Daladier Survives Confidence Vote In French Chamber
The Chamber of Deputies endorsed Premier Edouard Daladier by an unofficial 315 to 235 margin amid a volatile debate. President Edouard Herriot suspended proceedings twice as factions clashed over France stance on Fascist expansion and colonial policy.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Daladier
Edouard Herriot
Nidhy
Lne
We Chamber
Daladier
France
Strengia
Panisia
Edouard Herriott
Herriot
Xavier Vallat
Italy
Uniontown Kidnap Suspects Held on Maryland Warrant
Raymond Master 0 WeAtorama and aussie Mary were arrested by state police on a Maryland warrant charging them with abducting Albert Grove seven year old son of a farmer near Westernport Maryland. The boy is in the custody of his grandmother pending Maryland officer arrival.
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Sec
Ramond
WeAtorama
Mary
Wright
Maryland
John Gettier
Albert Grove
Westernport
Brownsville
Easter
Grove
Morgan Harris
R. F. Hopwood
Harris
Gettier
William Frank
Vesta
Thousands homeless in the Philippines typhoon hits central regions
Reports from the central Philippines describe 45 deaths and thousands left homeless after a vicious typhoon swept the area and moved into the China Sea. Relief workers counted 12,000 homeless in a Samar district. Albay, Sovsovon and Samar provinces were hardest hit.
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Ray P
Cronin
MAILA
Dec
Philippines
China Sea
Samar
Albay
Sovsovon
Cambria Brewery Seized by Federal Authorities
Philadelphia December 9 federal alcohol tax chief Edward C. Dougherty ordered the first Pennsylvania brewery seizure since repeal of prohibition. The Cambria Brewing Company plant in Johnstown would be taken over for failure to file proper beer tax returns and arrests may follow.
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Philadelphia
Edward C. Dougherty
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Toxtay
Pennsylvania
Cambria Brewing Company
Johnstown
Dougherty
Torrance May Forego Cabinet Posts for Party Leadership
Philadelphia December reports say Republican State Chairman James F. Torrance plans to devote his term to party leadership under Governor-elect Arthur James. No cabinet berth is confirmed though rumors tie him to secretary of the commonwealth or highways.
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Tony Smith
Philadelphia
James F. Torrance
Arthur H. James
James
Torrance
Commonwealth
Highways
Earle
David L. Lawrence
Torrence
Westmoreland
E. Arthur Sweeney
Greensburg
Pee. Sweeny
Sweeny
Texas
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Harry V. Dougherty
Register of Wills
John McSparran
Lancaster County
Six Negroes Die In Georgia Electric Chair In 81 Minutes
Six young men, convicted of killing three white men and a mother, were executed by electric chair in Georgia's state prison. State Electrician L. P. Cheatham completed the executions in 81 minutes as prayers and hymns filled the morning, with one inmate kneeling beside the chair to pray. All admitted guilt and offered thanks to prison attendants.
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Reidsville
Georgia
State
L. P. Cheatham
William Russell
Raymond Carter
Arthur Mack
Jesus
No Military Alliances Cited at Pan American Conference
At the opening session of the eighth Pan American conference in Lima President Oscar Benavides defended unity and denied continental imperialism. United States official Adolf Berie Jr. dismissed talk of military alliances while Argentina proposed annual foreign minister meetings and regional consultations for inter American cooperation.
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Oscar Benavides
Peru
Benavides
Adolf A. Berie, Jr
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United States
Berie
Im Benavides
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South America
Amercas
Sepesio
Bas
Berle
New World
Carlos Concha
Cordell Hull
Mexican Oil Goes to Nazis for Supplies
Communist government trades seventeen million dollars of property owned by British and American investors to obtain war supplies.
Mexico Expropriation Sparks Oil Sale to Davis Deal
Mexico completes a 17 million dollar oil sale for cash and machinery with Y R Davis of New York. The deal follows expropriation actions in March and marks increased German and European involvement as Mexico expands trading with Latin markets and Italy.
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Mexico
Germany
United States
Y. R. Davis
New York
Davis
Mexican Oil Department
Lazaro Cardenas
Eduard Suarez
Suarez
Latin America
Local seal sale boosts but lags last year
A. L. Cage, seal safe chair of the Somerset County Tuberculosis Society, says returns from the holiday seal sale are slightly higher than the first week but still short of last year's. The office will stay open Saturdays for direct returns. The 32nd annual Christmas seal sale, broadcast by CBS on December 10, features a 200-voice a cappella chorus and talks by Dr. Charles J. Hatfield.
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A. L. Cage
Seal Safe
Somerset County Tuberculosis Society
Somerset County Society
Society
Court House
University of Pennsylvania
National Tuberculosis Association
Columbia Broadcasting System
Harl McDonald
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Charles J. Hatfield
Henry Phipps Institute
Philadelphia
Dr. Hatfield
Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Society
Britain firm says democracy a shared duty
Former British foreign secretary asserts Britain and allies must stand firm for democracy. He states his country’s people are not seeking outside help, emphasizing national resolve and unity in promoting democratic values.
