FDR Blocks War Referendum Faces Senate Leaders
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull blocked a popular referendum on war before Congress. Supporters push for a constitutional amendment requiring a national vote, while opponents warn of policy complications and democratic principles. House and Senate debate fortification photography limits loom as defense issues top the agenda.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Hull
Congress
Pittman D-Novi
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Search Shacks For Bowers In Eastern Counties
Eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey police hunted 19 year old Wendell Forrest Bowers in tourist camps and vacant houses after a shell shocked night at Camp Hill. District Attorney Frederick Smillie said new evidence proves Bowers is the slayer and a fingerprint tied him to the assault on Wilma Carpenter. A Norristown youth was held for questioning in Milton after a request for food. detectives compare prints to identify the suspect in the Lake View tavern murder and other leads.
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Norristown
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Wendell Forrest Bowers
Wilma V. Carpenter
Frederick B. Smillie
Bowers
Smillie
Miss Griffin
Wilma
Wissin
Anne
Bower
Huntingdon Reformatory
Thomas Hooper
State Motor Police
Lewisburg
Carpenter
Hooper
Milton
Clayton Appar
Gloucester County
Lewis Hansford
Lake View
Appar
Poultry Meet Tuesday Night At Court House
Commercial poultrymen are invited to attend a meeting in the Extension office in the Court House tomorrow evening at 7 30. M Earl Mack a Butler County poultryman will address the meeting outlining plans for advertising the value of eggs and improving egg marketing. Mack is a director in the Butter Eye Auction with twenty members in Indiana County.
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Court House
Earl Mack
Butler County
Mack
Butter Eye
Indiana County
Anthem Sparks Clash Over Nation’s Song Vulgar Debate
New York reports a chorus of criticism and support for The Star Spangled Banner with Rev John Haynes Holmes calling it vulgar and celebrating war, while tenor Nino Martini says it is too hard to sing. Soprano Lotte Lehman defends the anthem as an emotional patriotism piece. Eddie Davis notes audience unfamiliarity with the words.
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New York
John Haynes Holmes
Nino Martini
Metropolitan Opera
Lotte Lehman
Austria
Holmes
Eddie Davis
Tin Pan Alley and
Cafe Society
Davis
Japanese claim action continued on Panay incident
Harada presented a defense to Brigadier General Beaumont insisting apologies came from the Japanese army. He offered three variances with American eye witness accounts about the Panay attack, disputed plane numbers, and claimed no machine gun fire by planes. He said his inquiry was conducted from Nanking and unfinished.
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John C. Beaumont
Shanghai
Harada
Hohsien
Nanking
Harida
Tokyo
Ugi
Panay
Teruel Falls Under Siege As Government Forces Advance
Spanish government troops pressed the major assault on Teruel, trapping the Insurgent garrison after three days of siege. Government forces advanced across 230 square miles, captured Escand’en Hill, and damaged Insurgent positions while civilians sought refuge in tunnels beneath the streets.
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Madrid
Teruel
Burnete
Valencia
Spain
Hendayve
France
fHendage
Escanden
Teruel-Valencia
Francisco Franco
Terueu
Limes
Sagunto
Barcelona
Japanese Offensive Fears Ripple Through Coastal China
General Iwane Matsui announced an imminent strike through Chekiang and Anhwei as Japan expands from Tsingtao to Canton. US ships standby at Tsingtao to evacuate about 800 Americans if needed and a Japanese naval attack on the port is feared given industrial destruction by Chinese forces. Samuel Sokobin, US consul at Tsingtan, said conditions were quiet last night.
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Shanghai
Chekiang
Anwhei
Iwane Matsui
Japan
China
Tsingtao
Canton
United States
Samuel Sokobin
Weather and war talk from Hankow in December report
Cloudy and colder today with likely snow flurries Tuesday. Weather data shows 3.98 inches of precipitation this month to date, average 9.33 inches, record December high 18 and low 17. Meanwhile China hardens resolve against Japan with Chiang Kai-shek’s new military plan, British defensive moves in Hong Kong, and Russia awaiting a larger role as Tokyo’s tensions with the Soviet Union grow.
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Stone
South
China
Britain
Far East
Chiang Kaishek
Hankow
Japan
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Hongkong
South China
United States
League of Nations
Great Britain
Russia
Soviet Union
Tokyo
Nichi, Nichi
Manchoukuo
Debate Over De Schweinitz Leadership Of County Program
Five D and M Os two Republicans five D and Mos. The annual rate is ten dollars. Debates arise on whether de Schweinitz will continue to lead the program after year end as an investigation into the department's efficiency proceeds by order of Earle. De Schweinitz’s job hinges on the inquiry’s outcome. Salaries for county board employees will be set jointly by the department and the employment board and will determine staff numbers in each county. Boards will submit budgets to the department of assistance for approval and review appeals by those denied relief and cases of chiseling. Civil service exams for various jobs in the assistance department are planned.
