Congress to begin 1938 session faces sharp party clashes
A forecasted January 3 opening for Congress expects bitter fights among Democratic blocs over President Roosevelt's program. Senators foresee clashes on public works expansion and social security, with many proposals likely to fail while the administration aims for an orderly short session.
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William
Neal
Washington
Congress
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Roosevelt
Lewis
Iillingis
Earl
Adams
Colorado
Science Lines Up First Immunization Against Infant Paralysis
Dr Kolmer vaccinates 18 monkeys with attenuated virus and finds complete protection against virulent forms. He then vaccinates 25 humans including his family and 23 children with minimal soreness and increased antibodies. Dr Brodie reports safe results in 35 children and 6 adults and usage to avert an epidemic in Bakersfield California.
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Kolmer
Miss Rule
Kelmet
Brodie
Bareau of Health Laboratories
New York City
Bakersfield
Cal
Jay Smith
Kern County
Treasury balance report with England canal note
Treasury balance stands at 2 584 498 916 58 dollars with minor items including 92 05 and 26 839 05 41. Nearly 3000 miles of canals are in use in England.
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Treasury
Washington
Dev
England
Three Taxes to Aid Schools and Realty
A report urges formation of community based school districts anchored to high school centers. County executives would oversee regrouping, with a November 1936 election for final approval. Dr James N Rule calls it advancing local self admin, while Dr A D Thomas and Ben G Graham get nominations for leadership roles. Harrisburg and Scranton bid for next year’s NEA convention.
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Dr. Ross
James N. Rule
Volanne
A. D.thomas
Hazelton
Ben G. Graham
Fittsburgh
M. H W. Thomas
Harrisburg
James ‘Herbert Ketley
Pennsylvania
NEA
Scranton
Painted Veil Garbo Excels In Ritz Screen Role
Garbo plays a wife who discovers infidelity in a tale of love and scandal. Townsend resists divorce as he refuses to end his marriage to marry Katherine, dragging her into a web of passion. The performance emphasizes Garbo’s depth and glamour, marking a memorable screen presence.
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Townsend
Katherine
Garbo
Cold Wave Sweeps Nation From Canada to Missouri
The United States endures a severe cold spell with deaths from the cold and icy accidents across states from Montana to Missouri. New York reports a drop from 50 to about 10 degrees as snow flurries set in, with upstate New York and New England facing impassable roads and heavy property damage in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
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Montana
Indiana
Canada
Missouri
Chicago
Harevey
New York
Dee
Middle West
New York City
United States
Mercury
Mackenzie Valley
Canadian Northwest
Tiny Everett Family in Auto Crash Injures Reported
In a crash trying to shield herself, Tiny Everett suffered a broken arm near the wrist and a chipped tooth. Douglas and Edwin escaped with minor injuries while Mr. Everett hit the steering wheel and dashboard, sustaining severe knee bruises, rib and neck strains. Mrs. Everett and the boy expect home Saturday. car damaged beyond repair.
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Douglas
Edwin
Mr. Everett
Everetts
Everett
Two New Plots to Kill Stalin Prompt Shock Troops
A pro-Trotsky group faces accusation from a killer linked to the Kirov murder case as French papers urge the creation of new shock troops amid political turmoil.
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Stalin
Pro-Trotzky
Kirov
Moscow terror plots lead to military trial for 14 suspects
World unrest report outlines that Leonid Nikolaiev and fourteen confederates, charged with plots to kill Stalin, are handed to a military tribunal for summary trials. The government vows swift justice, with potential firing squads for those convicted, as connections to Trotzky and a pro‑Trotzky faction are alleged. Continued on Page Three.
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Lindesay Parrott
LON. S
Moscow
UINS
Leonid Nikolaiev
Sergei Kirov
Dos
Stalin
Nikolaievy
Kirov Dev
Kirov
Nikolainy
Leon Trotzky
France
Leningrad
Nikolaicy
Trotzky
Dairymen Plan Dairy Meetings Across Four County Areas
The Dairymen's Co operative Sales Association announces a second series of dairy meetings for nine Indiana county locals. Principal speaker is R H Olmstead of Pennsylvania State College, renowned for dairy feeding and management. Sessions run Jan 3 Glairsville Jamison Hotel Lobby, Jan 4 Clarksburg Town Hall, Smicksburg Lutheran Church social room, and Rayne Livp Consolidated School. County Agent J W Warner will discuss Bangs disease testing. Open to all dairy men and their families.
