Roosevelt discusses far eastern crisis and wage accord
The report notes Roosevelt addressing the far eastern crisis as China defies, while a wage accord averts a rail strike. In Corry a relief program expands with sewer work planned in the Fourth Ward starting next week. About 25 workers plus foremen to begin, project cost around 8200 dollars. Overall, 51 workers on city projects plus 60 expected on school redecorating and junior high athletic field work, totaling near two hundred in the Relief Works Division.
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Relief Works Division
Myr- He
Sereta Strests
N. R. Dickson
Worlb
RWD
Alreet
North Center Street
Franklin Street
Park Place
Clinton
Gould Streets
Hartishire
Sew ‘Works
Juniox
Aftymien
Corry
Extra Levy Plan Faces House Defeat in Tax Row
United Press reports the Senate tax plan to add a 10 percent charge on 1934 income tax returns faced likely defeat in the House. Despite agreement on most provisions, the 10 per cent levy was sent back for a vote. The bill aimed to raise about 55 million dollars from the extra rate, with administration assurances that rates were not m ested. Conferees signaled possible gains, while independent Republicans framed the measure as yielding more revenue than originally proposed.
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Washington
Senate
House Renteree
House
Philippine Islands
Patterson Quits Gubernatorial Race to Back Shannon
Judge Marion J Patterson of Whlaie County retires from the Republican gubernatorial race and endorses Lieutenant Governor Rikward C Bhaumon. The withdrawal narrows the field to a few remaining active candidates as Peter Glick, western Pennsylvania manager for the Hollidaysburg judge, announced the move after a monster parade at Altoona. Another judge, Harry S McDevitt of Philadelphia, stepped aside earlier but did not reveal support for another primary candidate.
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Altoona
Harry S$. McDevitt
Philadelphia
Former Corry man figures in New York case
New York dispatches reveal BL Frisbee, once with Edward Stiney in the Oneida Meat Market, as the former Corry figure tied to a sensational case. His annulment to Lady Grace MacKenzie was granted in 1924 after she posed as British nobility. The case involves alimony, costs, and Frisbee's later marriage to a Buffalo heiress.
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New York City
Buuffalo
Frisbee
Edward Stiney
Oneida
Bernstein
Cogswell Eaton and Gay
Stiney & Prisbee
New Kent House
Lakewood
New York
Mikusukee
Milk Producers Protest Price Fixing In Philadelphia Area
Representatives from nine counties in the Philadelphia milk shed met state milk control officials in Harrisburg to protest the board’s regulation fixing a two base price. The gathering highlighted ongoing disputes over pricing and regional dairy policy.
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Phila
United Press Harrisburg
Interstate Milk Producers’ Association
Philadelphia
State Milk Control Car
Independent Operator Protests Erie Action
Virginia Hi Febinger of Erie filed a complaint with the Public Service Commission protesting upcoming action by the city water works commissioner. She alleges the city intends to appropriate her Forest Park heater business and customer patronage.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pub- Vic Service Commission
Virginia Hi
Febinger
Forest Park
Commissioner of Water Works
Brie
Hirota assumes responsibility for Jap threat
United Press dispatch from Washington and Providences detail Japan denying restraint in China while Hirota in Tokyo claims responsibility for a policy that presses Japan’s overlordship in Asia. Foreign ministers discuss the China issue as Japan asserts its sphere of influence. The report notes Tokyo’s April statements and reactions from Chiang Kai-shek’s government and Geneva notices. London reports British observers note Japan’s potential naval equality and air force expansion as the London treaty nears expiry.
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H.R. Ekins
United Press
Feiping
Cina
China
Japan
Washington
Tokio
Koki Hirota
Topinebe
Chiang Two- Ping
Hirod
Carlier
Bit Amau
Japanss
Amau
Asia
Chinese
Yokoyama
Geneva
I Ts
Bergdoll Seeks Pardon to Return Home from Exile
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, a draft dodger in exile at Weinsberg Wuerttemberg, writes to urge a presidential pardon. He expresses homesickness and readiness to return to the United States, appealing to President Roosevelt and citing his long absence and belief the U.S. remains a land of freedom.
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United States
Frederick Ofchsner
United Press
Berlin
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Feller
Weinsberg
Wuerttembers
Bergdall
Weins
Railroad wage settlement ends six week dispute
Washington April 26 six weeks of wage conflict ended in compromise between labor and management. The agreement restores two and one half percent of the ten percent cut and restores five percent on January 1 1935 with another two and a half percent on April 1 1935. The deal removes the strike threat from 2 000 000 railroad workers and runs for one year.
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United Press
Washington
Chatman Alexander F. Whitney
Ure Railway Executives Association
Board of Mediation
National Railway
Pres
Roosevelt
Witney
Heavy registration reshapes Spring primary fights in city
On Wednesday 263 new voters qualified for the Spring primary and 81 changed party. 150 Republicans and 111 Democrats newly registered in various precincts. Second Ward’s Second precinct accounts for much of the Republican gain amid rival committee battles. 69 voters shifted from Democrat to Republican while 10 Republicans joined Democrats. Some Democrats reportedly switched to back Margiotti for governor. Local leaders expect Democrats to reclaim their column as voting patterns shift.
