Motors Fail to Take Single Life in State
A holiday safety drive shows 17 deaths last Thanksgiving, with officials praising coordinated efforts by police, civic groups, schools, and media. The report tallies scattered fatalities across multiple states including fires, vehicle crashes, and one apartment blaze in Texas. Paragraph-length text notes two dozen motor deaths nationwide and mentions a Franklin Pennsylvania incident and New York turkey purchase death.
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West Virginia
Cate Ee
Basler
Four Dead After Farm House Blast
Four people died in a farm house blast as a family struggled to escape. Lillian ten years old, a three year old, and Anna one month old were among the children inside the home. Vayon, wife and mother, and a sister were outside unable to help. The father rushed in to save them as the house collapsed and smoke filled the room. The blast split walls and drenched panels while embers burned in a stove. The mother escaped through a window with her clothes torn.
Mama’s Driving Aided By Family Anecdote
A fragmentary reminiscence attributes safer driving to a matriarch, noting Willie Willis and a family remark about handling a buggy or vehicle, with a colloquial rural tone and incomplete phrasing. The readable portion emphasizes maternal skill behind the wheel and a casual village attitude.
Coal Bill With Others Headed For Court Test
The Guffey coal bill and five Roosevelt administration laws are set for Supreme Court review within a year. The Carter Coal case tests the Guffey act aimed at stabilizing the bituminous coal industry amid a broader push to challenge New Deal legislation in lower courts. Justice Adkins declined to issue injunctions as lawyers prepare to defend the government’s positions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Roosevelt
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Carter Coal Company
Jesse C. Adkins
Lewis Explains Union Stand on Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis urged on a national radio hook up that industrial unionism in basic industries will crystallize democracy and humanity. He said AFL membership supports industrial unions crafting unions that function, despite a split over organizing by industry versus craft.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
We United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Elect Federation
Committee For Industrial Organization
Sreidene Lewis
Atlantic City
William Green
Federacraft Organization
Advocee
Ews
U. S
Arecause
Lewis
Id Labor Movement
Aneanezes Federation of Labor
President Carves Turkey For 13 Little Patients
President Roosevelt absent as Warm Springs hosts a Thanksgiving feast for 13 child patients of the Infantile Paralysis Foundation. Mrs Roosevelt and James join in. Nationwide observers note relief figures and public charity amid a day of football and gratitude across many communities.
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Plymouth
Mass
Memorial Methodist Church
Hosa
National Capital
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Lot
James
Washington
Harry Hopkins
Chinese Rebel Troops March Toward Autonomy Movement
Chinese reports say a garrison rebelled against the national government and moves north to join a campaign for autonomy. Japanese forces concentrate in Tientsin with 700 deserters from Tsangchow and plans for air maneuvers as a 50-aircraft base nears completion.
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Tientsin
China
Seces
Rengo
Nanking
Japan
Keta
Fengtai
Tsangchow
Nouth
Hopeh
Shang Chen
Tangku
Trapnell Funeral To Be Held Today
Funeral services for William Trapnell, assistant superintendent in charge of operations of the Charleston division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, will be held at nine this morning at Grace Episcopal church in Elkins. Bishop R E L Strider will officiate, assisted by Rev John Al Friend. Trapnell died Wednesday evening in an Elkins hospital after a month long illness. Born May 23 1876 at Charles Town, he spent most of his life with the B&O, serving in Cumberland Philadelphia and Baltimore and becoming Charleston division superintendent in 1916.
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William Trapnell
Charleston
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Grace Episcopal Church
Elkins
R. E. L. Strider
Diocese of
West Virginia
John al
Clarksburg
Trapnell
Elkins Hospital
Baltimore and Lo
Charles Town
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cumberland
Philadelphia
Baltimore, Md
Inter Planetary Rocket Targeted For Early Next Year Test
New York declares that a squid gas driven Goddard rocket, perfected for space flight, will be launched early next year to reach the super stratosphere. Dr. Goddard near Roswell New Mexico with Gyro guidance and automatic parachute aims to carry instruments for cameras temp and pressure, plus electrical charge detectors. Guggenheim Foundation funds and support from Lindbergh and Guegenheim accompany the project.
