Wreckage Of Samoan Clipper Found In Pacific Depths
Seven airmen perish as Pan American Airways Samoan Clipper sinks near Pago Pago after an in-flight fuel leak leads to a blaze. Avocet reports wreckage located over a mile deep, bodies not recovered, awaiting confirmation from Pan American officials.
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Coral Gardens
Navy
Avocet
Pan American
Pago Pago
Honolulu
Auckland
New Zealand
Air Express
Apla Harbor
Snow Blankets New Castle Streets Park After Heavy Snow
South side shovel brigades cleaned sidewalks early, the town shows a white cityscape from West Washington hill to Gaston Park. Snow sweeper and many cars left outside show a thick morning covering. A youth on a bike skidded on the streets as snow-laden rails hinder transit. the scene continues on page two.
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South Side Shovel Brigade
East Washington Street
West Washington Street
New Castle
Gaston Park
Dave
Daily Weather Report Summary for 9 AM Period
US weather reports for the 24 hour period ending at 9 this morning show a maximum temperature of 39 and a minimum of 22 with 20 wehes of precipitation and 6.2 feet river stage. Year-ago statistics list a high of 35 and a low of 25 with no precipitation.
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U. S
Plane Skids Off Runway Near Newark Airport
Eleven passengers and three crew members narrowly escaped disaster when an enormous Miami bound Eastern Airlines transport ran off an icy runway at Newark Airport. The plane veered toward a four foot embankment before one wheel sunk into soft mud, preventing a worse crash.
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International News Service
Newark
N. J
Newark Airport
Douglas
Eastern Airlines
Burns To Death From Suspected Stroke At Lean-To Home
Tony Orinzo, 56, was found dead by firemen responding to a 7:42 a.m. call at 23734 South Cedar Street. He reportedly suffered a stroke and toppled onto a stove in a lean-to annex next to Angelo Sandora's residence, causing a small fire by the woodpile. Coroner’s agent said Orinzo had lived there for some time and may be buried at the county home since he has no local relatives. a wife and daughter reportedly live in Italy.
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South Cedar Street
Tony Orinzo
Angelo Sandora
Santa Cedar Street
Orinzo
A. P. McIlwain
Seventh Ward
J. Blaine Bumbaugh
Pil Reed
M. M. Ingham
Sandora
Italy
Award Given Coal Company Against Miners
In Zast St Ill on January 13 a federal judge awarded United Electric Coal Co. damages totaling 117000 against the Progressive Miners' of America. The suit claimed 400000 in losses from alleged interference with Red Hay mine near Freeburg Illinois. The judgment targets seven locals and 68 members of the P M A, a rival of the United Mine Workers of America.
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International News Service
ZAST
Lodis
Ill
United Electric Coal Co
Progressive Miners’ of America
Fred L. Wham
Coal Company
Red Hay
Freeburg
Miners’ Union
United Mine Workers of America
Justice Cardozo Battling Death
Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo, 67, lay near death in Washington as four heart specialists were summoned for another examination. Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and the President visited, delivering flowers and leaving cards. Cardozo had been weakened by shingles four months earlier and recent heart attacks left his condition unchanged.
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Consernational News Service
Washington
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Pranklin D. Roosevelt
Cardozo
Pour
Roads Treacherous Motor Police Report
Lawrence County highways remain treacherous with ice beneath snow and slick surfaces. Police urged motorists to use chains as state patrols reported patrolling icy routes this morning.
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Lawrence County
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Engineer Dies From Burns In Railroad Explosion near Ravenna
Charles M. Thompson 58, veteran Pennsylvania locomotive engineer, died in Youngstown City Hospital from burns after his freight engine exploded near Ravenna Ohio yesterday morning. Survived by wife Blanche Amelia Wulffing and five children all of New Castle. Funeral set for Saturday at 2:30 pm with Rev. Theodore Wimner of Erie officiating. Burial Oak Park cemetery. Thompson born New Castle January 25 1861. Belonged to Bethany Lutheran Church and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Mason and Moose. Body to be moved to 921 Marshall Ave this afternoon.
