School Bus Demolished in Utah Train Collision Tragedy
A fast Denver and Rio Grande Western freight train hit a school bus near Midvale, Utah, killing thirteen high school pupils aged 13 to 17 and injuring many others. Snow reduced visibility and emergency crews rushed to Salt Lake City hospitals. reports varied but fatalities were confirmed.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Deco L
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Midvale
Salt Lake Copy
Dujimed
Denver
Salt Lake Ci
Letad
Willis Majors Bags 100-Pound Deer Near Brookson
Obscure local notes report Willis A Majors on Mulberry Street bagging a 100 pound deer near Brookson on Crane Run Forrest County at 9 30 oclock. The account mixes scattered daily life details with fragmented anecdotes about automobiles and a half chicken dish.
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Willis A. Majors
Mulberry Street
Brookson
Crane Run
Forrest
Majors
Abigue Avenue
Geat
Arizona
Rae
Huron Avenue
Arthur
Texas
Daily Weather Report Summary
Daily Weather Report notes for 24 hours ending 3 p m show a maximum of 44 degrees and a minimum of 28. A year over year comparison lists a new maximum around 40s and a low near 20s with trace precipitation.
Midget Plane Makes Nonstop Transcontinental Flight
Johnny Jones, 24, from Los Angeles, completed a nonstop 2,785 mile flight to New York in 30 hours 47 minutes aboard a $2000 midjet plane weighing 672 pounds with a 50 horsepower engine. He used 122 gallons of gasoline, spending a total of 24.75 dollars. He quit vaudeville to fly and says one need not have a million dollars to fly. He plans to return to Los Angeles in stages after a few days in New York.
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Amernational News Service
New York
Johnny Jones
Johnny
Los Angeles
Special Session Of Legislature Ends In Pennsylvania Republican Rise
The special session adjourned sine die signaling Democrats enter political wilderness while Republicans regain control. The next legislature will be Republican dominated, with a Republican administration to take over state government, ending the 1937-38 legislature as per the December report.
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Raymond Wilcove
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Bard's Appeal Heard Next Wednesday in Graft Probe
Attorney General Guy K Bard appeals the ruling on the Dauphin county conductor of a grand jury probe into graft and corruption allegations against Gov. George H. Earle and 13 Democratic leaders. The State Supreme Court will hear Bard's appeal and Shelley's motion to quash the plea.
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T International News
Philadelphia
Guy IX
Bard
Attory
Carl B. Shefley
Dauphin County
George H. Earle
State Supreme Court
Shelley
Paul N. Schaefer
Charles J. Margiotti
Dalphin
Arrest Fifty On Treason Charges Amid Crackdown
London reports fifty people arrested on treason charges tied to a workers protest group. Prior officials including former mayor in a German city and Reichstag members identified among those rounded up by the secret police.
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Jernal News Service
London
London Daily Telegraph
Herlin
Nagi
Aeeiishem
Kuenstler
Forman
Socialist Payee
Herman Brill
Ais
Reichstag
Iand
Otto Brass
US Delegation Leaves Panama for Pan Am Conference
Lima reports the United States group led by Secretary of State Hull sails from Panama toward Lima for the eighth Pan American Conference opening in a little over a week. Observers note the agenda mirrors prior meetings while confidential instructions may press debates on Nazi propaganda, continental defense, and immigration policy including Jewish refugees.
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Thomas A. Loayz
National News Service
State Corpender
Lima
Peru
Gordell Hull
United States
Panama
Buenos Aires
Latin America
Europe
New Rector to Come to City for St Andrews Anniversary
At St Andrews church thirty year celebration on Wednesday evening over 125 guests gathered in the Junior Guild room. Visiting rector Rev Charles J Beetton of Lake Pa and wife extended greetings as he will assume charge January 1 exchanging with local rector Rev Samuel Black. Rev Philip C Pearson of Trinity Episcopal spoke on Going.
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St Andrews Church
Charles J. Beetton
Lake, Pa
St. Johns Church
St. Andrews Church
Samuel Black
St. Andrew's
Fern Riley
Philip C. Pearson
Trinity Episcopal Church
Death notices from December include multiple ages and addresses
A December 1 death record lists several individuals with ages and locations: Laura V. Douglas 25 Denver Cole, Glenn A. Vesey 42 10915 Wabash Ave, Richard Seaburn 82 Wampum, Geraldine Wright 9 Harbor Road, Mary Campbell 89 504 Division Street.
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Laura V. Douglas
Denver
Cole
Glenn A. Vesey
Wabash Avenue
Richard Seaburn
Wampum
Geraldine Wright
Harbor Road
Mary . Campbell
Division Street
Coast Guard Probes Five Missing After Luxury Airliner Crash
Coastguardsmen continue efforts to locate five missing persons from a luxury airliner crash near Point Reyes California. Hope of finding any survivors is fading as divers search the Pacific offshore where the plane ran out of gas and went down. Among the missing is Fiona Clay, 24, a stewardess from Alameda California.
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Point Reyes
Cal
Alt
Fiona Clay
Alameda
Pacificocean
Motor Deaths Show Big Drop in Lawrence County
Coroner Charles Piper Byers reports a sharp decline in motor deaths on local highways. So far this year there are 20 fatalities from auto and motorcycle crashes, with forecasts suggesting at most two more this year. In 1937 total deaths reached 82, up 3 from 1936, a 37 percent drop attributed to strict 60 mph speed enforcement.
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Lawrence County
Charles Piper Byers
Missing Man Returns Home After Disappearance
Frank Edward Healy, 24, who had been missing since Thanksgiving Day, appeared at his Windsor Locks home today. The FBI had been searching for him at his parents' request, but the parents declined to discuss the case.
