Lobby Inquiry Probes Gas Electric Campaign Spending
Washington July 30 Senate lobby investigators report the firm Hurley McCawley Shinn received 25 000 from Associated Gas and Electric to oppose Wheeler Rayburn utility holding bill. Chairman Black says clues include 81 250 in attorney fees and Hopson, missing head of the Associated system, sought for testimony.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
U.S
Howard C. Hopson
Hopson
Senate
Patrick Hurley
Associated Gas & Electric Company System
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Hugo J. Black
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Schwellenbach
Wash
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Hoyer
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Entite Bank Fu Committee
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Riotous crowd tears door to enter sex murder trial
About 2,000 people mob the Peoria county courthouse for Gerald Thompson trial, tearing a door from hinges as police struggle to contain the melee. Several injured as women lead cries for testimony, with threats of violence and lynching surfacing amid the tense proceedings.
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Germany protests flag act by United Prone officials
Washington July 30. The German government protested to the United States over indignities to the German flag by three Communists aboard the liner Bremen in New York harbor last week.
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Federal funds to abolish railroad grade crossings announced
Harrisburg, Pa July 30. Federal money totaling 11,488,683 was allocated to Pennsylvania for grade crossing removal. Funds are distributed by railroad mileage with engineers designing overpass structures and department engineers managing bridges. Major allocations include Pennsylvania 4,192,519 and Reading 1,881,479 among numerous lines.
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Harrisburg
North East Firm Battles AAA in Federal Court
July 30 Erie county cereal maker Blaine Mackay Lee Co of North East Pa was granted a temporary injunction blocking collection of a tax under the agricultural adjustment act. The suit seeks to halt monthly payments totaling 283 121.89 since July 1933 and similar assessments that may accrue. Pittsburgh Provision Sha Packing Company filed a parallel complaint alleging over 1 1 million paid as hige November 1933 and 77 000 for the month, seeking an injunction against collection of the tax.
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Pittsburgh
Erie County
Blaine, Mackay, Lee Company Inc
North East
Sha Packing Company
Britain Held Key To Solving Ethiopian Crisis, 1935
Geneva reports that 44 nations on the League council meet to avert war between Italy and Ethiopia. British delegate Anthony Eden is set to arrive with instructions to seek a no attack pledge while negotiations proceed, aiming to delay open conflict and reopen frontier talks. The mood is tense as leaders fear Mussolini may soon deploy air and ground forces.
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Wallace Carroll
United Press
Geneva
Nations
League of Nations Council
Italy
Ethi
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Benito Mussolini
Ethiopia
Salary figure retards race for treasurer in Corry
A joint city council, board of education and county commissioners meeting hints at a Treasurers salary range from 1000 to 3500 dollars for Corry. If the pay is attractive, a large field may enter the race once the figure is fixed, with several potential candidates keeping their options open.
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Markets At A Glance Mixed Stocks And Oil Rally
Markets show irregular moves with stocks unevenly higher and oil rallying. Bond prices rise unevenly while currencies hold. Grains fluctuate with wheat up slightly and corn, rye, and oats mixed. Rubber firm and silver steady. Montreal futures firm.
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Ebay
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Montreal
Governor Earle Injured After Floor Collapse on Vacation
Governor George H. Earle of Pennsylvania was injured when a rotton floor collapsed during a vacation in Saranac Lake New York. He fell six feet and was confined to bed awaiting X rays before possible hospital transfer. Mrs. Earle said the Canada trip hinges on the exam results and rest time. Continued on page seven.
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Saranac Lakh
George H. Harle
Pennsylvania
Earle
Inter
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School heads plan meet with state dept and WPA
The board of education in special session authorized Superintendent Ralph Dewey to contact Harrisburg officials for an early meeting with Corry school executives about financing the proposed vocational school project under the WPA movement. J W Lambing and Dr Q F Bennett see potential local financing discussions with the Department of Public Instruction and state WPA authorities. Several board officers will not attend the conference. Dewey expects to arrange interviews with state officials soon.
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Q. F. Bennett
Erie Man Faces Federal Charge
Thomas Ricotta of Erie Pennsylvania, 58, was ordered removed to Buffalo to answer federal charges that he sent three extortion letters to a Fredonia couple. Ricotta admitted the offense during a prior hearing and consented to the removal order issued by Judge P. Schoonmaker.
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Erle
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Waters declines Philadelphia mayor bid
Philadelphia July 39. State Treasurer Charles A. Waters refused to consider running for mayor, saying he cannot do more than one job at a time. He noted he still has a year and a half left in his term as treasurer.
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United Press
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Charles A. Waters
Relief program to aid jobless actors planned
Washington July 30 relief officials plan to spend part of 4 billion dollars on a program to bring traveling troupes of unemployed actors to Broadway and Hollywood. The scheme, tried successfully in New York, extends to Los Angeles and Chicago with government salaries for actors and government funding for transport, living quarters, and makeshift theatres. Hallie Vanagan of Vassar will direct the effort to educate and entertain needy audiences. The plan may expand to aid musicians as funds are set aside for professional workers off relief rolls.
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America
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Hallie Vanagan
Vassar Experimental Theatre
Weaver Enters Council Race Amid Rumors in Corry
Former councilman Fred J. Weaver announces Democratic candidacy for city council with petitions circulating. Voters hear that First Ward property owner Weaver intends an independent, aggressive campaign, aiming to stand on his past record. Other names surface, including Frank O. Howard, as petitions roll out with about two weeks to file before fall elections.
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Early Rotary talk highlights Corry history photos
Welter Jack of Erie spoke to twenty four Rotary members at the Hotel Corry, showing old Corry pictures including eighty year old views borrowed from local residents. Prize went to MacKensie for recognizing the most faces in the display.
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House Ways and Means Approve Tax Bill Action Next
United Press reports the House Ways and Means Committee, without a vote, favorably reported a 275 million tax the rich bill introduced by Chairman Robert L. Coughton. Seventeen Democrats attended. only two Republicans were present. Formal reporting allows action in the House tomorrow or Thursday and passage to the Senate, likely by Saturday. The measures mirror the Roosevelt redistribution plan, raises taxes on inheritances and excess profits, and broadens gift and corporate taxes especially for large corporations.
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House Rules Committee
Chicago Woman Admits Torso Murder Confession
Chicago woman 46 admits to strangling Ervin Lang 28 then sawed off his legs after drinking with him. She said she acted alone, keeping the body in her apartment from Saturday night July 6 then telling reporters after signing a confession. Continued on page four.
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Herman W. Nichols
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Punxsutawney Man Burned When Stove Explodes
Glenn McGlawn aged 66 of Punxsutawney sustained severe burns when a gas stove exploded at a Boy Scout camp. He remained in critical condition today at Adriaj Hospital according to United Press dispatch.
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