Two Johnstown youths among 1937 deer hunting fatalities
Japs bomb sink Panay and two Johnstown youths die in Somerset county deer hunting spree. William Frick 21 from 0 David Street survives self inflicted wound. Robert Shank 24 found shot near Speicher farm after CCC driven search. Coroner rules accidental. Search involved 150 men and CCC camps SP-8 SP-15.
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Johnstown
Someset County
Nimrods
Finis
William Frick
David Street
North Fork Dam
Robert Shank
New Baltimore
Shanksville
Somerset
CCC
J. C. Speicher
Shank
Louis Paroginko
Frank Sowinki
Speicher Barn
W. J. Logue
Quinty
Speicher Farm
Parozinko
Sowinski
Oscar Smith
E. D. Peck
Charles Platt
William Baltzer
Russell Wilson
Charles Felix
Edward Baltzer
Paul Walker
Robert Miller
Clothes of 12 women found at St. Cloud death villa
Paris police disclosed discovery of the clothes of 12 women at the St. Cloud villa linked to Eugene Weidmann who confessed to five murders. Only Janine Keller is identified among them. Weidmann, described as vain by authorities, was in Versailles prison writing his life story as investigators pursue more clues.
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ST. Cloud
Paris
Eugene Weidmann
Janine Keller
Weidmann
Eugene Keller
Strasbourg
N. Y
Villa
Fritz Frommer
Million Colapses Rozer Million
Million
Jean Leblanc
Collette Tricot
Leblanc
Relief rolls rise sharply as 19 841 added in state
In a report from Harrisburg secretary Karl de Schweinitz says industrial recession and seasonal losses push Pennsylvania relief rolls higher. 19 841 people were added this week bringing total to 462 132 with Philadelphia, Allegheny, Fayette and Westmoreland recording the largest numerical increases. The week’s relief cost totals 1 116 153 dollars, averaging 2 42 dollars per person. Largest percentage increases occur in Mercer, Lawrence, Fayette, Armstrong and Beaver counties. Emergency intake centers and longer hours are in place to handle the surge without compromising investigations.
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Iarrisburg
Karl de Schweinitz
Public Assistance
Mercer
Lawrence
Fayette
Armstrong
Beaver
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Westmoreland
Somerset Operators Hearing December 20 Opposes Coal Prices
The national bituminous coal commission ordered a December 20 hearing on complaints by the Somerset County Coal Operators Association against minimum prices. The group opposed prices for certain coal classes in District One including parts of West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Protests by Purselove Coal Mining, Penncoal, Inc., and Continental Coal join the agenda, with all parties challenging railroad fuel prices.
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Washington
Somerset
Somerset CCC Will Be Cut
Washington reports Robert Fechner announces suspension of 104 Civilian Conservation Corps camps by December 31 leaving about 1 500 camps active and nearly a quarter million men ages 17 to 24. Vacancies totaling roughly 32 000 will raise enrollment to 80 000 for January. Affected enrollees will transfer to other camps and list of suspended sites includes Somerset Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Fechner
Pennsylvania
Sigel
Benton
North Bend
Slickville
Farmington Schencksville
Somerset
West Virginia
Alpena
Sugar Grove
Nutter Fort
Somerset Man's Car Injured in Collision
Charles Hunter 34 of Somerset escaped injury when his coupe traveling south of Johnstown on Route 219 sideswiped an oncoming car early Sunday. Charles L Barkhimer 3 of Johnstown was uninjured in the crash four miles south of town. Damages to both cars were placed at 300 dollars by state police. Each driver said he was on his own side of the road.
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Charles Hunter
Somerset
Johnstown
Charles L Barkhimer
Aio
Jennertown
Somerfield Brought To New York In Slaying Probe
Carl L. Sommerfield, 29, who shot himself November 22 at detective headquarters, was sent back to New York for questioning in the Greenwich Village slaying of Police Sergeant Timothy Murphy in 1931. Detective Inspector Walter Monaghan said Sommerfield confessed to involvement in the holdup and shooting.
