Audit Of Liquor Board Accounts Begins In Charleston
In Charleston on December 4 Governor Kump ordered the ouster of two Democratic liquor commissioners, D. Homer Stephenson and John B. Wilson, prompting an audit of commission accounts. Fred L. Fox placed four accountants on the task, noting it may take time, while the resignations were treated as effective. Wilson confirmed awaiting the audit and Stephenson remained at his desk as the process commenced.
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Charleston
Kump
Fred L. Fox
Fox
D. Homer Stephenson
John 3
Wilson
Stephenson
Elrol
Special session called to consider unemployment law
Governor Kump issues a December 14 call for a special legislative session, regrets summoning newly elected lawmakers, citing last days developments. A social security committee has drafted a conforming measure to align with federal law, enabling West Virginia to reclaim 90 percent of an estimated 3.8 million payroll tax from 1936. Continued on page four.
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Charleston
Kump
Joint Legislative Social Security Committee
West Virginia
Supreme Court
New York
Drive Safely Warns After Years of Suffering
A Huntington man died this week after a six year illness following an automobile accident. The message from the Taylor County Safety Council urges drivers to ease up on the gas when tires whine in curves to prevent more tragedies.
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Taylor County Safety Council
Auto Industry Strikes Intensify After Third Ends In Truce
Strikes in two auto industry branches grew sharper as a third ended in a truce. A conference on a Libbey Owens Ford workers dispute in Ottawa Ontario and 6000 Pittsburgh Plate Glass employees was blocked by a clash over meeting location. Fight over parley site and remarks from Federation of Flat Glass Workers president cited.
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Associated Press
Libbey-Owens-Ford Company
Ottawa
Tfl
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Parley
Glenn W. McCabe
Federation of Flat Glass Workers
J. D. Biggers
Libbey-Owens-Ford Com
Brighter 1937 Foreseen By U. S. Steel Chairman
Myron C. Taylor, chairman of U S Steel, predicts a brighter 1937 for the steel industry. He says prospects are much better than this year and urges forgetting the current low mood. He visited Pittsburgh for a coal research conference and inspected the new 30 million dollar strip mill at Homestead.
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Pittsburgh
Myron C. Taylor
U. S. Steel Orporation
Taylor
U. S. Steel
Homestead
Free Churches Back Edward Aid Amid Rumor of Suit
Leaders of the free churches say they do not press King Edward to cut friendship with Mrs. Wallis Simpson. The stance was outlined today by Rev. Dinsdale T. Young of Westminster Central Hall and Rev. M. E. Aubrey of the Baptist Union.
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Methodists
King Edward
Wallis Simpson
Free Churches
Dinsdale T. Young
Westminster Central Hall
M. E. Aubrey
Baptist Union of Great Britain
A Shemlein
Historic Markers to Be Placed in State
Governor Kump announced contracts awarded for historic and scenic markers. The commission on historic and scenic markers will erect nameplates at the state’s famed views and historic spots, with markers soon to be placed.
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Charleston
Kump
Commission On Historic and Scenic Markers
Nun Is Wounded When Prowler's Path Barred
In Joliet a man shot Sister Mary Walburg 52 from St Cyril and Methodius Catholic parochial school after she refused entry to a house where 12 nuns live. The bullet pierced a door window and struck her arm. motive is undetermined.
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Joliet
Mary Walburg
St. Cyril and Methodius Catholic
Amendments Proposed by Many Solons in Congress
Washington December 4 A strand of constitutional amendments will be introduced when Congress convenes January 5 aimed at keeping the United States out of war and widening federal control over agriculture and industry Senator Logan Ky proposes a measure to grant Congress power to regulate production of any product moving in interstate or foreign commerce A referendum to veto declarations of war will be offered by Senator Frazier Nye and Nye outline two changes including a prohibition on foreign war participation and a conscription authorizing act.
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Washington
America
Congress
Logan
United States
Frazier
N. D
Nye
Ohio Citizen Seeks Release In Check Charge Case
Dayton Ohio December fourth. Ross Johnson, described by legal aid Anthony McCarthy as a responsible person during six years of residence, faces a nine year old check charge. He was arrested on a fugitive warrant from West Virginia and will present his case to Gov. Martin L. Davey Tuesday. The $89 check is involved. Continued on page four.
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Dayton
Ross Johnson
West Virginia
Martin L. Davey
Anthony McCarthy
Fascist Bombers Strike Again Over Madrid Siege
Madrid dispatch reports thirty Fascist bombers shattered a siesta lull as they swooped over Rosales sector and unleashed a fierce air raid. Defenders opened fire from streets while remnants of the insurgent attack along Casa Del Campo eased into noon calm. Fire blossomed across a wide arc from University City to Pablo Salon venue as a frenzied night followed.
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Rosales
Casa del Campo
Madrilenos
University City
Pablo Salonvenue
Martinsburg Mills Raise Wages for 700 Workers
Martinsburg three mills announce wage increases for 700 workers. Berkeley Woolen Co raises pay 10 percent for 400 employees effective immediately and grants a 10 percent bonus on earnings from January 1 to November 30. Dunn Woolen Co orders a 10 percent raise for about 300 workers effective December 14. The firms did not disclose total increased sums.
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Martinsburg
Ie Berkeley Woolen Company
Dunn Woolen Company
State's Cash Balance Shows November Increase Across Funds
Charleston December reports Treasurer R E Talbott announced the aggregate balance of the 13 state funds rose about 1.5 million to 12 54341263 during November. He noted overdrafts of 1618 11 in the state road sinking fund 1424404 14 in the general school fund and 17370794 in the state debt sinking fund. The general revenue fund stood at 97983916 and the public assistance fund at 144368821.
