Youngster Found Guilty in Involuntary Manslaughter Trial
In Dauphin County, 18 year old Harold Yatar was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of 11 year old John Snavely. The jury acquitted him of murder. the judge promised mercy and may refer the case to Juvenile Court or suspend sentencing. The slain boy’s mother testified that he cried out that Harold shot him as he died.
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Marrishurg
Jan
Ibf
Yatar
Shepter
Chum
Oscar G. Wickersham
Snavely
Mildred F. Snavely
Harold
Richards
Juvenile Court
Dauphin County
Publishers list and AP luncheon note continues
The text lists publishers and newspapers including Coatesville Record Lancaster News papers Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Scranton Times and others. It notes the annual Associated Press luncheon will be held at 12:15 PM on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coatesville Record
J. W. Werry
Johnstown Tribune and Democrat
I. Z. Buckwalter
Lancaster Newspapers, Inc
Col
Ernest G. Smith
Wilkes-Barre Times- Leader
Evening News
David Fell
Harrisburg , Patriot and Evening News
Frank D. O'Reilly
Lock Haven Express
John E. Person
Williamsport Sun and Gazette Bulletin
Geo. C. Stevens
Scranton Times
R. Evers Whitmore
New Holland Clarion
Alliene
Chant Seltzer
Ford to Run Navy Training School at Plant
Ford announces a Navy service school at his plant. Trainees remain under Navy jurisdiction but are Ford instructors and not paid on Ford payroll. Ford cites defense needs and a strong Navy with carriers, saying the school is unique among private industry programs after Great Lakes San Diego and Norfolk efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Ford
Ford Navy Service School
Great Lakes
San Diego
Norfolk
Congress Fears War Risk From Bill Opposition Grows
U S senators debate a bill tied to the war policy, with critics arguing it violates international law and could pull the nation toward conflict. Senator Clark cites a possible 25 vote bloc, while House sponsors expect quick passage with minimal changes. Speaker Rayburn and Bloom predict little hurdle in Foreign Affairs action.
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Clark
DMO
Gais
Senate
Ock Poltom
House
Rayburn
Bloom
D-Ny
Foreign Affetra
Widow Of I Am Founder Denies Asking For Dime
In Los Angeles on January 13, Mrs. Edna W. Ballard widow of Guy W. Ballard and head of the I Am movement testified for two hours in a fraud trial against herself and five other leaders. She said her income comes from love gifts and donations but she does not use them for personal use. She owns the St Germain press and serves as secretary and treasurer of the St Germain foundation. She denied urging students to buy materials and rejected healing powers claims while noting the I Am presence is responsible for healing. Also testifying were Charles Sindelar and others connected to paintings and visions tied to St Germain and Ascended Master.
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Los Angeles
Edna W. Ballard
Guy W. Ballard
St. Germain Press
St. Germain Foundation
Charles Sindelar
Christ
Sindelar
St. Germain
House Leaders Hint At Modifying Dictator Bill
The measure to the Senate may be altered after committee hearings. Broom supports the bill in its present form but open to constructive changes. Fish estimates House action in about two weeks and urges scrapping the bill to write a new one within the constitution expediting aid to Britain. He notes Roosevelt’s press conference remarks have unsettled the President.
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Broom
House
Rep. Fish
R-Ny
Britain
Roosevelt
Fish
Church Views Stress Links to Organic Ills Among People
The discussion highlights that strain in family and work life can trigger organic failures. It notes that energy is often internalized, leading to illness, with married women sometimes developing asthma or hives and job loss associated stomach ulcers. The writer calls this an important church concern.
Hull Defends Lend Lease With Self Defense Theory
In a tense hearing Rep Luther A Johnson questions the legality of aiding Britain under lend lease. Hull argues that peaceful nations must act on a practical view of global force and invoke self defense before invasion reaches their borders. He emphasizes nations face a world movement of conquest and that choice lies in recognizing and acting now.
