Roosevelt orders new NRA control to direct national recovery
President Roosevelt creates a streamlined recovery structure with an industrial emergency committee led by Richberg to coordinate relief and industrial policy. A second NRA committee will handle administration while a board directs broader recovery efforts amid New Deal realignment. Mehatlick, a state trooper, is acquitted of murder then given old assignment at full pay.
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Frederick A. Storm
Unite Press Star
Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Donal H. Riehberg
Hugh §. Johnson
New York
WRA
Industrial Emergency Committee
Richberg
Executive Council
National Emergency Council
Harold L. Ickes
Frances Perkins
AAA
Chester C. Davis
Harry L. Hopkins
Natal
Clay Williams
A. D. Whiteside
Sidney Hitman
Leon Cg, Marshall
Walton Hamilton
NRA Consumers
Leon Henderson
Blackwell Smits
Johnson
Faye River
Blair County
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Yeate
Charles Margintti
Indiana County
Harrisburg
John Mehatlick
Lynn G. Adams
Hoover Takes Sharp Issue With New Deal
Former President Herbert Hoover attacks Key New Deal planks in The Challenge to Liberty. He singles out the NRA as centralizing wealth and criticizes monetary policy, bureaucracy, and calls for free press and an unchecked voting majority with emphasis on dissent.
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Sy Unite Press
New York
Herbert Hoover
Wanchen
Hoover
Jilted suitor fatally wounds girl in Washington scene
Josephine Behner, 23, died in a Washington hospital after a suitor, William Ewing, 28, opened fire on her near a chain store. Ewing then shot himself on a street corner as constables sought him for surety of peace warrants. A bystander, Frante Cistabile, aged 42, was lightly wounded by buckshot.
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United Press
Washington
Josephine Behner
Washington Hospital
William Ewing
Miss Behner
Harvey Stewart
Ewing
Wliss Behner
Hmself
Ridge and
Forest Avenues
Three Die When Car Hits Beer Truck Near Westinghouse Bridge
A Pittsburgh bride Mrs Clara Heasley Sanden and her husband Robert Sanden and National Guard lieutenant Horace Bell died when their car crashed into a beer truck west of the Westinghouse bridge. The beer truck driver Paul Fusco and helper Anthony Capoccoli suffered cuts and bruises. The crash occurred as the car overturned and debris scattered toward Jeanette, Pennsylvania.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
National Guard
Westinghouse
Clara Heasley Sanden
Robert
Horace Bell
Sanden
Bell
Paul A. Fusco
Anthony Capoccoli
Jeannette
Hamburg youth killed by truck on Ridgeway road
David Mc Dermott, 19, of Hamburg, was killed when struck by a truck on Ridgeway near Erie. Ernest Ward of Erie said bright lights blinded him and he did not see the hitchhiking victim.
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Erie
David McDermott
Hamburg
Ernest Ward
McDermott
Akcron
Williams Named Chairman of National Industrial Recovery Board
Washington on September 28 Williams chosen as chairman of the new national industrial recovery board to assume General Hugh S Johnsons duties. Leon C Marshall notes Col George A Lynch to remain as recovery administrative officer. Lynch previously indicated as chairman. Williams is former president of the Reynolds Totueca Company.
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United Press
Washington
Clay Williams
National Industrial Recovery Board
Hugh S. Johnsons
Leon C. Marshall
George A. Lynch
Lynch
Williams
Reynolds Totueca Company
Man Charged With Brick Attack Bound Over For Grand Jury
Wagner of West South Street was bound over to the next term of Erie quarter sessions court after a hearing before Alderman George H Gordon on charges of malicious mischief and trespass in a brick throwing incident at Patrolman Ross M Mead of 234 Weight Street Raleigh. Bail set at 2000. Wagner remanded to county jail if bond not posted.
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Ross M. Mead
Weight Street
Raleigh Wagner
West South Street
Erie
George H. Gordon
Wagner
Walrant
Child's Slayer Is Still at Liberty
Detroit and Akron are cited as police pursue Merton Goodrich, named in a warrant as Lillian Gallaher’s slayer. Reports note Goodrich has ties to Akron with many friends, while the case continues as officers track leads. Elizabeth Staith and Leong Reed depart for a weekend in Fayette Creek, Pa., with Staith’s parents.
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United Press
Detroit
Lilian Gallaher
Akron
Charles Caporan
Joseph B. Penn
Merton Goodrich
Goodrich
Lillian
Elizabeth Staith
Leong Reed
Falla Creek
Return to the gold standard urged for recovery
The federal advisory council urged a return to a fixed value gold standard as essential for national economic recovery. The council said only a gold dollar with fixed gold content can restore confidence, alongside a balanced budget and limited government credit expansion. The Federal Reserve board rejected the council as outside its jurisdiction.
