Legislature Meets to Aid Unemployed in Special Session
Erie county’s Assemblyman John H. King among lawmakers departing for Harrisburg for a special session called by Governor Pinchot to rush unemployment relief measures through the legislature. Plans include expanding local borrowing, extending Philadelphia tax powers, and hastening aid to welfare funds and hospitals as relief programs move through five days of action.
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White of Ohio to stick to his guns
Governor George White of Ohio rejects a plan to withdraw from the Democratic presidential nomination race and back Governor Franklin D Roosevelt. White, described as a favorite son candidate, said he will not consider stepping aside.
Today's Five Best Radio Entertainments Card
Listings show WWABC CBS WI2 NEC NBC networks with brief programs including The Jesters at 15 past and Parade of States at 30 after. notable acts include a male chorus and a Medya program. Strong entities include WWABC WEAF WABC NBC and networks. Programs feature entertainment slots across multiple stations.
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Orders Fight On Two Thirds Rule Dropped
Governor Roosevelt halted efforts to abrogate the two thirds rule for presidential nomination. James A. Parley, Roosevelt campaign manager, claimed the Roosevelt forces would keep their majority and proceed despite reports to the contrary. He said the fight over the rule remains uncertain as the convention opens.
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Curtis Goes On Trial For Hoax In Kidnap Case
John Hughes Curtis, a Norfolk builder, goes on trial in Flemington New Jersey charged with conspiring to stage a hoax in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. Col Charles A Lindbergh and nurse Betty Gow attend as witnesses, while photographers crowd the courtroom and a tense judge warns to quiet.
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Democratic push for repeal plank at party opening
Bulletin reports Democratic National Chairman John J. Raskob urges a straight repeal of prohibition. Lausanne notes Chancellor Franz Von Papen returns from Berlin to Lausanne determined to offer France everything except money. New York delegation of 84 to vote on presidential nominees tonight. Roosevelts backers ready to drop fight to two thirds nominating rule under Albany governor's orders. Mrs. Berneice Day of Great Falls Montana visits Meadville with Mrs. May McCormack.
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Robbers at Warren Are Sought Here
Police seek two men in a Warren robbery where $200 was taken. They were last seen in a Ford with Colorado license plates traveling toward Corry. Acting Chief Plannigan and two highway patrolmen searched east of Warren but found no trace of the vehicle.
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Mass Pilgrimage Draws Dublin Crowd For Blessed Sacrament
A vast Dublin crowd packed Phoenix Park for a pontifical mass and procession drawing pilgrims from Northern Ireland. Officials said at least a week to evacuate the city and 160 special trains ran Sunday. Reports from Belfast and Donemana described attacks on pilgrims and flag burnings by Orangemen amid tense scenes.
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Harold Miles Dies In Car Crash Near Columbus
Harold K Miles 23 of Spring Creek died after his Dodge coupe left the Roosevelt highway three miles east of Columbus and overturned, pinning his head against a concrete culvert. The crash occurred shortly before 6 pm Sunday. Miles wife and child suffered minor injuries along with Mrs Nelson and her child. Nelson survived with cuts. Miles died at Corry Hospital about an hour after the wreck. Authorities suspect a rear tire blowout caused loss of control. Funeral arrangements set for Wednesday at Wrightsville cemetery.
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Ere County
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Pleads No Defense To $18 000 Embezzlement
Pittsburgh June 27 Harry Bunting 34 former chief clerk in Allegheny county delinquent tax collector office pleaded no defense to embezzling 18 000 in delinquent tax funds. Judge Elder W Marshall considered the plea Bunting a former county commander of the American Legion arrived from Chelsea Massachusetts veterans hospital where he has been a patient since last December on 2 500 bond Walter J Whitsty another delinquent tax collector made restitution to the county tax office. Drowned In Creek Slutlor Pa June 27 Mrs Elsie Schon 32 Tarentum Road drowned when a canoe capsized in Slippery Rock creek Dr J S Gallagher physician at Slippery Rock State Teachers College found the body in ten feet of water.
