Christmas Lighting Contest Sponsored by Woman's Club
Corry residents may enter the annual Outdoor Christmas Lighting Contest open to city residents within a quarter mile of the city line. Twelve prizes total 25 cash units per ward with 12.50 first prize, 7.00 second, 5.00 third. Entries must be submitted by December 28 midnight via coupon at the Corry Evening Journal to Mrs. E B Hawkins. judging occurs December 28, 30, and January 2 between 7 and 11 pm.
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Mott Street
Corry
Iby
Radio Ent/Top Five Tonight on NBC CBS Networks
Tonight on NBC and CBS networks list five entertainment segments. Die Spirituel Singers on WEAF at 8:00. Dramatic Musicale on WIZ at 8:04. Maxwell House Ensemble on WIZ at 8:30. Miniatures on WABO at 10:30. Orchestra teas on CBS networks at 11:15.
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WIZ
NBC Network
Die Spirituel Singers
WEAF
NBC
Maxwell House Ensemble
WABO
CBS Network
Wal
CBS Networks
Road Improvement Planned From Cutting to Wattsburg
Jamestown Automobile Club reports a 1932 plan to improve Cutting Wattsburg Road to create a paved link from Corry to Erie and extend traffic east from Erie toward James City and southern New York. Pennsylvania to build its section early next year, New York portion previously delayed but now sought to be reinstated.
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Cutting
Wattsburg
Corry
Erie
Jamestown
New York State
Jamestown Automobile Club
Donald Jt
Pennsylvania
Sutting
New York
Three Fliers Killed As Planes Crash Near Selfridge
Three Selfridge Field aviators were killed when two planes collided in the air and crashed in the afternoon at New Baltimore in Michigan. The incident occurred on December 17 as the planes fell, leaving no survivors.
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United Press New
Baltimore
Mich
Selfridge Fish
Swanson Named Delegate to International Disarmament Parley
Washington announces Senator A Olde Swanson Democrat Virginia will join the American delegation to the Geneva International Disarmament Conference next February. He backs Moorer policy and chairs the Senate Foreign Relations and Royal Affairs committees. Secretary Stimson is expected to head the delegation with other nominees to be named before holidays.
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United Press
Washington
Olde
Swanson
Virginia
Geneva
White House
Moorer
Senate Foreign Relations
Stimson
Philadelphia Record Urges Abandon Gold Standard
The Philadelphia Record calls for the United States to abandon the gold standard to end suffering and hasten prosperity. It urges Congress to move off gold immediately, arguing high wages and monetary policy distortions hamper recovery and that returning to prestandard dollars would best address current economic woes.
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Philadelphia Record
United States
United Press
Philadelphia
Jaley
the Record
J. David Stern
Camden
M. J
Courtist
Morning Post
Ecorian
Congress
Two Students Held for Robbing Postmaster
Two high school students from Muddlebourne High School are jailed over a postmaster robbery in Middlebourne West Virginia. Police report 21,250 in cash money orders and stamps were stolen. One suspect reportedly confessed as investigators trace the getaway by a torn bag handle found near the crime scene.
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Unites Press
Middlebourne
W. Va. Dev
Charles Haught
Jack Spencer
Muddiebourne High School
Sherii Baker
Jaik Folie
Pittsburgh insurance man seeks police guard after threat
Pittsburg real estate sale broker Joba I Schaefer received police protection for several days after an anonymous note and a cotton wrapped bullet were mailed to him in Bismail today. The missive read You one and me ane and prompted authorities to act. Sourcing unclear.
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Pittsburgh
Bismail
Joba
I. Schaefer
Pittsburg Insurance
Real Satate Saleamgh
Debt moratorium query rocks Congress in December clash
Washington reports say the foreign debt moratorium debate stalls in the House as leaders aim for a Saturday closure. McFadden's charges against President Hoover spark a storm while Stimson and Mills push for action. Contacts from treasury and New York banks are sought as payments are waived. The Senate delays until after Christmas.
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Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Washington
Democratic
Leider Rainey
House Nation
Chain
Dent Hoover
House
Ways and Means Committee
New York
Collier
Senate
Congress
Hoover
Representative Mcadden
Pennsylvania
McFadden
House Banking and Currency Committee
Frrm
Stimson
Ogden J. Mills
The
Treasury
Capitol
Sana
House votes $200 million for Veterans Bureau loans
Bullets report a House approval of a $200,000,000 appropriation for veterans loans via the Veterans' Bureau. In Boston, the Continental National Bank failed to open with about $7,000,000 in deposits. In Nanking rioting erupts as students attack the Central Daily News offices of the Kuomintang, destroying presses and equipment.
