New Lawrence County Officials Assume Duties
Lawrence county officials elected in November were sworn in today at the courthouse. Judge W Walter Braham administered oaths to Judge Thomas W Dickey who then took the bench. Also sworn were Register and Recorder Orville Peter and Sheriff M M Ingham with congratulations from friends and the Margaret Henry Home children.
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Lawrence County
Lawrence County Court House
W. Walter Braham
T Thomas W. Dickey
Braham
Dickey
John A. Edgar
Jends
Margaret Henry
Egister
Orville Peter
M. M. Ingham
Begin Enforcement of New 44 Hour Week Law
Harrisburg reports enforcement of the 44 hour week law as the state supreme court prepares to rule on its constitutionality. The Holgate Brothers Company leads a challenge with 243 firms joining, while the attorney general seeks original jurisdiction at the high court.
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Harrisburg
State Supreme Court
State Industrial Board
Holgate Brothers Company
Kane
Thomas Rayburn White
Philadel
Phia
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Charles J. Margiotti
High Court
Sterling G. McNees
Holgate
Miss Blanche Davy Earns Girl Scout Orchid Naturalist Certificate
Miss Blanche Davy of County Line Street, Wesley's daughter, becomes the first US Girl Scout to win a naturalist certificate for orchid research. Parisian adviser Marie Gau Dett e praises her effort, noting no prior Girl Scout has earned the orchid certificate.
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Blanche Davy
County Line Street
Davy
Wesley
America
New Castle
Miss Davy
Marie E. Gaudette
New York
Nature
Panama Canal Zone
Roosevelt outlines new deal goals and defense focus
President Roosevelt told Congress the New Deal objectives remain, urging business cooperation for the common good. He warned that peace costs a stronger defense, delivering a candid national appraisal amid domestic recession. Foreign policy sections were translated for broadcasting.
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New Year Travel Quiet. New Castle and Lawrence County See Safe Weather
The area experiences clear highways over the holiday weekend with New Year safe and sane. New Castle and Lawrence County observe the change in year with no traffic fatalities, while garbage truck shipments to New York continue overland. updates note a few holiday decorations remain and a auto crash near Edgewood and Albert streets.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
Daily Weather Report Highlights Temperatures and Precipitation
Weather summary for the 24 hour period ending 9 oclock this morning notes a maximum of 30 and a minimum of 25 with trace snow. River level is 8.3 feet. Earlier 24 hours ended 9 oclock Sunday shows a high of 43 and a low of 26 with trace precipitation. Saturday’s 24 hour period recorded a max of 50 and a min of 35 with .29 inches of precipitation.
State Unemployment Compensation Program Inaugurated
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania begins its unemployment compensation program with applications filed at the Department of Labor and Industry. Officials estimate over 200000 claims the first week and expect federal act payments to total about 2 million dollars weekly, with benefits up to 15 dollars per week for 13 weeks pending job search registration.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Labor and Industry
Ralph M. Bashore
Secretary of Labor and Industry
Bashore
State Employment Service
New Castle Welcomes New Year Baby At 7:45 PM
A seven pound 12 ounce boy was born at the New Castle hospital to Mr and Mrs Edward Campbell of 21 West North Street on New Year’s Day. The stork visited the hospital at 7:45 PM and no other New Year’s babies were reported today.
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New Castle Hospital
Edward Campbell
West North Street
Woman Burned At New Year's Dance In Ridgway
Mrs. P. N. Laughner of Uniontown suffered severe burns when her evening gown caught fire from a cigarette at a New Year’s Eve dance in Ridgway. Ardelle Cliffe and Jack Vanaken, both Ridgway residents, were burned on the hands assisting her. Laughner is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. McClain.
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Ridgway
P. N. Laughner
Uniontown
Worker killed crossing B and O railroad at South Butler
Edward Hepler aged 60 of Renfrew was instantly killed last night crossing a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at South Butler. Arthur Coleman aged 34 of East Brady escaped unhurt when his car was wrecked at the Bradenville crossing on Route 8 in the Butler suburbs.
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Butler
Edward Hepler
Renfrew
South Butler
Arthur Coleman
East Brady
Bradenville
Throng Files Claims Under New Pennsylvania Unemployment Act
Crowds gathered at the Neshannock avenue American Legion rooms to file formal unemployment compensation claims as the act took effect January 1. State officials expect thousands statewide to apply from a fund exceeding $85 million.
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American Legion
Pennsylvania
Legion Rooms
New Quarters
The
Unemployment Compensation and Employment Service
Citizens Bank
Washington and
Mill Streets
State Service
Prisoner Edward Kaltenbaugh Sought After Lima Escape
Police watch for Edward Kaltenbaugh a 35 year old fugitive and Mary Koehler 19 after their New Year Eve escape from the Lima state hospital in Ohio Kaltenbaugh was reportedly arrested years ago on suspicion of murder and was confined at the state hospital in Lima following a prior arrest near Grove City.
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Edward Kaltenbaugh
Mary Koehler
Lima
O., State Hospital
Kaltenbaugh
John Young
Peter Hillers
Canton
Grove City
Ohio
Four Speeders Arrested Over Weekend in County Areas
Four arrests for speeding were reported by Pennsylvania motor police over the weekend. Three arrests occurred in Lawrence County and one in Butler County. Drivers face possible 90 day license suspensions if found guilty, with no serious accidents reported.
