Senate Probe Into U S Contract Scandal Re Senate Probe Into U S Contract Scandal
The Senate Military Affairs Committee launches an exhaustive investigation into civilian conservation corps toilet kit contracts worth about 200000. Col Lewis Howe testifies charges denied while Fechner and Be Vier are urged to halt payments and shipments as oversight continues.
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International News Service
Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Civilian Conservation Corps
Senate
Army Quartermaster Corps
Robert Fechner
Be Vier Corporation of
New York
Col
Lewis McHenry Howe
Roosevelt
Howe
Fechner
Be Vier
Douglas
Crown May Queen at Westminster on Saturday Evening
Miss Johnston is set to be crowned queen at Westminster on Saturday evening with Miss Wagone r passing the crown. Attendants include Jane Baker Pitt sburgh Marjorie Glass Oil City Grace Kelly West Middlesex Jean Mankedick Greggs Esther Caughey Ben Avon and Betty Newell Ambridge, wearing white organdy with sashes or tinted dresses. The ceremony is sponsored by the college YWCA cabinet.
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Miss Wagoner
Miss Johnston
Jane Baker
Pittsburgh
Marjorie Glass
Oil City
Grace Kelly
West Middlesex
Jean Mankedick
Greggs
Esther Caughey
Ben Avon
Betty Newell
Ambridge
Y. W. C. A. Cabinet
College
Kansans Convicts Still At Liberty After Jail Break
Three escaped prisoners from Lansing Kansas hid in the Spavinaw hills three miles west of the town. Bloodhounds and a posse surrounded the area as they hunted the felons who stole a car from Clearland Beatty’s garage and later tried to stop a transport truck but fled as bullets flew. The trio’s capture was believed imminent.
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Heved
Spavinaw Hills
Here
Lansing
Kas
Clearland Beatty
Hitler’s Tax Plan Aims to Cut Unemployment
The decree unveils a grand offensive against unemployment by favoring human labor over machinery. It outlines work creation, tax relief for re placements, voluntary national contributions, shifting female earners to domestic roles, and marriages encouraged by tax rules. It also states women should be relieved from the employment field as part of the national socialist program.
City license fees to fund districts under county rule
County Treasurer Pitts announced that license fees collected will be distributed to entitled districts within thirty days from June 1. New Castle, as the largest subdivision, will receive the bulk of the money. The Hermina Ring Lakewood license application was withdrawn. All licenses must be renewed before June 10. All people are willing to be their brother's keeper in some degree.
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New Castle
Pitts
Hermina Ring
Lakewood
Hickory Township
Pecora to map Morgan's Allegheny deals and profits
The inquiry will detail Morgan affiliates profits from Allegheny and Johns Manville stock moves before the 1929 crash. It names clients and figures, including George Whitney who netted 146125 from Morgan tied transactions, and outlines plans to include Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Dillon Reed & Co. in the broader banking review.
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Morgan
Johns-Manville
Pecora
Allegheny
George Whitney
Whitney
Morgan partner denies selling United stock to royalty
George Whitney of J P Morgan & Co testified before the senate banking committee that United Corporation stock was sold at cut rate prices in 1929 through London and Paris branches to alleged “preferred clients.” He said he did not believe King George or King Albert participated and denied Mussolini’s inclusion. He promised to provide British and French client lists.
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Pecora
Allegheny Corporation
Morgan
A. M. Anderson
Allegheny
Secretary of the Treasury
William H. Woodin
Supreme Court
Owen D. Roberts
Secretary of the Navy
Charles Francis Adams
R. B. Mellon
Newton D. Baker
William Gibbs MrAdoo
John W. Davis
Washington
George Whitney
J. P. Morgan & Co
United Corporation
London
Paris
Whitney
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
King George
England
King Albert
Belgium
Mussolini
Italy
Sampson Street Residents Push for New Bus Line
District residents request routing the West Washington street bus via Grant street to serve Sampson street. Only one bus remains in operation, with another in reserve. The West Side route now travels from the central city through Beaver street to Grant and Sampson streets then on to West Washington street. The remark about firing thousands of government workers to create jobs is noted.
Deaths of the Day Mrs. Sue Hogan and Others
Notices report the deaths of Mrs. Sue Hogan at 87 in Mount Vernon New York near her son Park Hogan with funeral Saturday in Mt. Holly New Jersey. Phillip Levine's brother Abe Levine 67 in Saratoga Springs after two weeks illness with multiple survivors. and Mrs. Margaret Z. Biddle whose funeral was held at her daughter Mrs. W G McCune’s home with interment in Greenwood Memorial Park. services featured choral selections and a slate of pallbearers.
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Sue Hogan
Park Hogan
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Phillip Levine
Winter Avenue
Abe Levine
Saratoga Springs
Mr. Levine
Sam Levine
Troy
Louis
New York
Phillip
Margaret Z. Biddle
W. G. McCune
Grandview Avenue
E. B. Hull
Pittsburgh
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Joseph Bartberger
Daniel Mullo
Freda Fabian
Rose Bartberger
Clair Jamison
Edward Ryhal
Carl Ryhal
William Clark
William McCune
John Allwine
Greenwood Memorial Park
Machado Will Not Resign Amid Cuban Revolt
In Havana on June 2 Cuban rebel forces planned a finish fight after President Gerardo Machado refused to resign. He told American correspondents he will stay in power until his term ends in 1935, setting up a de facto dictatorship and intensifying tensions with rebels ready to strike if he does not depart soon.
