Dark Clouds Of War Gather In Eastern Europe
War clouds spread over eastern Europe as France mobilizes for possible action in Germany and tensions rise among Poland Lithuania and Baltic states. Reports say Poland mobilized then denied by Warsaw while Lithuania’s seizure of Memel and surrounding area threatens Baltic peace and sparks debate over funding for large armies. International News Service Paris.
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Eastern
Europe
Hy Frank &. Meson International News Service
Paris
France
Germany
Belgium
Poland
Lithuania
Warsaw
L'information
Eastern Europe
Ceutral
Memel
America
Baltimore Swept by Two Large Fires In One Night
Two major blazes tore through Baltimore on January 17, destroying the Wear-Well Fabrics building in Hopkins wholesale district with hundreds of thousands in goods lost. Firefighters faced rapid spread and four alarms as another dormitory fire at Rockhill School No. 18 nearly wiped the facility, with 125 students present and a $200,000 loss. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs David Silverman of North Mercer Street.
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Cinternational News Service
Baltimore
Hopkins
Wear-Well Fants Company
Rockhill School No. 18
Atudania
David Silverman
North Mercer Street
Tales of knights and reformers fade into a winter noon
Arthur Mometer recalls old tales of bold knights who righted wrongs yet learns real progress demands effort. He notes journeys inspire crowds but emancipation often meets resistance, as legends fade into a cold noon with no easy reform.
Dynamiter Flees From Prison In Blair County Jail
Samuel Andreas, a 68 year old dynamiter, escaped from Blair County Jail in Williamsburg by sawing a cell window bar and climbing down a rope. He was sentenced Monday to three to four years for dynamiting a house in Williamsburg. Police pursue multiple clues.
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International News Service
Altoona
Blair County
Wollidarsburg
Samuel Andreas
Andreas
Itl
Williamsburg
Anniversary Service Honors Rev Maitland at Greenwood Church
More than a hundred friends attended the twentieth anniversary of Rev Sam Maitland’s spiritual birthday at the Greenwood M E church on Harmony line Energy atop. Dinner followed at 1 p m served by a committee led by Mrs Sherman Monk with elabor ate cakes featuring twenty candles. Mayor Fred L Rentz and Dr C W Miner presided and ministers offered messages about Maitland’s conversion and work. The day opened with hymns scripture and prayer and closed with continued programing.
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Sam .Maitland
Greenwood M. BE
Maitland
Greenwood M
James Barnett
Rev. Maitland
Fred L. Bents
C. W. Miner
New Castle District
Jesus
Miner
J. L. Stratton
Fred L. Rentz
Maitland Sinee
Egent
Mes
Ambassadors to expel Lithuanians move to Memel
Paris dispatch says the allied council plans a mission of military officers to Memel to establish a provisional government and expel the Lithianian irregulars known as Wolves who invaded the district. A separate Riga dispatch notes a Lithuanian minister protested a Polish gunboat arrival at Memel.
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Memel
Tron Wolves
International News Service
Paris
Snper Allied Council of Ambassadors
Meh
London
Bruce
Memal
Riga
England
Mamel
Pinchot Starts As Pennsylvania Governor In Harrisburg
Governor Pinchot began his duties in Harrisburg today at 9 am stating a full day of work. He held a public conference in the governor’s reception room as cabinet members and office seekers paid felicitations and began their duties. A planned round table cabinet meeting and daily conferences will shape the new administration as the full cabinet oath was administered and work commenced.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Senate
Pinchot
Wil Heady
Franklin Day Observed At Junior High School
Franklin Day at Benjamin Franklin Junior High marked the 200th anniversary of Franklin entering printing life. Principal Frank L. Burton displayed an original land grant to John Bankerson dated April 14, 1787, now owned by Mrs. Fannie Woods. Dr H A Elis spoke on Franklin’s life, followed by Barton E. Richards on Franklin the newspaper man.
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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin Junior High School
Frank L.burton
John Bankerson
Fannie J. Woods
Berg Street
H. A. Fnlis
Herbert Blite
First Methodiat Episcopal Church
Ben Franklin
Younster
Franklin
United States
England
France
Elia
Barton E. Richards
9-B-1
Marriage Licenses for New Castle Residents
Carl Schultz and Elizabeth McCheeney of New Castle filed for a marriage license in New Castle. Clyde M Shiw, also of New Castle, appears in the record alongside Helen L Mickel of New Castle.
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Carl Schultz
New Castle
Elizabeth McCheeney
Clyde M, Shiw
Helen L, Mickel
Poland drafts men for army
Poland begins conscription of males ages 22 to 40 for military service. General Pilsudski, commander in chief, has gone to Brest Litovsk to study Russian troop movements on the frontier. Leon Trotsky, Russian war minister, is reported with Soviet troops.
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Vondon
Warsaw
Pilsudski
Brest-Litovsk
Leon Trotzky
Debt talks between Britain and US stall in Washington
British and American debt funding commissions made no concrete proposals on the 5 billion dollar war debt as talks lingered in Washington. Both sides held a pessimistic tone awaiting a cable from London and a second batch of instructions before the next meeting.
