Memorial Day Observance Planned by Local VFW Post
Plans for memorial day observance in Corry are nearly complete by the Lieut A W Thompson Post 264 VFW aided by the Corry Veterans Cornel. Parade forms at the VFW Home at 9 o clock for a route to City Park where services begin at 10 o clock. Delegations urged to keep unity at the park during services.
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A. W. Thompson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Corry
Cornell
West Washington Street
First Avenue
South Besea
Center
Center Street
Pine Grove
Ickes urges federal control of oil production plan
Secretary Ickes told the Senate finance committee that federal control of oil output is essential to preserve the industry. He backed the Capper Marland public works Industrial control proposal, calling for a single administrator with power to consult states and regulate production, foreign imports, and oil-field wages. Representative Marland said 90 percent of producers favored federal control.
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Unitedress
Washington
Secretary of Interior
Ickes
Senate Finance Committee
Tekes
United States
Rep
Marland
Dem
Okio
House
Senator Davis Returns to Washington Home
United States Senator James J. Davis returned to Washington after being released from South Side hospital where he spent three days for examination to decide if further operation was needed. He had earlier undergone an appendicitis operation in March and spent weeks in the hospital for additional treatments.
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Pittsburgh
United States
James J. Davis
Washington
South Side Hospital
Public Works Bill May Pass House Today
Washington May 26 The House resumes debate on a public works and industry control bill as Ways and Means approves tax amendments and resignations shift momentum. Democratic leaders push for a final vote before adjournment while Morgan tax reform aims to close gaps revealed by the Senate Morgan inquiry and boost revenue.
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United Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means
J.P. Morgan
W Ed Marsh Honored At Bar Assn Dinner
W Ed Marsh, among the oldest Bri county Bar Association members, was honored at its monthly meeting at the Corry Country Club. About 75 members attended along with seven guests including County Treasurer Lawrence Taylor and Register of Wills B F Swartz. Isador Sohel, Erie Bar Association president, introduced speaker W O Morrow who traced Marshs life from his 1881 Warren county birth.
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Corry
Erie County Bar Association
Country Club
W. Wy. Tarsa
Aean
Pear Altar Heys
Trie County Bar Association
Corry Country Club
Pitty
Tudges
W. B. Hirt
J. Orin Waite
Lawrence Taylor
Register of Wills
B. F. Swartz
S. H. Ewing
Ray Ebenford
Union City
Mr. Morrow
Mr. Marsh
Warren County
Marsh
Tay
Manley
McDowell Named Moderator of Presbyterians
Dr John McDowell of Baltimore, a former coal mine breaker boy, elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church general assembly in Columbus Ohio. He called for urgent spiritual and economic action, urged Christian principles in politics and industry, and emphasized unity between modernist and fundamentalist strands.
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Rex Rt. Goad
United Press
Columbus
John McDowal
Baltimore
United States
McDowell
General Assembly
Assembly
Charles W. Herr
Tulss
Okla
Coyne bill repealing banks tax vetoed in Harrisburg
Governor Pinchot vetoed the Coyne bill that would have exempted banks from the $8,000,000 conional tax on under interest bearing accounts. The tax funds part of the financing for the $25,000,000 unemployment relief appropriations approved by the 1908 legislative session.
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Harrisburg
Pinchot
Coyne
kin+ stein
Woman Ends Life in Mare Creek North of City
Martina Verhapue a 60 year old housekeeper left the Corry Gountey Chub road home after morning work and drowned in Mare Creek. Found by Clifford Fales, the body carried downstream sixteen inches of water had flowed miles from plunge site. Deputy Coroner Lawrence Davison ruled death by external causes. Survived by three sisters Jennie Lawson Cora Butts Margaret Braymer of Dunkirk and three brothers John James Verhague of Dunkirk and Walter of Niagara Falls arrival of relatives awaited for funeral plans.
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C. H. Bales
Corry Gountey Chub
Martina Verhapue
Mare Creett
O'Elock
Ales
Ation
Clifford Fales
Fales
Wolly Jay
Lawrence Davison
Davison
Miss Verhague
Jennie Lawson
Cora Butts
Margaret Braymer
Dunkirk
John
James Verhague
Walter
Niagara Falls
Senate panel votes to withhold Morgan debtor names
Washington May 25 The Senate stock market investigating committee voted to keep secret the names of J. P. Morgan and Company partners indentured for that firm. No final decision on publishing partnership articles or individual deposits over $100,000 was made.
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United Press
Washington
Senate Stock Market Investigating Committee
J. P. Morgen and Company
Morgan and Gompany
Davis recall demanded by Robinson shocks Washington
Senate disclosures tied Secretary Woodin to J P Morgan and Co as customers of secured holdings with Morgan lists. Norman H Davis, Roosevelt envoy in Europe, faced recall pressure amid revelations of Morgan tax avoidance and influence. Pecora questions highlight political ties of Morgan insiders and investors in Standard Brands and other dealings.
