Wallis Simpson Offers to Sacrifice Love to Save Edward
London and Cannes report Edward VIII clings to his aim to wed Wallis Warfield Simpson while Baldwin weighs a constitutional crisis. Mrs Simpson formally pledges to withdraw to protect the throne, as royal aides and observers assess the empire’s future and the king’s course of action.
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London
Edward
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Britain
Fort Belvedere Lodge
Stanley Baldwin
Cannes
England
Baldwin
Mrs. Simpson
Belvedere
Empire
Duke of York
No. 10
Downing Street
Commons
Simpson
Wallis
Dominions
France
Trans-Atlantic Telephone
Edward VIII
Baltimore
Majestic
Brownlow
Lord Brownlow
Great Britain
Villa Viei
Herman Rogers
New York
Villa Viel
Thousands of Persons Carried Away in Philippine Flood Crisis
Manila reports a vast flood in the Cagayan river valley of northern Luzon starting December 4. Army lines say thousands missing or carried away as waters surge toward Aparri, with 54 towns flooded and communications cut. Death toll feared high and many districts remain uncontactable.
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Manila
Philippine Army
Cagayan River
Luzon
Aparri
Tlagan
Sagayan
Nueva Vizcaya
Isa
Cagayan
Philippines
George A Laughlin dies Wheeling publisher and legislator
George A Laughlin 74 of Wheeling publisher and longtime state legislator died suddenly at his home from a heart attack after a brief illness. He led the Wheel ing Intelligencer Publishing Co and served as its president and at times editor. Funeral services are set for Wednesday.
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Wheeling
George A. Laughlin
Laughlin
Wheeling News-Register
Samuel Laughlin
Cleveland
Wheeling Intelligencer
Colny
Intelligencer
The
News Publishing Company
the Intelligencer
News
News-Register
Page Seven
Short Cut Ends With Detour For Omaha Driver
Omaha police report Oscar Nielson took a shortcut by driving on railroad tracks to reach his home. His car stalled, blocking trains from both directions for 15 minutes before the vehicle pushed to the police station.
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Omaha
Neb
Oscar Nielson
Nielson
Supreme Court Upholds Fair Trade Price Laws
Washington reports the Supreme Court upheld state laws that bar retailers from selling standard articles below manufacturer prices. It ruled California and Illinois fair trade acts constitutional, with nine other states adopting similar statutes. The decision also touched on utility rate methods and original cost book entries for telephone properties, with Justice Stone abstaining due to illness.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Sutherland
California
Illinois
Iowa
Ohio
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
High Court
Federal District Court For
District of Columbia
Public Utility Holding Company Act
Department of Justice
Electric Bond and Share Company
District Court
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Federal judge rules unemployment tax under Social Security Act valid
In Boston on December 7, Judge George C. Sweeney declared the federal unemployment insurance tax constitutional. The decision in the George P. Davis of Waltham case, a stockholder in Boston and Maine, upholds the tax as within Congress powers for the general welfare. Davis plans to appeal.
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Boston
George C. Sweeney
Sweeney
George P. Davis
Waltham
Boston and Maine Railroad
Congress
Davis
John Champ Neely Will Wed Again on Christmas
Salem W Va Dec 7 Blossom Gay real name Luetta Sutton announces she and John Champ Neely plan to marry in Long Beach California on Christmas Day. Neely son of U S Senator M M Neely spoke by long distance. he is in Reno Nevada where he recently divorced Kathryn Faust Neely after a prior divorce in Fairmont.
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Salem
W. Va
Blossom Gay
Luetta Sutton
John Champ Neely
Long Beach
Calif
U. S
M. M. Neely
Death Car Witness Held In Jefferson Street Tragedy
Yron Keister, 19, held as material witness in the Jefferson street fatality case after a car he was in struck two boys Saturday night. He was taken from jail to the police chief for questioning and gave a complete statement to Prosecutor Morton Wagner.
