U S Refugees Evacuated From Tsingtao Harbor
U S gunboat Sacramento carried 280 American refugees from the Shantung seaport as Japanese forces advanced, with earlier reports placing about 300 Americans there. The evacuation follows Tsingtao’s isolation amid rapid Japanese breakthroughs toward Shan tung, while ships stood by to aid remaining evacuees.
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Weihsien
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White Horse Mountain
Japan replies to Britain over Lady Bird attack
Foreign Minister Hirota delivered Japan's note to British Ambassador Craigie after an attack on the gunboat Lady Bird near the Yangtze. The military headquarters called the strike a mistake and expressed regrets. One sailor was killed. The note followed Hirota's report to the emperor detailing the government’s investigation and measures for amicable settlement with Britain. Panay bombing also discussed in Tokyo papers praising U S and Japanese cooperation.
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Koki Hirota
Robert Leslie Craigie
Japan
Imperial ‘Headquarters
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Hirota
Yangtze River
United States
Panay
Great Britain
Chugai Shogyo
Roosevelt to Seek Budget Balance in Congress
Washington reports indicate President Roosevelt will tell Congress next week that the 1938-39 budget can balance if relief expenditures stay in check. The budget to be sent January 4 lacks a firm relief estimate due to uncertain recession length. Defense costs may push past one billion while other items will be trimmed to balance. anti trust legislation is also expected to be added to the program.
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Roosevelt
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Treasury
Dr High Points to Roosevelt Favoring Third Party
Syracuse December 28 Dr Stanley High authority on international affairs and former Roosevelt adviser in an interview said the president favors a third party. He noted the president and southern Democrats are unlikely to reconcile and predicted a shift toward a third party.
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Syracuse
Stanley High
Roosevelt
High
29th Brooke Co. Auto Accident Death Listed
Wheeling reports Brooke county traffic fatalities reaching 29 for the year after the death of 70 year old John Wallace from an automobile crash near Wellsburg. George Patterson, Wellsburg justice of the peace, sentenced driver George Dennis to six months in jail for driving while intoxicated.
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Wheeling
John Wallace
Wellsburg
Brooke County
Justice of the Peace
George Patterson
George Dennis
President To Speak To Nation On January Night
President Roosevelt will deliver another fireside chat to the American people over radio on January 8 at 9 30 p m WEAF NBC. He will be introduced by Postmaster General James A Farley in Washington.
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New York
Roosevelt
Louise Campbell
Dask
Ray
Asatts
Washington
WEAF
NBC
James A. Farley
Infant slain after dispute in New Jersey village
In Green Brook New Jersey a 5 month old girl Christina Bordelon was found slain in a Christmas scene after a dispute with a tenant over heat. Sophie Arcuri 34 confessed to slitting the throat of the landlord’s 6 month old baby with a paring knife.
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Greenbrook
N. J
Louis Bordelon
Christina
Charles Allegar
Sophie Arcuri
Arcuri
Allégar
Bordolons
Gas Explosion Injures Four Men One Seriously
Charleston dispatch reports a gas explosion damaged a building causing four men to be injured. William Bradshaw, 31, a restaurant employee, fell unconscious 20 feet to an alley. William Jones, 48, a bricklayer, was stunned but dragged to safety. Two brothers, William Jackson, 61, and Sylvester Jackson, 30, sustained injuries and are being treated.
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Charleston
William Bradshaw
William Jones
William Jackson
Sylvest
Christmas shooting ends in coroner's verdict at Warren jail
Miss Louise Campbell 28 sits in a Warren jail cell awaiting a coroner's verdict on the fatal Christmas Eve shooting of her mother Mrs Cordelia Campbell 55. Prosecutors say the shooting occurred as the mother tried to take a gun from her daughter after a holiday gathering.
Mrs Voit Receives Novel New Year Card From Zeppelin
Mrs. Sarah Flanagan Voit of 316 West Main street, world traveler, received a novel New Year greeting from the Deutsche Zeppelin Company of Germany. The article notes her past crossing on the Graf Zeppelin and mentions plans to inaugurate a new Zeppelin service around Easter. Voit intends to return from a summer European tour late next August or early September via the aerial route.
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Sarah Flanagan Voit
West Main Street
Deutsche Zeppelin Company
Germany
Graf Zeppelin
Voit
College Life Gets More Studious at Methodist Conference
National Methodist Student conference leaders say today’s college students are more studious and less given to drinking or moral infractions than a decade ago. They cite 42 percent working through college and heightened interest in social questions as signs of improvement. The meeting opens with about 1,000 delegates, amid talks of a three-branch merger.
