Anglo-Italian accord aids European peace
An Anglo Italian accord for Mediterranean cooperation was signed at noon. Count Ciano and Sir Wyndham signed after months of negotiation. Mussolini stayed at Rocca Dalla Caminate. The treaty, exchange of assurances, aims to align British and Italian interests in the region without conflicting claims, affecting Italy's stance toward East Germany and Mediterranean powers.
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Din
Mediterranean
Gallazzo Ciano
Eig Dyumemond
Benito Muesolini
Rocca Dalla Caminate
London
Italy
East Germany
Great Britain
Italian
Libya
Egypt
Bond Issue For Sewer Before City Council
City council reviews a $21 000 bond issue to cover part of storm sewer costs as the open ditch drainage project progresses along Mill and East Main streets. Officials seek amicable settlements for property damage claims and plan to advance the storm viewer program with work on Cole Brove farm stone quarry to supply materials. The total storm sewer program costs are about $128 000 with the city share at $21 000. readings on the ordinance are expected Monday night.
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Connell Rill
Mill
Hope Ia
Cole- Brove Farm
Corry
Three Moundsville men confess to Mrs Bris murder
Three Wheeling area men confessed to killing Mrs Anna Bris, wife of a Wheeling merchant, police reported. Albert Megale Raymond Styers Jon Styers and Kenneth Lightner, all connected to the case, allegedly shot Bris two days before Christmas when she surprised burglars at her husband’s beer tavern.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Relief rolls jump as 12145 added to aid program
Harrisburg report shows relief rolls rising during the week ending December 26 with 12 145 more dependents placed on state emergency relief. Expenditures surpassed 1 000 000 for the first time since late September as 427 508 persons were on relief in 141 118 cases. Net growth came from 7 195 new cases and only 3 339 closures, the smallest decline since early October.
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Harrisburg
Karl de Schweinitz
George A Peters Named Head Of County Board In Erie
George A Peters of ile has been appointed to administer provisions of the new state Unemployment Insurance act in Erie county. State Secretary Ralph M Bashore announced in Harrisburg. The staff will advise employers on act provisions and assist with returns. Robert L Myers of Camp Hill is chairman of the board of review. W Louis Schlesinger of Erie is district supervisor. Other county chairmen include Gordon Leberman, Hiram Drake, Daniel L OBrien, Harry Jones, and Harry A Satterwhite.
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Erie County
Harrisburg
State Secretary of Labor and Industry
Ralph M. Bashore
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Department of Labor and Industry
Board of Review
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Camp Hill
Rarle
W. Louis Schlesinger
Erie
Gordon Leberman
Mercer
Hiram Drake
Sharon
Venango
Clarion
Daniel L O'Brien
Oil City
Warren and
Forest
Harry Jones
Warren
McKean, Elk and Cameron
Harry A. Satterwhite
Bradford
Becker to be sentenced Monday for murder in Bracken case
United Press confirms John Becker, convicted of first degree murder in the attack on Kate Bracken, a middle aged railroad tower attendant, will face sentencing Monday. Judge Jesse C. Long denied Becker’s request for a new trial and ordered appearance for the proceedings. The jury recommended no mercy, making the electric chair sentence a legal formality.
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United Press
Brookville
John Becker
Kate Bracken
Surge Jesse C. Long
Becker
Probe murder angle in death of mother girl in burning home
Cridersburg Pa January 2 Catherine Gelwix six year old survivor of mother Hazel Anna Gelwix and sister Helen Lou Gelwix 15 may shed light on foul play in a fire at Marion near here Police said today Catherine and the others were in a hospital with skull fractures and burns Her clothes were soaked with kerosene when admitted Coroner Thrush noted wounds of peculiar origin Officials say the fire was extinguished after a standpipe in the home and the case remains under investigation with police and medical examiners involved.
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United Press
A. W. ‘Thrush
United planes bought by Mexican interests shipped to Spain
United States probes reveal Mexican interests arranged the trans shipment of U S airplanes to Spain for the civil war. Allegations claim licenses, border controls, and penalties apply for violations. The shipments, described as routed via American airlines, prompt government scrutiny of the contracts and deliveries to the Spanish government.
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Spain
Vx United Prize
Washington
United States
ENO
Omar
Tanya Luge
Alrliney
Cochupana de "Transportes Avyonile
Barlilea Jt
THREE BURN TO DEATH WHEN ARMY PLANE CRASHES SPANISH SHIP SEIZED
Fragmented text reports a deadly crash involving an Army plane and a seized Spanish ship, with scattered notes about a crisis and unrelated items about post office ratings and personnel. The readable segments hint at a fatal incident and subsequent administrative details.
Abduction Case Edges Toward Break in Tacoma Inquiry
Reporter Willis Duniway details the Tacoma inquest into a child abduction case linked to Mattson. Police pursue suspects as evidence surfaces from three children’s statements about a man seen at the Mattson home amid a missing child probe near Olympia.
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Tacoma
Wash
Woo
Mateson
Dean Ibid
Yenesith Macon Munietey
Cine
Mubaon
Wiliam W. Mattson
Anne
Mattson
Datevtven
Olympia
Toy
Mattean
Timon
Raurursea
Uli
International complications from blockades rise in warbound Spain
Grounded Spanish steamer Soton refloated with Loyalist air protection after German cruiser Koenigsberg's action. British destroyer shielded a French vessel to Santander while insurgent threats loom. London reports Britain may mediate between Germany and Spain to avert wider conflict as incidents threaten civil war stability. Six people die in Pittsburgh crash pits.
