Violence Flares On Three Fronts In Chinese War
Reports say Japanese air raids hit southern Canton with limited damage while inland areas suffer civilian casualties. In Tsingtao Chinese defense disrupts communications as fires burn, shells explode, and efforts to destroy military and commercial targets continue. Foreign residents form vigilance groups amid the fighting.
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Shanghai
China
Shantung Province
Tsingtao
Hong Kong
Canton
Local Christmas Decor Spark Countywide Cheer
The county notes attractive Christmas decorations on homes from Moore’s Corners to New Bedford as electric lines extend countywide enabling brighter lighting. A dog alert follows city and state warnings to keep dogs tied due to rabies concerns. In Sharon, residents favor parking meters after a recent vote.
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Moore’s Corners
New Castle
Slippery Rock
New Bedford
Sharon
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather reports for the 24 hour period ending at 9 am. Maximum 41, minimum 24, trace precipitation and heavy frost. River stage 55. A year ago same date: max 48, min 37, precipitation 0.31 inches.
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U. S
Solid Trainload Of Cans To Leave Plant In This City Friday
A solid trainload of 68 cars carrying nearly 10 million cans will depart the American Can company plant here Friday night between 7 and 8 o clock bound for packing plant points in the mid west and west. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad reports it is the largest shipment in a long time with freight cars being filled today. Freight Agent S Huston Rhoads said the train pulls out between 7 and 8 Friday night and each car carries about 140 000 cans.
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American Can Company
Mid-West
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
S. Huston Rhoads
Great Britain Plans to Expand Navy and Build New Ships
London reports Britain will join the United States in boosting naval strength next year. The admiralty seeks a 23 000 ton aircraft carrier and four 8 000 ton cruisers with six inch guns, adding to over 100 ships under construction or ordered. The plan may raise costs toward 250 million dollars as battleships are pushed forward and recruiting campaigns expand.
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International News Service
London
Great Britain
United States
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Prince of Wales
Ballyhoo
Paris Strikers Return To Jobs
Paris workers resume duties after a one day strike ended with a compromise for higher pay. Subway traffic steadies with minor delays while buses restart from depots and street cleaners clear streets. Private transport workers continue the strike as military trucks supply newspapers and market goods.
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International News Service
Paris
Wealthy Hotel Owner Slain Aboard Yacht Near Los Angeles
Dwight Faulding, affluent Santa Barbara hotel owner and sportsman, was found slain aboard his yacht Aafije about 190 miles south of Los Angeles as a coast guard vessel approached. Rescue of three women, including a pregnant mother, and two men and a boy, who had endured three days without food or water accompanied the incident.
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International News Service
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Los Angeles Harbor
Dwight Faulding
Santa Barbara
Aafije
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Healy Death Probe Urged by First Wife Betty Braun Healy
Betty Braun Healy claims knowledge of the man who beat Ted Healy before his death in Hollywood. She urges an official investigation into the comic actor’s demise. His second wife Betty Healy says Healy died of natural causes after the birth of their son. Central Press.
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Central Press
Knudsen to Testify on Causes of Recession
Detroit December 30 William S S Knudsen president of General Motors announced he would testify at a U S Senate hearing next Thursday to present his views on the causes of the business recession GM earlier this week announced the layoff of 30000 men and placed 205000 other workers on a 24 hour week
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International News Service
Detroit
William S.S. Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
U. S. Senate
United States
Estranged After Fifty Years Of Married Life
Meyer Rudick a 78 year old Philadelphia man was ordered by Judge John Welsh to pay seven dollars weekly support after his wife Mary 67 testified he deserted her last October and that he was a miserly provider though having a large bank balance. Their two daughters supported the claim of hardship including Mrs Rudick who said she sometimes slept on the floor or without a pillow or covers.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Meyer Rudick
John Welsh
Mary
Rudick
Educators Return From State Education Convention
Superintendent C. C. Green and delegates Peter Grittie Jr and Elmer O Delancey of New Castle returned from the Pennsylvania State Education Association convention in Harrisburg. Sessions ran Monday through Wednesday. Green called the convention excellent and said next year’s gathering will also be in Harrisburg with New Castle spokesmen for Lawrence County and Ellwood City branches.
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Peter Grittie, Jr
Elmer O. Delancey
New Castle
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Harrisburg
Green
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Ellwood City
Twenty Five Die In Earthquake In Peru Regions
At least 25 people were killed and 150 injured when a earthquake struck the Huachon and Oxapampa regions of Peru. More than 50 injuries were in critical condition, with extensive property damage and hundreds left homeless.
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International News Service
Buenos Aires
Huachon
Oxapampa
Peru
Move Quarters To Avert Tieup Of Corner Traffic
Local unemployment compensation offices shift operations to the American Legion rooms on Neshannock avenue effective Monday January 3 to prevent a jam at the Citizens Bank building. Officials expect hundreds to file claims locally and at county offices with New Castle residents told not to file on Monday unless necessary.
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New Castle
Lebanon Evening Report Plant Damaged by Fire
A fire of undetermined origin gutted the Lebanon Evening Report plant in Lebanon Pennsylvania halting publication. Loss estimated at 35 000 to 55 000. presses flooded and morgue files destroyed. Mary A Frazier announces publication suspended today while arrangements are made. The Report also publishes the Annville Journal Palmyra Citizen and Lebanon Courier.
