Wilkes-Barre Woman Named Secretary of the Commonwealth
In a cabinet appointment by Governor-elect Arthur H. Jamies, Miss S. M. R. O’Hara of Wilkes-Barre becomes Pennsylvania secretary of the commonwealth. The first woman to hold the post, she has 25 years of legal practice and active Republican involvement.
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S. M. R. O'Hara
Pennsylvania
Arthur H. Jamies
Keystone State
Wilkes-Barre
Miss O'Hara
Commonwealth
Question Four Survivors Of Prison Break
Four survivors of an Alcatraz escape attempt were questioned by federal agents and prison officials in San Francisco. Arthur Doc Barker, a noted gangster, was fatally wounded during the abortive breakout as guards shot two convicts and captured the remaining three. Continued on Page A.
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International News Service
San Francisco
Alcatraz
Arthur
Doc” Barker
Barker
William Phillips witnesses sparrow bread theft in snow
William Phillips of Brooklyn Avenue reports a wax wing seizing a piece of bread from a sparrow then pushing the bread under a house siding for future reference. Kiddies enjoy winter holidays with sledding as motorists struggle with snow and chains. Continued on page two.
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Wiliam &. Phillips
Brooklyn Avenue
Pa Newe
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending 5 p m Friday show a maximum of 34 degrees and a minimum of 25 with 30 inches of precipitation and three inches of snow. river stage at 6.2 feet. For the same date last year the maximum was 36 degrees, minimum 11, and precipitation 0.03 inches.
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United States
Roosevelt Eyes Early Mass Plane Fleet Plan
The Roosevelt administration faces close congressional scrutiny of a proposed rapid buildup of military airplanes. War Secretary Woodring and General Malin Craig will testify before the House Military Affairs Committee in a secret session, while the Senate panel mulled turning Roosevelt's recommendations into legislation. Both services have slowed production amid fast design advances and fear of obsolescence.
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Insernational News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Woodring
Malin Craig
House Military Affairs Committee
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Senate Deliberates $725 Million Work Relief Bill
Washington January 14 Senators face the House approved 725 million work relief measure amid talk of resisting Roosevelt’s 875 million target. Subcommittee chair Adams says three days will decide, arguing 725 million suffices through June 30 as business improves. House vote 397 to 16 reflected bipartisan opposition to full relief funding.
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Arthur Hachten
Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Senate Appropriations
Adams
Colorado
Harrisburg Woman Slain in Milton Slaying Case
Harrisburg police hunted a slayer of a 40 year old woman identified as Mrs. Clark found beaten near the city's northern outskirts. One man held for questioning. Authorities say she died from strangulation with bruises nail scratches and facial injuries. Police believe she was thrown from a moving automobile.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Clark
Milton
Payless day for Pittsburgh police and city workers
Pittsburgh on Friday the 13th marked the 13th straight payless day for about 1,200 city employees including the police. An appropriation deficit delayed the January 2 payroll for 821 policemen and 400 Mayview hospital staff. five days later 40 city laborers also went unpaid. Transfers were approved but payrolls await formal Monday action.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh City
Mayview Hospital
Blizzard Snow Blankets Roads In District
A Friday blizzard dumped up to five inches of snow, drifting across highway cuts and freezing into slick surfaces. City and state crews battled the storm all day and into night, clearing main routes while awaiting completion on secondary roads. No serious accidents were reported, though many vehicles skidded and minor injuries occurred. Main roads were cleared and remaining secondary routes to be tackled, officials said.
