J W Califf Hotel Proprietor Dies In Clarksburg
J W Califf, 40, proprietor of the Blen Avon hotel and a native of Pennsylvania, died at 2 this morning at his hotel from an ulcerated stomach. Rites at St Augustine's Catholic Church Tuesday at 9 with Rev M J Hennon in charge. burial beside his father in Holy Cross cemetery. Body to be moved from Bartlett's mortuary Sunday to the hotel apartment, burial details to follow.
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John William Califf
Blen Avon
St. Augustine's Catholic Church
M. J. Hennon
Holy Cross Cemetery
Clarksburg
Bartlett
Washington
Califf
Ti&e
Wallace Henderson
Farmers Turn Rivers Course Through Continental Divide Plan
Denver engineers and Colorado farmers seek to reroute vast western river flows eastward. They propose tunneling under the continental divide to send Roaring Fork and Frying Pan waters toward the Arkansas headwaters for storage in drought periods. The scheme includes extending a Moffat tunnel to bring Fraser river water to dry lands and diverting Platte river flow via a Northwestern Colorado tunnel to Cache La Poudre.
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Denver
Colorado
Rockies
Roaring Fork
Arkansas Valley
Reconstuction Finance Corporation
R. F.C
Roaring Ford
Continental Divide
Arkansas River
Auraria
Moffat
Denver Water Board
Fraser River
Wyoming
Nebraska
Cache la Poudre
Record Vote Sets U.S. History Milestone in 1932
The largest vote in the nation's history was cast in the November presidential election. Franklin D. Roosevelt won the highest popular and electoral totals, Hoover the largest popular vote for a losing candidate, and others gathered 1,161,299. Final certified totals show 39,734,251 votes, up 7.9 percent from 1928.
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Associated Press
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
Roosevelt
Asociated Press
Prices creep irregularly higher during session
New York December 24 trading showed a slight inclination to a pre Christmas rise as prices crept higher through the session. Trading was very light but the market held firm on the whole with a final tone firmer. The two hour turnover ran about 350000 shares.
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New York
Death of Mrs Eva Miller at 77 in Coalton
Mrs Eva Miller 77 died in Coalton Randolph county at 4 40 am after a two week illness due to age. Funeral services are set for 2 pm Monday at First Baptist Church with Rev P C Herod officiating. Burial will be Webster cemetery. She was born in Taylor county to James and Martha Poe and survived by husband David Miller and children Ward of Coalton Luther of Eaton MD Nellie Willis of Grafton Lilly Delaney of Martins Ferry and sister Martha Rogers of Grafton. She was a Baptist.
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Eva Miller
Coalton
Randolph County
Bartlett
Funeral Company
P. C. Herod
First Baptist Church
Webster Cemetery
David Miler
Childre Ward
Luther
Eaton, Md
Nellie Willis
Grafton
Lilly Delaney
Martins Ferry
Martha Rogers
Christmas Day Church Programs and Charity Efforts Across the City
The city observes Christmas Day with church and Sunday school programs. Girls Charity Club and the Salvation Army deliver baskets to needy homes. The Woman’s Club hosts a gift tree at the Elks Home. Welfare board workers are paid for the week. Special meals at county jail and home for the poor. Many offices and shops close for Christmas. Church plans include early services at St Augustine’s, a First Church of Christ sermon by Rev Hanes, and cantatas at St Paul’s, Lutheran, and United Brethren.
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Cour
Girls’ Charity Club
Salvation Army
Elks Home
Womans' Club
Welfare Board
St. Augustine's Church
B. B
Hanes
President Hoover Arrives in Savannah for Fishing Cruise
President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover arrived in Savannah to begin a 10 day fishing voyage aboard the U S S Sequoia. They were greeted with a reception and planned to sail down the Savannah River toward Ossabaw Sound for bass fishing within hours of arrival.
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Savannah
Hoover
U. S. S. Sequoia
Savannah River
Ossaban Sound
Ossabaw Sound
Washington
Woman Loses 15 Ring and Finder Returns Property
A young woman misplaced her purse with $15, a ring and other valuables. She advertised in the Sentinel classifieds and a finder called to say the property was found intact. In a separate incident a shopper left behind diamond and wedding rings at J C Penny Co and they have not been recovered.
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Sentinel
J. C. Penny Co
Squire Gives Potatoes and Fruit to City’s Poor Children
Magistrate John L. Wittman witnessed ten bushels of potatoes a crate of oranges and eight bushels of apples vanish as a local squire played Santa Claus for city children under fourteen. From 10 to 11 am mothers and siblings accompanied the youngsters who left with baskets of fruit and potatoes, smiling at the office.