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Hull
Luther A. Johnson
D-Tex
Britain
United States
PARDON BOARD TO HEAR PLEAS IN INSURANCE MURDER CASE
Harrisburg reports that Paul Petrillo a 45 year old South Philadelphia tailor condemned to die for his role in a four state murder for insurance ring will plead for life before the Pardon Board on January 23. He claims only a minor part as a go between for Morris Evil Eye Bolber who has pleaded guilty awaiting sentence. Assistant DA Vincent McDevitt says at least 27 were killed and more may exist. The board also will hear 68 other applications for commutation or pardons.
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Harrisburg
Paul Petrillo
Philadelphia
Petrillo
Luigi Levecchio
Morris
Evil Eye" Bolber
Vincent McDevitt
Albert
Election Notes In Blairsville and Homer City Banks
Directors reelected yesterday include Nevin Montgomery Normen F Moore Dr W L Benz W C Richey Dr George Hunter William H Stitt T B Miller W G Livingood Daniel Frattura Frank W Dunlap J C Baukman H P Rhoads Officers reelected were H P Rhoads president Dr George Hunter vice president and Paul R Gibson cashier At Homer City State Bank directors reelected were Curtis E Elkin Harry Schall Alex Bennett G E Fassett James A Smith and J D Lewis Officers reelected were Curtis E Blin president Harry Schall and Alex Bennett vice presidents and Herbert W Ritter cashier and secretary Mr Elkin was reelected president of the Elderton State Bank in Elderton Armstrong County
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Blairsville National
Nevin Montgomery
Normen F. Moore
W. L. Benz
W. C. Richey
George Hunter
William H. Stitt
T. B. Miller
W. G. Livingood
Daniel Frattura
Frank W. Dunlap
J. C. Baukman
H. P. Rhoads
Paul R. Gibson
Homer City State Bank
Curtis E. Elkin
Harry Schall
Alex Bennett
G. E. Fassett
James A. Smith
J. D. Lewis
Curtis E. Blin
Herbert W. Ritter
Elkin
Elderton State Bank
Elderton
Armstrong County
Allies face renewed raids as day breaks across Europe
Reports say Nazi bombers resumed attacks at daylight with a lone raider machine gunning a village in northern Scotland and dropping a single bomb. Planes were seen over east England while Albanian guerrillas raiding Fascist lines complicate Italian moves against Greece. In North Africa British plans for Tobruk assault proceed as RAF patrols search Libyan coast for escaped officers.
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Ers
Scotland
East Anglia
Struga
Yugoslavia
North African Front
Tobruk
RAF
Bardis
Lindig declines mercantile appraiser post in Union County
Harrisburg January 15 Charles F Lindig of Lewisburg refused appointment as mercantile appraiser for Union County. Former Public Relations Bureau officer under the Earle administration, he thanked Auditor General Warren R Roberts but said his past runs for the State House show a stance for tax revision and he views the mercantile license tax as a pernicious nuisance against small business.
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Harrisburg
Charles F. Lindig
Lewisburg
Union County
Lindig
Public Relations Bureau
Department of Revenue
Earle
Warren R. Roberts
House of Representatives
Pennsylvania Among 14 States With High Alien Registrations
Washington Jan. 15 Pennsylvania had 361 478 registered residents according to preliminary justice department figures on the alien registration act. The national total stood at 4 741 971 with Pennsylvania among the 14 highest states.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Justice Department
Beer Shortage Strains Tokyo Hotels in 1940s Japan
Tokyo on January 18 reports a beer shortage due to war constraints. Hotels like the Imperial restrict bars to nine gallons daily for 400 guests, with limited bottle service, as grains grow scarce and government limits imports on spirits and liquors. Rice beer attempts fail to produce a viable alternative.
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Tokyo
Imperial
Japan
German economic conquest drains Czech wealth in Munich era
Washington reports confirm Germany seized Czech assets since occupation 92 months ago. By using banks and large industries, including Bata and Skoda, Berlin controls capital, production, and trade. Nazi taxes and wartime plunder push annual revenue to hundreds of millions of dollars from Bohemia and Moravia.