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Indiana
Dairymen's Co-operative Sales Association
R. H. Olmstead
Pennsylvania State College
Olmstead
Jamison
Glairsville
Clarksburg
The
Lutheran Church
Smicksburg
Rayne ‘Iivp. Consolidated School
J. W. Warner
42 Injured in Isolated West Virginia Town
A train wreck in a remote West Virginia town injured forty two passengers. The blast tore hinges from a coach and shattered windows as steam scalded others. Rescue crews worked two miles to remove the injured and recover the dead amid icy weather.
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W. VA
Omain
Montgomery
On & House
Lilly Black
Glack
Karl
Kenneth
Marl Mons
Jie
Pim
Bill
Aise
Ellsworth not started on trip firemen battle to save NY town
London dispatch reports explorer Ellsworth had not yet departed Deception Island for a trans Antarctic flight with Berit Balchen at the controls. Meanwhile in New York State fire teams battled a blaze near Lake Mohegan that destroyed the Mohegan Country Club and neighboring bungalows, with damage estimated at 75,000 dollars.
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Ellsworth
N. Y. Town
London
Lincoln Esworth
Antavecw
Deception Island
Bay of Whiies
Exchange ‘Telegraph Navy Agency
Berit Balchen
Persalill. Noy
Femven
Lake Mohegan
Mohegan
Divorces and Fashion Dilemmas Stall Hollywood in 1934
Hollywood notes show divorces outnumbering marriages in 1934 with Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. still on the calendar, Katharine Hepburn and Gloria Swanson securing Mexican decrees, and Betty Furness criticizing designers for ignoring younger stars while advocating simpler styles and modest shopping for outfits.
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Hollywood
INS
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairebanks, Sr
Dean Harlow
Hal Rosson
Ace
Ariz
Lupe Velez
Johnny
Tarzan) Weissmuller
Beth Revi
Juarez
Mex
Mark Hanna
Elissa Landi
John Cecil Lawrence
Miss Landi
Los Angeles
Lawrence
London
Dorothy Mackaill
Nell Miller
Kay Francis
Kerneth MackKenna
Katherine Hepburn
Ludlow
Ogden Smith
Jack Gilbert
Virginia
Obituary Fragments Highlight Rairigh Torrence Hale Wilson
Obituary items list diverse Montgomery, Punxsutawney and Homer City residents. Among the deceased are Mrs. Henry Spicher and Albert Rairigh, plus Elizabeth Torrence, Hetty Hale, and Charles Wilson. Services noted for Montgomery church and Greenwood cemetery. The column also includes political commentary on a 1936 party reorganization meeting in New York and remarks on Hawaii statehood prospects.
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Henry Spicher
Gipsy
Grant Township
Montgomery Township
Elverta Bennett
Albert Rairigh
Magdalene Blase
Glen Campbell
R. D. Clair Rairigh
Ellensville
N. Y
Essie
Daniel Rairigh
Etta
Annie R. Hickok
Church of the Brethren
Montgomery
Mr. Edwards
Elizabeth H. K. Torrence
Punxsutawney
Virginia Avenue
Lizzie
Punxsultawney
James
Nancy Jane (Kier
Hetty (Barclay) Hale
Alfred J. Hale
Homer City
Annabel
Bertha
Robert
Florence
Paul
Anna Barclay
William E. Barclay
Center Township
Frank L
Harry ©. Barclay
Pitttsburgh
John L. Barclay
Wintondale
Clair Duncan
Coral
Ralph R
Jessie and
Jeane Barclay
Greenwood Cemetery
Washington Parade Signals GOP Reorganization Debate
In a Washington dispatch Karl M. Kahn notes a Republican drive to infuse new blood into the GOP. The move aims to reshape the party as 1935 begins, with younger members seeking to reorganize the Grand Old Party and generate early political momentum.
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Karl M. Kahn
INS
INS Washington
Ul Dannayy
Funeral for mother and son killed in shooting
Double funeral services were held for Stella Adams and her eight year old son Bobby in Mount Bradock near Connellsville. Police said the 48 year old woman, in poor health, killed herself after shooting her son. Elza Adams, her husband, discovered them when he forced entry after she did not come downstairs.
