Dancing Feet Mystery Stirs New York Police
New York detectives trail the "dancing feet" of 15 year old Sarah Weiss as they seek a clue to the brutal abduction and mutilation death of the high school girl. Her father Louis Weiss pleads, while hundreds of classmates are questioned. police hunt the missing purse and body in the East Side gutters and tenements. In Hastings on Hudson, two suspects are held as funeral services begin for 8 year old Josephine Warpay found mutilated under a theater stage. Suspect John Sulka and Sebastian Martil are questioned over their alleged abuse and gifts to children.
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NHW- York
CINS
Ithit Hs
iSyear-eld
Sarah Weiss
Wbleyers
Lower East Side
Louwis
Tred
Sholica
Seifl i
Hastings-On-Hudson
N. Yuec
Josephine Warpay
T Hose
John H. Sulka
Sebastian Martil
Sulka
Martil
Blairsville Plant Plans
Blairsville residents are urged to subscribe 350 shares of cumulative preferred stock for a new Blairsville plant. Trustees will hold funds until purchase terms are met and a operating corporation formed, with $35,000 due by Thursday. Proposed plant would hire 400 employees at start.
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Blairsville
Teacher Salary Clash Feared In Cities
Washington reports city schools face a deep salary cut as 18,000 fewer teachers serve 250,000 more pupils since 1930. U S. Commissioner George F. Zoos cites a 4.2 percent rise in interest outlays while overall averages dip about 15 percent.
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Washington
George F. Zoos
U. S
Ed.gation
No Renewal of Cash Bonus Drive
Washington December 26 INS reports the cash payment drive for the pre renewed soldiers bonus will not be renewed in Congress amid administration opposition. Rep Wright Patman Texas predicts the move and says adjusted service certificates remain the best way to deliver funds to veterans. He opposes repealing the law but supports modifications to aid World War and Spanish War veterans, potentially restoring fifty million dollars yearly to veterans.
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Washington
Congress
Wright Patnau
Texas
TMT
Patman
Pptyan
Sas
Putman
Winter Home Hideaway Shrouded in Mystery
A fragmentary report notes a person named Belnavelts or similar locating a winter home in Georgia. Details are sparse, but the item hints at a discreet residence escape and unresolved questions about the individual's whereabouts.
Paralysis Vaccine Found
NEW YORK December 26 JNS Development of a vaccine to immunize humans against infantile paralysis was disclosed by the city health department bureau of laboratories under Dr W H Park director of laboratories He said he is working along Pasteur lines to find a serum that may be safe to administer while cautioning against overemphasis on early results He has immunized monkeys and other animals with a serum made from dead virus treated with formaldehyde which kills the organism but preserves the immunizing properties
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New York
Bureau of Laboratories
City Health Department
W. H. Park
Pasteur
Park
Agalnnat
TWO MURDERED IN SLICKVILLE ON CHRISTMAS
State Police arrested five men after a Christmas murder in Slickville. Victim’s brother, Andy Molehak, and other suspects were detained as investigators pursued a line of inquiry that a drinking bout led to a fatal fight. Coroner McMurray examined the case.
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Jocob
Andy Molehak
Mike Maronek
John Rusnok
Frank Yasvay
Toth
Meg
H. Albert McMurray
Confesses Death of Harris Boy in Farm House Slaying
Robert H. Wiles, 49, an automobile mechanic, admitted to authorities that he killed Nerbert L. Harris Jr., 15, by crushing his skull with an iron pipe after luring him to an abandoned farmhouse ten miles from Columbia, S C. The confession was given at the state penitentiary under guard to prevent mob violence.
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Columbia
Robert H. Wiles
Job- Jess
Nerbert L.harris Jr
T. Alex Heise
Wiles
Heise
Peuken
Rawlinson
Scarborough
Appointees Listed for State Jobs and Local Obits
Harrisburg announces hundreds of civil service appointments after December exams, including $8,800 director of purchases for the state to Alpirt K. Comley of Mt. Airy. Also noted are obituaries and funeral plans for longtime residents, with service details and survivors listed.
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Harrisburg
Department of Public Instruction
Alpirt K. Comley
Mt. Airy
Philadelphia
Morrisburg
Lst
Obituary notices from DuBois and nearby towns
An obituary notes a long illness and burial in Salem cemetery near DuBois for a well known local resident born February 26, 1847, survived by daughter Lena Russell and sons William and Charles Luce. A Dubois Methodist Church member praised for kindness and charity reflects on a long life in the community.
