Holiday Toll on Christmas Day Surges Nationwide
An International News Service survey reports about 160 deaths on Christmas Day from accidents fires poison liquor drownings and violence. Most fatalities occurred in the Midwest including seven burned in Whiting Indiana and three children burned in New Bedford Indiana. Gun battles in Kentucky and Texas claimed multiple lives while poison liquor felled several in New York and Philadelphia.
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International News Service
Middle West
Whiting
Ind
New Bedford
Montgomery
New York
Philadelphia
Kentucky
Edinburg
Tex
Chicago
Holiday lights glow from Wilmington to New Wilmington
The scene spreads from the city along Wilmington road with festive lighting and spe ctrees as residents celebrate. Christmas work crews repair a water main on the public square despite freezing temperatures and heavy rail crowds greet arriving relatives at depots. Snow blankets roads as state workers clear highways and sledders enjoy winter gifts while motorists proceed cautiously on Highland avenue.
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Wilmington Road
New Wilmington
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather bureau records show the 20 hour period ending at 9 am with a max 38 and min 25, precipitation 0.17 inches and 1.7 inches of snowfall, river stage 3.7 feet. For the 24 hour period ending Christmas morning the max was 32, min 15, no precipitation, river stage 3.8 feet.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
City Council Fixes Millage at 12 for 1931
In a formal session the council set the 1931 tax millage at 12 mills, with 9.75 for general revenue, 1.75 for sinking fund, and 1.2 for free library. The 1930 totals matched, and the millage ordinance by Councilman Burns was favorably reported and will be printed before adoption.
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Burns
Fire Drives Brown Family From Christmas Morning Home
Mr and Mrs Chauncey A Brown and their daughter Patsy were forced from their frame home at 420 Euclid Avenue on Christmas morning by a fire that damaged the structure about 1300. Firemen under Chief Lynn fought the blaze starting in the attic and spreading to the roof. Loss was about 800 to the building and 500 to contents. both insured. Neighbors aided in saving furniture.
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Chauncey A. Brown
Patsy
Euclid Avenue
Lynn
Brown
Meyer Avenue
Five Die in Christmas Gun Battles in Kentucky
In Kentucky two Christmas Day gunfights left five dead and eight wounded. Deputy Moseley and Martha Smith were killed during a Booneville raid as Pierce Moseley opened fire. At Williamsburg a Christmas party turned deadly with Frank Hamblin and Clarence Lovett killed while Lovett and Lester Lovett were wounded.
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International News Service
Louisville
Williamsburg
Booneville
John Moselevy
Moseley
Martha Smith
Hunt Hearld
Sherif's
Pierce Moseley
McCreary
Frank Hamblin
Clarence Lovett
Lovett
Lester Lovett
Meteor Vagrant Likely From Idaho Meteor Shower
Pasadena scientists at Mount Wilson observe that the Idaho meteor was probably a vagrant from the November swarm. They estimate the meteor weighed three to twelve tons and noted that meteors normally disintegrate in the atmosphere, making Earth impact unlikely.
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International News Service
Pasadena
Cal
Mount Wilson Observatory
Idaho
Earth
Fire Nearly Levels Home While Occupants Worship
Mrs Ellen E Sennett and her niece Miss Mary Inks were away at midnight mass at St Marys Church when 7 Robinson street home caught fire. Firemen from No 6 and Central stations battled flames about two hours. damage estimated around 1000 dollars. Cause undetermined with origin in the kitchen. clothes belonging to the niece destroyed. furniture damaged by smoke and water. damage insured.
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Ellen E. Sennett
Mary Inks
St. Mary’s Church
Robinson Street
Stockman
No. 6
Central
Christmas Day Compared With Bethlehem Editorial
A Beverly Hills reader quotes a long editorial that playfully compares local Christmas Day to Bethlehem Judea. The piece suggests Beverly Hills could host the savior’s birth amid its favorable weather and resources, joking about milk and honey versus cold cream and orange marmalade.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Bethlehem
Judea
Christ
Chamber of Commerce
Italian Seaplane Flotilla Prepares For South American Dash
In Bolama Portuguese Guinea on December 26 the Italian seaplane flotilla under General Italo Balbo began final inspections for a 1,860 mile ocean hop to Natal Brazil. The 14 planes arrived in formation after a 930 mile coast cruise from Villa Cisneros Rio de Oro. Two supply ships stay behind.
