Four Die as Snowstorm Hits Mountain State
The Mountain state endures a Christmas snowstorm with heavy snowfall and ice. At least four deaths are reported from fires and accidents, nine people overcome by carbon monoxide, eight injured in crashes, and widespread outages from drifts. Elk River area and Kanawha counties report significant damage as frigid temperatures persist. Clarksburg Charleston and Elkins log subzero readings.
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Associated Press
Acci
Um. Elk River
Kanawhayfrove
Clarksburg
Farr and Elkins
Charleston
Poteet
Robbyt Woodell
Christmas Day Shot Fatal to Walter Knotts 13
A Christmas Day accidental shotgun discharge killed Walter Gale Knotts aged 13 at his uncle and aunt’s home near Newburg. He died at 9 am after being found mortally wounded. funeral plans set for 2 pm Saturday at the Newburg M E Church with interment in Back Woods Cemetery. He is survived by his father, three sisters, a half sister, and his stepmother. Funeral arrangements are by Bartlett Funeral Company of Grafton.
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Walter Gale Knotts
A. D. Cox
Newburg
Charles E. Knotts
Clara Gough Knotts
Bartlett Funeral Company
Grafton
Cox Home
Cox
Mary
Mabel
Catherine
Betty
Young Knotts
Mewburg
Stoneking Groves
M. E
Mercury Sees Seasonal Lows Amid Strong Winds
A gale driving snow created high drifts and sent temperatures to two degrees below zero in Taylor county. Roads were cleared by state police and road commission plows, while city buses faced delays as winds peaked between 7 and 8 this morning.
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Causig
Mercury
Taylor Coun
Merit
Road Commission
West Virginia Transportation
W. E. Clayton
Erature
Fulm Star Is Nabbed After Holiday Fuss
Los Angeles reports say film comic Ted Healy faced charges after a Christmas disturbance ended with a neighbor’s residence fire. Healy, freed on $1,000 bail, claimed memory gaps and said a row broke out before someone fired a shot. he faces later hearing on habeas corpus.
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Los Angeles
Ted Healy
Healy
Drunk Driver Sentenced 15 Days in Hot Springs Court
Two arrests stemmed from one investigation after state police stopped a Webster area auto driven by Russell Selvey of Taylor County. Selvey faced drunken driving charges and Haddix paid a $5 fine for the public place charge. Both pleaded guilty before Justice C. Jefferys yesterday. A fatal Christmas morning blaze killed Mrs. J K Love of Jackson Mississippi, trapped by falling masonry. Her husband escaped, four others were injured. three missing include Mr. and Mrs. White Beam of Waldron Arkansas and J L Sanders of Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Webster
Russel Selvey
Taylor County
A. S. Haddix
Selvey
Haddix
Justice of Peace
C. Jefferys
Belvey
J. K. Love
Jackson
Missy
White Beam
Waldron
Ark
J. L. Sanders
Tulsa
Okio
Lexington
Heavy Snow Closes Roads in Northern Panhandle
Snow drifts up to eight feet blocked many country roads in northern West Virginia Panhandle. Six to ten inches fell on Christmas Day while main highways stayed open and buses ran from five to 18 hours late.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
Three Army Officers Die In Fire At Camp Smith
Three army officers attached to a civilian conservation corps camp in Waterbury Vermont were burned to death early today in a fire that destroyed the officers quarters. The dead are Capt Roland Potter of Northfield Capt E W Boothby of Watertown Mass and Lt Leonard C Bushey of Concord NH. Burned but not killed were Lieutenants Charles H Brooks Charles G Howard and Sylvester M Parshley. Several other officers escaped unhurt in the one story wooden building at Camp Smith on the Little River.
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Waterbury
Army
Civlian Conservation Corps
Roland Potter
Northfield
Norwich University
E. W. Boothby
Watertown
Mass
Leonard C. Bushey
Concord
N. H
Charles H. Brooks
Charles G. Howard
Sylvester M. Parshley
Camp Smith
Little River
Exposure claims life of man in snow 12 hours
Beckley West Virginia December 26 Linzy Cox a 42 year old Shady Spring relief worker died after lying in the snow twelve hours following a truck accident. His hands and feet were frozen and physicians attributed death to a blood clot resulting from the injuries. Cox was the father of eight children.
Sunny South Gripped by Extreme Cold After Snow
Winter hit the south and mid-Atlantic regions as a cold front spread from Kentucky to Maryland. Snow and dangerous winds hampered travel. temperatures dropped to near zero in several states including Georgia and Virginia. Atlanta logged 12 degrees with a significant dip, while Tennessee mountains reported 4 below. Hampton Roads endured a northwest storm.
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Chicago
Southland
Kentucky
Tennessee
Maryland
Louisville
Dixie
Virginia
Georgia
Florida
Atlanta
Nesby
Tennessee Mountains
Hampton Roads
Senator Schall's body returns to home city
The body of U S Senator Thomas D Schall was sent to his state capitol in a silver casket carried by guardsmen. The funeral procession moved in sub zero weather as the train arrived an hour after the car in which the widow, daughter and two sons joined Washington representatives. He died in Washington after a Sunday auto accident at age 58. Guardsmen escorted the hearse through the capital while a small group of constituents and Twin Cities dignitaries met the train.
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ST. Paul
United States
Thomas D. Schall
Washington
Twin Cities
Assassination of Japanese Rail Official Sparks Sino-Japanese Tension
SHANGHAI reports Maj. Gen Rensuke Isogai, military attaché, warned the assassination of Tang Yu Jen, a pro-Japanese Chinese rail official, would strain Sino-Japanese relations. Earlier Japanese sources called the event a dark shadow over future ties as Nanking police banned public meetings to curb student protests against Japan.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Rensuke Isogai
Tang Yu-Jen
China
Japan
Nanking
Water Spigots Opened Endanger City Supply
Mayor E Otto Waugh warned that widespread practice of opening spigots to prevent frozen pipes has dangerously reduced water pressure. With temperatures near zero, the city may struggle to fight fires. booster pump ran 24 hours to supply Hill and East End residents.
