Alcatraz Escaped In Fog Baffles Search
Alcatraz officials continued a bay search for two inmates Ralph Roe and Theodore Cole who vanished from the island under dense fog. They broke from a machine shop window and slipped toward the cliff, then into the water to swim toward San Francisco, with authorities fearing they did not survive.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Alcatraz Island
Federal Penitentiary
Ralph Roe
Duncan
Okla
Theodore Cole
Stroud
James ‘A. Johnston
Major bills nearing vote in House and Senate
Washington dispatch reports two Roosevelt administration proposals the wage hour and farm bills moving toward final votes as lawmakers plan to clear floor time for the housing bill before Christmas. Senate leaders await delays and a night session is forecast while proposals to postpone the anti lynching bill to January are noted.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Nathan Straus
Auman Torch Case Probed In Pittsburgh
The coroner's office probed the deaths of 50-year-old auto salesman Charles Woodring and his 39-year-old wife Cora Woodring Kretchman who died of burns after their clothes caught fire in a bathroom. Roy Woodring, their son, said he found them ablaze in the home in Mifflin township and forced the locked door open to reach them.
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Pittsburgh
Cora Woodring Kretchman
McKeesport
Charles
Roy Woodring
Kretchman
F. Jackson
Mifflin Township
Jenkins Builds New Car To Break Speed Records
Salt Lake City December 17 Ab Jenkins holder of the most major distance auto speed records announced plans for a mechanical monster to smash the world land speed mark of 311 mph in 1938. The Utah racer will be as radically built as Thunderbolt in which Captain E T Eyston recently set the 311 mark on the Bonneville Salt Flats west of Salt Lake City. Englishmen have had an option on that record too long Jenkins declared.
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Salt Lake City
Ab Jenkins
E. T. Eyston
Bonnesville
Salt Flats
Here
Jenkins
Three Blast Victims Die of Burns at Chicago Plant
Three of seven young women burned in a fire following explosions at Superior Match company in Chicago died today. Names were Jean Lasky 19 Anna Monde 21 and Catherine Terleski 19. One employee remained in critical condition as friction from a cutting machine ignited a cardboard tipped with match heads.
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Chicago
Superior Match Company
Jean Lasky
Anna Monde
Catherine Terleski
George Smith Named To Federal Post At Grafton
George Smith was selected as caretaker laborer at the Grafton post office after a civil service examination. Postmaster James L. Murphy announced the appointment yesterday. Smith began his duties December 16. He has previously served as building manager and elevator operator of the Jarrett building.
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George Smith
Grafton
James L. Murphy
Smith
Jarrett
Nude body found in Pittsburgh hotel bed
Pittsburgh detectives and coroner Dr J W MecMeans try to determine the mysterious death of a 30 year old divorcee whose nude body was discovered on a bed in the Fort Pitt Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh. The post mortem showed no clue and the cause of death remained undetermined. A crucifix bearing the name St was noted in the room.
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Pittsburgh
Fort Pitt
Steel City
Golden Triangle
J. W. MecMeans
Defense Nears Finish In Councilmen's Trial
In Clarksburg a bribery trial nears its end as the defense seeks to close after prosecutors drop calls for more than 100 witnesses. Former councilmen Joseph Oliverio Ray E Titchenal and Councilman Frank O Day face charges of using influence to secure a 1500 garbage contract. Another councilman M B Criss testified he knew nothing of the alleged actions.
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Clarksburg
J. Philip Clifford
Joseph Oliverio
Ray E. Titchenal
Frank O'Day
M. B. Criss
Japan protests Soviet arrests as ties strain
Tokyo charges Moscow with unthinkable behavior in arrests of Japanese in Russia. Foreign office protests to the Soviet embassy seeking a responsible answer. Reports say Vladivostok port buildup includes two cruisers, 18 submarines, six destroyers and 110 aircraft moved there, heightening regional tension.
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Japanese Foreign Office
Soviet Union
Russia
Foreign Office
Japan
Vladivostok
Your
Yomi
Moscow
Black man Executed After Conviction for Stabbing White Woman
In Covington Kentucky on December 17 John Montjoy was hanged at the city county building two and a half years after being convicted for an incident involving a white woman. The execution was private by court order with a small crowd present. Montjoy reportedly said I trust the Lord you are hanging an innocent man before the trap was sprung.
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Covington
John Montjoy
Strets
William Kelly
Kelly
Montjoy
Extra Clerk Added For Holidays in State Shop
Grafton's liquor store adds an extra clerk for the holiday rush. Manager John Madden announced Victor Willhide to assist the regular staff during the busy period. The state store ranked 22nd in the state for sales from July 1, 1936, to June 30, 1937, with a total of 148521.34 and a profit of 8511.13 in Charleston. Since then business has slumped slightly due to reduced local construction.
