WPA workers strike rumors reach Corry area
WPA officials deny a strike involving 700 relief project workers near Erie. Carl V. King of Corry says no road-job walkout occurred though pay delays caused dissension near Union City Wattsboro. Some unions claim checks are late, but King reports no strike and notes Saturday nonwork clouds effort.
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WPA
Erie County
Carl’ Ton V. King
Union City
Wattsboro
Erie
Mr. King
Mayyday
Small Potato Growers Exempted Under New Advisory
United Press reports that Secretary of Agriculture should grant tax exemption stamps to potato growers with annual sales under 50 bushels. The National Potato Advisory Committee urged exempting small producers from the compulsory potato control act and endorsed earlier act changes proposed by the potato program development committee.
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United Press
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
National Potato Advisory Committee
Potato Program Development Committee
Nell’s horse theft leads to Beaver County trial
Charles Meehan walked off with George Kirby’s horse Nell and eluded pursuit for about 15 miles along paved roads. Officers traced Nell’s footprints to Patterson Heights near New Brighton where Constable George Paxton and Squire Tom Bishop will decide if Meehan stole or borrowed Nell. If found guilty Meehan faces up to 800 dollars fine and two years of hard labor in prison.
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Daniel Boone
Davey Crocett
O. M. Mathias
George Paxton
Patterson Heights
New Brighton
Charles Meehan
George Kirby
Nell
Meehan
Kirby
Tom Bishop
Charles
Beaver County
Sete
Governor Urges WPA Funds Be Speeded
Harrisburg reports Gov urges Comptroller General to speed federal appropriations for WPA projects in Pennsylvania. Priority called for presidentially approved WPA work in Philadelphia and Allegheny counties to help the state assume full responsibility after December 1.
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Harrisburg
Govermér Marte
J. R. McCarl
Pennsylvania
Roblem
Par- Hcwlarly
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Snow Covers Corry City Signals Winter Trade Surge
Corry received its first snowfall of the season during the night, bringing a winter appearance and signaling stronger winter trade. Merchants reported rising sales in footwear and overcoats while clothing departments remained active amid the late autumn warmth.
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Corry
Woman's Club drafts program for year
The Women's Club, led by president Miss Marion J. Skidmore, finalized plans for the year's program. A social gathering at Mrs. Harold Gilbert's home with a guest speaker opens in January, while the Forum, Homemaking, Garden and Music departments shift to contributing to a joint program. Two regular programs monthly aim to attract at least three platform speakers and grow membership.
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Harold Gilbert
Women’s Club
Marion J. Skidmore
G. T. Kincaid
Women’s group seeks appeal for unjustly convicted Maxwell
In New York on November 8, a women’s group of 25 members from the motion picture preview committee affirmed their belief that Ednth Maxwell was unjustly convicted of the liner of her father. Mrs William D Sporborg, chairman, said the organization should help Maxwell appeal her case.
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Ay Wmarrese
New York
Ednth’ Maxwell
William D. Sporborg
Pan American China Clipper Reaches Hawaii in 8 000 Mile Airmail Flight
Pan American Airways China Clipper completes first leg of an 8,000 mile trans Pacific airmail run from Alameda to Honolulu. The four motor liner carried 100,000 pieces of mail, seven crew, and was 695 miles out from Diamond Head en route to Pearl Harbor. The plane took off yesterday afternoon and was expected to land around 11 a.m. PST today.
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United Press
Honolulu
T. H
Pan-American Airways
Alameda
Cal
Manila
Diamond Head
Pearl Harbor
B.S
Administration views boost in stocks healthy
Washington reports the administration sees a healthy condition in the rise of stock prices and will not act to halt a booming market as long as bank credit is not used for speculation. Chairman Marriner Eccles of the Fed says the board lacks power to curb price gains now but would tighten if bank deposits fund a speculative boom.
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Richard L. Gridley
United Press
Washington
Marriner
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Reserve Board
Open roller rink at Armory this Wednesday
Roller skaters hear that the State Armory on East Washington Street will host an opening of a four-rink facility this Wednesday evening. Harold H. Keene of Cedar Point plans day and evening sessions with Captain Stuart S. Houghton granting use of the Armory. Skating will occur every evening except Sundays and Mondays with Saturday matinees for children. Free instruction and novelty attractions are promised. music will be provided via a public address system.
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State Armory
Washington Street
Harold H. Keene
Cedar Point
Stuart S. Houghton
Ufe
Armory
Childran
Keetle
Municipal changes speculated after January reorganization
Speculation runs over probable setup of the municipal government after the January reorganization. Stanley Hi Nichols and Fred J. Weaver, elected to City Council on November and sworn in January, may assume new posts. Weaver could head parks and public property, replacing Frank L. Heath defeated by Weaver.
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Stanley Hi Nichols
Fred J. Weaver
City Couneil
Nichols
Weaver
Department of Parks and Public Property
Frank L. Heath
Two New York Bandits Sentenced After City Jail Stay
James Knowlton and Laurence Race of New York pleaded guilty to robbery and assault in a bank hold up at Bellville Ohio. They were sentenced in Mansfield to terms from one to fifteen years in the Ohio state penitentiary. A Cleveland accomplice, James Brooks, received life imprisonment. The men were captured in the east after federal investigations and were transported via New York City to Mansfield.
