New Kilgen Pipe Organ Gift To First Christian Church
Members of the First Christian Church in western Pennsylvania celebrate a December gift of a four manual Kilgen pipe organ worth about 30000 dollars. The instrument, from Kilgen and Son of St Louis, was donated by long-time charter member Mrs Thomas W Phillips and family, with Grace Phillips Johnson and Ben D Phillips Jr among donors. The project marks a major upgrade to the church following recent improvements as the congregation aims for a complete church plant.
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First Christian Church
G. S. Bennet
Thomas W. Phillips
Grace Phillips Johnson
Ben D
Pennsylvania
George Kilgen
Lone robber sought in $3200 cash and checks holdup
Police report a single bandit robbed Miss Regina Norris, cashier at the State Capitol Savings and Loan, of 1300 dollars and 1900 in checks outside the Henry Hotel building on 26 South Mercer Street Saturday night. Authorities, including city county and state officers, pursue multiple clues with no public break yet.
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Regina Norris
Cashier
State Capitol Saving and Loan Association
C. C. Horner
State Capitol Savings and Loan Associations
Henry Hotel
South Mercer Sr
Association
Lawrence Savings and Trust Company Bank
Christmas card chaos hits city mail as holidays loom
Pa Newc notes mail delivery faces bulky cards in varied envelopes. A worried father wheels a red tricycle along Mill street as 1931 calendars prepare to flip. Vacation hours mute the bell at New Castle while collegians roam main streets.
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Pa Newc
Mill Street
Junior
Daily Weather Report Statistics Summary
U S weather bureau figures show a 20 hour period ending 9 am with a high of 28 and a low of 25, no precipitation noted and river at 4 feet and falling. For the 24 hour period ending Sunday 9 am the high was 32 and low 20 with 0.3 inches of precipitation and river at 4.1 feet.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Congress Ends Session For Holidays Amid Campaign Briefs
Lawmakers depart for a two week Christmas recess as House and Senate seek relief measures for unemployment and farm price support. The Farm Board faces renewed scrutiny while Congress has approved 150 million dollars more, boosting its total to 400 million for stabilization.
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Washington
Capitol
House
Senate
Hoover
White House
Federal Farm Board
Congress
Old Time Jingle Of Sleigh Bells Missing
Festive season notes from New Castle show heavy holiday decorating across homes and streets. The municipal Christmas tree on the public square shines with colored lights, while Laurelhurst and Meyer Avenue display notable displays. City crews work on storm sewer trenches as winter preparations continue.
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Stan Treser
Meyer Avenue
Shortest Days Of Entire Year
A murky haze with snow flurries hung over Pennsylvania as Old Sol rose at 7 42 am and set at 4 55 pm marking the two shortest days of the year in the region with forecasted wintry weather.
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Pennsylvania
Old Sol
Barn Fire Destroys Mercer County Barn and Livestock
A Hempfield township barn owned by C. E. Geibner was burned yesterday causing about 7000 dollars in losses. Valuable livestock and grain perished in the fire. Geibner, ill in bed, tried to save animals and stated he had no enemies or idea of the fire’s origin. Mysterious footprints led to Shenango railroad tracks.
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International News Service
Mercer
C. E. Geibner
Hempfield Township
Gerber
Shenango
Pittsburgh Bank Robber Captured In New York City
Lipkowitz alias Benny Levine, linked to the Perry State bank robbery in Pittsburgh, was captured in a Bronx apartment after a suitcase with loot was traced to New York. Betty Miller identified him as her sweetheart. Police press on to find three other suspects involved in the heist.
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International News Service
New York
Pittsburgh
Benjamin Lipkowitz
Benny Levine
Perry State Bank
Fordham Hospital
Lipkowitz
Bronx
Michael Ward
Daniel J. Mahoney
Mahoney
Ward
Betty Miller
Three Die in Baltimore Travelers Crash Near Havre de Grace
Three Baltimore residents died and four others were injured when a speeding car struck a parked truck on the Philadelphia highway ten miles south of Havre de Grace Maryland. The deceased were Mrs Anna Wood 19 Beatrice Haseni 7 and Eugene Castognera 21. The injured included Mrs Eileen Castagnera 20 Mrs Mary Haseni 45 Marquis Wood 21 and John Carroll Hagan 22 driver of the car. Franklin Adams the truck driver said he stopped to repair when the crash occurred. Hagan charged the truck had no lights. Adams denied the claim.
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International News Service
Havre DE Grace
Mad
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Anna Wood
Beatrice Haseni
Eugene Castognera
Eileen Castognera
Mary Haseni
Marquiss Wood
John Carroll Hagan
Franklin Adams
Hagan
Adams
Phony Names Create Confusion for Relief Committee
The Mayor's Relief committee struggles with distributing Christmas baskets as investigators find that some reputable citizens' names were submitted on coupons while others could not be located. The issue, though limited, adds to the workload of the committee handling donor requests.
