Daladier Maintains Fragile French Majority After Vote
Premier Daladier cobbled a narrow chamber majority amid a riotous session in Paris as deputies approved a confidence motion 316 to 241. His support spans from moderate conservatives to Col Francois de la Rocque's semi Fascist group, leaving three risky options for his government.
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Paris
Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
France
Chamber
French Social Party
Francois de la Rocque
Lebrun
Senate
County Clerk-elect Ed St Clair budget okays raises and changes
Taylor county court approves the revised budget naming Deputy Clerks Mary Goley and Elizabeth Stuck for reappointment and designates Pridoe A Jolliffe to replace Robert W Reese. Goley keeps 125 dollars monthly Stuck gets 90 dollars monthly and Jolliffe 100 dollars per month after adjustments to prior 85 110 proposals. Taxes refunded noted with three refunding orders discussed.
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Ed. St. Clair
Mary Goley
Elizabeth Stuck
Pridoe A. Jolliffe
Robert
W. Reese
Taylor County Court
Miss Goley
Miss Stuck
Mr. Jollife
Valley of the Giants at Strand and Black-Heeds at Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel invites Conley of 119 MGraw avenue to tonight's showings. The Valley of the Giants in technicolor plays at the Strand theatre, while Laurel and Hardy star in Black-Heads at the Dixie theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Conley
Mgraw Avenue
Strand Theatre
Black-Heeds
Laurel and Hardy
Dixie Theatre
Speed Sought by Army Navy for War Mobilization
The Army and Navy are revising their mobilization scheme for the next war to be simpler and quicker to deploy. The current plan imposes centralized control of factories prices food fuel power transportation and labor, with a tighter regime than World War I. The revision, dating from a 1920- era framework approved by Woodring and Swanson, aims to modernize readiness and speed, with Congress urged to focus on preparedness and new plant requirements.
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Washington
Army
Woodring
Swanson
Congress
Rep
Stames
Ala
Australia brush fires threaten cities as gale rages
A 15 mile an hour gale crippled Sydney and major outlets today fanning dangerous brush fires in suburbs and surrounding territory. Forty persons were injured in blazes with chimneys toppled roofs blown off and walls knocked down. Dozens of yachts were blown ashore and pedestrians bowled over.
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Sydney
Australia
Shop Crafts Brotherhood Plans Intensive Campaign
Pittsburgh dispatch reports leaders of the Pennsylvania rail road unit of the Brotherhood of Railroad Shop Crafts of America urged national railroad workers to affiliate. Wellington B. Searles of Baltimore, national president, said the parent organization planned an intensive organizing drive on all railroads.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Shop Crafts of America
Brotherhood
Wellington B. Searles
Baltimore
Shop Crafts Brotherhood
Ramsay Reports On Campaign Expenses in WV District
Rep. Ramsay of West Virginia reported to the House clerk that his campaign contributions totaled 250 dollars while expenditures reached 951 dollars. Andrew C. Schiffler, a Republican, defeated Ramsay in the first district race.
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Washington
Ramsay
W. Va
West Virginia
House
Andrew C. Schiffler
Christmas shoppers spur record weekly retail sales
New York December 10. America's shoppers swept into stores last week and produced the year’s largest weekly retail volume. Purchases centered on staple goods as industrial pay envelopes funded much of the holiday buying. Wholesale orders rose and railway freight loadings reached 649,086 cars.
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New York
America
Lafon Definite Candidate for Senate Presidency
Union West Virginia December 10 William M Lafon aligned with the state administration announced he would run for senate president once the Democratic caucus meets in January Senator John J Pelter of Logan is the other declared candidate Gov Holt supports Lafon and believes James Paull of Wellsburg will not oppose him Paull may remain floor leader of the Democratic majority.
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Lafon
Paull
Senate
Big Sister Strip To Return to Comic Page
Due to reader demand the popular comic strip Big Sister will return to the Sentinel’s comic page starting Monday. Brick Bradford was substituted to balance the page but failed to satisfy readers who loved Big Sister.
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the Sentinel
Brick Bradford
Hull Speech Planned For Late In Day At Pan American Meet
Lima Peru Dec 10 Delegates at the Pan American conference expect Secretary Hull and foreign ministers of Argentina and Peru to deliver keynote speeches outlining United States hopes and a possible plan to unify peace arbitration accords among the republics. Hull, along with Argentina’s Jose Mario Cantilo and Peru’s Carlos Concha, join the program as Peru’s President Oscar Benavides opened proceedings amid pageantry urging closer Pan American cooperation.
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Lima
Peru
Cornell Hull
Argentina
Hull
United States
Jose Mario Cantilo
Carlos Concha
Oscar Benavides
Means Near Death In U S Prison
Gaston B. Means, the Lindbergh ransom hoax figure, remained in critical condition at the Federal Medical Center in Springfield Missouri. Warden Dr M R King said a heart ailment worsened by Tuesday’s gall bladder operation left Means near death while serving a 16 year sentence for defrauding Evelyn Walsh McLean of 104000 in the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
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Springfield
Gaston B. Means
Lindbergh
Federal Medical Center
M. R. King
Means
Evelyn Walsh McLean
Washington, D. C
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Campaign For Tunisia Shifts to Moderate Tone
Rome reports show Italian press adopting a softer stance toward France over Tunisia. No new street demonstrations were seen. Fascist editor Virginio Gayda in Giornale D Italia signaled Italy seeks new negotiations with France to settle Italian rights in North Africa.