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ST. Louis
National Methodist Student Conference
Hiel D. Bollinger
Chicago
Wesley Foundation
Methodist Episcopal Church
Harvey C. Brown
Nashville
Tenn
Methoist Episcopal Church
South
Bollinger
Chhurch
Czechoslovakian Nazi Head Becomes Power In Politics
Konrad Henlein, a 39 year old Nazi leader of Czechoslovakia's German minority backed by Berlin, rises as a pivotal factor in central European politics. The Associated Press describes his potential to push for autonomy within Czechoslovakia and possibly widen Nazi influence across the region. President Masaryk has died, deepening uncertainty as fascism grows.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Central Europe
Konrad Henlein
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Henlein
Republic
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Russia
Ukraine
Europe
Cer
Tainty
Thomas Masaryk
Fa‘aer
Deputy Bowlin Reflects on 1937 Misfortunes
HARLAN December 26 Deputy Sheriff Allen Bowlin looks back on a rough year. He says his right arm broke in January fall and again later in the year. A recent slip on ice led to a broken left arm.
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Harlan, By
Allen Bowlin
Wes
Celebrated Composer Dies After Operation
DETROIT December 28 William Knudsen GM president announced plant employment will drop about 90,000 workers nationwide by January 1 due to recession. He noted GM will run three days a week totaling 24 hours, citing a stalled used car market and weak purchasing power as key causes.
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Detroit
William 8. Knudsen
General Motors Corp
General Motors
Uni- Barmaentael
Mattie
Knudsen
General ‘Motors
New President Outlines Kiwanis Club Program
President-elect I Headley of the Grafton Kiwanis will chair tonight's dinner meeting at Debendorf Ferr's Cozy Rest on U S Route 150. He will present plans for the year and announce committee appointments as officers are to be inducted next week. Secretary William Manley reports Paul Malone chairs entertainment and G T Bartlett Jr oversees arrangements.
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Grafton Kiwanis Club
Cozy Rest,Inn
U.S. Route 150
William Manley
Paul Malone
G.T. Bartlett, Jr
Insurgents Attack Government-Held Position Near Hendaye
Fierce insurgent assault reported at the Franco Spanish frontier near Hendaye as Gen. Miguel Aranda’s relief column presses forward. Insurgent claims say advance guards near key sites including a seminary fortress and the Bank of Spain building. Civilians suffer shortages while insurgent forces and government troops clash amid ongoing fighting.
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Hendaye
Miguel Aranda
Aranda
Bank of Spain
Former Senator Young of Buckhannon Dies in Baltimore
Ulysses G. Young, 72, attorney and former state senator from Buckhannon, died of pneumonia in a Baltimore hospital where he had gone for an operation not performed. Born in Harrison county, he was educated in Barbour county schools and later graduated from the National Normal University to practice law.
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Buckhannon
Ulysses G. Young
Baltimore
Harrison County
Barbour County
National Normal University
Fauk
World Without Germs Demonstration At Notre Dame
A germ free miniature world built of stainless steel units the size of beer barrels was shown by Prof J A Reyniers and P T Trexler at Notre Dame for AAAS. Guinea pigs rabbits rats and mice hatched and born there with no germ or virus but their health was imperfect lacking a vital digestive factor.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Indianapolis
University of Notre Dame
American Association For the Advancement of Science
J. A. Reyniers
P.T. ‘Trexler
Gambling Cleanup In Fairmont Arrests And Raids
State police raided Fairmont in a series of operations, arresting 32 individuals and seizing 272 dollars and 89 cents along with 50 marble machines. Notable arrests included Sam Harris, Pete Geldis, George Geldis, and Sylvia Zinn tied to a numbers lottery, with those held on marble machines under bond to the next grand jury. About 30 troopers conducted the raids under Captain B M Streagle.
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Pairmont
Paul McClung
Sam Harris
Pete Geldis
George Geldis
Sylvia Zinn
B. M. Streagle
Father on same train that struck daughter in Cameron
Cameron—A father rode a train that struck his 1 year old daughter Mary Jean Ross. The car she drove with ROB Ross, a mail clerk, as she returned home collided at night. The girl was seriously hurt and the father was affected by the crash as well.
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Cameron
Mary Jean Ross
ROB= Ross
Star and Wax
Nuvo
Escaped Slaying Trial Shocks Ebensburg Wife's Fate
In Ebensburg Pennsylvania Mrs Margaret Karmen 25 was sentenced to life with parole after a second degree murder trial. The case involved the death of a young man linked to a car crash in which a 24 year old accomplice and 29 year old assailant were charged. The district attorney and defense contended over motive and timing as police pursued charges. Continued on page.
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Ebensburg
Margaret Karmen
Pennsylvania
Wotton
Altera
John H. McCann
Karmendi
State Supreme Court
Bair
Lockard
Robert J. Puderbaugh
Dennis C. Flynn
Sonny
Wood Engaged by Ford Firm for Legal Battle
Detroit December 28 Wood Brod er ck H Wood New York attorney with a record in defending New Deal legislation will head Ford Motor Companys legal team against the National Labor Relations Board He previously represented H usey Schechter Poultry in NIRA cases and joined battles over key labor and railroad finance issues, bringing senior rail attorney experience to the case against the NLRB.
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Detroit
Broderck H. Wood
New York
Ford Mo
F. Reed
United States General
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Jy jWood
FoRae
T.law Ati
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