LY Pledges Support Against F. R in Capital Story
Washington December 31 P former Gov Ely of Massachusetts offered to back Alfred E Smith for the Democratic presidential nomination. Ely said Smith would be a candidate against Roosevelt and would accompany him to the American League meeting. The move sparked speculation about Smith running for the White House.
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Washington
W. B. Ely
Massachusetts
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Roosevelt
Cance
Smith
American League
Janthis
Togtteek
Rig
New Deal foes hit by Farley in 1936 campaign
Iton Dec 31 report says Postmaster General Farley urged supporters to cite prosperity as the cure for critics of the Roosevelt administration. He defended New Deal policies in a radio speech contrasting pre and post White House conditions and attacked Republican critics funded by special interests. Other Democrats issued statements on 1936 events as Ohio developments stirred political talk.
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IGTON
New Deal
Infof
Farley
Roosevelt
Franklin Delt
White House
Dal
Peo
Dey
Ohio
Gang gun violence in Boston claims two–one dead two
In Boston on December 31 a gang shooting left James E. Buckley dead and Frank T. Sundberg wounded, with police fearing a widening numbers racketeering conflict. Buckley, 26, had a police record, his latest arrest for auto theft, while Sundberg had ties to the numbers racket. Detectives believe both victims were shot by the same group as a black sedan carried Buckley’s body.
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Boston
James E. Buckley
James Sheehan
Frank T. Sundberg
Buckley
Yester
Violence Flairs as Egyptian Crowd Attacks Premier Occasion
In Cairo the opening of the international surgical congress at Cairo University building sparked new violence. Two British outriders guarding Premier Nessim Pasha were assaulted by a crowd shouting Down with England Egypt for Egyptians. The premier's car was damaged as students stopped him reaching the university.
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Cairo
Cairo University
Bulid
Nessim Pasha
England
Egypt
Welch Reports 8 Below Breaking All Records
Welch, Dec 31. The official thermometer fell to 9 degrees below zero at 8 a.m. the lowest since 1918. The Tug and Elkhorn rivers and heating systems in several apartment buildings were filled with ice. Snow was 6 inches deep.
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Welch
Bureau
Tug
Elkhorn
Nine Below Paralyzes Beckley as Snow Reaches Twenty Inches
Beckley endured the coldest day of the year with an unofficial 9 1 2 degrees below zero. Twenty inches of snow covered the ground and plumbers struggled to keep up with thawing pipes amid the heavy storm.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Miner Bunche Dies From Exposure Near Berry Mine
Sam Bunche a 70 year old Flemington miner died after two days without heat and a fractured right thigh left him unable to move. Neighbors found him in his one room shack near the Berry mine and he was rushed to Elkins hospital by lance. He had gone out Saturday to find coal to keep his fires burning and dragged himself back inside before passing.
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Sam Bunche
Flemington
Bunche
Elkins Hospital
Lance
Berry Mine
Ice Gorge Chokes Ohio River at Parkersburg
Ten mile ice gorge on the Ohio River north of Parkersburg endangers craft valued at over 100000 dollars. Rivermen say jam reaches from Belmont to above Friendly, possibly backing up to New Martinsville. Lockmasters opened wickets to flush ice as water levels rise, leaving fourteen vessels tied up. A digger broke free after pressure snapped cables and a towboat moored on the Ohio shore.
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Parkersburg
Ohio River
Belmont
New Martinsville
Ohio
Monongahela
Allegheny
Pension plan described to Kiwanis in town
Attorney Eugene Sommerville spoke to the Grafton Kiwanis at Cozy Best, praising the Townsend old age revolving pension plan as the only sane solution to U S economic woes. He reported 1400 of 1761 Taylor county eligible members have joined and that resolutions urging Senators Neely and Holt and Congressman Ram will be sent today.
