Missing Ohio Heiress Found in Rhode Island Hotel
Virginia Penfield, 19, heiress to Columbus merchant Clare J. Penfield, was located at Narragansett hotel in Province Rhode Island after a reported nervous breakdown. She had left Swarthmore Mary Lyon School on Thursday to return home for Christmas, and was under care of Dr Brown with memory loss.
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Narrangansett
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Dp Brown
Miss Penfield
Clara J. Penfield
Philadelphia
Broad Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. H. Ricker
Lancaster
Raymond Latchfield
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Lexington
Penfield
Corry Youth Loses Life in Canal Zone
Private Glenn Christ 27 son of Mr and Mrs Pearl Christ of Corry died presumed drowned Friday in the Panama Canal Zone. He was an aircraft mechanic with the U S Army Air Forces attached to Poet Sherman Canal Zone. Body not recovered. telegram from adjutant general notified parents Saturday night. Survived by parents two brothers Harry and Max and three sisters Mrs Clarence Coons Mrs Newman Hicks and Mrs Mere Hamilton, all of Corry.
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Pearl Christ
Test
Main Street
Carry
Panama Canal Zone
Sherman
Canal Zone
Chanio
U. S. Army Air Forces
C. Hi. Bridges
Washington
Young Christ
Rogers Structural Steel Company
Hawaiian Islands
Journal Today
War Department
Harry and
Max
Clarence Coons
Newman Hicks
Mere ‘Hamilton
Corry
Urge Pinchot’s Wife to Oppose Rep McFadden
Ford Pinchot wife of the governor Wes urged today to run again in Congress against Lois McFadden. McFadden defeated Mrs Pinchot for the seat three years ago and drew GOP ire over debts moratorium remarks. Letters urged her to oppose him next year citing his stance toward the president and a narrow 2500 margin in 1928.
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Wes
Congress
Lois McFadden
McFadden
Jeaders
Honger
Pinchot
Ronies
Train 7 wrecks at Elmira injures six in taxi crash
Erie tr No 7 wreck at Elmira crossing on Pennsylvania Avenue near Elmira. A taxi carrying three men and three women was struck by the Evie passenger train. Six occupants seriously injured. two reported dead en route to hospital but unconfirmed. Watchman faulty gates blamed. train about an hour late to Corry as investigators examine the incident.
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Elmira
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Corry
Corry Youth Injured as Auto Upsets Near South Dayton
Paul Fox of South Center Street was injured when the coupe left the road near South Dayton and overturned twice late Saturday night. Frank Roush, owner of the machine, escaped with minor injuries. Fox suffered a broken collarbone and cuts and bruises and was expected to return home soon. The wrecked car was taken to East Main Street Service Garage.
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South Center Street
South Dayton
Jett
Dayton
Fox
Frank Roush
Roush
East Mule Street
Jumburt
Kahn Would Welcome War Debt Ditching
Washington December 21 Otto Kahn of Kuhn Loeb and Company told the Senate finances committee he would favor taking up war debts and reparations in the middle of the week and dropping them in if possible. He warned there is no way to do it and noted billions in bonds for foreign borrowers are now held by investors, not banks.
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Washington
Otto Kahn
Kuhn Loeb and Company
Wall Street
Senate
Kahn
Union Pastor Beaten and Robbed by Erie Thugs
Rev. Albert Herrick, 34, pastor of Union City Presbyterian church, is in Hamet Hospital with a possible fractured skull after two gunmen slugged him near Twenty-second and Parade streets. They robbed him of $80 and glasses, then fled, leaving him unconscious for about an hour. Herrick could not identify the attackers.
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Albert Herrick
Presbyterian Church
Union City
Erie
Fey
West Twenty-sixth Street
Union City Presbyterian Church
Hamet Hospital
Twenty-second
Herrick
Eighteenth and
Parade Streets
Rey
Pinchot Calls for Nonpartisan Charity Policy
Governor Gifford Pinchot urged Pennsylvania to adopt a non partisan policy in distributing relief to the unemployed. He argued political divisions should not determine aid, stating that Democratic and Republican families alike face hunger and cold. Mrs G B Phalpe returned home after a city visit.
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Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Ice claims six lives and a family tragedy at lake
A Christmas sled trip on Ive of Errgang Lake ends in tragedy as Oron Oman, age 7, and his family plunge through thin ice. Parents Albert and Mrs Oman, plus Harry Bergaby and two Morgan youths, perish. Only Gloria Oman survives. a second drowning tale follows near East Roswell Lake where a father’s Christmas tree felled by Arthur Walker is linked to the deaths of his sons George 14 and Virgil 12 who drowned after the ice broke.
