Farley Denies Attack as Air Mail Controversy Persists
Postmaster General James A Farley and ex postmaster Walter F Brown testify before a Senate committee with Farley denying derogatory remarks about Senator Hugo L Black. Brown claims Farley made a personal remark and rejects sympathy for the investigations. House debate erupts over airmail contracts and cancellation decisions amid casualties concerns. A bus carrying temple workers crashes near Phoenix injuring many with several deaths and more losses reported. A separate Kansas snowstorm bus crash kills three near Whitechurch, Kansas.
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Denn. Nev
Warley
House
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Repu
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Art
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Home Gardens
Los Angeles
Mesa
Aziz
Whitechurch
Kan
Union Pacific Lines
Kansas City
Topeka
Missing United Airlines plane over Utah Wyoming search expands
A United Airlines twin motor Boeing with five passengers and three crew, missing after leaving Salt Lake City, eludes search crews as freezing mist delays aerial reconnaissance. Ranchers report hearing a plane near Randolph but confirmation remains uncertain. Fuel and provisions were minimal for a roughly five hour flight.
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Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Utah
United Press
Wyo
Fox
Frank Caldwell
Salt Lake
Utah-Wyoming
Caldwell
Ulih
Rock Springs
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Eset
Randolph
Kemmer“x
Park City
Coalville
Piiot
Searchera
Walter Smutz Dies Sudden in York Pennsylvania
Walter J. Smutz former Corry resident collapses on York street from a heart attack while enroute to his store. He built a leather goods wholesale business and owned estate interests in southeastern Pennsylvania. Survived by wife Minnie Rhodes Smutz and daughter Kathryn Smutz. funeral plans not set. He was active in Corry Lodge and other local and York civic groups.
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Corry
York
Walter J. Smutz
Brown Block
North Center Street
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Cit
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Dad
Corry Lodge
A. D. Colegrove
Austria Fears Nazi Attack On German Border
United Préag THNNA reports massed Austrian Nazis threaten the Bavarian frontier. Austrian authorities mobilize military and police along a line centered at Braunau on the Inn river. Hitler attends a large Nazi rally at Munich, 68 miles away, amid tensions and suspected ties to frontier activity.
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Innwich
Austria
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Munich
Amorosso Seeks Parole Claimed Self Defense
John Amorosso, 38, of this city, seeks parole from the Western penitentiary where he serves a term for the murder of Alfred Messina on October 97, 1982. District Attorney Mortimer Graham says the county will oppose parole and demand minimum term completion. Amorosso says his wife and five minor children rely on public charity and that he killed Messina in self defense after being confronted with a knife on West Main Street.
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Alfred Messina
State
Mortimer Graham
Amoroseg
Memaina
Quorey
Amorosso
Severe subzero cold grips city with record lows
Western Pennsylvania endures another day of record subzero readings as temperatures plummet to ten below zero in Pittsburgh and surrounding counties. Readings from Franklin to Sandy Lake register as low as 28 below in the cold spell shaping an ongoing harsh winter. Strong winds and frigid air persist with forecasts signaling some relief this weekend.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
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Washington
Newark
Allegheny Range
Yvenenga
Franklin
Ticayille
Hane
Cocranton
Sandy Lake
Woman Labor Head May Direct NRA Compliance
Harrisburg reports say Charlotte Carr, state secretary of Labor and Industry, will become chief NRA compliance director in Pennsylvania within two weeks. Salary about 1 per year with assistants in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia at 4,000 annually after a 15 percent pay cut. Carr reportedly endorsed by Frances Perkins. Governor Pinchot implied to support. Under current plan, state labor and industry inspectors may be tied to NRA enforcement investigations.
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Arthur F. Grant
United Press
Harrisburg
Charlotte ©. Carr
State Secretary of Labor and Industry
NRA
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Miss Carr
Hugh S. Johnson
Frances Perkins
United States
Isbor
NFA
Pinchot
General Johnson
State
Telror and Industry Department
Former grid star beaten by footpad in Waynesburg
John Hotko a 20 year old former Waynesburg High football player lies in critical condition with a possible skull fracture after being struck on the head with a bottle and robbed of 20 dollars. He was found unconscious Thursday night as he returned home from a party. Police seek the assailant in this early morning assault near his home.
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Ay Ungen
Waynesburg
John Hotko
Hotko
Erie conference on Corry CWA projects today
Representatives from Corry city and Corry School District will meet with Arthur Vicary county CWA administrator in Erie this afternoon to discuss completing CWA projects in Corry. Dewey, Ridph 5, and a city representative will be present to consider municipal work as well.
