Fifteen Dead As Icy Winds Hit Midwest
Severe cold swept the Midwest as a defining blizzard left at least fifteen dead across Michigan Illinois Iowa and Washington state. In Michigan seven victims include five burned by overheated stoves and two other deaths from shoveling and a crash. One Illinois death linked to a skidding auto while Iowa records two fatalities including an elderly man found frozen and a coroner cites a sleeping-walking accident. A passenger bus was struck by a fallen tree on Snoqualmie Pass in Washington.
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Snoqualmie Pass
Washington
Ilinois
Charles Jons
Harvard
Iowa
W. A. Puffet
Oto
Two Die in Wisconsin Snow as Rescue Reaches Cabin
A snow rescue party fought through drifts to reach Clinton Moss’s Willow Lake county home to retrieve his wife’s body for funeral services after she died of pneumonia. Moss refused to leave his isolated cabin. A second Wisconsin death occurred when a person, overcome by the cold, was struck by a train.
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Wisconsin
Clinton Moss
Willow Lake County
Wis
Moss
Hungary Ready to Deport Unnaturalized Hungarians
Belgrade reports a tempered stance toward Hungary Yugoslav friction. Officials hint a milder policy may replace harsher measures as deportations proceed for those who have not renounced Hungarian citizenship. Foreign Ministry denies Yugoslav troops participated in border demonstrations.
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Belgrade
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Foreign Ministry
Care for Refugees Relief Hinted as Yugoslav Deportations Stir
Budapest dispatch reports the cabinet withheld comment on Yugoslavia expelling hundreds of Hungarian citizens while shifting focus to refugee relief. The government did not issue a condemnation and barred newspapers from reporting arrivals to avoid fueling further bitterness.
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Budapest
Yugoslavia
Riverside Drive Open After Repairs Are Made
Repair work on Riverside Drive finished yesterday after noon with a crew filling holes and laying additional surface on the highway. Under the direction of W. D. Bolin county engineer the road was closed Thursday at noon and reopened this morning after top surfacing and rolling. Traffic resumed today as the cutoff was restored to good condition.
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Riverside Drive
W. D. Bolin
State Road Commission
Hunters Give Up in Disgust After Deer Parade
A party of hunters in Hamburg Pennsylvania after a rain soaked trek sought shelter at a country hotel. Nine deer including five does and four bucks crossed Ontelaunee creek, then fled to the field where hunters fired but all missed. No game was secured.
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Hamburg
Mail Plane Crashes in Missouri Pilot Killed
Columbia Missouri early today a mail plane piloted by Deg B. (7) Lou Bowen of Brat iff Airline crashed from a low altitude. He carried no passengers. The express flight from Kansas City to Columbia was in progress when the crash occurred.
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Columbia
Lou Bowen
Bratiff
Kansas
Plane crash near highway reported by farmer Walter Clump
At about 5 20 am a plane crashed a mile west of here after showing motor trouble according to Walter Clump a local farmer who witnessed the tail detach near the ground and the craft plunging into an embankment about 73 feet from U S highway No 40 Bowen a Chicago resident about 40 years old was aboard.
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Here
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Bowen
Chicago
Simon Plans Court Move in Armaments Debate
London authorities announced a writ issued on behalf of Sir John Simon the foreign secretary over claims he was tied to armament firms and that such ties affected conduct of British foreign affairs. The brief notice marks a sensational turn in the proposed inquiry into arms manufacture.
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London
John Simon
Life Savings Lost by Aged Man to Robbers
Uniontown Pa December 8 A 60 year old faith healer Ashley Ford testified in the trial of Martin and Louis Myock of Masontown charged with stealing his life savings of 12275. Ford said he placed the money in a suitcase and walked toward Masontown where two men struck him and he awoke to find the cash vanished.
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Ashley Ford
Ford
Nicholson Township
Martin
Louis Myock
Masontown
Hie
Injuries From Thanksgiving Gridiron Fatal in Adams
Clarence N L Hopkins died at a hospital after suffering abdominal injuries during a high school football game on Thanksgiving. He was struck in the abdomen by an opponent's knee during the contest in Adams Massachusetts on December 8.
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Oith Adams
Mass
Tay
Clarence NL Hopital
Ulm Keeps Up But Hope Is Gone Flight Crew Sought
Honolulu December 8 The search for flight Lieutenant Chas I T Ulm and his two companions continued with a reduced naval surface craft force. The report notes little progress and ongoing efforts to locate the missing airmen.
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Ulm
Honolulu
Chas. i T. P. Ulm
Laval Urges League Action After Marseille Crime
French foreign minister Laval calls for firm league reaction to the Marseille outrage, urging enforcement of article ten to defend Yugoslavia, punish accomplices, and restrain political crime. He backs a new international framework to repress political crimes and insists Hungary bear responsibility for aiding a terrorist cell.
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Yugoslavia
Marseille
Laval
Javal
Hungary
League Council
League Army Selected for Saar Patrol Duty
Geneva December 8 The secret session of the Council of the League of Nations formally approved dispatch of an international army to patrol the Saar territory before the plebiscite scheduled for January 13. The council voted to invite Great Britain Italy the Netherlands and Sweden to contribute contingents to the forces.
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Geneva
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League of Nations
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Italy
Netherlands
Sweden
Debt clearance funds to pay pre 1933 contracts
The county plans to use 12 million dollars by July 1, 1935 to settle contractual debts accumulated before July 1, 1933. The money comes from a direct levy and delinquent land taxes. checks will arrive late due to sheriffs’ records. Hundreds of county citizens will receive payments as old debts are cleared. A joint Epworth League meeting is planned for December 9 in Philippi to mark the sesquicentennial of Methodism in the United States.
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A D.marks
L. Robert Gainer
United States
Epworth League Societies
Philippi Methodist Episcopal Church
Epworth League
Crim Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Philippi
Joint Methodist service plan for city churches
A joint meeting of the city's two Methodist churches is set for the date with morning services at the Methodist Episcopal church led by Rev. C. E. Snider and evening sermon at Crim Memorial Church by Rev. C. C. Lambert, pastor.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
C. E. Snider
Crim Memorial Church
C. C. Lambert
Morgantown High coach elected conference president
Arthur Clyde of Morgantown High School was elected president of the conference, succeeding Rand McKinney of Grafton high. The selection followed a meeting featuring coaches from Fairmont West Rexroad Buckhannon-Upshur and other area schools including Tucci Weston Secret Victory.
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Page Opera
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Rexroad
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Baer
Morgantown
Tucci
Weston
Secret
Victory
Arthur Clyde
Rand McKinney
Grafton High
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