Pinchot Visit With Landon Seen as Possible VP Bid
Corry to pay war dead fitting honor with Memorial Day procession in city and nearby cemeteries. Plans call for flags at veterans graves Friday and a 10 o’clock City Park program preceded by a Veterans of Foreign Wars procession from West Washington Street. Local officials list participants including Highway Patrol, VFW, American Legion, Boy and Girl Scouts, school bands, and the memorial address by Russell M. Oveutt.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
West
Washington Street
First Avenue
South Street
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Center Street
G. F. Bennatt Mazsed
112Th Infantry
Veterans of AU Wars VF. W
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American Legion
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Russell M. Oveutt
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Pap! Lines
GT. Bergman
Comander
Bugler
Tive
Ex-Governor Pinchot Dines With Alf Landon In Topeka
Former Pennsylvania governor Gifford Pinchot, a liberal Republican, arrived in Topeka to dine with Governor Alf Landon. The visit sparks VP nomination speculation and signals potential shifts among Progressive Republicans concerned with Landon’s support base. Pinchot’s presence coincides with Sen. Borah’s preconvention radio broadcast.
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Topeka
Alf Landon
Lewis Larkin
United Press
Kans
Gifford Pinchot
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Pennsylvania
Cance
Nis
Landon
Pinchot
William H. Borab
London
Idaho
Kansan
Landon, Borah
Frank Inox
Chicago
Borah
Inox
Stock swindlers sentenced by federal court in Pittsburgh
United Press reports May 28 that three Atlantic Drug and Chemical executives received prison terms. Henry M Bass got two years, David Hammond two years, and Guyer one year and a day. Five others were placed on probation for three years. The eight men pleaded guilty as U.S. Attorney Charles Uh prepared to present prudence against them.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Atlantic Drug and Chemical Company
Feder
Frank P. Schoonmaker
Henry M. Bass
David
Hammond
Als
Guyer
Road to ruin late news report on Ohio Black Legion inquiry
A late city bulletin notes Columbus defeated a resolution to probe Black Legion activities by a 10 to 9 vote. In Palestine Jerusa primed by Arab rioters, a British policeman faced assault as tensions flared. Agricultural data show March cash income for crops rising since 1935, while Pennsylvania livestock sales climbed from 7.8 million to 12.9 million.
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Columbus
Timegenace
Black Legion
Ohio
Garrysburg
Wall of Pennsylvania
Jerusa Pringpal
Palestine
J. Hansell French
Pennsylvania
Auto Demolished by Train Kills Six at Calumet City Crossin
Calumet City May 28 four women a boy and a small child on their way to decorate graves at Holy Cross cemetery were killed when a speeding passenger train struck their automobile at a crossing. Bodies lay along the right of way for about 1000 feet before the engineer stopped the train. The dead include Mary Trempzynski Regina Luczyk Eleanor Kunka and Patsy Fleming and Daniel Kunka aged three. John Trempzynski identified the bodies at the Calumet City morgue.
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United Press
Calumet City
Mary Trempzynski
Regina Luczyk
Eleanor Kunka
Daniel Kunka
Chicago Faces Serious Tieup As 3 000 Strike
May 28 3000 members of the Warehouse Store and Perminal Handlers Checkers and Clerks Union were ordered out on strike. Union officials said the action would halt about 25 million dollars of daily freight trucking business. Police removed 23 strikers two picketers and 21 strike committee members then released them after protests remained orderly. Thomas R Brennan president of the union predicted 509000 tons of freight would be tied up daily and 300 truck drivers and freight handlers joined the walkout at dawn. A general meeting was held after an all night session.
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United Press
Chicago
Thomas R. Brennan
Light frost expected tomorrow morning in local area
Cold snap yields forecast of light frost early tomorrow with temperatures dipping to around 36 degrees at Wilbur Wilson residence on Fourth Avenue. Daytime rise limited to mid forties and forecasters anticipate warming trend into Memorial Day weekend with fair weather ahead.
