Swick Bill Aims Highway Bridge Over Mahoning River
Congressman Swick introduces a bill allowing Pennsylvania to build and maintain a free highway bridge on Route 444 over the Mahoning River at Edenburg. The project would aid navigation, erase grade crossings, and remove the existing covered bridge. The measure awaits committee action and input from War and Agriculture departments.
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Arthur C. Wimer
Washington
The
New Castle News
Washington, D. C
House
J. Howard Swick
State Highway Department of Pennsylvania
Mahoning River
Edenburg
Congress
Swick
State Highway Department
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Departments of War and Agriculture
Edenbureg
Liner City of Montgomery Rambles After Dredge Collision
The liner City of Montgomery rammed the government dredge Raritan off Sandy Hook causing the dredge to sink. Fifty four crewmen were accounted for with one missing, believed adrift or rescued in a lifeboat. Fog is thought to have caused the crash as the Montgomery, carrying holiday travelers, pressed toward New York. The President mail boat later picked up survivors while the Montgomery proceeded to port.
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International News Service
New York
Havana
Cuba
City of Montgomery
Sandy Hook
New York Central Mail
Montgomery
Youngstown Slashes Police and Fire Forces Under Mayor Order
In Youngstown Ohio Mayor Joseph L Heffernan ordered both police and fire departments cut to 50 percent citing dire finances. The city with about 200000 residents will be guarded by a seven man police force at most and the fire department remains at half strength as the 1931 appropriation bill stalls. Council was expected to meet to seek a compromise on funding to restore full staffing.
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International News Service
Youngstown
Joseph L. Heffernan
Lamont Clarifies Prediction Mix Up in Wall Street
Special To The News reports that Tom Lamont of J P Morgan & Co denied issuing the cockeyed forecast and explained two other Lamonts were the authors. He warned of potential trouble for Rockefeller and Ford before July 4, while noting the passing of famed football figure Papa Joffre who halted foes on the one yard line and delivered a forty year loss in a light obituary aside.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Tom Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co
Lamonts
Morgan
Rockefeller
Ford
Notre Dame
Alabama
Papa” Joffre
Flight resumes after Hart MacLaren Bermuda delay
Captain William S. MacLaren and Mrs. Beryl Hart, New York flyers, were forced to return to Hampton Roads while en route to Paris on the Tradewind after a broken sextant. They expect to resume today pending naval clearance to use the bubble sextant, about 40 miles from Bermuda last Saturday night.
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William S. MacLaren
Beryl Hart
New York
Atlantic
Paris
Hampton Roads
Bermuda
Conternational News Service
Hampton Roads Naval Station
E. C. Ewen
U. S
Annapolis
State Senators Vote Tonight For New Leader
Senators in Harrisburg prepare for caucuses to pick a president pro tempore. Supporters of William D Mansfield of Allegheny show confidence while Augustus Daix Jr. of Philadelphia leads a rival bid. Six doubtful votes remain, with pressure on Senator Earnest and others to swing toward Mansfield.
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William D Mansfield
Allegheny
Gifford Pinchot
Augustus F. Daix, Jr
Philadelphia
Grundy
Wilam H. Earnest
Dauphin
Mansfield Camp
Charles H. Clippinger
Franklin County
Miles B. Kitts
Eric
Richard W
Pupils Return to City Schools After Vacation
Pupils and teachers returned to city classrooms with minimal absences as 273 instructors resumed work across 18 schools. Dr C C Green notes strong attendance and renewed schedules following a vacation ending December 19, aided by upbeat reports from the Pennsylvania State Education Association convention in Harrisburg.
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Board of Education
C. C. Green
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Harrisburg
D. Green
Motorists Run 1930 Plates Highlight Local Oddities
Pa Newc notes motorists using 1930 license plates spotted by a state trooper on the Youngstown road near Parkstown corners. The piece mentions pleasant springlike weather and birds, with Pa Newc reflecting on recent resolutions and radio poetry by Edgar A. Guest.
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Pa Newc
Youngstown
Parkstown Corners
Daily Weather Report From U S Weather Bureau
Statistics show for 24 hours to 9 am maximum 55, minimum 34, precipitation 0.17 inch. River stage 3.6 feet and rising. Sunday 9 am data: max 50, min 27, no precipitation, river stage 3.5 feet.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Insurgents and Democrats threaten Senate battleground
A small insurgent and Democratic faction in Washington warns the reconvened Senate will become a legislative clash for the lame duck session. They demand action on long pending bills, oppose Hoover approved eastern railroad mergers, seek reconsideration of the Federal Power Commission, and push more Farm and Unemployment Relief.
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William K. Hutchinson
Eastern Railroad
Federal Power Commission
Hoover
Mystery Attends Death Of Two By Chicago Gunmen
Two apparent gang killings in Chicago baffled authorities as clues were sought. Harry Silverstein, 22, son of a Democratic politician, was shot in an alley after leaving a West Side theater with his bride. August Battaglia, a minor gangster, was killed as 100 bystanders watched, leading police to consider underworld involvement.
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International News Service
Chicago
West Side
Harry Silverstein
Silverstein
San Francisco Area Is Shaken
A slight earthquake shook the San Francisco Peninsula early today felt in South San Francisco to Redwood City with no damage reported.
