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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1936
Page
1
Chinese forces mass near Nanking to confront Marshal Chang Kai-shek as negotiations for Chiang Kai-shek's release collapse. Dictator believed alive according to dispatches.
Lawrence County motor vehicle deaths through December 15 match last year at 27 fatalities, per Coroner Orville Potter. The 1935 year total was 29, with two deaths in the final 15 days, while overall fatalities are about fifteen behind last year.
Nanking announces a full war to the finish against rebel Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang. Loyalist forces converge on Lianfu with 17 divisions deployed as General Ho Ying-Chin leads the punitive expedition. Bombers raid Lianfu as operations expand toward Hwa Hsien, 50 miles from Shensi’s rebel capital.
H R McCulloch and R D Walter of Mahoning collected a 12 point buck weighing 170 pounds in Sullivan county after a deer hunt with a party. Charles Aucine of Warren county returned with an eight point buck aided by his brothers Frank and Dominick. An automobile in downtown drew attention with a Christmas wreath display seen along West Washington street extension toward Parkstown Corners.
U S weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 this morning show a maximum of 48 and a minimum of 23 with no precipitation. River stage is 5.4 feet. For the same date last year the maximum was 43 and the minimum 31 with 11 precipitation.
Battle for Boadilla Del Monte enters second day as rebels push to encircle Madrid and capture the capital before Christmas. Insurgents claim capture of Boadilla while loyalists report a strong counter-drive. another rebel attack targets Valde-Morillo near the Escorial to sever north western defenses.
London reports an ICRC agreement with General Franco to exchange Basque prisoners under 18 and 60. About 4,000 prisoners and hostages would gain freedom if Loyalist cooperation and final accord are achieved, with the British navy handling the exchange.
Near San Francisco Dec 16 A tentative peace pact ended the offshore shipping dispute with three of seven unions. A gentlemen's agreement on hiring hall rules and penalties for contract violations set the stage for ports to reopen for Christmas. The deal covers cash overtime and was to be formally signed tonight.
The New Castle Lions club and Ladies of the Lions host their annual Christmas party for blind residents at Epworth M. E. Church on East Washington Street and Butler Avenue. Guests are escorted to and from the event with a dinner program planned by Chairman Roy F. Conway.
Detroit jury awards six cents to Mrs. Mary W. Randall in a heart balm suit against Miss Florence Ann Hovey. Randall claimed Hovey and two friends spied on her husband in his Clark Lake cottage, an invasion of rights but no damages noted by Judge Allan Campbell.
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt led mourners in the East Room as they honored August Gennerich a longtime bodyguard and confidant who died in Buenos Aires on December 1. The funeral plans included transporting the body by train to New York for burial. James Roosevelt the president's eldest son was among those present.
An informal understanding between the United States and Italy was signed at the Chigi Palace by Ambassador William Phillips and Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano. It replaces outdated pacts and allows freer commercial dealings until a formal treaty is signed next year.
Tokyo authoritative dispatch says confidential foreign office reports convinced the cabinet that Moscow aids the Chang Hsueh Liang revolt, with fighting near Lianfu. Japanese leaders vow non intervention and watchful waiting as Feng Yu Hsiang reportedly faces surveillance in Shanghai.
Washington city bank officials and police puzzled as a man using a baton like wand disappeared with $1,000 in bills after standing at the tellers window. Bank president Albert Allison and cashier Miss Josephine McNary provide details of the missing funds and sequence of events.
Miss Dorothy Stroh of Pike County, one of the few district attorneys in the nation and the only woman prosecutor in the commonwealth, urges abolishing district attorneys. She favors appointing prosecutors from a central Harrisburg department to replace local elected officials and jailers, advocating a centralized system of prosecution.
The Wisconsin board of regents opened to consider charges against University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank. Harold M. Wilkie filed accusations citing policy vacillation absence from the state and failure to critique deans as tensions with Gov. LaFollette allies rise. The session framed as budget review but focused on Frank’s tenure amid regent power shifts.
Antoni Yarosz was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Clemens Ambramski. The jury returned the verdict in Lawrence County court after 4 pm on Tuesday following a quarrel outside a club on South Jefferson Street. Ambramski died the next day at New Castle Hospital from head injuries.
OCALA Florida December 16 Howard Stillman aged 44 raved and rambled today in a voice grown weak from ten days of continual talking. Stillman a victim of a mysterious disease that compels him to talk constantly has become thin and weak. It is only a matter of time until death will seal his lips, his physician Dr J Leroy Chalker said.
Unmistakable signs of the annual mail rush appeared as gift senders loaded colorfully adorned packages for out of town points. Postmaster Richard A. Steen and officials prepared to add extra help to accommodate growing crowds as the parcel post windows opened. first crowd yesterday. temporary jam of stamp buyers do.
Emporium Pa Dec 16 An drew Bauer aged 40 was severely gored by a maddened prize bull on his father's farm and rushed to Ridgway hospital in serious condition. Hired men on the farm rescued Bauer before the animal could kill him.
Death records list James M. Thompson 72 of 829 Franklin Avenue Margaret Stuvet 35 of New Bedford Augusto Ottaviani 54 of Ellwood City and infant McCurdy of Slippery Rock township.
Heavy fog delayed searches for the Western Air Express luxury liner with seven aboard. The Los Angeles to Salt Lake City flight vanished within minutes of takeoff, with Pilot S. J. Samson and Co Pilot William Bogen among the crew. searchers combed remote canyons and canyons east and south of Salt Lake City.
Berlin dispatch reports Russia mobilizing for conflict in outer Mongolia. Trans Siberian trains carry troops and war matériel. regular trains diverted for war traffic. Movements suggest a likely clash in outer Mongolia rather than the Amur valley.
On Christmas morning children wake to see what Santa left under the tree, a scene filled with wonder and belief. The poem contrasts childlike faith with the dawning realization that myths fade as reality intrudes.
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