Prisoner calls theft charge a bad mistake
James Padgett, 25, of 815 North Adams Street, faces felony chicken theft charges in Justice Carder’s court. He remains in Potter County jail awaiting a possible penitentiary term. Padgett, who denied involvement, claimed he only visited Pred Omey to discuss selling a cook stove and blamed a theft that he said could not feed a family. He offered no sale and said he left without any poultry. Bond was set at 500.
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James Padgett
North
Adams Street
Justice Carder
Potter County
Pred Omey
River Road
Padgett
Omey
Carder
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A collection of notices seeks a horn missing from Edwin Regal and offers a liberal reward for its return. Also printed is a permanent housekeeping job ad seeking a reliable woman with child care experience at a fixed residence. A junior college student offers cafe or dining room work with available hours and help with Plane Geometry, requesting contact via college or phone.
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Fillmore Street
Rack
Stormy Passage Marks Battle Over Utility Act
Officials accused Congress of flagrant constitutional violation as the act neared approval. Utilities executives hailed the ruling as a boon to investors while House rules committee prepared to resume hearings next week on lobbying for and against the measure. The Wheeler-Rayburn bill had a stormy passage with a feared death sentence feature fueling investigations into lobbying activity.
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Change Commission
Coleman
Congress
House Rules Committee
Wheeler - Rayburn
Senate
House
Utility stocks rise on court ruling over act
Investors bid up utility shares on major exchanges after a Baltimore federal court held the New Deal era utility holding company act unconstitutional. Buell plans to appeal. The decision affected American States Public Service Co. and Burco Inc., with the government defined as friend of the court.
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United Press
Baltimore
New Deal
New York
Circuit Court of Appeals
American States Public Service Co
Burco, Inc
Ethiopians Ready to Meet Italians on Chosen Ground
Emperor Selassie has a clear plan to resist Mussolini by selecting battlefield conditions and terrain for pitched combat. The question remains when the signal will be given and whether the king of kings still relies on the League of Nations and Britain to halt Mussolini’s advances.
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Selassie
League of Nations
Great Britain
Mussolini
Italians Enter Makale in Triumph as Second Phase of Campaign Opens
Italian troops march into Makale behind the tricolor after storming Fort Makale, raising flags in ceremony. The advance resumes toward the Takkaze and Cheva rivers with Gen Pirisio-Biroli and Gen Maravagna leading wings, signaling the second phase of the campaign as Ethiopian defenses regroup at Dessye and Addis Ababa watches.
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Webb Miller
United Press
Ruggiero Santints
Makale
Bersaglieri
Askari
Fort Makale
Adigrat
Ras Gugsa
Tigre
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Aduwa
Itajans
Alessandro Pirisio-Biroli
Pietro Maravagna
Takkaze
Cheva
Italy Pushes to Contain Sanctions and Expand Ethiopia Gain
Italy plans to consolidate control of about 25 000 square miles in Ethiopia after operations end, with roads fortifications and depots to begin the third phase. Reports describe air reconnaissance on Makale, native astonishment at planes, and praise for the campaign's execution amid monsoon rains. Observers note a disciplined effort to curb anti sanctions while promoting economic nationalism and a mercant boycott of foreign goods, with Naples and Rome seeing street protests and police activity but no incidents reported.
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Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Associated Press
League
la ‘Tribluna
England
Naples
Rome
Milan
Emperor Haile Selassie Prepares to Lead Ethiopian Army
Emperor Haile Selassie was nearing departure to lead Ethiopian forces against Italian invaders from Addis Ababa to Dessye. Crown Prince Asfa Wosan arrived in the capital ahead of the royal party. Arks of the Covenant and relics traveled by truck under priestly guards, first time such relics accompany Ethiopian troops on the field.
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Dessye
Addis Ababa
Asfa Wosan
Ismail Daoud
Fuad
Egypt
Harar
Red Crescent
Italy
London
Paris
Berlin
Mediterranean
Libya
James A. Mills
Associated Press
Haile Selassie
St. Gabriel
St. George
King of Kings
Dessyve
Puad of Frypt
United women protest high meat prices in 1930s
Mary Zak recalls organizing hunger relief efforts starting July with meetings and pickets at Copernicus School, then weekly demonstrations at butcher shops. Delegation to Washington failed to meet the President or Secretary Wallace. She recounts arrests of pickets and denials by packers while forming the Women's League Against High Cost of Living to lower prices and secure the right to live.
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Copernicus School
Washington
Wallace
Mary Zak
Women's League
Roosevelt
Michigan Auto Plants and the Roosevelt Vote in 1930s
A Detroit area reporter recalls poverty and hunger near the auto plants, with workers describing low wages and brutal speed-ups. He records voices of a Polish parking-lot keeper, a plant worker, and union organizers as they weigh Roosevelt, NRA, and Section 7A outcomes, noting disillusionment and political stakes in Michigan.
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Auto Plantas
Roosevelt
NRA
Detroit
Joe Brown
Joe
Mechanics Educational Society
United Automobile Workers of America
A. F. of L
Flint
Automobile Labor Board
Supreme Court
Union Leader Forecasts Roosevelt Backing Amid Turmoil
Dillon, president of the International Union of Auto Workers, says about 80 percent of workers support Roosevelt and warns of bloodshed if he is defeated. He calls workers real friends and hints at unrest if reactionaries win. Tomorrow he plans intimate factory interviews in the American Ruhr rubber sector.
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Dillon
International Union of Auto Workers
Roosevelt
Ruhr
Schlitz
Milwaukee
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