Pastor Sees Turn to God and Reds Probe
Rev Perry Huinea thanks God for living in America after hearing Alexander Varonaeff, a Russian refugee, describe terror under communism. The Corry audience packed the Methodist church to hear his lecture and view photographs of famine and brutality, urging a worldwide Christian awakening and local spiritual campaigns.
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America
Perry
Corry
Alexander Var- Onaem
Russia
Phatow
Alexander Varonaeff
United States
Edinboro State Teachers College bids awarded to firms
The following firms were unofficial low bidders for Edinboro State Teachers College general construction and related trades. J. M. Benzinger, Inc. Jamestown N C bid 116245 for heating and ventilating. F C Patterson & Co Bradford bid 48000 for plumbing and drainage. F C Patterson & Co Inv Bradford bid 38900. Marvin Electric Co New Castle bid 39964.
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Eigna
Edinboro State Teachers’ College
3. M. Benzinger, Inc
Jamestown
N. C
F.C. Patterson & Co
Bradford
F.C. Patterson & Co. Inv
Marvin Electric Go
New Castle
Dubois Man Injured After Porch Fall
A Dubois resident, 80 year old C F Hovey, fell from a porch after mistaking a window for a door and was taken to a hospital in serious condition. He had lived in Dubois for years after retiring from business in Rochester, New York, and the incident occurred this morning. A separate item notes a minister and his wife injured near Clearfield when struck by a train at a crossing.
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Dubois
C.F. Hovey
Hovey
Rochester
Partor
Seaplanes Sink British Ship off Barcelona
Attributed to Nationalist forces two seaplanes based on Majorca attacked and sank the British steamship Algira southeast of Barcelona. Survivors were picked up by rowing boats and a fishing boat. A British observer on the Spanish non intervention committee reported the attack after the vessel sank carrying coal from Great Britain.
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United Press Parcelona
Majorca
Baleapios
Algira
Barcelona
Akcita
Aleira'a
Interna. Tons
Alcira
Great Britain
A F L Peace Committee Disbands Amid Expulsions
United Press reports the American Federation of Labor peace committee disbanded as the executive council prepared to consider expulsion of 10 suspended unions now aligned with the Committee for Industrial Organization. The body, formed a year ago to negotiate peace with the C I O, failed after December meetings between leaders of rival factions.
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United Press Miami
Fiat
Acmerican Federation of Labor
Agas
Committee For Industrial Organization
Spreia
Ayas
C. Ta
Ch ML
Relief probe cost over 36000 in Harrisburg State
Gov George H Earle ordered a relief investigation into charges of waste and inefficiency against Kerl de Schweinitz administration of the Department of Public Assistance. The probe cost about 36000 with nearly 20000 spent on eight accounting firms.
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Uniter Pro
Harrisburg
Web
George H. Earle
Kerl de Schweinitz
Department of Public Assistance
William A. Sponser
Sponsler
Arthur W. Howe
County to Pay Costs in Fremont County Proceeding
A county judge ordered payment of costs amounting to 45 dollars in a matter before Judge Foran C. Long. The highway project had ended abruptly and the court noted the involvement of several parties including municipal and county officials in the disputed transit costs.
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Idreoiville
Jeffereon Comte
Congress weighs spending plans amid Roosevelt budget clash
Washington February 4 An undercover push by New Dealers seeks renewed spending to spur a recession‑stricken economy, challenging Roosevelt’s budget balancing. The effort may delay tax legislation and threaten spring adjournment as Baridey and McNary disagree on a possible May deadline.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Senate
Alben W. Baridey
Charles J. McNary
Ore
Dems Prepare Platform for Pennsylvanian Gubernatorial Campaign
Harrisburg Feb 4 Democratic leaders begin drafting a campaign platform influenced by President Roosevelt re election rhetoric. State Chairman Lawrence calls for input from party advisors across the state as the committee nears a formal bid for voter confidence. Critics expect debate over the New Deal line and Earle will push for strict administrative policy.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Rongevelt
David Il
Lawrence
Cr. George JH. Earle
Hig
Yethor
Victims Entombed After Barcelona Air Raid
French Spanish frontier report follows Spanish Nationalist raid on Barcelona Sunday. Some victims remain under debris of two apartment blocks as rescue teams urge water and food. Efforts to reach trapped civilians continue amid dangerous conditions.
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Hendaye
Barcelona
Debria
Pipsa
Asylum Inmate Slays Three in Infirmary Attack
Joby Mack, a 6 foot 2 inch inmate at Tewksbury State Infirmary, killed three fellow inmates and wounded two others with a mail order pistol while saying they were mean to him. He fled along railroad tracks to Lowell, where officers captured him after surrendering without resistance.
