Nationwide blizzard hits East with heavy snow
A paging blizzard paralyzed the middle Atlantic and New England with six inch snowfalls. In Atlanta high winds caused deep drifts. damage reached around two million dollars. New York mobilized thousands of workers and snowplows to clear streets as rail and air traffic faced disruption. Deaths totaled sixteen in August, five in the East, six in Oklahoma, one in York, and four in Prim... Continued on Page Three.
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Norris aid for F R Seek Norris aid for F R
Washington Dex Ing of Senator Norris to head an independent vest for president campaign in the midwestern states was proposed today by a Progressive league. The aim is to prevent re election of Mr Ro Wrelt and push Norris in Nebraska Iowa Minnesota South Dakota with a state chairman. Continued on Page Two.
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Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Human Brain Center Found Through Skull Window
Discovery of a definite brain center near the jaw area described by Dr Edmund Jacobson using an implanted fine wire telegraph method. The study, conducted on a dairy farmer, confirms brain organization like a department store with jaw control as a distinct, nonpainful focal point.
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Howard Blakeslee
Associated Press
ST. Louis
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Edmund Jacobson
Physiology Department
University of Chicago
William Beaumont
Alexis St. Martin
Lindbergh Bound for Liverpool Arrival Set Tomorrow
London officials said the American Importer carrying Col and Mrs Lindbergh and their 3 year old son would dock at Liverpool early tomorrow without stopping at other ports. Rough seas reported but no special police precautions planned.
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England
Bulletin
London
the Press Association
Charles A. Lindberght
Liverpool
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jon
Ethiopians Protest Use of Suffocating Gases
ADDIS ABABA on December 30 the Ethiopian government protested to the League of Nations against alleged Italian use of asphyxiating tear gasses. The protest cites violations of the Washington treaty of 1922 and the Geneva protocol of 1925.
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Addis Ababa
League of Nations
Coalbody cash sought by National Coal Commission
The National Coal Commission, five members operating since September, seeks about 2 million dollars for the next 18 months. Created to administer the Guffey stabilization fund, it was allotted 200,000 in a prior deficiency bill, which failed in the last session. Members have served without salaries while three budget requests are considered by the House Appropriations Committee.
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National Coal Comm
House Appropriations Committee
Aerial Bombardment Halts Devastating Lava Flow
In Hawaii the army bombed Mauna Loa to check lava reach toward Hilo. Dr. Thobias A. Jaggar notes the lava advance slowed to near imperceptible movements after 20 bombs dropped Friday. By Tuesday a definite verdict on area results will be possible.
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Chicago Ward Leader Albert Prignano Slain in Ward
Chicago reports state representative Albert J. Prignano, a Democratic district boss in the Bloody Twentieth Ward, was assassinated last night. He was shot four times in the back and twice in the head as his wife and son looked on. Authorities note Prignano previously allied with Capone era factions and that a man identified as Leo Panzarella, 25, was found dead in a truck near the ward boundary. The case is linked to ongoing gang violence in Chicago politics.
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Leo Panzarella
Albert J. Prignano
Richard Barry
Prignano
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Capone
Bavk
Berk
Grafton Bans Parking On Main Street In New Ordinance
Grafton’s new parking ordinance, passed by the city commission as an emergency measure at the urging of the U S Bureau of Roads, goes into effect January 1. Mayor E Otto Waugh announced after consultations with City Commissioners J E Reed and Charles E Ray and Police Chief A E Lockard. The plan prohibits parking on Main street east of Haislup street and allows one hour parking on one side of Main street elsewhere, plus on Beech and Walnut streets.
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U. S. Bureau of Roads
E. Otto Waugh
J. E. Reed
Charles E. Ray
A. E. Lockard
Main Street
Haislup Street
Beech
Walnut Streets
Taylor County Democrats To Join Neely Lovefeast
FAIRMONT December 30 Two more counties join Marion in the Jackson Day Neely Homecoming dinner set for January 8, touted as the biggest event of its kind in Fairmont. Karl Vince president of Taylor county Young Democrat Club says plans to stage Jackson Day dinner in Grafton were abandoned to join Marion. Barbour county Democrats plan to join January 8 as well. A Jackson Day dinner was held in Philippi a week ago.
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Marion County
Karl Vince
Young Democrat Club
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Barbour County
Philipp
Barbour
General Liggett Dies at Presidio Hero of Marn
Lieut. Gen. Hunter Liggett, age 78, famed for Indian fighting and the Marne, who commanded the army of occupation in Germany, died today at Letterman hospital in the Presidio San Francisco.
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Germany
Letterman
Betty Gowis Offered Her Old Job Back
Betty Gow says the Lindberghs invited her to work for them again but she refuses. The Glasgow nurse, a key witness in the Hauptmann trial, wants to lead a normal life and will keep her current dress shop job. The Lindberghs, with their younger son Jon, were nearby in English waters aboard a cargo steamer.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Betty Gow
Associated | Press Today
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
The
Lindgerghs
Jon
Livel
Miss Gow
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindberghs
Spanish government falls after brief formation
In Madrid on December 30, the fifteenth government of the second Spanish republic collapsed sixteen days after formation. Premier Manuel Portela Valladares' cabinet resigned after a cabinet session with President Alcala Zamora, where a decree dissolving congress was approved. The dissolution date was not fixed.
