Britain Protests Bombing Of Ships
Washington reports a sharp clash over a compulsory farm control plan. The House rejected the wheat marketing quotas provision by an 85 to 76 vote, with a 15 cent tax on wheat sold above quotas. Senate debates referenced Borah and Schwellenbach as costs of farm surpluses reach over eight billion dollars through 1939.
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Jones
Texas
Agriculture Committee
Wadsworth
R-Ny
Representative Coffee
D-Neb
Chamber
Borah
Schwellenbach
D-Wash
Senate
Idaho
Boran
Schnellenbach
Somerset Reorganizes School Board Elects New Member
The Somerset borough school board held its annual reorganization at the high school. Dr. Charles C. Barchfield was reelected president and Mrs. Mary Levy vice president, with attorney James O. Courtney joining as the new member, replacing J. L. Poorbaugh. Other offices remain unchanged. The board announced plans for a Christmas ice skating pond on school property funded by WPA labor, with work to be completed before opening and lighting being developed for night skating.
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Somerset Borough School Board
Charles C. Barchfield
Mary Levy
James O. Courtney
J. L. Poorbaugh
H. S. Wolfersberger
C. Ur. Hemminger
Wolfersberger
UERW Wins Election at Westinghouse Wilmerding Plant
The Labor Relations Board certifies Railway Equipment Workers Local 610 as exclusive bargaining agent for production and maintenance staff at Westinghouse Air Brake Wilmerding plant. Election results: 2,369 votes for R E W L 610 and 1,908 for United Employees Association of Westinghouse Airbrake Co.
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Labor Relations Board
United Electrical and Radio
Orkers of
Emerca
Wilmerding
Westinghouse Airbrake Company
Oumrm
United Employes Association of Westinghouse Airbrake Company
Stowe High Football Winners Enjoy Postgame Break
Stowe Township High School capped a victory over Mt. Pleasant Ramsay High to win the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic League football title. The team relaxed with a group movie while the rest of the school earned a half holiday.
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Stowe Two
Wttsburgh
Jyublant Stowe Township High
Victors
Mt. Pleasent Ramsay High
Margiotti Discusses Park Meeting on Monaghan Case
Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti met with District Attorney Andrew T. Park to review nine unresolved indictments in the Frank C. Monaghan death case from Uniontown. A final decision on four murder and five accessory indictments is planned after a second conference within two weeks. Margiotti did not secure murder convictions against District Attorney James Reilly and State Trooper Anthony Sanute.
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Pittsburgh
Charles J. Margiotti
Andrew T. Park
Frank C. Monaghan
Uniontown
Park
Margiotti
James Reilly
Anthony Sanute
Bertillon
Fayette County Court House
Reilly
Sanute
Supreme Court
George W. Maxey
Mercury Near Zero Locally
A sharp winter blast dropped temps from 19 above Tuesday morning to about five degrees with a 3 inch Sunday snow and drifting. State highway crews operated a skeleton plow force with a larger crew to be called in Tuesday as an intensive salt program kept major roads open amid slippery conditions.
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David Grove
Listie Miner Bound Over for Criminal Court
George Datko a 45 year old Listie miner was bound over for Criminal Court after a hearing in which his daughter testified accusing him of assault and battery and threatening the family. He was returned to county jail to await the next term. Datko had prior arrests in December 1936 for assault and battery and in September 1937 on a morality charge.
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George Datko
Listie Miner
H. S. Whipperman
Somerset Township
Datko
Angry homeowner fires at prowler in Switzsburg
Frank Campbell shot at a prowler visiting his farm home repeatedly and wounded Frank H. Rudzki a 22 year old parolee with prior burglary and concealed weapons convictions. Police say Rudzki admitted being the prowler and was arrested multiple times nearby.
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Swttsburgh
Frank Campbell
Frank H. Rudzki
Burealery 'Eny
Rudzki
Campbell
Jerry Deasy
Sulfanilamide Gives Hope To Nine Ill Babies In Chicago
In Chicago on December 6 doctors report sulfanilamide treatment for nine infants with a mysterious intestinal illness showing rapid improvement. Dr. Bundesen says progress is promising though not a cure and notes concurrent saline injections blood transfusions and oxygen may aid recovery.
