Smaller Nations Balk at Britain France Peace Plan
Poland led a revolt by smaller nations opposing the Anglo French peace plan for the Italo Ethiopian dispute. Turkey supported the move and several others backed it. The 18 nation League committee adjourned with the plan not yet final and to be discussed again on Tuesday.
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International News Service
Geneva
Ethiopia
Poland
Great Britain
France
Turkey
League of Nations Committee of 18
Anthony Eden
Pierre Laval
Paris
Eden
Laval
League For Settlement
Tytus Komarnicki
League
Thirteenth Friday Flashbacks and Hunting Score
Raymond Altman turns thirteen on Friday December 13, 1935. A hunter near Emporium displays a seven point buck four miles east of the town. County court sessions are canceled for lack of cases. Drs Campbell and Sherman note snow and ice at Shaker Heights with cautious driving, while highways to Cleveland remain dry and in good condition.
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Pa Newe
Raymond Altman
Oscar J. Altman
Harlansburg
Emporium, Pa
Glenn Ward
Emporium
R. G. Campbell
A. W. Sherman
Cleveland, O
Pa Nene
Shaker Heights
Here
Cleveland
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 this morning report a maximum of 36 and a minimum of 24 degrees with .03 inches of precipitation and snow. The river stage stands at 6.7 feet. For the same date last year the record shows a maximum of 20 and a minimum of 2 with .01 inches of precipitation.
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U. S
Will Open Drive For Henry Home Campaign At Castleton
A rally at The Castleton ballroom from 7:30 to 8:30 p m Friday launches volunteer drives for the Margaret L Henry Children's Home campaign seeking a 9500 minimum goal. Campaign Chairman Roger W Rowland said the effort aims to keep the home's doors open and attract broad support.
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Castleton
Margaret L. Henry Children’s Home
Henry Home
Children’s Institution
Roger W. Rowland
Government in Unusual Move in Cotton Case
In an unprecedented move the government submitted the Bankhead Cotton act test case to the Supreme Court without an oral defense. The action followed the collapse of U S Solicitor General Reed while arguing the Lee Moor case, with the DOJ notifying the court it would rely on written briefs.
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International News Service
Washington
Supreme Court
U. S
Stanley Reed
Lee Moor
Department of Justice
Train Crash at Dearing Georgia Kills One, Hurts Several
One person died and several were injured when two Georgia railroad passenger trains collided head on near Dearing Georgia. Fireman A J Kirby of Augusta was killed and engineers E A Ewing and H W Wallace were injured with Ewing in critical condition. Passengers received hospital treatment for minor cuts and bruises as the Atlanta bound train struck the Augusta bound train on a sidetrack.
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International News Service
Atlanta, Ga
Georgia Railroad
Dearing
Georgia
Augusta
A. J. Kirby
E. A. Ewing
H. W. Wallace
Ewing
Widow Asks G-Men To Get Slayers Of Liggett
Mrs. Edith Liggett urged Attorney General Homer Cummings to order a federal probe into the assassination of Walter W. Liggett editor of a Minneapolis weekly. She said state and county authorities cannot fairly investigate due to alleged graft ties. Three investigations and a private inquiry into a political underworld alliance were already under way.
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Widow
G-Men
International News Service
Minneapolis
Edith Liggett
Walter W. Liggett
Homer Cummings
Department of Justice
Washington
Meet to Consider County Apportionment of State Relief
Harrisburg December 12 The state emergency relief board will hold a conference with Gov George H Earle presiding to decide how Pennsylvania s 67 counties will share the local relief burden after the first of the year The meeting delayed from Tuesday aims to review a statewide relief summary and a county by county statistical survey following federal aid stoppage on December 1
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Emergency Relief Board
George H. Earle
End Of Ethiopian War Not Near Italian Warning
Italian official cautions against optimism over peace in Ethiopia saying a reply to Anglo French proposals will take days and a solution remains distant. Mussolini appears not to hurry to accept terms offering half of Ethiopia and no further Italy Britain France talks planned soon. Emperor Haile Selassie stance unknown.
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Rome
Opes
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Eric Drummond
Count Charles de Chambrun
Haile Selassie
Appointment of Albert Fruth as WPA district supervisor
Announcement in the Works Progress Administration offices named Albert Fruth of New Brighton as district supervisor of finance and reports, succeeding David G. Harris who resumes service with Carnegie Steel. Harris, former assistant chief clerk at Carnegie, will work from Youngstown starting Monday December 16. Harris was honored with a fountain pen by WPA associates for his payroll work in district 14.
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Works Progress Administration
Albert Fruth
New Brighton
David G. Harris
Carnegie Steel Company
Harris
Carnegie
Youngstown
WPA
District 14
Local merchants urged to support city services
City supporters call on residents to shop early at established local businesses. They argue patronage funds fire and police protection, schools, churches, and essential city services. The message emphasizes community reliance on neighborhood merchants.
Naval Conference Near Deadlock in Five Power Talks
Admiral Osami Nagano urged a common upper limit lowering fleet tonnage to roughly 600,000 tons and parity among Japan, Britain, and the United States. The plan, seen as reducing capital ships and carriers, faces no prospect ofacceptance by Britain and the United States, leaving the conference effectively deadlocked as talks continue until Christmas.
