Main Street widening urged by city leaders
Mayor E Otto Waugh told Taylor County Board of Trade that without immediate action to ease congestion on Main Street Grafton cannot expect federal aid or improvements. He cited frequent federal inspections of traffic enforcement and suggested curbside sidewalk reductions to expedite the project. The discussion raised whether Grafton should prioritize tourist traffic over local access as plans continued.
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Grafton
Main Street
E. Otto Waugh
Justin
Iowa
New Jersey
Oil Company Wages Revealed in SEC Reports
Washington December reports show Standard Oil Company of California paid over 500000 in salaries to ten officers and directors in the last fiscal year with about 200 firms filing information under the securities law. Kingsbury of San Francisco led earners with 6418 dollars, while Oscar Sutro and other executives received substantial sums including bonuses charged to 1934 earnings.
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Washington
The
Securities Commission Today
Standard Oil Company
Cali
Fornia
Standard of
California
Commission
Kingsbury
Kingsbury of
San Franz
Standard
Astrose
Ids Metals Company
New City
RS. Reynolds
Dirmn
Oscar Sutro
Vice Press
W. H. Berg
H. D. Collier
R. W
M. Lombardi
J.tuttle
G. E. Kennedy
A.B. Russell
R. K. Davies
Saan RD
Pension for Aged to Start First of Year
Washington officials said a final questionnaire has been sent to all states to see which will participate in the noncontributory old age pension plan at the start of the year. The social security board aims to operate soon after Congress appropriates funds, offering $15 monthly for each needy person 65 or over if matched by the state, to reduce relief rolls among the unemployables.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Congress
O P Van Sweringen To Control Railroad Rule
Cleveland dispatch reports O P Van Sweringen expected to take charge of operations left by his late brother M J Van Sweringen. After expanding routes west of the Mississippi, O P guided western railroads while M J managed eastern lines.
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O. P. van Sweringen
Cleveland
O.P. van Sweringen
M. J. van Sweringen
Mississippi River
M. J
Missing flier trapped by Virginia snowstorm in hills
In Middlesboro Kentucky reporter notes Sam Jones 28 of New Albany Indiana went missing after a Waco open plane bound from Big Stone Gap Virginia to Middlesboro encountered a heavy snowstorm near Pennington Gap. Pilot Harry Boggs flying a second craft said he last saw Jones as he battled the storm and later landed at Middlesboro.
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Middlesboro
Sam Jones
New A'bany
Ind
Virginia
Waco
Big Stone Gap
Harry Boggs
Jones
Pennington Gap
Boggs
Friday the 13th brings good news in Homer City
Homer City Pa December 13 The local Homer City National Bank closed and paid 15 percent to depositors today ahead of Christmas shopping The odd superstition of Friday the 13th is noted but residents face the season with relief as funds return to savers in time for holiday spending.
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Homer City
Murder Trial Nears End in West Virginia Feud
William Daugherty, 43, farmer from Bend-Of-The-River near Philippi, stands charged with murder of his brother Virgil, 45, on July 21, 1933. Prosecutor Dayton Stemple seeks murder verdict but accepts voluntary manslaughter. defense counsel present as testimony continues with rebuttal planned.
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Philippi
William
Bill” Daugherty
Bend
Dayton R. Stemple
Stemple
Richard Lee Waddell
William T. George, Jr
Pope Pius Credited With Advancing Peace Plans
In Rome on December 13 unofficial sources close to the Ethiopia peace talks credited Pope Pius with advancing Franco British peace proposals. They cited Mussolini’s strong East African forces and domestic rally against League sanctions as key factors, while preserving Vatican influence as a significant diplomatic factor.
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Associated, Press
Rome
Pius
Italy
Ethiopia
Mussolini
East Africa
League of Nations
Vatican
WPA Chief Blasts Allen as Vindictive in Payroll Delay Fallout
Charleston December 13 WPA Administrator F Wit cher McCullough defended relief officials against charges of noncooperation. He said the state relief agency can solve payroll problems and cited 50 077 workers on WPA rolls including 2 750 non relief. Allen accused of withholding names to stall payroll.
