Governor Kump Seeks Resignations Of Stephenson Wilson
Charleston December 3. D Homer Stephenson chairman of the liquor commission and John B Wilson were asked to resign and declined. Governor Kump reportedly made the requests and verbal notes followed by letters. State house officials and staff were tight lipped as details leaked of possible forthcoming statements.
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Charleston
D. Homer Stephenson
John B. Wilson
Quer Commission
State House
John B Wilson
Liquor Commission
Imp
Stephenson
Wilson
Kump
Brady
Madrid Bomb Raids Hit City Fronts in Civil War
Bombs struck Madrid in two air raids as artillery and grenades echoed near the University City and model prison fronts in northwestern Madrid while bombs also fell in Rosales and Retira Park. General Jose Miaja was named Madrid defense head amid a junta shake up and insurgent raids threaten Guadarrama area. damage reported as slight.
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Madrid
Rosales
Retira
Jose Miaja
U Rial
Guadarrama
de Junta
Miaja Ap
Pace
Drive Safely Message From Aylor County Safety Council
The warning urges drivers and pedestrians to curb impatience as it harms health and leads to grief. It emphasizes judgment over haste and promotes safe, careful behavior in traffic.
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Aylor County
Auto Finance Rates Hit by Federal Edict
The Federal Trade Commission charged 21 automobile manufacturers and financing firms with charging higher interest on deferred payments than advertised. Complaints allege cars were advertised at 6 percent annual payments while actual total interest ran about 12 percent. Named defendants include Nash Motors Company, General Motors and subsidiaries producing Chevrolet Olds Pontiac Buick and Cadillac, Chrysler Corporation.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Nash Motors Company
Ike Nosha
Wis
General Motors Corporation
Detroit
Chevrolet
Olds
Pontiac
Buick
Cadillac
Chrysler Corporation
Woman Seriously Hacked With Axe Hospitalized Husband Held
Physicians described Mrs. Arnold Simms as in serious condition after head wounds inflicted with an axe. State troopers arrested her husband on a malicious assault charge. Trooper M. B. Salyers said he found Simms hiding beneath a porch with both wrists slashed. he was jailed after treatment.
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Charlon
Arnold Simms
M. B. Salyers
Simms
Two Names Omitted From High School Honor Roll
Doris Bolyard and Marjorie Cole were left off Grafton High School honor roll as reported to the Sentinel yesterday. Both earned B grade over the six weeks period, and their omission is noted in school authorities’ submission.
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Grafton High School
The
Sentinel
Doris Bolyard
Marjorie Cole
Locomotives Collide Injuring Three Railroaders at Springdale
A head on collision of locomotives at the suburban Springdale station of the Pennsylvania railroad injured three railroaders. Injured are B. G. Crosby, 64, engineer. R. J. Benjamin, 42, brakeman. and J. B. Covington, 46, fireman, Pittsburgh.
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Pitstburgh
Springdale
Pennsylvania Railroad
B. G. Crosby
R. J. Benjamin
J B. Covington
Pittsburgh
Young Neely to Wed Soon
John Champ Neely of Fairmont West Virginia plans marriage to Luetta Sutton Salem West Virginia a nightclub entertainer known as Blos50m Lay Neely 22 son of U S Senator M M Neely won a divorce from Mrs Mary Kathryn Faust Neely after she was granted a divorce decree in Fairmont custody of their four year old son Neely awarded in Fairmont courts the Reno court action cited cruelty and the couple's separation was recently finalized.
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Reno
John Champ Neely
Fairmont
W. Va
Pretty Luetta Sutton
Salem
Blos
Neely
U. S
M. M. Neely
West Virginia
Mary Kathryn Faust
Flood Warning Corps Organized Begin Work
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a new flood warning corps of 12 volunteers, led by meteorologist W. Brontzman, aiding the weather bureau with quick reports on heavy rain, snow, and river level changes. They join nine observers monitoring rainfall on the Allegheny and Monongahela watersheds to improve flood predictions.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
W. 8. Brontzman
Pittsburgh Weather Bureau
Allegheny
Monongahela
Lover of Apple Pie Is Given 60 Day Sentence
William Logan, 28, of Geneva, Ohio, was jailed for 60 days for assault and battery after his wife failed to bake apple pie at his order. He pleaded guilty before Justice C D Adams, saying he beat her when he found no pie on the jail menu.
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Euelah McNeil
Ruth Moran
Frieda Larsen
Kehosha
Wis
Herbert Winters
Serpt
Beulah McNeil
Central Press
Jefferson
William Logan
Geneva
Logan
Justice of the Peace
C. D. Adams
Proposals To Buenos Aires Parley Filed
The Inter-American Peace Conference opens with 21 American nations submitting proposals. A Venezuelan plan to coalesce five accords into a single anti war document was first handed to Argentine ambassador Felipe Espil. Delegates meet informally to debate plans including a central American court of justice and a Dominican League of Nations concept.
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Buenos Aires
Felipe Espil
United States
Assembly
inter-American Court of Justice
inter-American League of Nations
Aluminum Co Workers Win Forty Hour Week
Pittsburgh December 3 Twenty five thousand Aluminum Company of America employees report to work under a new contract guaranteeing a forty hour week for the next year. The guaranteed schedule is eight hours daily, five days weekly and wages were not the subject of the conference.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Roosevelt greeted by Terra in Uruguay welcome
President Franklin D. Roosevelt stepped ashore from the cruiser Indianapolis in Montevideo to cheering crowds and rain, after completing a Latin American peace voyage. He was greeted by President Gabriel Terra as 3,000 khaki-clad troops observed. The stop capped his South American trip during which he inaugurated an inter-American peace conference.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Republic
Gabriel Terra
Goodyear Akron Plant Closed Amid Sit Down Strike
Strikes across industries serving automobiles spread as Goodyear Tire & Rubber in Akron halted a 6,000 worker plant. About 400 at plant No. 1 began a sit down, leaving early today. Plate Glass and Midland Steel idle as about 7,300 and 3,900 workers respectively faced stoppages. Federal and state conciliators renewed efforts to end the Pittsburgh Plate Glass walkouts affecting Ford City Creighton Mt Vernon and nearby areas.
