Alumni Banquet Opens With Kaye Orchestra At Andrews Drive House
Sammy Kaye and his NBC Orchestra play for a holiday dance and dedication of the new $90,000 Field House on Riverside Drive. Alumni and wives attend an on time banquet at Episcopal church with speakers and a record turnout expected.
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Sht
Andrews EP Methodist Episcopal Church
Riverside ‘Drive
Sammy
NBC
Kaye
Episcopal Church
Buckhannon
Lanham
Greenfield Shoe Store Sold To New Owner
The Greenfield shoe store on Main Street near Fort Pitt was transferred to new ownership by Harry Greenfield and partner. The store will close Tuesday December 31 for a clearance sale and reopen Friday January 3 under progressive management. Lane, a longtime resident, is set to run the Fairmont and Grafton branches in the future.
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Greenfield Shoe
Main Street
T. Bernard
Fort Pitt
Harry Greenfield
Fairmont
Greenfield
Grafton
Lane
Ness
Behin
Sutton Girl Makes Debut Wins Acclaim at Met
Suzanne Fisher of Sutton West Virginia made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Cio San in Puccini s Madame Butterfly. The petite lyric soprano received warm applause from European and New York audiences including Lucretia Bori. A bouquet from Mme. Bob greeted her after the second aria One Fine Day. Continued on page four.
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New York
Suzanne Fisher
Lucretia Bori
Sutton
Little Town
West Virginia
Metropolitan Opera
Clo‘Co-San
Mme
Bob Was
Ben son Named U S Senator to Succeed Schall in Minnesota
Gov Floyd B Olson announced Elmer A Benson as state banking commissioner will become United States senator to fill the seat of the late Thomas D Schall who died from injuries after being struck by an automobile.
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St, Paul
Floyd B. ‘Olson
Elmer A. Benson
United States
Thomas D. Schall
New Deal Opposition Gains in Digest Poll
In 41 states opposition to the New Deal rose 0.82 percent to 58.1 percent in the Literary Digest poll on Roosevelt policies. From 987,158 ballots, 29 states opposed, 12 states supported, including Utah and 11 southern states. The poll records show votes favoring the New Deal.
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New York
Literary Digest
Utah
Police Arrest Gunman After Snowbound Chase
State police trudged miles through snow and arrested Gabriel Cuff, proprietor of a Norvell boarding house, on a charge of shooting roomer Wilbur Watkins who lay seriously wounded from shots to the back. Officers say Cuff fired at close range after a disturbance.
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Beckley
Gabriel Cuff
Norvell
Wilbur ‘Watkins
Cuff
Watkins
Four Robbers Sought After Ohio Bank Heist
Police from two states chase four masked robbers who fled with 7500 dollars from the Union Banking Company on snow covered routes along the Pennsylvania Ohio border. Machine gun fire was used during the getaway and investigators narrowed the search after a later discovery.
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Columbiana
Dee
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Union Banking Company
Knox Invades Ohio as Borah to Speak There
Col Frank Knox publisher of the Chicago Daily News visited Ohio to address the Republican War Veterans club and the Ohio Republican Editorial Association dinner in Columbus. In Cleveland Senator William Borah of Idaho was announced to speak in about 60 days, per Raymond Howard who chairs the Editorial Arrangements committee.
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Columbus
Ohio
G.O. P
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
Republican War Veterans’ Club
Ohio Republican Editorial Association
Cleveland
George H. Benner
League of Tepublican Clubs
Laval fights to save life of ministry amid confidence vote
Paris December 27 Premier Laval told the chamber his effort to settle the Italo Ethiopian war had been faultless though many deputies were hostile. Observers predicted he would win a vote of confidence on foreign policy. He said sanctions against Italy were not opposed and claimed to have cleared up misunderstandings with Great Britain over joint action.
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Associated Press
Paris
Laval
Chamber of Deputies
East
Africa
Italy
France
League of Nations
Ion
Herriott Alds
Great Britain
Samuel
Milkman's Helper Dies Of Hold-up Injuries
East Liverpool Ohio December 27 two robbers accosted Samuel and Clarence Dickey as they delivered milk for Christmas. Clarence Dickey 25 died from a gunshot to the abdomen after Samuel threw a bottle at one robber. Police say the robbers seem inexperienced and expect arrests soon.
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East Liverpool O
Clarence Dickey
Samuel
Samuel Dickey
Clarence
WPA Checks Burned In Relief Office Blaze
Relief officials study state records to determine how many workers' checks were lost after a three story frame building housing Tyler county relief headquarters burned. Firemen estimated losses at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars. several checks burned but totals unavailable. Firemen and Sistersville volunteers aided in extinguishing the blaze. fears of townwide spread were raised.
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Middlebourne
Tyler County
Sistersville
Six Dam Surveyors Sought For trespass damages
A farmer charged six surveyors for Bluestone dam trespass and $5,000 in damages. H J Hall, on Indian Creek, asked Magistrate J A Haynes to issue warrants for Lieut G A Lincoln and five assistants. The engineering force has been mapping the reservoir site for the $13,000,000 flood control project.
