Hoover’s Control Faces Serous Test in House Battles
The Republican led House challenges Hoover as committees hold hearings on a 25 million food relief amendment and embargo against Soviet Russia. Pressure from home districts and delays swirl as leaders weigh concessions while hearings focus on unemployment relief and soldier compensation certificates. The appropriations panel aims to finish its 25 million session with Red Cross testimony.
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Signs of spring and local mischief reported in township and city
Constable Mee observed blackbirds in Taylor township signaling spring. In Jefferson and West Washington a roadster with a rumble seat was left near a fire hydrant. Lindbergh confusion prompts many inquiries. Shenango river rises six feet from snowmelt. Mrs Davis offers garden plot use to Mr Cameron, a deaf mute, for summer food. Police report three White Leghorn chickens stolen from Alderman Cooper's coop last night. no clues found.
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Pa Newe
Sara Dana Falls Davis
North Mill Street
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Clair Cameron
Cameron
Showalter and
Samuels
J. Lee Cooper
East Long Avenue
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather bureau statistics for the 24 hour period ending at nine this morning show a maximum temperature of 52 and a minimum of 26 with precipitation noted as rain. River stage stands at six feet.
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Mellon warns Congress of peril in proposition to pay veterans cash
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon tells the Senate finance committee that financing cash payments for Veterans' Adjusted Service Certificates with a $3.4 billion bond issue would disorganize government operations and shake the economy. He warns buyers and insurers would suffer losses as bond prices fall and notes that tax receipts and public debt figures show strain. He urges restraint to avoid delaying a broad economic recovery and worsening unemployment.
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East Side Man Fires At Robber
John E. Colbert of 1054 Beckford Street fired several shots at a burglar who had entered his home by using a key. He awoke near midnight to a prowler on the second floor and, after arming himself, pursed the fleeing intruder. No wounds were found and police checked the area.
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Returns To Find Himself Believed Dead And Buried
John Morgan of Kingston visited the Forty Fort cemetery claiming he was buried a year earlier after leaving home in 1929 to seek work. A body found in the Susquehanna river had been identified as Morgan and buried, with flowers later placed on the grave by his wife.
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Juries to be Drawn for March Court in Quarter Sessions
Sheriff Frank Johnston and Jury Commissioners Howard Leslie and William Newswander were sworn by Deputy Prothonotary Emma Carson this morning to prepare the March term. They will draw grand and petit jurors.
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Howard Leslie
William Newswander
Emma Carson
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Butler Faces Charges Over Mussolini Remarks
Maj Gen Smedley D Butler faces Navy scrutiny over alleged remarks about Premier Mussolini made at a Philadelphia club. Secretary Adams will decide on an apology to Italy and possible action after Italy's ambassador filed a complaint. Butler prepares an explanation from Quantico as officials review the reported, disputed anecdote.
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Ellwood City Board of Revision Hears Valuation Assessments
Ellwood City officials sitting as a board of revision finished reviewing property valuations set by five ward assessors J A Anderson D C Hancher E S French Thomas C Marshall and George W Wilson. Few complaints were filed and those were settled to everyone’s satisfaction.
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George W. Wilson
San Angelo Cowboys Feel Squeezed by Oil Boom Crunch
Special to The News from San Angelo Texas notes tough times for cattlemen as oil wealth bypasses the heart of the cow business. Local ranchers reportedly eat their own beef while bread lines form, contrasting with oil men and cotton farmers' hardships.
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Governor Pinchot Urges Written Applications and Weekly Radio Address
Harrisburg reports Gov Gifford Pinchot asks seekers to stop personal applications in Harrisburg and apply in writing. He announces a weekly broadcast to the people on WHP every Tuesday at 7 15 p m for a 15 minute period to present administration messages. He will not discuss potential legislative differences on air.
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Gifford Pinchot
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WHP
Italian Captain and Twelve Soldiers Killed in Alps
An Italian army captain and twelve soldiers died in an avalanche in the Italian Alps while searching for a missing company that had left Bardonneche garrison on Saturday. Conflicting reports said the first detachment might be safe or still missing as rumors spread. Another dispatch stated three Italian officers and eighteen men were missing after avalanches hit the Third Alpine regiment during maneuvers in the Upper Cor Riparia valley.
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Stock Exchange Reports Volume But Keeps Figures Private
New York Stock Exchange will report total stock transaction volume to the nearest hundred thousand starting January 28 1931. Full accurate figures will be available to press weekly on request for editors only. Move aims to curb gambling by numbers writers linked to Harlem lotteries.
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Churchmen urged by Pinchot to cooperate in state affairs
Harrisburg January 28 The governor urged Pennsylvania church leaders to engage more in public life to keep the state’s life clean and to vote. A pastors session backed a state-wide drive to educate on prohibition benefits and set Sunday February 5 for pastors to speak on retaining prohibition.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Gifford Pinchot
No Further Action In Reward Matter
County commissioners have delayed actions on the reward for the capture of Irene Schroeder and Glenn Dague, murderers of Corporal Brady Paul. They heard testimony from a local claimant, with Arizona claimants having submitted written claims. The matter will resume after tax revision work is completed.
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Glenn Dague
Brady Paul
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Agein
Richards Heads Rules Committee
Speaker C. Jay Goodnough named the five member Rules Committee led by Bart Richards of Lawrence as chairman. Other members are James Heffaron, Grover Talbot, Mrs. Lillie Pitts, and John Flynn. The body will handle procedure and set rules to clear legislative jams and prioritize bills amid the ongoing session. A notable bill from Lawrence County, the Third Class Cities Code, was introduced at the request of Senator George T. Weingartner and is expected to be the session’s largest measure.
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House of Representatives
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Rules Committee
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Lawrence
James Hefferon
Washington
Grover C. Talbot
Delaware
Lillie Pitts
Philadelphia
John Flynn
Elk
Lawrence County
George T. Weingartner
League
Weingartner
Senate
Hun
Death notice of Katharine McMichael Bridget McGraw and Thomas Taylor
Death notice lists Katharine McMichael of Barberton Ohio and Bridget McGraw aged 87 of Maple Street along with Thomas Taylor and a $87 amount in Slippery Rock Township.
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Katharine
McMichael
Barberton
Bridget McGraw
Maple Street
Thomas ‘Taylor
Slippery Rock Township
Fire sweeps Williamsport home killing father and six children
A blaze at a remodeled log home near Williamsport Pennsylvania killed Clyde Smith 55 and six of his children Marion 16 Frederick 15 Dorinda 14 Catherine 11 Max 6 and Gerald 4. A mother and two younger boys Howard 9 Mahlon 9 were rescued with severe burns. Officials planned a coroner’s inquest as investigators probe the cause.
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Gerald
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Williamsport
Girl Questioned As To Accident in Stratford
Bridgeport Connecticut January 28 for the first time since she was found beside the New Haven road tracks in Stratford on January 5 Miss Betty Brown of West New Brighton Staten Island a Connecticut college student is questioned but cannot shed light on the affair She recalls only boarding a train in New York for college and remains in a dazed condition under hospital care awaiting treatment for an indefinite period.
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International News Service
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Miss Brown
Weather Prophesy Patchy and Puckish
The speaker criticizes a weather forecaster for unreliable predictions. It notes a sunny outlook yet rain arrives at night and mocks the forecast as a fickle second guesser while mentioning a 39 degree temperature.
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