Last Stand Buck Ends Deer Season Drama at Ligonier
Hunters flocked to Ligonier Mountain and Laurel Hill area in Somerset County on the final day of the 1936 deer season. While game protector Edgar M. Woodward reported no confirmed Saturday kills, word spread of a legendary aging buck felled after a dramatic standoff. The tale centers on a lone rifle volley that brought down the veteran deer amid a chorus of shots and crowded crossings along the Lincoln Highway.
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Ligonier Mountain
Laurel Hill
Negro Mountains
Somerset County
Somerset
Edgar M. Woodward
Ligonier
Westmoreland County
Jennertown
Lincoln Highway
Carl Beatty
Ambulance Skids Into Ditch On Icy Route 219
A Johnstown Memorial Hospital ambulance left Route 219 near H. W. Walker creamery Saturday morning, slid into a ditch due to ice, but no injuries occurred. The patient transferred to a Somerset ambulance and later to hospital. damage to the unit was minor while the undercarriage was slightly damaged.
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Johnstown Memorial Hospital
H. W. Walker Creamery
Somerset County Home
Somerset
Landslide derails B&O freight near OhioPyle
Baltimore and Ohio railroad crews cleared tracks five hours after a landslide struck a freight train near OhioPyle Fayette county. A mass of rock derailed 11 cars with five demolished. no injuries reported and freight service was routed briefly over alternate tracks.
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Ohiopyle
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Fayette County
22 Die In Weekend Accidents Across Pennsylvania
The Associated Press reports at least 22 deaths from accidents in Pennsylvania over the weekend. Included are traffic crashes in Aliquippa Pittsburgh Philadelphia and other towns, plus a boy drowned in Quakertown and a child scalded in Meadville.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Connellsville
Quakertown
Meacville
Bradford
Aliquippa
Phoenixville
Altoona
Portstown
Philadelphia
Reading
Williamsport
York
Greensburg
Andrew Honeyk
James McNie
New Sheffield
Oglevee Twins Among Twelve Sets at Penn State
Miss Nellie and Ruth Marie Oglevee of East Somerset are enrolled as freshmen in Penn State’s School of Agriculture, one of twelve sets of twins listed in the four classes this year. The Somerset High School graduates, class of 1936, recently were crowned co queens of the harvest ball, an annual fall dance by the agricultural student council.
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Nellie
Ruth Marie Oglevee
J. W. Oglevee
East Somerset
Pennsylvania State College
Somerset High School
School of Agriculture
Oglevee
Agricultural Student Council
Department of Agriculture
New Brighton Woman Killed Crossing Street
A 20 year old woman Mary Nemeck was struck and killed while crossing a street in New Brighton. Police identified driver as H D Eckles of Rochester Pa whose car also left the woman with broken legs in the accident last night.
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New Brighton
Mary Nemeck
H. D._ Eckles
Rochester
Nanking Rebels Seize Chiang Kai-Shek Amid China Uprising
Dec 13 14 Chinese forces converge on Shensi after Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek is seized by Marshall Chang Hsiao-Liang. Dr H H Kung reports a telegram of Chiang’s safety as loyal troops rush trains and rail lines to mount an immediate counteroffensive and rescue efforts.
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Nanking
China
H. H. Kung
Chang Hsiao- Liang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kung
Executive Yuan
Chiang
Feng Yu- Hsiang
Henan Province
Chang
Central China
Shensi
Chang Hsiao-Liang
Sianfu
Lunghai
Tungkwan
Honan-Shensi
Madrid Housewives Chop Dining Tables Amid Cold Fuel Shortage
In Madrid on December 13 a fuel and food shortage drove city housewives to chop dining tables for firewood. The front saw little activity except shell bursts and Felipista gunfire as fascists pressed a starvation siege. Refugee sheltering remained a problem with 300000 women and children needing evacuation.
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Madrid
Felipe
Rosales
Madrileones
Corporation Commission
Malaga
Coroner probes death of Greensburg veteran
Coroner H. Albert McMurray opened an inquiry into whether James Grove Lawson, 43, Greensburg R. D. 2, was struck by a street car or died earlier. Motorman James Watson saw the body between tracks and could not avoid the trolley. Lawson, a World War veteran, died from a fractured skull. widow and four children survive.
