Cold Wave Edges East but May Peel Before Pa.
Bitter cold wave moves east and may dissipate before reaching Pennsylvania. Forecaster predicts near zero temps if it persists, with record lows in Pittsburgh and Kane and snow flurries forecast. Exposures claimed at least 13 lives this week across multiple states. northern cities report subzero readings and blizzard-related hazards.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
United States Weather Bureau
W. S. Brotzman
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Kane
Brotzman
Weather Bureau
Harrisburg
Susquehanna
Philadelphia
Tamarras
Indiana
Ohio
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Alabama
California
Montana
New Jersey
North Carolina
Dallas
Jack” Tanner
Mission
B.C
Lake Erie
Warrdad
Minn
Battleford
Canadian Northwest
Devils Lake
Williston
Moorhead
Duluth
Minneapolis
la Crosse
Wis
Albany
N. Y
Hold Huckster for Abduction in Uniontown
H A Jaynes a 47 year old huckster was held for court on charges of abducting and attempting to attack Mrs Ginger Ross a 21 year old Pittsburgh dancer and night club entertainer She testified at a hearing before Alderman Robert W Wright that Jaynes took her to a country lane after Christmas and after she resisted advances offered money to keep quiet Mrs Ross had come to Uniontown from Pittsburgh
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Uniontown
H. A. Jaynes
Ginger Ross
Pittsburgh
Scientists Recommend Sanity Grand Jury For Every State
GAS MERGER The Columbia Natural Gas Company merged with the Peoples Natural Gas Company after board approval and PUC clearance. The consolidation, effective December 31 1938, involves no rate changes or billing alterations. 24,000 Columbia customers in Indiana, Kittanning, Vandergrift will see no major differences. bills will be issued from the same offices. Peoples serves 190,000 customers in western Pennsylvania. Officers include J Robinson president, C Preston vice president, J Ratcliffe treasurer.
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Columbia Natural Gas Company
Peoples Natural Gas Company
J. French Robinson
Public Utilities Commission
WIN
Indiana
Kittanning
Vandergrift
Werth Pennsylvania
Robinson
C. Preston
J. Ratcliffe
Treasury balance and receipts exceed expenditures report
Washington December 20 14 The Treasury balance shows receipts 7864936 15 expenditures 19933344 79 leaving a net balance of 3097191867 17. Also mentions Bradley Knit Presses and Molly Ann Shap family in the fragment.
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Washington
Treasury
Bradley
Molly Ann Shap
Ily
Lament For the Dead cries out against kidnaping in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia a 200 voice chorus and orchestra perform Lament For the Dead a denunciation of a recent kidnaping. Kath Garrison Chapin wrote the verses set to music by Harl McDonald with a Lindbergh baby tragedy parallel. The work aims to unite women’s voices in a collective protest against evil.
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Philadelphia
Kath Garrison Chapin
Wisit
Harl McDonald
Wongue
Sanity jury proposal outlined for all states
Richmond Va Dec 30 A new kind of grand jury would provide an impersonal analysis of a criminal’s sanity, Dr Winfred Overholser told AAAS symposium. An impartial psychiatry panel would curb unqualified expert testimony by doctors. Appellate courts hesitate to challenge lower court discretion amid ethical limits. See SANITY JURY Continued on Page 2
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Richmond
Wold
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Winfred Overhalser
Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital
Tald
Overholser
American Psychiatric Association
American Neurological Association
See
Sanity Jury
Patrons Duck Under Tables in Café Shooting
Greenfield D. Dec 39 (7) Fifty dining and dancing patrons hid under tables and fled when an amateur boxer sprayed a small cafe with bullets wounding his estranged wife two other women and himself. Constable Wendell Crishman identified the gunman as William Cross 29, an amateur boxer and baseball umpire. Cross was under guard in a hospital where his wife Katherine 20 lay shot in the abdomen and breast given an even chance to recover. Her companions Miss Lois Curry and Miss Esther Smalley suffered flesh wounds. Round Dance New Year’s Eve Assumption Auditorium Ernest iPa Guy Columbo’s Orchestra Adm. Gents 50g Ladies 25¢ 1105
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Lois Curry
Esther Smalley
Ashes seen as clue in murder case near Kingston
Kingston December 30 A 20 man state police detail hunted for a clue in the disappearance and presumed murder of Margaret Marlin a 21 year old business college graduate whose nude body was found in a mountain stream. Officers searched cabins in Noxon Township and examined furnace ashes at a nearby sawmill for metal fragments from clothing. Footprints showed a man and a woman then only man prints near the boiler. Investigators said a heavy object may have been dragged from the mill toward the musk rat trapper’s discovery site.