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Highway Department
Model Husband Wounds Wife Then Kills Himself
Philadelphia report says Eleanora Cooper, a 51 year old invalid, was wounded twice by her husband who then killed himself after telling her he would join her. He was a baker for a chain store firm. Neighbors called police when shots rang out and later found Cooper dead at the cellar stairs with a temple wound. Mrs Cooper recalls a despondent spouse and a “model couple” despite illness. In Johnstown Blair Sholf, 57, was struck dead by a Pennsylvania RR train while clearing snow from a switch amid high winds.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Eleanora Cooper
Philadelpia
Cooper
Internationa Mena
Johnstown
Blair Sholf
Wilmore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Southfork
Sholf
Physician Mordoff Shot In Wilmette Office Raid
Dr. Gordon E. Mordoff of Chicago, a principal in the 1936 court battle over a three year old boy, was killed when a man invaded his Wilmette office. Police jailed John Quinn, Mordoff’s brother in law, as the alleged killer.
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Gordon E. Mordoff
Chicago
Wilmette
John Quinn
Mordoff
Margaret Mann
Snow and Colder Weather Outlook For Over Weekend
Pittsburgh area forecasters warn of a weekend with hazardous road conditions and more snow. The forecast notes ice coated highways, strong winds, and colder temperatures with renewed snowfall across Western Pennsylvania. Officials urge caution for travelers to Harrisburg for the Inauguration events and State Farm Show opening. Passenger service from Allegheny County Airport to resume as snow continues.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Tri-State
Pittsburgh Motor Club
Highway Department
Allegheny County
Schmeling Denies Difficulties With Nazi Officials
Max Schmeling and his wife Anny Ondra denied reports of trouble with Nazi authorities. The former heavyweight champion attended a Berlin boxing program at the sports palace after rumors suggested questioning over a remark about Propaganda Minister Goebbels.
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International News Service
Berlin
London Daily Mirror
Max Schmeling
Anny Ondra
Schmeling
Paul Joseph
Goebbels
Italian British Conference Ends With Satisfaction
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax left Rome after talks with Mussolini, saying the talks were satisfactory and helped build a bridge for peaceful settlement of European issues. Chamberlain noted no new Tunisian or Italian territorial questions were disclosed and that arms limitation was discussed in general terms, with Italy citing the Spanish problem as a major obstacle.
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Frank Gervasi
Rome
Neville Chamberlain
Lord Halifax
London
Mussolini
Il Duce
Chamberlain
Italy
England
Norice
Thaly
France
Britain
County Delegation To Reach Capital Monday Night
About 100 Lawrence county visitors will leave New Castle Monday January 16 at noon in special Pullmans for Governor Arthur H. James inaugural. They will travel via West Side station to Pittsburgh then Harrisburg arriving about 7 20 Monday night. Car riders will gather at Walnut and 13th streets for parade formation and receive canes and badges in the Penn Harris Hotel room 702. The specials return to New Castle Wednesday around 9 30.
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Lawrence County
Arthur H. James
New Castle
West Side
Pittsburgh
Fittsburgh
Harrisburg
Walnut
13Th Streets
Carer
Penn-Harris
R. W. Rowland
Air Raids by Japs Kill Many in China
London dispatch reports Japanese air raids across four Chinese provinces killing 600 and wounding 500. The Shansi Evangelical Lutheran Mission chapel in Missouri was struck by three bombs, demolishing the church building.
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Cinternational News Service
London
London Daily Telegraph
Hong Kong
China
Shansi Evangelical Lutheran Mission of
Missouri
Weather Outlook For Coming Week Across Regions
Weather forecast from Cinternational News Service on January 14 outlines patterns for the North and Middle Atlantic States and Ohio and Tennessee. Snow expected in northern areas with rain or snow in the south, a cold start Monday, warming by Wednesday, then colder again Thursday night and Friday with a milder end of week, and similar mixed precipitation patterns across the midweek for Ohio and Tennessee with a balance of rain and snow and a warmer Tuesday through Wednesday before a cold Thursday and milder pattern to close the week. It notes rain in the south and rain or snow in the north midweek, with Saturday or Sunday potential for more precipitation and alternating temperature swings.
