Alcatraz Break Fails. Five Convicts Involved
Five inmates attempted an early morning escape from Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay. Arthur Barker and Dale Stamphill were shot while others were captured after fleeing their cells toward shore. Barker in serious condition, authorities note prior escape legends influenced the attempt.
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International News Service
San Francisco
Arthur
Doc” Barker
America
Alvin Karpis
Alcatraz Federal Prison
San Francisco Bay
Barker
Dale Stamphil
Rufus McCain
Henri Young
William Martin
Dale Stamphill
Stamphill
Alcatraz
Theodore Cole
Ralph Roe
Oklahoma
Friday the 13th superstitions and city snow cleanup
PA Newc Observes reports a Friday the 13th note of caution and a city snow emergency. Frank Shubert reports a robin sighting near Crescentdale while street crews clear thawed roads. North street curb deterioration is blamed on poor concrete mix. Dr Fred Fulkerson comments on old cobblestones as details continue on Page Two.
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Frank Shubert
Wampum
Crescentdale
Fred Fulkerson
Daily Weather Report for United States
24 hour period ending 5 pm Thursday reports a maximum of 37 and a minimum of 27 with no precipitation. River stage is 6.3 feet. Year-ago figures show a 39 high and 22 low with 0.20 inches of precipitation and 0 inches of snowfall.
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United States
Army and Air Corps To Be Expanded To 200,000
Congress will be asked to approve expansion of the regular army and air corps to about 200,000 officers and enlisted men. President Roosevelt and advisers see the move as essential to the expanded national defense program. The army air force would rise to 40,000 to 50,000. With 210,000 National Guard and reserves, the initial force would total about 650,000.
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International News Service
Washington
Congress
Army
Air Corps
Roosevelt
Army Air Force
United States
National Guard
Changes In Grand Jury System Are Advocated
Judge Paul N. Schaeffer urged revamping Pennsylvania grand jury law in Harrisburg calling for codification. He argued current rules rest on English common law and court rulings, hindering modernization. Proposals include indictments only while in session and allowing the foreman to swear in witnesses.
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Raymond Wilcove
International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Paul N. Schaeffer
Berks County
Dauphin County
Schaeffer
Roosevelt blamed for press attack at Pennsylvania publishers meeting
At the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers convention opening Roosevelt was criticized for labeling the press as edited from the counting room. Publisher James Wright Brown argued most papers are not widely edited that way, defending the press. Gov-elect Arthur H. James canceled his noon address due to inauguration duties. Congress member Martin Dies was to speak at the two day event ending tomorrow.
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International News Service
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Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Arthur H. James
James
James Wright Brown
Brown
Men
United States
Martin Dies
Ruppert Called By Death Today
Col Jacob Ruppert owner of the Yankee Baseball club and a leading New York businessman died at his Fifth avenue home at age 71 after months of illness. He lapsed into a semi coma Tuesday night and died at 10 28 a m surrounded by relatives. His passing ends a vast real estate and sports empire and ends a long public career.
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Lawton Carver International News Service
Walter
New York
Jacob Ruppert
Yankee Baseball Club
Fifth Avenue
Ruppert
Hal Kemp Gets License To Marry
Pittsburgh January 13 band leader Hal Kemp obtained a license to wed Martha Stephenson New York model and debutante aged 19. Kemp aged 34 said he was divorced. Judge Trimble waived Pennsylvania three day waiting period so the marriage could proceed today with Martha accompanied by her mother Mrs Helen Stone Forester who signed the application.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Hal Kemp
Martha Stephenson
New York
Martha
Helen Stone Forester
Kemp
Thomas P. Trimble
Pennsylvania
Lawrence County Assigned Place in Parade Event
Lawrence county will be the 63rd unit in the inaugural parade on January 17 in Harrisburg. The county, the 63rd of 67 organized, will form with its delegation on Thirteenth street near Walnut, with headquarters at the Penn Harris hotel. Canes and badges will be distributed on the special train leaving Monday, with drivers collecting at the hotel.
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M. A. Bickett
Lawrence County
Harrisburg
Thirteenth Street
Walnut
Penn- Harris
Hungary Plans Exit From League of Nations
Berlin dispatch reports Hungary will quit the League of Nations soon to join an Italo-German-Japanese bloc against communism. Foreign Minister Csaky hosted German Italian and Japanese ministers in Budapest and conveyed the decision. The announcement follows talks and signals a major shift in Hungarian foreign policy.
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International
Berlin
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League of Nations
Csaky
Budapest
Germany and United States ease strain with mutual assurances
Berlin reports mutual assurances between Reich and United States on treatment of each other's citizens under the friendship pact. Each nation will respect the others' citizens and settle controversies by consultation. The exchange is seen as a concession to the United States and aims to reduce immediate risk of a diplomatic rupture. Gilbert delivered the American reply after internal consultations.
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Pierre J
Huss International
Stalt
Berlin
United States
Reich
America
Washington
United Mece
Prentiss Gilbert
Woerman
Gilbert
U. S
Germany
Winter Returns To Local District
After sub-normal temperatures earlier in the week winter returned with fury this morning. Temperatures dropped below freezing over the past two days and a heavy snow fell by early afternoon with no sign of stopping. Motorists struggled unless chains were used as the highway department prepared to keep state highways clear while city crews cleared hills and corners.
