New Riots Quelled at Eastern Penitentiary Reported
United Press dispatch from Philadelphia describes a riot at an Eastern State Penitentiary where tear gas subdued seventeen prisoners after doors, bats, and fires caused chaos. Governor Pinchot ordered an immediate investigation with warden Stanley Ashe coordinating efforts to examine causes and reforms.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Eastern
Zuwida
Herbert
Filla
Klondike
Gherry Hill
Graterford
Harrisburg
Gov. Pinchot
Hasterm State Penitentiary
Stanley P. Ashe
Western State Penitentiary
Asie
Northwest and Church Streets Pushed for Paving
Machines hummed as the George S Mellert Weidner Co of Medina Ohio advanced concrete pavement work on Northwest and West Church streets. The project from West Pleasant to the venur&e highway of West Church will widen the junction to curb hazards and create a hard surfaced road from Corry to Spartansburg. Utilities may raise lines to reduce grade.
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West Church Street
George S. Mellert-Weidner Company
Medina
Oho
Spartansburg
West Pleasant
Pleasant
Erie County Line
Corry
Church Streets
Internal Troubles Hit NRA Leadership Amid WRA Dispute
Two NRA high command members reportedly resigned to General Hugh Johnson as Frances Robinson guided a dramatic exit from the recovery administration. The moves followed tensions over the New Deal program with WRA and Henderson and Blackwell Smith in the legal and planning divisions.
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United Press
Washington
NRA
Hive
Hugh & Johnson
Frances Robinson
Recovery Administration
Johnson
Blackwell Smith
Leon Henderson
Seven escape from North Carolina state hospital ward
Raleigh. Seven men escaped from the criminally insane ward at the state hospital, three of them convicted of murder. Guards overpowered and seven missing after the break, none injured. Among the fugitives was Ed Deaver of Columbus County, convicted of killing an elderly neighbor over a watermelon argument. spared the electric chair by insanity plea.
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United Press
Raleigh
N. C
Ed Deaver
Columbus County
Wets Take Lead as South Carolina Vote Tightens
In Columbia on August 29 the wets led the liquor referendum while Olin Johnston widened his edge over Gale L. Blease in the Democratic gubernatorial race. Early precinct returns show Johnston ahead of Blease, with Wyndham Manning and other candidates trailing, signaling a possible run off if results hold.
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United Press Columbia
South Carolina
Olin D. Johmston
Spartanburg
Gale L. Blease
Johnston
Blease
Wyndham Manning
Sumter
Llora C. Blackwood
United States
Erie inmate Roy Graham escapes from prison yard
Roy Graham of Erie, serving four months for petty larceny, walked from the Erie county prison yard this afternoon as a trusted inmate. He had already served two months of his sentence when his absence was found.
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Roy Graham
Erie
Erie County
Graham
New Relief Plan Outlined for Pennsylvania Unemployed
Relief board representative Mund T. Anderson told Pottsville convention that the new work relief program will place 80 to 90 percent of unemployed into jobs starting September 35. He said the plan aims to fund food heat light clothing and rent, leaving 10 to 20 percent who refuse work to receive food orders. Commissioners Maynard and Ritchey criticized relief transfers to county boards as Anderson defended the setup.
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Pennsylvania
Mund T. Anderson
Relief Board
Pottsville
Anderson
State Emergency Relief Board
Relief Administration
Hubert Maynard
Wyoming County
John Ritchey
Venango County
Ritchey
Teis County
Two Rockview Prisoners Recaptured In Pa. Manhunt
Bedford Pa August 29 The ten long term convicts who cut barbed wire at Rockview penitentiary and fled were recaptured with one wounded. State police aided by volunteers and deputies arrested David Prosser 26 in Spring Mountain valley after a tip. Charles B Litzinger 27 Westmoreland county murder was wounded and remained at Tissmon hospital after their vehicle escape.
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United Press
Bedford
Rockview Penitentiary
Wooried
David Calhoun
David Prosser
Spring ‘Mountain Valley
Johnstown
Rockview
Tissimons
Charles B. Litz- Inger
Westmoreland County
Litzinger
M. L. Wicker
Author Fails as Socialist Wins as a Democrat
Upton Sinclair, long considered a Left Wing Democrat, faced Frank Merriam in California's governor race. Sinclair led in reformist Epic plan support, switching from Socialist to Democrat, while Merriam remained Republican incumbent. Primary results edge Sinclair toward a general election contest despite past unpopularity.
