Possible ask for more dole money sparks relief and budget debate
Washington discusses the possibility the administration may seek additional dole funds despite the New Deal effort to end this relief. The House Appropriations committee reviews the 1934 budget as experts warn relief size will shape next year's deficit. Roosevelt has not yet decided on relief needs, while states were told direct dole funds end and responsibility shifts.
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Buchanan
Tex
Ie Appropriations Committee
Ee Chance
Akes
Burden
Dole
Roosevelt
Pension Plan Battle Opens in Central West Virginia
Charleston dispatch reports Townsend pension plan organizers spreading through the state. Dr E B Thornton of Dayton formed the first club in the state last night and projects 75,000 members by the May primary. He plans district organizers, funds via a two per cent tax, and monthly pensions for those over age, aiming to aid 1,000 elderly by a tax-driven scheme.
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Charleston
Townsend Pension Plan
Clarksburg
E. B. Thornton
Dayton
Thornton
Congress
John Campbell
Princeton
Terry
Huntington
Annulment Bid in Child Bride Case Puts Roman on Trial
LEWISBURG WVa Dec 3 A jur y failed to reach a verdict on a kidnapping charge in the case of William Mavin Roman an itinerant worker who abducted a 14 year old girl and married her in Oklahoma City in 1933 Prosecutors will seek a new trial in January The mother of the girl Mrs Richard Bradley seeks annulment and may ask the court to place the daughter in an industrial school or religious institution The couple later wandered the east and south with their child and the girl testified she gave her age as 19 though her parents say she was 12 at the time The case raised questions about guardianship and the propriety of the union with a 39 year old man and a 15 month old child in question Continued on Page Two.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
William Mavin Roman
Greenbrier County
Summers H. Sharp
Richard Bradley
Dorothy Evelyn Bradley Roman
Roman
United States
Tennessee River
Traners
Bradley
Rupert
Dorothy
Evelyn
Miner Slays Young Bride After Fight
A 32-year-old miner was charged with murder after his 15-year-old bride Beulah was shot to death in a field near their Logan home. D. C. Cutshaw surrendered saying I shot my wife and I want to give up. Prosecutors said the quarrel stemmed from Cutshaw's alleged attentions to Beulah's friend Gladys Drew at their mountain shack in Proctor Hollow.
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Childers
Sutshaw
Gladys Drew
Proctor Hollow
Cutshaw
Landslide Destroys Ecuador Village Verde Cocha
A massive landslide buried the Andean village of Verde Cocha near Huigra in Ecuador, killing all 50 inhabitants. At 3:15 a.m. local time residents heard a deep rumbling before the slide struck, leaving no survivors to confirm awakenings.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Verde Cocha
Huigra
Many CCC Companies To Be Disbanded in Area
CCC headquarters announced that 57 companies comprising 11,400 men in West Virginia Ohio Indiana and Kentucky will be disbanded by March 31 1936 Director Robert Fechner ordered the reductions to cut enrollment to 428000 men.
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Columbus
CCC
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Robert Fechner
Britain seeks loans as Haile Selassie appeals for church aid
Emperor Haile Selassie asked Abuna Cyril to intervene with Mussolini for peace talks mid month. He moved his forces 175 miles toward Dessye while Britain floated wartime loans and Mussolini formed a diet reform brain trust as sanctions loom.
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Associated Press
Haile Selassie
Italy
Cairo
Mussolini
King of Kings
Ethiopia
Johannes
Abuna
Cyril
Addis Ababa
Dessye
England
League of Nations
Young G.O.P.s Plan Session in Taylor County
Reorganization of the Young Republicans club of Taylor county, inactive since the 1934 campaign, will occur at 8 pm Wednesday in the county building court room. New officers and delegates to the congressional district meeting in Fairmont Friday will be chosen, led by James C. Holt and vice presidents Mrs. Delvera Johnson and E. Bailey Wyckoff. Former president Curtis D. Lambert now resides in Philippi, Barbour county, after the last campaign.
