Food program to begin soon in county schools
Anne E. Cruise appointed nutritional supervisor for the school children feeding program, to start after Christmas holidays. About 1,085 students will be fed daily, with 35 cooks needed. bids for food supplies are due in a few days. Cruise works with Joseph Dryfield in the Board of Education offices.
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Anne E. Cruise
Cruise
Joseph Dryfield
Board of Education
Grafton Banking and Trust Company
WPA
NRS
Nine Percent Penalty On Taxes Is Effective
Sheriff Lee Bennett reports a nine percent penalty on unpaid taxes for the first half of the year. During September taxpayers could pay with a discount, for November they paid the net amount, and after today a nine percent increase will be added.
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Lee Bennett
Several Licenses Issued In November In Taylor County
York of Taylor county court issued 232 district hunting and fishing licenses in November. Clerk Frank Bennett said thirteen couples signed intent to marry and were issued licenses. Statewide hunting and fishing licenses went to 26 men and three women.
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York of Taylor County Court
Frank Bennett
Baby dies in Clarksburg funeral services held
Funeral services were conducted yesterday at 2 PM for Jackie O Neil Conway ten months old son of Mrs Rosalene Lawson Conway and C Conway of Lemington at Baileytown M P church. The infant died at St Marys hospital Clarksburg after a brief illness and was buried in the I O O F cemetery near the church.
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Jackie O'Neil Conway
Rosalene Lawson Conway
C. Conway
Lemington
Baileytown M. P
Z. B. Bowen
St. Mary's Hospital
Clarksburg
Screen Director Tay Life Term for Killings
Busby Berkeley, screen dance director, faces possible life imprisonment on three counts of second degree murder after a three car crash near Santa Monica killed William Von Briesen Ada Von Briesen and Dorothy Daley. Prosecutor says Berkeley may have been intoxicated and driving on the wrong side.
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Los Angeles
Busby Berkeley
Wiliam von Briesen
Ada von Briesen
Dorothea Daley
Santa Monica
David Coleman
Berkeley
von Briesen
Bank Looted in South Carolina Robbery Seizures Made
Two armed men trapped three Edisto Cash Depository employees in the vault at Denmark South Carolina and seized 7000 in bonds and 500 in cash before fleeing. A female employee was among those held briefly. cashier W L Brannon arrived after the robbers escaped and freed the workers.
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South Carolina
Denmark
8. C
Edisto
W. L. Brannon
ASK CLOTHING DESPERATE FOR BOYS NEEDED CLOTHING
Two motherless boys aged 13 and 15 urgently need clothes. Anyone with donations can bring them to this office for distribution and help.
Berlin church body loses rights under state censorship
Hans Kerri head of the national department of church affairs in Berlin stripped the Protestant Confessional Synod of all authoritative and administrative powers. He imposed censorship preventing pastors from sending communications without his approval, signaling the church’s move toward state control and declaring the synod under absolute subjugation. Bishop Martin Niemöller said the church was entering a period of absolute state domination. Kerrl warned on November 28 of further action.
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Berlin
Hans Kerri
National Department of Church Affairs
Kerr
Martin Miemoeller
Kerrl
Daily Relief Check Starts Across Charleston
Emergency relief officials began daily checks by counties as a $643000 federal grant supports aid. 453 long standing WPA jobs were ordered to resume work. W. W. Allen said the funds and $250000 legislative aid aim to cover needy throughout the month amid delays awaiting Governor Kump’s directives.
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Charleston
WPA
W. W. Allen
Kump
Allen
Washington
Canada Denies Italy's Oil Embargo Proposal
Ottawa reports that Canada's Liberal government rejected initiating an oil embargo on Italy. Acting Prime Minister Ernest LaPointe stated Canada would limit sanctions to purely financial measures accepted by most participants, reiterating King’s prior position and adherence to the League of Nations.
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Ottawa
Canada
Italy
Ernest LaPointe
Geneva
W. A. Riddell
League of Nations
Ethiopia
King
LaPointe
MacKenzie King
Bennett
Kerr’s Edict Threatens Dissolution of Confessional Synod
A decree by Kerrl’s Nazi government forbids opposition church groups from church taxation, funds collection, or convocation of synods. It grants full authority to Kerrl’s appointees who may dissolve the confession and forbid other unions from church governance. Opposition groups must answer eight days before actions are taken. They are barred from nominating ministers and from making pulpit announcements.
