Street Cars Shut Down as Snow Closes Tracks
Heavy snow kept street cars off rails with no immediate plan to resume service. Blueville and Feterman car barns saw limited operation while Maple avenue car stayed in. Taxicabs surged in demand and a few accidents occurred. Police watch on roads continued as stores extended hours for Christmas business. Weather remained cold with ongoing snow and no change expected.
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Blueville
Feterman
Bernhold Curve
Maple Avenue
Tmes
Webster
Ike Moar Tran Springs
L. F. Bagger
Latrobe Street
Bernhold
Salvation Army
Little Red House
First National Bank
Delayed Christmas Cards Offered at Low Price
Delayed shipments of Christmas greeting cards arrived too late for our salesmen to handle. We offer them to you at 1.00 cash with order while they last. Boxes of 20 24 and 25 cards with tissue lined envelopes and your name printed on the cards. Without name per box 75c. Grafton Printing Company phone 185 R Sentinel Bldg.
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Grafton Printing Company
Sentinel Bldg
Woman Found Hanging By Stocking in Room
A New York hotel room held the body of Mrs Reeves Brace, stepdaughter of Rear Admiral A L Pearsons. A sealed note near the corpse and a photograph on the bureau were found, with a salutation to Inspector Albert Moore of the New York state police and a note beneath the photo saying This may be for the best.
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New York
Ing
Albert Moore
New York State Police
Woodstock
N. J
Reeves
Brace
A. L. Pearsons
Bureau of Yards and Docks of
Navy
Woman pinned under auto wrecked near Webster Road
Miss June Lloyd of Pittsburgh suffered severe shock from bruises after a car carrying a girl and boyfriend left Webster road near Trapp Springs. She is in City Hospital awaiting release this afternoon. The others were uninjured. The crash site echoes a previous fatality at the same spot. Trooper Debendarfer arrived after the call.
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June Lloyd
Pittsburgh
Lewisburg
Webster Road
Trapp Springs
City Hospital
Hornital
Dorsey Shroyer
Harold Debendarfer
Bottomley Traded to Reds in Straight Deal
The Cincinnati Reds announced on December 11 that they acquired Sunny Jim Bottomley from the St. Louis Cardinals in a straight trade for pitcher Owen Carroll and center fielder Estill Crabtree.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Reds
Sunny
Jim Bottomley
St. Louis Cardinals
Owen Carroll
Estill Crabtree
West Virginia Wild Life League elects Lively president
Charleston December 17 P J C Forcello of Grafton on the Wild Life League executive committee reports fox hounds chasing deer in Taylor county with little protection for game. Professor Lively of Fairmont State Teachers College elected president and editor of the league magazine. Delegates filed complaints citing inadequate protection and widespread slaughter.
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Charleston
L. Lively
Fairmont State Teachers College
West, Virginia
Wild Life League
J. C. Forcello
Grafton
Taylor County
Ex-Chiefs of Argentina Held Prisoner in Siege
Buenos Aires reports that two former presidents Hipolito Yrigoyen and Augustin Justo were jailed amid Argentina's push to declare a 30 day state of siege. Hundreds of political leaders were detained as the constitutional government aims to prevent a coup by the party ousted in 1930. Yrigoyen is held again on Martin Garcia island.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Congress
Augustina P. Justo
Hipolito Yrigoyen
Martin Garcia Island
Gilmer Man Charged With Murder In Poison Liquor Case
Burnsville December 17 19 year old Roy Barnett of Gilmer county is held without bond for murder in the death of Peter F P Auten 69 a barber and Spanish American War veteran. Authorities say Auten drank liquor sold by Barnett which was found to contain alcoholic poison and tin in his stomach. A coroner jury returned a verdict of death from poison. Barnett was arrested at his Gilmer home after evidence was presented to the jury.
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Burnsville
Peter FP
Auten
Gilmer
Roy Barnett
Timer
Gilmer County
Barnett
Boyd’ Reaser
Gelmer
Aulen
Barnet
Maryland Redistricting Plan Would Contain Baltimore Districts
Baltimore December 17. Three of Maryland six congressional districts would lie entirely within Baltimore under a proposal by Delegate Alexander Goodman of the Fourth district. He aims to better equalize state district populations in the upcoming legislative session.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Alexander Goodman
Al's Nephew Sentenced For Striking Motorist
Vincent Glenn, a suspended deputy sheriff and nephew of former Governor Alfred H. Smith, was sentenced to 20 days for disorderly conduct after striking the owner of a car involved in a collision. The incident occurred in New York on December 1.
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New York
Vincent Glenn
Alfred H. "Smith
Veterans Leave Capital After Bonus Army Stay
Rank and file veterans drifting from Washington after their brief stay petition Congress for bonus payments. A small committee remains at headquarters that had housed the Bonus Army since eviction on July 28.