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Connellsville
Dev
Stella Adams
Bobby
Mt. Braddock
Reynolds will dispute over six million estate split
In Winston-Salem North Carolina on December 27 a court fight centers on a six million dollar portion of Zachary Smith Reynolds twenty five million dollar tobacco fortune. The infant Christopher Smith Reynolds seeks a legal ruling on a proposed family settlement to resolve a two year dispute. The case highlights the contested distribution of wealth tied to the famed tobacco heir.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Zachary Smith Reynolds
Libby Holman
Christopher Smith Reynolds
North Carolina
Reynolds
Willard Home federal works progress repainting progress
Work on a Federal Works Project at the Willard Home near the County Home south of town continues. The entire house is being repainted inside and out with cream walls and ceilings, natural oak woodwork, mahogany floors, and white outside with matching white window and door trim.
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Wark
Willard
Doctor's Slayer Adjudged Insane
Frances Sense of Reading, serving a life term for killing Dr. Paul Kress, was adjudged insane by a lunacy commission. After a six day hunger strike she was to be moved from the Women's Industrial Home to the State Hospital at Norristown. No motive was established and she refused to testify.
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Moncy
INS
Frances Sense
Reading
Paul Ktress
State Hospital
Norristown
Frank Gartner
Montgomery
W. M. Niple
Turbotville
Miss Sepse
Reilly Murder Case Reopened After Crimson Star Letters
Federal agents and Philadelphia detectives reopen the nine year old William D. Reilly Jr murder probe. The body was found hacked in June and Richard Ragone serves life for the death in a Farview asylum case. Letters signed the Crimson Star claimed Ragone did not commit the murder.
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Philadelphia
INS
William D. Reilly, Jr
Richard Ragone
Farview State Hospital
Ragone
Crimson Star
Stokowski Bids Farewell to Philadelphia
Philadelphia December 27 Leopald Stokowski prepared to return to California and then the Orient with his future with the Philadelphia Orchestra in doubt He will appear as guest conductor in September The contract for 1936 37 hinges on a proposed board of directors reorganiza tion Also a New York State rule requires buses over seven seats to have two exits
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Washington
Times Square
New York City
Chicago
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
E. E. Free
Congress
Leopald Stokowski
California
Orient
Philadelphia Orchestra
Maestra
Orchestra Association
Liquor Stores Receipts Soaring in Harrisburg
Liquor stores in Harrisburg posted rapid sales as holiday demand hit near 6 million dollars in a single day. The Liquor Board reported last Monday’s sales at 750 thousand with estimates of 1.75 million for the week ending December 22 and 3.265 million for the first three weeks of December.
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Harrisburg
Der
Liquor Board
Vanilla flavoring from Vanilla plantifolia archid
The stock market item notes that Vanilla flavoring is derived from the Vanilla plantifolia archid. This summarizes a botanical claim without additional context or events.
Betty Gow Returns to Lindbergh Home Amid Trial Prep
Englewood notes say Betty Gow, nurse to the Lindberghs and Morrows, remains at the Hill House awaiting Bruno Hauptmann’s trial. A family friend says she is there by choice and may stay beyond the case, while the household carries quiet grief over recent losses and the shadow of the kidnapped child.
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Betty Gow
Charles Augustue Lindbergh, Jr
United States
Scotland
Bruno Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Englewood
S Hauptmann
Dorothy Ducas
INS Star
INS
N. J
Betty
Gow
Lindberghs
Hbecause
Kid~ Naper
Morerow
Glasgow
Jon Morrow Lindbergh
Jon
Lindbergh-Morrow Family
Tittle Jon
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Aubrey Neil Morgan
Pasadena
Cal
Cal, Recently. It Was Mrs. Morgan
Tha
Little Charles Augusteus
Morrows
Blaze destroys St Peter and St Paul Church in Winburne
A fire early Wednesday morning destroyed the St Peter and St Paul Roman Catholic church in Winburne. The loss is estimated near 10 000 with partial insurance coverage. Father Bachenak presided, church used for Christmas masses hours earlier, origin of blaze undetermined.
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St. Peter and St. Paul
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