Simpson Named Heir To Late Kenneth Simpson In House Vacancy
Former Rep Bruce Barton and others are tipped as likely Republican contenders to fill the Manhattan 17th district seat after the death of Kenneth Simpson. Simpson, a six year leader of the New York County Republican Committee, helped push the lease lend substitute in the Roosevelt era and aided Dewey in becoming district attorney. Governor Lehman is expected to call a special election soon.
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Blinpaon
Manhattan
Barton
Senate
Chiat
Simpson
Roosevelt
Britain
New York County Republican Committee
Wendell L. Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Snowbound fatalities reported as storms paralyze roads
Snow blanketed roads and led to multiple deaths across Pennsylvania. Six year old Edward Kennedy of Pittsburgh was killed in a stee-riding accident. Christian Brubaker, 65, of Buffalo Springs died of a heart attack while shoveling snow. James Cordell, 14, died of carbon monoxide poisoning after attempting to keep warm in a garage with gas lights and a running car. Fires claimed the lives of Joseph Barraclough, 56, of Smithton. Grant Wallace, 56, of Philadelphia. and Mrs Dorr M. Hunter of Irvona. Two coal trucks collided near Pottsville, killing Bartholomew Close, 38, of Philadelphia. another crash in Philadelphia claimed Mrs Gertrude Blenk, 56, and Paul Czarny, 31. A Philadelphia Democrat ward committeeman was killed by an automobile driver who said he was blind from snow. Joseph Colins, 50, also died in an auto crash. Mrs George Holmes, 48, was fatally injured in Monaco. the fleeing motorist was arrested for drunken driving and involuntary manslaughter.
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Edward Kennedy
Pittsburgh
Christian Brubaker
Buffalo Springs
James Cordell
Joseph Barraclough
Smithton
Jefferson County
Grant Wallace
Philadelphia
Dorr M. Hunter
Irvona
Clearfield County
Pottsville
Bartholomew Close
Gertrude Blenk
Paul Czarny
Democratic
Joseph Colins
George Holmes
Monaco
Congress rivals move to curb war aims in lend lease debate
Congress and CIO women s auxiliaries attack the lend lease bill as opposition factions push for public disclosure of belligerent aims and secret treaties. AFL endorsement exists with changes while administration seeks committee action and floor debate by week s end. Roosevelt open to substantial modifications to gain broad support.
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Roosevelt
National Coordinating Committees
CIO
AFL
William Green
House
Senate
Legislature weighs form of special study plan
Achterman says it is too early to form an opinion on the study’s shape as the legislature, convening next year, debates relief options and how a special study should be conducted. The discussion centers on the problem of relief and the study’s possible approaches.
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Achterman
Jay d
James
Nine Court Places Hundreds of County Offices at Stoke
Harrisburg January 97 Two appellate court seats and many city and county offices will be decided at next fall's municipal elections. The primaries Sept 9 and the general Nov 4 will shape the 1942 gubernatorial race. Major judicial contests include two high court seats, several common pleas, and orphans courts. Mayors in Pittsburgh Scranton Beaver Falls Connellsville and Sunbury also face election.
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Harrisburg
H. Edgar Barnes
State Supreme Court
James
William M. Parker
Justice Parker
Supreme Court
Orphans Courts
Common Pleas
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Beaver Falls
Connellsville
Sunbury
Orphans Court
Andrew Hourigan
E. Foster Hester
Luzerne County
Daniel J. Snyder
Westmoreland
J. Orin Waite
Eric
Charles Sinkler
Philadelphia
Christian E. Charles
Lancaster
Bucks
Calvin
Boyer
Cumberland
Fred S. Reese
Charles
Legislature Faces Routine Week Amid Relief Funding Debates
Senate and House convene with routine business as relief funding and WPA issues loom. Shapiro cites a possible $6,000,000 monthly expenditure for 24 months, contingent on repayment of $59,000,000 borrowed last year. House and Senate committees organize, WPA sewing project inquiry continues, and Byberry hospital bond funding moves forward.
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Shapiro
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Washington
Achterman
WPA
Col
Philip Mathews
James
William A. Shaw
Philadelphia State Hospital
Byberry
General State Authority
Wite
Pennsylvania Nurses Association
English and Italian forces clash near Derna port
International notes recount a clash as the Italian air force bombards and strafes east and south of Derna while British Army forces push westward. The account recalls Gen. William Eaton leading a mixed force from Egypt toward Derna on a distant April 25, 1804, to seize control from Yussut the Bloody, with Marines and diverse mercenaries involved.
