Santa parachute crash over Boston harbor ends search
A Christmas party at East Boston airport ends in tragedy as Harold Kraner 35 of Winthrop falls into Boston harbor during a Santa drop. Despite coast guard and military efforts, the body is found later while the wind hampers the search. Children and families endure a tense scene as rescue crews race to recover the jumper and manage the injured.
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Harold Kraner
Boston
Santa Claus
Boston Harbor
Christa
Horr
Army
Winthrop
Kraner
Coastguard
Navy
Santa
Edward J. Seiboldt
Boston Police
John Clarin
Stichard Miller
Earl Jordan
Chidren
Army Air Corps
East Boston
Kris Kringle
Kroner
Richard E. Cobb
Strugk
Cole
Cobb
Relief caseload rises in Somerset County
In the week ending December 11 Somerset County opened 113 new relief cases and closed 39, lifting total relief clients to 1,063 and expenditures to 11,696.60 dollars. The increase of 74 cases equals 4.8 percent, with most new entries from private employment losses and works program jobs.
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Somerset County
Miss Mary Snyder to Wed Ex Professor
Miss Mary E. Snyder of Connellsville daughter of the Connellsville Daily Courier founder will marry her ex professor Alfred Wolf in Pittsburgh on Monday. Wolf is an associate biology professor at the University of Pittsburgh and a former Russian army lieutenant captured at Tannenberg. He immigrated to America in 1921 and has taught at Pitt for 11 years.
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Pittsburgh
Mary E. Snyder
Connellsville
Connellville Daily Courier
Alfred Wolf Monday
Wolf
University of Pittsburgh
Former Johnstown Man and Wife Slain in Washington
Ed gar L. Clites a 39 year old former Johnstown resident and his wife Florence 37 were found slain in their Washington home with a pistol in Clites hand. Their daughter Louise 22 discovered the bodies after hearing shots. Clites, a meat department manager, had recent autos crash injuries and nervous disorders. they moved to Washington from Johnstown 18 months ago. Louise is a design teacher at Connecticut Avenue school.
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Washington
Edgar L. Clites
Johnstown
Florence
Clites
Louise
Clutes
Connecticut Avenue School
Connellsville
William Yothers
Annie
Wilmer D. Crow
Jean Crow
Annabelle Crow
Melvin Crow
Frank Crow
Donald Snyder
Donald
Alfred Crow
Cain
Katherine Crow
Green orders purge of CIO from state federation
William Green of the A F L urges Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor to dissociate from local unions chartered by CIO international bodies. John A. Phillips, state federation president, plans last ditch effort to avert a split, sending 1,365 letters to locals to reinforce the convention stand.
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Harrysburg
William Green
American Federation of Labor
State Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization Unions
John A. Philips
State Federation
Jonn L. Lewis
Green
United Mine Workers
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
Philips
Pennsylvania
Phillips
The
A. F. of L
Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Joseph Cohen
Labor
Nonpartisan League
Cohen
CIO
Lester Thomas
Green accuses John L. Lewis of dictating labor talks
William L. Green president of the American Federation of Labor says John L. Lewis exercised dictatorship over the committee for industrial organization to block a peace pact between AFL and CIO at Washington conferences. Green cites changes after the dictator returned, vetoing a plan and ending negotiations.
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Coshocton
William L. Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Washington
Green
AFL
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Payless Strike Looms As Uniontown Workers Rally
Fayette county highway department maintenance workers chant against payless checks, threatening a strike after two missed pay periods. Union representatives plan talks with officials as 400 workers press for back wages amid holiday hardship.
Pay Checks Rush In Pennsylvania Christmas Preps
State highway department and state treasurer rush payrolls for maintenance workers. A spokesman said some districts may lack pay for Christmas due to corrections and busy mail. extra staff added to mailing department. It was unclear if Fayette county will receive checks before Christmas.
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Harrisburg
State Highway Department
State
Warren van Dyke
van Dyke
Fayette County
Christmas Eve At St Pauls Harbaugh Service
The annual midnight service at St Pauls Reformed Church begins at 11 45 with Christmas organ numbers by Mrs. Eleanor DeLong The Rev Dr George L Roth leads the Christmas story and readings with New Testament hymns The chapel choir directed by Mrs Stella Roth performs Sleep Judea Fair and wellbeing organ pieces include Nazareth Pas toral Symphony from The Messiah March of the Magi Kings Silent Night Ave Maria and The First Noel
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St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Eleanor C. DeLong
George L. Roth
Stella G. Roth
Judea Fair
Harker
Nazareth
Handel
Dubois
Alcoholism ruled as cause of death in Pittsburgh case
Pittsburgh reports acute alcoholism as the death cause of Rose Ault whose unclad body was found in a hotel. Four men tied to a steel workers' convention room faced detention but may be freed. Chemical analysis cited 82 percent alcohol in body fluids. coroner had not seen the report.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Beautiful Rose Ault
Steel Workers
Louis H.green
Frederick A. Odenwalk
Brooklyn
New York City
Jacob Zelkind
Morris Engargola
Frank C. Buckmaster
W. J. McGregor
Navy Ships Rush to Shanghai for New Trouble Center
Marblehead arrived at Shanghai to relieve the Augusta which had been there throughout the trouble. The latest developments led to keeping the Augusta at Shanghai for the present period.
