State troopers ordered into Erie County probe gravel scandal
Woman beaten, robbed! Purse snatched on West Pleasant Street near Mast South Street. Mrs Craker, returning home about 2:30 am, was struck on the head with a milk bottle by a footpad who fled eastward. Her husband notified police. Drake and Ruppersburger searched the area with no result. Thief described by the victim. $2 to $3 stolen. Search for the purse continues.
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West Pleasant Street
Peter Craker
Sixth Avenue
Craker
Mast South Street
Third
Fourth Avenues
Prichen
Pleasant Sheet
Wome
Patcomen Drake
Ruppersburger
Milkc Hottie
Bracken
Crater
Kim
AFL Plans to Invade Canada
United Press reports the American Federation of Labor extends its unionization drive into Canada as part of the Committee for Industrial Organization campaign. A high federation official says organizers are active in Canadian industrial districts under instructions from American presidents of powerful international craft unions. Targeted firms include General Electric, Westinghouse Electric, and the American Locomotive Company subsidiaries.
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United Press
Washington
American Federation of Labor Today
Canada
Committee For Industrial Organiza
Tion Campaten
Cnokesman
Bbe
General Electric
Westinehouse Electri
American Locomstive Company
McAdoo proposes Senate labor study committee
Senator William Gibbs McAdoo of California urged creating a five member Senate committee to study labor relations to prevent industrial disputes. He said the panel would be composed of students of labor affairs and would meet privately to discuss labor and industry matters.
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Annea Frese
Washington
Senate
William Tibbs McAdoo
Calif
McAdoo
Mattoes
Fear new trouble in Spain
A British destroyer was bombed off Malaga by Red air forces, with reports that the Hood and other ships were recalled to duty. The Gallant was damaged by rebel warplanes off Valencia earlier in the week, signaling possible disruption to British shipping in Spanish waters.
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United Press
Winc
Malaga
Spain
London
Gbraltmy
Gaid
Hood
Gallant
Valencia
Curler
Wesk
Inquest Planned Into Coons Death At Seota Crossing
An inquest is planned into the death of Roy Coons 27 at a railroad crossing near Seota three miles north of Corry after he was struck by a Buffalo Route passenger train likely by stepping too close to the cars. Deputy Coroner R Lawrence Davison ruled the death an accident and announced funeral services will be Sunday at Davison Funeral Home with Adjutant J F Sullivan of the Salvation Army presiding. Burial follows in Rose Hill Cemetery, Spartansburg.
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Roy Coons
P. RR
Seota
Corry
R. Lawrence Davison
Davison
John Bennink
Coons
Buffalo
Davieson
Coons Cithss'l
J. F. Sullivan
Salvation Army
Rose Hill
Spartansburg
Man Smothered by Grave Marker in Vanderrilt Graveyard
John Lingley Collins, 39, of Vanderrilt, near Connellysville, died after stumbling into a sunken grave and being smothered by a 300 pound tombstone that toppled onto his chest. Deputy Coroner Milton Munk and state police investigated the incident.
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Connelysville
John Lingley Collins
Vanderrilt
Milton Munk
Collins
Rally for new fight fails to break sit-down protest
In Columbus on April 10 80 members of the Ohio Workers Alliance were forcibly ejected from a state house room after a three day sit-down strike. Police reinforcements arrived to press for an adequate relief program and against belated protest action.
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Uy Unite
Columbus
Ohio Workers’ Alliance
Gay
Martin L. Davey
State House
Earle orders probe into Pennsylvania gravel contract graft
Gov. George H. Earle ordered a state police investigation into an alleged $100,000 gravel scandal in Highway District No. 1 affecting Erie and nearby counties. Charges claim cheating on contracts and delivery of substandard, uncrushed rock despite 80 percent washed stone specifications. The probe follows the dismissal of Erie engineer Marlin Finneran and transfer of H A Griffiths, with more changes possible.
