Lindberghs Welcome Across South Atlantic Flight
South American hosts flood Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh with invitations as they land in Natal after a 16 hour non stop flight from Bathurst. Lindbergh silent on plans while Pan American Airways sponsors await his next move. Local crowds cheer as the seaplane completes the crossing.
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Natal
Brazil
South America
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
Pan-American Airways
Lindberghs
Bathurst
British West Africa
A. D. Scotchbrook
Potingy River
Scotchbrook
South Atlantic
National Health Champions Rise From 4-H Clubs
Selected at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago the trio Clista Millspaugh 16 Mount Pleasant Iowa Clem L Sherwood 19 Larned Kansas and Shirley Caroline Drew 17 Fayette Missouri are honored as health champions among about half a million 4-H members in the United States Each is cited as a fire example of health.
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Chicago
United States
Clista Millspaugh
Mount Pleasant
Clem L. Sherwood
Larned
Kas
Shirley Caroline Drew
Fayette
Thornton Allen returns from hunt near Marienville
Thornton Allen of Wilmington Avenue reports a hunting trip near Marienville ending with a 150 pound back shot on Tuesday. The Croton Avenue school children entertain themselves with a marble game during recess causing two students to be late for class on Wednesday. The National Safety Council urges shoppers to “Shop Early and Avoid Accidents” due to heavy downtown congestion during the Christmas rush. New Castle and Lawrence County schools rehearse Christmas programs for next week as Jack Davis of Portersville returns from a four day hearing.
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Thornton Allen
Wilmington Avenue
Marienville
Croton Avenue
National Safety Council
New Castle
Lawrence County
Daily Weather Report U S Weather Statistics Summary
The 24 hour period ending at 9 am shows a maximum temperature of 38 and a minimum of 29 with no precipitation. River stage is 5.4 feet. A year ago on the same date the maximum reached 56 and the minimum 44 with 22 inches of precipitation.
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U. S
Local Hunters Shoot Deer Steals Ringing Out Of Camp
A Medix Run hunting party reports two deer stolen from their lodge after a three legged deer was killed. Members Dr Robison Dr Eakin Wayne Stitzinger and Ernest Stitzinger recount the night and missing headlined by a deer with a missing right front leg. The group suspects the theft occurred while the deer were left on the rack.
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Medix Run
R. J. Robson
F. E. Eakin
Wayne Stitzinger
Ernest Stitzinger
Medix
Dr. Robison
Dual Attack On Passenger In Bus Confessed
James A. Cole 23 confessed to taking part with a white man in a dual attack on Harriet Richards a Pittsfield beauty parlor operator while a passenger coach sped through Berkshire hills a pistol held at the heads of a man passenger and the driver. Nicholas Waypovich was arrested after a 20 mile chase in New York. The bus passenger Theodore Richman of Rochester said his wallet containing $10 was taken. Clarence Burnett of Springfield was the driver.
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Springfield
Mass
James A. Cole
Pittsfield
Berkshire Hills
Cole
Harriet Richards
Chicopee
Nicholas Waypovich
Rensselaer
N. Y
Empire State Troopers
Theodore Richman
Rochester
Clarence Burnett
First CWA Projects Complete in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports the first CWA project in Pennsylvania finished in New Eagle borough Washington County. State administrator Eric Biddle approved 295 more projects, adding work for nearly 18,000 people and lifting total jobless people given work to 107,570. The program nears one third of its 300,000 goal by December 15.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Eric Biddle
New Eagle Borough
Washington County
Hunter Clyde Badger Returns With Eight Point Deer
Clyde Badger of East Washington street extension returned Wednesday from Potter County with an eight point deer weighing about 190 pounds. His son Henry Badger, accompanying him, did not shoot a deer.
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Clyde, Badger
East Washington Street
Potter County
Henry Badger
Real Estate Transfers In Chewton Dombeck to Conrad Dombeck
John Dombeck transfers property in Chewton to Conrad A. Dombeck for a $1 consideration. The record notes the deed transfer and involved parties.
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John Dombeck
Conrad A. Dombeck
Chewton
Former Missouri Officer Held On Lynching Charge
John Zook a former policeman was arraigned on a first degree murder warrant related to the lynching of Lloyd Warner a 19 year old black man. Warner was hanged by a mob after confessing to criminally assaulting a white woman. Zook said he was not a mob leader and was already in custody.
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International News Service
ST. Joseph
John Zook
Lloyd Warner
Warner
Zook
Plowing Yields 1875 Gold Coin Found by Joe McBride
Joe McBride of East Brook plowed soil in his field and unearthed a $20 gold piece dated 1875, marking a profitable surprise during routine plowing. The discovery occurred just days ago.
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Joe McBride
East Brook
Pending Dry Law Cases Will Be Discontinued
District Attorney John Powers says prosecutions of liquor law violations will be halted after repeal nullifies the state enforcement act. Several cases on the criminal trial list had grand jury true bills but no sentence law remains. officials may move to nol pros with costs. Prohibition infractions have long burdened county courts and taxpayers.
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John Powers
Powers
Harrisburg Liquor Store Jobs Draw Massive Applications
Nearly 100 applications for each of about two to two and a half thousand liquor store jobs will go to the Department of Public Instruction by midnight as the civil service filing deadline nears. Applications arrived at about 50 000 daily this week, with an estimated 200 000 on file at final tally. Examinations are scheduled for December 16 in roughly twenty cities.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Department of Public Instruction
Department
Medical Aspects To Shape Wynekoop Trial
Chicago December 7 Medical aspects of the strang e murder of Rheta Gardner Wynekoop will be a key phase in the upcoming trial of Dr Alice Lindsay Wynekoop Coroner Frank Walsh said a re examination of the body confirmed the autopsy report that Rheta was killed by a bullet fired into her nude back Dr Wynekoop mother in law of the slain girl had claimed death resulted from an accidental chloroform overdose.