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Fred
Idaddy Morgan
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Oliver
Orval
Martha Morgan
Don
Tiede Clock
Bnek
Arthur F. Walker
Walkerville
Roswell Lake
Waller
George
Virgil
Europe Weather Becomes Deadly Storm Sweep
A powerful weekend storm devastated Sweden and parts of Europe. In Sweden, hurricane winds drowned at least ten fishermen, caused mass house collapses into the sea, felled about 3,000,000 trees, and disrupted telegraphic links with Germany and Finland. Paris and surrounding nations faced heavy snows, floods, and extreme cold with dozens of deaths reported across Tunisia and coastal towns.
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Paris
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L'Orient
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Blaze at Grand Theatre Probed by State Officials
State officials continued an inquiry into a fire in the Grand Theatre projection booth late Saturday night. Operator W H McAllister from Youngsville sustained burned hands while trying to extinguish flames. Flames confined to the projection area. patrons fled as the carbon ignition sparked a film fire. Fire department alarm from box 22 drew a crowd. Frank Austin, state inspector, led the initial probe and tied the blaze to a carbon control issue during machine changeovers. Further investigation with additional officials was planned.
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Grand Theatre
W. H. McAllister
Youngsville
Box 22
Frank
Austin
Manacled Prisoner Escapes From Officers
Ralph Wherry 27 of Johnstown Pa was wanted for questioning in a 2400 payroll holdup. His companion Harold Scaife 27 of Johnstown was arrested in Johnstown and Wherry was returned there with 504 in his pockets.
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Pittsburgh
Ralph Wherry
Johnstown
Harold Scaife
Wherry
Bank holdup at Grove City yields $4000 to $5000
Bulletin reports three men robbed the Grove City Suyinga Bank near Columbus feeding on between four and five thousand dollars. Other items note a confusing murder case in Los Angeles and missing people in Cincinnati, political resignations in Oklahoma, a city crash in St. Petersburg, a failed naval program challenge in Paris, a Hoover request on Mooney and Billings, and the Standard Trust Company liquidation in Cleveland.
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United Press
Columbus
Otto
Grove City
Youth nabbed during coal shed raid by patrolman
A local youth was surprised by Patrolman Flannigan late Saturday night while stealing coal from the sheds of N. Cohen & Sons. Mr. Cohen declined to press charges, stating the youth was given his liberty.
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Flannigan
N. Cohen & Sons
Cohen
German Mussolini to Repudiate War Debts
United Press reports from Munich dated December 2 1931 quote Adolf Hitler predicting he will seize power within months and declare Germany cannot pay reparations. The interview portrays Hitler as a charismatic Austrian with a vast paramilitary following and aims to lead Germany toward fascist rule.
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Mussolini
Websmiller
United Press
Munich
Germany
Adolph Hitler
Hitler Sreten
Senate debates moratorium after Hoover push
Washington December 21 The Senate began considering ratifying a one year Hoover debt moratorium covering 252 million owed to this government by foreign nations. President Hoover urged prompt action and bipartisan cooperation on the moratorium and related economic measures at breakfast with leaders.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Hoover
Federal Land Bank
Reconstruction Finance
House
Frida
Walter Newton
Coilrse
Newton
Congress
Cohfarence
Newton Filt
Grand Theatre Closes After Fire on North Center Street
Fire damages the Grand Theatre causing immediate closure. Rex Theatre will operate both matinees and evenings until the Grand reopens. Rex shows from 2 PM to 8 PM daily with closing hours 1 to 7 PM, including Sundays.
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Grand
Nori Center Street
Rex
The
Third Ward Man Receives A Scare
A Third Ward man was startled last night by overhearing a remark suggesting a possible hold up. Police investigated but found no actual threat or plan to commit a robbery.
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Third Ward
Five Best Radio Entretainments of Today 1981
A United Press list from 1981 outlines top radio entertainments across networks. It names WHAP in Richmond, WAIO in Raleigh, WABC in New York, WS in San Francisco, and TWaIBC among CBS and NBC stations, noting program titles and personalities like Guy Lomtaude and Jack EAlie with brief mentions of Real Folks and Tescha Selide.
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United Press
NBC Network
WAIO
CBS
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