United States Chamber urges delay of social security plan
The U S Chamber of Commerce after three years of the New Deal asks postpone ment of the social security program for at least another year. It also opposes expanding federal regulation and calls for temporary reforms to NRA policies utility holding regulation and farm production restrictions to avoid economic setbacks.
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United Press
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Roosvelt
White House
Roosevelt
NRA Ca
Bor
Federal Reserve System
AAA
Erie Store Bombed as $5,000 Is Demanded
Extortionists bombed a Erie community grocery after owner Benjamin Grande refused a $5,000 cash demand sent from Jamestown. The blast damaged the storefront and seven others in the store escaped injury. Authorities linked the case to a prior black hand threat cycle. a trap in Buffalo previously foiled the plot.
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Erie
Ponta
Jamestown
Benjamin Grande
Buffalo
Grande
Excaper
Legion Post Maps Columbus Development Plans
Elmer C. Carrier Post No 365 American Legion discusses further development of property facing the proposed Lake Columbus at a Friday meeting. A premeeting gathering at 7 oclock includes a Wiener roast at Columbus for inspection and cost discussion with transport arranged from Horn dock at 4 4 6 and 7 p.m. If weather fails the trip will be called.
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Lake
Columbus
Elmer C. Carrier Post
American Legion
Horn Block
Horn Dock
Man Hanged for Mother's Axe Murder in Belleville Jail Yard
Vermilyea, a Ontario, Can., man, was hanged at 12 10 a m in the Belleville jail yard for the ax murder of his mother. He faced the execution with no emotion, urging the executioners to speed the process as he was led to the dimly lit yard.
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Wella Frese Baluevilile
Harold Vermilyea
Belleville
Tory
Ontario
Senate panel approves NRA extension to April 1986
The Senate Finance Committee voted 12 to 4 to report the Clark joint resolution extending the National Recovery Administration until next April. Four opposed the measure: Bakeley Costigan Black and Le Politte.
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Unites Press
Washington
May
Senate Finance Committee
Clark
Senate
Bake- Jey
Costigan
Black
Democratic
LePollette
GM Plant Strikes Hit Production Across States
Strikes closures and lay offs spread through auto industry Thursday. Over 20,000 Ohio Wisconsin and Georgia workers idle as GM production slows during peak season. Toledo Chevrolet transmission plant strikers plan moves to Muncie while Fisher Body Cleveland remains idle. Norwalk picketing in sympathy. GM closings at Janesville and Atlanta worsen outages. Talks in Detroit seek a truce among labor and GM executives.
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Toledo
United Press
Automotive and Allied Industries
Ohio
Wisconsin
Georgia
General Motors
Chevrolet
Muncie
Ind
Fisher Body
Cleveland
Logan
Norwoal
Fisher
Janesville
Wis
Atlanta
Kansas City
Detroit
Edward F. McGrady
Francis Dillon
National
A. F. of L
William 3. Knudsen
Disappearance of Judge Crater May Be Solved
Providence May 2 authorities questioned two suspects in a $130000 mail robbery in Mall River Mass as detectives pursue links to the 5 year old disappearance of Supreme Court Justice Joseph F Crater of New York. Ira Steele and Herbert Hornsten held on bail and under guard, with new leads tracing possible gang ties to stalled eastern crimes.
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Falls River
New York
United Press
Providence
K. 1
Mall River
Mass
Supreme
Joseph F. Crater
Ira Steele
Carl Rettich
Fung
Herbert Hornsten
Steele
Hornstein
Los Angeles
Wield Hall
Wendelschaefer
Warwick
Delay music week program for one week at high school
Several cast members in the reading and presentations for Music Week are ill or unavailable, prompting a one week postponement. The High school orchestra and assisting groups will perform Monday as planned, but other events including Elijah at First Methodist Episcopal Church and The Pirates of Penzance will be delayed one week. Dorothy Waller Griffiths, who directed arrangements, is sidelined by illness, along with others who held lead parts.
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Elijah
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Dan A Depew Named Cashier At National Bank
Dan A Depew, longtime associate of the National Bank of Corry, was promoted to cashier effective May 1. The boards approved the nomination late yesterday and Blainé Kincaid, the bank president, announced the appointment this morning. Depew succeeds the late Oscar H Andrews who served the bank for nearly fifty years.
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Dan A. Depew
National Bank of Corry
Depew
The
National Bank
Blainé Kincaid
Oscar H. ‘Andrews
Wiste
Study Possible Ways to Slash Realty Tax in Pennsylvania
In Harrisburg on May 2 a three division bipartisan legislative committee of 26 house members studied ways to reduce Pennsylvania real estate taxes at the current session. The sub committees focused on appropriations revenue and local government economy to outline approaches for tax relief and equalization amid concerns of unequal tax burdens.
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United Press
Harrisburg
House
Pennsylvania
Relief Funds Advance For Pennsylvania Need
United Press reports Hopkins agreed to advance Pennsylvania federal relief funds through May 15, with a possible total around 10 million dollars. Pennsylvania plans a 2.5 million dollar state share for the first half of the month, as Gov. George Earle and Relief Administrator Robert Johnson commit to the plan. In Harrisburg, rapid developments push Pennsylvania toward agreement on revenue and relief, with Gov. Parle and the state senate finance committee to confer with Hopkins in Washington.
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Ross Downing
United Press
Washington
Reief
Harry L. Hopkins
Pennsylvania
George Earle
Robert Johnson
Harrisburg
Senate
George H. Parle
Senate Finance Committee
Germany and Britain Begin Large Air Force Build Up
London dispatch reports Prime Minister MacDonald warned in the House of Commons that Germany is expanding its air force and naval program, urging a London conference to avert war. Berlin counters that secret factories drive a modern air fleet while denying subterranean airports and Rhineland demilitarization changes.