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Prisoner foiled in suicide attempt at police station
Patrolmen Ruppersberger and Brown found Lawrence Brown of Goluime Jus near death in his cell from gas fumes after he attached a wire to a plate and sealed the door. First aid methods learned from Wesleyville safety director saved him. The youth had previously attempted self harm in the station weeks earlier, prompting rescue actions.
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Corry Man's Brother Dies of Injuries
Frank Miller age 40 died twelve hours after a horse accident in DuBois. He suffered a fractured skull and is survived by his wife two children his mother two brothers Walter of DuBois and Ina of Corry and one sister Mabel Miller of DuBois.
Five Die In Pittsburgh Traffic Wrecks
Pittsburgh scene reports five dead and multiple injured from separate accidents over the weekend. John Mantsch, 47, and Matilda Vahs, 45, were fatally injured when a car collided with a streetcar near Homestead. Thomas Marchison, 22, died at Mercy Hospital after a motorcycle crash on Oakdale road. Michael Kirsch, 77, died from injuries after being struck downtown. Joseph Dutem, 50, Baden, was arrested as driver of the car. Del S. McCormick, 67, was killed when a tire blew out and the car struck a pole on Freeport Road.
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Bridgeville
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Uet
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Program of Opening Day of Convention
CHICAGO June 27 The program for opening session of the Democratic national convention assembles at noon C D T Prayer by Hrangéline Booth Salvation Army commander The Star Spangled Banner sung by Mme Rose Zulalian of Massachusetts Reading of Jeffersons first inaugural address by Isadore Dook sweiler California national committeeman Keynote by Senator Alben W Barkley of Kentucky plus election of credentials permanent organization and rules and resolutions committees
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Kentucky
REPORT 518 AGAINST CHANGE IN NOMINATION
Roosevelt forces lack pledged votes to change the two thirds nominating rule at the Democratic national convention. By 1 pm, 518 favored retaining the rule while 407 favored abandoning it. 241 votes remain unaccounted for. Roosevelt had 495 pledged and 169 promised or considered for the nomination, totaling 664 in favor and 417 against with 73 votes not counted, leaving him 108 short of the two thirds requirement but 86 over a simple majority.
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Lineman Knocked From Pole In 25Foot Fall
In New Kensington Pennsylvania on June 27 H W Kepple a 32 year old lineman for West Penn Power Company was seriously injured when his body touched a 22 000 volt line at the top of a 25 foot pole while wiring for a carnival in Arnold. He was burned and knocked to the ground and listed in serious condition with internal injuries at Citizens General hospital.
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Legislature Meets Aid Unemployed Faces Hill Clashes
Washington June 27 Congress opens the week with struggle over relief and economy measures. Conferees on the Wagner relief bill, opposed by President Hoover, met without decisive action. Senator Worlock of South Dakota said progress is possible and the situation is not impossible.
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Barkley assails GOP policies in Democratic rally
United Press reports Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky blasted Republican policy at a Chicago convention rally. He urged a Democratic program including tariff revisions to shield American industry, farm aid ending federal market operations, unemployment relief for the machine age, and major government downsizing. He also criticized a GOP prohibition plank as inconsistent with constitutional aims and urged states to consider a revisited 18th Amendment only if elected.
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Six Killed by Flood Waters in Missouri
Six persons died and three went missing as flood waters swamped southern Missouri and adjacent Oklahoma after a cloudburst. A bridge over Rush Creek near Cox City collapsed, sending two people to their deaths as a wagon carrying 18 crossed. Bodies of Mrs. Calvin Lindsay and Mrs. John Lindsay were found. three Lindsey children are missing. A man named Wade was swept into Sandy Creek near Tishomingo after his car stalled. Other flood victims include Louis, 19, who drowned at Spring City, Missouri.
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