Baby Sue Tramell Beats Death In Early Brain Surgery Flight
Five month old Sue Tramell from Houston underwent a delicate brain operation for hydrocephalus in Baltimore led by Dr. Walter H. Dandy and Dr. Paul A. Kunkel. The obstructing condition was removed and the baby, after a long journey and ether, was reported doing well and likely to be sent home in weeks.
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Baltimore
Walter WH. Dandy
Sue Trammell
Houston
Tex
Sue
Dandy
Paul A. Kunkel
W B. Trammell
Jimmy Wedell
Freezing Weather Oddities Across the Nation
Reports from Toledo to Provincetown detail extreme cold antics and hazards. A Meadowbrook man froze on a train ride, a Watertown man found his teeth frozen in water, Cape Cod guards layered up to cope with harsh wind, Boston youths swam unclothed in subzero air, while New York observers wondered if the Hudson River smoked from cold air and vapor.
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Toledo
Ohio
Craighton Dennis
Meadowbrook
W. Va
New York
Hudson River
Weather Bureau
Electrician Admits Slaying Deaf Mute in Grand Rapids
William McMann, 20, an electrician from Michigan, confessed to detectives in Los Angeles that he killed Margaret Peevey, 20, a deaf mute from Grand Rapids. He claimed she deceived him and explained his motive while officers, who had tracked him across states, arrested him after he entered a telegraph station seeking help with a message to his mother.
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Los Angeles
Michigan
California
William McMann
Margaret Peevey
Grand Rapids
Mich
H. C. Lindley
McMann
Lloyd A. Walcott
Condemned Youth Faces Colorado Gas Chamber
Walter R. Reppin, 18, marked for execution as Colorado opens a new lethal gas chamber after killing a taxi driver. He complained the state is using him as an experiment and sought respite from his death sentence.
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Colorado
Walter R. Reppin
North Area Suffer Freeze As Five Die In East
Frigid air grips the northeast and Canada with subzero readings. Ontario reports a thermometer 64 below zero in Sudbury North Bay region while New York City endures 3 below, and Boston records 17 below the coldest in its history. Several deaths attributed to cold occur as frostbite epidemics strain doctors.
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New York
New York State
Canada
Boston
Sudbury-North Bay
Ontario
New York City
Philadelphia
Mt. Washington
Pacific Coast
Great Lakes
Carolinas
Washington, D. C
Page Four
Plan to Gall in All Gold Studied
Washington reports indicate the Roosevelt administration is studying the possibility of calling all monetary gold into the treasury whether held by the Fed or privately owned. Treasury orders tighten gold rules prompt discussion. Morgenthau declines to comment while lawmakers push for action and expect a decision across the question. Page Four.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
Treasury
Federal Reserve System
George F. Warren
Morgenthau
Thomas
Okla
Justice Department
Connally
Texas
Joe Roosevelt
Colorado's New Go Gels Awaits First Victim
Walter Reppin, 18, who killed a taxi driver for change, faces Colorado's first use of the new lethal gas chamber. Governor Johnson refused clemency, leaving possible state supreme court appeal. Reppin awaits execution likely January 5 as warden details humane aspects of the method and past animal tests.
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Canon City
Colo
Walter Reppin
Colorado
Edwin C. Johnson
Denver
Herbert Reppin
Newark
N. J
State Supreme Court
Johnson
Roy Best
Reppin
Young Reppin
Norfolk and Western Railway Reports 11-Month Income Rise
Roanoke Va Dec 30 The Norfolk and Western Railway reports net income for the first eleven months of this year totaling 20,321,819 a gain of 5 470 802 over the same period last year November net income was 1 625 740 marking a sharp drop from October and far below November 1932 Operating revenues for eleven months were 63 581 518 with expenses 35 854 961 For November revenues were 5 545 674 expenses 3 345 982 The year end income is expected to around 5 000 000 more than in 1932.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway Company Today
Ralway
Aid funds sought to sustain relief and civil works
Washington officials say Congress will be asked for 100 million dollars to continue direct relief until next July. An additional public works appropriation is needed to operate the civil works administration through May 1, with an estimated 250 million dollars more likely required.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Emergency Relief
Congress
Hopkins
Public Works Administration
Civil Works Administration
White House
Desperate band of escaped convicts on northward march
A group of seven escaped convicts, part of a 29 inmate breakout from the state prison farm near Armore Alabama, moved north armed after killing farmer Grover Kirby and wounding Parker and Leon Fulmer and his son. Bloodhounds and sheriff deputies pursued as a posse trailed them inland toward Monroeville.
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Armore
Ala
Grover Kirby
Parker
Kirby
Parker Wen
Century
Leon Fulmer
Monroeville
Silver advocates form Senate bloc
A West and South senatorial bloc backed remonetization of silver and claimed enough votes to pass Wheeler's 16 to 1 free coinage plan if President Roosevelt opposes openly. Eighteen senators attended, with nine voting by proxy, totaling forty four supportive lawmakers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Montana
Farmer-Labor
Congress
House
King
Utah
Borah
Idaho
United States
Argentine declares state of siege after revolt
Buenos Aires reports a state of siege was declared for an indefinite period after a revolutionary plot caused violent disorders in four provinces. The cabined meetings aimed to curb the unrest at any cost. Reports from Rosario say fighting continued with 20 dead and about 600 casualties total, as rebels claimed control of many police stations while Buenos Aires remained quiet.
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Buenos Aires
Rsario
Santa Fe
Rosario
Coldest West Virginia Point Reaches 16 Below Zero
Backbone Mountain records the state’s coldest temperature at 16 degrees below zero. The reading highlights West Virginia’s extreme winter conditions and regional climate variations as residents brace for ongoing cold snaps.
