Special Session Looms Over Old Age Pension Amendment
Governor Pinchot signals possible swift special session to consider a state constitution amendment for old age pensions and a living wage level. Vare forces push for control of the Republican machine as Pinchot eyes pension passage to place the issue before voters. Three senators reportedly shifted votes to back the measure, signaling likely Senate approval if a session is convened.
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United Press
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
United Press Today
Senate
Philadelphia
General Assembly
Pinchot
William S.vare
Edward Martin
Washington, Pa
Vare
Selinsgrove
Martin
House
Origi
Ware
Cape Leutenants
Max Aron
James W. Norton
Berks
Reading
Fatal Accident on Wattsburg Erie Road Involving Two Negro Men
A fatal automobile crash occurred on Wattsburg Erie Road late Wednesday afternoon. Louis P. Franklin, 48, a postal clerk from Erie, died about two hours after injuries from a collision with Earl Lawrence, the driver of the car. The vehicle struck a slag pile, overturning and fracturing Franklin’s skull. The second incident reports the mangled body of John Bradley, 53, Altoona, found near Logan Valley streetcar tracks, possibly struck by a trolley car while walking nearby.
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Louis P. Franklin
Erie
Earl Lawrence
Franke
Altoona
Dohm Bradley
Logan Valley
Lrollay
$200000 Paid for Release of Factor
John Wader known as Jake the Barber, an international financier, reappeared in Chicago after 12 days with his abduction, his condition described as serious. Reports say $200,000 was paid in ransom to secure his release from a northwest roadhouse captors. He and relatives deny other sources funded the payment.
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United Press
Chicago
John
Jake the Barber
Wader
Rinsum
Haen
Sicians
DaSalte Street
Chigago
Paotor
AWAIT FIRST LIST FEDERAL PROJECTS
Secretary of the Interior Sckes was to unveil the first list of federal public works projects under Roosevelt's program. The plan totals over 70 million dollars with 30 million for Boulder Dam and western reclamation efforts. Projects originate from the reclamation bureau and agriculture department. Further federal allocations, including post offices and army construction, will follow.
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Mneyee Washington
Sckes
Reclamation
Départment of Agriculture
Boulder Dam
Roosevelt
Hoard
Four Die as Tarentum Drinking Bout Ends Tragedy
A group of five men drank radiator alcohol from a garage in Tarentum Pa causing four deaths and one man to die later in Allegheny Valley Hospital The victims were Chester Snee fold 28 Nalrona Jack Dougherty 60 Kittanning Joseph W Ross 65 Freeport and James Powell 38 Glenshaw William Rose 45 Townstown survived but could not identify the drink source The bodies were found near Bull Creek and Tarentum Memorial Park police described the liquor as blue when water was added.
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Tarentum
Creek
Unites Press
Iss
Allegheny Valley Hospital
Chester Sneefold
Nalrona
Jack Dougherty
Kittanning
Joseph W. Ross
Freeport
Tarentinn Memorial
Ube Stheis
Bull Creek
Paper claims Hitler from Jewish family shocks Vienna
Vienna reports allege Adolf Hitler long claimed as chancellor is a Jew by birth. Austrian newspaper first published series of sworn documents asserting Hitler is from a Jewish family in his region.
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Vienna
Austria
Pute
Cation
Adolf Hitler
Germiany
Phe
Het Hitler
Probe on minimum wage findings from Pennsylvania study
United Press reports the Gailiguer commission on working conditions in Pennsylvania industry will meet in Harrisburg to finalize a report and likely recommend a minimum wage law. Findings from hearings in eastern cities and Pittsburgh guide the recommendation as employers defend pay practices amid wage disputes.
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Callagher
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
United Press
Pittsburgh
Gailiguer Commission
Aluminum Company of America
W. G. White
New Kensington
M. J. Gerstein
Rilce Dress Company
Sharp Criticism of Penn A. Industries
A traveling economy seminar left Pittsburgh for Detroit criticizing western Pennsylvania industries. The group of welfare workers clergymen sociologists and businessmen charged Jones and Laughlin Steel Company of Aliquippa with organization and accused the plant of a stag operation to avoid dismantling employed and paying inadequate wages. Avella Coal Company was accused of paying miners only enough for basic needs and denying medical treatment while other mine owners allegedly worsened conditions to evict workers from their homes.
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Pittsburgh
Detroit
Pennsylvania
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company Ab Aliquippa
Avella Goal Company
Scrap Proposal for Huge Public Works Program Turned Back
Henry Flory reports London observers say an international public works plan to raise employment was rejected by Walter Runciman and the economic commission of the World Economic Conference. Britain will not join further experiments, and the subcommittee on public works was postponed until monetary issues align. A Holland backed regulation ended the debate as gold nations blocked progress. Finnmeimen criticized the proposals.
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Henry Flory
United Press
London
United States
Economic Commission of the
World Economic Conference
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
England
Roosevelt
H. Colijn
Holland
Monetary Commission
Fynneimen
Plan Cavalcade to Ford Exhibit In Cleveland
The ideal Ford agency plans a cavalcade to Cleveland for the Ford Cleveland Industrial Exposition at Public Hall. Ford dealers from nearby cities will bring guests including mayors and school boards. A 4-bus convoy will lead the official guests as exhibitors from Cleveland and nearby areas attend the expo, seen as one of the finest efforts of its kind.