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Republican Committee
Conmauttes
Charles J. Margiotti
Reajers
Wall
Hull PLEA for Tariff Bargaining in Washington
Secretary of State Cordell Hull urged rapid passage of the administration tariff bargaining bill before the Senate finance committee. He warned of a worldwide panic and serious economic crises, contrasting with other nations striking treaties quickly, and pressed for broader tariff flexibility beyond the 15 proposed changes.
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United Press
Washington
Cordell Hull
United States
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Hull
David A. Reed
Ber
Committee votes down Wirt charges reported
Washington April 26 The investigating committee concluded Dr. Wm A Wirt’s brain trust plot allegations did not sustain the charges and voted to report to the House that the Gary educator failed to substantiate his claims.
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Wirt
United Press
Washington
Wm. A. Wirt
House
Four Hurt as Auto Crash Kills Murray in Pittsburgh Area
April 26 report from Canonsburg details a collision that killed Montz B. Murray, 40, independent Mo, a delegate to a steel and tin workers convention in Pittsburgh. Four rode in a car that struck a truck driven by August Gatto, 25, from Pittsburgh, with three others hospitalized with injuries.
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Wey Wene
Canonsburg
Montz B. Murray
Independent
Assottion
Ircn
Steel and ‘Tin Workers
Pittsburgh
August Gatto
Prediction of Prohibition Return in a Few Years
Philadelphia April 26 The national prohibition movement may return within a few years a prediction by Mrs D Leigh Colvin national vice president of the Woman's Party notes she believes President Roosevelt will realize his error and revert on prohibition The article asserts prohibition has caused deaths and tolls amid its failures and warns of a repeat in the future
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Philadelphia
D. Leigh Colvin
Roosevelt
Tom
Mir Mall
Lindbergh Kidnapping Probe Reported By Boston Office
In Rutland area thirty three federal agents are reported to be assisting in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping probe. A Paris dispatch notes information on the ransom may be released by Stewart Donnelly, an international confidence man, with details to follow on page seven.
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United Press
Boston
Rutland
Havre
Prance
Stewart Donnelly
Kidnapers Searched for Arizona Girl in ransom case
Tucson police intensified a statewide search for the kidnapper of June Apples, six, daughter of a prominent Arizona family, demanding a $15,000 ransom. Authorities linked the case to the Dillinger era gang, noting past abductions and a history of high-stakes ransoms and threats.
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June Robles
Arizona
United Press
Tucson
Ariz
John Dillinger
June Apples
Charles A. Bindbersn Jr
Hopewell
N. J
Peggy McMatn
Bublaw
Witte
Disclose Names of Other Silver Holders
Washington April 26 The third and latest note on silver holders was sent to the Senate today by Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr This brings the total names submitted to around 6000
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Secretary of Treasury
Henry, Morgenthau, Jr
Ames
Spain teeters toward civil war as crisis deepens
Madrid April 26 Fear grips Spain as President Zamora seeks a new premier. State of alarm proclaimed nationwide with martial law looming. A youth threw a bomb at Interior Minister Salazar Alonso’s car. it failed to explode and the assailant fled. Right and Left watch each other for a coup, as cabinet formation seems impossible on a chaotic political landscape amid third anniversary celebrations of the republic.
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Lester Ziffren
United Press
Madrid
Niceto Alcala Zamora
Salazar Alonso
Zamora
Former Cuba President Machado Sought After Disappearance
Gerardo Machado, former president of Cuba, fled his residence before federal officers served an arrest warrant on murder charges. Pennsylvania and four other states commenced searches for him in New York on April 2.
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Cuba
United Press
New York
Pennsylvania
Gerardo Machado
Tere
Arkansas Bandits Terrorize Three Towns
Three machine gun bandits terrorized three Arkansas communities in an attack that included a bank robbery and the wounding of an officer. The trio fled in a fast car, leaving dust clouds behind as they escaped.
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Unireorrese
Grady
Ark
Arkasas
Tony
Compensation Act Racket Alleged by Bohlen
Francis H. Bohlen, professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania, served as counsel for the compensation board 1915 to 1922. He described the Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act administration as a racket and asserted the act as a primitive precursor in his remarks.
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Francis H. Bohlen
University of
Hunt Dillinger in North Woods
United Press reports a chase widening as George Nelson, tied to the Dillinger gang, is captured after a Spider Lake ambush left two dead and two wounded. Authorities traced the suspect’s escape by a car found near Boulder Junction, moving through dense pine and brush as the manhunt continues.
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United Press
Mercer
Wis
Joan Dillinger
North Wanda
Frest
George
Baby Pace) Nelson
Hoosier Desperado
Nelson
Dillinger
Spider Lake
Wi5
Boulder Tunction
Free Seed Distribution Registration Under Way
Registration for relief garden seed for spring planting is active. Special registrars at the Municipal Building open in the morning to assist residents in obtaining seed and fertilizer. Free seed registration continues Friday morning and all day Saturday, with reports due to tent headquarters.
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