Dillinger and Gang Captured in Tucson Raid
John Dillinger and three gang members were arrested in Tucson after a series of police traps. Five hours later Dillinger was captured. Three women identified as Pierpont’s wife Mary Kinter Opal Long and Ann Martin were also taken. Police seized over $35,000 eight machine guns ten bullet proof vests twenty revolvers and thousands of rounds of ammunition. The siege ended the gang’s Midwest terror.
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Cinternational News Service
Tucson
Ariz
Dan
John Dillinger
Indiana
Charles Makley
Russell Clark
Harry Pierpont
Dillinger
Middle West
High School Seniors Get Diplomas Tonight
Diplomas will be handed to 191 seniors at tonight's 62nd commencement in the Cathedral auditorium. The program opens at 8 with keynote by President Ralph Hutchison of Washington and Jefferson College on Life and the High School Graduate. Honor awards for scholarship will be presented. Superintendent C. Green speaks briefly and Board president Dantel B. Woolcock will confer diplomas. A reserved section behind the senior group remains open for parents with special tickets until 7:46.
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Cathedral
Ralph ©. Hutchison
Washington and Jefferson College
Superintendent of Schools
C. Green
Dantel B. Woolcock
Board of Education
Seek To Connect Dillinger Gang To St Paul Case
Four Dillinger gang members jailed after swift detective work by federal and local authorities in Tucson link the gang to the abduction of Edward Bremer in St Paul. A note Pierpont tried to swallow at arrest is believed to reveal connections to the Brenner kidnapping plot.
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Conternational
Lews Service
Tucson
Ariz
Wang
Edward Bremer
Kei St
Poison Sumac Trees Set Pennsylvania Record On Cascade Boulevard
Harrisburg release states the largest poison sumac in Pennsylvania was cut near Fleetwood in Berks County a ten inch trunk. CWA workers on Cascade Boulevard at the old Cascade Ball Park cut a 14 inch diameter tree about 22 feet high, surpassing previous sizes as neighboring sumacs approach similar heights.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Fleetwood
Daily Weather Report For Morning Statistics
U S weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 oclock this morning show a maximum temperature of 49 degrees and a minimum of 27 with trace precipitation. River stage is 5.6 feet. For the same date last year the maximum was 47 and the minimum 36 with 0.18 inches of precipitation.
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U.S
Hoover to Visit East Next Month Rumors Grow
Washington January 26 Herbert Hoover plans to travel east next month sparking speculation among Republicans about leadership of the divided party. Despite private business motives, the trip carries political weight as the 1986 campaign nears and calls for party reorganization intensify amid Democratic losses. Several visitors say Hoover is out of the presidential picture, though others expect him to influence the party’s direction.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
California
Japan Plans Third Naval Replenishment Program
Tokyo January 26 The Japanese navy plans a third replenishment program to build several vessels outside existing treaties. Minister Minoru Osumi told a chamber meeting of reading diet members that Japan will be comparatively stronger than the United States after 1986 and that the general staff has drafted a new program. Officials expect the navy to seek special finance in 1984 while anti military factions oppose further military spending. Continued on Page Two.
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Conternational News Service
Tokyo
United States
Minco Osumi
Reading Diet
Navy
Japan
General Staff
Mineo Osumi Tole
Acquit Woman In Murder Case
New York January 26 1930 Mrs Millie Prince 31 year old Astoria woman acquitted of first degree murder in the fatal stabbing of elderly jeweler Charles J Wolfert during a struggle to save her honor She left the courtroom with her attorney Samuel Leibowitz saying she was driven to distraction by a loathsome creature and would return home to her husband and son
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International News Service
New York
Charrles J. Wolfert
Astoria
Millie Prince
Elopement Promotes Jones Union Across State Lines
In Wells'ware West Virginia Sarah Campbell Jones formerly a Pittsburgh tearoom hostess eloped with Rev. Dr. Percy K. Jones an instructor at Duquesne University Pittsburgh a practicing lawyer and former rector at St Andrews Episcopal Church New Kensington Pennsylvania.