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Highway Department
Insurgents Take Tortosa and Fall Agramonti Junction
Burgos reports the insurgents capture Tortosa a coastal city south of Tarragona and claim the fall of Agramontl a key junction on the Barcelona defense line. They also announce the rout of the International Sister Brigade and say troops advanced seven kilometers in the Ur gel sector.
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Tortosa
Tarragona
Agramontl
Barcelona
Urgel
Democrats May Press Floor Fight On WPA Budget
A coalition economy bloc pushes a reduced 725 million WPA appropriation toward passage in the House and opposes restoring 875 million requested by Roosevelt. Democratic leaders map strategy with Boland and a new steering committee ready to oppose a showdown. Labor bloc heads and coalition reps signal firm stance for an up or down vote.
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Robert Humphreys
Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
White House
House
Rep
Boland
Pennsylvania
Democratic Steering Committee
Healy
Massachusetts
Woodrum
Virginia Democrat
Econ
Cs Se
Officer-Negro Bandit Slain In Gun Fight
A Cleveland patrolman named James Goggin and an unidentified bandit were killed during a gun battle that began when the officer entered a Central Avenue store during a robbery in progress.
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International News Service
Cleveland
Central Avenue
James Goggin
Governor Elect James Flees Reporters Hide and Seek
Governor elect James eludes reporters as Pennsylvania waits for cabinet picks before inauguration. Journalists from Philadelphia chase updates while Judge Arthur H. James of Plymouth may step in, but Pedigo vanishes amid hints of address prep or cabinet selection delays.
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James
Philadelphia
Harersburg
Jude James
Telephone Girl Inherits $8,000,000 Heiress Widow
Annie MacDonald, once a Gore Bay telephone operator, married Donald G. Dodge, heir to a $20,000,000 car fortune. Dodge died in a dynamite blast eleven days after their August wedding. The court awarded Mrs. Dodge $8,000,000 payable over years.
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Annie MacDonald
Gore Bay
Ontario
Donald G. Dodge
Canadian Woods
Young Dodge
Annie Mac Donald Dodge
Central PF
Young Bandits Torture Aged Farmer For Hidden Money
A 72 year old farmer in Franklin Township Beaver County says two young bandits forced him to disclose a non existent hiding place for money. He was bound with rope and burned on chest and hands before escaping to a neighbor for help. Police were alerted today.
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Beaver County
International News Service
Beaver
A. W. Bradford
William V. Kennedy
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Franklin Towship
Bradford
Ellwood-Zelienople Road
Franklin Township
Trailer Truck Jackknifes On Jefferson Street
Shortly before noon a large trailer truck from P O N Express Company crashed into a tree on Jefferson Street Hill. The driver Mike Bernavsky of Youngstown escaped injury though the cab was crushed. He said the truck shifted into creeper gear and slid. traffic halted as the truck blocked the road.
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P. Oo. N. ¥. Express Company of Hire
Jefferson Street
Mike Bernavsky
Youngstown
Ellwood City
Erie
Traffle
Rowland May Be In Cabinet
Philadelphia newspaper reports Captain Roger W. Rowland Lawrence county Republican chairman was offered the post of Secretary of Property and Supplies in Governor Arthur H. James's cabinet. He apparently refused the position. Rowland did not deny the offer and has recently been in close contact with the state organization.
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Philadelphia
Roger W. Rowland
Republican Party
Lawrence County
Arthur H. James
Rowland
New Castle
Wilkes-Barre
New
Murphy to Tell Inside Story Of Labor Trouble
Attorney General Frank Murphy, angered by claims he condoned sit down strikes, prepares to testify before a Senate judiciary subcommittee outlining the employer labor disputes that rocked Michigan during his governorship. The panel led by Senator Logan of Kentucky has unanimously recommended Murphy's confirmation but will hear his extraordinary request.
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Washington
Frank Murphy
Senate Judiciary
Michigan
M. Logan JD
Kentucky
Senate
Murphy
Death Record From Fray of Names and Addresses
A death notice lists multiple individuals with ages and street addresses including Charles Wilkhire 32 of 138 Euclid Avenue and Pearl Merriman 407 Epworth Street among others such as James Aquaro 64 in U Willsville and John Woods 75 in Elhwood City. The fragmentary record also mentions Mary Ann Rayburn 87 Pearson Street and William Smith 70 Sudley Avenue among several others.
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Charles AL Wilkhire
Euclid Avenue
Chamberlain Talks With Pope At Vatican
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain conferred at the Vatican with Pope Pius XII about Europe's political and social conditions. He met Mussolini later at Palazzo Venezia, with Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax and ambassadors in attendance. The outcome of the Chamberlain Mussolini talks was not announced.
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Bulleta
International
Rome
Neville Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Palazzo Venezia
Mussolini
Great Britain
Pius IL
Vatican
Viscount Halifax
Chamberlain
Europe
Lord Halifax
United States
William Phillips
Andre Francois-Poncet
Duce
William Godfrey
England
Fran
Committee Ends Hopkins Hearing
The Senate Commerce Committee met in executive session to consider President Roosevelt's appointment of former WPA chief Harry L. Hopkins as secretary of commerce. The panel closed a three day probe into Hopkins and relief politics after questioning him on alleged misuses of relief funds during the November elections as detailed by the Sheppard campaign expenditures committee report.
Weather Forecast Rumors Tied to Inauguration Day
The speaker claims inaugurations bring bad weather. He recalls past occasions where rain or snow followed by more rain occurred. The forecast suggests a likely stormy spell around the governor’s swearing in with potential mill harvest disruption.
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