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Frederick Xuh
United Press
London
Great Britain
Germany
J. Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Britain
Europe
MacDonald
Brrlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Goering
Rhineland
Headdl
Rhine
Edwards Plea Lost Must Die
Harrisburg Pa May 2 Robert Allan Edwards convicted of murder under a plot reminiscent of An American Tragedy lost his bid to avoid the electric chair. The pardon board refused to recommend commutation to life after review of alienists reports on the 22 year old former mining engineer. Edwards will be electrocuted at Rockview penitentiary near Bellefonte shortly after midnight Monday morning.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Robert Allan Hdwards
Dreiser
Pennsylvania
George H. Warte
Earwards
Rockview Penitentiary
Bellefonte
Kiwanians Hear Relief Officer At Regular Meeting
Miss Dord thy Whitely Corry investigator addressed Kiwanian club members in the Hotel Corry on the relief situation. She said most acts deemed out of line in the relief program are covered by state laws and the real issue lies within those laws. A director meeting is announced for Thursday evening May TH at the Phoenix Hotel. Music Week observance will bring high school orchestra members as guests at the next meeting.
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Ersiecom
Dordthy Whitely
Corry
Kiwaals
Iis
Uedeon
Miss Whitely
Gorty
DUES WOULD BE RETURNED TO COUNTY BOARDS IN PA
A revived and amended bill to abolish the state emergency relief board and shift most duties to county boards in 67 counties heads for final Senate action Monday night. Senator George W. Woodward of Philadelphia introduced the measure in amended form last Thursday and Friday, with Sen. Edward Thompson of Centre adding changes. The plan creates five member county boards with two governor appointees, two county court appointees, and an ex officio president of the board of county commissioners, terms two years, removability by appointers. The bill, supported by both parties, is seen as preferable to the separate relief board proposal sponsored by Sen. Alcaz Batchelor, which passed readings with amendments but awaits final passage.
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United Press Tarrisburg
State
State Senate
George W. Woodward
Philadelphia Republicas
Senate
Edward Thompson
Centre Democrat
Thompson
Board of County Commissioners
State Emergency Relief Board
Ripper
Alcaz Batchelor
Beaver Republican
Warren Man Is New Referee of Compensation
William A. Walker publisher of the Warren Times-Mirror was named compensation referee by Governor George H. Earle. His nomination goes to the state senate for confirmation, succeeding G. Scott Smith after eighteen years in the post. Walker is known in Corry and Warren civic circles, having served briefly as postmaster and been active in local business. Filipinos Revolt Manila May 3 Friday fighting left several wounded as Sakdakatas of the Communist party staged rebellion in the provinces.
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William A. Walker
Warren Times-Mirror
George H. Earle
Walker
State Senate
Earle
G. Scott Smith
The
Kane Republican
Corry
Warren
Manila
Sakdakatas
Communist Party
NRA Validity Test Before Supreme Court
The NRA argued its constitutionality before the Supreme Court on May 2. Donald K. Richberg, former general counsel, headed the defense with Beal and Stanley Reed, now solicitor general, joining in to defend Roosevelt’s controversial recovery act against New York federal court rulings.
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United Press
Washington
NRA
Supreme Court
T Day
Donald K. Richberg
Colmse Uniow
Beal al Arwys
Roosevelt
Stanley Reed
Micherg
New York
Federal Court
Bandits Hold Up Payroll Car and Bank in Two States
Boston and Chicago reports describe two daylight robberies. Four bandits robbed a payroll car on Old Colony Boulevard, Boston, escaping with about $20,000 as four patrolmen filed reports. In Park Ridge, Illinois, machine gun bandits robbed Citizens State Bank of 8000 to 10000 dollars, evading tear gas with handkerchiefs, as a female employee activated a switch.
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Boston
Old Colony Boulevard
Dorchester
Chicago
Citizens State Bank
Park Ridge
Young Author Confession Sparks Chicago Arson Case
In Chicago on May 2 a young adventure writer confessed to police that he set fire to nearly 50 apartment buildings. The suspect, a 30 year old self described pyromaniac, H Carl Peterson, claimed the thrill drove his crimes.
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Dy Wisite Lynoe
Chicago
Carl Peterson
Man Confesses to 50 Fires In Canada Case
Police say the suspect confessed to setting about 17 fires at a wealthy novelty maker and additional blazes across weeks. A 72-year-old woman died in April after being injured in the fires. Identified by two women who described a man with a demonlike glare, Peterson was questioned after a showup at detective headquarters.
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Peterson
North Side
Frank
One Quarter of Corry Receives State Relief
Equally one out of every four persons in the city is directly or indirectly receiving relief. Figures from the relief offices in the Municipal building show about 400 relief cases with an average of four persons per case, totaling around 3,100 relief recipients. Fifty-three cases were dropped last month as work resumed and investigations into relief chiselers are underway in Erie, with possible similar inquiries anticipated locally.
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Je Eity
Erie
Corry
Chinese Bandits Make Huge Haul Shanghai
A Central News dispatch reports pirates boarded the coastal steamer Lie Kiang between Yinkiang and Amoy in the China Sea. One passenger was killed and several wounded while the raiders seized more than $200 in silver before escaping. A gang leader was named Providence R I May 2. Federal officials were advised of a New York gangster plot to murder Carl Rottich, alleged mastermind of the outlaw group.
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United Press
Shanghai
Lie Kiang
China Sea
Yinkiang
Amoy
Providence
New England
New York
Carl Rottich
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