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Koenigsberg
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Balander
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Santander
Cuttoya
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Tor
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Santanejer
Liv Fp
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Lilie
Bulban
London
Great Britain
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Britain
Germany
Three Bodies Found In Plane On Mountainside
Three men died in a plane crash on a mountainside near Chehaha Park. The aircraft, possibly a missing army transport, departed Lingley Field Virginia bound for Montgomery. Lieut. Col. F. Z. Win was named as pilot and a naval officer identified as Lieutenant Shelton was aboard.
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Als
Here
Fort, Modellan
Anniston
Chehaha Park
Lingley Field
Montgomery
Fire Patrolmen Active as New city unit forms
Kern's Fire Police Patrol becomes active after mayor Glen Millay commissioned members yesterday. Fred J. Weaver elected president, Russell Briggs secretary, Charles Kinley captain. Lieutenants named for five wards. Kinley outlined duties emphasizing courtesy and safeguarding lives and property during fires.
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Kern
Glen Millley
Fred J. Weaver
Oily Fire Department
Russell Briggs
Charles Kinley
James Nevils
John Banks
James Ward
Thomas Green
Mr. Kinley
Man Ends Life By Dynamite Stick In Grim Shack
A grimy Shenandoah shack hides the corpse of Enoch Gadustus a 46 year old artist who died by dynamite. His decapitated body was found slumped in a discarded chair after neighbors were alerted by the blast. The scene offers a stark grim detail of a suicide as the new year begins. Weather forecasts predict fair tonight and Sunday with changes to snow and much colder temperatures expected.
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Shenandoah
Tyne
Third Ward Home Wins Top Prize on Decorations
The Gelder Rule Lighting Contest judging concluded this afternoon with decorations praised and prizes awarded. First prize went to Charles Pain of 52 West Smith Street, followed by Norman Bainger at 317 Wright Street for second. Six $5 awards were given to local entrants including Micy Joe St. Clair, J. W. A. Redmond, Mabel Squires, Ralph Welcht, Howard Mantes, and Clafton Hilberty, with addresses listed in the article.
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Charles Pain
West Smith Street
Norman Bainger
Wright Street
Micy Joe St. Clair
J. W. A. Redmond
Wright
M'sa Mabel Squires
Wool Winington
Ralph Welcht
Howard Mantes
Clazton Hilberty
Northwest
Steve
Conference at Flint Holds Key to Motor Strike
Automobile union leaders gather in Flint to draft a model bargaining plan as nine GM plants are shut and 27,000 workers idle in a strike led by the United Automobile Workers Union. Homer Martin calls for authority to strike in all GM plants if needed. At Punxsutawney, Frank Campanega, 23, Adrian, Pa., is killed when his automobile goes off a highway embankment. four others escape injury.
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Wiley Maloney
United Press
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General Motors Corporation
General Motors
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Homer Martin
UAW
Twan
Martin
Punxsutawney
Punxsutawinity
Frank Campanega
Adrian
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Punxeutawney
84 Per Cent of Penna Voters Cast Ballots
Harrisburg reports nearly 84 percent of Pennsylvania voters participated in the 1920 presidential election returns. The state Election Bureau compiled figures two months after election day, showing 1,915,636 qualified electors. About 89.7 percent of registered voters cast ballots for presidential candidates.
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United Press Harrisburg
Perinaylvante
Chinprelwon
Five States Searched For Mobsters In Powder Murder
Police in five states hunted Uinee men and a woman linked to a large powder murder plot. Harol Baker of Sioux City died in the blast which shattered windows and caused panic across the region. Miss Seiler, 25, of Sioux City, crawled away as the explosion occurred. Authorities traced a minehole near the city to a dynamite cache used for WPA work and recovered details of a jewelry store robbery in December.
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Sioux Walls
Jan
Harol (Rm) Baker
Sioux City
Tawa
Ihey
Melen Beller
Slow City
Nornes
Lirraon
Td Lacey
Miss Seiler
Mac Hospital
Soux City
Baker
Ehlerman Jewelry
Warrender
Harry Morstad
Death toll during New Year period tops 200
United Press reports the nation records more than 200 deaths in the New Year period as celebrations end. Authorities note a surge in violence and accidents reflecting ongoing pressures from the era of depression.
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Arguments in Murder Case Hearings Set in Warren Court
In Warren County Court House Washington Pa two young men Brownson and Senaiskas seek to change pleas to not guilty amid petitions by John Polena and Joe Senaiskas for new trials. A special session judge will hear the motions as defense claims prior guilty pleas were coerced by intimidation.
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Warren
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Brownson
Washington, Pa
John Polena
Joe Senaiskas
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Dle
Mabjo
Beuriluky
Yourgaville Alujork
Washington County
Government financed power plants increase in REA program
The Rural Electrification Administration reports more private and cooperative energy projects funded in 1996. Nearly $1,000,000 authorized for new generators and transmission facilities. First month operations to be run by cooperatives with REA partners, expanding rural electric access.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Varusa
Yoana
TUGA
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