Surrender of 2000 Spanish rebels ends siege of Teruel
Teruel capitulation leaves 2000 insurgents and many civilians in dire condition after 17 days of bombardment and siege. Lieut. Col. Rey D'Harcourt led 1500 troops with 600 dependents from Asuncion hospital. Government forces claim control of the front aiding Valencia and eastern coast.
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Madrid
Teruel
Asuncion Hospital
Santa Clara Church
Muela de Teruel
Toledo Alcazar
Rey D'Harcourt
Valencia
Business Government Talks Seen Helpful in Unemployed Fight
The article notes leaders from both parties favor ground table talks between business and government to plan production and address unemployment. Senator Byrnes says friendly conferences could aid the upturn, while Senator Davis urges discussions to leverage labor and business brains against the recession. Senator O Mahoney promotes licensing interstate corporations to curb monopolies and limit government meddling.
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Wond
Byrnes
Davis
R-Pa
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Back From Trip Sloan Stewart in Political Gossip
State Senator G. Mason Owlett of Wellsboro and C. Wayland Brooks of Chicago are named in gossip as possible candidates for governor and U S senator as party leaders weigh May primary prospects. Democrats also mull successors to Governor Earle and Senator Davis amid unconfirmed whispers of Pinchot seeking a third term. Five youths near Bellwood jailed on theft and burglary charges after several robberies. state police tally $1,088 stolen in nine grocery and filling station heists.
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Gram
G. Mason Owlett
Wellsboro
C. Wayland Brooks
Chicago
United States
New Deal
George H. Earle
James Davis
Povernor
Gifford Pinchot
Philadelphia
Altoona
Justice of the Peace
W. F. Baldsbach
Bellewood
Bellwood
George Myers
Wayne Yohn
Donald Caber
Tony Padula
Robert Brunner
Albert Davis
State Motor Police
Centralized Pennsylvania penal plan would replace county jails
Harrisburg January 8 A Pennsylvanian reform proposal urges replacing county jails with industrial farms under a single state executive. Jenn D. Pennington argues for centralized control, merit-based prison staffing, and an integrated system coordinating administration, training, and education across institutions. County jails would be drained to foster close county state cooperation.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Aigh
Jenn D. Pennington
Pennsylvania Industrial School
Huntingdon
Welfare
George H. Farle
Pennington
Boards of Trustees
Department of Welfare
Géné
Penning
Japan Faces Diplomatic Pressure After Shanghai Clash
Faced with a collision involving Japanese troops and British police in the Shanghai international settlement, Pierre Auge pressed the Japanese consul and an agreement led to troop withdrawal. British papers criticized Japan while findings from Reuters noted Japanese marines seized the New Asia Hotel.
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Pierre Auge
International Settlement
Telfer-Smollett
Japan
London
Daily Express
Britain
Foreign Office
Express
Telegrapha
Morning Post
Reuters
Britsh
Shanghai
New Asia Hotel
London Daily Mail
Sunghai
China
Tsanhsien
Shantung Province
Nanchang
Ferrier Rites Here Monday De Land Residents
Mrs Annie M Gverdorff and Mrs Ida Brink both of Mechanicsburg will lead Ferrier rites at the De Land Florida home Monday January 11 at 2 30 pm with interment in Oakland Cemetery. MISS BESSINA FARNSWORTH youngest daughter of John and Mary Farnsworth died in her sleep at the Grant township home Friday five sisters survive and funeral services set for 2 pm Monday with Rev Clayton Straw officiating burial in East Mafomug Cemetery.
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de Land
Annie M. Gverdorff
Ida Brink
Mechanicsburg
Arthur Pfohl
Oakland Cemetery
Bessina Farnsworth
John
Mary A. Farnsworth
Grant Township
Iida Houck
Purchase
Jane
Eva Allison
Pittsburgh
D. C. Thomas
Homer City
C. F. Cornman
Valois
N. Y
S. E. Lockhart
Rochester Mills
John M. Farnsworth
Farnsworth
Clayton Straw
East Mafomug Cemetery
Modern mechanized artillery regiments pace coast defenses
The 62nd Regiment at Fort Totten Long Island fires shells at 80 or more shots a minute using sound detectors and searchlights linked to mechanical brains. Fully mechanized, aircraft regiments move at 25 miles per hour in special trucks carrying guns and crews. The 62nd logged 147000 vehicle miles from Jan 1 to Nov 10, last year and is the only regular army regiment of aircraft artillery on the Atlantic coast. Pacific coast has one regiment at one-third strength, with skeleton forces at Fort Crockett Tea and Fort Sheridan.
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Fort Totten
Long Island
62Nd
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Fort Crockett
Tea
Fort Sheridan
Welfare chief quits board with reform demand
Earle announces resignation from the welfare department board and calls for fundamental changes in relief administration. He insists relief must be granted on economic need alone and emphasizes maximum business efficiency in relief operations.
