Rumors of PA Special Session on Utility Rates
Rumors from a reliable political source suggest Governor Pinchot may call a special session of the Pennsylvania legislature in March to address public utility rate issues. Citizens in Corry and surrounding areas monitor developments as a statewide drive for lower fuel and other utility rates gains momentum.
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Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Giffard Pinchot
Corry
Commonwealth
Pittsburgh
Gompany
Public Service Commission
Pennsylvania Legisature 14
Chinese Ready For Attack Of Invading Army
United Press dispatch from Shanghai reports Chinese forces braced for a major offensive as Japanese troops push toward the front. The League of Nations decided to appeal Japan to halt hostilities and the Chinese Eighth Army prepared, with Chiang Kai-shek’s division arriving at Nanking and Japanese marines bolstering frontline units.
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United Press
Chnwva
League of Nations Council
Japan
Shanghai
Council of 12
Wen
League Assembly
Hi R. Ekins
Shanghat
United States
Nelson T. Johns
Hongkow
Chapel
Chiang Kei Sheh
Nanking
Tronpd
Hangkew
Ghapei
Woosung
Woosung Creek
Johnson
Ninth Division
Kenichi Yuseda
Senate rejects Couzens relief bill for destitute unemployed
A Washington bulletin reports the Senate’s rejection of the Couzens bill aimed at relief for destitute unemployed. Separate dispatches note a fatal collision near shore at Elkhart and Jark of Quanford, and tax hikes proposed by Treasury Secretary Mills to balance the budget by 277 million dollars. Ben Myers body found near Pottstown, and three youths drown in a river near Raymond City. Peru reveals a revolutionary plot. and the House Judiciary Committee votes not to report the Beck Linthicum prohibition amendment restoring liquor control to the states.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury Mills
House
Judiciary Committee
Today’s Five Best Radio Entertainments
Five radio programs listed across networks WarC Reis Dunn WEAR Musical Magazine Wie Great Personalities WWABO Grud Gperk Miniature Wawe Jutibla Symphony Orchestre with scheduled times from 9:00 to 11:35 AM and multiple networks in a patchwork listings format.
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Warc
GBS
Reis & Dunn. Wear
MBC Network
Miusical Magazine
Wie
NBC Network
WWABO
CBS iNetwork
Wawe
CBS Network
Jutibla Symphony Orchestre
Escape tale from kidnaping ends with bruised survivor
Harry A. Blagden, rescued at a friend's Cleveland home, told police of a kidnapping near Timber Lake on Lake Placid. He escaped after defeating a guard with his own gun, saying two men coerced him into a limousine and forced him outside. The incident, details continued on page sixty.
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United Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Harry, A. Blagden
Claude J. Peck
Timber Lake
Lake Placid
Blagden
Peck
Curley
Jhead
Four Killed and Two Hurt in Grade Crossing Crash
Four men died and two were seriously injured when a Reading Railroad freight train hit a Philadelphia truck at a grade crossing. The deceased were Frank Johnson 55 Michael Diehn 40 John Adams 38 and Joseph Stusky 36 all of Philadelphia. Daniel Murphy 8 and Thomas Martin 40 were hospitalized with serious injuries. The truck driver apparently ran a red signal and drove onto the tracks as the train approached.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Reading Railroad
Frank Johnson
Michael Diehn
John Adams
Joseph Stusky
Daniel Murphy
Thoma Martin
Mercy Hospital
Corry Company Plans Special Meeting to Change Name
A local firm holds a special meeting of stockholders in Corry to approve a name change and related corporate actions. The move follows a department decision and aims to adjust the company’s branding and obligations.
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Corry
Tueseron Ist
Paniing
Independent Manchurian State Foreseen Emerges in Mukden
A political supreme committee of Manchuria and Mongolia formed in Mukden with Chinese leaders favoring Japan. Plans spoke of an independent Manchurian state and a new frontier bank on a silver standard. Gen Ma Chan-stan and Chang Ching Hui were named governors of Heilungjiang and the Harbin area respectively amid suspicions of Japanese influence.
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United Press
Mukden
Manchuria
Mongolia
Japan
Max—chu
Ma Chan-shan
Heilungjiang
Chang Ching Hui
Tsitsihar
Harbin
Frontier Bank
Hsi-chia
Kira
Tsang Hish-yi
Chang Ching-hui
Shigeru Honjo
Farding
Chang Fisueh-Hang
Ma Chan-stan
W S Houghton Camp Manager Appointment List
Harrisburg February 16 Governor Pinchots office announced the appointment of 24 persons and the dismissal of 13. The list includes Bent White Bellefonte named secretary of the workmen's compensation board at 4500. Other appointments cover Henry Jordan Ta toe Revenuer investigator 2000 Harald V. Smith Corry camp manager 2400 Walter Hassel Sbsron cook 1200 and an increase in salary for Brephim Reudenbush director of statistics in Tab or Suntry to 5000.
