Second Ward Cellars Flooded As Rains Threaten Damage
Heavy rains flood the Second Ward cellars and nearby areas. Creeks rose forcing road closures and straining the Corry Water Company intake. Officials battled water at sewer and pumping stations while volunteers helped in East Smith East Wayne areas as flood dangers persisted.
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Perlon
Cony Water Supply Company
Totarisia
Seneca Street
Edward Harrimgton
Stanley H Nichols
Suny
East Smith
Wayne
East Frederick
Corry Water Company
Ray M. Greene
Sclota Church
Greene
Perkins Calls Meeting On Wednesday For GM UAW Talks
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins invoked a 21 year old statute to require GM executives and UAW national officers to attend a Wednesday meeting. The aim is to renew negotiations and avert a prolonged strike that has disrupted auto production and threatened industrial recovery. John L Lewis and Alfred P Sloan Jr are expected to be present, though attendance has not been confirmed.
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United Press
Washington
Frances Perkins
Mea Motors
Uys
Luddy
Kigs Perkins
G. M
Une
United Automobile Workers
Will Heett
John ‘L. Lewis
Alfred. P. Sloan, Jr
Bloan
General Matos
Roosevelt
Sloan and Knudsen
Lawla
Elise Withint
WPA plans to expand relief as Congress weighs funds
Edward W. Lewis reports WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins submitted a request to Congress for 780 million dollars to fund relief from February through June. The plan aims to aid 1.6 million workers, reduce federal layoffs, and lay out monthly allocations for February through June to employ about 2.2 million in February and adjust through May and June.
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Edward W. Lewis
United Press
Washington
WEA
Congress
WPA
Harry L.siopkins
House Appropriations Committee
Tiporevelta
Hinpkins
Pa Legislature Reconvenes To Consider Tax Sale Postponement
Harrisburg dispatch reports the Pa Legislature, in its fourth week, reopens with under a dozen of 36000 proposals. The Senate calendar includes the Mallery bill to postpone tax sales four years. The House lists one measure, Ottinsly bill, for self assessing taxes to speed collections. An administration bill to fund a five member probe into anthracite coal bootlegging may clear on first reading.
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Senate
Morey J. Potter
United Press
Harrisburg
General Assembly
Cov. Geo. HL Earle
Jain
Mallery
House
Ottinsly J
Flood relief drive seeks funds for Corry victims
Residents of Corry rallied to aid flood victims as the relief appeal rose from a local $240 quota to about $509 with national support. Contributions could be left at Barnes-Carrig Shoe Store Stewart Hat Shop Bracken-Keating Mortuary Root's Furniture Store or Carry Journal as Carry Chapter of the Red Cross counted on generosity.
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Corry
Ely
Barnes-Carrig Shoe
Stewart Hat Shop
Bracken-Keating Mortuary
Root's
Fearful Florida bus wreck leaves many dead
A passenger bus carrying about 130 people crashed into a canal near Mlamo while traveling the Yamian Wall to Tampa. Six bodies recovered, with 13 or 14 more believed trapped in the submerged vehicle. Two injured. Deputy Sheriff H J Miller and Robert Singleton identified. rescue crews scoured the canal for victims as officials investigated a possible wheel failure. Continued on Page Two.
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Mlamo
Tampa
Canal
H. J. Miller
Robert Singleton
Negro Porter
Singleton
Explosion at Anaconda mine kills and injures many
A blast at the C-2 pit of the Anaconda copper mines in Santiago leaves more than 100 dead or missing and many injured after about 1,000 sacks of black powder exploded.
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United Press
Santiago
Chile
Anaconda
Close Call at North Clymer Crossing
Fred Tenhuisen of North Clymer New York escaped serious injury after his car collided with a light engine at the North Clymer crossing near the depot Sunday around 3 40 in the afternoon. He was traveling north and did not see the engine until it was too late. The car was badly damaged and his escape was described as miraculous.
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Fred Tenhuisen
North Clymer
N.Y
Bruke
Tenhuisen
Greenfield to Head Constitutional Group
Albéric M. Greenfield, Philadelphia banker, named by Gay George H. Earle as chairman of the Pennsylvania commission to plan the Sesquicentennial celebration of the federal constitution in May or June. The commission will be funded with $19,500 for expenses, and additional members will be named. Earle asked Greenfield to recommend appointments.
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Ames Press
Harrosburg
Albéric M. Greenfield
Philadelphia
Gay
George H. Earle
Pennsylvana Commission
Earle
Greenfield
Kentucky State Head Trial Delayed in Flood Disruption
Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt, former lieutenant governor, charged with murdering his fiancée Verna Garr Taylor, had his trial postponed to the April term. Flood conditions in Louisville hindered travel. Judge C. C. Marshall in Shelbyville ordered delay as witnesses and defendant could not reach the courthouse at New Castle.
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Wey
Sholbyville
Henry H. Denhardt
Mins
Verna Garr Taylor
Louisville
C. C. Marshall
Shelbyville
Denyarut
New Castle
Jurors Picked for Sin Strike Trial in Cumberland
Cumberland Md Jan 25 jurors were being selected for the trial of 51 union textile workers on charges arising from a strike at Celanese plant in November. Defense lawyers attacked the validity of the indictments, delaying proceedings.