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Osami Nagano
Fivepower
Japan
Clarence House
Nagano
Britain
United States
Governor May Confer With Col Lindbergh Over Hauptmann Case
Report claims Governor Hoffman may invite Col Charles A. Lindbergh to discuss whether Bruno Hauptmann’s conviction stands. Legal experts expect Lindbergh to refuse any discussion, stating the case is closed and Hauptmann’s guilt rests on one man’s actions.
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Col. Lindbergh
Col Lindbergh
International News Service
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Harold Hoffman
Hoffman
Hauptmann
Bronx
Autonomy For Two Provinces In North China
North China provinces Hopei and Chahar with over 32 million residents gained formal autonomy from the central government in Nanking under Japanese pressure. General Sung Cheh Yuan named head of the Hopei Chahar political council to oversee the new arrangement.
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International News Service
Nanking
North China
Hopei
Chahar
Government Executive Committee
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Hopei-Chahar
Man Holds Off Village With Shotgun Then Hangs Self
Leonard Morrow sixty of Beans Mills New York seized a burning home and threatened villagers after setting three buildings ablaze to resist foreclosure. Troopers deployed gas bombs as he fled, later found dead hanging in a barn after escaping a back door.
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International News Service
Ravenna
N. Y
Leonard Morrow
Beans Mills
J. Walter Wheeler
Morrow
Troy
Secret Diplomatic Accord Revival Shocks Washington
Washington authorities report revival of the 1906 and 1915 Anglo French Italian agreements to carve Ethiopia into three spheres of influence. The plan would hand Italy almost half of remaining Ethiopian territory as compensation, aligning with prior pacts and the London treaty terms.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Italy
Ethiopia
London
Africa
Germany
Eritrea
Somaliland
King Fuad Restores 1923 Egyptian Constitution Decree
King Fuad of Egypt signed a decree restoring the 1923 constitution after Premier Nessim reversed plans to resign. The move returns independence to Egyptians after years without a formal constitution, with delays in drafting a new charter.
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International News Service
London
Fuad
Egypt
Reuters
Cairo
Tewfik Pasha Nessim
Death Notices For Milton Maffett and Byron Stevenson
Milton Maffett 69 of New Castle and Byron Dawson Stevenson 8 years 6 months of Grove City are listed in this death record. Maffett’s obituary notes age and residence in New Castle while Stevenson is identified with Grove City.
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Milton Maffett
New Castle
Byron Dawson Stevenson
Grove City
Van Sweringen Death Ends Notable Rail Executive Career
M J Van Sweringen, aged 54, died in Hanna House at Lakeside Hospital Cleveland after 7 am. He and his brother built a vast finance and railroad empire, rising from newsboys to prominence.
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International News Service
Cleveland, O
M. J. van Sweringen
Cleveland
Hanna House
Lakeside Hospital
Start New Fight For Freedom Of Edith Maxwell
In Wise Virginia a crowded courtroom heard attorney A A Skeen begin a new appeal to free Edith Maxwell, a 21 year old mountain school employee facing a mandatory 25 year term for murder. The defense argues the court failed to instruct jurors on degrees of murder.
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Wise
H. A. W. Skeen
A. A. Skeen
Edith Maxwell
Sheen
Skeen
Thousands Hunt Dee Deer Today in Pennsylvania
A major opening day brings about 20,000 hunters to the Clearfield Elk Cameron region for antlerless deer season. The influx follows a large number of holdovers from the previous season, promising one of the region’s busiest hunting periods in years.
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International News Service
Dubois
Clearfield, Elk, Cameron
Granger Host Is Concluding State Sessions
The 63rd annual Pennsylvania State Grange session closes with approval of committee resolutions. Milk control board criticism and repeal of the potato act are urged, along with cautions on municipal power plants and calls to ease real estate taxes. Containing broader notes on centralization and oleomargarine licensing.
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Pennsylvania State Grange
Cathedral
Lincoln Avenue
Milk Control Board
Milk Board
Recently Divorced Local Woman Weds In New York
Cecile S. Parker 27, formerly of New Castle, obtained a license with David A. Dicks 27, riding master and former Volant resident, to wed Wednesday in New York. They planned to marry at the Little Church Around the Corner by Rev. Randolph Ray. Parker’s parents are H. L. and Adeline Kroesen Stewart. Dicks’ parents are George B. and LaRene Banks Dicks. Parker now lists 55 West 69th Street. she was born in New Castle.
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New York
Cecile S. Parker
New Castle
Joseph J. Parker
David A. Dicks
Volant
West 70Th Street
Randolph Ray
Parker
H. L. and
Adeline Kroesen Stewart
West 69Th Street
Mr. Dicks
George B. and
LaRene Banks Dicks
Christmas Questions From a Little Boy
Arthur Mometer asks about Santa Claus and Christmas mysteries. The child wonders if Santa visits by car or on foot and how he knows each boy’s wishes and address while expressing daily questions and festive excitement.
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Santa Claus
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