Kidnapping case shows talks on Charles Mattson ransom
A family friend says negotiations for the return of 10 year old Charles Mattson are under way and the $28,000 ransom may be paid within 12 hours. A Seattle Times ad spurred speculation about contact with the kidnapper while Charles’s grandmother appeals for safe return and offers to surrender her home.
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Tacoma
Wash
W. W. Mattson
Charles Mattson
Department of Justice
Dr. Mattson
Charles
Mattson
Seattle Times
Mabel
Tim
Charles Fletcher
Arrest W W Cameron in unregistered business case
Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti ordered the arrest of former West Chester State Teachers College president Norman W. Cameron on a charge of operating the West Chester Students Book Store under an unregistered fictitious name. Magistrate Raymond Heald issued the warrant based on state police information, following a college financial affairs report by Everett Kent and J Paul McElree.
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Harrisburg
Charles J. Margiotti
Br. Norman W. Cameron
West Chester State Teachers’ College
West Chester
Margiotti
Cameron
Earle
Raymond Heald
G. V. Stedman
Everett Kent
Bangor
J. Paul McElree
Roosevelt signals plan to curb child labor and raise wages
President Roosevelt indicated new federal moves to abolish child labor shorten long hours and raise wages to avoid starvation level pay. He spoke at a press conference outlining aims tied to reform and labor standards without detailing specific steps.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Supreme Court
Pope Dazes As Grim Vatican Bulletin Emerges
Pope Pius is described as dozing restless after a night with a gloomier Vatican note. Dr Milani reports sleeplessness from leg pain and weakened resistance, while doctors seek a sedative that won’t harm his heart. DenSees preparations for the Eucharistic Ship Conte Rosso to Manila with Cardinal Dougherty arriving Jan 3.
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Vatican City
Pius
Vatican
Amanti Milani
Papal
Holy Father
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
Manila
Cardinal Dougherty
America
W U Plans 10 Run Wires to Court House for Monaghan Trial
Western Union officials announced plans to install telegraph lines to Somerset court house to speed updates on the Monaghan trial. George Sabin said a room in the court house would house equipment with Pittsburgh officials onsite. Requests for county approval were being awaited as hotels fill and engineers inspect Somer set.
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Somerset
Monaghan
Telegraph Company
George Sabin
Western Union Office
District Company
Court House
Somerset County Commissioners
Sabin
Pittsburgh
Missing heiress jumps to death after Bible reading
Elizabeth Butterfield a 28 year old Minneapolis born heiress disappeared last Tuesday from The Gotham and Baroizon Plaza hotels. She was found dead on the hotel window ledge after reading the Bible at length with a note asking police be notified in case of accident. Her body landed on a third floor extension. The Bible lay open to St Mark. She used an assumed name while living in New York and Greenwich Conn. before the tragedy.
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New York
Elizabeth Butterfeld
Minneapolis
Baroizon Plaza
the Gotham
Elizabeth Butterfield
Charlotte Parsons
Cos Cob
Conn
Margaret Canfield
Brooklyn
Miss Butterfield
Smith College
Greenwich
Community Benefit Card Party At High School Gym
An appeal for support invites attendance at a December 30 benefit card party at the high school gymnasium at 8 p m. Tickets can be bought at the door, offering a chance for a big evening and a good deed.
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Somerset Community Hospital
New Rule for Coal Would Loosen Reins
A plan for federal regulation of the soft coal industry was advanced by the Pittsburgh Coal Company at an operators conference in Sulphur Springs West Virginia. J D A Morrow presented a plan for amending anti trust laws and easing federal controls replacing the Guffey act. Industry leaders debated the likely shape of future legislation with Senator Guffey signaling reintroduction of his bill.
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Joseph L. Miller
Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Pittsburgh Coal Company
J. D. A. Morrow
Pittsburgh Coal
West Virginia
Charles P. O'Neill
United Eastern Coal Sales Corporation
Joseph F. Guffey
D-Pa
Washington
Congress
United Mine Workers of America
Senate
Supreme Court
NRA
Morrow
O'Neill
James D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Company
Ralph Taggert
General Coal Company
Taggert
Soft Coal
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Francis
Maritime Strike Remains Deadlocked in San Francisco
Spokesmen concede little hope for quick settlement of the 61 day old maritime strike as negotiators persist. Observers say parties await congressional action to break the impasse while a shipowners committee and the marine cooks and stewards union meet to craft a working agreement. Two other unions still on the negotiating list.
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San Francisco
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
Insurance deputy visits Star Mutual for voluntary liquidation
A state insurance commission representative met Somerset officials of Star Mutual Fire Insurance Company seeking voluntary liquidation. Ellis C. Boose, secretary-manager, said little would be done before year’s end. The 26 year old mutual decided at a recent meeting to go into liquidation.