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United Press
Washington
House Today
Veterans' Bureau
Congress
Boston
Boston Continental National Bank
Nanking
Central Daily News
Urian
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
Fears Gangsters May Invade Philadelphia
Philadelphia dispatch reports underworld plots to invade the city after January 1. Motion picture star Pola Negri is mentioned in a garbled item about public safety official Lemuel B. Schofield and Dr. Leo Jing warning police to be alert for gamblers bootleggers and crooks moving into the town.
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Philadelphia
Santa Moniga
Pola Negri
Lemuel B. Schofield
Schofield
Mael
Leo Jing
Promiotions , Mastin, Ltd
Stimson Asked to Submit Manchuria Communications
Washington December 17 The Secretary of State is asked to furnish all his notes and communications with foreign governments on Manchuria. The Johnson resolution, unanimously adopted, prompts Republican and Democratic debate over whether Stimson should disclose information. Senator King Utah criticizes politeness, while Robinson defends the department’s pacification efforts amid a drawn out inquiry by the foreign relations committee.
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United Press
Washington
Ilay
Stimson
Foven
Manchuria
Johnson
Thige
King Democrat
Utah
China
Japan
King’s
Bolt
Robinson
Foreign Relations Committee
Simon
Kansas City Garment Head Reported Held for Ransom
Nell Donnelly head of the Donnelly Garment Co. in Kansas City was reportedly held for ransom of 75 000 by kidnapers. Details from sources close to the family indicate she was seized last night.
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Kansas City
Dee
Nell Donnelly
Donnelly Garment Co
Teidpapers
Donnelly
Kiwanis Club Plans Holiday Party for Children
Kiwanis Club began preliminary plans today for its annual Christmas party to be held next Wednesday evening at the Hotel Corry with over thirty local boys and girls as guests. A committee led by Dr. W. W. Graham and including W. H. Scott C. F. Hoffmaster and Howard J. Sheen oversees the program. Milon I. Brown reported 85 Christmas trees erected in the business district and funding to cover losses and current. Walter L. Peake urged support for the Christmas seal campaign, highlighting Erie County Health and Tuberculosis Association work. Ralph S. Dewey, Corty Public Schools superintendent, spoke but had limited time for a thirty-question Q and A on the school system.
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Kiwanis Club
Hotel Corry
Service Club
W. W. Graham
W. H. Scott
C. F. Hoffmaster
Howard J. Sheen
Milon 1
Brown
Chib
Center Street
Walter L. Peake
Erie County Health and ‘Tuberculosis Association
Ralph S. Dewey
Corty Public Schools
Orty
Dewey
Bomb wrecks rear of Humbert Boss home in Dormont
A brief bomb wrecked the rear of Humbert Boss 83 Dormont early today. The blast shattered windows in more than a score of nearby houses. Police and authorities investigated the incident as a possible attack or act of vandalism.
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Pittsburgh
Humbert
Chiang Flees From Nanking Halts Parley
Gen Chiang Kai-shek resigns as head of the National Government and departs Nanking as Cantonese delegates head toward Shanghai for a conference. Officials warn of possible student demonstrations threatening anarchy unless controlled. Chiang and Mrs Chiang relocate to Chekiang as Canton receives a tense welcome.
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Chi- Jang
Fisher Pins Short Selling For Stock Market Woes
Pittsburgh December 17 Former Governor John S Fisher Pennsylvania links the stock market crash to short selling accusing bankers and professional dealers of unloading stocks to cause a drop and later rebound. He compares the crash to the Johnstown flood and warns of broader bank failures and tied up bank resources discussed at a Traffic Club banquet. Dr William Ledw...
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United Press
Pittsburgh
John S. Fisher
Pennsylvania
Fisher
Wisher
Johnstown
Governor Pinchot Considers Five Unemployment Measures
Harrisburg in December reports five unemployment relief measures sent to Governor Gifford Pinchot for action. The package totals about 129 million dollars, with two administration proposals and three from the so called sponge bloc. The legislature, in recess until December 1, must sign, veto, or allow them to become law within ten days.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
Ponge
Iichot
Legislatue
Commonwealth
Schnader
Philadelphia
Hey
Veterans’ Commission
Pinchot
Bila
Condemned Bluebeard Taken To Penitentiary
Harry F. Powers, condemned for the murder of Mrs. Dorothy Pressler Lemke in Worcester, Massachusetts, was moved to the West Virginia penitentiary in Moundsville under guard for execution set in March. Sheriff Grimm and state police accompanied the transfer as Powers offered no remark.
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Clanksburg
W. Va
Harry F. Powers
Dorothy Pressler Lemke
Worcester
Mass
West Virginia
Moundsville
W. B. Grimm
Powers
Hhe County
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