Smith as Boycott Promoter before Labor Board Inquiry
National Labor Relations Board records show Edwin S. Smith, a board member, aided a union in promoting a boycott against a Pennsylvania hosiery mill. Evidence includes correspondence with union officer John Edelman and transmission of details to a Boston department store official, with related questions about potential unfair labor practice charges.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Howse
Edwins. Smith
Pennsylvania
Eximund M. Toland
Wille
Roger Robb
Win Board
Toland
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Berksair
Wnmicon
Smith
Twob
John Edelman
Edelman
Boycot Smith
Louis Kirstein
Cllenes Deatment
Boston
Fiene’s
Benedict T. Wolf
Stanley Root
Airector
Ay Philnnephia
Iles
Smuith
Witt
Nathan Witt
Unearner
Noddl
Young
Robb
John P. Prey
Metal Trades Department
American Federaton of Labor
Frey
Joan L. Lewis
Democratic Party
AFL
Roosevelt
Lewis
Russia Expelled From League for War on Finland
Geneva dispatch reports seven of fourteen League of Nations council members voted to expel the USSR after the assembly condemned its invasion of Finland. abstentions included China Yugoslavia Greece and three Baltic states. Britain supported aiding Finland while neutrals urged no bloc.
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Charles 8. Foltz, Jr
Geneva
Russia
League of Nations
Spain
Czecho-Slovakia
Finland
League Council
Ussr
League
China
Yugoslavia
Greece
Kremlin
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Great Britain
United States
Wuem
Ethiopia
Britain
India
France
Bony
Little League
M. A. Butler
England
Destroyer Sunk and Graf Spee Chase Heightens War Patrols
British admiralty ordered a renewed hunt for the German pocket battleships Graf Spee and Scheer as Renown and Ark Royal reach Cape Town waters to join the chase. Air battles over Helgoland Bight intensify with Me 109s and British fighters shot down. The Duchess and William Hallett losses, plus overall casualty tallies, frame a grim wartime risk picture while officials deny mustard gas usage.
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London
Great Britain
Admiralty
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Ajax
Achilles
Rienown
Ark Royal
Capetown
Admiral Scheer
North Atlantic
Royal Air Force
North Sea
Helgoland Bight
Graf Spee Surrender Near Montevideo Amid British Pursuit
The Graf Spee, crippled and surrendering near Montevideo, yields 62 British sailors from nine raided merchant ships. British forces, including the Renown and Ark Royal, are poised to reinforce from Capetown, while Cumberland joins the escort outside harbor. Prisoners, aged 72 to under 15, show effects of a day of confinement as a tug ferries them ashore. Three hits reveal the ship's damage as the fight ends.
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Montevideo
Graf Spree
Cumberland
Death Watch
Renown
Ark Royal
Ajax
Achilles
Graf Spee
Chilles
Exeter
Capetown
Legation
Hans Langsdorff
Brown
S. S. Huntsman
Pottinger
S. S. Ashlea
Edwards
S. S. _ Trevanion
Stubbs
S. S. Doric Star
Patrick Dove
Africa
Two boys burned as Waltersburg home catches fire
Fire in the kitchen of a Waltersburg residence injures two boys. Two year old James Grimm suffers burns when his clothing ignites while his 12 year old brother Theodore is hurt while trying to carry him to safety. A neighbor rescues James as parents evacuate two other children and a bucket brigade extinguishes the blaze.
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Uniontown
Waltersburg
James Grimm
Theodore
James
Car Skids Into Truck Fatal Crash Near Philippi
A skid vehicle rammed a stalled truck near Philippi last night killing Fred Hos song 35 Bridgeville truck driver and injuring three others Fox Murphy 25 Philippi garage owner James Van gorder 22 Bridgeville passenger Dorothy Proudfoot of Grafton WV passerby None in serious condition.
