Christmas Day Holiday Delays Local Press and Events
The Journal omits tomorrow issue due to Christmas. YMCA football hopefuls at State Armory attract interest with registrations open until Friday, eight prizes for winners, Burgess aiming for 20 to 30 participants. Meantime Rev Harald Averill sought for bad checks and Zippo plans a $500000 factory expansion in Bradford. Rex Theatre hosts Christmas party for 1200+ children. Spiesman hospitalized after a stroke. Police report burglary arrests in Titusville. oil equipment theft tied to Harmony Township case. Election calendar outlines 1959 dates. Moose chapter aids families with eight food baskets.
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YMCA
Hnes
State Armory
Arthur Burgess
Burgess
Erle Yma
Man Pleads Guilty to Disorderly Conduct in Local Arraignment
Donald Thomas, 24, of 1221 Third Avenue, pleaded guilty before Police Magistrate M.8. Lobbelt to disorderly conduct after being wrested on a wife’s complaint. He received a $10 fine plus costs and was placed under a $500 peace bond.
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Donald Thomas
Third Avenue
Lobbelt
Thomas
Sosta
Peace Pond
Two Prisoners Refuse Holiday Leave at Berks Jail
Reading, Pa. Two prisoners refused a special holiday leave from Berks County jail to avoid missing the roast beef dinner the prison provides on Christmas. They were among 16 ordered furloughs by Warden Lewis S. Stitzel. The warden noted the prisoners declined to leave, saying they knew their rights.
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Reading
Berks County
Lewis. S. Stitzel
Pope XI Urges Salvation Over Mechanized World
In a Christmas message, Pope Pius XI warns East and West against overreliance on mechanization. He paints a world mired in poverty and war, urging spiritual renewal. He condemns absolute power and notes the church bears the heaviest burden amid societal tensions.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
West
Turney
Two More Escaped Convicts Nabbed in Oregon
ARLINGTON Oregon two of seven Walla Walla convicts were arrested at a service station after pulling in in a stolen car Harold Coe 22 murderer and Merri Case burglar were taken into custody by Oregon state patrolmen following a police chase another inmate Tudph Courser remained at large from the earlier breakout at Walla Walla prison on Washington Street.
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Associated Press
Arlington
Ore
Walla Wall
Harold Coe
Merri Case
Oregon
Wid
Tudph Courser
Washington Stile
Walla Walle
Pope critic cited for targeting labor and capital
A fragment notes the Pope addressing global issues, singling out fault lines between labor unions and capitalist bosses. The brief suggests strong critique of both sides within church statements.
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Rales
Ten Children Flee Home In Meadville Fire
Betty Whitesell alerted the family at about 3 45 p m as a blaze broke out in a one story frame house in Hayfield Township near Meadville. The fire forced ten children and a one month old infant to flee while parents Ralph and Mrs Whitesell and a neighbor man stood by. The family Christmas celebration plans were destroyed as the home and furnishings burned.
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Meadville
Ralph Whitesell
Weir
Ley
Hayfield
Betty Whitesell
Flaiknavie
Bath
War Casualties Rise in Korea and Domestic Fire Losses
Defense Department weekly summary reports 128,089 battle casualties in Korea, up 216 from last week, with 38 more killed in action, 182 wounded and one missing. Domestic incident notes an unrelated fire killed five puppies, rescued mother, and an old electric stove and chairs noted.
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Associated Press
Washington
Korea
Defense Department
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Harald Averill
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Zippo Manufacturing Company
Bradford
Agipe
Rex Theatre
Chic Corry-Jamestanh Plant
Frank Spiesman
East Main Street
Corry Memorial Hospital
Kinney
Spiesidan
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Titusville
R. A. Anthony
Raymond Health
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Harmony ‘Township
Forest County
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Tionesta
Andrew Neely
Harmony Township
Arthur Neylon
Gash Pleas- Ant Street
Coney Memorial Hospital
Eseleré Laceralioh
Saures
State Election Bureau
the Moose
Corry
Henry Daviity
Will Prine
al Cone
Flora Brown
Bertha Denwin
Corry Hospital
City
Frederick Carter
Anna Carter
Worth Street
Santa Claus
Martin Motors
Wben TV
Leonard Niederriter
Sagebrush
Trail
National Arum
Pope
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East South St
L. Niederriter Co
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