Beals Denies Charge In Salisbury WPA Case
William Beals a Salisbury WPA straw boss faces a felony charge for attempted assault on Mrs Ethel Fazenbaker at her home on October 29 1937. Beals testified denying the accusation while a nine man three woman jury heard the opening testimony from the Victim who described entering the home and the alleged attack.
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William Beals
Salisbury
WPA
Somerset County
Beals
Western Penitentiary
Ethel Fazenbaker
Christina Beals
Fazenbaker
Mr. Beals
Cnaries Fair
Chester Musser
Berlin
Charles Fair
The
Commonwealth
Maryland
Missing New York Couple Amid Espionage Suspicion in Moscow
Izvestia reports a missing man and wife with American passports were possibly arrested on espionage suspicions. The article notes “measures have been taken” to arrest them, while their exact identities and nationalities remain undisclosed. Private sources say they stayed three days in Poland before Moscow.
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Moscow
Kvestia
Donald L. Robinson
New York
Robinson
Izvestia
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
Robinsons
Poland
Xmas Mail Rush Hits Somerset as Holidays Peak
Postmaster O F Sutliffe said the holiday mail surge is under way with heavy volumes incoming and outgoing. Somerset staff work at top speed through Christmas with only three temporary hires, while Johnstown plans 185 extras and Philadelphia to as many as 5000.
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O. F. Sutliffe
Somerset
Johnstown
Philadelphia
Man and Wife Die in Pittsburgh Fire Tragedy
Charles Krutchman a 50 year old car dealer died after a fire that also left his wife Cora 39 years in critical condition. The deputy coroner said Krutchman likely poured gasoline on himself and ignited it then clutched his wife as flames spread. The case awaits jury consideration before ruling on the deaths.
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Pittsburgh
Charles Krutchman
Cora
F. Jackson
Krutchman
Jackson
Pledge Joseph Pritts to Phi Mu Delta Frat
Joseph Pritts son of Mr and Mrs John K Pritts of 211 South Center Avenue a freshman at Susquehanna University Selinsgrove was pledged to the Phi Mu Delta social fraternity there He played junior varsity football and earned numerals for service He studies in the business administration department
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Joseph Pritts
John K. Pritts
South Center Avenue
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove
Phi Mu Delta
Pritts
Reverend Thomas plea ends manslaughter case
The Rev. D. T. Thomas, aged 65, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the slayings of his wife and a boarder in Mercer. A murder charge in two indictments was dropped after a conference with District Attorney Edwin C. Moon.
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Thomas
Moon
Lichliter Sees Court Test for Labor Board in PA
Harrisburg reports Chairman L G Lichliter says the state labor relations board would welcome its day in court after Judge Edwin O Lewis reversed a key board order. The ruling voided reinstatement of eight shoe repair workers who left an AFL affiliate for a CIO group. Lichliter expects a copy of the ruling tomorrow and defends the board as enforcing lawful rights for workers.
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Harrisburg
L. G. Lichliter
State Labor Relations Board
Philadelphia
Edwin O. Lewis
O. A. of L
C. I. O. Lichliter
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Fire at William Baker Home Sparks Small Partition Blaze
An overheated stove pipe near the flue ignited a partition at William Baker’s home off Coal Hill on the old Plank Road south of Somerset. Somerset volunteers arrived quickly, preventing major damage. Reported loss is under $10.
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Somerset Volunteer Fire Department
William Baker
Coal Hill
Old Plank Road
Somerset
TenYearold Dies After Coaster Collision
Ten year old John Matosovski died in a Brownsville hospital after a coaster wagon collision with a street car injuring him Tuesday. He had a fractured skull according to officials.
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Brownsville
John Matosovski
Ata
Missing inmates escape Alcatraz amid heavy fog and tides
San Francisco December reports two convicts Ralph Roe and Theodore Cole, both Oklahoma men, missing from Alcatraz Island federal prison. Search by coast guard boats and guards. Roe faced 99 years for bank robbery, Cole 50 years for kidnapping.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
Rocky Island
James A. Johnston
Ralph Roe
Duncan
Okla
Theodore Cole
Stroud
Coast Guard
Alcatraz
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Roe
Cole
Oklahoma
Earle Back From Sweden Discusses Housing Plan
New York December 16 Governor George H. Earle of Pennsylvania returned from Sweden with ideas on adopting its housing and roads program to aid economic recovery. He urged slum clearance in Pennsylvania and noted Sweden's housing strides. He traveled with Mrs. Earle and about 20 Pennsylvanians to Gothenburg for the 300th anniversary of the departure of the first Swedish expedition to found a colony in Pennsylvania. He avoided speculation on a special legislature session but cited possible coal region study. Chief Justice John W. Kephart injured his right arm in a sea incident aboard the Kungsholm.
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New York
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Sweden
United States
Karl de Schweinitz
Harrisburg
Kungsholm
John W. Kephart
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Earle
Vought Pardon Plea Heard Second Time
Merle George Vought of Brothersvalley township sought a pardon from the state pardon board in Harrisburg for a Western penitentiary sentence on breaking and entering and larceny after a neighbor’s ham theft. His second application followed a previous rejection and was heard Thursday after he filed late in October.
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Merle George Vought
Brothersvalely
Western Penitentiary
Harrisburg
Vought
Head of Red Star Line Faces Treason Charges
Hamburg reports the prosecuting attorney asked 49 year old Arnold Bernstein chief of the Red Star and Bernstein Shipping Lines be punished for treason and foreign currency violations. The demand seeks five years in prison and a fine of $1,800,000.
