Hauptmann Execution Date Set for Week of January 13
Trenton report says Bruno Hauptmann will die in the electric chair the week of January 13 for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. Governor Hoffman notes many doubt the execution will close the case, while others believe he is guilty though riddles remain unresolved.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Mark O. Kimberling
Death
Bruno Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Thomas
Bhard
WPA relief fund passes quarter of total budget
Washington December report shows Comptroller General J R McCarl has released 1 068 344 963 of the 4 000 000 000 Works Progress Administration jobs fund for state expenditure. The figure marks a broad release with leeway for project selection and employment adjustments across agencies as the relief drive continues. Continued coverage notes administrative delay in employment figures pending statistics chief Carrington Gill’s return.
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Washington
Comproller
J. R. McCarl
Works Progress Administration
McCarl
Fay
National Youth Action
WPA
Carrington Gill
Restant
Terrier Lost Near Hoffman Phoné 39 Ba8-ttp
A white male terrier with a distinctive neck mark is missing near Hoffman. Contact phoné 39 or Ba8-ttp with any sightings.
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Hoffman
Mountaineer Is Sentenced to Hang in Indiana Case
George W. Barrett, a Kentucky mountaineer, was sentenced to hang in Marion county jail on March 24 for killing Nelson B. Klein, a federal agent, at College Corner Indiana last August 16. The verdict by a jury found him guilty with no mercy requested and the sentence marks the first under a 1934 federal law.
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Indianapolis
George W. Barrett
Kentucky
Mountaineer
Marion County
Kentucky Feudist
Nelson B. Klein
Department of Justice
College Corner
Ind
U. S
Barrett
Robert C. Baltzell
E. E. Rice
Right to Live With His Ex Wife Won in Kentucky Case
In Richmond Kentucky Charlie Hurst a blind man won the right to live with his former wife and her current husband. After his wife divorced him and married Fred Bryant the trio lived in Jackson then moved to Richmond. The Bryants tried to move back to Jackson without Hurst prompting a tense confrontation. He armed himself but ultimately relinquished his weapon as the trio began moving furniture together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Charlie Hurst
Hurst
Fred Bryant
Jackson
Bryants
Thurston Plans Return To Stage After Illness
Magician Howard Thurston, stricken ten weeks ago by paralysis on his left side, has regained health and will resume performing. His first appearance since his illness is planned for Charleston, West Virginia, after a Miami Beach report from December 14.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Howard Thurston
Charleston
W. Va
Judge Miller to Speak at Republican Gathering in Bluefield
Republicans from five counties gathered to discuss party plans. Speakers include Representative Everett Dirksen, Circuit Judge Lewis H. Miller of Ripley, a governor hopeful, and W Chapman Revercomb of Charleston, a potential candidate.
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Bluefield
Everett Dirksen
Lewis H. Miller
Ripley
W. Chapman Revercomb
Charlifeston
Death of Robert M Brown, 85, Grafton resident
Robert M Brown aged 85, a native of Taylor County and retired B and O carman, died at 6:45 last night at his West Railroad Street home after an eight day illness. Born November 1, 1850, he was the son of the late William and Emily Brown. Surviving are wife Emily Bonner Brown, eight children O D Brown, Grace Frye, W T Brown, Jessie M Wolfe, Maude Brown, and W D Brown, plus one sister Mrs Emma Rogers of Grafton. (Continued on page eight)
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Robert M. Brown
Taylor County
Mr. Brown
William
Emily Right Brown
Virginia
Emma Rogers
Grafton
Emily Bonner
O. D. Brown
Grace Frye
W. T. Brown
Jessie M. Wolfe
Maude Brown
Florida Storms Clear Up Two Victims After Gulf Disturbance
Florida shows brighter skies after a storm thought to have cost two lives. Two fishermen were missing after the Dorothy drifted ashore at St George's Island as the Gulf disturbance swept through the region. Four others from the crew reported the loss of Captain Roy Maddox and a sailor. The Siboney freighted to New Orleans with the lobster schooner Reantes crew in the Atlantic.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Dorothy
Carolina
Gulf of Mexico
St. George's Island
Roy Maddox
Siboney
Ward Line
Newin
Reantes
Atlantic
Rotary Leader and Governor Speak at Grafton Meet
Albert B. Mayhew, rep of Rotary International and neighbor of Vice President Garner, addressed the Grafton club at Cozy Rest. He cited Rotarian leaders like King Albert and Warren G. Harding linking Rotary to world peace while Governor Kelley, district 24 head, introduced the event and spoke briefly.
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Rotary 4S
Albert B. Mayhew
International Organization of Rotary
United States
John Nance Garner
Grafton Club
Cozy Rest
King Albert
Belgium
Warren G. Harding
St. Louis
Kelley
Three Bandits Hold Up Huntington Credit Office
Three bandits armed with sawed off shotguns robbed the Huntington Credit Service in downtown Huntington this morning, forcing manager Erskine McClain to open the safe and escaping with about $300. A clerk who had cash in his pocket was not searched. The robbers fled in a maroon sedan as a police cruiser began pursuit.
