Governor James Faces Bar Inquiry In Illinois
Harrisburg dispatch reports Gov Arthur James, newly sworn Pennsylvania chief executive, travels to Chicago to meet an American Bar Association committee over alleged unethical practice and residency issues tied to his former Superior Court judgeship and salary. The Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce criticizes high tax burdens, subsidized competition, and regulatory hurdles as anti employment factors hindering economic recovery.
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Ross Downing
United Press
Harrisburg
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
Chicago
American Bar Association
James
Thomas Buchanan
National Lawyers Guild
Iso
Benel
Bar Association
Chi
Union President Named Director In Reorganization Plan
Lansing Mich ed United Automobile Workers leader Guy Hack former Reo Motor Car Co machinist and union president has been named a director under the companys reorganization plan now under eight federal court trusteeship.
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Lansing
Mich
Guy Hack
Reo Motor Car Co
United Automobile Workers’ Association
Contern
Climax of Spanish Civil War Hinted By UK Officials
London reports say Foreign Secretary Halifax told Conservative MPs the civil war’s climax could come at any moment. British and French envoys were instructed to press Generalissimo Franco on Negrin’s three point peace plan, offered before Catalonia fell, seeking unconditional surrender or favorable terms.
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London
Viscoot Halifax
Howe of Comming
Golno
Catalonia
Negrin
Cortes
Parliament
Figueras
Spain
Hallfws
House Foreign Committee
Lord Halifax
Franco Suiz
Noted dry leader who spoke here dies in Portland
Dr. Gurence Arne Wilson aged 6 on the dry crusaders who spoke in Corry during the Prohibition era died yesterday in Portland Oregon. He served as chairman of the Methodist Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals for 26 years.
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Gurence Arne Wilson
Corry
Portland
Ore
Wilson
Methodist Board of Temperance
Prohibition
Inter club meeting draws Kiwanian guests to Corry hotel
The Corry Kiwanis Chih hosted eighty guests from Erie Sharon Greenville Warren and Oil City at the Hotel Corry for an inter club meeting. A music program led by Kep pel Tiffany followed dinner in the main dining room with a male quartet F J Garvey Carlton Chaffee Rev Gilbert L Boyd and John Connors a violin solo by Connors and a vocal by Chaffee. Albertares provided impersonations as special entertainment. Guests included Lt Governor Barry Beil Mayor Pranks Hepler and Police Chief John D Manigan.
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Connors
Chaffee
Fite
Albertares
Barry Beil
Greenville
Pranks
Hepler
John D. Manigan
George Hardner
Erie
Pennsylvania Telephone Corporation
Snowfall Closes City Roads as New Snow Forecast
A six inch snowfall today leaves city streets slick and dangerous with packed ice. Weather forecasts call for more snow and slightly colder air tonight and tomorrow, while earlier late night readings showed a sharp rise in temperatures to near record levels.
Short Change Artist Targeted Clerk at Park Lunch
Police sought a 40 to 45 year old man about 5 feet 7 inches tall weighing 170 pounds after he attempted a pickup of a clerk at Park Lunch on North Center Street last evening. He wore a gray hat and gray overcoat and was described as medium well dressed.
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Park
North Center Street
Legislature Split On Financing Proposals In Pa
Harrisburg Feb 17 The administration and top legislative leaders remain divided on two financial proposals from joint committee meetings. Decentralization of relief and replacing major industry taxes with a sales tax in disguise were debated while Governor Arthur H James opposed both. Leaders see them as possible cures to Pa fiscal crisis, while the governor scoffs at the gross receipts tax replacing it with a sales tax idea.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Arthur H. James
House
Senate
James
Noth
Joint Committee
Loot From Warren Home Searched In City Hunt
Warren police and local officers joined a search for stolen silverware and valuable dinnerware from a Warren home. A Warren youth is being held in connection with the case as investigators plan a visit to a local second hand dealer to check for peddling of the loot.
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Warren
Jackson will not seek Supreme Court vacancy
United States solicitor Gene Robert H. Joolson of Spring Creek announces he does not wish to be considered for the Supreme Court seat created by the retirement of Justine Laws BD Brandria Jackson. He states the president and attorney general have informed him he is not a candidate and does not wish to be considered in connection with the vacancy.