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International News Service
Havana
Gerardo Machado
Machado
Cuba
Two Killed As Auto Hits Pole In Pottstown
In Pottstown Pennsylvania on June 2 two youths en route to work at a shirt factory were electrocuted after their car struck a utility pole and became charged with 33 000 volts from a wire. The dead were Thomas Mayk aged 18 and his brother William 20 of Pine Forge Berks county five miles northwest of town.
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International News Service
Pottstown
Thomas Mayk
William
Pine Forge
Berks County
Here
Claim Three Men Aided Escape Of Insane Patient
Greensburg Pa June 2 Three men are held by state police charged as accessories in the escape of Patsy Tierno 32 of New Alexandria alleged hijacker from Torrance State hospital Attendants Muhlenberg Dunlap and laborer McConnell allegedly aided the escape and were to be paid 500 Tierno arranged with the trio to escape and Muhlenberg allegedly took him to New Alexandria and planned to return for the money the next day.
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International News Service
Greensburg
Patsy Tierno
New Alexandria
Torrance State Hospital
Fred A. Muhlenberg
Mt. Pleasant Township
Foster L. Dunlap
Latrobe
Frank C. McConnell
Blairsville
Muhlenberg
Dunlap
McConnell
Tierno
Noise Complaint Over Big Trucks on East Washington
Residents on East Washington Street four hundred block report terrible early morning noise from heavy trucks loaded with steel and materials descending a steep hill. They ask police to intervene to restore sleep by reducing gear and brake noise.
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East Washington Street
Kelley to land here tomorrow at local airfield
Lieut. Oakley Kelley, commander of Randolph Field Texas, is due to land at the local airport tomorrow flying in from Grove City to visit his sister Mrs. Fred Brown. He is in town during Grove City anniversary celebrations and is a joint holder of the first transcontinental air flight record with Lieut. Macready.
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Oakley Kelley
Randolph Field
Texas
Grove City
Fred Brown
Kelley
Lieut
Macready
Milsom Flies to Allentown on Business Mission
Bill Milsom piloting his own plane with Findley Wilson as a passenger flew to Allentown today on a business mission. They are expected back this evening after an early morning departure.
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Bill Milsom
Findley Wilson
Allentown
Flag Burning Sparks Dormitory Riot at College
Injured students Roger Wanderlich and Robert Lawren of New York City and Lewis M. Black of Great Neck were noted after a student rally near Shadows of the Morrow dormitory. Youthful communists denounced capitalism as bottles and missiles rained from dormitory windows when a flag was set ablaze amid clashes.
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Roger Wanderlich
Robert Lawren
New York City
Lewis M. Black
Great Neck
L. I
Morrow
Mexico
Thief Breaks Window Steals Ten Cartons Cigarettes
A thief broke a rear window at Frank Lovers store 201 East Cherry Street during the night and stole ten cartons of cigarettes. No other valuables were taken.
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Frank Lovers
East Cherry St
Police Seek Escapee From Torrance State Hospital
Police search for Patsy Tierno, 31, who escaped from Torrance State Hospital for the Insane. He is described as five feet one inch tall and about 185 pounds with a short stout build.
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Patsy Tierno
Torrance State Hospital
Erie Plane Lands at Local Airport
W. H. Eckerd and Jack Eckerd of Erie with G. W. Miller, a large retail coke dealer, flew to New Castle this morning and landed at the local airport.
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Erie
W. H. Eckerd
Jack Eckerd
Eckerd Drug Company
G. W. Miller
New Castle
Girl Scout Leaders to Attend Pine Grove Camp Training
Six or more New Castle area Girl Scout troop leaders will attend a regional leaders training day at Pine Grove Camp near Carlisle Pennsylvania. Four will join on June 11 with others scheduled for June 25. Attendees include Bonnie Christman Mrs Sidney Smith Mildred Cannon Marie Gibson Mrs Mary Guy and Lucille McGuire.
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New Castle
Carlisle
Pine Grove
Bonnie Christman
Sidney Smith
Mildred Cannon
Marie Gibson
Mary Guy
Lucille McGuire
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Westminster
Kansas
Liberty
Small Bank
Hitler
Strings
William Ewing
Woodin
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senator Long
Louisiana
Power Trust
Ferdinand Pecora
Bankers’ Pool
Sampson Street
United States
Ke Pittman
Nevada
Cordell
Samuel D. McReynolds
Tennessee
Hull
Europe
Paul Hays
Central Press
Mrs. Biddle
Lucien Lelong
Lelong
Milsom
Carol Boone
Mary Margaret Miller
Cordelia Hoover
Isabel Carroll
Laverne Bastian
Christian College
Columbia
Mary Margar Miller
Isak Carroll
Laverne Bastiar
Pine Grove Camp
Orr
Nielsen
J. B. Nielsen
South
Mercer St
East Washington St
New Castle, Pa
Bruder’s
Wilmington Ave
Lamb
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