Christmas Enjoyed Here By City Groups
Coriyites enjoyed a two day Christmas observance with private family gatherings and gift distributions. Baskets of foodstuffs clothing and toys were shared by charitable groups and individuals. Churches reported full capacity for midnight services and festive programmes followed. Ice skating was limited but skiing on Matteson Hill drew enthusiasts. Merchants found Christmas stocks depleted and business resumed with minor travel hazards from last night’s storm.
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St. ‘Thomas
St. Elizabeth's
Emmanuel Episcopal
United Brethren
Christchurch
Matteson Hill
Spring Creek
Hewes
Republicans Have Control in Pennsylvania Legislature
United Press reports Harrisburg will see the Republican party reorganize the 1839 legislature next Tuesday with solid votes in both houses to back its program. The House leans Republican by 120 to 79 while the Senate, once Democratic, is expected to be Republican by a simple majority or perhaps a constitutional majority, ensuring smoother passage for new measures under Gov. Arthur H. James.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Republican Party
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
Arthur H. James
House
Senate
Scientists Gather at PCH for Annual ACS Meeting
About 200 scientists engineers and industrialists gathered at Carnegie Institute of Technology for the fifth annual American Chemical Society meeting. The program focused on fluid dynamics and the flow of liquids, gases and vapors through pipes and other apparatus, a topic of major industrial interest.
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Univeres
Pittsburgh
Carnegie
Woman's Prayers For Death On Christmas Answered
Edinboro Pa Dec 27 The 99 year old Mrs Samantha Walt prayed for death on Christmas and it came as she said She kept house alone until age 90 and did all her own chores Her daughter Mrs John Alward lives in Erie and she will be buried Wednesday afternoon.
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United Press
Edinboro
Myre
Samantha Walt
Wait
John Alward
Erie
Conservative Democrats Move To End New Deal Policy
United Press report from Washington notes the 76th Congress will open with a power struggle inside the Democratic party. Anti administration Democrats seek to steer policy toward a conservative presidential bid in 1940, challenging Roosevelt while party control is debated. Roosevelt’s annual messages next week and next year's spending plans will shape the intra party dispute, with focus on relief spending and domestic policy. The piece highlights anticipated clashes over foreign policy and national defense solidarity as part of the coming year’s political battlefield.
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Lyle G. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Lowe Edwards
Junion
Tighe
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Congress
House
Genate
New Deal
Convention highlights set for PS E A in Harrisburg
The 1938 Pennsylvania State Education Association annual convention in Harrisburg runs December 27 to 29. Topics include credit unions, hospital care growth, group reliance, local plans, and a National Education Association program. Delegates receive reports from committees on school costs. speakers include Lester KK Ade Mary D Barnes Elizabeth Karl Bolander and others with invited dignitaries. A final session on December 29 will feature Senator H Styles Bridges. A musical program by Anna F Goodall and a reception with dance at the Harris Hotel on Wednesday evening.
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Pennsylvania State Education Association
Harrisburg
National Education Association
House of Delegates
J. Franke Faust
PSIEA
Chimbersburg
General Sescieg
Lester
KK. Ade
Mary D Barnes
Elizabeth
N. Karl Bolander
National Art Hobby Guld
Columbus
Ohio
Ww. Gwynn
American Legion
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Ernest G. Hesser
Department of
New York University
B. ©. Lewis
Ohio State University
Forrest Long
Walter Meyer
Washington, D
Rewben T Shaw
Gram Swing
George Alan Works
University of Chicago
George H. @arle
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Arthur
James
H. Styles Bridges
Concord
N. H
John Harr
Anna F. Goodall
Pen Harris
Man Slays Alleged Paramour of Wife in Shenandoah
Shenandoah Pa Dec 26 Roy Jones 42 insurance agent was shot to death while sitting in his car at a traffic light in the business district. William Masaila 89 admitted firing the fatal shots with a rifle telling police Jones and Masaila’s wife were paying too much attention to each other.
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Shenandoah
Roy Jones
At & Strees
William Masaila
Jones
Protests to Japanese over foreign interests in China
American Ambassador Joseph Clark Grew told Japanese officials that the United States seeks results over plans in defining future American interests in China. He met with Hachiro Arita and indicated dissatisfaction with Japan's replies to prior protests. Britain’s Sir Robert Craigie also inquired about abolishing extraterritorial privileges in China.
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Tokio
Joseph Clark Grew
United States
China
Grew
Hachiro Arita
Ueed
Japan
Sir Robert Craigie
Arita
Findley Lake Church Destroyed by Fire at Christmas
A wooden Methodist Episcopal church at Findley Lake burned to ruins early yesterday, with an estimated damage of $9,110. Investigators suspect a faulty flue ignited the wooden structure. The church, facing the lake in the village center, served seasonal worship and had recent repairs. The disaster followed a blizzard that crippled local roads and halted travel across the region.
