Hoover to Lead Private Talks on Credit and Jobs
United Press reports British and U S financiers will join Hoover for a private conference in Washington to coordinate private and government efforts to widen credit and stimulate employment. The meeting opens with chairmen of business and industrial groups, with Mills Chapin Mayer Pomerene Bestor and Pert among speakers.
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U. S
United Press
Washington
Nomic
Nomis
Mme
Hoover
Treasury Mills
Commerce Chapin
Gov. Mayer
Federal Reserve Board
Pomerene
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Pert
Home Loan Discount Bank System
Paul Bestor
Atlantic Air Race Looms Tragic Pan Water Accident
Kathleen Ann Cromer, 1 1/2, of 318 Gnotid Street, died after falling into a pan of scalding water at her grandparent's home in Corry. She was burned on the back and legs and died at Corry Hospital minutes after 9. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning with interment in St Thomas Cemetery. Paul Griffith, new commander of the American Legion in Pennsylvania, was elected at the recent state convention in Pittsburgh.
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Kathleen Ann
Maynard Cromer
Gnotid Street
Corry Hospital
Wespels
Pred Hand
West iChuren Street
Cramer
Katherine Hadid
Serveles
St Thomas
Paul Griffith
American Lion
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Maine resort meeting place for financiers
New York reports a private international financial conference being held this week across Bar Harbor Maine country homes. Governors Norman of the Bank of England and other major financiers from New York Washington and Philadelphia are present amid guarded anonymity. Discussions focus on Britain debt payments due December and plans for international cooperation to lift commodity prices while considering British American cooperation at the upcoming conference.
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United Press
New York
Bar Harbor
Montague Norman
Bank of England
Washington
Philadelphia
George L. Harrison
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Norman
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Meyer
Mount Kisco N
United States
Great Britain
University of Pennsylvania Professor Aids Cancer War
Dr Billie Mc Donald director of cancer research at the University of Pennsylvania announced at the American Chemical Society convention in Denver that organic solutions can generate powerful ultraviolet radiation to rapidly destroy cancer cells. The method was developed by Mc Donald and his Philadelphia colleagues.
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Billie McDonald
University of Pennsylvania
American Chemical Society
Denver
Colo
McDonald
Joint account with Walker tied to big profits
Block, New York publisher, testified he opened a joint brokerage account with Mayor James J. Walker in 1927, from which Walker earned about 210000 in profits. Block said he handled cash draws by issuing checks, and denied any official favors. The testimony occurred during Walker's trial before Governor Roosevelt to assess fitness for office.
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Frederick A. Storm
United Press
State Capitol
Albany
N.Y
New Yorke
James J. Walker
Walker
Blok
Rankim
Oosevelt
Blerk
Aftes
Supreme Court Justice Attacks Pa Blue Laws
Justice Jonn W. Kephart of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court told Delaware and New Jersey motion picture exhibitors that Sunday blue laws foster crime and must be reformed. He cited daily activities labeled criminal for Sunday. He urged open relaxation and pointed to orderly crowds at a Sunday ballgame.
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Supreme Court
United Press
Philadelphia
Jonn W. Kephart
Pennsylvana Supreme Court
Delaware
New Jersey
Motion Picures
Kephart
Hospital campaign to be revived under new general chair
Milon L. Brown named general chairman to revive Corry hospital fund drive. A city wide canvass will be pushed over the next weeks to pledge funds for uninterrupted operation, with community cooperation to ease the burden on any single group. The drive, stalled earlier due to exhausted funds and state aid vetoes, will be resumed with details to follow.
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Milon L. Brown
Corry’ Hospital
Brown
Hell Moday
Pinchot
Dent
Canadian rail merger rumor shocks Canadian finance
Montreal August 23 The prospect of merging government owned Canadian National Railways with Canadian Pacific is being discussed by the Oval Commission of Railways in Canadian financial circles An official announcement is expected soon and a unified head for both lines is hinted at as a possible outcome amid reports of CNs severe financial strain and CPs tight earnings situation
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Montreal
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
United Press
Oval Commission of Railways
Lnes
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Probe sale of Clarion River Power Company
The Federal Power Commission ordered Clarion River Power Company to file within 10 days a full report on the alleged sale of its properties to Pennsylvania Electric Company. The commission also barred issuing securities without prior approval and issued a similar order against the Pennsylvania Electric Company. The action aims to safeguard licensees’ financial health and physical well being amid alleged evasion of the Federal Water Power Act.
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Penn's, Electric Company
Federal
Power Commission
Clarion Power
United Press
Washington
Federal Power Commission Tolay
Clarion River Power Company
Pennsylvania
Ile
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Clarion Company
Commission
George Otis Smith
Federal Power Commission
Clarion River Company
Associated
Uas and Electric Company
Sdmumiasion
Os Jwald Ryan
James F. Lawson
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Public Service Commission
Philadelphia Soldier Dies In France Car Crash
Louis Brgumann of Philadelphia was killed and two companions injured when their automobile struck a tree on the Verdun to Paris highway while en route from World War battlefields near Chalone sur Marne.
