Mammoth Santa Claus Pageant Draws 20 000 to 30 000 in Bluefield
A massive Bluefield parade greeted Santa Claus in a pageant organized by the chamber of commerce and the Bluefield Business Men's association. Police, state troops, Boy Scouts and American Legionnaires kept order as 20 000 to 30 000 spectators filled streets. Reindeer shortage delayed the march, but Scouts helped guide the remaining ones.
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Santa Claus
North Pole
Bluefield
American Legionnaires
Santa
Saint Nicholas
Temparte
Wise County Boy Freed on Self Defense Claim
In Appalachia Virginia trial justice J T Hamilton freed Haugeman Falin a 16 year old Wise County boy charged with shooting his father. Falin received probation for a year and must report monthly to Welfare Officer E P Boyden.
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Appalachia
J. T. Hamilton
Haugeman Falin
Wise County
Wildcat Valley
E. P. Boyden
Haugeman
Maggie Falin
Edith Maxwell
J. R. Taylor
Big Stone Gap
Fatin
Maxwell
Wise
Pinecrest Sanitarium contracts awarded for laundry building
The West Virginia board of control will award the Pinecrest Sanitarium laundry and outbuildings contract to Clarence Heldreth of Tazewell Virginia for $55,000. The signing awaits President James A. Chambers’s return from Weston and Lakin institution inspections.
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Charleston
W. Va
Board of Control
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Clarence Heldreth
Tazewell
James A. Chambers
Weston and
Lakin
A B Fall Ill With Bronchial Pneumonia
Albert B. Fall former interior secretary under Harding lies ill with bronchial pneumonia in El Paso Texas at age 74. He recently resigned after leases controversy and served a brief prison term for bribery. Meanwhile a district court gave his attorney 80 days to prepare an answer to condemnation action against his ranch homestead.
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el Paso
Tex
Albert B. Fall
Harding
Fall
Alamogordo
Palomas Land and Cattle Company
Japanese Reject Naval Reduction in Five-Power Talks
The Japanese delegate Admiral Osami Nagano rejected America's 20 percent naval cut proposal as a perpetuation of the existing ratio system. Britain backs the plan in principle while France and Italy show openness, but real optimism remains scarce as Japan insists on parity separate from the 5-5-3 ratio.
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Associated Press
London
America
Locarno
Foreign Office
Osami Nagano
Norman H. Davis
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Geneva
State police doubt hitchhiker’s death was an accident
Marshall Clay of Wayne County was found murdered after hitchhiking to Becca to collect rent. Police say he was robbed of 250 dollars and are seeking Arnold Hall of Logan on a murder charge. Two women connected to Hall were questioned but not charged.
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Logan
Murde
Alberta Conn
Hall
Polly Pridemore
Childers
Clay
Murder charge over grocery bill dispute in Logan West Virginia
Elisha Bragg, 51, of Robins Nest ay, is charged with murder after a December 9 dispute over a $3.17 grocery bill. State police say Bragg shot Leo Adkins 29 when Adkins refused to work to settle the debt, with alcohol involved and a claim that Adkins and his sister lived with Bragg rent-free.
Roosevelt speaks to Farm Bureau opens bid for farmers
President Roosevelt addressed about 19 000 at the Chicago meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation as the 17th annual convention opened. He admitted some mistakes in the general recovery program while insisting economic vitality is returning and praising farm income gains. Italia Notre Dame conferred degree on him in South Bend, Ind.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
International
James Farley
South Bend
Ind
America
Canada
Henry Wallace
AAA
Washington
Supreme Court
Hoosac Mills
Midwest editor slain by gunmen
Walter Liggett publisher of the Midwest American weekly was shot and killed by unidentified assailants in Minneapolis. He was returning home with groceries when gunfire erupted as a car approached. Liggett had recently faced legal action in a case involving a minor girl and had criticized Governor Floyd B Olson.
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Walter Liggett
Minneapolis
Walter Liggtt
Midwest American
Liggett
Floyd B. Olson
Farmer-latorite
St. Paul
Court Holds Section Of Home Loan Act Invalid
The U S Supreme Court, in two decisive opinions, ruled that a section of the 1933 Home Owners' Loan Act cannot authorize state building and loan associations to obtain federal charters over state objections. The decision, 6 to 3 on the tax issue, reinforced limits on federal power and stressed state sovereignty. Justice Cardozo warned against national encroachment on constitutional state prerogatives.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Administration
Cardozo
Home Owners’ Loan Act
Justice Roberts
HOLG
Wisconsin
HOLC
United States
Federal District Court
Mississippi
Holl and Liquor
High Court Hears Argument On AAA Tax Powers
Washington December 9 The Supreme Court heard arguments on the government farm aid taxes used to fund crop reduction payments. Solicitor General Reed defended a broad delegation of taxing power while opponents led by George Pepper urged limits to federal control over local agriculture.
