Possible Breakup of British Realm Hinted by Press
London editors hint at Duke of York becoming king and queen of Scotland as a veiled reference to Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. The London Times editorial tied the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Edinburgh to St Andrew s Day festivities and to constitutional questions. Continued on page five.
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London
Duke and Duchess of York
Scotland
London Tim
King Edward
Wallis Simpson
Simpson
England
Duke
Duchess of York
Edinburgh
Stern Decrees Put in Effect in Germany
Berlin December 2 The Goering four year plan advances with new laws and severe penalties. The cabinet under Hitler acts swiftly enacting economic sabotage death penalties and measures to exploit mineral resources. The decree requires registration of German held foreign securities and broadens youth measures.
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Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Gerny
Inet
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Drive Safely Avoid Collisions on the Wrong Side
Taylor County Safety Council urges motorists to stay on their side of the road as all crashes occur when drivers venture onto the wrong side. The message stresses vigilant driving and adherence to lane rules to protect pedestrians and motorists alike.
Six Grafton High students make second six weeks honor roll
Six Grafton High school students three seniors a junior and two freshmen achieved A averages for the six weeks ending November 26 Principal Torlock Rasmussen released the second six weeks honor roll Simultaneously report cards were distributed at the high school and city grade schools Named on the A average list were seniors Lewis Hatch Kathleen Reese and Thomas Shafferman Everett Miller a junior and freshmen Joan Reger and Virginia Stout The complete honor roll follows with seniors listed first Continued on Page Four.
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Grafton High School
Torlock Rasmussen
Lewis Hatch
Kathleen Reese
Thomas Shafferman
Everett Miller
Joan Reger
Virginia Stout
Work of Route 92 Will Be Done Says Randolph
Washington negotiates a 1937 road program push as Burr Simpson tells Rep. Jennings Randolph that completion of Route 92 from Nestorville to Etam and about 25 miles on Route 72 from St. George to McCumber in Preston and Barbour counties should be included in federal road plans.
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Washington
Burr H. Simpson
West Virginia
Federal Bureau For Roads
Jennings Randolph
D. W. Va
Preston
Tucker
Barbour Counties
Randolph
Nestorville
Barbour County
Preston County
Etam
St. George
McCumber
Aged farmer killed by his pet bull in corral
Twin Falls Idaho December 2 William Henry Labounty 80 cherished a Guernsey bull. Days earlier two stockmen sought to buy it. They returned to renew the offer and found Labounty's gored body as the enraged animal trampled him in the corral.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
William Henry Labounty
Labounty
Labouity
Buil
Peace Parley Opens as Roosevelt Addresses Delegates
Buenos Aires December 2 delegates from 21 American nations praised President Roosevelt for urging unity against aggression. They called the opening magnificent and predicted the conference would succeed, noting Roosevelt's warning to the old world and appeal to the new. Roosevelt planned to leave after funeral services for his bodyguard August Gennersh at the U.S. embassy, then host President Justo.
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Buenos Aires
Roevelt
Carlos Saavedra Lames
Roosevelt
United States
August Gennerish
Three Boys Escape County Jail Amid Wider Breakout
BECKLEY December 2. Three small boys escaped from the county jail by sawing a bar and kicking out a wire window covering. Jailer Okey Mills boasted that none had escaped in two years. The oldest boy is said to be 15 and another boy’s friend supplied the saws.
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Beckley
Okey Mills
Mills
State Commission Takes Up Offering Unwittingly
A Florida woman saved pennies in a glass jar to pay her $10.25 auto license and sent the jar to the State Motor Vehicle commission. Clerks delayed counting, left the jar on a desk, and later sent it to a bank as passersby kept adding pennies thinking it a charity collection.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Penni
State Motor Vehicle Commission
Protruding pipes shatter window on passenger train
In Connellsville, two passengers were injured when pipes from a freight car on a Baltimore and Ohio freight train shattered windows on a speeding passenger train. Carl Holmquist from Glassport suffered back injuries and was hospitalized, while D S Snyder of Connellsville received first aid.