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Chicago
Herman N. Bundesen
Board of Health
St Elizabeth's Hospital
Seek Two In Store Thefts
Johnstown police report two men sought over a series of safebreaking robberies across Somerset Cambria Blair and Westmoreland counties. Fred Berchey 17 confessed involvement and named James Kent and Clyde Cobaugh as accomplices. Berchey faces breaking and entering charges after seven thefts including two in Jennertown and Paint Borough. Safes were removed from American Stores Co locations and most have been recovered.
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Somerset
Cambria
Blair
Westmoreland
Johnstown
Fred Berchey
James Kent
Clyde Cobaugh
Berchey
Somerset County
Jennertown
Paintborough
American Stores Co
Rescuers Seek Lost Bookkeeper In Mine
Pinckneyville Ill. rescue crews hunt for Audie Lee bookkeeper of No. 2 mine who entered a 300 foot shaft Sunday and vanished. The maze of tunnels linking two abandoned mines covers about eight square miles underground. Miners recall Lee went below after gear left by diggers. A prior incident in August saw Jesse Wilson lost near Marion but escaped after nearly 20 hours wandering.
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Ill
Audie Lee
No. 2
Lee
Jesse Wilson
Marion
44 Hour Law Raises Borough Budget Costs in Somerset
Somerset borough faces higher personnel costs as the 44 hour state law takes effect. Secretary Richard Pile says a larger payroll may require higher millage, with nine regular employees and seven laborers, plus potential exemptions. The council plans a 44 hour basis for next year and considers ornamental lighting extensions and street upgrades.
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Richard Pile
Council
Margiotti
Commonwealth
Pile
Labor Relations Board
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Globe
Saylor Street
Prayer Led to Rescue in Kidnapping Trial Near Huntington
Albert Ronk testified that a cry sounding like Lord won t somebody come to me triggered the discovery of Dr. James I. Seder, kidnapped and held at a Wayne County mine for 10 days. Booth seeks mental defect dismissal as the state pushes for the death penalty while two co defendants await trial.
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Huntington
W. Va
James I. Seder
Albert Ronk
Arnett A. Booth
Wayne County
Booth
Seder
Orville Adkins
John Travis
Ronk
Edgar Ronk
Kenova
Postmaster Garley Says Postal Revenues Rise Six Percent
Post master General Garley declared postal revenues a reliable barometer of business conditions were six percent higher last month than November a year ago. The statement links mail activity to broader economic trends.
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Washington
Garley
Vulcan Mine Equipment Goes to Auction at Friedens
Equipment valued around 300000 dollars will be sold at Friedens with bids starting at 10 o clock. Prospective bidders from Philadelphia and West Virginia arrive in Somerset for the Vulcan Smithing Coal Company sale. Outcomes hinge on whether the lot sells intact or in pieces and whether the mine can reopen under a royalty deal or the plant departs Friedens.
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Somerset
Vulcan Smithing Coal Company
Friedens
Lloyd M. Walker
Walker
Somerset County
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The
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Madeira Hill Company
Vulcan Company
John Clark
Uniontown
Clark
Bird Coal Co
Pennsylvania
First National Bank of Friedenstone Banking Institution
People’s National Bank
Legion Conducting Membership Drive Ahead of State Roundup
The Samuel Crouse post of the American Legion leads a membership drive this week in Harrisburg prep for the state roundup. J. M. Kantner said the renovated Somerset Drug building headquarters are ready and the post aims to renew existing members and recruit new ones before the roundup. The 1937 membership was 118. The committee seeks timely reports on renewals and new members for post ratings statewide.
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Harrisburg
Samuel Crouse
American Legion
J. M. Kantner
Somerset Drug
Kantner
Wilkins at Barrow Searching for Fliers
Sir George Hubert Wilkins arrives in Barrow Alaska from Aklavik planning moonlight Arctic flights to locate missing Soviet airman Sigismund Levaneffsky and his five companions.
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Barrow
Alaska
George Hubert Wilkins
Aklavik
N. W
Barclay Accuses Government of Promoting Labor Anarchy
Hartley W. Barclay youth editor at Mill and Factory accused the government of educating workers to disrespect the Constitution and laws during an address to the National Industrial Council. He cited labor troubles, said CIO involvement was likely, and noted factory closures and payroll losses across 41 cities in 17 states.