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Thomas
West Virginia
Backbone Mountain
Romanian prime minister slain by Nazi student in Sinaia
Ion G. Duca, Romanian prime minister since November, was assassinated in Sinaia as he prepared to board a train. The teen shooter, Nicholas Constantinescu, and two accomplices, all linked to the Iron Guard, were arrested. Duca had led a bid to dissolve Nazi groups in Romania, a move that prompted government crackdown and regional political shifts.
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Bucharest
Romania
Ion G. Duca
Carol
Sinaia
Duca
M. Costinescu
Nicholas Constantinescu
Iron Guard
Liberal Party
Constantine Atgelescu
Sanaia
Atgelescu
University of Bucharest
Rumania
National Christian Party
Alex Cuza
Nicholas Titulescu
St. Moritz
Switzerland
Alexander Vaida-Voevod
Transylvania
State C. W. A. Approves Fifteen New Projects
Charleston dispatch reports the state civil works administration approved fifteen new projects for 829 workers across multiple counties. Details include Gilmer sewer near Glenville for 38, McDowell sewing 120 women, Wayne school building removal for 22, Hampshire Romney High School field regrading for 83, Pleasant community building and park landscaping for 50, Wetzel feeding children and nursery schools for 20, Ohio West Liberty College repairs for 124, Raleigh Rutherford sanitarium painting and repairs at Beckley for 66, Fayette McKendree hospital repairs for 44, Taylor county sanitation 90 and county schools sanitation 15, Grafton Addison street works 115, Putnam Second avenue grading and cindering at Nitro 28, Nicholas health feeding children 9, Greenbrier nursing and bedside care for 5 nurses.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Civil Works Administration
Gilmer
Glenville
McDowell
Wayne
Hampshire
Romney High School
Pleasants
St. Mary’s
Wetzel
Ohio
West Liberty State Teachers College
Raleigh
Rutherford Sanitarium
Beckley
Fayette
McKendree Hospital
Taylor
County Schools Sanitation
Addison Street
Grafton
Putnam
Second Avenue
Nitro
Nicholas
Greenbrier
50 AWOL CCC BOYS START LONG HIKE BACK TO BARRACKS
Youngstown C Dec 29 Five dozen CCC youths stranded four days after Christmas furlough begin a 280 mile march back to Camp Wataga West Virginia. They left in two routes choosing a high hiking path due to poor road conditions. Their camp commander had declared them absent without leave but Robert Fechner of the CCC in Washington promised lenient handling.
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Youngstown. C
Youngstown
C. C
Camp Wataga
W. Va
Robert Fechner
Washington
State Supreme Court Invalidates Tax Plan Prompting New Levy Fight
West Virginia Supreme Court invalidates the second plan to fit the levy limitation amendment into government finance, prompting lawmakers to draft a new bill. Speaker Hiner says a bill conforming to court rulings will be prepared for consideration. Delegates Peters and state officials discuss shifting the entire burden of financing public schools to the state with funding from bonds and taxes.
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Hiner
Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
House
Rump
Bluefield
Peters
Mercer
House Finance Committee
Haymond Maxwell
Statesmen Study Peage Proposals
President Roosevelts peace and League of Nations remarks stirred global interest. France welcomed apparent backing of its policies while Germany saw it as a European affair. Geneva praised U S cooperation with League machinery as an encourager. In the Americas, Batista called the policy gratifying and Cuban officials voiced satisfaction. London papers called the speech admirable and Chilean officials studied the remarks. La Opinion in Santo Domingo added critical note about public accountability.
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Roosevelt
League of Nations
France
Germany
Berlin
United States
North
Central
South America
Fulgencio Batista
London
Chile
Santo Domingo
la Opinion
Supposed Baby Octopus Capture Solved by Charleston Police
Charleston police solved the Christmas day mystery of a supposed baby octopus in the Kanawha river. Two boatmen, Robert Trice and R. M. Saunders, claimed a monster sea creature attacked their boat but investigators found the octopus was merely in a shipment of deep sea fish stolen for a Charleston grocery.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha River
Robert Trice
R. M. Saunders
Johnson cancels banking charges amid NRA code mixup
Washington dec 29 all bankers schedules of new high charges to depositors under the NRA code were cancelled by Hugh 8 Johnson in an order citing a misunderstanding The administrator said he had not seen the proposed schedules circulated by the code authority The move suspends all new charges until February 1 and preserves current service fees The dismissal of Cary Weisiger Jr followed the incident and Johnson pledged careful public oversight for any future schedules with the public not paying higher charges in the interim
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Washington
NRA
Hugh 8
Johnson
Bankers Code Authority
Cary . Weisiger Jr
Code Authority
Weisiger
Goldman Sachs
New York
Chicago
Ronald Ransom
Atlanta
American Bankers Association
Vnci
Trent Confident of School System’s Reopening
Superintendent Trent expressed confidence the schools will reopen after a Supreme Court decision voided the tax collection act. He urged boards to act on funds and planned a meeting with education department heads to discuss keeping schools open, noting Cabell County may delay January 8 reopening without new revenue.
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Charleston
W. Va
Trent
Supreme Court
Boards of Education
Education Department
Board of Education
Cabell County
Second attempt to ungnarl tax tangle ends in court
Charleston December decision by West Virginia Supreme Court derails a second tax plan to fund road and school bonds. The ruling says state aid to local debt is unconstitutional, toppbing a complex scheme and forcing a rethink of how to meet property levy limits and local financing needs.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
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