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Cinternational News Service
Washington
North
Athlnstic
South
Ohio
Tennessee
Ohio Valley
Giaturdar
James Names Two More For His Cabinet
Gov elect Arthur H. James announces two more cabinet members from Plymouth Luzerne County Philadelphia. John J Shaw secretary of Heatth and Edward Martin Adjutant General fill vacancies created by Edith MacBride-Dexter and Frederick Blairy Kerr.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Arthur H. James
Plymouth
Luzerne County
Suawlval Mountain
Poconos
James
Heatth
John J. Shaw
William S. Ware
Pennssylvania
Edith MacBride-Dexter
Genera Edward Martin
Washington
Frederick Blairy Kerr
Clearfield
Wilkes-Barre
J. Paul Pedigo
Man Burned To Death In Everett Cabin Fire
Johnstown Pa. Glenn Ritehey aged 45 died in a cabin fire at his tourist camp near Everett. Relatives had just left him in bed when the blaze started. Firemen attributed the fire to an overheated coal stove as the likely cause.
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Johnstown
Glenn Ritehey
Everett
Ritehey
Loretta Will Get Her Love Letters Back
Loretta Young will receive her love letters found among the effects of William B. Huckner Sr. The return was approved by Assistant U. S. Attorney William P Maloney as the mail fraud inquiry into Buckner continues. The letters, once believed to confirm a romance, were found with Buckner after his arrest on a trip from Europe, a claim both denied.
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Los Angeles
Loretta Young
United States
Louis Maged
William P. Buckner
Hollywood
Buckner
International News Services
New York
William B. Huckner
Loretta
U. S&s
Wiliam P Maloney
Brok Maloney
John Walsh
U. S. Attor
Girl Killed By Father's Auto Skidding In Snow
Four year old Betty Amberger died after an automobile skidded in heavy snowfall while crossing a street to greet her father returning from work. Betty urged her mother to take her sled to meet him, but a fatal crash ended the outing in moments. Paul Amberger, her father, witnessed the tragedy.
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International News Service
Washington
Betty Amberger
Betty
Paul Amberger
Man Injures Arm After Fall In Snow Near Home
Thomas Phenecie, 58, of Pulaski, slipped and fell while pushing his stalled automobile in the snow Friday evening near his home. He suffered a possible fracture to the left arm and was taken to Jameson Memorial hospital for treatment.
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Thomas Phenecie
Pulaski
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Death Notice Summary for New Castle Area
January 14 1939 death notices list Milo Mills eight from New Castle and longtime residents including Joseph Cucchia Lawrence Count s Home Mollie Robison sixty seven of 428 Grait Street George Shaner Washington Haynghip Lydia Cousins ninety two of 510 Croton Avenue amid local obituaries and familial notices in the weekly record.
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Milo
Mr. Mills
New Castle
Joseph Cucchia
Lawrence Counts Home
Mollie Robison
Grait Street
George Shaner
Washington Haynghip
Lydia Ata Cousins
Croton Aycaue
Plane Crash Kills Four Near Miles City Airport
A Northwest Airlines transport crashed two miles from the Miles City Montana airport during snow and windless conditions. Four aboard died including woman passenger Mrs Clara Morris and pilots Raymond N Norby and C B Chambah. Investigations by sheriff and other agencies underway.
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International News Service
Miles City
Mont
Northwest Airlines
L. H. Bliven
Sunday Creek
Clara Morris
Manon
Heavy Snow Paralyzes New York City and Region
The blizzard dumped eight inches of snow in New York City and paralyzed streets. City snow crews plus 25 900 emergency workers tried to avert repeats of past storms. Suburban roads were impassable, buses from Philadelphia and Washington were late, trains delayed, and Newark airport planes were grounded. Robert J. Whelan, 27, grandson of drugstore founder Michael Whelan, was killed in a Garden City auto crash.
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International News Service
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Schedle
Newark
Robert J. Whelan
Michael Whelan
Garden City
L. I
Winter arrives with heavy snow and chilling cold
The poem notes a heavy snow fall covering driveways gardens and leaves with frigid temperatures and winds. It mocks the reader for craving winter while describing night temperatures around thirty two degrees and the coal man chuckling at the cold.
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