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New York
Hartley W. Barclay
National Labor Relations Board
Steubenville O'Nio
Barclay
National Industrial Council
Labor ‘Board
Weirier Steel Co
National Stud Corporation
Wornys
John L Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Department of Labor
Sit Down Strike Ruling Sought By Hosiery Union Leaders
William Leader and AF of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers ask the Supreme Court to keep the litigation alive over the sit-down strike at Apex Hosiery Co. The Third Circuit previously warned the strike would undermine institutions and justice. The union says the case remains live due to ongoing injunction terms.
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William Leader
American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery
Supreme Court
Apex Hosiery Company
Philadelphia
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Lindberghs Keep Secret Return in New Jersey
Col Charles A Lindbergh and his wife return from England remain secret as they hide from public view at the Morrow estate in Englewood New Jersey. A Morgan car with two passengers was seen leaving the drive and later returning to the mansion as rumors of aviation talks in Manhattan fade.
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United States
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England
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Lindbergh
New York
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Morrow
Husband Held Over Car Hit Claim In McKeesport
Esther Sigmund testified her husband Edward Sigmund struck her with his car and fled after a Saturday night incident in McKeesport. Edward denied swerving toward her and suggested she may have jumped into the vehicle. Alderman Markus ordered him held for further prosecution.
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Pittsburgh
Edward Sigmund
McKeesport
A. C. Markus
Esther
Sigmund
Markus
Child Falls Into Fireplace Dies From Burns
Viola Crowley four years old died today after falling into an open fireplace and catching fire. Her mother Mrs. John Crowley was burned on the hands while beating out the child’s flaming clothing in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Viola Crowley
John Crowley
Wells warns on alien propaganda near Monroe Doctrine
Undersecretary Sumner Welles told the Inter American Center at George Washington University that non American powers using force to influence the Americas would prompt action by the United States and its allied republics. He cited radio broadcasts from Europe but did not name the Monroe Doctrine directly.
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Sumner Wells
United State
George Washingtonniversity
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United States
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Latin America
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Americas
Red Tape Cut to Speed Allegheny Jobless Relief
State officials in Harrisburg ordered faster unemployment aid for heavy industry workers in Pittsburgh. Allegheny relief board will reopen ten centers to assist about 7,500 of 35,000 laid off since September as winter layoffs push state rolls near 500,000. Karl de Schweinitz questioned the immediate outlook.
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Harrisburg
Edward W. Pendergast
Earle
Department of Assistance
Pittsburgh
Relief Board
Allegheny County Relief Board
Karl de Schweinitz
Movies show ready for hospital benefit
Arrangements for the Community Hospital Benefit show See Yourself and Your Town in the Movies are nearly complete. Miss Blanche Stauffer of Amateur Service Productions prepared a pleasant surprise for those attending the high school auditorium on Thursday and Friday evenings. Somerset residents appear in the film and all scenes were shot locally. Tickets are sold at Spangler's shop or through Veterans of Foreign Wars members.
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Community Hospital
Blanche Stauffer
Amateur Service Productions, Inc
Somerset
Spangler's Shop
Diamond
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Obituary Leads To A Family Reunion
In South Bend Indiana an obituary notice sparked a reunion of two Chicago sisters and their father after 33 years. Maude Graham of Chiracon and sister Nell Covile learned of their father Frank Booker 70 of St Louis through the notice and traveled to join him following a family separation after divorce.
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Ind
Chicago
Maude Graham
Chiracon
Frank Booker
St. Louis
Nell Covile
Ther
Japsat Walls of Nanking to Lay Siege
British protest over Japanese aerial bombing of two steamers and a gun boat at Wuhu amid Japanese forces advancing on Nanking. Chiang Kai-Shek reportedly remaining inside a nearly surrounded capital as fires burn and gates are fortified.
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Great Britain
Wuhu
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Yangtze
Ladybird
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Kuling
Kiangsi
Sun Yat-Sen
Sun. Yat- Sen
China
Nananking
Weather Outlook for Mid Atlantic States Turn Cold
Western Pennsylvania sees snow flurries and continued cold Tuesday with warmer southwest, Wednesday mostly cloudy in the south. West Virginia stays cloudy and cold Tuesday, partly cloudy and slightly warmer Wednesday with light snow at night. Eastern Pennsylvania reports very cold Tuesday with snow flurries north, Wednesday generally fair. Maryland turns partly cloudy and colder Tuesday, then generally fair with rising temperatures Wednesday.
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West Virginia
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