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Kingston
Little Hunting Club
Margaret Marlin
William A. Clark
Wilkes-Barre
Noxon Township
Business College
Stata
Clark
Forkson
James Kerr
Pickett
New Action in Drug Swindle in McKesson Case
The SEC ordered an audit of the McKesson and Robbins affair as arrests for blackmail rise to five. Police in New York, at federal request, arrested Joseph Paracandola and Michael Ptrella of Brooklyn. Ptrella admitted writing letters to Coster-Musica. Pyke claimed they concerned potential funding for an electric cooker venture.
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New York
Dee
McKesson & Robbins
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
F. Donal Coster-Musica
Joseph Paracandola
Michael Petrella
Brooklyn
Pairella
Coster-Musica
James Pyke
Garner Takes Up Cudgels Over WPA Relief
Washington dispatch reports Vice President Garner seeks local non partisan relief boards to curb political influence in WPA spending. He favors purely local agencies free of WPA control, contrasting with Senator Barkley who backs WPA appointed boards. Byrnes remains undecided on relief bill details as House aides hint at possible investigations into the entire relief setup.
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Washington
Garner
WPA
Barkley D-Ky
Uist
Barkley
Senator Byrnes
D-Sc
Byrnes
House
Hold Three In Death Of Aged Connellsville
Fayette County Detective John Wall said he would press murder and robbery charges against Luther Royston a 25 year old Negro known as King Kong and two former WPA workers John Turza 27 and Clyde White 35 in the December 3 holdup slaying of Henry D Foster a 69 year old retired farmer beaten and robbed of 675 in Connellsville Wall identified the three as suspects and said charges would be filed today.
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Connellsville
Fayette County
John Wall
Henry D. Foster
Luther
King Kong) Royston
WPA
Franklin Township
Wall
John Turza
Clyde White
Death claims John N Wherry longtime South Bend resident
Following a two year illness John Nesbitt Wherry aged almost 92 died at his South Bend home at 4 15 am. He was born January 2 1847 on the family farm and was an elder in West Lebanon Presbyterian Church and a director of South Bend Mutual Fire Insurance. Surviving are his children J Elwood Wherry Byron P Wherry Oscar M Wherry R Roy Wherry Miss Clara Wherry Miss Helen Wherry and Miss Bess Wherry. He was brother to Miss Sarah M Wherry and Thomas M Wherry. Mrs George Sowasis and Mrs Dat Stewart Sowash, both Indiana natives, also noted.
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Youn Nesbitt Wherry
Joh Nesbitt Wherry
South Bend
James
Sarah (Nesbitt) Wherry
West Lebanon Presbyterian Church
South Bend Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Democratic Party
Sarah (Walker) Wherry
J. Elwood Wherry
Aspinwall
Byron P. Wherry
Apollo
Oscar M. Wherry
Vandergr
Eight Held in Sweepstakes Conspiracy Indictments
Federal authorities indicted eight New York residents as heads of a major Irish Sweepstakes ticket ring. The case spans 12 states with charges including mail fraud, interstate ticket transport, conspiracy, smuggling, and money return to promoters. The 1936 scheme allegedly sold 25 million dollars worth of tickets at 2.50 each, with operations nationwide.
