Roosevelt in HY report Walker case summary
President elect Roosevelt issued a memorandum on the James J. Walker impeachment hearings noting the governor may remove public officials without court direction. The document frames the governor’s powers as executive, arguing judicial interference would create confusion and invade executive domain. Roosevelt’s action follows debates with Supreme Court Justice Bull J. Staley, marking a significant stance on gubernatorial authority.
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Albany
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James J. Walker
New York
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Supreme Court
Bull J. Staley
Duatice Staley
New Evidence Points to Man's Slaying Near Hagerstown
Police patrols ride mountain roads at dawn scouring for a roadside grave believed to hold the body of R. B. McCain, prominent North Carolina politician and businessman. Columbus authorities say McCoin left bloodstained car in a garage. $500 reward offered for recovery. McCoin vanished eight days earlier while driving home from Richmond. A letter from Chicago signed a boy in distress claimed McCain was killed near Petersburg and buried by the roadside. Search expanded after a witness saw a car like McCain’s with two young men and a body in back near Richmond.
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Walter P. Stacy
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Roadhouse
Corry Banker Completes Half Century of Service
Osony Hr Andrews, longtime Corry banker and cashier of the National Bank, marks fifty years in the profession. He began his career in 1875 with the Corry National Bank, then helped organize the present National Bank of Corry in 1890 and has served as a top executive since December 1890. The Journal commends the dean of local bankers for his cheery demeanor and stable leadership across five decades of financial service.
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New Hope Given Trunk Slayer by Grand Jury
Arizona grand jury recommends commutation of Winnie Ruth Judd sentence to life imprisonment after finding she acted in self defense in the murder of Agnes Ann Leroi. They credit her testimony and say she appeared voluntarily and was influenced by a jealous dispute over Halloran. The board of pardons and paroles must decide. Halloran, a wealthy social figure, faces arraignment on charges connected to the case.
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United Press
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Arizona State Board of Pardons
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Agnes Ann Leroi
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Mrs. Judd
Winnie Ruth Juda
Grand
Grand Jury
Agnes Ann Leroy
Paul W. Schenck
Los Angeles
Lloyd Andrews
Good run of maple sap aids syrup this week
The moderate weather last week produced a strong sap run with Carter Hill's Olin F Moore reporting notably fine flavored maple syrup. Trees tapped since Christmas day and more tapped during the week, Thin Weing noted. Colder weather today slowed operations, about two weeks earlier than last year’s early syrup malting.
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Olin F. Moore
Carter Hill
Weing
City Council Finalizes Year’s Work and Likens Budgets
The City Council completed its year’s work at a special meeting in the Municipal Building with Mayor Frank T. England presiding. Bills were approved and the list of tax exonerations reviewed. Resolutions moved by Din of Finance Spiesman reallocated funds, gasoline purchases were rotated among dealers, and stop signs at West Washington Street were removed. Parking on West Main Street was expanded to both sides, insurance on city property was slated for a broader reduction with final action set for February. William Van Vleet received permission to use part of the sidewalk during remodeling of his West South Street property.
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West Washington Street
Pleasant
Spring Streets
Poimell
West Main Street
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Lrvey
William van Vleet
Clifton House Niagara Falls Destroyed by Fire
The Clifton House, a famed Niagara Falls hotel opposite the Lower Arch Bridge, burned today with flames threatening nearby buildings. The Lafayette Hotel adjoining suffered minor exposure as firefighters battled the blaze. damage is estimated around 1,000,000 to 1,500,000. The historic hotel, closed for the season, housed only a caretaker when the fire started and drew aid from nearby cities.
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Flu in mild form prevalent across Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports influenza in a mild form spreading from the western border across Pennsylvania. Dr. Theodore B. Appel, state health secretary, warns that more severe strains may appear later in January and February. Precautions include avoiding symptoms, washing hands, avoiding crowds, and reducing fatigue. Also notes a $60,000 contract awarded to Tremaglio Brothers for Bellefonte post office.
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Waterbury
State Legislators to Attend Harrisburg Session
Assemblyman Joni H. King re elected for another term will travel to Harrisburg with Senator Joseph R. Ziesenheim and others to attend the 1932 session. They plan to drive there barring storms and will attend party caucuses on Monday to finalize opening session plans amid relief and tax concerns in Pennsylvania.
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North Girard
Clark Rice
Union City
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Frank J. Lillie
Ziesenheim
Pennsylvania
Washington leaders plan Roosevelt talks in New York
Democratic leaders from both chambers will confer with President-elect Roosevelt in New York City next Thursday. Indiana floods wash out rivers damage buildings roads railbeds in southern counties. Hartford reports 1982 auto fatalities total about 29 000 a 14 percent drop from 1931. A man signing as Dr M Yergin offers to locate missing R C McCain and is arrested in Roanoke Virginia. Washington House Agriculture committee expected to approve relief program by Wednesday. New London health officials probe a mysterious illness that killed Bernard Schools his daughter Joyce and four pets at their home.
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Coast
Farmer charged with wounding neighbor in New Kensington
Milton Kelly 72 a Salina area farmer is jailed in Westmoreland County accused of fatally wounding Frank Rossi Jr 22 a neighbor and former US Navy man Rossi died at Citizens General Hospital after Kelly allegedly shot him in the side with a 22 gauge shotgun Rossi had knocked Kelly down following taunts about an unsuccessful courtship police said
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State Chamber Pushes Removal of 1% Sales Tax in Pa
Harrisburg December 31 The state chamber of commerce urged the 1939 Pennsylvania legislature to cut state expenditures avoid new taxes and remove the present one percent sales levy. Allen Johnson president warned that the upcoming session will face vital issues and called on members to oppose untried schemes while a committee report on expenditures would be released soon.
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State Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania
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Government reprisal seen in youths death in Havana
The body of 17 year old student Juan Gonzalez Hubiera was found riddled with billets in front of a cabaret after Rubiera was arrested on charges of shooting. Police say Rubiera was killed while trying to escape. Opposition figures call it another government reprisal.
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Guba
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Rafael Castro
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Gerardo Mashado
Poice
New Year Welcomed in Southern Pacific
The Chatham Islands, 414 miles southeast of Wellington, welcomed 1983 as 1992 ended in the U S. The last inhabited place to greet the new year, its bell rang midnight local time while Big Ben marked noon in London. The island group lies near the international date line and began the year’s “race” westward toward the equator. Most residents were waking to the new year as New Yorkers counted down.
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London
New York
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Equator
Chatham
Governmental Problems Must Get Attention
Alfred P. Sloan Jr., president of General Motors, argues in a Union Press piece that government penalties burden enterprise and that balanced budgets, intergovernmental debts, tariffs, and purchasing power must be addressed. He warns these issues influence years ahead and call for action to sustain production and employment.
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General Motors Corporation
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New York
Denies Prison Competition To Real Business
Washington dispatch reports Director Sanford Bates of the federal prison bureau denying that Lewisburg Pa will become a major rival to private furniture makers. Bates calls charges by Rep Rich erroneous and says planned Lewisburg production will not exceed 40000 dollars in value over the next 12 months. The census records last year show total furniture output at 647,09407 dollars.
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