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W. H. Atkins
Washington
Britain
Tmey
Former Teachers Prepare March Africa Departure
Mr and Mrs F G Mauger former Junior High shop instructors plan to depart in March for Southern Rhodesia Africa to teach in girls and boys normal schools at the old Umtali mission post They enter the Methodist mission field on a five year contract Rhodesia lies tropical yet temperate at 3000 feet above sea level about 1850 miles from Capetown They will travel via England to Capetown then by rail They have studied at Hampton Institute and Penn School and are guests of Mr and Mrs A R Bean Thelma Gruber was Mrs Mauger's former name.
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F. G. Mauger
Southern Rhodesia
Africa
Umtali
Capetown
A R. Bean
Court, Street
Mauger
Thelma Gruber
Harding Cancels All Engagements and Illness
President Harding, recovering from a severe cold, cancelled all engagements but remained at his White House desk after 9 a.m. He was advised by Brig. Gen. Charles J Sawyer to rest, though officials said his condition was not serious. Cabinet members Davis and Work shared the illness, with Davis under a physician and Work expected at the Post Office desk soon.
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International News Service
Washington
Charles J8. Sawyer
Harding
White House
Sawyer
Warding
Davis
Chicago
Workiag
Post Office Department
Laws
On To Berlin French Cry As Germans Stal
International News Service reports from Essen on January 17 that Rube mine owners faced prison threats unless they resumed coal deliveries to Allies. Germans deny mobilizing arms to counter French advance and police apologized to American correspondent Lincoln Eyre after he was beaten following a French phrase incident.
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Berlin
S. D. Weyer
International
Stati
Essen
Gerway
Dortmund
Germany
Paris
Gerwan
Lincoln Eyre
Eyre
Pennsylvania-Ohio Electric Company Safety Meeting Success
The Pennsylvania-Ohio Electric Company held a second Safety First banquet at Fayntzin Inn on Tuesday January 14. About 53 employees from the line shop and road and track departments attended. Mayor Fred L. Rentz spoke on civic safety and citizen cooperation with public service firms. Coulthard touted the company’s safety record, while Louis B. Round and Franuk Wert discussed lessons of safety and economic impacts of accidents. Both meetings were successful and emphasize ongoing monthly safety sessions for employees and travelers.
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Pennsylvania-Ohio Electric Company
Fayntzin Inn
Cg.t. Seely
Te Company
W. C G. Graham
Traction Lines
Mr. Seely
Rentz
Fred L. Rentz
Coulthard
New Castle
Nutereet Railway Company
United States
Round
Louis B. Round
Electric Nga Department
Franuk Wert
Rounds
B. Gordon
Allie Safety
Chicago
ennsylvania-Olia
Germans Refuse to Appear Before Reparations Commission
Paris Jan 27 German representatives, acting on Berlin instructions, refused to appear before the Inter Allied Reparations Commission to give information about Germanys failure to make reparations deliveries. The meeting scheduled for today was postponed until Friday.
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Cinternational News Service
Paris
Berlin
Reierd
Inter Allied Reparations Commission
Germany
Death notices for Prey Beighley and Van Eman
Obituary brief lists John Thomas Prey aged 15 of West Ne Shannock Avenue Edward L Beighley aged 69 of Portersville Pennsylvania and Mrs Thi M Van Eman aged 32 of Wabass Avenue.
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John Thomas Prey
Neshannock Avenue
Edwand L. Beighley
Portersville
Thi M. van Eman
Wabass
Five Children Perish in Closet Fire After Family Fight
In a house blaze traced to a quarrel between parents Joseph Kobkslis and his wife, five children were found suffocated in a barricaded closet. Firefighters forced entry as neighbors reported a violent scene prior to the flames, with a lamp or oil lamp alleged to have been involved.
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Whelev
Joseph Kobkslis
Ben Bane
Gaar
Joseph
Jose
I John
Stephen
Aneva
Fi Joseph
Poland pleads with France for military aid in case of war
Paris reports Poland appeals to France as cabinet weighs aid. France seeks to avert broader conflict while Italy frets over southeastern Europe. Paris also notes concern over Memel and Lithuania as potential Russia-Germany links.
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Poland
France
Paris
I Ralvie
Italy
Enron
Ruhr
Great Britain
Menmtel
Kans
Lithunia
Russia
Germany
Snapshots At News Joe Toneno Arrested For Murder
Joe Toneno arrested in Cleveland for a murder committed five years ago near Greensburg Pennsylvania. He is jailed in the Westmoreland county daily Janeville Olie area. Also noted are two new factories Ball Milling Company and Erie Paper Company. Dairyaren at Wheeling West Virginia convicted for selling cream not up to fat standard. Robert Baird of Koppel crushed foot at Koppel Car Repair Company shops then hospitalized at Providence Hospital Beaver Falls. American Brakeshoe and Foundry auction planned in Erie in the second week of February.
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Joe Toneno
Cleveland
Greensburg
Westmoreland County
Janesville
Olie
Ball Milling Company
Flioggoo
Erie Paper Company
Dairyaren
Wheeling
W. Va
Robert Baird
Koppel
Teliday
Provid=lence
Beaver Falls
Tohuit
Erie
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