Naval Conference Seeks 20 Percent Sea Armament Cut
The London naval conference opens with U S Advocate proposing a 20 percent reduction from treaty tonnage. Norman H Davis presents President Roosevelt's plan while Prime Minister Baldwin urges compromise to avert unrestricted naval competition. Japanese Admiral Nagano pushes for equality with Britain and the United States in strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Stanley Baldwin
Great Britain
London
Norman H. Davis
Roosevelt
Osami Nagano
Britain
United States
Japan
France
Italy
Washington
Lloyd Lehreas
Davis
Admiral Nagano
Mediterranean
Baldwin
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Intruder Attacks Film Actress at Home in Library
Petty and his dentist accompanied the intruder to the writer Wilson’s home where Geraghty lay crumpled in the library. Servants heard nothing. rear door pried open. The couple wed May 6, 1934 and Geraghty had retired from the screen after years in reading roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Wilsons
Miss Geraghty
Overnight Briefs in Western Pennsylvania 1935
Overnight briefs report on 1935 Western Pennsylvania tax collections totaling 233 million for the first three quarters, a $5.5 million rise from last year. Police detain two women accused of counterfeiting a $10 bill in Cambria County. WPA figures and unemployment marches are noted, plus a fatal fire at Boldberg Iron and Steel plant with a one year old victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
H. J. Bell
Internal Revenue
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
James Whiteside
Boldberg Iron and Steel
Farmers seek fair trade as trust limits collapse
Speech excerpts urge ending corporate dominance and balancing agriculture with industry. They claim the farm’s purchasing power rose from under 50 percent to over 90 percent, while warning against exploitation by those who profited from low prices. Canada and the United States may correct inequalities if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Christmas Seals Aid Local Camp
Dangers of tuberculosis and the chance to support it through buying Tuberculosis Christmas Seals are stressed by Beryl L. Seanor, president of the Indiana County Tuberculosis Society. Results show tuberculin tests in four towns found twenty percent of five hundred students carrying the disease’s hot spots, with follow up tests of Indiana County students continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beryl L. Seanor
Indiana County Tuberculosis Society
Indiana Couny
Church Plays Win Support
The Young People's Council of Sunday School District 1 saw strong backing for seven religious plays. Semifinals were held December 5 at Plumville with three top performances advancing to an elimination tournament scheduled for December 10 at the Marion Center auditorium. A small admission will be charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People's Council of Sunday School District
Marion Center
Ambrose Baptist Church
Gilgal Church
Plumville
Giffen
Brookside Health Camp Brings Welfare To County Children
Brookside Health Camp served thirty nine children from twenty towns with outdoor life milk rest and crafts. Parents report continued progress and the program will continue in 1936 through health stamp purchases. Every penny helps support tuberculosis prevention work. join in by purchasing seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookside
Hauptmann Case Heads Toward Supreme Court Review
The Lindbergh kidnap trial returns to the frontier of doubt as 28 petitions seek Supreme Court review. Lawyers claim suppression of testimony and faulty wood handwriting evidence, while Governor Hoffman hints at delaying the execution if plausible new proof emerges. The case hangs on potential review and a possible new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher
Hauptmann
James W. Douthat
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Stion
Hauptmanneo Asonal
Hoffman
Ellis H .Parker
Burlington County
John F. Condon
New Jersey
Flashes of Life and Odd Local Notices
MARION 8S C Dr J C Moessnar a chiropractor was the frat patient in his own hospital. He fell from a scaffold and broke four bones in his right ankle while inspecting renovation. CONWAY S C Storekeeper 8 S Singleterry bet a customer Freeman Brown he couldn't eat a pound of Cheese and a pound of trackers in five minutes. He cut a two pound slice of cheese and added half a pound of crackers. Brown won the bet. SARATOGA Calif A dime from a cantankerous guest disgusted Louis Henning a porter until he learned. It was a rare 1904 coin and sold to a numismatist for 25. LOS ANGELES William L Kimberly 88 Civil War veteran and a bridegroom of six weeks said he was kissless husband and obtained an annulment.