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Presa
Tewksbury
Tewksbury State Infirmary
Joby Mack
Lowell
Alaska
Mack
Patrolinen
Thomas Maguire
Thomas Hickey
City Council to set bond issue figure Monday
The council will hear preliminary figures from the engineering department on the storm sewer program and proposed sewer intake traps on Seneca Street. A bond to finance the city’s portion is expected to be around 12 000 with final costs awaiting definitive estimates. State approval is required and the bond ordinance will take months to complete. The meeting will also consider the new garbage collection contract and routine items.
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Seneca Street
Blaine Kiincaid
Flareup of Measles Here Is Subsiding
Measles flareup here is reported to be subsiding with one new case, Helen Eychynski nine, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph E Hichynsti of 237 East South Street. About a dozen cases remain under quarantine as city and school authorities tighten checks and enforce strict quarantine to curb spread.
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Helen Eychynski
Joseph E. Hichynsti
East South Street
Scalise to Submit Self-Defense Plea
Ralph Scalise, 27, charged with shooting his father Louis Scalise, a former detective sergeant, will enter a self defense plea. The case is scheduled for presentation in the county grand jury on Tuesday February 16.
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ERM
Ralph Scalise
Louis Scalise
Erle Po
Tirle
Hia Sounty
Gran Fany
Duestay
Five Die as Elevator Shaft Accident Shock Hits Sudbury Mines
Five men were killed and ten injured in a Sudbury Ontario mining accident when blasting in the No shaft elevator shaft caused a rock jam. Workers were lowered seven miles north of Sudbury and jammed against the shaft sides or beneath the skip at the bottom.
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United Press Sudbury
Lovadeckle
Sudbury
Keservele
Unemployment Checks Begin Arriving In City Firms
Local State Employment Service officials said the first unemployment compensation checks will reach the city within 24 hours. Benefits depend on earnings in the prior year, with typical pay about 60 percent of weekly wages, minimums set at 7.50 per week when necessary, and qualification requires recent employment.
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Si Ne State Employment Service
Samy
Charles J. Cronin
Corny
Halt violation in natural gas fields report
The Public Service Commission warns 283 companies to stop free services to property owners in reform for gas and rights. The order targets unlawful waivers and improper favors in the natural gas field, noting such practice has persisted despite earlier reforms. W Phillips Gas and Oil Company is named in the charge and urged to cease rendering the service.
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Barrisburg
Lie Witty
Com
Pandas
Tseland
W. Phillips Gas and Oil Company
Directors of State Urge Change in Law
Harrisburg dispatch reports the Pennsylvania School Directors Association denounces the teachers tenure act in its current form as passed by the legislature and upheld by the state supreme court. They urge reforms including a three year probation period for new hires, benefits withheld until certification, boards setting policies on female teachers, and retirement age adjustments among other changes.
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United Press Harrisburg
Pennsylvania School Directors Association
Bn Record
State Supreme Court
Herbert J. Stockton
Johnstown
Legislative Committee
Tulwe
Uianiissus
Probe seeks cause of Navy disaster
San Diego reports probe into the naval training crash that killed several sailors after two bombing planes locked wings in darkness and squall. Investigators noted a gust may have driven the planes together and both sank while airmen bailed out with parachutes. One survivor later died from injuries.
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United Press
San Diego
Calif. Tech
Navy
Charles A Blakely
Bt TL
Erie Man Robbed by Lone Bandit
A New York Central restaurant chef, Woyd Shafer, was slugged by a lone bandit who stole $800 in soldiers bonus bonds and $180 in cash. Shafer was found unconscious near a cafe after being trailed from the cafe, and the assailant fled into a dark street. The attack occurred after a short chase and the details point to a robbery in the Erie area.
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Woyd Shafer
New York Central
Searby
Shafer
Roosevelt defends small business group amid press conference
President Roosevelt, in Washington, said it is unfair to ridicule small businessmen and their conference. He noted he will not reschedule the assembly and discussed studying proposals on private financial aid, wages hours legislation, and talks with railroad experts, planning days at his Barnard home after Washington’s birthday.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Mattne
Stua
Risr USA
N.Y
Ington
Debate over state tax burden drives industrial shifts
In Erle and Philadelphia on February 4, state officials discussed Pennsylvania’s high taxes on industry. The Dent industrial tax study commission, led by Sen John E. Dent of Jeannette, examined claims of a business and industry exodus while Sen Israel Stiefel noted no general outflow, citing cheaper southern labor and factors like market access and transportation costs.
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United Press
Erle
Senatedustrial Tax sLailot Commission
Ted Today
John E. Dent
Jeannette
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Israel Stiefel
Stiefel
Dent Industrial Tax Study Commission
Torrence to Lead James Gubernatorial Campaign
Philadelphia February 4. James F Torrence former Westmoreland county commissioner to be state wide manager of Arthur H James campaign for Republican gubernatorial nomination Torrence a Franklin township farmer and former county Republican chairman has been active in politics for twenty years with ties to the party.
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