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Philippi
Here
Fred Hossong
Bridgeville
Fox Murphy
James Vangorder
Dorothy Proudfoot
Grafton
W. Va
Two Die in William Tell Emulation Case
Scoutmaster Daniel Hackett Jr aged 29 and Boy Scout Norval Harrison 15 are found dead after an apparent attempt to imitate the William Tell legend. Harrison was shot in Hackett’s room and Hackett then fatally shot himself. An apple on a string hung at Harrison’s height remained suspended from the ceiling. The two were close friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Hackett, Jr
Norval Harrison
William Tell
Harrison
Hackett
Young Harrison
Carol Singing for Rotary Club at Somerset
The Somerset Rotary Club holds its annual carol singing after the noon meeting at the Ferner Hotel. The grade school glee club directed by Miss Helen Bittner will perform from the Old Trinity Lutheran church choir loft, with nationwide broadcast via the hotel system. Prof. John Van Vorst will play piano solos at the hotel.
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Somerset Rotary Club
Ferner Hotel
Old Trinity" Lutheran Church
Helen Bittner
John van Vorst
Major Cook Heads Bankers Association in Meyersdale
Maj. E. W Cook, VP of the First National Bank of Somerset, was elected president of the Somerset County Bankers Association at the annual dinner in Zion Lutheran church Meyersdale. Seventeen officers and guests attended from thirteen banks, including out-of-county attendees Ralph Mercer of Pittsburgh and William Jenkins of Frostburg Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj. E. W Cook
First National Bank of Somerset
Somerset County Bankers Association
Zion Lutheran Church
Meyersaaie
James P. McCabe
Philson National Bank of Berlin
H. K. Lanner
Windber
Harold Schrock
Somerset
John S. Rhoads
Stoystown
J. F. Collins
Ralph Mercer
Pitt National Bank
Pittsburgh
William Jenkins
Frostburg National Bank
Frostburg
W. Ed. McCaffrey
Snow Delays Court View of Pennsylvania Turnpike Property
A court appointed board of viewers inspecting property along the Pennsylvania turnpike right of way was postponed due to heavy snowfall. The view between Somerset and Husbands is rescheduled for December 19 with other sessions moved to December 20. Judge Boose had allowed the views to proceed after a petition to halt the action, and a show cause rule was issued against the Graham Co. in ejectment proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Uhl
Commission
Uhl
Somerset
Husband
A. D. Graham Co
Boose
Graham Co
Inauguration cost set at 1485 dollars for Lamberton
Mayor-elect Robert E. Lamberton's New Year's Day inauguration will cost 1485 dollars. Members of the council's special inauguration committee said today.
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Philadelphia
Robert E. Lamberton
Council
Farmer's Market Offerings and Saturday Prize Basket
Tomorrow morning the market invites shoppers to view food decorations and gifts for the home with orders for Christmas. A prize basket of food will be awarded on Saturday morning.
Martell Convicted of Rail Theft in Randolph County
Clair Martell 29 of Randolph was convicted by a jury in Criminal Court of larceny for stealing several tons of steel rails from Randolph Coal Co. near Boswell last September. Witness Joe Witkowski testified that Martell and Witkowski removed rails and sold them for junk. Martell claimed he knew nothing of a larceny and that proceeds were wages.
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Randolph Coal Co
Boswell
Clair Martell
Randolph
Commonwealth
Martell
Joe Witkowski
Ligonier
Witkowski
Helen Hamer
Landis Mosteller
Near Stoystown
John Zindash
Windber
R. D. Barnett
Somerset
Barnett
L. M. Arnold
Four Newell men injured in Pennsylvania crash
Four men from Newell Fayette county on a deer hunting trip were hurt when their car skidded on ice, hit a culvert, and plunged down an embankment two miles north of Indiana Pennsylvania. Joseph Abraham 55 suffered chest and back injuries. Williams Miller 42 had head injuries and rib fractures. Frank Cosner 19 suffered head injuries. Henry Darrock Jr. had cuts on the head. Abraham and Miller were listed in serious condition.
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Indiana
Newell
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
Joseph Abraham
Williams Miller
Frank Cosner
Henry Darrock, Jr
Abraham
Miller
Outbreak of intestinal influenza checked at State College
Health authorities say an outbreak of intestinal influenza among Pennsylvania State College students peaked at about 200 cases and has now been checked.
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State State College
Pennsylvania State College
Car Crash Kills Dormont Man At Irwin Intersection
An automobile crashed into a stalled truck at a highway intersection in Irwin. Henry L. Roth, 50, of Dormont, was killed in the incident reported in Greensburg on December 14.