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E. Otto ‘Waugh
Hill
East End
Secret Love in Life of Dead Star Thelma Todd
In Los Angeles detectives will question two Hollywood men as part of a revived inquiry into Thelma Todd’s personal and financial affairs. Deputy District Attorney U A Blalock says the focus is on a San Francisco businessman she claimed to have had a romance with and on a statement from Roland West about the operation of the sidewalk case named for her.
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Los Angeles
Thelma Todd
U. A. Blalock
Hollywood
West
San Francisco
Pea
Roland West
Miss Todd
Robber Fatally Shot by Policeman in Grocery Theft
Wheeling dispatched report says Charles Green, 25, died from bullet wounds after Motorcycle Patrolman Fidelius Strauss shot him in a grocery store when Green allegedly tried to loot a cash register. Strauss said he fired after Green refused to surrender. A mother and two daughters survive.
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Wheeling
Charles Green
Green
Fidelius Strauss
Filling Station Owner Frustrates Holdup Man
Police hunted for a robber suspect after a gas station operator frustrated a holdup with a hammer. The owner swung the tool at a man who threatened him with a pistol, and a companion aided the injured robber to an automobile.
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Smithers
W. Va
Squire” Boling
H. Martin
Montgomery
Chief Warns Against Use Of New Rifles In City Limits
Chief A B Lockard warns city residents about discharging firearms within the corporation limits after many .22 rifles were given to small boys as Christmas presents. He cites stray bullets reported in residences and buildings in the First Ward and pledges enforcement of the city ordinance.
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A. B. Lockard
Police Department
Mrs Goldie Minch Denies $100000 Alienation Suit
Mrs Goldie Minch wife of the former Electric Auto-Lite president testified in Toledo that her relations with Dan Delisi a guard at his home during the 1934 strike were strictly hospitable and not intended to injure Delisi's wife in the alienation of affections case filed for $100000.
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Dan Dolisi
Toledo, O
Mra
Goldie Minch
Delisi
Mya. Minch
Delisiy
Italian Aid Forces Claim Victory In East African Skirmish
Italian dispatches describe a battle in East Africa near the Ethiopian salt fields where Danakil irregulars fought for Italy and overwhelmed Ethiopian forces. Marshal Badoglio’s police captured 12 locals in Italian uniforms and prepared a court martial for spying.
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Associated Press
Danakil
Pietro Badoglio
Firecracker accident fatality in Martinsburg
Clemmons Minghint, 32, of Martinsburg county, died at a local hospital from lockjaw after a cheek injury sustained Christmas morning while shooting firecrackers at his home.
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Martinsburg
Clemmons Minghint
Hunt Slayer of Policemen in Montana Killing
Grim posses hunted western Montana hills for Harry Knight an ex convict accused of slaying three men including Officer Tom ONeill 37 and injuring Officer James Mooney in a Christmas boarding house shooting. Knight identified by a companion officer and residents reported Knight shot after attempting entry at Mrs Benevue’s sister’s apartment.
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Butte
Monti
Montana
Harry Knight
Elligston
Mont
Tom O'Neill
James Mooney
Knight
Frank Walsh
Florence Benevue
Benevue
Mountain Roads Should Be Avoided, Is Warning
Charleston December 26 The road commission warns motorists to avoid mountain highways as 245 snowplows and sanding crews battle up to 36 inches of snow. Most highways were open though a Webster Springs to Valley Head segment would clear by night. Snow drifts reach 12 to 36 inches with winds piling drifts on Sewell Mountain and along the Clarksburg district. Bus service reportedly disrupted.
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Charleston
Road Commission
Miptorista
Webster Springs
Valley
Elkins
Sewell Mountain
Raine
Clarksburg
Charleston Liquor Stores Report Record Christmas Sales
Charleston liquor board reports a record Christmas business with statewide stores selling over twofold prior totals. Charleston No 1 store alone moved 9050 dollars in beverages on December 24, as chair D Homer Stephenson notes ongoing, though other stores’ figures are incomplete.
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Charleston
D. Homer Stephenson
The
Liquor ‘Commission
Woman Dies in House Fire at Anawalt West Virginia
A woman identified as 55 year old Mirs C Taylor perished when a night fire consumed her home in Anawalt West Virginia. Firefighters battled the blaze but she did not survive. Unknown cause and extent of damage were being investigated by local authorities.
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Anawalt
W. Va
Governor says no reprieve for Hauptman amid clemency talks
Governor Hoffmans press aide said no plan for a stay or reprieve for Bruno Hauptmann if the pardons court fails to act. The report notes prior stays for Favorito and Johnson, with Johnson claiming feeble-mindedness. Hoffmans office clarified the governor could grant reprieves within 90 days after December 13 and has not announced any such action.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptman
Court of Pardons
Hauptmann
William Conklin
Hoffman
State House
John Favorito
State Prison
Romaine Johnson
Favorito
Johnson
Quake Claims Many in China in Szechuan Province
Reports from Chengtu in Szechuan describe a December 18 quake that devastated remote communities in the Maplen district. Villages with 100 families or more were destroyed as mountains split and rivers were dammed by landslides, with official estimates expecting deaths to rise into the thousands.
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Chengtu
Szechuan Province
China
Bei
Chuan
Maplen
Szechuan
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