Four Uruguay sailors held after Graf Spee raid crisis
Fragmented front page note mixes wartime dispatches with a local recital synopsis. Uruguayan authorities arrest four Graf Spee crew members amid fierce Red attacks reported nearby. Russians press Finnish lines on the Taipale sector as strategic maneuvers unfold with aerial, artillery, and infantry assaults. Local notices and cultural items appear alongside international conflict updates.
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Uruguay
Graf Spee
Webb Miller
United Press
Saul
Karelian
Manferheim
Taipa
Srontal
Oerssthnal
Mannerim Jine
Oll
Taipale
Red Army
Tadogi
Lake
Uyani
Innish Fotere
Mili
MEY
Hins
Bo- Essab Rioon
Battienery
Furniture Industry Optimistic About 1940 Outlook
Industry leaders in Grand Rapids Mich report a 1940 furniture trade of about 414 million dollars, roughly twenty cents per dollar higher than 1939. Optimism runs high as executives foresee better days, though few expect a full 1929 peak. Continued on Page Two.
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Grane Rapids
Mich
Se Manutecurers
District rolls show 177 employables in 339 cases
Taxpayers learned from Robert Catlin in the Corry district office that about 177 cases or more than half of 339 on several assistance rolls include one or more unemployed employables. He lists 162 cases with employables in the family on physician statements and 177 with some workability. State totals show 143,000 unemployed on a statewide roll, with 171,900 unemployed general assistance recipients in the labor market. All employables must register at local State Employment Offices to be eligible.
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Goppy
Robert? Catlin
Corry
Unon
Amity
Wayne
Concord
Egister
Executions For Slaying Two Bootblacks at Rockview
In Bellefonte Pennsylvania Det. 16 reports two former Philadelphia bootblacks Jamies Puller aged 25 and Fletcher LeGrand aged 22 were executed in the electric chair at Rockview penitentiary for the March killing of an aged clothing store watchman during a robbery. They struck him with a cuspiter as he objected to the theft of new outfits. The nine and a half minute procedure ended with Puller first, then LeGrand, both showing calm reactions.
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Univen Cross Bellefonte
Philadelphia
Rockview Penitentiary
Jamies Puller
Fletcher LeGrand
John Hevyorth
Wey
Philadelphia Stars
Ater Puller
City to weigh new Measure 10 this evening
City Council to consider a new salary measure this evening affecting police and fire department staff and several other municipal employees except elected officials. The proposal, originally set for the first meeting of the month, delays final action to allow further revision and aims to standardize city salaries to reduce misunderstandings.
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Besore Council
Fire Department
Ae Lislda
Council
Onight
Donation Days For S A Relief In City Schools
Today and tomorrow are set as donation days in city schools for Christmas baskets to aid Salvation Army distribution. Students will bring canned goods and staples. contact Adjutant B C Jones at 21 East Washington Street for basket requests. Churches lodges and other groups are asked to coordinate with the Army to avoid duplication and pass on word of those in need.
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Salvation Army
B.C. Jones
East Washington Street
Army
Cormittees
Erie Man Killed When Hit by Car
A man identified as Anthony Moraski about 55 was killed Sunday night when struck by an automobile at a street intersection in Erie Pennsylvania. The driver Anton Kaplezak 45 said the man ran into the path of the machine. The driver was freed pending an inquest.
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Erie
United Press
Anthony Moraski
Anton Kaplezak
Retrial for Gadd on embezzlement charge
Charles Gadd former deputy treasurer of Westmoreland County will be retried at the February term on embezzlement charges involving about $3000. The prior trial ended without a verdict after 21 hours of deliberation.
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Woz United Frees
Greensburg
Charles Gadd
Westmoreland County
Gadd
Nazi Battle Ship Loss Highlighted in Atlantic News
British reports say a British submarine sank a 6,000 ton German cruiser after dodging six German destroyers near the Graf Spee saga. The tally includes sinking a cruiser and damaging another, with nine more cruisers under construction and heavy German battleships Scharhorst and Gneisenau in service later.
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Germany
Henry
Gorkell
London
Graf Spee
Admiralty
Ursiss
Bremen
Scharhorst
Gneisenau
St. Michaels
Azores Islands
Four Escape in Auto Crash Leaves Youths Uninjured
Bour Gorry and three young men escaped serious injuries after a late Saturday night crash on the Corry Union City highway. State motor police say Michael Balog of Hatch Street lost control when aided by a highway baying, tearing out guard posts. The occupants suffered bruises and a shaking up, car damage estimated at $.
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Bour Gorry
Corry Union City
Michael Balog
Hatch Street
British in Big Air Raid Over Sylt
British air raid on the island of Sylt in Denmark involved 34 aircraft. Berlin claimed raids on Helgoland and Northern Germany. German reports said 44 British planes were shot down with British losses and bombings described as heavy on the island and surrounding targets.
