Night club blast leaves 16 dead and 55 hurt
Police hunt for Ralph Saraceno in Concord after a deadly night club explosion. Agents raid Tony Tucci’s Welch Street farm, seizing two moonshine stills and hundreds of gallons of liquor. Saraceno remains at large as investigators trace his movements.
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Saraceno
Concord
Ralph Sara- Leone
Axithony
Cuszola
Ralph Boodo
Pidioute Mounty
Concord Township
Tony Pucci
Welch
Tuco
Drilling Begins at Kolstee Farm Near Hare Creek Road
Boilers and a drilling rig moved to the Kolstee farm about two miles north of the city on Hare Creek road in preparation for immediate drilling. The rig, owned by a Jamestown driller named Redd, and leases on nearby farms indicate broad support for a potential oil or gas strike. The outcome will be eagerly watched by local residents.
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Hare Creek Farm
Jamestown Man
Kolatee
Hare Creek
Redd
Jamestown
Kolsteo Place
Hearing Set On Auto Crash At Union City Crossroads
A hearing will be held Monday before Alderman G H Gordon in the auto crash case near the Corry Union City highway crossroa ds when Mattie Spencer of Wayne township was seriously injured August 1. Grant of Detroit, driver of the other car, faces charges of reckless driving and speeding as the two vehicles collided at the crossroads. Spencer’s Ford coupe was wrecked and Grant’s car sustained substantial damage.
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Corry Union City
Mattie Spencer
Wayne Township
G. H. Gordon
Mr. Grant
Detroit
Spacer
Slakolman
Allete Highway
Tla
Spencer
Specer
Nine youths held for court in Corry burglaries
Nine Corry youths arrested September 11 face grand jury action in Erie county quarter sessions court on charges of burglary larceny and receiving stolen goods. Bonds set at $600 each as arraignments occurred with most pleading guilty. Most implicated in entries to Wellejus Bakery Shop Corry Country Lab Pinch Billard Portors and others.
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Erie County
B. Portes
Fred Raymond
Melvin Ober
Raymond
Ober
John Brooks
Erie
A. B. Foster
Tater
Clifford Steldon
Leon Jones
Ralph Davis
Lawrence Marah
William Sederburg
Robert Roweh
Cisford Sheldon
Lawrence Firster
Fil
Youtha Wert
Wellejns
Corry
Corry Boy Injured In Fall At Genevea Electric Plant
Herbert Fitch 21 son of Mr and Mrs Arthur W Fitch of 115 We at Columbia Avenue was seriously injured at the Geneva Electric plant Wesleyville when he fell from a locomotive door striking the concrete. He suffered a fractured right arm and facial cuts and was taken to Hamot Hospital for treatment. Fred Cailsch 84 of Union City was stung badly by a swarm of bees on a farm near Corry and was treated at the local hospital. his condition was reported improved.
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Herbert Fitch
Erie Hospital
G. E. Plant
Union City
Arthur W. Fitch
Columbie Avenue
Jed
Geneva
Wesleyvilla Way
Hamot
Bre
Fred Cailsch
Corry Hospital
Cailiach
Tocal Institution
Lindbergh Blazing Trail South On New Flight
United Press reports Col. Charles Lindbergh and wife leave Miami at 8 59 am on a blazed trail to Central American countries. The flight heads toward Hayti leaving from the airport with a group of guests including Glenn Curtiss aboard the new wet company aircraft.
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United Press
Miami
Fla
Chas.j. Lindbergh
Baren
Owung
Hayiina
Lindbergh
Umce
Wet” Company
Annie Lindbersh
Glenn Guirtts
Railroad authorities to halt car turnaround by tracks
Railroad police plan arrests to stop motorists using North Center street tracks for turning around. The campaign targets widespread winter traffic code violations as several women reportedly avoided arrests, prompting the crackdown to end the practice immediately.
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North Center Street
Sro
Collection of 1929 School Taxes Surges Past 1928
Tax Collector George H. Gordon reports over 81 000 dollars in school taxes paid to date, versus about 27 000 at the same point last year. A five per cent penalty begins Tuesday October 19, urging taxpayers to settle next week to avoid the penalty and clear the 1929 assessments.
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George H. Gordon
Gordon
Messenger Boy Vanishes With Securities Worth 512000
A young messenger named Milton Alter vanished in New York after being sent by Fi H Hiscon and Co to obtain securities for Guaranty Trust Co. He disappeared at a lower Broadway bank while awaiting another employee’s arrival. Authorities pursue leads on the missing messenger and the missing securities.
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Welt
Phos
New York
Milton Alter
Fi H
Hiscon and Co
Guaranty ‘Trust Co
Lower Broadway
Massenger
Police Captain Dies at 81 in Clarion
Willem C. G. Downs aged 81 died at his home near Liffiestone after a brief illness. He spent his life on the farm where he worked before retirement. Mount Vernon captain Michael Silverstein testified at the Whith Plains NY trial of Hurl F. Peacox detailing the fatal confrontation with the young wife Dorothy. He described the scuffle in an apartment and how Peacox struck her with a revolver butt and choked her to silence her screams.
