Civil War Looms After Chinese Uprising in Shensi
Reports from East conflict describe Chiang Kai-Shek reportedly freed by a counter coup at Sianfu while Chang Hsueh Liang’s uprising leader is cited as gone Communist. Nanking massing troops in Shensi and Japan seeking German aid under anti-Communist pact amid growing civil war fears. Soviet press denies Russian complicity and blames Japanese provocateurs.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sianfu
Shensi
Chang Hsueh- Liang
Chiang
Germany
Japanese Provocateurs
Manchuria
Japan
Chang Hsueh-liang
Strife in China Shifts as Chiang Kai-shek Feared Captive
Reports from Shanghai and Nanking describe a chaotic civil conflict over Chiang Kai-shek and Chang Hsueh Liang. Mutinous forces, alleged prisoner exchanges, and railroad disruptions cloud the situation as loyalist divisions move toward Shensi to rescue the government leader.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Marshal Chang
Chiang
Sianfu
Shensi
Tungkwan
Henan
Chang
Lunghai
Kansu
Central China
Sianfun
West Virginia Electors Cast Vote for Roosevelt Reelection
Eight WV electoral votes were cast for Franklin D. Roosevelt in Charleston. Democratic electors met in the governor's office and certified ballots to the secretary of state and federal officials. First West Virginia women to sign a Democratic presidential ballot were Mrs. A. D. Woolwine of Bluefield and Mrs. Lynn Horner of Clarksburg.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U. S
Lynn
Horner
Clarksburg
A. D. Woolwine
Bluefield
Harry Watkins
Fairmont
Ralph M. Hiner
Lorentz
George VI Birthday Begins Busy Reign as King
George VI, 41, starts as businesslike monarch by spending 150 minutes in state affairs while family awaits celebration. He pledges to uphold the realm with his wife’s support and proceeds with empire tasks at Buckingham Palace after arriving from Piccadilly.
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London
George VI
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham
Piccadilly
Lord Halifax
Van Sweringens Accused Of Law Violations In Rail Tie
Washington reports that the late Van Sweringen brothers faced a senate inquiry over alleged breaches of federal and state law in terminal property purchases. Senator Wheeler charged a dummy trust formed to evade Missouri approval rules, citing an interlocking directorate violation related to Terminal Shares Inc. and Missouri Pacific.
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Wheeler
van Sweringen Brothers
Washington
Cleveland
Senate
D-Mont
Missouri
Missouri Railroad Regulatory Commission
John P. Murphy
van Sweringen
Ohio
Congress
Terminal Shares, Inc
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Charles B. Faris
High Court Orders Retrial In Power Litigation
The Supreme Court sent Duke Power Company vs Greenwood County back to federal court for retrial over a $2.852 million PWA loan for a Buzzard Roost hydro plant in South Carolina. The decision, by Roberts, pointed to improper procedure by district and circuit courts.
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Duke Power Company
Public Electric
Buzzard Roost
South Carolina
Washington
PWA
Supreme Court
Ickes
High Tribunal
Federal District Court
Greenwood County
S. C
District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Charlotte
N. C
Associated Press
KVOS
Bellingham
Wash
the Press Association
Burned Woman Found in Sacks Near Dias Creek
Police seek identity of a woman whose badly burned body was found in two seed potato sacks at Dias Creek. The skeleton shows two head injuries. autopsy pending. Investigators note red nail polish and quality underwear suggesting some prosperity and possible dancing background.
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Wildwood
N. J
Benjamin Ingersoll
Cape May County
Dias Creek
Temporary injunction limits TVA power expansions
A federal judge issued a temporary injunction restricting expansions and extensions of TVA facilities while 19 utilities challenge TVA constitutionality. The order excludes about 35 TVA projects and covers transmission lines substations and active distribution systems. Attorneys will study the ruling before commenting.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
United States
John J. Gore
Three Bluefield Schools Ransacked Over Weekend
Ramsey junior high school Preston street school and the Young street colored school were visited by thieves. A small amount of money was taken from one school and a woman's coat plus electrical appliances were found missing from the others.
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Bluefield
Ramsey
Preston Street
Young Street Colored School
Route 10 improvement group forms to push road work
Frank S. Easley chairs a Bluefield chamber committee organized to secure improvements on Route 10 from Matoaka to Mullens. E. M. Brown named vice chair. Proposals will be sent to the State Road Commission, with hearings sought and continued improvements urged beyond Route 10.
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Frank Easley
E. M. Brown
Mullens Road
Kiwanis Club
Frank S. Easley
Good Roads
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Princeton Chair of Commerce
Matoaka
Mullens
Princeton
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
J. P. Gills
State Road Commission
L. R. Taylor
Easley
Road Commission
Kiwanis
J. R. McNutt
Mullens Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield
McNutt
Donations Help Bluefield Santa Reach 1700 Children
Annual Community Christmas tree program on WHIS from the Granada theater raises funds to support 1700 needy children in Bluefield. Donations totaling 203.50 from 83 outside-city contributors help meet a $2000 goal. broadcast included memorial tribute to T. OJ. Wilson and featured local artists and volunteers.
