Snowbound Cities Sweep New York State
Syracuse reports eighteen hours of continuous snowfall burying streets in three foot drifts and halting trains trolleys and taxis. Albany and other cities face demoralized traffic as drifts reach eight to ten feet while Rochester Utica and Binghamton report heavy snow delaying westbound trains and stranding residents. Elmwood theatre roof collapse injures near miss as crowds flee after final performance.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Elmwood Theatre
Albany
Olean
Rochester
Utica
Binghamton
City
Means and His Lawyer Guilty of Conspiracy
The government contends Means Felder and their confederate Elmer Jarnecke conspired to bribe officials including former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty and U S District Attorney Hayward to dismiss mail fraud indictments. They allegedly sought $65,000 from Crager stock defendants in the Glass Casket case.
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Felder
Means
Elmer Jarnecke
Harry M. Daugherty
United States District Attorney
Hayward
John Holley Clark
William J. Burns
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Daughrty
Glass Casket
Meana
Jarnecke
Mrs McCall Not Dead Error Corrected In Report
An erroneous police report claimed Mrs Ida McCall died in Waynesboro Pennsylvania. The note was about Mrs Barbara Weat visiting Mrs McCall. Mrs McCall is alive. Separately, William M Baker and wife sold the Thaker Hotel on Noh Laundry Street to Christopher Mongan for 6500 dollars.
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Waynesboro
Ida McCall
Pennsylvania
McCall
Barbara Weat
Wm. M. Baker
Thaker
West Side
Noh Laundry Street
Christopher, Mongan
The
Valley Hotel
Rev Landstreet of Smithsburg Dies at 66
Reverend Upton F. Landstreet of Smithsburg dies at home after a six year illness from arteriosclerosis. He was 66 years old, a retired pastor of the local M.E. church. Survived by a widow and several siblings. Funeral services Sunday at 1 p.m. from the M.E. church conducted by Rev. J. E. Holt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upton F. Landstreet
Smithsburg
Ray
Landstreet
M. EK
M. EB
J. E. Holt
Snow Removal Plan Clears Key City Streets
Traffic lines report plan to clear Potomac and Washington streets tonight starting 11 PM with Potomac from Antietam to Franklin and Washington from Prospect to the Square, Mulberry partly cleared. Potomac Edison cars to haul snow to Marsh Run as crews work to relieve blocked routes by morning.
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Potomac
Washington
C. A. Tenney
Etreat
Antietam
Franklin
Prospect
the Square
Mulberry Street
Mulberry
Potomac Edison Company
Heavy Sale Seats For Minstrel Show
Long line formed at Nixon Theater as Alsatia Club ticket sale opened at 8 am for a show on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Three ticket lines sold out quickly with crowds admitted in orderly fashion and exits arranged for smooth entry into the theater.
Nurmi to Seek 144 Mile World Record Again
New York on January 30. Paavo Nurmi plans to break another world record, aiming for 144 miles in the Morningside A C game. It would be his 16th consecutive record on American tracks in about five weeks. He is confident, after last Saturday’s 4.58 mile mark was surpassed in a 2000-yard event by a handicap runner.
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New York
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo
Nurmi
Gabriel Aarons
Buckingham Gate
London
Fairfield
Electronically Executed Fiendish Murder in Michigan City
Peter Virgolini was electrocuted today for the September fiendish murder of 93-year-old Anna Tomisch. He walked to the death chamber with a steady pace, seemingly unconcerned about his fate. A storm also hits Pennsylvania and surrounding areas, with heavy snowfall and substantial accumulations. In Memoriam notices honor Sallie M. Garratt and William F. Semser, reflecting on loss and remembrance.
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Michigan City
Ind
Peter Virgolini
Anna Tomisch
Rescue Near Little Harbor After Submarine Stranding
Coast Guard crews battled 50 mile per hour gales to launch a lifeboat and rescue the crew of a submarine stranded off Little Harbor. Dawn revealed the vessel riding rocks, with pumps manned by 20 sailors as rescue ships arrived to take off part of the crew.
