Strong German forces moved west of Rhine frontline shift
United Press dispatch from Prnasbourg reports strong German reinforcements moved into positions on the right bank of the Rhine in the Strasbourg and Offenburg sectors. Mechanized units with light artillery and heavy machine guns occupied garrisons and billeted among peasants. The Kent bridge to Strasbourg remained open and no French countermeasures or special steps to recall weekend leaves were noted.
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John Kmittal
United Press Star
Ptrasbourg
France
Bepl
Germain
Rhine
Heh
Offenburg
Kent
Strambourg
United Press
Corry Voters Registration Charge Sparks Political Row
Mrs Helen M Schluraff county commissioner accuses Eli ton Blair and Thomas W Plating of allowing illegal voter registrations about 40 names in Corry She claims a secret August 23 meeting granted powers to a Democratic clerk beyond the law and demands action while threatening court steps.
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Corry
Helen M. Schluraff
Board of County Commissioners
Thomas Platley
Thorse
Jacob Held
Erie
Mya
Schluraft
Helen M. Schluraft
Eiton Elair
Thomas W. Plating
Bhe
Mary Donnelly
Rectve
The
Registration Commission
California Woman Held By Kidnappers
Marysville, Calif. National guardsmen combed the territory near the city center as two masked men kidnapped Mrs W R Meeks wealthy peach rancher wife and hold her for a $15000 ransom Acme Telephoto.
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Marysville
Calif
W. R. Meeks
Abe
Corry Schools to Receive $14492 State Aid Check
Corry school district will get a $14,492.88 state aid check the first semi manual reimbursement for teachers salaries in the 1937 38 school year announced by State Treasurer F Clair Ross. Erie county districts total $140530.17. Erie city $126087.25. statewide 245 districts receive $4797248.40. Second payment for last school year will be March 1 1939. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh payments due in April and October. Fourth through districts due February and August. Payments come from General Fund under fixed percentage payroll value.
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Corry
Schor
Treaawer Vf
Clair Ross
Ayro
Erie County
Ross
Erie
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
General Fusd
Wing seeks pardon hearing for 1928 child slaying case
George Wing, 88, of Concord township, serving a life term for the slaying of two year old George Ormshee in 1928, petitions to have his sentence commuted to ten to twenty years. The appeal will be heard by the State Pardon Board on Wednesday September 21. Wing contends he understood his case was for manslaughter rather than murder and claims the shooting was an accident. Testimony at the time suggested the fatal shot was aimed at the mother. The case was heard near the Ornsbave home in Concord township and Wing is confined at Western State penitentiary.
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George Wing
Conrd Township
Fife
George Ormshee
State
Mortimer E. Graham
Wing
Pardon Board
Concord Township
Western State Penitentiary
Lontends
Ormbave
Seek Increase for State WPA Workers
Harrisburg reports the Workers' Alliance at a 53 county conference drafted a demand for a 20 percent wage increase and uniformity across counties under the state's WPA wage system. The 850 delegates claim to represent about 50,000 of the 266,000 WPA workers, urging negotiations for new pay scales from $14.25 to $1.25?
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Me Inter Pe
Harrisburg
Workers’ Alliance
W.P. A
W. Psa. m
Hendrx Air Derby Opens With Star Pilots Competing
Ten planes depart from Leo BARON MINION AIR TERMINAL in Bur aunis California for the Hendrx Air Derby toward Cleveland. Ross Hadley leads a field including Cordova Gehrbach Perlick Cochran and others in a grueling test of elapsed flying time. Weather nags at the field with clouds and rain. altitude records may be challenged as pilots battle 17 000 to 30 000 foot levels and a mix of sub stratosphere conditions. Jacqueline Cochran, piloting the silver ship, is among the favorites in a field hoping to earn the 9000 first prize.
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Leo Baron
Minion Air Terminal
Buraunis
Cali
Lon
Cleve
Ross Hidley
Los Angeles
Hadley
Bendix
Frank Toller
Balng
Texan Panhandle
Kanaas
Glendale
Cal
Tacqueline Cochran
Awxanter P UeSewirsky
Indictment Sought Over Philadelphia Jailhouse Deaths
Assistant District Attorney John A. Boyle moved for prompt indictment of Superintendent William B. Mills Deputy Warden Frank Criven and 12 others plus two prison physicians over alleged negligence in the roasting deaths of four mutinous convicts. Bail set at $10,000 for Mills Craven $5,000 for three others and $2,500 for the rest. names to be presented to the September grand jury within 10 days.
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Thomas J. Donohue
United Press
Philadelphia
Epi
John A. Boyle
William B. Mills
Philadelphia County
Iidea
Mills
Frank Criven
James McGuire
Guarda
Alfred Brough
Francis Smith
Robert Morrow
Samuel James
Howard Corkery
William Stains
Thomas Cavanaugh
Sylvester Weaver
Charles Mulhern
George F. Enoch
Hahs A. Abraham
Craven
McGuire
Brough
Smith
Morrow
Corkery
James
Stains
Cavanaugh
Weaver
Mulhern
Enoch
Abraham
Roosevelt's New Deal realignment widens liberal, Republican lines
In Washington and across the South, Roosevelt leans into liberal and Republican allies to push Democrats toward the sidelines. Gov. Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina battles for Roosevelt aims, while White House strategists anticipate limited 1933 primary action to purge conservatives.