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Grafton
John Madden
Victor Willhide
Charleston
Pageant The Old Old Story Scheduled At 7:15 Tonight
The Christmas pageant The Old Old Story under Taylor County Board of Trade and WPA recreation project starts at 7:15 tonight just east of the courthouse. Christmas carols will be sung in the business section tonight and tomorrow night as planned.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
WPA
Lawyer Lee Branch and wife slain by brother in Georgia
Lee W Branch former president of the Georgia Bar Association and his wife were shot dead in their Quittman home by Mrs Branchs brother Livingston Snow. Patrolman Grady Marable said Snow was captured after a brief struggle and described as mentally ill. Russell Snow, Mrs Branchs other brother, was present. Friends had planned to confine Livingston Snow to an institution following a health conference.
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Quittman
Lee W. Branch
Georgia Bar Association
Grady Marable
Livingston Snow
Branch
Marable
Snow
Money and Food Stolen by Two Hungry Robbers
In Williamson on December 17 two robbers broke into Mrs. Garland Wooten’s home seeking money and meals. One man acted as lookout while the other cooked and reassured the resident, taking five one dollar bills and returning two dollars, claiming it should cover the food.
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Williamson
Garland Wooten
Last Radio Money Sale To Be Saturday Night
The final radio money auction of the year is set for 9 o'clock tomorrow evening at 55 West Main Street. Premiums are on display and bidding is expected to be spirited with cooperation from many Grafton merchants and radio station WMMN.
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West Main Street
Grafton
WMMN
Mothers Object To Teaching That Santa Claus Only Myth
SALT LAKE CITY December 17. The American Mothers Sentinel League defends Santa Claus and condemns teachers telling children there is no Santa. They insist Christmas teaches the spirit of love and that no child should be told he does not exist. Mothers in Salt Lake City reacted to a classroom claim that Santa Claus isn’t real.
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Santa Claus
Salt.lake City
American Mothers’ Sentinel League
Salt Lake City
Central
Accused Pair To Know Fate By Nightfall In Kidnapping Trial
Huntington dispatch reports jury to decide on death, life imprisonment, or acquittal for John Travis and Orville Adkins charged with abducting Dr. James I. Seder, 79, who died four days after being found. Judge Worth instructed jurors on reasonable doubt and readiness to retire verdicts. The defense pressed for a life sentence while the pair urged a harsher outcome after taking the stand.
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Travis
Adkins
Rover
Seder
Dam Approval Surveys Begin
Wheeling reports strong progress on the Tygart river reservoir dam project as final government approval nears next week. Inspectors from the War Department and the U S Engineers assess remaining work before Frederick Snare corporation is released from contract. More than 85 percent of the team work is completed and Lieut Col Covell is slated to formally accept the team early next week.
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U. S
O. K
War Department
Frederick Snare Corporation
John H. Dodds
C. M. Wallace
W. E. Sidney
Don P. Kellar
W. J. Asern
W. E. R. Covell
Ex Wisconsin chief party choice heads reform committee
St Louis report details a Republican National Executive Committee meeting selecting Dr Glenn former Wisconsin president to lead a new formulating committee. The move, not officially confirmed, involves a partial list and plans to draft a declaration of principles guiding upcoming campaigns. The rejuvenating brigade includes major industrialists, lawyers, farmers, financiers, publishers, and actors.
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ST. Louis
Glenn
U of Wisconsin
Dr. Frank
Chicago
John D. M
Frank
Hamilton
National
Col
Roosevelt
Indust
Jevery
Night club operator slain by gang enmies in Boston
David J Beano Breen a 41 year old Boston night club operator died on the operating table at Boston City Hospital after a gunman shot him in the lobby of a south end hotel. A four pistol bullet passed under his lower jaw and lodged in the spine. Breen refused to name his killer. Detectives said he had been put on the spot. He owned a pre night club and had defied police liquor raids.
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Boston
David J “Beano” Breen
Boston City ‘Hospital
South End
Breen
Workers Fight Rome Floods On Tiber Rising
Rome faced six drownings as thousands of workers and troops battled to keep floodwaters from the Tiber from flooding central Rome. The river peaked at 65 feet seven inches, the highest in 76 years, as authorities feared the Sublido bridge would be swept away and highways to Pisa and Naples were cut off. Local leaders King Vittorio Emanuel, Queen and Premier Benito Musolini toured inundated areas while rescuers saved a group of brown-robed priests of the Fatebene.
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Rome
Tiber
Vittori Emanuel
Benito Mussolini
Sublido Bridge
Horatius
B.C
Pisa
Naples
New Deal Substitute Is Urged By Ex President
Former President Hoover urged in Chicago that a different social and economic system should replace the New Deal planned economy. He argued administration policies cause anxiety and fear, and warned of centralized government, constitutional conflicts, inflation, deficits, and higher taxes.
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Chicago
Hoover
Economic Club
Congress
Japan Hesitates to Reply to U S Protest
Tokyo officials indicated no direct reply to the United States protest. The foreign office noted the government was weighing the issue, saying the Japanese note was given before the U S note. The matter appeared unresolved as discussions continued.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Foreign Office
U. S
Joseph C. Grew
Koki Hirota
Navy Recruiting Office to Stay In Grafton
The Navy recruiting office remains in Grafton with staff assisting in the post office and in Clarksburg, where a similar office has been active. The Clarksburg operation will be in charge, continuing the work already underway.
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Navy Recruiting Office
Grafton
Navy
Clarksburg
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