Strides in Aviation Highlight Year of Progress
The nations aviation progress report notes record advancements in 1923. Improvements include doubled airplane production, reduced air mail postage, and safety research at Langley. Key focus areas cover wing design, Stall prevention, trailing edge flaps, and safer landings for both military and civilian aircraft. Mrs Sidney Malone discharged after weeks at city hospital, improved at home.
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fAvaehiteigenay
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Coolidge
Congress
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
North Carolina
Langley Memorial Laboratory
Langley Field
Virginia
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Langley Laboratories
Roseline
Sidney Malone
City Hospital
Dewey Avenue
Weather and Household Goods for Sale by Owner
Fair weather tonight with warmth rising Friday as a sale offers a six month old complete living room dining room and bedroom suites plus a Clark Jawel range Hoosier kitchen cabinet electric sewing machine rugs beds tables chairs and other items at low price owner leaving city J A Palmer 923 West Main Street Bton? 17 M Gratton WV
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City
J. 5
Palmer
West Main Street
Tone
Gratton
W. Va
Electric Method Of Setting Type About Ready For Adoption
A Rochester Times Union plant demonstration shows teletype setter technology replacing manual hand setting. Machines at opposite ends of a wire reproduce punched tapes into metal type, speeding news transfer from source to print. This innovation, tracing roots to movable type origins, aims to cut time and labor in newspaper production.
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Howard W. Burkeslee
Associated Press
Rochester
Rochester Times-Union
Burma
Johannes Galenberg
Strassburg
Walter W. Morey
East Orange
M. J
Morkrum-Klein-Schmidt Corporation
Chicago
Linotype
Intertype
Jack of Diamonds Robber Strikes Denver Area Again
Denver police chase the Jack of Diamonds, a robber who leaves a playing card at scenes. He blasts a filling station, forces attendant Alfred Wise to the floor, then kicks him. a sedan crash after a hold up leaves one possible victim unaccounted for, while police find a new deck of cards with the same missing jack.
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S“Dbuiver
Denver
Numor
Fourteenth Avenue
Norah
Alfred Wise
Wise
Northwestern Turnpike gap completion eyed for next season
At a December conference in Partimore business leaders from Maryland West Virginia and Ohio outlined plans to finish the remaining three and one half mile gap in the Maryland section of the Northwestern Turnpike. Maryland bridge and road funding were discussed with potential state and federal support and loans from regional banks.
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Northwestern Turnpike
A. Jone
Baltimore Association of Commerce
Northwestern Turnpike Association
Maryland
West Virginia
Jon J. Cornwell
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Iaison
Ohn Mackall
Maryland State Road Comision
Marland
Germanta
W. Va
West
Cutuynne Oe
Ohio
Virginia
Association of Commerce
Cornwell
Northwestern
Mountain State
Mackall
Oakland
Hutton
Thomas
Awa
Pickering
Rowlesburg
Ohip Man Murdered As He Leaves Movie Show
In Yorkville Ohio on February 6 Frank Nivolazia, 40, was held without bond on a murder charge after the fatal shooting of 13 year old Peter Seale as he and his wife left a theatre. Nivolazia pleaded self defense, claiming Seale fired first, and had recently been ordered from the Scale residence by Peter Seale who accused him of an affair with Mrs Seale.
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Yorkville
Frank Nivolazia
Peter Seale
Nivolazia
William Allison
Nicolazia
Scale
Allison
Seale
King George Improves Slightly But Remains Very Ill
Buckingham Palace reports on December 6 that King George's temperature is lower and his general condition slowly improving. Despite brief positive notes, physicians caution against optimism as the illness remains critical after 17 days with a severe chest infection.
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London
Buckingham Palace
P.m
George
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Sir Stanley Hewett
Beery Faces Trial In Divorce Cruelty Case
Los Angeles reports film villain Noah Beery is summoned to court to answer his wife's cruelty charges in a divorce suit. Mrs Beery seeks property rights worth 300000 and custody of their 15 year old son Noah Wilbur Beery while Beery denies the allegations. The couple married in 1910 and separated in 1927.
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Los Angeles
Noah Beery
West Virginia States Pair Fair Set For Aug 31 to Sept 7
The West Virginia States Pair will be held in Wheeling from August 31 to September 7 next year. Dates were announced in Chicago during a meeting of the International Association of Fairs and Expositions yesterday.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
Chicago
International Association of Fairs and Expositions
Four Killed in Disinfecting Plant Explosion in New York
A New York blast at the Kill-All Disinfecting Company plant on East 108th Street killed four people and injured many more, with first responders rushing ambulances and police to the scene. Ha l Freeman, foreman and part owner, was among the dead. others named include Lewis Greco and Alfred Humphrey, with shattered windows reported across blocks.
