Youths Face Quiz About Bank Holdup
Clark sburg Jan 20 AP Two young men, Loyal Baker 22 Detroit Michigan and Reginald Armond Furbee 19 Gasaway Detroit were arrested while repairing a Ford with Michigan plates. They admitted being in Charleston the day of the noon bank holdup and matched descriptions of two of the Unree bandits. No money found. Furbee recently completed a prison term for breaking and entering. Fingerprints will be checked with those on file. Federal state and local police hunt three men for a $39 800 daylight robbery at the First National Bank of South Charleston.","
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Clarksburg
South Charleston
Charleston
W. E. Murphy
Loyal Baker
Detroit
Michigan
Reginald Armond Furbee
Gascaway
Fairmont
Max Strengle
South Hills
Streagle
First National Bank of
Furbee
Baker
G. 1
Skeen
Wational Bank of
W. W. Allen
Stars Suggested In Safety Drive
Drivers in West Virginia endorse a safety plan announced from Gov Vinit's office via Det. Mears Midland of Los Angeles. The sponsor claims the windshield device would reveal a driver's care level and cut highway deaths nationwide.
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West Virginia
Gov. Vinit
Det. Mears Midland
Los Angeles
Cal
Parents and kids in a Quillen humor bit
Willie Willis jokes about adults believing every tall tale from their children and from Stink ee Welgin. The playful caricature contrasts parental gullibility with a child’s tall stories in a lighthearted Epigram.
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Stinkee
Death Chair Creator Opposes Punishment
Houston court moved to excuse prospective juror Robert Storm after he disclosed he designed and installed the Texas electric chair 14 years ago. Judge Langston King questioned him briefly and he said he opposed capital punishment, leading to his excusal from the murder trial.
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Houston
Robert Storm
Langston King
Storm
Texas Electric
Jap Advance Claimed Halted By Bitter Cold
Chinese military circles said the Japanese push on Suchow stalled by bitter cold in central China. Snow and sleet hindered operations along Shantung borders and the Yangtze valley. A Japanese column neared Mingkwang near Nanking while another halted near Terghilen. Chinese forces estimated around 400,000 faced the Japanese.
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Shanghai
China
Shantung Province
Yangtze River Valley
Wuhu
Nanking
Mingkwang
Anti Lynch Bill Showdown Seen
Washington January 20 Proponents of the anti-lynching bill conferred on parliamentary strategy and predicted Senate passage within 10 days. Southern opposition, which filibustered, expected the measure to be laid aside early next week. Senator Ellender completed a week of speeches against the bill. Night sessions to wear down southern opposition were proposed by Senator Van Nuys after talks with Senator Wagner. Some fear western allies may join southerners to sidetrack the anti-lynching effort.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Ellender
van Nuys
Ind
Sen. Wagner
D. N
Sen. Connally
Tex
Sen. Barah
A. Ja
Filender
Father Divine
Police Describe Murder Scene in Wright Case
In Los Angeles on January 20 a court heard a vivid account of how officers found Evelyn Wright and John Kimmel mortally wounded in Paul Wrights home. Officer Reed testified Wright, distraught and alcoholic, led them inside and pointed to the piano as the bodies lay near it. Kimmel groaned as Reed described clothing and position, while Wright pleaded for the scene to be removed. Neighbor Luane McCluskey testified she heard multiple pistol shots that morning.
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Los Angeles
Evelyn Wright
John Kimmel
Paul Wright
Harry W. Heed
Glendale
Trist
Wright
Kimmel
Reed
Robert Trowbridge
Frantie
S. Ernest Ball
Luane’ McCluskey
Bia Wire
GOP Elephant Restored to Publican Club Ranks
In Chicago on January 20 the Williamson club, long tied to Republican tradition, voted to restore the national insignia. After bankruptcy notices were filed weeks earlier a receiver contemplated sale of the stuffed baley elephant. President Everett M. Durkson presided as members moved to reorganize the club and bring back the emblem into its fold.