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Charleston
R. E. Talbott
Talbott
General School
General Revenue Fund
Public Assistance Fund
King Edward Quietly Faces Question Of Queen Status
London newspapers debate Edward VIII fate as king marries Wallis Simpson weighing the monarchy’s future. The Times argues such a union would scandalize the nation, while the Express predicts a wise choice by the king. The News Chronicle suggests exclusion from succession as a remedy.
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London
Edward
Wallis Simpson
Simpson
Times
the Express
Hamen
News Chronicle
Five Millions Received From Gross Sales Taxes
Charleston tax commissioner reports total gross sales tax collections from July 1 to November 30 equal 5 135 983 11 dollars. Returns from production industries led with coal sand and gravel gas timber oil and clay at 1 806 776 39 dollars. Utilities contributed 1 440 388 11 dollars and manufactures 743 471 24. Other classifications yielded retail 611 740 36 wholesale 157 390 54 contracting 114 249 30 banking 13 321 90 amusements 18 561 84 and service 230 083 43.
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Charleston
Fred L. Fox
Upton Sinclair Aids Mrs Simpson Affair
Upton Sinclair, relative to Mrs Wallis Simpson, sent a cablegram to the London Star criticizing Britain's cabinet for blocking King Edward's marriage. He urged Britons to consider the impact on Anglo American friendship and noted strong American sympathy for Mrs Simpson and the king's democratic stance.
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Pasadena
Calif
Upton Sinclair
Wallis Simpson
London Star
Edward
Britain
Simpson
President Roosevelt Heads Home From South America
President Roosevelt sails aboard the Chester after a 16 day South American voyage. He is tanned and in good spirits, receiving hearty receptions in Brazil Argentina and Uruguay. He heads toward Washington to prepare for Congress and the opening session, aiming to reach Charleston by next week. The cruiser Indianapolis accompanies the voyage as he returns to his desk.
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Roosevelt
Brazil
Aregaday
Tina
Uruguay
Indianapolis
Montee
Charleston
S. C
Congress
King Edward’s Wedding Choice Faces Mixed Public Backing
London cabmen and shopgirls express support for the king’s marriage to Mrs. Wallis Simpson despite cabinet opposition. Some praise his informal outreach and wartime visits, while others oppose the scandal and warn royal dignity could be at stake. A schoolmistress calls it disgraceful, and a Cockney charwoman jokes about the king’s scrape and how he will resolve it.
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London
King Edward
Wallis Simpson
Mrs. Simpson
Edward
Victim of Tar Explosion Dies in Charleston
Eleven year old Eva Mae Mullens of Gassaway dies in Charleston hospital after being among 13 students burned when a cauldron of molten tar exploded on a highway near her home. Doctors had described her condition as critical since the November blast and had little hope for recovery.
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Charleston
Eva Mae Mullens
Gassaway
Ginger Rogers Threatened Over Ransom Letters
Hollywood is tense as federal agents guard Ginger Rogers after her mother Lela Rogers reports letters demanding 5000 dollars under threat of death. The letters, illiterate in tone, warn of bullets if paid by December 9 and a second page threats a female writer.
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Hollywood
Calif
Ginger Rogers
Lela Rogers
Bureau of Investigation
Cantor protege declines opera audition for now
Deanna Durbin, 14, a rising motion picture singer, refused an audition offer from the Metropolitan Opera. Her father James Durbin said she prefers continuing in movies, will take more lessons, and asks the company to wait. Durbin was born in England and has spent much of her life in Canada, now touring the East.
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Cailif
Deanna Durbin
Metropolitan Opera Company
Deanna
James Durbin
Durbin
Cesar Sturani
The
Metropolitan
East
Miss Durbin
England
Canada
Los Angeles
Merrill's Art Works Include Local Models
Grafton resident Carl Romeo Merrill, 32, faces federal charges in Oklahoma City for transporting a stolen car across state lines. Police say Merrill used charm and persuasion to recruit local young women during a three month stay, raising concerns about his photographs.
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H. A. Bangert
Carl “Romeo” Merrill
Grafton
Oklahoma City
Merrill
Bonnet Accepts Ambassadorship to United States
Paris dispatch reports Georges Bonnet, former commerce minister, has tentatively accepted the post of French ambassador to the United States. The decision follows a conference with Premier Leon Blum and Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos. He would replace Andre Lefevre de Laboulaye in upcoming diplomatic shifts.
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Paris
Georges Bonnet
United States
Bonnet
Leon Blum
Yvon Delbos
Bennett
Andre Lefevre de Laboulaye
Gov Davey Denies Clemency for Ohio Slayer James Brown
In Columbus on December 4, Governor Martin L. Davey refused executive clemency for James Brown, the Cleveland man sentenced to die tonight in the electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary for the slaying of a railroad detective.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
James Brown
Cleveland
Ohio Penitentiary
Baldwin blocks Edward's plan to wed Mrs Simpson
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin told Parliament the government would not back any compromise allowing King Edward to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson and keep the throne. He said the marriage would automatically crown her queen unless special legislation passed with dominion assent, which he predicted would not be forthcoming.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Edward
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Baldwin
Mrs. Simpson
Duke of York
Edward Cant Battle Back
Dewitt Mackenzie explains the position of King Edward in the British crisis over marrying Mrs Wallis Simpson. The king faces a publicity handicap while ministers push their case, with cabinet attacks shaping the public narrative as the crisis unfolds.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
London
Associated Press
King Edward
New York
Edward I
England
Wallis Simpson
Marquis of Queensberry
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