Agreement Reaches End of Long Disputed Pension Bill
Washington reports United Press that congressional conferees reached a full agreement on the World War veterans pension bill, aligning with President Hoover’s objections. The pact eliminates Senate amendments, sets monthly rates from 12 to 40 dollars, and excludes disability for willful misconduct or high private income tax payers. Hoover urged swift passage and a early adjournment.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Stig
Senate
Bothhouses
White House
Watson
David A. Reed
Pennsylvania
House
John One
House Veterans Committee
Congress
Reed
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Corry Plans All Day Fourth of July Celebration Parade
Corry Pa residents prepare for a full day of Fourth of July festivities centered at City Park. The program features a mammoth morning parade, out-of-town bugle corps, floats, prize trophies, athletic events for children, an amateur boxing tournament, cannon planes, and a carnival. Local groups and merchants are invited to enter floats with formal entries due at the VFW home.
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Archié W. Thompson
Tuly
Corry
Paull Lines
Yihkly
Ralph Munsee
Washington Street
First Avenue
Pleasant Street
Center
Park Place
Post Bugle and Dram. Corps
Munsee
V.P. W
Harbordreek
Erie County
Parc Ab
A.A. U
Rtoe
Springs Street
Snd
Onlite
Will Partic
Child Fracture From Fall At Home in Bradford
Litlé Mery Jean Weed four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Merle G Weed of Bradford sustained a dislocation and fracture of the left elbow after a fall from stairs at her uncle’s Falconer New York home. The child was brought to mine City and attended by Dr John G Kinler. The event occurred while she was playing with a toy car at the time.
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Litlé Mery Jean
Merle G. Weed
Bradford
Mr Weed
Falconer
N. Y
Bine City
John G. Kinler
May diary may unlock Cyclops sea mystery
Washington July 8 Navy intelligence officials studied new information about the disappearance of the WWI U S naval collier Cyclops with nearly 300 men aboard. A diary, said to be by an enemy conspirator, allegedly shows explosives placed around the engine room. The diary, found by a former marine sergeant, is viewed cautiously as officials withhold the discoverer’s name to avoid jeopardizing the inquiry. The diary’s authorship is unclear and some names may match the crew list. Continued on page six.
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United Press
Washington
Navy Department
U. S. Naval
Navy
Sam Antonio Tex
Wavy
Plans to Merge Fourth Ward Precincts Approved
Judges A. P. Rossiter and W. H. Hirt granted the petition of County Commissioners Charles R. Davis and Allan MacLean to merge two Fourth Ward voting precincts. The ruling approved redistricting in Erie wards and precedes installation of voting machines countywide for the November election. Protests from local leaders limited consolidation to the Fourth Ward.
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A. P. Rossiter
W. H. Hirt
Erie
Charles R. Davis
Allan MacLean
Threat of self harm noted in Erie probe
Police in Hiria investigate a letter found in an Erie restaurant that warned of ending his life over failing to locate his estranged wife said to live near Union City. Signed W TH Snyder 40, a man recently visiting Erie seeking authorities help and unemployed with four children.
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Hiria
Tau
Union City
W. TH. Snyder
Erie
Snyder
Lafayette Hotel
Hire
Golf tournaments planned on holiday stormed with events
Golf tournaments for women and men are scheduled at Corry Country Club on Independence Day afternoon. A blind bogey event and a blind bogey sweepstakes for men are planned, with a large attendance anticipated.
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Corry
Tragic Italian Train Crash Kills Fifteen Near Bologna
Fifteen people died and at least eleven were injured when an express train collided with a stationary freight near Sasso, twelve miles from Bologna. The express had left Bologna at 1:20 a.m. bound for Florence and struck the open switch where the freight was parked on a siding. Rescue crews arrived from Bologna soon after the wreck.
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Bologna
Italy
Sasso
Bolona
Florence
High Principal Speaks Before Kiwanis Club
Howard J. Sheen principal of the Senior High School addressed Kiwanis at the Hotel Corry, substituting for W. R. Booth. He outlined Junior and Senior High curricula and the seven cardinal educational principles, touching on health home making earning vocations leisure time ethics citizenship. W. Brown showed unknown soldier wreath photos from Paris as Veterans of Foreign Wars presented the memorial. Two teams were chosen for an attendance contest. captains Dr. Z. P. Gillette and Worth Hammond, with the loser to banquet the winners. Elmer Gilbertson presided in Nichols absence at Atlantic City for Kiwanis.
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W. R. Booth
New York City
Howard J. Sheen
Princippal
Kiyanis Chih
Hotel Corry
Sheen
Moeting
P. Gillette
Worth Hammond
Elmer Gilbertson
Stumtey H. Nichols
Atlantic City
Kiwanis
Severe Earth Tremors Felt In Calcutta Area
Laneycree reports nine violent tremors in the Assam section near Berigd causing injuries as inhabitants fled in night clothing. Seismograph at Ga ion ttz broken and many sought shelter in downtown parks during the event.