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Hamburg
Germany
Arnold Bernstein
Red Star and
Bernstein
Lindbergh Attends A N A C Meeting in Washington
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh attended a meeting today in Washington as a member of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
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Lindbergh
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Ten-Point Recovery Program Outlined by Senators
A small group of Republican and Democratic senators drafted an Address to the People outlining a ten point recovery program. The plan urged tax revision, budget balance, fair capital labor relations, and private investment, while stressing private enterprise and relief distribution. Senators Bailey Austin and Van denberg acknowledged involvement, with Bailey denying a bloc intent and urging presidential support.
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Washington
United States
Bailey
Austin
R-Vi
Vandenberg
R-Mich
America
Roosevelt
Arrest 208 at Ford Plant in Detroit
Detroit December 16 police loaded 208 union members into patrol wagons and hauled them to headquarters as a bid to distribute literature to Ford employees was disrupted. Of the arrestees 203 were charged with obstructing traffic and released while others faced separate disturbances in Kansas City and St. Louis where a labor board hearing opened on unfair labor practices.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Ford Motor Company
Kansas City
Ford
St. Louis
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Company
Somerset Receives $27,256 Gas Tax Refund
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania distributed 3.76 million dollars to 67 counties as their six month share of the gasoline tax revenue. Somerset County received 27 thousand 256 dollars from the fund.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Somerset County
Postponed Instrument Landing At Pittsburgh After Christmas
Charles E Planck announced the first instrument landing on a scheduled Pittsburgh commercial flight is postponed until after Christmas due to bad weather. The event would have marked the 34th Wright brothers anniversary at Kitty Hawk.
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Pittsburgh
Charles E. Planck
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Kittyhawk
N. C
Planck
Hoover outlines a private enterprise plan as alternative to planned economy
In Chicago Herbert Hoover argued tonight that the recession need not be serious and urged a social system anchored in private enterprise. He called for cost reduction through invention and production, regulated competition, and broader cooperation between government and business to create more jobs and higher living standards.
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Chicago
Herbert Hovover
Wie Economic Club of
Opinen
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Suspect Identified in Widow Carpenter Murder
Miss Mary Griffin, a 22 year old witness, positively identified Wendell Forrest Bowers, 19, as the killer from a rogues gallery photo. Frederick B. Smillie announced Bowers’ immediate arrest after further identifications by two other witnesses and a hospital viewing. The suspect, released December 3 from Huntingdon Reformatory for felonious entry and larceny, was located near Ambler, and photos were circulated from state police.
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Norristown
Mary Griffin
Wilma V. Carpenter
Rogues Gallery
Wendell Forrest Bowers
Huntingdon Reformatory
Frederick B. Smillie
Montgomery County
Ambler
Philadelphia
Smillie
Toney
Thomas McNutt
Emma Anderson
Coca
Carpenter House
Bowers
Giitlin
Wilma
Jury rules sit down on ship is mutiny
A federal jury in Baltimore convicting 14 seamen of the government freighter Algie on conspiracy and attempt to revolt. Each count could bring up to five years in prison or a $1,000 fine. Judge Chesnut said sailors have no right to strike against U.S. laws anywhere at any time.
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Baltimore
Algie
W. Calvin Chesnut
United States
Poor Board Law Challenge Faces City Officials
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to hear a suit by poor directors of two townships in Philadelphia County challenging the constitutionality of the new law abolishing poor boards. Acting Chief Justice Schaffer ordered service on the city and four officials and set a ten day filing deadline to restrain enactment.
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Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
William S. Schaffer
Japanese Army and Navy Prepare Triumphal Entry Into Nanking
Japan's army and navy leaders gear up for a victorious march into Nanking as Chiang Kai-Shek urges Chinese resolve. The Panay incident widens tensions as Allied gunboats head toward Shanghai amid reports of wartime violence and detentions. Sun Yat Sen tomb is spared while Ming mausoleum sights are claimed undamaged.
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Shanghai
Japan
China
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
Giangyin Boom
Yangtze
Menken
Sun Yat-Sen
Purple Mountain
Iwane Matsui
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Hull Adds To Account With Tokyo Court
The United States stiffens stance over the Panay sinking with new evidence of machine-gunning by Japanese forces. Secretary Hull plans to present a formal note to Tokyo via Ambassador Grew while awaiting eyewitness reports from China. Labor leaders call for a sweeping boycott of Japanese goods as the House Foreign Affairs Committee pins blame on Japan.
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Shanghai
Washington
Hull
Mitsunami
Japan
Oahu
Nanking
Arthur Menken
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Charles Hull
State Department
Hughes
Panay
Atcheson
China
Tokyo
Secreary Hall
Teizo Mitsunami
Yangtze
Department
William Green
American Federation of Labor
McReynolds
D-Tenn
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Weather Outlook for the Mid-Atlantic States
Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland expect rain with moderate temperatures Friday and Saturday, then clearing and cooler Saturday night. Western Pennsylvania has occasional rain and moderate temperatures Friday, Saturday mostly cloudy with snow flurries and colder. West Virginia sees rain and mild temperatures Friday likely ending Saturday, followed by cooler conditions Saturday.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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Ruth Norma Robinson
Postmaster Sutliffe
Human Torch
Self
State Labor Board
American Way
Coast Guards
RED Star
Anish
Picks Bowers
Miss Mary Griffin
Mrs. Carpenter
Miss Griffin
Phiadelphia
Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Associated Press
Wea
City
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