Border clash erupts at Munkacs as Hungary faces Czecho Slovakia
Bitter fighting breaks out near Munkacs, 30 000 residents, with machine guns armored car and light artillery. Hungary accuses Czecho Slovakia troops of provocation. Casualties reported and both sides call for inquiry as reinforcements pour to the border.
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Alvin J. Steinkopy
Budapest
Munkacs
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Crosveg
Border Point
Krno
Prague
Carpatho-Ukraine
Oroszpeg
Kans
Razor blades found on prisoners prompt jail laxity probe
Sheriff John Heinz in Pittsburgh disclosed that razor blades and knives were found on several prisoners. He said he would ask the county prison to investigate laxity in the Allegheny county jail. He cited two inmates armed with blades who rode for hours with deputy sheriffs to a state hospital. He promised more details in a report to the prison board Monday.
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Pittsburgh
John Heinz
Allegheny County
Farview State Hospital
Wayne County
Heinz
Mooney to Leave San Quentin for Pardon
Thomas J. Mooney, held at San Quentin for 21 years over the San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing, is expected to receive an unconditional pardon from Governor Culbert L. Olson. He will depart at dawn for Sacramento, ending his long imprisonment on a possible clemency order.
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San Quentin
Calif
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Sacramento
California
Culbert L. Olson
Mooney
Mother finds baby daughter strangled in crib
A five month old girl Eleanor Elaine Pruschnik of Jenners No 2 was found suffocated in her crib by her mother about 7 Thursday evening. Coroner F E Sass of Boswell ruled accidental suffocation after investigation stating the child had been placed in the crib earlier and the bed clothes twisted about her face.
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Eleanor Elaine Pushenik
Jenners No. 2
Anthony Prushhnik
F. E. Sass
Boswell
Eleanor Elaine
Anthony Pruschnik
Adams to Head Police in James Cabinet Rumor List
Philadelphia dispatch reports a tentative cabinet list for Governor-elect Arthur H. James. Sophia M. R. O'Hara of Wilkes-Barre is named for secretary of the commonwealth, with other posts including Claude T. Reno attorney general and Edward Martin adjutant general.
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John A. Reitinger
Philadelphia
Arthur H. James
Sophia M. R. O'Hara
Wilkes-Barre
Commonwealth
Matthew Stanley Quay
James
Claude T. Reno
Allentown
Lehigh County
John H. Light
Lebanon County
Pennsylvania State Grange
I. Lamont Hughes
Allegheny County
G. Albert Stewart
The
Clearfield Progress
Edward Martin
Washington
Civie
Labor and Industry
Lewis G. Hines
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Howard L. Russell
Delaware County
Colnnel
Matthew H. Taggart
Northumberland County
Fisher
Adams
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Lynn G. Adams
Dauphin County
J. Paul Pedigo
Pennsylvania
Department of Labor and Industry
Department of Labor
Department of Commerce
Ira T. Thomas
Philipsboro
Bureau of Mines
Department of Mines
Miss O’hara
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Pinchot
Bureau of Elections
State Board of Pardons
J. Gordon Mason
Francis A Loveland Dies at 79 Noted Educator and Church Leader
Francis A Loveland a 79 year old western Pennsylvania school official and churchman died today in Corry He was a director of Edinboro State Teachers College and a member of its state council of education A former tannery executive he was also a Methodist Episcopal church leader and had a hall named for him at Edinboro.
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Francis A. Loveland
Corry
Western Pennsylvania
Edinboro State Teachers College
State Council of Education
Methodist Episcopal Church
Somerset Young Republicans plan Harrisburg inauguration parade
Somerset county Young Republicans discuss a January 17 parade in Harrisburg for Governor elect Arthur James. Livengood outlines appointee qualifications as 20 strong group backs two buses and a county band.
