Jury weighs fate of Mary Seminulle murder defendants
In Warren County Court six men and six women deliberated this afternoon over the murder of widow Mary Seminule, age 30. John Polens, 31, Senauskas, 19, and others faced charges. District Attorney Eddy seeks the death sentence while a verdict and pleas are awaited.
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Warren
Mary Seminule
Metro Seminale
Alou
Murier
WSK Agai
Tin Aindow
Atp
Mary Lemaire
Prowpoulinny Jet
B.cidy
Seminaric
Toward Tax Bill Compromise Slow After White House Talks
Congressional conferees moved slowly on controversial features of the Tow lus tax bill after a White House meeting with President Roosevelt failed to yield a path to compromise. Democratic leaders in both chambers indicated no quick decision, aiming to finish after the Republican National Convention with final congressional approval likely next Monday.
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John A. Reichmann
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Senate
House
Benators
Retin Loework
Monilay
Ten still at large from Minnesota Hospital for the Criminal Insane
Ten fugitives remain at large today after a breakout at the Minnesota Hospital for the Criminal Insane. Police and National Guard units pressed the search as 16 escaped, two recaptured quickly and four others were taken during the muster yesterday amid widespread hue and cry.
Road to Ruin at Montgomery Ward Posts Record May Volume
Montgomery Ward reports May volume as the largest for the month in the company’s history, with the western region also achieving a record for the fiscal year to date. May sales reached 930,295,408, slightly below April’s 930,? but up 32.21 percent from May last year, the largest gain since December 1934. Four months through May total 3203,897,280, an increase of 10.95 percent.
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Montgomery Ward
Liquor Tax Approved by Senate
In Harrisburg on June 9 the state senate gave final approval to a $7 million liquor tax plan designed to raise emergency revenue for Governor Earle. The bill, approved 36 to 4, makes the tax effective immediately upon enactment and is expected to be signed by the governor shortly.
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United Press
Harrisburg
State Senate
Hales
Uelease
Earle
Senate
Earle A
Steiner chosen as keynote speaker at Republican convention
Delegates at the Cleveland Republican gathering ratified Sen Frederick Steiner as keynoter amid a large lakefront auditorium crowd. The Oregon senator will deliver tonight's keynote at the D. m. session as Gov Lanston's platform issues stir debate and a Thursday ballot looms.
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London
Steiner
Gy Lyle ¢. Wilson
United Press
United Press Public Hall
Cleveland
Lake Front
Frederick Steiner
Alfred M. Landon
Henry P. Hletcher
Oregon
D. m
Coryon
Bitterly scored relief system debate in legislature
Harrisburg June session opens with sharp attacks on unemployment relief. Sen Leon C. Prince urges returning relief administration to counties and mandating locals to cover one quarter of benefits. He brands the system a racket and criticizes state reliance on city relief. Governor Burle seeks 79.987 million dollars to aid nearly 60,000 unemployed through January 31, with existing stopgap funds under 9 million for May and June.
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Morey J. Potter
United Press
Harrisbdirg
June Spotts
Pennsylvania
Jegislature
Ayatern
Sen
Leon GC
Prince
Cumberlane
Harvey A. Surface
Spe Eis
V Stewart Club Speaker Connects Oil to Rotary Meeting
Sidney V. Stewart, local manufacturer, spoke at Corry Rotary Club noon luncheon about oil well operations. He used moving pictures from the Oklahoma oil expo and other scenes to illustrate his tale. Stewart answered questions as nineteen members and one guest from Ford Motor Company attended.