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R. H. Jackson
United States
Gene Robert H. Joolson
Spring Creek
Supreme Court Bench
Justine Laws
Brandria Jackson
Ex-Corryite In Auto Accident At Meadville
Dr Coletta B Deissler of Meadville escaped injury when her car collided with a second auto driven by Gerald Drake of Espyville Station Crawford county at a Meadville intersection. Both cars towed from the scene. Deissler’s car valued about 260 dollars and Drake’s about 100. Four occupants in the Drake vehicle were injured Ruth Drake 14 sprained ankle Frank Shelatz 16 head injuries Theresa Shelatz 11 bruises and shock Alvin Dyuke 17 wed Bridles.
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Coletta B. Deissler
Meadville
G. Bennett
Corry
Devasier
Gerald Drake
Espyville
Crawford County
Gypsies Held Over 185000 Robbery Inquiry at Hammonton
A report states that George Adams Mary Stevely Adams and Macy Marion Adams are believed wanted in an $85 000 robbery at Old City in 1835. State police in Hammonton New Jersey are investigating and holding information on the case.
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George Adams
Mary Steveliy Adams
Macy Marion Adams
Old City
Hammonton
N. J
Professor Wilson dies veteran piano teacher in Corry
Professor Henry Wilson longtime Corry piano instructor dies at Spencer Hospital Meadville after illness. He opened a music studio at 237 West Washington in 1884 and taught for fifty two years, shaping many notable pupils. He was born in Lovet Sinclairville New York May 1 1854 and moved to Corry as a young man.
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Henry Wilsom
Corry
Spencer Hospital
Meadville
Wilson
Ind
Lovet Sinclair-ville
Jame Ty Corey
West Washington Street
Former state official cites wasted funds in water project turmoil
A former state official argues funds were squandered on unfinished surveys and mismanaged water projects. He names gaps in staffing after dismissals in the governor James Ulver administration and criticizes federal land and food program handling. He cites specific lines from survey work along Loyal henna and nearby creeks and rivers, stressing the need for Army Engineer oversight and qualified engineers to ensure a proper water supply.
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James
Jamey J. Becalidos
Waters
Peguidun
Geirgy H. Ray
Sonne
Hood
Foriste and Waters Department
Boparius
Loyalhenna
French Creek
Red Ban Creek
Dawny Creek
Plymouth
Loylt Haven
Willamaport
Lewintown
Susquehanna River
Jogarius
Army
Bogerdis
Summerville
Alleghery
Pitebriega
Roosevelt Plans Cruiser Voyage From Train To Key West
President Roosevelt boards cruiser after departing Washington by train on February 17. He surveils toward Key West with maneuvers planned in the Caribbean as the Houston cruiser waits at Houston and the White House schedule extends to March before returning to Washington.
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Houte
Florida
Roosevelt
Key West
Wagey Houston
Chisf
Gripe
Finda Ory
Amnthe
Kay West
Slouston
Houston
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Mareh
Washington
Lenten Regulations Set by Erie Bishop for Lent
Bishop John Mark Gannon of Erie releases Lent regulations for Cathares, detailing fast days from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday with Sundays excluded, ages 21 to 59 must fast, abstinence on Ash Wednesday and Fridays for working people, self denial optional for exceptions, and discouraged attendance at theatres dances and liquor indulgence. The season opens February 22 and extends through Holy Saturday with devotions urged in all churches.
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Coryat
Apelath
John Mark Gannon
Erie
Westeauny
Ard Briday
Holy See
Assault at Mussolini Residence by Recently Freed Inmate
An asylum releasee shot a private detective outside Il Duce Benito Mussolini’s villa in Venice as an apparent assassination attempt. The detective was wounded, Mussolini’s safety detail moved in, and the attacker was quickly restrained. Names and full details remain partly unrevealed.
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Reynolds Packard
United Press
Ome
Benito Mussolini
Tr Duce
Villa
Rrlonia
Nformant Ag
Mussolini
Fhula
Venice
Polune
Hia Iti Mobile
France
Ms Insane
Ham
Victor Albina Glosuyty
Asie Dauone
All Prisons to Be Inspected in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania welfare officials announced a broad inspection plan of prisons and jail facilities across the state. Welfare Secretary Arthur Sivee rey said inspectors will assess rosalty prisons women s wards and small county setups, with three correctional inspectors surveying 338 municipalities and boroughs for recommended corrective actions.
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Pennsylvania
Itanfuml
Arthur Sivee
Rey
Sweeny
Charles T. Engirl
Philadelphia
Dies Suffering Appendicitis Forces Hospitalization
Washington February 17 Chairman Martin Dies Democrat Texas head of the House committee probing un-American activities was stricken by acute appendicitis and hospitalized. The Dies office reported the operation successful and that he had a rapid recovery underway.
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United Press
Washington
Martin Dies
D., Tex
House Committee
Dies
Pam Yaltion
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