Hoffman demands cross examination in Lindbergh case trip
Gov. Hoffman called for an immediate cross examination of Dr. John Condon upon his arrival from Panama regarding the Lindbergh kidnapping. He accused Condon of funding Hauptmann and claimed a wider Italian gang was involved, urging police to question him in New Jersey if he refuses to come.
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United Press
Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
John
Jassis
Contin
United States
Panama
Bronx
Byano Richard Hauptmann
Cristobal
New York
Hauptmann
Conlon
Uren
Condon
New Jersey
Lewis J. Valentine
Yori Gity
States join heated fight over Guffey Act in Supreme Court
United Press reports junior coal states and the federal government defending the Guffey coal act against constitutional challenges. States filed briefs as friends of the court arguing they lack power to regulate the bituminous industry and wages, while setback doubts on NRA linkage and broader New Deal policy.
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Defense of Coal Control Act
Supreme Court
John A. Reichmann
United Press State
Washington
Mar
Friends of the Court
NRA
Yeminis Ofaomé
Great Lakes to Europe Passenger Service Planned
Muskegon officials of the Bjelltine line announced new passenger service between the Great Lakes and Europe to begin this Spring. Three steamships with passenger accommodations will sail every fort night to London Rotterdam Antwerp Hamburg and other ports. The lake and ocean freighter service remains unaffected.
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United Press
Muskegon
Mich
Great Lakes
Europe
Bjelltine
Norwegian Steamship Company
Atesmars
Ini Servics
London
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Hamburg
Strike Near End Opens Hope for NYC Builders Accord
New York City labor action moves toward resolution as building owners offer to arbitrate wages. Picket clashes and break-ins accompany the shift, with Walter G. Merritt stating landlords may extend the mayor's 1934 agreement and arbitrate immediately and annually for the extension term.
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United Press
New York
New York City
New Sevons
Walter G. Merritt
Te Texily Advisory Board
Governor Earle seeks federal funds to fix fire hazards
Governor Earle plans to visit Washington next week to secure federal aid for eliminating dangerous fire hazards at 54 state owned institutions. He criticized the state authority act and noted reports of hazards from the investigation.
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Earle
Washington
Penn
United Press Harrisburg
Bare
Dion
PWA
WPA
Supreme Court
$87,000 Cut in Light Bills
Harrisburg March 1 The Public Service Commission announced Bradford Electric filed a new tariff schedule to save customers $87,000 annually. Effective March 1 the schedule promises $7,000 yearly city savings under a 15 year street lighting contract. The company estimates city domestic and commercial bills will drop about $5,000 annually with further reductions in outlying areas.
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Harrisburg
Public Service Commission
Bradford Electric Company
Messner May Quit Race for Auditor General
Reports from Philadelphia indicate Otto Messner of Lancaster may withdraw from the auditor general race. He is said to favor Arthur Sweeny of Greensburg as the Republican nominee, with a decision expected before Monday, the deadline to exit.
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Wine Reese
Philadelphia
Otto ‘Fr. Messner
Lancaster
Messner
Arthur Sweeny
Greensburg
Renunciation of Balkan Treaty Now Expected
Geneva reports indicate a possible denouncement of the Neuilly treaty by Bulgaria and renewed demands over Dardanelles fortification if Germany keeps troops in the Rhineland. Balkan leaders and ten foreign ministers meet in Belgrade March 23 as London consultations loom, with Titulescu and Manoeiro traveling to London. Predictions say German crisis talks may buoy Italy’s Ethiopian settlement and ease Mussolini’s position.
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Britain
France
Belgium
Russia
Polanis
Roumania
Turkey
Spain
Portugal
Denmark
Nicholas Titules U
Arminco Maneiro
League
London
Oes
Pari
League Committee of 13
Ost
Italy
Ethiopia
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Germans Ordered to Register for Military Service in Pittsburgh
About 10,000 German citizens in western Pennsylvania were ordered to register with the Pittsburgh German consulate for possible military and labor service in Germany. The registration targets youths born in 1914 1915 and 1916 and must be done by March 31. Naturalized American citizens are unaffected. Registration does not imply immediate summons.
