Ten Die In West Airliner Crash At Bridger Range
Ten people died when a Lockheed Zephyr of Northwest Airlines crashed on a snow covered slope in the Bridger mountains northeast of Bozeman Montana. Six passengers and four company employees perished including Lieut Nick Mamer of Spokane pilot and Fred West co pilot. Rescue work faced a looming blizzard and authorities hurried to inspect wreckage to determine cause.
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Bozeman
Mont
Northwest Airlines
Cragey
Bridger Mountain Range
Here
Nick Mamer
Spokane
Wash
Fred West
al H. Croon
Venison possession rules clarified by Game Commission
Seth Gordon warns Janu ary 11 ends the permit free period for legally killed venison. After that date, applications for permits allow six extra months to retain meat at no cost. Also notes on risky coasting spots and unexpected fresh snowfall requiring chains for autos. A W P A shanty on Croton avenue relocated to a new project site.
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Seth Gordon
The
Game Commission
Daily Weather Report for 24 Hour Period
U S weather reports show from the 24 hour period ending at 9 this morning the maximum temperature 32 and minimum 24 with .07 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 65 feet. For the same date last year the maximum was 33 and minimum 23 with no precipitation.
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U. S
Will Carry War Referendum Fight To People Of U S
Supporters of the Ludlow war referendum pic ture themselves holding a major issue likely to influence this year’s congressional campaigns. The plan was pigeonholed by a 209 to 188 vote by house administration forces and supporters vow to seize the debate with public backing.
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Washington
House
Publc
Illinois Man Shot To Death In Berserk Raid
Springfield Illinois January 11 James A Young 33 a chemist shot dead after barricading himself in his home and critically wounding a detective who tried to force him out He fired on a cab driver and wife tear gas bombs failed then detective Patrick Gilmore charged in Young shot Gilmore and was killed by police fire ended his reign of terror
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Springfield
Ill
James A. Young
Young
Patrick Gilmore
Gilmore
Detectives Battle Bandit Gang In Shooting Gallery
In St Paul a shooting gallery duel left one bandit dead and another wounded. Detective Ralph Merrill was shot in the leg and hospitalized. Bandits Frank Van Horn 29 died later at Ancker hospital. Angling suspect Earl Lashomb 26 wounded, Richard Fortuna 92 captured. All hail from St Paul.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Ralph Merrill
Frank van Horn
Ancker
Earl Lashomb
Richard Fortuna
Dog Shot Here On Monday Had Babies
Dr. T. F. Nugent received a telegram from Harrisburg stating the dog that bit several other dogs near the Shenango Pottery yesterday had positive rabies and was later killed by the city dog catcher. He urged keeping all city dogs tied for 100 days to protect children. Officials have not found the dog’s owner or origin.
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T. F. Nugent
Harrisburg
Shenango
South Side Board of Trade Election and Banquet
Members of the South Side Board of Trade will hold their annual election and banquet this evening at 6 45 o clock in the Central Christian church at Pennsylvania and East Long avenues. Also Lawrence County Retail Grocers and Food Dealers association installs new officials tonight at 8 o'clock at 328 Neshannock avenue.
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South Side Board of Trade
Central Christian Church
Pennsylvania
East Long Avenues
Lawrence County Retail Grocers and Food Dealers Association
Neshannock Avenue
Business Leaders Are Called To White House
President Roosevelt summoned five top industrial leaders to the White House for a 5 p.m. conference on the causes of the current business recession and possible remedies. Attending were Alfred P. Sloan of General Motors Ernest P. Weir of National Steel Lewis Brown of Johns Manville M W Clement of Pennsylvania RR and Colby Chester likely of National Association of Manufacturers and General Foods. Earlier the president met with three utilities executives to discuss power problems.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
Ernest P. Weir
National Steel Co
Lewis Brown
Johns-Manville Co
M. W. Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad
Burns Fatal To John Sheridan
Burns fatal to John Sheridan as firemen take him from bed after believed self set blaze while smoking at noon Monday. He died at 5 10 this morning at Jameson Memorial Hospital. Patient Joan Sheridan, 66, of 18 North Beaver Street, died in hospital. Firemen were summoned to the home of Mrs. Margaret Hanlon with
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Burns
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Joan Sheridan
North
Beaver Street
Margaret Hanlon
Japanese Forces Defeated Near Tsingling in Shantung
Shanghai reportsJapanese troops attacking Tsingning 120 miles south of Tsinan in Shantung were defeated by Chinese forces. An official Hankow statement from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek says the loss removes much of the Japanese threat to the Sunghai railway, a key interior transport link.
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Shanghai
Tsingning
Tsinan
Shantung Province
Hankow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sunghai Railway
China
Two Women Die When Auto Topples Into Creek Near Wellsburg
Wellsburg West Virginia January 11 two women died and a third was seriously injured when their car skidded from a highway and plunged into Cross Creek two miles south of Wellsburg. Mrs Fields wife of the driver and Mrs William Miller a passenger drowned before rescue.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Cross Creek
Here
Koppel Police Seek Missing 10 Year Old Boy
Police in Koppel are seeking 10 year old Clarence Barnett who vanished from town. He weighs about 80 pounds and was last seen wearing a purple waist, striped shorts, woolen stockings, a gray overcoat and black shoes. A stranger described as five feet six inches tall in a brown overcoat and soft hat was seen in Koppel.
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Koppel
Clarence Barnett
Madrid blast kills 100. eight blocks destroyed
A Paris dispatch to the Daily Mail reports a massive explosion in Madrid killing about 100 people and leveling eight city blocks. Telephone contact with Paris was interrupted for hours after the blast.
