Britain Paces Naval Armaments Race in a Growing Crisis
London accelerates naval plans as Italy seizes Ethiopia and Japan tightens its stance. Britain informs Washington it will keep 40,000 tons of destroyers beyond treaty limits, signaling a decisive lead in a global arms race amid looming war clouds over the Orient.
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Supreme Court
Coalact
Frederick Kuh
United Press
United Press London
Italy
Ethiopia
Great Wall
China
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Washington
Supreme Court invalidates Guffey coal control act ruling
United Press reports the Supreme Court strikes down the Guffey coal control act amid challenges to New Deal era economics. The decision nullifies the 12 per cent tax, labor provisions, and price fixing as unconstitutional, signaling limits on proposed industry and labor controls.
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United Press
Washington
Supreme Court Today
NRA
Ferma
District of Wes- Utahia Court of Appeals
Te Court
Juariey Georgs Sutleclani
Chieten Evans Hughes
Congress
Hospital Tag Day Nets $106 for Benefit
The annual Hospital Tag Day, a benefit for the Corry hospital, raised 106.65 dollars in the city. Girl Scouts Troop 24 aided with selling red tags and received praise for the event. Mrs Luke Graham chaired the site with regional helpers in Glymer Spring Creek Spartansburg Union City and Columbus. A local ladies committee also assisted, marking one of the most successful sales in recent years.
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Gir Scouts
Luke Graham
C. Christensen
Glymer
Glenn Donaldson
Spring
Creek
Illness of Justice Drew Delays State Supreme Court
Philadelphia May 18 Chief Justice John W Kephart said the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court would not hand down decisions today because Justice James B Drew remains hospitalized at Jefferson Hospital. Kephart expected the full court to meet in Harrisburg next week and issue decisions then.
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Philadelphia
John W. Kephart
State Supreme Court
James B. Drew
Jefferson Hospital
Kephart
Hurrinburg
FDR to Press Tax Bill Amid Senate Finance Estimates
Washington May 18 The senate finance committee reviewed treasury estimates showing the substitute undivided profits tax would raise about 19 million dollars more than the original plan An additional 107 million could be raised by applying an 86 percent levy on all undivided profits over 0 percent President Roosevelt indicated determination to push tax legislation this session as committee weighs estimates on revenue from the proposed substitute.
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United Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Reese- Well
Narrow escape as two machines crash near Corry
Highway patrolmen investigated a two-car collision on the Corry Spring Creek road near William Park farm east of the city Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Ernest Bachotner of East Wayne street escaped serious injury after their Willys coupe rolled three times. Ralph Warren and Melvin Ober in a Buick suffered minor injuries. Front wheels torn off, front end damaged, both cars demolished. Investigation not yet completed.
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Spring Creek
Sity
Ernest Bachomer
East Wayne Street
Spring Cresk
William Park Farm
Ralph Warren
Melvin
Bachotner
Bachotaer
Willys
Warren
Ober
Worren Barracks
Start Work of Painting Parking Lines in City
Work began this morning to paint all parking lines on city streets but halted due to rain. Crews plan to resume and finish within days as police launch a strong crackdown on parking violators. No changes to parking rules were announced.
Japan mobilizes vast army in China
May 18 1926 Shanghai dispatch reports Japan has massed its strongest war machine on Chinese soil north of the Yellow River. Chinese leaders fear Japan aims to install Henry Pu Yi as ruler of Manchukuo in Beijing while Tokyo withholds details on the size of its North China garrisons, signaling intensified pressure on central China.
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China
John R. Morris
United Press
Shanghai
Great Wall
Manchura
Yellow River
Nanking
Henry Pu ‘Yi
Kang Eh
Manchukuo
Peiping
Forbidden City
North China
British naval expansion linked to negotiations not cavator clause
The observed plan favors tonnage growth through negotiation rather than invoking the 1930 London naval limitation treaty excavat or clause. The result is expected to yield a substantially larger fleet in service by year's end, with analysis noting implications for balance of power.
Sparta Girl and Pittsfield Man Hurt in Accidents
Two local residents sustained minor injuries in separate weekend mishaps. Alla Miller, 15, of Spartansburg, broke her ankle while running near home and received care at Corry Hospital before returning home. Bert Richards, 28, of Pittsfield, fractured his right leg while cranking his automobile. Dr. S. Kible treated and reduced the fracture.
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W. ©. Miller
R.D
Spartansburg
Corry Hospital
Bert Richards
Pittsfield
Kiblef
Dirigible Hindenburg Reports Position On Lakehurst Flight
May 18 The dirigible Hindenburg on a Germany to Lakehurst New Jersey flight reports its position at 3 am EST about 785 miles east southeast of Cape Race Newfoundland. MacKay radio announced the ship was making 56 knots.
