Jersey Officials Accused of Hiding Parker in Kidnap Case
New Jersey officials are suspected of aiding Ellis Parker Jr in hiding after the Wendel kidnapping and Lindbergh murder case ties. District Attorney Geoghan says five to six more may be indicted, with questions about official involvement and future elections.
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Fred Myers
United Press
New York
William F. X. Geoghan
New Jersey
Ellis H. Parker, Jr
Paul H. Wendel
Geoghan
Wendel
Lintbergh
Aby
Brano Richard Hauptmann
Thera
Parker
Lingbergis
Parkers
Chick
Burtington County
N.J
Harold G. Hoxtman
Hauptmann
Mercer County
Col
Norman Schwarzkopf
Roosevelt to Address National Democratic Club in Washington
President Roosevelt plans a major pre convention speech tonight at the National Democratic Club to challenge critics including Alfred E Smith. White House aides expect a forceful campaign tone answering anti New Deal critics and calling for party unity ahead of the June convention in Philadelphia.
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Frederick A. Storm
United Press
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Tammany Hall
New Deal
Natonal Democratic Club
Lie Nation
al Smith
New West
Democratic National Committee
Philadelphia
Alben W. Barkley
Ty. Ky
Joseph Robinson
Ark
Vie
Smith
Baltimore
New York
Tammany Mall
Brooklyn
Bronx
Liens Filed to Collect Back School Taxes in Corry
School Tax Collector George H. Jordon reports he filed about seventy liens to recover delinquent taxes over the past two days and may issue more next week as part of efforts to raise funds for Corry school finances. City Tax Collector Frank Westley notes city tax receipts have been steady. next Thursday is the deadline for the one percent discount on 1936 city taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Jordon
Corry
Frank
Westley
Italians surround Lake Tana district in Ethiopia
United Press reports from Rome say Italian forces occupy Sasa Baneh and complete encirclement of Lake Tana, a vital water source for the Blue Nile and the Sudan Egypt irrigation project, with Bahr-Dar Ghiogis securing a southern tip. Earlier word said Daggah Bur was taken, 22 miles north of Sasa Baneh.
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United Press
Rome
Sasa Baneh
Hararalijiga
Ethiopia
Laie ‘Tana
Blue Nile
Great Britain
Bahr-Dar Ghiogis
Sasa Ranch
Huge Flood Control Bill Advances From Senate Committee
The Senate commerce committee approved a flood control bill with a proposed 880 million dollar package aimed at reservoirs and flood projects across the nation. The plan requires benefitting states and localities to cover all damages, detailing allocations for the Ohio river basin and other regions with specific federal and local shares.
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United Press
Washington
Roe
Commerce Committee
Royal 8
Ohio River Basin
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Biluburgh
Reward Grows for Rescuers of Two from Mine
In Halimax Nova Scotia April 25 physicians report Dr D E Robertson and Alfred Seadling recovering after 10 days underground in Moose River gold mine. Seadling’s infection improved but risk of gangrene remains. Robertson weakened but will recover with rest. Red Cross fund tops 20000 dollars as Canada and the U S continue gifts. Prime Minister MacKenzie told Ottawa Commons the government may provide an appropriation.
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United Press
Halimax
N.S
D. E. Robertson
Alfred Seadling
Moose River
Scadding
Robertson
Reynolds
Red Cross
Canada
United States
W. K. MacKenzie
House of Commons
Ottawa
Dooley Creator Dunne Dies in New York Hotel
Knley Peter Dunne journalist and humorist who created Mr. Dooley died last night at the Hotel Delmonteo in New York. He was 68. His wife Margaret Abbot Dunne and their four children were notified at their Hollywood home. Dunne had been in New York five months for medical treatment. The cause of death was cancer.
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Preon
New York
Peter Dunne
Mr. Dooley
Hotel Delmonteo
Margaret Abbot Dunne
Hollywood
Dunne
Saunders barred from Kentucky tracks in 1935 season
Louisville April 25. Saunders, once pilot of Willie Woodward's Omaha to the 1935 Kentucky Derby victory, was refused a riding license by the Kentucky State Racing Commission for the coming season. No formal reason was issued, but reports tie the denial to Saunders' publicity after the death of Mrs Hivelyn Slivinati in October 1985.
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Ey Wiilewere
Louisville
Nvirlie Saunders
Willie ‘Woodward
Omaha
Kentucky State Racing Commission
Saunders
Hivelyn Slivinati
Countywide drive denies eleven liquor licenses this week
Denial of eleven beer licenses in the county this week signals a broader crackdown on undesirable liquor establishments. Authorities expect up to fifty renewal applications denied as the campaign expands. The District Attorney’s office reports continued investigations and planned hearings by the State Liquor Control Board in Erie this summer.
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Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Paris
Albert Barraut
Chamber of Deputies
Army
Ofle
Linw
Liquor Control
Park Lunch
Corry
State Liquor Control Board
Erie
Mortimer E. Graham
Graham
Deny Lindy Ransom Floods New England
Clarence D. McKean, chief of justice department agents in New England, denies a Boston newspaper claim that more than 20000 Lindbergh ransom notes were cashed in New England banks after Hauptmann's execution. The report alleged a bank cash surge across Boston western Massachusetts southern New Hampshire and Albany New York.
