Strike leaders rush to capitol for peaceful accord
United Press reports in Washington that textile strike leaders travel to the capital seeking a decision on the Mediation Board peace plan. President Roosevelts call for workers to return to plants is echoed by officials and industry leaders while a split remains over mediation and final settlement aims.
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Roosevelt
Hauptmann
United Press
Washington
Federal Mediation Board
Unlikie Ohlertainne
Winant Board
Iidbstri
Francis J. Gotman
Cornell
Premilunt Kooseymttakay
Hila
Muppet
Rugenyei
Board debates unemployment relief shop plan delays
In a tense session the Board of Education tentatively approves a relief program linked to hiring 175 to 200 men for six to eight months. A new shop to replace Hatch building is favored, with several school improvements and a large shop erection discussed. John A. Lanston would supervise the program for $1 per hour, while total district costs run about 17,551 dollars and overall outlay around 60,000 dollars.
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Sumeshedi
J. A. Laws
Banston
Hammerdale
Erie
Relief Administration
Hatch
John A. Lanston
Lanston
Miner Sentenced to Twelve Years for Mail Bomb Plot
John Lunar Widwood, a coal miner from Pa, was sentenced to 12 years in Lewisburg federal penitentiary for mailing a bomb that exploded and set fire. Post office clerk Merton Geniing of Washington DC was a wound victim. Judge R M Gibson imposed the sentence after a federal jury found Lunar guilty. The blast occurred as the package opened, addressed to an unnamed recipient.
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Nywilted
Prib
John Lunar
Widwood
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary
Merton
Dinner Plan by Ben Swirls Dinner Guests in Scranton
A plan for a Saturday hotel dinner in Scranton hosted by register of wills Ben F Swirls includes several party members from Bele county Republican bloc likely attending. Congressional figures Ben Bocht and William M McCulloch filed claims in federal court seeking a $25,000 fee related to theft at a mill in Tan.
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Ben F. Swirls
Corry
Scranton
Ben Bocht
Lewisburg
William M. McCulloch
Scranton Barn
Worle Hs
SuaqWdhanna Sik Mills
Tan
Birthday program for W F W observed by veterans group
Lieut A W Thompson Post VFW celebrates 35th anniversary with a banquet at the post home. Milon L Brown presides as toastmaster. Olin W Bracken delivers main address on The Effects of War Upon the Country. Paul Quitlist discusses The VFW National Home. VFW official V Sedlman presents The History of the VFW. Vocal offerings by Mrs. Harry Spicer, Horace Brynoll son, Frank Rouse. group singing. A display of military relics and trophies is open to school children daily 4 to 5 p.m. at the former Downey pharmacy storeroom.
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A. W. Thompson Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Veterans’ Organization
Milon L. Brown
Olin W. Bracken
Paul Quitlist
V. Sedlman
Harry Spicer
Horace Brynollson
Frank Rouse
Downey Pharmacy
Libby Prisos
la Mans
France
Chickamauga
Former Erie Woman Is Killed in Crash
On September 21 a car carrying Miss Ann Varga 25 formerly of Erie Pennsylvania and passenger Earl Burgner 28 Kent garageman crashed into a telephone guy wire and rolled over. Varga was killed instantly from a broken neck. Burgner was hospitalized in Ravenna Portage county hospital with a fractured skull broken collarbone and three broken ribs.
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United Press
Ann Varga
Erie
Earl Burgner
Kent Garageman
Portage County Hospital
Ravenna
Senator Clark Demands Legion Quit Aid to Arm Makers
Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri urged the Senate munitions committee to have the American Legion stop aiding armament manufacturers in opposing new legislation. He cited correspondence from Lake Erie Chemical Co showing tear gas firm president Goss sought Legion help against the Borah embargo resolution.
