Pope Pius XII in grave condition near death
Vatican reports Condition of Pope Pius XII grows grave with excruciating pain in his left leg and signs of septic poisoning feared. Dr Amanti Milani remains by his side as sedatives ease suffering briefly. Dentist Julio Cesare Zunin called to treat teeth amid concern for infection.
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Vatican City
Piui
Holy Father
Amanti Milani
Silkroom
Christ
Julio Cesare Zuninin
Vatican
Milani
Inauguration Plans Set for Holt and Officials
Charleston dispatch reports the inauguration program for Governor elect Homer A Holt and five state officials is planned. Vice Chairman Patrick D Koontz named aides and outlined events including a downtown parade ending at the Capitol north lawn and a January 18 inaugural ball, with Holt to be sworn in if weather permits.
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Charleston
Homer A. Holt
Patrick D. Koontz
General Executive Committee
Holt
Man Struck Near Chesapeake Ohio Left Without Aid
A driver who struck a man near Chesapeake across the river from Huntington may bear partial or no blame, but leaving the injured man at the roadside overnight was a deliberate act. The Taylor County Safety Council emphasizes the seriousness of abandoning a helpless victim.
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Chesapeake
Ohio
Huntington
Taylor County Safety Council
French Premier Plans Radio Appeal to Europe for Peace
Paris dispatch reports Premier Leon Blum plans a New Year eve radio plea to Europe for peace amid a fast moving budget battle. Germany and Italy slow to answer demands for neutrality in Spain spark Moscow caution. Mussolini advises Hitler to withdraw from Spain, signaling a shift in axis policy.
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Europe
Mussolini
Germany
Paris
Leon Blum
Blum
Foreign Office
Italy
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
Rome
Spain
Hitler
France
Great Britain
Quick change in neutrality law is sought
Washington December 30 President Roosevelt urged quick congressional action to block exports of American planes and engines to Spanish Loyalists He proposed an extension of the neutrality law granting discretionary power to ban munitions sales in civil conflict The plan centers on a Case Jersey City New Jersey proposal to ship 2777000 airplanes and motors to Madrid government The state department had issued a license to Case arguing the current law only covers embargoes on arms shipments in international warfare It would take about two months to prepare the order Roosevelt believed the neutrality act could be amended quickly enough to halt shipment Pittman of Nevada chairman of the senate foreign relations committee is drafting the measure Continued on page six
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robert Case
Jersey City
N. J
Madrid
State Department
Cuse
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations
Baying Hound Rouses TIFFIN Residents in Sewer Chase
West end residents were awakened by a baying hound. Police traced calls to two men, John Wagner and Myrion Fraley, racing from manhole to manhole as they tried to catch a raccoon chased by the dog into a sewer. The hound finally surfaced a mile from the start, without the raccoon.
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Tiffin
West End
John Wagner
Myrion Fraley
Manhole
Assessor Finds Basket Safer Than Cash Drawer
In Clanton Alabama on December 30 tax assessor T L McKee reported heavy cash receipts. He moved 450 dollars in bills to a wastebasket for safety after thieves entered post closing and stole 166 dollars from the drawer. The basket remained untouched.
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Clanton
Ala
T. L. McKee
McKee
Carter Coal Company President Passes Away
George L. Carter 79 vice president of Carter Coal Company died in Washington from pneumonia. His son James Walter Carter, company president, led the suit that resulted in the Supreme Court invalidating the Guffey Act regulating the soft coal industry.
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Washington
George L. Carter
Carter Coal Company
James Walter Carter
Supreme Court
Burns Claim Woman's Life at Selma Society Dance
Selma Arkansas December 30 a young society woman died when a carelessly tossed match ignited dresses at a gay holiday season ball. Eleven women burned ten others hospitalized and a dozen men burned in efforts to smother the flames. Mrs T C Gayle attorney wife died from injuries Mrs Clarence Agee and Mrs James Rowell in critical condition. The women members of the Phantoms society were entertaining at the Selma Town and Country club when the blaze started behind a curtain and a grand match was tossed.
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Selma
Ark
T. C. Gayle
Clarence Agee
James Rowell
Phantoms’ Society
Selma Town and Country Club
Accused Auto Looter Gets Four Months Jail Term
Fred Holtz of 121 Long Street received four months and ten days in jail for theft from a parked car on St John Street belonging to Paul Ringler. Arrested Sunday night while looting, police say he had robbed several other autos. Ringler’s item valued at seven dollars but penalties applied. Holtz pleaded guilty before Magistrate Ona J. Jefferys and drew a $100 fine with ten days extra for nonpayment.
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Fred Holtz
Taylor County
St. John Street
Paul Ringler
Holtz
Ringler
New Modern Switchboard In Operation In Grafton
Mayor E Otto Waugh and H R Gibson tested a newly installed Chespeake and Potomac telephone switchboard in Grafton marking a new era in local communication. Six operators remained on duty and no change in operating staff despite rumors.
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Mayor Waugh
Mr. Gibson
Grafton
Monongah
B. and O. Railroad Company
Chespeake and Potomac
H. R. Gibson
E. Otto Waugh
Two Bond Issues Approved in Charleston Projects
Charleston voters approve 800000 in bonds for a municipal auditorium and an Elk River bridge. About 30 percent turnout backed the measures by 29 to 1 for the bridge and 14 to 1 for the auditorium, with federal allocations approved for both projects.