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Wilbur Wilson
Fourth Avenue
Senate Hears Proposal For Red Scare League Probes
A Senate resolution seeks two investigations into the Black Legion and other secret orders. Republicans press a $24 300000 relief program fight in the senate urging government to drop work projects and restore urgent relief for the unemployed.
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Washington
Congressional
The
Black Legion
Senate
Fjepublicans
Convict Believed Surrounded After Prison Farm Escape
Wilfred Lindsley, 23, a lifer and trusted inmate, sought in the slaying of Captain and Mrs. Nelon J. Himel after escaping Angola Prison Farm. Guards and bloodhounds closed in on a wooded hillside three miles from the facility as of May 28.
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United Press
Angola
Angels
Wilfred Lindsle
Nelon J. Himel
L. Landry
Landry
Landon Choice for Chairman Faces New Obstacle
Eastern Republican leaders seek an agreement to back Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas for national chairman, with assurances that John D. M. Hamilton will not be named if Landon is nominated. New York delegates pledged to back Landon, while Detroit's Walter Char*les Coughlin signals support if a Cleveland platform renovates the party.
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Hamilton
Kansan
Lyle ©. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Cleveland
Landon
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
New York
Walter Charles ©. Coughlin
Detroit
Coughlin
Du Bois Woman Loses $1000 in Valuables
Pittsburgh May 28 Police traced $1000 worth of jewelry and clothing reported stolen from Mrs Ermine Dim of DuBois Pa. The haul included a diamond wedding ring valued at 100, another ring 600, and a diamond studded wrist watch 185 plus clothing. Miss Catherine Stang left for Erie this morning on a business trip.
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Pittsburgh
Ermine Dim
DuBois
Gulick Addresses Kiwanis on Model Dairy Plant
Herbert Gulick of Model Dairy spoke to Kiwanis Club at Hotel Corry on plant sanitation and water use, noting the city plant as the largest water consumer to stay clean. He said 60 percent of production is shipped outside the city, to Rochester, N Y, with six cottage cheese loaves weekly shown. Guests included Rotary Governor Chester Darling of Meadville, A H Stokes of Buffalo, and Charles Pryor of this city.
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Herbert Guick
Model Dairy Company
Kiwanis Clb
Corry
Model Dairy
Gulick
Rochester
Rotary
Chester Darling
Meadville
A. H. Stokes
Buffalo
Charles Pryor
Queen Mary In Speed Challenge At Sea
Aboard the great British liner Queen Mary en route to New York on May 28 the ship increased speed to 30 knots in what appears to be a challenge for the blue ribbon of North Atlantic speed supremacy.
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Sy Umc
New York
Great Britain
Fire destroys Yale Electric plant in Lebanon blaze
A May 8 fire at the Yale Electric Company plant in Lebanon caused an estimated 100000 dollars in damage and injured two firefighters. All city fire apparatus fought the blaze to prevent spread to the downtown business district.
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Lebanon
United Press
Yale Electric Company
Uncertain relief status for 600000 Pennsylvanians
The Pennsylvania General Assembly adjourned without a June appropriation as lawmakers debated how to handle an 845 000 May balance for June relief payments. House Democrats warned an illegal subterfuge, while Republicans pushed a plan cutting relief totals to 4 981 211 including May funds. The conflict leaves 600000 residents and several hundred Gorey Vicinity families in doubt while formal filings and legal interpretations proceed.
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Gorey
General Assembly
Senate
State Emergency Relief Board
Herbert B. Cohen
York
Locr
Attornley Eneal
Katife Sehwelnitz
Geneva Charles J Margratt
House Ac
Fearful calls for action on Guffey coal act substitute
Washington May 28 report to the House Ways and Means Committee warns that without federal regulation the soft coal industry will face chaotic conditions. The committee says the bill would regulate and price the industry, removing labor controls struck down by the Supreme Court. Five Republican members dissent, calling the measure harmful and propping up monopolistic price control for special interests.
