Christmas Carols and Midnight Mass Across Somerset Churches
Christmas worship filled Somerset as Old Trinity chimes rang carols and Holy Birth services started at Trinity. St. Peter’s Catholic drew the largest mass yet with over 200 receiving Communion and special music by Mr. Meyers and Miss Bishop. Grace Evangelical unveiled a memorial tablet and staged a candlelit pageant Light of the World. Methodist held a candlelit Christmas tree service with 28 candles across windows and a lamps glow. St Pauls Reformed showcased poinsettias and two Christmas anthems with a midnight Harbaugh service and charitable offertory.
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Somerset
Old Trinity Lutheran Church
Trinity
I. Hess Wagner
St. Paul's Reformed
St. Peter's Catholic
St. Peter’s Catholic
John P. Manning
Grounod
Alvin Ferner
George Kneedy
A. Ferner Sellers
A. Augustan Smith
Drama
Boston University
Mable Fichtner
P. M. Pitzer
E. V. May
Yards
Ruth Reiley
Nellie Boucher
Betty Fridy
Mary Stoker
Dutch Schultz Mob Member Cangro Found Dead in Bronx
James Cangro once linked to the Dutch Schultz policy mob was found strangled and stabbed in a vacant Bronx lot. Police identified him via fingerprints and noted aliases James Ruggio Vincent Cangro and James Brown with a police record back to 1917.
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New York
James Cangro
Bronx
Cangro
Vincent Cangro
James Ruggio
James Brown
Fire Brigade Quells Irish Prison Riot
About 60 prisoners in Londonderry jail rioted for five hours on December 25 suspected of IRA membership. They set fire to bedding and furniture and shouted slogans while crowds gathered. Fire brigade hoses subdued the disturbance and forced surrender.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Aell
Santa owl visits a home through a chimney
Mrs. Knupp found a four legged owl lodged in her coal range stove pipe when Santa Claus appeared in winter lore. Neighbors helped release the bird, which fluttered away uninjured as Mrs. Knupp recalled the tale as a Christmas curiosity and a nocturnal visit.
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Santa Claus
West Main Street
EB. Knupp
Rushila Wilson
Knupp
Howard Werner
Saint Nicholas
Dog And Gifts Save Sisleys Auto Crash Rescue
A Pittsburgh family narrowly escaped a Christmas day crash when their car went toward a guard rail and tipped onto a 20 foot embankment. Their dog and the Christmas gifts on board balanced the vehicle, allowing three adults and eight year old Joan to crawl to safety.
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Clarence B. Sisley
Pittsburgh
Confluence
Sisley
Sisleys
Joan
Germans Report Quiet Christmas Fronts Across Europe
Berlin reports minimal German activity on both home fronts and war fronts for Christmas Day. News services paused and radio repeated yesterday's bulletins. The German high command described a quiet Western front while British planes flew over Heligoland in the afternoon.
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Berlin
Walther von Brauchitsch
Rudolf Hess
Adolf Hitler
Somerset Sees Quiet Christmas Amid Tragedy and Cheer
Residents in Somerset and Somerset County enjoyed a tranquil Christmas end to a year of harsh weather. A fatal pedestrian crash near Gray claimed Andrew Slota 63 of Harrison, while a Meyersdale fire displaced a family of four. Stores reported record shopping, and civic groups hosted large holiday events for children, with more than 1,000 at the Eagles party and 500 at the American Legion post.
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Somerset
Somerset County
Andrew Slota
Harrison
Meyersdale
Slota
Route 219
Gray
H. W. Walker Creamery
W. F
Bill) Lafferty
Somerset R. D
F. FE. Sass
Boswell Municipal
Lafferty
Willie Slota
E. S. Landis
Kenneth Stuver
Eagles Club
Lions Club
American Legion Post
Eagles
Body Found In Swallow Pool Near Bartonsville
State police investigate the death of R. G. Jackson whose body was found in a swallow pool on Bartonsville field. Dr. W. E. Andrews notes brain concussion and left eye injury after a post mortem. Coroner Frank M. Marvin leads the inquiry. The deceased was ejected from a bus and left a suitcase hat and coat at a nearby restaurant. Residence traced to a boarding house at 39 Whitehall Street New York City with relatives in the Toronto area.
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Siroudsburg
R. G. Jackson
Bartonsville
W. E. Andrews
Justice of the Peace
Frank M. Marvin
Samuel Dunbar
Jackson
Whitehall Street
New York City
Toronto
Canada
Miner Dies From Mystery Shooting
Arch ie Brokenbaugh, a 48 year old coal miner, was found mortally wounded in his Uniontown home today and died in a hospital. He had been shot in the abdomen. Coroner S A Baltz said state police were investigating the shooting.
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Uniontown
Archie Brokenbaugh
S. A. Baltz
Xmas Carols' Ironic Note In Finland
Casualties of the war in Europe have been scarce in the terrible toll of World War II. The note from Finland reflects ironic sentiment amid hardship and loss.
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Finland
Eue
No Fear Of Italy By Kirkell Simp Photos AP
War outlook amid Christmas 1939 analysis notes a four month old conflict among Germany France and Britain with limited casualties. Daladier’s message to France urges restraint yet readiness for retaliation while seeking peace within a broader London Paris hope. Finland operations reduce fears of a Russian German alliance and Italy’s stance remains cautious as year 1940 approaches.