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Sidney V. Stewart
Corry Rotary
Water Corry
Mr. Stewart
Oklahoma City
Stewart
George Simpson
Ford Motor Company
Six More Black Legion Members Held for Court
United Press reports in Detroit that six Black Legionnaires including Wilbur Robinson Ayu and Charles King were bound over to circuit court on $60,000 bonds each for the kidnapping and flogging of a member who wished to quit the order. They face charges tied to the October 5 incident at a Black Legion meeting where Robert Penland was threatened at gunpoint and beaten. Judge Charles Rubiner ordered the men held, bringing the total held for trial to 18 in the ongoing case involving the Night Riders’ activities and the Poole kidnapping and murder case referenced in court.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Wilbur Robinson Ayu
Black Legionnaires
Common Pleas
Charles Rubiner
Robinson
Charles King
Harold Lawrence
Earl Angstad
Frederick Gulley
Thomas Cox
Robert Penland
Widow of Eugene Field laid to rest in Wisconsin
The widow of poet Eugene Field, Mrs. Field, aged 79, died yesterday after heart attacks. Her body was prepared for burial beside her husband in Hertford Junction Wisconsin, as foreclosure threats loomed over the farm retreat she valued. Phi Delta Theta alumni rallied to save the home, and her son Eugene Field III said she died peacefully, happy to know the farm was saved.
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United Press
Hertford Junction
Wis
Eugene Field
Mellons Tax Evasion Bared L K Desmond Losses Life Near Malmo
Lawrence K. Desmond, 34, corry young nuts figure and son of J J Desmond, died in the crash of a four motored Fokker airliner near Malmo Sweden. He was aboard en route from Stockholm to Amsterdam in the interests of the J W A P Howard Company of Corry. Other passengers and two crew were aboard. several injured. Initial reports varied on the crash details, with witnesses noting all four motors stopped abruptly before the craft went down and the plane reportedly struck a farmhouse. The tragedy brought word to Desmond’s parents and to Philadelphia connections. Desmond had been in Europe on company business and was returning via Amsterdam when the accident occurred. Continued on Page Five.
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Lawrence K. Desmond
J. J. Desmond
Corry Young Nuts
Fokker
Malmo
Sweden
Mr. Desmond
Europe
J. W. & A. P. Howard Company
Stockholm
Ty Amsterdal
Vig Gapenhagen
Lawrence II
Desmond
Wry
Enother
Priatite
Amsterdam
Lospitrl
Sau
Paris
London
Farsi
Corty
Matin
Joi
William Elliot
Philadelphia
Corry Bey
Burrys
Howard Company
Louis
Borah Revolt Faces Rift Over Farm and Monetary Planks
Cleveland June and Borah aides encounter strain as farm plank drafted leaders revolt and John Thomas declines chair of the Republican resolutions committee. Borah and Landon positions on monetary plank become a flashpoint, weakening hopes for a cooperative approach in 1936.
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Ay Joe
Alex Morris
United Press
Cleveland
Sen
William & Borah
John Thomas
Republican Resolutions Committee
Borah
Alfred M. Landon
Thomas
Andion
Borat
Bradford child fatally injured in road accident
Bradford Pa United Press reports Joan Robinson, age 4, died in a local hospital from brain concussion and broken skull after running in front of an automobile near her home. The tragedy occurred in Bradford and authorities cautioned drivers to watch for children. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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United
Bradford
Jysio
Wilms
Joan Robinson
Bruford
Panera
Buriu
Roosevelt En Route South Amid Large Crowds
President Roosevelt travels aboard the Roosevelt Special B toward Hot Springs as crowds greet him at stations from Tennessee through Arkansas and Texas. Democrats and GOP leaders arrange brief conferences and planned speeches, with stops in Arkansas, Texas, Indiana, and Kentucky during the swing through Democratic territory.
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Frederick A. Storm
United Press
White House
Roosevelt
Hot Springs
Art
Cleveland
D. S
Tennessee
Washington
Arkansas
Texas
Indiana
Kentucky
Pitt Sees Need of U S Regulation of Mines
A University of Pittsburgh Bureau of Business Research summary argues federal regulation of the bituminous coal industry is the sole solution to industry problems. The report revisits last fall’s work by Wilbert G. Fritz and Theodore A. Veenstra, updating the discussion after the Guffey-Snyder class invalidation.
