Murder Trial Nearing Verdict In Rose Donofrio Case
In the trial of Rose Donofrio for the murder of James Aiello, defense closed and the commonwealth began rebuttal testimony. Pauline Hammond testified that Donofrio asked about Aiello on May 19 and claimed he had run off with her daughter Teresa, prompting heated defense objections as the proceedings continued.
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Rose Donofrio
James Aiello
Commonwealth
Donofrio
W. Walter Braham
Pauline Hammond
Pauline Bense
Moravia
Hammond
Warm Rains Clear Ice From Western Pennsylvania Highways
Warm rains dissolved ice coating western Pennsylvania highways easing traffic hazards. Pedestrians slipped on glassy sidewalks while motorists skidded. emergency wards reported many injuries but no deaths. Downtown Pittsburgh streets were nearly empty as rain and rising temperatures reduced risk of ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Japan Hastens To Make Amends For Boat Attacks
Japan moves swiftly to offer concessions after attacks on ships, signaling a bid to ease tensions with Britain and other nations. Officials indicate willingness to compensate, investigate, and prevent further incidents while engaging diplomatic channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokyo orders back bomber commander in Panay attack
Tokyo moves to end attacks on American ships after protests from Washington and London. The air squadron commander who struck the Panay is ordered back to Tokyo with possible court martial. Rear Admiral Teizo Mitsunami also recalled to be relieved of his post as investigations begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
James R. Young
International News Service
Tokyo
Washington
London
China
United States
Panay
Yangtze River
Navy Ministry
Teizo Mitsunami
Mitsunami
Joseph C. Grew
Foreign Office
City Clerk Decorates Desk With Christmas Tree
Weather and transit news dominate the page. PA Newc notes cooling streets, icy surfaces, and postponed events while Dallas reports monthly parking meter collections near twelve thousand dollars and local meters average about two thousand. Cars arrive iced and slushed. Jury duty notes say women are generally willing to serve unless home duties intervene. Continued on page two.
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Dallas
Lawrence County
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather reports for the 24 hour period ending at 9 this morning show a maximum of 43 and a minimum of 24 with .55 inches of precipitation in rain and sleet. River stage is 5.5 feet. A year ago the date recorded a maximum of 48 and a minimum of 23 with no precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Earle to Decide on Relief After Sweden Visit
Governor George H. Earle returns from Sweden to Pennsylvanian duties amid a relief survey with two options. Dismiss Public Assistance Secretary Karl De Schweinitz and cut department spending or keep him and deny waste claims raised by Emma Guffey Miller. Decisions hinge on the survey report due the day after his arrival.
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Tony S. Smith
Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Sweden
Democratic Party
Pennsylvania
New York
Karl de Schweinitz
Department of Public Assistance
de Schweinitz
Emma Guffey Miller
Earle
Relief Committee
Threat Made Against Slain Beauty Operator Warned
Philadelphia December 16. State police said pretty Mrs Wilma Valerie Carpenter, a slain widow and beauty salon proprietor, was warned her life was in danger about a year ago. The threat's details and who spoke it were reportedly disclosed to Montgomery County District Attorney Frederick B Smillie by Emil Dorsett of Kankakee Tl, the woman's brother.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Wilma Valerie Carpenter
Frederick B. Smillie
Montgomery County
Emil Dorsett
Kankakee
Youth Injured While Sledriding
Richard McQuaide seven son of Charles and Mrs McQuaide of R F D No 3 was injured in a sled accident near his home on Wednesday afternoon at about 4 25 pm. He suffered a severe facial laceration but neighbors stated his condition at the Jameson Memorial hospital is not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard McQuaide
Charles McQuaide
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Icy Streak Lingers After Rain Forcing Road Aid
Morning reports note improved street conditions as temperature rose and crews applied ashes to fix icy patches. Yesterday’s thaw and refreeze caused motorist skids with several cars pulled from ditches by garage crews.
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Streets Department
Urges Jobless Of State To Register
Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor and Industry Ralph M. Bashore urged all unemployed residents to register at state employment offices immediately. He warned that post January 1 many will apply for unemployment compensation and registration will speed up benefits and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Secretary of Labor and Industry
Ralph M. Bashore
Bashore
Britain May Send Part Of Fleet To China
United States and Britain press Japan to halt rights violations in China. Britain considers sending part of its fleet to Far Eastern waters amid Hong Kong tension as Tokyo prepares an offensive. Hull states US will act independently as events unfold.
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Robert G. Nixon
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Japan
China
America
Nippon
Mid- Pacific
Britain
Far Eastern
Hong Kong
South China
Far East
Orient
Postpone Meeting of New Castle School Board
The New Castle School Board meeting scheduled for Wednesday night has been postponed due to dangerous street and sidewalk conditions. It will be held within the next week, but a date has not been announced.
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New Castle
Japanese Push Northward From Nanking
Japanese forces drive north from Nanking in a new offensive aimed at linking captured Chinese capital with northern gains. Reports from Hankow say the north China columns advance toward Chu chow along the Pukow railway and Grand Canal with other units along the Yangtze, while 7,000 Chinese troops surrendered at Lintsing and 8,000 at Lungping in Hopei.