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Yron Keister
Jefferson Street
Linkenholker
Keister
Morton Wagner
Wilson
Capstain Bond
Wagner
Eubank
Morris
Mr. Eubank
Madrid preps for fascist assault amid heavy shelling
Madrid defense officials warned of a fascist onslaught after an artillery bombardment razed large apartment blocks. refugees fled the western outskirts as insurgents pressed from Guardalajara northeast of Madrid. Twenty three fascist planes bombed Guardalajara, while Spain demanded Finland withdraw its chargé d affaires for alleged diplomatic abuses.
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Madrid
Guardalajara
Warmer Weather Forecast After Year's Coldest Wave
A forecast of rising temperatures lifted spirits after a brutal cold spell that brought subzero conditions across the Midwest. The cold caused three deaths in Chicago, 16 inches of snow in Havre Montana blocked roads in Iowa and Minnesota, and wind storms caused damage and dozens of injuries across Texas Arkansas Mississippi and Alabama.
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Chicago
Havre
Mont
Iowa
Minnesota
Gulf Coast
Atlantic
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
NLB Charges Firm Blocking Union
The Labor Relations Board accused United States Steel and its Carnegie-Illinois subsidiary of interfering with workers rights to organize. It criticized the wage pact that included a 10 percent raise and a fluctuating allowance of up to five percent tied to living costs, noting representatives approved the deal without adequate submission.
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U. S. Steel
Washington
John L. Lewis
Labor Relations Board
United States Steel Corporation
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Steel Workers Organization Committee
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Labor Board
United States Steel
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Carnegie- Illinois Corporation
Youthful Bandits Return Coat Fifty Cents To Banker
In Charleston West Virginia three youths who robbed banker P P Wilson then released him after a gun battle returned his overcoat and fifty cents. One youth was wounded and captured Jack Miller 21 of Philadelphia identified by officers as a participant in the holdup. Police hunt through Deepwater Mountain area for two others amid a related taxi driver robbery case involving 11 year old Carl McKnight who was initially linked but later cleared.
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Charleston
W. Va
P. P. Wilson
Deepwater Mountain
Wilson
Charleston National Bank
Kelly’s Creek
John
L. A. Taylor
Harry Prather
Jack Miller
Philadelphia
Kanawha County
Miller
Harold Casto
Montgomery
Carl McKnight
McKnight
Pope Pius III Improves After Illness, Keeps Rest
Vatican City December 7 The ailing Pope Pius IX shows partial improvement and signs of strength returning though doctors urge rest. He signed papers and met Cardinal Pacelli while delaying major examinations and awaiting further assessments from doctors about the paralysis and blood clot contributing to his condition.
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Vatican City
Pius
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Vatican
Ates
Milan
Agostino Gemelli
Man Arrests After Allege Robbery Exchange Claim
Cincinnati police receive report of a nearby robbery as Dameron is accused by Exiwin Gibson of forcing a clothing swap. Gibson identifies Dameron as the man who took his suit and overcoat leading to Dameron’s detention on an unknown charge.
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Cincinnati
Thomas Dameron
Jacob Scharadt
Exiwin Gibson
Dameron
Holt Kump Deny Reports of Rift
In Charleston West Virginia December 7 the state liquor commission saw new members installed while one ousted member hinted at ongoing fights. D Homer Stephenson handed desk and files to George M Alexander and vowed to aid the successor, then said he was not done fighting.
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Wheeler
D.-Mont
Max Lowenthal
Senate Committee
Ball
Alleghany Company
Lowenthal
Mid-America
Charleston
W. Va
State Liquor Commission
D. Homer Stephenson
George M. Alexander
F. M. Peters
Bluefield
John B. Wilson
Kump
Alexander
Liquor Commission
Homer A. Holt
Holt
Fatal Jefferson Street crash tied to Morris and Keister
Police seize the car linked to a Saturday night wreck on Jefferson Street that killed Frank Farley Jr. and injured Jimmy Young. Byron Keister, 19, is held as a material witness while James Morris, 21, is being sought as owner and driver.
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Jefferson Street
Byron Keister
James Morris
Keister
Frank Farley, Jr
Postal Telegraph
St. Luke's Hospital
Harry Kammer
Jimmy Young
Newspaper Carerer
Kammer
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Jefferson St
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Crowder and Freeman
Bland Street
Pulaski
West Virginia Business College
C. W. Eubank
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F. Morton Wagner
Walter Hampton
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