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U.S. Navy
Marblehead
Shanghai
Augusta
U. S. Navy
Tsingtao
Shantung Province
Pope
Britain orders fresh troops to Hongkong amid Japan protest
London reports British cabinet plans to meet urgent orient threats as the Dunera ships the Royal Scots to Hongkong. Sir Robert Craigie delivers a note to Japan protesting infringements of Hongkong territorial waters and seeking guarantees.
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London
Great Britain
Hongkong
Japan
Dunera
Southampton
Royal Scots
Bombay
Orient
Robert Leslie Craigie
Sir Robert
Duff Cooper
Admiralty
House of Commons
China
Mediterranean
Roosevelt and Hull Denounce War in Kellogg Honor
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull denounce war as national policy while mourning former Secretary of State Kellogg. They await the Panay naval board report as tensions in the Far East continue, reaffirming belief in reason over force. Vandenberg and Capper critique Landon foreign policy remarks, urging public input on war decisions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
B. Kellogg
Far East
Kellogg
Naval Board of Inquiry
Panay
Paris
State Department
Mr. Kellogg
United States
Japan
Vandenburg
Michigan
Capper
Kansassi
Alf M. Landon
Vandenberg
Landon
Paris Police Break Up Strike Pickets in Food Warehouses
Police in Paris ousted sit in pickets from about a score of wholesale food warehouses and stores today, enforcing a government warning that strikes would not be tolerated. Pickets withdrew without resistance as strikes spread across the food industry and truck drivers halted deliveries to central markets.
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Paris
Labor Board Files Exceptions to Court Ruling in Discharges
The Pennsylvania labor relations board today filed exceptions to Judge Edwin O. Lewis’s Common Pleas Court reversal of a board order. The judge had voided a reinstatement ruling for eight industrial union members discharged by White Star Red Star and Tri Star Shoe Repairing Co. The men were dismissed for violating a closed shop contract with Irvin Kople and the AFL union. No hearing date was set.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
Edwin O. Lewis
Common Pleas
Lewis
White Star
Red Star
Tri- Star
Irvin Kople
American Federation of Labor
Hosford proposes conference on coal price spread
Hosford of the Bituminous Coal Commission urged a joint meeting of New England coal consumers and producers to protect mutual interests. The plan follows R L Fletcher of Providence Gas Co who testified that recent price rulings hurt sales of low volatile coal, noting his firm buys about 100000 tons annually in West Virginia and could switch to high volatile coal at the same price.
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Waseyington
Hosford
Bituminous Coal Commission
New England
Slap Triggers Auto Crash Into Telegraph Pole
Leonard Morris of McKeesport is held for court on a charge of driving into a telegraph pole and damaging a fireplug after a quarrel in which Marion McKenna says she slapped him. Morris says the blow blinded him temporarily.
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Pittsburgh
Leonard Morris
Mckeesport
Marion McKenna
A. C. Markus
Morris
Evacuations Rise as Japanese Move Toward Hangchow
Thousands flee Hangchow and other cities as Japanese forces close in. Reports say 100,000 Chinese troops defend Hangchow Ka-hing area while American and British ships stand by to evacuate citizens from Tsingtao and Hankow refugees head toward Hong Kong amid mounting war tensions.
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Morris J. Harris
Shanghai
Hangchow
Anton
Tsingtao
Hankow
Wukang
Shanghai-Hangchow
Hangchow- Ka-hing
Canton
South China
Bias Bay
Hongkong
United States Warcraft
Marblehead
Pope
Sacramento
United States
Capetown
Yangtze River
Kiangyin
Woosung
International
China
Soviet Russia
Chinese Turkestan
Russia
Soviet Union
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather notes show a high of 45 and a low around typical margins with light precipitation totaling .02 inches for the 24 hour period ending Wednesday. Data credited to David Grove, U S Weather Observer in Somerset.
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David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Weather Forecast for Eastern States Sees Snow and Cold
Eastern Pennsylvania expects cloudy, colder conditions with snow flurries in the north on Thursday followed by snow or rain in the north and snow in the south at night and Friday. Western Pennsylvania reports snow flurries and colder Thursday with cloudy, snowy Friday. West Virginia may see snow or rain Thursday and colder Friday. Maryland stays cloudy and colder Thursday with possible afternoon or night rain and Friday mixed snow in the extreme north.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Weather Elsewhere Across U S City Temperatures Summary
The report lists high and low temperatures and precipitation for 24 hours across major cities including New York Boston Miami Chicago Denver New Orleans Columbus St Louis Pittsburgh Parkersburg Elkins Los Angeles and San Antonio with evening timing at 8 p m. The data is provided by the United States Weather Bureau.
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Associated Press
Wedness
United States
Buveau
City
New York
Boston
Miami
Chicago
Denver
New Orleans
Columbus
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Parkersburg Elkins
Los Angeles
San Antonio
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Grippe
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Crow
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New Zealand
Pan American Airways
Farmer’s Market
McGregor
Philco
Stewart Warner
Sipe Sales CO
Somerset, PA
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F. B. Kellogg
State Labor Board
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