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U. S
New York
R. H. Goddard
Clark
Roswell
N. M
Guggenheim Foundation
Goddard
Universal Service
Charles.g. Abbot
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Nationil
Dr. Goddard
Charles A. Lind
Earth
Guldenheim
Quiet Thanksgiving Observed Across West Virginia
Thanksgiving day observances took place nationwide with prayers, charity, and shared meals. Union church services filled communities while families welcomed hospitalized and homeless individuals into homes for dinners. Churches on the East and West Sides held services as volunteers distributed baskets to about 50 needy families and meals to hundreds at the Union mission.
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West Virginia
Union
Charleston
Davis
M. B
Moe. Ghuteb
Cambell
Ie Baptist Temple
Boyd
Memorial Church
James F. Frame
Exnanuel Baptist Church
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
Elizabeth Memorial Church
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
Garnet Hip School
Boyd Junior High
Salvation Army
Union Mission
State House
Court House
Convict in Ohio Repays Victims
Joseph Russell a 15 year term convict in Ohio penitentiary settled debts and sent 90.80 in checks to five Clevelanders whom he robbed eight years ago during a short crime spree of robbery burglary and auto stealing known as Specs and the Gogles bandit He was captured in 1927 and later played trombone in the prison orchestra writing trombone articles and selling them to magazines before deciding to repay his victims more than 50 police lists show those owed
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Cleveland
Joseph Russell
Ohio
Russell
Baby Missing in Texas Fire Claims Multiple Lives
A deadly early morning gas explosion leveled a two story apartment building in Fort Worth. Six people died and a dozen were injured. A four week old baby remained missing, feared to be a seventh victim. Among the dead are Belle Stephens aged 73 and Dewitt Turbeville aged 81. other victims include Lola Kirby and Ozelle Hollingsworth. Fire officials described a fatal sequence after a stove fire ignited gas. Mrs. Stephens was found burned and blown into the hall. a neighbor pulled out a wounded resident, but she died later. Fire Marshal Ligon noted investigators will continue.
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Associated Press
Texas
Fort
Awho
Jane
Ind
Missouri
Fort Worth
Tex
Belle Stephens
Dewitt C. Turbeville
Dewitt Turbeville
Lola. Kirby
Howard Kirby
Ozelle Hollingsworth
Cary Cashion
Sigahens
Belle
Stephens
C. S. Slater
Ligon
Unfair Methods In Trade Cited by Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission asked Congress to expand powers to curb unfair and deceptive practices harming the public. It urged adding language to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts in commerce and sought authority to regulate price discrimination among volume buyers.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
NRA
Upsets Reshape College Football Standings Across Venues
Upsets shook the gridiron as Fordham crushed NYU 21-0 while Bucknell edged Temple 7-6 and Vanderbilt topped Alabama 14-6. West Virginia and Loyola of the South tied 19-18 in New Orleans. Marshall lost to West Virginia Wesleyan 12-6. Kentucky routed Tennessee 27-0. Penn beat Cowell 33-7. Colgate defeated Brown 33-0. Maryland and Syracuse drew 0-0. Nebraska beat Oregon State 26-20. Texas A&M upset Texas 20-6. Arkansas beat Tulsa 14-7. Oklahoma blanked Oklahoma A&M 25-0. Catholic U. edged N.C. State 8-0.
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New York University
Fordham
Rams
Violets
Bucknell
Temple
Vanderbilt
Alabama
West Virginia
Loyola of the South
New Orleans
Charleston High
Greenbrier
Laidley Field
Marshall
West Virginia Wesleyan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Penn
Cowell
Colgate
Brown
Maryland
Syracuse
Nebraska
Oregon State
Texas A
Texas
Southwest
Arkansas
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Oklahoma A
Catholic A
N.C. State
Italy threatens to use air death squad against British fleet
Rome reports sources say Mussolini approved a three point program to respond to an oil embargo. Italy would withdraw ambassadors from enemy nations quit the League and unleash a 125 pilot air death squad armed with bombs to strike at the British fleet in the Mediterranean. Estimates say the plan aims to trigger a rapid, desperate war to break the siege of Italy. Emperor Haile Selassie heads toward Dessye to command Ethiopian resistance against the Fascist invasion.