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Clarion
Willem c. G. Downs
Liffiestone
Unitea Press
Whith Plains
N.Y
Michael Silverstein
Mount Vernon
Hurl F. Peacox
Dorothy
Supreme Court
Silverstein
Peacox
Fourth Bandit Sought After Beech Creek Bank Robbery
Bellefonte Pennsylvania Sept 20 With one bandit dead another injured and a third in Centre County Jail posse hunt the mountains near Snowshoe for the fourth man of the gang responsible for the Beech Creek bank hold up at noon yesterday Loot totaling 1000 recovered from the wrecked car as two more bandits captured A Raymond Shope and William Kline held in jail and hospital respectively The fourth man believed to have escaped in the bandit car remains at large
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Beech Creek Bank
Clearfield
United Fresh
West Snowshoe Mountain
George Tibbing
Beech Crease
Bath
Frank Walliams
Howard
Joulvert
Test
Centre County
Hepital
Sherrif Dunlap
Bellefonte
Williams
Dr. Timing
Rank Willams
Mitton Sykes
Beech Creek
Pistol Point
Snowshoe Mountain
Imowi
Escaped Inmates Recaptured After Pittsburgh Daytime Sojourn
United Press reports Bert Ganley and Benjamin Bolden escaped from St Prances hospital in Pittsburgh. They wandered the city for hours before being recaptured. The incident followed a separate note on Carmichaels High school girls facing school board rules barring bare leg attire.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Bert Ganley
Benjamin Bolden
Oil Cuy
St. Prances Hospital
Waynesburg
Carmichaels High School
Cumberland Township
Senate opens inquiry into William Shearers Geneva parley role
A Senate naval affairs subcommittee prepared to probe William B. Shearer alleged employee of shipbuilding firms and his part in the Geneva conference of 1927. First witnesses were executives from New York Shipbuilding and Bethlehem Steel, with Bethlehem Shipbuilding and Edward Grace summoned to testify next.
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Senate Naval Affairs
United Press
Washington
Senate Naval Affairs Subcommittee
William 2B
Shearer
Boral I
Teapot Dome
Orst
Geneva
Clinton Bardo
New Yorke Shipbuilding Co
Brown-Hovers Electric Cam
Norman R. Parker
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Shipburning Co
The
Steel Corporation
Toanorrow
S. W. Wakeian
Grace
Wakeian
Renew Election Fraud Probe In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh report on the grand jury continued its probe into alleged tax assessment frauds tied to a fiery Republican primary. Witnesses included George J. Schad Roy Schooley and Howard J. Kenna Jr with focus on mass names on assessment books and ward level canvassing procedures.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Charles Kline
George J. Schad
Board of Tax Assessment
Roy Schooley
Howard J. Kenna, Jr
Schad
Schooley
Common Pleas Court
Kenna
Jenna
Five Best Radio Entertainments Listed with Networks
A listing of today’s top radio entertainments includes Cities Service Hour on WABG CBS Network at 8 00 EST True Story Hour on NBC Network at 8 00 EST Jones and Hare on NBC Network 8 00 EST Philes Theatre Hour on WEAF NBC Network 7 30 EST Schraderlown Band on NBC Network.
Heavy May frost damages crops and gardens in city
A second heavy frost this May damaged late crops and home gardens in the city. The frost covered the area again and hit exposed locations, signaling the early arrival of fall with the upcoming schedule for Monday, September 23.
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Tie City
Wing to be given hearing Monday night in fatal shooting
George Wing 29 of Concord township faces a hearing before Alderman C B Porter Monday at 7:30 pm on a charge of assault with intent to kill in the August 1 shooting that killed a one year old child of Mr and Mrs Louis Lavern Ormsbee. Wing is jailed in Erie County and allegedly confessed. inquest held him responsible for the child's death.
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Concord Township
C. B. Porter
George Wing
George Laverne
Louis Lavern Ormsbee
Jana Félonidus Aasault
Man Dies in Pittsburgh Club Fire
A mysterious fire at a three story frame club in Pittsburgh killed Pett Mullen, 58, shortly after midnight. Police and deputies arrested Owen McAvoy, 61, on charges tied to a whiskey house. liquor and evidence were seized. Firemen found Mullen's body in a rear room as flames began. Mullen reportedly entered via a secret latch and fled when smoke overwhelmed him.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Pett Mullen
Woroers
Owen McAvoy
Mallen
Mullen
Wamas
McAvoy
Sharon men indicted in U S court on auto theft charges
Stephen Kull Jr and George Timko were indicted by a federal grand jury in Sharon Pennsylvania on charges of stealing an automobile and transporting a Mannlato Minnesota.
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Sharon
U.S
United Press Hri
Stephen Kull,Jr
George Timko
Esesfon
Heta
Minn
Detroit Club Fire Leaves Dozens Dead and Wounded
A mystifying blaze at Detroit's premier nightclub ravaged the Study Chili on Vernor Highway, killing sixteen and injuring fifty-two. Fire officials suspect a basement ignition or bomb as the cause, with $35,000 in damage.
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United Press
Ani
Detroit
Jessi
Chili da Vernor Highway
Wis
Ure Morgue
Wallace Krueger
Grand Rapids
Bertha Kelly
Morrison Manning
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