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United Press Harrisburg
Pinchot
Bent
White
Bellefonte
Workmen's Compensation Board
Henry Jr
Jordan
Tatrobe
Harald V. Smith
Curwensville
Forest and Waters
William
Houghton
Corry
Walter B. Hassel
Sbsron
Cook
Brephim Reudenbush
statisHee
Tabor
Legion Launches City Employment Campaign Report
Local American Legion offices report job placements for unemployed as the campaign begins. Ward captains finalize committees and aim to start full operation within days. Workers are urged to report available jobs to W. E. Orn at Tower headquarters to aid the effort.
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American Legion
Legion Post
W. E. Orn
Himes Trial Underway in Meadville Court Today
Harry Himes faces breaking and entering charges in Crawford County Court at Meadville. He is linked to the gang captured with 16 year old Allison Webb who forged checks on two Meadville businesses. Himes also faces charges for disguising at a filling station near Blooming Valley and other counts are filed.
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Harry Himes
Crawford County
Meddville
Himes
Allison Webb
Meadville
Blooming Valley
HeIRESS DEATH MYSTERY COMPLICATED IN BOSTON
Boston reports reveal Miss Elizabeth Barrett Cook a 20 year old heiress died after a swindled telegram appeared to warn of her fiancé George Tucker Arnold 26 dying of appendicitis. A later Stimson note confirms the fake message was signed Helen James and the mystery widens as Arnold seeks the original telegram aboard the Chinese Prince while Mrs Mabel J. Cook travels from Naples.
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United Press
Boston
Stile Stimean
Soa
Elizabeth Barrett Cook
Miss Cook
Fince
George Tucker Arnold
Felegram Arnold
Arnold
Wer Tower
Stimson
Wes
Helen James
Mabel J. Cook
Naples
Resignation Of Government Is Expected In France
A Paris dispatch reports Premier Pierre Laval's third cabinet, formed January 101th, faced a confidence vote in the Senate and Laval decided to resign immediately. The drama followed ministerial changes after Briand’s resignation and Maginot’s death, with the Geneva delegates and Maine Day events noted in a bustling sequence of political and civic activity. The report ties the resignation to the ongoing French political crisis and Geneva talks.
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Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Paris
Pierre Laval
Wits
Senate
Geneva
Pune
Laval
Aristide Briand
Andre Tardiey
Mmtnenga
Genera
Youne
Andre Maginot
Wyt
Lusembourg Palace
Cleveland W. Senate
Cubi- Al-net
Clyde D. Wilcox
Charles P. Barnes
Franklin
Franklin Club
J. J. Davis
F. ©. Cochran
J. H. Bachman
Nellie Wilson
Miliard Schide
16Th Regiment
Maine
Senator Davis
Washington
Deputy Cousins to Help With 1931 Tax Returns
Deputy F F Cousins of the Internal Revenue Bureau will be in town tomorrow and Thursday to assist local taxpayers in filing their income tax returns. He will have quarters at the post office building to help prepare and submit the 1931 returns.
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F. F. Cousins
Anenternal Revenue Bureau
Cousing
Funhting
Out of Town Fire Calls May Be Curtailed
City Council considers curtailing out of town fire responses. City Solicitor Blaine Kin aid, Leo Mulderick and Stanley H. Nichols to survey policy feasibility. Opposition cites risk to apparatus and delays. Committee to draft a future外外 policy. report due at March council meeting.
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Blaine Kinaid
Leo Mulderick
Stanley H. Nichols
Mulderick
Arson trial opens in Erie as three men face conspiracy charges
Erie February 16 trial of Frank Girardot Louis Kaufman and Henry Cornell Kaufman two ex inmates from Crawford County and an insurance investigator was to begin in Erie County Court. The case was postponed due to investigator Frank Allen’s absence after a Buffalo auto crash. Allen was a key state witness. The trio was brought from prison where they serve arson sentences. In Bradford Pennsylvania Wels Lundberg 69 committed suicide by shooting after ill health. He resided with his son in law Charles Hinckley. Lundberg was Swedish born and had lived here 45 years.
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Wilten Press
Erie
Prie
Hirie
Frank Allen
National Board of Insurance Underwriters
Allen
Buffalo
N.Y
Frank Girar-dot
Louis K. Kaufman
Henry Cornell Kaufman
Corel
Crawford County
Bradford
Wels Lundberg
Charles Hinckley
Sweden
Chinese Planning Fight to Finish at Woosung
A downcast Chinese general and his garrison at Woosung prepare for a last stand as Japanese forces continue shelling the fortress. General Yue Yung Chow Huan vows his troops will not surrender, framing the coming battle as decisive for control of Woosung.
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Woosung
D.C
Aimia Warliks
Yue
Thi Ae
Gasoline electric car may replace two trains
Residents along the Corry Renovo corridor report a gasoline electric car test running eastbound in the morning and westbound in the evening on the Pennsylvania Railroad line. If feasible, the car may substitute for the current train service, with officials awaiting further results from the test run and performance observations.
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Corry
Pennnsylvania
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