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Marion
J. C. Moessnar
Conway
S. C
G. Singleterry
Freeman Brown
Saratoga
Calif
Louis Henning
Los Angeles
Willliam L. Kimberly
War Situation Shows Franco British Unity Over Ethiopia
A Franco British united front pressures Mussolini to reveal his peace hand in the Ethiopian war. London and Paris drafted peace terms that could end hostilities with concessions near the Eritrea border, while Italy warned of possible sanctions and bloodier fighting as Dolo and Dessye fronts report casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devon Francis
Associated Press
United Front
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Ethiopia
London
Paris
Great Britain
English
Addis Ababa
Reuters
Dolo
Dessye
Haile Selassie
Mussolini
Eritrea
Somaliland
Tigre
Aduwa
Aksum
League of Nations
Chamber of Deputies
Ecdurch
Rome
France
Stanley Baldwin
Mediterranean
Frontines
WPA Victim On His Way Home Details Erosion of Career
A WPA victim, employed on WPA projects, had lived in Indiana County for thirty years after being born in Russia. The report notes his prior residence and employment history as part of the archival account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Indiana County
Russia
Local Hunters Net Deer and Bears Across Counties
Local hunters reported multiple deer and bear catches across Potter Clinton Cameron and Clinton counties. Raymond Wagner and Carl Fairman each took six or eight point bucks, neighbors Williams and Dembesky both bagged bears, and a Pittsburgh district party celebrated after deer taken in Clearfield county. Antlerless deer hunting faces limits in Indiana County as season changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherryhill
Raymond
Rum) Wagner
Potter County
Biddle
Carl Fairman
Washington Township
Fairman
Bear Frank Williams
John Dembesky
Philadelphia Street
Station Avenue
Williams
Cameron County
Dembosky
Clinton County
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Seventh Streets
Nimrods
Clearfield County
Walter Henry
Third Street
Lawrence Smith
School Street
New Deal Fight Expands Across Branches of Government
The Supreme Court schedules arguments on the agriculture adjustment act amid challenges by Hansa Mills Corp of Massachusetts. Stan Reed defends the act as essential for welfare while George Pepper leads a restraint argument claiming illegal delegation. Roosevelt travels to Chicago as Liberty League and Norris attack several New Deal policies. The government emphasizes a test suit against Electric Bond and Share Co. and the labor relations board faces scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Hansa¢ Mills Corporation
Massachusetts
AAA
NRA
Stanley Reed
Lwent
High Tribunal
Hoosac
George Wharton Pepper
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Liberty League
New Deal
Norris
R-Neb
National Lawyers Committee
The
Liberty League
Roosel Jr
Power Trust
Yulty Holding Company
Electric Bong and Share Company
Securities Commission
National Labor Relations
Liquor Profits Hit Over Ten Million Statewide
Harrisburg report from the Liquor Control Board shows state stores profited more than 10 million dollars with floor taxes totaling over 4.6 million. Nearly 7 million in license taxes has been collected and returned to the communities. Board records indicate 5.65 million allocated for relief, 898 thousand for blind pensions, and 50 thousand to the Department of Public Instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Liquor Control Board
Department of Public Instruction
Court acts on Wagner act and power case in broad rulings
The board found Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines violated the Wagner labor disputes act and seeks swift Supreme Court review. Separately the Federal Power Commission argued the Connecticut Power Company faces losses as it severed interstate lines to dodge federal jurisdiction. Hasack case decision expected in January could influence 1936 tax policy and AAA funding, as various courts clash over processing taxes and the amended act faces future challenges.
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Pennsylvania Grayhound Lines, Inc
Pewer Commission
Connecticut Power Company
Samuel Ferguson
Hasack
ASA Men Usy
Feriers
AAA
Fedeal District Court For
Massachusetts
Circuit Court of Appeals
Boston
Ascal
Former County Farmer Killed
A long list of traffic fatalities reported across Pennsylvania includes Margaret Sheehan of Mercersburg killed near Hagerstown Maryland. Other victims include four-year-old Lucille Motel in Hazleton and Mary Baker in Philadelphia, with numerous adults in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Hanover and Langhorne among the dead. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Jessie Paterick of Hastings Cambria County. she would have been 77 tomorrow and is survived by three sons and seven daughters.
