Seek Jobs For 325 On DPA Rolls
Somerset county hosts a job mobilization meeting to reduce direct relief rolls by 325, with 75 attendees including 20 sub district chairs. Officials Krissinger Gluck Shaffer Ealy outline goals to place 2,000 unemployed, cut relief costs, and form 34 district committees to canvass employers.
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DPA
R. H. Krissinger
Somerset County
Court House
Charles R. Blatt
Somerset Theatre
Charles H. Ealy
Division of Unemployment Compensation and Employment Service
Edward Gluck
Somerset Ucd
Lester Shaffer
Altoona
Blatt
Gluck
Ealy
Commonwealth
Krissinger
Shaffer
Court defers Brownmiller payroll padding appeal
The Pennsylvania Superior Court postponed for three months the appeal of Roy E. Brownmiller, convicted of payroll padding during his tenure as secretary of highways. The delay stalls final resolution of the case.
Employers Choice Not Ruled By Act
U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the national labor act does not bar employers from discriminating between union and non union job applicants until an employer employee relationship exists. The decision, a first of its kind, upholds the right to hire non members but reinstates one discharged worker while denying damages for six others.
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New York
U. S Circuit Court of Appeals
CIO
American Federation of Labor
Nyay
A. N. Hand
Thomas W. wWwal
Yvyudge
Iteaf
National Labor Relations Board
Casket Company
Oneida
N. Y
Ine Corporation
AFL
Cid
No Venue Change for Franklin in Nesquehoning Slaying Case
Benjamin Franklin the suspended state police corporal will be tried in Carbon county for the slaying of 14 year old Nesquehoning schoolgirl Joan Stevens last June. Judge William G Thomas ruled today with no date set.
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Mauch Chunk
Benjamin Franklin
Carbon County
Joan Stevens
William G Thomas
Berlin R. D. 3 residents jailed for forni cation
Herbert Blubaugh 23 and Salome Bockes 16 both of Berlin R. D. 3 were committed to the county jail Monday by Justice P. P. Baker on forni cation charges. John Julia 19 of Berlin R. D. 3 was also committed on disorderly conduct charges.
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Herbert Blubaugh
Salome Bockes
Berlin R. D
Justice of the Peace
P. P. Baker
Berlin
John Julia
R. D
Ickes and Johnson in Essex clash over Roosevelt third term
In Newark New Jersey Interior Secretary Ickes urged a third term for President Roosevelt prompting General Hugh Johnson to warn of perpetual office. They debated democracy at the Essex County Town Hall amid a forum on democracy in peril.
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Newark
N. J
Ickes
Roosevelt
Hugh Johnson
Johnson
Jimmy Roosevelt
Essex County
Third Widow Is Acquitted
Philadelphia reports a third widow cleared in eastern states murder-for-insurance cases. Marie Woloshyn was acquitted by directed verdict after prosecutors questioned tax money and a husband John Woloshyn found dead on a highway.
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Philadelphia
Marie Woloshyn
John A Baker
Joseph Swartz
Swarts
Lena Winkelman
Bitter Labor Board clash spills into House probe
A House committee opened investigations into the national labor relations board, focusing on disputes involving new member William M. Leiserson and secretary Nathan Witt. Leiserson criticized Witt’s management, and two incidents prompted questions about impartiality and duties.
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Washington
Sec
National Labor Relations Board
Blackout Hits Western Suffolk as Storm Knocks Power
Bayshore Patchogue Southampton and Westhampton were darkened in three outages last night as high tension lines failed during a storm. The longest outage lasted about 15 minutes with two shorter spells following.
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Bay Shore
N. Y
Suffolk County
Long Island Estates
Bayshore
Patchogue
Southampton
Westhampton
Donovan Arrives to Review Somerset County Contract
George Donovan of St. Paul Minnesota and head of the Donovan Contracting firm has arrived to spend several days examining the rural electrification project in Somerset county. He is registered at the Ferner Hotel and recently shot a hole in one at the Town and Country Club in St. Paul.
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George Donovan
St. Paul
Minnesota
Donovan
Somerset County
Ferner Hotel
Town and Country Club
United States
Quecreek WPA Worker Injures Hip During Shooting
Melvin Racie of Quecreek a WPA worker shot himself in the hip while handling a gun. The injury caused some pain but he returned to work Monday morning.
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Racie
Self Melvin Racie
Quecreek
WPA
Mark
Finnish Front Fires On Russian Advances Near Lagoda
Finnish communique cites heavy fighting along the eastern frontier as Russians push toward the Swedish border. Soviet gains include near Kuoljarvia and Salla with Finnish ski detachments counterattacking. three Russian infantry companies wiped out near Lopma?lo. Finnish forces withdraw to forests while air support and shelling continue. Archbishop Erkki Kauma appeals for aid and unity.
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Helsinki
Lake Lagoda
Kuolojarvia
Salla
Arctic Circle
Finland
Loimola
Pitkaranta
Tolvajarvi
Lagoda
Llomantsi
Enso
Iwo
Taipale River
Karelian
Lake
Koivisto
Gulf of Finland
Kronstadt
Erkki Kaua
Turku
Olympic Stadium
Atlanta Prepares for Gone With the Wind Premiere
Atlanta votes with wardrobes and hoops as hundreds of women outfit costumes for the first showing of Gone With the Wind. The scene notes a shortage of Confederate uniforms since many veterans were buried in their grey coats, leaving few spare outfits.