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Sarah Campbell Jones
Pittsburgh
Wells‘ware
W. Va
Percy K. Jones
Duquesne ‘University
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
New Kensington
Stadium May Be Enlarged By New Castle School Board
A special meeting of the New Castle school board is set for Saturday night January 27 to address several business items including the possible extension of the north end of Taggart stadium. The board had approved an eight foot wall at Du Shane and Division streets to curb spectator viewing of games, a plan zoning appeals rejected. Some members believe enlarging the stadium would resolve citizen complaints.
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New Castle
Taggart Stadium
DuShane
Division
Zoning Board of Appeals
Nearly 74 000 Workers on State Highways
Harrisburg reports record state highway department employment for the week ending January 18 at 73 65 hundred workers, an increase of 8 008 from the prior week, marking the third straight week of record highs.
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Harrisburg
State Highway Department
Derailing Crash Kills Engineer and Fireman at Reading
At Reading an auto stalled on tracks caused a Reading Harrisburg to New York flyer derailment. Engineer Joseph Sweigart and fireman Charles Bowman died from burns after the derailment. An earlier crash at Kurtztown killed Francis F Seidel. Traffic resumed after six hours as wrecking crews worked. Sylvester Hess was held on $1000 bail awaiting coroner verdict.
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International News Service
Reading
Harrisburg
Brandon
Joseph Sweigart
Charles Bowman
Hove
Kurtztown
Francis F. Seidel
Sylvester Hess
Pigeon News From Claremore Across States
A Claremore letter notes a homing pigeon returning to its nest after crossing Arizona New Mexico and Texas last night. The writer mentions Fort Worth breakfast and Roosevelt ball plans, praising local support and ore mining efforts while poking fun at bootlegger antics in various states.
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Claremore
Okla
Arizonia
Oklahoma
Ferns
Arkansas
Historic Plane Burns To Ashes
Flames of undetermined origin reduced the Columbia to smoldering ash in a large barn at Bellanca field New Castle Delaware. Four other planes were destroyed in the blaze with damage estimated at fifty thousand dollars. The Columbia earlier crossed the Atlantic with Clarence Chamberlin at the controls and Charles A Levine aboard, flying to Germany.
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International News Service
Wilmington
Del
Columbia
Atlantic Ocean
Bellanca
New Castle
Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh
School Board Sues Wampum Over Annexation Plan
The Big Beaver Township School Board files suit in equity to block Wampum Borough’s December 4 1933 ordinance annexing 174.5 acres southeast of the borough. Plaintiffs J S McCready Carl Truby Cray McCown R B Jackson and H McChesney name as defendants the Borough of Wampum burgess B T Brady councilmen Robert Crinnen George Herbert E W Snare Louis Ferranti and C H Butler. The suit argues the annexation would injure Big Beaver by reducing its assessed valuation by about 501000 of 853000. Continued on page two.
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Wampum
Big Beaver Township
School Board of
Big Beaver
Prothonotary’s Office
J. S. McCready
Carl Truby
Cray McCown
R. B. Jackson
H. McChesney
Borough of
B. T. Brady
Burgess
Robert Crinnen
George Herbert
E. W. Snare
Louis Ferranti
C. H. Butler
Roosevelt to Speak on Radio on His 62nd Birthday
Washington Jan 26 The president will likely deliver a national radio address on Jan 30 his 62nd birthday. The talk would thank birthday banquets held nationwide for Warm Springs Foundation and draw attention to the spread of infantile paralysis from which he has suffered.
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International News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Warm Springs Foundation
Bomb damages home. no injuries reported in Morristown road
Explosions shattered the home of Thomas Shill in the Morristown road section of Elizabeth New Jersey in the early hours. His wife and their two year old son were asleep in an upper room and uninjured. A fire followed the blast before being subdued.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Thomas Shill
Morristown Road
Shill
Pittsburghers face short terms for liquor law breach
Frank Kubill and Thomas Kenitz, both Pittsburgh residents, could begin three month jail sentences after failing to pay cash fines under the new liquor laws. The men were prepared today to serve the terms as enforcement continued locally.
