I Am movement leaders face fraud charges in LA
U S District Judge Leon R Yankwich ruled on motions in the I Am movement case. He eliminated Grant Lewis as a defendant but said the jury should decide the good faith of Edna Ballard and Donald Ballard. Defense contends money from 3 million followers was voluntary gifts used to publish books.
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Los Angeles
Ning
I Am
Matt
Denis
U. S
Leon R. Yankwich
Yankwich
Grant Lewis
Edna W. Ballard
Donald
Charles R. Carr
Ballard
Carr
Governor outlines 1930 legislative aims and budget
The governor lists agenda items for the 1930 legislature including creating a Department of Commerce and banning forced political contributions by state employees. Proposed are milk control amendments, unemployment compensation changes, and motor vehicle code updates. A relief budget of 148 million is urged for two weeks, with plans to improve Pennhurst and Polk state schools and Penhurst State School overhauls totaling 10.9 million.
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Commonwealth
Department of Commerce
State Supreme Court
Claude T. Reno
Civil Service
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania National Guard
Edwin Martin
Union
Martin
James
Philadelphia State Hospital
Byberry
Pennhurst State
Polk State
Department of State
Lawyers ask Assembly for $100000 to combat unamerican activities
HMRSHEY Jan 4 The Pennsylvania Bar Association moves to seek 100000 from the 1041 Legislature to form a seven member committee to investigate communist Nazi and fascist propaganda in the state and any suspected subversive groups The panel would include four House members and three Senate members serving without pay The measure was authorized at the association mid winter meeting and comes as debates over workers compensation and proposed legal actions continue The event featured speakers James Grafton Rodgers Yale and John Dickinson Philadelphia general solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad
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Hmrshey
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Commonwealth
John Fertig
House
Senate
Michael A. Mushanno
Pittsburgh
Association
George H. Detweiter
Philadelphia
Industrial Union
Cowncillcy
Tabor
AFL
Delpree
Pennsylvania
James Grafton Rodgers
Yale University
John Dickinson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Government mulls legislation on civil service overhaul
The text notes possible legislation sparked by the secretary of the Commonwealth and party leaders, with consideration of the federal government urging the Department of Health to establish a permanent civil service system. The department currently runs on federal social security funds and operates with a provisional civil service structure.
Plan to build 200 new cargo ships shocks Britain
The President announced a plan for 200 additional cargo ships costing 300 to 950 million dollars. He avoided questions about aiding Britain or releasing American ships. Officials warn Britain faces grave peril in the next three months, raising talk of loaning or leasing ships or seizing foreign merchant vessels in U S ports. The move includes 36 million dollars for new shipyards, while the U S fleet totals 1,173 ships. Various nationalities’ vessels are tied up in American ports, with many options discussed for future action.
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Britain
Congress
United States
Congress Mulls Foreign Policy and Armament Surge
Indications point to Congress tackling foreign policy, aid to Britain, and the lend lease plan with broad powers. Leaders forecast a Senate, House focus on party organization while the army may request about 4 billion dollars in ten days to expand arming and garrison Atlantic defenses.
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Poly
Britain
Rouevelt
Barkley
House
Senate
Congress
Atlantic
Wounded Man Reported In Fair Condition
Lester Whitesell of near Smicksburg was found Tuesday morning in a Sagamore field collapsed from a stab wound in the left shoulder and a gunshot wound in the left hip. He is in fair condition at Adrian Hospital Punxsutawney. Police say four men drank at Joe Bongiavani’s Sagamore home. Bongiavani is questioned by State Police in Armstrong County where the assault occurred.
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Lester Whitesell
Smicksburg
Sagamore
Adrian Hospital
Punxsutawney
Whitesell
Joe Bongiavani
Bongiavani
Armstrong County
War reports from multiple fronts across Asia Africa and Europe
Chungking notes 1.8 million Japanese killed or wounded since 1937. In Hong Kong a Kunming power station was destroyed in an air raid with five Chinese planes wrecked. British say Libyan garrison overrun. 5,000 captured. Greeks breach Italian defenses near Valona Berat Elbasani. Italian counterattacks fail. Ireland accuses German airmen of Dublin bombs and seeks reparations and assurances.
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Chungking
Hongkong
Kunming
Burma Road
Albania
Valona
Berat
Elbasani
Klisura-Tepeleni
Athens
Ireland
Eire
Dublin
Defense Budget Beefs Up as Nations Prepares for War
The army estimates total needs at 4 billion for 3 600 bombers yearly and to fund new muniions plants and critical equipment for 2 000 000 troops. Budget experts foresee a balance between income and normal expenses in the coming fiscal year, with possible tax increases to cover defense. Senate leader hints at expanding social security and un American activities panel seeks two more years and 1 million dollars.