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Associated Press
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
Midland Steel Products Company
Detroit
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Ford City
Creighton
Mt. Vernon
Clarksburg
W. Va
Townsend Indicted on Contempt Charge in Pension Movement
Dr Francis E Townsend co founder of the Townsend old age pension movement and two associates were indicted by a federal grand jury on contempt charges for defying a congressional investigation. Rev Clinton Wunder of New York and John B Kiefer of Chicago regional directors, named with the California physician, were charged.
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Washington
Francis E. Townsend
Townsend Old-Age Pension Movement
Congressional
Clinton Wunder
New York
John B. Kiefer
Chicago
Townsend Organization
California
More Toys Are Needed To Give to Unfortunate
Captain B James Short local Salvation Army commandant appeals for used and discarded toys to reach 780 needed for Christmas distribution. So far 150 donated with $11 raised for repairs and new toys. Rotary Club gave $10 and a friend $1. Immediate need urged as last minute donations cannot be processed by Grafton High school's industrial arts class.
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B. James Short
Salvation Army
Army
Captain Short
Rotary Club
Short
Grafton High School
Nuisance Taxes May Continue After July
Congress may be asked to extend most nuisance taxes that expire next July. The levies, including gasoline, radio sets, refrigerators, firearms, automobiles, and pads, brought over 300 million dollars in the last fiscal year and about 150 million in the first five months of this year. Officials say revenue is needed to balance next year’s budget.
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Washington
Congress
Subdued Alleged Car Thief After Short Chase
Carl Merrill, 32, living on Christiana street, was rearrested by State Trooper W. E. Murphy with Deputy Batson and Police Chief Lockard after a pursuit two blocks following his escape from officers. Merrill, cited for auto theft and transporting a stolen car across state lines, resisted briefly when tackled on Walters street, then was jailed. Authorities note his forged registration and theft connections with Dallas and Oklahoma City.
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Carl Merrill
Christiana Street
W. E. Murphy
Murphy
Harry Batson
A. E. Lockard
Batson
Walters Street
Chris Uliana
Merrill
Grafton
Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma City
Okla
Driver of Wrecked Truck Has Right To Be Nervous
J. E. McCoy, an oil company employee, was driving a loaded truck on a muddy road when it skidded and overturned. He escaped unhurt but jittery as the ton of dynamite he carried remained in the wrecked vehicle.
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Woodward, Okla
J. E. McCoy
Oil Company
McCoy
Wage Parley Arranged In Pittsburgh For Glass Workers
A wage conference between Libbey Owens Ford Glass and union representatives of about 4500 employees was set for Saturday. Glenn W. McCabe, president of the Federation of Flat Glass Workers, reported the discussions as industry wide strike threats grew, with 7300 workers already involved. Automotive and steel leaders watched, fearing factory shutdowns could impact car production and steel use. Continued on page 6.
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Pittsburgh
Libbey-Owens- Ford Glass Company
Glenn W. McCabe
Federation of
Flat Glass Workers
Electrification Plan for Rural Areas in Charleston
The Public Service Commission studied a rural electrification program proposed by state power producers. It recommends rate schedules for rural territory, require customers to supply poles and lines to the company point, and set monthly guarantees tied to construction costs and consumption increases with staged reductions. The plan envisions the guarantee lifting when rural revenue equals one third of service cost.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Amme
Anniversary of Ministry Arranged at Grafton Church
On Sunday December 13 An drews Methodist Episcopal church will honor Dr Millard F Compton 61 years as a minister of the gospel He will preach at his first December 1875 sermon in Grafton his old home The widely known church leader is a native of Taylor county and brother of H C Compton of Grafton The visit recalls days past and his family pioneer roots in the community
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Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
Millard F. Compton
Taylor County
Grafton
H.C. Compton
Dr. Compton
Henry
Ruth Compton
National Guard to Establish Headquarters in Elkins
Representative Jennings Randolph said Adjutant General Horner informed him that Company G of the 201st infantry will base in Elkins. The Littleton unit was disbanded due to unsatisfactory armory conditions, with Captain Frank Wimner named commanding officer of the Elkins company.
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Washington
Jennings Randolph
D. W. Va
William L. Horner
West Virginia
201St Infantry
National Guard
Elkins
Randolph
Horner
Littleton
Frank Wimner
Edward Maintains Throne and Friendship With Mrs Simpson
London reports King Edward intends to keep both his throne and his friendship with Mrs. Wallis Simpson. He stays at Fort Belvedere with Mrs. Simpson and the Duke of York, pledging to resist Prime Minister Baldwin's demand he renounce the twice divorced American. Parliament remains tense as Baldwin prepares a statement on the constitutional crisis.
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London
Edward
Church of England
Baldwin
House of Commons
Downing Street
John Simon
Simpson
Commons
Clement R. Attlee
King Edwards Crises Deepens at Fort Belvedere
Fort Belvedere guards the gates as the British crisis surrounding King Edward VIII and Wallis Warfield Simpson unfolds. The monarch and duchess with close counsellors weigh next moves while motor cars pause near the gates amid the unfolding political drama.
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Fort Belvedere
Eng
Edward
England
Duke of York
Wallis Warfield Simpson
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