Country M D Traps Gunman In Benton Office Capture
Snub-nosed David Shaffer, hunted for weeks after a Shamokin shooting and a bank hold up, was captured by Dr W F Confair in his Benton office. State police plan murder indictments at the February term as Shaffer, heavily guarded, faces trial in Northumberland County.
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Wilkes-Barre
David Shaffer
Hind
Shaffer
Sunbury
Shamokin
Northumberland County
Bertha Shaffer
William Bloom
Dr. Confair
Benton
Bloomsburg
Pistol Point
Confair
Summer State
Nebras
California
Earl ‘Landis
Francis Ryan
Ryan
Landis
Pennsylvania
Clark
Bloom
Oregon
Lincoln
Nebraska
Denver
Colo
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Bunbury
Robert M. Fortner
Tria
Philadelphia Shooters parade ushers New Year’s in South Broad Street
On New Year’s Day the annual Shooters parade in South Philadelphia pits Mummers’ Club members in elaborate costumes from five miles of Broad Street. The event honors King Momus with three hours of laughter song and dance, featuring three divisions fancy comic and string ensembles. Prizes total 12000, drawing thousands from Pennsylvania and nearby states. Each club rides floats led by a club captain in impressive attire, a tradition dating to its 1901 start and rooted in Elizabethan masques revived about a century ago.
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Philadelphia
Momus
Broad Street
Pennsylvania
State Police Fingerprinting Clenches Case In Berwick Shot
The speaker recalls calling the state police and credits fingerprinting for clinching the case. Dr. Confair served in the marines in 1933 and 1934 and was born in Berwick, Pennsylvania.
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Shaffer
Dr. Confair
Marines
Berwick
Pardon Court Seeks Plea Date for Hauptmann Case
Court of Pardons meets to fix a plea date for Bruno Hauptmann while considering a possible reprieve. Governor Hoffman questions whether he can grant a 90 day reprieve after conviction. The Lindberghs and their son Jon may land in Liverpool as the American Importer sails from New York without port calls.
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Jon
Cobh
Irish Free State
Lindberghs
Liverpool
Heuptmann
Court of Pardons
Hoffman
Hauptmann
Attorney General's Office
London
Charles A. Lindbergh
Leslie E. Woods
New York
England
Morning Post
United States
NO SOLUTION IN ACTRESS DEATH
Los Angeles dated December thirty reports investigators may hinge on a mother’s cry my daughter has been mute and gored when learning Thelma Todd was dead. Alice Todd and Roland West were summoned before the county grand jury as Mrs Todd doubted accidental carbon monoxide death in a garage.
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Los Angeles
Thelma ‘Toda
Alice Todd
Roland West
Betty Gow Speaking On Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Betty Gow says she refused offers from film producers and theatrical reps to make personal stage appearances. Misa Gow, who led a lonely life since the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, may visit Lindberghs in England but has no plan to rejoin their service.
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Misa Gow
England
Four Injured Slightly in West Blairsville Crash
Two vehicles collided eight miles west of Blairsville on the William Penn Highway. Elizabeth Blackley, 43, of Pittsburgh, suffered brain concussion, a fractured nose, and contusions after emergency treatment. she was taken to Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. Gerard Cowan of Cleveland, a bus passenger, sustained leg lacerations. Blackley reportedly pulled out to pass a truck and entered the path of a Safeway Lines bus from Harvey, Illinois, driven by F. Johnston of Huntingdon, Illinois. She attempted to return to her lane but the car did not respond. Highway patrols noted the incident.
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William Penn
Blairsville
Elizabeth Blackley
Pittsburgh
Presbyterian Hospital
New Alexandria
Gerard Cowan
Cleveland
Miss Blackley
Legeh State Highway
Greensburg Barracks
Safeway Lines
Harvey, Ill
F. Johnston
Huntingdon
Obituary notes multiple prominent local figures in Pennsylvania
The obituary column lists Franklin N. Donahue 78 a Carrolltown Hastings postmaster and businessman who died of a heart attack, Louis Kenneth Clements 12 an altar boy died after surgery, and William Leroy Fyock reported dead at a sister’s home in Sex. It covers past public roles including district attorney and attorney general, and notes survivors, burial plans, and funeral details.
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Franklin N. Donahue
Carrolltown
Hastings
Donahue
William McKinley
Wilson
Indiana County
Mr. Donahue
Blairsville
Andrew
Mary (Connor) Donahue
Rosetta Eckenrode
Benedict
William Leroy Fyock
Indiana
W. W. Lasher
Pass The Seaweed New Substitutes For Spinach
In New York the WPA and the Department of Public Markets discuss substitutes to spinach with three options named cardoon seaweed and yahila though desirability over the original product remains undisclosed. Shirley Levine, seven, in Meriden is praised for handling an incident with boys while skating and contacting Mayor Stephen Smith who sent two police officers. In Ottawa Kansas hunters chasing wolves are surprised by a cow that disrupts their pursuit, the hunt is called off. In Kansas City Kathrens’s car fire is extinguished by a passerby with a fire extinguisher who notes years of carrying it. In Chicago a couple names their daughter Pauline Revere Stone after a midnight hospital ride.
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New York
WPA
Department of Public Markets
Shirley
Meriden
Colin
Shirley Levine
Stephen Smith
Smith
Chicago
Harry Stone
Pauline Revere Stone
Rossiter resident Mrs Painter dies at 59
Mrs Matilda Painter of Rossiter died at 3 20 am Saturday from Brights disease at age 59. Born April 7 1878 she spent her life in Rossiter and is survived by her husband P C Painter 11 children three sisters and a brother. Funeral 1 30 pm Tuesday at Fairview church with interment in church cemetery.