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Huntington
Huntington Credit Service
Erskine McClain
Pleads Guilty to Rape Man Gets Ten Year Term
WAYNE W Va Dec 14 Circuit Judge Charles W Ferguson sentenced Garland Saunders 23 of Huntington to ten years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to assaulting Miss Luella Harmon 24 of Huntington The state charged Saunders agreed to drive Harmon home from a beer garden last summer but instead drove her to an isolated section and assaulted her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
W. Va
Charles W. Ferguson
Garland Saunders
Huntington
Luella Harmon
Saunders
Townsendites Get Stronger in 1936 Election Strategy
Political leaders from both parties react as Dr. F E Townsend broadens push for universal $200 monthly pension for all over 60. Townsend movement plans presidential and congressional candidates, raising expectations of impact in key races and prompting cautious commentary from Democrats and Republicans on the issue's popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Townsend Old Age Pension Movement
F. E.townsend
Congress
Fight ends in jail after Latrobe street incident
A drunken man named C C Cline who had just finished a five day county jail term knocked out truck driver Biggy Davis after emerging from a Latrobe street poolroom. Cline was charged with being drunk and fighting and jailed. A second man named Hunt was arrested for drunkenness. Both await hearings.
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Latrobe Street
C. C.cline
Cline
Biggy” Davis
Hunt
Eleven Nations Default On War Debts Once More
Eleven nations are expected to default again tomorrow on war debts to the United States. Only Finland may credit 230 453 of 965 414 177 64 due as the semi annual payment date arrives. Great Britain and Lithuania have sent apologies. Britain’s debt totals 582 803 306 83 and Lithuania is in arrears on 776 319 97.
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Washington
United States
Findland
Great Britain
Lithuania
Business Improvement Surges To Postwar High
Business activity climbed rapidly this week signaling a strong recovery pace not seen since mid 1930. The power and automobile sectors led, with production and carloadings hitting peaks last seen in late 1920s.
Huntington Seven Crashes In One Hour Reported
In Huntington on December 14 seven automobile accidents occurred within an hour. Two people sustained injuries not life threatening, Mrs. J. A. Littleton aged 61 and J. L. Owens aged 51. Three men were arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated.
Train wreck probe opens in West Virginia crash
Virginian Railway police opened an inquiry into a wreck on a northbound Norfolk to Charleston passenger train. The train split a switch and plunged into a ditch killing fireman E A Crismond of Princeton and injuring three others. Engineer C W Linville of Princeton suffered a crushed leg and severe burns. Passengers were unhurt.
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Lester
W. Va
Virginian Railway
Norfolk
Charleston
E. A. Crismond
Princeton
C. W. Linville
Smith Hood Named Receiver for Three Banks in Pendleton County
CHARLESTON Dec 14 Smith Hood of Fairmont is appointed by Banking Commissioner George Ward as receiver for Franklin Bank Farmers Bank of Franklin and Circleville Bank all in Pendleton County Hood a former president of Fairmont Trust Company which merged with Union National Bank replaces C E Lawhead who resigned Checks totaling 5729 were mailed to Dunkard Valley Bank depositors for Blacksville five percent dividend and two percent paid percent on a ESS
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Charleston
Smith Hood
Fairmont
George Ward
Hood
State Banking Department
Franklin Bank
Farmers’ Bank of Franklin
Circleville Bank
Pendleton County
Fairmont ‘Trust Company
Union National Bank
C. E. Lawhead
Ward
Dunkard Valley Bank
Blacksville
England now farts with German head
A well formed source disclosed that Great Britain has moved to cultivate closer relations with Reichsfuehrer Hitler. The initiative followed after six months of European turmoil over Italian Ethiopian hostilities. Sir Eric’s move involved conferring with Hitler in Berlin and discussing Anglo German problems, amid hints of an aviation pact and a reception of the French ambassador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Hitler
Coal firms win ban on tax collection in court ruling
Six Alabama coal companies secured temporary injunctions in a U S district court, halting the 13 1 2 percent levy on 15 percent coal operator drawbacks under the Guffey-Snider Act. The injunction directs the remaining 1 1 2 percent to the court until final decision, with Judge C B Kennamer issuing the order.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Internal Revenue
Harwell G. Davis
U. S
C. B. Kennamer
Davis
Holdup Men Cure Victim's Hiccups at Service Station
Two robbers held up Ernest Stockton's service station in San Jose on December 14. The gunmen could not obtain the keys or a confession as Stockton reportedly kept calm and laughed off the incident, the only loss being his hiccups cured by the encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Ernest Stockton
Stockton
Doctor dies as bomb explodes in Ethiopian front
American missionary Dr Robert W Hockman was killed while handling an unexploded Italian bomb at Daggah Bar on the southern front. He had removed the detonator and supervised the digging, a hobby of bomb study. The Franco British peace proposal sparked a protracted wrangle between supporters and opponents amid fears of Fascist influence at Geneva.
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Associated Press
Ethiopia
Great Britain
France
Italy
Empire
Halle Selassie
Robert W. Hockman
Daggah'Bar
Hockman
United Presbyterian
Romie
League of Nations
Geneva
Mussolini
League
County Relief Board Resigns in West Virginia City
The five member Taylor County Relief Administration advisory board mailed its joint resignation to C L Allen the West Virginia administrator this morning. Secretary E G Kuhn said the group organized six months ago and felt they had not advanced personal aid to the work. He added the local relief program follows a set plan from Charleston and Washington and that there is no local need for an advisory board. The resigning members are busy local business and professional men.
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Taylor County Relief Administration
C. L. Allen
West Virginia
E. G. Kuhn
Charleston
Washington
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M. J. van Sweringen
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Vast
0. P. van Sweringen
van Sweringen
van Sweringens
England
Herr Hitler
Baldwin
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