Lindbergh refuses any deal with Capone gang in kidnapping case
Philadelphia April 26 two million Pennsylvanians vote as national eyes focus on Roosevelt vs Smith for the Democratic nomination and Davis vs Butler for the Republican Senate seat. Hoover likely to sweep delegates. Pinchot backs Butler with upstate strength. Davis leads in Philadelphia through Ware machine. Butler predicts state victory by 200000 with Allegheny by 40000.
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Joseph S. Wasney
United Press
Philadelphia
Pennnsylvania
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred ©. Smith
James J. Davis
Smedley D. Butler
Pernsylvania
Davia
Butler
Hoover
Joseph S. France
Maryland
Footevelt
Smith
Allegheny
Erie
Roosevelt
Chicago
Gittard Pinchot
Allegheny County
Davis
Ware
Howard Martin
Republican State Committee
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
State
George Tit
Commonwealth
Bandit Slays Boy. Life Sentence Handed Down
United Press reports Detroit April 26 that Mhea Gore, 96, received a life sentence at hard labor and solitary confinement for the slaying of eight year old Billy Reynolds during a grocery store robbery. The judge condemned capital punishment and Gore made a flippant remark after sentencing.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Mhea
Gore
Tiley
Billy Reynolds
John A. Boyne
Iley
Billy
Senate Democrats caucus on tax bill
Washington April 26 Senate Democrats have called a meeting for this afternoon to frame a party policy on the two billion dollar revenue bill The caucus at 4 p m would focus on income and inheritance tax rates The Senate finance committee members will join the party caucus to discuss policy and speed committee action and floor consideration. no formal program was set plans were to take views on rates and policy
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Sonstor George
Dem
Five Die as Tornadoes Strike Southern Region
Five people died and 35 were hospitalized after tornadoes hit ten Shelby County communities near Memphis Tennessee on April 26. Dozens were missing with higher tolls feared. Storm crossed the Mississippi from Arkansas causing damage in Osceola and widespread wind and hail reports from Tennessee Kentucky and Alabama. Auto ambulances ferried the injured to Memphis area hospitals as communities including Kerrville Rosemaris Parkfield Locke Lucy Bolton College Atoka Brunswick Millington and Woodstock suffered damage.
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United Press
Memphis
Tenn
Here
Fot Dale
Kerryilles Badie Pierce
Rosemark
Robert Harris
Parkfeld
Ethel Adams
Irene Sparks
G. Rosemari
Kerrville
Rosemaris
Parkfield
Locke
Lucy
Bolton College
Atoka
Brunawick
Millington
Woodstock
Shelby County
Mississippi River
Osceals
Ark
Birmingham
Ain
Sweetwater
Venn
Glasgow
Revolutionary War Landmark Burned in Pittsburgh
Fire destroyed an old stone house near Mt. Lebanon Park in Pittsburgh, leaving only four walls. Built over 150 years ago near the Red Stone fort site where whiskey rebellion leaders met in 1791, the house stood at the center of ferment against a federal whiskey tax, a controversy that spurred riots until President Washington sent troops to quell rebels in western Pennsylvania.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Mt. Lebanon Park
Red Stone
George Washington
Pennsylvania
Journal to furnish usual election service tonight
Preparations were completed by the Journal this afternoon to provide up to the minute coverage of the primary election. Returns will be available by phone call 50 this evening with voting machines in use in all Corry precincts for early local contest results. Union City Wattsburg Weselyville and other Third District towns will use paper ballots and full Assembly results may come late. The United Press printer telegraph circuit will also relay State returns tonight. Call 50 for the latest dope.
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the Journal
Corry
Union City
Wattsburg
Wesleyville
United Press Printer
Darrow Plans Dramatic Plea To Save Four
Clarence Darrow, age 75, prepares a final jury address in Honolulu seeking acquittal for four defendants charged with slaying Hawaiian Joe Kahahawai. The aging barrister appears exhausted after a day of courtroom dispute as a doctor is sought for his four hour plea.
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Dan Campbell
United Press
Sourtroom
Honolulu
T. H
Clarence Darrow
Thomas H. Massie
Granville Fortescue
O. Jones
B. J. Lord
Joe
Kahahawai
Capone Still Seeks Hand In Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Hopewell April 26 Al Capone and some henchmen are said to seek to influence the Lindbergh kidnapping case while authorities pursue returning the child to Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Col Lindbergh has not involved Capone or his aides, and rumors of a possible delivery for clemency are dismissed as unfounded. A deputy U S marshal guards Capone’s cell while Capone hopes to contact a former henchman to shed light on the case, but no contact has been made and no breakthrough is reported.
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United Press
Hopewell
Noj
al Capone
Lindbergh
Cal
Charles A. Lindbergh
United Bess
Capone
New Jersey
Chicago
Col. Lindbergh
Cotonel Lindbergh
Capane
U. S
Lindberen
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Dansville Rotary Speaker Adams Delivers Boys Work Talk
Dansville Rotarians heard Adams of Dansville deliver an inspiring talk on Boys' Work at today's luncheon. A local conductor in Glasport suffered a heart attack, with details noting a train pulling into the station. Weir of Fredonia attended as a guest. officer elections planned next week.
