Roosevelt 10 Renew Fight on Business
President Roosevelt plans to deliver his annual message in person while aides attack business recession. Attorney General Jackson and Secretary Ickes press the theme on radio as part of a broader push to outline New Deal policies. A Democratic Jackson Day dinner on Jan 8 will further signal the administration’s stance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Jackson
Philadelphia
Robert H. Jackson
NBC
Ickes
Paris Strike Ends in Compromise With Government
Paris, Dec 30. After nights of talks, 120,000 public service workers returned to their jobs as subway and bus lines resumed service at 6 am. The settlement, hailed as a triumph for Premier Camille Chautemps, ends a 24 hour walkout affecting transit, street cleaning, garbage collection, and utilities across the capital.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
Albert LeBrun
People’s Front
Southern Democrats form budget balance plan against New Deal
A bloc of 10 southern Democratic representatives is drafting a budget balance program for President Roosevelt. They seek drastic cuts in WPA, PWA, and federal highway aid, and even discuss discontinuing WPA entirely. They propose replacing relief with a $500 million annual appropriation for food and clothing, with next year’s relief needs to be assessed.
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Washington
Representa~tives
Roosevelt
WPA
Congress
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
George D Brooke Named C and O President
George D Brooke, 59, was chosen to head the Chesapeake and Ohio railway, succeeding the late W. J. Harahan. The election marks the first major appointment in the Van Sweringen system since Robert R Young and associates took control. Brooke may also assume Harahan’s roles as president of the Nickel Plate and Pere Marquette lines.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
George D. Brooke
Brooke
W. J. Harahan
van Sweringen
Robert R. Young and Associates
Harahan
Nickel Plate
Pere Marquette Lines
Special Court Term Set Tomorrow in Maryland Coal Case
A special term of the Taylor county circuit court is scheduled for tomorrow at 10 8 a m. Judge Herbert W. Dent notified Clerk Frank M. Hollis Jr. Arguments in the long extended Maryland Coal company case will be heard during the session.
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Taylor County
Maryland Coal Company
Herbert W. Dent
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Shinnston Youth Held After Arson Attempts
Charleston December 30 state Fire Marshall Watkins said a 21 year old youth is held on a lunacy warrant after attempting arson to destroy Shinnston by targeting a gas plant and disrupting gas pressure townwide. Flames leaped from stoves in numerous homes posing fire and asphyxiation risks.
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Charleston
Fred B. Watkins
Shinnston
Yacht Owner Found Slain on High Seas
San Pedro report says Dwight L. Faulding 49 a Santa Barbara hotel operator was shot aboard the disabled schooner Aaffe. The Perseus towed the vessel toward Los Angeles as FBI agent W H Osborne was ordered to San Diego to take charge after the yacht’s docking. Navy planes sighted the body marked with COC on a sail.
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San Pedro
Calif
Coast Guard
Perseus
Aaffe
Los Angeles Arbor
Federal Bureau of Investigation
W. H. Osborne
San Diego
Dwight L. Faulding
Santa Barbara
Navy
Ranch Woman Admits Poisoning Neighbors in Montana
GREAT FALLS Mont Dec 30 County Attorney Phil Greenan said a 47 year old ranch woman signed a statement admitting she poisoned three neighbors over an insult about her looks The Ogdens and their son Cecil 20 survived when excess poison in their flour acted as an antidote The woman Rose Krippen confessed anger at the Ogdens wife calling her homely and urging her to leave the ranch and move to town
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Great Falls
Mont
Phil Greenan
Roe ~Ogden
Cecil
Greenan
Rose Krippen
Stores Shut on Saturday in Grafton for New Year
Stores in Grafton will close on New Year’s Day with inventory in some shops and government offices, including the First National Bank. The liquor store will stay open. Most retailers are urged to close Friday. groceries may have morning hours Saturday in some places. The Grafton Sentinel will publish a Saturday edition on New Year’s Eve.
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Grafton
First National Bank
Taylor County Board of Trade
Grafton Sentinel
Grafton Woman’s Club
Chinese Fight To Hold Seaport City Of Tsingtao
News from Shanghai reports heavy resistance by Chinese forces on fronts near Tsingtao as Japanese armies press toward the vital North China seaport. Refugees flee inland toward Shanghai while American ships evacuate civilians and nurses amid bombardment and dynamite sabotage of communications in the city.
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Shanghai
Tsingtao
North China Sea
Welhsein
Tsingchow
Jsinan
Taian
China
Tai Shan
United States
Sacramento
Mablehead
Pope
Hankow
Hongkong
New Year's Day Post Office Curtailment in Grafton
Postmaster James L. Murphy announces New Year’s Day service in Grafton will be curtailed with no city or rural deliveries. General delivery money order postal savings registry and stamp windows close all day. A 7 pm collection in the business district urges prompt mail deposits at the post office.
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Grafton
James L. Murphy
New Master Mechanic Takes Local Duties In Grafton
The West Virginia Liquor Commission store in Grafton remains open on New Year’s Day with manager John Madden announcing that January 1 is not an official holiday for the store. T. M. Sherrard, formerly in New York, has begun duties as master mechanic of the Monon division, succeeding Ralph H. Cline who led the Grafton shop for twelve years. Hours stay 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The store will not stay open past the usual closing time on New Year’s Eve.
