Panay Gunfire Upholds Sailor Courage in Japanese Attack
United Press reports the U S Navy gunboat Panay and three Standard Oil ships were attacked by Japanese planes off Shanghai. Despite heavy fire the Panay gun crew fought until the ship sank at 2 84 p m with Lt Com James J Hughes ordering abandonment. Survivors describe a desperate, hopeless fight as planes rained bombs and machine guns.
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Shanghai
United States Navy
Panay
Witneases
Panny
James J. Hughes
Washington, Dick
Thigun
Ent
Yangtse
Ice freezes midwest towns isolating hundreds of communities
A crippling glaze of ice covered states from the Rockies to the Alleghenies. Highway travel halted in southern Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Police logged hundreds of minor accidents as windshields iced over. Twenty eight Oklahoma villages were cut off. Communication lines snapped and transport stalled. A lineman, Glen Lanure, 34, was injured after a fall while repairing a telephone line.
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United Preos
Rockies
Alleghenies
Indiana
Mlindy
Missouri
Winconesia
Towa
Okiatoma
Glen Lanure
Bald
Olle
Council Sets Final Budget Action for December 27
City to defer adoption of tax levy and budget to December 27 to allow ten day public notice. Budget posted in City Treasurer Trene Mullen’s office for taxpayers to review. Mayor-elect Frank Hepler prepares administration with a meeting for incoming council members to discuss heads and policies.
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Hepler
Trene Mullen
Anl
Carnnell
Frank
Head of Steel Company Blames Administration
A Westinghouse official chairman A. W. Robertson claims congressional tax policy drains worker wages and hindering relief payments, suggesting taxes used for relief worsen unemployment while industry struggles.
Claim Taxation On Industry Spells Recession
December hearing before the Manufacturing Association heard M. Girlier of the Redwvnie Steel Corporation argue taxation is excessive and impractical, denying basic economic causes for a prolonged downturn. He said administration politics contribute to the present business recession.
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Chigaco
Tel M. Glrljer
Redwvnie Steel Cooperation
Caid
Highway safety critique from persistent fault finder
A jumble of phrases mocks a self‑righteous safety advocate, calling him a “fault finder” who preaches about others’ driving while neglecting his own. The rhetoric hints at public debate over road conduct and hypocrisy in advocacy.
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Faultfinder
Insane Man Alleged Slayer Tied to Montgomery Case
Norristown Pa Dec 18 District Attorney Frederick B Smith said overnight developments in the case against an accused youth provide evidence that an attractive widow Mrs W V Carpenter 48 was attacked and possibly slain by a man Police guard Mary Griffin 22 manager of the beauty parlor where the assault occurred is recovering from bruises after an attempted attack at Chestnut Hill hospital during the incident authorities said the man was involved in the case and may be connected to the widow's death
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United Press
Norristown
Pai
Frederick B. Smith
Montgomery Equity
W. V. Carpenter
Mary Griffin
41 Killed in State in 1937 Hunting Season
Fatalities and accidents dominated state hunting season totals as the State Game Commission reported 41 deaths and hundreds of injuries from hunting incidents. Officials warned hunters to exercise extreme caution amid a difficult season.
Sharp split in ranks over labor policy roils Capitol
Washington figures report a sharp split among congressional allies and foes of the National Labor Relations Board as foes push for Senate inquiry. Sen. Burke moves to investigate the board’s alleged bias while administration backers seek to defer until legal questions are settled. Wagner expected to push amendments to blunt criticism amid ongoing behind the scenes lobbying ahead of January hearings.
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United Press
Washington
National Labot Relations Board
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Sratate
NL 1. IR
Committee For Industrial Organization
Judiciary Committee
Goldney
Get
Elbert H. Thomas
Utah
Judiciary
Gxelp
Burke
Robert 7 Wagner
Perhips
Senate
Weather Woes Hit Western State With Snow and Sleet
Snow and rain swept the western end, with sleet later. Temperatures fell from yesterday's low around 14 below zero and then climbed slightly as clouds moved in. Ice forming warned of travel disruptions. western Pennsylvania transport was canceled due to hazardous conditions.