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Jine
Little Harbor
Coast Guard
Navy Yard
Coast
Fort Stark
New Castle
Fort Stark Beach
New London
Conn
High Tidde
Ashe
Jury Asked To Lift Alleged Stock Deal
Baltimore report says State's Attorney's office scam probe into a stock swindle may go before the Grand Jury with $200000 reportedly invested by Maryland businessmen. Names include a resident of Eutaw Place and a Baltimore investor. Samuel Volk en, Tidewater Steel Corp stock director, provided information. Ambassador Emilie Dacadin er presented credentials to President Coolidge in Washington.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Blate
Herbert R. O'Conor
Eutaw Place
Hageratown
Samuel Volken
Tidewater Steel Corp
Briorley
Steol
New Jersey
Dunkark
Hagerstown
Clergy and official return from Baltimore meeting
Rev Dr Walter Stehl rector and Col William Lane lay delegate from St John s Episcopal Church returned home after attending the Diocesan Council in Baltimore. Noted speakers included Lewis Franklin missionary treasurer Dr Teusler of St Luke s Hospital Tokyo and Dr John Wood Board of Missions official, who traveled from Washington for the gathering.
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Walter Byron Stehl
St. John's Episcopal Church
William P. Lane
St. John’s Church
Diocesian Council
Baltimore
Lewis Frankiln
Missionary Council
Teusler
St. Luke’s Hospital
Tokyo
Japan
John Wood
Board of Missions
Drs. Teusler
Wood
Washington
Capital
Body Of Hunter Drowned Months Ago Recovered
William H. Anderson of Paris Arkansas arrived at the morgue after his body was found in Delaware Bay yesterday coroner says he drowned last November while duck hunting and drifted for two months in floes near Lewes Delaware on the bay side per report from the coroner.
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William H. Anderson
Paris
Arkansas
Delaware Bay
Anderson
Lewes
Del
Maryland convict given suspended sentence and banishment
Harvey Mehaffey, 21, was sentenced after being convicted of auto theft in Cumberland. He was banished from Maryland with a suspended sentence. He had testified he tried to sell a spare tire for gasoline, and he was released to return to his Pittsburgh home.
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Harvey Mehaffey
Maryland
Hancock
Cumberland
Pittsburgh
Birds Feeding Guidance For Winter Survival
The notice urges feeding bobwhite and other song and insectivorous birds through winter. Provide shelter from snow, dig clear spots for grit, feed daily with a pint of seed or scratch. Warns predators like hawks and cats threaten birds. stresses farmers and the public to cooperate to protect brood stock for spring.
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Bob White
Dance Called Off At Hagerstown Club Due To Weather
Inclement weather and difficulties reaching the Hagerstown Country Club force cancellation of tonight’s scheduled dance. No reschedule information provided.
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Hangerstown Country Club
King's Daughters Dinner Continues Amid Snow
Yesterday's heavy snow did not deter patrons from filling the Y M C A auditorium for the annual supper and sale. The event will continue today with hopes for large receipts similar to or exceeding last year as cold weather strains resources and coal and food donations pour in at headquarters.
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King's Daughters
Y. M.C. A. Cympasium
King’s Daughters
Doctors Here Cannot Sleep From Case on Virginia Avenue
Reports say a local woman attacked by the disease experienced double vision and drowsiness as doctors work to treat a toxic condition linked to grip and influenza. Three cases have appeared on Virginia avenue. Also, Jem Driscoll, once a noted boxer, died in Cardiff after pneumonia and rapid consumption.
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Huff
Donald
Edger Bennett
Virginia Avenue
Bennett
Pugilist
Cardiff
Wales
Jem" Driscoll
Captain and crew cling to stranded schooner off Sandy Hook
A four masted schooner Commac aground on a Sandy Hook sand bar as mountainous seas drove it all night. Captain Joseph Barnes and four crew refused to abandon ship with coast guards offering a breeches buoy to rescue them. Late breaking wind shift gave hope for their salvation. Seabright, N J. Miss Hazel Bennett and Miss Helen Chaney of Halfway visiting Baltimore.
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Commac
Sandy Hook
Hoper
Coast Guards
Catain Joseph Barnes
Coas Guarda
Seabright
N. J
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Rose Marie
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Rlomae
Hagersown Md
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Fairmont
W. Va
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William F. Sem- Ser
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Emilie Dacadiner
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Summit Avenue
Bertha Ericson
Cleveland Avenue
Baltimore Grain
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Helen Chaney
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Chas E, Konitz
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