Dam project delays start until January first
B and O officials say actual construction of the Tygarts Valley dam near Grafton municipal park will not begin until January 1. The $12,000,000 flood control project is leased to Fred Er Snare Corporation of New York, with B&O responsible for tracks and siding to handle about 150 cars daily. Details on exact track size and equipment remain undetermined as Snare representatives have recently visited Grafton for routine talks.
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Tygarts Valley
War Department
Grafton Municipal Park
Sentinel
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Frederick Snare Corporation
New York
Illinois
Snare Corporation
Grafton
Céntinuea
Ohio to start sales tax by January first
Columbus Ohio December 13 Governor George White prepared to sign a 56 million sales tax bill to become effective in three weeks. The tax increases intangibles and funds schools and local services, with the governor noting a future focus on income tax while preserving school stability. The bill also imposes a levy on theatre gross receipts and raises the intangibles rate.
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Ohio
Columbus
George White
Jess Tan
Bodies of three babes recovered from stream
Hall Quebec December 13 the bodies of three children vanished from home for a day were found in Brewery Creek Pauline Pilon five Robert Jean five and Roger Gravelle four were identified by authorities and removed from the water under cold winter conditions
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Hall
Quebec
Brewery Creek
Pauline Pilon
Robert Jean
Roger Gravelle
Passengers quarantined aboard train in Honnepayne
In Henepayne Ontario a train car carrying 26 travelers heading to England entered quarantine after a man who rode it for 30 minutes contracted smallpox. Thirteen passengers and a newsagent, vaccinated within seven years, were released. A health official was en route to decide if the rest could proceed or remain at the railroad's expense.
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Henepayne
Ont
Honnepayne
London
England
Lowash
Ontario Health Department
Hornepayne
Cooperation pledged to end war profits
President Roosevelt urged close cooperation between his committee to remove profits from war and the senate munitions inquiry. He spoke with Senator Clark of Missouri, a munitions committee member, as senators were irritated by yesterday’s move to name a war profits investigation group before their inquiry concluded.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Clark
New York
Lewis’ W. Douglass
American Missionary Couple Reported Dead
Shanghai reported the deaths of Mr and Mrs J C Stam American missionaries. A cryptic telegram from the Wuhu office said Stam s bodies were found fifteen miles from Tsingteh. The China Inland Mission and local office sought further details.
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Shanghai
J.C. Stam
China Inland Mission Office
Wuhu
Stam
Tsingteh
Retired Lincoln County Banker Succumbs at Griffithsville
Harvey Columbus Osborne aged 83, a Lincoln county banker and merchant, died after a long illness in Griffithsville West Virginia on December 13. Funeral services are scheduled for tomorrow.
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Lincoln County
Griffithsville
W. Va
Harvey ‘Columbus
Osborne
Chemist convicted in desert slaying of widow for cash
Arthur C. Wilson was found guilty of murder in the desert killing of Irene De Bolt, a Cleveland widow. The jury set a life sentence after deliberations in El Paso, noting the 1933 murder occurred west of Van Horn, with Mrs. De Bolt’s car and $1,650 missing.
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el Paso
Tex
Arthur C. Wilson
Irene de Bolt
Cleveland
Ohio
de Bolt
van Horn
Wilson
Quick Thinking Janitor Prevents Major Tragedy
A quick thinking janitor named Doughty stopped a gas leak after a floor collapse at St Clement’s school in Liverpool. About 500 people fell 14 feet, 150 injured, 33 hospitalized. firefighters and rescuers recounted narrow escapes during a Christmas concert. The janitor’s action averted a greater disaster.
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Liverpool
Eng
St. Clements School
Doughty
Spream
Youth is Jailed for Murder of His Mother
Charleston dispatch reports 18 year old Ray Dodd of Powllton Fayette county confessed firing a revolver through a door at his home in Kanawha county jail. He is accused of killing his mother Virginia Elkins after a quarrel. Prosecutor E Dillon Jr confirms the confession.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha County
Ray Dodd
Powellton
Fayette County
E. Dillon, Jr
Dodd
Virginia Elkins
White House may step in labor dispute
The NLRB and Donald Richberg clash as the board, led by Francis Biddle, asserts jurisdiction in newspaper labor disputes. Richberg demands nonintervention. the Call-Bulletin must reinstate Dean Jennings or risk Blue Eagle removal and legal action. The dispute continues as publishers offer a defense.