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Charleston
WPA
F. Witcher McCullough
McCullough
C. L. Allen
Allen
Works Progress Administration
McGullough
Delay Liggett Funeral Delayed as Probe Expands
Twin inquiries probe past life of Walter Liggett in Minneapolis, linking underworld and southern Minnesota ties. Funeral services delayed as Mrs. Liggett meets investigators. body to be cremated. State crime bureau widens probe to Rochester and Austin where Liggett ran Mid-West American weekly last year.
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Minneapolis
Walter Liggett
Minnesota
State Crime Bureau
Liggett
Elderly Diplomat Named Temporary Cuban Leader
In Havana the Menocalista party announced its acceptance of Jose A. Barnet, a 71 year old diplomat, as provisional president after forcing Mendieta to resign. The party revived its participation in the January 10 elections to form a constitutional government and projected victory.
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Havana
Menocalista
Carlos Mendieta
Jose A. Barnet
Mario G. Menocal
Police Save Man's Life Only to Put Him in Jail
Parkersburg dispatch reports Clark Bumgardner a houseboat resident faced charges for operating a moonshine still after police rescued him from the river during a flight attempt. He slipped as a companion climbed into a rowboat and escaped across the Ohio river. Officers recovered two stills and eight gallons of whiskey.
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Parkersburg
Clark Bumgardner
Bumgardner
Ohio River
Deadlock in Arts Over Utility Test Tightens
The government and utilities face a two week deadlock on testing the Roosevelt holding company law’s constitutionality. Attorney General Cummings urged narrowing the test to the New York case against Electric Bond & Share Company. He asked seven injunction suits in local court be stayed pending a U.S. Supreme ruling in the Electric Bond suits.
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Washington
Roosevelt Holding
Cummings
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Electric Bond & Share Company
New York
United States Supreme
Civil War Veteran Weds at 94 in Kentucky Mountain Home
In Inez Kentucky on December 13 4 11 4 county's oldest resident 94 year old Civil War veteran known as Uncle Jim Booth marries 68 year old Mrs Fary Kirk in a simple ceremony. They return to Booths Wolf's Creek home where he farms after the nuptials.
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Inez
Martin County
Jim Booth
Fary Kirk
Wolf's Creek
Uncle Jim
Condemned Slayer Faces Gallows Today at San Quentin
Arthur D. West, condemned for killing fellow soldier Roy V. Lockwood at the Presidio, must walk the 13 steps to the gallows today. His conviction, sentence, and denial of appeal occurred last Friday, following a crime committed 13 months ago.
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San Quentin
Calif
Arthur D. West
Roy V. Lockwood
Presido
West
Friday the Thirteenth Twins Born to Maryland Couple
Twin boys were born today Friday the thirteenth to Mrs. George T. Culley in North East Maryland. This is the couple’s second twin birth. the first set died at birth. Of the 13 children, seven are living. Dr. J J Greenwald Elkton physician said mother and babies are doing nicely.
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North East
George T. Culley
Culley
George
J. J. Greenwald
Elkton
New Post Office Building Damaged By Flames
A large fire at the new 8 million dollar Post Office Department building in Washington caused heavy damage to offices on the sixth floor. Forty firefighters were overcome by fumes, with two treated at Emergency Hospital and six alarms rung as flames and water destroyed filing cabinets and costly fixtures. Official damage estimates were not provided.
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Washington
Thomas B. Stanton
Former local man dies in Morgantown accident
Charles Marquess 52, formerly of Grafton, died after a truck trailer separated and pinned him between the vehicle and a telephone pole near Morgantown last night. He lived five hours, conscious for much of the time. Survived by three brothers Walter Ira and H Marquess and four sisters. Funeral set for Sunday.