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Young Republicans Club
Taylor County
Congressional District
Fairmont
James C. Holt
Delvera Johnson
E. Bailey ‘Wyckoff
Curtis D. Lambert
Philippi
Barbour County
China Clipper completes second leg on way home
The Pan American China Clipper landed at Wake Island at 8:58 p m completing the second leg of its return flight from Manila to California. The 26 ton flying boat glided to a night landing guided by radio beams and landing flares. It carried about 1000 pounds of airmail from the Philippines and Guam and covered 1560 miles in 13 hours 47 minutes despite heavy head winds.
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Wake Island
Pan American Airways Communications
Manila
California
Pacific
Philippines
Guam
Battle at Pass Fades as Ethiopians Retreat
Rome dispatch reports a clash south of Abaro Pass on the northern front. Several Ethiopians were killed and an Italian officer with five Askari were wounded as our columns repulsed a 200-strong Ethiopian attack. Detachments of native army corps reached Melfa.
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Rome
Italy
Abaro Pass
Arrmy
Melfa
Surprise Attack Fears By Ethiopians On St George Day
Italian northern army lines in Makale Ethiopia brace for possible Ethiopian assault as scouts report enemy bands near Italian outposts. Addis Ababa expects a northern offensive of about 400000 troops and may align with St George feast day in a major move against Italian strongholds.
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Associated Press
Makale
Ethiopia
Italy
Addis Ababa
Fifth District Republicans Plan December Meeting
In Bluefield on December 14 Republicans of the fifth district comprising Mingo Wyoming McDowell Mercer Summers Monroe and Greenbrier counties will meet to discuss party plans. Representative Everett M Dicken of Peoria Ill will be the principal speaker at the all day session A banquet is planned Harold F Porterfield is chairman of the general committee.
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Bluefield
Mingo
Wyoming
McDowell
Mercer
Summers
Monroe
Greenbrier
Everett M. Dickeen
Peoria
Harold F. Porterfield
Start suits to get land for new road
The West Virginia State Road Commission began condemnation suits to acquire land for a highway linking Route 50 with Route 119 over Traps Springs hill from Pruntytown to Webster road. Bids are all in for the proposed contract, but opposition from property owners is likely to delay final contracts.
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West Virginia State Road Commission
Traps Springs Hill
Pruntytown
Webster Road
Road Commission
West Virginia-Virginia Rivalry Scrapped for 1936
Washington Pa December 3 One of the oldest football rivalries west of the Alleghenies between West Virginia University and Washington and Jefferson College ends as officials announce the teams will not meet in 1936.
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Washington, Pa
West Virginia University
Washington & Jefferson College
Kiwanis Club Meeting Planned This Evening
The Grafton Kiwanis Club will hold its regular weekly dinner meeting at 6 15 tonight at Debendorfer's Cozy Rest Inn on Route 50. W C Chick Lawson and Paul Murphy will lead the program. Three new members will be formally inducted by past President Joseph A Jolliffe, Kiwanis Education Committee chair.
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Grafton Kiwanis Club
Debendorfer's
Cozy Rest Inn
U. S. Route 50
W.C
Chick” Lawson
Benedict
Paul Murphy
Joseph A. Jolliffe
Kiwanis Education Committee
Leaky Gas Stove Blamed For Death Of Instructor
A coroner's jury in Athens West Virginia blamed a leaking gas stove for the death of Bernice Akers age 25 of Bluefield an instructor at Concord State Teachers college She died of asphyxiation from gas fumes found in the doorway between kitchen and living room of the shared apartment by Geneva Yeager Marlinton after a week end visit home
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Athens
W. Va
Bernice Akers
Bluefield
Concord State Teachers’ College
John Wirtz
Thespians to stage The Fool at Grafton High Friday
A replica of the Chan ning Pollock stage scene for The Fool is on display in the Pittsburg and West Virginia Gas office window. The Thespian Club of Grafton High plans the Friday evening performance on December 6 with a cast of experienced students and others new to drama.