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Charles M. Thompson
Pennsylvania Railroad
South Side
Youngstown City Hospital
Ravenna
Mr. Thompson
Fee
Marshall Avenue
City
New Castle
William Sankey Thompson
Ella Paisley Thompson
Blanche Amelia Wulffing
Thompson
Bethany Lutheran Church
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Don W. Thompson
Stanley Gerlach
Russell Kemp
Dorothy Thompson
Dalles Thompson
Thomas Kennedy
Cleveland
James ©. Thompson
St. Paul
Minn
Wade Thompson
This City
William Brown
Theodore Wimner
Erie
City Plans Wall and Posts on Public Square
The council approved submitting a WPA project to erect an 18 inch wall inside the curb around both sections of the Public Square. Posts about 32 inches tall will be placed at even distances to protect shrubbery, flower beds and grass, per City Engineer Glenn R Throop and Parks Director Joseph D. Alexander.
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WPA
Glenn R. ‘Throop
Joseph D.alexancer
Sharon Infant Burned to Death in Fire
Sharon, Pa. a two month old baby, Nicholas Kladius, died after a warped calendar fell from the chimney into his crib and caught fire. The infant perished before rescuers arrived.
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International News Service
Sharon
Nicholas Kladius
Turn For Better Seen In Business
Washington January 13 Signs of a turn for the better in the Nation s economic situations are rooming on the business horizon the Bureau of Agricultural Economics reported today In a detailed analysis the bureau noted renewed industrial and agricultural activity in recent weeks Factors listed include renewed interest by prospective buyers and investors and signs of improving production and demand in several sectors
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Cinternational News Service
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Pittsburgh Flier Clipper Victim
Captain Cecil G. Sellers, first officer of the Samoan Clipper, is reported dead in the South Pacific wreck. A Pittsburgh aviation leader, he managed the Pittsburgh Butler airport and was chief pilot for Pittsburgh aviation industries. He earned the Distinguished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre. He also reportedly served as Chiang Kai-shek’s personal pilot before joining Pan American.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
South Pacific
Cecil G. Sellers
Far East
Sellers
Pittsburgh- Butler
Pittsburgh Aviation Industries
Pennsylvania Gentral Airlines
20Th Aero Squadron
First Day
Chiang Kai-Shek
Boy Choristers To Sing At Westminster College
A group of eleven London choir boys will perform in Westminster college chapel Friday at 10 45. The English boys in silk tappet hats Eton jackets and large black bow ties will present a program described as a little bit of England on campus.
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New Wilmington
England
Westminster College
London Chair School
Eton
Wil
Unified Relief Program Urged
Washington January 13. Charles P Taft urged a unified relief program uniting federal state and local agencies under a national commission to streamline relief. He said the plan would cut costs and lower relief standards while sharing funds among government levels for immediate and next fiscal year. Moscow January 14. Fifteen people were sentenced to death in Kuibyshev for alleged agricultural department sabotage and wrecking.
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Washington
Senate
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Taft
Nations
citizens committee of the community mobiliza_tion
Cller National 8 Service
Moscow
Kuibeshev
Agricultural Department
Thrill Ride in Fast Passenger Trains Engines
Newsman recounts a night journey aboard Baltimore Ohio line trains including the Capital Limited Fort Pitt Limited to Willard and return on the 4350 steam locomotive. He credits W C Baker Charles Cotton Ralph Fisher for arranging and guiding the trip noting the sleek diesels and giant steam engine offered a grand, adrenaline filled experience.
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Capital Limited
Fort Pitt
Akron
Charles Jh.cotton
New Castle Junction
Fate Brings Father To Love With Daughter And Death
Nelson Meese shot himself and his daughter Nellie 17 in Scottdale Pennsylvania after an alleged love affair, with coroner H A McMurray noting the pair were found in the living room. The mother, Pearl Hollis 38, a WPA sewing project worker, lived in the home. Police recovered tender notes from the father containing coded messages.
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International
Scottdale
Nelson Meese
Nellie
H. A. McMurray
Pearl Hollis
WPA
Five Dogs Shot By City Police
Five dogs were killed by city police under a dog running at large order. Quarantine notices for 100 days were posted at five homes where rabies exposures occurred. Other dog owners planned to surrender their pets to the dog catcher for safety as city officials led a campaign ordered by Mayor McGrath, Police Chief Criswell, and a state animal husbandry agent after Christmas rabies incidents.
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Buty
Hirsh
Charles E. McGrath
Palice Chiet
Ralph Criswell
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
County Roads Kept Open Despite Early Blizzard
Motorists faced smooth travel on main state highways as Pennsylvania Highway Department crews cleared drifts since 3 a m. Snow plows and gangs planned to tackle secondary roads once concrete routes were open. Early heavy snowfall threatened to burden crews before conditions eased.