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Pittsburgh
Carl L. Sommerfield
New York
Greenwich Village
Timothy Murphy
Walter Monaghan
Sommerfield
Mussolini Plans Fascist Line to Supplant League
In Rome diplomats say Mussolini’s secession signals a shift from seeking concessions from Britain and France to opposing democracies. He aims to replace the League of Nations with a fascist power bloc as Italy contemplates further action after pulling out.
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Melvin K. Whiteleather
Rome
Benito Mussolini
League of Nations
League
Duce
Britain
France
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Mediterranean
Triuce
Obituary of Harry Eicher A Somerset Carpenter
Harry W. Eicher Sr age 71 died at home in Somerset after a paralytic stroke. Survived by wife Grace and six children including David and H Kent, plus brothers and sisters. Funeral Tuesday at home with Rev E C Weaver. burial Meyersdale Union Cemetery.
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Harry W. Eicher
Somerset
North Edgewood Avenue
Harry
Emily
Bruner) Eicher
Grace
Lewis) Eicher
Clara Eicher
David Eicher
Carl Walters
Akron
Ohio
H. Walter Eicher
H. Kent Eicher
James W. Eicher
Charles Eicher
Columbus
David Harris
Cambridge Springs
Pennsylvania
Edward Rodebaugh
Meadville
F. J. Miller
Meyersdale
Elizabeth Kimmel
George Eicher
British and Japanese clash on Yangtze as Nanking fight rages
A British seaman died and another wounded as British and Japanese vessels endured heavy bombardment along the Yangtze river near Nanking. Japanese forces reported gains at the city gates while Panay evacuated American refugees and protest over the Wuhu shelling grew in Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Japan
Nanking
Yangtze River
Wuhu
Yangtze
Main East Gate
Kiangpoo
Pukow
United States
Panay
Nan~king
Jury weighs Feeney murder case in Warren County
Behind locked doors a Warren county jury weighs evidence in the trial of W. J. Feeney charged with second degree murder in the July 21 death of Iron Grove township farmer R. B. Munger.
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Feeney
Warren
Warren County
W. J. Feeney
R. B. Munger
Iron Grove Township
Former Mayor Ramsey Dies in Chester
Chester and surrounding communities mourn former mayor William T. Ramsey who died today at age 65. Ramsey, a notable local leader, served as mayor of Chester and left a lasting imprint on city governance.
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Ramsey
Chester
William T. Ramsey
Japs Accept Responsibility for Panay Bombing
The Japanese navy issued a communiqué accepting responsibility for bombing and sinking the U S gunboat Panay and several Standard Oil boats. It pledged immediate steps to place direct responsibility and said the bombing was regretted most deeply.
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Shanghai
United States
Panay
Stannard Oil Company
Communiqute
Panay gunboat sunk by unidentified plane on Yangtze
The navy reports the Panay was bombed and sunk on the Yangtze River about 15 to 20 miles from Nanking. Fifty four survivors were noted with 55 crew aboard. Nine Americans aboard included embassy staff. several civilians were believed aboard. Bee and Oahu races to scene. details on exact numbers among refugees remain unclear.
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Washington
Navy Department
Yangtze River
Nanking
Shanghai
Bee
Oahu
Wahu
Kiukiang
Panay
J. J. Hughes
New York City
A. F Andrews
Dennis H. Riverse
Wisconsin
C. G. Grazier
Pennsylvania
Navy
Atchison
George Atchison, Jr
Three Men Held on Suspicion in Jersey City Murder Case
Police in Jersey City hold three Fredericktown men Albert Feele 22 John Kelly 22 and Lloyd Polling 21 on weapons charges while Washington County authorities investigate a murder angle. Schriefer said the arrests followed discovery of revolvers in the auto.