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WHIS
Granada Theater
Bluefield
Granada
Yuletide
Santa Claus
Kris Kringle
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Ben H. Williams
Community Christmas Tree Association
Christmas Tree Fund
Williams
T. O'J. Wilson
Wilson
Royal Cafe
Ex King Edward Began Exile Amid Austrian Haven
Edward the Duke of Windsor enjoys golf and bowling at Enzesfeld Austria while under guard and avoiding contact with locals. He plans to wed Wallis Warfield Simpson next April and receives royal hospitality from Baron Rothschild as villagers report unemployment and a tense but festive mood in the industrial town.
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Enzesfeld
Austria
Edward
Duke of Windsor
Eugene de Rothschild
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Pular
South Wales
Britain
Hirtenberg Armament Works
Europe
Blumau
Baron Rothschild
Heinrich Neumann
Simpson Enjoys Riviera Gardens Under Guard in Cannes
Wallis Warfield Simpson tours the pink villa gardens in Cannes under tight protection by French police and detectives. She is accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rogers of New York, while Scotland Yard agents leave the scene. No word from Edward Duke of Windsor or plans to join him abroad are reported.
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Wally
Cannes
France
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Riviera
Scotland Yard
London
Edward
Duke of Windsor
Sweetland Case Nears Final Stage Over Widow Rights
In Charleston West Virginia on December 14, Judge George Mc Clintic heard final arguments in the Sweetland case whether Nellie Stratton Sweetland may share in the estate of a Lincoln county banker. The 32 year old former Logan beauty par operator seeks dower rights as widow. A decision date was not indicated.
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Wise
Edith Maxwell
Tri Maxwell
Edith
Pound Country
Mary Kathryne Maxwell
Poppy
Mary Kathryne
Trigg Maxwell
Anne
Charleston
W. Va
Sweetland
Nellie Stratton Sweetland
Lincoln County
George W. McClintic
Logan Beauty Par
Louis Sweetland
Roosevelt Wins Easy Election With 523 To 8 Votes
The electors sent to the capital by rail and air complete the official count. Roosevelt amasses 27,752,309 votes with a broad margin over Landon as minor party totals are listed: Lemke 892,793 Thomas 187,342 Browder 80,096 Colvin 37,609 Aiken 12,793 and scattered 168,911. Rhode Island adds 2,222 to unofficial tally.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Rhode Island
Lemke
Union Party
Thomas
Browder
Colvin
Aiken
France Hopes For Debt Parley In Negotiations
France told the United States it hopes to open talks on a new war debt agreement while defaulting on semi annual installments. Paris said an arrangement acceptable to both sides might be possible, lamenting economic distress and world conditions as hindering proposals.
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Washington
France
United States
State Department
Paris
Capture of Isaac White Ends Black Legion Manhunt
John A. Moritz of Michigan announces the capture of Isaac Peg leg White, Detroit Black Legion member and former brigadier general, in Oldtown Cumberland County. White, alias I M Stull, faced Michigan charges for conspiracy to murder arson and criminal syndicalism. He was taken to the local county jail after no resistance.
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Cumberland
John A. Moritz
Attorney General’s Office
Michigan
Isaac “Pegleg’ White
Black Legion
Detroit
Oldtown
Here
Moritz
White
I. M. Stull
Pennsylvania
Wanted Man Isaac White Among 22 Black Legion Indictments
Detroit reports Isaac Peg leg White a former police officer arrested in Maryland as a fugitive from Michigan. He is named among 22 alleged Black Legion members indicted months earlier on criminal syndicalism charges.
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Michigan
Detroit
Isaac
Pegleg) White
Maryland
Black Legion
West Virginia Legislature Takes First Steps on Unemployment Bill
In Charleston the 94 delegates and 30 senators quickened preparations for a special session aimed at enacting a state unemployment compensation law by December 31. Governor Kump urged careful study and warned against repealing the plan if federal action fails, while Lafon declines House leadership leaving post open until January.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Kump
W. M. Lafon
Union
House
James Kay Thomas
Lafon
Thomas
Senate
Charles E. Hodges
Hodges
Helmick
Kenneth Kurtz
Weston
Federal Social Security Board
Joint Legislative Committee Upon Social Security
Joint Legislative Committee
Ochoa
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Justice Stone
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Brandeis
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Pat Murphy
Norma Lee Davis
Margaret ~Pnotagy
Betty Morrisey
Dishman
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J. I. Phillips
Evangeline Donahue
C. J. Thompson
Edwin Fox
Marion Smith
Sally Litz
Ann
Sue Mason
Virginia
Charlotte Bivens
Jean Fast Griffith
Fanny Barret
Mary Mara Helmintoller
Juanita Martin
Maryegacloads
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Maury L. Barret
Myles Foland, Jr
Barnes Nash
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Fred Wolfe
W. R. Triplett
John Hall
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