Mystery Baby Epidemic Claims Eleventh Victim
Chicago reports the eleventh death from a mysterious infant illness at St. Elizabeth's hospital. Nineteen babies have been struck since November 23, with enteritis or acute epidemic diarrhea. Doctors and health officials race to save two infants in critical condition while lab tests seek the illness source.
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Chicago
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Daniel Cancser
Niyt
Sandra Traska
Health Department
Te Ehnesser
Parole Granted to MdDonald Fats McDonald
McDonald E H Fats McDonald ex town sergeant of Flemington freed from Taylor county jail after 30 days of a one year sentence. Circuit Judge Dent granted two year parole with probation. Prosecutor War der agreed to the order after a $50 fine and costs were paid. McDonald cited large family as reason for leniency. his counsel had urged a brief jail term.
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E. H. “Fats” McDonald
Flemington
Eli Napoli
Taylor County
Herbert W. Dent
McDonald
Francis L. Warder
W. P. Samples
Style Show and Pageant At Grafton High School
The Grafton Woman's club public welfare department and Grafton High School band plan a Tuesday night style review and concert at the high school auditorium. The program includes instrumental numbers, singing, and dancing acts followed by a "Pageant of Shawls" featuring pieces from Spain Italy Scotland and Ireland and a 100 year span of shawls, with one over a century old.
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Public Welfare Department of
Grafton
Woman’s Club
Turner Heads Woman’s of
White Plains
N.Y
Man Club
Grafton Woman's Club
Public Welfare Department
Grafton High School
Spain
Italy
Scotland
Ireland
Dinner Tonight Honors City Y M C A Leaders
A large crowd is expected at the Grafton Y M C A dinner in the Y dining room at 5 30 p m tonight honoring Ivan Rhodes of the National Y M C A Council New York and Frank M Liddle of Charleston the new state secretary Secretary William Manley said at least forty officials and friends would attend to discuss future plans for the Grafton Y M C A
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Grafton Y. M. C. A
Ivan Rhodes
National
Y. M. C. A. Council
New York
Frank M. Liddle
Charleston
William Manley
Grafton ¥. M.C. A
Error Corrected In Friday Parade Identification
The Sentinel corrects an error in Friday night parade reporting. The Sons of the Legion drums corps participated in the Christmas season march, not the Grafton Drum and Bugle corps. The Taylor County Board of Trade thanks the unit and all participants.
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Sentinel
Drum
Sons of the Legion Drums Corps
Grafton Drum and Bugle Corps
Taylor County Board of ‘Trade
Body of Missing Man Found Shot to Death
Bluefield Virginia officers talk with Coy Asbury as they pursue details of Robert Jones's disappearance. Jones, about 30, a former Bluefield miner, was found shot to death under a haystack near Bluefield after going missing November 3. West Virginia and Virginia officers arrested Asbury in Premier, near Welch, on a slaying warrant amid suspicions of his involvement.
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White Plains
Arthur Fried
Fried
Emma Fried
Soundview Avenue
Central
Rosedale Gardens
Mamaro
Neck Avenue
Bluefield
Virginia
Coy Asbury
Robert Jones
Jones
Buuefield
O. E. Phlegar
West Virginia
W. Va
Welch
Asbury
C. 8. Wilson
Brownee
Japanese Troops Close On Nanking As City Fears
Shanghai dispatches say Japanese forces reached two miles from Nanking walls capturing Takahashi gate. Reports of fires and smoke fill the capital as planes bomb retreating Chinese forces. The advance toward Wuhu and Chinkiang is confirmed with banners raised and heavy combat expected inside the city.
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Shanghai
Nanking
China
Tokyo
Aseai
Takahashi
Wubu
Japan
Rising Sun
Tanyang
Grand Canal
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Chinkiang
Langtze
Nagato
Yangtze
Tungchow
Pushan
Grafton Hunters Bag Deer in Pennsylvania
A party of four hunters traveling to St Marys Pa reported 100 percent success as Clyde Hardman Laurel Frey Bob Chittester and Tunis Hall returned with deer. Nearby at Tionesta Pa L A Hodges hotel manager weighed an eight point 175 pound buck and Delbert Wolfe a 110 pound three pronged buck.
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Grafton
Pennsylvania
St. Mary's
John Nance Garner
Clyde Hardman
Laurel Frey
Bob Chittester
Tunis Hall
Tionesta
L. A. Hodges
Delbert Wolfe
Masked Robbers Take Weekend Receipts at Two Theatres
Two masked robbers bound five people at the Family theatre in Monroe Michigan this morning and escaped with weekend receipts from both the Family and Dixie theaters owned by the same operator. Manager Thomas Denniston was forced at gunpoint to open the office safe. Loot estimated over $1 500.
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Monroe, Mich
Family Theatre
Dixie Theater
Thomas Denniston
Thieves Steal Chinese Silver from New York Pier
A packing case was broken open on a New York pier last week and 2,000 Chinese silver dollars were stolen. Police, unacquainted with Chinese currency, launched a hunt and suspected gold merchants as possible receivers of the silver as old metal.