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Jersey City
N. J
Ernest Shriefer
Fredericktown
Washington County
Albert Feele
John Kelly
Lloyd Polling
Schriefer
Feele
Kelly
Jersey City suspects in Millsboro crime
Detectives seized three Washington county men in Jersey City in connection with the death of Jacimo Tedesko a 50 year old Millsboro miner found shot in a two room shack. Albert Feele John Kelly and Lloyd Polling were booked on weapons charges while prosecutors compare a bullet from the brain with a pistol in their possession.
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Washington, Pa
Jacimo Tedesko
Millsboro
Washington County
Jersey City
N. J
J. C. Eadie
Fest
Bethlehem Township
Fredericktown
Tedesko
Albert Feele
John Kelly
Lloyd Polling
Eadie
James O Bane
William B. McBride
Panay sunk by Japanese bombs on Yangtze river
The US gunboat Panay was sunk by Japanese bombs 25 miles above Nanking on the Yangtze. Eighteen Americans are unaccounted for with 54 survivors, while Standard Oil ships also lost. British reports cite orders to fire on river ships. rescue actions and a US admiral response follow.
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Standard Oil Company
Shanghai
United States
Yangtze River
Nanking
Standard Oil
Hashimoto
Wuhu
Panay Gunboat Bombing Kills Sailor and Wounds Officers
The Panay on the Yangtze River was bombed by the Japanese. One sailor was killed and two Panay officers were wounded Lieut. Comm. J. J. Hughes and Lieut. A. F. Andrews. Japanese forces not in the area and efforts to reach Hoshein failed. Ambassador Johnson reported bombing of three Standard Oil boats in Hankow area.
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Shanghai
G. E. M. O'Donnell
Ladybird
Harry Douglas Barlow
Wuhu
Bee
Nanking
Cricket
Scarab
Rels
Tsingtah
H I Prideaux-Brune
W. E. Lovat-Fraser
Shangai
London
Yangtze
Panay
Qne
Washington
Navy
Yangtze River
J. J. Hughes
A. F. Andrews
O Hoshein
Nelson T. Johnson
Hankow
State Department
Standard Oil
Sinking of three Standard Oil boats near Wuhu
Ambassador Johnson said the U S gunboat and three Standard Oil ships were bombed and sunk with 54 survivors from Second Secretary Atcheson. Meiping Meian and Mbisian were refugees on the oilers as Panay moved upstream above Nanking. Hull aims to gather full facts tomorrow morning.
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Washington
Nelson T. Johnson
Hankow
State Department
United States
Department
George Atcheson
Hoshien
Johnson
H. B. Taylor
Anking
Atcheson
Bee
Wuhu
U. S
Oahu
Kinking
Standard Oil
Panay
Meiping
Meian
Mbisian
Nanking
Hull
Mercury Drops To Ten Below In Sunday Morning Bash
Temperatures plunged to ten below zero early Sunday morning in Somerset as the first snow storm of the winter ended. David R Grove reported the new low, following a one below reading early Saturday, far below last year’s marks.
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Somerset
David R Grove
Combaker Seals Deer Harvest on Final Season Day
Charles W Combaker was among successful hunters on the last day of the deer season. He took a 7 point buck about 2 p m Saturday in the Negré mountain section of Black township. The deer weighed 160 pounds.
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Combaker
Charles W Combaker
Negré Mountain
Black Township
Penay River Gunboat Built in Shanghai for American Fleet
The Penay a 450 ton river gunboat built ten years ago in Shanghai served with the American gunboat fleet on China’s pirate infested rivers. It carried a normal complement of 55 officers and men and was armed.
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Shanghai
China
West Virginia and nearby states face snow or sleet early week
Forecasts show snow or sleet in West Virginia on Monday with cooler air easing Tuesday. Eastern Pennsylvania stays cold and mostly cloudy with snow by night and Tuesday. Maryland expects cloudiness with possible snow or sleet and little temperature change. Western Pennsylvania anticipates occasional snow and a warmer south for Monday, plus likely snow Tuesday.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
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