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United Press
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Advisory Council
Chicago
Federal Reserve System
Convicil
Pittsburgh youth survives ricin self poisoning in Cambridge
Todt Leydeich Bauer, 21 from Pittsburgh, attempted suicide with ricin after facing financial ruin and canceled Brazil expedition. He survived after hospital treatment and antidotes. Detectives questioned him about the Lindbergh kidnapping case following an anonymous tip. Bauer denied any knowledge.
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Cambridge
Mass
Todt Leydeich Baer
Pittsburgh
Brazil
Bauer
Gainbridge Relief Hospital
Lindbergh
Erie Slaying Suspects Released After Questioning
Police release Mr and Mrs George Crooks of California after thorough questioning about the days before the discovery of Lillian Gallaher, Detroit 11, body. Officials say they were arrested on an anonymous tip but offered no involvement in the crime.
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Erie
United Press
George Crooks
California
Lillian’ Gallaher
Detroit
New Work Projects Discussed by County Admins
County Administrators for ware relief in Yues state discussed the new winter program. State and federal employment offices outlined plans to the local administrators for the work year starting September 15. Funding shortages delay the projects replacing the local works division program.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Ware Relief
Yues State
Hab Fisong
Eric H. Biddle
Lincolnville Slayer Transferred to Hospital for Criminal Insanity
John Richards, who killed his mother Mary Richards in Bloomfield Township, has been found insane and will be transferred from Western Penitentiary to the Fairview Hospital for the Criminally Insane. He was convicted of second degree murder last May and sentenced to prison terms. doctors reported him insane after a 10 day examination. P.M. Nichols and son, Fonds, were Erie business visitors today.
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John Richards
Mary Richards
Bloomfield Township
Lincolnville
Western
Pittsburgh
Clare Kent
Fairview
Pennsyvania
Tituaytl Herald
Richards
Crawford County
Bellevent
Tut
O. H. Jackson
Meadville
Rodney Smith
Saegertown
Kent
Freighter Brought Safe to Port After Severe Nor'easter
Vessel lashed by a storm reached Port Colborne Ontario after 11 hours overdue. Captain Robert Wilson of the 8 Saskados credited with saving the 21 crew as the freighter took on water and the rudder jammed. The coal carrier departed Erie Pennsylvania bound for Hamilton Ontario.
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United Press
Colborne
Ont
Robert Wilson
Erie
Hamilton
Devine 15 Low Bidder On New Link Of Road
J G Devine Construction Company of Meadville was the low bidder for 1.84 mile section of the Spring Creek Garland fan project. State highway department opened bids totaling 18.69 miles of road across 14 projects with 70 bids received.
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Devine
J. G. Devine Construction Company
Meadville
Spring Creek
Garland
State Highway Department
Harrisburg
Meadvil
Highway Department
Jefferson County
Winslow Township
Minny Brothers
DuBois
McKean County
Liberty Township
Tri-state Engineering Co
Waynesburg
Break Up Riot at Textile Plant in Bridgeport
State police dispersed a demonstration of about a hundred pickets at the James Lees and Sons textile mill in Bridgeport Pennsylvania after attackers struck four workers who attempted to enter the plant.
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United Press
Bridgeport
James Lees and Sons
Federal Reserve Sets Sliding Margin Scale A Bullish Factor
The Federal Reserve Board announced a sliding scale of margin requirements from 25 to 45 percent of a security’s market value to minimize trading interference and spur higher prices. The rules, effective Oct 15, align with NYSE practices, and aim to reassure traders. The standard bases margin on July 31 prices, producing an average 25 percent across U S securities, with brokers requesting 25 percent and an average 50 percent observed in some dealings. Continued on Page Four.
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Richard L. Gridley
United Press
Washington
Federal Reserve Board Today
New York
Securities and Exchange Act
Spoon found shaped as crude weapon in Hauptmann case
Federal and local investigators pressed the Lindbergh kidnapping probe with witnesses questioned in Foley's office. A sharpened four-part spoon found in Hauptmann's cell sparked new scrutiny, while a psychiatrist planned to evaluate him and defense notes claimed innocence. Hauptmann was moved to a new cell under 24 hour guard.
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United Press
New York
Bruno R. Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Same
Foley
Cii!Ni
Tron Dauptmann
New Jersey
Maine
Epley
Bronx
J.f.gondon
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ihe
Dr. Coh~son
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Alain Tj
Wnetquee
Hollidaysburg
John Mehalie
Chearfield
Captain Hero
Lake
NEW Deal
United Brie
Erie County
Child's Slayer
Liberty
Western Penitentiary
P.M. Nichols and Son, Fonds
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