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Lloyd
Czechoslovakia
Bohemia and
Moravia
Slovakia
Czech
Germany
Deutsche Bank
Dresdender Bank
Bohemian Union
Escompte
Sigmund Pump Works
Langest
Sudeten
Reich
Andruss Named President of Bloomsburg College
Acting head since 1958 Dr Harvey A Andruss was named president of Bloomsburg State Teachers College by the board of trustees after Governor James approved the move. Andruss, former dean of instruction, studied at the University of Oklahoma and earned an MBA from Northwestern. He previously taught in Ohio and at Northwestern before joining Bloomsburg as director of the business education department.
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Bloomsburg State Teachers College
Francis B. Haas
Harvey A. Andruss
State Teachers College
Bloomsburg Institution
Haas
James
Andsus
University of Oklahoma
Northwestern University
Ohio
Northwestern
Indiana
Bloomsburg
Manhattan Still Aground At Palm Beach Sandbar
The 24,268 ton liner Manhattan remained hard aground off Palm Beach on January 15 as a moderate southeast wind hindered attempts to refloat at high tide. Coast guard cutter Mojave wrecking tug Willet and tug Bolorina aided salvage plans to pump 2,500 gallons of oil from the vessel into barges to lighten it while about 200 passengers sunbathed aboard.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Manhattan
Palm Beach
Coast Guard
Mojave
Willet
Bolorina
Worthy Movement Briefly Rises Amid City Headlines
A fragmented report from New York outlines a rising worthy movement linked to anion Christoforidig iq in local headlines. Details remain unclear as the text mixes names and phrases, signaling a developing story about leadership and municipal impact.
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Wile
Law Burs
Tom
Forest Note
New York
English professor faces murder charge for wife Elsie Owen
Professor Arthur Lloyd-James of Hampstead, an English language expert and BBC linguistic adviser, admits killing his wife violinist Elsie Owen to spare her a bleak future after claiming his work burden overwhelmed him. Police found his spouse dead at their drawing room. he awaits further hearing as investigators probe weapons found at his home.
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London
Arthur Lloyd-James
Hampstead Court
Elsie Owen
Lloyd-James
British Broadcasting Corporation
Markets Report From Pittsburgh and Chicago Prices
Pittsburgh markets show moderate produce demand with mixed fruit prices and steady potato quotes, while livestock volumes rise with higher hogs and firmer cattle and sheep prices. Chicago wheat and corn futures edge higher on cautious buying by elevators and mills, with May and July contracts probing mid-range levels.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Maine
Idaho
Chicago
Patron of Britain dies at 82 in Beaconsfield
Viscount Wakefield, 82, philanthropist and patron of British enterprise in oil, auto and speedboat racing and civil aviation, died today in Beaconsfield. He funded Mrs Amy Johnson Mollison's flights and gave over 1.0 million pounds to hospitals and a similar amount to sponsor speed across water and land and air. He served as Lord Mayor of London from 1915 to 1916.
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London
Viscount Wakefield
Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire
Lord Wakefield
Amy Johnson Mollison
Thames Estuary
Warter
Condemned Duo Die Calmly at Electric Chair
Brooklyn men Anthony Girasole and Joseph Gimarea were executed at Ohio Penitentiary for the holdup murder of Edward J Erdody, a Cleveland factory foreman. Both faced the chair with lips shut, kissed crucifixes, and showed calm detachment before the sentence was carried out.
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Columbus
Anthony Girasole
Joesph Qimarea
Brooklyn
Ohio Penitentiary
Edward J. Erdody
Cleveland Farrior
Byeny Sgo
Pennsylvanian Republicans push revival plan meets Feb eleventh
Western Pennsylvania GOP leaders endorsed Governor James program to revitalize the party and urged a broader liberal policy. Delegates from 29 counties formed a grass roots confab and voted to reconvene February 11 while Frank J. Harris, Allegheny County chair, promised outreach in Eastern and Central Pennsylvania counties. Speakers urged action to modernize and appeal to the “little man” and farm counties.
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Errant
Jan
Pennsylvania
Rae
James
Chaiman
Frank J. Harris
Seok
Harris
Allegheny County
Repubican
Flow Business Education Contributes to Community Life
Regular convocation at the local college features S7.C program by Business Education Department students. A two scene presentation shows high school training applying to office work, telephoning, dictation, and transcription. Scenes depict a store, a lawyer office, a school, a club, and a home budget with freshmen introducing the major study areas.
