Thirteen Held Before Mayor in City Court
Thirteen names appeared on the city police court blotter after officers answered complaints, nabbed drunks, investigated fights, and arrested a speeding suspect. Frank Haddix led the docket for a disturbance at his home. others included five drunks and two men held on fight related charges. Charges ranged from distur bances on Latrobe street to speeding and fight prosecutions by state authorities. The session was the largest docket in months, with several defendants due for arraignment or trial.
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Frank Haddix
City
A. E. Lockard
Clark Mays
Otto Bolyard
Harry Reed
Robert Ethridge
P. A. Elliot
Clif Black
Willie
Clyde Barcus
Luther Dangon
Latrobe Street
Missing Professor Killed Himself, Coroner Says
Hutchinson Minnesota coroner announced Professor Arnold Hinrichs, 39, of Rhode Island State College, killed himself with a shotgun. He came to Hutchinson, bought a shotgun, and sent telegrams to relatives announcing his death. Hinrichs was staying in a hotel and reportedly shot himself in a bathroom.
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Hutchinson
Minn
W. R. Schmidt
McLeon County
Arnold Hinrichs
Rhode Island State College
Schmidt
Hinrichs
Colored Lady Passes Away In Local Death Notice
Illness of six months claimed the life of Mrs. Inez Hall Hammond Sharpe 56 a resident of 223 Warder avenue Born in Grafton January 1 1880 she was active in the local colored community Funeral rites set for Monday at 2 PM at Warren M E Church with Rev Edward Carroll officiating Burial in Bluemont Cemetery directed by G T Bartlett Survived by two sons Charles Dennis Hammond Paul Henry Hammond a daughter Mary Inez Sharpe a brother John Hall and two sisters Catherine Jackson and Nora Goodlow.
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Inez Hall Hammond Sharpe
Warder Avenue
Grafton
Henry
Nancy Lacy Hall
Edward Carroll
Bluemont Cemetery
G. T. Bartlett
Struck By Auto Man Dies One Week Later
Angelo Sabatino, 66, a State Road Commission employee, died of injuries from a December 19 auto collision in Morgantown. State police charged James Rey Fisher, 18, with reckless driving in connection with the crash.
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Man
Mrogantown
Angelo Sabatino
State Road Commission
James Rey Fisher
Trio of escaped inmates captured after WV auto theft bid
Marion county deputies pursued three inmates from the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys after their escape. Patrolman John Zinn nabbed the youths following a notice of the escape as authorities linked them to an auto theft charge.
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Morgantown
Marion County
West Virginia
Renew Parley to End Strike in Pacific Coast Deepening Talks
In San Francisco on December 26, the labor department urged another peace conference between offshore shipowners and the Masters, Mates and Pilots union to renew negotiations over the union officers demand for hiring preference. Union leaders pressed for clarity on the preference. Separately, sea men from the Gulf coast strike faced a Christmas Eve clash in Houston where about 150 strikers were beaten. Joseph Curran, New York based head of the strikers strategy committee, announced plans to picket Congress over the Copeland act, which Curran says enables blacklisting via continuous employment records for seamen.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Edward F. McGrady
McGrady
Labor Department
Coast Committee
Gulf Coast
Houston
Tex
Joseph Curran
New York
Congress
Curran
Miner Killed in Slate Fall at O'Toole Mines
Charlie Ross a 29 year old miner died after a slate fall in the O Toole mines He had formerly worked at Anawalt His death occurred on December 26 in Welch and related details are reported by local authorities.
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Welch
Charlie Ross
O'Toole
Anawalt
Black Woman Beaten In Latrobe Street Hotel Fight
Marie Thomas Douglas, a Black woman, was hospitalized with a broken jaw and two arm fractures after an argument in a Latrobe Street lodging house. Willie Hill, known as Black Boy, allegedly struck her with an oak chair. Police hold two other men. Hill to be arraigned after she testifies. case referred to state prosecution.
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Grafton City
Mgeo
Latrobe Street
Roing
Marie Thomas
Marie Douglas
Willie
Black Boy" Hill
A. B. Lockard
Lockard
Hill
Moonshine Found in Raid on John Morgan Home
State police raided the home of John Morgan in Wendel seizing moonshine liquor and tax paid liquor. Morgan 44 admitted possession before Magistrate Ona C Jefferys, paid a 60 dollar fine plus costs, and was released to spend Christmas at home. Police indicated the raid was led by Corporal L W Emrick. other raiding members were not identified.
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John Morgan
Wendel
Morgan
Taylor County
Ona C. Jefferys
Jefferys
New York City
L. W. Emrick
Teacher's Mother Dies At Berkeley Springs
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Margaret Pries, mother of Miss Laura Fries, a longtime city schoolteacher. She died yesterday at her Berkeley Springs home after over a year of ill health. Funeral arrangements are not yet known.
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Margaret Pries
Laura Fries
Fries
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Name Arbadella wins five thousand prize in song skit
Mrs Isabel Smith of Youngstown Ohio wins 5000 dollars for naming the radio baby Arbadella in the Amos and Andy skit from a nationwide contest with over 3 million submissions. A Central Press note forecasts eight days of fair weather followed by a short rainy spell based on a moon observation by X noting a yellow ring and eight stars.
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Isabel Smith
Youngstown
Arbadella
Amos and
Ruby
Amos and Andy
Central Press
Christmas
Two Nations Stand Firm Over Spain Military Dilemma
Two democracies refuse to back down on demands for guarantees against sending regular troops or civilian volunteers to Spain. France and Britain weigh actions to curb volunteers as Franco asks for 60 000 German troops, with negotiations seen as a possible path to broader European neutrality.
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Adolf Hitler
Spain
Secord
Criss
Gener
Francisco Franco
Spookesman
Dor
London
Charles Corbin
Paris
France
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Reichswehr
Berlin
Rome
Moscow
Lisbon
Nonlintenation Committee
Germany
Cleavenger Predicts Fine Weather For Right Days
Thornton politician weather sage X. Z. Cleavenger, famed for forecasts, voices confidence in upcoming days of good weather despite a prion th confusion lingering in local chatter.
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Cleavenger
Z. Cleavenger
Thornton
Prion
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Inez Hall Sharpe
Nab
Wynn
Gomez
Batista
Miguel Mariano Gomez
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
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New Dixie
Theatre
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Zane Greys
Arizona
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Hure
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Iberian Peninsula
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Strand Theatre
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