets while guarding against premature independence.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Philia
Congress
War Hurley
Islands
Voters Reject Gas Franchise Renewal in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City citizens voted 13 198 to 880 against renewing the Oklahoma Natural Gas Corporation franchise. The utility’s current franchise has three years left. rates were recently cut from 7 cents to 4.5 cents per thousand cubic feet, claimed as the lowest city gas rates in a 2 000 plus population area. Governor Murray had campaigned against high public utility charges.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Natural Gas Corporation
Fim
Olighomia City
Ety City
William H.murray
French Leader Laval Seeks United Europe and Disarmament
In Oct 1931 aboard the Ile de France Premier Laval outlines a vision for a united Europe and shared disarmament underpinned by interdependence among nations including France and Germany. He cites Hoover Briand and Berlin talks, stressing political and military disarmament beyond national borders and plans to confer with Briand before Parliament.
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Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Ile DE Francs
Europe
United Europe
Pierre Laval
France
Ito
Laval
Hoover
Washington
Satesman
Aristide Briand
Briening
Berlin
Briand
Rence
Gamany
Lavel
Germany
Earopa
Dayal
Beever
Japs Deny Move Against Russia in North Manchuria
Tokyo officials clarified that Japanese actions in North Manchuria should not be viewed as threats to Russia. Foreign Minister Baron Shidehart denied any ultimatum to Chinese officers over damage to a railway bridge, noting repairs by workers from the South Manchurian Railway.
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Manchuria
United Press
Baron Shidehart
Teitsthar
Nonni River
Two Suspects Held In Theatre Bombing Case
Two suspects Serafina Pittenston of Stawe township and Anthony DeAngelo of Pittock Pennsylvania denied links to the theatre bombing and a home bombing in Mokees Rocks. They admitted throwing stench bombs in a theatre and were held for further investigation after hearings.
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Iy United Press
Pittsburgh
Mokees Rocks
Serafina Pittenston
Stawe Township
Anthony Deangelo
Pittock
Thomas J. Conley
Colonial Theatre
Man Killed by Auto on Wattsburg Road
Abner Tuttle, aged man with no fixed address, was struck by a truck driven by George Lawstutter on Wattsburg Road near Loyville. He was taken to St. Vincent's hospital in Erie where he died at 10 o'clock. Coroner Dan Hanley will decide if an inquest is held after further inquiry into the fatality.
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St. Vincent's Hospital
Sour Houry
AlLough
Trentity
Westness
Dan Hanley
Rescue three Crusoes from small island in Pacific
United Press reports three castaways Harl Palliser Paul Stachwick and Dyan Gordon Braymer were rescued by the USS Sacramento after six months on a tiny Pacific island 500 miles from Balboa They lived on fish wild pigs and coconuts wearing only loin cloths and survived a wrecked yawl West Wind before rescue efforts reached them.
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United Press
Washington
Balboa
Coos Island
Pacific
Patama
Defoe
Harl Palliser
San Diego
Calif
Paul Stachwick
Allison
Fechet Retires From Service After Long Army Air Corps Career
Washington reports Major General James Fechet retires from active service at age 54 after rising from private in the Spanish American War to leading aviation efforts in the Army Air Corps. His successor is Brigadier General Benjamin Foulois, who also began as a private and served in prior conflicts.
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United Press
Washington
Army Air Corps
Hyetam
James BE. Fechet
Geferal
Mason Patrick
Pater
Bechet Js
DIES FROM SHOCK IN ERIE DENTIST'S OFFICE
John P Reynolds, 60, of Grib Pa, died yesterday after a dental procedure in Erie. A focal anesthetic was used and two teeth were removed before Reynolds collapsed. Physicians and firefighters tried for two hours to revive him with a pulmotor.
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United Press
Grib
John P Reynolds
Reynolds
New Borrowing Power Granted School Boards
Harrisburg report says school boards may issue temporary obligations payable within one year from current revenues to cover current expenses. The opinion, issued to the Department of Public Instruction, cites a school code amendment allowing loans during low revenue periods for up to two years, but not beyond two years.
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United Press
Harrisburg
H. G. Arnold
Department of Public Instruction
Tee Education Department
Latrobe
Harris
Lemon Sentenced in Major Motor Theft Ring Case
Howard Lemon pleaded guilty to involvement in a large tri state motor theft ring and was sentenced in federal court to two years in Atlanta Penitentiary in Wheeling West Virginia on October 28.
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Lemon
United Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Howard Lemon
Tri-State
Atlanta
Five Best Radio Entertainments Listed by Networks
Radio listings show NBC CBS and ABC network programs across stations WHE NBC WABG CBS and WABC. Entries include Swanp and Peep Pryor band Melidy tacmients and Rochester orchestra with time slots from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
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WEAF
NBC
Galabergs
CBS
Pryor
Melidy
WABC
Rochester Orchestra
Socialists and Laborites Lose by Landslide
London reports a landslide in the general election. The national coalition Conservatives gain a dominant Commons majority while the Labor party is nearly wiped out. Lloyd George’s Liberals collapse and Liberal leaders Simon and Samuel lose their seats as government aims for tariff and imperial preference policies.
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Clifford L. Day
United Press
London
Great Britain
National Coalition
Labor
Arthur Henderson
Qanon
Ransport House
David Lloyd George
Liberal Party
John Simo
Herbert Samuel
Nations
Simon
Samuel
Tabor
Lloyd George
9R & Coffree
Pranler
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Te‘o
House of Commons
Seaham Aivision
Durham
Coxon
Laborite
George Lumeley
Wells Warns of British Election Risk Amid Greek Tensions
Oct 28 Washington H G Wells, eminent British novelist, warns of danger in Britain’s parliamentary vote as tensions in Greece and Canary Islands threaten stability. He argues ruling party faces upheaval if coalition reforms fail, signaling uncertain fate for the government.
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United Pris
Washington
H G. Wella
Britain
Bute
Canary Five Nations
Toperd
Soman
Jan Ane
Roctillatie
Secant Paemmeumistie
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Wells
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