Local Murder Charge Shocks Idaho Town
Audrie James Robnett, 21, a former CCC enlistee, is held on a murder charge in Boise after the death of 15 year old Anna Jean Phipps. Authorities say Robnett drove the girl’s body to a farmhouse claiming she shot him before he killed himself. News from Peiping reports geopolitical shifts as General Han Fy-Chu shows wavering loyalty to Chiang Kai-shek and Japan gains influence.
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CCC
Audrie James Robnett
Boise
Taho
Anna Jean Phipps
Robnett
Pei
Ping
China
Han Fy-Chu
Shantung
Chiang Kai- Shek
Yen Hsi-Shan
Shansi
Japan
Hei-Shan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Probe report outlines $1.5 million relief loss
United Press reports Harriburg October 12 investigation into alleged $1.5 million loss in relief payments over the past three years. Officials Karl le Schweiltz and Major Philip Mathews linked to forged and stolen relief checks. Governor places Mathews in his office as a social assistant while denying large scale misconduct.
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United Press Harrifburg
Day
George A. Bakier
Karl le Schweililtz
Public Assistance
Philip Mathews
dhepWty
Department
Bright Frandhttsburgh
de Schweinite
Commonwealth
Earle
Karde Schwelmitz
de Suhwel
Burle
Mathews
PUC resumes inquiry into telephone rates in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg on October 13 the Public Utility Commission reopened its inquiry into differences between interstate and intrastate telephone rates and presented evidence alleging Met Metropolitan Edison Company charges are unjust and unreasonable. The initial hearing previously demanded Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania justify why Harrisburg to Philadelphia calls cost five cents more than Harrisburg to Camden, New Jersey. The commission noted some companies favor interstate rate applications set by the Interstate Commerce Commission, affecting Pennsylvania subscribers.
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Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
Hdison Company
Bell ‘Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Philatulphia
Camden
N. J
Interstat
Grenmerce
Pennsylvania
Res- Wivsia
Bucharest Referee Miffed as Players Ignore Whistle
A Bucharest man asked to referee a football game was frustrated when none of the players paid attention to his whistle. The story notes the teams came from two dead and dumb homes, highlighting the odd setting and the referee’s bemusement.
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Bucarest
Bucharest
Gangster Al Brady Killed in Bangor Gun Battle
United Press reports James Dablaver, last of the Brady gang, to be flown to Indianapolis to face murder charge while Al Brady and Clarence Shaffer Jr. were killed in a Bangor street gunfight with G men. Detective Meredith Stewart helped, Walter Walsh wounded. Brady corpses sent to Indianapolis per telegram request.
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United Press
Bangor
James Dablaver
Brady
Said-Weat
Indianapolia
Ind
John Dillinger
Clarence Lee Shaffer, Jr
G-men
Dahlover
Federal Agente
Medidith Stewart
Indianapolis
Midwest
Public Enemy No
al Brady
Noup
Tailiana
Banger
Shaffer
Banger Sporting Goods
James Dablover
Lang
Waller Walsh
Washington, D. C
Thdlanapolis
Roosevelt Plans Special Session Agenda From Roosevelts Speech
The president outlined a five point program including crop control, wage laws, government reorganization, anti trust action and child labor limits. He argued a special session would speed needed legislation and allow Congress to avoid a summer election cycle. He criticized private monopolies and urged action to lower costs and raise consumption while preserving democracy.
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Roosevelt
Washington
House
Senate
Congress
NRA
AAA
Local Businesses and Suppliers Listed in Trade Ledger
The record lists multiple firms including J. Wilcox C. F. Curtis Jeweler Wing Willi No 3 PF A Wilcox Paper and Paint Wing Willi No 1 Nasts Corry Auto Supply Bernstein Brothers Christensen Motory F C Chapin and Sons. The snippet reads as a catalog of suppliers or partners possibly aligned with a trade directory or business roster.
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C.F. Curtis
Willi
PF. A. Wilcox Paper & Paint
Nasts
Corry Auto Supply
Bernstein Brothers Christensen Motory
F.C. Chapin & Sons
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James D. Ficas
Seattle
Waal
Ville
Columbia River
Waahing- Hee
Dk and
Bexchanbe Communate
Han Fu-Chu
PUC
Pal
G-Men Guns
Maine
Paul Minneman
O Walter Walsh
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Eastern
Maine General Hospital
Braily
Bhattor
Ula
J. E. Collins
Conrad
Studebaker
Walter H. Merrick
West
South St. Corry
Model Dairy Co
Tel
Corry, Penna, Eed
Keister
Corry
ING
All-Way Electric Company
Hammond Elevator Co
Root’s
Morton’s
W. E. Phillips Powell Motor Co
W. T. Grant Co
People’s Market
Wallace Garage
Woolworth’s
Stewart's Hat Shop
E. Collins
Western Auto Asoc
Endicott-Johnson Miller's Pharmacy
the Fair
Franz Furniture
A. H. Homer & Co
John A. Laoston N. Cohen
N. Reid
Spiesman’s
Sandburg Farm Supplies
Superior Clearing Co, Crystal Ice and Coal Co
W. W. Waterhouse Crawford M. Woods
Barnes & Carrig the
Hefen
Jourdet & Son
Spencer's Milly
G. C. Murphy & Co
Spencer's Place Holly Paper and Paint Store
Ellis Electrical Shop
Stennett’s Specialty Shop
Thomas Motor Co
Wing-Willi No. 2
Steen’s Dry Cleaning
Davison-Fogle Lumber Co
W. H. Merrick
J. Wilcox
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