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State Insurance Commission
Somerset
Star Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Ellis C. Boose
Star Mutual
Mutual Insurance Company
Nazi threat to Bilbao ends with Palos freighter standstill
Nazi warships threaten to search vessels heading to Bilbao if Germany does not obtain the release of the German freighter Palos and its cargo seized by Basque authorities. The Palos, with a Spanish passenger aboard, remains held as Germany pressures Bilbao to free both ship and cargo amid warnings of retaliation.
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Wade Werner
Berlin
Palos
Bilbao
Byrd
Germany
Koeln
Bay of Biscay
Foreign Office
Balbao
Bodies Retrieved From Plane Crash In Rice Canyon
Coroner Frank Nance announced an inquest next week to probe possible negligence after a United Airlines crash near Rice canyon in Tehachapi Pass. Six men carried each stretcher 900 feet up a slope while 2,500 onlookers watched.
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Berbank
Calif
Frank Nance
Rice Canyon
Nance
Bakersfield
Tehachap Ridge
United Airlines
Edwin E. Blom
Union Air Terminal
U. S. Department of Commerce
Weldon Canyon
Buckstown Sunday School Elects New Officers
St. Pauls Lutheran Sunday school at Buckstown named K. H. Wagner superintendent and elected officers including Mrs. R. O. Williamson as assistant superintendent Andrew Zwick Jr as secretary Rufus Stoy as assistant secretary Stewart Wagner as treasurer Mrs Wilson Duppstadt senior superintendent of home department Mrs H W Huston assistant superintendent of home department Mrs Hobert Glessner superintendent of cradle roll and Mrs How ard Huston assistant superintendent of cradle roll.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Sunday School
Buckstown
K. H. Wagner
R. O. Williamson
Andrew Zwick, Jr
Rufus Stoy
Stewart Wagner
Wilson Duppstadt
Home Department
H. W. Huston
Hobert Glessner
Howard Huston
New Year's Mass at St Peter's Church
A New Year's Day mass will be said at St Peter's Roman Catholic Church on Friday morning for the Feast of the Circumcision at 11. Benediction will follow the mass. No confessions Thursday afternoon.
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St. Peter's
OUST GOVT FROM DAIRY ITS MILK CONTROL DEBATE
New York December dairy conference participants from New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Vermont debated government milk marketing Theodor residence Homer Rolfe urged removing government from milk pricing and restoring market competition He warned price controls hurt producers and consumers without production limits
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New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Homer Rolfe
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Mutual Dairy Cooperatives, Inc
Harry L. Hollinshed
Trenton
N. J
United Producers of New Jersey, Inc
Edward R. Eastman
American Agriculturist
Maurice Sprescott
Rolfe
Proposals to Raise School Age and Protect Teachers in Pennsylvania
Dr. Lester K. Ade outlined legislative recommendations to lift the compulsory school age to 17 in 1937 38 and to 18 in 1939 40, raise salaries, and prevent dismissals without cause. He urged restoring pay cuts amid rising living costs and sought amendments to curb blanket firings and shield boards from hiring incompetents. He spoke to the Pennsylvania State Education Association.
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Harrisburg
Lester K. Ade
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Ade
Somerfield Youth Fined for Driving on Sidewalk
Noble Darr of Somerfield was arrested by Somerset highway patrolmen after driving his car over sidewalks in Confluence. He appeared before Justice A. G. Smith and was charged with reckless driving, fined ten dollars plus costs.
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Noble Darr
Somerfield
Somerset
Confluence
Darr
A. G. Smith
Confluence Justice of the Peace
Pittsburgh Man Dies After Highway Pedestrian Crash
Stephen Smith, 51, of Pittsburgh, died today five days after being struck by a truck on Cresson highway en route to Pittsburgh. Cambria County Coroner Cyrus Davis ordered the driver Clarence Gailey of Gallitain held for investigation.
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Altoona
Stephen Smith
Pittsburgh
Cresson Highway
Cambria County
Cyrus Davis
Clarence Gailey
Gallitain
Rebels Claim For Beaten Rebels Claim For Beaten
Socialist troops killed about 5 000 Fascist troops and drove back enemy forces in a southern offensive aided by four battalions of German soldiers. The Madrid defense junta reported gains as fronts shifted toward Cordoba with Fascists bolstered by German forces around Lopera and Villa Del Rio. The capture of a cemetery at Teruel and Mount Mansueto gave Madrid control of the Zaragoza valley, while artillery bombardment around Madrid continued without a decisive breakthrough.
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Madrid
Cordoba
Andujar
Jaen
Lopera
Villa del Rio
Teruel
Mount Mansueto
War Ministry
Zaragoza
Somerset merchants close for Christmas and New Year
Most of Somerset's stores, members of the Chamber of Commerce, will be closed Friday for Christmas and New Year’s Day. C. R. Blatt, chamber president, announced that the annual custom was decided earlier in the fall to observe both holidays by closing.
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Somerset
Chamber of Commerce
C. R. Blatt
Chamber
Baby Boy Born to Melvin Yinkey Family in Somerset
A baby boy was born Tuesday morning at Somerset Community Hospital to Mr and Mrs Melvin Yinkey of Somerset R D 1. The birth was recorded in the community notices.
