Naval race nears as treaty abrogation looms
Washington awaits Japan's formal notice that it will abrogate the Washington treaty by December 31, 1936. Ambassadors expect Tokyo to inform Secretary Hull of the move, triggering the end of limited naval strength accords and raising tensions ahead of a possible 1935 conference.
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Lloyd A. Lehreas
Associated Press
Washington
Japan
Hiroji Salo
State Department
Saito
Hull
London
Ning
United States
Great Britain
Santa Claus for Dionne Quins Comes to Callander
Dr Aline Roy Dafoe arrives in Callander with a car load of Christmas gifts for the Dionne quintuplets Moliva Elzire and their sisters. The Santa brings dolls rattles toys and warm bonnets as the five babies prepare for their first Christmas at the hospital in the cold northern winter.
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Associated Press
Callander
Santa Claus
Northland
Dionne
Aline Roy Dafoe
Callgader
Thas
New York
Dr. Dafoe
Santa
Moliva
Elzire Dionne
United States
Wesn
Wyomig Court Member Dies of Heart Attack
H. M. Cline, 72, a Wyoming county court member, died at 3 a.m. of heart disease after becoming ill last night in Pineville West Virginia. A former state legislator and Pineville postmaster, he was a coal dealer. Survived by his widow and two sons and two daughters.
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Pineville
W. Va
H. M. Cline
Wyoming
Cline
State
Bennett, Grafton church leader, dies at 52
Guy E. Bennett prominent in Grafton church and civic circles dies at his Thayer street home at age 52 from angina pectoris. He had just finished a shift at Evans Jewelry Company and had recent heart surgery. Born March 22, 1882 in Barbour County, he moved to Grafton at 17 and built a varied career including YMCA secretary and Metropolitan Life agent before purchasing Evans Jewelry and moving the shop downtown. Survived by his parents Wesley B. and Mary Haller Bennett.
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Grafton
Guy E. Bennett
Thayer Street
Bennett
Grafton City Hospital
Wesley B
Mary Haller Bennett
Barbour County
Solution of Armored Truck Holdup Is Near
Chicago December 17 solution of the 127000 armored truck robbery in Brooklyn last August was predicted by Chief Postal Inspector Walter Johnson after the arrest of Joseph Burns. Burns, 98, one of 10 convicts who fled Michigan City peniten tiary with guns smuggled by John Dillinger, likely will be turned over to Indiana officers soon. Officers grilled Burns for information about John Hamilton and Joseph Fox, the others at large. Burns was captured in a flat by 30 federal officers and Chicago policemen.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
Walter Johnson
Joseph Burns
Dillinger
Burns
Michigan City
Ind
John Dillinger
Indiana
John Hamilton
Joseph Fox
Federal Agents Raid Two Stills in Cecil Section
Two illicit distilling plants in the Cecil section were raided yesterday afternoon by department of justice operatives and state police, with 1600 gallons of mash seized and destroyed. No arrests reported. The first plant on the Harold Mayle farm yielded a 75 gallon copper still and related gear.
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Cecil
Department of Justice
Vaid
Chapele C. Noble
Lawrence Halstead
Francis E. Perkins
Clarkspurgis
W. G. Wamsley
Claude Hefner
Harold Mayle
Cecil Church
Disguised Bandits Rob Bank in Sylacauga
In Sylacauga Alabama two masked men robbed City National Bank this morning taking about $15,000. They wore adhesive masks and fled before a $25,000 payroll on the counter was noticed, remaining unpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylacauga
Ala
City National Bank
Study of three big river developments is urged
The National Resources Board backs immediate study of three large river development projects in West Virginia and Maryland. The Kanawha Greenbrier New River plan aims mainly at power with vast energy potential. The Potomac project seeks flood control and pollution reduction through stream regulation. The Pittsburgh flood program includes the Tygart's River dam at Grafton under construction.
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Washington
National Resources Board
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Potomac River
Pittsburgh
Tygart's River
Grafton
W. Va
Mussolini Demands Apology in Ethiopian Clash Fight
Benito Mussolini escalates Italy's dispute with Ethiopia by demanding apology and indemnities. A League of Nations report accuses Ethiopian forces of the clash in Italian Somaliland that killed nearly 150. Washington coverage notes AFL leader William Green testifying on alleged unamerican activities and Soviet ties.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Duce
Ethopian
Italian Somaliland
West Virginia Justices Plan Higher Duty Standards
Parkersburg reports the West Virginia Association of Justices and Constables outlines a five point program to elevate justices of the peace and constables. The plan calls for auditing counties, a death and disability fund for deputies, clear fees for civil and criminal duties, uniforms and badges, and a new fee schedule for bar associations.
