City Buried in Snow After 15 Hour Storm
Fifteen hours of heavy snowfall left Corry and nearby areas covered with up to two feet of snow and winds piling drifts higher. Roads were crippled and traffic delayed as highway crews pressed into service. buses stalled, trips delayed, and power lines reported trouble across the district.
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Corry
Vrolbek
Uys
Ttya
Cpus
Alsa
Asio
Conalank
Erie
Anneford
Mercer
County Tax Agent to Assist Local Persons
Austin O'Brien county personal property tax investigator will be in tsa city Lolay on Wednesday and Thursday for taxpayers with their returns. He will have offices at the Municipal building from 2 to 4 in the afternoon and 7 to 9 in the evening. An additional day may be added due to conditions.
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Austin O'Brien
Tsa City
Lolay
Nepal
Oca
A'Briew
Toy
Johnstown Submerged as Flood Wipes City
Water four feet deep swamped Johnstown Pennsylvania's business district and surrounding hillsides. Authorities closed ridges to protect residents as Conemaugh and Stony Creek valleys flooded. The post office stood within inches of more severe damage during the afternoon surge.
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Johnstown
United Press
Conemaugh
Stony Creek
Post Ofice
Strikers Brave Storm To Block Plant Reopening
Striking workers faced a heavy snow storm as they guarded Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co plants halt. Thousands stood near gates while no company or Law and Order League action occurred. Former Mayor Nelson Sparks led the league with quiet plans to reopen lines.
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United Press Abiron
Anow
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Law and Order League
Nelson Sparks
Law and Order ‘League
Plang Dé Hay
Third Ward Child Burned In Tea Spill Accident
Shirley McElroy ten months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Rean W McElroy of 347 Essex Street, was seriously burned when a pot of hot tea tumbled from a table. She was taken to Cong Hospital at 12 50 PM in critical condition with doubtful prospects for recovery.
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Shirley McElroy
Rean W. McElroy
Essex Street
Cong ‘Hospital
House to Pay Tribute to Deceased Leader
Harrisburg report notes the State House of Representatives will attend funeral services for the late Speaker Wilson G. Larng at Temple Wednesday afternoon with full membership named by Chief Clerk W P Gallagher to pay respects.
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Unitestress
Harrisburg
State House of Representatives
W. P. Gallagher
Wilson G. Larng
Temple
Hitler to Send Delegation for Rhineland Crisis Talks
Berlin and London dispatches report Germany accepting League of Nations invitation to join council talks on the Rhineland crisis. Berlin says a delegation will discuss Hitler’s peace proposals with Locarno powers, while Britain and France seek clarification on the stance of other signatories.
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United Press
Berlin
Germany
League Council
Rhineland
London
Locarno
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Trawas
France
Belgium
Britain
Italy
Anthony Eden
Savoy Hotel
Pierre Etienne Piandin
Joseph Paul Boncour
Hitler
Vie Phineland
Lithuania
League of Nations
Cermayi
Counneil
Eden
Flandin
Eotmell
Condemnation Sought for Airport Tract in Harrisburg
State WPA officials urged Mayor Henry Cawthra and the DuBois city council to start condemnation to acquire a 70 acre tract and unlock $151,000 for a municipal airport. The land purchase would enable 250 relief workers and advance an airport development project stalled over ownership talks.
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United Press
Harrisburg
WPA
Henry Cawthra
DuBois
Peyton Begins Sentence in Pittsburgh Case
Jadie Peyton, a night club maestro, started a one to three year sentence in Pittsburgh today. The move ends months of delays and legal bickering after his January conviction on assault and battery charges.
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Peyton
Pittsburgh
Mar
Jadie Peyton
Dems Organize Booster Club In Flood Disaster Coverage
Pittsburgh reports flood conditions sweep western Pennsylvania after two days of rain and new snow. Beaverdale youth Henry Belinda, 18, drowns when a bridge is washed away. Homes and farms suffer thousands in damage as rivers rise and transit disrupts fill the region.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Beaverdale
Henry Belinda
Beaver Creek
Stresrs
Pittyburgh
Las Morrow
Li Monongahela
Allegheny River
Greensburg
Oold Waters
Lip West Penn Railways
Youngwood
Mount Pleasant
Lincoln Highway
Ligonier
Betwee Greensbury
Yougwooll van Ailder
Slongcreek
Somerset County
Monroe Appointed to School Board Vacancy
Mr. Monroe becomes a member of the school unit filling a vacancy. He was an active board member during his term from 1925 to 1981, serving on multiple committees before the article continues on Page Five.
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Monroe
Plane Forced Down By Snow Sparks Night In Farm Pasture
Ten men and two women rode to a farmer’s home after spending the night in a showbound passenger plane forced down by a heavy snowstorm. Pilot Maurice Marrs landed in a pasture near trees six miles from the village. All aboard were safe and the craft undamaged.
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United Press
Wiest Clarkshield
Maurice Mars
United Alpines
Cleveland
Marrs Stumbls
Carl Leinstach
United Airlines
P. H. Eames
Summit
N. J
J. R. Boley
Toledo
R. Gobling Chitaga
P. A. Vogelman
E. J. Connelly
M. W. Kellogg
Charles Becker
Kenneth Gage
Clevland
A. L. Baker
Manthe Marrs
Joe Stewart
Catterine Mense
Rotarians Celebrate St Patrick's Day Lunch Program
Rotary Club members met at the Hotel Corry for a St Patrick's Day luncheon featuring Dorotha Mas Ricket's and Louise Whiteley with a Corry High trio and Wilma Paulson trumpet solo. Rev G B Macnamara spoke on St Patrick's Day traditions and his Irish background.