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Denton Fire Levels Five Downtown Businesses
Five Denton buildings in the heart of the business district were leveled by a blaze that began about 3 30 a m and, despite deep snow and cold, saw fire crews hold it by three hours later. Damage ranged to 75 000. The poolroom fur shop tea room drug store and dry goods shops were burned.
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Denton
China Needs Washington Neely Says Telling or Visit There
Senator M. M. Neely, returning from the Orient, shares impressions on China Japan and the Philippine Islands. He says a George Washington or a Joan of Arc might save the Chinese republic and make it a seat of happiness and equal among great nations. He notes the Japanese genius and industry pose a challenge to others amid regional turmoil.
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Ethiopian Warriors Ordered to Attack in Jubilant Capital
Addis Ababa rang with joy as Emperor Haile Selassie ordered his troops to battle Italian invaders. Officials estimate 400,000 Ethiopian soldiers, led by five commanders, move toward Makale to encircle northern Fascist forces under Marshal Badoglio. The three-month war nears a critical stage as converging Ethiopian armies press the front. a long counteroffensive is anticipated.
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Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Des
Ethiopia
Dessyle
Hans Selassie
Ney
Makale
Inand
Pietro Badoglio
Ital
Sales Tax Revenue Forecast For 1935 In Charleston
CHARLESTON, Dec. 30. Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox predicted the consumers sales tax will yield about 7,000,000 for 1935. He noted favorable revenues from gross sales and gasoline levies and said the gross sales tax rate was cut for retail and amusements while the surtax was reduced. The department also transferred automobile tax collections to the road commission as a title levy.
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Fred L. Fox
Road Commission
National Defense Issues Face Congress as Burns Promotes Air Power
Speaker Burns announced new congressional focus on national defense led by air power. He urged preparedness as sound insurance and backed strengthened air power, an Alaskan base, and Hawaiian fortifications as essential. Some Midwestern lawmakers and farming groups oppose large defense spending.
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Burns
Pacific
Kipling Turns Seventy In Quiet Burwash Birthday
Rudyard Kipling, aged seventy, marked his birthday quietly at his Burwash home in Sussex with his American-born wife and daughter and a few close friends. The famed writer, once noted for Departmental Duties and Soldiers Three, now lives secluded within an 18th century stone house behind a moat and brick wall.
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England
Rudyard Kipling
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Kipling
Wee Willie Winkee
India
Greystone
Extortionist Roland Markell Arrested in Buffalo
Roland B. Markell, 21, of Rochester, N Y, detained in Buffalo on charges of attempting to extort 250000 from Frank E Gannett, publisher, and Louis A Wehle, Genesee Brewing Co president. A Rochester artist supply house messenger, he was arrested late Saturday night as federal agents disclosed today he would face mail threat charges.
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Roland B. Markell
Rochester
Frank E. Gannett
Gannett
Louis A. Wehle
Genesee Brewing Company of
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Rochester Artists
George W. Doherty
U S Route 50 East May Be Closed to Traffic
Charleston dispatch reports highway crews on snowplows aiding motorists stranded by drifts on mountain routes. The road commission warns no travel unless necessary and notes primary roads passable yet dangerous. U S Route 50 from Grafton to the Virginia line may close if snowfall continues. U S 219 from Parsons to the Maryland line listed as bad.
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Virginia Line
U.S. 219
Parans
Maryland Line
Broken Rail Wreck Injures Three on Rock Island Train
Near Jefferson Oklahoma today two cars of a Rock Island passenger train derailed injuring three passengers. Conductor Gus Strawsberg reported the injured including Mrs E P Watson of Saginaw Michigan who said she suffered a burned injury.
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Jefferson
Gus Strawsberg
E. Pipef Watson
Saginaw
Mich. Watson
Limited action set on Hauptmann mercy appeal
Trenton New Jersey December 30 The court of pardons met behind locked doors to set a date to consider Hauptmann clemency appeal with execution pending for the Lindbergh baby murder. Attorney General Wilentz and defense counsel Rosecrans attended as defense seeks a broader view toward potential new trial. Parents of the slain child were present as proceedings began.
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Court of Pardons
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Charles Weise
New York
Expansion of TVA Urged for Ohio Valley Development
Senator Norris Nebraska proposes expanding the Tennessee Valley Authority to include the Ohio Valley. He envisions a Mississippi Valley Authority style plan with a huge $20,000,000 dam across the Ohio near the Tennessee River mouth to control floods and spur hydroelectric power, irrigation, and conservation. The interconnected Ohio and Tennessee valleys would be solved together under a single development program.
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TVA
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Norris R
Neb
Mississippi Valley
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Ohio
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