Eden Warns US Makers of Britain Stand for Democracy
Anthony Eden told American industrialists that Britain would stand firm for democracy in a ruthless world. He urged faith in democratic toleration, warned against complacency, and cited the new British US trade pact as a sign of shared resolve.
Eden Visits United States to Listen and Learn Says Peace Is Possible
Anthony Eden arrives in New York for a listening tour not a lecture. The former British foreign secretary rejects war inevitability and says permanent peace must be pursued. He meets with National Association of Manufacturers and plans talks with President Roosevelt and a Council on Foreign Relations address before sailing back to England.
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Eden
Chamberlain
National Association of Manufacturers
al Jaipe
England
United States
New York
Anthony Eden
Bay
Aquitania
Waldorf-Astoria
Washington
Roosevelt
Maryland
Council On Foreign Relations
Hyde Marionettes At Conemaugh High Stage Hansel and Gretel
The first student assembly at the new Conemaugh Township High School featured the Hyde Marionettes performing a five act drama Hansel and Gretel. Special permission to use the auditorium was granted by school authorities through the PWA as some work remains unfinished.
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Conemaugh Township High School
Hyde Marionettes
Hansel and Gretel
PWA
Grand jury to probe Earle graft charges in Dauphin County
Dauphin county grand jury is summoned to meet December 15 to begin a long delayed investigation into campaign charges against Governor Earle and other high officials. Judge Paul N. Schaeffer orders the panel to appear at 10 a.m. to hear matters from the court.
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Dauphin County
Campagn
Earle
Paul N. Schaeffer
Carl B. Shelley
Prand
Schaeffer
Supreme Court
High Court
Shelley
Dauphin County Court
Guy K. Bard
Bard
Charles J. Margiotti
Margiotti
House Committee
Mrs Conn Exhibits Another Big Egg Display
Mrs A W Susan Conn of Scullion presented a large hen egg Friday morning. The egg measures eight and a fourth inches by three and three fourth inches and is on display in the Daily American office window.
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A. W
Susan) Conn of
Scullion
Daily American Office
Grenfell Mission Pioneer’s Wife Dies in Boston
Lady Anne Elizabeth Grenfell aged 53, wife of Sir Wilfred Grenfell and longtime collaborator in the Grenfell missions to Labrador, died today in Boston.
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Dr. Grenfell
Boston
Anne Elizabeth Grenfell
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Grenfell
Labrador
Grand jury urges indictments of two ex city officials
The Pittsburgh grand jury recommended indictments against former city solicitor Churchill B. Medard and former chief clerk Stanley K. Bennett for bribery perjury and related offenses over 35 000 in settlements. It criticized hasty settlements and lack of investigation into city liability.
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Ittsburgh
Frank P. Patterson
Churchill B. Medard
Stanley K. Bennett
Imprisoned Mother and Son in Bicycle Death Case
Jeannett Whittell of Lower Burrell township and her son Clyde were sentenced by Judge Richard D. Laird for the hit and run death of 13 year old Wilmer Wray. The mother received a three year Allegheny county workhouse term and Clyde faced an indefinite sentence at Huntingdon Industrial School. Wray was killed October 15 while pedaling a bicycle along a highway after being urged to drive away.
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Greensburg
Mother and Son Co
Hitmun
Wilmer Wray
Richard D. Laird
Laird
Allegheny County
Jeannetts Whittell
Lower Burrell Township
Westmoreland County
Mrs Siko Names Suspect In Kohut Slaying Trial
Mrs Stella Dadura Siko testified that Tony Lisak killed Kohut as three Somerset county men faced possible death sentences for the May 18 slaying. District Attorney Matthews presented three witnesses including Siko, who identified Lisak and others. Judge Boose ordered the trio returned to jail pending further proceedings.
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Somerset County
Charles Kohut
Norman T. Boose
Somerset County Courts
Anthony
Mike Tisak
Vincent Bovina
Boose
Stella Dadura Siko
Tony Lisak
Kohut
Tisak
Michael Siko
Matthews
Harry Jacobs
Dadura
Siko
Tony Tisak
Tony
Mike
Bovina
Monaghan
Court House
Fred P. Hare
Merle Glessner
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather data for 5:30 pm Thursday to 5:30 pm Friday shows a maximum temperature of 40 and a minimum of 26 with 0.04 inches of precipitation recorded. David Grove, U S Weather Observer, provides the figures for Somerset.
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David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Iesescsssese Esseesseneas Nenses Annen Anennes
Associated Press
United States Weather Bureau
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New York
Boston
Eanenenenane
Miami
Chicago
Denver
New Orlean
Columbus
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Parkersburg
Elkins
Los Angeles
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Weather Outlook for Eastern and Western Pennsylvania and Maryland
Eastern Pennsylvania expects rain early Saturday with a cooler, partly cloudy afternoon. Sunday turns fair and moderately cold. Western Pennsylvania sees Saturday snow flurries and cooler conditions, with Sunday partly cloudy and slightly warmer. Maryland anticipates fair, somewhat colder conditions east and central, possible snow flurries in the extreme west Saturday, with Sunday fair and moderately cold.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
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