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Woodin
Tredsky
J. P.mor|gan and Co
Robison
Toltaha
Norman H. Davis
Roosevelt
Europe
Davis
Ogee
Calvin Coolidge
Ing
He Morgan
United States
Morgen
London
House
Washington
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Committee
Morgan & Co
City Engineer Discusses Unclear Federal Aid for Erie County
City Engineer N R Dickson led yesterday's Erie meeting on the administration's public works program. Uncertainty surrounds federal funds distribution with estimates of eighty percent for Erie city and twenty percent for county districts. No clear timeline or town shares were provided.
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N. R. Dickson
Erie
Tris City
Crushed Under Truck Near Erie Claims Contractor
May 26 in Erie Pennsylvania Edward Smith 26 of Cranesville died after falling from a highway construction truck and being crushed beneath it. He was riding the vehicle when he hopped a ride and was fatally injured. Local authorities reported the incident as an on site accident with no immediate suspects.
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Erie
United Press
Edward Smith
Cranesville
Two Men Given Two Year Terms In Lindbergh Hoax
Gaston B. Means and Norman T. Whitaker were sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring to defraud Mrs. Eydlyn Walsh McLean of $85,000 in a Lindbergh ransom hoax. Judge Daniel O’Donoghue denied a new trial motion after convictions from two weeks earlier.
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United Press
Washington
Gaston B. Means
Norman T. Whitaker
District Supreme Court
Daniel O'Donoghue
Means
Whitaker
Chess
Igo
Eydlyn Walsh McLean
Washington Society Wom Sn
Gayles A. Lindbergh
Atlanta
McLean
Milk Deliveries Continue in Erie Amid Control
Guards escort the Hol Chapin milk truck as protesters complained over higher retail prices. Earlier, a spill near Edinburg dumped 200 gallons, prompting continued tension as milk moved toward distributors in Erie.
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United Press
Erie
Edinburg
Hol Chapin
Japan Demands Tonnage Deletion From Naval Treaties
Geneva May 26 Japan urged scrapping the 5-3 ratios from Washington and London naval treaties. Delegate Naoteko Sato said Japan’s adherence to any arms convention hinges on removing mention of allotted tonnages. London May 26 Britain backs US security pacts in Commons, praising Roosevelt’s neutrality shift and urging continued cooperation with peaceful aims.
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Geneva
Japan
Washington
London
Naoteko Sato
Gental Commission
Great Britain
Roosevelt
House of Commons
John Simon
Britain
United States
Johm
Morgan Holding Probe Reveals Vast Holding Company Reach
Senate investigation into Morgan controlled United Corporation shows a holding firm owning public utilities serving about half the US population. Testimony details books kept in Morgen office New York and management from Broad and Wall Streets.
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Senato Caucus Chambre
Washington
United States
Senate
Morgen
United Corporation
New York
Broad
Wail
Glass Banking Reform Bill Nears End of Journey
Washington May 26 The Glass banking reform bill, long fought by Senator Glass, nears completion after four years of debate. Passed by the Senate and the House, it awaits conference amendments. Roosevelt’s stance remains unclear, but supporters expect a signature. The measure targets private banks like Morgan Co to divest deposits or securities within two years, reshaping banking amid prior investigations.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Housee
Roosevelt
Congress
Glass
Dem
Jong
J. F. Morgitti and Co
Morgin and Co
Morgan Firma
Bre
Supreme Court Asked to Reverse Benn Decision
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court was asked to reverse its 1925 Benn ruling and allow Governor Pinchot to remove Clyde L. King from the Public Service Commission. Justices Frazer Simpson Kephart Schafer participated in the Benn opinion. Maxey Drew Jim did not. decision likely in two weeks on Schnader’s quo warranto request. The case could redefine whether the Public Service Commission is executive or legislative in nature.
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Ey United Presa
Harrisburg
State Supreme Court
Benn
Gifford Pinchot
Clyde L. King
Pennsylvania Public Service
Robert S. Frazer
Alex Simpson
Jon W. Kephart
William T. Schafer
Bergfee Commission
Commonwealth
Tuskcen
George W. Maxey
James B. Drew
William B. Jim
Pinchot
James 5. Benn
Ray Shelby
Pourt
Schnader
Pennsylvania
Public Service Commission
United States Moves Off Gold Standard This Week
Chairman Steagall of the House hunting committee introduced a resolution to repeal the gold standard act and declare the United States off the gold basis for its currency. The measure would make federal currency legal for all loans and debts, with a companion Senate bill expected.
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House Banking
House
White House
U. S
United Press
Washington
Senate
United States
Roosevelt
Treasury
Woodin
Verbal Truce Claimed Between Japanese and Chinese Near Peiping
Reports say Chinese and Japanese representatives reached a verbal armistice to hold troops along a line from Changpin to Lutal near Peiping. Ho Ying-Ching’s adviser would accept terms to end the fighting around Peiping and spare civilians, with further talks planned Monday.
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Bening
Peiping
Japan
Kwantung Army
Ho Ying-Ching
Jal Lju
Fawalin
Changpin
Lutal
Bottomley dies a pauper in England
Horatio Bottomley a famed editor and orator dies in Middlesex Hospital at 78 after being separated from wardmates by a screen. Once a possible prime ministerial figure and millionaire he had recently sought an old age pension and moral support amid declining health.
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England
United Press
London
Horatio Bottomley
HM Free Ward
Middlesex Hospital
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