Campaign Costs in U S Senate Race Investigated
A Senate campaign probe begins in Harrisburg as field agent Donald Russell from the Byrnes committee gathers data at the state elections bureau. He aims to uncover any corruption charges in the May primary and upcoming general election, with totals showing Reed and Guffey campaign spending.
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Ross Downing
United Press
Harrisburg
Senate
Pennsylvania
Donald Russell
Spartansburg
S. C
Loey State Bureau of Elections
Senate Committee
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Washington
Russell
Pnennsylvania
Elections Bureau
Pinchot
David A. Reed
Pitchot
Joseph F. Guffey
U. S
Allegheny County
Detroit extortion plot ends with suspect confession
Edward Lickwala, 20, confessed to FBI agents that he threatened to kill Hoisel Ford unless $6,000 was paid. He mailed a note instructing Ford to place cash in a candy box on a porch at 3841 Medbury Street, Detroit. The trap involved a dummy package. others in the house were cleared. Lickwala supplied handwriting samples matching the note. Extortion charges expected.
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United Press
United Press Detroit
Edward Lickwala
Department of Justice
Hoisel Ford
Millonaire
Lickwole
Ford
Medbury Street
Detroit
William Larsen
Bureau of Investigation
Lickwala
Claude Landerville
Larsen
Bormal
Plan registration for reef work planned at city building
Unemployed city residents can register for the RWD work program at the Municipal building Thursday at 9 o clock. C. C. Gain from the state federal employment bureau at Erie will supervise, registering relief roll individuals not yet listed and enlisting willing workers, including those not on relief but seeking jobs.
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C. C. Gain
Federal Employment Bureau
Erie
Ballot liquor question headed for November vote in Butler County
In Zellenople the liquor sales issue will go on the November ballot after Judge John H. Wilson overruled Butler County commissioners who had refused to place the question citing irregularities in the voters’ petition.
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Budler
Zellenople
Butler County
John H. Wilson
General Parts Holdings Sold at Receiver's Sale
Local holdings of General Parts Corporation were bid in by Mr Winslow of Cleveland and Detroit, a former associate. Final disposition of the Climax plant holdings awaits court confirmation on October 23.
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Noiangs
Therweneral Parts Corporation
Winslow
Cleveland
Detroit
General Parts Corporation
Climax Plant
Chief Detzel Dies in Erie Police Chief Departed
United Press report from Erie Pennsylvania notes the death of Police Chief William F Detzel age 71 at his home. Cause listed as diabetes ending six months of inactivity in service. Detzel had served 18 years as chief and 34 total years in the department with high regard in the region. Burla funeral services are expected Saturday.
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United Press
Erie
Paice
William F. Detzel
Detzel
Burla
Beaverdam Road Improvement Bids Set for November 2
Erie county official Helen Schiuratt announced bids will be opened November 2 for about two miles of the Beaverdam Wattsburg road project. The concrete highway will start at Beaverdam and extend through Wayne township toward Wattsburg, with plans to complete the link into Wattsburg by fall next year.
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Spon Tewson
Beaverdam
State Highway Department
Wattsburg
Wayne Township
Amy
Eighteen
Highway Department
Beaverdans
Helen Schiuratt
Board of
Erie County Commissioners
Red Cross Drive Chairman Named for 1984 Roll Call
Mrs J J Haight has accepted the chairmanship of the 1934 Red Cross Roll Call to be launched on Armistice Day November 11. She will organize committees for a citywide canvass during the week of November 11 and lead an intensive publicity campaign with posters and literature from national headquarters. Local churches welfare agencies and organizations will cooperate to raise funds for ongoing relief work of the Red Cross chapter amid ongoing peace-time relief distributions.
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Red Cross
J. J. Haight
Haight
Corry
Red Grass
Probers Find No Irregularities In Greene Relief
An investigation into relief administration in Greene County found no basis for charges. The probe, presented to Eric J. Biddle, concluded coal companies influenced aid and former county relief director Paul M. Keenan acted improperly, per claims by the Pennsylvania Security League.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Greene County
Eric J. Biddle
Biddie
Pennsylvania Security League
Focal Relief Administration
Paul M. Keenan
Missing Erie Man Personal Crisis Reports
Mrs. Chas. A. Newkirk of Erie Pa was enroute to Cleveland to claim the body of her husband who hanged himself yesterday. Authorities quoted that financial worries may have driven him to the act, as the missing Erie man's case drew attention in late October.
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Ay Union Vess
Cleveland
Chas. A. Newkirk
Erie
Brooklyn Youth Held For Ransom
New York Oct 17 A family of Louis Esposito 23 year old student grandson of a wealthy junk dealer refused police involvement as kidnapers demanded a $20000 ransom. Only the victim's father spoke in broken English begging outsiders to stay away from their modest Bronx home.
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Brooklyn
United Press
New York
Department of Justice
Louis Esposito
Anthony Tsposite
Will Rose’s Brother Dies of Injuries in Accident
Word from Meadville reports Harry Rose brother of Will Rose Cambridge Springs publisher and Republican candidate for Congress died of injuries from a Kingston New York auto crash that also killed A D Rose father of the two men. Will Rose left for Kingston after learning of the father’s death. the party was en route from Kingston Wilkes Barre when the accident occurred.