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Welfare Department
de Schweinitz
Earle
Couple's 70th Anniversary Celebration in McMurray
Pittsburg report says a year old couple Mr and Mrs Jess Edgar left their Washington county farm near Venetia to celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary at the home of their grandson Howard R Edgar of McMurray. They credit hard work for good health and Mrs Edgar adds they still tend their garden vineyard and chickens daily.
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Pittsburgh
Jess
FR. Edgar
Washington County
Venetia
Grandsson
Howard R. Edgar
McMurray
Pleasant Unity Miners Strike at Jamison No 20 Mine
Operations at Jamison Coal & Coke Company No 20 mine in Pleasant Unity were halted as about 500 miners walked off. Union leaders said production stalled due to two days a week work, while nearby Mammoth mine reportedly ran on a five day schedule. No pickets were posted.
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Greensburg
Jan
Jamison Coal & Coke Company
iPleasant Unity
Mammoth
Detain Eight In Fatal Blast In Elizabethton
Eight people jailed in connection with a fatal dynamite blast that destroyed a home and killed children. Deputies from Pikeville, Tenn., charged two men with murder, White Tollett and Lee Walker, while a warrant was issued for Grave Tollett, brother of White.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Pikevile
K. M. Moreland
White Tollett
Lee Walker
Grave Tollett
White
Democrats Pay to Dine Tonight at Jackson Anniversary
Thousands of Democrats will pay 25 to 100 dollars for dinners to honor Andrew Jackson and aim to wipe out the party deficit of 2,118,295 dollars. The Democratic National Committee says the red ink may be cleared as leaders speak, with President Roosevelt addressing the event in Washington.
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Washington, Jan
Andrew Jackson
Democratic National Committee
Jackson
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Treasury balance and Pittsburgh court verdicts
The report notes a Treasury balance of 2,965,217,050.73 after January 6 receipts and expenditures. A coroner's jury in Pittsburgh names Anthony Romatsky and John Mikser as suspects in the eight year old Patrick Fo Craig murder, with Steve Mochan being sought. A $50,000 verdict awards John G. Ward for streetcar injuries against Pittsburgh Railways Company, a major personal injury award in the area.
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Washington
the Treasury
Gronth
Pittsburgh
Patrick Fo Craig
Anthony Romatsky
Western Penitentiary
John Mikser
Detroit
Andrew T. Park
Steve Mochan
John G. Ward
Emsworth
John P. Egan
Pittsburgh Railways Company
Grant Township Test for Bangs Plan Report
Forty five cattle owners in Grant Township attended a Grange Hall meeting at Deckers Point. County Agent Warner outlined the area testing plan with new features, noting AR percent of herds now tasting or with tests in the last fifteen months, qualifying the township for area testing. Delegates were chosen to canvass districts and ensure applications are on file by January 14.
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Grant Hinenship
Deckers Point
Warner
Bert Brown
Marion Menter
Ben Napp
Marion Center
Nortman
D. Muman
R. da Ruffher
Bard Daugherty
Rochester Mills
Raleigh
Ford Treese
Roundup Discusses Rules, Umpires, and Inquiries in Sports
A diverse sports roundup covers fans pressing for longer games with extra periods, numbering ideas for players, praise for golfer Stanley Horne, and a rising boxing prospect Johnny Mack. It also notes football fever in upstate New York and mentions Pittsburgh forecast cooling plus a school bus accident in Johnstown with a six year old fatality.
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Joe Rue
Stanley Horne
Johnny Mack
New Britain
Conn
Weight
New York
Colgate
Cornell
Syracuse
FDR Weighs Prospective Nominees for Supreme Bench
The article lists potential candidates for a high court appointment under Roosevelt. It profiles Ltovd Kirkham Garrett, Sam Gilbert Bratton, Donald Richberg, Stanley F. Reed, and Frank Murphy, noting their backgrounds in law, politics, and public service and their ties to New Deal reforms.
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Sam Gilbert Bratton
Tenth Judicial Circuit
Roosevelt
New Mexico
Supreme Court
U.S
Chamspion
ASA
Stanley F. Reed
Hoover
Wagner to become Cleveland Fed vice president next week
George H. Wagner, Pittsburgh branch managing director of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank, will become vice president of the bank in Cleveland next week. Percy A. Brown, current cashier, will take Wagner’s Pittsburgh post. In China, 15 to 20 raisins in a tiny package sell for about one twelfth of a cent, among the lowest packaged prices known in foreign trade. A water clock is cited as the farthest mechanical time measure, with water escaping through a hole to dictate time.
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Pittsburgh
George H. Wagner
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
Cleveland
Percy A. Brown
Wagner
China
Daytime Frock Design Promotes Youthful Office and Home Wear
A 1940s sewing pattern feature describes pattern 8107 a slim youthful daytime frock with shoulder yoke and a sash belt. It notes fabrics cotton broadcloth rayon print and thin wool suitable for home or office wear and includes a complete sew chart. Pattern sizes 14 through 42 require yardage. Winter Pattern Book offers 32 pages of designs with photos and prices.