Americans endure hardship as they wait on a stalled government
Special to the News from Hollywood reports Americans faced a year without jobs while Congress delayed funding. The piece notes the public’s endurance and the government’s inability to provide relief, highlighting a period of financial strain and resilience.
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Hollywood
Cal
America
Congress
Pinchot Confers With Pennsylvania Leaders In Pittsburgh
Governor elect Gifford Pinchot arrives in Pittsburgh as Republican caucuses and state government openings loom. He seeks support in the fight against Augustus F Daix Jr for president pro tempore of the State Senate while holding talks with legislators from across the state.
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Pinchot
Pittsburgh
Sydney H. Eiges
International News Service
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
Daix
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
William
Seven Hundred Are Reported Killed in Merapi Eruption
London December 22 reports warn of Mount Merapi in Sumatra pouring lava and cinders. Singapore estimates 700 people killed since the eruption began four days ago as eight more villages are engulfed. Many residents flee while some natives reportedly killed themselves to avoid evacuation.
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International News Service
London
Sumatra
Mount Merapi
Singapore
Merapi
Deaths in Ellwood City and area announced
Death notices report Mrs. Anna Frischkorn 65 Ellwood City Mrs. Garnetta Rogers 23 Ellwood City Leroy Hoelz 54 Ellwood City Mrs. Alice Morton Frischkorn 75 Wurtemburg and Mrs. Mary B. Mitchell 74 New Galilee with locations and ages.
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Anna Frischkorn
Ellwood City
Garnetta Rogers
Leroy Hoelz
Alice Morton Frischkorn
Wurtemburg
Mary B. Mitchell
New Galilee
Four Escape Death In Plane Crash Near Alabambra Field
Four people escaped death when a tri motor Western Air Express plane from Salt Lake City overshot Alabambra field and crashed into a residence in fog. Pilots Bart Cox and George Sherwood and passenger A Ousterhaut pulled a resident from the burning house. Toner was saved unharmed. The plane carried 1500 pounds of mail. all but three sacks were damaged. Ousterhaut was burned.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Cal
T. A. A.western Air Express
Salt Lake City
Alabambra
Bart Cox
George Sherwood
Ousterhaut
Wyoming
A. L. Toner
Toner
Italian Planes Resume Flight To South America Route
Kenitra Morocco December 22 The 12 plane air flotilla commanded by General Italo Balbo resumes for the third leg of a seven stage flight from Italy to South America. The next objective is Villa De Cisneros Rio De Oro about 1000 miles away over a harsh coastline desert and tableland.
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International News Service
Kenitra
Morocco
Italy
South America
Italo Balbo
Villa de Cisneros
Rio de Oro
Nye Plans For Further Probe
Nye announces continued investigations by the Nye Senate campaign committee into the Norris race. The probe will trace funds and orders tied to Robert H. Lucas and former Nebraska governor Samuel R. McKelvie, including a $10,000 Farm Board salary contribution and a $4,000 printing bill linked to a Klan publication. The effort aims to connect actions to the Republican National Committee and Senator Fess.
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International News Service
Washington
Republican National Committee
Robert H. Lucas
Nebraska
George W Norris
Nye
N. D
Samuel R. McKelvie
McKelvie
Federal Farm Board
Stebbins
Norris
Farm Board
Lucas
Nye Committee
Fellowship Forum
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Senate
Sentnor Fess
Ohio
Driver Of Mail Truck Firefight Ends Mail Theft Attempt
In Sharon Pennsylvania a lone robber tried to steal a mail sack from a West Middlesex post office truck. The driver fired three times wounding the thief who fled into snow as detectives search for him. Bloodstains remain as leads in the case.
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Sharon
West Middlesex
Here
Clarence E. Titus
Samuel Lyshock
Four Arrested In Chicago Blaze That Killed Two Children
Four men were in custody in Chicago charged with murder after a $15,000 blaze of allied incendiary origin Saturday killed two children, Jerome Israelson aged 5 and Homer Israelson aged 4. Their mother Dora Israelson suffered injuries. Police sought a fifth man, a wealthy suspect described as the gang’s brains. Arrested were Jacob Tatelman 41 former owner of three restaurants Jack Rosen 40 a waiter and Martin Borad 18 described as the others chauffeur.
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International News Service
Chicago
Jerome
Homer Israelson
Dora Israelson
Jacob Tatelman
Jack Rosen
Martin Borad
City Council Sits Briefly Approves Payrolls
City council met in session this morning and adjourned shortly after. The sole business was approving the city payrolls. Misses Helen Blaha and Helen Weingartner, home for Christmas from Westminster College, visit their parents.
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Helen Blaha
Winter Avenue
Helen Weingartner
Butler Road
Westminster College
Sixty Years of Sunshine and Storm Honored in Joyful Vow
Arthur Mometer Sirty and his spouse celebrate sixty years of marriage marked by shared sunshine and storm. The couple, once young and now with silver hair, recall a life built on happiness, strife, toil, and perseverance as they walk together with renewed pep on a cool day.
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New Castle
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Portia
Lanette Seilborn
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