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West Virginia Liquor Commission
Grafton
John Madden
T. M. Sherrard
New|ed
Ark
Ohio
Cline
Baltimore
Bigger Navy Plans Lift U S Industry Says Roosevelts Plan
Washington December 30 The push for a larger navy is hailed as a direct stimulus to US industry and employment. Advocates say construction of additional warships could create about 20 000 jobs, with work centered in shipyards and related factories. President Roosevelt has outlined funding for the next fiscal year to support shipbuilding and related employment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ready
Picture Story of Panay Sinking Shown Before Public
The Panay sinking, shown in a 20 minute newsreel, is presented to the public after a test projection at Fort Lee New Jersey. The film depicts the Panay firing a futile defense as Japanese planes strike, forcing evacuation, and the ship sinks in the Yangtze with American refugees aboard.
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Panay
William
White New York
Stars and Stripes
Warcraft
Yangtze
Fort Lee
New Jersey
Norman Alley
Washington
Tokyo
Associated Press
Nanking
Miner Survives After Roof Fall Beside Mine Car
Beckley dispatch reports Walter White, 40, a coal miner at Eccles, saved by a strong mine car after a roof collapse he encountered while loading coal beside the car. Rescued by fellow workers, he survived with a smashed hand and a laceration over one eye and credited the car’s strength from his hospital bed.
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Beckley
Walter White
Eccles
White
Sieba
Fasinichilo
Detective Slain by Son in Erie Home Shooting
Erie police report Louis Scalise a 51 year old detective was wounded five times and died hours later after a confrontation with his son Ralph Scalise 27 once a Pittsburgh police fingerprint operator who signed a statement admitting the shooting He claimed he was beaten with a blackjack a note reading you are a lazy son was found on the dining room table after the incident no charges yet filed authorities said Ralph and his family had visited friends before.
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Erie
Louis Scalise
Erie City
William Donahue
Scalise
Ralph
Pittsburgh Police
Donahue
Ralph Scalise
Barbara Stanwyck fights to keep her adopted son
Barbara Stanwyck, the actress and ex wife of Frank Fay, opposes Fay's petition for temporary custody of their 5 year old adopted son Dion. She testified Fay used profane language in the child's presence and described an incident where Fay struck her, nearly hitting her with a chair. Stanwyck said Fay exposed the child to dangerous behavior and that the boy was recently back with Fay after a visit.
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Los Angeles
Barbara Stanwyck
Frank Fay
Dion
Fay
Miss Stanwyck
Superior Court
Birthday Ball Plans Drafted for Roosevelt Celebration
Preliminary plans for celebrating President Roosevelt's birthday in Grafton and Taylor County were drafted at a courthouse meeting to raise funds against infantile paralysis. Circuit Clerk Frank M. Hollis Jr. will chair. Events include a birthday ball at the Field house on Monday Jan 31 with a noted orchestra, a benefit bridge by the Grafton Woman's club on Jan 27, a birthday dinner on Jan 28, and a square dance at Rosemont on Jan 29.
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Roosevelt
Grafton
Taylor County
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Field House
Grafton Woman's Club
Rosemont
One Dead One Jailed After Kidnaping in Missouri
Flat River Missouri December 30 Sheriff A A Bayles said a Monday night kidnaping led to one death and one arrest. Marvin Wright 24 lay in a morgue identified as the abductor leader of real estate dealer C A Desloge. A 16 year old Everett Cochran is jailed after admitting participation in the ride through southeast Missouri toward Ant No charges have been filed yet.
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Flat River
A. A. Bayles
C. A. Robertson
Bayles
Marvin Wright
Desloge
Everett Cochran
Missouri
Wall Street Boy Wonder Dies in Jail Hospital
OSSINING N Y Dec 30 Harold Russell Ryder known as the boy wonder of Wall Street is dead from a heart attack in Sing Sing prison hospital after being returned to serve a sentence for larceny. He was 41 and had recently been released on parole before entering the prison.
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Ossining
Harold Russell Ryder
Boy Wonder
Wall Street
Sing Sing
Japan says attacks on British ships in China waters were mistake
London says Japan issued a note to Britain admitting errors in attacks on the gunboat Ladybird and other British vessels in China waters. Japan promises strict discipline and full precautions to prevent future incidents and to protect lives and property of British and other nationals. The note resembles Japan’s prior explanation of the Panay bombing. The British foreign office released the note without comment on its sufficiency. A separate line says a British seaman was killed and two wounded on December 13.
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London
Japan
Britain
China
Panay
Tex
Noted Virginia writer Mrs Miller dies in Florida
Alderson December 30. Resists awaited today arrival of the body of Mrs Alexander McVeigh Miller 87 author of 80 novels and more than 100 poems who died in St. Petersburg Florida her winter home Mrs Miller born April 9 1850 at Hanover Junction now Doswell Va and married three times including Alexander McVeigh Miller a state senator Her works include Ramond The Water’s Bride and The Tomb She is survived by a daughter George M Point of Hu one granddaughter and granddaughters.
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Alexander McVeigh
Miller
St. Petersburg
Fla
Thomas Jefferson Davis
Richmond
Reasmond
Davis
Fletter
Theater
George M. Point of Hu
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