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October 19, 1930

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BLIZZARD UP-STATE MAROONS 2,500 CARS; COLD WAVE HITS CITY; Third Snowstorm in 24 Hours in Western New York Paralyzes Traffic and Utilities. 18-INCH FALL AT DUNKIRK Two Women and Girl Saved From Storm-Tossed Barge on Oneida Lake. CENTRAL STATES IN ICY GRIP Mercury Falls to 44 Degrees Here and a Light Frost Is Predicted. Women Rescued Off Barges. Rain and Snow Fall up-State. BLIZZARD UP-STATE MAROONS 2,500 CARS Fredonia Has 13-Inch Snow. Lake Ship Grounds in Blizzard. Cold Wave Hits City.

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Blizzard in western section

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BOB SPENT $1,000,000 YEARLY ON HIS OFFICE; Expenses at 120 Broadway Are Called Ridiculously High by State Investigator. PLEDGED ASSETS REVEALED Promoter Used Funds Put Up by Wealthy Men for Stock Deals, Washburn Believes. Data on Use of Mails Ready. BOB OFFICE COSTS PUT AT $1,000,000 New Concern Was Planned.

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Washburn calls his overhead expenses "ridiculously high"; schemes said to have cost millions to public; planned to buy sign business of Fed Elec Co

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Notable Births

John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside

1930John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside, English union leader and politician (died 2016)[†]

John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside was a British politician who was a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP).

1930Mavis Nicholson, Welsh-English journalist (died 2022)[†]

Mavis Nicholson was a Welsh writer and radio and television broadcaster. She was born in Wales, and worked throughout the United Kingdom.