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Methodist Episcopal
Findley Lake
Tinley Late
Sherman
Cireh
Ake
Finnley Lake
Simelines
Ralph Findley
Clymer
Finday Tale
Earles again vow to fly alone after crash
Governor George J. Earle and wife renew pledge never to fly with him in the same plane after a Sunday crash at Wings Pier. Mrs. Earle and McKenzie suffered minor injuries as the cabin plane he piloted overturned during landing. The governor, after this 11th air mishap, plans further landings while his son George Jr. flew home separately.
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United Press
Earle
Earle Lill
George TY
Emner
Roosevelt Jr blasts Mexico over oil expropriation stance
Ott Roosevelt Jr, son of the president, criticized Mexico for expropriating oil properties. Speaking on a Texas radio network, he warned that until Mexico offers friendship, the United States faces a clash between the Monroe Doctrine and the good neighbor policy and could lose about 17 million dollars in trade to Nazi Germany under barter deals.
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Sen Weer Heey
Fort Worth
Tex
Ott Roosevelt
Mexico
United States
Texas
Nazi Germany
Slay Mystery Deepens Over Kingston Stenographer Case
Kingston, Pa., Dec 27. Police traced a burlap sack that contained the mutilated body of 19 year old stenographer Margaret Martin to two sources. The bag came from Claude Crispell feed store at Noxen and A C Devéna mill at Kunkle, exclusive distributors for GF L Mila Incorporated of Buffalo, N. Y.
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Symiten Cress
Kingston
Margaret Martin
Claude Crispell
Noxen
A. C. Devéna
Kunkle
GF. L. Milla, Incorporated
Buffalo
French Somaliland Faces Italian Front Pressure In Africa
Dec 27 Paris reports the governor general of French Somaliland urged Paris for urgent army and navy reinforcements. Djibouti dispatch says heightened Italian troop concentration on the frontier prompted the move, with Italy seeking to press its claims to the colony.
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Africa
United Press
PARIS
French Comalitandt
Paria Solr
Djibouti
Somaliland
Mother Fails to Save Son in Franklin Fire
A mother in Franklin Pennsylvania could not save her five year old son who ran into a bedroom as a kitchen fire swept a frame house. The blaze leveled the home in about twenty minutes. The mother and two other children escaped, but the boy was missing and presumed dead after the fire touched Rockland Road near Davis Corner. The mother suffered burns on the chest face and arms during the attempt.
Holiday Passes Storm Without Major Crashes
Despite the worst storm of the weekend, drivers faced icy roads and blizzard conditions. Corry police reported no major accidents, with only minor incidents near Range's Corners and town limits. Motorists were warned to avoid travel on icy, snow drifted highways within fifty miles unless absolutely necessary.
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Pennsylvania
Matn
Volicey Abe Journal
Atyron Inday
Autoisis
Union City
Range’s Corners
Nazis Charge U S Beaten At Pan American Meet
United Press report states the United States faced a bitter defeat at the eighth Pan American conference in Lima. Hitler and aides weighed actions after U S rejection of Germany’s protest over anti Staats speeches by Interior official Harald L. Tekes amid strained U S South American relations. Final rites held for Dr. Harry D Gragier in Aliquippa Pa. services noted his role at Torrance State Hospital and Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp.
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U. S
United Press
Las Ne
United States
Lima
Washington
South Amecan
Puehter
Adolf Hitler
Germany
0. S
Harald L. Tekes
Aliquippa, Pa
Harry D. Gragier
Torrance State Hospital
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Heavy Winds Rip Across Fayette Westmoreland Counties
A Canadian blizzard and storm winds national-wide hit western Pennsylvania with 80 mph gusts. Roofs ripped off Uniontown and Latrobe hospital roofs were lifted while power lines failed and darkness fell in much of the region.
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Fayette-Westmoreland Counties
Uniontown
Union Trust Company
Tiniontown
West Penn Power Company
Latrobe
Latrobe Hospital
Wiether Institution
St Johns Day Dinner Tonight at Masonia Hall
Members of the Masonia fraternity gather this evening for the St John’s Day banquet at Masonia Hall on North Center street. The Eastern Star will serve the dinner and A Frank Kotteamp of Warren will deliver the address on Wisdom and Masonry, with a well rounded program planned for a delightful occasion.
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Masonie
Masonia
Sharge V. F. W. WANTS TOO MUCH
Washington Dec 27 National Commander Mawin Perrin of the American Veterans Association accuses the Veterans of Foreign Wars of sponsoring unwarranted and costly pension legislation for World War veterans and dependents at the expense of national defense. Perrin’s group opposes prepayment of the soldier’s bonus and claims 18,000 veterans as members. He says the VFW program is the first step toward universal veterans pensions costing taxpayers at least 1 billion dollars annually by 198%
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Washington
Mawin
Perzin
The
American Veterans Association
Veterans of Foreign Wars Today
Perrin
V. FW
V.F. W
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