Wire Thieves Caught Could Lead to Big Breaks
Newark police captured Charles J. Wilder an Tony and Nicholas Saratella, reputed leaders of a long running wire cutting ring. Authorities say the gang stole vast quantities of trolley wire, possibly three tons, across Union and surrounding counties, with operations tied to a Newark junkyard.
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Charles J. Wilderan
Tony
Nicholas Ratelin
Newark
Pion County
Deetive Gelatian
Saratella Gang
Union County
Wilderman
Saratella Brothers
Willerman
Tle
Essex
Moris
Morris County
Morris County Traction Company
Newark Creatives
Saratellas
Hold Town at Bay as Bank Robbers Loot Walston
Six masked robbers held Walston residents at bay for three hours in Alahoma City Oklahoma while dynamiting the bank vault and escaping with more than 6000 dollars. Fourteen shots of nitro glycerine were used before the vault was shattered. A town posse pursues the robbers.
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Alahoma City
Okla
Walston A Bay
Westminster Hope Chapel Receives 500 Gift for Fund Drive
Santa Claus presented a $500 gold certificate to Westminster Hope Chapel, boosting the building fund beyond $3,000. The gift supports plans for a new church on adjacent land, with the current ice building to be sold mortgage free. The holiday program featured a cantata “Christmas of All Nations,” carols, recitations, and a charity food drive for dinners in coming years.
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Santa Claus
Westminster Hope Chapel
William B. Hamilton
Fifty Dead Feared in West Virginia Mine Disaster
Maybury West Virginia December 30 officials fear fifty miners died in the Lick Branch Mine explosion. At 10 this morning thirty men were buried and the foreman claimed forty one still entombed in an older section near Tug River. Rescue teams and inspectors labored through the night as forty two miners had been removed, twelve of whom died, with the main shaft only partially explored. The mine is Southern West Virginia's largest, employing four hundred men.
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Maybury
W. Va
Lick Branch
Tug River
Phillips
Warner
Henry
Brady
West Virginia
White House New Year Reception Plans Highlight Roosevelt Era
The White House New Year's Day reception is set as the administration's most notable event under Roosevelt. Miss Ethel will join the distinguished party of ladies as the diplomatic corps leads the line. The event starts at 11 with the corps, then the public enters at 1.
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Journal
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Ethel
Diplomatic Corps
City Hall Vault Breached By Firemen Pretending Burglars
City officials staged an audacious safe cracking attempt at City Hall to access the finance department vault. Using ladders and tools, they forced entry through a window after jolting the iron shutters, with experts to assess the lock mechanism and possible building settling as a cause.
Well-Known Druggist Henry A Kent Dies at 68
Henry A Kent a longtime druggist at East Broad and Jefferson avenues died at 9 17 this morning at his home 322 Jefferson avenue of pneumonia aged 68 He was born in Boston August 19 1840 and came to this city in 1871 to open a pharmacy He leaves a widow three sons and two daughters and his death brings gloom to many in the neighborhood with friends describing him as kind hearted and charitable
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Henry Avery Kent
Elizabeth
Jefferson Avenue
Mr. Kent
Boston
Mass
New York City
East Broad Street
Legion
Kent
First Baptist
Percy H
Emily Marion Kent
T. H. Lenci
South Orange
Bond Issue in Question Returns to Committee
City Council to revisit an ordinance for 24000 in bonds to fund a new Eleventh ward firehouse. Minor irregularities in the ordinance led Mayor Ryan to refer the measure to the City Attorney and back to committee, with possible restart by the new council if defects cannot be corrected.
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Ryan
Certiorari Refused in Wade and Callahan Case
Justice Bergen in Somerville refused the writ of certiorari filed by Former Governor Foster M Voorhees for Wade and Callahan challenging the proposed sewer system ordinance. He ruled the applicants are interested per se and that action should have been taken immediately after passage. He noted possible February applications by others and hinted the ordinance may be invalid.
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Justice Bergen
Somerville
Foster M. Voorhees
Wade & Callahan
Council
Wade & Callahad
Bergen
Supreme Court
Fevcuary
Voorhees
Board of Education Probes School No 3 Deepens Inquiry
The special committee met to complete a report on the School No 3 investigation for tonight's board meeting. Officials say the session will be unusually interesting with several other matters to consider alongside the school tangle.
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Board of Education
Overdue steamer Urania reaches quarantine
The steamer Urania finally arrived at quarantine after a voyage from Fowey England. It left December 1 and was due to reach Borton on December 16, causing prior anxiety among observers. Respective authorities confirmed the vessel's safe containment.
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Heston
Fowey
England
Borton
Fewer Crimes of Magnitude in Elizabeth Reported
Police report a quieter year with a rise in arrests mainly for minor offenses amid a growing population and immigrant labor influx. Only one murder occurred. serious crimes such as burglaries and theft were rare, and most cases were cleared up as authorities assert strict suppression of vice.
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Elizabeth
Standard Oil
Ates
Death toll soars in Calabria and Sicily amid famine and disease
Rome reports pestilence and famine devastate Calabria and Sicily with meningitis and pneumonia adding to the catastrophe. Death estimates range from 35,000 to 120,000 as survivors suffer shock and delirium. Volcanic threats from Etna and Stromboli, aid requests from Europe and America, and questions over royal presence complicate relief efforts.
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Rome
Calabria
Sicily
Meningitia
Mount
Etna
Stromboli
Lipari
Messina
A. R. Cheney
Ogston
Edward Jacob
Cieneral Fecin di Cassuto
Uniens
Europe
America
Reggio
Emanuel
Helen
Monteleone
Speggio
Italy's Disaster Escalates Amid Wide Ruins and Deaths
The death toll in Italy climbs with an official estimate at 125000. Pneumonia and meningitis surge among survivors as authorities burn corpses on funeral pyres. King and Queen reach Palermo as Parliament convenes. rescuers struggle under vast destruction and blocked transport.
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Fecia di Cassato
Palermo
Calabria Coast Report Describes City Under Water
Survivor accounts reach news hubs saying the city is flooded and neighboring towns Lazzaro and Canitelli are destroyed. A Messina naval officer warns the entire southern Calabria coast may be sinking into the sea.
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Calabria
Lazzaro
Canitelli
Messina
Kings in Tears Over Gruesome Messina Aftershock
In Palermo on December 30 Queen Helem and King Victor Emanuel arrived to oversee relief efforts after the Messina disaster. Medical aid treated the queen as survivors crowded the scene in shock and horror. Trainloads of wounded survivors reached Palermo as many died en route.
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Palermo
Helem
Messina
Victor Emanuel
New York’s Little Italy Humbled by Earthquake News
New York's Little Italy will skip its New Year celebration due to the earthquake disaster in the mother country. The community, including about 150,000 Sicilians in Greater New York, faces sorrow as families await word from home. Frantic crowds gather seeking updates as Te Deums and solemn rites replace festive music.
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New York
Little
Italy
Greater
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