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Greensburg
H. Albert McMurray
James Grove Lawson
R. D
James Watson
McMurray
Lawson
Shrine Ceremonial Set for Cumberland Theatre
Ali Ghan Temple of the Mystic Shrine will stage its fall ceremonial at a Cumberland theatre tomorrow night with Illustrious Potentate William A. Huster presiding.
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Cumberland Cumberland
Ali Ghan Temple
Cumberland Theatre
William A. Huster
Drunken driving and reckless driving incidents reported in Somerset area
William E. Kimmel of Berlin was charged with operating a coupe under the influence after a Sunday crash with Daniel M. Kimmel of Somerset on Route 106. Miles B. Addiemen of Confluence faces reckless driving charges after a Sunday 4:30 p.m. crash near Addison, leaving both he and Glenn Barclay with minor injuries. Joseph Maslanka of Acosta was jailed for operating a vehicle under the influence on Route 53 near Confluence.
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William E. Kimmel
Berlin
Daniel M. Kimmel
Somerset
R. D
South Penn
Highway Patrol
Miles B
Barclay
Addleman
Addison
Joseph Maslanka
Acosta
Confluence
Somerset County
Pope Pius XI Shows Gradual Recovery and Vatican Anti Communism Drive
Pope Pius XI, 79, remains mostly in bed for ten days but sits up to handle church affairs with Cardinal Pacelli. He attends Mass in a private chapel and is not yet strong enough to celebrate. Vatican reports note a broad anti Communist effort worldwide by the church through bishops priests and the Catholic Action movement with many publications highlighting dangers of Communism.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XI
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Vatican
Catholic Church
Catholic Action Organization
Spain
War department awards six test hole contracts for dams
The War Department approved six contracts to drill test holes at Pennsylvania reservoir dam sites. Bidders include Pennsylvania Drilling Company of Pittsburgh, Sprague and Henwood of Scranton, Mott Core Drilling Co. of Huntington and Huntingdon, and sites listed as Conemaugh river, Loyalhanna creek, French creek, Mahoning creek, Stonycreek, and Upper Allegheny river with amounts ranging from 11,195 to 36,836 dollars.
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Waliington
War Department
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Drilling Company
Pittsburgh
Conemaugh River
Sprague and Henwood, Inc
Scranton
Loyalhanna Creek
Sprague and Henwood
French Creek
Huntington
W. Va
Mahoning Creek
Mott Core Drilling Co
Huntingdon
Stonycreek
Upper Allegheny River
Four P R R Veterans to Receive Gold Buttons
The Pennsylvania railroad announced that four veteran employees will receive 50 year service gold buttons. The honorees are engineers D. F. Warfel and P. R. Skill of Conemaugh, conductor Finley S. White of Freedom, and Edward Locker, air brake inspector, Avalon.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
D. F. Warfel
PF. A. Skill
Enginmen
Conemaugh
Finley S. White
Freedom
Edward Locker
Avalon
Mail Truck Demolished in Freight Train Collision
The Meyersdale mail transport truck owned by Arthur Tipton was demolished when a freight train struck it at 6 am on Saturday. Mail sacks ripped open, parcels scattered, but most mail salvaged. Tipton escaped as the locomotive could not stop in time.
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Arthur Tipton
Meyersdale
Tipton
Meyersdale Baltimore and Ohio
Meyersdale Post Office
President's Son Franklin Roosevelt Jr. Serious Illness at Harvard
Boston reports Franklin D Roosevelt Jr the president's son is in hospital with a serious sinus infection. Doctors await fever subsidence to operate on a cheek area while hopes linger for a spring return to Harvard and possible graduation.
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Boston
White House
Ethel DuPont
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Harvard
George Loring Tobey, Jr
Roosevelt
Tobey
Delaware
Executive
Miss du Pont
Franklin
Wife Dies After Husband Is Stricken in Braddock Church
Mrs. Mary Carlson aged 70 collapsed and died today from heart disease after her husband Andrew Carlson, 74, was stricken in a suburban Braddock church where both were attending services. Physicians said Andrew probably would recover.
