Leniency Sought For Rebel Chang Hsueh-Liang After Kidnapping
In Nanking Chang Hsueh-Liang seeks mercy after abducting Chiang Kai-Shek and releasing him two weeks later. Chiang supports leniency, while officials weigh court-martial prospects. Rumors say Chang may be allowed to return to Silanfu to command again.
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Nanking
China
Chang
Chang Hsueh-Liang
T. V. Soong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Qhai
Chiang
Silanfu
Sianfu
Soong
Executive Yuan
Marshal Chang
Chane
Yang Hu-Chen
Printer’s Daughter's Elimination Sparks Fatal Heart Attack
In New York Morris Fe, a Brooklyn printer, collapsed after his daughter Edith failed to win a spelling bee. He died hours later from a heart ailment, the family physician linking the death to stress.
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New York
Morris Fe
Brodacasting Studi
Wwe
Edith
Vandenberg Urges Mandatory Neutrality Laws and Cash and Carry
Senator Vandenberg proposes mandatory neutrality legislation with a cash and carry trade policy for belligerents. He advocates a "war quarantine" approach over the League of Nations "war partnership" theory to insulate the U.S. from foreign wars. He notes his roles on munitions and foreign relations committees and calls for definite, positive law despite a recent Supreme Court ruling on neutrality discretion.
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Washington
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
America
Michigan
League of Nations
Vandenberg
Senate
Supreme Court
Somerset inventory opens after Christmas sales surge
Somerset merchants announce inventory taking after a strong holiday season with December sales already matching last year. Coupon promotions drive activity, next award date set for January 18, and merchants urge continued use of coupons to spur Easter shopping. Committee plans further share your profits efforts and more promotional plans.
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Somerset
Merchants Profit Sharing Committee
George W. Schenck
Merchants’ Committee
Cantata The Christmas Adoration Shown by Somerset Brethren
A large congregation heard the second performance of The Christmas Adoration by combined choirs of the Somerset Church of the Brethren Sunday at 7 30 P M. John H Fike and Mrs E Scott Brashear led the choir effort. A prior reading was given at Grace Evangelical Church last Sunday evening.
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Somerset
Uniontown Man Held on Forgery and Counterfeiting Charge
Leonard Rine, 27, of Uniontown, jailed in Somerset County on forged signature and check counterfeiting charges. Held for preliminary hearing under commitment by Salisbury Justice of the Peace C. A. Maust. married with one child.
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Leonard Rine
Uniontown
Somerset County
C. A. Maust
Salisbury
Aine
Heavy storm batters California coast and port
A heavy storm battered the southern California coast with seas pounding the waterfront. The Mexican mail liner Sinaloa ran aground on a submerged breakwater off Terminal Island near Los Angeles harbor. Two men aboard were rescued as gusts reached 60 miles per hour and numerous boats were grounded or swamped along the shore.
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Los Angeles
California
Sinaloa
Terminal Island
Los Angeles Harbor
Bodies of Northwest pilots found after mail plane crash
Spokane reports that two Northwest Airlines pilots Joe Livermore and Arthur A Haid were killed when their mail plane crashed on Early Creek ridge south of Kellogg Idaho. The search party found the pilots bodies thrown clear while rescuers recovered 500 pounds of Christmas mail from the wreckage. The radio station confirmed the bodies were thrown clear and noted fire damage at the scene. Postal inspectors said the ship carried 16 mail pouches but seven were found including three registered pouches.
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Spokane
Wash
Northwest Airlines
Kellogg
Idaho
Forest Service
Early Creek Ridge
Joe Livermore
Arthur A. Haid
Albert A. Paisley
Commerce Dept Sees 1933 Business Out Of The Red
The commerce department reported that business and industry likely will be out of the red this year for the first time since 1929, estimating national income at least 60 billion dollars and indicating income produced may equal income paid out. It notes improvement, durable goods, construction gains, higher farm income and more payrolls while warning unemployment data would aid accuracy.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Robbery at jewelry store shocks Sharon crowd
In Sharon two men in a car smashed a jewelry store window with hammers and fled with diamonds rings and watches worth about 500 dollars. Store owner Frank Wengler chased them with a pistol but the thieves escaped around a corner. Witness Christ Lotus heard the crash and alerted bystanders.