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Pier Corry
Merchit
Aimirgh Adices
Pennsylvsnia
Vte
President Roosevelt protest photo frames Far East crisis
This historic image shows President Roosevelt presenting a personal protest to Japanese Ambassador Hiran Saito after the Panay incident. The document underscores the demands made by the U S government to Japan following the gunboat’s sinking near Nanking and the apology negotiations with Tokyo.
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Roosevelt
Cordeleeal
Erment
Emperor
U.S
Panay
Nafidng
Hiros Saito
Hull
Await Japan's Latest Effort To End Incident
Washington awaits Japan to issue a direct official reply to American demands after the Panay sinking. President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull seek an apology or equivalent from Emperor Hirohito and assurances against a repeat attack on American nationals in China.
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Japan
Roosevelt
Hull
Koki Hirota
Hirohito
Hirota
Eni
China
Bootleg Coal Industry On Verge Of Extinction
Harrisburg reports show the illicit hard coal trade crumbling due to embargoed fuel and a shortage of removable anthracite in the bootleg region. State Mines official Timothy A. Ryan finds 259 breakers and 358 plants tied to most illicit output, with buyers seeking more coal than producers can supply.
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United Preas
Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Neww
York
Maryland
New Jersey
Michael. Hardenly
Timothy A. Ryan
Pottsville
Ryan
Hartneady
Delay Naming Chairman of Republican Party in St Louis
Unclear text reports the Republican National Executive Committee meeting in St Louis on December 15. It notes discussions to name a program committee and to graft new party policies as membership proposals rise toward two hundred. Mentions candidates for the policy chairmanship and a recorded mention of Jahn.
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Ne St, Louis
Republican National Executive Committee
Franklin man dies of carbon monoxide in home blast
Det 15 Stewart Stanley 67 of Victory Heights died from carbon monoxide from two gas stoves used to warm the house against sub zero temperatures. His wife 63 lay unconscious but revived after neighbor Hveret Rhodes forced entry. The couple lived in a former schoolhouse converted to living quarters.
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Franklin
Stewart Stanley
Victory
Heigh
Stanley
Hveret Rhodes
Rhodes
House to Amend Wage-Hour Law Under New Plan
The House prepared to draft amendments to the wage hour law as the American Federation of Labor pushes for a statutory standard. After six hours of debate, members halted for a revised, clean print due from the Government Printing Office. Rep. John F. Dockweller indicated plans to offer the Federal plan when ready.
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HOUSE
United
Washington
Amerian Federation of Labor
House Labor Committee
Mary T. ‘Norton
N. J
John F. Dockweller
Plan economies to check boost in state taxes
In Harrisburg the Democratic administration foresees relief funds of 426 million may be achieved through spending cuts and possibly inheritance yields, limiting new tax calls before the 1998 governor race. Officials say a 12 percent reduction could cover the 96 million unemployment relief budget, awaiting a relief committee report on waste and inefficiency.
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United
Commonwealth
David Lb. Lawrence
United Press
Lawrence
Emme Guffey -Miller
Democratic National
Corry Stores Offer Open Evenings Through Christmas Holiday
Corry merchants announce extended hours, opening evenings until 1 a.m. from tonight through Friday December 23. Golden Rule Club members pool tickets for a $350 Christmas distribution with four prizes of 100, 10, 875 and 26 dollars.
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Ostry
Loral
Chris’mag Gooda
Golden Rule Club
Corry
Officials to Fix Wage Scale of All Workers
Unitea Presa reports Pittsburgh Des 11 convention of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee approved establishing a 40 hour week and 30 hour week in interstate commerce with no wage cuts, urged immediate billion dollar relief and seamless wage negotiations expiring Feb 28 for 440 steel firms. Dr Amy Brown testified in Pa Dec 15 about a dying wife case in Greenville.
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Pittsburgh
Viet Len
Congress
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SIYOC
Philip Mieray
BWOC
Woulo
Amy Brown
Greenville
Rate ‘Ty
Thomas
Oear Geemvild
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