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New York
East 108Th
East River
Hal Freeman
Lewis Greco
Alfred Humphrey
Acme- Farring, Company
Senate fight is looked for amid confirmation battles
Washington December 1 speculation centers on whether President will send the nominations of Secretary of the Interior West and Secretary of Commerce Whiting to the Senate for confirmation this session. Both appointments were made during the recess. No fight is anticipated on Whiting but a likely battle is forecast for West.
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Washington
Presise
Hoover sails to Chile for Pan American goodwill tour
President-elect Hoover continues his goodwill voyage along the west coast of South America. In Antofagasta, Chile, he meets government and municipal officials and praises Pan-Americanism. He cites discussions with President Leguia of Peru and other officials as boosting relations between the United States and Peru.
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S.S. Maryland
Antofagasta
Chile
Peru
Hoover
South America
United States
Legula
Leguia
Hig
Condition of Jaime Del Rio Stable in Berlin Hospital
Berlin December 6 report says Jaime Martinez Del Rio former husband of actress Dolores Del Rio remains weak with a heart condition. Padre Sanchez Moreno, family priest, arrived from Madrid to provide religious consolation at the bedside.
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Berlin
Jaime Martinez del Rio
Dolores del Rio
Padre
Sanchez Moreno
del Rio
Madrid
Murder mystery grips wealthy widow at home
Police seek the killer of a wealthy widow near Towanda while pursuing Arthur Leonard, 22, raised by Mrs. Samuel Jones. Leonard, formerly at Glenn Mills reform school, was reported near the farm the night before the slaying. A robbery at a store nearby preceded the murder, with cigarette stubs and a blood stained towel found at the scene.
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Towanda
CAP
Arthur Leonard
Samuel Jones
Leonard
Ransom Plot Fails Under Publicity and Police Action
Ed Alvey a 60 year old Louisville gambler and racetrack figure was abducted near his home Monday night and held for nearly 54 hours before being released without ransom. Authorities attributed the break to widespread publicity and active police work as three unidentified men forced him into a car but later abandoned the plan and freed him.
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Louisville
Ed. Alvey
Alvey
Prohibition Agents Face Fatal Whiskey Cave Trap
Houston authorities investigate the death of Pat Sharpe a 40 year old prohibition agent killed in an underground liquor cave after warning colleagues to “Go back” as fumes surged. Victor Buthod and two other agents retreated while Sharpe lay dead for half an hour before a dentist recovered him. An Italian farm owner was arrested but not charged as officials promise a thorough search of the pit for concealed gas.
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Houston
Tex
Prohibition
Pat Sharpe
Sharps
Victor Buthod
Sharpe
M. C. Waltrip
W. D. Smith
Texas
Boy Missing Three Weeks Found Murdered Near Secaucus
Detroit police wired Jersey City officials to report a confession by Peter Zudzenowski, 28, of Detroit, claiming he kidnapped and killed an East Side boy last November. The victim, Joseph Grieg, was found with throat cut in a swamp under a Secaucus bridge. Detectives searched nearby swamps and traced the motive to a cinema outing and a walk in Jersey City, then burial after a staged abduction.
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Secaucus
N. J
Jersey City
Péter Zudzenowski
Polles
Detroit
East Side
John J. Underwood
Zudzenowski
Busquehdnna Bridge
Zidzenowski
Buffalo
Joseph Guillano
Joseph
Moving Picture Theater
Grieg Wane
Joseph Storelan
Aid
Joe
New York
Seranton
Fred. Frahm
Christmas Photo Studio Offer at The Palace Studio
Abbreviated urban ad text offers a free 8x10 enlargeme nt with every oid purchase toward Christmas presents. Promises absolutely free photos at THD Palace Studio located on Main Street in Gratton.
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Gnamas
Palace
Gratton
Andrews M.E. Church cafeteria luncheon and bazaar
A public invitation advertises a cafeteria luncheon and bazaar at Andrews M.E. Church on Saturday December 8 from eleven o clock to two o clock. The event offers ham and oysters, a variety of vegetable salads and desserts, with best wishes for a welcoming community gathering.
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Andrews
M.E
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Mexico
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Emilio Portes Gil
P. Elias Calles
National Stadium
Mexico City
Gil
Galless
Senate
Roy West
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