Youth Confesses Killing Father Accuses Accident
State Police question 18 year old Walter Witherup in Venango County as he recounts driving with his father’s corpse after a shotgun discharged while he was cleaning it. He says the gun went off accidentally while removing a fillet, detailing the sequence from the shot to disposal near Little Canoe Creek.
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Bankers clash with Roosevelt policies on insurance and securities
Washington dispatch reports bankers pressing for changes to the bank Deposit Insurance bill set to take effect January 1 and to the Securities Act rules. President Roosevelt favors testing the deposit guarantee and retains fears over liability and misstatements in security ads. Whithrop W. Aldrich leads banker objections to liability provisions, while investment bankers push for relaxations.
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Lyle C. Wilson
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Returning From Dunlap Rites Flier In Crash
Pittsburg December 18. Lt. William M. Reid of Langley Field Virginia escaped injury when his plane nosed over due to a gasoline shortage and he landed near Zellenople Pennsylvania while returning to Pittsburgh for Erie. Reid was en route to attend the funeral of Lt. Duncan H. Dunlap who was killed in an accident at Langley Field.
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Pittsburgh
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Langley Field
Zellenople
Erie
Reid
Duncah H. Dunlap
Dunlap
Killen Inn
Langley Wield
Governor Pinchot May Force Action On Appointments
Harrisburg report outlines a possible endgame in the Pennsylvania Senate a special session after adjournment to decide Governor Pinchot s nominees to the Public Service Commission and related social legislation. Senate leaders expect a fight with threats of a recess to the left and potential pay stoppages if action stalls.
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Ross Downing
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Tee
Tink Welock
Tonizh
Drace
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Pennsylvania
Gehertl Assembly
Public Service Commission
Pinchottas
Senate Committee On
Chauncey W. Parkinenn
Gheee County
Preliminary work begins on Columbus dam project
Reports from Columbus say upwards of a dozen men have started the preliminaries for a new dam funded by CWA grants. The township and nearby area will raise funds to cover material costs while city officials, including Councilman Williams and City Engineer Dickson, visit Erie on related projects. Extensions to the Myrtle Seneca sewer intake and alterations at the Senior High building are planned, with approvals pending for other school projects and interior revisions.
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Erie
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Seneca
Huilding
Court 10 Rules On Dry Law Violators Case
Supreme Court to decide whether thousands of prohibition law violators will be prosecuted after repeal. A mid-Atlantic district court dismissed indictments against two men charged with conspiring to violate the enforcement act. The government will appeal and argue January 1 date.
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Center effort in new search for Dillinger
Chicago reports a nationwide man hunt led by Melvin H. Purvis with federal help to pursue Charles Sonners John Kuitas Basil Bandgart and John Dillinger. The drive aims to cripple remaining gang leaders from Capone Touhy Miller and others as a unified underworld seeks new cohesion.
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Allarn
Thos. Gourtney
Courtney
Melvin H. Purvis
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United States Bureau of Investigation
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Chas. Sonners
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Basil Bandgart
John Dillinger
Nalinger
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Jack Zeta
Harvey Bailey
Verne Miller
George Kelly
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Dillinger
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Heer
Dillin
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Emery Favors Sales Levy to Meet Deficit
Washington December 18 The Nationa Manufacturers Association head James H. Amery argues before the House Ways and Means Committee for a gross federal sales tax with exemptions for shoes clothing and medicine to replace current nuisance taxes and fund deficits and debt. He urges shifting energy taxes to user paid systems and questions income tax reliability while lawmakers pledge to fight the coming session over the levy. John and Francie Layeson spent the weekend in Subilo with Dan Yaustury and Lawson recovering from illness.
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Leater Smelt
Crowther
Treadway
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Caianini
Frigid Wave Grips Europe With Severe Cold and Storms
A brutal cold wave parchs Europe with low temperatures and storms across seas and lands. Torrential rains hit warmer regions possibly reaching Africa while a doomed airship is lost near Marignane and the St Marguerite wrecks claim crew and passenger.
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Paris
Europe
Africa
Blind for 21 Years, Sight Is Restored
Mrs Mabel Naylor of Green Bay regained sight after 21 years of blindness following an operation by Dr M XX Muller. She walked about her home with her two young daughters Mildred and Layernen, marveling at the blue sky and passing automobiles as her vision returned.
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Green Bay
Wis
Mabel Naylor
Sipstaira
Mildred
Layernen
Thomas
M. XX. Muller
See early rise in crude oil price expected soon
Domestic demand for crude oil shows a growing trend with increases each month. Petroleum engineer T. S. Hose cites a rising consumption, predicting a price uptick shortly after January 1. The article also notes a planned swap market by the Senior High Club opening in Washington and Center streets with operations starting Wednesday at 1 o'clock.
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New York
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Approval of Five Compensation Bills Heads to Senate Vote
Harrisburg reports indicate five compensation bills cleared the Senate judiciary general committee and face final passage. If approved they move to the House with a high likelihood of enactment before the session ends, aided by a weakened opposition and upcoming May primaries.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania General Assembly
John S. Fisher
Fisher
Rank J. Harris
Allegheny
Pinchot
Senate
Wardie
Judiciary-General Committee
State store liquor prices fixed by liquor board
Harrisburg announces new fixed prices for domestic blended rye whiskies from 1.85 to 8.25 per quart. Scotch whiskey and other blends will range about 4.50 per 2 bottle, with bonded whiskey and champagnes at 6.50 to 8 per quad. Gin costs 1 to 1.75 per bottle.
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Harrisburg
Liquor Control Board
Passaic youth kills ill mother amid poverty struggle
George Dolak, 28, chief breadwinner for a family of seven, fatally shoots his ailing mother Anna Dolak and himself after a month of unpaid work searches and growing hunger. He told police he believed it was the merciful answer to their poverty and suffering despite his brothers and sisters. The family has faced hardship since 1914 after the father’s factory explosion killed him and a sister later drowned in the Passaic River.
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Dollie Furnes Mieszuen
Ant Nirriekif
Dolak
John Doty
Peviline
Passaic
Lindberghs May Fly Direct to New York City Today
The Lindberghs depart Jol with their globe skimming monoplane heading toward New York for Christmas visit. They plan a possible stop en route and expect to reach New York by early evening as part of their North Atlantic aerial survey pace.
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Mini City
Pict
Former Missouri Governor Stricken in 1960s Era Illness
St Louis reports the death of a former Missouri governor after a brief illness. The late official, aged 68, served two terms and faced a recent decline with heart and kidney complications. A public service is planned at a local church before interment.
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