Fire rips Marlborough Hotel killing 18 in blaze
Fire department probes a Marlborough Hotel blaze that killed 18, with 21 injured and four missing. Investigators suspect a lighted cigarette igniting trash chute sparked smoke and flame that swept three stories of the four year old hotel. Hospitals report several critical injuries. Identification of victims remains partial.
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Ssminneapolis
Marlborough Hotel Ave
Arthur Spottawood
Dhief
Democrats Tense Over Chances Of Another Primary Fight
Harrisburg report on Pennsylvania Democrats facing factional strain ahead of the February meeting to endorse candidates. Senator Joseph F. Guffey seeks reelection but must win committee support amid splits. Rep Francis E. Walter and Auditor General Warren Roberts weigh their options as Lawrence and party leaders seek a united slate before a key state committee vote.
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Pennsylvania
Republi
Lins
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
David le Lawrence
Guffey
Ules
Giffey
Francis E. Walter Cof
Northampton
Washington
Warren R. Roberts
Lawrence
Gulley
Ivanee
Philadelphia
Chaimanday Cooke
G. Mason Owlett
Joseph N. Pex, Jr
Sun On Company
Owlett
Tioga County
Republican Bacer
Senate
Uinks
David A. Reed
Pittsburgh
U.S
Robert F. Rieh
Woolrich Manufacturer
Richard M. Simpson
Huntingdon County
Denverat
Murphy named to Supreme Court replaces Butler
Justice Murphy continues the Roosevelt court reshaping by succeeding Justice Butler on the nine man bench. The president’s pick reinforces a majority viewed as aligned with the administration though Murphy is described as conservative. Only Justice James McReynolds remains openly anti New Deal.
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Pierce Butler
Roosevelt
Ith
Murphy
Butler
Congress
James McReynolds
Wilson
Friends
McReynolds
Wuld
Congress Debates Tax and Tariff Measures in House
House discussions focus on extending the reciprocal trade act with hearings planned next week. Key lawmakers weigh tax options to fund defense, while some oppose heavy tax rises. Senate leaders urge Senate ratification for tariff reductions, with the President urging a unified trade and peace strategy.
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Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
Glass
United States
Senate
Barkley
Jeaders
State Department
Actus
Congress
No Trace Of Missing Woman
Pittsburgh detectives report no trace of Mrs. Waiter O'Neill, 43, who vanished from her home December 11. A Ball, 58, unemployee husbane, left the home while she did laundry. two notes were found directing a daughter to prepare dinner and stating if anything happens to her, everything goes to her husband Walter O'Neill. A bank record shows $425.
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Pittsburgh
Jin
Waiter O’newll
Husiane Ball
Grella O'Neill
Walter O'Neill
Samuel Graham
Roosevelt Budget Proposals Outline Defense and Relief Costs
President Roosevelt sketches a 1940 budget focused on national defense emergency funds, WPA relief scale adjustments, farm payments, public works, pensions, and debt interest. He argues tax fairness while avoiding measures that depress consumer purchasing power and criticizes balancing claims as misleading.
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Congress
New York
Mir
Audi
Diplomatic Moves Opened for Bulgarian Soviet Talks
Reports from Moscow describe cautious optimism in Bulgarian Soviet discussions with aims to ease economic ties and strip Germany influence. Officials note potential revival of a long disrupted trade and navigation link, while observers worry over possible Soviet demands.
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Uae
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Farenua
Bulgaria
Mikoyin
al- Mel
Sufi
Ission
Dobra Boyrlost
Goering to Head War Economy Plan in Germany
Berlin January 4. Field Marshal Hermann Goering will take supreme direction of Germanys war economy. He will head a general council guiding war industry with Koerner as deputy. The plan calls for unified authority, close office cooperation, and disciplined civilian support to sustain long war.