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Charles Marquess
Morgantown
Marquess
Grafton
Taylor County
L. Ward
American Railway Express Company
Star City
Hugh
Carrie Hill Marquess
Walter
Ira
H. Marquess
Westminster College 600 Students Strike Over Basketball Team
About 600 Westminster College students in New Wilmington Penn staged a strike demanding the reinstatement of star guard Paul Backus to the varsity basketball squad. Backus was ruled ineligible for poor grades after Westminster’s 37 to 30 upset loss to Carnegie Tech, with pickets forming during a snowstorm.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
Paul Backus
Backus
Rael
Westminster
Carnegie Tech
Contract To Abstract Titles Goes to Lawyer
The contract to abstract titles for 82 tracts around the Tygarts Dam reservoir basin is set to be awarded to Harry Preidman, a local attorney, for a low bid of 5125. Bids were opened in the U.S. Engineer's office in Pittsburgh last week. Competing offers ranged from 5740 to 13100, with others including Showalters and Boggess Fairmont 5740 Title Guaranty Company Pittsburgh 6109 Lawyers Title Company Pittsburgh 7380 Hutton and Zeigler Clarksburg 11398 Union Fidelity Title Insurance Company Pittsburgh 13100.
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Tygarts Dam
Harry Preidman
U. S
Pittsburgh
Grafton
Showalters and Boggess
Fairmont
Taxicab Driver Jailed On Charge of Murder
PARKERSBURG December 13. Magistrate R E Hays ordered Forrest Miller 26 taxi driver held for grand jury on murder charge in the death of George Vargo meat cutter Alec Whitehead 17 testified Miller and Vargo fought over a fare and Miller said I hit him once Vargo died from a fractured skull
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Parkersburg
R. E. Hays
Forrest Miller
George Vargo
Alec Whitehead
Vargo
Miller
Watkins Ends Inquiry Into Weston Fires
Fire Marshal Fred Watkins ruled a 17 year old boy from New Cumberland started the Weston State Hospital fires to see the blazes. He now believes the confession is genuine and exonerated three others Loyd had named. Watkins will keep the youth in confinement as a kleptomanic pyromaniac.
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Charleston
Weston State Hospital
Fred B. Watkins
Watkins
James Loyd
New Cumberland
Loyd
Shaner Pantesian
J. E. Offner
Japan Lets Russia Grow Navy in Tonnage Equality Talk
London dispatch reports Japan agreed to grant Soviet Russia a fleet equal in tonnage to Japan during negotiations at the international naval conference. The concession was cited as part of broader moves toward equal naval power among nations.
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London
Japan
Soviet
Russia
Roosevelt to Urge Neutrality Act Renewal
President Roosevelt said a form of temporary neutrality will be proposed to the next Congress to replace the law enacted last August which expires next February. He noted it would take a couple of weeks to finalize the proposal after discussing many topics with a large press gathering.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
League urged to override peace plan in Ethiopian dispute
Emperor Haile Selassie asked the League of Nations to convene a special assembly session over the Franco British peace plan seen as violating the league covenant. The proposal would partition Ethiopia for peace, provoking opposition from smaller nations and likely a council vote next week. Ethiopian forces reported a defeat of an Italian post near Deaba as tensions rise in Addis Ababa.
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Associated Press
Halle Selassie
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Italy
League
Mussolini
East Africa
House of Commons
Geneva
al Dessye
Hitile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Deaba
Mekale
California Congressmen Convicted In West Point Bribery Scheme
Rep John Hoeppel and his son Charles were found guilty of conspiring to sell a West Point appointment. A six hour DC jury delivered the verdict as Maj Gen Ansell announced plans for a new trial motion. The pair face maximum penalties of two years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Witness James W Ives testified that he offered $1,000 for a nomination and delivered a promisary note.
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Washington
West Point
John H. Hoeppel
Calif
Charles
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Samuel T. Ansell
Chie
Defense Counsel
James W. Ives
Thore
Young Ives
Charles Opieder
Charles ‘Alexan
Baltimore
Tves
Charlie
Academy
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Gerardo Machado
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Pope
M’cullough
Charles Marquis
Weston
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