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Aehting
Derna
Yussut the Bloody
British drive toward Red Sea in Eritrea and Crews near Agordat
Cairo dispatches report British forces have pushed halfway across Italian Eritrea toward the Red Sea and are within striking distance of Agordat a key railhead. In air war Britain claims long nights of blackout ended as RAF raiders attack Hanover. Red Star calls Italian frontcritical while noting 25 000 Italian prisoners captured in Tobruk and 1100 so far in Eritrea.
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Derna
Eritrea
Red Sea
Cairo
Agordat
Britain
Tobruk
Cairg
Biscia
Russia
Red Star
Athens
Ex-kaiser Wilhelm II celebrates birthday in Doorn exile
Doorn Netherlands January 27 exiled German former emperor Wilhelm II marked his birthday quietly in exile at Doorn with second wife Hermine and three relatives. Nearby at Norfolk Naval Base disaster damages totaled about 275000 dollars from a fire affecting communications and administration offices, leaving 10000 service members temporarily cut off.
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Doorn
Netherlands
Wilhelm II
Germany
Hermine
Prince Augusta Wilhelm
Prince Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph
Henrietta
Norfolk
Dan
Navy
Norfolk Naval Operating Base
H. G. McClure
Naval Training Station
Joseph Kk. Tauaslg
Fifth Naval District
Italian commander Cavallero orders Albanian front counterattacks
General Ugo Cavallero ordered counterattacks to lift troops morale on the Albanian front, but Greek forces reportedly repelled the Italians. Italian officials denied reports of disorders with German help in northern Italy. CBS broadcast alleged high casualties and Italians fighting with rioters in Turin and Milan. Romania stabilized under a new military government after Iron Guardists were purged. In China, Japan pressed toward central China amid Han River defenses. French Indochina armistice with Thailand took effect, with mediating talks set in Saigon. A British report noted slight aerial activity with no bombs dropped.
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Albania
Ugo Cavallero
Italy
Columbia Broadcasting System
Turin
Milan
Romania
Ion Antonescu
Shanghai
China
Feiping- Hankow
Han River
Han
Indo-China
Thailand
Sunnday
Treasury Balance and Daily Treasury Figures
The Treasury on January 24 reports receipts of 14,350,058.10 and expenditures of 39,805,562.90, leaving a net balance of 1,486,671,623.54 and a gross debt of 45,175,277,560.20. The increase over the previous day is 5,306,573.68.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Markets and Produce Notes From Pittsburgh and Chicago
Markets show hogs and cattle steady to mixed with varied weights and prices in Pittsburgh reports. Produce and grains details from Pittsburgh and Chicago include apples onions potatoes and wheat movements with price ranges and futures activity noted.
Crusading Judge Aims to Clear Docket in Week
Pittsburgh Jan 97 A crusading judge Michaal Angelo Musmanno vows to clear drunken driving cases within a week by holding court day and night if needed. He orders all judges of Allegheny County criminal court to dispose of 78 to 100 cases before Friday midnight, sending convicted drivers to jail to save lives.
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Piptaburgh
Michaal Angelo Musmantto
Orice
Allegheny County Criminal Court
Enda
Muamanno
Tver
Naveeh
Uf Montis
Pittsburgh
Musmanno
Michaal Angelo
Willkie In England Welcomed By Cheerful Crowds
Willkie arrives in England amid cheers from British newsmen and a stray soldier, praises English nerve, and says he intends to listen rather than speak. He excitedly paced the Lisbon flight, helped navigators, and even stood during landing causing a nose dive but emerged unharmed in his suit.
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Willkie
Lisbon
Portugal
England
New York
Stock Market Air Reauction Amid Narrow Trading
A lengthy OCR list of major industrial firms from A to Woolworth shows broad market participation with mixed activity. The item notes a London investment of $250,000 and a 5 week plan for transportation facilities, amid fluctuating percentages and nominal shares.
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London
Lampoon Names Top Movie Worsts Stir Actors
Hollywood notes the Harvard Lampoon annual star movie worsts list drawn from celebrity names. Mickey Rooney Jane Withers Gene Tierney and Robert Preston react with laughter or disbelief while others criticize the selections as exaggerated.
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Hollywood
Harvard Lampoon
Star
Mickey Rooney
Jane Withers
College Monthly
Jane
Gene Tierney
New York
Lampoon
Miss Tierney
Robert Preston
Harvard
Preston
Obituary notices from Elderton and Homer City area
Obituary notices report the deaths of Annie Irwin of Elderton aged 76, and John Tomich of Homer City, plus Abraham W. Lydick of Homer City. Irwin’s survivors include three sons, 15 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, a sister, and church affiliations. services set at Elderton Presbyterian Church with interment Whitesburg Cemetery. Tomich, a Jugoslavian-born miner, is survived by his wife, three brothers and a sister, with a requiem mass at St Louis Catholic Church and burial in St Bernard Cemetery Indians. Lydick’s funeral took place at Homer City Presbyterian Church with Rev A Ferman Kearney officiating.
