Bomb strikes home of Sacco Vanzetti judge Webster Thayer
Worcester Mass September 27 Judge Webster Thayer who presided over the Sacco Vanzetti case escaped injury when a bomb wrecked his West Side home. Thayer, 62, and his wife and maid were hospitalized with non serious injuries while debris damaged nearby properties. Police consider the blast linked to the Sacco Vanzetti case amid previous death threats against Thayer.
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Worcester
Mass
Webster Thayer
West Side
Massachusetts Superior Court
Joan Ashe
Thayer
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Fish pediMer
State Prison
South Braintree
Sdecu-Vanzetti
Coolidge to lead commission to protect investments and railroads
New York Sept 27 Former President Calvin Coolidge expected to accept chairmanship of a nonpartisan commission to survey and sponsor legislation aimed at protecting investments and savings, reducing losses, and shielding railroads from financial peril. The plan, backed by large financial and industrial interests, seeks to curb evils that threaten property and credit amid a low mood and ongoing railroad losses despite government support.
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Lowfu L. Leake
United Press
New York
Calvin Coolidge
Sich
Alfred JH
Smith
Bernaya MM
Burich
Clarke Howell
van Precedentel
Northern Pacific Railroad
Push hunt for sunken sloop with treasure
Delaware Bay expedition members inspect a blackened timber fragment believed oak from the sunken Dutch sloop Debraak or Debranic. Built 1787 for the Dutch navy, it went down off Lewes on May 8 1798 carrying gold and treasure. Divers retrieved wood after a Galway boat struck submerged wreckage, fueling hopes the ship held immense riches.
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Lewel
Del
Delaware Bay
Galway& Heet
Ting
Tha Sanges
Old Chaiis
R Hugh Admiralty
Benjamin S. At- Soreoh
Lewes
Weal Miias
Van Orman Wins Fifth James Gordon Bennett Cup Balloon Race
Basle Switzerland Sept 27 veteran American balloonist Ward T Van Orman won the James Gordon Bennett Cup for the fifth time with a Basle to Kovno Lithuania flight in the Goodyear blimp. He landed at Kovno at 8 20 a m today after 16 balloons finished. The last to land was the U S Navy balloon at Wasynte near Vula Lithuania at 10 a m. The distance was slightly short of the Kovno course, giving the United States permanent possession of the cup. Pilot Lt Commander T G W Settle and Alfred Bustunell were reported in good condition.
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United Press
Basle
Switzerland
Ward T. van Orman
Kovno
Lithuania
van Orman
Avnir
U. S
Wasynte
Vula
United States
T, G, W, Settle
Alfred Bustunell
Two On Probation After Guilty Pleas In Pittsburgh
George Collins 32, former Bell postmaster in Somerset County, and Mary A Mauss 53 of Altoona, pleaded guilty in federal court and were placed on two years probation. Collins faced embezzlement charges for $241.08 in postal funds. Arrest details indicate investigators tracked him after the post office closure in St Louis.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
George Collins
Bell
Somerset County
Mary A. Mauss
Altoona
Gollins
St. Louis
Child Is Insured as Blast Wrecks Home
A blast partially wrecked a Lock Tour, Pennsylvania, house injuring a one month old girl and throwing three others from their beds. The occupants include R. H. Winship and wife, secretary of a welfare group, their son Charles, the Winships’ daughter Helen Klawns, and grandchildren Charles Jr and Hertha. C. B. Copeland and his daughter and grandson were also listed as residents.
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United Prose Charlo
Rot
Lock Tour
R. H. Winship
Lock Pour
Charles Winship
Kla Wns
Helen
Charles, Jr
Hertha
C. B. Copeland
Forest Fires Threaten Homes in Lochs Gap Area
Mount Carmel September 27. Twelve forest fires raged across the territory burning hundreds of acres of timber and brush. Residents of Lochs Gap battled a blaze that threatened to reach their homes as crews fought Bree near small mixing communities.
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United Press
MT. Carmel
Lochs Gap
Cozens
Bree
Taxpayers of 37 Pennsylvania counties organized
Rural taxpayers across 37 Pennsylvania counties formed the Tax Justice League of Pennsylvania in State College on September 27. T. J. Rawlings of Blairsville was named president. The group backs a flat income tax for schools, eliminating road taxes on real estate, reallocating major fees to fund roads, immediate utility rate cuts, and real estate stock and corporate taxation reforms.
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United Press State College
Pennsylvania
Tax Justice League of Pennsylvania
T. J. Rawlings
Blairsville
Edinboro Dean Speaks on The Girl Problem at Rotary
Miss Florence Sankel dean of women at Edinboro State Teachers College spoke to the Rotary Club at the Hotel Corry on today’s girl problems. She contrasted conditions now and twenty years ago and discussed smoking among girls and faculty efforts to curb it. She also described student government at Edinboro and its role in fostering personal responsibility. Guests included Mrs Crayford Edinboro Rev Cobb Cambridge Springs and Condra O Bare Corry.
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Rotary Clip
Edinboro State Teachers’ College
Tlorence Sankel
Edinboro College
Service Club
Hotel Corry
Kankel
Wm. Cobb
Cambridge Springs
Condra O'Bare
Corry
Unlicensed barbers placed under arrest in Pittsburgh
Warrants charging two western Pennsylvania barbers with violation of the state tag requiring Neensea for all barbers were issued and served by Constable John Healy. Those charged included George Jacobs of Keport, John Milewski, and Peter Colibath of Carnegie.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Tto
Western Pennsylvania
John Healy
Pennsylvania
Alderman
W. Haas
Fice
George Jacobs
He Mkeeaport
John Milewski
Peter Colibath
2 Day Meeting Concludes This Afternoon at Evie Presbytery
Describing China as a struggle among communism imperialism and Christianity, Dr A R Kepler of the United Church of China spoke at the Evie Presbytery Gathering. The meeting opened Monday with prayers, approved council reports, and welcomed new and returning pastors as it adjourns later today.