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Ammeuiate
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
John &. Laibl
Reichs-Fuehrer
Hitler
Germany
Reich
Youth Pleads Guilty in Slaying of Father
A 14 year old high school student in Reading Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the slaying of his father James. Judge Paul N Schaffer ordered the case to Berks county juvenile court for sentencing.
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Reading
Louis Taontas
James
Paul N. Schaffer
Berks County Juvenile Court
Suspect Sought in Gillespie Slaying Delayed Search Ends
Police say James McGinnis, 47, wanted in the slaying of 1 year old Grace Ellen Gillespie, is not in the Avella area. Authorities shift to eastern Ohio to monitor for him as the search moves beyond the county line.
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Avella
Mar
James McGinnis
Grace Ellen Gillespie
Ohio
Motors for high speed Army bombers contract awarded
The War Department placed a contract with Wright Aeronautical Corp Paterson NJ for twelve airplane engines and spare parts costing 2 570 000. The nine cylinder air cooled light cyclone motors (ABEIMN) will power high speed Army bombers and serve as spares. Developed through cooperative efforts of Army Corps engineering staff at Wright Field and the Weight Co Dayton Ohio. Page continues.
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United Press Wwashington, Or
War Department
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Paterson
N. J
Army
Particnar Pride
Abeimn
Aly Corps
Wright Wield
Dayton
Weight Co
Oy Page
King Edward VIII Opens Question Of Marriage
King Edward VIII told the House of Commons to consider the possibility of marriage in a message regarding his civil list. The monarch’s appeal sparked nationwide speculation over a suitable bride as his bachelor reign continues.
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United Press London
Edward VIII
House of Commons
Commons
Sin
Hoe
Britt
El'gible
Area Hearing at Franklin Today
Corry will not be represented at the district meeting of governmental officials at Franklin today for the hearing to the eld by the sub committee of the local government commission established at the last session of the state legislature. Officials and taxpayers will hear opinions on means of reducing taxes and increasing efficiency in municipal and county administrations. A representative from Erie, Venango, Warren, Mercer, Clarion, Jefferson, Crawford, Warren, Forest, Indiana and McKean counties will attend the hearing. Mayor Glen Miller announced he does not plan to attend. The sub committee to conduct the hearing will include Senator Petey Graff, Armstrong county Rep. Samuel A. Weiss, Allegheny, Rev. Roy E. Furman, Greene, and Rep. Thomas W. Barber, Erie.
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Corry
Franklin
Local Government Commission
Gates
Erie
Vendngs
Lawrence
Mercer
Clarion
Jefarson
Crawler
Warren
Forest
Elite
McKety
Four Deaths That Solved Four Deaths That Solved
In Athens Texas on March 1 authorities filed four murder charges against George Patton. He admitted killing W J McGehee his wife and two children but claimed McGehee killed Mia and the others. Patton said McGehee attacked him prompting a struggle during which Patton wrested a knife and killed McGehee. Sheriff Jess Swente charged Patton with all four killings.
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Unites Press
Athens
Tex
W. J. McGehee
George Patton
Patton
McGehee
Mia
Mcehee
McGehees
Jess Swenten
Missionaries Safe After Sudden Incident in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa reports no white missionaries among casualties in a sudden Italian incident. Debra Markos and Hergaalemere were hit in the event, with confirmation announced today.
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Addis Ababa
Anl
Debra Markos
Hergaalemere
Earle Attacks Hoover Record In Plea To Youth
Governor Watts assails Hoover record at a Young Democrats dinner in Harrisburg, urging Pennsylvania youth to back the Roosevelt era. He condemns Hoover’s appeal to youths and warns of economic collapse if his policies persisted, criticizing his stance on employment and unrest.
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Earle
Hoover
United Press
Harrisburg
Mar
State Senate
Pennsylvania
Jackson E. Swi
Ai Jerstown
Frank Wickham
The
Young Democrats
Hoovver
Young Voters of America
Colorado
Watts
Paty
Roosevelt
Palo Alto
Lewisburg group urges 160 employee homes near prison
The Lewisburg Business Men's Association proposes moving 160 homes for penitentiary employees from the reservation into town to benefit local business, while federal authorities insist homes must be near the institution for emergencies. A committee presented the case in Washington to House appropriations and federal prisons panels.