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Rome
Tunisia
Virginio Gayda
Giornale D'Italia
Italy
France
North
Africa
Reorganize Bill Faces Doubt as Senate Split Persists
Washington December 10 President Roosevelt aims to push a federal reorganization bill but many senators who opposed the last effort doubt any new measure will grant the president a free hand. The President urged efficiency and Congress control, while minority leader McNary voiced support in principle but warned against unchecked power, signaling a costly clash over government reshaping.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
McNary
Orey
WPA Foreman and Wife Nabbed For Kidnaping
A 26-year-old WPA foreman Raymond Easter and his wife Mary, 25, were held without bond by state police on charges of kidnapping the seven-year-old son of the wife’s former marriage, Albert Grove. They waived extradition after arrests in Uniontown area following a Maryland warrant.
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Uniontown
WPA
Maryland
John Gettier
Raymond Easter
Mary
Gettier
Easters
Albert Grove
Westernport
Brownsville
Here
Bride Disappears After Wedding and Money Gaffe
Sixty year old James Kellner of Cameron West Virginia says he married Margaret Wilson on December fifth and went to Pittsburgh for a honeymoon with her and her brother. At the railroad station she left him saying she would buy restaurant fixtures and he never saw her again with $1700 entrusted to her.
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Pittsburgh
James Kellner
Cameron
W. Va
Wellsburg
Kellner
Margaret Wilson
Youngstown
Federal Agents Plan To Grill Four Held In Holdups
FBI agents were due to interrogate two ex convicts and their female companions in Lebanon about a 2700 dollar Sebring bank robbery that preceded the kidnapping of a state highway patrolman and a large manhunt in southwestern Ohio. The four were under heavy bond and held for grand jury action January 3 on armed robbery and kidnapping charges. Detainers would be filed against the men David Cros of Hamilton Pennsylvania and Coy Russell of Houston Texas.
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Lebanon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sebring
Ohio
FBI
David 1 Cros
Hamilton
Coy Russell
A.D. Mitchall
Houston
Rex
Intensive Safety Drives Trim U S Toll From Auto Deaths
Across 35 major cities, safety campaigns cut traffic fatalities by 40 percent in many, with other cities showing 16 to 35 percent declines. Providence saw a 69 percent drop with speeds limited to 25 mph. Columbus and Cleveland led in reductions. Cities employ enforcement, education, and engineering measures including courts, sign systems, radio, and rapid警警警 alerts to crash scenes.
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Associated Press
Providence
R. I
Columbus
Cleveland
Birmingham
Louisville
Detroit
Dallas
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Kansas City
Former City Manager Sued for Big Damages in Criss Case
Clarksburg December 10. A $25 000 damage suit against former City Manager R M Thomason was filed in circuit court by Republican Councilman Mike B Criss with his attorney alleging malicious prosecution. Thomason was discharged by the council last Monday.
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Clarksburg
R. M. Thomason
Mike B. Criss
Criss
Thomason
Conductor W. A. Smith Crushed In Terra Alta Accident
Veteran Westernport Maryland railway conductor W A Smith in charge of freight between Grafton and Cumberland was critically injured at Terra Alta when a switch point being unloaded fell on him. He was trapped beneath the object, received first aid on scene, then transported to Cumberland hospital where his injuries raised fears for his bladder. Continued on Page Four.
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W. A. Smith
Westernport
Grafton
Cumberland
Terra Alta
Eden Defends Democracy In Address To Manufacturers
Anthony Eden, former British foreign secretary, urged U S readers to defend democracy against a rising worship of the state. Speaking to 4,000 at a National Association of Manufacturers banquet, he warned such idol worship would force sacrifice of faith, speech, and worship.
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New York
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
England
America
Eden
National Association of Manufacturers
Rev Hamric, longtime Baptist minister, dies at 79
Rev Newton Bland Hamric, 79, a Baptist minister for more than four decades, died at his Simpson residence after a week's illness. Born July 24, 1859 in Braxton County, he was the son of Nathan and Betty Ann Pier Hamric. Survived by his widow Nancy Elzada Matheny.
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Newton Bland Hamric
Simpson
Braxton County
Nathan
Betty Ann Pier
Nancy Elzada Matheny
Teacher Pays Fine For Nine Parking Tickets
West Grafton school teacher Fred Reed faced nine counts of parking ordinance violations. He pled guilty and was fined $9 and $9 in costs for each offense, totaling room for all nine offenses as ordered by Mayor P F Gillisple in municipal court.
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Fred Reed
West Grafton
P. F. Gillisple
Mr. Reed
Communication Restored On Philippine Islands
Manila, Dec 10. Gradual restoration of communications was to bring more reports of devastation from a typhoon that swept central Philippine provinces Thursday. Death toll stood at 56 with thousands homeless and injury figures not yet compiled. Crop and livestock losses were expected to be heavy.
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Manila
Philipine
Train wreck near Holgate injures passengers
A Fort Pitt Baltimore and Ohio 10 car passenger train derailed near Holgate east of Defiance Ohio. About 100 to 125 passengers were shaken up with three minor injuries requiring hospital treatment. Most were taken to Deshler then joined another eastbound service. Cause under investigation. main line traffic rerouted.
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Defiance
Fort Pitt
Baltimore and Ohio
Holgate
Here
Deshler
Shaw
Man Arrested for Burglary in Barbour County Case
George Breedlove of Parkview is accused of burglarizing the home of Mrs. Delia Hall, widow of E Z Hall who died in a motorboat crash on the Tygart Dam Lake. He was arrested last night at his father in law's home in Arden and jailed. Entry was by breaking a window. clothing and silverware valued at 58 dollars were taken. The warrant was issued by Justice Hove G White Sr.
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George Breedlove
Parkview
Arden
Barbour County
Justice of the Peace
Hove G. White
Breediove
Delia Hall
E. Z. Hall
Tygart Dam
Eee
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Akron
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Baker
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