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Townsend
United States
Eugene Sommerville
Grafton
Sommerville
Pickets Halt Moving Of Steel Company's Office
In Cleveland on December 2, union pickets from the Cleveland Building Trades Unions blocked the moving of Republic Steel Corp offices from Youngstown to Cleveland. A nine hour picket surge stopped delivery of four vans of office furniture, ending with a safety director mediated truce. Police remained as the pickets dispersed. The protest targeted non union labor in remodeling four floors of the terminal group used by the company.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Youngstown
Clevel
Eliot, Ness
Cleveland Building Trades Unions
The
Steel Corporation
Drop in Higher Income Group Shown by Report
Treasury 1934 income tabulations show a rise in total net income by 149 percent and a 35.8 percent increase in the taxation share from 1933. The number in the million dollar income class fell from 50 to 32, while 177,122 more persons joined those earning under 85,000, totaling 3,568,788 in 1934.
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Washington
Treasury
Reduced Toll Rates On Bridge Put In Effect In Parkerburg
PARKERSBURG December 31 toll reductions go into effect tomorrow for the bridge across the Ohio River to Belpre. The East Street bridge becomes the tolled span under state road commission management to finance construction and purchase of the structures while the crossing itself remains free.
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Parkersburg
Ohio River
Belpre
East Street
State Road Commission
Doctor Showalter Freed in Murder Case to Await Trial
Dr Ulysses W Showalter a 78 year old Clarksburg physician was released on bond after charges of first degree murder were reduced to second degree A 3000 bond was posted and a preliminary hearing was waived The release was prompted by ill health and the March grand jury action could still indict him Frost Holden 23 formerly Clarksburg athletic hero may also bond to waive preliminary hearing Prosecutor J Phillip Clifford cited health reasons and possible grand jury discretion The hearing was continued due to the victim’s father illness with heart attacks Continued on Page Three
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Ulysses W. Showalter
Clarksburg
Madeline Haislip
Grafton High Ichool
Davison
Frost Holden
Showalter
J. Phillip Clifford
Harrison County
March Grand Jury
George Haislip
Clifford
Frank A Ross Wins Holiday Lighting Contest Prize
Frank A Ross of 1215 West Main Street won first prize of 10 dollars for the most attractively decorated home in Taylor County Board of Trade holiday lighting contest. Second prize went to C Clem ents of Lucretia for 5 dollars. Harry White of Blueville got 3 dollars and Paul Ward of West Francis Street received 2 dollars.
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Frank A. Ross
West Main Street
Taylor County Board of Trade
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
C. Clements
Lucretia
Harry White
Blueville
Paul Ward
West Francis Street
J. W. Ault
Harold Noble
Teriting W. Helronimus, Jr
Christmas Tree Blaze Fatal to Four Kiddies
In Keflavik Iceland a Christmas tree burst into flames at a village meeting house killing four children and two women and injuring twenty others. About 180 children and 20 adults were at the party and many were rescued through windows.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Keflavik
Italians Move Heavy Reinforcements To Northern Front
Italian high command sent heavy reinforcements to the northern front at Asmara Eritrea as Ethiopian opposition mounted. The aim was an Italian victory to prevent Ethiopian gains from rallying opposition to the invasion nationwide. Princes are at the front, including the Duke of Bergamo and the Duke of Pistoia.
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Associated Press
Asmara
Eritrea
High Command
Cate
Duke
Bergamo
Pistoia
Liquor Board Fails to Deliver $500,000 to Governor
Charleston reports the Liquor Commission tried to hand Governor Kump $500,000, but after two false starts and long Capitol corridors, the money stayed on the chairman's desk. Officials and reporters gathered for a ceremonial presentation in the secretary A. W. Garnett’s office, then moved to the governor’s office where plans stalled.
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Charleston
Liquor Commission
Capitol
H. G. Kump
A. W. Garnett
A. Spates Brady
John B. Wilson
Merttephenson
Brady
Garnett
Stephenson
Woman's Club Dance Planned This Evening
Mrs V J McGonagle president of the Grafton Woman's club has received a telegram from the Esquire Orchestra Morgantown stating they will arrive 830 pm Tuesday at the Moose Home. They promise good music with novelty numbers and special arrangements. A reception for members and friends runs 8 to 9 with dancing from 9 to 1.