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Dansville
Adams
Rotary Club
Glassport
Ward Cruthers
Pittsburgh
Lake Erie
C. BH. Weir
Fredania
Corry Club
Breadline Frolics Scores Huge Success
Chicago April 26 The Breadline Frolics began as a money raising stunt for the jobless and became the undisputed sensation of the theatrical season. The Majestic Theatre hosted Society patrons as the tap performers received long applause. The white coat workers donated by a supply company appeared, many had no coats of their own, and the stars performed before a generous crowd. Continued on page 4.
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Frederick C.othman
United Press
Chicago
Majestic Theatre
Goelfsrqus
Ey Teh
Today’s Five Best Radio Entertainments
Listed radio programs across networks include WABC WEAF WEAR and WIZ. Highlights feature Hymn Sing Sanderson and Crumit West Freight Slumber Music with time slots from 8:00 to 1:00 PM. The CBS NBC networks supply music and entertainment segments throughout the day.
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WABC
CBS Network
WEAF
NBC Network
WEAR
WIZ
Ford Might Merge Farming and Industry Plan
Henry Ford, visiting President Hoover, proposed combining farming with industry. He suggested moving workers to plots of land near factories to grow food, claiming households could save about 400 dollars yearly. Ford argued countryside farming could free time for advanced manufacturing.
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United Press
Washington
Henry Ford
Detroit Motor Car
Virginia
Hoover
Ford
White House
Coast Guard patrol boat 290 destroyed by blast at New London
The patrol boat 290, famed for chasing rum runners, was ripped in two and burned after an explosion at 4 gasoline pier. Crew damaged. Cornell, Austin, Webb seriously injured but expected to recover. several others hospitalized. Coast Guard pins blame on possible gasoline concussion, deeming accident likely.
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United Press New London
Coast Guard
Alexander Cornell
Lawrence and Memorial Hospitala
Coast Guards
Paul Schuler
Andrew A. Rhode
Weamen
Cornell
George H. Austin
Allen W. Webb
W. R. Harris
Former Corry youth held for robbery
Frank Lipil 21 of Sharon was arrested in Mercer on a first degree robbery charge in New York State, linked to a hold up at a Falconer roadhouse. Lipil and accomplice Daniel Schalk, once of Meadville, faced new charges as they faced grand jury action and arraignment. A separate note reports the recovery of a boy's body from the Ohio river at Neville Island by three youths. The deceased, about 10 to 12, wore high shoes knickers and a blue-gray sleeveless sweater with large burn marks, and had been in the water for some time per morgue authorities.
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Mercer
Frank Lipil
Sharon
Lipil
New York State
Beeomen W
Joe
Danid Schalk
Meadville
Perestra
Schell
Elitaugud County
Mayet
Schetk
Corry
Wittsburgh
Ohio River
Neville Island
Officisis
Erie Driver Held After Child Killed
Erie police detained Argalus W. Bennett, 50, on involuntary manslaughter charges after a car struck and dragged 3 year old Andrew Huzarewicz, who died last night. Bennett claimed the crash was unavoidable.
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Songer
Erie
Andrew Huzarewicz
Argalus W. Bennett
Bennett
Corry Escapes Severe Storm Hit Area
Heavy showers swept Corry on Monday with deluge like rainfall easing vegetation. A Titusville substation fire caused by lightning damaged electrical boards, while Don Kingsley farm near Townville suffered total losses estimated at 4000 dollars, now owned by the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore.
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Corry
Corty
Titusville
Don Kingsley
Townville
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
Detroit gas blast levels three buildings in Highland Park
Thirty three injured and one killed when a defective gas main exploded in Highland Park Detroit suburb. Firefighters battled flames and rescued victims as three buildings collapsed. A missing three year old boy, Peter Betrus, feared buried. Parents hospitalized. others treated for injuries from flying debris. Technical fault traced to a plumbing shop igniting gas fumes.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Highland’ Fark
Peter Betrus
William Hyman
Csidal
Burt
Payment of Writers to Promote Stock Sales Sparks Inquiry
Washington reports alleged payments to newspaper financial writers to push public stock sales. Representative LaGuardia presented batches of cancelled checks and scrapbooks, naming firms and writers from major papers. He cited payments totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars and said stocks were artificially inflated to attract public buying.
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United Press
Washington
LaGuardia
New York
Senate Committee
Bwo
Savage Arms
Pure Oil
Maxwell Motors
Plummer
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Day Officer Murdered by Rum Runners
April 26 report from Miami Beach area states United States customs patrolman D. A. Romberger was kidnapped and killed during a probe into a rum-running operation. Romberger and colleagues pursued a planned cargo landing near Dania Beach. a search found his body the same day.
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United Press Miamt
D. A. Romberger
United States Customs Board
Dania Bosch
Herd
Romberger
Dania Beach
Brand
Patrolmaniip
Teel Wem
Saul
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