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Winter Bank Glome
Pattern Bureau
Brooklyn
Southern Oppositionists Drafting Wage-Hour Bill
Southern lawmakers who blocked the wage hour bill announce drafting a rival labor standards measure. Rep McReynolds proposes industry based standards with federal rules limited to major sectors, while southeastern governors warn sweatshop operators they are not welcome. The House committee will reconvene to review the split position as the Senate already passed a wage hour bill last summer.
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Washington
Congress
Rep
McReynolds
D-Tenn
Alsa
Southeastern Governors’ Conference
Roosevelt
Monnday
Lister Hill
Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Hill
Senate
Hugo L. Black
Norton CO Nt
House Labor Committee
Local College Weather Report Continues Cold And Calm
Continued cold and calm conditions with snow flurries expected. At 8:00 a m the temperature was 2 degrees above zero, the high in the last 24 hours reached 31 degrees above zero and the low was 21 degrees above zero, with a small trace of snow in the period.
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Pittsburgh
W. 5. Brotzman
Markets Pittsburgh January 8 UPI produce and livestock report
UPI market summary for Pittsburgh dated January 8 shows produce mostly steady with 10 car apple shipments and potato movements. Apples include Baldwin 90-100, Delicious 115-125, with other varieties. potatoes 100 lb sacks 1.35 and 1.40 listed. Florida Bliss crates at 2.00. In livestock, hogs 1100 head steady to strong with top 9.00 for weights 220 lbs and under. cattle and calves nominal. sheep steady, top lambs 9.50.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Buxhel
LN. Y
Baldwins
Hubbardstans
Jonathans
Kings
W. Va
Grimes
Golden
Pennsylvania
Maine
Florida Bliss
Speeders and Licenses March Under State Courts
Reports to the Department of Revenue show about 10 arrests since the Governor's edict took effect January 1. Hearings will be held at motor police sub stations rather than fixed cities or towns. Revenue Secretary J. Griffith Boardman warned drivers to obtain 1938 license plates within one week before the January 15 deadline, noting the statehouse will close next Saturday. Registrations reached 3,545,000 as of January 4, about 10,000 ahead of last year.
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Steelton
Department of Revenue
Torre
Revenue
J. Griffith Boardman
Boardman
Dams Work Begins As Projects Set Expenditures
Plans for next year outline major dam projects with estimated costs including Tionesta Reservoir 2.1 million Crooked Creek Reservoir 2.0 million Johnstown local protection 2.4 million Cunemaugh Bow Site Reservoir 2.2 million Loyalhanna Reservoir 80 thousand French Creek Reservoir 500 thousand Mahoning Creek Reservoir 1.5 million Red Bank Reservoir 1.35 million. In Altoona a three year old boy narrowly escaped a Christmas tree fire his mother saved him but the room was destroyed.
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Tionesta
Crooked Creek
Johnstown
Cunemaugh
Altoona
Donnie Snyder
Donnie
Men and Women Seek Jobs in Pennsylvania Relief Plan
Harrisburg reports a mass hiring drive as 32 368 applicants take exams for 3 000 state relief and assistance posts. Tests cover executive directors county by county and clerks and visitors across 18 cities with two additional Saturdays set for further exams.
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Harrisburg
Jan
Pennsylvania
State Department of Public Assistance
Bethlehem
DuBois
Ebensburg
Erie
Greensburg
Lewistown
New Castle
Norristown
Philadetephia
Pittsburgh
Pottsville
Readeing
Scranton
Shamokin
Williamaeport
Wilkes-Barre
York
Emergency Relief Board
Capitol
W. E. Solenberger
Department
United States
DiMaggio Seeks 30000 Salary With Yankees
New York reports Joe DiMaggio may sign for about 25000 this season and hope for a peak 50000 over three more years with the Yankees. Ed Barrow says DiMaggio will receive his contract soon along with other players as a debate over salaries heats up.
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New York
Tore DiMaggio
Yankees
Joe
Babe Ruth
Col
Jacob Ruppert
Vitor
Braddock-Farrigh
DiMaggio
Bambino
Yanks
Ruth
Miller Huggins
Doe
Geome
Yankee
Lou Gehrig
Gehrig
Stork Delivers Baby On Hospital Curb In Pittsburgh
A stork tale reports a baby born to Mr and Mrs Anthony Dymerski just outside the hospital entrance after a race to the ER. The child, a girl, is named Cinders ella. The unusual birth occurred late last night and the family celebrated the new arrival.
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STORK
Pittsburgh
Anthony Dymerski
Dymerski
Cindersella
Washington County Unemployment Claims Surpass Five Thousand
County manager Peter Halm reported about 5,000 people registered in the first four days to qualify for state unemployment compensation in Washington County. More than 1,000 registrations were from the city of Washington.
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Washington
Peter Halm
Washington County
City of
Jury absolves Tyrone man in Altoona crash death
A jury exonerated Samuel Stetter of Tyrone from criminal responsibility for the death of 68 year old James T. Graham of Altoona after Stetter's car struck Graham last November, ending a fatal traffic case.
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Altoona
Samuel Stetter
Tyrone
James T. Graham
Stetter
Graham
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