Austria Head Flays Hitler Heads Calls Austrian Leadership
Vienna is told by Prince Ernest Von Starhemberg that Austrians must lead central Europe. He supports restoring the Hapsburg line and endorses Archduke Otto if he accepts Dollfuss’s program for a sovereign Austria, declaring union with Germany must be rejected. He urges Austrians abroad to back a monarchist restoration from exile.
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Vienna
Ernest von Starhemberg
Austria
Hayes
Central
Europe
Hapsburgs
Archduke Otto
Englebert Dollfuss
Aazerte
Patriotic “Fatherland Front
Hitler
von Starhemberg
Germany
Dollfus
Belgium
Von
Murder charge awaits for Van Vlack in Idaho
Douglas Van Vlack sits in a Twin Falls jail awaiting trial for the murder of his former wife Mildred Hook of Tacoma and state patrolman Fontaine Cooper. Police say he abducted his wife in Tacoma and drove to Twin Falls where he killed her and Cooper was slain when he tried to arrest him.
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Douglas van Vlack
Twin Falls
Idaho
Mildred Hook
Tacoma
Wash
Fontaine Cooper
van Vlack
Cooper
van Vlacks
Starhemberg Links Hapsburgs to Austrian History
Starhemberg asserted that the history of the Hapsburgs is Austrian history and that growing monarchist sentiments among Austrians align with the concepts of the Austrian government as presently constituted. He warned that hopes and aspirations for monarchist governance are not opposed by current constitutional arrangements.
Brothers who built holdings from Wooster to Cleveland
The brothers, once newsboys in Wooster, Ohio, moved to Cleveland as teens and built a diverse real estate empire. Harassed from various sides by banking interests, they remained inseparable and persisted in expanding their holdings despite low mood and mounting pressures.
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Wooster
Ohio
Cleveland
Ohio Brothers in Bid to Reclaim Empire in New York Auction
The Van Sweringsen brothers, backed by a Great Lakes steamship operator and a Indiana glass jar maker, form Mid-America corp to regain control of their $3.0 billion empire. They bid $3,121,000 plus $1,682,000 from an investment house to reclaim key securities at a public sale in New York. A banking group led by J P Morgan & Co backs defaulted loans totaling about $50 million, despite losses of $45.3 million. O P notes their stance amid a tense sale but would rather have paid.
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Ohio Brothers
New Corporation
Great Lakes
New York
van Sweringens
Mid- America Corporation
G. A. Tomlinson
Cleveland
George A. Ball
Muncie
Ind
J. P. Morgan &Co
Iness
M. J
O. P
Builders to Rail King: Rise of the Cleveland Transit Empire
The Cleveland developers who failed at real estate created a suburb, Shaker Heights, and a rapid transit line. In 1916 they bought the New York, Chicago and St. Louis railroad with 2 million borrowed. They expanded by acquiring Toledo St. Louis Western, Lake Erie & Western, Detroit Toledo Shore Line, Chesapeake & Ohio, Pere Marquette, Hocking Valley, Erie, and Wheeling & Lake Erie, consolidating into a vast system and adding the Pacific and subsidiaries. Through holding companies they controlled over 21,000 miles of railroads valued near three billion dollars.
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Cleveland
Shaker Heights
New York
Chicago and St. Louis
Bennet
Toledo St. Louis & ‘Western
Lake Erie & Western
Detroit, Toledo Shore
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pere Marquette
Hocking Valley
Erie
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Yuri Pacific
Many State CCC Camps Will Be Discontinued
Washington announces 19 West Virginia CCC camps will close after January 1 as part of a nationwide cutback reducing CCC personnel from 460,000 to about 400,000. Also notes classified ads for sale of restaurant, pianos, and a lost keys notice between the post office and the Grafton Bank.
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Washington
Jennings Randolph
W. Va
West Virginia
CCC
Leffect
Beech Street
Grafton
Post Office
Grafton Banking and Trust Building
Prudential Office
British Lord De Clifford Trial Recalls Magna Carta Privilege
The defense attorney argues there is no evidence of negligence and no case against Earl De Clifford as peers gather in a horse shoe tribunal. The ancient privilege allows transfer of felony charges to the House of Lords, last used in 1901 for Earl Russell who was convicted then pardoned by the king.
