City cuts threaten WPA work and street program
City council plans deep cuts to the 193 budget affecting the street graveling and sidewall building projects started under WPA. Officials fear reductions will endanger maintenance, paving, and sidewalk programs as revenue shrinks and incidental funds tighten, with property owners bearing much of the costs and projects at risk of abandonment next year.
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Works Progress Administration
Hearst Papers Continue to Publish Amid Picket Line
In Chicago a mass picket targeted the Hearst building housing the Evening American Morning Herald and Examiner while AFL workers stayed at work. About 200 pickets formed outside as police cleared entrances, with jostling and shouting observed at the doors.
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Morning Herald
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Christmas clocks tick toward 15 shopping days
The report recalls 15 shopping days until Christmas, mentions Toronto doctors Banting and MacLeod who won the Nobel Prize for insulin, notes reformers cleaning up the New York stage, and highlights calendar changes from Julian to Gregorian affecting Christmas dates, with references to President Coolidge and wartime price controls.
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High Court Allows Grand Jury Probe Restart
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court quashed Attorney General Guy Bard's appeal, clearing the way for Judge Paul N. Schaeffer to reconvene the grand jury and resume the long delayed graft inquiry. The decision bars further delay as the Harle administration faces renewed scrutiny from the ongoing investigation.
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Guy K. Bard
Dauphin County
Carl B. Shelley
Paul N. Schaeffer
Anna Hahn to Die in Electric Chair Tonight
Columbus dispatch reports Anna Marie Hahn, convicted of poisoning elderly men for money, will die tonight in the electric chair at the Ohio State penitentiary. Her 12 year old son Oscar waits at a hotel for a final visit and last trip with his mother as authorities plan a brief meeting before execution. Hahn sobs and says she does not want to die while attorney Houdin plans one final appeal to Gov. Davey, who has refused reprieve.
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Columbus
Anna Marie Hahn
Oscar
Ohio State Penitentiary
Hahn
Joseph Houdin
Martin L. Davey
Rotary clubs gather here for inter-cry meeting
Rotary clubs from Ere Cambridge Springs Youngsville Warren and nearby towns will attend Monday evening’s interclub meeting at the Hotel Corry. A Christmas party for selected area youths is planned for December 20. Merle Dodd of Powell Motor Co spoke on automobile salesmanship and used-car valuation.
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Powell Motor Company
Pan American conference tests US foreign policy in Lima
Secretary of State Cordell Hull arrives in Lima for the eighth Pan American conference. The United States seeks to unite the Americas under a good neighbor program, balancing European influence and regional interests amid Nazi Germany and Latin American sensitivities toward Yankee imperialism. Substantial German and Italian populations and European trade ties shape regional positions.
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Two Cases of Chicken Pox Quarantined
Health Officer John D Flanigan placed two children under quarantine after confirming chicken pox in Richard Jackman age 11 of 240 East Columbus Avenue and Doris Crowell daughter of Paul Crowell of 159 Wright Street. The last outbreak was noted on November 8 with three cases. Authorities hope for a quiet period ahead.
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Richard Jackman
Joseph Jackman
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Doris Crowell
Paul Crowell
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Taxation and Moto Laws Lead Pennsylvania Legislative Push
An unusually heavy flow of bills enters committees as 1989 begғns in Harrisburg. Taxation and motor vehicle code changes dominate the early proposals from lobby groups led by the Pennsylvania Taxpayers’ Brigade and the State Education Association signals broad school legislation. Governor-elect Arthur H. James set to take oath January 17 as proposals call for a nonpartisan tax study commission and reform of income, sales, and utility levies, with varied exemptions and corporate rate cuts. The Philadelphia income tax case remains unsettled as the Supreme Court weighs exemptions.
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Philadelphia
Political purge starts in Germany and Austria
London based reports claim a partly extensive political purge is underway across Germany and Austria. Secret police have reportedly arrested about four army officers including generals, plus several civic leaders and high civil officials in Leipzig, Duesseldorf, and Vienna.
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Italians Hold Demonstrations Against the French
In Rome and major Italian cities, anti French demonstrations occurred as General Alberto Pariani began inspections of military bases in Sardinia. In Naples hundreds of students marched with Fascist songs and cheered Hitler at the German consulate. Turin saw 3,000 students parade to the German consulate and acclaim Hitler, while a consular official acknowledged the cheers from a balcony.
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Nash-Kelvinator Plant Workers Resume After Short Protest
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation plant workers returned to work after a brief walkout in protest of disciplinary actions against four shop stewards. Company officials and Matthew Smith, national secretary of the Mechanical Education Society Union, reached an agreement to negotiate the dispute today.
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Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
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Machanica Educations] Society
Roosevelt Jr Resents Speech Before Congress
Rev Anderson accused Roosevelt Jr of withholding church support data in his tax returns. Ambersin testified before the House Committee on Un American Activities in Washington, citing Roosevelt’s past reports showing no financial help to churches. Proponents urged leaders to fund churches with money and presence rather than rhetoric.
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James Hingeovelt
Howard Stone Ambersin
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Youne Roosevelt
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America
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Jewelers accused thief fled with gems from Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh police prepared to return from Los Angeles an East Liberty jeweler accused of siphoning 616,000 in gems and deserting his wife and newborn daughter. Detective Inspector Walter Monagher said steps would be taken immediately to extradite Walter Meyers, 38, on larceny charges. Los Angeles police reportedly aided the man in the thefts.
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Bombing raid hits Alicante. planes strike Madrid front
Five three engine aircraft dropped 70 bombs on Alicante causing unspecified casualties and major damage. The British collier Lake Geneva was sunk in the action.
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Lake Geneva
Revision of patent laws eyed by Senate committee
Washington December 7 The Senate monopoly investigating committee plans a preliminary report on patent law revisions. Chairman O Mahoney said changes are needed in patent laws after testimony from motor manufacturers and patent attorneys suggested possible licensing of patents. The panel aims for a broad forum on fundamental economic issues.
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Roosevelt aims for steady federal taxes in 1940 budget
President Roosevelt plans to implement the rearmament program without a large 1940 budget increase, keeping defense costs separate from emergency relief and PWA projects. Officials say new taxes would be a last resort, with defense expenditures potentially rising to about 8.14 billion and total defense outlays near the peace-time peak.
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United Press
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Jews forced to leave Germany under new emigration orders
Berlin dispatch reports the German secret police have ordered Jews released from concentration camps to depart the country promptly. Reliable sources say hundreds of Jews released daily must pledge emigration within a short time, with a strict deadline looming.
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