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Somerset County
James
Harrisburg
Sons of Thunder
Bill Livengood
Arthur H. James
Ferner Hotel
A. M. Matthews
Somerset High School
W. H. Beachy
Somerset
Homer W. Smith
Holsopple
Republican Men of Pennsylvania
Major Mauk Led Statewide Police Revolver Squad
Commissioner P W Foote cited Major Jacob C Mauk of Greensburg and the Pennsylvania motor police revolver squad which competed under Mauk in 17 matches across seven states last year. The record shows nine wins nine top finishes with key members listed including Seret T E Jones Lewis Feloni Walter Kunkle and others.
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Harrisburg
P. W. Foote
Jacob C. Mauk
Greensbunt
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Mauk
Seret T. E. Jones
Clemence C. Snipas
Butler
Lewis R. Feloni
Walter B. Kunkle
William A. Stile
Robert C. McKee
Greensburg
Thomas E. Eshelman
Hazleton
Bruce L. Burtner
Hershey
Congressional push to fix relief fund distribution formula
Powerful members of Congress seek a strict distribution formula for relief funds to states. Senate leaders discuss earmarking future funds to avoid discrimination and consider applying a highway-style formula to relief.
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Congress
House
WPA
F. C. Harrington
Senate Unemployment Committee
Clark
D-Mo
Murray
D-Mont
Hatch
D-Nm
Roosevelt
Althouwsh
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Byrnes
D-Sc
Harrington
House Committee
Woodrum
D-Va
Adams
D-Cole
Senate Appropriations Committee
PWA
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York City
Prisoners Sign Guilty Pleas Before January Court
Four prisoners signed guilty pleas at the county jail on Friday afternoon. They include Elwood Cupp Jenner township for assault and attempted ravishment, Lester Williams Windber for leaving the scene and failing to show registration, Charles McCoy Macdonaldton for fornication and bastardy and failure to support a child, and Charles Solt Windber for assault and battery. Judge Norman T. Boose will hear sentences Monday as the January term opens. Attorney S. Cober Braucher assisted the district attorney and expects additional pleas before court starts.
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Norman T. Boose
Elwood Cupp
Jenner Township
Lester Williams
Windber
Charles McCoy
Macdonaldton
Charles Solt
S. Cober Braucher
A. M. Matthews
Braucher
Snow melts as PA New York teams face rescheduled ski championships
Snow in Kane Pennsylvania the so called ice box melted creating a springlike spell. The 17 inch snowfall forced postponement of the Allegheny national cross country ski championships from Sunday to January 22. A dozen teams from Pennsylvania and New York will compete if conditions permit.
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Kane
Pennsylvania
New York
Heat Deaths in Prison Cellblock Highlight Trial
Testimony shows Sergeant James Hart followed Craven orders to turn on heat in Klondike isolation cells where four convicts died last summer. Craven faces murder charges over the deaths as authorities describe extreme heat in the cellblock and survivors recount torture hours.
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Philadelphia
James Hart
Frank A. Craven
Craven
Commonwealth Convenas
Frank Comedeca
William B. Mills
Hart
Mills
Klondike
O. K
Francis Gallagher
John A. Boyle
William Henry Welsh
Board of
Martin P. Crane
Comodeca
Truxal Promises to Prove Innocence in Murder Case
Defense attorney W Curtis Truxal for three youths charged with the May 18 murder of Charles Kohut says the prosecutions case is flawed and vows to uncover why arrests were made after a careless investigation. He cites an alibi plan and seeks payroll proof from Lockport workers.
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W. Curtis Truxal
Charles Konut
Truxal
Lockport
New York
Mike
Tony Tisak
Vincent Bovina
Conemaugh Township
Kelso
Tisak Brothers
Dadura
Kohut
Boy Born to Nicholsons at Arlington Apartments
Mr and Mrs Theodore Nicholson announce the birth of a son at the Arlington apartments.
Governor commutes sentences in Warren County killings
Harrisburg reports Governor Earle commuted the death sentences of John G. Polens and Joe Senauskas to life imprisonment for the Warren County double slaying.
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Earle
Harrisburg
John G. Polens
Joe Senauskas
Warren County
Eroe Opens Door To Seating 3 Pennsylvanian Republicans
Senator William J. Eroe of New Castle said the state Senate should seat three Republicans denied when the chamber organized January 3. He backed Gelder for president pro tem and argued Republicans deserve responsibility for state government while noting no promises influenced his vote. Eroe said the men were regularly elected and should be seated.