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Cmcago
Wamilion Club
Everett M. Durkson
Elephant
Fasting Dean Is Suspended From St Marys Cathedral
Memphis Tenn Jan 20 The Episcopal bishop of Tennessee announces the suspension of Dean Israel Harding Noe from active duties at St Marys cathedral due to a prolonged fast and illness. Noe will remain on full salary for six months at the deanery while his wife Mrs Noe stays with him. The bishop notes the action is necessary and says the dean remains bedbound and silent on the order.
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Memphis
Tenn
Israel Harding Noe
St. Mary’s Cathedral
James Maxon
Episcopal Church
Tennessee
Dean Noe
Noe
Maxon
Dean Noe Xaitt
Tam
St. Mary‘s Cathedral
Navy Measure Passage Seen
Washington January 20 House leaders lined up Democratic forces for a showdown as the chamber voted 87 to 4 to ban naval promotions and retirements for one year beginning July 1. The move would block the 1990 graduates of the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis from commissioned officer appointments.
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Washington
House
U. S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
North Carolina
Vinson
Kentucky
Scott
California
Wealthy Executive Thrown to Death in City Shaft
Authorities probing the mysterious death of 41 year old Roland Thompson say he was beaten and hurled down a five story apartment dumbwaiter shaft. His nine year old daughter Theresa D Arcy reported the incident after the body was found at the bottom by the building superintendent on West Blat Street. The case unfolds as investigators trace the events leading to the tragedy.
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New York
Roland Thompson
Thompson
West Blat Street
Theresa D'Arcy
Col. Ry
Nazi Film Banned In 425 Theaters
The March of Time news reel Inside Nazi Germany was banned today in 425 Warner Brothers theaters nationwide. Rep White of Ohio urged free access to films exposing dictatorship. Chicago police lifted the ban in that city as reporting continued.
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New York
INS
March of Time
Warner Brothers
Nazi Germany
Washington
White RY
Olio
Chicago
James P. Allman
Carnegie Heiress to Wed Edinburgh Barrister affair
New York report says Louise Carnegie Miller 17, granddaughter of Andrew Carnegie, will marry J. F. Gordon Thomson a 42 year old Scottish barrister in Edinburgh. The couple plans no shared wealth after marriage, despite her immense fortune.
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Carnegie
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Roswell Miller
Louise Carnegie Miller
Steel King
Andrew Coheee Parneaia
Roswell Millers
Astors
Louise
Doris Duke Cromwell
Babs Huffon
America
J. F. Gordon Thomson
Edinburgh
Romantic Cyclist Sees His Girls On Long Bicycle Trips
East Bethany, N Y Jan 1 A weathered 22 year old farm hand Joseph Barclay rides 100 miles every other Sunday to see his girls. He recalls losing his license for reckless driving two years ago and says cycling became his way to stay connected. He mentions a powerful six tube radio on his bicycle.
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East Bethany
Wocink Uw
Rom & Weatherbeaten
Joseph Barclay
Gas Well Brought In at Sissonville Grapevine Fields
A new gas well with a daily gauged capacity of 16 158 000 cubic feet was brought in on the Vandine tract in the Sissonville Grapevine fields by the West Virginia Gas company. D Homer Stephenson, former sheriff and member of the McQuory commission, is noted as interested. The gasser was drifted in through 32 feet of Orukany sand at about 4900 feet depth, and came in late Wednesday night.
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Aranwell
Vandine
Sissonville
Grapevine
West Virginia Gas Company
D. Homer Stephenson
Mquory Commission
Flashes of Life In These U S Matrimonial Scenes
Chicago reports on sharp fines within Melrose Park clubs over wedding actions. Miss Margaret Mirch heads a local Spitters' club and enforces a 325 fine policy for eloping era members. Lewis Peters, founder of a bachelors club, also strict on a $200 fine. In Florida they met and paid fines willingly. A separate case shows Loule Peters seeking habeas corpus to free his secret bride Clara Pavlos from family restraint. Judge Harry M Fisher ordered the Pavlos family to bring Clara to court.