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Parkersburg
Justice of the Peace
West Virginia Association of Justices and Constables
Edgar B. Sims
Quarrel on Mountain Trail Ends in Murder
In Greenup Kentucky on December 17 Delbert Crump, 22, was arrested on a murder warrant and held for a preliminary hearing before County Judge J R Shepherd for the killing of 45 year old Oscar Jones after a Friday gunfight on a southwestern Greenup county mountain trail. William Miller, 49, of Crane Creek, was wounded three times and expected to recover after a drinking quarrel that turned violent. Sheriff Jake Fisher said Crump, Jones, and Miller had been drinking, a fist fight escalated to gunfire on the trail.
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Greenup
Delbert Crum
J. R. Shepherd
Oscar Jones
Greenup County
Jones
William Miller
Crane Creek
Jake Fisher
Ford predicts higher wages as labor seeks shorter week
Ford official William J. Cameron defended high wages as the key to industrial peace amid private Roosevelt board inquiries into a five day week and annual minimums from 1400 to 2500 for production linemen. He asserted early wages have not yet been real wages and cautioned against paternalistic perks. The NRA board heard unions push broad wage and hour demands as seasonal production issues were blamed on disorganization and factory practices.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Roosevelt
Board of
Roosevelt Board
NRA
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Ford
William J. Cameron
Cameron
Roosevelt’ Board of Inquiry
American Federation of Labor
Associated Automobile Workers of America
International Union of Machinists
William Denison
Road orders owed unpaid due to sheriff office delay
Less than one third of road orders for highway work contracted before June 30 1933 have been called for payment at the sheriff's office, Sheriff Lee E Bennett disclosed today. General obligation orders await county clerical processing and will not be ready until later in the week.
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Lee E. Bennett
English Woman Faces Gallows for Poisoning Husband
Mrs. Ethel Little Major, 42, is to be hanged Wednesday morning at Hall England. She would be the first woman executed in England since 1926. The home secretary’s office reported no grounds for a reprieve after her conviction for poisoning Arthur Major, 44.
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Hall
Eng
Ethel Little Major
England
Home Secretary
Arthur Major
Delmar Coal Rebate Case Heard In Circuit Court
Arguments in the Delmar Coal Company dispute over a $10,000 rebate to E H Reppert were heard in circuit court. Reppert claimed missing machinery from a sale by the commissioners. Master in Chancery W P Sampler recommended a rebate, opposed by commissioners Charles B Johnson and E Wayne Talbott. Johnson said no fraud or mutual mistake was shown. decision expected within the week.
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Delmar Coal Company
E. H. Reppert
W. P. Sampler
Mening
Reppert
Special Commissioners
Mr. Reppert
Charles B. Johnson
E. Wayne Talbott
Johnson
Ira £. Robinson
Francis Warder
Alexander Resigns West Penn Company Position
An announcement from Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co. states Capt. George M. Alexander resigns as president. His successor will be A. C. Spurr, previously assistant to the president of West Penn Electric Co. in Pittsburgh, announced by H. Hobart Porter of American Water Works and Electric Co., Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Monongahela ( West Penn Public Service Co
George M. Alexander
Captain Alexander
A. C. Spurr
Spurr
West Penn Electric Co
Pittsburgh
H. Hobart Porter
American Water Works and Electric Company, Inc
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co
Beacom Pushes WV State Police Expansion
State Senator-elect J Patrick Beacom of Huntington proposes to increase West Virginia state police personnel and create a special division to coordinate state and federal crime efforts. He promises to introduce the measure in January urging stringent enforcement and closer federal cooperation. Continued on page two.
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Washington
Ancrease
West Virginia
J.patrick Beacom
Huntington
W. Va
Beacom
Janly
Oderal
Court Holds Youth After Flaier Talks Threat Revealed by Airman
Kansas City airman Floyd Huff testified that Phil Kennamer 19 son of federal judge Franklin Kennamer told him he planned to kill John F Gorrell a 23 year old dentistry student in Tulsa Thanksgiving night Huff described Kennamer displaying a dagger and revealing a plan to rent an airplane to strike Gorrell from above the clouds The hearing drew crowds as Kennamer was bound over for district court trial in January on murder charges and denied self defense claims
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Tulsa
Okla
Phil Kennamer
Franklin E. Kennamer
John F. Gorrell
Kennamer
Gorrell
Floyd
Huff
Kansas City
Sorrell
F Jalan
Dale Huff
Power Leaders Meet Roosevelt in Effort Toward Pact
Washington Dec 17 Associated Press The disclosure that Thomas N McCarter spokesman for a broad power industry group was to visit President Roosevelt highlights moves toward a federal compact with private power interests The Edison Electric Institute head and Public Service Corporation of New Jersey executive follows others in urging TVA scrutiny and limiting capitalization water to control rates amid government policy debates
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Richard Wendel
Associated Press
Washington
Thomas N. McCarter
Roosevelt
White House
Edison Electric Institute
Public Service Corporation of New Jersey
Institute
McCarter
Tennessee Valley Authority
Newton D. Baker
James M. Beck
TVA
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