Din of Revolt Roars Across Coal Fields
UPI reports widespread coal field unrest as 2000 Taylorville area miners join strikes and National Miners Union actions, with National Guard patrols, mine blockades near Springfield and Buckner, arrests of strike leaders, and planned demonstrations raising troop deployment questions.
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Taylorville
Capitol Mine
United Prean
Peabody Coal Company
Springfield
Mittels Costeen
Ha Beereth
Pea
Body Coal Go
Chicago
Old Bending No. 14
Buckner
Benton
Ajitomoblies
Sworlh
Ray Jones
Ottera
Sherif
Grundy Named U S Senator by Pennsylvania Governor
Harrisburg report confirms Governor Fisher will appoint Joseph R. Grundy of Bristol to the United States Senate. Grundy a longtime Republican power is expected to enter the spring primary as the successor to Wm. S. Vare. The announcement, delayed until late today, follows Fisher’s deliberations in Philadelphia.
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Harrisburg
Joseph R. Grundy
Bristol
John 8
Pears
United States Senate
Vare
Philadelphia
Fishag
Yepring
Yinai
Rioting Sweeps Auburn Prison as Guards Held
Riot at Auburn state penitentiary results in the death of principal keeper George Danforth and the wounding of several guards. Warden Edgar Jennings and twelve guards are held hostage as state troopers and police battle inmates using gas bombs and rifles to retake the north cell block. </analysis>
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Unites Press
Auburn
N.Y
Auburn State Penitentiary
George Durnford
Edgar F. Jennings
Jennings
Syracuse
Henry Sullivan
Buffalo
William Dempsey
Albert Holshaver
van Hausen
Hudner
Mitton J. Ryther
Walter Bailey
George Atkin
Auburn Penitentiary
New York
Edgar Jendings
George Danforth
Danforth
Warfen
Chey Than
Sawyer Stater Company 1
New York National Guard Infantry
S Anderson
Service Company
108Th Infantry
Terentiary
Jease Jennings
Leonal
Franklin Wi
Ae Seeley Aaron
Father and Daughter Admit Bootlegging in Pittsburgh Case
In federal court, a father and his 18 year old daughter pleaded guilty to liquor violations. Josephine Yedinak of Wall Pa was paroled for 18 months. John Yedinak, proprietor of the Wall hotel, fined $300 and sentenced to three months in jail. Adelaide Worrall of Pittsburgh, 62, was paroled for two years after pleading guilty to a liquor charge claiming sales only during a firemen convention.
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Pittsburgh
Josephine Yedintak
Wall
John Yedinak
Nelson MevVicar
Adelaide Worrall
Stay of execution granted for Chicago bandit Willie Doody
The state supreme court granted a stay of execution to Willie Doody the Chicamo bandit and gunman from Chicamo who was to be executed for the murder of Berwyn Police Chief Charles Lavy. The stay delays the lethal sentence until the court reviews his appeal likely at the February or April term next year.
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Apringfusuy
State Supreme Court
Willie ‘Doody
Chicamo
Charles Lavy
Berwyn
Doody
Tragic End to Love Affair in Studio Murder Suicide
In New York, December 11, Mrs. Torephine Roteh Bigelow, 22, a Boston society figure and Harvard student Henry Grew Crosby, 43, were found dead in painter Stanley Mortimer’s studio apartment. Crosby lay with his arm around the woman as both were fully clothed and partially covered by a blanket on Mortimer’s bed, victims of murder and self-inflicted death after an unhappy affair.
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New York
Harvard
Boston
Torephine Roteh Bigelow
Henry Grew Crosby
Stanley Mortimer
Crosby
Mrs. Bigelow
Mertmer
Sub Zero Wave Stuns Midwest With Record Cold
A brutal cold snap sweeps the prairies as Dawson and other towns report temperatures from 40 below zero to single digits. Wintry winds and heavy snow paralyze travel in Wisconsin and Minnesota as crews brace for more arctic conditions and the cold front moves south toward the Great Lakes region.
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Prince Albert
Sastatoon
Battleford
Band
Winnipeg
Calgary
Ainsally Ted
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dak
Lales
Kiwanis Night Educational Fund Benefit Slated
Kiwanis Club presents a benefit show this evening at Rex Theater to aid its educational fund. Proceeds support Curry High students seeking further education. The program features Jack Holt in Bathers and Son, two reel comedy acts, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and a Kiwanis Orchestra with solos by Mr Sherrick Merril Wilcox and Mrs Burford visiting from Oil City.