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Connellsville
Baltimore and Ohio
Carl T. Holmquist
Glassport
Connellsville State Hospital
D. S. Snyder
Cumbes d, Md
Pittsburgh
Return of Half Dollar Proves World Is Small
LINTON Ind Dec 2 71 Joe Barto of Centenary Ind says he marked a seven and a half dollar half dollar 35 years ago as part of a patent for his passage from Europe to the United States. The same coin recently appeared in change from a Centenary tavern.
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Linton
Ind
Joe Barto
Centenary
Europe
United States
Barto
Rail Holding Firms Seem to Be Doomed
Washington December 2 Senator Wheeler predicts death sentence for railroad holding companies patterned after the 1935 act. He says no justification exists and expects legislation to abolish them after a December 7 inquiry opening on Mid-America Corp, linked to the Van Sweringen network valued at $3 billion with modest founder investment. Witnesses will include George A Ball and George A Tomlinson.
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Washington
Public Utilities Holding Company
Wheeler
Mont
Senate
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Mid-America Corporation
van Sweringen
van Sweringens
George A. Ball
Muncie
Ind
George A. Tomlinson
Cleveland
Ball and
Tomlinson
Depositors in Two Banks Given Dividend Checks
Charleston reports depositors of two closed state banks will receive small dividends. The banking department mailed checks totaling 25,106.74 to Farmers Bank of Shinnston depositors, reaching 45 percent paid since closing. The Richwood Banking and Trust company receiver authorized a 16,000 five percent dividend, the eighth, totaling 65 percent.
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Charleston
Banking Department
Farmers Bank of Shinnston
Richwood Banking and Trust Company
First State Bank Since 32 Opens in Pennsboro
Charleston December 2 The banking department issued the charter to the Community Bank of Pennsboro which will open tomorrow. It will have capital of 25000 dollars and surplus of 5000 dollars with S T McKinley as president and L W Lamp as cashier. The department said the institution is a newly organized one with no connection to any other bank.
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Charleston
Pennsboro
Community Bank of
S. T. McKinley
L. W. Lamp
Terrible Madrid air raid kills many and injures
Sixteen Fascist bombers dropped over Madrid killing between 3 and 100 people, many women and children. Hospitals report gas cases as blasts destroy houses on Ferraz Valle Hermosa and Montana bars areas, with 50 bombs in total. British MPs narrowly dodge shrapnel.
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Madrid
Red Cross
Ferraz
Valle Hermosa
Montana Barracks
Roaring Capronis
University
Rosales
Cuatro Caminos
Calla Jordan
Cuatro
W. H. Green
Highways Hazardous as Rain Turns to Sleet in WV
A cold rain in West Virginia turned to sleet and ice in the mountains, making roads hazardous along major routes. The road commission deployed cinder crews through Randolph, Tucker, and Pocahontas counties around U S 60 near Lewisburg and U S 19 21 near Bluefield. Most bad spots were fixed, but drivers were cautioned. Two to four inches of snow fell in Hardy and Grant counties, turning to rain by morning.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Road Commission
Randolph
Tucker
Pocahontas
U. S. 60
Lewisburg
Bluefield
Hardy
Grant
Panhandle
Boston College Coaches Hurt in Crash
Boston College football coach Gilmour Dobie and assistant Frank Murdock were seriously injured when their car crashed into a bridge abutment. City hospital reports indicate probable concussions and head lacerations for both, with Murdock also suffering probable internal injuries. both placed on the danger list. Police described the scene with the car crushed on the left side.
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Boston
Gilmour
Gloomy
Gil) Dobie
Cornell
Frank Murdock
Murdock
Dobie
Arms Embargoes Necessary To Prevent European War
Valencia dispatch reports Premier Francisco Largo Caballero telling the Socialist parliament that a European war is being fought on a small scale in Spain and may spread unless arms embargoes are raised. He blames Fascist aid from Germany and Italy to the insurgents and says recognition of the insurgent government by those nations was long anticipated.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Simpson
Valencia
Spain
Francisco Largo Caballero
Socialist Parliament
Germany
Italy
Ban On Sunday Beer Sales Recommended To Governor By Committee
A joint committee urged Governor Kump and the legislature to ban Sunday beer sales and to forbid sales to anyone under 21. The panel faulted lax enforcement, noting most lawlessness occurs after midnight and in areas with late licensing. It urged tougher licenses, bonds, and revocation powers for the beer control authority, plus funds for enforcement.