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San Francisco
International News Service
Burlingame
Cal
Redwood City
Believe Man Robbed and Slain Found in Allegheny River
Police recovered the body of a man believed to be William Williams a lithographer about 55 after he was robbed and killed. The body found at the foot of the Ninth Street Bridge by Arthur Dorsett with pockets turned inside out. Identification linked to Pittsburgh Typographical Union card No 7. Morgue exam suggests he lay in water at least two days.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Allegheny River
William Williams
Ninth Street
Arthur Dorsett
Bedy
Pittsburgh Typographical Union
Forty-Two Aboard British Ship Are Placed In Arrest
London dispatch reports mutiny rumors aboard the submarine depot ship Lucia off Plymouth. Forty two sailors were arrested and taken to Plymouth dockyard barracks with escorts as marines and sailors guarded approaches. An official inquiry was to be held by Admiral Sir Hubert Brand.
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International News Service
London
Lucia
Plymouth
London Daily Express
the Express
Admiralty
Sir Hubert Brand
Deaths of Several Individuals Listed in Local Record
A death record lists several individuals with ages and addresses including Mrs. Robert C. Howe aged 53 of 434 Winter Avenue Edward Afric aged 6 of Bessemer James Dalrymple aged 58 of East New Castle John Herman Braatz aged 24 of East Brook Road W. E. Bovard aged 67 of Harrisville Mrs. Mary J. Thorne aged 84 of New Wilmington Alfred L. Mathney Jr aged 14 of 318 Greene Street
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Robert C. Howe
Winter Avenue
Edward Afric
Bessemer
James Dalrymple
East New Castle
John Herman Braatz
East Brook Road
W. E. Bovard
Harrisville
Mary J. Thorne
New Wilmington
Alfred L. Mathney, Jr
Greene Street
Fatal duel of vengeance ends in husband’s death
In Norristown Pennsylvania a landscape gardener William Ellick aged 32 was killed while pursuing an alleged assailant who attacked his wife. The couple’s 24 year old spouse, Mrs Ellick, suffered severe injuries but survived. Police reported the attacker, described as a huge Negro, fled after the struggle.
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International News Service
Norristown
Roslyn
Here
William Ellick
Burial service Tuesday night for Marshal Joffre
Marshal Joseph Joffre lies in state in the chapel of the old Ecole Militaire in Paris. He died after two weeks of illness on the eve of his 79th birthday and will be buried in Louveciennes at his home garden. The service follows a brief lying in state and precedes a simple funeral rite for the famed French commander.
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Marshal Joffre
Paris
Ecole Militaire
Napoleon
Marshal Joseph Joffre
Dry Amendment Ts Held Valid in Circuit Court Decision
New York January 5. The eighteenth amendment was declared constitutional by the circuit court of appeals in a ruling that affirms the conviction of Louise E Thibault and upholds the dairy law. The decision mirrors a Newark case where Judge Clark found the law unconstitutional.
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International News Service
New York
Circuit Court of Appeals
Clark
Newark
Manton
Hand
Chase
Louise E. Thibault
U. S. District Court
Vermont
800 Misaddressed Christmas Letters to Washington Dead Letter Office
New Castle post office will forward 700 to 800 undeliverable holiday letters to the Washington dead letter bureau. Postmaster Lerwin Crawford notes many lack proper return addresses. money inside gifts likely reverts to the government if not recovered. Local office will send the misaddressed mail to Washington next week.
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New Castle
Washington
Lerwin Crawford
Crawford
Department of Public Utilities Proposed by State Legislature
ARTHUR B. DONEGAN reports Harrisburgs plan to create a department of public utilities by adding it to the Pennsylvania administrative code. Bills proposed by Rep Louis W. Hagmaier would alter regulation of public service companies and change how Public Service Commission members are appointed. The Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs discusses these aims as shifting administration rather than law.
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Arthur B. Donegan
Harrisburg
Department of Public Utilities
Louis W. Hagmaier
Aspinwall
Public Utilities Committee
Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs
T. W. Christwaite
Association
Public Service Commission
Embargo Proposed on Wheat Imports by U S Representative
North Dakota Representative introduces a bill to halt imports of wheat and related commodities through March 1, 1932. The measure stems from a Farm Board chairman letter suggesting possible embargo options if conditions warrant.
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C International News Service
Washington
Representative Business (R
North Dakota
United States
Alexander H. Legge
Farm Board
Survey Planned for North Beaver Road Improvement
Civil Engineer T. A. Gilkey and County Commissioner P. O. Elder will start a survey tomorrow of the road from Mt. Jackson road near Pitver hull foot to near Burton Powder plant in North Beaver township. Work will be shared fifty fifty between North Beaver supervisors and the county. Able bodied men previously on county relief will gain employment on the project.
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Burton
T. A. Gilkey
P. O. Elder
Mt. Jackson Road
Pitver Hull
Burton Powder Plant
North
Beaver Township
North Beaver Township
State Probe Of Davis Election To Be Ended Soon
The Nye senatorial campaign investigation committee will wind up the Pennsylvania inquiry without traveling to Philadelphia. Senator Nye says the record should be closed Wednesday and the committee will file its report with the Senate unless any large undisclosed expenditures are revealed.
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Davis
Senate
Resolutions Fade as Year Winds Down
A reflective verse notes New Year promises wear thin with time. Resolutions to quit smoking weaken as days pass and social pressures tempt relapse.
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