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Puptsburgh
Frank Kubill
Thomas Kenitz
Studying Projects in Washington Raises Legal Questions
In Washington on January 26, officials examine a major $14,000,000 study project. Legal questions focus on funding, scope, and oversight as details remain under review.
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Washington
Thought We Were Safe Away Out In Desert Says John Dillinger
John Dillinger tells International News Service from Tucson Arizona that he and associates moved to quit crime in the desert believing they were away from danger. He laments arrest without a chance to fight and asserts he is a fighter, while acknowledging pursuing detectives and the end of their era.
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Desert
John Dillinger
International News Service
Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
Early Morning Blaze Damages House Of Savoia
A morning fire at the House of Savoia hall 13 West Home Street caused about 2000 dollars in damage, fully covered by insurance. The two‑story frame structure was alight after a defective chimney allowed flames to spread. multiple alarms brought in four fire companies. While fighting that blaze, a junkyard fire at Morrisian Street worsened, assessed at about 200 dollars. An alarm from Box 53 and a second from Box 85 helped marshal crews. Continued on page two.
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James E. Thomas
Savoia Hall
Harry Wolf
Morriain Street
Savoia
Two Die in Lincoln Highway Crash Near Greensburg
Barbara Magee 23 of Mahattey Clearfield County and her escort Robert Hamburg 26 of Irwin were killed when their car sideswiped another vehicle and struck a bus on the Lincoln highway near Greensburg. Edna Gibbons of the Bronx and Leo Murialask of a New York army base were hospitalized at Latrobe.
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International News Service
Greensburg
Lincoln Highway
Here
Barbara Magee
Mahattey
Clearfield County
Robert Hamburg
Irwin
Westmoreland County Emergency Relief Office
Edna Gibbons
Bronx
New York
Leo Muriwask
United States Army
Io New York
Latrobe Hospital
Death Notices for Archibald Stitt Annie Booze Bowles Mellen
Death notices list Archibald W. Stitt 75 of Monroe Michigan. Annie M Booze 83 of Euclid. Elizabeth Bowles 50 of Castlewood. George T Mellen 22 of North Beaver Street.
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Archibald W. Stitt
Monroe
Mich
Annie M. Booze
Euclid
Buller County
Elizabeth Bowles
Castlewood
George T. Mellen
Y North
Beaver Street
Bremer Abduction Mystery Deepens in St Paul
Edward G. Bremer, 37, president of the Commercial State Bank, has been missing since January 17 after being seized by kidnappers. The $200,000 ransom was prepared for delivery a week ago, but no contact has been made with his family. The fate of Bremer remains unknown on the tenth day of his absence.
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Thomas
Cullen International News Service
St. Paul, Minn
Edward G. Bremer
Commercial State Bank
Bremer
Gangland Ride Not Accidental Death Is Ruling
In New York a suit filed by Fannie Durst seeks $1000 double indemnity on her husband Abe Durst s life. The policy case alleges the death was a purposeful underworld ride linked to the Gordon Wexler beer gang wars.
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International News
New Yorks
Supreme Court
L. A. Valente
Fannie Durst
Abe
Durst
Irvin Cwaxey
Gordon Wexler
Invention Idea Sparks Towels by the Bath Choice
A fragmented note proposes a gadget to keep towels and soap within reach during meals and chores. It hints at frustration with soap and water drying on the skin and suggests a bathroom gadget to hold towels near the lowes area. The text references the year thirty nine and weather.
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Dillinger Gang
St. Paul
PA Newc
Michigan
West Virginia
M. C
Daily Weather Report
George R. Holmes
Gineer
Awill Ogers Roger
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Crescent Portland Cement Co
Jack Krupnick
Chicago
Helen Eder
Cleveland
Western Pennsylvania Restaurant Association
House of Savoia
New York Court
Arthur Mometer
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