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International News Service
Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
West Africa
Natal
Brazil
South Atlantic
Italo Balbo
Villa Cisneros Rio de Oro
Snow Plows Battle Snow on Highways in Lawrence Mercer
Lawrence county roads faced plowing as state crews dumped cinders on U S routes. Mercer county reported five inches of snowfall while Lawrence had two inches. Many snow trucks were deployed with more held at headquarters for heavier snowfall.
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Mercer
Lawrence County
Mercer County
State Highway Department
East Cherry Street
U. S
Lawrence
Man And Wife Die In Mansfield House Fire
Mr and Mrs John Schrink were smothered to death when a fire of unknown origin partially destroyed their Mansfield Pennsylvania home. Coroner investigators began examining the cause and circumstances as firefighters recovered Mrs Schrink in a bedroom and Mr Schrink in the kitchen after putting out the blaze.
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International News Service
Mansfield
John Schrink
Workers Ordered To Report For Three Days Work
Councilman Stanley Treser announced that 200 additional men must report at 8 a m Monday. Green tag holders numbered 1 to 100 report at 7 45 a m at Rural avenue and The Narrows. yellow tag holders numbered 101 to 200 report at 7 45 a m at Delaware and Meyer avenue. Each man will receive three days work.
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Stanley Treser
Rural Avenue
Narrows
Delaware and
Meyer Avenue
Officers Find Missing Bonds
Police traced a diagram by Glenn Nichols of Champaign Illinois to a plumbing contractor basement pipe where 14500 in stolen liberty bonds were hidden bringing gang loot to 99500. Bond recovery followed the arrest of five band members in an apartment Tuesday night in Chicago.
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International News Service
Chicago
Glenn Nichols
Champaign
Ill
Nichols
Death Summons Noah W. Elliott a New Castle Leader
Noah Walker Elliott, longtime New Castle manufacturer and Elliott Brothers Steel founder, died Wednesday evening at 207 East Lincoln Avenue after a brief pneumonia illness. Born November 13, 1860 in Pittsburgh, he moved to New Castle in 1891 and built a respected local business and civic standing. He was the son of Thomas E. Elliott and Emily Cook Elliott.
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Noah Walker Elliott
New Castle
Lincoln Avenue
Mr. Elliott
Elliott Brothers Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Thomas E. and
Emily Cook Elliott
Jeweler Loses Cash And Jewels In Safe Theft
In Pittsburgh on December 26 two bandits duped jeweler Abe Lippard into opening his shop safe. They stole $750 in cash and $10,000 in jewelry, plus a watch paid with a $20 bill. The thieves fled in a second-hand suitcase and drove off before an alarm.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Abe Lippard
Lippard
Dead Airmen Found North of Roberval After Snowstorm
Fourteen months after vanishing in a northern Quebec snowstorm, Montreal aviator Pilot W. F. Cannon and mechanic Leonce Lizotte were found dead in their plane north of Roberval. Indians who found wing fabric bore the aircraft number, and the wreckage lay near Lake Chibougamau with stores intact.
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Pinternational News Service
Montreal
Que
Quebec
W. F. Bill Cannon
Leonce Lizotte
Roberval
Cannon
Lizotte
Lake Chibougamau
Pierre Begin
Boy Die, Five Hurt In Wet Highway Crash
A four year old boy, Herbert Ossar of Dayton, was killed and five others injured in a head on collision on Hogback Hill between Kittanning and New Bethlehem. The drivers were W E Dinger of New Kensington and Frank Catallop of Dayton. No one is in serious condition. an inquest will be held by Coroner A W Dosch.
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International News Service
Kittanning
Kittanning Hospital
Hogback Hill
New Bethlehem
Herbert Ossar
Dayton
Rose Ossar
Edward McKelvey
Edward MceKelvey
Frank Catallop
Munroe Dinger
W. E. Dinger
New Kensington
Catallop
Butler Barracks
A. W. Dosch
Seven Die In Christmas Blaze At Whiting Rooming House
Seven men die in a Whiting Indiana Christmas morning fire that trapped them on the second floor of a rooming house. Victims named include John Beberk Tony Kusezich Joseph Lucic John Lucie Victor Milarcevich Mathew Steppich and Nick Slemich who briefly revived before dying. An eighth man escaped by leaping from a window as flames blocked stairways and a liquor party is blamed.