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Greensburg
Irwin
Henry L. Roth
Dormont
French Battleship Dunkerque Heading to River Plate
Argentine sources report the 26,900 ton French battleship Dunkerque moving toward the River Plate to join the British watch on the Admiral Graf Spee. Navy experts rate her among the few ships capable of facing the German pocket battleship, with 13 inch guns, 29.5 knot speed, and 14 inch armor. Official sources withheld details.
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Buenos Aires
River Platte
Granl Spee
Naval Eperts
Sharp Fights On West Front
Paris dispatch reports the third straight day of sharp engagements along a 20 mile front on the western front. German patrols concentrated in the northern flank near the Vosges foothills and Blies valley, just east of the Saar region where earlier fighting occurred.
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Paris
Vosges Mountains
Blies
Saar River
Graf Spee battle recounted by British POWs in Montevideo
Eye witnesses from 62 British seamen captive under an 11 inch gun turret describe the Graf Spee exchange with British cruisers off Africa. They recall 17 hits by British shells, singing amid shelling, and relief when told the war was over as they entered Montevideo harbor.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Graf Spee
Doric Star
Africa
Patrick G. G. Dove
Africa Shell
Nazi Liner Slips Out of Vera Cruz
The German liner Columbus, 2,581 tons, sailed from Vera Cruz Dec 14 to evade Allied ships and reach Germany with fuel and provisions for a 50 day voyage. It had been at Vera Cruz since Sept 4, value put at $2,000,000, with Britain likely to pursue the ship.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Columbus
Germany
Gulf
Caribbean
Golum
Oslo
Norway
Mexican
Tampico
Havana
United States Gulf
Europa
Bremen
Danzig
New York
Red Radio Attacks Swedish Social Democrats in Moscow
Moscow radio broadcast harshly attacked the Swedish Social Democratic party and its newspaper Social Democrat. It accused Swedish socialists of being slaves of capitalists and imperialists while praising Russia and its red army for aiding the Finnish republic.
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Moscow
Moscow Radio
Swedish
Social Democratic Party
Social Democrat
Red Army
Democratic
Russia
Battle in Neutral Zone Query Dives Into Naval Clash
The administration seeks information on a British German naval engagement off Uruguay to determine if it violated the western hemisphere neutrality zone. If a violation is found, consultations with American republics may follow, without force. Hull notes shared action does not imply force. Uruguay allows the Graf Spee 48 hours or more for repairs in Montevideo.
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Washington
Uruguay
Hull
Graf Spee
Montevideo Harbor
Finns Hold Taipale Front Against Russian Shelling
Finns clung to river positions along the Taipale near Lake Ladoga as Russian artillery pounded the woods. Russian boats shell the flank. Finns report continued resistance since Dec. 6 with occasional casualties but no counterfire unless necessary.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Taipale
Lake Ladoga
Finland
Red Army
Touvajarvi
Lake Lanoga
Salmijarvi
Iaipale River
Toivo Sarparants
Suvanto
Weather forecast for Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia see fair start with milder temperatures. Friday and Saturday turn cloudy and warmer with occasional light rain. Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland expect fair Friday followed by increasing clouds and rain at night as temperatures rise.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
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Russa Nazi
Red
Hunt
Robert Bunnelle
William Hallett
English
Sacoa Fow
Wiliam Haslett
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Feam
Vhambverlain
Graf
Fleet Guard
Harold K. Miles
Mort of Christmas
Protect
YOUR
Scout Harrison
Carol
Rotary Club
Major Cook
County Association
Meyersdale Zion Lutheran Church
Norman T. Boose
John Schumack
Coal Run
Ira Stevanus
Schumach
John A. Berkey
A. M. Matthews
Meyersdale R. D
Paul Clement
Lewis Ceryak
Casey Ward
Bake Sale
Penna
Susannah Wesley
I. X. L. Special
OSSO
Red Radio
Somerset Weather
David Grove
U S. Weather Observer
Reeevenseres
Secnalatad
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Chicago
Denver
Pedens
Cocat
New Orleans
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St. Louis
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