New Coventry Plan Creates 13 License Suspension Courts
Gov George H Earle announces 13 license suspension courts to handle vehicular speed violations statewide. Examiners from the Revenue Department will preside at hearings at motor police sub stations across Philadelphia Pittsburgh Allentown Scranton Reading Johnstown New Castle Erie Altoona DuBois Chambersburg Harrisburg Williamsport with decision on license revocation resting with the suspension courts.
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Plane Crash Near Sandusky Drowns Three on Lake Erie
A Erie Airlines plane from Port Clinton crashed near Starve Island off Kelley's Island in Lake Erie. Three aboard Nancy Howard Delbert Watkins and Albert Anderson all of North Bass Island perished. Pilot William Samogey rescued and detained by witnesses after landing between ice floes.
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Milton Hersberger
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Samogey
Emil Weisler
Arnold Burgraff
Put-In-Bay
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Rotary world stamp exhibit in college town dinner hall
The Jameson Memorial Hospital held six tonsillectomies as paediatric care in the morning. Rotary members in New Wilmington display a framed stamp map of Rotary nations behind glass at their meeting place. A resident protests the plan to kill court house squirrels for mange, claiming they lack the disease and noting their nesting behavior. Highland avenue curb work at the sharp turn aims to improve safety in icy weather. Turner begins duties as Lawrence County commissioner today, while not entirely new to the role.
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U S Moves to Seek Indemnities Over Panay Bombing
The United States, after four warships were sent to Australian waters, pressed Japan for indemnities for the Panay bombing as President Roosevelt signaled a possible large naval buildup. Official quarters suggested the incident had brought the country closer to conflict than any since World War I.
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Britain Objects To Japan on Yangtze Attack
Britain rejects Japan's explanation of the Yangtze River attack on the Ladybird gunboat. Diplomatic notes proceed as Tokyo and London prepare formal replies and public disclosure of Japan's response is awaited.
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Loyalists Seize Teruel Rebel Stronghold Amid Fighting
Loyalist forces report two rebel positions remain at Teruel with the seminary stronghold captured after a fierce assault. Rebels retreat to the Santa Clara convent and the civil governor’s residence as Loyalists vow to crush resistance while air battles flare nearby.
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Paris Strikes Shut Down City Transit and Utilities
Paris faced a general strike as public utilities and transport workers walked out. Case hardened guards and Special police patrolled the capital while 18 000 officers were on duty and the garrison of 25 000 troops stood by to deter riots amid the Chautemps government crisis.
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Camille Chautemps
Daily Weather Report Summary
The daily weather report lists a maximum of 38 and a minimum of 21 with trace precipitation and a river stage of 6.5 feet for the 24 hour period ending today at 9 am. A year earlier the high was 43 and the low 23 with no precipitation recorded.
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Roosevelt Favors Licensing System
President Roosevelt disclosed as favoring in principle the O Mahoney Borah bill to curb industrial monopolies through a nationwide licensing system for interstate commerce. Administration divisions on timing and method surfaced with White House and Justice officials voting differently on amendments to the Sherman and Clayton acts as alternatives.
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Americans Flee Tsingtao As Japanese Advance Forces Near
Shanghai dispatch reports more Americans left Tsingtao for safety in Shanghai as Japanese troops advance within 60 miles of the port. A mas s evacuation continues with 172 Americans and hundreds of foreigners remaining in Tsingtao alongside 159 Americans still there. Consulars urge immediate evacuations from Kiukiang and Kuling as danger grows.
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Convict Driver Of Bus In Fatal Crash Near Farrell
Jams Williams of Pittsburgh was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the death of Ralph White Jr of New Castle who was struck by Williams bus near Farrell last summer. The trial was held in Mercer Pennsylvania where the verdict was announced today December 29.
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Jams Williams
Pittsburgh
Ralph White, Jr
New Castle
Williams
Farrell
Young Man Shot in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh police sought the men who shot and seriously wounded 23 year old Richard Sparvero last night and fled in an automobile. Sparvero refused to name his assailants to officers.
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Sparvero
Newsreel of Bombing of Panay Shown in Los Angeles
The Panay bombing sequence shown in a newsreel depicts the U S gunboat at Yangtze Anchorage as bombs explode in the water and on deck. Sailors scramble amid fires and debris, wounded men are treated, and survivors struggle through the blast zone as gunfire continues.
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Community meeting backs Lowellville Edenburg highway plan
A Lowellville Edenburg road proposal to link Youngstown and New Castle aims to divert traffic via a valley route. The WPA project stalls for lack of right of way from Mahoning Township supervisors. a committee will press for access with power company officials and planners, with a January 10 meeting planned.
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Turner Takes Up County Duties
Alfred R. Turner was sworn in as Lawrence County commissioner at 9 30 a m by Clerk of Courts John A. Edgar, succeeding the late Joseph Hannon. Turner's term lasts until the first Monday of January 1940. He met with Floyd L. Cotton on arrival as Commissioner George H. Bolinger remained sick at home.
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George H. Bolinger
Ridgway Seeks Traffic Record
Ridgway Pennsylvania aims for a record of no traffic deaths in 1937 as the year ends. Police report no fatalities from automobile accidents so far this year in the borough.
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Keep Dogs Tied Warned as Rabies Spreads in County
Lawrence county authorities impose strict rules banning loose dogs. Beaver Falls agent William H. Goehring orders owners to keep pets tied for now or face fines. Several rabies cases have led to dog killings, mainly between West Pittsburg and New Castle.
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William H. Goehring
Beaver Falls
City Engineers Begin Marking South Side Parking Meter Spaces
The city engineering corps started marking spaces on the South Side for future parking meters. Meter installation has already begun in the uptown district, with officials saying crews will move to the south side when time allows.
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Uptown
Engineering Corps
President May Seek Increase Of Naval Force
President Roosevelt may submit a supplemental warship building program to Congress. He hinted at adding ships while budget estimates show funding for two battleships two light cruisers eight destroyers and six submarines. House Appropriations Chairman Taylor plans to push the naval expansion if needed.
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Colorado
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Burial planned for banker John A. Aiken
Slippery Rock Pa December 29 funeral services are set for John A. Aiken a prominent banker who died yesterday in Pittsburgh after a major operation He was cashier of the First National Bank of Slippery Rock since 1903 and a classmate of the late Senator Dwight Morrow of New Jersey He belonged to the New Castle Consistory Grove City Masonic Lodge and other groups.
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New Jersey
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Death of Emma Sedwick Miller in Swissvale
Emma Sedwick Miller aged 68 of Swissvale Pennsylvania died. The record lists Antonio Chill aged 7 months and the address 1104 Agnew Street likely connected to the family.
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Swissvale
Antonio Chill
Agnew Street
Faust Named President of State Education Association
J Frank Faust principal of Chambersburg High School was elected president of the Pennsylvania State Education Association for 1938 at its annual convention in Harrisburg. He succeeds Charles F Maxewell of Greensburg.
Mercy preacher to be sentenced for two manslaughter pleas
The Rev. D. T. Thomas, a retired evangelist in Mercer Pennsylvania, will be sentenced Monday by Judge George H Rowley after pleading guilty to two voluntary manslaughter charges for killing his wife Mary and boarder Frank Hodge on October 16. The murder trial ended when he entered the pleas.
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Remarkable Pooch Chooses To Eat Dog Food Again
Arthur Mometer, once a voracious eater of any food including furniture, now snubs pampered meals and begs for meat or bones. He occasionally eats dog food, complaining of taste, as his antics continue in bright weather.
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