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Lyle ¢. Wilgon
United Press
Ashington
Roosevelt
New Deal
Republcan
James A. Bailey
White House
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Bison D
Cotton
Smith
Johnston
Columbia
D. C
Warm Springs
Hoover
George W. Norris
Ind
Nebraska
Minnesota
Farmer Nation
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Europe tense as powers prepare amid Czechoslovak crisis
World powers display warlike posture while negotiating Sudeten demands. Britain and France stage maneuvers to deter Hitler as Hitler deploys fleets and France reinforces its air command. The scene hints at possible provocation or concessions in Czechoslovakia as negotiations continue.
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Europe
Czechoslovakia
Abandoned Plane Crashes Into Home Near Reidsville
United Press report from High Point North Carolina details an army pursuit plane abandoned by its crew after the gas failed. The craft crashed into a house injuring two youths Donald Gane and Fred Gane. The crew parachuted to safety and later examined the wreckage. The commander was L P Beverley, with aerial gunner G F Downer and C L Guyer.
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United Press
High Point
N. C
Reidsville
L. P. Beverley
G. F. Downer
C. L. Guyer
Fey
Donald Gane
Fred Bee Gane
Idke Bormed
Dhe
Katgley
Kyield
Colorado Floods Cause 2 Million Dollars In Damage
United Press report from Delver, Galo notes heavy rains triggered flash floods in the Rocky Mountains. Four people are dead and several missing as towns were isolated near Morrison and Bear Creek Canyon, about 15 miles southwest of Denver. A six foot wall of water hit Morrison around 7 p.m., flooding businesses and homes up to seven feet.
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United Press Delver
Galo
Rocky Mountains
Ascof
Aan
Morrison
Bear Creek Canyon
Denver
Morrizon
P U C Resumes Associated Gas Rate Hearings
Harrisburg reports the Public Utility Commission will resume rate hearings for seven Associated Gas and Electric Co affiliates in a 204 hearing schedule next week. Hearings occur in Harrisburg for Metropolitan Edison Reading Electric Johnstown Bradford Electric Erie Zignling and Penelec Water Johnstown Northern Pennsylvania Power Towanda and Glen Rock Electric Light and Power with 17 cities hearing across the week. Sanctions were issued against Metropolitan Edison and several affiliates for specific bills.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Associated Gas and Electric Co
Pubic Utility Commission
Metropolitan ‘Edison
Reading
Pennsylvania ‘Electric
Johnstown
Bradford Electric
Bradford
Erie Zignling
Erie
Penelec Water
Northern Pennsylvania Power
Towanda
Glen ‘Rock
Brookville
Northern Pennsylvania Power Co
Towandi
Edison Light and Power Co
York
Violence in Strike Ties Baltimore Truck Fire and Injuries
Two truck drivers were injured during a labor strike in Baltimore. One truck was set afire and at least twenty trucks operating between Baltimore and Washington were towed today in Baltimore. The incident disrupted regional freight traffic involving about 200 truck drivers.
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Baltimore
Sept
Washington
Anil
St Edward's to Open Tuesday List Teachers
St Edward's parochial school will open for the 1928 39 term on Tuesday September 6 with a special mass at St Thomas ch arch followed by registration. Classes begin Wednesday under Rev Fr Francis J Graves P R Superintendent and list of teachers includes Sister Mary Joan Sister Clementine Sister Kevin Sister Rosalia Sister Eymard Sister Leonarda Sister Tsubell and Sister Clementine to direct instrumental music with a piano and organ studio at the convent. All students and prospective students are asked to report for registration Tuesday morning.
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St. Edward’s Parochial School
St. Thoms” Chivehy
Francis J. Graves
P. IR
Kevin
Ster Rosalia
Convent
Eymard
Leonarda
Tsubell
Clementine
Lens Ball Engagement Linked to Roosevelt Family Ties
In Haverford on September 3, Katherine Miller Lens announces engagement to Curtis Bean Ball, former husband of Anna Roosevelt. The couple’s plans were shared by Katherine’s parents Mr and Mrs Donald Stewart Lens.
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Curtis Call
Dems Plan Big Picnic on September 17 in Erie County
The Erie County Democratic Campaign opens its annual picnic at Glenwood Park on Saturday September 17 with an expected crowd of 25 000. Michael J. Cronin and Charles A. Jones outline a program starting at 4 pm featuring Governor George H. Earle, Leo Mundy, Thomas Logue, Norbert Fitzgerald and others. Hourly entertainment from 1 to 10 includes a mammoth pedal dive for children and a prize drawing for a ticket holder.
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Erie County
Glenwood Fark
Wre
Todas Vy Michaél J. Cronin
Eri County
Dis Mitten
Mavrles J. Coughlin
Genstal
Arthur Colagrove
Toenee
Rational
George H. Earle
U. S
Charles Alvin Jones
Leo C. Mundy
Thomas A. Logue
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Norbert J. Fitzgerald
Congress
Erie-Crawford
Committee On the Hour
TVA inquiry adjourns as hearings pause in Knoxville
A congressional committee probing the Tennessee Valley Authority adjourned in Knoxville after seven weeks of hearings. Chairman Vic Donahey signaled fall reconvening as the panel focused on the feud involving former TVA chairman A. B. Morgan and two TVA directors, David H. Liaienthal and Harcourt A. Morgan.
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United Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Vic Donahey
Ohio
A.B. Morgan
TVA Chilemida
TVA
David HB
Harcourt A. Morgan
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John Abbott
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