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Washington
White House
National Labor Relations Board
Donald Richberg
Richberg
Francis Biddle
Rechberg
San Francisco Call-Bulletin
Dean
Jennings
American Newspaper Guild
Blue Eagles
Black-well Smith
NRA
Newspaper Industrial Board
Three boys drown in river crossing near Conshohocken
In Conshohocken Pennsylvania on December 13 three musk rat trapper youths drowned when a rowboat capsized after hitting ice on the Schuylkill river. Ten state highway department workers watched from the bank as they attempted to reach the victims after the boat overturned.
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Conshohocken
Schuylkill
State Highway Department
Cave Family Resettled in Abandoned Store Room
Wayne county relief workers report a cave family aged 84 and 90 with a daughter and four children moved into a vacant Glennayes store building under FERA supervision in Wayne West Virginia. The family had been living in a cave for several weeks prior to discovery.
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Wayne
W. Va
Wayne County
FERA
Glennayes
Four Children Die in Farm Fire Near Bedford Virginia
Hazel Nichols, 19, and her three younger sisters perished early today as a fire consumed the Nichols family farm home near Bedford Virginia. The blaze trapped the siblings during morning hours on December 13.
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Bedford
Hazel
Luther Nichols
Here
Former local R.R. official heart victim in Wheeling
Walter Elwood Severns, 50, division Accountant for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, died suddenly of a heart attack while celebrating his birthday at his home in Wheeling. A longtime rail employee, he began with the company in Baltimore in 1901, held key posts in Gassaway Weston and Grafton, and was in Weston when offices moved, later transferring to Grafton before departing in November. He was well known in Unity for community involvement.
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Walter Elwood Severns
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Wheeling
Mr. Severns
Grafton
Severns
Baltimore
Maryland
Gassaway
Weston
Charleston
Monongah
Alaska Natural Defense Base, Explorer Declares
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, noted Arctic explorer, told a Pittsburgh audience that Alaska is the United States' most effective military base in any war with Asia. He argued Alaska, not Hawaii, is nearer Tokyo for U S forces and praised the Arctic ice as a practical route for walking or landing a plane.
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Pittsburgh
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Alaska
United States
Hawaii
Tokyo
Honolulu
Arctic
One Grave Prepared for Three Victims of Blast
Logan WV December 13 three men died in a house fire caused by a whisky jug explosion. Jerry Sias 67 Alvin Sias 48 and son-in-law Millard Barr 49 will be buried in Foley Cemetery near Logan in a single grave. The blaze followed the jug’s explosion in front of a fireplace.
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Logan
W. Va
Jerry Sias
Alvin
Millard Barr
Foley
Ground Covered by Mow Birds Threatens Food Supply
The text warns that when the ground is covered with mow birds their main food source is blocked. It urges actions like throwing out bread and hanging a piece of alert in a tree or on a clothes pole with sunflowers to feed birds, claiming many will starve otherwise.
Permit sale by drink in hotel clubs proposed by West Virginia repeal council
West Virginia liquor control plan recommends state operated stores and drink sales in legitimate hotels and clubs with three governor appointed members. Local option would allow 1500+ governmental divisions to vote every four years after a 30 percent petition, subject to revision before January legislative submission.
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Charleston
Liquor Control Commission
West Virginia
Repeal Council
J. Lewis Bumgardner
T. Brooks Price
Price
Control Commission
Ohio Valley Car Needs Rise in Early 1935
Cincinnati December 13 Industrial car requirements for the Ohio valley in the first quarter of 1935 are projected to be 3 to 50 percent higher than the same period in 1934, with one report showing a 300 percent increase. W. E. Callahan of the American Railway Association cites an average 50 percent rise for earthware and pottery, 34 percent for autos and parts, 28 percent for fertilizers, and 24 percent for lumber.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
W. E. Callahan
American Railway Association
Callahan
Bazaar and Bake Sale by Pocahontas Lodge
A bazaar and bake sale hosted by Degree of Pocahontas Lodge 225 21 unfolds Saturday December 35 starting at 11 A M. and continuing through the day at the Singer Sewing Machine Office.
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Singer Sewing Machine
Pocahontas Lodge
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