Hunger marchers detour through New Castle to secure gas
About 600 hunger marchers arrived in New Castle in cars from multiple states. They halted for gas along Atlantic and Mahoning to reach Pittsburgh. Leaders Mike Martin, C B Cowan, and Frank Rodgers planned to stay until fuel was secured. Rodgers phoned Governor Pinchot claiming stations were closed by state police for safety.
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Mike Martin
Seattle
Wash
C. B. Cowan
Cleveland
Frank Rodgers
Youngstown
O. Cowan
Pinchot
Ohio Line
Rodgers
Westminster College Choir to Perform at Croton Church
Music lovers will hear Westminster College choir of 53 voices next Sunday evening at the Croton M E church. A note to Pa Newe mentions a downtown window sign touting work at reasonable prices and warns of a dangerous curve on the new highway near the Amish church.
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Pa Newe
New Wilmington
Pa Nene
Massacre of 2700 Chinese Confirmed by Correspondent
Edward Hunter reports from Fushun Manchuria that 2,700 Chinese men women and children were killed by Japanese machine gunners after suspected harboring of soldiers. He describes charred villages Chunchinpu and nearby, with refugees confirming the massacre and Shanghai communique.
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International News Service
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Manchuria
Shanghai
Japan
Battle on House floor over dry enforcement funds
Washington reports a clash over Prohibition enforcement spending as the Budget Bureau Attorney General and Prohibition Director back maintaining a large fund. The House Appropriations subcommittee hears the request for about 9.6 million for the Prohibition Bureau plus 30 million for coast guard and related agencies.
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Presidential Budget Bureau
Mitchell
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Justice Department
Prohibition
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Congress
Budget Bureau
Prohibition Bureau
Coast Guard
House
Charlotte Gibson Hysterical On Witness Stand
Society girl Charlotte Gibson cried out I dont want to remember while testifying in the Sidney Herbert Homewood seduction trial in New City New York. She was helped from the stand in tears as attorney Charles Finkelstein pressed for details and the judge denied a mistrial.
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International News Service
New City
N. Y
Charlotte Gibson
Sidney Herbert Homewood
Charles Finkelstein
Homewood
Consolidated electric tariff filed by Pennsylvania Power
L B Round announces a consolidated tariff of rates rules and regulations for electric service filed with the Public Service Commission. The new tariff takes effect January 1 1933 and standardizes five prior tariffs with multiple reductions for customers in the New Castle division including agricultural small power and commercial rates.
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L. B. Round
Pennsylvania Power Company
Public Service Commission
New Castle
New Castle Red Hurricane to Meet McKeesport in Postseason
New Castle High School and McKeesport High School, joint Class AA champions, announce a post season football game at Taggart Field in New Castle Saturday at 2 pm. Admission 50 to 75 cents for adults, 25 cents for students. Outside WPIAL jurisdiction with coaches Bridenbaugh and Sullivan overseeing arrangements.
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New Castle High School
Red Hurricane
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Frank L. Orth
Senior High
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Senior
Bower
McKeesport High School
Philip H. Bridenbaugh
New Castle
Sullivan
McKeesport
Phil Bridenbaugh
Principal Sues for Salary in School District Conspiracy
Prof. E. L. Gerlach filed suit at the prothonotary against Little Beaver township and Enon Valley school districts to recover $1,620 for a full year of teaching nine months at $180 monthly. He alleges a joint consolidated district formed and claims dismissal on September 6, 1932 without prior notice, demanding pay for the term not completed.
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Prothonotary’s Office
Little Beaver Township
Enon Valley
Gerlach
Enonborough
M. J. Duigan
Clara Andrews
Three Deer Hunters Die In Highway Crash Near Huntingdon
Three deer hunters were killed when their car struck a large buck and hit a tree on the William Penn highway, twelve miles west of Huntingdon. Victims named were Clarence Simmendinger of Summer Hill, John Ritchey of Portage, and Louis G. Kurtz of Claysburg, with Ritchey’s brother-in-law among the dead. Kurtz died later in Altoona hospital.
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International News Service
Huntingdon
William Penn Highway
Here
Clarence Simendinger
Summer Hill
John Ritchey
Portage
Louis G. Kurtz
Claysburg
Altoona
Senate utility probe advances despite injunctions in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg on December 1 the Senate utility investigation stalled by injunctions, including a ban on further use of legislative funds. Despite this, the committee plans to push ahead with utility reform legislation. Drafts by Dr. John G Hervey and the committee legal staff were distributed for study. hearings are halted with a December 8 next meeting set.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Senate
Public Service Commission
John G. Hervey
Public Service Com
Von Hindenburg May Step Down
Berlin reports say President Paul Von Hindenburg, age eighty, may retire from office amid German political tension. Officials denied the claim, but speculation centers on potential shifts in the Reich’s leadership and fate if he resigns. The Der Deutsche newspaper sparked the chatter claiming the octogenarian leader would quit over Germany’s internal crisis.