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France
Chalone-Sur-Marne
Louis Brgumann
Philadelphia
Verdun to-Paria
Hutchinson Family Opens 4800-Mile London Flight Tour
The Hutchinson family begins a 4800 mile air journey to London aboard the amphibian flying boat The Flying Fish, departing St. John New Brunswick at 11 07 p m with George R. Hutchinson piloting. Accompanied by wife Blanche daughters Kathleen and Janet Lee the group plans leg stops via Port Manior Anticosti Island Hopenile Labesdor and across the Atlantic toward Reykjavik and Faroe Islands before reaching London. The craft, with two 425 hp motors, carries 3900 pounds and the aviator has logged about seven years of flying with his family aboard for the last four years totaling over 100000 miles.
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United Press
Loyd Bennett Feld
Hutchinson
North Atlantic
St. John
George R. Hutchinson
Rich~mond, Co
Labes— Dor
Golihaab
Greenland
Angamesealik
Reykjavik
Iceland
Faroe Island
Himburgh
Scotland
Chester
Hagland
London
Murchinsons
Union
Buller Rotary Club Speaker On Fish Hatchery Plan
A. G. Buller spoke at the Corry Rotary luncheon on the Pennsylvania low stream survey for stocking streams. He explained how the survey helps the Fish Commission place fish where they survive best, with propagation and distribution methods discussed. Mrs. John Tubbs travels to Spring Creek to visit friends for several days.
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A. G. Buller
Corry
Rotary Club
Hotel Corry
Pennsylvania
Fish Commission
Buller
John Tubbs
Spring Creek
Ocean flight begins with two planes on stage
Fog and light rain along the Newfoundland coast affect the start of a transatlantic effort. Green Mountain Boy piloted by Clyde A Lee and joined by Join Bochikon attempt an Oslo bound leg from Barre Montpelier. The other team Nordic Solberg and Carl Petersen head toward Harbor Grace with a Bellanca sesquiplane aiming for Oslo, first leg to Newfoundland.
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Wines
Reas
Harbor Grace
Nid
Newfoundland
Cape Race
Cape Rage
St. Johns
Barre
Green Mountain Bay
New York
Oslo
Norway
Uneir
Clyde Allen Lee
Oshkosh
Barre-Montpelier
Boobkon
Brooklyn
N.Y
Julius Robertson
Negaunee
Mich
Bochkon
Bog
Lee
United Press
Hag Hor
Oshikost
Thor
Radiomarine
Floyd Ewnnett
Gaybreak
Atlantic Ocean
Uther Solberg
Carl Peterson
Byrd
Antarctic
Mfd
Solberg
Strike halts work on Pittsburgh post office project
Pittsburgh August 25 engineers halted work on a steel structure after a second strike within a month. Hoisting crews handling beams refused to work, delaying the post office project and drawing attention to labor disruptions in the city.
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Pittsburgh P. 0
Pittsburgh
Within & Mont
Jillian
Bus Crash Kills One Injures Several in Wyandotte
A Cleveland-Detroi t bus crashed into a parked truck trailer in Wyandotte Michigan. One man died and 18 were injured as victims were taken to Wyandotte General Hospital. Among the injured were Mary Curran 10 Mary Louise Jaine 21 and Mrs Maybelle French 30. Police hold driver D R Slocum and helper Morris pending investigation with Slocum claiming he was blinded by another truck’s lights.
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Wyandotte
Mich
Gay Persuin
Cleveland
Mary Curran
Mary Louise Jaine
Pittsburgh
Maybelle French
Oak Park
Hermanoch
Louise
Andrew J. Thompson
Pittshurst
Frank Wirst
Milwanker
Samuel Johnson
Palestine
Gus Harris
Detroit
Morris
D. R. Slocum
Slocum
Doolittle Safe After Plane Gear Jams In Flight
Mason James H. Doolittle, famed air ace, landed safely at Wichita airport at 12:55 p m after an hour aloft with retractible landing gear jammed in the fuselage. He circled to align wheels, restored gear, and executed a cautious approach as fuel faded and the plane rocked on the runway.
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Wichita
Kas
Mason James H. Doolittle
Doolittle
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American Legion
Atlantic Air Race
Tot
Maynard Cramer
Maine
Block
Kay
Roosevelt
Viited Press
Cambridge
Guernsey
Peter Simtuk
McKeesport
Joan Chiplist
Akron
Charles Bird
Mike Kraivel
Simrakt
Chipka
Kraivel
J Kraivel
Kravel
Simrak
Buller Rotary Club
Negro Porter
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