Senator Walsh and Cabinet Changes Sweep Local News
Fire at W. L. Kolstee home on West Pleasant Street caused about 9000 dollars in damage. Two volunteer firemen were injured lightly while aiding at the scene. A former mayor’s barn burned months earlier on the same property. Probed causes include possible wiring defect and a basement furnace, with investigation ongoing.
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W. L. Kolstee
West Pleasant Street
Bielock
G. K. Heath
Kolstee
Clymer
Reltairea
Jess
Thomas Garrity
Grove Street
Stanford Hose Company
Pyaul Mould
Mark Fullom
Garrity
Kit
Mould
Hose Company
Tle
Paulson
Rainey nomination virtually certain for speakership
United Press reports nomination of Majority Leader Henry J. Rainey for House speaker appears virtually certain as minor candidates shift. Includes other brief items: death of John McGregor US marshal in Pittsburgh, a Tokyo earthquake, Chicago mayor blood transfusion, Manchuria warfare forecast, misdated beer baron murder, and a Roosevelt administration reorganization plan aiming to save up to 200 million dollars.
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United Press Washington
Henry J. Rainey
Denver Millionaire Boettcher Freed After $60,000 Ransom Paid
Denver billionaire Charles Boettcher II was released after the $60,000 ransom was paid. He had been held by kidnappers for 15 days, whisked away February 12 and kept blindfolded, with the escape ending a nationwide abduction case that stirred a major manhunt and prompted an intensified investigation into the ransom extortion.
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Denver
Clyle Wa
Wrens
United Press
Denver, Corp
Governor May Certify Davis Election Today
Harrisburg dispatch reports Governor Wilford Pinchot may certify the election of James Davis to the U S Senate from Pennsylvania today. The certificate has been delayed since November as legal questions and a lottery indictment influenced timing. A verdict delay in New York federal court postponed seating and payroll effects.
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May
Davis
James A. Sullivan
United Press
Harrisburg
Wilford Pinchot
James 7. Davis
United Senate
Pennsylvania
State Section Bureau
Pinchot
Senate
Congress
New York City
Alstrial
German Republican Flag May Be Dropped
Berlin March 2 an edict as the first official move toward abolition of the German Republican flag was expected today the News Service The Telegraph Union said the edict by the Prussian government would relieve all Prussian state officials of the obligation to display the Republican colors It would permit banners of the German states and empower Prussian authorities to fly the black white and red flag of imperial Germany according to the report
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United Press
Berlin
Thelegraphen Union
Germany
Taxpayers Meeting at Harding School Tonight
A meeting of all taxpayers and residents in the Harding school district is called for 7:80 this evening at the school house to discuss closing the Inn Ward grade school during the 1933 34 term. Parents and residents are urged to attend with open discussion planned on the closure plan.
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Harding
Inn Ward
Corry banks continue on normal basis
Corry citizens praised the two local banks for their conservative management during a regional emergency. Both banks kept open checking and business accounts with no restrictions, enabling local commerce to proceed and payrolls to be met amid the crisis.
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Corry Notural
Warren
Corry Board hits high gear on school cost ripper plan
Citizens question the Corry school board policy as members push a so called ripper program aimed at reducing costs through drastic curtailment. Critics lambaste the group for manipulating taxpayers and ignoring reasonable savings, labeling the approach reckless and misguided.
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Corry
Board of Haucation
Montana Political Veteran Dies En Route To Washington
A veteran political figure dies of a heart attack while traveling to Washington with his bride after marriage. The shock reverberates nationwide as plans and loyalties shift in the capital circle.
