Pa Newc Observes Weather Auto License Change And Missing Bag
Pa Newc notes a warm December followed by a sharp drop in temperature to 18 degrees at the local weather station. Commencement for the senior high school comes this month with graduates buying caps gowns and invitations. A Glen Gibson report describes a lost bag containing clothing and toys for a three month old and two boys aged eight and eleven whose return is sought. Contact 4265-W Hills.
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Pa Nene
Kelan H. Gibson
Euclid Avenue
Johnstown
Rose Point
New Castle
Mr. Gibson
National Capitol Room Fire Triggers Inquiry
A fire gutted parts of the House document room and the artist’s model room in the National Capitol prompting a probe led by architect David Lynn. Congress may join the inquiry as officials weigh the cause amid rumors of political malice and water seepage risks loom. Artist Charles Moberly was rescued unconscious and is improving after treatment.
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National Capitol
International News Service
Washington
David Lynn
Capi
Congress
Lynn
Congressional
Capitol
Charles Moberly
George W. Calvert
White House
Trio Of Bandits Succeed In Eluding Police
Irene Schroeder the blonde gunwoman and two male companions elude police across the district. Reports place the fugitives from Bellaire Ohio to Pittsburgh and Wheeling West Virginia as officers intensify efforts to locate them.
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Irene Schroeder
Brady Paul
Bellaire
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
W. Va
Benwood
Wilmerding
Greensburg
Donnie
New Castle
Sunny California Could Stand Some Rain Admits Will
Special to The News from Beverly Hills California January 1 Will Rogers writes that California would welcome rain and jokes about the long dry spell noting no rain since Noah's ark and declaring a rain prayer needed to ease drought and heat.
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California
Will
Beverly Hills
Cal
Noah
the Ark
Johnstown
Daily Weather Report for 24-Hour Period
Weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 this morning show a maximum temperature of not stated, a minimum temperature not stated, precipitation of 15 inches, river stage 10.6 feet and falling.
New County Officials to Be Sworn In Monday
Incoming officials Frank N. Johnston sheriff Jeannette Hutton register and recorder John Powers district attorney Howard E. Leslie and William Newswander will take office Monday at 9 am Prothonotary R M Campbell will administer the oath Powers will appoint Peck Lee of Ellwood City as county detective Johnston will name deputies William M Reynolds A T Venditto and Russell McBride H M Reynolds retires to move into a new house on the New Castle New Bedford road Buck plans a quieter life in Union township and J Elder Bryan will continue legal practice after serving as district attorney in Seney
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Cout Sn
R. M Campbell
Frank N. Johnston
Jeannette Hutton
John Powers
Howard E. Leslie
William Newswander
Peck Lee
Ellwood City
William M Reynolds
A. T. Venditto
Russell McBride
H. M. Reynolds
Sheriff's Office
New Castle
New Bedford Road
Buck
Union Township
J. Elder Bryan
Seney
Philadelphia Dinner Sparks Gubernatorial Talk In Pennsylvania
Philadelphia hosts a high level GOP gathering as Senator Grundy Governor John Fisher and W L Mellon meet at Jay Cooke’s Chestnut Hill home. State leaders Samuel Lewis Ralph Strassberger and Stephen Stahlecker join, aiming to shape a ticket for statewide primaries amid expectations of no final agreement.
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Joseph R. Grundy
John S. Fisher
W. L. Mellon
Republican State Committee
Jay Cooke
Chestnut Hill
Cooke
Ways and Means
National Republican Committee For
Pennsylvania
G O. P
Samuel 5. Lewis
York
Ralph Beaver Strassberger
Norristown
Stephen P. Stahlecker
Gifford Pinchot
Death Record for James A. Buchanan
James A. Buchanan, aged resident of 802 Lathrop Street, has died. The notice records the deceased’s full name and address with no further biographical details provided in the readable text.
Councilmen Set to Take Oath of Office
Councilmen-elect Louis Genkinger and Stanley Tre ser and city controller Phil G Greer will be sworn in Monday January 6 by Mayor William H Gillespie. The current council of Gillespie Davies Burns Tyler and Reeves will meet at 10 am for the oath and to organize the new council with the city clerk reading last session minutes and certificates from the prothonotary.
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Louis Genkinger
Stanley Treser
Phil G. Greer
William H. Gillespie
Gillespie
Davies
Burns
Tyler
Reeves
William Gillespie
Sudden Death of James A. Buchanan at 58
James A. Buchanan 58 of 802 Lathrop Street died suddenly this morning at the home of E. C. Porter on the New Castle Ellwood road. He worked at Porter Grove coal mine and collapsed shortly after arriving. He was in usual health before leaving for work. Survived by wife and five children Howard Lawrence Ruth Raymond and Catherine at home and two brothers William and Charles of Grove City. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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James A. Buchanan
Lathrop Street
E. C. Porter
New Castle-Ellwood
Buchanan
Porter Grove
Ellwoot Road
Porter
East Side
Howard
Lawrence
Ruth
Raymond
Catherine
William
Charles Buchanan
Grove City
Negro Confesses to Baltimore Park Slaying and Attack
Lorenzo Price, dying from multiple bullet wounds, confessed to police that he shot and killed Reuben Heyman and assaulted his female companion, Mrs. Dorothy M Burgess, after stopping them in a city park outskirts. Price was captured after a gun duel with a policeman.