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London
Madrid
Paris
London Daily Mail
Mayor Announces Twice Weekly Traffic Court Start
Mayor Charle E. McGrath says traffic court will convene Tuesdays and Fridays from 1 to 2 p.m. at the police station. The plan, prompted by rising violations and meter zone fines, allows motorists to present their defense. fines may still be paid anytime.
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Charle E. McGrath
Auto crash injures Cleveland man near New Castle
Robert Carlisle of Cleveland was treated at Jameson Memorial hospital for head injuries after a collision eight miles west of New Castle on the New Castle Youngstown road. A car driven by M J Sullivan of Youngstown left the road, struck Carlisle’s auto, and damaged Sullivan’s vehicle, state motor police reported.
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Robert Carlisle
Cleveland
Jameson Memorial Hospital
New Castle
Youngstown
M. J. Sullivan
Carlisle
Sullivan
President Plans Most Powerful Defense In History
President Roosevelt outlines a defense build up to deter aggression and preserve peace. He calls for a modernized army, a capable navy protecting U S possessions, and a very strong air force. He also seeks navy data on ship types and numbers to prevent any assault on the United States.
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Robert G. Nixon
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
United States
Continental
America
Pacific
Congress
Navy High Command
Lovers Eloped to Indiana and Florida Return Home
Two young Ypsilanti lovers Trudie Bennett and Russell Hughes eloped to Indiana, married there, then honeymooned in Florida. They have returned home to receive parental blessing after fears of abduction and a brief union with Hughes a 21 year old dance orchestra drummer and Bennett the daughter of Ford Motor Company personnel manager Harry Bennett.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
Trudie Bennett
Harry Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Russell Hughes
Dance Orchestra
Indiana
Florida
Quadruple Execution Set For Rockview
Harrisburg January 11 Pennsylvania plans its first quadruple execution in the Rockview Penitentiary death chamber on January 24 at 1230 a m. Gov George H Earle ordered four condemned men to be executed in sequence. The parade of death will include Roy Lockard of Altoona and Edward Rose Theodore Duminiak and John Oreszak of Delaware County for the killing of Floyd Tranom.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Rockview Penitentiary
George H. Earle
State Board of Pardons
Roy Lockard
Altoona
Sonny” Karmendi
Edward Rose
Theodore Duminiak
John Oreszak
Delaware County
Floyd Tranom
Highway Costs in Two Years At $94.5 Million
POTTSTOWN Pa Jan 11 The department of highways spent 94 500 000 during the two year period ended May 31 1937 for road construction and maintenance Chief Engineer Samuel W Marshall told a Pottstown Motor Club gathering He said 43 000 000 went for maintenance of state rural and city roads and 26 000 000 for construction during the period.
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Pottstown
Department of Highways
Samuel W. Marshall
Pottstown Motor Club
Marshall
Local Man Gets Job With State
Harrisburg January 11 report shows 72 state workers appointed and 12 dismissed in fiscal department changes. Appointments included Philip Stack of New Castle as tax officer $1620 and Ann M. Vickey of Erie as Clerk in Education $1140.
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Harrisburg
Philip Stack
New Castle
Ann M. Vickey
Erie
Klerk
Bethlehem Steel Announces Work Sharing Plan
NEW YORK Jan 11 Eugene G Grace president of Bethlehem Steel announces a plan to save 35000 jobs while steel demand stays low. He criticizes critics and the CSO Steel Workers Organizing Committee while noting 90000000 spent on a construction program begun in 1935.
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New York
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Company
Grace
CSO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Black is Named Washington Postmaster General Nominee
January 11 Roosevelt nominates Ramsey S Black of Pennsylvania for third assistant postmaster general He is currently postmaster of Harrisburg and will join the administration if confirmed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ramsey S. Black
Pennsylvania
Black
Harrisburg
Deaths in Akron Cleveland and Hillsville Obituaries
Death notices list Mrs. Howard Stump of Akron and Mrs. Bridget Carney Varley of 705 Chestnut Street. C John P. Sheridan, age 66, of 18 North Beaver Street, and Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell of North Ray Street are also named. Chester W. Shingledecker, 76, of Hillsville, and William F. Lang, 65, of 1514 Highland Avenue, are reported dead.
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Howard Stump
Akron
John P. Sheridan
North Beaver Street
Bridget Carney Varley
Chestnut Street
Herbert Davis
Cleveland
Chester W. Shingledecker
Hillsville
William F. Lang
Highland Avenue
Elizabeth Campbell
North
Ray Street
Tokyo Cabinet Abandons War Declaration Seek Peace With China
Japan's cabinet decides against an open war declaration while planning to press for peace with China. The move follows fierce clashes between military and conservative factions at an imperial conference, with the war effort to continue until China accepts terms, avoiding formal hostilities.
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Tokyo
James R. Young
International News Service
Rokyo
Japan
China
International
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Quarter Million Applications for Unemployment Benefits in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports 279 310 people filed for unemployment compensation in the first week of the year under the new Pennsylvania law. Applications were accepted at 290 registration points statewide, with district totals ranging from Erie to Philadelphia and led by Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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Harrisburg
Secretary of Labor and Industry
Ralph M. Bashore
Asl
Pennsylvania
Erie
DuBois
Williamport
Scranton
New Castle
Pottsville
Bethlehem
Pittsburg
Greensburg
Altoona
Philadelphia
Vitamin pills promise quick health boosts in odd verse
A quirky verse touts pills as cure for gout liver and other ills. It raves about vitamins A and B improving movement and facial color with playful, vague imagery amid a weathered population tone.
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