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International
Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Foreign Office
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Reich
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Germany
Low License Numbers Are Being Apportioned
Harrisburg reports the 1933 automobile license list assigns low numbers to many politicians and officials. Senator James J. Davis receives No. 94, Senator David A. Reed No. 93, and S Ray Shelby No. 46. Governor pins No. 1. No. 100 goes to Mrs. W. Harry Beker. Weingartner takes No. 38. others include Gen. Butler No. 31, Mrs. Boyle No. 100, and long-time holders like Mr. Fisher No. 38.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
James J. Davis
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Davis
David A. Reed
S. Ray Shelby
Public Service
Atterbury
W. W. Atterbury
Ben G. Eynon
Mottar
Helen S. Boyle
Frankford
William S. Ware
Philadelphia
Gen. Smedley D. Butler
W. Harry Beker
Republican State Committee
Weingartner
Robert M. Fisher
Indiana
George T. Weingartner
New Castle
Health champions crowned at rural 4 H meet in Chicago
Dorothy Eiler a 16 year old from Hill City Minnesota and Ross Allen a 20 year old from Salem West Virginia were named health king and queen after scoring high in the 4 H health competition at the International Livestock Exposition Chicago. Dorothy scored 98.6 points and Ross 99.4 in a field of 950000 contestants.
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Hill City
Minn
Ross Allen
Salem
W. Va
Chicago
Dorothy
Ross
Roosevelts plans for a spring special session
In Warm Springs Georgia advisers say Franklin D Roosevelt will likely convene Congress after his inauguration if the lame duck session cannot pass a broad farm relief program. He aims to balance the federal budget without new taxes except possibly a beer levy, but may back new taxes for unemployment relief if needed.
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International News Service
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt
Toledo Woman Killed by Gunmen in Bootleg Feud
Louise Bell, 28, died after a machine gun barrage intended for her alleged bootlegger companion Jack Kennedy 24 as they sat in a downtown Toledo car. Four gunmen in another car fired from two machine guns, endangering pedestrians near the interurban station. Kennedy was detained for questioning by police.
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International News Service
Toledo
Louise Bell
Jack Kennedy
Kennedy
Deaths and ages in Shenango township area report
Edward Aho of Shenango township dies. Ellen Campbell of 102 North Crawford Avenue listed as survivor. Alberta Baney aged 28 of 741 Court Street noted. Sylvia Rose Stoner aged 1 month, of Mercer. R J J Pizor aged 76 of Mercer appearance in death record.
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Shenango Township
Ellen Campbell
Crawford Avenue
Alberta Baney
Court Street
Sylvia Rose Stoner
J. J. Pizor
Mercer
Pennsylvania deer hunting season opens with hope for strong buck kill
Harrisburg reports deer and hunter activity begins as Pennsylvania's hunting season starts. Wardens expect a solid harvest but note does are protected this year, likely keeping total deer kills below last year's 95,000. Buck hunting runs through December 15.
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International “News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Game Commission
Game
Ruzewich Store Scene of Nighttime Robbery Attempt
Louis Ruzewich at 34 South Jefferson street reports an attempted robbery yesterday night. A rear window was broken but a wooden barricade inside blocked entry and nothing was taken.
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Louis Ruzewich
South
Jefferson Street
Major in Life Work Aged College Jokes On Eighteenth Amendment
A Beverly Hills byline playfully notes college chatter about choosing a life major. The quip reflects on professors asked to declare a life's work and hints at a post Eighteenth Amendment mood as limits loosen. The voice lightly muses on majoring as fate and fate as major.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
England Pleads for Delay on Debt as Note Reaches Capital
Britain renews its appeal for a postponement of debt payments while Washington remains cool on the proposal. A fresh note outlining terms has been delivered to U.S. officials, signaling continued diplomacy.
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Washington
Britain asks debt postponement as France may follow
Washington reports Britain's renewed plea for postponement of war debt payments as revision of the debt structure is discussed. A note was delivered to Secretary Stimson at his home and read by President Hoover, with White House publication expected soon. Congressional opposition to delays remains strong.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Stimson
Woodley
Department of State
White House
Hoover
London Dispatches
May Force Herriot Out Of Office In War Debt Wrangle
Paris dispatch reports pressure from irreconcilable deputies to force early debate on France's December debt payment to the United States. Premier Herriot would seek a vote of confidence as Deputy Louis Marin gathers signatures to compel chamber action before this afternoon.
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International News Service
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France
Chamber of
United States
Louis Marin
Chamber
Finance Committee
Marin
Football fades as students seek study and sport shifts
Arthur Mometer notes football season ends as players turn to classes and books. Ana Caesar Virgil and Nannibal receive attention while touchdowns and fifty yard runs fade into memory. Basketball gains some play while football heroes sit and watch, marking a shift in the village of dreams.
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