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Kiwanis
Ie Rex Theatre
Curry High
Blatt
Jack Holt
Bather and Son
Jack White
Crazy Nut
Oswald, the Lucky Rabbit
Kiwhls Club
Lyle D. Utts
Vu. W. Graham
R. Benott
Joseph Sherrick
Fanse
Charles Burkhard
Comet
Miller Shoop
Ray Green
R. J. Crum
N. T. Gillette
R. W. Brown
Charles Hoffmaster
Mr. Sherrick
Merril Wilcox
Fierce Fighting Moves Across Four Sectors in China
Chinese rebels pressed offensives in four sectors threatening Nanking as Chiang Kai-shek reinforces the capital. Attacks reached Chuchow and areas north of Pukow while foreign ships gather and evacuations begin. The southeast drive targets the region between Nanking and Shanghai along the Yangtze.
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United Press
Shanghai
China
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chuchow
All Point
Anwhel
Pukow
Sérioud Gratiny
Baens
Nanley
Chiang Ka(-Sheke
Lake Tai-du
Yangtze
Five Gallons at Thirty Five Dollars but Largely Water
Chicago. Decil Santa Claus toured the North Shore in five gallon vans as a racketeer. He visited Lada Stachel's florist shop and paid 952 for a can described as five gallons. Stachel tasted a spoonful and asked about solder marks while Santa fled, leaving a can said to contain only a single quart of liquid with the rest water.
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United Press
Chicago
Santa Claus
North Shore
Lada Stachel
Stachel
Santa
Boris
Death claims child of former Corryites
Philp John infant son of Mr and Mrs Carl Keppel Erie formerly Corry died at 10 o clock at home of pneumonia Survived by parents and three brothers Richard Robert and Donald at home Body brought here this afternoon to the home of Mrs Keppels parents Mr and Mrs A B Corbin Maple avenue where prayer services will be conducted at 2:00 oclock Thursday afternoon interment will be in Pine Grove cemetery
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Philp John
Carl Keppel
Erie
Corry
Richard
Robert
Donald
Pine Grove
Auto Thieves Abandon Car Loot School
Auto thieves believed responsible for burglary at Sciota school house after stealing a Chevrolet coupe from Leonard L. Smith of Erie. The car, found near the school, was recovered by police. Entry was by window breaking. pencils and school supplies taken. Authorities link the crime to a similar theft at Milo Martin’s Union City garage involving tires and chains.
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Leonard L. Smith
Plum Street
Erie
Sciota
Smith
Tipton
Erieman
Milo Martin
Union City
Martin
Final Action on Budget and Tax Levy Set for Monday
Mayor Olin W Bracken and the City Council prepare for the first regular session of the new administration next week. Final readings on the 12 1 2 mill tax levy and the 1980 budget are expected, with sworn-in officials set for January 6 and a late December special session anticipated to close old business.
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Olin W. Bracken
Lhe
Husband's Affections Valued at 25000 in Suit
Mrs. Anna C. West of Pittsburgh sues Col. C. O. West of Lost Creek West Virginia claiming $25000 for breaking up her marriage to Col West whom she wed April 6 1921. She alleges her husband left last February at his persuasion. The case filed in common pleas court was reported from Pittsburgh.
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United Fresh Pittsburgh
Common Pleas
Anna C. West
Pittsburgh
Col. C. O. West
Lost Creek
W. Va
GC. O. West
Col. West
Col West
Norris Plan to Reopen Muscle Shoals in Government Role
Washington reports quiet progress on reviving the Norris plan to place Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee River under government operation or lease. Hoover favors a lease via a negotiating commission, while Congress previously approved the measure twice but was blocked by Coolidge. A third dam would boost power, with government supervision and possible fertilizer manufacture at Muscle Shoals.
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Paul FR. Mallon
United Press
Washington, D. C
Dar
Norris
Congress
Tennea Bee River
Washington
Coolidge
Supreme Court
Hoover
Senate
House
Honger
Claudius Huston
Republican National
State of the Union
Eas
Mugcle Shoald Board
Sueplus Electric Energy
Stric
Accorsi Identified as Man Who Shot State Trooper
Two witnesses identified Salvatore Accorsi as the man who fired on State Trooper John J. Downey after a Sacco Vanzetti demonstration. The case near Philadelphia was nearing closing as star witnesses Brown and Caplan testified positively, with Accorsi reportedly laughing at each identification.
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Accorsi
Downey
United Press Pittsburgh
Salvatore Accorsi
John J. Downey
George Tr. P. Langnitt
W.M. Brown
Andy Caplan
Five Best Radio Ents Tuning Tonight Across Networks
NBC and CBS programs showcase a lineup headed by Westinghouse salute at 7:30 on NBC WHAF at 5:00 with Rapee's Mobiloil orchestra. WABC airs Forty Fathom Traders at :30 and Palmolive hour at 9:30. Hank Simmons Show closes at 11:09 in Boston.
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Ihe Rapee
WABC
CBS
WEAF
Hank Simmons
Bost
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