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Italy
Mediterranean
Associated Press
Rome
League of Nations
Mag
Solini
Grand Council
Pareto
Mussollini
Eric Drummond
Laval
France
O'Samuel Hoare
Bronday
League of Nations Committee
Beyo
Padso
Ofa
Nis Taske
J. Allen
Ithiopia T., Duce
S. S
Contzi
Fascist Party
Eve Man
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Dessye
Tecle Hawaziale
Geneva
Ethiopia
Abuna
Italians Shift Alpine Regiment To French Frontier
Nov 28 1935 reports Mussolini warned that Italy would treat embargo as a war act. The Aosta Alpine regiment moved from Monte Vedice toward the French frontier after days of Foreign Office hints. Troop redirections signal precaution amid Franco Yugoslav border tensions and Ethiopian war news.
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T.S
Rome
Premi Fussollini
France
Reague
Natio
ScoMonais
Ethiopia
Italy
Mussolini
Aosta” Alpine
Secent
Monte Vedice
Foreign Office
Fish Sees Borah Boosts His Presidential Bid
Washington reports Rep. Fish of New York praised Senator Borah Idaho as a potential strength for the 1936 Republican ticket. He argued Borah could draw more votes in New England New York including the city and Pennsylvania. The remarks followed a Thanksgiving day conference in Borah’s uptown apartment fueling speculation about Borah’s candidacy and a future objective for 1936.
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Washington
Senator Borah
Idaho
Representative Fish
New York
New Yorker
Borah
New England
City
Pennsylvania
Fish
Munitions Act Takes Effect Amid New Controls
The United States issues a broad new munitions act extending neutrality policy by requiring all American arms makers and dealers to register or suspend business. A $500 fee is imposed for registration and licenses from Secretary Hull are needed to ship items abroad. Noncompliance faces fines up to $10.
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Washington
National Xaunitions
Zet
State
Department
Posis
Ness
Slaw
Hull
State Department
U. S
Everything Rosy For FDR Declares Farley After Tour
Postmaster General James A. Farley, chair of the Democratic National Committee, returns from a cross country swing claiming no trouble ahead for President Roosevelt. He cites 18 direct-route states in the Roosevelt column and nine nearby states pledging support, touting strong bipartisan backing for the proffered reciprocity deal with Canada and dismissing straw polls as misleading. He notes broad consensus among representatives met and predicts continued unity beyond the coming election.
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New York
James A. Farley
Democratic Naonal Committee
Roosevelt
Farley
Ohio
Pennsylvania
California
Presson
Canada
Delaware
Virginia
Maryland
Kentucky
Tennessee
Dunois
Iowa
Nebraska
Utah
Nevada
Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
Fartey
Washington
Montana
Dakotas
West Virginia
Missouri
Kansas
New Mexico
Arizona
Chipper En Route To Manila Harbor
Guam dispatch notes the China Clipper final leg of its first transpacific airmail flight from California to the Philippines. Captain Edwin C. Musick and crew waved farewell at dawn as the ship departed, carrying airmail for Manuel Quezon. The Clipper is expected to reach Manila Friday evening local time after a long journey across the Pacific.
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Guam
China
Dedalo
Apra
California
Philippines
Edwin C. Musick
George A. Alexander
Redata Stunelit
U. S. Marines
Manila
Musick
Pi Manuel Quezon
Islio Pion
Roose
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Fresno
Calif
Francce
Duce Ordera Alpine Unit
French Frontier
Seer I
Chipper
Manila Harbor
Niles
Ghankoting
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