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Margaret Sheehan
Mercersburg
Hagerstown
Fittsburgh
Philadelphia
James Whiteside
Peru
Ind
Uniontown
Michael Wakelie
Washington
Pittsburgh
Frank L. Christman
Stanley T. Stafford
Dominic Mascke
Robert Man
Alice Bertalet
Frederick A. Saatman
Stanley Appleton
Hanover
Jessie Paterick
Hastings
Cambria County
Hastings Methodist Episcopal Church
Union Cemetery
Paterick
William Wilson Paterick
Scotland
Beaver
Adam Paterick
Lilly
James Hunter
Indiana
Charles Heist
Patton
5S. C. Benson
Brooklyn
E. E. Campbell
John Brazil
Jean Paterick
Eleanor Paterick
Hastings High School
President Responds to New Deal Critics Over Farm Prices
President argues for continued corn hog program while urging fair prices for farmers, contrasting farmer demand with hogs for copy and appealing to public support.
Wait Fair Share of Relief Costs
Harrisburg dispatch reports Pennsylvania counties await Governor Earle’s estimate of each county’s fair share of relief costs as over 1.06 million residents still receive aid on December 1. Federal grants ended December 1, state emergency relief continues through the month, and 153,486 names were removed just before the cutoff. WPA projects cover about 38,696 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennnsylvania
Earle
State Emergency Relief Board
Robert L. Johnson
WPA
Roosevelt on Trade and Farm Prosperity at Stockyards Amphi
President Roosevelt spoke at the Stockyards Amphi endorsing the Canada reciprocal trade accord. He denounced calamity howlers while arguing farm and city prosperity are linked, praising higher farmer purchasing power and saying the new policy benefits consumers and producers alike. He urged analysis of motives behind objections and warned against speculative ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Roosevelt
State Grangers at New Castle Meet in State Convention
Two thousand members of the Pennsylvania State Grange are expected for the opening of the 68th annual convention at New Castle. Sessions run until Thursday night with State Master J. Audley Boak, a Lawrence County resident, in charge.
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New Castle
Pennsylvaniia State Grange
J. Audley Boak
Lawrence County
Licenses Revoked for 255 Pennsylvanians
Harrisburg December 9. Secretary Kalodner announced 255 Pennsylvania motorists had licenses suspended in the week ending December 3. Of these 128 were taken for reckless driving or other violations. 32 for lack of financial responsibility or unresolved judgments. 40 for missing hearings. He noted more drunken drivers are losing licenses, prompting insurers to worsen rates or withdraw coverage. Restorations require proof of financial responsibility and 12 months with no two or more self negligent accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Harry Kalodrer
Secretary of Revenue
Pennnsylvania
Ananda
Kalodner
Stocks Show Mixed Gains Across Major Shares
A scrambled list of ticker results shows varied performance with Allied Chem up 180 percent and Am Can up 138 percent, while many other firms like Anaconda and US Steel show smaller gains or modest declines. The transmission includes numerous company symbols and percentage figures, indicating a compiled market snapshot rather than a cohesive story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Chem
Alco
Fgn
Atchison
Auburn
Bendix
Beth
Borg Warnaly Borden
Broges
Chrysler
Coca Cola
du Pont
Eastman
Gillette
Harbison Walk
Hudson
Johns Many
Kennecott
Lorillard
Monty Ward
Nash
Nat Dairy
Nat Distill
Alta Nat P
Nor Am Co
Penna RR
Pha
Phil Pele Pub
Sve
NJ Radio Repub
St Rey
Sears Roe Socony
Spieg M Sten St Brands
St Gas
St Oil
Cal
St Oil Ind
St Oil NJ
Sindebkro
Tex. Corp
Timls Roll
Transama
Aire Corp
Corpis Uni Gas Im
West el
Mfg
Woolworth
Pennroad
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U.S
Norman Davis
America
Moorhead
Miblaea
W. H. McClelland
Anna Connolly
Cambridge
Mass
Louise Mello
Jamada Plains
U. S
Pigedere L. Maritz
Congress
MT. Carmel
Leo McCloskey
Natalie
James R. Cox
National
Galeton
Burr L. Vanderboe
E. D. Witwer
Denver
Edward N. Sones
Allegheny County
Edward N. Jones
Works Progress
Christmas Seals
Church
Marion Center Auditorium
Australia
Ernest
Hansford
York
Chambersville
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co
Ern‘ein
Charles Yancinsk
Nanty-Glo
Streams Funeral
Istate Grangers
Provinee
Quebec
Dominion of Canada
Ance
Mee
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