Yorks Bertie to Be King A Serious Home Leader
Britain names Albert Frederick Arthur George as the new monarch known as Bertie He is described as practical home loving serious and conservative He was born in 1895 at York Cottage Sandringham and educated for the sea before turning to public service with the Windsor family His naval career was cut short by illness and war injuries leading him to aviation and later to the throne Continued on Page Two.
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Jutland
League warns on mediation in Spanish civil war
Geneva dispatch reports League of Nations officials warn British French mediation efforts may paralyze any plan to end the conflict. The council meets amid Spanish government charges of Axis support as London and Paris invite Germany Italy Portugal and Russia to join a mediation outside the league. Poland lodges a sharp protest.
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Russia
Urge to Kill Confession Ties Girl Slayer to Victim
East Lansing authorities hold 25-year-old Hope Morgan as a primary witness after her confession that she shot and killed Elizabeth Giltner, her school chum and MSU dean’s daughter. Morgan, who described a two-year homicidal urge, cites homicidal fixation as motive. Authorities seek court-ordered sanity commission. Morgan cried for asylum.
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East Lansing
Mich
Hope Morgan
Miss Morgan
Michigan State College
Republicans Plan Way to Regain Votes
Washington reports a GOP strategy to push anti-lynching legislation in the next Congress to win back support from northern African American voters. Senate Republicans seek leverage amid imminent deadlines on relief spending and other measures, aiming to constrain administration moves and demonstrate influence in shaping policy.
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Chicken Thief Uses Pins To Silence Hens
Police report arrest of a man who stole 11 chickens from a suburban coop in Columbia C. AEO. The birds were found silent because their beaks were clamped with clothespins, a startling method that drew police attention in the suburban area.
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Columbia
Seek to Stop Hitch Hiking on State Highways
Charleston December 10. The road commission plans to ask the legislature to bar hitchhiking and to restrict load sizes and heavy vehicle types. The measures include tougher regulations on funeral processions and a proposal to dim headlights when another car approaches. The commission also seeks a West Virginia pure foods unit. Aftermath notes an insurgent attack repelled by defenders.
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James P. Tierney
Comitn
J. B . McLaughlin
West Virginia
Pure Foods
Pope Pius XI Relapses. Doctors Alert
Vatican reports Pope Pius XI, 79, suffered a relapse from paralysis after a brief recovery. Physicians say he remains bedridden and may never walk again, with officials warning long-term confinement to bed likely, even if his condition improves.
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Mine Employment Reaches Highest Level in Years
Charleston December reports from Mine Chief N. P. Rhinehart show West Virginia coal mining employment at the highest level in years. October employment was 110,461, about 2,000 above September, with Rhinehart predicting November will top October.
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Mrs Simpson denies king joining her at Lou Vieri villa
Mrs Wallis Simpson said through an intermediary there is not the remotest possibility that King Edward will join her at Lou Vier villa now or later. Plans unchanged she will stay at least until Christmas. Detectives guarded the villa as reports of abdication swirled.
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Edward
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New York
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Riviera
Lou Vier
Ti Health Prompts Woman to Kill Self
Beckley dispatch reports that magistrate B. P. Pettry said 22 year old Mrs Alvin Perry took her own life due to ill health. Found with a bullet wound in her head at home, friends say she had been despondent for weeks.
Australia’s Late Hour Appeal To Edward Fails
London dispatch describes urgent Canberra cable from Lyons to Edward asking him to continue to reign. Amid headlines like Abdication Fears and World Waits For Baldwin To Speak, the scene shows press focusing on the Australian premier’s appeal and the global wait for a decision.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
Lyons
Canberra
Batson Names His Deputies For Assessor Office
Assessor elect Harry Batson announced three deputies for the next four years starting January 1, naming O. G. Hall of Flemingan district Clarence Pete Kinsey of Booths Creek district and Ed Newham of Grafton. All are Democrats. Batson, a deputy sheriff, had reviewed about 25 applications for the posts.
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Harry Batson
Batson
O. G. Hall
Flemingan
Clarence “Pete’ Kinsey
Booths Creek
Ed. Newham
Grafton
Depu
Edward Renounces Throne For Love and Abdication News
King Edward abdicates the throne effective immediately to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson. Duke of York George VI will reign over 495 million subjects, with Prime Minister Baldwin announcing the historic decision in the House of Commons.
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Snare Appeal Pigeonholed by Taylor County Court
The Frederick Snare Corp petition to void its tax return on property in Taylor County remains unsettled as the court delays action until its attorneys file a formal appearance. Chapman Revercomb, in Koontz Hurlbut Revercomb, had previously offered a compromise not recorded as an appearance. Commissioner Harvey Scranage noted no further steps without a formal appearance. the petition could cost about $17,000 in taxes.
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Frederick Snare Corporation
Taylor County Court
Chapman Revercomb
Koontz, Hurlbutt and
Harvey Scranage
Fox
Carpenter Hurt In Fall At Dam Site
Charles Brown a 50 year old Independence carpenter is in critical condition at Grafton City hospital after a 1 foot slide down the downstream face of Tygarts dam around 10 30 this morning He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries with little hope of recovery Doctors say if he lives it will be a miracle He was working with a crew near the top of monolith tow using a safety belt
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Independence
Grafton City Hospital
Tygarts Dam
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