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International News Service
Whiting
Ind
John Beberk
Tony Kusezich
Joseph Lucic
John Lucie Victor Milarcevich
Mathew Stefpich
Nick Slemich
Slemich
Large Meteorite Falls In Idaho
Lewiston Idaho December 26 scientists search for fragments of a large meteorite that lit the northern Idaho sky on Christmas Eve ending in a blaze and explosion felt in Lewiston Colfax Grangeville Bovis and Kendrick No pieces or crash site found yet Professor F B Laney University of Idaho says it likely disintegrated in the atmosphere and remains a meteor.
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International News Service
Lewiston
Idaho
Colfax
Grangeville
Bovis
Kendrick
F. B. Laney
University of Idaho
Creator Of Abe Martin Is Dead
Kin Hubbard age 55 renowned cartoonist and creator of Abe Martin died at his Indianapolis home. Heart disease believed cause. Hubbard had worked for the Indianapolis News since 1904.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
Kin Hubbard
Abe Martin
Hubbard
iIndianapolis
Republicans Plan Caucus
General Edward Martin, state Republican chairman, sends letters to all GOP lawmakers calling for caucus meetings on January 5 to name presiding officers for the next legislature. The House caucus is set for 8:30 p.m. and the Senate meeting follows. organizer duties include nominating clerks and electing key posts ahead of Pinchot’s inauguration.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Edward Martin
State
Senate
House
Martin
Legislative Reference Bureau
Gifford Pinchot
List Of Firemen Eligible For Jobs
Civil service commission for firefighters today reported the successful candidates who passed recently conducted tests. Names listed include Patsy Audino Norman McFerland R H Cage Frank Sargent Lawrence Conti Walter Tool R G Eakin H G Ward C S Mills Walter Barber and Samuel Lent. Councilman Reeves named C S Mills as temporary successor to the late Almond Hartman to serve as emergency fireman for 10 days and be reappointed until a permanent successor is named.
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Civil Service Commission
Patsy Audino
Norman McFerland
R. H. Cage
Frank Sargent
Lawrence Conti
Walter Tool
R. G Eakin
H. G. Ward
C. S. Mills
Walter Barber
Samuel Lent
Reeves
C. S Mills
Almond
Alex) Hartman
Council
Death Notices for Nancy Fowler Noah Elliott and More
Death notices list Mrs. Nancy Tindall Fowler age 75 of 616 North Cedar Street and Mr. Noah Walker Elliott age 70 of 207 East Lincoln Avenue. George Pteil aged 63 of Union Township and Henry Hamble aged 42 of West Lutton Street are also recorded.
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Nancy Tindall Fowler
North
Cedar Street
Noah Walker Elliott
Lincoln Avenue
George Pteil
Union Township
Henry Hamble
West Lutton Street
Reward Seekers Keep Wires Hot From Wild West
Phoenix officials press for the Christmas Eve reward in the Glenn Dague and Irene Schroeder case, with four telegrams to Lawrence County commissioners. Police officers seek the payout for their posse, while an attorney seeks a proof and allies demand payment to Sheriff Wright and others.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Lawrence County
Glenn Dague
Irene Schroeder
Bradgaul
Oscar Roberts
Maricopa County
George Pruitt
al Rhodes
Jack Carter
Hans Coore
Leon Sundust
Roberts
W. L. Hash
J. H. Pennington
W. A. McCreight
Board of Rights
Charles H. Wright
Hans Coor
Sun Dust
Lee Wright
Cleveland Man Brutally Slain On Christmas Eve
Joseph Kasper a Cleveland machinist and amateur woodcarver was found dying on a sidewalk as he returned to his home on Christmas Eve in a brutal attack. Police noted signs of a struggle and recovered three dollars of a twenty dollar payment and a broken basket of holiday food beside his unconscious body. A cast iron gate near the house was bent indicating forced entry.
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International News Service
Cleveland
Joseph Kasper
Kasper
Arthur Mometer and Birthday of a Child
A fragmented verse describes a household’s overall damage from a carnival of clamor. The horn drum and scooter collide with a dinged truck. Furniture and toys lie marred while a mother numbly notes the wear and tear. It ends with a remark about turning forty one today.
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