Murdered by Mad Slayer Knight Suspect Tied to Butte Slayings
Butte police report Floyd Woods, 44, ranch caretaker, found dead as prosecutors link him to William Henry Knight, ex convict and alleged killer in a Christmas shooting spree. Knight fleeing city, an automobile linked to the crime was found abandoned near Woods' garage. Knight is suspected in additional injuries and fatalities including Policeman Tom ONeill and others.
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Butte
Mont
Floyd Woods
William Henry Knight
Knight
Madison River
Ennis
Here
Woods
Tom O'Neill
Francis Walsh
James Mooney
Florence Benevue
Mooney
Uruguay Breaks Off Its Relations With Soviets
The Uruguayan government severed diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union in Montevideo on December 27. The foreign office issued passports to Alexander Minkin and other Russian legation members as a precaution amid rumors of armed rebellion by communist sources. Uruguay had previously recognized Moscow.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Republic of
Uruguayan Foreign Office
Alexander Minkin
Legation
Moscow
Poison liquor kills six in Aliquippa Christmas toast
Six people including two women and four men die after drinking liquor from a 15 gallon container judged to be poisoned. The liquor was shared during Christmas toasts at a home in Aliquippa. A seventh person, a boarder, is hospitalized in critical condition as police raid the residence and arrest a suspect.
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Aliquippa
Milka Zarkovich
Mike Maravich
Maravich
Anna Beckish
John Gora
George Gergich
Mike Ralish
Zarkovich
W. L. Ambrose
Gunmen Steal Girl After Binding Her Companion
KEARNEY Neb Dec 21 Delbert Slack 23 of Lexington Neb reports two armed men abducted his companion Miss Marjorie Boggs 18 also of Lexington after robbing him of his car and binding him in a schoolhouse area. Slack freed himself about 4 am. police found no trace of the girl car or robbers.
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Kearney
Neb
Delbert Slack
Lexington
Marjorie Boggs
Slack
Miss Boggs
Haugeman Falin
Garrett County Still Has Zero Cold Weather
Snow flurries persisted in Garrett county with temps rising from sub zero to about four above. Most roads in the county were open despite heavy drifts from the month’s 30 inches of snowfall. Some West Virginia Potomac river roads remained blocked and a near accident occurred when a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad worker saved an unidentified CCC youth from a moving train.
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Garrett County
Oakland
West
Virginia
Potomac River
Mike Lassey
Piedmont
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
CCC
Lassey
Slayer of Husband Faces Murder Hearing Today
Mollie Collins faces a murder hearing in Williamson on a charge she shot her 35-year-old husband Joe Collins as he slept in their mountain home on Pigeon Creek. State trooper L V Taylor quoted Collins saying she had endured years of abuse and “lived in hell.” The shooting occurred while three friends were in the room.
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Taylor
Collins
Lori Gray
John
Bice
Acs
Love affair sparks fatal knife fight
HINTON Dec 27 A quarrel over a youthful love affair led to a knife fight and the death of Mrs. Herman Ellison 40 a member of a prominent family. George Bartgis 50 a railroad brakeman whose daughter was in love with Ellison's son Ray Burrows about 23 is in critical condition.
Emperor Haile Selassie Draws Peace Terms
Addis Ababa reports Emperor Haile Selassie has drawn up peace terms with Italy. The terms require Italian troops to withdraw from Ethiopia, recognition of Ethiopian sovereignty, payment of an indemnity, and the deletion of Italian colonies, to be overseen by a commission appointed by the League of Nations.
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Addis Ababa
Reuters
Haile Selassie
Italy
Ethiopia
Retogni
Dakar
Taiwan
League of Nations
Soft coal price war could bankrupt producers says O'Neill
Charles P. O'Neill, a central Pennsylvania operator, told the Bituminous Coal Commission in Washington that the ongoing soft coal price war would soon bankrupt many producers if the current wage scale remains. He urged price fixing amid the uncertainty in the industry.
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Washington
Charles P. O'Neill
Central Pennsylvania
Bituminous Coal Commission
Doctor and lover jailed after charge filed in Clarksbury
A Clarksburg surgeon Dr A W Showalter and Fred Holden are jailed without bond after a murder charge linked to an alleged illegal operation on 17 year old Madeline Haislip. Prosecutor Philip Clifford said the death followed the operation and ordered a post mortem. A coroner’s inquest is planned in Clarksburg.
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Madeline Haislip
Grafton High School
Harrison
Taylor
A. W. Showalter
Clarksburg
Phillip Clifford
Harrison County
the Sentinel
George Halslip
West Knotts Avenue
Clifford
Paul P. Warden
Dorsey C. Peck
City Hospital
Warden
Man Linked to Thelma Todd Beating Scrutiny Grows
Unverified report claims a man tied to Thelma Todd inquiry beat the actress days before her death by monoxide poisoning. Grand jury may summon all Todd sidewalk cafe participants to testify about a violent late night argument and a sudden fist strike to Todd, with a waiter intervening to stop further blows.
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Los Angeles
Thelma Todd
Jess Winn
District Attorney's Office
Todd
Orso Winn
Miss Todd
Beauty
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