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Washington
Congress
Two Boys Die In Jamaica Queens House Fire
In Jamaica Queens two boys Herbert Davis 16 and George Davis 7 died in their beds as a fire swept the home in the early morning. Firemen rescued widow Mrs Lora Davis 45 and her two daughters 16 and 12 from the blaze and treated the mother for severe burns on hands and face while the girls sustained minor facial and hand burns.
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New York
Jamaica
Queens
Herbert Davis
Eorge
Lora Davis
Preliminary hearing eyed for Tra Grimm in Kramer store robbery
Tra Grimm faces a preliminary hearing after being charged in a Blueville robbery at Kramer store on November 1. Prosecutors extend grace while Grimm claims he bought the Star brand overalls at O J Morrison's. Police tied Lloyd Poling to the crime, detailing loot cached at Curve Bridge before officers failed to locate it.
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Tra Grimm
Trapp Springs Road
Kramer
Blueville
Wittman
Grimm
O. J.morrison
Poling
Gozik
Curve Bridge
Cumberland
Morrison's
Bitter fight on beer issue predicted in house debate
Washington observers expect two days of general debate when the Collier beer bill reaches consideration on Tuesday. Democratic leaders aim to allow ample time for discussion while wine legislation backers drop amendments to add naturally fermented grape juice due to parliamentary rules. The momentum for legalization signals a likely House vote before Christmas and a sharp clash between supporters and opponents next week.
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Washington
House
House Ways and Means Committee
Paul Boncour Seeks Cabinet as Debt Crisis Looms
Paris reports Premier designate Joseph Paul Boncour aims to form a cabinet bound by the December 14 chamber vote to defer war debt payments. He says debt negotiations with the United States must continue, as Washington’s clear promise of debt revision could sway the chamber to pay the December interest. Continued details noted as the crisis deepens.
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Paris
Joseph Paul-Boncour
France
Washington
Herriot
Joseph Paul Boncor
United States
Joseph Paul Boncour
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Edouard Herriot
Rail wage dispute stalls near accord in Chicago
Chicago December 17 labor leaders and railroad executives remain distant from an accord on wages. The five point questionnaire returned by railroad labor shows no new wage offer. Labor delegates insist they can still negotiate to extend the current 10 percent wage rent while calling out carriers for talking of 15 to 20 percent cuts. No final settlement reached as questions circulate and no fresh proposals arrive. Deer hunting season ends with Hodges and Brown casualties noted.
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Chicago
Brotherhoods
Revamped French Army Is Sought To Strengthen Defense
Paris reports that War Minister Joseph Paul-Boncour aims to reorganize France’s army to fortify defensive strength along borders. He pledges a defensive system, minimizing costs and manpower, and envisions mobilizing the entire national army with enhanced conscription and rapid-fire automatic weapons, despite Geneva disarmament talks.
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Paris
Joseph Paul-Boncour
M. Paul-Boncour
France
Snow blankets large parts of West Virginia
A heavy snowstorm covered most sections of West Virginia with two to 10 inches of snow. The state road commission kept plows at work overnight and roads were reported open for traffic. Chains were advised for motorists and some buses were delayed. Heaviest snow fell in Pocahontas and nearby counties.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Pocahontas
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Bluefield
Huntington
Panhandle
Reconstruction Finance loans Boone County WV
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation today granted a loan totaling $12,840 to Boone County in West Virginia as part of its program. The announcement came from Washington on December 11.
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Boone County
Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
West Virginia
Hodges And Brown Bring Home Deers
Washington reports the Hoover administration maintains willingness to discuss debt with France and other debtor nations but opposes a general cur fence and offers no revision. Hoover and aides watch foreign developments from near Buffalo as debt talks continue with no formal notes issued yet.
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U.S
France
Washington
United States
Luther Hodges
John Brown
Kant
Pensylvania
Hoover
Buffalo
N. Y
Congress
Weather Outlook for Ohio Valley and Tennessee
The forecast calls for snow or rain across the Tennessee region starting Monday with south areas seeing precipitation. The northern Tennessee Valley and nearby areas expect snow by Tuesday and again around Friday. Temperatures run below normal early in the week and rise closer to midweek.
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Associated Press
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
South
North
Freight Rate Increase Case Reopened For Review
The Interstate Commerce Commission reopened the 15 percent freight rate increase case to decide if current surcharges should extend beyond March 31, 1933. Railroads asked to continue surcharges and modify pooling provisions to keep collected charges. A hearing was ordered for December 28.
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Washington
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Market Maintains Narrow Groove In Quiet Week End
New York December 17 The stock market held within its narrow range with irregular net changes and light turnover around 400 000 shares. Selling pressure on U S Steel preferred persisted, closing slightly higher while steel common fell modestly. Coca Cola declined further as trading concluded for the weekend.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Cocta-Cola
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U. S
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Boston
Henry Ford
Wayside Inn
Sunbury
Mass
America
Hodges
Brown
Marietta Society
Liberty
Bond
Marietta
Hilda Shaw
Newport
Gay Thorn
Everett Folger
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