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Louis Kenneth Clements
St. Louis Catholic Church
Lucernemines
Louis Kenneth
Peter Clements
Indiana
St. Louis
Ladislaus Lipski
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Matilda Painter
Rossiter
Bright
Zachariah
Jane Spencer
P. C. Painter
Lfe
Fairview Church
Rehurch
Addis Ababa Jubiliant Amid Ethiopian War News
Reports from Rome indicate Mussolini pressed plans for the Ethiopian war with a costly budget and expanded state control. Haile Selassie reportedly ordered large scale battle as Ethiopian forces mass near Makale while Italy forecasts up to 800 million dollars for East Africa.
Youth Held for Extortion Case in Buffalo
Rochester messenger Markell charged with attempts to extort 250000 from Frank Gannett and Louis Wehle of Genesee Brewing. Letters threatened kidnapping or death. no payments made. U.S. Attorney Grobe credited federal investigation and will prosecute.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Dee
Department of Justice
Markel
Doherty
Gannett
Wehle
Hut
Markell
U. S
George L. Grobe
Grobe
Ethiopia and Italy clash as war widens in Africa
Rome reports heavy Ethiopian losses and Italian successes on the northern front while Badoglio claims Ethiopian troops defected to Italy. Mussolini presses plans in cabinet as Haile Selassie fortifies the north for a major counteroffensive and Addis Ababa notes renewed Ethiopian resolve. The tally includes 52 Italians killed and 14 wounded with Ferragosto-style fiscal figures and ongoing occupation costs discussed in Rome.
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Associated Press
Uarley
Mussolini
Italy
Addis Ababa
Desiye
Haile Selassie
Makale
Rome
Ethiopia
Pietro Badoglio
Webbe Shibeli
Addis Abba
East Africa
Fron
Africa
Il Duce
League of Nations
Andrue Tardieu
Republican Center Party
Great Britain
Tardieu
Paul Reynaud
Pierre Laval
France
Desige
King of Kings
Ogaden
Executive Committee Plans for National Convention Delegates
Waters treasurer notes plans center on delegate numbers. Pennsylvania plans eight delegates, eight men and eight women with half votes. Committee will set date for annual State Committee meeting between January 18 and 29, with January 29 as the petition circulation deadline for State offices and at large and district delegates.
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Waters
Pennsylvania
State WPA education and recreation projects to aid 600000 adults
Harrisburg Nec 30 The Works Administrator said two statewide WPA projects for education and recreation will be approved by Thursday. They will employ 9,000 people for six months at over 7.7 million dollars, with 67 county programs, each led by school superintendents and project heads. Educational projects cover literacy and adult education. recreational projects include calisthenics and games for about 250,000 participants.
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Harrisburg
Nec
Ward N. Jones
Jones
WPA
State Emergency Relief Board
Earle names relief director and political notes in Harrisburg
Governor George H. Earle appointed Karl de Schweinitz as state relief director and formed a long term relief plan with a special citizens committee. Johnson sails to Europe to study relief and report findings. The piece also notes party dynamics, Senate opposition, and health Q&A amid broader state politics.
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Harrisburg
George H. Earle
State Emergency Relief Board
Karl de Scheweinitz
de Scheweinitz
Robert L. Johnson
Wilson G. Sarig
Relief Board
Savig
Temple
Sarig
Special Citizens’ Committee
Pennsylvania
de Schweinliz
Earle
Herbert F. Goodrich
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Philadelphia
Joseph L. Cannon
Cambria County
de Schweinitz
Johnson
Europe
Roosevelt
Special State Relief Committee
Four held in counterfeiting plant bust near Fox Chase
Secret Service agents detained four men and a woman in Philadelphia on December 30 after uncovering a photo engraving and printing operation in a two story Fox Chase home. Officers seized 2,190 largely finished bogus bills and identified suspects as Maris Fernando Hoffman 28 John Reubin 40 Gaetano Scafidli 48 Isidoro Staffiere 63 and Guiseppe Albanese 38. Two other photographers and engravers were being sought in New York.
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Philadelphia
Secret Service
Fox Chase
Maris Fernando
Hoffman
John Reubin
Gaetano Scafidli
Isidoro Staffiere
Guiseppe Albanese
New York
W. A. Landveight
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Dave Shaffer
Elmira
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Bula
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Indiana Fins
Betty Gow
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Robert C. Waldie
James Fowler
Kendrick Nye
Joseph Saya
Farrell
Joseph Antal
Bethlehem
Alex Seiwell
Hazleton
Joseph Hirschling
Coopersburg
Alfred Forker
Daniel Birmingham
Sarah Heeney
Francis
Altoona
John Yingling
Easton
Elizabeth C. Lowen
Tener
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Hadnor
Ottawa
Kas
Kher Paseture
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Kathrens
Onburg
Joseph Dowdell
Clee
Harry Dowdell
Donora
Mr. Dowdell
Cloe
Roy Dowdell
Punxsutawney
Bellefonte
Harry
Joseph
Fred
Miami
Roy
E. P. Grinder
Oaklawn
William Mann
Lucerne
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
Columbus
Chattanooga
Tenn
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United Mine Workers of America
John Cromwell Bell
Public Service Commission
Ward Brinton
Division of
Philadelphia Department of Health
Edwin M. Miley
Marietta
Lebanon County
Lancaster County
Curtle A. Miller
Allentown
Curtis A. Miller
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Charles Marshall
Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution
J. . Nelson
J. J. Nelson
John Evans
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Uarleu
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Berlin
Hery von Tashenauer
Osten
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