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de Schweinitz
Earle
de Schweinse
Zappolo
Department of Assistance
Drive to Abolish Slums Gains New Momentum in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg December reports cite Governor George H. Earle pushing a final year housing push after Swedish observations. Key moves include House passage of a federal housing bill, possible state legislative amendments, SWOC drafting a $500 million housing program, and plans to appoint a state administrator to oversee a $50 million state effort coordinating federal and local housing.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Washington
Pittsburgh
Penneeviveania
George H. Harte
Sweden
National House of Representatives
Senate
State Housing Board
Pennsylvania
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Congress
Philip Murray
SWOC
Earle
Local Court Hands Suspensions and Fines in Multiple Cases
Edgar McAnulty of Homer City was sentenced to six to sixty months in the workhouse for breaking into a dry cleaning shop on North Fourth Street Indiana with restitution of 20 dollars for stolen clothes and added costs. Blairsville’s George Clark got four to twelve months retroactive to Sept. 4 plus costs for assault and battery. Commodore’s George Robbins ordered to pay costs and 10 monthly for 60 months starting January 1 for failing to support a child. W. W. Glass released to the county home supervisor after vagrancy and thefts from parked cars during the fair in Cockport.
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Edgar McAnulty
Homer City
North Fourth Street
Indiana
George Clark
Blairsville
George Robbins
Commodore
W. W. Glass
J. M. White
Cockport
Local District Board Appointments List Readied for January Sessions
The appointment slate covers districts including Armstrong NuMine Freeport Kittanning North Fourth Street Apollo Ford City Cresson Ebensburg Johnstown Conemaugh Blairsville Clarion New Bethlehem West Monterey Clearfield Morrisdale Houtzdale Dubois Brockway Summerville Brookville Reynoldsville Pineyxsutawney. Names shown with party labels and towns mark the boards to convene January 8 15 and 22.
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Armstrong
Sarah D. Brows
NuMine
Mary M. Laughlin
Freeport
Mary M. Geary
Parkers Landing
Glen T. Black
Kittanning
Charles E. Overberger
Barnesboro
Clarion
Anna B. Graham
Sara Campbell Rankin
A. M. Helpler
New Bethlehem
Minnie Wilson Collner
Fred ¥. Brown
Leda R. Elder
Dale Krieble
West Monterey
Clearfeld
Charies Veincher
Clearfield
Maury White
Morrisdale
Mary Webb
Houtzdale
Joseph Shankle
DuBois
J. B. Morris
Roll B. Thompson
George B. Kirk
Kylerstown
Jefferson
Charlotte Britten
Brockway
Adaline
Corbett
Summerville
Minnie Dillman
Brookville
Hazel Edelblute
Reynoldsville
Cynthia Wehrle
Thomas C. McQuown
Big Run
Leo D. Sullivan
Pynxsutawney
One Dead After Upset Boat Near Emsworth Dam
A motor boat capsized near the Emsworth dam on the Ohio river leaving Charles Wills 32 of Rochester dead. Harvey Todd 29 of Ambridge and Stever Hendrow 39 of McKete Rocks survived. Earlier a six member family was rescued from the Allegheny river in Pittsburgh as floodwaters rose.
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Pittsburgh
Emsworth Dam
Ohio River
Charles Wills
Rochester
Harvey Todd
Ambridge
Stever Hendrow
McKete Rocks
Allegheny River
Explorer to Lecture Hill Opens Season with Mra Johnson
Leonard Literary Society at State Teachers College opens its season January 10 in Manos Theatre at 8 15 with Mra Martin Johnson of African Jungle fame delivering a lecture and showing talking pictures of tribesmen and wild animals. Jitney Players from New York perform The Ri vals and Rip Van Winkle March 21 with matinee and evening shows. Season memberships may be sold due to tax exemption plan and some good seats remain. orders are in Manos box office. Boake Carter’s debut date moved to January 20 due to radio program change.