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Pittsburgh
the Post-Gazette Tonight
William J. Eroe
New Castle
State Senate
Senate
Eroe
Frederick T. Gelder
Thomas Kennedy
John G. Snowden
A. H. Letzler
J. Fred Thomas
Gelder
Pennsylvania
Arthur H. James
James
Roosevelt May Seek Larger Army and Air Force
Secretary Woodring told the National Press Club that President Roosevelt may ask Congress for a bigger national defense. He cited new air and naval bases needing more ground troops and weapons, and said the 400,000 strong initial force cannot meet further tasks without reinforcements.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Tower
Woodring
War Department
National Press Club
National Guard
Swarts Join Albany Campaign After Holiday Visit
The Rev and Mrs L M Swart left Thursday to join the O E Williams evangelistic effort in Albany Indiana. It will be the second campaign at the United Brethren church in Albany with large crowds expected.
Admits 2nd murder in Scottdale store slaying case
Fayette County Detective John C Wall said John Torza 26 confessed to killing Naum Acheff 49 Scottdale and implicated two black accomplices Luther Royston 28 and Clyde White 19 in a Dec 14 hold up. The trio in Fayette county jail awaiting trial with Royston and White charged in the Dec 3 murder of Henry Foster 69 Vanderbilt.
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Wall
John Torza
Naum Acheff
Scottdale
Westmoreland County
Luther
King Kong) Royston
Clyde White
Connellsville
WPA
Fayette County
Royston
White
Henry VD
Foster
Vanderbilt
Torza
Acheff
Charles Moffatt
Vandals Active in Confluence Amble Through Homes and School
State troopers and county officers probed a Confluence area case Friday involving a break in at J H Lanners home on Oden Street and suspected intrusions at Confluence High School. Furniture was overturned and items strewn about as depredations occurred. three figures were seen near the school. Damage amount not yet estimated.
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Confluence
Confluence High School
J. H. Lanner
Oden Street
Miss Picking Fractures Hip in Fall at Home
Somerset resident Miss Lucy Picking is hospitalized at Community Hospital with a fracture of the right hip from a fall at 129 East Patriot Street. She was reported resting fairly well Friday evening after the injury Friday morning.
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Miss Picking
Lucy Picking
Somerset
Community Hospital
East Patriot St
Chamberlain signals support for France in Italian dispute
London reports indicate Prime Minister Chamberlain plans discreet backing for France over Italy’s French territory campaign. He will meet Daladier in Paris for tea with Halifax and Bonnet before Rome talks with Mussolini, aiming to influence Italy and possibly form a personal rapport with Il Duce.
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London
Ministre Chamberlain
Mussolini
France
Chamberlain
Daladier
Paris
Rome
Viscount Halifax
Georges Bonnet
Britain
Lord Halifax
E Duce
Pius
Italy
Duce
Hitler
Daladier Reaffirms No More Peace Offerings
Premier Daladier ended a North Africa tour in Algiers with a firm pledge that France will not make further sacrifices for peace. He refused to cede any French territory and rejected legal pretexts, praising France’s rights while reviewing 12,000 colonial troops and meeting colonial military chiefs aboard the cruiser Foch.
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Algiers
Daladier
France
Mediterranean
Corsica
Tunisia
Algeria
Roux Freysenning
Foch
Fidelity Hearing Continues In West Virginia Case
A federal judge extended the fidelity investment association receivership hearing in Wheeling West Virginia to Monday. Judge William E Baker presided over the continued proceedings concerning the nationwide investment loan organization.
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Fidelity
Wheeling
W. Va
Fidelity Investment Association
William E. Baker
Weather Forecast For WV and PA Regions
West Virginia will be fair and warmer. Western Pennsylvania expects mostly cloudy and warmer Saturday with Sunday rain and colder Sunday night in the north. Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland forecast fair Saturday then Sunday cloudy with mild temps followed by intermittent light rain.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
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