Sir Samuel Hoare Defends Peace Plan Amid Crisis
Sir Samuel Hoare defended the peace proposals with Italy and Ethiopia before the house of commons as fears of a wider war influenced his actions. He had resigned as foreign minister last night and spoke from a back bench while the Baldwin government faced a confidence vote. Viscount Halifax declared the Hoare-Laval peace efforts as dead in the Lords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Reynolds
London
Britain
Italy
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Ethiopia
Baldwin
Samuel
Sir Samuel
Viscount Halifax
House of Lords
Caled Milner V Is Thrown From Speeding Auto
Doylestown Pennsylvania reports Caleb Milne fourth, 24, abducted five days earlier. Kidnappers tortured him half paralyzed with drugs, leaving him in a semi conscious, exhausted state. He was dumped from a moving car near town and remains in serious condition at the hospital. G men work the case as authorities seek leads and ransom details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milne
Here
America
Weyerhaeuser
Doylestown Hospital
Harold O. Nathan
Hunters bag deer as sleet makes roads slick in New Castle
Edward J Ort of Adams street and Clyde Thomas with Wilbur of County Line street report successful hunts near Marienville and Hazelwood while Richard Gilmore and family bagged deer on their Cameron county trip. Roads were slippery from a light snow and sleet with windshields frozen and visibility murky. Downtown stores stay open evenings as Christmas shopping rush continues with five days remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Ort
Adams Street
Marienville, Pa
Clyde Thomas
Wilbur
County Line Street
Hazelwood
KOOK
Richard Gilmore
R. C. Gilmore
Leasure Avenue
Cameron County
New Castle
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 this morning show a maximum 35 and minimum 29 with 0.02 inches of precipitation and a 7.2 foot river stage. The same date last year recorded a 41 maximum, 32 minimum, 0.8 inches of precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New Developments Add To Mystery In Death Of Thelma Todd
Hollywood reports a coroner jury hints death was probably accidental while urging more inquiry. District attorney orders grand jury probe as Jewel Carmen, estranged wife of Roland West, offers a changed police statement amid the ongoing Thelma Todd death mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blonde Thelma Todd
Hollywood
Thelma Todd
Comedienne
Roland West
William Desmond Taylor
Jewel Carmen
Silent Pictures
West
Demand Probe Of Relief Work In New York State
Republican leaders and legislators returned from a conference signaling a prolonged attack on the Roosevelt Lehman administrations. They plan resolutions for investigations into the relief administration and federal funds, the Public Service Commission, and alleged fraudulent voting in several up state counties. If Democrats reject the invitation, an assembly committee will conduct the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Lehman
Assembly
House
New York State
Public Service Commission
Erie
Sullivan
Democratic Senate
Williams Quits Civil Service Board and New Members Elected
Neal Williams resigned from the civil service commission for police at a special city council meeting. Mayor Charles B. Mayne then elected Harry D. Dinsmore to Williams’s seat. Dr. P. J. Brice Professor George E. Lyon and Dinsmore took oaths and planned an organizational meeting. Mayor Mayne aims to have five eligible policemen named soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Williams
New Civil Service Commission For Police
Charles B. Mayne
Harry D. Dinsmore
Williams
P. J. Brice
George E. Lyon
Dinsmore
Mayne
Jesse Livermore Jr. Injured Son Rally Report
Santa Barbara reports Jesse Livermore Jr. aged 16 son of the famous Wall Street bear from a critical bullet wound condition. His mother Dorothea Livermore Longcope is alleged to have inflicted the wound at a Thanksgiving gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Santa Barbara
Cal
Jesse Livermore, Jr
Dorothea Livermore Longcope
Sees Early Action On Bonus Measure
Washington predicts passage of a bill for payment of the soldier's bonus by February 1 1936. Speaker Joseph Burns declined to say whether the bill would pass over a presidential veto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Burns
House of Representatives
New Sanctions Delayed by League Council
Geneva news reports the League of Nations council deferring further Italy sanctions until Italy and Ethiopia respond to the Laval Hoare peace plan. The 18 member committee delays oil coal and iron embargo actions, awaiting Rome and Addis Ababa replies amid a split among members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Geneva
Paris
Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations Council
Committee of 13
Rome
Addis Ababa
Laval- Hoare
Pierre Laval
France
West Virginia Girls Plan To Return To Homes
Two Fairmont girls Velma Gilardo 17 and Winifred Amos 18 arrived in Pittsburgh seeking work after a night in the Central police station. They were picked up by Police Lieutenant George Pischke and said Pittsburgh seemed very big.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Pittsburgh
Central
Fairmont
W. Va
Velma Gilardo
Winifred Amos
George Pischke
Winfred
Publisher's Home Ruined By Bomb
Lyndon Red Foster publisher and editor of political pamphlets was injured in a powerful explosion that nearly destroyed his home in Los Angeles. He says enemies were responsible and was guarded by police while recovering. The blast appeared to have been delivered through a window using a long pole. Foster was alone in the house at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Los Angeles
Lyndon “Red” Foster
Foster
Scout Executive J Lee Calahan Dies Suddenly
J Lee Calahan longtime Scout Executive who had supervised several states died suddenly. He had lived in Ardmore after leaving New Castle to pursue a bigger job and left behind involvement in regional scouting leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
New Castle
Scout official J Lee Calahan dies in Ashland