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Washington
New Deal
Supreme Court
AAA
Stanley Reed
Hoosac Mills
Massachusetts
Circuit Court of Appeals
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
General Welfare
Pennsylvania
George Wharton Pepper
Reed
Goal Producers Contest Guffey Act Tax in Lynchburg Hearing
In Lynchburg Virginia Judge John Paul took under advisement the petition of 14 West Virginia and Virginia coal producers seeking a temporary injunction against the 15 percent tax under the Guffey act. Attorneys argued amid sharp exchanges as the court considered relief pending a constitutional ruling, with Roanoke January likely for the Virginia cases.
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Lynchburg
John Paul
United States District Court For
Western Virginia
West Virginia
Virginia
Paul
Roanoke
R. D. Campbell
Unpaid Relief Recipients Demand Overdue WPA Checks
A crowd at Kanawha county relief headquarters protested overdue WPA checks with police restoring order. Relief Administrator C L Allen blamed delays for November start workers and warned relief funds are nearly exhausted as governors, WPA officials, and state relief heads discuss funding and eligibility.
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Kanawha County
Charleston
W. Va
C. L. Allen
WPA
Kump
Washington
F Wicker McCullough
Next two days to determine peace in African war
Natives in Addis Ababa begin to dig as fears of air raids rise after an unidentified plane flies over the capital. A committee is set to meet Thursday to consider an oil ban against Italy, signaling possible moves toward peace or intensified action.
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Addis Ababa
Italy
Mussolini silent on peace plan as war in Africa looms
In Rome Premier Mussolini told the senate Italian interests would be defended without elaboration. French and British leaders debated peace terms as League of Nations set a Dec. 17 meeting to discuss a plan and an oil ban against Italy loomed. Addis Ababa residents fear further air attacks as Dessye and surrounding areas are bombed. Belgian officers in the Ethiopian army resign amid policy clashes.
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League of Nations Council
Iraq
League
Italy
L] Duce
Addis Ababa
Deseye
Mogadiscio
Dessye
Asmara
Eritrea
Halle Selassie
Mussolini silent on Franco British peace offer in Senate
In Rome Mussolini gave a brief 59 word reply to a new Franco British peace plan for Africa. He vowed to defend Italian interests but did not reveal whether war or negotiation would save them. The senate approved a 2 500 900 000 lire war expense bill.
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Mussolini
Africa
Il Duce
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Tr Duce
Royal House of Savoy
Umberto
Hauptmann Loses Another Move To Cheat Death Chair
Cairo reports that police commandant Raseel Pasta received government permission to quell anti British rioting by any means. British flagging authority amid student deaths and a wounded girl student. clashes turn violent as crowds chant anti British slogans. Streets red with broken lamps, torn trees, and debris along the Nile Rhoda area.
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Hauptmann
Cairo
Raseel Pasta
Egyptanovernment
England
Rhoda
Nile
Confusion Marks Business Parley in Washington
Major George L. Berry faces friction as delegates at a national industrial council meeting refuse O'Leary recognition and motion to chair a survey panel. Berry defends cross‑government cooperation, while subgroups balk at forming the council amid industry divisions.
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Washington
George L. Berry
National Industrial Council
Conference of Industry
Berry
John W. O'Leary
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
O'Leary
National Council
NRA
Washington Evening Star
Cup
Coal miner's widow wins court order for monthly benefits
The widow of coal miner Walter Czwski, killed in 1934 at Carter Coal, wins a Supreme Court ruling for $30 monthly benefits from the state compensation fund after initial rejection by the department. The appellate court upheld the decision against the coal company. The case also notes a separate property damage dispute involving Lewis Richmond against the city of Hinton and the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Victoria Cowski
Walter Czwski
Carter Coal Company
McDowell Criminal Court
Homer Mullins
Cawski
Department
Mullins
Mre. Cawski
Coal Company
Lewis Richmond
Hinton
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Avis Crossing
Richmond
Cult members go on trial in polygamy case at Short Creek
In Kingman Arizona on December 9 a lean man is tried on open and notorious cohabitation with plural wives. Jurors from Mohave County face religious bias questions as defense attorney asks about LDS membership. The case, part of the Short Creek sect controversy, involves two women claiming polygamous relations.
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Kingman
Ariz
Arizona
Moyive
Short Creek
Spencer
Sylvia
John Y. Barlow
Court House
Mohave County
E. Elmo Bollinger
Bollinger
Postmaster Named for Matoaka
Washington announces the appointment of Fred M. Robertson as postmaster at Matoaka West Virginia. The selection marks a key civil service posting for the Matoaka office and reflects ongoing personnel changes in rural stations nationwide.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Fred M. Robertson
Matoaka
W. Way
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