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Internstimaat News Service
Windsor Locks
Conn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Edward Healy
Chamberlain May Pay Papal Private Visit Versus Mussolini Rome
London diplomatic circles predicted Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain may privately visit Pope Pius XI during his forthcoming trip to Rome for talks with Mussolini.
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London
Nevile Chamberlaine
Pius XI
Mussolini
Rome
Daladier Moves Against Strike Leaders With Severe Penalties
Premier Daladier signaled harsh actions against workers who defied orders during yesterday's strike. Officials warned violators face job loss, prison terms, and heavy fines as the government asserts control under military oversight.
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Kenneth T. Downs
Idouard Daladier
Leon Jouhaux
Labor Confederation
Daladier to call parliament December 8 after strike crush
Paris dispatch reports Premier Edouard Daladier will convene the chamber of deputies on December 8, delaying the original December 6 session. He cites victory over strikes and vows to defend decree laws while considering action against communist leaders. Finance Minister Reynaud calls the events a democracy triumph.
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Kenneth T. Downs
Internacional News
Sere
Paris
Edouard Daladier
War Office
She Gliike
Chamber of Deputies
Paul Reynaud
American Club of
Italy May Seek Some Of French Territory
Italy may demand Tunis and other French possessions in upcoming talks with France over a friendship pact. The demonstration at Piazza Venezia saw 178,000 blackshirts cry de fi ance and call for Tunis and Corsica, as Mussolini appeared on the balcony to salute the crowd. continued on page two.
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Italy
Frank
Piazza Venezia
France
Tunis
Nice
Sayny
Corsica
Mussolini
Rio de Janeiro
Tyrone Power
Brazil
Sampson Heads County Farmers Group Again in Lawrence Co
N. E. Sampson of Wilmington township was reelected president of the Lawrence County Agriculture Extension Association at the annual meeting in the First U P church. W. H. Walker was chosen vice president, H. B. Hoye secretary, and C. B. Patton treasurer. Morning sessions covered rural women opportunities, oat variety results, 4-H club work, and Capon production with speakers from several townships. The afternoon session followed lunch served by First U P church women.
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N. E. Sampson
Wilmington Township
Lawrence County Agriculture Extension Association
U. P
W. H. Walker
Little Beaver Township
H. B. Hoye
Union Township
C. B. Patton
Hickory Township
U.P
H. B. Howe
J. E. Carr
Washington Township
David A. Byler
Mahoning Township
W. H. Walton
Wayne Township
Gorn
Lawrence County
Glenn Lockhart
Watry Kretzer
Spelling Battle Tonight Promises Keen City Contest
Public will hear a spelling battle at the senior high school auditorium as WO representatives from six Lawrence county schools vie for a handsome trophy and prizes. Lions club sponsors the event with money raised going to its blind work fund. an impromptu audience contest adds prizes for good spelling. The elimination minister is Dr Robert F L Gal breath, president of Westallaster.
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Cent
Lawrence County
Lions Club
Robert FL Galbreath
Westallaster
Pilot Boat Tanner Sinks After Collision Near Cape Henry
Norfolk dispatch reports the Baltimore pilot boat William 3B Tanner sank in 55 feet of water 18 miles southeast of Cape Henry after colliding with the British freighter Liverbank. All 24 pilots aboard were saved with no injuries. The Liverbank ferried them to its deck before sinking. Coast Guard rescued the men as the vessel sank and brought them ashore. Liverbank returned to Baltimore.
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Confernational News Sepelery
Norfolk
Baltimore
William
Tanner
Cape Henry Lady
Liverbank
Coast Guard
Professor C M Wallace Dies After Illness
Prof. C M Wallace head of the drama department at Carnegie Tech and once called the champion play producer of the United States died early today at Allegheny General Hospital from acute appendicitis after an emergency operation.
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Conternation
Pittsburgh
Choester M. Wallace
Carnegie Tastile Oof Technology
United States
Allegheny General Hospital
Washington Girl Missing Sparks Father Murder Fear
Washington December report says William B Brown father of missing Mary Brown an Oxon Will Ald home convent student fears murder after two men abducted her in a black truck. A vast search with nearly a thousand armed men followed near forests while the father pressed Justice officials for results. He described his daughter as strong athletic and capable of resisting an attack. The tale ends with the sobering doubt the girl may be dead.
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Washington
Fair
Mary Brown
Oxon
William B. Brown
Department of Justice
Nurse Guilty of Concealing Birth at Genesee River
Pretty Mary Catherine Reed, 21, a nurse at the Veterans hospital in Batavia New York, found guilty of concealing the death of a child born in her room and acquitted of involuntary manslaughter. The jury of seven women and five men deferred sentence, with a maximum penalty of one year in jail or a $500 fine. Reed testified she gave birth August 4 and that the baby died at birth, then hid the infant in a bag and discarded it in the Genesee River.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Mary iSatherine Reed
Wes
Wa, & Veterans Hospital
Batavia
N.Y
Hillsdale
Ind
Lewis Reed
Hospital St
Miss Reed
Genesee
Arthur Mometer Dreams of Mian Beach and Key West
A garbled reminiscence follows Arthur Mometer as he imagines distant beaches and bustling seaside towns. The passage evokes warm days and nights by the water, a shaded chat, a bathing quilt, and a coal rink scene, with scattered place names and weather notes mentioning forty three today.
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Tony Coal
Key West
Bulow
Orleans
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Chamberlain
Pope
Daladier
Dala
Premier Daladier
Sampson
County Farmers Body
Agricultural Extension Association
Romance
Annabella
Lions Sponsoring
Virginia
C. M. Wallace
Washington Girl
Arthur Mometer
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