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Torney
de Clifford
John
Britain
Common Criminal Courts
House of Lords
Earl Russell
Mollie Cooke
Re~no
Nevada
Move to Bring Nearly 6 Million Enrolled in United Methodist Union
Move to create a merged Methodist church envisions enrollment approaching six million in the United States and abroad. It would govern through a general conference every four years and jurisdictional and central conferences dividing the world into six US regions plus overseas units.
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United States
Marshall freshman class elects Voce president Romine secretary
Huntington December 12. The Marshall college freshman class chose Richard Voce of Pittsburgh as president and Ross Romine of Beckley as secretary in the campus election.
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Huntington
Marshall College
Richard Voce
Pittsburgh
Ross Romine
Beckley
Doan's Pills Offer Kidney Support for Backache Relief
Many people suffer backache due to tired kidneys. Doan's Pills have helped millions for over 40 years by flushing out waste from the kidneys and easing symptoms such as frequent urination, swelling, and loss of energy.
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Doan
Firemen battle blaze as Houston floods devastate business district
In Houston Texas floodwaters from a 10 inch cloudburst inundated areas including the business district. Firemen tackled a blaze as three sons died and eight were reported missing amid rising waters. Property damage exceeded estimates.
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Houston
Texas
Prairies
AAA Campaign Promotes Consumer Interests in Farm Policy
Washington dispatch reports the AAA has launched a drive to rally consumer support for its program. It stresses consumer problems and argues balanced production benefits both consumers and farmers. Secretary Wallace's annual report highlights consumer protection and town country cooperation. The potato control act aims to avoid scarcity and price spikes, noting a national tax free quota of 226.6 million bushels, 7.5 million more than the 1929 34 average.
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Washington
AAA
Wallace
Automobile Salesman Beaten by Two Men Near Huntington
Two men challenged Jollingsworth, a Charleston native and automobile salesman, to demonstrate a vehicle and then beat him, throwing him into a roadside ditch before a passerby found him and drove him to a hospital. Police recovered the car on the city’s outskirts.
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Huntington
W. Via
Jollingsworth
Hinto
Charleston
Three-Point US Japan Naval Plan Sparks Debate
Norman H. Davis lead US delegation states three core points against Japan's plan. Opponents from South Africa Canada and Australia voice opposition. The plan would raise tonnage, ignore powers' needs, and disrupt the naval balance set by Washington and London treaties amid shifting international circumstances.
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Canad
Davis
Spee
Norman H. Davis
United States
Japan
Ws , Ton
London Naval Treat
Apparent Fatality Reported in Line With Reform Effort
A December report notes a fatality connected to efforts to remove or avoid consumer issues. Officials, including AAA, seek details about a 33 year old Jack Bartram cited for alleged abuses. The story claims farmers offered him more money for not cultivating crops than for production, but AAA states prior stories are false.
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Logan
AAA
Jack Robert Bartram
Appalachian Power Company
Bartram
Rotary meeting hosts Mayhew and Kelly in Charleston
High Rotary members gather as Lon H. Kelly international governor for the 24th district from West Virginia attends. Mayhew, former Alvade lumber boss and long-time Texas state teachers colleges board chair, to speak at Cozy Rest location replacing Hotel Grafton for tomorrow night’s session. Local Rotarians urged to attend.
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Texas
Mayhew Lumber Company
Alvade
Board of Regents
Texas State Teachers Colleges
Lumbe-man
Lon H. ‘ Kelly
Charleston
West Virginia
Mayhew
Cozy Rest
Grafton
Knox Holt association to pronounce bene diction at church
The Knox and Holt association plans a service in the church auditorium to echo national patriotism and honor the birth of the One who brings peace. The program will arrange the space to reflect these themes and inspire reverence among attendees.
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Knox, Holt
Association
Indo-Vin relieves constipation for Mrs Rittenhy
Mrs Josie Rittenhy of Fairmont West Virginia reports relief from constipation lasting over a year after using Indo-Vin She says the tonic cleanses the intestines removes impurities and restores regular bowels She notes renewed strength and lasting relief and recommends Indo-Vin now sold at Grafton Chemical Co and druggists in the region
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Josie Rittenhy
Fairmont
W. Va
Grafton
Grafton Chemical Co
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