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Meadville
Harry Rose
Will Rose
Cambridge Springs
Congress
Kingston
N. Y
A. D. Rose
Francis Hospital
Port Jarvis
Kingston Sundor
Wilkes Barre
Cambridge
Corry
Rosé
Late News: Global Criminal Tricks and Local Crises
Justice agents capture an 18 year old Italian extortion suspect tied to Armour & Co executive Hoagland. Detroit indicts three more bankers after city bank failures. Paris links Antoni Pavelio to the Alexander and Louis assassination plot. Boston financier James I. Phelan dies at 63 at home. Los Angeles reports a slight earthquake felt across the metro area.
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United Press
Chicago
Department of Justice
Isaac M. Hoagland
Armour & Co
Hauptmann to Appeal Decision on Extradition
New York October 17 Hauptmann fights extradition in appellate court citing withheld New Jersey evidence in the Lindbergh case. Judge Hammer denied habeas corpus, enabling extradition if appeal fails. Attorney Fawcett vows further steps, potentially to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
New York
Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey
Wey Jergsy
Hauptmann
Supramtie Court
Ernest J. L. Hammast
James M. Fawcett
Aken
Fleminton
Hunterdon County
N. J
United States Supreme Court
Pierpont Dies for Murder of Ohio Sheriff
John Pierpont, allied with John Dillinger, was electrocuted at Ohio Penitentiary at 12:07 a.m. for his role in the slaying of Sheriff Joss Larber of Lima, Ohio. He accepted Catholic faith on the chair, with Fathers Sullivan and Smith present as guards watched. Pierpont’s execution followed a failed escape attempt with Charles Malley, who was killed by guards. Pierpont’s grave was prepared near Lein-Bic, Ohio.
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United Press
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
John Dillinger
Harry Pierpont
Joss Larber
Lima
J. A. Sullivan
John Smith
Cleveland
Pierpont
Pier- Spont
Charles Mal Jey
Freedoa
Death House
Malley
Lein- Bic
Frank T. Goodwin Dies in Bradford at 60
Frank T. Goodwin, 60, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, died in Bradford today after being a resident there. He was reported dead on October 17. The obituary notes his age and residence, with limited biographical details available in the readable text.
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Bradford Bradford
Frank T. Goodwin
Tulsa
Lawrence Confident on Pa. Outlook for New Deal Vote
Washington dispatch reports David Lawrence a Pennsylvania Democratic political leader predicts the state will back the New Deal in November. Lawrence traveled to the White House with Joseph Guttey as Gov. Pinchot’s Reed candidacy faced criticism. He derides Pinchot’s alliance as unholy and says former Pinchot supporters will not follow him, dubbing Reed Mellon’s messenger boy label from May.
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United Press
Washington
David Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Tall
Rosevell
Lawrence
White Mouse
Joseph Guttey
Pitts Chrest
Ser
David Abeng
Senatoi
Gifford Pinchot
Reed
Lawrence Sas
Pinchot Alliance
Pinchot
Sen
Reed Mellon
Board of Tax Appeals Sit This Week Hear Protests
City council members will act as a tax revision board to hear complaints on the 1934 city tax assessment. Hearings for First and Second Wards occur tomorrow, Third and Fourth Wards on Friday. The Municipal Building hosts sessions from 1 to 11 am, 2 to 7 pm, with protests allowed.
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Board of Tax Revision
City Counels
Rye
C. J. McCray
One Man Lost As Film Plane Wrecked At Sea
A news plane with six men aboard, flying from Marseilles assassinations, was wrecked near a ship off Washington. Mechanic Harry W. Johnson of New York died. five others, Eddie Reel, Marlon Grevenberg, Jack Kuhn, George Smith, and Radio Operator Robinson, were rescued and treated for shock. The ship continued toward New York with the survivors and no serious injuries reported.
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United Press 4Boards
S, Washington
Marseilles
Eddie Reel
Marlon Grevenberg
Jack Kuhn
George Smith
Robinson
Harry W. Johnson
New York
Washington
MacDonald Waite
Grevenberz
Abductor's Wife Said to Save Mrs Stoll during Kidnap Plot
Mrs Alice Speed Stoll credited her abductors wife with saving her life when federal agents closed in on the kidnapper T H Robinson Jr In Indianapolis the wife persuaded him to spare the victim and flee She later spoke with Rev Clegg describing the struggle and tension during the six day captivity. The case involved ransom payments and movements through Indiana Kentucky and Tennessee with officials confirming the abductor's intent to kill if money did not arrive.
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AY United Press
Louisville
Alice Speed Stoll
T. H. Robinson, Jr
Indiana
Indianapolis
Stoll
Arnold Clegg
Tallianiapolis
Idianapolis
Robinson
J. H. Robinson, Sr
Frederick M. Sackett
United States
Germany
Mrrs. Stoll
Nashville
Mr. Clegg
Mel Stoll
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High Court
Enate Committee
Edsel Ford
General Parts Holdings
RED Cross Drive
Kingston, N.Y
Paris
Anton Pavelio
Crostisn Nalionlist
Alexander
Louis Bartiau
Boston
Tames
Phelan
Los Angeles
Lindbergh
Supreme Court
Ohio
Sheriff Larcher
Board OF Tax Appeals
Mrs. Stoll
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