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Laneycree
Calcutta
India
Asam
Berigd
Opanisir
Park
Gaiouttz
City of Chicago tops 100 hours past St Louis Robin record
Chicago pilots John and Kenneth Hunter extended the Stinson-Detroiter endurance flight, surpassing the St Louis Robins 420-hour mark and aiming for 500 hours. Bonuses totaling about 6,000 dollars daily were pledged for continued aloft time, with oil firms and aviation companies contributing toward the nearly quarter-million dollar fund. Lindbergh sent a telegram offering congratulations on the achievement.
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Stanley Whitaker
United Press
Chicago
St. Louis
John
Kenneth Hunter
Robins
Giicego
Beans
Kenneth
Wilson Herren
Col
Charles Lindbergh
Southern Cross Headed West From Chicago to Salt Lake City
The Southern Cross aircraft leaves Chicago for the West coast ending two years of globe hopping. Pilot Kingsford-Smith and co pilots are aboard the Wright-Reynolds plane bound for Salt Lake City with continued good weather expected. About 200 people wave farewell as they depart for California.
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United Press
Chicago
Southern Cross
Ree ‘Dient
Kingaford-Sratta
Atlantic
America
Circusa- Wright-Reynolds
Salt Lake City
Uta
Singsford-Smith
Hia
Cood
California
Man with shotgun holds police at bay near Moorheadville
A 30 year old Raymond Palmer, described as mentally troubled since childhood, seized a family shotgun and shot his brother Paul in the chest then fled into woods near Moorheadville. State Troopers and North East police battled him for over three hours before Trooper Grey finally overpowered Palmer. He is hospitalized for injuries to his hands and held in North East jail.
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Brie
Hamett Hitchcock
North Wast
Moorheadville
Ja Bolt
Raymond Palmer
Paul
North East
Richard Grey
Harry Munsee
Hitchcock
Palmer
Grey
Palma
E. G. Shelley
West Main Street
North East Jail
Coste and Bellonte Prepping Westward Flight
Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte prepared for an early start from Paris to New York aboard the airplane Question Mark at Le Bourget after test flights. They previously began a transatlantic attempt on July 12, 1928, with Jalbala and Taillowski, turning back mid-ocean. Coste, a renowned French aviator, has crossed the South Atlantic but not the North Atlantic.
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Sieney Paris
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Paris
New York
le Bourget
Coste
Bellonte
New Yone
Jubala
Taailowski
Costé
South Atlantic
North Atlantic
France
G O P Leaders In Conference With Pinchot
Philadelphia July 3 Republican state committee leaders met with Gifford Pinchot after a visit by State Treasurer Martin and aide A Boyd Hamilton at Pinchot's Milford home. The party's campaign timing remains unsettled awaiting Luzerne County election rulings and a September Supreme Court session on Brown's bid to discard primary votes. Police seek burglar after break in Pittsburgh home. bracelet and liquor stolen.
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Martin
United Press
Philadelphia
Republican State Committee
Gifford Pinchot
A. Boyd Hamilton
Pinchot
Milford
Harrisburg
Supreme Court
Luzerne County Court
Spartansburg Man Fractures Leg In Plunge
Wesley M. Smith a 75 year old Spartansburg resident was brought to Corry hospital after falling from a ladder while painting his Spring street home. He fractured his left leg above the knee and suffered shock and bruises. Neighbor Mrs O M Thompson heard his calls and he was treated by Dr W H Warmest and transported by Tor ty ambulance for further care.
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Wesley M. Smith
Spartansburg
Corry Hospital
Spring Street
Eugene Webb
Smith
Mra. O. M. Thompson
W. H. Warmest
Cashier Released on Bail in Bank Embezzlement Case
L Dean former cashier of First National Bank of Conneautville Ohio was released on $10000 bail after being charged with embezzling 28394 from the bank. Hearing set for July 30. The bank reports a loss of about 25000 to 2518 covered by a bonding company and B C Sweeney named to succeed Dean after a six year tenure ended by a bank examiner finding the shortage connected to stock market transactions.
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By Inc
Dri
First National Bank
Conneautville
Ohio
L. Dean
United States
Bnock Filer
Banke
B. C. Sweeney
Dean
Flying Circus to Visit Corry Soon
The Red Wing flying circus will perform near Corry within a week or two, using a tract just outside the city as a base. The program includes passenger flights, aerial stunts, and parachute jumps, with several planes brought to the site.
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Red Wing Flying Circus
Ridgway
Fiers
Radio listings mix of network programs and stations
The fragment shows radio entertainment listings for WABC NBC CBS and WEAF networks with program slots like New World Symphony and Melody Moment. It notes prices and station identifiers, but is garbled. The readable items indicate a cross network schedule with a mix of talks, musical pieces, and station references.
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WABC
CBS
New World
Symphony
NBC
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