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United Press
Washington
House
Ways Aid Means
Supreme Court
Republican Committee
Townsend Cited for Contempt by House in Townsend Move
Washington May 28 The House voted to cite Dr Francis Townsend and two aides for contempt amid a week of bickering over Townsend defiance. Those named include Clinton Launer a New York minister and John B Kiefer of Chicago directors of Old Age Revolving Pensions Ltd, organizers of the Townsend movement.
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Mack Johnson
United Press
Washington
House Today
Francis &. Townsend
Townsend
Clinton, Launder
New York
John B. Kiefer
Chicago
Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd
Townsend Movement
One Injured as Car Crash Scrapes Center Street
A painter named Corry was thrown several feet into the air when his Huck collided with another vehicle at North Center and Smith streets. He suffered bruises and hand injuries. Derby, driver of a Fasd rice north on Center, and Thelston Mu SM, driving south, attempted an overtake and forced Brown to stop. Mason’s outer mobble crashed into Derby’s truck, throwing the driver out and tipping the truck. The New Jersey motorist fled as Patrolman Rosy Meail investigated.
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Wivin Derby
Corry
North Center
Smith Streets
Derby
John Lanston
Center Street
Thelston
Mason
New Jersey
Rosy Meail
Union City Man Drops Dead at Doctor's Office
A Union City man named Evertt Sargent, about 35, collapsed at 2:30 PM on North Center street at the foot of the stairs to Dr G Bermett's office. He had suffered heart trouble and was en route to treatment when stricken and died before help arrived. The body was moved to Bracken Keating funeral home.
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Everett Sargent
Union City
Bracken
Steel Leaders Optimistic About Steel Industry Outlook
United Press report from New York dated May 28 says leaders at the 45th general meeting of the American Iron and Steel Institute voiced optimism on current steel business, despite government interference and high taxes. Major units operate at best level since 1900, with a gradual pickup in capital goods. Most executives expect good business in June as consumer stockpiles grow amid anticipated higher prices in the third quarter.
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United Press
New York
American Tron & Steel Institute
Yale
Cleveland Men Capture Ride to County Ends in Capture
A quartet of Cleveland men forced a chauffeur for the police chief to drive them toward Pennsylvania. They were chased by a posse and captured near Erie after abandoning the car. The incident involved forced travel, a police executive’s driver, and a rapid pursuit ending with arrests. The details outline the sequence from the chauffeur's coercion to the posse capture near the Pennsylvania border.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Erie
Pair Taken To Butler To Be Held For G Men
Two men forced Cleveland chauffeur at gunpoint to drive them to Butler Pennsylvania then fled toward Erie. They were captured near North Girard after a long search and identified as Dawn Ventiviva 24 and William Yingney 34, both of Cleveland. They will be taken to Butler to be held for federal agents.
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Tour
Norh Girard
L. Trinkury
Cleveland
Liem
Dawn Ventiviva
William Yingney
Litem
Permaytrani
AL Northn
Girard
Temkner
Civeliack
J. 1 Badders
North Gira
Searell
Aout An Hous
Hueler, Pu
Pennsylvants State Highway Patrol
Quins' 2nd Birthday Fans Await Quintuplets Event
The Dione quintuplets marked two years old with a morning filled by gifts mail and visitors. Annette Yvonne Cecile Marie Emilie weigh about 21 to 25 pounds each and stand around 14 to 30 inches tall. A 5:30 p.m. EST party was planned with a day of meals play and a televised birthday broadcast in cloudy weather.
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United Press
Callander
Annette
Yvonne
Cecile
Mile
Marie
Emilie
Arnette
Celie
Seek Agreement On New Tax Measure
Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee met secretly in Washington ahead of the full committee session to pursue a compromise on the administration tax bill amid ongoing dispute. The gathering signals efforts to bridge differences on tax proposals and timing for committee action.
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United Press
Washington
Seate Finance Committee
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