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Salem
Duvoin
DuBois
Lena Russell
Salsburg
Willian and
Charles Luce
Dubuis
Luce
The
Dubus
Blizzard Limits Give Philadelphia A White Christmas
A five inch snowstorm blankets central districts and Philadelphia, with blizzard conditions in Pittsburgh easing toward night. State crews rally to keep roads moving while forecasts call for four to five more inches. Temperature hovers above freezing in Philadelphia after a mild Christmas Day.
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A. M
Harrisburg
Central District
Philadelphia
State Highway Department
Pittsburgh
Transcontinental and
Western Air
Columbus
Ohis
Ohio-Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Suburbs
Miss States Wins $10,000 Verdict in Auto Crash
Miss Tia States, a DuBois teacher, received a $10,000 verdict against David Crossett and Miss Anderson for injuries from a Sept 12 1931 auto crash just west of the Tidiake road on Roosevelt Sighwa near Trvine. Plaintiffs say Crossett’s car rear ended Anderson’s, sending her vehicle into a culvert. Previous related suit awarded Ada Baym $12,588.33.
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Tia States
DuBois
David Crassett
Miss Anderson
Miss States
Tidiake Road
Roosevelt Sighwa
Trvine
Crossett
Miss Andersen
Anderson
Crishi
Ada Baym
Miss Strtes
Charles J. Margiotti, Esq
Punxsutawney
Model plan for Capitol booze regulation debated in Congress
Washington December 26 A plan to regulate liquor in the District of Columbia is being shaped by Congress with focus on public versus private sale and strict versus liberal rules. The District commissioners favor bottle and package sales by licensed merchants or prescriptions while drinks would be limited to hotels restaurants clubs and dining cars. Some Senate members support city owned dispensaries as a Canadian style model.
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Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
Roosevelt
House
Senate
District Commissioners
United States
Final details of law program for new session
A new session faces a legislature debating currency policy and a proposed free gold market. Congress weighs budget limits, securities regulation, Glass-Steagall concerns, and tax revisions while anticipating a short session. Contention over liquor taxes, inflation demands, public works, and antitrust powers looms as lawmakers map the year.
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United States
House
Congress
Lewis Douglas
Senate Banking Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Agricultural Department
Wallace
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Savory Spaghetti and Dessert Recipe Fragments
Fragmented kitchen note outlines two dishes. Dessert shows dates and nuts with cinnamon butter baked in pan. oven at 490 degrees for 25 minutes yields four servings. Savory spaghetti lists spaghetti bacon onions tomatoes flour baking powder pepper celery cheese and yields eight servings.
Meat and Vegetable Casserole With Spaghetti
Procedure mixed from a printed recipe. cook spaghetti in salted water then fry bacon until crisp. Sauté onions in hot bacon fat, add bacon, season with Nour, add tomato juice and baking powder, add celery and green pepper, cook until vegetables tender about 16 to 26 minutes. Stir in cheese until melted and serve with spaghetti. Prepare meat and vegetable casserole by combining cooked meat, potatoes or vegetables, onion, and thickened gravy, fill casseroles, top with biscuit dough, bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes.
Excitement Kills Child in Scarsdale Christmas Tragedy
In Scarsdale New York eight year old Dorothy Long died Christmas morning after being awakened by travelers and asking if Santa Claus would come. An autopsy by Medical Examiner Amos A. Square found the cause to be an enlarged thymus gland that strangled the girl in her sleep, following her mother Dorothy Long tucking in sisters Janet and Dorothy.
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Scarsdale
Dee
INS
Dorothy Long
Sara Clara
Dorothy
Long
Janet
Mrs. Long
Santa Claus
Amos A. Square
Belated Snow For Holidays Stir Indiana Christmas Scene
A dusk stroll reveals family gatherings, carols, and children dressing dolls and dogs as Indiana celebrates Christmas. Carriers bring folks home for the holidays, church services fill the day and night, and a hopeful New Year looms as 1934 promises better things.
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Indiana
Sweet Potato Creole Bake with Brown Sugar
Prepare boiled sweet potatoes cut lengthwise and arranged in a shallow pan. Spread with fat and brown sugar, add salt, mace and orange rind, bake until tender or thick syrup forms. Optional marshmallows may be added and browned.
Treasury Balance Report Shows 1.202 Billion on Dec 21
Washington dispatch notes Treasury balance as of December 21 standing at 1,202,551,561.66 dollars. It lists miscellaneous items including M. I. Re, 3,229, sans customs receipts, and 18,914 in unspecified entries.
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Treasury
Washington
M. I. Re
Ordinance Vacating Part of Stanard Alley West of Fourth
An ordinance of Indiana Borough vacates a 150 foot portion of Stanard Alley west of Fourth Street for private alley use. State Department of Highways requested the vacation for building improvements. No objections were filed after notice on November 4, 2438. Ordinance to be published weekly in the Indiana Listing Gazette for three consecutive weeks.
