Frigid Wave Abates Briefly Across Nation
Winter's first severe cold wave eases briefly after bringing heavy gales from Ohio to New York and New Orleans. More than a score dead in Indiana and Michigan, two at Buffalo, while a new storm forms in the far west as temperatures rise in most struck areas. New York warns of subzero to near zero temps tonight amid continued unsettled weather.
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International News Service
Alaska
Great Plains
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Upper
New York
New Orleans
Indiana
Michigan
Buffalo
N.Y
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Minnesota
Broadway
56Th Street
Mercury
New York City
Weather Strains Birds and Local News Bits in New Castle
Weather stresses birdlife as snow and ice limit ground feeding. A. M. Stump notes diary keeping since 1908 and cash records since 1899. Veterans of Future Wars evolve into R T C registered Collegiate Thumbers with insignia. New Year resolutions advised, photo feature of the Welsh family from Allison Park, Pittsburgh.
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A. M. Stump
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Fron Colege
T Reed
Robert J. Welsh
Allison Park
Pittsburgh
New Castle
Daily Weather Report for 24 Hours Ended Tuesday
The report notes a maximum temperature of 40 and a minimum of 17 with 40 inches of precipitation including rain and snow. The river stage stands at 5.2 feet. Comparable data from the previous year lists a 39 degree high, 27 degree low and 20 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Prize Winners In Home Lighting Contest In New Castle
The J Lumen Popp residence at 207 Sumner avenue won first prize of 20 dollars in the Lawrence County Garden Club Christmas Home Lighting contest for New Castle residents. Judges named Terry Carson second, Armleto Acquaviva third, J A De Fonso fourth, Clarence L Davis fifth, Harry L McFeaters sixth, and West Side school seventh. Two entrants, Jane Roberts and Bernard H Hook, were disqualified for Pennsylvania Power employee ineligibility.
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J. Lumen Popp
Sumner Avenue
Lawrence County
New Castle
Dr. Popp
Terry Carson
Fairfield Avenue
Armleto Acquaviva
South Mill Street
J. A. DeFonso
East Reynolds Street
Clarence L. Davis
Harry L. McFeaters
West Side School
West Washington Street
Popp
Garden Club
Jane Roberts
Englewood Avenue
Bernard H. Hook
Beckford Street
Pennsylvania Power
Barden Club
Helena Burckart
Bess Gailey
Owen Penfield Fox
Frank F. Fischer
Pleasure Car Tags Drive Lawrence County Revenue
Lawrence County motor tags paid for the coming year total about $300000 based on 1937 figures. New Castle accounts for 13055 of 20821 tagged pleasure cars, with 21.50 dollars per tag as the average. Data from the New Castle Motor Club and state revenue files.
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Revenue Department
Harrisburg
Lawrence County
New Castle
New Castle Motor Club
B. N. Hanlon
Motor Club
Co B 16th Pennsylvania to Gather for 40th Reunion
Survivors of Co. B 16th regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry plan a banquet and reunion at The Castleton to mark the unit’s 40th anniversary. Dr. Howard Harper presides, with Col. Benjamin R. Williams delivering the principal address and Homer G. Drake as secretary.
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Co. B
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Castleton
Howard ©. Harper
Charles H. Young
Benjamin R. Williams
Butler
Homer G. Drake
Elmer J. Suber
Kenry J. Scott
William H. Dunlap
William Dickson
Howard C. Harper
Henry J. Scott
Homer
Drake
Clarence
Brown
William F. Dickson
Frederick H. Kay
Frank S. Nessle
Bert E. Stevenson
Joseph A. VanGorder
Hisa von Moltke
America
J. J. McIlvaine
No Protracted Cold Wave Seen
Near zero weather across Pennsylvania and nearby states today eased as a Midwest storm waned. A nine degree low at the county airport near Pittsburgh contrasted by warmer readings in the city. Weather official W S Brotzman forecast a quick end to the cold spell with rising temperatures likely in Ohio and spreading to Pennsylvania. Uniontown and Somerset suffered the heaviest impacts with shattered glass from gale winds and snow blocking roads, but traffic resumed as crews cleared routes.
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International News Service
Pennsylvania
Midwest
Pittsburh
W.S. Brotzman
U. S
Flere
Ohio
Uniontown
Somerset
State Motor Police
Plans Bill To Halt Sex Crimes
State Senator Leo C Mundy announced plans to introduce a bill making sex crimes capital offenses and mandating compulsory registration of sex criminals. Physicians would report sexually ill persons to a police run bureau, welfare and social workers would also report, with dangerous individuals placed in institutions.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Leo C. Mundy
State Senate
Dr. Mundy
Wind Along Lake Hits Water Supply Of Two Ohio Cities
Two Ohio cities near Lake Erie faced water shortages as freezing west winds cut consumption. In Toledo the Maumee River ran about ten feet low and plants received only 200000 gallons per hour, one seventh of normal. Sandusky reservoirs held for hours with potential flow restoration if wind slows.
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International News Service
Toledo
Lake Erie
Sandusky
Maumee
Sandusky Bay
Dormont Girl Dies in Auto Crash Near Kittanning
A Dormont girl, Anna Louise Eckles, 20, was burned to death when the car she rode in crashed and caught fire on route 66 nine miles south of Kittanning. Three other youths were injured seriously and one escaped with burns to the body while being treated at New Kensington hospital.