Stock market round of industrials and utilities listing names
A dense stock table shows numerous companies across alloys, metals, chemicals, autos, aviation, utilities, and consumer goods such as Am Can Am Rad Anaconda Chrysler Edison Gen Motors Goodyear etc with assorted percentages and figures mixed in. The stream lists corporations and branches including United Aircraft United Corp Penn RR and National Distillers among others with varied performance marks.
Concord Governor Receives Tobacco Cans from Two States
In Concord New Hampshire on January 16 Governor Robert Blood acknowledged receipt of six cans of tobacco from Kentucky’s governor to accompany ash trays recently sent by Oklahoma’s governor. Blood does not smoke.
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Concord
N. H
Robert
Blood
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Obituaries from Cramer and nearby towns
Obituary notices report the deaths of Harry Clark of Cramer with multiple relatives in Bullet Mineral Point Culver and Youngstown plus funeral at 2 40 p m at Mrs Thomas Good s home 27 Franklin street Clymer and Greenwood Cemetery Indiana Benjamin Conner 47 of Bartow Florida died January 9 from January 8 car crash burial in Bartow Cemetery Anna Mary Caulfield born Blacklick died at home after years in Blacklick post office clerical force survived by siblings and Legion Auxiliary member funeral in SS Simon and Jude Church Blairsville Greenwood Cemetery Davidson 81 of Clymer died at home born in Scotland emigrated 28 years ago survived by wife five sons and two brothers funeral Friday 2 p m in Davidson residence Greenwood Cemetery Indiana.
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Harry Clark
Cramer
Ed. Fetterman
Bullet
James McCulloch
Mineral Point
Richard Auton
Culver
William Clerk
Aultman
Alex Clark
Youngstown
Thomas Good
Franklin Street
Clymer
Greenwood Cemetery
Indiana
Benjamin Conner
Barnesboro
Bartow
Florida
Henry C
Lucy (Duncan) Conner
Anna Mary Caulfield
Blacklick
William J
Elizabeth
Kelly) Caulfield
Anna
Mary Caulfield
John Caulfield
William Caulfield
Sharon
Charles J. Short
Blairsville
Etta M. Rowe
Vanderagrift
SS Simon and Jude's Catholic Church
American Legion Auxiliary
SS. Simon and Jude's Church
Matthew A. Yanosek
John
Davidson
Adams Street
William
Agnes
Sneddin) Davidson
Slaymun
Scotland
Agnes (Chalmers) Davidson
Nanty-Glo
David St. Benedict
James
Springdale
Robert
Australia
Lawmakers eyed reforms after court inquiry findings
Harrisburg January 1 The commission on court procedures will report to the legislature for a third time. State Senator Frank W. Ruthen indicates the bills likely won’t pass soon as lawmakers oppose them. Proposals include: widening verdict rules, allowing competent witnesses, reforming jury selection, funding pre sentence medical exams, taxing prisoner maintenance, expanding welfare crime prevention duties, creating a judicial council, treating real estate as bail, partisan judicial elections, and penalties for biased sentencing. He also filed two constitutional amendments on absentee voting and state school chief elections, needing two legislative sessions and voter approval.
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Harrisburg
Frank W. Ruthanid
Lee
Ruth
Assembly
el Commission
Rubhy
Berka County
State Department of Welfare
Car Hits Truck Injuring Man Near Indiana Route 119
A passenger was injured when an automobile skidded into a truck stopped on Route 119 six miles north of Indiana at 7:30 a.m. today. Walter Kinnan, 30, of Dayton, was admitted to Indiana Hospital with forehead contusions and possible skull fracture. condition good. Driver John Norke, 31, of Sagamore, could not stop in time to avoid the crash into Fred G. Pifer, 91, of Bagnollavitis, stopped on the highway.
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Indiana
L. G. Washington
Walter Kinnan
Dayton
R. D. Armstrong County
Kinnan
John Norke
Sagamore
Fred G. Pifer
Bagnollavitis
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