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Santa Claus
John L. Wittman
Miners Trapped After Gas Explosion At Mowequa Cooperative Mine
Fifty four miners were trapped in the Mowequa cooperative mine in Mowequa Illinois today after a gas explosion. A barrier cut off air and efforts to push a tube through to supply fresh air continued as the fate of the imprisoned men remained in doubt. The trapped workers had joined a cooperative venture four months earlier to reopen the mine, sharing profits as stockholders.
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Mowequa
Ffty
Min
Citizens Committee
Children drown as ice collapses in Isham Park skating scene
In New York on December 24 authorities reported several children drowned after the ice broke under about 30 skaters in Isham park near the Harlem ship canal by 29th street. Emergency squads and ambulances rushed to the scene and police later recovered the bodies of two children from the river.
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New York
Isham Park
Harlem Ship Canal
29Th Street
Bus crash injures 24 passengers near Laughlin Corner
A westbound Greyhound bus skidded on wet pavement and overturned twice near Laughlin Corner Pennsylvania, injuring 24 people including the driver. Three sustained serious injuries in the accident nine miles east of East Liverpool, Ohio, on December 24.
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East Liverpool
Greyhound
Laughlin Corner
Freighter Newbrough Sinks After SOS Off Jamaica
The British freighter Newbrough sent an SOS reporting its engine room flooded and that she was sinking off Jamaica. The call was rebroadcast to the liner President McKinley, which planned to reach the location 125 miles away.
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New York
Newbrough
Jamaica
President McKinley
Youth congress backcountry tales spark debate in Washington
Congress to have a youth influence as Jennings Randolph, 30, from Elkins West Virginia, plans to seek older counsel while Hartley of New Jersey, age 25 when elected, recalls being the House baby. Hartley offers Randolph advice but notes party difference. Other youths in current Congress include James Simpson Jr of Evanston Illinois 26 and Otha Wearin of Iowa 28.
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Washington
Jennings Randoph
Elkins
W.va
Congress
Randolph
Representative Hartley
New Jersey
Hartley
James Simpson, Jr
Evanston, Ill
Otha D. Wearin
Towa
Sentinel Will Not Publish Monday Holiday Break
The Grafton Sentinel will skip its Monday edition as a Christmas holiday courtesy. The next regular issue is scheduled for Tuesday, December 27 after the Christmas holiday.
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Grafton Sentinel
the Sentinel
Finance body cuts interest rate on loans
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation reduced interest rates by one half percent per year for new loans authorized between January 1 and June 30 1933 and on outstanding balances for January 1 to June 30 1933 effective January 1 1933.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate panel backs beer bill modification of Volstead act
In Washington on December 24 a clear majority of the senate judiciary committee supported modifying the Volstead act to legalize beer. Four of thirteen members would oppose legalization. nine favored beer though some reserved on alcoholic content, signaling speedy action unless a dispute arises over content.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Carroll Rites At Late Home
Funeral services for J A Carroll former magistrate will be held at the late home 73 Addison street at 2 o clock Sunday Rev Samuel C Jones of Andrews church will preach the sermon and burial will be in Bluemont cemetery The body was moved from Bartlett Funeral Company to the home at 10 30 this morning
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J. A. Carroll
Addison Street
Bartlett Funeral Company
Samuel C. Jones
Andrews Church
Bluemont Cemetery
Bridge Collapse At Otter Creek Traps 18 In Ice Water
Parson s West Virginia December report details the Otter Creek swing bridge failure as a crowd of 18 fall into icy waters during a Christmas program at Otter Creek school. One woman, Julia Carr, 55, drowns. 17 injured, several unaccounted for, and heroic rescues occur along the riverbank.
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Hendricks
Creek
Parsons
Constable in Jail for Moonshine Operation
Constable-elect Jefferson L. Janes and George Hrib were jailed on charges of possessing mash and liquor and operating a moonshine still. Deputized officers found a 30 gallon still at the old Grafton Coal Company store on Sand Lick. They seized the apparatus and three barrels of mash and five gallons of moonshine. A preliminary hearing date had not been set.
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Jefferson L. Janes
Court House
George Hrib
Mike Gozik
Bob Bennett
Harold Barnhouse
Grafton Coal Company
Sand Lick
Simpson and
Wendel
Jones and Hiib
Jones
Gozik
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Virginia Shaw
Mary Fawcett
Eva Drake
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Dolores B. Curry
Howard Cameron
Lucille Deck
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Hugh McPhail
A.V. Cuppett
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Divinity Schol
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George McDonald
Eta Beckley
Cumberland
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Beech Street
ST. Matthias Episcopal
A. J. Torrey
Christ the Lord
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