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Montana
Suc
Roosevelt deeply moved by passing of close friend
Rocky Mount NC March 2 Senator Thomas J. Wale a veteran politician died suddenly aboard an Atlantic Coast Line train en route to Washington with his Cuban bride Physicians attributed the death to a heart condition Mrs Walsh awakened around 2 am to find the senator collapsed in their drawing room car attendants stopped the train at Wilson and hospital staff in Wilson reported the senator was dead Mrs Walsh the widow of a Cuban singer and former Mrs Nieves Trin was married to the senator in a recent ceremony (Continued on Page Seven)
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United Press
Rocky Mount
N. CG
Thomas J. Wale
Benerditte
Roosevelt
Atlannc Coast Line
Ridiay
Washington
Smally Walsh
Daytona Beach
Phi
Walsh
Wilson
Wivay Gu
Pittman
Moore Heiring Hospital
Maria Nieves Trin
Shger Maguals
Decide Against Consumers in One Gas Fight
The Public Service Commission dismissed complaints against Union Heat and Light Co rates in Corry Warren and nearby boroughs Grove City Sandy Lake Stoneboro Volant and New Wilmington. It held rates were not shown to be excessive or unjustified, signaling an early ruling against three northwestern Pennsylvania municipalities in a long running dispute with Pennsylvania Gas Company.
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Corry
Warren
Public Service Commission
T Ie
Union Heat and Light Company
Grove City
Sandy Lure
Stonebire
Volant
New Wile
sMington
State Commissiono
Pennsylvania
Corey
Close Harding School and Library Consolidation Plan publicized
A special school board meeting approved a two session plan to close Harding School and the Corry Public Library, consolidate Senior High classes with the Junior High, and trim home making, shop, and music programs. Proposed savings target about 30000 dollars with cuts to administration salaries and staff.
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Harding School
Retrenchment Plan Passes At Wednesday Board Meeting
The Board approves closing Harding school and Corry Public Library, consolidating senior and junior high, and moving to a two session schedule. Shop classes and home economics face cuts, the bard and orchestra are dropped, salaries for teachers and administrators fall 20 percent, the clerk to the superintendent is eliminated, Livermore building closes, homemaking classes relocate, and janitors see a 20 percent reduction.
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Harling School
Corry
Jhunior High School
Uiewitter
Tve Mills
Te Board of Zovnes
Corty Taxpayers’ Union
Love
Hi ‘Taxpayers’ Union
Syle Ge
Cspita
Uke Boneil Aiarthy
Harding
Schinol
Ilse
Cny Wacker
Concord Sehoul
Zuni
Curry Public
MU/LIULUC
School Nursing Service
Messrs Bennett
Hillstram
Cutis
Smith
Massis. Brown
Watterson
Mesars
Bennett
Paterson
Opportunity School
Winder
The
Corry, Taxpayers’ Union
Taxpayers’ Union
Pertron
Rezula Ce
Starry B
Bytle
Liera
Livermore
Swory
Two Men Escape Prosecution in Burglary Cases
Two Erie men tied to a rash of attempted burglaries will escape charges of attempted burglary after police concluded the evidence did not support prosecution. James Dundon age unknown of 815 Mast 12th Street Corry and Joseph Smith of Brie were arrested after a car fled the scene of a grocery fire and a failed entry at Alven businesses. Smith is to be released. Dundon faces a hearing on drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
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Erie
Citg Park
Smith
S. W. Park
Smmltl
Dunidon Ave
Dundon
Taxpayers of Elgin Organize in Erie County
The Elgin unit of the Erie County Property Owners Association held a meeting of property owners. W J Spader presided, with Wm Humphries as secretary. a board of directors including G Sexton McMahon G R Sleath and W E Halley was named to form officers later that week. The Elgin unit becomes the twenty fifth in Brie county.
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Elgin
Erie County Property Owners’ Association
W. &. McCai
Hele City Unit
W. J. Spader
Lie 5Th Ward Civic Asociation
Rie
Wo Humphries
Seared
Miie
G,o Sexton
Minisel McMahion
G. R. Slaith
W. E
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Paul Mould
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John €. McGregor
Western Pennsylvania
Tokio
Miami
Anton J. Cermik
Chicago
Wanking
China
Jehal
Manchuria
Great Wall
North China
Nanking
Claveland
Misa Elizabeth Haiedy
Frank Scaraveili
Garner
Rooesvelt
Wetruary
Quintire
Stevally
Thomas J. Walsh
Host and Light Company
Taxpayers’ Lion
Hillstrom
Wilcox
Walter H. Scott
Union
Unon
Waler L. Peake
Taxpayers
Brown, Patterson
Curtis
Hhey
Patterson
Lyons
Taxpayers OF
Elgin Organize
Erie County Property Owners Association
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