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Confessio
Kerr
Kerrl
Towboat Ben Franklin Destroyed by River Fire in Cincinnati
Fire traced to an overheated stove in the galley destroyed the Ohio river towboat Ben Franklin moored too far from shore. Purchased two weeks earlier by Capt. Augustus O. Kirschner, the vessel burned to the water line with an estimated loss of 20000 dollars. A nearby towboat Arthur Reder suffered minor damage as the fire reached its stern before being confined. Capt. Kirschner had been shot to death by a burglar a month before this incident.
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Cincinnati
Ben Franklin
Augustus O. Kirschner
Arthur Reder
Franklin
Charley Jackson
Delay Test Hearing On Guffey Coal Control Act
Federal Judge Albert L. Reeves continued until December 12 a hearing on the Missouri coal companies bid for a preliminary injunction to stop federal officials from collecting a tax under the Guffey coal law. The hearing had been set for today.
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Guffey
Kansas City
Albert L. Reeves
Missouri
24 Persons Die in Pennsylvania Accidents Weekend
The Associated Press reports at least 24 deaths in Pennsylvania over the weekend from a series of accidents. Snow swept highways caused 14 fatalities while other incidents include hunting deaths, a gas asphyxiation, a miner crushed by a fall, and an 89 year old woman dying in a home fall. Five highway deaths occurred near Bedford where two cars collided and burned, killing William S. Mock and William Amos.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Frhway
Bedford
William S.mock
Everett
William Amos
Debt Near All Time High As Treasury Seeks 900 Million
Washington December 2 The public debt nears a new peak as the Treasury seeks 900 million dollars for work relief financing and ready cash. If the full loan is raised the debt would reach about 30.5 billion dollars with 450 million in 2 3 4 percent 10 year bonds and 450 million in 1 1 2 percent five year notes. Holders of 418 million in 2 1 2 percent notes maturing December 15 are offered exchange rights for the new securities. This plus the 900 million adds to borrowings since July 1, totaling over 1.7 billion. President Roosevelt estimates leave about 862 million to be raised in the last half of the fiscal year if recovery funding is spent.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Right of Exchange
Roosevelt
Demonstrators Arrested By British Policemen
Cairo dispatch reports police fired into the air to disperse demonstrators and four rioters were arrested after entering the home of liberal Mahmoudpasha and damaging furniture. Authorities say the unrest stems from nationalist anger over liberals not joining calls to restore the 1923 constitution.
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Cairo
Mahmoudpasha
Four State Educators Attend Chicago Parley
Four officials from the state department of education traveled to Chicago to join sessions of the No. 4 aed Vocational Education conference. President E. B. Maclin of New River State College accompanied them. Representing the state were John Lowe Miss Lena Charter John Nelson and H. N. Hansucker.
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Charleston
State Department of Education
Chicago
Aed
E. 8. Maclin
New River State College
John Lowe
Miss Lena Charter
John Nelson
H. N. Hansucker
Noted Woman Educator Miss M Carey Thomas Dies at 79
Philadelphia dispatch reports the death of Miss M Carey Thomas at age 79. President emeritus of Bryn Mawr College, she helped found Bryn Mawr in 1885 and remained closely associated with the institution throughout her career before retiring from college work.
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Philadelphia
M. Carey Thomas
Bryn Mawr College
Miss Thomas
Bryn Mawr
Colege
China Clipper Arrives Safely at Guam Harbor
The China Clipper landed in Guam harbor after a 1700 mile Pacific crossing from Manila in 10 hours 50 minutes. First Officer R O D Sullivan noted headwinds averaged 25 mph on the Manila Guam leg and the Clipper flew as low as 200 feet to dodge them. Sullivan called the Manila Guam stretch the toughest part of the California Philippine route.
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Guam Island
Pan American Airways
Manila
Pacific Ocean
California
R. O. D. Sullivan
Sullivan
Guam
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