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Frankfort
Germany
Lakehurst
N. J
Cape Race
N. F
MacKay Radio
Tragic Kerosene Accident Claims Child Life Near Union City
A toddler died after a kerosene spill ignited while a woman poured fuel onto a stove flame in a home near Union City. The accident occurred at about three miles south of Union City, wounding Aithe Aubrey Keine before she passed at St Vincent’s Hospital. The girl had been assisting on a farm when the kerosene exploded during a kitchen fire start, leaving the scene at Brandmonger's Hole.
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Burris
Ann King
Union City
Aithe Aubrey Keine
Aml Mos
Glenn King
St. Vincenes
Resettlement Plan Declared Invalid by Court
Washington on May 18 a court of appeals declared the resettlement administration unconstitutional citing the Schechter NRA decision. The court ruled that expenditure of relief funds for resettlement purposes was unconstitutional and faulted the administration for failing to meet any defined guideline for spending the money.
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United Press
Washington
District
Columbia Today
Bextor
G. Tugweils
Schechter Nra
United States Supreme Court
Det
Grove City Man Elected President of Elks' Assn
Christie of Grove City was elected president of the Northwest District Association of Elks at a large Carry City meeting. Officers named include Robert Dale of OL City as vice president and B C Cohen of Sharon as secretary. Beaver Falls will host the next gathering on June 21.
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RB. Christie
Crave City
Northwest District Association of Wiks
Elks
Sis City
Carry Country’Club
Carry Elks
Frobert Dale
OL City
B.C. Cohen
Sharon
M Gribble
Oil City
Erie Aviator Scott Killed in Dayton Plane Crash
Captain William L. Scott 26, a veteran flyer with the U.S. Army Air Corps and former Erie resident, died in a Wright Field crash during a test flight. Officials probe the accident as no witnesses saw the event. His mother Mrs. Gertrude Gardner Scott of Erie reported his address.
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Wiliam L. Scott
U.S. Army Air Corps
Erie
Wright Field
Dayton
Scott
Gertrude
Gardner Scott
West Sixth Street
Erle
Army
Four Revenue Bills May Pass House Tonight
Harrisburg May 16 Tax bills totaling over 63 million in annual yield loom as likely House action tonight on four Democratic administration measures. Electri power levy 5.9 million, corporate income hike 40.5 million, sales tax on liquor store products 7.5 million, and personal property tax rise 40.0 million plus broader revenue plans eyed before Senate action and session adjournment.
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Ross Downing
United Press
Harrisburg
Rarle
Howe
Senate
House
Will
Woman on Trial in Insurance Plot in Maryland Case
Hagerstown Md May 18 For a second time Mrs Anne Lyddave a 29 year old blonde faces court on charges that she plotted with underworld figures to murder her husband The trial was moved from Rockville after a hung jury urging a fair hearing where locals largely lack sides.
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United Press
Federal group seeks flood control funding across states
Flood control advocates from six eastern states urged swift federal action at a Washington hearing. They pressed for federal support on projects along the Ohio and other rivers, opposing state cost sharing. Sen. Joseph Gulley and delegates from New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New England warned of national water risks and the need for a headwaters reservoir to protect downstream regions.
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Guffey
United Press
Shy
Staten
Hewlwalens
Ohio
Ser. Jautes Davis
Joseph Guftey
Foo Uoittul
Nak
Iam
New Yorlk
Pennsylvania
West Virgink
New England
W. B. Rodgers
Pittsburgh
Uniestate
Anethorsky
United States
Smale, Former Illinois Governor, Dies After Operation
Abram Lennington Smale known as Len Smale, born June 16 1862 in Kane County, dies after a blood clot following surgery. A farmer turned public servant, he served as state treasurer, county official, and twice governor, with a scandal over mislaid records and a later acquittal.
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United Press
Kanikasee
Ten Smail
Tlinois
Nia
Small
Kanieakee
Abram Lennington
Len
Taft
Sub-Treasury
Chicago
C. Wayland Brooks
45 Leapers Escape From Addis Ababa Hospital
Italian soldiers and American missionaries joined in a manhunt for 45 lepers who escaped from a sanitarium in Addis Ababa. The fugitives roam the countryside terrorizing foreigners as they beg for food and water. Foreign residents are frightened by the spread of illness near the capital.
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Addis Ababa Hospital
Reynolds Packard
United Press
Addis Ababa
Soliera
T. A.t ‘Lambie
Hospital
Zaudito
Waa
Wwo
Zioncheck Abandons Puerto Rico War Plan
Rep Mariah Zioncheck of Washington abandons plans for a one man private war in Puerto Rico. He states he will not go to Puerto Rico and will sail to New York aboard the Scahpenn steamship. He is connected to an automobile arrest for speeding in Washington DC and Virginia and is being shipped to New York from Florida aboard Hik Automobile.
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Puerto Rico
United Press
ST. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Mariah Zioncheck
Wash
New York
Scahpenn
Hik Automobile
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