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International News Service
Shanghai
Nanking
China
Peiping
Hankow
Yellow River
Tientsin-Pukow
Pukow
Chuchow
Grand Canal
Hoshien
Panay
Yangtze River
Lintsing
Lungping
Hopei
Labor Peace Is Impossible Says Lewis at Steel Workers Meet
Raymond Wilcove reports from Pittsburgh on December 16 as John L. Lewis of the CIO declares that peace with the AFL is impossible. He attacks William Green, taunts the AFL leader, and says the CIO will march into the AFL if it does not recognize industrial unionism and the 4,000,000 CIO members.
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Raymond Wilcove
International News Service
Pittsburgh
A. F. of L
William Green
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Lewis
Green
CIO
Washington
Mr. Green
Death Notices List Including Tidball Brenner Russo McRoberts Kirkbride Ramsey Bonowitz
Several obituaries published for local residents with ages and addresses. Prenthin Jane Tidball 436 Neshannock Ave aged unknown. Mary Brenner 68 Ellwood City. Giuseppe Russo 66 2011 South Liberty St. Samuel McRoberts 78 Beaver County. Rev. James F. Kirkbride 73 Mineral Ridge. Mrs W S Ramsey 45 Harrisburg. A L Bonowitz 86 335 Neshannock Ave.
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Prenthin Jane Tidball
Neshannock Avenue
Mary Brenner
Ellwood City
Guiseppe Russo
South Liberty Street
Samuel McRoberts
Beaver County
James F. Kirkbride
Mineral Ridge
W. S. Ramsey
Harrisburg
A. L. Bonowitz
Post Office Aids Holiday Mailers in New Castle
Postmaster Richard A. Steen announced extended hours at New Castle’s post office for holiday mailers. Parcel post and stamp windows stay open until 6 p.m. Saturday, December 18, and until 7 p.m. during Christmas week. He expects extras to be called if mail volume justifies it, noting 1936 hired staff and anticipating a rush nearly as heavy as last year.
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New Castle
Richard A. Steen
Steen
Judge James A. Chambers Improves After Surgery
Judge James A. Chambers of Sumner avenue showed continued improvement after an appendectomy performed early Saturday. Hospital authorities noted daily gains as he began to eat and regain strength at Jameson Memorial hospital.
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James A. Chambers
Sumner Avenue
Jameson Memorial Hospital
British To Concentrate Forces Near Suez Canal
London reports Britain will rapidly mass military forces in the Suez canal zone in response to Italian troop reinforcement in Libya and rising anti-British propaganda in Egypt. Eight thousand British troops near the canal are to hold three day defensive maneuvers.
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London
Libya
Egypt
Britain
Suez Canal
Suez
Canal
Wealthy Belmont Crushed by Train in New Jersey Incident
August Belmont 4th, a 28 year old banker from a prominent New Jersey family, slipped on an icy platform while trying to board a moving Delaware and Lackawanna train at FAR HILLS station. He was dragged by the train but not run over and was taken to Memorial Hospital Morristown for X rays. Belmont is a Bonbright & Co. associate and a great grandson of August Belmont.
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International News Service
Far Hills
N. J
Belmont
Memorial Hospital
Morristown
Delaware and Lackawanna
Bonbright & Co
August Belmont
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Truck Driver Burned To Death In Fresh Accident
Robert Grace 21 of McClure Snyder County survived with serious burns after a truck collided with a car and burst into flames. His companion Park Wil, also of McClure, was trapped in the cab and died. The crash sprayed the cab with burning gasoline and destroyed the truck and its load.
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International News Service
Altoona
Robert Grace
McClure
Snyder County
Park Wil
Will
Central Pennsylvania Hit By Sleet Storm
Central Pennsylvania faced ice coated highways as snow sleet and rain created widespread motor traffic hazards. Hospitals treated minor injuries from falls while bus schedules lagged and drivers parked along roadsides awaiting better conditions as crews sprayed ice on grades and curves.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Jonestown
Christmas parole grants release of Alabama convicts
In Montgomery on December 16 Gov. Bibb Graves offered two week Christmas paroles to 544 inmates statewide. Kilby prison released 125 convicts, from short term to life terms, all at once on their honor with orders to return after New Year.
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International News Service
Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Kilby
Reports Confirm Panay Sinking by Japanese Surface Vessels
Official reports confirm eye witness accounts that Japanese ships machine gunned survivors after planes bombed and sank the U S gunboat Panay during the December 1941 attack.
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International News Service
Washington
U. S
Arthur Mometer Goes Gift Hunting With a Food For Thought List
Arthur Mometer shops today with a bundle of cash as he hunts stores for thoughtful gifts. His long list includes uncles aunts cousins and playmates, totaling twenty. Though funds are modest the gifts may be valued beyond gold and the weather reads thirty three.
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Darlington
PA Newc
C. Ed Brown
Pa Newe
Daily Weather Report
Wilma Carpenter
Dorsett
William P. Dorsett
Smillie
Norristown
William Ruch
State
Independent
U. S. Action
Cordell Hull
Judge Chambers
Donald L. Robinson
Ruth Norma Robinson
Russia
U.S. State Department
Moscow
Ruth Norma Birkland
Gal Press
Arthur Mometer
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