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Channing Pollock
Thespian Club
Grafton High School
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company
Christmas Checks Sent Out by Bluefield Bank
Bluefield banks mailed 1700 checks totaling 85000 dollars to Christmas Savings Club members. Bankers said the amount saved is slightly less than in 1934 but there was a gain in depositors.
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Bluefield
Bluejfield
Christmas Savings Club
Princess Victoria dies in Britain at 67 causing royal mourning
Princess Victoria sister of King George II dies at 10 35 p m E S T in her country home prompting cancellation of state ceremonies opening parliament Black crepe and guardsmen colors draped Buckingham Palace signal national mourning The shy royal relative was connected to many European monarchs including Norway Denmark Romania Spain and Greece
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London
Victoria
George
Great Britain
Buckingham Palace
United Kingdom
Europe
Maud
Norway
Spain
Marie
Romania
Christian
Denmark
Greece
Crowds Expected At Grafton Field House Dance
One of the biggest crowds to attend a Grafton dance is expected tonight at the new Grafton High School field house for its formal opening. The event, cosponsored by the Grafton civic department and the Women's Club, features Tommy Dorsey’s Orchestra with Miss Edyth Wright. Dancing runs 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Dorsey’s CBS act is due from New York this afternoon.
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Grafton
New Grafton High School
Tommy Dorsey
Dorsey
CBS
Edyth Wright
New York
Leland Price
Extension of Guffey bill up at parley
Washington December 3. The tri district wage convention of hard coal miners opens here tomorrow with discussion likely on extending Senator Joseph Guffey proposed soft coal controls to Pennsylvania anthracite. Leaders say a wage increase work equalization and a 30 hour week will dominate as old six year pact expires in April.
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Washington
Guffey
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Joseph Guffey
Young Man Faces Jury In Lewis Co. Slaying
Lewisburg West Virginia December 5 Bill Kerns 23 pleaded innocent today at opening of his murder trial in circuit court. The state says Kerns killed B B Legg 59 a gardener to steal between 15 and 16 dollars. Legg's body was found April 4 1935 in Teaberry section south of Lewisburg after Lonnie Legg reported his father missing twelve hours.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Bill Kerns
B. B. Legg
Elrcuit
Kerns
Legg
Lonnie Legg
Roane Countians Vote On Liquor Store Issue
Spencer West Virginia December 3 A Roane County poll reports a very light ballot across 26 voting places. County Clerk E R Lester estimates fewer than 3000 of 12000 registered voters will cast a ballot on whether liquor sales shall be allowed in the county.
Eight Escape From Mass Prison Bostons Rail Yard Chaos
A Boston mass break from the Massachusetts State Prison in Charleston left one prisoner and a truck driver dead and several guards and inmates injured. Four convicts were recaptured at gunpoint in the Boston and Maine railroad yards as chaos erupted. Guards and police pursued the remaining fugitives amid limited details, with an immediate inmate headcount underway for 700 to 900 prisoners.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Charleston
Boston & Maine
John Oliver
Somerville
Mass
Aca
Frank Shaughnessy
Richards
Shaughnessey
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Four Robbers Escape Prison In Oklahoma Shootout
Four convicts from the Ir ish O Malle y gang escaped Muskogee city jail after a gun battle that wounded Chief Ben Bolton. The group seized a car and fled. a fifth inmate was shot as authorities pursued them. Suspects include Dan Heady Dewey Gilmore Russell Cooper and Leonard Short. A wounded officer and a hospital report followed the breakout.
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Muskogee
Okla
Okemah
Ben Bolton
O'Malley
Dan Heady
Dewey Gilmore
Russell Cooper
Leonard Short
Marsh Corgan
Don Garrett
Matty
Heady
Kansas City
Mio
Bush
Gilmore
Dallas
Cooper
Fort Smith
Ark
Short
Galena
Bolton
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G. O. P. Plan
Kiwanis Club
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Hollywood
Joel J. Pressman
Harvard Medical School
San Francisco
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