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Rotary Club
Hotel Corry
Dorotha Mas Ricket
Beckwith
Louise Whiteley
Corry High School
Wilma Paulson
G. B. Macnamara
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Venizelos Grievously Ill After Attack in Paris
Eleutherios Venizelos, exiled Greek Republican leader, is in very serious condition in Paris after a grippe attack. His physician said his condition had suddenly worsened, signaling a sharp turn for the worse.
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Wy Unites Press
Paris
Mar
Eleutherios Venizelos
Grippe
Venizelos
Dr John Condon Returns From Panama Amid Lindbergh Case
Closely guarded by relatives and friends Dr John F Condon arrived in New York from a two months stay in Panama. Behind his state room door he issued a statement promising to refrain from commenting on the Lindbergh baby case while in the Bronx educator declined further remarks.
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Ry Guneu Pises
New York
John F. Condon
Panama
Lindbergh
Bronx
Panama-born musician on Santa Inez voyage with daughter
The article notes the famed musician known as Jassie, accompanied from Panama on the steamer Santa Inez by his daughter Mrs Myra Hacker. A portion of Condon's statement discusses Mrs Hacker, who suffers pernicious anemia, with the writer praising benefits to the daughter.
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Jassie
Panama
Tle
Santa Inez
Myra Hacker
Condon
Hacker
Wrlt
Statement by Hauptmann Condon Sent to 40 Reporters
Condon sent a statement to about 40 newspapermen outside stateroom B noting health has not improved as rapidly as hoped and concluding with I save no comment whatever to make about the case.
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Wiieh Condon
Theatre Fire in Tuliuchen Kills About 220
London dispatch reports a bamboo and matting theatre near Ti entsin burned during a performance, quickly turning into a deadly blaze. The death toll is estimated at about 220 with many others hurt.
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United Press
London
Tuliuchen
Tientsin
Gispateh
Hamings
Little Flower Shrine in Royal Oak Destroyed by Fire
Fire gutted the original Little Flower Shrine in Royal Oak today destroying a 1 story frame building valued at about 30000 dollars. Father Charles E Coughlin spoke of the loss while fire departments from Royal Oak and Birmingham fought to stop the blaze. The safe contained relics including a piece of the true cross and bone from St Therese. The fire also ruined the organ and broadcasting equipment. Leo Pitz Patrick said a new studio would be started in the new shrine.
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United Press
Royal Oak
Mid
Mar
Charles E. Coughlin
Bimmingham
Father Coughlin
Coughlin
Leo Pitzpatrick
Agd
Fate of Milk Control Act in Court's Hands
In Harrisburg the Pennsylvania milk control law's fate rests with the State Supreme Court. The Superior Court voted four to none to certify the case to the high tribunal, shifting the appeal of Wayne L. Rohrer from a Lancaster County Common Pleas ruling that the 1924 act is constitutional.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
High Tribunal
Wayne L. Rohrer
Lancaster
Lancaster County Common Pleas Court
ASEY Elected President at Erie County Democratic Booster Rally
Corry's Democratic Booster Club met in the Municipal Building last evening with 125 members attending. John Casey was elected president, Bess Kule vice president, Thomas Garrity secretary, and Joseph Shamburg treasurer, all from Corry, as county leaders urged active participation and party unity.
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Corry
Democratic
Erie County
John Casey
Concord Township
Bess Kule
Thomas Carrity
Joseph Sham ‘Burg
Markey
James Sullivan
W. ‘. Caverale
Legation
Clya Wan
Thomas Garrity
J. B. Patterson
Ranklin 'T. Babbill
Austin Dempsey
Bess Kinley
Arthur Palmquist
Tulward Renner
Leo Finneran
Abe Louseh
Garrity
WPA Chieftain Under Attack in Pennsylvania
Charges that Edward N. Jones administrator of the Works Progress Administration in Pennsylvania used government funds for political purposes were sent to Harry Hopkins Federal WPA administrator today by Stephen Rausenbush chairman of the Pennsylvania Security League. The charges rest on the alleged inclusion in WPA workers pay envelopes of mimeographed copies attacking Rausenbush and Harold J Ruttenburg state organizer for the league. Charges against Jones have already been filed with the WPA labor policies board in Washington by the state executive committee of the Security League.
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United Press Puytsearch
Edward N. Jones
Works Progress Administration
Pennsylvania
Harry Hopkins
IWIRA
Stephen Rausenbush
Pennsylvania Security League
WPA
Rausenbush
Harold J. Ruttenburg
Jones
WPA Labor Policies Bond
Washington
The
Security League
Debates Postponed for Corry and Titusville
Corry High School and Titusville High School debates on the Allegheny Cup were postponed to Friday. Principal H. J. Sheen announced the new schedule with the same morning and afternoon times of 10:15 and 3:30.
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Corry High School
Titusville High School
H. J. Sheen
Flood control plan eyed after July floods in PA and NY
Harrisburg reports state water and power resources board and Army engineers push a flood control plan costing 15 million dollars for seven Pennsylvania and 16 New York counties. New York lawmakers press for federal river and harbor funding while Pennsylvania awaits board action on the engineers recommendations.
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Penn’a
New York
Penn'a
United Press
Harrisburg
State Water and Power Resource Board
R. J. Gillis
Washington
Army
Pennsylvania
Italy
New York State
Board of Negotiations
United States
Martin W. ‘Due
Binghamton
B. Ogden Bush
Walton
Daniel Cox
T. E. Hastings
Sydney
James F. Bogerdus
Water One Power Resources Board
Charles E. Ryder
Gillis
Benefi
Woulh Arive
New York States
Program of Flood Control
Bogardus
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