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Unite Press
Boston
Clarence D. McKean
Justice Department
New England
Tryart
Sinc
Bruny
Richard Hauptmann
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Albiny
N.Y
Haupteman
Department of Justice
Pick
Mussolini unveils Aprilia city with boundary plow ceremony
Italian leader Mussolini inaugurated the new city of Aprilia by plowing a furrow to symbolize its boundary, denouncing League penalties as he touts fascist iron will and future foundations. He announces plans to found Pomevia in 1937 and 1939 inaugurations, framing the Pontine marsh reclamation as a grand national project.
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New City
Stewart Brown
United Press
Aprilia
Benito Mussolini
League of Nations
Mussolini
Tne
Italy
Pomevia
Po Mezia
Flomulus
Hope to Launch Township Road Project Soon
State highway officials await final federal authorization to begin improving the Concord township road from Darrow's to Stranahan Corners. About $25,000 is allotted for grading draining and a special surfacing, creating employment for a good sized labor force over several months.
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State Highway Department
Concord Township
Darrow's
Stranahan Corners
Congord-Spartansburg
Highway Department
Rosd
Bank Robbery Links To Suspect Across States
Sioux Falls police linked prints from a $200000 kidnapping case to those found at a Stockholm bank robbery last week. They matched fingerprints of fugitive William Malan also known as William Dainard to evidence at the crime scene including cream cans left in a barn. Burglars took $20 in silver and burned $800 in paper while trying to force entry.
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Ly United Press
Sioux Falls
SL. D
William Matian
George Weyerheuser, Jr
Sioux Malls
Stockholm
Department of Justing
Malan
William Dainard
King Fuad IIill: King of Egypt Dying Fears of Crisis
Cairo April 25 King Fuad I a key figure in Egyptian politics and Britain relations was gravely ill doctors said he was sinking rapidlyan unofficial bulletin said he survived a severe hemorrhage and rested but grew weaker eminent specialist Cesare Wragoni was summoned to Cairo after consulting attending physicians Fuad rose to the throne in 1922 after the end of the British protectorate he dismissed parliament in 1928 and promulgated a new constitution in 1980.
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P. S. Taylor
United Press
Cairo
Fuad
Great Britain
Uie
Cesare Wragoni
Tulu
Otha
Iking Fuad
Sultah Hussein Kiamil
Townsend Club Plans For Election Party
Townsend Club in Corry hoped to hear Erie speaker William McClelland next Friday May 1 at the Grand Theatre. A large crowd attended last night’s meeting with news from a district Congressional gathering in Erie. Mrs Stewart, entertainment chair, announced a post primary entertainment at 9 pm next Tuesday in the Grand Theatre with a silver offering.
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William McClelland
Townsend
Erie
Corry Townsend Club
Grand Theatre
Iocal
Charles Stewart
Declaration of Dividends to Increase Crop
President Roosevelt’s corporate tax bill would create a new cohort of transient millionaires, treasury estimates show, as corporations push to avoid higher taxes by large dividend declarations. Estimates project thousands more in the top brackets if 70 percent of earnings are distributed, with income jumps across several millionaire classes.
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Edward G. Lewis
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Nick
Corry Trio Fails in State Finals
Dispatches from United Press report Eichelberger High School girls trio failed to win in the Pennsylvania Forensic and Music League state finals at Pottsville. Dorotha Mae Ridlers, Louise Whiteley and Ethel Beck with Beatrice Shaffer and Mrs. R. S. Dewey had won district honors at Greenville two weeks earlier and had traveled to Pottsville Thursday. Other state winners included harpist Peggy Norton of O City, brass sextet from New Castle, ensemble of twelve instruments from Sharon, and mixed quartet from Grove City.
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United Press
Eichelberger
Pottsville
Corry High School
Dorotha Mae Ridlers
Louise Whiteley
Ethel Beckwith
Greenville
Beatrice Shaffer
R. S. Dewey
Peggy Norton
Oi City
New Castle
Sharon
Grove City
Outbreak in Shanksville Affects Ninety Residents
Harrisburg reports an outbreak in Shanksville Somerset County affecting about 90 people including women and children. Health officials tentatively diagnose a mild form of encephalitis similar to cases at Windber last July. Isolation of all cases is ordered, but no cause for alarm is seen.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Edith MacBride-Dexter
Shanksvill
Somerset County
Department of Health
Shanksville
Windber
Health Department
Four Counterfeiters Nabbed at Detroit
Detroit April 25 United States secret service announced the arrest of four members of an interstate counterfeiting ring. The group had passed counterfeit bills from Cleveland to Detroit and operated across state lines. Local authorities cooperated as investigators tracked the counterfeit currency to the four men and planned further prosecutions.
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Detroit
United Press
United States Secret Service
Livies
Cleveland
Skidmore Sentenced to Life for Pittsburgh Murder
George C. Skidmore was moved to Western Penitentiary for life after pleading guilty to the murder of a Pittsburgh filling station attendant. He fled Pennsylvania for six years, hiding in Idaho before being found and sentenced immediately.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
George C. Skidmore
Western Penitentiary
Skidmore
Pennsylvania
Idaho
Bine
Automoniie Telote
Fame Ce
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Sassaut
Lake Tana
Harar
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League
Darrows
Stranahan Dormers
Mahan
King
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Britain
Covery
Townsend Club
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