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International News Service
Baltimore
Lorenzo Price
Reuben Heyman
Dorothy M. Burgess
Price
Heymann
Radical Shake-Up Proposed For Prohibition Ills
A sweeping overhaul aims to fix enforcement of the Prohibition laws as Congress, the Treasury, and the Justice Department push reforms. Five developments include tougher gun-enforcement, a 15 percent cut in industrial alcohol production for 1930, Supreme Court questions on liquor prosecutions, a plan to shift enforcement to DOJ, and Washington as a test site for new methods. Senator Borah leads calls for tighter statutes and greater cooperation across branches.
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George R. Holmes
International News Service
Washington
Treasury
Melon
Coast Guard
Black Duck
Treasury Department
Borah
Idaho
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Congress
Auto Injuries Fatal To Man
Charles Simotowsky, 25, of Leetsdale, died at Valley Hospital from internal injuries after being struck by a car on a street near his home in Ambridge. He stepped into the path of the automobile, causing the fatal accident on New Year’s Day.
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International News Service
Ambridge
Charles Simotowski
Leetsdale
Valley Hospital
T Ore
Miner Killed By Fall Of Slate In Eclipse Mine
Washington Pa Jan 4 William Lycett 45 a Finleyville miner died instantly yesterday after being trapped under slate at the Eclipse mine in Thomas near here.
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International News Service
Washington, Pa
Wiliam Lycett
Finleyville
Eclipse
Thomas
Here
Seven Youth Die In Bus Train Crash Near Wooster
A Burbank high school basketball team returning from a win over Prarie faced tragedy when their bus collided with a Pennsylvania train at Shreve Ohio. Seven players died instantly and nine others were seriously injured as the bus was hurled 100 feet. The driver, Joseph Baker, 55, survived with serious injuries.
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International News Service
Wooster
Burbank
Shreve
Willard Baker
Claude Repp
Forest Grubb
Wilbur Grubb
Wayne Lehman
Emil Timic
Eugene Talley
Edith Repp
Charles Packard
Donald Lehman
Alice West
Ellen Cowhick
Lola Talley
Grace Flory
Maurice Lenz
Joseph Baker
Burbank High School
Rooters
Big Prarie
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Bandit Suspect Sought After Highway Patrol Standoff
A man identified as the bandit in escapades is being hunted with traces searched. He is linked to his mother Mrs Irene Schroeder and known as Daddy Dague. Mrs Schroeder and Tom Crawford are named as the trio involved in the confrontation with state highway patrolmen near the city a week ago.
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Donnie Schroeder
Irene Schroeder
Dague
Johnstown Employees Go Without Pay Amid Mayor's Battle
Johnstown Pa January 4 City workers face a delayed payday as Acting Mayor Overdolf and City Controller Dawson signed warrants while Mayor Caulfield sits in Ebensburg county jail. Caulfield refuses to resign, appeals his removal, and has ordered checks not to be honored without his signature.
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International News Service
Johnstown
Calvin Overdoff
Finance Department
W H. Dawson
Joseph Caulfiel
Ebensburg
Supreme Court
Cauffiel
Seven Missing After Plane Crash Over Ocean
The crash killed ten including director Kenneth Hawks and pilots Ross Cook and Hallock Rouse. Naval minelayers prepared to lift wreckage. bodies of Gold, Wells and Frankel were recovered while seven others remained missing.
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International News Service
Santa Monica
Cal
Naval
Kenneth Hawks
Mary Astor
Ross Cook
Hallock Rouse
Geo. Eastman
Otto Jordan
Tom Harris
Henry Johannes
Max Gold
Conrad Wells
Ben Frankel
Doak Mentioned As Cabinet Possibility
William N. Doak, vice president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and former Virginia gubernatorial candidate, was mentioned to President Hoover as a potential labor secretary if James J. Davis leaves March 4. A. F Whitney, head of the union, met with Hoover but made no statement. Doak was discussed at the outset of the Hoover era, but labor opposition led Hoover to extend Davis's tenure.
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International News Service
Washington
William N. Doak
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Virginia
Hoover
James J. Davis
A. F Whitney
Trainmen’'S Union
Doak
Davis
Weather Outlook For January 6 11 1930 Ohio Valley
Weather outlook for period January 6 11 1930. Ohio valley generally fair Monday with rain Tuesday or Wednesday and more rain in the south and snow or rain in the north later in the week. Mild Monday and Tuesday, colder Wednesday or Thursday and again at week end.
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International News Service
Washington
Ohio Valley
Song of Winter and Cars on the Icy Road
The poem imagines a winter scene with snow filled highways and falling temperatures. It references autos, slick streets, skidding, curbstones, brakes that fail to save, and hikers slipping. The narrator notes a 32 degree day and ends with the winter motif concluding.
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Thomas Crawford
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Daily Weather Report
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Philadelphia
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Didate
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