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Arthur Vicary
CWA
Erie
Vicary
Ridph
Dewey
Four Die in Blaze In Jasper County Home Fire
A mother Mrs Wiseman and her three children died when fire destroyed their row house in Jasper county near Rensselaer Indiana. The father and a fourth child escaped. An overheated stove was blamed for the blaze.
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Unite Press
Rensselaer
Ind
Jasper County
Here
Wiseman
Pauling
Wigein
Valeria
Acquit Soles of Murdering Wife in McKeesport
Robert Soles was acquitted today of three counts of murdering his wife, La Roux Soles, in McKeesport. The six men and six women jury upheld Allegheny county officials’ finding of suicide. The defense argued an adulterous relation with William Sibley Barkin in Miami prompted her death by her own hand.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Robert
Soles
Laroux
McKeesport
Allegheny County
Bandits Escape With Payroll From Bank Vault
Two bandits robbed a bank in Melcher Iowa, seizing a payroll for miners totaling between 18 000 and 20 000 dollars. Mrs Maude Wilbert and daughter Mary Ellen, and David Lewis of Ol City, are weekend guests at the home of Mrs Tomes Mulheirm and family.
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United Press
Melcher
Castlér
Maude L. Wilbert
Daughertara
Mary Ellen and
Eilenberh
David Lewis
Ol City
Tomes Mulheirm
Conviction Test Case for Touhy Case Faces Ruling
Chicago February 24 Roger Touhy nicknamed The Terrible five eight years in prison by Judge Michael Feinberg. Jury convicted Touhy Albert Kaler and Gustav Schaefer of kidnapping John Factor and collecting seventy thousand dollars for his release. The Cook County grand jury ruling could quash 700 indictments and affect future trials.
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United Press
Chicago
Roger Touhy
Michaél Feinberg
Touhy
Albert Kaler
Gustav Schaefer
John Factor
Factor
inMaois Supreme Court
Cook County
High Court
Warren H. Orr
Carthage
Thaley
William Scott Stewart
Gus Schaeffer
Albert Kator
Jury Still Out In Murphy Case At Meadville Court
Disagreement lingers in the Paul J. Murphy case former principal of Tituaville High charged with breaking and entering after 48 hours of jury deliberation at Meadville reports say the jurors face discharge if no verdict by 5 PM today.
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Paul J. Murphy
Tituaville High School
Meadville
Road paving planned from Corry to Meadville this spring
Meadville reports Assemblyman I B Dane says Route 77 stretch from Corry to Meadville will be paved this spring with 2.4 miles funded by Gov Pinchot’s office. A 60 foot bridge near Little Cooley and reinforced concrete paving 18 feet wide are planned as weather allows. Partial completion expected by next summer.
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Meadville
I. B. Dane
Dane
Pinchot
Beyong Little Cooley
Little Cooley
State Highway Department
Soo
Uist
St Fanding
Van Allsburg May Oppose King For Assembly
North East dispatches report a potential North East entry in the Third District race for the state assembly. J E Van Allsburg of North Hastings faces consideration to run, backed by tax payer groups. incumbent John H King of Corry is expected to seek re election. Other rumored contenders include Will Mathews Corky A J Bloss and Zex Williams Union City. Leon Dodd of Jamestown visited the city with relatives.
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North East
Wrie County
Priedds
J. E. van Allsburg
North Hast Township
General Assembly
van Alleburg
Erie County
John H. King
Corry
Do or Die Spirit of Army Blamed for Air Wrecks
United States Army officials blamed the Do or Die spirit of Army Air Corps pilots for a string of crashes in recent days. They cited impetuosity and a belief they could carry mail despite dangerous weather as key factors. Four pilots injured, more than a dozen planes damaged, with critics from civilian flying circles also noted.
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Hobart
Montee
United-Preas-Statt-Garressondant
Washington
Army Air Corps
Air Corps
Or Ware Aelu
Bien Army
Gtesa
Mrs Massie Stricken Sudden Ill at Reno
Mrs Thalia Massie, central figure in a high profile case, became suddenly ill at Reno while undergoing hospitalization. The incident followed a celebrated controversy involving Lt Thomas Massie and ongoing legal and social disputes surrounding the family and divorce.
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Thalia
Honolulu
Onor
Segan
Thomas Hi. Maseis
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