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Leonard Literary Society
State Teachers College
Mra
Martin Johnson
Manos Theatre
Mra. Johnson
New York City
Sheridan
Rip van Winkle
Clarion College to establish teaching horarian curriculum
The State Council of Education approved a curriculum for teachers training at Clarion College modeled after Millersville and Kutztown programs. Board members H. J. Mitchell, Mrs. Gladys B. Long, A. A. Geary, and Leslie R. Himes met to discuss plans and praised Dr. Ade for selecting Clarion.
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State Council of Education
State Teachers College
Clarion
Millersville
Kutztown
H. J. Mitchell
Gladys B. Long
A. A. Geary
Leslie R. Himes
Dr. Chandler
Ade
Meyers Couple Mark 71st Wedding Anniversary in Templeton
Tob ias Meyers a 94 year old Civil War veteran and his wife Alwilda age 80 will celebrate their 71st wedding anniversary at their Templeton home north of Kittanning. They wed in Kittanning in 1666 and are parents of nine children eight living with 43 grandchildren 85 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Mr Meyers once formed a plot between Templeton and Kellersburg.
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Kittanning
Tobias Meyers
Alwilda
Templeton
Here
Meyers
Kellersburg
Market names and rates from historic stock list
A long OCR fragment lists many stock tickers and company names including Am Can Am For Pow Am Tel and Tel Anaconda Atch T Refineries and major firms like General Motors Chrysler and US Steel. Percentages, prices, and abbreviations follow, resembling a 1920s or 1930s market page with regional rail lines and utilities.
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Air Redue
Bald Loco Balt
Ohio Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel Briggs Mfg
Burr Add Mach
Canad Pac Case
Cerro de Pas
Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Coml Solvents
Camwith
Sou
Con Edison Con Oil Corn Products
Crane Co
del Lack and
West Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de N Eastman Kodak
el Auto Lite
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motoris
Gillette
Hard-Walker Hudson Motor
Int Harvester Int
Nick Can
Tel
Cop Kresge
Leh Val RR
Liggett and Myers Loew's Inc
Mack Trucks
Monitgom Ward Nash-Kelv
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Distillers
Nat
Y Central RR
North Amer Packard Motor Penn RR
Phila Read Co
Phillips Pet Pub
Pure Oil Radio Corp of. 1
Reading Co
Repub Steel Reynolds
Tob
Sears Roebuck Socony-Vacumn
Sperry Corp Ltd
Oil Cal Ltd
Oil Led Ltd
OU N J
Studebaker Cal Texas Corp
Time Roll
Transamerica
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp US Indus Alco Us Rubber US
Rush Housing Bills For Action Before Adjourning
Congressional leaders rushed the housing bill to the Senate to enact a major measure before mid week adjournment of the special session. A subcommittee approved a near identical House bill differing only in details, with a predicted one sided Senate vote. The aim is to stimulate residential construction by easier financing for small homes. Roosevelt discussed his legislative program with aides as hearings on major appropriation bills wrap up, while other measures stall.
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Washington
Senate
House
Barkley
DeRy
White House
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Navy Department
Markets Tell of Steady Prices Across Produce and Livestock
Pittsburgh reports market steadiness in produce with varied apple grades from No 1 Pennsylvania Jonathan to Delicious and Maine Green Mountains, while potatoes and sacks show modest movements. Livestock bids in Chicago and Pittsburgh reflect gradual gains in wheat futures and mixed cattle and hog values, with overall slow, steady trends.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Hubbardstons
Baldwins
Kings
McIntosh
Maryland
Maine Green Mountains
Florida
Crates Bliss
Pittsburgh
Loot at New Castle Liquor Store Sparks Heist Report
Four young men entered a state liquor store just before closing, threatened clerks with a pistol and escaped with 90 dollars plus a case of liquor. Police search for suspects and review nearby surveillance footage to identify the assailants.
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New Castle
Kennedy May Be Successor to Bingham in London
Washington December 20 1944 Amb Robert W Bingham death spurs talks Roosevelt may appoint Joseph P Kennedy to London post. Kennedy who chairs the Maritime Commission visited Bingham last week and discussed London envoy duties. Foreign relations committee members expect swift Senate confirmation though some fear losing him as business adviser. Final decision rests with Kennedy and the president.
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Washington
Robert W. Bingham
Roosevelt
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
Bingham
Kennedy
London Post
Maritime Commission
Baltimore
Te Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Margart Karmendi’s Sentencing Postponed to December 27
Ebensburg December 20 sentencing for Margaret Karmendi aged 25 on a second degree murder conviction in the spike slaying of her three year old son was postponed due to the absence of President Judge John H. McCann of Cambria county.
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Ebensburg
Margaret Karmendi
John H. McCann
Cambria County
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