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Atlanta
Allies Mark Up Six More British Ships Lost In Sea Warfare
London reports six additional British ships lost to sea warfare and a neutral Greek steamer Garoufalia torpedoed off the Norwegian coast. Other vessels include four missing merchantmen Ash Sea Newton Beech Trevanion Huntsman Willowpool and mine sweeper Ray of Hope. Troops see action on the western front as King George VI visits front lines. German air reconnaissance continues with two planes sighted off the east coast and one low over a coastal town. swastika markings visible on the tail of one aircraft.
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London
Garoufalia
Ash Sea
Newton Beech
Trevanion
Huntsman
Willowpool
Ray of Hope
Navy
Bay of Hope
George VI
Saar
England
Royal Air Force
Hoover cites wide Finnish relief fund donations
Former President Herbert Hoover says the Finnish relief appeal shows a real national outpouring of sympathy. He notes about 1,200 newspapers are organizing local relief drives and urges donations go directly to local newspapers to avoid overhead. Mayors of major cities are asked to sponsor the effort and work with local papers.
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Palo Alto
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
New York
Detroit
Prisoner Tries to Take Life in Jeannette Jail Cell
Lawrence C. Treagesser, a 49 year old former Dearborn housekeeper employer, attempted suicide by slashing his wrist in a Jeannette jail cell before a Pittsburgh Mann Act hearing. FBI reports tie him to transporting Virginia Quashie Leeches, 26, from Dearborn to Jeannette for work a month earlier.
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Jeannette
Dearborn
Mich
Charles Walters
Walters
Lawrence C. Treagesser
FBI
Virginia Quashiie Leeches
Treagesser
Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer hits Montgomery Ward shelves
The story by Robert L May illustrated by Denver Gillen becomes a popular Christmas book. A Chicago student claims Rudolph beats Ferdinand the Bull and The Night before Christmas in appeal. Montgomery Ward distributes 2,400,000 copies in 800 towns across 48 states, with limited supply warnings.
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Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer
Robert L. May
Denver Gillen
Rudolph
Ferdinand
Chicago
Santa
Montgomery Ward
Somerset
Gleaners Sunday School Donates 28 Tray Covers
Community hospital authorities announced receipt of a gift of 28 tray covers donated by the Gleaners Sunday school class of the Christian church. The covers will be used on meal trays served to patients.
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Community Hospital
Russian Forces Meet Obstacles In Finnish Campaign
Moscow dispatch notes heavy natural obstacles slowing Soviet advances as Russians press mechanized movement from the east toward Viipuri and the Mannerheim line. Reported gains include Pitkaranta Muurila Siprola and encroachment toward Viipuri with no air activity due to clouds.
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Moscow
Mannerhein
Leningrad
Pitkaranta
Muurila
Siprola
Gulf of Finland
Abrelian Isthmus
Viipuri
Finland
Philadelphia bids for national conventions reach $120000 pledged
A Philadelphia committee aiming to lure both national conventions reported that $120 000 had already been pledged to back up the city bids. They seek $400 000 in total with hotelmen pledging $100 000 and two individuals offering $10 000 each.
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Philadelphia
Transatlantic Air Mail Shows Sharp Postwar Jump
Pan-American Airways reported a fivefold rise in transatlantic air mail to about 500000 letters weekly from August figures 100000. The service operates two round trips weekly to Lisbon via Bermuda and the Azores with clippers carrying around 2000 pounds of mail each.
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New York
Europe
Pan-American Airways
Lisbon
Bermuda
Azores
Bakery truck driver repeatedly crosses railroad after train
Abilene Kansas December 11 daily report says J R Dishman drove his bakery truck across the Union Pacific tracks five minutes after a streamliner passed for the fifth time in four years. He was hit as the train arrived five minutes late. Doctors say he will recover though the truck was wrecked.
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Abilene
Kas
J. R. Dishman
Union Pacific
Dishman
Methodist bishops appoint panel to locate board cities
In Chicago on December 11 the council of bishops announced a committee will determine which cities receive the connectional boards and agencies of the new unified Methodist denomination.
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Methodist
Chicago
Council of Bishops of the
Methodist Church
United Denomination
Finland Appeals for League Mediation Aid in War with Russia
At the League of Nations meeting Russia is given a 24 hour last chance to halt the war on Finland and accept mediation. If Moscow refuses, Allied arms and aid for Finland are seen as likely. Holsti asks for practical support while Britain leads efforts in drafting actions to be presented to the assembly.
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Charles S. Foltz
Geneva
League of Nations
Russia
Finland
League
Rudolf Holsti
League 4
Moscow
Great Britain
Jose Caero da Matta
Vholsti
Fis
Maxim Litvinoff
Weather forecast for western Pennsylvania and surrounding states
Western Pennsylvania expects increasing clouds and warmer conditions with rain late Tuesday into night. West Virginia sees clouds and rising temperatures, then rain Tuesday night into Wednesday. Maryland remains fair Tuesday then rain and warmth in the west Tuesday night. Eastern Pennsylvania stays fair but cooler then rain and warmer Tuesday night into Wednesday.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
West Portion
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