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Lawrence County
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Butler County
China launches vast defense against Japan near Hangchow
China pledges a new defensive campaign with more than a million troops. The counteroffensive reaches Hangchow station as Japanese forces face encirclement and retreat. An air raid on Nanking's airdrome destroys two Japanese bombers, signaling renewed Chinese resolve to resist until Japan tires. Continued on page two.
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China
Japan
Hangchow
Here
Shantung Province
Nanking
Macao
Hongkong
Shekki
Alexander Begins Second Term as City Council Members
In New Castle city hall Mayor Charles E. McGrath administered the oath to councilmen Joseph D. Alexander William H. Dunlap and controller S L. Lockley for four year terms. Dunlap and Alexander had prior service as councilmembers while Lockley marks his first public office.
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Lockley
Charles E. McGrath
J. Leon Fink
J. M. Rice
Willam H Dunlap
Joseph D. Alexander
Eight Die From Poisoned Anti Freezing Drink
Eight men died in Cleveland on New Year celebrations after drinking an antifreeze solution mixed with water. Norman Gorang, 33, the seventh death, revealed details from a hospital bed about the purchase of a quart of antifreeze at a filling station and the involvement of three others, Andrew Bolick 47 Louis Zuzec 55 and Joseph Smoley 40. Two more men Paul Schneider 58 and Joseph Poluskaski 45 were named, with an unidentified man, while a separate death of Joseph Sharka 45 occurred from a similar drink not connected to the seven.
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Cleveland
Norman Gorang
Andrew Bolick
Louis Zuzec
Joseph Smoley
Paul Schneider
Joseph Poluskaski
Joseph Sharka
Deaths and ages listed in San Francisco area notice
A death record listing multiple individuals with ages and addresses across California and nearby townships. Names include Phillips Johnson Jr aged 13 in San Francisco, James Hilton Sr 60 in Chestnut Street, Martin Murziak 63 in Campbell, and several others such as Catherine Cox 88 Warren Ohio and Chauncey Brown 60 in East Meyer Avenue.
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Phillips Johnson, Jr
San Francisco
Cal
James Hilton, Sr
Chestnut Street
Martin W. Murziak
Campbell
Catherine Cox
Fast Grant Street
Harry Thomas Whiting
Mahoning Township
James F. Wallace
Lincoln Avenue
Frank Ferre
South
Jefferson Street
Joseph Stanley Stoner
Scott Township
George William Evans
Ellwood City
Emma Jane Littlewood
Warren
Chauncey W. Brown
East Meyer Avenue
Jobless Census Figures Studied by Congress and White House
The first voluntary government census put unemployment between 7.8 and 10.8 million in mid November. Census director Biggers warned figures must be updated due to recession driven changes and debated definitions of unemployment. He proposed a running inventory and further study on partial unemployment. The report also counted 2,001,877 on emergency government payrolls.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
John D. Biggers
Biggers
Steel industry to boost output and jobs in 3 states
Pittsburgh report says major steel plants will immediately raise production and add about 13,000 unemployed workers to employment rolls. Increases announced by Carnegie-Illinois, Jones & Laughlin, Weirton, Wheeling, and Superior Steel. Affects Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Weirton Steel Corporation
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Superior Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Loyalists Pushed Back in Fierce Teruel Battle
In zero weather and knee-deep snow near Teruel Spain insurgent forces drive loyalists from the front along a 20 mile arc west and south of Teruel. Hundreds killed on both sides with 4000 government troops captured including seven commissars two generals 11 colonels and 400 officers.
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Hendaye
France
Terueal
Teruel
Ohio Man Muziak Found Dead Near Pulaski
Martin M Muziak 63 of 40 Palmer Avenue Campbell Ohio was found dead about noon Saturday near the Pennsylvania railroad tracks south of Pulaski. Acting Coroner Edward Pritchard ruled death apoplexy. The body lay face down in a field after being noticed by a railroad conductor. Identification came via Social Security card. he had lived with Mr and Mrs John Gerish in Campbell for about two years and had no local relatives. His body was sent to Cunningham funeral home for burial at the county home.
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Martin M Muziak
Palmer Avenue
Campbell
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pulaski
Edward PD. Pritchard
Muziak
Sharon
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Pritchard
John Gerish
Cunningham Funeral
Hungry hold up man hunted after deli theft
A hungry holdup man snatched a knife in a Pittsburgh delicatessen and forced the proprietress to surrender $9 a 15 cent cake and a piece of liver pudding. Police hunted for the suspect as of January 3.
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Pittsburgh
Power Plant Grants Upheld
The Supreme Court upheld the New Deal program for public ownership of electric power plants via PWA loans and gifts to municipalities. Utilities Alabama and Duke Power lacked standing to contest the loans and grants as Justice Sutherland read the opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
New Deal
PWA
High Court
Alabama
Duke Power
Sutherland
Eight More In Russia To Face Firing Squadron
Moscow reports that eight more former Soviet officials were sentenced to death for alleged involvement in a plot to overthrow the Bolshevik regime in Armenia. The executions add to a wave of punitive rulings cited by authorities.
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Russia
International News Service
Moscow
Armenia
Arthur Mometer Dreams Of A Return To Golf
The golfer sits in a chair recalling a near perfect round and a wayward shot that hit a farmer’s horse. He longs for warmer days when he can resume play and chase a perfect score of 39, dreaming of future rounds.
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