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George H. Earle
Erie
Pennsylvania
Trave
Wai'en
Pioneer Materials Company
Kittanning
Warren van Dyke
van Dyke
Marlin Finneran
Highway Department
H. A. Griffiths
Wrankin
Clearfield
Taxi Driver Held for Court Over Fatal Collision
A Payetteville jury found Misses Floriie Isaacson and Cecelia Anson of Jamestown died Monday evening in a car crash caused by taxi driver Claude Gaster of Erwin who was intoxicated. The jury recommended holding him for the grand jury. Coroner W C Davis set bail at 2500, which Gaster could not meet. Evidence showed heavy drinking for hours before the incident.
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Payetteville
Floriie Isaacson
Cecelia Anson
Jamestown
Vallister
Claude Gaster
Erwin
Isaacson
Gaster
W. C. Davis
Narrow Escape From Fire At Pittsfield Chicken House
A fire broke out in a Pittsfield chicken house this morning, threatening heavy losses. John H. Clough and two sons rescued about 500 Rhode Island chicks aged six weeks, moving them from the burning coop. Fifty younger chicks were lost as the floor was seen afire, apparently from an overheated stave. Firefighters controlled the flames.
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John H. Clough
Pittsfield
Mr. Clousty
Rhode Island
Eltickena
Tost
Eight Are Drowned When Tugboat Sinks
A tugboat on the Delaware River near Cubbstown sank at night, drowning eight crew and passengers including 10 year old Mary Robinsony. Capt Reuben Dulsey attempted rescue, but the vessel plunged starboard and foundered losing two oil barges. Rescue efforts and inquiries follow as authorities assess the tragedy.
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United Press
Cbbstown
In Wine River
Gibbatown
Ragrant
Mary Robinsony
Camuen
En Dulsey
Lee Totton
Sheridan
Gompiny
Panadelphia
Delaware River
Cubbstown
Negotiations to End Strike at Hershey
Picket lines form outside Hershey Coloty Corp in Hershey Pennsylvania as mediators hold lunch break and resume talks at 1 30 p m. Mike Sweeney organizer and Willan 7 1 Murrle president join state and federal labor officials in efforts to resolve the dispute at the Hershey County Club complex.
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Hershey
Serrigan Rise
Hershey Chocolaty Corp
Mike Sweeney
Willan
Murrle
Cormmova
Lon
Laboy
MS. Hershey
Hershey Cauntey
Corry Man Near Death After East Lake Road Crash
Havard Wilcox of Lawrence Park is hospitalized in critical condition after being struck by a car while crossing East Lake Road near the General Flesbie plant. Driver Jay Cole of Main Street, Lawrence Park, cooperated with investigators as Wilcox, en route home from the G plant, stepped from behind a passing car and was hit.
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W. F. Bevan
Donn
Havard Wilcox
Hal Jey
Lawrence Pali
Famot ‘Hospital
General Flestiie
East Lake Road
Wilcox
Jay Cole
Lawrence Park
Fempt Hospital
Charles Sora
Highway Patrol
Flora Bement
Stripped of Royal Status Felt by Roumania Prince
Vienna report states Prince Nicholas of Roumania under house arrest in Bucharest after being deprived of royal status. He is ordered to remain sequestered at home and to leave the country. documents identify him as Nicholas Snagov, while his wife and four year old son Peter are described as a royal princess and prince.
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United Press
Vienna
Nicholas of
Roumania
Bucharest
Fialice
Nicholas Snagov
Peter
Rebels Halted in Madrid Front Battle Report
In Madrid area fighting as insurgents sent waves over El Pardo north of the city were repulsed. Loyalist forces held gains and pressed southward as aviation and artillery supported infantry in a tight engagement.