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United Press
Washington
Bennett Champ Clark
Senate Munitions Committee
American Legion
Congress
Clank
Legion
Lakte Erie Chemical Co
B.C. Goss
Boraharms
Goss
Lo Fardinand
Huber Fis
Wash Legion
Threats of Farm Strike Denied by Union Leaders
Des Moines Sept 21. Threats of a Midwest farm strike were shattered as the Iews Farmers' Union refused to sanction "waterout" demands. The National Holiday Farmers' Association also voted down strike actions, deeming them inadvisable at this time. Union delegates, gathered from prairie lands, instead endorsed resolutions supporting the government crop control program and calling for higher upper bracket income taxes.
Warning Against Sale of Beer to Minors
Sounding warnings from Union City officials stress that selling beer to anyone under 21 is illegal. Assistant District Attorney Burton R. Laub urges dispensers to refuse sales when unsure of a customer’s age and notes that proof from parents cannot legalize such a sale.
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Laub
Burton R. Laub
Eyven
Waa
Curley Leads in Mass. Democratic Gubernatorial Race
Boston Sept 21 James M Curley the former Roosevelt man and mayor led the Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial race data from nearly complete primary returns. General Chas H Cole trailed in the contest as Curley maintained a solid lead with over two followers in the reported returns.
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Curley
Mass
Boston
James M. Curley
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Chas H Cole
Long Search Culminates in Arrest of Hauptman
New York reporters describe the manhunt for Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. Key figures include J Edgar Hoover Col Norman Schwarzkopf and Detective James Finn guiding a transnational effort funded by the public treasury and the Lindberg/Morrow families with the Morrows of Englewood New Jersey cited as motivated sponsors.
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United Press
New York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Charles Augustis Lindbergh
Jim
Hopewell
Law and Order
Herbert Hoover
Col
H. Norman Schwarzakopf
New Jersey State Police
West Point
Wen
James Finn
New York Police
Col Lindbergh
Pennsylvania Labor Federation Backing Democrats Endorses Ticket
The Pennsylvania Federation of Labor announced its endorsement of the Democratic ticket for the November election. The endorsement came from 18 policy committees led by John Boylan of Scranton and John A. Philippe of Harrisburg. The group said the Democratic platform better represents organized labor’s legislative needs. The notice concludes with a continuation reference on page two.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
John Boylan
Scranton
John A. Phillipe
State Federation
Bie
State Federation of Labor
Bank Robbery Roars Through Corn Exchange in New York
Three bandits robbed a Corn Exchange Bank and Trust Company branch of about fifty thousand dollars after entering via skylight. They bound the night watchman John Kane and restrained employees as manager Edward Renahan opened the safe. Suspects fled by car, then clambered across roofs to escape.
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Ererane
New York
Corn Exchange Bank and Trust Company
Ight
Worle
John Kane
Wocon— Suloon
Ertwart Renehan
Renehan
Custodian Named for Union City Vote Machines
Elton Blair named chief custodian of the vote tabulators at $7.50 daily with Grover Weigel Brie and George LeFevre as assistants at $6 per day. They will start about October and work through the November 6 election. Voting machines to be used in all election districts city and county.
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Union City
Board of Court Commissioners
Elton Blair
Helen M. Sehiuraff
McCray
Rogan
Grover Weigel
Brie
George LeFevre
Anit
Lindbergh ransom money linked to Hauptmann
A German ex convict Bruno Richard Hauptmann resisted police questions about the Lindbergh kidnapping as investigators presented proof that $13,750 of the $50,000 ransom was in his possession. He faces Bronx County hearings and possible extradition with a swift trial if he pleads guilty.
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Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New York
Carpenter
Charles Aindbergh, Jr
Mrs. Hauptmann
United Press
Germany
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Brons County
Magistates
Grand Jury
Bronx County
John J. O'Sullivan
P .Lhis
Frien
Was & A
Ousted Student Now Suspected In Mount Hermon Murder
An expelled student who threatened to come back and get Speer is sought for questioning in the Mount Hermon murder case. Detective Lt. Silas Ty Smith travels from New York to check the clue while officials withhold the boy’s name.
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Speer
United Press Northfield
Mass
Tidley
Exe
Filiott Speer
Mount Hermon Preparatory School
Silas Ty Smith
New York State
R. Bretney Miller
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