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Chicago
Lewis Peters
Melrose Park
Capra
Arrow
Margaret Mirch
Mich
Peters
Florida
m—Loule
Phillips
Tha
Clara
Sam Pavlos
Harry M. Fisher
Pavnos
Insurgents Hit Barcelona Valencia and Tarragona in New Raids
Rebels bombed major Spanish ports Barcelona Valencia and Tarragona from Mediterranean bases causing hundreds killed and wounded. A British freighter Thropeness was hit in Tarragona with fatalities and several crew missing. The raids, part of Franco's air assault plan, followed the Nantucket Chief tanker capture en route to Barcelona.
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Perpignan
France
Barcelona
Valencia
Tarragona
Freundes
Yepeees
Sven
Valenscia
Francisco Franco
Fieneray
Girdler Sees Prosperity Era
New York January 20. T M Girdler chairman of Republic Steel urged open cooperation between industry and government to speed up prosperity and create jobs. He argued there is no gulf between industry and government goals and urged joint action to end poverty.
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New York
UNS
T. M. Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
Lehigh University Club of
Girdler
Paper Links Anders With Lindy Kidnap
News from Saint Paul and New York report Hoover locating Charles Ross and an accomplice near Spooner Wisconsin. Kimberling seeks full records on Peter Rfiders amid Lindbergh ransom notes context. Authorities in St Paul hold Anders as details emerge from the Lindbergh kidnapping inquiry.
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Paul
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Adler
Charles Ross
James Gray
Spooner
Wis
New York
INS
Mark
Kimberling
New Jersey
Gemen
Peter Rfiders
Daily Mirror
St. Paul
Minn
Anders
The
Mirror
Bruno Hauntman
Once-Rich Woman Now Il Homeless Seeks Aged Home
In Madrid on January 10 Dolores Tellez Giran y Domine, once daughter of a wealthy Spanish family and heir to the Duke of Osuna, entered a home for aged destitute working women. At 78 she petitioned for admission, lacking food or means, and was seen by friends from the sparse room she had occupied. Her uncle held the famed title Duke of Gnina.
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Madrid
Dolores Tellez-Giran Y
Athee
Duke of
Gnina
Farouk I Marries Commoner Farida in Cairo Celebration
Cairo fills with jubilation as King Farouk I weds Farida waliyar EENaas in a ceremonial marriage at Koubbeh palace. The city erupts in fireworks, music, and dancing with 150,000 visitors, traffic halted, and mosques lit as Egypt celebrates a royal union likened to Cleopatra.
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Cairo
Pharosha
Egypt
Farouk I
Farida Waliyar
Koubbeh Palace
Nile
Industrial leaders optimistic on 1938 upturn say two thirds foresee growth
Senate inquiry cites a survey of top corporations showing most expect a definite upturn in 1938 with timing split before or after mid year. A small share expect production to hold or improve, while only a negligible few foresee declines.
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Washington
INS
Colby M. Chester
National Association of Manufacturers Today
Senate Unemployment Committee
N& Business
Chester
Permanent Works Plan Is Advocated
Senator Lee of Oklahoma urged a permanent federal public works program at the national rivers and harbors congress to provide jobs for unemployed men amid technological disruption. He argued that even with a balanced budget and tax repeal, unemployment from labor dislocation would persist without such a program, including flood control and support for automotive industry.
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Washington
Sen
Lee
D. Okla
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Col
No Fight Party Called Off In Braddock Farr Bout
The Gazette in New York City cancels tonight's fight party due to a late start. Tomorrow's edition will carry full fight details for James J Braddock versus Tommy Farr with coverage planned in The Charleston Gazette The State Newspaper.
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James J. Braddock
Tommy Farr
New York City
Gazette
The
Charleston Gazette
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