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United Press Maumrill
Aguila
Strategie
Castle Camp
Wkop. Ri
Masih
Madrip
Lowber
Willy Heey
Ifawar Li
Tenalve
Madrid
el Pardo
Pavle Ani
Orl
Orl In 17 Other Swelora To Thie South Wil Weal
Case de Campo
Manle Garabita
Third Arrest Follows Wild Auto Escapade
Paul Dousy, 26, arrested by Chief John Plunigan on info from Ben Folch, after plea of guilty to driving while intoxicated. Kinney faces sentence in Brie jail for stealing Folch’s truck. Kinney, earlier jailed, allegedly led pursuit from Brie to Corry with Clarence Bradford as chauffeur, Bradford later arrested for drunken driving.
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Alrasdy
Paul
Dousy
John Plunigan
Ben Folch
Delaware Street
Delaware Street, Wie
Kinney
Brie
Y John Coates
Foleh
Nail J
Ely
Toleh
Jin- Ney
Weleh
Corry
Youngaville
Corry Chain
Clarence Bradford
Hamburg
N. Y
Bradford
Student killed two hurt in laboratory blast at high school
One student died and two others were hospitalized after an explosion during an unauthorized experiment at Nether Provider High School in Wallingford, according to United Press. The deceased pupil was identified as Robert Beard, 7, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Fleming Beard of Moylan, with notable family connections mentioned.
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United Fress
Wallingford
Nether Provider High School
Robert Bede
Teonnis
Robert Fleming Beard
Moylan
Philadelphia
Three Dead in Convicts Orgy Alleged Killings
A murky report from a Western state describes three men killed and two wounded during a violent incident at a convicts gathering. Police identify victim Yorkavaxe as one man slain. two others are in critical condition. Several named individuals linked to nearby properties and a hotel are mentioned amid unclear details.
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United Press
Carmial
Dluseum
Yorkavaxe
Cornell Earl
Pecks Rowe
Ilaproont
Clubberine Yarkayage
Peter Profit
Provireloy
Walter
Ford Blasts Union and Promises Higher Wages
Henry Ford, at his Ways plantation in Georgia, hinted at increased wages for about 150000 workers while denouncing labor unions. He said Ford would show wage and production gains with new methods, amid reports of a $10 a day basic wage and ongoing union organizing pressure from the United Automobile Workers. Ford reiterated he would not recognize any union.
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United Press Ways
Henry Ford
Ford Company
Ways
Ford
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Chrysler
Fords
Picket clashes at GM plant as workers resume service division
Pickets and taunts marred entry to the General Motors Canada plant in Oshawa Ontario as about 14 000 UAW members mobilized around the site. A nonproduction service unit saw 100 workers enter amid threats and chants urging reprisals, with tense moments at the plant entrance and nearby observers watching closely for any escalation.
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General Motors of Canada
Art
Free Oshawa
Ont
General Motors Corporation of Canada
United Automobile Worker
Ac Suym
Parts and Service Department
Plines Rifitors
Vtsibyire
Paris
Bow
Netlon
Hitare
Uyers
Slayer Runaway Suspect Sought on Roosevelt Highway
Police traced a suspect in the Gedeon murders driving westward on Route 6 in a stolen car. The vehicle, linked to an accident between Coudersport and Galeton, was recovered at Mitusville and the driver Robert Fustows, 19, was returned to an Erie institution.
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Roosevelt Highway
Welbboro
Erie
Robert Inwin
Allen Alayur
Veronica Garcon
Smother
Mary
Frank Byrnes
dLawn Jwarvell
Tisveyaih
Elmivoor
Protest to Italy by United Presa report from Rome
William Phillips American amidseelir in Rome made formal inquiries at the Italian charge office about reports of expulsion of three American missionaries in Ethiopia. The message indicates U.S. concern over action against American personnel and seeks clarification from Italian authorities.
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Italy
United Presa
Washington
William Phillips
Rome
Éiraigae
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Kittanning Company
John Clough
Hazard Wilcox
Mes. W. H. Dedean
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Paul Kinney
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Aril
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Oshawa, Ont
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Titusville
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