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Barkley
Congress
Senate
Dies
House Committee On UN
Carter Glass Rebel Is 83 as Capitol Luncheon Honors Him
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, the Senate's oldest member nicknamed an unreconstructed rebel by President Roosevelt, turned 83 with little fanfare planned beyond a Capitol luncheon hosted by Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones. He returned to Washington for the Seventy-Seventh Congress and voiced strong support for aiding Britain with any resources short of war, including lending or leasing materials to help defeat Hitler.
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Washington
Carter Glass
D-Va
Roosevelt
Senate
Capitol
Commerce
Jesse Jones
Glass
Great Britain
Hitler
Ambassador flies to Rome for routine post
Ambassador William Phillips departed for Rome aboard Pan American Airways' Atlantic Clipper, saying he returns from sick leave with no special instructions. He noted reports of unusual plans were unfounded and his wife would join him in Rome in several months.
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New York
William Phillips
Rome
Pan American Airways
Lawrence County Judge Thomas W Dickey Dies at 63
New Castle January 4 AP Judge Thomas W Dickey of Lawrence County Common Pleas Court died after a month long illness at 63. A pioneer New Castle family member and University of Pennsylvania Law School graduate he served as district attorney 1910 to 1913 and joined the bench in 1937. He directed New Castle Hospital and chaired the Margaret L Henry Children’s Home. Surviving are his widow Katharyn, a son Thomas W Dickey Jr and a daughter Mrs G Brown Zahniser.
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New Castle
Thomas W. Dickey
Lawrence County Common Pleas Court
Dickey
University of Pennsylvania Law School
New Castle Hospital
Margaret L. Henry
Katharyn Dickey
Thomas W. Dickey, Jr
G. Brown Zahniser
Barnesboro Rod & Gun Club Plans Meeting
All members are urged to attend a 2:30 tomorrow session at the Moose Building in Barnesboro. Officers will be elected and topics include purchasing game for restocking and establishing a game refuge.
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Barnesboro
British raids on Bre men and Bristol amid war talk in Ireland
German spokesman comments on bombs vs imagined threats surface as Irish press calls for Parliament session. Britons question Nazi aims and fear Irish bases as potential jump-off points for an invasion of England. RAF reports say the 55th Bre men raid and a prolonged Bristol attack left deaths, injuries, and fires.
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Berlin
Germany
England
Bremen
RAF
Bristol
Vegetable Growers Meet Planned in Indiana Court House
Market gardeners and truck farmers will gather in the Indiana Court House basement on Wednesday January 8 at 10:00 a m for the annual conference. Penn State extension specialists Walter B. Nissley and Dr L E Dills will present slides and films on variety tests seed availability and insect control. A second meeting for home gardeners is announced at Armagh Williams Penn Grange Hall January 8 at 7 30 p m with Nissley and Dills presenting colored pictures and garden tips.
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Indiana Court House
Walter B. Nissley
Penn State
L. E. Dills
Nissley
Dr. Dills
Leslie Stuttmdi
East Wheatfield Township
Wiliam Penn Grange Hall
Armagh
British Raids Sanctioned Across French Coastline
War Today reports from William Mugaffin describe British motorcycle raids into German-occupied France as part of a broader invasion preview. Teams land from small boats to harass troops, gather intelligence, and sabotage, with some parties reaching Amiens. The piece notes low payoffs and high risks, aiming to bolster French morale and threaten German forces along the coast.
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William MU Gaffin
New York
Britain
Germany
England
France
United States
Channel
High Command
Reichswehr
Amiens
Newspapers Viewed As Impartial World News By Psychologist
Washington January 4 A Columbia University psychologist describes American newspapers as impartial journals of world news regardless of political affiliations or city size He notes readers still value traditional news and features over entertainment and that most papers devote space to domestic and foreign news education personal items finance and sports
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Washington
Columbia University
EB. L. Thorndike
Nia Analyaie
Scientific Monthly
United States
Invasion timing and strategy shape WWII outlook
The piece argues war would hinge on a successful major invasion by either side, noting Britain’s resolve beyond air attacks and the German lack of a true armored fleet. It discusses Dover defenses, invasion routes like Dunkirk and Brenner Pass, and predicts aerial or continental assault potential with Allied aid by 1941.
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Britain
England
Dover
Channel
Hitler
France
Fuehrer
Brenner Pass
Haly
Romania
Balkans
Dunkeraut
Dunkerque
Robbers take $600 payroll from Philadelphia plant
Three bandits staged a daytime hold up at Commercial Metal Products Company insisting the bookkeeper alone in the office was the target. They waited for workers to leave, entered the office, and ripped out a telephone to delay the alarm while stealing a $600 payroll.