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Ford Agency
Cleveland
Ford Dealers
Ford
Bulletins from Pittsburgh and Washington unrest and indictments
Federal grand jury returns thirty more indictments over irregularities in November elections. Secret service guards assigned to Roosevelt grandchildren after a flu epidemic prompts extra protection. Interstate Commerce Commission orders railroads to repay funds under the Transportation Act. Scranton reports 25 girls arrested during a picketing event at a mill. Chicago notes Jake PaTor, banned financier, claims he paid $50 000 in counterfeit notes to abductors.
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United Press Pittsburgh
Federal Grand Jury
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Diemigefe
Treasury
Italian air squadron wings toward Montreal from Shediac
The Balbo led Italian air squadron, after a 1500 mile ocean hop from Reykajvik to Cartwright, rests in Shediac and eyes a possible nonstop leg to Montreal. The 21 planes proceed south along the Labrador coast and Belle Isle Strait toward Shediac, then Montreal, with Chicago as final target if weather allows.
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United Press
Shediag
N. B
Italo Balbo
New York
Cartwright
Labrador
Shediac
Venison Island
Mackay Hadto
Belle Isle Strait
Ttalo Balbo
Reykjavile
Iceland
Balbo
Strait of
Belle Isle
Latador Coast
Belle Isle Straits
Newfound- Taridy
Gulf of St Lawrence
Shediac Harbor
Northumberland Strait
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Islad
Chicago
Montreal
PA National Guard Company A Prepares for Mount Gretna Encampment
Members of Company A Locus Unit of the Pennsylvania National Guard gear up for the annual two week summer encampment at Mount Gretna. The last guardsmen depart by special train on Friday evening July 21. Brit battalion and Warren company of the 113th Infantry join the train. Return is scheduled for Saturday August Std. Capt. Houghton Lieuts Brown and Febian expect full strength at camp. Final inspections cover blankets pack bags and equipment. Regular drill set for early next week.
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Pennsylvania National Guard
Mount Gretna
Brit
Warren
113Th Infantry
Houghton
Lieuls. Brown
Feblian
Identify three men in plot at St. Paul
Three men accused in a St Paul plot to force a surgeon to mutilate a chiropractor were identified by police. The scheme culminated in a staged automobile wreck and planted evidence to resemble murder and suicide.
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ST. Paul
ST. Paul, Minn
Deanile
Polles
Lindberghs Wait Weather Halt Plan inland North Tour
Bad weather halted Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife from resuming their northland route charting tour. A gale near southeast wind with fog and rain slowed progress along Newfoundland's southern section, delaying the move toward Cartwright, Labrador until conditions improve.
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Meee ST. Johns
Nidy
Charles A. Lindbergh
Northland
Newfoundland
Lindberghs
Cartwright
Labrador
O Connell Family Faces Kidnap Mystery In Albany
Immediate actions in the O Connell kidnapping case unfold as Edward J. and Daniel P. O Connell retreat to protect their underworld ties while negotiating the release of John J. O Connell Jr. A rumored intermediary from the sporting world is said to offer 50 000 to 75 000 for the youth’s freedom amid tense political pressure and sparse police action.
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Sandor S. Klein
United Press Star
Albany
N. Y
O'Connell
Edward J
John J ’Connell
O'Connell Familly
Sporting World
Bode
Rich Packer Still Captive
Alton July 13 A communication from kidnapers of August Luer 77 head of a bank and packing company kept his anxious family waiting today Carl Guer son of the financier said no ransom would be paid until he was convinced his father was alive He noted the elder Luer is ill and subject to heart attacks and demanded a written note as proof of life before any payment.
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August Luer
United Press Alton
Millionaire Bank and Packing Company
Carl Guer
Mississippi
Luer
Two Erie Pliers In Narrow Escape
CLEARFIELD Pennsylvania July 13 Two filers escaped injury today when an pirplasie enroute from Erie to Harrisburg pancas ed and nobe-dived into 2 Billside Wo Biles from there. Occupants were Eugene Martin, pilot, and M. Clyd, passenger.
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Clearfield
Erie
Harrisburg
Eugene Martin
afoKcan
M. Clyd
Birte
Hia
Corry Taxpayers Union challenges city water purchase plan
The Corry Taxpayers Union urges City Council to reconsider buying the Corry Water Supply Company. They dispute City Solicitor Blaine Kincaid's feasibility and legality opinions, arguing 1907 and 1931 acts differ and the appraisal of $875,000 is inflated. They contend the city could not finance such a purchase under current debt limits.
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Corry Taxpayers’ Union
Corry Water Company
Blaine Kincaid
Board of Governors
Corry Taxpayers Union
Aother
Taxpayers’ Group
Aly
Corry
Kincast
Curry Water Supply Company
City of
Corey
Kincaid
Orry Water Supply Company
City of Corry
Cpili Finy
Valle
Kincaidh
Free life for pint victim in Michigan
A Michigan case from Lansing dated July details Palm, a fourth offender, who was granted release on executive order by Gov. Witt A. Coma Lulu and Parole Commissioner Wy, after being sentenced in Ingham County for possession of a pint of gin amid wartime restrictions. The report notes the unusual reliance on parole and the severity of the criminal law.
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Lansing
Mich
Palm
Michigan
Watsem A. Comstods
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Gerstein
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Tada
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U. S
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Secret Service
Scranton
Jessup
Here
Stile Mill
Water Co
Air Armada
Shediak
Oras
Albany Youth
John J. O'Connell
Rich Packer
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