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Pennsylvania Highway Department
John B. Shaw
Shaw
Slippery Rock Contract Winners Named by Authority
Harrisburg report lists five awarded projects with Slippery Rock State Teachers College as party to a general contract. Weinstein Construction Co of Akron, Graham Piping Co of Pittsburgh, William M. Clark & Co of New Castle, and Hale Electrical Co of Pittsburgh appear among the successful bidders with prices ranging from thirty nine thousand to three hundred forty nine thousand dollars.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
General State Authority
Slippery Rock State Teachers College
Weinstein Construction Co
Akron
Graham Piping Co
Pittsburgh
Wiliam M. Glark & Co
New Castle
Hale Electrical Co
Council appoints members to city boards in Ely Hall action
The Ely Council met today and adopted recommendations by Councilman Joseph D. Alexander to appoint Herbert C. Smith to the appeals and zoning board, Paul Burs to the city planning commission, Daniel V. Cunningham to the Cascade Park commission, and C. A. Patterson with Mrs. J. Lee McPate to the board of trustees for the public library. Terms begin late 1937 or early 1938 and run for several years.
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Ely Hall
Joseph D. Alexander
Herbert C. Smith
Board of
Ape Peals and Zoning
Paul Burs
City Planning Commission
Daniel V. Cunningham
Cascade Park Commission
Trom
C. A. Patterson
J. Lee McPate
Fhee Public Library
Martial Law Declared in Nan tao Quarter of Shanghai
Martial law was proclaimed in the Nan tao district of Shanghai after 20 Chinese robbers were shot and killed by Japanese soldiers as they attempted to cross a barbed wire barricade with stolen goods. Two others were seriously wounded.
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Cinternational News Service
Shanghai
Nan‘tao
Death Notices From Local Area Listings
Death notices list individuals with ages and addresses across several streets. Names include Charles M Thompson Lydia Dailey De Woody Cornelia Carnes Preston Josephine Reverewin and others with ages ranging from 7 to 67, located in Ningh F Robison Harlansburg Butler and nearby.
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Charles M. Thompson
Marshall Avenue
Ningh
F. Robison
Harlansburg Road
Lydia Dailey de Woody
East Street
Cornelia Carnes Preston
Poplar Street
Josephine Reverewin
Ranklin Arene
M. M. Dobson
Butler
Tony Orinzo
South Cedar
Mine Blast Kills Ten Men In Western Pa Mine
Rescue workers recovered the last two bodies Frank Ciesielski and Anthony Weiner as eight women became widows and two children fatherless after a gas filled explosion at Harwick mine near Pittsburgh. Victims included Thomas Keffer Joseph Koorninkar Joe Prelesnik Frank Slarpsier Matt Anderson and others. The disaster marks the second major mine tragedy in 34 years at the site once hailed as highly modern and safe.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Harwich
Jete
Frank Ciesielski
Anthony Weiner
Glesielski
Mary
Aad
Net
Weiner
Cieslelski
Frank
Thomas Keffer
Northside
Joseph Kooriinkar
Harriet
Joe Prelesnik
Acmetonia
Frank Slarpsier
Harwick
Matt Anderson
Doss Nicholas
Joseph Lerch
French Cabinet Blames Labor Unrest for Franc Drop
Paris January 13 labor unrest blamed for the rapid drop of the French franc. The cabinet vowed a dramatic appeal to restore social order to protect the currency, amid sharp criticism from Georges Bonnet former finance minister. The franc fell to 29.75 to the dollar and 146 to the pound, the lowest since postwar revaluation.
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International
Paris
Jcthe Prane
Early Baseball Spring Training Hints In Snowy Weather
The fragment hints at baseball fans awaiting spring training in cold, wintry conditions. It imagines athletes gathering for practice as fans anticipate the season and hear old time yells mixed with weathered street scenes and playful slang.
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Bules
Freese
Elivers
Suamy
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Pacific
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
Justice Cardozo Battling Death
Chas. M. Thompson
Youngstown
Edwin C. Musick
U. 5
Prospec
Faye
Unified Relief Program
Bart Richards
Ife
Floest Transportation
Ralph B. Fisher
Ilieve
Hollis
Highway Department
Council
Warwick
Pennsylvania
Arthur Mometer
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