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International News Service
New Kensington
Dormont
Kittanning
Vandergrift
Anna Louise Eckles
Dormont High School
West Penn Power Company
Citizens General Hospital
Jane Poffinberger
Vander+ grift
Robert D. Johnstone
Munhall
Philip Clark
Martin
Vandergrift Road
Harry M. Hershman
Hershman
Holiday Air Raid By Japanese Kills Countless Number
Chinese authorities report ferocious Christmas air raids by Japanese warplanes across five provincial capitals. Estimates place Chinese deaths up to 3000 with fires, bombed temples, and casualties including a Christmas church massacre in Chungking. Other cities hit include Sian Changsha Yingtak and Kweilin.
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International News Service
Chungking
China
Kweilin
Cinnamon Forest
Chang-Shu
Sian
Changsha
Yingtak
First Near Zero Weather Notices Cold Snap
Temperatures dipped to eight above zero marking the first real winter cold snap. Windy blasts blanketed the area as rain and several inches of snow froze into slush, creating hazardous traffic conditions. The cold continues through today with warmer temperatures expected tomorrow.
Key witness in Coster scandal dies suddenly
Federal authorities disclosed the death of a key witness in the Donald Coster case as three people were arrested on extortion charges. The witness, whose name was withheld, had ties to McKesson & Robbins and was once known as Philip M. Musica. The report notes the circumstances of the death are mysterious and prompts multiple investigations.
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International News Service
New York
Donald Coster
McKesson& Robbins
Coster
Philip M. Musica
Musica
Wlicit
McKesson & Robbins
Brooklyn
Adelphia Drug Company
Woman Shot After Christmas Present Returned
Miss Florence Gottwald, 26, was shot ten times after her father returned a Christmas gift to Emil Mascher, a WPA worker. She received two blood transfusions at Cooper Hospital but remained in serious condition. Mascher is held without charge nearby as police investigate the case in Camden, New Jersey.
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International News Service
Camden
WN. J
Florence Gottwald
Cooper Hospital
Emil Mascher
WPA
Miss Gottwald
Joseph
Mascher
Debutante Brenda Duff Fraziey Hosts $850,000 New York Ball
Brenda Diana Duff Fraziey made a formal debut at the Ritz Carltons ballroom in New York attended by about 1,000 guests. Her mother Mrs. Frederic Watriss engaged the entire Ritz Carlton ballroom suite for the lavish event, described as one of the era’s largest and most expensive debutante balls.
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International News Service
New York
Brenda Diana Duff Fraziey
Ritz-Carlton
Brenda
Frederic Watriss
Hughes May Be Possible Choice In James Cabinet
I La mont Hughes former vice president and director of Carnegie-Thomas Steel conferred with Gov elect Arthur H. James in Pittsburgh about patronage and cabinet posts. He was discussed as a possible state secretary of highways and is noted for leading roles at Carnegie Steel and its merger with Illinois Steel.
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Hughes
James
Olernational News Service
Pittsburgh
I. Lamont Hughes
Carnegie-Thnais Steel Corporation
Arthur H. James
Western Pennsylvania
William Penn Hotel
James H. Dull
Pennsylvania
Republicas
Carnegie-Kinois Steel Corporation
Carnegie Steel Company
Llinois Steel Company
Motorist Rescued From Flaming Overturned Car
Anthony Pierce of Willock was freed from a blazing overturned car by passerby Lee Rhodes of Willock in Homestead Pennsylvania. Pierce remained in critical condition after being pulled from the vehicle by police.
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International News Service
Homestead
Anthony Pierce
Willock
Lee Rhodes
Pierce
Baldwich Yond
Insurgents Gain Ground in Catalan Front in Spain
Salamanca dispatch reports Franco forces capture Santa Maria De Meya and Alos De Balaguer on the northern Catalonian front, taking about 1000 government troops prisoner as insurgent air raids hit Valencia and Barcelona. Government claims say advances came under heavy defense.
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Thterria Tonal
Hendaye
Borger
Spain
Salamanca
Francisco Franco
Santa Maria de Meya
Alos de Balaguer
Catwonian
Defense Ministry
Barcelona
Valencia
Sttincroft
Segre
Franco
Soleras
Aspa
Deaths listed in local notice for December 28 1938
Deaths recorded for Charles Howard Clark 50 of Sunny Side and David G Massara 42 of Struthers Ohio with others including Charles Francis Skillen 64 Ellwood City John C Dann 77 25 North Mev ter Street Mrs James Slater 86 420 Leisure Avenue and John R Flynn 43 909 Dewey Avenue in a neighborhood death notice.
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Charles Howard Clark
Sunnyside
Jackson Rand
David G.massara
Struthers
Ohio
Charles Francis Skillen
Ellwood City
John C. Dann
North Mevter Street
James 4. Slater
Leasure Avenue
Johin R. Flynn
Dewey Avenue
France Rushing Reinforcements To Somaliland
Paris reports that on December 31 a battalion of crack French colonial infantry will sail from Marseilles to French Somaliland aboard the Chantilly and Sphinx. High French officials fear a sudden Italian attack could seize Somaliland, challenging Daladier's government and forcing war or mediation.
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Marseilles
International News Service
Paris
Sphinx
Somaliland
Mussolini
Frane
Edouard Daladier
Somaliand
D‘ibervijjie
Bienit
Syria
Djibout
Franco-Italian Tension Alarms Britain Over Peace
London observes rising Franco-Italian tensions as the warlike stakes over the French Somaliland dispute prompt Britain to push for diplomatic measures to keep Paris and Rome from wider conflict. The government seeks to preserve peace amid mounting regional friction.
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Somaliland
Britain
International News Service
London
Paris
Rome
Dust Off Old Resolutions Laugh at Fifty-Told Promises
A humorous verse riffs on Arthur Mometer and a string of half forgotten New Year vows. The speaker mocks repeated quit attempts and warns that old resolutions smell as fresh as new, while weather and routine set the tone.
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