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New York
Express
Trish
Gerald Kelly
John W. Kelly
John R. Kelly
Connie Neenan
Clifford Burgett
William Mead
Joseph McGurrity
Philadelphia
John L. Delaney
U. S
Connecticut
Georgia
New Jersey
California
Florida
Pennesylvania
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Arizona
Kansas
Massachusetts
Delaney
Proposed New Revenue Idea From State Bar Association
Harrisburg December 30 The State Bar Association will discuss replacing the Department of Revenue with a five member tax commission. A tentative draft for the legislation was prepared by John E Fertig, former director of the legislative reference bureau. The plan envisions overlapping terms for appointees and would have state officials study tax problems and collect revenues.
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Harrisburg
State Bar Association
Department of Revenue
Hershey
John E. Fertig
Commonwealth
Legislative Reference Bureau
Two Named as Most Valuable in Clearfield Year
A 1 year old merchant earned the title "Citizen who through lifetime has been most valuable to Clearfield" and a public health nurse received "Most valuable during the year." Albert Stewart, Clearfield publisher, presented the awards last evening. A committee from civic groups selected them and also named 34 others for community contributions.
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Clearfield
Tec
Jast Pighy
Albert Stewart
A. E. Leitzinger
Edith May Witherow
Larynx Not Singing Organ Warns Singers Says Dr Jackson
Philadelphia December 30 Dr Chevalier Jackson warns professional singers that repeated strain harms the larynx causing capillary rupture and vocal cord damage. He notes small scale singing at home or in church is harmless while sustained singing endangers voice.
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Philadelphia
Chevalier Jackson
Association of Medical Students
Jackson
Ten liquor licenses revoked by Pennsylvania board
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced revocation of ten licenses and two suspensions with dismissal of six additional cases. Names include Mrs. Stella McLain of Indiana. dismissal listed for Charles Trismarchi of Indiana.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Stella McLain
Indiana
Charles Trismarchi
Spain Rushes Men Artillery To Battle Area
The Admiralty said the crew of the British freighter Maronga returned to the ship unharmed after being bombed off the east coast of Spain. The vessel had sent an SOS and said the crew took to boats before reboarding as she sailed toward Oran. In Gibraltar a daring attempt by Jose Luis Diez to escape through a field of insurgent ships failed, grounding the destroyer 100 yards from Catalan Bay with seven dead and 11 wounded. The attackers had earlier rammed and sunk the insurgent sloop Jupiter in a brief battle.
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London
Admiralty
Spain
Oran
Algeria
Barcelona
Balearic Islands
Gibraltar
Jose Luis Diez
Catalan Bay
Jupiter
Jose Luis
Ceuty
Spanish Morocco
Straits
Canarias
Direct Hit On British Ship In Valencia Raid
Madrid reports a direct hit damaged the British ship Mirupano during an Insurgent air raid on Valencia port. The bridge deck was wrecked and shrapnel punctured the starboard side. crew sought shelter ashore with no injuries. A separate bombardment in Pacificao Atrocha killed five and wounded 30 as about 800 shells fell in Southern Wace.
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Madrid
Mirupano
Valencia
Pacificao Atrocha
Wace
Low cost wheat straw newsprint eyed for trials
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Dr F W Hochstetter developed a straw based newsprint. Ten tons of finished paper will be tested by three Pittsburgh newspapers for tensile strength and inking. Straw pulp sourced from a local dealer could cut newsprint cost by about 10 to 15 dollars per ton, paving a potential new industry.
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Pittsburgh
Dev
Pennsylvania
F. W. Hochstetter
Hachstetter
Florida
Hig
Ochstetter
Goutinyad
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Henry
Sanity
Columbia, Peoples Concerns
Henry 8. Drinker, Jr
Katherine Chapin
Miss Chapin
Francis Biddle
Assumption Auditorium
Ernest, iPa
Guy Columbo
J. Edgar Hoover
G-wan
Miami Beach Tennis Court
Wigker
Catalonia
John N. Wherry
George Sowasis
Dat (Stewart) Sowash
Lindiana
Irwin
Lana
Carrie Perry
Cummings Steps
White House
Jackson Norris
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