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Sharon
Frank Wengler
Christ Lotus
Four Hundred Ill From Food Poisoning At Ohio Home
Four hundred men fell violently ill after a meal at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors' Home in Sandusky Ohio. By today only about 15 remained hospitalized as investigators probe the food source. Most afflicted were veterans with 100 trusties from the state reformatory. Authorities suspect bacterial poisoning traced to head cheese from a farm at the facility. Milk supply was also tested as the hogs are checked by officials.
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Sandusky, O
Ohio
Gol. John Volka
State For
Ohio State Reformatory
F. M. Houghtaling
Erie County
Leo Ey
Division of Laboratories
Ohio Department of Health
Col. Volka
Christmas Holiday Death Toll Tops Six Hundred
Violent deaths during the Christmas season exceed 600 with 460 traffic fatalities and a range of causes from fireworks to drownings and train and plane crashes. Kentucky reports 13 shooting deaths while California and Illinois lead traffic tolls with 37 and 43 respectively.
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Chicago
Kentucky
California
Slinee
Michigan
Ohio
Texas
Rockslide Buries N Y C Tracks near Peekskill
A rockslide buried all four tracks of the New York Central railroad near Peekskill disrupting main line service between Albany and New York. No trains were moving past the wall at the time and no one was injured.
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Peekskill
N. Y
New York Gentral Railroad
Albany
New York
Jail Pair For Highway Robbery Impersonating Officers
James Shaffer 54 and George Shaffer 31 were jailed after allegedly forcing William Rhoads into a car on a night of drinking in Somerset county. Rhoads reported the pair posed as officers and demanded $50, later finding $32 on the suspects. Shaffers denied charges as police recover loot and investigate possible assault charges. Both men are Somerset residents confined awaiting a preliminary hearing.
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Somerset
Wiliam Rhoads
Near Trent
James Shaffer
George Shaffer
Somerset County
Roaanouses
J. J. Newberry
East Somerset
Rhoads
Jacob Pile
W. W. Cupp
George
Shaffer
Auto Hit Kelso Man During Night Highway Incident
Metto Pollik of Kelso was struck by a car while standing in the center of the Kelso highway. Paul Thomas of Holsopple R D 1 said he could not avoid the collision. Pollik suffered a possible brain concussion and abrasions. He was taken to Johnstown Memorial Hospital and listed in fair condition.
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Metto Pollik
Kelso
Paul Thomas
Holsopple
Johnstown Memorial Hospital
Conductor Isaac P. Dyer Survives Streetcar Shooting
In Cleveland on December 27 a gunman shot at Conductor Isaac P. Dyer who avoided fatal injury by catching the bullet in his shirt pocket. The assailants stole a change carrier after firing and fled as Dyer swung a switch iron at them.
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Cleveland
Isaac P. Dyer
Dyer
Von Seeckt Dies At His Home In Berlin
General Hans Von Seeckt, 70, died at his Berlin home after a short illness. A World War figure, he helped suppress the 1920 postwar uprising and contributed to organizing the new republic's army.
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von Seeckt
Berlin
Hans von Seeckt
Germany Pressures Spain Over Paris Freighter
Berlin demanded the Spanish Socialist government release the German freighter Paris under threat of reprisals as the deadline neared. A Basque statement claimed the ship would be held in Bilbao for contraband, while German officials offered no comment on possible actions. Navy movements and dispersal reports circulated from Gibraltar and London without confirmation.
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Berlin
Germany
Paris
Gibraltar
Scheer
Tetuan Bay
Spanish Morocco
St. Jean de Luz
France
Spain
Mediterranean
Bilbao
London
European peace seen lasting into 1937 say observers
Observers in continental capitals believe Europe’s peace will hold well into 1937 despite tensions over Spain. Hitler’s Berchtesgaden consultations address backing Franco and potential clashes with major powers about colonies. Naval movements in Bilbao and the Palos seizure hint at strategic posturing without an imminent showdown.
