Missing 20 year old girl held as abduction suspected
Margaret Martin, missing since Saturday from Kingston Pennsylvania, is feared abducted by a white slave ring. State police question a 23 year old Wilkes Barre resident, not yet charged or linked. Roads are being checked within 15 miles as Major William Clark believes she is nearby but offers no definite location.
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New Ideas In Tax Assessments Draw From Milwaukee
Milwaukee officials study patronage and store traffic to refine property valuations. A WPA led count of shoppers suggested location and advertising affect assessments, prompting debate on how to weight storefront patronage in tax rolls.
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Milwaukee
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WPA
Tax Commission
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States daily weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending 5 p.m. Monday show a maximum of 32 and a minimum of 18 with trace snow. River stage at 5 feet. For the same date two years prior, high 33 and low 27 with precipitation of 0.1 inches.
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United States
Worst Cold Wave Sweeps Europe Across Two Continents
London reports 100 to 200 deaths as Britain and Europe endure one of the worst winters in years. Railroads run ghost trains to prevent track freezing while hundreds abandon cars on icy roads. Moscow records 20 below zero. Refugees along the Polish German border suffer influenza. Warsaw Jews rush coal and blankets to the stranded. At least ten frozen deaths in Bulgaria and over twenty in Eastern Ukraine.
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London Daily Express
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Lindbergh Critics Answer With Defense of 100 Percent Americanism
A Lindbergh associate defends him against US criticism of accepting a Nazi medal. The associate says Lindbergh was surprised when Goering presented the decoration after a Berlin banquet, accepted in silence, and gave a brief speech. Harold Ickes had questioned Lindbergh and Ford for accepting Reichsführer Hitler honors.
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Merrill Mueller
WPA Workers In 14th District Receive Holiday Pay
WPA payroll will total 418000 this week benefiting 12811 workers and 321 truck owners across Lawrence Beaver Mercer and Butler counties. Lawrence leads with 134446.14, Beaver 119873.43, Mercer 90888.65, and Butler 62406.76.
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WPA
Lawrence
Beaver
Butler
Mercer
Lawrence County
Butler County
Rain Keeps Pope Pius Indoors
Rain kept Pope Pius XI indoors at Rome’s St. John Lateran Cathedral where he was to observe the start of his priesthood’s 50th year and attend a mass for the new holy year. A Vatican statement said he planned to grant twelve audiences there this morning.
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Night Court Jury Box Filled In Murder Case
The Lawrence County murder trial of Frank Mazzone moved forward as 23 of 25 jurors were seated for the night session after a long day of voir dire. Judge Braham condemned attempts to approach jurors and warned of court contempt as the panel began to hear testimony.
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Lawrence County
Frank
Mazzone
Gerald Fost
Frank Fisher
Braham
Lighting Contest Deadline Nears at Lawrence County News
Last minute entries for the Christmas Home Lighting contest of the Lawrence County Garden Club were mailed and brought to The News as the deadline neared. Many residents signed entry coupons this week, and judging of outdoor displays will begin soon.
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Lawrence County
Deaths and ages in nango township and nearby towns
Death notices list Mrs. Stanley Walevak aged 44 in nango township Albert J. Welch 95 Evie William Qorend 61 Warren voaun John W. Kimpel 65 Ellwood City. Date December 20 1538.
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Shenango Township
Albert. J. Welch
Evie
William Qorend
Warren Voaun
John W. Kimpel
Ellwood
Roosevelt Plans Heavy Congress Schedule Early Next Year
President Roosevelt outlined a busy agenda for the new congress convening January 3 with five messages likely including an opening address and four special messages. Topics cover railways rehabilitation defense social security health and welfare programs with an estimated 50 million dollars proposed for health expansion.
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Heyburn to Vote With Republicans in Senate
State Senator Weldon B. Heyburn said he would vote with the Republicans on measures benefiting the commonwealth and support Governor-elect Arthur H. James’ industrial program. His decision would tie the Senate at 25 Democrats and 25 Republicans, giving the presiding officer deciding authority in ties. If Samuel W. Salas’s bid to seat Herbert Levin succeeds, Republicans would hold a one vote majority.
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Herbert Levin
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Efforts Fail To Identify Broken Plane Fragments At Kaana Point
Honolulu authorities report failing to identify airplane wreckage found at Kaana Point thirty five miles from Honolulu. Officials consider it may be from the 1927 Dole Cup race or Captain Am's 1934 emergency flight, both previously missing.
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Federal Grand Jury Probes Coster Swindle
A New York grand jury hears testimony in what authorities call the most gigantic and fantastic conspiracy swindle. The case centers on F. Donald Coster and the 48 state penetration, with 35 witnesses including his widow and sisters Grace and Louie. The probe targets a $16,000,000 theft and names potential prominent figures as it unfolds.
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International News Service
New York
F. Donald Coster
Philip M. Misica
Four Die In Coast Guard Plane Crash Near Boerne
Four people perished when a Coast Guard plane crashed near Boerne Texas late last night. The recovered bodies include B H Teague El Paso naval officer and Lieut P S Lyons pilot. Rupert A Germaine and George Latham are also named victims.
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Fork Bliss
Hundred Hurt In Burma Clash
In Rangoon Burma on December 20 one hundred people including boys and girls were injured as police baton charged students during civil disobedience and picketing of the secretariat. Military police with fixed bayonets guarded the area and many students were taken to hospitals. Authorities called the actions open defiance of authority.
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International News Service
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State Grand Jury Probing Erie Gravel Scandal
Dauphin county grand jury continued its investigation into the Democratic state administration with B A Griffith, one of two engineers fired by Gov. George H. Earle, on the witness stand. Griffith followed Secretary Arthur Calgrove to the stand yesterday and was to continue testimony today.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Set Tentative Date For County School Meeting
County board discusses annual convention plans in the County Superintendent of Schools office. A tentative meeting date of January 18 was chosen, pending speaker arrangements and other outline business.
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John Co. Syling
County Board of School Directors
Youline
Chamberlain Wins Support for European Appeasement Drive
London reports Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain won a strong mandate from the House of Commons with a 340 to 143 endorsement of his European appeasement policies. The result followed a heated session in which Labour MPs denounced the approach and censuring motions were rejected.
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Charles A. Smith
London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commions
LaGuardia Fends Off Attacker On City Hall Steps
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia grappled with a former WPA worker who leaped at him on the steps of city hall. A crowd pulled the attacker away as police intervened. LaGuardia appeared bruised but unhurt aside from a swelling cheek. the attacker, identified as James F. Hagen of the Bronx, was restrained by bystanders and later police.
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New York
WPA
Fiorella H. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Fiorello H. la Guarda
City Hall
la Guardia
James F. Hagen
Bronx
Fire destroys Pennsylvanian Roundhouse in Oil City
A fire caused by defective wiring fully destroyed the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 50 year old roundhouse in Oil City, with about $80,000 in damage. Six locomotives valued at $1,080,000 were stored there and badly damaged. officials said the engines are not a total loss. Firefighters battled the blaze for three hours starting at 8:30 this morning before control was achieved.
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International News Service
Oil City
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Eeeep
Christmas Fun Through Tots and Toys Across the Home
The piece reflects on gift giving and card sending during Christmas. It contrasts adults enjoying celebration with children who eagerly anticipate Santa Claus and toys, noting the bustle and disorder they bring as they await the holiday date and gifts.
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