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International News Service
Chicago
Rheta
Gardner Wynekoop
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Frank Walsh
Thomas Dwyer
Wynekoop
Resignations Reported In Roosevelt Administration
Washington dispatch says President Roosevelt faces sharp policy and personnel rifts with upcoming resignations reportedly near. George N. Peek of the AAA and Thomas Hewes of the Treasury are listed among those likely to resign after rising tensions with Wallace Tugwell and Jerome Frank following a White House meeting.
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International News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
George N. Peek
AAA
Thomas Hewes
the Treasury
Peek
Agriculture Wallace
Rexford G. Tugwell
Jerome Frank
White
Page
Plan to raze old school house in Lawrence County
Nearly six thousand dollars will be paid Saturday as Civil Works Administration wages. About 150 men receive a full week’s pay and 300 workers who started Monday on new projects get four days. Engineers finalize sketches, sending requests to Harrisburg for approval. A crucial project involves razing the Martin Gantz building and reclaiming brick and stone for use on other sites. In Ellwood City progress continues.
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Lawrence County
Civil Works Administration
Harrisburg
Eric H. Biddle
Martin Gantz
Ellwood City
Court Has Final Say On Liquor Store Sites
Harrisburg report says the liquor control act signed by Gov Pinchot gives quarter sessions judges the final say on state liquor store locations. Residents within a quarter mile may object and must be heard after a petition of 15 or more taxpayers. The court must render an immediate decision with no appeal.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Gov. Pinchot
Liquor Control Board
Two Liquor Stores Planned for Most Pennsylvania Counties
Harrisburg December 7. The state liquor control board announced tentative allocations for 231 stores opening January 2. Allegheny will get 21 stores, Pittsburgh eight, Philadelphia ten. Forest Fulton Pike Union exempted. Governor Pinchot eyes whisky at two dollars a quart. leases and other factors may change the list.
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Pinchot
International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Liquor Control Board
Forest
Fulton
Pike
Union
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
McClure
Gifford Pinchot
Beverly Hills Drinkers Watchful After Nameless Pour
In Beverly Hills on December 7, residents observe a difficult but improving shift away from unnamed bad drinks toward safer, monitored social beverages. The writer notes some still unclear cases will emerge in days, but overall mood is hopeful as authorities and locals work to normalize public drinking.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Old Age Pension Measure Heads To State Senate
Harrisburg dispatch notes the house has passed the old age pension bill for a Senate showdown next week. The measure, once struck down as unconstitutional in 1923, returns in legislative form after earlier attempts as a constitutional amendment. Originating in the Philadelphia representative Arnold Blumberg's bid for Governor Pinchot, the bills passed the house without a dissent.
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State Senate
International News Service
Harrisburg
Senate
General Assembly
James J. Maurer
Supreme Court
Arnold Blumberg
Philadelphia
Gifford Pinchot
Johnsons Ire Aroused by Salary Disclosure
Washington reports the publication of a Washington newspaper story stating Frances Robinson, the secretary to Recovery Administrator Hugh S Johnson, earns 5280 dollars annually, just 200 less than Johnson. The piece notes she was a Democratic committee stenographer six months earlier at 100 dollars a month. Johnson decries the exposure as hitting below the belt.
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Washington
Today
Frances Robinson
Hugh S. Johnson
Rail Employment Increase Shown
The Interstate Commerce Commission reported 997 502 railroad employees in mid November, up 0.8 percent from a year earlier when the total was 996 746. The November figure falls short of October’s 1 023 204.
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International News Service
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Death notices list Philadelphia and several individuals
Death record items include Mrs William Ramsey of Philadelphia Dan Uber age 78 of North Liberty Elvira Caravella age 19 of 106 Center Street Mrs Sarah E Bovard age 74 of 915 Harrison Street and Mrs Laura McCready Crooks age 16 of New Wilmington.
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William Ramsey
Philadelphia
Dan Uber
North Liberty
Elvira Caravella
Center Street
Sarah E. Bovard
Harrison Street
Laura McCready Crooks
New Wilmington
Leniency Plan for Prohibition Violators Outlined by Attorney General
Attorney General Cummings announced leniency for first offense prohibition violators with good records while persistent offenders will serve full terms. He cited 2,219 federal criminal cases with about 500 for prohibition and a November 24 prison census of 16,557, noting no expected overall drop in federal prisoners after repeal.
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International News Service
Washington
Cummings
Internal Revenue
Prohibition repeal sparked doctors to reclaim old medical practice
The piece envisions a post prohibition era where doctors dispense alcohol without prescriptions. It foresees fewer patient illnesses tied to cold relief and asthma and predicts doctors will use alcohol for sterilization, ending the need for prescription scripts and reducing treatment barriers.
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Knee
Pip
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Portersville
Daily Weather Report
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Joe
Treasury
May
Raze
Johnson
Internaivenatr News Sere
Kittanning
J. M. Cunningham
Freeport
Herbert Frantz
Boggsville
Mercer Bank
Mercer, Pa
H. G. McClelland
Farmer's and Mechanics National Bank
D. E. Drew
Sears Roebuck & Co
Arthur Mometer
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