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Charleston
Kump
Kumo
Beer Control Authority
Poker loser finds cash pinned to shirt after game
M M Kelly told Detective Captain Marshall Scrafford he lost $35 in a poker match. He went home and slept. The next morning he returned grinning to report the money had been found pinned inside his shirt.
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Seattle
M. M Kelly
Marshall Scrafford
John Ringling Dies at 70 in New York
John Ringling the circus magnate died at age 70 after bronchial pneumonia. He rose from a Wisconsin backyard act with seven brothers to head a vast entertainment empire. At his bedside were Ida Ringling North, John Ringling North, Dr Maurice Costello, Frank Hennessy, and other close associates.
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New York
John Ringling
Baraboo
Wis
Ringling
Ida Ringling North
John Ringling North
Maurice Costello
Frank Hennessy
Florida
Japan Italo Commercial Accord Nears Completion
Rome dispatch reports a virtual conclusion of the long discussed trade pact between Italy and Japan. Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano met with the Japanese ambassador to relay Tokyo's decision to convert the Addis Ababa legation into a consulate general. Ciano assured attention to Ethiopian interests and conveyed Tokyo’s approval. An official declaration was expected to be published soon.
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Rome
Italy
Japan
Ethiopia
Galeazzo) Ciano
Addis Ababa
Ciano
Sugimura
Tokyo
New Sheriff Besieged by Job Hunters in Grafton
Sheriff elect Herbert Evans faces a flood of applicants as he prepares to take office on January 1. He may cite retained staff, including deputy James E. Guth and two jailors, while a full new slate for deputies and assessors is anticipated to be announced around December 14 before the county court.
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Herbert Evans
Grafton
Evans
Harry Batson
Mr. Batson
James E. Guth
Youth jailed for his part in robberies
A 15 year old East Grafton boy confessed to taking part in a series of October and November robberies. Police say he stole almost $80 in cash and jewelry valued over $160 plus additional property. The youth, who has prior reformatory time in Pennsylvania, began his ring of thefts late in October at Walters building on Main Street and continued to November 16 at John Tucker’s West Washington Street home and a Latrobe Street rooming house robbery.
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East Grafton
Pennsylvania
Walters Building
Main Street
Parkersburg
John Tucker
West Washington Street
International committee acts to halt arms to Spain
The Moh intervention committee moved to halt shipments of arms to both sides in the Spanish Civil War and seeks observer access to Spain to verify imports from foreign sources to Valencia and Franco’s insurgents. The plan advances if factions agree in principle, with a sub committee to draft procedural statutes. Homer Laughlin China said its Delaware charter keeps operations unchanged in Newell West Virginia.
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London
International
Ers
Valencia
Francisco Franco
Newell
W. Va
Homer Laughlin
Re- China Company
West Virginia
Spain
Joseph M. Wells
Sheriff-Elect Reynolds Announces His Deputies
Clarksburg December report lists Moore M. Reynolds reappointing J. Roy Gregory as chief deputy and naming aides Truman Gore Ben Reynolds Nell Mulheran Charles L Hursey Charles C Richards Jesse Criss Arthur Griffin Michael Dolan Pat Spatafore and Georgia Barnes to assist in Harrison county law enforcement.
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Clarksburg
Moore M. Reynolds
Harrison County
J. Roy Gregory
Truman Gore
Ben Reynolds
Nell Mulheran
Charles L. Hursey
Charles C. Richards
Jesse Criss
Arthur Griffin
Michael Dolan
Pat Spatafore
Georgia Barnes
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Fay Cover
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