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Frank H. King
London
Europe
Spain
Fire Destroys Slavish Home on Boswell Jerome Road
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed the home of Michael Slavish on the Boswell Jerome road late Christmas night. Boswell volunteers reached the scene after the house was leveled. Mr and Mrs Slavish were in Johns town and children with a neighbor. Furniture and belongings were wiped out with an estimated damage of 3000 dollars.
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Michael Slavish
Boswell-Jerome Road
Charles Mishler
Boswell
Pontiff’s Paralysis Spreads as Vatican Reports Persist
Reports from Vatican City say Pope Pius XII, 79, remains in bed with paralysis spreading from his legs to his left side and arm. He endures intense pain, swelling in the left leg, and fainting spells after his Christmas Eve broadcast, with physicians closely watching for further complications.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Vatican
Holy Father
Pontiff
Beavers Charges Himself With Murder in Pikeville
Nathan Beavers of Barrenshe Kentucky swore to a warrant charging himself with the killing of Grover Vance and was jailed in Pike county. He claimed Vance shot at him prompting the fatal shot after Vance broke into his home while Beavers was at the Atlanta penitentiary.
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Pikevi Lle
Nathan Beavers
Barrenshe
Grover Vance
Pike County
Beavers
Vance
J. C. Stewart
Atlanta
Hitler Orders Reprisals as Palos Seizure Angers Spain
Berlin reports Nazi Germany will take reprisal measures after Spain accuses a German freighter, the Palos, of seizure near Bilbao. A Bilbao issued statement through the Spanish embassy in Paris denies release and claims the ship carried 1500 tons of war materiel with two suspected Spanish Fascist agents aboard returning from Germany to Vigo.
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Germany
Hitler
Europe
Ot der Fuehrer
Bilbao
Berlin
Paris
Vigo
Foreign Office
Adolf Hitler
Madrid
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Soviet military buildup and 1936 war budget forecast
Soviet reports say Moscow plans bigger armaments for 1936 with rapid army expansion and lower conscription age. By mid January assistant war minister Tuknachevsky could announce large increases, as Vyacheslav Molotov promises continued growth.
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Moscow
Russia
Central Executive Committee
Mikhail Tuknachevsky
Truck Driver Dies in Silk Truck Explosion Crash
Fredericksburg Va Dec 27 A silk laden truck overturned trapping driver Howard Andrews inside. An explosion ignited fuel gas as rescuer Charlies Carter reached the cab and heard the driver cry for help before the flames engulfed the vehicle.
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Fredericksburg
Howard Andrews
Charlies Carter
Carter
Spain and Germany Threaten War Over Paris Freighter
Associated Press reports Spain refuses to release the Nazi freighter Paris and its 1500 tons of arms from Bilbao. Germany warns of reprisals. France warns against a Spanish invasion. Britain and France push to halt volunteer enlistments. Italy may cooperate on stopping foreign volunteers.
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Associated Press
Spain
Paris
Germany
Europe
Bilbao
Hitler
Berlin
France
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Britain
Franco
Foreign Office
Italy
Senator Ealy Donates to Somerset Hospital Building Fund
F. W. Cunningham announced that funds from State Senator Charles H. Ealy were received for the hospital building fund. The donation amount and accompanying letter directing its use toward erecting a new Somerset Community hospital were disclosed, though the exact sum was not revealed.
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F. W. Cunningham
Somerset Community Hospital Board
Charles H. Ealy
Robber Dies After Avoca Taproom Encounter
Avoca man Robert Algar, 25, of Avoca, was found dead with his neck wedged between an iron bar and a window sill in an Avoca taproom. State police say Algar entered to rob the place and became wedged while trying to exit through the window. Tobacco and cigarettes were found on the floor beneath the window.
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Scranton
Andrew Wileski
Robert Algar
Avoca
Algar
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Bilboa
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Somerset Community Hospital High School
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