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Philadelphia
Commercial
Herbert Ericlstein
Daughter for Jane Wyman on her 27th birthday
Hollywood reports actress Jane Wyman gave birth to a daughter today on her 27th birthday. Attending physician Dr. Robert Blickman said mother and child are doing well. Ronald Reagan, the baby’s father, joked they have not yet chosen a name for the girl.
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Hollywood
Jane Wyman
Robert Blickman
Ronald Reagan
Treasury Balance Report Details and Daily Totals
Dane Washington reports treasury balance and daily activity with receipts totaling 12.35 million and expenditures 48.36 million. Balance shown at 1.024 billion and gross credit total around 45.04 billion, up 17.39 million from the previous day.
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Dane Washington
Treasury
College Weather Report Shows Cold, Partly Cloudy Skies
Temperature at reading 97 degrees. Maximum in past 24 hours 33 degrees and minimum 22 degrees. Barometric pressure today 98 aR, yesterday 30.008. Relative humidity 43 percent. Forecast: partly cloudy and colder today and tomorrow.
Stock Market Roundup of Major Industrial Stocks
A compact list of securities showing daily percentage changes across many firms including Am Can, Anaconda, Atch T and SF, Boeing, Chrysler, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, International Harvester, Johns Manville, Kennecott, Libby, Montgomery Ward, National Biscuit, North American, Packard, Penney, Philadelphia Reading, Pullman, Pure Oil, Radio Corp, Reading Co, Sears Roebuck, Swift, United Aircraft, US Steel, Warner Bros, and Woolworth among others with varied gains and losses reflected in a dense market snapshot.
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Rad & St
Snel & R
Anaconda
Atch T& SF
Atl Refining
Bald Loco
Balt & Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs
Int Harvester
Nick Can
Tot Tel & Tel
Johns-Manville
Kennecott Cop J
Kresge
Lehigh Port C
Libby
Northern Pac
Packard Motor
Param Pictures
Penney (Jc
Penna RR
Philadelphia
Pub
Sve NJ
Pullman
Pure Oil
354
Radio Corp
Reading Co
Repub Steel
Reynolds
Sears Roebuck
Sacony- Vacuum Oe
Sperry Corp
BTM
Cal
Studebaker Corp bin Swift and Co
Texas Corp
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp
US Rubber
US Steel
Warner Bros Pict
West Union Tel
West el
Mfg
Woolworth
Coach
Youngst Sh
Markets report from Pittsburgh and Chicago briefs
Markets report from Pittsburgh and Chicago notes slow produce demand with steady prices on apples and potatoes, lists specific varieties and prices across regions, and cites improved flour demand and wheat concerns in Chicago. Livestock trading in Pittsburgh shows active hogs, steady cattle values, and no calves or sheep for sale. Liv Engood Jr, Harrisburg secretary, hospitalized with intestinal influenza.
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Pittsburgh
Pennssylvania Staymans
Baldwins
Rome
Chippewas
Katahding
Idaho
Pennsylvania
New York
Maine
Green Mountains
Florida
Pennsylvania Republicans keep Wolfenden on committee on committees
Washington reports Representative James Wolfenden was reelected by Pennsylvania Republicans to the committee on committees. Seven new Pennsylvanian House members took oaths, including Francis R. Smith and James A. Wright. The Democrats hold a 19 to 15 delegation majority, with potential changes on the House rules and naval committees if J. Roland Kinzer wins the lone vacancy.
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Washington
James Wolfenden
Pennsylvania
Republican House
Committee On Committees
Cong Eas
House
Joseph F. Guffey
Dra
Francis R. Smith
Philadelphia
Harry L. Haines
Red Lion
Augustine B. Kelley
Greensburg
Thomas E. Scanlon
Pittsburgh
Samuel A. Weiss
Glassport
James A. Wright
Carnegie
Hugh D. Scott
J. Roland Kinzer
Lancaster
Michael J. Bradley
House Rules Committee
Francis J. Myers
ASCAP RADIO IN COURT FIGHT
A fictional presidential candidate Wintergreen is the center of a proposed copyright infringement suit over the song Wintergreen For President from the 1932 musical Of Thee I Sing. ASCAP accuses CBS and related parties of using the tune. broadcasters face heavy fines per station if found liable.
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New York
Wintergreen
John G. Paine
ASCAP
Paine
Texas Corporation
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Broadcast Music Inc
Pain
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Lima
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Judge IS Dead
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Livengood III
Harrisburg
William
Livengood, Jr
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Songwriters’ Group
George Sluasor
Dartmouth Star
Ohio State
Paul Brown
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Massillon
Larry Masphail
Miami
Hialeah
St. Louis Browns
Jim Blumenstock
Bronx
Scranton
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