Arctic Cold Wave Sweeps Nation With Many Deaths
The Arctic chill spreads from the Rockies to the Atlantic as northwest winds drive subzero readings across Minnesota the Dakotas and beyond. At least 15 deaths attributed to exposure and traffic accidents are reported with mail delivery halted in places and several areas marooned by heavy snow. Continuous subzero temperatures affect Wisconsin Illinois Michigan and Pennsylvania with scattered deaths noted in Indiana and Minnesota. Continued on Page Six.
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Coldest winter weather hits Grafton and state
Unofficial readings show Grafton at 13 below zero with harsher windchill in rural Taylor County. Forecasters predict cloudy, slightly warmer weather with light snow tonight and Thursday. A bright sun helped push readings up to 25 above by midmorning. West Virginia endures first real cold wave with near zero temps, high winds, and snow flurries across the state.
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Theatre Ticket Present Ad Mission at Strand and Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel invites W. C. Wright of 241 Ross Street to attend tonight's double feature at the Strand: Vacation From Love with Dennis O'Keefe, and Feud of the Range with Hob Steele. and at the Dixie: Say It In French with Ray Milland and Olympe Bradna. Identification may be required.
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Hob Steele
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Dixie Theatre
Parley Concludes as Hull Seeks Vigilant Spotlight
Lima Peru December 28 United States Secretary Hull ends the eighth Pan American conference with a farewell warning that the 21 republics must test their declarations of solidarity. He cautioned that trust in agreements has vanished and urged maximum vigilance in carrying out conference resolutions rather than treaties. The decisions will be published by the State Department.
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Miller Is Bound Over To Jan 9 Grand Jury
Lloyd Miller of First ward is accused of looting Keener's store. Chief Lockard and Sgt DeMoss report the incident. Felice is bound over on a breaking and entering charge to meet the grand jury on January 9 on $1,000 bond, with the magistrate noting a guilty plea and waived hearing. He remains jailed unable to post bond.
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A. B. Lockard
Ersel DeMoss
Felice
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
Miller
Murder Charge Filed In Wellsburg Death
Wellsburg a murder charge was filed against Pi Marko Sablejack in the death of William T Willey found dead December 12 in a barn near Sablejack residence. Sablejack pleaded innocent as magistrate George Patterson held him for grand jury action and a habeas corpus writ was planned before Circuit Judge J P O'Brien.
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Pi— Marko Sablejack
George Patterson
William T. Willey
Willey
Sablejack
P. J. McGuire
J.’ J. ‘P. O'Brien
Baltimore Family Faces Bad Luck Pattern
The Dudley Barnett family in Baltimore reports a string of misfortunes with thirteen fires in thirteen months. A fire yesterday damaged a carriage house, an automobile, and farm equipment at their home, fueling belief in bad luck or an unseen enemy.
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Dudley Barnett
Toledo Woman Joins in Suit Over Fidelity Investment
Mrs. Alice P. Hutchison of Toledo has intervened as a defendant in the receivership suit against the Fidelity Investment association of Wheeling. The petition, filed Dec 21 in federal court by Philadelphia contract holders, accuses the firm of reckless and improper management. Hutchison, a contract holder, seeks a status quo to protect her interests and restraints on payments to creditors until proceedings conclude.
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Toledo
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Inquest Into Slaying Of Girl Is Scheduled
Fifteen witnesses were summoned to an inquest into the brutal slaying of Margaret Martin a 19 year old Kingston stenographer whose nude body was found in a burlap sack in a nearby stream State police seek new clues Major William A Clark disclosed that three persons saw a man meet a girl in Kingston Corners on the day of the crime and she entered an automobile driven away by a stranger who telephoned her with a job offer
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Margaret Martin
Kingston
Mountain Stream
William A. Clark
Kingston Corners
Miss Martin
Miss. Martin
Plans to lift WPA charges through county relief boards
President Roosevelt weighed a plan to create non partisan county boards to hear complaints of politics in relief. The boards would sift discrimination in WPA administration, appointments to county roles would be unpaid, and details were still being formed as congress prepared to reopen.
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Roosevelt
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Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
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White House
United States
Report of chemists awaited in death case
Findings of state chemists in Charleston are awaited by Dr. Paul P. Warden coroner after examining stomach contents and a bottle of white powder linked to the Christmas day death of Oscar Earl Nelson of Simpson. The coroner will reconvene the coroner's jury for the formal inquest once the chemists report arrives by telegram.
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Paul P. Warden
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Couple Found Dead Of Gas Fumes In Apartment
NORFOLK VA Dec 28 Mary Pearl Rice-Davis of Watson West Virginia and James M Davis 34 a electrical appliance salesman were found dead yesterday in a garage apartment. City coroner said they died of poisonous fumes from a gas heater. Police discovered the bodies while serving a warrant from the wife charging desertion and non-support for their child. The woman was a waitress with a social security card listing her as Mary Pearl Davis and her father C C Davis of Watson Marion County WV.
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Mary Pearl Rice-Davis
Watson
W. Va
James M. Davis
C. D. J. MacDonald
J. C. Hartsee
C. J. Staylor
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Mary Pearl Davis
C. C. Davis
Marion County
Armchair Arrests Are Current In Bethany Mo
Bethany Missouri on December 28 reports a busy night with quick arrests. A truck driver crashed into a deputy sheriff’s car and was apprehended on the scene. A fugitive parked near the sheriff’s office and was recognized and arrested. Two runaway girls from Des Moines Iowa were picked up after attempting to hitch a ride from state patrolmen.
