Receding River Averts Flood as Levee Cracks
State leaders favor extra session to relieve unemployment in Pennsylvania. Governor Pinchot and General Martin outline a tentative plan for a special session after a conference of state and legislative officers. A retrenchment package of 23 million dollars to cut state expenditures is under discussion amid a $15 million deficit from a previously reported 85 million surplus.
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Pincher
Edward Martin
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Martin
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Fecce
Jury selection for Hyman Martini murder trial in Cleveland
In Cleveland on June 1 prosecutors indicated the death penalty will be sought for Hy man Martini in his second murder trial over the slaying of former Councilman Wm. E H. Potter. Four women and three men were tentatively accepted as jurors after questioning of potential jurors about death penalty views. Defense counsel questioned venire members on opinions about motive, signaling the defense will argue Martini had motive as a reported renegade.
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Pittsburgh
Hymie" Martini
Martin
Wm. E H. Potter
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Veniremen
Wm. Minsha
Potter
Massie Restores Citizenship Rights in Kentucky
United Press reports in Frankfort on June 1 that Lieut Thomas H Massie, a native of Winchester Kentucky, had his citizenship rights restored. The move came after years of debate over his status following his wartime conviction and the controversial Massie case surrounding Kahahawal and Latfoon.
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Frankfort
Thomas H Massa
Honolult
Joe Kahahawal
Ruby Latfoon
Kentucky
Massie
Winchester
Today and Tonight on Radio Entertainment Networks
NBCs Today and Five Best Radio lineup lists WABC and WHAF airings. Programs include Guy Lombardo's Orchestra with Burns and Allen, a 3:30 concert, Adventures in Health, and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra broadcast.
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CBS Network
Guy Lombardo
Burns
Allen
WHAF
CBS
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Walker Charged With Illegal Stocks Tied to City Contract
New York June 1 Samuel Seabury counsel for the Hof stadter investigating committee accuses Mayor James J Walker of violating the city charter by holding stock in a company that furnished a city contract Seabury seeks removal from office He cites December 20 1990 when Walker deposited 600 in bonds from the Reliance Bronze and Steel Company linked to Fifth Avenue lighting standards contract dating to 1931 The charge centers on section 1634 prohibiting city officials from owning any direct or indirect interest in suppliers to the city
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Samuel Seabury
Hofstadter
James J. Walker
Seabury
Walker
Reliance Bronze and Steel Company
Ang Una
Iimintryy
Fifth Avenue
Greater New York
Erie blast wrecks three buildings and barber shop
An explosion and ensuing fire in Erie Pennsylvania destroyed a barber shop and two adjoining buildings early today. Police found rags soaked with kerosene and gasoline and three empty bottles at the blast site as investigators pursue the case. Frederick Toncona his wife and children were driven from their home nearby.
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Erie
Frederick Toncona
Description of Kidnapper John in Lindbergh Case
Col. H Norman Schwarzkopf issues a detailed description of the kidnapped Lindbergh baby suspect known as John. The profile from Dr. Condon lists a 30 to 35 year old man, about five feet ten inches tall with an athletic build and light complexion, speaking with a Scandinavian or German accent, weighing around 180 pounds with sharp almond eyes and a high forehead. He wore a brown flat soft hat, a long black overcoat of light fabric, and black leather shoes at last sighting. Schwarzkopf again barred publication of the original ransom note.
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Hopewell
N. J
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H. Norman Schwarzkopf
John
John Conston
Condon
Sage
Schwarzkopf
Erie County Democrats to Meet for Annual Committee Session
Local Democratic committeemen and women plan to attend the Erie county Democratic committee annual meeting in Erie Thursday. A recent meeting set full representation for the county session. Warren and Van Dyke, state chairmen, list James F. Lavery as county chair. local members reportedly oppose his re election. The Thursday agenda will include selecting a chairman for the coming year.
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Desperado escapees hunted after jail break in Pennsylvan ia
Five inmates escaped from Northumberland county jail Sunbury Pennsylvania. Charles O Neil Cal Tyson Thomas Murphy Charles Steinmetz and Donald Bastress fled through a jail wall and ventilator shaft. Bastress later captured four miles from the jail. others hunted across central Pennsylvania mountains as state police sealed mountain passes and warned of armed fugitives.
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Northumberland County
Sunbury
Charles Steinmer
Pennsylvania
Charles O'Neil
Cal Tyson
Thomas Murphy
Charles Steinmetz
Donald Bastress
Bastress
Lester Cook
Polite
Tyson
Smanner
Henry Price
Tastress
Cook
Treves
Woman killed by car identified in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh June 1 The body of a woman killed Monday when struck by an automobile was identified last night as Mrs Catherine Melvin 69 of Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Catherine Melvin
Flood Waters Threaten Blythe and Sanath Valley Farmers
In Blythe California refugees fled as flood waters breached a levee along the Colorado River. About 50 men joined by merchants and laborers fought the torrent, filling sandbags to stem the rise. By dawn the river’s hold seemed checked but 300 acres lay flooded after a gap widened from 12 feet to 25 feet.