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Charleston
Elk River
Former County Clerk Dies in Sacramento Cal
C H Rector 82 a former Taylor county clerk died in Sacramento California on Christmas day He was the last surviving son of the Alfred Rector pioneers of the county He left Grafton for California 24 years ago with his wife Gussie Mackin who survives along with four children Clyde Rector Ohio Luther Frank and Mary Rector in California Local relatives include F J Rector nephew of Pountytown Funeral services were conducted Monday this week
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Pountytown
Singer Denied Permit As Taxicab Operator
Los Angeles records show singer David Howell denied a cab driver's permit from the board of public utilities and transportation. Officials stated the decision rest on safety concerns, not musical talent, denying him the privilege of singing to fares in taxicabs.
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Los Angeles
Board of Public Utilities and Transportation
David Howell
Assault on judiciary sparks debate in Chicago
Don ald Richberg, former NRA administrator, warned that unconstitutional extensions of judicial power threaten American government. He criticized four supreme court decisions including AAA, Guffey coal bill, municipal bankruptcies, and minimum wage rulings, urging correction by amending opinions or constitution.
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Chicago
Donald R. Richberg
NRA
Supreme Court
Richberg
American Political Science Association
American Association For Labor
AAA
Guffey
Legislative Branch
Cats fail to recognize good home will provides
San Francisco dispatch reports Shirley Moore a 57 year old postal clerk left part of his 25000 dollar estate to provide four cats with homes. He required that caretakers have no children in the household. Administrators feared the widow with two grandchildren would be unsuitable. Since his death, three of the cats have wandered away.
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San Francisco
Shirley Moore
Moore
Wooden Leg Accident Traps Parole Breaker
In Columbus, police captured Charles J. Rogers, 27, a parole violator from Elmira Reformatory, after his wooden leg got stuck in mud in an alley. He was identified and taken into custody following the mishap.
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Columbus
Charles J. Rogers
Rogers
Elmira
N. Y
Naval Building Race Will Start When Treaties End
Washington awaits dawn of the post treaty era as Washington and London naval limits lapse at midnight tomorrow. Key questions loom: whether two new battleships join the American navy and how fortifications in the Pacific will be expanded. Roosevelt is expected to move quickly on naval construction after the treaties end.
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Washington
United States
London
Pacific Ocean
U. S
Britain
Roosevelt
Death of Miner Leads To Charge of Murder
BECKLEY December 30 Italian miner Frank Garnetti was found shot dead near his car at Glen White. Deputy sheriffs charged Dave Bolt, 40, with murder after Garnetti died from three gunshot wounds. No motive was evident to investigators.
Police close in on slaver Reed tied to Maryland killings
Police pursue William B. Reed 25 linked by Lawrence Gingell and War Joseph Kirby to the killings of an elderly Maryland farmer and a 34 year old Charleston salesman. Two Maryland detectives and a DoJ agent detained a youth for questioning about Reed, then left for an undisclosed destination after the arrest. Lieutenant James Fillinger and Sergeant Joseph Horne plan to question Gingell in Rockville Maryland where he is held.
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Charleston
William B. Reed
Lawrence Gingell
Joseph Kirby
Maryland
W. Earle Dollman
Boston
Department of Justice
Reed
4 Reed
James
Fillinger
Joseph \Horne
State Police
Gingell
Rockville
Connec
Motorist Arrested For Fatal Highway Accident
Fayetteville December 30 Roy Childers faces grand jury action on a manslaughter charge in the death of 29 year old Miss Kate Hunter. He was arrested after authorities found hair on his truck cab and said he did not know he struck anyone.
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Fayetteville
Jay Rowe
Roy Childers
Kate Hunter
Childers
Liberty
Rowe
O. R. Kincaid
Childer
Kiwanis Discuss City Manager Plan for Grafton
Grafton Kiwanis club members met at Cozy Rest Inn to consider replacing the current commission form with a city manager system. They argued the present setup is outdated and cited other cities that have abolished mayors, with Clarksburg offered as an example.
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Grafton Kiwanis Club
Grafton
Cozy Rest Inn
Clarksburg
Relative held in Morrison store robbery case
Beckley report says E. M. Britt, son in law of O J Morrison, a Morrison department store executive, faces grand larceny charges over Christmas day rifling of the store. Corporal Scalise said Britt used a manager key to enter and take stockings, with $96 missing from the till. Hearing date is undetermined.
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Scalise
Britt
Salvation Army Plans New year's Eve Watch
Salvation Army members will host an annual watch party at the citadel on New Year's Eve with band members gathering for the service. The ritual rings out the old year and rings in the new, a long standing and impressive event for the charity. The public is invited.
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Salvation Army
Kidnapped Mattson Boy Contact Lines Opened
Tenyearold Charles Mattson remains in peril as kidnappers seek contact through three public avenues. A $28000 ransom was reportedly arranged, with Dr W W Mattson ready to pay. Family members urged restraint and pleaded for Charles’s safe return, while public phone lines were kept open for negotiations.
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Dr. Mattson
W. W. Mattson
Charles Fletcher
Charles
Seattle Times
Mattsons
Mable
Ann
Mattson
Death mixup reported over burial error in 1931 case
Weston reports a hospital mix up where a man identified as George Marzie lived after a sister Amanda Karl of Benwood buried a man she believed to be him. Attendants misidentified Sam Karlson as Marzie, produced a death certificate, then Marzie later proved his identity after fog lifted. The case centers on mistaken burial and eventual correction by Dr H O Van Tromp.
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Weston
George Marzie
Amanda Karl
Benwood
Friends
Sam Karlson
H. O. van Tromp
Karlson
Marzic
Ms. Karl
George
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