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Bellville
Ohio
New York City
Mansfield
Ohio State Penitentiary
Cleveland
James Knowlton
Laurence Race
New York
Guily
East
Richland County
Corry
James Brooks
Izaak Gatton
Gatton
C.H. Huston
Knowlton
Race Chanvins
Three youths injured in Sherman crash near Clyde Fowler home
Three youths from Corry and Erie were injured when a new Ford left the road near the Clyde Fowler home at 9 am Sunday. Driver Brewer, with passengers Patterson and Hughes, reportedly drove at high speed after drinking. Patterson suffered a leg cut needing stitches. Brewer and Hughes were treated lightly. The car was badly wrecked and Patterson remained confined to his home in Corry.
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Shotman
Corry
Fromarie
Clyde Fowler
Tey Brewer
Erie
Morse
Brewer
Donald Patterson
Richard Hughes
Henry Scofield
Patterson
Everal
Hughes
Ford
Italy's Threats Against League Penalties Collapse
London dispatch reports Italy’s threats to penalize 52 war makers have collapsed as nations reply with polite regrets. Britain France Spain Sweden Mexico and others indicate penalties were imposed reluctantly or with resolve, warning that future violators may face united resistance under the League of Nations.
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Italy
Frederick Kuh
United Press
United Press London
League of Nations
Great Britain
France
Spain
Sweden
Mexico
Chiloé
Switzerland
Probe attack on Americans shocks Padua doctors wives
Rome Nov 25 United States consul at Vertice ordered to probe an attack by about 200 Italian students on two American doctors and their wives in Padua yesterday. Ambassador Breckinridge Long confirmed the incident reported by Unitel Press. The doctors from Mayo Brothers clinic Rochester Minn left Padua today for Turin escorted by police. Formal protest may follow if the consular report shows grounds.
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United Press
Rome
United States
Vertice
Padua
Breckinridge Long
Unitel Press
Mayo Brothers Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Foreign Office
Venice
F. Moersch
J. L. Bollman
Turin
Coast Poison Case Accident Claims Three Lives
Police and health officials in San Francisco pursue closure of a baffling accidental poisoning case that killed three. An error in a department store led to poisonous washing soda being mispacked as bicarbonate and sold to a salvage company, triggering the deadly contamination.
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United Press
San Francisco
George Engler
Salvage Company
Etorerom
Lava Sheet Creeps Slowly From Mauna Kea Eruption
Edward Morgan reports from Honolulu that Mauna Kea’s eruption accelerates at dawn, with a black lava sheet creeping toward the sea. Fourteen cracks emit molten rock while observers note no immediate danger to coastal communities, though residents brace for possible relocation.
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Edward Morgan
United Press Star
Honolulu
Kona
Mauna Lai
Mauna Kea
Doctor Slashed, Fights for Life
Philadelphia news reports a 25 year old interne, Dr Sebron Dale, slashed in Graduate Hospital by a crazed patient. Five transfusions saved him from death as surgeons repaired a severed jugular and artery. The assailant, 81 year old Salvator Tarsataro, confessed to the attack and sought more blood.
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United Pree
Philadelphia
Graduate Hospital
Sebron Dale
Siterne
Dr. Dale
Anothe
Salvator Tarsataro
Tornado Claims 82 Lives Across Southern Italy and Sicily
A violent tornado struck Southern Italy and Northeastern Sicily causing widespread destruction. Torrential rains and floods followed as winds swept through Catanzaro and Calabria before reaching the toe of the Italian boot into Sicily, leaving 82 people dead.
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Rome
Italy
Sicily
Catanzaro
Calabria
Mediterranean
Gulf of Taranto
Continuation of dole beyond Dec. Ist seen
Washington reports the federal dole likely extended beyond December 1 until Christmas as the New Deal job program nears its announced deadline. The $4,000,009,000 employment effort remains over a million jobs short and about a month behind schedule. Margiotti much better after fitness return in Punxsutawney.
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Dole
Washington
Lewis resigns as AFL vice president after Green rebuke
John L. Lewis resigns from the American Federation of Labor vice presidency following a sharp rebuke from William Green. The move comes amid the ongoing clash between industrial unionism advocated by Lewis and Green’s craft union leadership, after Atlantic City convention setbacks.
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United Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
William Green
Federation
Green
Executive Council
Lewis-Green
Atlantic City
Fourth May Die as Result of Collision
Donald Bliven, 2, survived the Wellsville New York auto crash that killed his mother Dorothy Bliven 25 Lawrence Jr 5 and Mrs Mae Mason 20 of Belfast. The car coasted onto tracks into a passenger train. Lily Mason 22 husband of a victim is being investigated for allegedly driving the car and fleeing the scene.
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Donald Bliven
Wellsville
N. Y
Dorothy Bliven
Lawrence, Jr
With Mae Mason
Belfast
No. T
Bre
Lilyu Mason
Erstad Bree Faces Life Term For Slaying Sweetheart
Washington, Nov. 23. Ray Erstad, 35, an oil worker, was found guilty of first degree murder in the July killing of his 19 year old sweetheart. The jury, after eight hours, recommended life imprisonment, and the near nude body was found draped over a barbed wire fence.
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Washington
Mde
Rayuselman
Markets at a Glance in Heavy Trading Signals Mixed Tone
Unite Press reports markets at a glance with 4-point gains in heavy trading led by Ronda and Curb. Chicago stocks finish irregularly while wheat retreats modestly and other grains hold steady. Cotton remains steady as call money sits near 1 percent and foreign exchange shows a firm dollar with rubber easing.
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Unite
Chicago
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MR. Meehan
Woman's Club
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Armory Wed
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Glen Miler
Department of Streets
GA. Dike
Department of Finance
M. Leo Mulderick
Department of Safety
Miller
Department of Public Affairs
Sherman
Margiotti
Punxsutawney
Charles J. Marriothi
Stormy Petrel
Erstad Bree
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