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International News Service
Lebanon
Lebanon Evening Report
Pennsylvania
William R. Mark
Report Publishing Company
Ninth Street
Report
Mary A. Frazier
Mark
Report Company
Annville Journal
Palmyra Citizen
Lebanon Courier
Miss Frazier
Death Notice for Maud Plum McCormick in Lancaster Ohio
Mrs Maud Plum McCormick of Lancaster Ohio is announced deceased. Stephen J Skuba age 62 of 1129 North Liberty Street, Wojciech Mateja age 58 of 3 Fern Street are listed in the record as related entries.
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Lancaster
Stephen J. Skuba
North
Liberty Street
Wojciech Mateja
Fern Street
Lefty Gomez Sidelined by Breakup Rumors
Rumors swirl that New York Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez and his wife June O'Dea may be headed for divorce while gossip links him to Edna Torrence, a Hollywood dancer. Gomez denies interest in the dancer.
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Lefty Gomez
New York Yankee
June O'Dea
Edna Torrence
Hollywood
Lefty
Father and son fatal shooting in Erie feud
Ralph Scalise former Pittsburgh detective shot and killed his father Louis Scalise a 57 year old Erie detective sergeant after a quarrel at their home. Ralph fired five shots from his father's revolver wounding Louis who died six hours later at a hospital.
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International News Service
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Ralph Scalise
Pittsburgh
Louis Scalise
Erie Police
Young Scalise
Bertillon
Scalise
Northwest Faces Severe Flood Threat in Washington
Flood threat grows in Washington due to melting snow and week of heavy rain. Two more deaths reported: Severe Johnson 49 of Forks killed repairing a power line and James Johnson 18 CCC worker at Camp Cispus fatally struck by a falling tree. Oregon sees a brief rain lull as Washington braces for new gales and strong interior winds. highways blocked by washouts and slides.
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Wash
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Svere Johnson
Forks
James Johnson
CCC
Camp Cispus
Oregon
Northwest
Entire New Testament Read At First Baptist Tomorrow
First Baptist Church will read the entire New Testament aloud in one day from 7 a m to 11 30 p m as part of watch night preparations. Each hour has a sponsor directing the reading with a concluding consecration service led by William Brown and the youth.
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First Baptist Church
William Brown
C. H Heaton
Mary Hammond
Jesse McCammon
Americans Reach Shanghai From Tsingtao Siege
Twenty five Americans arrived in Shanghai aboard the gunboat Sacramento describing looting and executions in Tsingtao northern Shantung. They said thousands fled into the interior as Chinese soldiers and police left the city.
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International News Service
Shanghai
Tsingtao
Shantung Province
United States
Sacramento
Jacob Gussaroff
New York City
Henry Towler
Kaysville
Ridgway
Penna
Oil Company
James Gramah
Farmville
American Presbyterian Mission
China
Tsingkiangfu
Gramah
Ballot Stuffing Seen As Ancient Greek Practice
Dr. Oscar Broneer of the American School of Classical Studies reported at a joint Archaeological Institute of America and American Philological Association meeting that 50 of 190 clay ballots found in Greco Roman ruins were marked in the same handwriting. He noted Greek law allowed only one vote per person.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
B. C
Oscar Broneer
American School of Classical Studies
Athens
Grecian
Broneer
Archaelogical Institute of America
American Philological Association
Ducks to be removed from Memorial Park in Grove City
State Game Commission will remove all but 20 of the hundreds of wild ducks residing at Memorial park Grove City by order. The 20 remaining will stay under the park commission’s ownership and end a heated local dispute over the birds.
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Memorial Park
State Game Commission
The
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Game Commission
Harr Resigns as State Banking Secretary in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg December 30. Dr Luther A Harr resigns as state banking secretary as he is elected to public office in Philadelphia and will become city treasurer Monday. Ireland McK Beckman and others are mentioned as possible successors.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Luther A. Harr
George H. Earle
Harris
Irland McK. Beckman
Britain Demands Clear Punishment for Ladybird Shelling
London reports Japan’s note on the Ladybird attack was released without comment as Prime Minister Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Eden rush back from Yorkshire to review the reply. The note apologizes and says responsible officers are being dealt with, but Britain remains dissatisfied for not detailing punishment and measures to prevent recurrence.
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Kingsbury Smith International News Service
London
Japan
Foreign Office
Aday
Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
Yorkshire
Nippon
Yangtze River
London Foreign Office
Council Member-Elect Declines City Seat
Dr Earl C Sherrick Democrat elected last November to the city council announced he would decline the post He said eligibility would force him to give up his job as school medical examiner and he refuses to do so Connelsville Pa December 30
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International News Service
Connellsville
Earl C. Sherrick
Sherrick
Senators to Oppose Move Against President’s Armament Plan
Senate debate looms as supporters like Senator Key Pittman back Roosevelt call for greater defenses. Opponents including Borah Wheeler Nye and Frazier signal a battle in Congress over expanded armed forces and government retrenchment.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Key Pittman
Nevada
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Wheeler
Montana
Nye
Frazier
North Dakota
Ree
Grant Extension Of Time To Get License Plates
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania motorists will have until January 15 to obtain 193g license plates. Secretary of Revenue J. Griffith Boardman cites holiday rush and 1.45 million of 2.15 million applications received, extending the deadline to ease motorists’ inconvenience. All applications were due January 1 under the motor code.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
J. Griffith Boardman
Secretary of Revenue
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Boardman
Key stone State and Its Scenic Delights
A poetic travel note extols Pennsylvania's beauty from the Delaware River to vast vistas. It praises the Keystone State as a visual treat with rich scenery, inviting readers to explore before considering distant lands and famed destinations.
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France
Taj Mahal
Gay Paree
Keystone Hills
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