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Hermann Wilhelm Gorring
Germany
Goering
Unis Leconice
Forder Goering
Koerner
Reich
Finland Feigns Hope Of Spring Aid After Coastal Push
Finland claims success on western shores of Lake Kokki as it presses into Russia marking a fourth counter offensive. U S Senate foresees immediate aid to Finland while Goering centralizes Germany’s wartime economy. Front reports show intensified artillery on the western front and a quiet night for France as German planes are shot down. British reaction to Roosevelt’s congressional address is generally favorable though German sources deem it no new policy. Diplomatic maneuvers center on Moscow Balka negotiations for expanded trade with Russia, while Irish Parliament faces assassination rumors amid Republican Army unrest.
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Balkaria
Warmer forecast amid icy week and winter tragedies
Forecasters predicted a rise in temperatures to the upper teens by afternoon after overnight lows near five degrees. A Virginia county report noted ice depth and two drowning incidents as 11 year old Donald Daugherty in Verona became marooned and theater staff were rescued by boat. Another coasting fatality occurred in Myersdale when Margaret Brown, 14, died in a sledding crash with Betty Fike injured. Snow depths reached 14 to 20 inches with highways open but poor.
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Allegheny River
Donald Daugherty
Verona
Daughtery
Myersdale
Margaret Brown
Frank H. Brown
Betty Fike
Fike
Erie
Coal Division Life May End Soon in Budget Move
Washington reports President Roosevelt's budget proposes ending the coal division within a year. The plan cuts more than 1 million dollars in soft coal price policy appropriations, citing reorganization and completion of related work by April 25, 1941.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Department of Interior
Secretary of Interior
Stewardess Gets Jail Term in Fraud Case
Glasgow January 4 AP dispatch reports Stewardess Pi Mavion Campbell, aboard the torpedoed liner Athenians, was sentenced to six months in prison for fraud. Prosecutors said she posed as a victim in a "fairy tale" of hardship to elicit sympathy from gallant listeners.
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A.pi-Mavion Campbell
Ain
Lady Dickens Dies in London Widow of Sir Henry Dickens
London Jan 4 Lady Mane Dickens BB daughter in law of Charles Dickens and widow of Sir Henry Dickens died last night. The report notes her relation to the famed novelist as the sixth child of his offspring.
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London
Mane Dickens
Charles Dickens
Sir Henry Dickens
Kephart Dinner Sparks Senate Talk Despite Silence
Philadelphia January reports say retired Pennsylvania judge John W. Kephart may seek the U S Senate, despite a dinner discussion avoiding politics. Leading Republicans attended, including Governor James and James F. Divers, as rivals and potential nominees surfaced.
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Senate
Philadelphia
John W. Kephart
Viet Wistice
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U. S. Senate
Vic
Jist
de Mtion
Husband Found Unconscious Beside Slain Woman in Apartment
In Aliquippa on January 4, Mrs Elizabeth Lukinich found her estranged husband Laula Lukinich unconscious on a rug across the body of Lucy Miller a 23 year old found murdered with throat cut from ear to ear. Lukinich was revived at the scene and taken to a hospital in serious but improving condition. Police report a struggle with a rumpled rug and overturned furniture in the apartment.
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Aliquippa
Lucy Miller
Richeyville
Laula Lukinich
Millwright
MD Nay
Noor
Luknich
Newanten
Elizabeth Lukinich
Ambridge
Frank
Nay
Entente and cordial in Buenos Aires after Atlantic clash
In Montevideo on December 13 British and German sailors who fought the naval exchange ended by toasts and friendship. The British cruiser Achilles and the Graf Spee clash led to the pocket battleship’s scuttling as Uruguay ordered exit or internment. Argentines watched as mixed groups wore headbands bearing wartime slogans. The Achilles arrived at Buenos Aires, following the Ajax and other British ships to Montevideo.