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New York
20Th Street
Labor Party Threatens U S Politics
Washington dispatch reports New Jersey labor party founded in Newark with 150000 workers represented by C I Q and AFL. Michigan effort underway with 250 Detroit union members forming a non partisan league. talks of a national Labor ticket for 1940 rise as organized labor remains politically dominant in several areas.
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Washington
New Jersey
Michigan
American Federation of Labor Representatives
American Labor Party of
Newark
New York
Michigan Labor Party
Detroit
Labor
League
Greater
Organized Labor
American Labor Party
Fac
WPA Plans Link East Side Road Project
WPA plans a link between Hast Fair Mont road and the Fetterman bridge approach as a WPA state cooperation project. Wallace N Henderson announced the setup and upcoming submission to district and state headquarters for approval to improve this much used road section.
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WPA
East Side Road
Maple Avenue Buses Restore Service For Holidays
At the request of the Taylor Board of Trade, three buses once taken out of service on Maple Avenue will be restored starting Friday December 10 and run during the Christmas shopping season. J. Z Terrell head of the West Virginia Transportation Company disclosed this today in response to written appeals from Major D. R. Chaffee, trade board secretary.
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Taylor Board of Trade
Maple Avenue
J. Z Terrell
West Virginia Transportation Company
D. R. Chaffee
Trade Board
Grafton Sidewalk Project Gets WPA Backing
The county WPA chief announces approval for a city sidewalk program in Grafton. The plan envisions building sidewalks within city limits, with $9,782 to be spent once a property owner agrees to share materials. Site work hinges on owner-supplied materials and final commission authorization.
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Grafton
WPA
Works Progress Administration
Vigor Wallace N. Henderson
Grafton Ci
Henderson
Progress of F R program slow despite revolts failing
President Roosevelt, returning from Florida, will hear that his legislative agenda has made little progress while several rumored uprisings failed to materialize. Congress has mostly supported administration proposals, with only brief anti lynching debate and no major moves on Black or tax reform.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Florida
Congress
Senate
Congressional
Supreme Court
Black
More Scarlet Fever Cases Reported in West Virginia
Charleston dispatch reports ninety new scarlet fever cases in West Virginia to the state health department. Harrison county added nine cases with six in Clarksburg, Barbour county added ten. Dr A M Price notes a five year rise with milder cases overall.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Health Department
Harrison County
Clarksburg
Barbour County
A. M. Price
Department
Another Typhoon Hits Northern Philippines
A third typhoon in two weeks battered the northern Visayas, with Mindoro storm lingering and Leyte hard hit by Armistice day winds. Romblon remained isolated as communications collapsed and reports of a dysentery outbreak reached Manila from Sorgoson province. Local weather forecasters expect the disturbance to weaken and move toward the China Sea by morning.
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Manila
Visayan Islands
Sorgoson
Mindoro
Weather Bureau
China Sea
Leyte
Romblon Island
Tousen
Parents Fulfill Birthday Wish With Civic Guests
In Columbia S C on December 6 Frank P. McGowan Jr. asked for a birthday party with a fire chief police chief and a railroad conductor as guests. Fire Chief A McC Marsh Police Chief H W Rawlinson and Southern railway conductor Captain J E Gleston arrived in uniform to honor the occasion as the cake was cut.
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Columbia, S
Frank P. McGowan, Jr
A. McC. Marsh
H. W. Rawlinson
J. E. Gleston
Southern Railway
Lindy and Anne Lindbergh Return to Englewood Estate
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh are home from two years in exile abroad. Guards patrol the Morrow estate near the Hudson as they keep a low profile. They arrived from Southampton aboard the President Harding and planned a brief stay before returning overseas after Christmas.
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Englewood
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Morrow Estate
Hudson River
Palisades
Anne
Sippel
New York
United States
President Harding
Southampton
Lindbergh
Hill
Morrow
Thirty Stores Enter Window Shopping Contest
Two more stores joined the 28 announced Saturday for a window shopping contest that will award thirty prizes, one per merchant. Tickets are distributed this week and numbers will be placed in store windows on December 14. A second ticket list will be posted December 21, with Evans Furniture and Friedlander’s among the entrants.
Grafton Unemployment Office Reverts to Old Hours
After a brief experiment with 8:30 am to 4:30 pm hours the Grafton branch of the West Virginia Unemployment Service restores former 9 am to 5 pm daily schedule except Saturdays when closing at noon. Applications accepted until 4 pm, manager Stuart B. Whiting announced.
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Grafton
West Virginia Unemployment Service
Stuart
Whiting
Jury Chosen to Try Three in Ex-Convict Case
A jury was chosen to hear a case involving three defendants including an ex convict. The panel was completed and the court set December ninth for the commencement of the trial. Lawyers for the accused were present as proceedings continued.
Dent Delivers Positive Health Report Amid Washington Talks
A physician described the patient's general physical as excellent after vacation travel and fishing sunshine. Dent told reporters he would avoid messages during the special session while Democratic leaders in Washington pursued talks.
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Dent
Washington
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Frank R. Fawcett
Clover Lick
Pocahontas County
W. H. Young
J.C. Fawcett
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Y.M.C.A
Hunters
Labor Party
U.S
United Michigan Labor Plans
New Party
F.R
Philippines
Lindy
England
Evans Furniture
Friedlander’s
Hanging
Tion
Kinsey
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