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A.R. Kepler
Church of China
Erie Presbytery
China
Russia
Japan
Br A. R. Kepler
United Church of China
Brough
Far East
Evie
Theall
First Presbyterian Chuch
Kepler
Ralph Marshall Davis
Brit
General Council of Presbytery
J. 1K
MacGillivray
Polk
Mir. MacGillivray
Presbytery of
Maitland
Canadian Presbyterian Church
H. Schimpf
J. P. Dent
Pittsburgh
Varius
Presbytery
Tle
Joseph Lindsay
W. Ro Farmer
Western Theological Seminary
Committee of Foreign Missions
United Church of Christ
Ching
United Church of Christ In
Man Awakens to Rescue Wife and Son From Gas
Philadelphia Sept 27 John Mizay woke to save his wife Mary 45 and their twelve year old son John Jr from gas near asphyxiation. The father heard the odor and found both victims unconscious in their bedrooms. Police helped rush them to a hospital. Gas escaped from a loose hose.
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Philadelphia
John Mizay
Jine
Mary
John, Jr
German fliers visit Manila completing Hong Kong flight
German aviators Captain Von Gronau and companions landed a Dornier flying boat in Manila at 2:48 pm completing their flight from Hong Kong. The flyer had already crossed the Atlantic and Pacific as part of a globe-circling route begun from Hong Kong earlier today. The journey marks a notable feat in long distance air travel.
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Manila
Rept
Woltewig von Gronau
Hong Kong
Fier
Pacific
Japan Held to Blame for Mukden Attack
Geneva report from the Lyttox commission for the League of Nations blames Japan for the Mukden incident in Manchuria on September 18, 1931. The document, due for public release Saturday, cites a compromise clause while noting Japanese officers believed their actions were in self defense after heavy fighting on both sides.
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Japan
Mukden
United Press
Geneva
Lyttox Commission
League of Nations
Farastern Tonciet
Mukcen
Manchuria
Mikden
League Acts In Chaco Dispute Resolution Effort
Geneva Sept 27 The League of Nations council appointed a committee to cooperate with neutral American nations to help settle the Gran Chaco dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay. Ramion de Valera opened the league assembly stressing the gravity of the war threat between the two League members.
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Una
Geneva
League of Nations Council
Gran Chaco
Bolivia
Paraguay
Ramion de Valera
League Assembly
Chaco
Butler Stamps for Roosevelt Defends Vets in Pittsburgh
Major General Smedley Butler on a campaign tour for Franklin D. Roosevelt defended veterans seeking immediate bonus payments. He cited his 14 debt collecting expeditions and denounced critics as treasury raiders while arguing soldiers did not cause the debt.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Smediey D. Butler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Butler
Iit
Treasury
Roosevelt
Fuito
Maine
pMicer
Haiti
Davis Counsel Moves to Prove Check for Loan
Attorneys for Senator James J. Davis, charged with lottery law violations, argued funds traced to alleged lottery receipts were loans repaid to Davis. Secretary Treasurer Fret W. Jones testified about a $15,300–$15,800 loan repayment linked to the Moose organization and the Auto Typist Co. involvement.
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Sandor S. Klein
United Press
New York
James J. Davis
Davis
W. Jones
Moose Organization Department
Charles J. Margiotti
Jones
Moose
tieIheodore Miller
Moose Propagation Department
Dayli
Wiese
Miller
Te Auto Typist Co
Propagation Department
Propugil
Prohibition party urged by Philadelphia Methodists
Philadelphia temperance committee urges votes for Prohibition party candidates as both major parties allegedly insulted the dry cause. Some ministers supported the move as safer with Hoover, while others warned it would weaken prohibition. The meeting voiced conviction liquor is a distilled damage and cannot be legalized without sin.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Methodist Preachers
Gladstone Holm
Wesley Building
Hoover
Christant H. Shirk
Arthur & Walls
Brookline
Capture Last of Fugitives From Rackere Penitentiary
The last of five escapees from Rackeres penitentiary in Sellefponte was recaptured near Malestrom after guards opened fire to halt him. Frank Scott of Pittsburgh was seized at a farm owned by Mirx Charles Luts while a woman alerted authorities. Scott attempted to flee, two guards fired, and he dropped to the ground, offering no resistance.
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Sellefonte
Rackeres Penitentiary
Frank Scott
Pittsburgh
Scott
Wmirx
Charles Luts
Filmore
Malestrom
Beatt
Devastating Puerto Rico Hurricane Kills Dozens at San Juan
Reports from San Juan estimate hurricane deaths around fifty with vast property damage and widespread injuries. Red Cross mobilizes relief as the storm, stronger than 1928’s disaster, roars in from the Lesser Antilles. Authorities fear high casualties and extensive wreckage across Bayamon Rio Piedras and Guayanabo.
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Boston
San Juan
W. F. O'Reilly
University of Porto
el Munda
Bayamon
Rio Piedras
Guayanabo
Puerto Rico
Huricane
Red Cross
Washington
Pan Amercad Airways
New York
Lesser Antilles
U.S. Weather Bureau
Haiti
ST. Thomas
Virgin Island
Tortola
American Red Cross
George Smith
Miami
San Julai San Juan
Porto Rico
San
Philadelphia High Schools Open In Fall Term
In Philadelphia on September 27 the senior high schools, vocational schools, and other centers opened for the fall term. Only five new infantile paralysis cases were reported today. no deaths occurred. Schools had remained closed earlier due to the flu scare, but the new term began with abating conditions and students returning to classes.
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Philadelphia
Niccmhe
Jis
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