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Pittsburgh
Mary Carlson
Braddock Church
Andrew
Duke of Windsor Arrives in Vienna En Route to Rothschild Estate
The former king Edward VIII arrives by train in Vienna and leaves quickly for Enzesfeld to stay with Baron Eugene de Rothschild. Police guard the area as he, with Sir Walford Selby and companions, meets Rothschilds and travels in a private limousine amid tight security.
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Vienna
Duke of Windsor
Baron Eugene de Rothschild
Enzesfield
Vienna West Station
Rothschild
Royal House
Sir Walford Selby
Edward
England
Enzesfeld
Voeslau
Austria
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Innsbruck
Vianna
Pilers-Leich
Aes
Will Install New Bishop Guilfoyle in Altoona Ceremony
A 43 year old priest who left a coal mine at Adrian to study for the priesthood will be installed as bishop of the Altoona diocese next Tuesday. Most Rev Richard Thomas Guilfoyle will be consecrated at Erie last November 30 and attend by several Catholic dignitaries from across Pennsylvania and nearby states. The event includes a formal procession to the throne and a papal mandate reading, with a testimonial dinner and public reception to follow. Seven siblings and other relatives will attend the ceremony as Guilfoyle turns 44 a week later.
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Altoona
Adrian
Jefferson County
Richard Thomas Builfoyle
Erie
John Mark Gannon
Hugh C. Boyle
Pittsburgh
Alfred Koch
St. Vincent College, Latrobe
Guilfoyle
Hugh Lamb
Philadelphia
Thomas H. McLaughlin
Newark
George L. Leech
Harrisburg
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament
Dennis Cardinal Daugherty
John Cordori
Guilf
Guilfoyie
Berlin Boy Missing Sparks Police Inquiry
Information was sought Sunday about 14 year old Harry Foor Jr. son of Mr and Mrs Harry Foor of Berlin. He left Berlin public schools to seek work and was last seen near a Stonycreek township farm where he had applied as a farmhand. No further word has reached authorities.
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Harry Foor Jr
Harry Foor
Berlin
Stonycreek
Roxbury
Stonycreek Township
Porter Allen, railroad chief engineer, dies at 56
Porter Allen, 56, chief engineer of maintenance for the Pennsylvania railroad’s western division, died last night at his Winnetka home. A native of Williamsport and Lafayette College graduate, he served the railroad for 34 years. funeral services will be held Tuesday in Lancaster.
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Chicago
Lancaster
Porter Allen
Pennsylvania Railroad
Western Division
Winnetka
Williamsport
Lafayette College
Canterbury Excorriates Social Circle Over Edward and Wallis
Archbishop of Canterbury condemns Edward VII's social circle and his marriage choice as England bids farewell to the old king and welcomes George VI. George and his daughters Elizabeth and Margaret attend church with Queen Mary as crowd cheers in Pall Mall. The new king, turning 41, avoids an official holiday.
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Witt Hancock
London
Canterbury
Edward VII
Britain
George VI
Edward
Church of England
Stanley Baldwin
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Marlborough House
Mary
Duke
Gloucester
Princess Royal
Countess of
Glenn Frank Under Fire at Wisconsin State University
Madison reports a growing protest from friends and associates of Glenn Frank against possible removal as University of Wisconsin president by La Follette era regents. Public figures like Zona Gale and Oswald Garrison Villard defend Frank while alumni lean toward a hands off stance.
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Madison
Wis
Glenn Frank
la Follette Progressive
University of Wisconsin
Prank
Zona Gale
Bole
University
Walter E. Meanwell
Clarence Spears
Frank
la Follette
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Ience
Daily American
Landslide
B&o
John L. Porter
Tyrone
Pottsville
Herbert McShane
Nettie Howell
FORD
Alfred Johnson
Smethport
C. Schulse
Center
Tony Haas
Andrew Mesii
Paul Hoffner
Eugene Cassidy
Fred Ripple
Grover Smith
Nhy
Andrew Killick, Jr
York Haven
Newberrytown
P. F. Hasner
New Kensington
State College
George H. Gilliland
Thomas Hershberger
Chester S. Carr
Nellie Sermeskey
Gallitain
James Cumming
Cleveland
Ohio
Meadville
Betty Ann Grinnell
Roy Grinnell
Pontiff
Central Preas
Courier
Kathleen Wolff
Ment
P. RE
King George
la Follette Progressives
Beerits
Eagles Hall
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