Grafton views on highway future and prohibition debate
The Grafton Sentinel discusses federal highway concerns on Main Street with potential loss of funds and a plea for action by the Board of Trade and mayor to secure through tourist routes. It also condemns a cruel deer maiming incident and argues West Virginia should not return to prohibition, praising the current liquor control system.
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Grafton
Main Street
Trade Board
Taylor County
French Creek
Prohibition Return Rumors Stir West Virginia Politics
The West Virginia state supreme court upholds legislature power to vote dry again. Professional drys plan to back candidates in the May 12 primary, aiming to restore prohibition. Their sincerity is questioned as motives surface amid the new campaign strategy.
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West Virginia
Bumgardner
Beckley
Fairmont Times
State Supreme Court
Christmas trade prospects boost 1935 economy says AP survey
A nationwide Associated Press survey indicates merchants expect 10 to 50 percent more Christmas sales than last year and better quality goods. Clear shelves will prompt restocking after Christmas, reviving factory activity and equipment replacement, speeding the economic turnaround toward pre-1929 prosperity as the 1935 uplift continues.
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Huntington Advertiser
Associated Press
Five Powers Meet in Naval Arms Talks Amid Uncertain Prospects
The conference opened after a year of British diplomacy to draft a new agreement replacing wartime limits. Five major powers United States Great Britain France Italy and Japan attended with India and British Dominions. Prime Minister Baldwin urged keeping Washington and London principles with changes to fit altered circumstances and each power needs.
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Washington
London
United States
Britain
Mediterranean
League of Nations
Italy
North China Autonomy
Great Britain
France
Japan
India
Baldwin
Germany
Soviet Russia
Mussolini faced with peace terms in Ethiopian crisis
Reports from Paris say a Franco British united front pressures Mussolini to show his hand in Italy's war with Ethiopia as hopes rise for a speedy East African peace. Unofficial casualty updates surface from Addis Ababa while Belgian officers resign over clashes with Ethiopian commanders, signaling possible shifts in the campaign within the next 36 hours.
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United ‘Front
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Ethiopia
Great Britain
Paris
Addis Ababa
Naval disarmament talks pace toward equal limits
The conference heard a welcoming address by Prime Minister Baldwin urging restraint to avert a naval arms race. Admiral Nagano of Japan pressed for a fair agreement, seeking equality with Britain and the United States and a 1937 limit on major powers' naval strengths.
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Great Britain
Stanley Baldwin
Osami Nagano
United States
Nagano
Ford peace party revisits the 1900 expedition anniversary
Charles P. Stewart recalls Henry Ford’s Oslo escape and the 20th anniversary of the expedition as Swedish and European reporters question the peace group while Planter pays bills. Leslie Eichel and Central Press report Brazil revolts and US views on coffee prices and farm policy amid Coughlin’s influence.
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Central Press
Washington
Ford Peace Party
Charles P. Stewart
Washington, D. C
Henry Ford
Christiansd
Oslo
Peacera
Stockholm
Ford
Planter
Scandinavia
Max Swain
New York Herald
Christiania
Germany
Holland
North Sea
New York
Leslie Eichel
Brazil
United States
Brail
Supreme Court
Planes fly over Dessye as peace talks shift, Italy gains offers
Government sources say four Italian planes flew over Dessye, Haile Selassie’s field, while Britain and France draft terms. The proposal would cede Tigre northwestern territory and give Ethiopia a port in Eritrea, including Aduwa, with Ak Yon cited as sacred. Mussolini’s response hinges on an oil embargo threat. Rome eyes possible Christmas peace talks.
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Dessye
Haile Selassie
Great Britain
France
Mussolini
Italy
Eritrea
Somaliland
Ethiopia
Tigre
Aduwa
Ak'Yon
Cision
League of Nations
Rome
Christmnas
Students prepare for new Hopeh-Chahar council inauguration
Students hurry toward inauguration of a new Hopeh-Chahar political council, aiming for virtual self-rule in North China provinces. Handbills urged opposition to Hirota’s three-point program, denouncing its aims.
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Hopeh-Chahar
North China
Koki Hirota
Fortune Favors a Nurse in Van Cleve Household
Carol Kennedy becomes companion nurse for Miss Miranda Van Cleve at the East 64th Street mansion after Dr. Harding assigns her to observe the elderly aunt. Mr. Van Cleve explains duties are light and flexible, while Aunt Miranda grants sudden warmth as Carol confronts a fragile family dynamic and a tentative future in the old brownstone.
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Ter Prestipe
Carol
Oteen
Dr. Herding
Gary
Marrage
Owen
Kathy
Europe
Miss van Cleve
van Cleve
Becaus
East 64Th Street
Miss Kennedy
Mr. van Cleve
Miranda Iso
Miranda
Horton
Mrs van Cleve
Carol Kennedy
Bee
Cardi
Mike Yaseve
Policy aims and Japan China ties in wartime plan
A fragment outlines the Three Point Policy of Hirota’s program, now under serious consideration by Nanking. It calls for suppression of anti Japanese activities in China, practical cooperation with Manchukuo, and joint actions by the three powers to check communism in the Far East.
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China
Hirota
Inment
Nanking Gove
Japan
Far East
Charleston Man Elected Winding Gulf Ops Chief
BECKLEY West Virginia December 9 The Winding Gulf Coal Operators Association elected A W Laing of Charleston president Other officers LP Putnam Beckley vice president P C Cransy Mount Hope secretary treasurer and Hal M Scott Beckley assistant secretary
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Beckley
Winding Gulf Coal Operators Association
A. W. Laing
Charleston
Putnam
P. C.cransy
Mount Hope
Hal M. Scott
Secre
Sistersville Tutors Store To Open December Fifteenth
CHARLESTON December 9 The liquor commission appointed Virgil W West manager and Clifton Parr clerk for the Sistersville store with opening tentatively set for December 15 The Laurel Valley Coal Company of Piedmont gave notice to the secretary of state today of its impending action.
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Charleston
Liquor Commission Today
Virgil W. West
Clifton Parr
Sistersville
Laurel Valley Coal Company of
Piedmont
Would South go game in contract bridge scenario
A long, tangled bridge column questions whether South should pursue a game after a 4 Spades bid losses. It discusses two suit holdings, two suiters, feature bidding, and a sequence toward slam, noting scoring changes and nongraphic, neutral language. The analysis references a dubious two-suiter and multiple bidding responses, with emphasis on showing Aces and added information through a sequence ending in clubs and diamonds.
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John A. Folay
Everett
Mase
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