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Lox Verde Valley
Hood
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Fihem
Catholics to Join in Period Special Prayer
Members of St Elizabeths and St Thomass churches will join special devotions to the Sacred Heart starting Friday and continuing through the week. The prayers follow a world wide appeal by Pope Pius to seek prosperity and relief from suffering for all nations. Rev Vilus J Reiser plans morning and evening exercises at St Elizabeths with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Friday and Sunday and a relic of St Elizabeth to be displayed during the week.
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St. Elizabeth
United Press Bulletin From Benton Refuses Highway Work
Ul refused work on a highway project as 150 men attacked and beat contractor Wm. Laird and his assistant Thomas King near here today. Also in Washington the foreign relations committee urged adherence to the world court to avert war. The Navy reports one killed and 12 injured aboard the gunboat Milesa near Amoy China. Captain Charles Baker of Oakland was released by Chinese bandits after six months. In Rockford seventeen year old Russell McWilliams was sentenced to die in the electric chair after an insanity rehearing of his murder.
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Man Taken From Jail Lynched in Kentucky
United Press reports a mob of around six masked men abducted Walter Merrick from a Princeton jail, hanged him on a tree along Cadis Road two miles away, after dynamiting a general store owned by M. B. Pool in Hopson. Jailer Curtis Jones was bound. Merrick faced charges of dynamiting the Hopson store. Pool suffered a fractured skull and $10,000 in damage. a 13 year old boy Harol Nubb was injured. Trial for Merrick had been set for June 13.
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Princeton
Walter Murrie
Merrick
M. P
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Pebrurury
Curtis Jones
Uriet
Lee
Cadis Road
Louisville
P'Poo
Huroll Nubb
Akron Tire Truck Upsets on Roosevelt Highway Near Corry
Two operators escaped with minor injuries after a large Akron tire truck and trailer left the Roosevelt highway near the Omar Crowell farm two miles west of Corry. The driver reportedly fell asleep, the vehicle tore out a headwall, sliding the rear axle and overturning on its side. The van carried 10½ tons of rubber ties en route to New York. A second Akron truck was dispatched to transfer the load. State police investigated. another Akron truck had been damaged in an Erie-area crash earlier today.
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Roosevelt High
Omar Crowell
Corry
Mylyart
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Erie
Fear liquor runner slain rumored in rival gangs
Mrs Kathleen Thomas of Pittsburgh asks police to search for her husband William a 40 year old liquor runner missing since three weeks ago after a disputed haul from Harrisburg to Johnstown. She fears kidnapping or death and ties him to a bootlegging ring. A separate report notes a $2000 ring theft from Brink Abbott in Pittsburgh as two men trapped him in his garage.
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Harrisburg
Thom
Johnstown
Thomas
Ne Dormerly
Cincinnati
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Brink Abbott
Grief Drives Family to Self-Destruction in Epooklyn
In New York today, 55 year old Jime Del Ho and his four daughters Mathilda 29 Vincenta 25 Josephine 24 and Lupe 21 died by suicide in a gas-filled room of a luxuriously furnished Epooklyn apartment. A note cited grief over the wife and mother’s recent death as the motive.
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New York
Jime 1
Carlos del Ho
Epooklyn
Sicides
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Vincenta
Josephine
Lupe
Stolen Lincoln Coupe Wrecked East of Columbus
Dr. J A Logan of Cambridge Springs owned a 1930 Lincoln coupe stolen and wrecked about a mile east of Columbus late Tuesday night. The car overturned on a concrete curve. occupants fled before help arrived. Warren highway patrols investigated, with possible escape on an Erie freight train. no suspects yet.
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J. A. Logan
Cambridge Springs
Columbus
J. A. Loogan
Warren
Erie
Army Balloon No 2 Wins Race In National Event
Army balloon No 2 with Lieut Wilfred J Paul as pilot won the national balloon race landing 12 miles north of Hatton Saskatchewan after two days aloft. Lieut J H Bishop served as aide as the craft beat other balloons that had landed. Miners Return To Work After Idle Period At Lykens Susquehanna operations halted temporarily while Williamson mine reopens after two months idle.
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Richmond
Saskatchewan
L—Army
Hatton
Ince
Timah
Wilfred J. Pau
J. H. Bishop
Lykens
Burard
Susquehanna Collieries Company
Wicomisco
Williamson
Congress Sends Tax Bill To Conference In Senate
The House approved the 1.116 billion tax measure and sent it to conference with the Senate after a 13 hour session. President Hoover urged speed as Mills warned new revenue sources were needed to balance the budget.
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