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Morris DE Haven Tracy
United Press
San Francisco
Upton Sinclair
Frank Merriam
Cali
Sinclair
Creel
Wardell
Merriam
Young
Quinn
Haight
Meriam
Ate
Wiorerice Pi Kahn
Momtber
United States
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Boston
Socialist Party
Howard Scott
Morgenthau paints new recovery cost in glossy figures
Secretary Morgenthau in his first radio address outlines the New Deal recovery cost at about 508 million dollars amid a 6 billion dollar rise in the national debt. He highlights stabilizing funds, gold profits, and emergency funds while pledging continued caution in spending through 1936. The speech aims to reassure business and support bond financing in the coming months.
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United Press
Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Venango Youth to Tell Story of Dad's Death
Franklin Pennsylvania August 29 The case against a 2 year old Walter Witherup for slaying his 50 year old father Clark N Witherup continues The defense seeks to prove the shot could not happen at three feet while the prosecution relies on gun expert John A Funk who testified the wound showed the gun was fired within an inch or less of the head rather than at a greater distance.
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Uniteo
John A. Funk
Harrisburg
Funk
Witherup
Transients Ordered From Erie By United Workers
A trainload of unemployed men was enroute to Pittsburgh after public sentiment forced the transient bureau to stop feeding them. A similar train was started toward Warren, Ohio, amid complaints that the men refused work and became a nuisance.
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United
RIE
Pittsburgh
Warren, O
Real Ty
Hope Fades for Early Peace in Strike Crises
Washington reports show conferees at Aluminum Company of America plants fail to reach a morning agreement and plan to reconvene at 2:30 p.m. Optimism remains but a settlement seems distant as labor and management consider next steps. Separately, textile mill owners and labor leaders clash over how to proceed with a peace conference aimed at averting a nationwide strike of 600,000 workers from Maine to Alabama. The dispute centers on whether the round table should be chaired by the cotton textile code authority or the cotton textile institute.
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Darin Dles
United Press
Washington
Conerees
Aluminum Corporajum of America
Ieaders
Maine
Alabama
Round Table
National Labor Relations Board
Cotton Textile Code Authority
The
Cotton Textile Institute
Institute
Mathe Code Authority
Enile Authority
Workers at Lake Ports Get Increase
Buffalo New York Aug 29 Tugmen at Great Lakes ports will receive a 10 percent salary increase effective Saturday Joseph P Ryan president International Longshoremen's Association announced Hours will stay unchanged until the current agreement with the Great Lakes Towing Company expires in April when tugmen will seek a reduction in hours Joseph Shields of Cleveland visiting Corry went to Erie for a short stay with friends.
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Iy Unitedress
Buffalo
N.Y
Haroor Tugmen
Great Lakes Ports
Joseph P. Ryan
New York City
International Longshoremen’s Association
Great Lakes Towing Company Empires
Ryan
Joseph Shields
Cleveland
Corry
Erie
Prince George to wed Greek princess in Balmoral engagement
London reports Prince George of England and Marina of Greece plan a love marriage, announced by King George at Balmoral while the couple vacationed in Salzburg. The engagement is described as a personal union rather than political, with coverage noting romantic interest from English couples and public intrigue.
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Prince George of
England
Unites Press
London
Buroe
Europe
Cess Marina
Greece
George
Pennsylvania Leaders Hopeful on Relief Conference
In Harrisburg both Republican and Democratic leaders agreed to meet with federal relief administrator Harry Hopkins in New York on Friday to discuss unemployment relief funds for Pennsylvania. Governor Pinchot and state officials indicated they expect a workable plan to fund relief until the next legislative session, potentially avoiding an extra session.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Harry J. Hopkins
New York
Pennsylvania
David L. Lawrence
Democratic
Statu Ecommittee
Satate
George HL Tevie
M. Harvey Taylor
Ith Publican
William HL Schnaie
Saul
Pincher
Eric H. Biddle
Biddie
Hopkins
Washington
Federal Rerief
Pinchot
Schnader
Sutch
Azor
Bradford Man Held For Three Springs HoldUp
Cleveland, Aug 28 A Bradford man, Addison Mease, 24, confessed after police questioning to a Three Springs Pa holdup. Ralph Mace, Bradford neighbor, was arrested. Edgar Mace, his brother, is being sought. The trio fled the scene with 4500 dollars.
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Cleveland
Three Springs
Addison Mease
Pennsylvania
Ralph Mace
Mease
Bradford
Mace
Edgar
Meage
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Ohio
Spartansburg Road
Mercer County
Frank B. Merriam
Secretary of Treasury
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Dad
Clair Capwell
East Bond Stree
Columbus
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