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Stafard Army
Indiana
Fourth Street
State Department of Highways
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Stanard Alley
Wald Wiey
Rtanard Aillay
Notlus
Tudiana
Salt Borough
Homestyle Graham Muffins From Old Cookbook
A historical recipe describes making two pound baking powder molds for bread. It lists strained brown trend flour, graham flour, yellow corn meal, soda, laguo gall, baking powder, molasses, raisins, sweet milk, and instructions to mix dry ingredients, replace molasses with milk, and beat until smooth. Fill molds, steam hours, then bake at 375 degrees to brown crust.
Butler Blames Practical Men For National Woes
New York December 26 Dr Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University faulted the so called practical man whose influence on policy he said has brought many countries to trouble and wrecked much of the world's business He warned that profit alone as an end to human effort leads toward steady disintegration while educated scholars enter public service and politics with a broader view.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Butler
Trustees of Columbia
Haie
Roosevelt
Columbia
Beig
Dairy cattle show to feature 893 head at Pennsylvania Farm Show
Extension committees report officers at the annual meeting led by President John F. Pounds of Indiana and officers M C Stewart Homer City J M Risinger Homer City and Clarence McHenry Indiana. The Harrisburg Farm Show January 15 19 1934 will display 893 dairy cattle from 26 counties including 84 4 H club animals from 14 clubs in 11 counties with top judges named for each breed.
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A. Woodward Smith
Blairsville
Clyde Houck
Clymer
William Wetzel
Marion Center
JA. Compton
Livermore
John F. Pounds
Indiana
M. C. Stewart
Homer City
J. M. Risinger
Clarence McHenry
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Chester County
Lawrence County
Guernsey
Guy E. Harmon
Homestead Farm
Salisbury
Holstein
Ward Stevens
Liverpool
New York
Jersey
C. S. Holgren
Twin Oaks Farm
Morristown
New Jersey
Three Killed in New Jersey Auto Collision
Three persons died and three were injured in a Somerville New Jersey auto collision today. The dead include Mrs. Mabel Ward, 56, of Doylestown Pa, and William Ward, 22, her son, and Miss Margaret Wilson, 17, of Doylestown Pa. The injured are Lloyd Rachel, 20, of Orange N T Matthey Maurneul, 31, of Otanas, and John Ward, 21, son of Mrs. Mabel Ward.
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Somervill
N. J
Parsons
Mabel Ward
Doylestown
William Ward
Hst Son
Margaret Wilson
Lloyd Rachel
Orange
N.T
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Bpenavelts
Christias
Py International Navy Service
Fiimost
Vic. Jones
Harris-burg
Westmoreland
Charles W. Lawton
Connellsville
Martin Tleeklinger, Jr
Dawson
Carlisle
Joseph I. Jackson
Carria
Shafter
York
Chaucay
M. Keener
Trovert Sipe
Hazleton
Elizabeth Krapt
Beranlon
Walter Selha
Brooklyn
Joseph Serkania
Ridgewood
N. Y
Henry Janssen
Erla
Asplinns
Leo Kobler
Kubler
Henry Renz
Harris Boy
Noorheaus
Compivne Store
Men & Boys
Carl Siewirits
Veronica Skwirtz
Herward
W. D. Peterman
WM. J. Jack
Polleges
John TV. Harvey
Colene Clinton
Carroll J. Crowley
Lock Haven
Charles D. Wharton
Grawford
Maurice M. Lord
Meadville
Rex W. Weathvard
Elk—Earl R. Shaver
Elbow
Wilmer A. Kronenwetter
St. Mary's
Erie
J. Edward Kirsch
Eric
John A. Taylor
Henry Freak Neumer
George Nathaniel Hofner, Jr
Catherine Butler
Francis
Jones Mills
Murray
Greensburg
Fred
Long Island
Sam
Edenborn
County Line
John Genty
Miller Cemetery
Vernie McSwinty
Vernie McSwiney
Creekside
Arthur “McSwiney
Irwin
Harry McSwiney
Soar Creekside
Martha Goines
Summerville
Grace Brown
Hamer City
Mabel Fairman
Hiram _H. Broslus
Brookville
Dev
Hiram
Brasing
Brosius
Jefferson County
Jacob B. Murray
San Francisco
Capitol
Alison Skipworth
Peer Idle
Elizabeth Argal
Paris
Uneése
Glyon
Cincinnati
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East
Siotse Ea
Aki
Val
T. Foss
Ordinarce
John
G. BH. Simpson
Rix
Altust
Taylor
B. OM
Lishteberger
Funkaylvania
Hotles
Pennsylvania Liquor Centre Board
John Ward
Jamison
Phila
Lot Reyon Undies
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