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Lewisburg
United Press
Mar
Limita
Buess
Willie Waren
Wenry Co
House
Washington
Bureau of Prison Authorities
Admiral Beatty Dies After Cold March Funeral
London report says Admiral Earl Beatty, 65, commander in chief of the Grand Fleet in the final years of World War I and hero of the Battle of Jutland, died early after contracting a cold while marching bareheaded in the rain at King George V’s funeral.
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United Press London
Mar
Earl Beatty
Grand Fleet
Jutland
George V
Ratification of 2-Year Treaty Will Be Sought
DetroitMarch 1 Champions of a Seaway from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes assembled to confer on a campaign to secure final ratification of the Saint Lawrence waterway treaty. The conference, backed by the Great Lakes Harbor Association, aims to fund a national effort with delegates from about a dozen states and an anticipated cost near $240,000. The plan envisions deepening the St Lawrence river to allow deeper vessels to transit, expanding trade between the Atlantic and Great Lakes.
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United Press
Detroit
Atlantic Ocean
Great Lakes
Sir Lawresio
Aegarer Association
Great Lakes Harbor Association
Innmeith
Deupewalen
Jyonll Ultom
Prates
Tin Wiltsoc
V& Men
St. Lawrence
Weilen
Niyiig
Convicted in sordid plot shocks Dorchester N B
Dorchester New Brunswick jury finds Arthur Bannister eighteen guilty of murdering Phillip Lake his common law wife and their infant daughter Betty The crime tied to an extortion kidnapping scheme with Bannister and his brother Daniel Also implicated was the defendant's mother Mae Bannister forty two accused of seeking the child for ransom and extortion attempts using a man she knew as the father.
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United Press Dorchester
N. B. Mur
Arthur Bannister
Phillip Lake
Bas Snister
Daniel
Lake
Betty
Mae Bannister
Crown
Ban Seizure of Messages in Senate Lobby Case
Washington March 1 Justice Aired A Wheat Jousy issued a temporary injunction to stop the Senate lobby Committee from examining telegraph messages of the Chicago firm Silas H Strawn. The District of Columbia Supreme Court halted Western Union from providing the committee copies of certain telegrams of the firm, marking a setback for the inquiry.
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United Press
Washington
A. Wheat
Senate Lobby Committee
Chicago
Silas H. Strawn
Justice Wheaton District of Columbia Supreme Court
Western Union Telegraph Co
Coal output up 10 percent in nine counties report
Harrisburg March 11 announces Pennsylvania recorded its strongest winter in years with a ten percent rise in anthracite coal output across the nine producing counties compared to 1935 figures. The report highlights gains amid severe cold and ongoing energy demand.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
British cabinet seeks concessions from Germany over France
London reports anxious cabinet discussions as Britain weighs concessions to Germany to placate France's resistance to troop withdrawal from the Rhineland. The foreign secretary and other officials pace negotiations while Italy signals possible participation in sanctions talks.
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France
London
United Press
Adolf Hitler
Aéler
Arttony Bien
Das Taul Halifax
Fem Pann
Riineland
Hitler
Mrayou-Bel iin-Corman
Germany
Helgi
He Germain
League
Britain
Rome
Mas
Germny
League Council
Lon ' Aun
Atwan
Ambasstulor Dine Grandi
Italy
Jenve
Ex-Governor Tener to Head Nome Elks Dinner Party
John Tener former governor of Pennsylvania and past exalted ruler of Bikes will guest the Nome Elks 759 social and dinner event on April 2. Elks officials led by Bentley Andrew Paulson Ty F Austin Warren DeRusay F C Davis Harold Gragg MG Lips arranged details for the party benefiting Charleroi residents.
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John Tener
Pennsylvania
Bikes
Nome
Gorey
Elks
Apell
Cory
Tle Elks
Bentley
Andrny Paulson
Ty F
Austin
Warren DeRusay
F. C. Davis
Harold Gragg
A. MG Lips
Charleroi
Burns chastises House over disorder in heated exchange
Speaker heckled by Burns after Rep. Ayczoncheck clashed with Rep. Murion Ay Zioncheck. Burns condemns conduct and personal remarks in a tense Washington session.
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United Press
Washington
Joseph W. Burns
Wm. A
Hicwall
Ore
Jackase
Rep
Murion
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Geneva
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Edward Extra
Missionaries
Atlantic
Tener Coming
John K. Tener
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