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Europe
Poland
Russia
Finland
Etors
Moscow
Daladier
France
Nazi Germany
Germany
Graf Spee
Paris
London
Berlin
Romania
Danube Basin
Balkan
Moscow-Berlin
Italy
Balkans
Mediterranean
Confessed Slaying of Akron Father by Teenager
James Hill Jr., 18, admitted shooting his father James D. Hill, 44, in the back of the head after an argument. He said he loaded the body into the family car and dumped it on a canal bank near their bricklaying site. Hill was held on a murder charge.
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Akron
Verne FE
Cross
James Hill, Jr
Hill
James D. Hill
Ohio Canal
Son
James
Pilot Killed In Crashing Flight Into Radio Tower
A cabin airplane piloted by Gail Fenkick of Inglewood California struck a 450 foot radio tower in Culver City while soloing from a Los Angeles aviation school. The plane hit the tower 20 feet from the top, tearing off a wing and crashing in a nearby lot. KECA officials said transmissions were not interrupted.
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Culver City
Calif
Gail Fenkick
Inglewood
Los Angeles Municipal
KECA
National Broadcasting Company
Finland Reports War on Russian Soil in Christmas Battle
Finnish forces pushed toward the Murmansk railway as bombers struck over Viipuri Turku Riihimaki Porvoo Kouvola Tampere and near Helsinki. Three Russian planes were shot down at Tampere and Viipuri with damage to workers quarters and several cities shelled. The Finnish communique confirms integration of fighting into Russia.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Helsinki
Murmansk
Lieksa
Viipuri
Tampere
Fin
Liesksa
Murmanska
Red Army
Turku
Riihimaki
Porvoo
Kouvola
Finland
Ampere
British Keep Nazi Ship Düsseldorf Despite protest
In Panama City a protest by German Consul Walter Schmidt over the Dusseldorf’s clearance was dismissed by Brig. Gen. David L. Stone. The ship, in British prize crew, remained in Cristobal harbor en route to sea with instructions for Jamaica. Hans von Appen, ill aboard, was moved to Panama hospital after refusal to go to a canal zone facility.
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Colon
Panama
Walter Schmidt
Dusseldorf
Panama Canal
David L. Stone
Canal Zone
Cristobal
Schmidt
Stone
General Stone
Hans von Appen
Chile
Despatch
Gen Stone
Gorgas
von Appen
Santo Tomas
Republic of Panama
Murmansk
Valparaiso
Admiral Graf Spee
South American
J. B. Herbath
J. Peterson
Jamaica
Erie Woman Dies After Auto Crash
Mrs. Ernest A. Esterhamer a 44 year old Erie resident died tonight in a local hospital after a car accident about fifteen miles south of Meadville on route 19. Her husband driver Mr Esterhamer was injured but not seriously. The couple were en route home from a holiday in Pittsburgh when the car skidded out of control and struck an abutment.
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Meadville
Ernest A. Esterhamer
Erie
Esterhamer
Pittsburgh
Viipuri Bombardment Injures Civilians on Christmas Day
Report from Viipuri Finland describes a Christmas day bombing by Russian aircraft on the workers' quarter. Two women and a girl were injured as shells hit the southeast city and Knut Pass hotel, while authorities evacuated crowds and kept shelters in use amid ongoing air raids.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Viipuri
Finland
Knut Pass
Sin
Karelian
King George VI calls for undaunted endurance in war
In a Christmas war broadcast from Sandringham King George VI pleads for peace but vows to persevere if conflict worsens. He addresses the empire of 500 million and Britain’s forces, praising the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force and urging resolve to defeat wickedness.
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Sandringham
England
George VI
Britain
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
Russians Rout Finns at Jolomantsi and Overrun Suomu Salmi
Moscow reports say Russian reconnoitering units routed two Finnish battalions at Jolomantsi and overran fortified positions at Suomu Salmi. The communique notes 35 Finnish prisoners, heavy defeats, and six enemy planes shot down with one Russian plane missing.
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Moscow
Leninered
Jolomantsi
Suomusalmi
Theommunique
Ation
Finland
Somerset Weather Report by David Grove
Daily weather note lists 24 hour period from Sunday evening to Monday evening with maximum and minimum temperatures and precipitation hints. The segment mentions Somerset location and U S Weather Observer David Grove as recorder.
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David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Associated Press
U. S. Weather Bureau
New York
Boston
Miami
Chicago
Denver
New Orleans
Columbus
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Parkersburg
Wee Elkins
San Antonio
Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania and Surrounding States
Western Pennsylvania sees partly cloudy skies Tuesday with increasing cloudiness and light snow later, temperature steady. Eastern Pennsylvania varies to rain or snow afternoon or night after a partly cloudy Tuesday, temperature steady. Maryland reports partly cloudy Tuesday with east rain and west rain or snow, temperatures largely unchanged. West Virginia remains cloudy Tuesday with rain north later Tuesday night and rain or snow in the south, then Wednesday snow or rain, temperatures stable.
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Pennsylvania
Marland
West Portion
West Virginia
North
South
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