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Syit
Jutland
Denmark
Islana
Larry Bic
Syerveny
Katie
Jarl
Rom
Berlin
Iency
Helgoland
Wis
Syll
Schitdi
Ile
Mother Admits Slaying Infant at Temple University
Dee Pridadelfata, 14, and 33 year old Trelan Gisabender were held on murder charges after admission of smothering their 20 month old illegitimate child. The infant’s hacked torso was found Saturday night, crudely bundled in newspapers near Temple University. Police say the note written on a torn puzzle page led to the suspect. The baby was examined in a criminal lab to decipher the writing.
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Pridadelfata
Dee
Trelan
Charles
Temple University
Woman Injured in Fall On Steps
Mrs. Milite suffered serious injuries after a fall on the steps Sunday morning at her home. She was confined pending further examination to determine the extent of her injuries and treatment plan.
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Wastes Muse
Wen manNn
Driver Held Negligent In Rhoades Death
Pittsfield teen Arthur Morrison facing possible manslaughter charge after coroner's inquest into the December 9 fatal crash that killed Martin Rhoades. The jury found Morrison operated the car negligently at excessive speed on East Main Street. Continued on page two.
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Arthur Morrison
Pittsfield
Martin Rhoades
East Main Street
Ory
Ralph Oaly
Owen Pullens
Charles Egin
Harry Apiver
Mosler
Curaner
Marein Rhoades
Ari’ Moria
Ere
Morrison
Yolice Down
Wihiel
le Investi
Rhoades
Dunile Construction Wins Elgin and Concord Highway Contracts
Duntile Construction Co receives state awards for highway work totaling 25 278 dollars in Elgin and Concord Township Harrisburg. Contracts 25035 and 25048 cover macadam and bridge work over Beaver Run and French Creek. no start date or funding details provided.
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Duntile Construction Comets
Elgin
Concord Township
Harrisburg Adiives
Gayite Dunille Company
State Highway Department
Elginboro
Concore
Cnilie
Beaver Run
Prench Creek
Columnist Broun Dies in Gotham
Unite Press reports New York columnist Broun, longtime figure in American journalism, died in New York. Born December 7, 1688 in Brooklyn, his career spanned the New York Morning Telegraph, New York Telegraph, World Telegram, and New York Post with pivotal roles in the Anerlean Newspaper Guild and prominent publications reaching readers across the city. The timing of his last column and the reshuffling of his work from World Telegram to other outlets are noted in the notice.
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Unite Press Neay York
Teywood Brows
Anerlean Newspaper Guild
New York Post Volumnists
Lutay
Tweempulani Hurkioes Pavalion
Broi’s
Volumis
New Work Post
Wftee
Leciure World Telegram
Wesday Bruun
The
World Telegram
New York
Christmas carol program planned by two high groups
Two Cory High School singing groups will entertain residents with Christmas carols Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Director Carlton Chaffee announced plans for the down town district program weather permitting. The French capabile senior hymn will continue its Christmas caroling tradition with Miss Margueritus Reno leading soprano. Those wanting candles in windows may call Miss Billy Litz to place orders. Mrs Ann Titus and daughter Mrs James Burnisin of Saeger were visitors here today.
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Cory High Sehngs
Carry
Carlton Chaffee
Chatty
Ticard
Cardians
Margueridus Reno
Billy Litz
Thelr Ie
Contest in Feverish Closing Week Nears Final Report
Journal contestants push to finish as Corry Evening Journal grand prizes near award next Friday night. Readers see standings, with lead taken by Mrs. Ethel Near Bear Lake, followed by Mrs. Lucus Barnhart Beaverdam and Mrs. Gilbert Ton of Clymer. Voters flood the office as final day approaches.
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Corry Evening Journal
Iwa
Dave David E Lines
Essex Street
Hithel
Columbus
R. D
Bear Gale
Erma Gordon
Nellie Black
Fairview Street
Chester Kibbey
Cony RD
Mabel Schreckengost
Spartansburg
Alleen
Corbin
West Pleasant
Gilbert J. Ton
Clymer
N.Y
Luella Barnhart
Cory Ri
Beaverdam
Bibert E. Wood
Corry B
Spring Creek
Vo Mee Eee
BOS
Ethel
Bear Lake
Miss Near
Lucals Barnhart
Gilbert Ton
Man Charged With Poisoning His Wife in West Virginia
BLUEFIELD, W Va Dec ah A 35 year old Tazewell, Va station attendant was held with bail in Tazewell county Jail today on a charge of fatally poisoning his estranged wife, mother of seven children. Ry Bennett, 28, was arrested after chemists at the Richmond hospital detected traces of strychnine in the stomach, liver and spleen of Mrs Annie Bennett who died last Monday.
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Anen Eres
Bluefield
W Va
Tazewell, Wai
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