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V. J. McGonagle
Grafton Woman's Club
Esquire Orchestra
Morgantown
Moose Home
Three Children Die In Fire At Covington Home
A large dwelling in Covington Virginia burned early today killing three children of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Lacks. Victims include William 12 Lawrence 7 and baby Benny Lacks 15 who was injured leaping from a window. Fire likely started from an old oil stove.
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Covington
Lawrence Lacks
William
Lawrence
Benny Lacks
Holt Declines Invitation Dinner Honoring Neely
Senator Rush D. Holt said before leaving for Roanoke to address a Jackson Day banquet he will speak on the senate floor about Walter A. Thurmond the West Virginia internal revenue collector. Holt had declined an invitation to a Fairmont banquet honoring Neely a Neely appointee and had not received a report from Guy Helvering commissioner of internal revenue.
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Washington
Rush D. Holt
W. Va
Roanoke
Senate
Walter A. Thurmond
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
Holt
Fairmont
M. M. Neely
Amond
Neely
Guy Helvering
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Lenox Riley Lohr Chosen NBC President Amid RCA Restructuring
Lenox Riley Lohr, former manager of the Chicago Century of Progress, to the presidency of the National Broadcasting company as part of a broad RCA and associated firms personnel expansion. Lohr succeeds Merlin H. Aylesworth, who will focus on chairmanship of the Radio-Keith-Orpheum group.
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Lenox Riley Lohr
Chicago
Century of Progress
National Broadcasting Company
Radio Corporation of America
Associated Companies
Lohr
Merlin H. Aylesworth
Radio-Keith-Orpheum
Missing Americans Return Home At Year End Survey
A 1935 wrap shows most missing persons come home within days. AP findings indicate over 90 percent return to familiar towns, despite urban police reports of brief absences due to money worries, relationships, or adventure seeking.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Latrobe Street restaurant owner freed after fight
Mayor C E Waugh found Mary Williams not guilty of fighting. Pete Hager, partner in the restaurant, charged Williams with assault with intent to kill for stabbing him with a butcher knife. In magistrate court, Williams waived hearing and posted $200 bond for next term at circuit court.
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C.E. Waugh
Mary Williams
Pete Hager
Ona C. Jefferys
Williams
Jedn W. Robinson
Attempted Prison Break Thwarted in Kentucky
FRANKFORT Ky Dec 31 An attempted break from the Frankfort state reformatory failed when two young prisoners were frightened from a ladder by guards shots. The two who tried to escape were Allen Gean alias James 25 and another prisoner whose name is given in the report.
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Frankfort
Frankfort State Reformatory
Allen Gean Alias
James
Lindberghs Land in Liverpool After U.S. Departure
The Lindberghs, leaving the United States to avoid Hauptmann's execution, landed today aboard the American Importer at Gladstone Dock and rushed to the Adelphi hotel in Liverpool. Anne Lindbergh and their son were escorted by detectives as crowds watched the arrival.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
Charles A. Lindberghs
United States
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Adelphi Hotel
Gladstone
Mersey River
Hee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Lindberg
Jon
Lindbergh
Lindberghs
Hauptmann’s Counsel Says He Feels Hopeful on Appeal
Bruno Hauptmann’s lawyers report the condemned man is “very much encouraged” about progress in appealing his death sentence. Defense members visited his death house cell. Hauptmann remains in good physical shape and in excellent morale despite nervousness after a fellow inmate’s electrocution.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard
Hauptmann
Frederick A. Pope
Death House
New Jersey State Prison
C. Lloyd Fisher
Defense Staff
Fisher
Perfect
Romaine Johnson
Mark ©. Kimberling
Jwarden
Johnson
Minnie Hurovitz
Bridgeport
New Jersey Court of Pardons
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