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Annie Irwin
Elderton
Alexander
Catherine
Rupert) Clark
Plumcreek Township
Armstrong County
Whitesburg
Presbyterian Church
Women’s Missionary Society
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Robert M. Irwin
Valparaiso
Ind
T. Clark Irwin
Harrison City
George R. Irwin
Vandergrift
Elizabeth Miller
Elderton Presbyterian Church
William Vincent
Whitesburg Cemetery
John Tomich
Wiley Avenue
Homer City
Indiana Hospital
Jugoslavia
Mary Tomich
Carl
Stephan Tomich
West Virginia
Matthew Tomich
Detroit
Mich
Manda Suzie
Cleveland
St. Louis Catholic Church
M. Rosenthal
St. Bernard Cemetery
Abraham W. Lydick
Homer City Presbyterian Church
A. Ferman Kearney
Week Services At College Seminar In Pittsburgh
Dr R G McKnight president of Reform Seminary of Pittsburgh leads week long program on biblical authenticity and decipherment by Enrdon and Rawlingon. Schedule includes talks on essentials of faith in China world war responsibility and educational social values of Christianity with Dr Willis Kerns and John Sutton Auditorium sessions through Wednesday.
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Mpirtiug
R. G. McKnight
Reform Seminary of Pittsburgh
McKnight
Enrdon
Rawlingon
B. A. Schoal
The
Friends Service Committee
America
Willis Kerns
State College
John Sutton
Rites for Elizabeth McConnaughey and Fletcher
Elizabeth McConnaughey 88 died at her Marchand home after a heart condition. Interment in Covode Cemetery planned. Hulda Mae Fletcher 70, widow of Charles Fletcher, died at her daughter’s Troy Hill home after illness. Services at Conaway Funeral Home and Brush Valley Cemetery. McColvin Ellsworth of 324 Worth Seventh Street died in Indiana Hospital. obituary to appear Tuesday.
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Elizabeth McConnaughey
George McConaughey
Marchand
Daniel and
Agness
Laure) Braughter
Mt. Pleasant
Grace McConnaughey
Pittsburgh
Wade McConnaughsy
Ruth Tucker
Washington, D. C
Calvin Braughler
Indiana
Mortiaon Funeral
Punxsutawney
Covode
Hulda Mae Fletcher
Charles Fletcher
Charles Bellas
Troy Fill
Troy Hill
Frank Bellas
West Kittanning
A. G. Rupp
Robert Conaway
Charles Hollen
Kittanning
Fred Fox
Niles
Ohi
Phillip Williams
Girard
Ohio
Neney Hare
New Kensington
Florance Prater
New Castle
Louis Tay
Adrian
Fred Tay
Fletcher
Union Avenue Methodist Church
Conaway Funeral Home
M'Colvin Ellsworth
Worth Seventh Street
Indiana Hospital
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Kenneth Α
AP Pork
Cy—Sitate
Agenatet Feer R
Couderter
Bruce Barton
Kenneth
Simp
Congress
Stoke
B. Reid
Samuel H. Gardner
Thomas
M. Marshall
John P,gan
W. Heber Dithrick
William 4. McNaugher
Howard A. Davis
Otto A. Mailigeman
Sera M. Soffel
Allegheny
County Board of Elections Or Registration Commission
Cleopatra
Claapstra
By Williams
Gawhitns
Pennsylvania
Baldwins
McIntosh
Cortlands
Maine
Idaho
Florida
Bliss
Chicago
Tommy Fitzgerald
Louisville Courier-Journal
al Schacht
Feller
Newsom
Sam al Washington
Anaconda
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs Mtg
Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Colum G
Edison Con Gil
Curtiss-Wright du Pont
del Lack
West du Pont
Eastman Kodak
Elev
Gen Motors
Gen
Greyhound Corp
Hercules Powder
Ilinois Central Int Harvester
Int
Nick Can
Kennecott
Lehigh Port
Lehigh Val Coal Loew's Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Nat Distillers NY
Central RR
North Ameria Northern Pacific
Packard Motor Param Pictures Penney
Penn RR
Sve
NJ Pullman
Pure Oil Radio Corp of Am
Repab Steel Reynolds Tob B
Sears Roebuck Socorny Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Studebaker Corp
Swift and Co
Taxas Corp
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Trip US Rubber
US Steel
Warner Bros Pic West Union
West el
Mtg
Woolworth
Youngst Sh
Curbert Aero Supply
Electric Bond
Pennroad Corp
South Penn Oil
Ath
Reading
Association of College Comics of the East
RB. d. G. MeeKnight
Crawford
Creekside Cemetery
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