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Gy Unten
Levee dynamited near Cairo to ease Mississippi flood threat
Army engineers detonated the Mississippi River levee just below Cairo to relieve pressure from rising floodwaters. The blast targeted the Missouri side barrier as part of a wider effort to control the river’s advance and protect downstream areas.
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United Frese
Memphis
Tenn
Army Engineers
Legislature to hasten Penn a flood control program
Harrisburg January 29 The legislature moves to speed a flood control program for western Pennsylvania as Foresite and Water Secretary James B Bogardus drafts bills for immediate House and Senate action. The plan seeks 35 million for initial construction and site purchases to leverage 3 million federal funds, plus constitutional bonds of 30 million and power to acquire dam and reservoir properties. Preliminary surveys and forestry work, funded with 20 000 this year against a 2 million request, proceed as Republicans block the program for eight months.
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J. Hugh McNeill
United Press
Harrisburg
Peniays
Yana
Legenes
Wateha
James B. Bogardus
House
Senate
William B. Rodge
Leietalee Authority
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Ponwey
Fes
Waders. S
Tsstear
George H Earle
Bogardus
Pope Pius Is Reported Showing Improvement
Vatican City report notes Pope Pius XII has reduced leg pain and had a comparatively comfortable sleep. He received Cardinal Pacelli and Monsignor Constantini, and improvement was evident as he greeted several dignitaries yesterday. Also reported is a Butler County contest for a State House seat with hearings set by the elections committee tomorrow.
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Unites
Vatican City
Pius
Vatican
Aninta Milani
Cardinal Pacelli
Plate
Monsienor Celxo Constantini
Alber
McCleaster
Butler
State House of Representatives
J. Brady Murrin
House
Tomors Loew Af & Public
Fire Raze Destroys Farm Chicken Coop Near De oyed Street
About 200 chickens died in a blaze at a chicken coop owned by JHL Crane on Liberty Street. The fire, reported around 2:30 AM Sunday, destroyed the coop before firefighters could save most of the birds. roughly twenty were saved. The blaze likely started from an overheated stove in the structure.
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J. HL
Crane
Liberty Street
Lewin
Artillery blasts near Madrid as frontline clash continues
In Madrid dated dispatch, Loyalist and insurgent forces exchange heavy fire for 24 hours. Weekend rains slowed fighting on the western and northwestern fronts, with mud hampering positions in trenches. Reports describe heavy clashes at Queen’s Hill overlooking Ariane, where insurgents control the railway station and Viejo Alsol at the Tajo river valley.
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Press
Madrad
Inva
Queens Gill
Ariane
Tajo
Landslide Cuts Power in City. Brief Outage Reported
Corry suffered a two minute power suspension after a landslide between Tidioute and Tionesta toppled high tension lines. C M Howard, general manager of the Pennsylvania Bleettie Company, announced the outage. Extent of damage remained undetermined.
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Corry
Dafr- Jess Tast
Tidioute
Tionesta
C. M. Howard
Pennsylvania Bleettie Company
Evacuation Ordered for Evansville City
Evansville Indiana, a city of 10 000 residents, was ordered evacuated today by National Guard headquarters in Indianapolis. The directive aims to relocate residents amid an unspecified threat, with authorities coordinating transportation and shelter for evacuees.
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Evansville
United Preas
Ind
National Guard
Indianapolis
Portsmouth
Portamouth
Emergency Relief Committee
Edward P. Lawlor
Famil
Marx
No Prisoners Lost In Kentucky Flood Evacuation
Gov A B Chandler stated he had no knowledge of any prisoner deaths at Kentucky's state penitentiary during the evacuation from flooded cells and yard areas. The remark followed reports of upheaval amid flood conditions and rapid prisoner movement away from threatened areas.
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United Press
Frankfort
A. B. Chandler Day
State Penitentiary
Cella
Yarda
Levee Breach Clouds Cairo as Floods Rage Across States
Vast flood crest drives thousands from Ohio and Mississippi valleys in the greatest peacetime relief effort. Levees may be blown to save Cairo Illinois as hundreds of thousands face exposure. refugees organized for transport. typhoid fears rise with rising waters.
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Ohio
Mississippi
U. S
Parluoaly
Cairo
Iil
Chiro
Flood threat looms over Pittsburgh and western PA
Heavy weekend rains push waters up to the 35 feet flood crest forecast for Pittsburgh Allegheny and Monongahela rivers join to form the Ohio River at high levels. The Stoney Creek danger grows as river gauges near 10 feet with continued inflow from mountain streams. Johnstown faces renewed risk as rivers rise, with continued coverage on page one.
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Oil City
Allegheny River
Wheelin
United Press
Talmel Sitio River
Ohio
Yond
Charleston
Opilal
de Hil
Srerijoten
Louisville
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tuluenh
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Vregheny
Monongehelm
Ohio River
Berm
Stoney Creek
Johnstown
Agaim
Rome
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