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AY United Press
Pittsburgh
Appointment of Sullivan Confirmed as Postmaster of Corry
The Senate approved James Sullivan’s four year appointment as postmaster of Corry after he had served as acting postmaster since the death of Harry Auer. Sullivan, a Corry resident and World War veteran, has been active in the Democratic party and local fraternal groups. The nomination was sent by President Roosevelt on January 27 and came after his service as county sealer of weights and measures.
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TS. Senate
James Sullivan
United Press
Senate
Corry
Sullivan
Cory
Harry Auer
Roosevelt
Charles N. Crosby
Ufaira
Democratic Party
Democratic City Committee
Stanford Hose Company
Naval fliers die in Oakland crash during practice flight
Two Naval reserve officers were killed when their airplane crashed after takeoff from Oakland airport. Lieutenants F B Waterman, 39, of Sausalito and J E Pinkerton, 24, of Berkeley died. Lieutenants Clifford J. Miller, 74, and P 7 Pierce, 23, of rest ad and San Lateo, California, survived by leaping clear as the plane struck.
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Oakland
Cal
Naval Reserve
Hames
Lient
FB Waterman
Sausalito
Calin
J. E Pinkerton
Berkeey
Calif
Clifford J. Miller
Mrestad
Pierce
San Lateo
Ashe
Memo on Method of Tax Evasion Read in Senate Hearing
Unites Press reports a June Washington session where Andrew Mellon, by a wilted hat in hand, faces a Senate probe into $2,050,069 in back taxes. Robert H. Jackson reads a memorandum on tax evasion allegedly prepared for Mellon in 1923 by David H. Bish, claiming Mellon used the methods to avoid personal tax payments. The government seeks $3,100,138 including penalties.
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Unites Press
Washington
Andrew Mellon
Treasury
Pittsburgh Finance
Robert H. Tackson
Mellon
Senate
Robert M. la Follette
Wis
Trump
Jackson
Board of Lay Appeals
Meltun
One Act Play To Feature Alumni Reunion Here
Thomas Roelofs an instructor at WPA amiatics organizes the one act offering Check You Doctor to be shown as part of the sixty second annual Corry High Alumni Association reunion at the Junior High School Thursday evening. The cast includes Guy Abbey Ella Mac Thomas Jean Brown Mrs Lester Frank DeLury Denny Court and Ebert Miller. George Weber and his orchestra will provide music for dancing to close the event.
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Thomas Roelofs
WPA
Corry High
Schoal
Guy Abbey
Ella Mac Thomas
Jean Brown
Bradford oil field worker electrocuted during storm
Bradford Pa June. Vinton Douthit 27 Bradford field worker was electrocuted while assisting with a section of a well during a rain storm at Wolfrun. He died after two hours with no result. Two other workers suffered painful burns in the accident.
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Bradford
Vinton Douthit
Wolfrun
Babson Predicts Two Year Prosperity Amid Tax Raps
Boston economist Rozer W. Babson of the Boston Chamber of Commerce warns prosperity may last at least two years but warns of heavy costs for New Deal policies and possible credit inflation. He predicts Roosevelt may appoint two Supreme Court justices if reelected and charts possible party gains in Congress.
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Vince Press
Boston
Rozer W. Babson
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Babson
Roosevelt
U. S. Supreme Court
Legion Auxiliary Rally Assist and Council Meeting Plans
The American Legion Auxiliary met at their home last evening appointing committees to assist with a rally to be held Saturday. A luncheon was served. It was announced the Tri-County Council meeting will be held Wednesday at Franklin. State president Miss Edna Musser will be present and officers will be elected. Those needing transportation should contact Mrs. Victor Om.
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Legion
Tri-County
Franklin
Edna Musser
Furn Poinz Transportation
Adkel
Victor Om
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Mary Seminak
Eddy
Prince—Solons
Botts
V. Stewart Club
Black Legion
L. K. Desmond
Torry Man
Pitt
U. S
U. S. Senate
James P. Sullivan
Eyene
Legion Auxiliary
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