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Graf Spee
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Niral Graf Spee
Ajax
Rayshin
Plan for New Aid to Finland Proposed by Senate
Senate leaders including Pittman forecast immediate financial and practical aid to Finland. Proposals include loans from 50 to 60 million dollars, debt relief, and lifting restrictions on 10 million in credits. House interest and alternate measures were noted with urgency amid emergency considerations.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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United States
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Elizabeth van Haan
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Hook
Smith
Pottsman
Finkaid
Foreign Relations Committee
Japan
China
Pittman
Fire injures fifteen at eight story Henshaw Hotel in Omaha
In Omaha on June 4, a blaze at the eight story Henshaw Hotel damaged the building for more than 200000 dollars. Firemen rescued 50 patrons as cold weather froze water into ice and testimony noted 43 people were found injured in the heart of the business district.
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Neb
Henshaw
Omapbi
Treasury Balance Shows Large Net Balance at Year Start
Washington January 4 The Treasury reports January 2 receipts 31 158 649 68 expenditures 74 223 575 69 resulting in a net balance of 2 470 915 216 24. Custom receipts for the month total 14 501 78.
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The
Treasury
Stock Market Ticker Commodities And Firms List
A dense listing of stock tickers and company names crosses industries from aluminum to oil and steel. Includes Am Can Am Tel and Tel Anaconda Bethlehem Steel Du Pont General Electric General Motors Kodak Reading Co United Aircraft US Steel and Woolworth among others with varied percentages and notes.
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AML
Zita Bald Lavo
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Beth Steel Pt Lra Briggs Mig
Burr
Calumet and
Hee
Cerro de aPs
Ches and Ohio Aby Chrysler Corp
Con Edison
del Lack and
West
Douglas Alrevatt
du Pont
Kastan Kodak
el Auto
Bay Gillette Saf
Afila Greyhound Corp
Hudson Motor & Interlake
Iran
Harvester
Nick Can
Kennecott
Lehigh Port
Lehigh Val Coal
Myers Toew'’s Inc
Sol Treks
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prae
Nat Distillers
Nat
Central RR
North Amer Co
Packard Motor
Penn RR
Phila
Phillips
Pure Oil Radio oCrp
Ar Reading Co
Repub Steel Reynolds Toh
Sears Roebuck Socony-Vacuum San Pacifier
Sou Ry - Sperry Coop
Sid Brands
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Ind
Studehaked
Carp Tex Corp
Timken Roll B
United Aircraft
United oCrp
United Gas
Imp US
Indus Alen US Rubber US Smell
Ao and M US Steel West Maryland West Union
Tel West
Mig
Woolworth
Curb— Cities Service
New
el Bond
Shore
Pennroad Corp
College Weather Forecast for the Public
Partly cloudy and warmer today with a reading near 25 degrees. Tomorrow will be cloudy and colder with a high around 13 degrees. relative humidity 56 percent and barometric pressure 20.69 today, 29.50 yesterday.
Heroic Father, Daughter Die After Kitchen Fire in Glenshaw
A 47 year old woman Miss Ednard Neeh died in hospital after clothes caught fire from a stove in their Glenshaw home. Her 92 year old father Charles Neeh, severely burned, fought flames to save her before neighbors brought help. Neeh had been blind for 56 years and later adopted six orphaned boys, once a friend of composer Stephen Collins Foster.
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Pittsburgh
Dan
Charles Iich
Ueh
Park EL Ueh
Glenshaw Fra
Warner
Stephen Collins Poster
Markets and Livestock Prices Report
Pittsburgh market report lists cattle and hog prices with various grades and weights, calves and sheep values, and mixed grain quotes from Chicago and produce notes for Pittsburgh with fruit and potato listings, all in brisk, rough daily market language.
Gold Medal Haarlem Or Capsules Diuretic Ad
An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Or Capsules as a safe diuretic. It claims the product cleanses wastes and poisons, supports kidney activity, and eases bladder irritation. The copy urges readers to seek the genuine box with a gold ring logo from Haarlem in Holland.
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