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Yinkeys
Melvin Yinkey
Somerset, R. D
Somerset Community Hospital
Car Skid Leads to Minor Crash on Route 31 in Bakersville
Louis C. Collborn of Winaber skidded on Route 31 near Farwash saw mill and struck a car entering the highway from a saw mill road. Driver Frank Ream of Somerset RD 3 escaped injury as both vehicles sustained minor damage.
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Louis C. Collborn
Winaber
Farwash
Bakersville
Bown
Frank Ream
Somerset
R. D
Virginia Mine Workers Strike Increases at Four Operations
About 1,100 coal miners from four Buncombe county operations joined a strike in Hanger and nearby areas after wage cuts moved machine men from District 28 to District 17. Page United Mine Workers president Frank Bevins said workers would not return under the new scale. Sheriff Ratliff said no trouble unless outsiders operated the mines, with pickets on duty.
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Richlands
Frank Bevins
Page
United Mine Workers of America
Buchanan County
Hanger
Bevins
Fulton Ratliff
Towanda Man Dies After Leg Injury in Woods
Edward Crowley aged 53 died at Robert Packer hospital from an embolism shortly after a woodcutting accident left him with a broken left leg. The injury occurred this afternoon when a heavy leg fell on him during work in the woods.
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Towanda
Edward Crowley
Robert Packer
Siple Weds Ruth Johannesmeyer in Allegheny College Chapel
Paul Siple and Ruth Johannesmeyer married at Ford Chapel Allegheny College after meeting as students. The Meadville couple, linked to Byrd Antarctic expeditions, will live in Worcester Massachusetts while Siple pursues graduate geography studies.
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Meadville
Paul Siple
Little America
Anarctic
Richard E. Byrd
Siple
Ruth Johannesmeyer
Byrd
Liple
Johannesmeyer
Ford Chapel
Allegheny College
E. M. Gearhart
Erie
Alton Lindsay
Ithica
N. Y
Ilse Johannesmeyer
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
Clyde L. Siple
Miss Johannesmeyer
Charles G. Johannesmeyer
London Fears US Red Help Influence Spain Crisis
Fears in London that American approval of exporting airplanes to Bilbao may affect Hitler's stance on Spain. Washington approved shipment of planes and parts by a New Jersey firm to Bilbao, citing neutrality act allows civil war aid. News notes Germany’s possible response to the insurgent request for German divisions or volunteers.
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London
Spain
SUE DISTILLERS FOR 6 733 868 FLOOR TAX
Pennsylvania sued two distillers to collect about 6.73 million dollars plus interest for alleged illegal secret liquor contracts during the Pinchot era. The actions name Joseph S. Finch & Co. as a subsidiary of Schenley Distillers and A Overholt & Co. as part of National Distillers, seeking principal and interest totaling about 17 million across several suits.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Charles J. Margiotti
Commonwealth
Pinchot
Dauphin County
Joseph S. Finch & Co
Schenley Distillers Corporation
Pittsburgh Architect Works on Humbert Mural
Kindred McCleary, professor of architecture at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, is on a short vacation at his Humbert studio to complete a large mural to be hung in the new federal building in Pittsburgh.
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Kindred McCleary
Carnegie Tech
Pittsburgh
Humbert
Federal Building
Mountain woman shoots in court after Breathitt slaying
In Jackson Kentucky a 35 year old mountain woman, Viola Wickline, opened fire in a Breathitt county courtroom minutes after a preliminary hearing for Johnny Shepherd, killing Shepherd and wounding two spectators. Deputy Sheriff Rice stopped the gunman after four shots. Wounded were George Shouse, Moss Noble, and others. Shepherd died hours later.
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Jackson
Breathitt County
Johnny Shepherd
Harvey Garrard
Viola Wickline
Alfred M. Russell
Shepherd
George Shouse
Moss Noble
Shouse
Howard Moore
Noble
George W. Little
John E. Rice
William Wickline
Buck Gabbard
Young Gabbard
Mattie Downs Haddix
Harvey Gabbard
Lake June Wickline
Coroners Jury Sends Sullivan to Grand Jury for Murder
A six member coroner's jury in Pittsburgh recommends Patrolman Martin J. Sullivan of Duquesne be held to the grand jury on five neighbor killings. Five witnesses described the shooting fray on December 17 as the 73 year old officer sat with bowed head and closed eyes. District Attorney Andrew T. Park said the case will go to a grand jury next week and likely be called within five weeks.
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Pittsburgh
Martin J. Sullivan
Duquesne
Andrew T. Park
Sullivan
Prayers for Pope Pius XI Broadcast From Pittsburgh
Father James M. Delaney led the Holy Name Society in Pittsburgh in a world wide broadcast of prayers for Pope Pius XI tonight. The event connected worshipers across the city as they prayed for the pontiff.
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Pittsburgh
James M. Delaney
Holy Name Society of Pittsburgh
Pope Pius XI
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