Ardmore Pa Deputy regional director for the Boy Scouts of America since 1928 and Lawrence County Council executive for eight years died suddenly in Ashland Pa this morning. His daughter Mrs A Ronald McCoy telephoned news after returning with him to Philadelphia on December 10 for the holidays. Details were not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lee Calahan
Ardmore
Boy Scouts of America
Philadelphia
Lawrence County Council of Scouting
Ashland
Shamokin
Calahan
A. Ronald McCoy
Christmas Carols in East Side Tonight on Almira Home Lawn
The East Side Garden Club hosts a Christmas carol program at the Almira Home on East Washington Street at eight. Church choirs sing on the lawn while an orchestra directed by Don Potter performs inside. W. O. Potter coordinated with East Side business men for the event and the tree will be lit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almira
East Washington Street
East Side Garden Club
Don Potter
W. O. Potter
East Side
Resignation of Hoare Helps Baldwin in Commons
In London on December 19 the resignation of Foreign Minister Sir Samuel Hoare strengthens Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's government during a wide open Commons debate. The session aims at a reprimand and renewed mandate to pursue the league of nations policy, amid mixed Tory support and an amended motion criticizing the Ethiopia peace plan as rewarding the aggressor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Samuel Hoare
League of Nations
Samuel
Baldwin
Paris
Labor Party
Ethiopia
Counties To Fund Half Of Unemployment Relief This Year
Harrisburg dispatch reports the state emergency relief board plans a special session led by Gov. Earle to set a minimum county contribution for unemployment relief at 50 percent of the total for the coming year. The meeting, delayed by Lieut. Gov. Kennedy absence, proceeds with agenda expected to include funding thresholds and distribution details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Harrisburg
State Emergency Relief Board
George H. Earle
Thomas Kennedy
Earle
Heavy Snow Paralyzes Roads Across State
In Harrisburg heavy snowfall snarled travel as 1,348 highway workers and 398 trucks were deployed to treat cinders and clear snow. Western counties saw three to five inches in Erie Wayne and Cambria with drifting in southern Erie. Crawford Erie Forest Mercer Venango Warren counties faced dangerous slipperiness statewide except for the southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Harrisburg
Department of Highways
Erie County
Wayne
Cambria
Crawford
Erie
Forest
Mercer
Venango
Warren
Despondent Woman Ends Her Life With Poison
Anne Stamis, 27, drank poison after her husband Steve refused reconciliation. She died after ten days in hospital from burns to mouth lips throat and stomach caused by the powerful insecticide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Pittsburgh
Anne Stamis
Steve
Haile Selassie Sees No Early Peace For Ethiopia
In a DESSEY interview Emperor Haile Selassie says Ethiopia has no faith in swift peace with Italy. He trusts the League of Nations to uphold covenant and independence, but direct negotiations with Italy are impossible and he doubts any early settlement. He warns Italy aims to swallow Ethiopia.
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Haile Selassie
Dessye
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Today
Italy
League
Motor Vehicles Receipts Higher in 1935 Growth
Harrisburg reports a $1,388,595.62 rise in motor vehicle receipts for the first 11 months of 1935 over 1934. Registrations totaled 5,849,698, up 442,638, with year end receipts at $31,967,655.75 versus $30,579,070.13. November receipts reached $319,475.89, up 34.2 percent from 1934, and registrations for November were 259,554 compared with 109,922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Department of Revenue
Italian Front in Diplomatic Quiet as Mussolini Suspends Actions
Rome reports Mussolini abruptly disbanded a Fascist Grand Council meeting at 1 am after Britain's foreign minister resigned. The council will reconvene tomorrow at 10 am to consider Paris proposals for an Ethiopian peace conference amid shifting London Geneva and Paris actions.
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Rome
Italy
London
Geneva
Paris
Benito Mussolini
Grand Council
Britain
New Castle Public Schools End Year Vacation January 6 1935
School will dismiss after Friday afternoon session on December 20, 1935, marking the start of vacation until January 6 when classes resume in the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Smoke scare triggers alarm at Bay Street garage
Firemen answered a report from 406 Bay Street at 8 15 last evening after neighbors saw dense smoke and feared a garage blaze. D. J. Johnson was burning out the carbon in a truck with kerosene, prompting Box 311 to ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Ward
Bay Street
D. J. Johnson
Death Notices for Several Individuals in Pennsylvania Towns
Mrs J A Williams of Ambler Pa Joseph A Buckner aged 42 of Ellwood City Bertha May Fleeger 32 of 915 West Washington street J Lee Callahan 51 of Ardmore Pa Anthony Jacobs of New Kensington reported as deceased in area notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Williams
Ambler, Pa
Joseph A. Buckner
Ellwood City
Bertha May Fleeger
West
Washington Street
J. Lee Callahan
Ardmore
Christmas Preparations In A Busy Home
Arthur Memeter describes a festive rush to fix lights, buy wreaths, paper, nuts and flowers, wrap gifts and write cards. He notes many tasks must be finished before Christmas Eve and mentions the weather as cool at thirty three today.
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Bald
Santa Monica
White King
Caleb Milner
Doylestown
Caleb Jones Milne
Department of Justice
Caleb J. Milne IV
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
Wallace X. Rawles
New York
Civil Service Board
Report Council
West Virginia
Scout
Lawrence County
East Side Area
Hoare
H. K. Reynolds International News Service
H. R. Knickerbocker International News Service
Anthony Jacobs
New Kensington
Arthur Memeter
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