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Bethany
Des Moines
Three jailed as blackmail is disclosed
New York December 28. Probing secret of F Conrad Costers identity as Philip Musica arch swindler of pre war era continues. Two men and a woman accused of extorting thousands from the president of McKesson and Robbins Inc were to be arraigned. State attorney general resumes inquiry into McKesson Robbins officials views on the president's activities. Musica died by his own hand at his Fairfield Connecticut mansion after years of blackmail.
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Po- Yee
F. Conrad Coster
Philip Musica
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Saas Beensil
State Attorney General
McKesson & Robbins
Fairfield, Conn
Docter-Musica
Charcter
Kingwood Man Nabbed By Postal Inspectors
Kingwood, Dec. 28. John Hardesty, 28, in charge of the money order department at the Kingwood post office, is held on $1,000 bond for federal court trial on misappropriating postal funds. U.S. Commissioner F. Evan Parrack noted bond posted by his mother. Hardesty was arrested after inspectors found a $500 shortage in his account books. His father, Robert Roy Hardesty, 60, a wholesale company executive, died Christmas Day and was buried today.
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John Hardesty
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F. Evan Parrack
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Bess Hardesty
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Parrack
Beckley Youth Killed In Hunting Accident
Hollywood Florida reports 16 year old John Lee Durant of Beckley West Virginia was critically wounded by pellets from his own shotgun while hunting with his father J G Durant. The gun discharged when the elder Durant grabbed it as it slipped from a tree.
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Spanish Loyalists Defend Artesa In Fierce Fighting
Spanish government forces fortified Artesa near the Catalonia front as insurgent guns shelled streets before dawn. Fighting persisted in the northern sector where about 60 villages and 300 square miles were claimed by insurgents, with counter-attacks underway in the central Larida province and southern areas.
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Roosevelt Urges Pilot Training To Boost U S Air Power
President Roosevelt outlined a plan to train 20 000 civilian aviators yearly with experimental courses at about 300 students in a dozen colleges this spring and hundreds of colleges next fall. Estimated yearly schooling costs amount to 9 800 000 for 20 000 pilots. The program links potential military careers with expanded army and navy air forces.
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Roosevelt
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Civil Aeronautics Authority
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Rescue Crews Seek To Save Four Buried Miners
Kirkland Lake Ontario December 28 Four miners trapped by a blast at Lake Shore mine were believed alive as rescue teams worked to free them. Debris from collapsed stoves at depths between 2400 and 2700 feet blocked access while nearby workers suffered shock and required treatment.
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Lake Shore
North Bay
Youth’s Attempt To Get Money for Wedding Fails
WAUSEON Ohio December 28 A Delta youth Paul Simmons age 18 or 19 was jailed after attempting to extort 25000 from Fred Longnecker a retired Delta paper dish maker so he could marry next month on his birthday Sheriff Harley Loveland said a penciled note threatened death to Longnecker Simmons admitted seeking the money to marry The arrest followed a pursuit along U S Route 20 ending near Maumee when deputies used a coded signal in the note to locate him
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Harley Loveland
Delta
Paul Simmons
Loveland
Simmons
Fred Lognecker
Longnecker
U. 8
Maumee
John ‘Wierick
Signal Gargeis
WPA’s Future in Doubt as Policy Shifts Loom
By W. B. Ragsdale the piece notes signs of upcoming WPA policy changes amid personnel reshuffles and congressional signals. It cites critics predicting budget pressure on the agency, with Democrats urging balance and potential trims to the agency with the largest spending.
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Washington
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Fayette Co NYA Head Succumbs To Stroke
Fayetteville December 28 A cerebral hemorrhage caused the death of Mrs C R Summerfield 55 year old Fayette county National Youth Administration supervisor last night Mrs Summerfield prominent in Fayette county Democratic circles and wife of a Fayetteville attorney She had suffered a paralytic stroke three days before She is survived by her husband three daughters three sons including Eli Summerfield of Elkins two brothers and one sister.
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Fayetteville
C. R. Summerfield
Fayette County
National Youth Administration
Summerfield
Eli Summerfield
Elkins
Weston Man Accused of Robbing Parkersburg Cab Driver
Weston man M. J. Guinn is accused of robbing a Parkersburg taxicab driver of nine dollars and forcing the driver at gunpoint to drive to Clarksburg. Sheriff R E Hays said Virgil Bailes, 25, filed an armed robbery warrant naming Guinn as the robber from Christmas Eve. Guinn denied the charges.
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Weston
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R.E. Hays
Virgil Bailes
Guinn
Hays
France Sends Senegalese Troops to Djibouti Amid Italy Threat
Paris reports a detachment of Senegalese troops dispatched to reinforce Djibouti as Italy warns and tensions rise over French Somaliland. Gov. Gen. Deschamps requested the aid to maintain order while France vows to stand firm, with the dispatch boat D’Iberville sailing toward Djibouti from Beirut as a symbol of resolve.
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Suez Canal
Beirut
Syria
West seeking next justice for Supreme Court vacancy
Western senators returning for the new session urged naming a western judge to the Supreme Court. They noted no western member sits on the court, with Justice Butler the only western figure. Senators from the region proposed Justice Sampson of New Mexico or Hutcheson of Texas, while Norris backed Felix Frankfurter. The district of Columbia judge Harold Stephens also drew interest.
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